VKB update history archive
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.