GTVx version 8.0.x.11 is Available

Version 8.0.x.11 of GTVx is available.

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08.00.00.11 - 06/14/09

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- FIX - #5811 - The LoadStyleDef method did not regenerate the style mappings pointers to the style unless LoadStyleMap was used too.

- NEW - #5830 - The Style Origin defined in Standard Fonts for Text Element symbols was not used in Rotation and Scaling operations.

- FIX - #5842 - Clipping Problems with Shape with Hole element have been fixed. Probably only seen when printing large Shape with hole elements that are filled and mostly out of the view.

- NEW - #5848 - GetStyleOrigin method will now support mode 1 to return Computed coordinate values.

- FIX - #5894 - Text using an extended style color would not de-color when using the Emphasize Session Graphics mode.

- NEW - #5897 - FillOffForRaster=1 can be used to disable polygon fills when a raster backdrop is drawn.

- NEW - #5898 - The Force Black and White Print Option will now disable all fills.

Easier Access to the Style Manager in GTViewer

With style-based symbologies now being more common than instance-based symbologies, the Style Manager’s usage in GTViewer has increased significantly in the last few years. As I have told users before, the Style Manager is a complicated beast, but even with its many quirks and nuances, life is much better with it than without it.

In GTViewer 8.0.x.18+, a new feature was added to streamline one of the most common sequences of operations with the Style Manager. After creating new data for GTViewer with FME or one of the GTData tools, the following workflow arises:

• View the newly converted data with the default styles
• Review a feature that you want to set the styles for
• Get the feature’s Category Id and Filter Id
• Open up the Style Manger
• On the Style Manger dialog, navigate to the Category, then to the Filter Id
• Adjust the Style
• Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

This process is not so bad until you do it a few hundred times. However, you now have the option to set a flag in the [Additional Properties] section of the .GTM file to enable a new feature:
AttributeInfoEditStyle=1

With this flag set, you review a feature as normal. On Attribute Info Dialog’s Element tab, there is a new button at the bottom right called Edit Style:

Now, with one button click, the Style Manager is opened, the Category id and Filter Id are set from the Element Tab's info, and any assigned Style Mapping and Definition are selected.

By default, this option is turned off because it is probably not very useful (and somewhat distracting) to the ordinary user. However, if you are setting or tweaking a few or a lot of styles, this option is a great time saver.

GTViewer version 8.0.1.43 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.1.43 is available.

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08.00.00.43 - 6/03/09
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- NEW - #5849 - GetStyleOrigin method will now support mode 1 to return Computed coordinate values.

- NEW - #5861 - Exclude entry has been added to the ExportDgn configuration file to specify a list of features or category to exclude from the print.

- NEW - #5862 - IgnoreThresholds entry has been added ot the ExportDgn Configuration file to specify if the display threshold apply to a specific category.

- FIX - #5863 - The DefaultGPSReceiver entry was getting corrupted if the Gps Receiver dialog box were activated.

- FIX - #5864 - The Item string for ToolBox DispTog, DispOn, and Disp off was not removing the whitespace around GIS entries making it miss matches where whitespace was found in the entry.

- NEW - #5865 - The MinExportZoomLevel and MaxExportZoomLevel entries have been added to the ExportDgn.ini file to prevent an export from occurring outside a specified zoom level range.

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08.00.00.42 - 5/25/09
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- FIX - #5841 - DispOn and DispOff did not work correctly.

GTViewer version 8.0.x.41 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.x.41 is available.

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08.00.00.41 - 5/25/09
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- NEW - #5829 - The Style Origin defined in Standard Fonts for Text Element symbols was not used in Rotation and Scaling operations.

- NEW - #5831 - ToolBox actions can now be a list of commands.

- NEW - #5832 - LoadStyleMap and LoadStyleDef methods have been added to the Document object.

- NEW - #5833 - ToolBox Actions now support BGColor to allow the background color to be changed.

- NEW - #5834 - ToolBox Actions now support StyleMap and StyleDef to allow the current Style Map or Definition to be changed.

- NEW - #5835 - DisplayToggle command can now be specified with the shorter DispTog in a ToolBox action.

