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Changes in VisiMap Pro 4.1

This page details the changes that are included in VisiMap Professional 4.1 compared with the previous major release, VisiMap Pro 4.0.

New Features
Changed Features
Bug Fixes

New Features

  • Support for Office 2007 (Outlook, PowerPoint, Project and Word).
  • Export to PDF and XPS formats (requires Word 2007 to be installed).
  • Export to single-file HTML archive (MHTML) format.
  • Compatibility with Windows Vista.
  • Outlook items in maps are now included as embedded package objects in exported MS Word files.
  • When you change the Default Maps folder (via the File Locations form), you are now asked whether you wish to move maps files in the old folder to the new.

Changed Features

Version 4.1 SP-1

  • The Add Link and Link Properties forms will remember the folder last used for adding a map link.
  • VisiMap Pro is now more resilient to buggy printer drivers that prevent successful startup. If VisiMap Pro freezes on startup because of a faulty driver it will, on restarting, offer the user the option of excluding the affected printer from use. Excluded printers can subsequently be re-enabled via the General Options tree in the Preferences form.

Version 4.1

  • The icons on net links now reflect the URL protocol type (such as http or mailto). Previously, all net links bore the same generic icon.
  • Added 'callto' to the protocol drop-down list on the Add Link and Link Properties forms.
  • When launching a net link, the registered handling application is now invoked directly (previously, all net links were launched through the default web browser).
  • When switching away from VisiMap Pro to another app and back again, any in-line branch title or link name editor will remain open whenever possible.
  • Changed the way relative paths are stored for links within maps, to improve the portability of maps between different computers.
  • The PowerPoint export filter will now allow you to choose from your custom user templates and shared templates as well as the standard templates installed with PowerPoint. The templates list in the export configuration form now also shows a 'standard', 'user' or 'shared' indicator for each template.
  • Added the "Export map centre notes as project notes" option to the MS Project export filter's options, to workaround a bug in some versions of MS Project (see online help for details).
  • When launching multiple copies of VisiMap Pro in quick succession, the 'licence exceeded' notification no longer displays.

Bug Fixes

Version 4.1 SP-1

  • Eliminated possible exception when attempting to import a file.
  • When exporting to Word, rare exception when exporting style colours has been fixed.
  • Fixed issue where, when launching an Outlook item, the item would sometimes display in plain text (rather than HTML) and erroneously appear as a draft message waiting to be sent.
  • In HTML-exported pages, the image map hotspot dimensions for maps in text outline view have been fixed.
  • Spaces in filenames referred to by HTML-exported maps are now handled correctly.
  • The text in the final page of the Web Update wizard has been corrected.
  • Minor fixes to the notes live spell facility.
  • The Web Update feature no longer creates an (empty) updates folder below the main VisiMap Pro installation folder.

Version 4.1

  • Fixed DEP error in that could occur on some systems during installation.
  • On multiple monitor systems, the persistence of form placements is fixed, even when removing monitors or otherwise changing the virtual desktop arrangement.
  • On multiple monitor systems, the splash screen now always opens on the same monitor as the VisiMap Pro main form.
  • The spelling and thesaurus dialogs are now placed correctly on multi-monitor systems.
  • Fixed spelling of "Customize toolbars" menu command in English (US) interface.
  • Fixed the handling of the 'mailto' prefix in the protocol drop-down list on the Add Link and Link Properties forms.
  • Fixed responsiveness of the Cancel button while downloading in the Web Update wizard and the Download Dictionaries wizard.
  • Fixed minor issues with the Add Link and Link Properties forms.
  • Fixed exception that would occur when importing MS Project files containing empty tasks.
  • Eliminated superfluous prompts to save changed maps on closing, that could occur for unmodified maps.
  • The 'Revert to style' command on the Format menu now works even when the Properties Inspector is closed.
  • Fixed wrong case of suggested spelling corrections that could occur with misspelled all upper-case words when the "Allowed cases" spelling option is set to 'Any'.
  • Improved compatibility of PowerPoint export filter with older versions of PowerPoint.
  • Fixed up links in maps that are saved to packages or sent by e-mail, such that the links still work properly when extracted from the package or e-mail at a different location.
  • Worked around incompatibility of PowerPoint export filter with OfficeOne's "Set Default Slide Layout" add-in.
  • Eliminated templates that no longer exist are now removed from the PowerPoint export filter's templates list when performing a refresh.
  • Fixed task precedence chaining in exported MS Project files.
  • In HTML exported files, the 'page top' hyperlinks now work in all browsers.
  • In HTML exported files, the coordinates or hotspots in image maps are now constrained to fit fully within the image's extents.
  • Corrected display fonts of radio button/checkbox that could display differently to other controls in some forms.
  • Fixed loss of map centre title when adding open maps to a package.
  • (Viewer only) Fixed context sensitivity of "Open Link" menu command.

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