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  • PDF import improvements.

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  • 02-May-12: ArtWorks 2.X2.00-beta1 released to beta testers
  • 02-May-12: More Artistic Line profiles added, see complete list
  • 26-Apr-12: "Convert thin lines" Draw import option added
  • 25-Apr-12: Artistic Lines announced
  • 22-Apr-12: New PDF import feature: select the page range to be imported
  • 05-Apr-12: Improved Draw import: page size and "Show paper limits" option are imported
  • 15-Apr-11: ArtWorks 2.XI.00 released.
  • 23-Apr-10: ArtWorks 2.X.00 released.
  • 23-Apr-10: Shadow tool completed.
  • 15-Apr-10: Paste attributes feature completed.
  • 08-Apr-10: Most recently used files menu feature completed.
  • 09-May-09: ArtWorks 2.93 released.
  • 03-May-09: Added document merging feature (dropping file into window adds it as additional pages to the current document).
  • 24-Apr-09: ArtWorks 2.90 released.
  • 21-Apr-09: Goto first/last page keyboard shortcut added.
  • 21-Apr-09: The origin for the coordinates displayed in the Show coordinates window can be set to one of the 9 significant points of the selection bounding box, to the currently selected path anchor point or back to the page origin.
  • 21-Apr-09: Added hidden option to allow larger page sizes.
  • 20-Apr-09: Delete unused colours added.
  • 20-Apr-09: Sprites with alpha masks and 64k sprites are rejected with more appropriate error messages.
  • 20-Apr-09: Move page => Backwards, Forwards added.
  • 20-Apr-09: Duplicate page added.
  • 20-Apr-09: Page colour is considered used, so it cannot be deleted (bug #357).
  • 20-Apr-09: Fixed printing with Fit lots for multi-page files (bug #343).
  • 20-Apr-09: Removing colours in documents with reordered colours works correctly (bug #358).
  • 20-Apr-09: Documents with reordered colours in which colours were deleted in non-reordering-aware versions are loaded correctly (no crashes) (bug #358).
  • 20-Apr-09: Fixed bug in PathTool that prevented error handling during EPS import from happening, so there could be a long stream of errors and/or crashes (bug #356).
  • 20-Apr-09: Fixed test for RISC OS PostScript printer driver in EPS import (worked for Printers+/RO4.39 but did not cover creator string in RO5 !Printers) (bug #356).
  • 20-Apr-09: PDF export exports registration black and crop marks use registration black, too.
  • 20-Apr-09: compressed PDF export copes with long dictionaries (e.g., page dictionaries with many shading pattern entries) instead of displaying "Line to long" (bug #353).
  • 20-Apr-09: PDF export option are remembered for each document and saved with the document.
  • 20-Apr-09: "Set values" button in PDF export dialogue box (as in BMExport dialogue box).
  • 20-Apr-09: "Default" button in PDF export box resets crop marks option and page options.
  • 20-Apr-09: Swap case shortcut (Ctrl-S) for single characters and the selection added to TextArea.
  • 20-Apr-09: transpose characters shortcut (Ctrl-T) added to TextArea.
  • 20-Apr-09: Automatic ligatures option added to TextArea.
  • 20-Apr-09: Smart quotes option added to TextArea.
  • 14-Apr-09: New version of AWSwitch (3.11) with the new rendering modules.
  • 05-Apr-09: New version of GSpriteExtend that can render to 64k colour screen modes.
  • 05-Apr-09: New version of DitherExtend that can render to 64k colour screen modes.
  • 27-Feb-09: Alpha sprite and PNG export option added.
  • 22-Apr-08: Xara's famous "watch2" example file is imported perfectly via PDF import.
  • 11-Apr-08: Fixed PDF export of fully transparent objects (bug #329).
  • 11-Apr-08: Fixed indexed colour sprite export with long file names - resulted in corrupted sprite file, (bug #326).
  • 11-Apr-08: Fixed Goto page dialogue box problems after loading a file without making it active by clicking into it (bug #322).
  • 11-Apr-08: Fixed text to shape conversion bug (bug #323).
  • 15-Mar-08: PDF importer implementation started.
  • 08-Mar-08: Work on ArtWorks PDF import feature started.
  • 10-Aug-07: ArtWorks 2.75 released.
  • 01-Jun-07: ArtWorks 2.74 released.
  • 01-Jun-07: Minor page insertion bug fixed. Printed tiling marks fixed. More reliable PostScript output for tile and separation marks.