- NEW - #5836 - DispOn and DispOff have been added as ToolBox commands to turn on or off the specified items.

- FIX - #5837 - Toolbox #5 was not closing with document or moving with the main application. Related to #5808.

- NEW - #5838 - ToolBoxEntry lines can now be greater than 255 characters when making extract files (.gtx).

- FIX - #5839 - Problem on fresh installation if a GTM file is opened, then closed, but OpenLastFile is set. Running GTViewer again would give a file invalid message.

- NEW - #5840 - The token followed by a tokenized URL is now supported by the Link Base Location property which indicates that the file attribute File value will replace a token (<%param%>) in a URL string. The <%equal%> token is also supported to specify equal signs (=) in the URL.

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08.00.00.40 - 5/24/09
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- NEW - #5826 - Scale attribute added to the DGN Export parameter file.

- NEW - #5827 - Export as DGN will now convert multi-line text string to multiple text element entries.

- NEW - #5828 - Export as DGN will now use justification attributes when placing text elements.

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08.00.00.39 - 5/20/09
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- NEW - #5820 - Updates to the Attribute Info functional to better supported Linked Document from GT/Field.

- NEW - #5821 - GTViewer will now filter the "table." out of a GT/Field Attribute name if the table is the same as the record's name.

- NEW - #5825 - FontMap entries int the ExportDgn configuration file now support non-stroked text and symbols.

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08.00.00.38 - 5/19/09
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- NEW - #5812 - GetCategoryList method added to Document object.

- FIX - #5813 - FillOffForRaster=1 was disabling polygon fill even when no raster was displayed (because of threshold, files not found, etc.)

- FIX - #5815 - Export to DGN was transposing the font and justification value for Text Node elements.

TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles

This year the TechEd Developers Conference was merged with the TechEd IT conference and happened last week in Los Angeles. While there were significantly fewer Developer oriented sessions, it was interesting to sit in some of the IT sessions. With around 700 sessions to choose from and only about 20 you can actually attend, the need to be particular about what you want to learn becomes very important. I heavily weighted my track with “Mobile”, but I also checked out SQL Server’s Spatial capabilities, and the future directions of the development environments and programming languages.

The push, I mean focus, this year was definitely the yet to be released Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, followed by a healthy dose of Virtualization in the form of Hyper-V and Windows Virtual PC.

I did have an opportunity to run GTViewer on a beta copy of Windows 7 at the “Bring Your Own App Lab.” There were a few glitchy things with reading some values out of the registry, but overall I was very pleased with how well GTViewer worked the first time on Windows 7. I have already checked off a lot of grief on my to-do list from this experience. The free booze they were passing out was not even necessary to favorably color my opinion of Windows 7.

The focus last year was definitely LINQ, which seems to have been toned down now to is actual value. WPF and Silverlight, looked cool to try, but now they look usable. Microsoft’s creation of tools to help spawn the development of new programming languages is supposed to bring about an explosion in new languages. I along with everyone else in the Polyglot Programmer session cringed at the idea of having to learn dozens of new languages, but like LINQ, this idea may fade into a manageable and productive tool in our programming arsenal. I was hoping to see Windows Workflow (WF) be a hotter topic than it apparently is, but it may take a few iterations before it catches on.

I was pretty pleased with TechEd 2009. I will continue to process the information for a while.

GTViewer version 8.0.x.37 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.x.37 is available.

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08.00.00.37 - 5/08/09
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- CHG - #5792 - Feature Tooltip display time increased to 30 seconds.

- CHG - #5805 - The maximum number of prompts with QueryInitialize was changed from 10 to 50.

- NEW - #5806 - LocateXY added as a Toolbox Command.

- CHG - #5807 - Default position for Toolbox moved down to be under the toolbars.

- FIX - #5808 - Problem with the 5th Toolbox being defined.

- NEW - #5809 - ActivateCapture2PointLine method has been added.

- NEW - #5810 - The GTViewer.dll .NET Assembly is now delivered.

GTVx version 8.0.x.10 is Available

Version 8.0.x.10 of GTVx is available.

