******************************************* * * * ACTIVstudio * * Copyright (c) 2007 * * Promethean Technologies Group Ltd * * * ******************************************* ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.5.143 ----------------------------------------- Release Date 31/05/07 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= - 2.4Ghz Voting Support for English, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic locales ================================================== ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.5.139 ----------------------------------------- Release Date 05/04/07 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= - Support for Danish locale ================================================== ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.5.101 ----------------------------------------- Release Date 16/10/06 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= - Support for Chinese locale - Handwriting recognition can now be set to recognise Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese & Maori characters Known Issues ============= - QuanPin IME is not supported Bug fixes ========= - Flipcharts created on a PC with a date set in the future will now display a message before re-saving the flipchart. ================================================== ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.5.82 ---------------------------------------- Release Date 17/07/06 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= - Support for Japanese, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Czech, Italian, Russian, Hungarian, English Canadian & French Canadian locales Known Issues ============= - When taking a snapshot the camera type name may remain on the screen in a faint blue box. To prevent this from happening turn off the windows fade effect. This can be done by viewing Display Properties\Appearance\Effects - uncheck 'Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips' Bug fixes ========= - opening flipcharts through windows explorer will no longer force the filename to be all lowercase - Importing powerpoints created on any language variation of office will now import correctly - the sound recorder now correctly gives focus to the save dialogue when saving sound to disk - can no longer accidentally open notebooks & flipcharts at the same time which caused them to mix together - background & grid thumbnails display correctly in resource manager in large font mode - resource library can still be resized after clicking on a resource object but not adding it to the page - can now export voting results from desktop flipcharts - now prompted to select a page when duplicating pages in page organiser without first selecting a page - screensaver no longer causes problems when it starts up in multiple monitor mode - help buttons in regdev & reguser have a tooltip - main toolbox no longer hides when viewing office files, ie ppt, xls & doc, in link viewer - saved pages also save keywords from any objects on the page which can then be used in searching - problems with flipchart text created on Mac & then edited on pc have been resolved - problems with slow startup over network have been resolved - program no longer crashes after changing text size on desktop notes or page notes after copying text to page - fonts display correctly in question master on japanese systems - intermittently text would be created in huge sizes, this was due to text of mixed sizes being edited. This has been fixed. - labels are displayed correctly next to thumbnails in resource manager when viewed in large font mode - slow opening of the app over certain networks has been fixed ================================================== ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.5.72 ---------------------------------------- Release Date 05/04/06 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= - New action button on caption bar that indicates whether actions are enabled or not. Actions can also be enabled/disabled by clicking on this button - A message will be displayed & the application will close if it is run on a system that has no Flash software installed Bug fixes ========= - problems with flash encountered when performing patch update have been fixed. - can use keyboard shortcuts in text edit mode when caps lock is switched on - can always resize the resource library, even after selecting a resource object - no longer get run time error when using the video link viewer menu after using the image link viewer menu ================================================== ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.5.42 ---------------------------------------- Release Date 22/03/06 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= - Support for French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Dutch & Hong Kong locales Bug fixes ========= - Can now only open one instance of page picker - Main toolbox correctly hides when running board calibration from shortcut bar - Can now always vote with allocated users when more devices are registered