  • 29-May-07: Fix for incorrect number in compressed PDF output that causes RiScript to reject the files (other PDF readers accept the files).
  • 29-May-07: Fix for graduated non-mix transparency sometimes spreading to other objects in PDF export.
  • 17-May-07: ArtWorks 2.73 released.
  • 17-May-07: Fixed body/master layer creation and repositioning.
  • 17-May-07: ArtWorks 2.72 released.
  • 17-May-07: Fixed compressed PDF export and page range user interface.
  • 16-May-07: ArtWorks 2.71 released.
  • 16-May-07: Fixed Current page option in PDF export.
  • 14-May-07: ArtWorks 2.70 released to beta testers.
  • 14-May-07: Document info box extended with additional information.
  • 12-May-07: ArtWorks 2.69 released to beta testers.
  • 12-May-07: Improvements to permanent layer list box.
  • 10-May-07: Colour menu shows same order as Colour Bar, i.e., if colours are reordered, then the new order is shown on the menu as well.
  • 08-May-07: ArtWorks 2.68 released to beta testers.
  • 07-May-07: Multi-page printing support added (All/Current/Range, plus Fit same pages option).
  • 03-May-07: ArtWorks 2.67 released to beta testers.
  • 02-May-07: Made EPS export multi-page aware. Made printing multi-page aware. Various bug fixes (BMExport, PDF export). Prepared beta release.
  • 01-May-07: Improved undo support for layer editing operations.
  • 30-Apr-07: Master layers can appear on all pages or only on odd (right) or even (left) pages.
  • 27-Apr-07: Added an option to have a permanently open layer list dialogue box.
  • 26-Apr-07: Added support for master layers.
  • 26-Apr-07: Added File => Export => Text to save the text of all selected text objects (lines and areas), or of all text objects on the current page or on all pages.
  • 25-Apr-07: Page handling completed (insert/delete/goto page with undo).
  • 20-Apr-07: Allow anchor/control points to be dragged in PathTool even when Shift is held down to prevent inserting new points by accident.
  • 20-Apr-07: Quiet button in unused sprite warning dialogue box when saving.
  • 19-Apr-07: Added overprinting support to PDF export.
  • 18-Apr-07: Separation menu keyboard shortcut, cycle separation keyboard shortcut.
  • 18-Apr-07: New view menu entries take the Alt key into account (reset WYSIWYG to 0).
  • 18-Apr-07: Added spot colour output to PDF for graduated fills.
  • 17-Apr-07: Added spot colour output to PDF for flat colours.
  • 02-Apr-07: Added Use compression option for PDF export.
  • 28-Mar-07: First ArtWorks Demo version completed and sent to beta testers.
  • 05-Mar-07: Added multi-page PDF export capabilties.
  • 02-Mar-07: Added user interface for multi-page PDF export.
  • 02-Mar-07: Insert page before/after current page, goto next/previous page, goto specific page fully working.
  • 01-Mar-07: Added feature to allow screen colours to be sampled when editing a colour.
  • 28-Feb-07: Multi-page handling development resumed. Finished multi-page handling GUI.
  • 05-Jan-07: ArtWorks 2.63 released to the public.
  • 04-Jan-07: Added "Paste in place" menu entry.
  • 03-Jan-07: Fixed crash when pressing Return in dialogue boxes with OK icon under RISC OS 6 preview and on the A9Home.
  • 03-Jan-07: Fixed page background display under RISC OS 6 preview.
  • 03-Jan-07: Fixed command line interpretation under RISC OS 6 preview (caused spurious error message during startup).
  • 03-Jan-07: Fixed minor inaccuracy in PDF export.
  • 24-Aug-06: Added option to easily create RGB web colours by entering #XXXXXX as the colour name (where X is a hex digit).
  • 02-Aug-06: ArtWorks 2.62 released to the public.
  • 02-Aug-06: Minor PDF export fix for text objects with unexpected properties.
  • 13-Jul-06: Added path length computation to path info box.
  • 12-Jul-06: Fix for lack of compression in PNG output.
  • 30-Jun-06: Fix for problems with text lines and text areas in 16 colours modes and below.
  • 22-Jun-06: Fix for Undo bug in PathUtils.
  • 11-May-06: AWViewer/AWRender 2.05 released to the public.
  • 10-May-06: ArtWorks 2.61 released to the public.
  • 06-May-06: New arrow types added to ArtWorks and AWRender.
  • 04-May-06: ArtWorks 2.59 upgrade released to fix various problems on the A9Home.