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08.00.00.10 - 05/08/09

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- CHG - #5793 - Feature Tooltip display time increased to 30 seconds.

- NEW - #5794 - PrintBorder Print property has been added.

- NEW - #5798 - <%scale%> token is now supported in Print notes.

- FIX - #5799 - Problems with Print Labels.

- NEW - #5800 - New Print Properties: ShowPrintableArea, PrintPaddingLeft, PrintPaddingRight, PrintPaddingTop, PrintPaddingBottom.

- CHG - #5801 - Changes to the Print View scaling mechanism to work better when no border or labels are wanted.

- NEW - #5802 - New Print Property: PrintViewRange.

GTViewer 8.0.x.36 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.x.36 is available.

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08.00.00.36 - 4/28/09
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- FIX - #5791 - Toolbar persistence caused problem when opening a file.

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08.00.00.35 - 4/27/09
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- NEW - #5788 - Toolbox settings can now be persistent between sessions.

- NEW - #5789 - Toolbox entries now supports a DisplayToggle command.

SECO wins GITA Excellence Award

Congratulations to SECO Energy for winning an Excellence Award at GITA 2009.




Barry Owens, Theresa Sampson, T.J. Bryant, Dawn Stillion



Steve Dingman presenting "Field Collection of Joint Use and Area Light Data at SECO Energy"

GTVx version 8.0.x.9 is Available

Version 8.0.x.9 of GTVx is available.

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08.00.00.09 - 04/24/09

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- FIX - #5630 - Emphasize Session Graphics mode was causing filled elements to be too dark obscuring other features.

- FIX - #5634 - Overview Window did not use Style Information if the Overview style was not specified.

- FIX - #5636 - Hourglass did not show when a query ran (between the OK click on the query dialog to the display to the Result Dialog)

- FIX - #5639 - Problem with counting functionality having a linear with a point on the count polygon. A zero length segment could have been added to the detail list.

- NEW - #5641 - UseLocateZoomAsMinimum entry has been added to Additional Properties to force Thematic Queries to use the query specified locate zoom as a minimum zoom level.

- NEW - #5642 - Added DefaultLocateSingleFind, DefaultMaximizeInitialView, DefaultMouseWheelIncrement, DefaultOpenLastFile, DefaultShowElementTab, DefaultFeatureTooltips, have been added to the Additional Properties section.

- NEW - #5643 - The EmphasizeSessionGraphicsColor entry is not supported in the [Additional Properties] section. It was previously only supported with GetDataProperty and SetDataProperty.

- NEW - #5657 - IsPointInShape method will not check the element's point list to see if it forms a closed shape (such as a linestring).

- FIX - #5661 - Emphasize Mode and Highlight were drawing Mask characters in Layered symbols.

- FIX - #5673 - GetViewExtents did not return the correct values when using mode 1 and 11.

- FIX - #5678 - Export to DGN had a problem with shapes containing more than 5000 points.

- FIX - #5683 - Highlighting elements where some had weight overrides and some did not would cause any highlighted feature after one that that had its weight overridden to be treated as if it did have its weight overridden.

- FIX - #5691 - Feature Count highlight sometimes did not use the correct weight for the highlighted segments.

- CHG - #5694 - Default Stroke Angle for Circle Element (105) rendering has been lowered to 5 degrees.

- CHG - #5695 - All Stroking angles for Ellipse, Circle, and Arc elements have been lowered to 5 degrees.

- CHG - #5703 - Element that are not clipped by the Feature Counting are not highlighted as the original element (instead of the segments) so that converting Highlighted Elements to Session graphics will preserve the original element.

- NEW - #5704 - Support for Shape with Hole element in the Feature Counting to match that in GTViewer.

- NEW - #5705 - Linkage Info is not included on elements partially Highlighted by the Feature Count functionality.

- FIX - #5709 - Fixed Scale text and symbols did not appear the same size on the screen and prints.

- FIX - #5720 - If the VirtMap entry in a .gtm is changed to a relative path, the Links entries using relative paths did not work because their relative paths was based on the VirtMap entry.

