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November 15th, 2009 0.9.3515 creates user Library/Application Support folder when launched rather than through installer script to support multiple users. November 5th, 2009 0.9.3505 cleans up minor section view issues. Added Select Image command to section to find image if lost out of view (new Image is pasted at old image location as of 0.9.3421). October 29th, 2009 0.9.3429 fixes bug where LXBeams would crash on undo of Add/Update Key Block. October 25th, 2009 0.9.3425 fixes AppleScript. Fixes update on paste with non-plain field style. New abilty to add to selection with shift drag. October 21st, 2009 0.9.3421 improves plotting of positions in section view; preserves image location when pasting a replacement for an existing image; allows the addition of lines to a section view using the line tool. October 16th, 2009 0.9.3416 fixes minor problem with dark blue center grid lines. October 15th, 2009 0.9.3415 fixes problem where small symbols would not duplicate. Re-designed Inspector/Document/Ruler tab. October 9th, 2009 0.9.3409 fixes bug where LXBeams would crash if a key was switched with the popup menu in the Inspector's symbols tab and then a new plot was created. October 8th, 2009 0.9.3408 fixes position mapping when mirroring. Changes Inspector's position tab to popup of mapping tools. This includes new Map to Vertical at Next Click operation. 0.9.3407 cleans up some issues that produced internal errors but did not cause usability problems. Changes to license authentication/expiration. Must re-authenticate when a new version is installed. Temporary version/license expires 30 days from install rather than a fixed date. October 2nd, 2009 0.9.3402 adds workaround for AppKit change to table/text cell behavior. Double click anywhere in an editable cell in tables in the Inspector causes the cell to begin editing. (This only affects the 10.5+/Intel version running on Snow Leopard.) October 1st, 2009 0.9.3401 adds workaround for AppKit change to table behavior. Ending editing without changing the value in the Inspector's info table correctly sets the value across multiple selected objects. September 30th, 2009 0.9.3330 moves Page Setup to Inspector's Document/Size tab. Adds option to resize plot with respect to center rather than a corner. (Report page setup is in Report menu.) September 10th, 2009 September 27th, 2009 0.9.3327 improves .lxxplot/.lxx file extension options for Apple's 10.6 transition to UTIs. Adds export of device info value tables. Improves HTML output compatability. Improves some error reporting. September 10th, 2009 0.9.3308 report Save As panel includes .txt/.csv option. Code optimized with XCode 3.2. Reports shared using javascript have improved compatibility. August 31st, 2009 0.9.3231 improves csv export. Can copy shapes to LXSymbolsEditor using XML copy/paste. August 25th, 2009 0.9.3225 adds connect device command. August 23rd, 2009 0.9.3223 optimizes caching of position and device links. Other memory optimizations. August 14th, 2009 0.9.3214 fixes minor issues with locked objects. Title and key blocks are improved. With the new style, existing blocks are replaced in their current location by the Add Title Block/Add Key Block commands. Plots with the new title and key blocks cannot be opened by previous versions. August 13th, 2009 0.9.3211 improves key block. August 8th, 2009 0.9.3208 improves symbols palette. August 4th, 2009 0.9.3204 fixes inspector table regression. Adds field styles to lxx. August 3rd, 2009 0.9.3203 fixes Select Previous Object within group. Adds mnemonic info key support to report table. July 31st, 2009 0.9.3131 inspector does not switch from report to plot after editing info. Option and shift can be combined when clicking to select. Option selects symbol/position if text field is clicked. Shift toggles selection. Fixes copy of horizontal and vertical lines as graphics. July 30th, 2009 0.9.3130 adds PNG option for LXX Files. Install changed to LXSeries folder. July 12th, 2009 0.9.3112 adds ability select tool with keys 1-8. Adds ability to open lxx file over network with "Open URL..." command. July 9th, 2009 0.9.3109 fixes drop location for imported images. Adds XML pasteboard support. Adds support for pasting delimited text for import. July 5th, 2009 July 6th, 2009 0.9.3106 removes jshtml windows from HTML5 manifest. July 5th, 2009 0.9.3105 fixes issue with position map points and lxx files. July 1st, 2009 0.9.3102 adds drag support for images. 