  • 27-Apr-06: Internal arrowheads support added to AWRender.
  • 27-Apr-06: Internal arrowheads added (arrows that end where the line ends).
  • 13-Apr-06: First AWRender version with transparency support.
  • 10-Apr-06: Fix for text area import from Draw.
  • 04-Apr-06: Work on multi-page support started.
  • 03-Apr-06: ArtWorks 2.58 upgrade released (AIF header added to allow running on new A9Home ROM version).
  • 08-Feb-06: Instant graduated fill rendering added to PathTool.
  • 31-Jan-06: ArtWorks 2.56 released to the public.
  • 31-Jan-06: More dialogue boxes are deallocated after use to free resources.
  • 25-Jan-06: Fix for PDF export of rotated text areas.
  • 25-Jan-06: Two fixes for PDF export of transparent ClipViews.
  • 08-Dec-05: ArtWorks 2.55 released to the public.
  • 05-Dec-05: ArtWorks 2.54 released to the public.
  • 02-Dec-05: Fixed rendering of clipped envelopes and perspectives.
  • 02-Dec-05: SVG/PDF export boxes are deallocated after use to free resources.
  • 21-Nov-05: Fix for exporting an exotic sprite format to PDF.
  • 15-Nov-05: ArtWorks 2.53 released to the public.
  • 14-Nov-05: Fix for CMYK TIFF export (files had inconsistent header fields)
  • 14-Nov-05: Fix for Draw export of blended colours and added "add file extension" option to Draw export.
  • 04-Nov-05: ArtWorks 2.52 released to the public.
  • 03-Nov-05: Added support for page bleed and crop marks to PDF export.
  • 03-Nov-05: Document information (creator app, author, date) and unique ID added to PDF files.
  • 31-Oct-05: PDF output of monochrome JPEGs fixed.
  • 20-Oct-05: ArtWorks 2.51 released to the public.
  • 07-Oct-05: First PDF export beta version released to beta testers.
  • 06-Jun-05: AWViewer 1.76 released.
  • 19-May-05: ArtWorks 2.41 released to the public.
  • 18-May-05: AWViewer 1.75 released.
  • 17-May-05: ArtWorks 2.40 released to beta testers.
  • 16-May-05: Several minor bug fixes.
  • 06-May-05: Cosmetic improvement of alert boxes.
  • 28-Apr-05: ArtWorks 2.37 released to beta testers.
  • 28-Apr-05: Optimized bitmap export (in particular, with limited memory).
  • 28-Apr-05: Corrected rendering of JPEGs, deep sprites and CMYK sprites to spot plates.
  • 27-Apr-05: Improved rainbow blends.
  • 26-Apr-05: Bitmap export options are stored in the document. Added "Set values" button in bitmap export dialogue box to set them.
  • 25-Apr-05: Added "Current window separation" option for bitmap export to allow spot colour separations to be exported.
  • 25-Apr-05: Added support for rainbow blends to AWRender.
  • 21-Apr-05: New ClipView user interface (apply from clipboard).
  • 20-Apr-05: Filename used as sprite name in sprite export.
  • 19-Apr-05: Added various choices options for bitmap export.
  • 18-Apr-05: Improved Blend user interface and made it more consistent with other tools.
  • 15-Apr-05: ArtWorks 2.36 released to beta testers.
  • 14-Apr-05: Colour separation for JPEGs added.
  • 14-Apr-05: Translate tool moves anchor points if the selection is a single path with selected anchor points.
  • 14-Apr-05: Improved sprite object info dialogue box: dpi, scale and aspect are displayed with two decimal places, width and height are computed more accurately, fractional values can be entered for scale and aspect.
  • 13-Apr-05: Bitmap printing of CMYK sprites fixed (were printed with very low quality).
  • 13-Apr-05: PostScript printing for CMYK sprites added.
  • 13-Apr-05: Improved error message when importing a non-deep new format sprite (which are not supported by ArtWorks).
  • 12-Apr-05: Fixed obscure interaction that could cause unexpected actions after group/ungroup operations, e.g., the clipboard opening.
  • 11-Apr-05: Printing of paletted sprites to true colour printer drivers fixed (were printed with low quality).
  • 11-Apr-05: Printing of colour separations to true-colour printer drivers fixed (were printed with low quality).
  • 11-Apr-05: Fixed bug that caused true-colour sprites to be printed with low quality after printing separations.
  • 07-Apr-05: Fixed colour separated display of CMYK sprites in deep colour modes.
  • 07-Apr-05: Fixed Draw text area import.