- NEW - #5721 - If the DM Tooltip Separator is set to an empty string, there will be no separator added between DM tooltips when multiple tooltips are present at one location.

- NEW - #5725 - Data Properties added to retrieve the number of each element type exported with the ExportSessionGraphicsAsShp: ShpPointCount, ShpLineCount, ShpPolygonCount.

- FIX - #5755 - Elements using UDLS style with alternate colors defined would show up in color when the Force Black and White was used with Printing.

- FIX - #5770 - ExtendedTextStyle 6 was not working because text element ranges were not using style and zoom level information in their computation.

- FIX - #5772 - Fixed Scale with Mode 6 Extended Text Style did not scale correctly when printing.

- NEW - #5786 - RotateSelectedElements and ScaleSelectedElements have been added.

- NEW - #5787 - ScaleElement was added as a counterpart to RotateElement.

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08.00.00.08 - 12/16/08

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- NEW - #5585 - UpdateElementSetText method has been added along with the 2048 update code for UpdateElement.

- NEW - #5605 - ElementClipboardCopy, ElementClipboardCut, ElementClipboardPaste, ElementClipboardReset, and ElementClipboardCount added. ElementClipboardCountChanged event added.

- FIX - #5606 - SelectElement and UnselectElement were not firing the ElementSelected event.

GTViewer 8.0.1.34 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.1.34 is available.

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08.00.00.34 - 4/21/09
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- NEW - #5778 - Applications menu added.

- NEW - #5779 - GetTextOrSymbolRectangle method was added to View object.

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08.00.00.33 - 4/20/09
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- FIX - #5771 - Fixed Scale with Mode 6 Extended Text Style did not scale correctly when printing.

- NEW - #5774 - ActivateDrawSelect mode has been added to the App object.

- FIX - #5775 - Element Selected Message (204) was not being sent.

- CHG - #5776 - GetCapturedPointList has been changed to filter out duplicate points.

GT/Field Pro version 8.0.0.51 is Available

GT/Field Pro version 8.0.0.51 is now available.

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08.00.00.51 - 4/15/09
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- CHG - #5768 - Changes made to the LastPlusOne mode so that it will only update
the values only if a default value was used.

- CHG - #5769 - The Coordinate Capture Panel has been moved from the top fo the
view to the bottom.

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08.00.00.50 - 4/14/09
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- CHG - #5767 - Changes made to the LastPlusOne mode so that it will only update
the values if the feature is saved.

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08.00.00.49 - 4/14/09
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- FIX - #5752 - The "Last:" default value command was not parsing the optional
default value correctly from the string.

- FIX - #5753 - The "Sequence:" token has been added to the Default Value string to
specifies a sequence of value.
- NEW - #5765 - The "LastPlusOne:" token has been added to the Default Value string to specifies that the default value will be the last value plus 1.

- FIX - #5766 - Emphasize Mode did not work for Printing.

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08.00.00.48 - 4/7/09
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- FIX - #5744 - Processing of Satellite Information changed to prevent possible
errors.

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08.00.00.47 - 4/6/09
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- NEW - #5738 - GPS Status messages were added.

- FIX - #5741 - Absolute Paths were not being correctly handled in a .GTM file.

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08.00.00.46 - 4/1/09
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- FIX - #5569 - Query Form did not support hidden prompts.

- FIX - #5706 - Post would always say no Post Actions defined.

- NEW - #5736 - Upgraded GPS Component Library.

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08.00.00.45 - 10/20/08
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- CHG - #5551 - Upgraded GTV Control for FIX #5550. Problem with Fill and
Border color with Shape with Hole elements.

GTMetaExp version 1.0.0.28 is Available

Version 1.0.0.28 of the GT/Metadata Explorer is available.

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01.00.00.28 - 04/17/09
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- FIX - #5685 - Several values now checked to make sure they are not NULL
in the database.

- FIX - #5686 - Expressions with String Variables that are set to NULL can now
be compared to a String set to 'NULL' Previously, a NULL String variable would be a blank ("").

- NEW - #5749 - On Connection to the database, the Server, Provider, and Metadata
versions are now displayed in the status box.