than used for user voting - Activity Wizard will display correctly in large font mode - Can copy weblinks into the weblinks folders in resource manager - Regdev will display correctly in large font mode - Can resize flipcharts using the arrange toolbox - Annotations will add to the page correctly with high quality settings switched on. This is fixed for single monitor systems only, it may still be a problem on dual monitor systems. ================================================== ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.5.34 ---------------------------------------- Release Date 01/02/06 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= - Flash movie placeholder - Vector graphics support in flipchart (WMF) - Wide format display support - Multiple monitor support - Large font support - Support for opening SMART v9 notebook files. - Compass Tool - Page Picker - Export flipchart to SWF - Print Flipchart Page Notes - 'Reset All Settings' option - Desktop Flipchart Live Background option (2K/Xp only) - Sound Recorder - 'New look' pen width slider on Main Toolbox - Tickertape with screen backgrounds achieved via layered window technique (2K/Xp only) - Tickertape. Pause and CLose button added next to speed slider. - New default toolbox layout file. Includes Fill Tool and ACTIVote tool. - Ability to specify the default background colour to use when editing text objects - Addition of 'Named Device' mode in ACTIVote user-device allocation program Bug fixes ========= - cancelling a placeholder link no longer incorrectly adds a link object to the flipchart page - wma file types can no longer be added as placeholder links - when tools are opened automatically when studio is started they now all appear above the flipchart page - editing a text object with the HR tool no longer causes the text to jump across the page - arrange window toolbox will no longer open with studio when display windows from previous session setting is switched on - pen modifier tools will not flicker badly when used with a placeholder object on the flipchart page - can edit text correctly after using the all button on the toolbox - resizing the user registration program no longer causes flickering effects - deconstructing text now works correctly with multi language support setting switched off or on - a flipchart created on the Mac will now display text correctly when multi language support setting is switched on - performing an ad-hoc vote where results go to a new flipchart page no longer cause a blank desktop flipchart page to be created - grids will not be added to new desktop flipchart pages - can create a blockbuster file using the Save it button & the activity will run successfully - all registered users will be available when voting in named mode - can no longer user the ctrl-a keyboard shortcut whilst the spotlight tool is switched on - undoing actions on the desktop no longer switches off the reveal or spotlight tool - page turn effects display when using the keyboard shortcuts to turn flipchart pages - copied text, shape & line objects now have names - can now stop a vote whilst it is paused - the undo facility on the HR tool now removes the previous word correctly in all applications - copied text will paste into the flipchart with correct formatting - when linking to wma files the placeholder option no longer becomes available - print settings no longer hide behind the flipchart page - Prevent Promethean on-screen keyboard locking up the system under Windows 2K and Xp. ================================================== ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.1.34 ---------------------------------------- Release Date 03/01/06 ------------------------ No further changes from v2.1.33 except for minor translation changes for Russian, Italian, Turkish, Dutch, Arabic, Chinese, Brazilian Portugese, European Portugese & Japanese Please note the ACTIVstudio.exe version is unchangad at v2.1.33 ================================================== ACTIVstudio Professional Edition v2.1.33 ---------------------------------------- Release Date 17/11/05 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= Languages --------- Added support for Dutch, Brazilian Portugese & European Portugese Help Install ------------- When the application is installed the english help files are always installed as well as the selected language help files Overlay mode ------------- Highlighter tool can now be used in overlay mode Saving desktop flipcharts -------------- Can now save desktop flipcharts using the save & save as options in the flipchart menu when the desktop flipchart is in focus. Bug Fixes ========= - all text on the Russian resource library will fit correctly - main toolbox no longer disappears when viewing an xls file from a link or the shortcut bar - Desktop notes & pointers close when accessing studio settings preventing any notes from becoming corrupted. - Movement of the XY origin tool on the flipchart page is now added to the undo/redo history - Count down/up clocks now correctly remember their settings - Can now take snapshots