  • 07-Apr-05: Fixed WYSIWYG dial update in Info Bar.
  • 06-Apr-05: Redesigned bitmap export window and various other GUI tweaks.
  • 06-Apr-05: Selector's Adjust-drag mode is saved in program choices.
  • 05-Apr-05: Added nudging for path anchor points.
  • 05-Apr-05: Added "Print with anti-aliasing" option to Crystal.
  • 05-Apr-05: Crystal option in bitmap export window is selected/deselected depending on the document's "Display" option.
  • 05-Apr-05: Improved anti-aliasing for shapes with a graduated fill and without a line colour.
  • 04-Apr-05: Added CMYK TIFF and CMYK Sprite export and export of individual colour separations.
  • 04-Apr-05: Fixed bounding box computation problem when moving groups containing ClipViews.
  • 02-Apr-05: ArtWorks 2.35 released to beta testers.
  • 31-Mar-05: Added "Anchor" option to Selector to allow anchor points of the selected path to be selected/deselected using marquee selection.
  • 30-Mar-05: Added Rainbow and Alternate Rainbow blends.
  • 29-Mar-05: Added menu to Selector Info Bar to change behaviour of marquee selection with Adjust mouse button: select, deselect or toggle selection
  • 25-Mar-05: Fixed long-standing bug in GDraw that led to crashes when exporting bitmaps at very high resolutions.
  • 24-Mar-05: PNG export added.
  • 23-Mar-05: Background blending for text lines added.
  • 23-Mar-05: JPEG export added.
  • 08-Mar-05: Major bitmap export update started: Size of exported files is no longer limited by amount of available RAM.
  • 08-Mar-05: Finally found a workaround for problems with background blended text and Crystal - so, SpecialFX can now be used to turn all text into background blended text. The next release version of ArtWorks will support background blended text natively, too.
  • 24-Feb-05: ArtWorks 2.34 released.
  • 18-Jan-05: ArtWorks 2.33 released.
  • 21-Dec-04: Fixed clipping error handling during Draw/EPS export of graduated fills
  • 21-Dec-04: Fixed Draw/EPS export of intermediate colours in blends
  • 21-Dec-04: Fixed Draw/EPS export complex graduated fills (most notably blends between shapes with graduated fills)
  • 20-Dec-04: Fixed bug when exporting pattern-fills to Draw/EPS with the rarely used non-zero winding rule
  • 29-Nov-04: ArtWorks 2.32 released.
  • 29-Nov-04: Fixed crash at startup when the flat fill tool is the default tool.
  • 24-Nov-04: Fixed crash when deselecting/converting a Replicate while the Setup... Info Bar is displayed.
  • 24-Nov-04: Fixed error that prevented ArtWorks from starting up when the ink simulation table could not be found.
  • 23-Nov-04: Long-standing display bug fixed in Crystal that would, under rare circumstances, display white stripes on the pasteboard.
  • 23-Nov-04: Long-standing font size change bug fixed (e.g., changing the font size of grouped text objects was either ignored or led to an error).
  • 27-Oct-04: ArtWorks 2.31 released.
  • 27-Oct-04: Fixed problems when copying ClipView objects together with other objects.
  • 21-Oct-04: ArtWorks 2.30 release CD completed.
  • 18-Oct-04: ArtWorks 2.30 released.
  • 14-Oct-04: ArtWorks 2.30 released to beta testers.
  • 13-Oct-04: Minor user interface fixes.
  • 12-Oct-04: ArtWorks 2.28 beta, the second 2.3 release candidate, released to beta testers.
  • 12-Oct-04: Various minor bug fixes for graduated transparency user interface
  • 11-Oct-04: Various minor bug fixes for layer editing user interface
  • 04-Oct-04: Add/Edit layer dialogue boxes remain open when OK is clicked using the Adjust button.
  • 04-Oct-04: Adjust clicks supported by zoom up/down arrows and font size/aspect up/down arrows.
  • 30-Sep-04: ArtWorks 2.27 beta, the first 2.3 release candidate, released to beta testers.
  • 30-Sep-04: Shape conversion of invisible text lines fixed, fix released in the AW2 Support area.
  • 29-Sep-04: Draw import bug fix for empty groups, fix released in the AW2 Support area.
  • 29-Sep-04 Minor TextTool user interface bug fix
  • 28-Sep-04: Arranger user interface fully integrated into main ArtWorks for easier use. Arranger tool removed from Toolbox.
