RenderX

Chapter 3 of the VisualXSL User Guide

2. What's New

2. What's New

 

2.1. What's New in Version 2.4.2

Fixed Issues

  • Tables have no more border by default;

  • Fixed a problem with missing visual styles of checkboxes and radio buttons if they are used as Form fields;

  • Fixed wrong reference to base TranslateProject;

  • Fixed application crash when loading large documents;

  • Performance improved for loading and saving large documents;

  • Fixed application crash when loading large documents;

 

2.2. What's New in Version 2.4.1

New Features

  • Added support of XEPWin 3.0;

 

2.3. What's New in Version 2.4

New Features

Fixed Issues

  • Resolved a problem with image Width attribute setting in dynamic layout;

  • Fixed several minor UI-related and logic problems;

 

2.4. What's New in Version 2.3.1

Fixed Issues

  • Fixed severe problems with JavaScript for radiobuttons and action buttons in PDF forms;

  • Further improvements and bugfixes over Undo;

  • Fixed a display problem after changing frame orientation under certain conditions;

  • Fixed a problem of Z-Order property when multiple blocks are selected;

  • Fixed an issue with incorrectly relocated Table and Address frames;

  • Fixed an exception if browser preview window is no longer accessible under certain conditions;

  • Fixed several issues with multiple inlines within paragraphs;

 

2.5. What's New in Version 2.3

New Features

  • Significant improvements over fillable PDF Forms. Now they are built with RenderX IREn and support most features from IREn, including fields, submit buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons, and more;

  • Added feature of editing JavaScript event handlers for PDF Forms, associated with controls, pages, and documents;

  • Added support for different output formats, depending on those available in IREn license;

  • Major improvements over Paragraph editor (modifying and deleting fields, formatting and aligning the inlines);

  • Address Blocks now can be edited like normal paragraphs and have custom layout and additional fields within;

  • Improved Page Numbering widgets;

  • Improved moving frames with mouse and keyboard (Ctrl and Alt handling);

  • New samples and workflows in User Reference;

Fixed Issues

  • Fixed several problems with Table builder that prevented toolbar buttons working correctly;

  • Improved new and rotated items layout on a dynamic flow;

  • Temporary folder leakage (lost files) eliminated;

  • Several bugfixes with clipboard operations (Copy and Paste);

  • Fixed issues with traces on the layout;

  • Fixed critical error during Undo operation with paragraph and address blocks;

  • Fixed layout problems for very small frames;

  • Fixed an issue that prevented opening older versions of *.vxl files, and source files having CDATA elements;

  • Fixed problems with alignment, content deletion, and scaling within the paragraph editor;

  • Fixed several issues related to background image rendering;

  • Fixed a problem when tooltips remained on screen after the application was deactivated;

  • Improved logic of Inherit and Auto length values;

  • Fixed problems with incorrect image height in dynamic layout;

  • Minor bugfixes and code improvements;

 

2.6. What's New in Version 2.2

New Features

  • Major improvements over Table Builder; it is no longer an extra window but a regular control;

  • Improved visual appearance for text blocks in Design layout;

  • Added more examples in User's Guide;

  • Improved layout of the User's Guide (PDF and CHM versions);

  • Improved navigation (modal dialogs, keyboard shortcuts, etc);

Fixed Issues

  • Fixed issues with moving multiple objects;

  • Fixed clipboard issues;

  • Fixed issues with Undo/Redo;

  • Fixed issues with Drag-and-Drop operations;

  • Fixed several refresh issues with Property Grid;

  • Improved navigation (modal dialogs, keyboard shortcuts, etc);

  • Fixed update issues with installer;

  • Fixed several problems with popup menus;

 

2.7. What's New in Version 2.1

New Features

  • Preferences form is now a dockable pane.

  • Preview is no longer shown when opening a previous project.

  • Added transparency control for brightness of hatch that is displayed for background of a data field.

  • Concept of 'add page' has been replaced by that of 'add section'.

  • Added support for mixed static and dynamic sections.

  • Added support for IREn intermediate format as an image.

  • Added support for SVG graphics as an image.

  • 100% project translation customization, vastly extending the solutions possible with VisualXSL. For details, contact Support.

  • For the tech-savvy user, added custom attribute feature. There are three new properties, under the new Custom Properties group : CustomAttribute, Overridden Attribute, and CustomProcess. Using them, it is possible to add custom attributes (that is, attributes not yet natively supported by VisualXSL) to any object type.

  • New Document Wizard no longer appears at start up.

  • Other minor improvements have been added.

Fixed Issues

  • Fixed issue of application error when set to load last project on start up and that project is missing.

  • Other minor issues have been fixed.

 

2.8. Limitations

  • All project files, including the source XML file, should be located in the same folder.

  • To use the print of an address label capability with a PostNet barcode, you have to manually add a font data XML node to the configuration file (XEP.xml).

  • The PDF file name used as the background for the form layout must differ from the project name.

  • There is no validation for barcode values specified by XPath expressions. You should check manually whether the value is acceptable for a barcode. (XPath is validated, but there is no guarantee that the expression result will satisfy the barcode specification. For example, for UPC-A, the result of an expression should be a 12-digit number.)

  • A barcode image in the designer area is just a placeholder used to help locate the barcode data field. Only its height and location are taken into consideration. The width of the placeholder is ignored.

  • Currently, preview for PostScript files is not supported. Therefore, you cannot see the generated document if you choose the PostScript format. You can find the PostScript file by using the specified path.

  • The application considers the first node of the XML-file (source data) to represent its schema and to correspond to the record of the table described by this XML file. Note that this may cause problems with complex XML files whose first record structure is different from other nodes.

  • Any operation that directly or indirectly changes the section quantity cannot be undone.

  • All file paths to resources outside the project folder are stored as full paths. Be sure that all paths used in project are correct. Wherever possible, place all resources inside the project folder.

  • If you are working with several projects and a dialog window is opened for one of them, you cannot switch to another project. For example, when the Options window for a project is open, it is not possible to work with any other project.

  • An address block formed with the wizard and containing PostNet barcode cannot be edited.

  • Fillable forms are only applicable to PDF output format and will not work for other formats.

  • The VisualXSL application works with non-encrypted PDF only.

 

2.9. Known Issues

  • The list of known issues can be found in the Release Notes. See in ReadMe.txt file that is included in distribution package's Known Issues section.