of videos running in link viewer - Can now reuse AS1 flipcharts and flipchart pages that contain Chinese text. This only works if the AS1 files are opened in AS2 on a chinese system - object pickups are no longer displayed after performing certain actions ie. image best fit actions - performing shape recognition no longer causes the page to flash - Can now change pen width using the width slider in desktop overlay mode - Japanese text on the tickertape & in flipchart settings now fit correctly - page no longer jumps when annotating with the calculator open - saving the flipchart with a text object in editable mode no longer loses that text object. - can now deconstruct one letter words - resources are displayed correctly when the resource library is opened in a rolled-up state - keyboard shortcuts to start a new flipchart & open an existing shortcut now work correctly even if there is no flipchart currently open - Can now take snapshots to jpg files correctly - text objects that have multiple lines will now add a deconstructed word to the page in the correct position - can now always vote with allocated users when more devices are registered than used for user voting - if some users are set to absent then the correct number of users are displayed when voting - After using the all button on the text edit toolbox the text can be edited immediately by overtyping or using the delete or backspace keys - inserting a link object on a tiled flipchart now adds it to the page and not to the world colour - objects that are contained now size correctly when the container object is resized - adding a link to an swf file no longer gives the option to add as a placeholder - the colour selecting no longer disappears when moving it around the page multiple times ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.1.23 ------------------------------------------ Release Date 18/08/05 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= Languages --------- Added support for Japanese, Italian, Czech, Hungarian and Turkish languages Multi-language support ---------------------- A new setting has been added to the language settings. When this is switched on then unicode text can be edited on the flipchart page, page notes & desktop notes. If this setting is switched off and unicode text is edited then a message is displayed advising the user to switch the setting on. Keyboard shortcuts ------------------ Keyboard shortcuts are now available when editing text or objects on the flipchart page. Moving objects Object is moved by 1 pixel using the arrow keys. Holding the shift & arrow key moves the object by 5 pixels. Holding the ctrl & arrow key moves the object by 10 pixels. Keeping these keys held down now moves the object continuously instead of just once. Editing text The following keyboard shortcuts are available Ctrl-c - copy Ctrl-x - cut Ctrl-v - paste Ctrl-a - select all text Ctrl-z - undo Ctrl-b - bold Ctrl-i - italics Ctrl-u - underline Editing flipchart objects Ctrl-c - copy Ctrl-x - cut Ctrl-v - paste Ctrl-a - select all objects (except locked objects) Ctrl-z - undo Ctrl-n - new screensize flipchart Ctrl-o - open my flipcharts folder Ctrl-p - printer dialog for current flipchart Ctrl-g - forms a group from currently selected objects Ctrl-u - ungroups a currently selected group Can also open a new flipchart using Ctrl-N & print the displayed flipchart using Ctrl-P. To group selected objects use Ctrl-G & to ungroup a selected group use Ctl-U. Objects can be selected & deselected using shift & click Object properties ----------------- When using the tab key to move round object properties the text will be selected to make it easier to amend Known limitations ================= Desktop notes that were created on a chinese, hong kong or arabic system in versions 2.1.2 or 2.1.13 will not load correctly in the latest version and will need to be recreated. Bug Fixes ========= - non-as2 file types are now found by the quick search in the resource library. Previously, file types such as txt & bmp would not be found by the quick search - can always edit & remove users in the user database - can now add carriage returns when creating questions in the question library - when using handwriting recognition tool with multiple flipcharts the created text always displays on a flipchart page and isn't hidden in the world colour - the Handwriting recognition tool will now switch off when starting the print dialogue - when running on an NT system the overlay mode & toolbox translucency settings are disabled. - highlighter width numbers are now fully displayed when toolbox is set to left orientation & small size - If you open a voting flipchart without PE already being open the splash screen will no longer hide the voting session - the XY origin tool is no longer added to flipchart printouts - cancelling out of the page colour in flipchart settings will keep the page colour as it was originally. Previously this used to make the page colour black - some flash activities used to start running as soon as their thumbnails were displayed in the resource library. This is no longer a problem. - When using the quick print tool with no printer attached a message now appears - The link viewer menu button now displays correctly on chinese systems - Resource search always opens centrally to the resource library. This ensures that the whole resource search can be viewed no matter where the resource library is positioned. ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.1.13 ------------------------------------------- Release Date 21/06/05 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= Support for Unicode data within all files. Screen Recorder ------------- Can now record functions performed on the pc in full or area screen mode. This includes actions performed within Activstudio and those using other applications. The recording is saved as an avi file. Functionality Amendments ======================== Intelligent Fill ------------- When filling an annotation the resulting shape is now placed on the top layer, this means it can be erased. It was previously placed on the middle layer. Bug Fixes ========= - French & Spanish clean installs now default to pen width 2 - The voting results tooltips now display the correct question for all the questions - Can add new questions at all times whilst maintaining the question library - Colour picker tool is always available on desktop flipcharts - Ruler & Protractor can now be used on desktop flipcharts - Can now rename a file in resources by editing the label - The text edit toolbox caption is no longer truncated on spanish systems when toolbox is set to small - Can enter carriage returns into questions and answers in question master - Previously, on Win2k if the main toolbox was moved after annotating on the page then page & resource thumbnails would be drawn incorrectly. This no longer happens. ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.1.2 ------------------------------------------- Release Date 27/04/05 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= Languages --------- Added Language Support for Chinese Simplified (PRC) and Arabic (Saudi Arabia). Viewing PDF files ---------- PDF files can now be opened in the web browser. Acrobat viewer v4 or higher needs to be installed and the linked file hosting setting needs to have 'Use Web browser' checked. Page turn effects ----------- Page turn effects will display when using the next page and previous page actions Bug Fixes ========= - When prompted to save a flipchart when closing it down it now saves to the folder it was opened from by default. If the flipchart is a new flipchart it saves into the My Flipcharts folder by default - Flipchart names are now displayed on the taskbar for all currently open flipcharts - The quality of the display of videos in the link viewer has been improved - When using the admin.ini with key 2 there is no way to access the settings. - Thumbnails now always updated after doing resource searches - Window snapshot now snaps the correct area of the screen - If a file no longer exists in the path the link points to a message is shown to say the file cannot be found. This will happen for all file types. - The correct images are displayed when previewing image files in the link library - Actions will work when the pen tool is selected after the handwriting recognition tool has been used. - When doing a resource search the folder buttons on the left hand column will never appear - When doing multiple resource searches the search button selects correctly - Can now perform page reset and undo on published flipcharts - If an action object is inserted onto a page this will now cause a save prompt to appear when the flipchart is closed - The correct clock type will be opened when the app is started when display windows on start up setting is switched on - Can now add 41 tools to the main toolbox - Apostrophe added to Don't know in voting results - When adding a web page as an embedded file link in object actions you no longer get a message that the file cannot be found. ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.0.349 ------------------------------------------- Release Date 07/03/05 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= Languages --------- Added support for Russian language Bug Fixes ========= - caption text on power tools toolbox now not displayed when vertical - removing a background from the page no longer removes the page description - calculator divisor symbol now displays as ÷ in read-out and when added to flipchart page - quick search now correctly finds filenames and keywords - quick and normal search now find flipchart summary keywords - when switching between page and object the toolbox updates correctly - annotating at the top of the flipchart page when using the handwriting recognition tool now always adds the text onto the flipchart page - text tool is now selected when editing text - can now select pop-up menus on the toolbox when in desktop overlay mode - when using windows internet explorer the AS2 web button does not remain selected. When using the Activweb browser the button remains selected whilst the