  • 28-Sep-04: Magnetic layer option can be edited in main layer list, better icon for layer visibility, minor layer editing fix.
  • 23-Sep-04: Added support for drags from the colour bar to HatchPro colour fields.
  • 21-Sep-04: Various minor bug fixes in preferences handling.
  • 17-Sep-04: Printing of simulated CMYK colour graduations.
  • 15-Sep-04: Screen rendering of simulated CMYK colour graduations.
  • 14-Sep-04: CMYK ink simulation for flat fills and blends added.
  • 10-Sep-04: Incorrect bounding boxes of hatched shapes exported to Draw fixed (RISC OS 4 Draw would complain about them and refuse to load the file), fix released on the AW2 Support site.
  • 10-Sep-04: Ungroup all feature added allowing several groups to be ungrouped in one go.
  • 08-Sep-04: Minor bug in JPEG info box fixed.
  • 06-Sep-04: ArtWorks 2.25 beta released to beta testers.
  • 26-Aug-04: SVG export of graduated transparency added (default linear profile only, profile offset is supported).
  • 23-Aug-04: New snapping options in Selector for moving objects making use of the improved Grids/Arranger integration.
  • 23-Aug-04: Added code to load theme sprites to replace any of the existing sprites.
  • 20-Aug-04: Integration of Grids and Arranger with the ArtWorks kernel improved.
  • 28-Jul-04: ArtWorks 2.23 beta with graduated transparency, graduation profiles and offset control released to beta testers.
  • 15-Jul-04: Work on graduation profiles started.
  • 08-Jul-04: Work on graduated transparency started.
  • 07-Jul-04: Text areas can be converted to shapes.
  • 30-Jun-04: Arranger module (magnetic objects) converted for ArtWorks 2.
  • 21-Jun-04: Experimental support for text flowing from right to left added to TextArea.
  • 01-Jun-04: AWViewer/AWRender 1.74 released.
  • 25-May-04: AWViewer/AWRender 1.73 released with more JPEG printing fixes.
  • 24-May-04: ArtWorks 2.22 released.
  • 12-May-04: ArtWorks 2.21 released.
  • 12-May-04: AWViewer/AWRender 1.72 with full ClipView support and JPEG printing fixes released.
  • 07-May-04: AWViewer/AWRender 1.71 going into beta test.
  • 05-May-04: AWViewer/AWRender 1.70 going into beta test.
  • 28-Apr-04: ArtWorks 2.13 with ClipView 1.01 and AWRender 1.69 going into beta test.
  • 27-Apr-04: Centres of selected polygon objects are displayed.
  • 27-Apr-04: Sprite pool uses desktop font in Large and Small icon mode.
  • 23-Apr-04: ClipView fixes for ArtWorks 2.13 and AWRender 1.69.
  • 23-Apr-04: Incorrectly formatted colour tables in ArtWorks EPS exported by Xara X are correctly imported without error.
  • 23-Apr-04: Sprite pool redraw of paletteless sprites in true colour modes corrected.
  • 23-Apr-04: HSV slider redraw artifacts fixed.
  • 21-Apr-04: ArtWorks 2.12 with ClipView 1.00 and AWRender 1.68 going into beta test.
  • 20-Apr-04: ClipView development completed.
  • 20-Apr-04: ArtWorks EPS import for ClipView objects added.
  • 19-Apr-04: ArtWorks EPS export for ClipView objects added.
  • 08-Apr-04: One more JPEG rendering bug fixed.
  • 07-Apr-04: SVG export for ClipView objects added.
  • 06-Apr-04: ClipView improvments: The clipping path of ClipView objects remains editable at any time. ClipView objects can be clipped like any other object type. ClipView objects can be transparent.
  • 02-Apr-04: AWRender 1.64 going into beta test.
  • 01-Apr-04: Improved JPEG rendering code integrated into AWRender.
  • 01-Apr-04: Final corrections for JPEG display - JPEGObject 1.20 going into beta test.
  • 31-Mar-04: Displaying and printing of ClipView objects successfully tested in Impression Publisher and OvationPro.
  • 30-Mar-04: ClipView code integrated into AWRender, so third party applications that support ArtWorks files will be able to display ClipView objects as well!
  • 30-Mar-04: ClipView rendering and printing code fully working. The ClipView feature in the forthcoming ArtWorks 2.2 upgrade will allow you to clip any collection of objects to an arbitrary path, so you see the objects through the path like through a window. For an idea of what this looks like, have a look at this screenshot
  • 30-Mar-04: Crystal bug fixed regarding printing 256 colour sprites with transparency switched on.