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01.00.00.27 - 01/27/09
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- FIX - #5616 - The OLEDB Decimal type was being considered an Integer
instead of a Double.

- FIX - #5669 - Save Settings was not saving if it were not already present.

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01.00.00.26 - 12/16/08
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- NEW - #5602 - Site License support.

- FIX - #5603 - Legend Filters with Oracle Reserved words were causing the
expressions to be invalid when passed to Oracle.

PGTV Control version 8.0.0.5 is Available

The PGTViewer .NET Control for Window Mobile version 8.0.0.5 is available.

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08.00.00.05 - 04/16/09
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- FIX - #5584 - GPS Interval event were being set to seconds instead of miliseconds.

- FIX - #5632 - Emphasize Session Graphics mode was causing filled elements to be too dark obscuring other features.

- FIX - #5750 - Processing of Satellite Information changed to prevent possible errors.

GTViewer version 8.0.1.32 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.1.32 is available.


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08.00.00.32 - 4/13/09
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- FIX - #5751 - Clipping Problems with Shape with Hole element have been fixed. Probably only seen when printing large Shape with hole elements that are filled and mostly out of the view.

- FIX - #5754 - Elements using UDLS style with alternate colors defined would show up in color when the Force Black and White was used with Printing.

- FIX - #5756 - The ActivateCaptureLineMode would keep the reference point as part of the line when the right mouse click was used to finish the line.

- CHG - #5757 - Change to ActivateCaptureCircleMode so that the initial point does not fire the 603 event.

- FIX - #5758 - Soft button panel did not display for ActivateCaptureLineMode.

- CHG - #5759 - Indicator point has been added to ActivateCaptureAreaMode.

- CHG - #5760 - CapturePointWithConfirmation mode will now accept the right mouse click as a Finish (like the Line and Area capture modes).

- NEW - #5761 - Message 208 has been added to indicate that a new session graphics element has been drawn (interactive).

- NEW - #5762 - Message 209 has been added to indicate that a new feature was placed as a result of a vertex edit.

- NEW - #5763 - Message 210 has been added to indicate that interactively drawn element will be immediately drawn. The PreWriteData, PreWriteKey1, and PreWriteKey2 data properties have also be added.

GTViewer version 8.0.x.31 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.x.31 is available.


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08.00.00.31 - 4/09/09
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- FIX - #5727 - If ActivateCaptureLineMode used 0 as the Max Points parameters, then it would incorrectly terminate the line after the first point.

- FIX - #5728 - If ActivateCaptureLineMode used a value less than 0 for the MaxPoints parameter, the capture would not work.

- CHG - #5729 - The Right Mouse Finish is now supported with ActivateCaptureLineMode as it is with ActivateCaptureAreaMode.

- CHG - #5730 - The ActivateCaptureLineMode will always show the reference point now when no points have been added.

- FIX - #5731 - DrawGroupStart, DrawCircle32, DrawText32, DrawLineString32, and DrawLine32 were using the current color instead of the Active Color (set by the drop down).

- FIX - #5732 - Problem with Combo Box color being used correctly.

- NEW - #5733 - CustCoordConversion entry added to Additional Properties section.

- FIX - #5734 - Custom Attribute Info did not release its memory when data closed.

- NEW - #5745 - GTFieldPostAction can now be set to 3 to clear all session graphics.

GTV .NET Control version 8.0.0.19 is Available

The GTViewer .NET Control for Windows version 8.0.0.19 is Available.



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08.00.00.19 - 04/07/09
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- FIX - #5722 - If the VirtMap entry in a .gtm is changed to a relative path, the Links entries using relative paths did not work because their relative paths was based on the VirtMap entry.

- NEW - #5739 - GpsNmeaSentence event has been added.

- FIX - #5740 - Absolute Paths were not being correctly handled in a .GTM file.

- FIX - #5743 - Processing of Satellite Information changed to prevent possible errors.

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08.00.00.18 - 03/02/09
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- FIX - #5713 - Problem introduced with the unfinished Link support that prevented attribute information from properly being returned.

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08.00.00.17 - 02/19/09
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- FIX - #5700 - Maximum Number of Priority Elements has been removed (inherited from the device version of the control, but not needed for the desktop version).