browser is open. - after cancelling a desktop flipchart save another desktop flipchart can be started. - can no longer change toolbox orientation when the toolbox is rolled up - both the keyboard and handwriting recognition buttons are selected correctly when using these tools during a flipchart save. - text toolbox no longer disappears when selecting the bullet list button - when adding a new folder to the resource library it remains visible after moving to another area and back again. - when using the tab key to move through the flipchart summary area it now moves in a logical order - when the resource library is closed whilst in rubber stamp mode the rubber stamp mode is switched off cleanly - if right click is enabled this is disabled and the buttons selected after being in toolstore ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.0.345 ------------------------------------------- Release Date 07/02/05 ------------------------ Functionality Additions ======================= Disable Right Click Tool ------------------------ This tool is available from within the Toolstore. This is a re-introduction of the Disable Right Click from ACTIVstudio v1. Intelligent Fill ---------------- The Fill Tool has been modified to allow areas formed by one or more annotations (of the same or different colour) to be filled with an exact shape that fits within the area defined by the inner edges of the enclosing annotations. Colour Picker ------------- New tool added to Toolstore. Allows user to pick colours from objects in order to modify the colour palette on the Main Toolbox. Video Placeholder ----------------- When adding links to certain movie file types, you are given the option of adding this to the flipchart as a video placeholder. When clicked upon, this link will play directly within the flipchart allowing you to annotate over it whilst paused or playing. This feature requires the installation of Quicktime and basically provides support for any video files that Quicktime can play. Full documentation on this feature will be available within a future update of the Help files. Support for Published Flipcharts -------------------------------- ACTIVstudio Developer has the option of publishing flipcharts containing edit, save and print restrictions. This version of PE will support these flipcharts and restrictions. Automatic Annotation Grouping ----------------------------- Annotations placed within close proximity of each other are now automatically grouped if the new setting 'Automatic Annotation Grouping" is ticked. Flipchart Page Properties ------------------------- Page Width and Height properties are available within the Position panel of the Properties window. Languages --------- Added support for 'English Canadian' and 'French Canadian' languages. SMART Notebook v8 ----------------- Add support for opening SMART Notebook .xbk format files. (Files generated with SMART Notebook v8). Add partial support for SMART Notebook files when saved as Notebook v8 files using Notebook v9. During the process of opening the data is converted to ACTIVstudio page format. Object Right Click ------------------ Right clicking on any object that has an action now displays the right click menu for the object. Default Background on New Pages ------------------------------- This setting now allows you to choose an AS2 Background/Tile file from the Resource Library. Freely Move Object Pickup ------------------------- This pickup now remains visible after moving an object beyond the edge of the flipchart window Actions (DE authored) --------------------- Next Page action. Now turns to next (new) page when the action occurs on the last page of the flipchart. ACTIVkeyboard ------------- Localised for French/German/Spanish ACTIVcalculator --------------- Localised for French/German/Spanish Ruler ----- Centrimetre (cm) Ruler added Debug Version ------------- A debug version of the main application EXE is now installed. This version will display 'start up' and 'close down' activity debug messages. User Details ------------ The application may now be run upto 3 times without the user being required to enter their 'User Details' at start up. This is achieved by selecting 'Un-registered mode' After the third run, the user must enter their details, serial number and accept the License agreement before the application will run. Once details have been entered, subsequent runs of the program will not prompt for User Details. Container Objects ----------------- Annotations which are written directly into Container Objects (DE) will automatically be contained. Search History -------------- The Search window now presents the user with a list containing up to 100 previously entered search phrases. This list allows the user to easily select a previously entered search phrase without having to re-enter it. Newly entered phrases are placed at the top of the list if the user performs the search. Phrases chosen from the list are placed at the top of the list if the user performs the search. The list of search phrases are saved and retrieved from the user's personal