Release Notes for Designer 4.0a

Drawing

Designer 3.1 files with centimeter dimension lines open correctly in Designer 4.0.

Swept rings around a swept cylinder, rotated, display correctly with this release.

Double-unit dimension lines now show decimal precision.

Resizing an extruded connected symbol no longer causes a GP Fault.

Skewing left at 90° or 270°, while constrained, no longer results in a "Divide by zero" error.

File I/O

Performance has been improved in file opening, both for DRW and DS4 files.

The error message: "Missing information. No drawing page found in file." no longer occurs when opening certain older Designer 4.0 files.

Items on master page now export correctly.

Gradients now export correctly to DRW format.

Designer 3.1 files with centimeter dimension lines open correctly in Designer 4.0.

Importing rotated text with more than one character through mmf-based translators (AI, CGM, CDR, DRW, DXF, GEM, HPGL, PICT, WPG) no longer results in improper character placement.

The MGX.INI setting to control bitmap resolution when exporting to a bitmap translator is:

[Translation]

BitmapResolution=300

This number represents the dots per inch (dpi) and can be set from 10-2450. If this setting is not present in the MGX.INI, the current screen resolution will be used (typically 72 dpi).

Importing an HPGL file that contains label origin commands no longer causes a GP Fault.

Saving with Cirrus chips set in video card no longer results in a GP Fault.

Certain large CDR files no longer cause a GP Fault when importing.

Corel Draw 2.0 clipart files now import correctly.

Installation

The installer no longer prompts the user to place the CD in the floppy drive after turning off ATM.

Removing Designer now removes the Designer directory as well.

International Settings

International settings for date and time are now recognized in the expanded view of the Open dialog box.

International settings for decimal and thousands separator no longer causes problems when specifying custom units and in spinners (up and down arrows) of some dialog boxes.

Designer now defaults to centimeters for rulers with no DS40.PRO file in the Windows directory and an international setting of metric.

Miscellaneous

Loading a profile containing a symbol fill with a swept object no longer causes a GP Fault.

Preferences can now be saved to a directory other than the Windows directory.

Hint lines for AI translator setup are now correct for DOS and Macintosh.

Colors in the Pantone Palette which were incorrect have been fixed.

Having SHARE loaded no longer causes the error message "Cannot change subject... All changes will be lost" when the ClipArt Manager tries to write to the subject file.

Performance

The startup footprint (the amount of code required in memory to start Designer) has been reduced.

General performance has been improved by addressing code size and segmentation issues.

Optimization has been made in text editing and display. The FastRender flag is no longer used.

Performance has been improved in DRW file opening, especially those files with text.

Reading and writing of DS4 files has been improved.

Printing

Drawings that contain both vector and bitmap symbols now print correctly to a non-PostScript device.

Designer no longer resets HPCL driver to defaults after printing.

Crop marks now print with Show Crop Marks selected in Designer's Page Setup dialog box.

Text on multiple pages no longer prints with an opaque background to a non-PostScript device.

Text/Fonts

Optimization has been made in text editing and display. The FastRenderflag is no longer used.

Certain TrueType fonts installed from the CD using custom install now enumerate properly in Windows.

Typing text on a locked layer no longer causes a GP Fault.

Importing rotated text with more than one character through mmf-based translators (AI, CGM, CDR, DRW, DXF, GEM, HPGL, PICT, WPG) no longer results in improper character placement.

Moving text along a curve in a previously saved file no longer causes a GP Fault.

Spell checker now works properly when Enter is pressed while the focus is on the "Change to" field.

Text in metafiles no longer appears/prints jagged when taken to other applications either through the clipboard or via a WMF file.

Text no longer moves when entering text using center justification or when the file is saved and reopened.