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08.00.00.16 - 02/16/09
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- FIX - #5631 - Emphasize Session Graphics mode was causing filled elements to be too dark obscuring other features.

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08.00.00.15 - 11/17/08
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- FIX - #5583 - GPS Interval events were being set to seconds instead of milliseconds.

GTI's new Look

With Version 8.0 of GTViewer, GTI's Logos and Corporate Image have been upgraded.

The photo above shows our booth at DistribuTECH 2009 in San Diego.

GTViewer 8.0.x.30 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.x.30 is available.


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08.00.00.30 - 3/19/09
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- CHG - #5714 - Element Count display on status bar has been changed to show displayed elements instead of cached elements. This change allows better tuning of display filters.

- FIX - #5715 - Problem introduced with #5701 that prevented the Count Highlighted elements for getting linear elements.

- NEW - #5716 - CopyPasteMode added to Additional Properties so that selected elements are unselected when data is copied.

- FIX - #5718 - If the VirtMap entry in a .gtm is changed to a relative path, the Links entries using relative paths did not work because their relative paths was based on the VirtMap entry.

- NEW - #5719 - If the DM Tooltip Separator is set to an empty string, there will be no separator added between DM tooltips when multiple tooltips are present at one location.

- NEW - #5723 - UDLS Flag=4 has been added to support centering symbols in the middle of a line versus mode 3's centering a symbol within each segment of a line.

GTViewer 8.0.1.29 is Available

GTViewer version 8.0.1.29 is available.


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08.00.00.29 - 3/04/09
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- CHG - #5701 - Element that are not clipped by the Feature Counting are not highlighted as the original element (instead of the segments) so that converting Highlighted Elements to Session graphics will preserve the original element.

- FIX - #5702 - After Highlighted elements are converted to Session Graphics, a RefreshView is now performed to flush the element cache.

- NEW - #5707 - Custom Attribute Info definition supported.

- FIX - #5708 - Fixed Scale text and symbols did not appear the same size on the screen and prints.

- NEW - #5710 - LoadSupplimentalFile added to Additional Properties section to add the contents of a file to the Additional Properties section.

- FIX - #5711 - Embedded Styles did not carry over to .GTS Session files.

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08.00.00.28 - 2/19/09
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- NEW - #5689 - The GetCaptureCircleInfo and SetCaptureCircleInfo methods have been added.

- FIX - #5690 - Feature Count highlight sometimes did not use the correct weight for the highlighted segments.

- CHG - #5692 - All Stroking angles for Ellipse, Circle, and Arc elements have been lowered to 5 degrees.

- CHG - #5693 - Default Stroke Angle for Circle Element (105) rendering has been lowered to 5 degrees.

- NEW - #5696 - BGMaskClear and BGMaskAddCircle methods have been added.

- NEW - #5697 - GetGisInfoFromFilterId method has been added.

- NEW - #5698 - CountFeatureDetail method has been added.

- NEW - #5699 - FlickerElement method has been added

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08.00.00.27 - 2/17/09
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- NEW - #5674 - ActivateCaptureLine method added.

- NEW - #5675 - GetCapturedPointEx method added.

- NEW - #5676 - Message 603 has been added to indicate when a point has been captured.

- FIX - #5677 - Export to DGN had a problem with shapes containing more than 5000 points.

- FIX - #5679 - GIS Feature Attribute label was not displaying. Problem with #5646.

- NEW - #5680 - Source Feature Name and Source Style Name items have been added to Element tab to suppor the GIS1: entry in the Filter File description field. GIS Feature and GIS Component have been renamed to Source Feature and Source Component.

- NEW - #5681 - AppId property can now be defined on External Application enties (ActiveX and DotNET).

- FIX - #5682 - Highlighting elements where some had weight overrides and some did not would cause any highlighted feature after one that that had its weight overridden to be treated as if it did have its weight overridden.

- FIX - #5684 - Open File button on the Extract dialog would fail openning file if there were spaces in the filename.

- NEW - #5688 - ActivateCaptureCircleMode added.