settings file. Line Sizing ----------- Lines which form part of a group are now allowed to be individually selected at their line ends in order to change the length of the line whilst still grouped. Functionality Modifications =========================== Filling an enclosed annotation ------------------------------ Draw an enclosed shape using a single pen stroke (eg a circle). Use the Fill Tool to fill the annotation. ACTIVstudio now creates an additional new shape object that fits exactly within the inner area of the annotation. The annotation remains on the page. In previous versions, the annotation was removed and replaced by a shape object. This functionality has altered in line with the new Intelligent Fill function. Resource Library Search ----------------------- This now searches for complete words and does not find 'words within words'. Therefore, a search for cat will find 'black cat' but will not find 'catapult' Opened Flipcharts ----------------- Increased the number of flipcharts which may be open at the same time from 2 to 4. Interface Modifications ======================= Resource Library ---------------- Thumbnail area now drawn in white. Resources shipped with this version have been re-created with thumbnails having white backgrounds. Resources from earlier versions show thumbnails with light blue background. ACTIVControl ------------ Now displays its prompts in the currently selected language of the Operating System. Corporate Branding ------------------ Slight modifications to the interface to cater for new corporate branding and colour schemes. Dice Tool --------- At the end of the roll, all faces of the rolled dice which do not point towards the user are hidden Grid Colour Menu Option ----------------------- This option is now disabled when the page contains a multi-layered, multi-coloured grid. ACTIVote Results Graphs ----------------------- General improvements made to the drawing of all graphs. - Graphs are now clarified and simplified. - 'Who Answered What' - This graph now completely fits within the view window without the need to use the scrollbar. - 'Correct Answer' labels. Label fonts made much bigger and the correct answer is now highlighted. - All graph Label font sizes are increased. - 'Roll Up/Down' button added to the Graph Window. This allows for selectively showing or hiding the current graph whilst keeping the 'Correct Answer' panel showing to the audience. - 3D check box added. When ticked, graph bars and labels are drawn with 3D drop shadow. The Pie Chart is drawn 3D. When not ticked, graph bars and labels are drawn without drop shadows. The Pie Chart is drawn 2D - Questions that have no correct answer are now shown colour coded in different shades of blue. - With questions that have no correct answer it is now possible to view the Pie Chart. In this instance the pie chart simply displays 'blue shaded' answer statistics and not 'Right Wrong' statistics. ACTIVote Tool Right Click Menu ------------------------------ The following options are now available on a popup menu when right clicking on the ACTIVote Toolbox icon... - Results... Shows the Results Graph Window for the current flipchart (if ACTIVote results are available) - Display Names. Toggles the display of participants during the response gathering period. - Display Results. Toggles the display of the Results Graph Window at the end of the response gathering period. - Settings. Opens the ACTIVote Settings panel. - Help. Opens the ACTIVote Help. Resource Library Folders ------------------------ Modifications to button logic of the 'Shared', 'Personal', 'Search Resources' and 'Another Folder' buttons in order to remove the steps required to reach the Search Resources Window. - The 'Search Resources' button now takes you directly to the 'Search Resources' window. - The '...' button now takes you directly to the 'Browse Another Folder' window. - Swaped the positions of the 'Search Resources' and 'Another Folder' buttons so that the 'Another Folder' button is next to the '...' button PowerPoint Converter -------------------- The Flipchart Menu option 'PPT Converter' has been moved from the 'Export' sub-menu to the new 'Import' sub-menu. Bug Fixes ========= - Multiple flipchart organisation. Prevent page corruption caused by dragging certain page combinations between flipcharts. - Fixed slow flipchart open/save speeds across networks and under Xp. - Page Organiser. When dragging a group of pages from one flipchart to another, any inter-page link action relationships are maintained. NB. These actions are only maintained correctly if the 'linked from' AND 'linked to' pages are dragged and dropped within the same operation. - Resource Library Searching. When a search finds no resources it was displaying an incorrect thumbnail. - Resource Library Searching. Fix whereby program can 'lock up' when performing a search which returns a lot of matches. - Voting. Voting is not now an undoable action. Once you have voted on a page, the results stay with the page until you decide to remove them manually (via ACTIVote Session window). - Annotating on