VKB update history archive

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Update History

• V1.50 build 31010
  . NSDL search now point to NSDL production server, not development servers.
  . Visual encoding for NSDL search results.
  . Other bug fixes.
• V1.50 build 30815
  New XML file format, web search support, background drawing tools, new tool bar, etc.
  For more details, please check the what's new page.
• V1.00beta.20620
  . Bug fixes. Suggestion save/load, closing VKB window. . Keep relative layout of selection move.
• V1.00beta.20530
  
  • Bug fixes
    - Error reading older VKB files.
    
  • New:
    - Printing
    - Multi-Windows support, include cut/copy/paste*
    - Spatial Structure indicator
    - Translucent backdrop for collection and root canvas
    - Zoom In/Out, with restricted editing
    - External (web-based) image support
    - External VKB hyperlink
    
  • Enhancements:
    - url prompted at status if a symbol has any url tag.
    - tool bar can be toggled off.
    - Read Only mode enhancements.
    - Spatial Parser.
    - Miniature view: transparent symbols are shown in dashed lines.
    
  • Change:
    - Switching between autoscroll and auto-expand mode is determined when moust button is pressed. i.e., if Shift-key is pressed when starting a drag, it's in auto-expand mode, the default (no shift) is auto-scroll mode.
    - Suggestions: Proper Noun, and Type suggestion
    - File/New now opens a new windows instead of clears up the workspace.
    - VKB windows will not use the saved workspace window position to re-position window.
• V0.90.20213
  . New: Peek symbol behind others. You can enable/disable this feature in configuration.
  . Bug fix: pasted symbols will now remain at its last location relatively, not piling up at upper left corner.
  . Bug fix: Correct generated filename for export.
  . Bug fix: Creating new symbol (Ctrl-Enter) near the bottom of a canvas will force the workspace to expand to accommodate the newly created symbol.
  . Change : Autoscroll now bases on cursor postion, not selected symbol's edge.
  . Change : Holding Shift key when draggin symbols switches between Autoscroll and Auto-expand mode of workspace.
  
• V0.90.1220
  . Bug corrected: remove backdrop of collections could not be played back in history.
  . Zoom in/zoom out temporarily disabled.
• V0.90.1217b
  . Recompiled VKB_res.jar file. A library was missed in the bundle.
  
• V0.90.1217
  . Bundled JVM is switched to Java2SE 1.3.1
  . Bug fixes...
  . New features....
  
• V0.90
  . New features ..... . Bug fixes.....
• V0.80 (internal release)
  . Switch JVM to JDK1.3
• V0.70 (internal release)
  . Switch JVM to JDK1.2
• V0.64.0523
  . Add Type Suggestion.
  . Add simple animation effect for Max/Min.
  . Add History Tree View.
  . Selection are forced to stay at the layout when moved together.
  . Bug fixes...
  
• V0.63.0417
  . Bug fixes...
  . Add Smart Explode.
  . Add Advanced Configuration Dialog.
  . Spatial Parser capacity increased (to 10000).
  . Add View switching.
  . Navigate events not preserved in history anymore.
  . Add "Duplicate symbol" function.
  . Add Text Summarizer and Keyword extractor.
  
• V0.61.10124
  . Fix history playback/reverse bug when color pallet is edited.
  . Change [Font] button.
  . Divide status bar to several regions.
  . Autosave for every 20 events.
  . Confirm exiting for [close window] button.
• V0.61.1220
  . Fix Symbol - Object crosslinking bug.
  . Add "Bring To Center" button in Find Dialog.
  . Add Symbol preview and object storage viewer in TreeView.
  
• V0.61.1208
  . Object storage layer.
  . Attribute extraction from Symbols to Object Storage.
  . Find symbol by object storage content.
  . Export to XML.
  . Exported hierarchy can be sorted by spatial parser.
  . Return to ??-state in history.
  . Help/Update link to this page.
  . Feedback/Bug report form.
  . Easy Grab, Easy Click, for Smartboard.
  
• V0.60.0929
  . Add Import/Export collection feature.
  . Fix file loading problem.
  . Reset text cursor to 0,0 after loading a file.
  . Reset min/max condition when workspace is cleared (New/Load/etc).
  . Fix scrolling position when an inner collection is maximized.
• V0.60.0923
  . Use IBM JRE1.1.8 as the bundled JVM.
  . Start using compile date as sub versioning.
  . Font and Text Color support for symbols.
  . Enhanced Snap to Grid feature.
  . Ruler mark for showing cursor position.
  . Correct Text paste function.
  . Installer now create shortcut on desktop and under Start/Programs/[VKB folder].
  . Default directory change from "Texas A&M University" to "Visual Knowledge Builder" in installer.
  . Select the whole text and put cursor at the end of text when a new symbol is created. (for quick replacement of text content)
  
• V0.6, Sept 15,1999.
  . Replace the Sparser.dll . The native method need to be updated and point to VKB package, not VIKI.
• V0.6, Sept 14,1999.
  . Provide installer, eliminate the need for the end user to download and isntall Java Virtual Machine (JDK or JRE).
  
• V0.6, Sept 10,1999.
  . Change name from VIKI to VKB (Visual Knowledge Builder).
  . Add history mechanism.
  . Other fixes and enhancements.
• V0.4b1, June30, 1999.
  . Correct null pointer exception when clipboard is empty.
• v0.4b, June28,1999.
  . Add "Export hierarchy"
  . Disable Object layer storage
  . Root canvas size now should be loaded
  
• v0.4a, June25,1999.
  . shows "lock" in button icon in repetitive add mode
  . shows "candidate collection" with red frame (can turn it off in config)
  . shows "wait cursor" when doing long operations like load/save/build tree
  . correct resize bug when "snap grid" is enabled
  . include the batch command in VKB.bat for using jre1.1.8, choose JDK or JRE, simply remark the line that is not used.
• v0.4, June11,1999.