0.9.3101 adds names display to section view. Changes license confirmation/entry. June 17th, 2009 0.9.3017 stops assertion failure messages when user defaults load. June 16th, 2009 0.9.3016 adds beam axis control to Inspector's beams tab. Adds support for multiple rows of lamps in striplights. Lamps per Circuit field has number of lamps in each row separated by "-" for horizontal and "|" for vertical orientations. File format change brings beam axis to clockwise values and adds Svoboda symbol. June 15th, 2009 0.9.3015 adds cache manifest option supporting HTML 5 ability to have browser cache pages for offline use. Works with Safari and Firefox. This means your iPhone/iPod can be directed to cache a pdf of your plot so that you can see it even if you can't connect to LXBeams Network Sharing. Also, adds a security option allowing you to prevent POST and PUT connections from altering your plot over a network connection. This setting is enabled by default so you can use the javascript version of reports that was just added. This setting is available as a security precaution. Someone would have to know your net sharing port and IP address along with the LX HTTP protocol to change your plot. But, just in case, you can disable these connections. June 6th, 2009 0.9.3006 closes network fileHandle so sharing port can be reused after stopping without quitting LXBeams. June 3rd, 2009 0.9.3003 improves data import which now follows standard CSV style protocol. May 27th, 2009 0.9.2927 fixes regression where use field was not included in channel summary for non-automated fixtures. May 23rd, 2009 0.9.2923 adds Tabbed data import. Corrects counting of strip colors to account for lamps per circuit value. May 14th, 2009 0.9.2914 devices are not disconnected/positions renumbered when a symbol is grouped. May 12th, 2009 0.9.2912 improves rendering of imported PDFs when plot is zoomed. Improves updating of positions. May 10th, 2009 0.9.2910 constrains split pane in Device Info Panel. Allows Update Pan/Tilt to operate on grouped symbols. Fixes update of beam color when change is broadcast from Device Info panel. Changes Create Beam to allow a beam to be created when there's only one symbol capable of creating a beam inside a selected group. May 7th, 2009 0.9.2907 fixes Sections Per Fixture=0 bug that crashed Symbols report. Improves Device Info panel. May 4th, 2009 May 4th, 2009 0.9.2904 re-designed tools panel. Rescans for scripts, keys and reports. Re-load libraries button added to Preferences for colors, frames and lamps. Parameter list editor added to Inspector's info tab. April 27th, 2009 0.9.2827 fixes a rare regression bug involving .lxx files imported from MacLux Pro. April 23rd, 2009 0.9.2823 completes new file version that adds support for automated fixtures. Update Pan/Tilt command added to Focus menu which sets pan and tilt for automated fixture based on beam's current location. April 9th, 2009 0.9.2809 (tiger and leopard only) adds smart paste and Inspector's tool tab can be accessed when there is no selection. April 8th, 2009 0.9.2808 adds minimum section heights to Inspector->Document->Size tab. April 7th, 2009 0.9.2807 fixes bug where program would hang on find if a text field was selected. April 6th, 2009 0.9.2806 adds Beam button to Web Sharing HTML version of single unit report. Adds support for multiple selection drag and drop in Positions report. Adds minimize and collapse to Inspector window. April 2nd, 2009 0.9.2802 adds Network Sharing & Single Unit report. March 23rd, 2009 0.9.2723 adds PDF export. Always resizes info text fields when font changes. February 27th, 2009 0.9.2627 exposes selected positions and position mapping to scripting. February 24th, 2009 0.9.2624 fixes Navigator cursor change display regression. February 19th, 2009 0.9.2619 adds a preference to disable automatic field positioning when changing a symbol. Improves mirror and duplication of Positions with mapped locations. February 12th, 2009 0.9.2612 adds option to round displayed measurements. February 11th, 2009 0.9.2611 improved lxx file support to include graphics. Added options to count reports to count empty and/or not count particular strings. Updated Color Count report does not count color/frames starting with "N/C". January 30th, 2009 0.9.2529 improves find panel. Includes internal improvements. December 30th, 2008 0.9.2430 improves device color support. December 15th, 2008 LXFree 1.1.0 released. (LXBeams 0.9.2415) Return to LXBeams News & History |