Link. Fixed Runtime error 384. - Text Edit Toolbox. Could enter incorrect characters into the Font Size box. - Moving flipchart objects. Fixed problem of dragging certain objects on large sized flipchart. - Pasting Text into flipchart. Not all pickup handles were being shown in all circumstances. - Import/Export Wizard. Export to Word and Powerpoint. Numerous bug fixes for various combinations of Windows OS and Office version. - Import/Export Wizard. Import Powerpoint to Flipchart. Fixed problem of showing Blue Screen. - Window Arranger. Now including Link Viewer when specified. - Text Edit Toolbox. Font properties not being remembered between sessions. - Flipchart Summary. Prevent this showing in French/German and Spanish derivatives. - Flipchart Summary. Don't show the 'Teacher Subject' treeview. Not relevant to forthcoming DE on-line resources. - Flichart Bin correctly docks. - Main Toolbox Third Column corruption. Could lose User Defined Buttons off the third column. - ACTIVstudio v1 Link Library. Could not filter by WEB pages. - Text Object Sizing. Was incorrectly altering the textbox width and height causing the text to be re-formatted and word wrapped differently - Handwriting Recognition onto a Snappable Grid. Text objects were not snapping to the Grid correctly. - Link Viewer. Added a minimum size for the window width/height to prevent them being reduced to zero. - Link to Files. Links to external files now cause the flipchart to be hidden prior to showing the link. - Resource Manager. Prevent dragging objects of the wrong type into object folders. - Drag/Drop. Dropping images from the WEB Browser onto the page were causing 2 copies to be dropped. - ACTIVity Wizard. Fix Error 9 Subscript out of range. - Resource Library Sizing. Fix to Resource Library whereby it could be made to disappear by reducing its size to zero width/height. - Customising Main Toolbox. When adding tools from the Toolstore program could crash if tools are attempted to be added to the third column. - Print Page Range. Was incorrectly resetting the 'Print From' value in certain situations. - Organiser Page Duplication. This was not causing the flipchart to be flagged as changed. Also after duplication, the first page of the flipchart could be seen to have been deleted. - Message Box appearing top left of screen. Seen when opening more than one derivative at the same time. - Double clicking on page. Was sometimes incorrectly selecting a tool from the Page Edit Toolbox. - Flipchart sometimes incorrectly positioned within the flipchart Window after arranging flipcharts or visiting Toolstore. - Question Master now points to the correct Shared Folder in language derivatives. - ADMIN.INI - General bug fixes. If any of the paths specified within ADMIN.INI are invalid, ACTIVstudio will revert back to using the default paths. This allows network users who are on administrated paths to work on their system (eg a laptop) away from the network using localised defaults without compromising the administered paths once re-connecting to the network. Please refer to the documentation on ADMIN.INI (on application CD) for more information. - Temporary working folder. The user is now informed when the program fails to find a valid temporary working folder. - Flipchart Images Become Red Crosses. Fix whereby flipchart image objects could become corrupted during page copy/paste activities. - ACTIVity Wizard. Fix 'Unable to load file contents due to corrupt data' issues - Overlay Follows Link Viewer. Prevent Error 5 when the Overlay window is displayed and then the Link Viewer is minimised. - Links created to WEB sites now retain the URL case. - Output to Page. Fraction Creator. ACTIVcalculator. Both now output to the active flipchart page at a position which is always on the visible flipchart surface. - ACTIVote Automatic Page Advance. Fix to 'Automatic Page Advance' when enabled it was possible to experience "Problem communicating with ACTIVboard. Please try again." - Annotation. Single Annotation dots of 0 and 1 pixel width added with the pen or highlighter were not always being shown immediately. ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.0.307 ------------------------------------------- Release Date 23/07/04 ------------------------ Functionality Changes ------------------------ Flipchart Summary Keywords are now saved with the flipchart object keywords to allow user to find flipcharts in the Resource Library search. Bug Fixes ------------------------ Prevent corruption of flipchart image objects caused by copying and pasting pages between flipcharts which contain different images having the same internal filenames. Allow lines of width 1drawn with Pen Modifier to be drawn when High Quality setting is switched off. Page notes no longer losing some editing information when the page is turned with the page notes open. Exporting flipchart to htm that contains clipped text. This will now be exported as it appears on the flipchart page. Turning HR tool on and off now defaults to the select tool Text buttons no longer disappear when using text tool and page notes over multiple pages When starting copy mode with Web browser open this now hides behind copy. Text tool buttons remain in correct locale through different text examples Exporting Spanish voting results to text file now aligns correctly French and Spanish voting results are now displayed correctly ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.0.298 ------------------------------------------- Release Date 22/06/04 ------------------------ Functionality Changes --------------------- Added support for French, German and Spanish languages Bug Fixes --------- Allow single point pen strokes to appear ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.0.292 ------------------------------------------- Release Date 28/05/04 ------------------------ Functionality Changes --------------------- Flipchart Summary no longer shown by default when saving flipcharts. Clock Form allowed to be resized smaller in height. Slight changes throughout the program interface in order to accommodate other language strings. Hand recognised text objects now snap to grid (if a snappable grid is on) Hand recognised text objects now add to page so that they align at the bottom of the “hand written” area. Question Master. Merging Questions. Now have options: “Yes/Yes To All/No/No To All/Cancel” Question Master provides options to change Font and Font Colours. ACTIVity Wizard rewritten to remove Unit/Topic methodology and work with Shared and Personal Resource Libraries Bug Fixes --------- Flipchart Bin correctly hidden when no flipcharts (incl the desktop flipchart) are showing Page now marked as being edited and requiring saving after recognising annotations as shapes ACTIVote now works correctly over USB connection Annotation groupings maintained when dragging to/from resource library Question Master question library. Can now drag questions back from folder to main list. Can Cancel out of License screen Export ACTIVote results now exports in device order, not “fastest finger” order. Stop Runtime error 9 on Sound Controller Volume when no sound is playing Clear Tool added to Toolstore First page thumbnail of Flipcharts now show in Resource Library for all flipcharts. Question Master images mixing up between questions. Clock. Fix AM/PM showing when it shouldn’t. Various fixes to ACTIVity Wizard. SE Bug Fixes ------------ Recorder toolbox now appears when an flr file is opened ================================================== ACTIVstudio 2 Professional Edition v2.0.278 ------------------------------------------- Release Date 24/03/04 ------------------------ New Product Introduction Known Limitations ================= Flipchart Export ---------------- Exporting Flipcharts to Powerpoint as seperate objects. This feature currently does not support right/left justification of text objects. In this situation, Powerpoint will display these text objects left justified. On-Screen Keyboard ------------------ The on-screen keyboard has been seen to lock-up under certain versions of Xp. For this reason, when running Xp, the program will default to using the Microsoft OSK. This is not a general Xp problem and you may find the the ACTIVstudio keyboard behaves correctly under Xp. This issue will be addressed in a future release. Windows 95 ---------- Promethean no longer offers support for ACTIVstudio 2 running under Windows 95 Overlay Mode ------------ In Overlay Mode, when using Pen, Highlighter or Eraser, the mouse cursor does not alter to reflect the chosen tool, but remains set for the underlying application. Video Placeholder ----------------- For best performance the playback and annotation over a Video Placeholder object requires fast hardware and latest OS's. If you expericence jagged annotation quality whilst the video object is playing, we recommend the video object is paused before annotating. Printer Setup ------------- Certain printer setup settings are not being used. This is a printer dependent issue. Quick Print ----------- Quick Print will not print annotations when performing a quick print of an annotated overlay mode desktop. ================================================== Minimum Installation Requirements: --------------------------------- Windows 98 Windows Millennium Windows NT 4 SP6 Windows 2000 Windows XP Professional OR Home Edition Internet Explorer v4.01 with SP2 User with Administrator Access Rights 100Mb free Hard Disk Space for Typical Install of ACTIVstudio 2 application OR 1.5GB for a Complete Install (including all Additional Software and Resources). Minimum Spec PC System: ---------------------- Intel PII 233Mhz (or equivalent), 64Mb Ram, SVGA High Colour Graphics (800 x 600 at 16 Bit), CD Rom Drive. Recommended Spec PC System: -------------------------- Intel PIII 1Ghz or Higher (or equivalent), 256Mb Ram, 32Mb Graphics Card, DirectX9, CD Rom Drive and Sound Card. Contact Details =============== Head Office: Promethean Technologies Group Ltd TDS House Lower Philips Road Blackburn Lancashire BB1 5TH UK Email: info@prometheanworld.com http://www.prometheanworld.com ==================================================