  • 17-Mar-04: Long-standing colour handling bug fixed. Creating/editing colours using the New/Edit colour... menu entry or using the colour bar could sometimes cause objects in the document to change colour.
  • 16-Mar-04: JPEG printing problems finally fixed. No more problems with tiled printing or printing with crop marks. "Print fix" option no longer required.
  • 17-Feb-04: Long-standing sprite handling bug fixed: Importing a sprite with the same name as a sprite in the sprite pool caused problems after saving and reloading the document.
  • 16-Feb-04: Configurable keyboard shortcuts to switch between tools.
  • 09-Feb-04: Added option to create ellipses by dragging from the centre
  • 09-Feb-04: Standard shapes show their centre when they are selected or dragged.
  • 16-Oct-03: ArtWorks 2.10 released.
  • 14-Oct-03: ArtWorks 2.09 released.
  • 11-Oct-03: ArtWorks 2.09 released to beta testers.
  • 11-Oct-03: Added menu entry to open stationery directory.
  • 02-Oct-03: ArtWorks 2.08 released to beta testers.
  • 26-Sep-03: QuickCopy tool remembers its settings when being deselected and reselected.
  • 24-Sep-03: ArtWorks 2.074 beta, the 2.08 release candidate, released to beta testers.
  • 24-Sep-03: Improved behaviour when placing the caret in text lines.
  • 23-Sep-03: Various long-standing problems with window handling fixed (toggle size).
  • 22-Sep-03: If a document with text areas is loaded, the areas are reformatted automatically if a font has to be substituted or if a font that was substituted when the document was saved is now available.
  • 19-Sep-03: Added configuration dialogue box for the default join style.
  • 18-Sep-03: Improved auto-save feature (can be switched on in default document, no longer displays a save box, so it cannot swallow keypresses by accident).
  • 18-Sep-03: Revised font substitution strategy in text lines and text areas.
  • 18-Sep-03: Warning message when printing to Taborca (which is not supported).
  • 17-Sep-03: Extra grids are now displayed correctly even when transparency is switched on.
  • 16-Sep-03: Added warning message when saving a file with unused sprites in the sprite pool.
  • 16-Sep-03: Another long-standing ArtWorks 1 bug fixed: Copying a Contone sprite between documents corrupted its name, which causes problems later.
  • 11-Sep-03: "Ignore page border" option is correctly remembered between prints (also saved in the file).
  • 11-Sep-03: Added support for the RISC OS Choices: system. This also enables separate options for each user in a multi-user environment (Select).
  • 10-Sep-03: Added document stationery menu (create a new document by choosing from a menu of template documents).
  • 09-Sep-03: If Return is pressed while the caret is in a text line, the newly created text line inherits the font and font size of the edited text line.
  • 09-Sep-03: Added configuration dialogue box for TextTool default font and font size.
  • 08-Sep-03: Added word selection in text areas by double-clicking and paragraph selection by triple clicking.
  • 08-Sep-03: Added configuration dialogue box for TextArea default font and font size.
  • 03-Sep-03: ArtWorks 2.07 released.
  • 02-Sep-03: Font checks on loading a doument corrected. Now recaches font information if required, so always takes currently available fonts into account.
  • 01-Sep-03: Text to shape conversion fixed for text to the left of the page border (long-standing problem, also affected exporting and applying a line colour or a complex fill).
  • 29-Aug-03: ArtWorks 2.068 beta, the 2.07 release candidate, released to beta testers.
  • 29-Aug-03: Printer name is shown in Print dialogue box title bar.
  • 29-Aug-03: Several bug fixes, some for long-standing ArtWorks 1 bugs.
  • 29-Aug-03: New, much nicer colourful startup screen.
  • 29-Aug-03: Final details of PrintSetup tool corrected.
  • 22-Aug-03: ArtWorks 2.067 beta released to beta testers.
  • 22-Aug-03: New print setup tool to choose the area to be printed plus "Use print offsets" option in print dialogue box to enable/disable the chosen area.
  • 22-Aug-03: Added "Ignore page border" option in print dialogue box.
  • 19-Aug-03: Added control over start offset and distance of text fitted to a curve.
  • 18-Aug-03: Redraw bug fixed for auto-scrolling during TextArea resize operations.
  • 17-Aug-03: Added text export from text areas.
  • 15-Aug-03: Added text area info box displaying size of text story and number of words as in Impression or OvationPro. Added text export dialogue box.
  • 09 to 14-Aug-03: Holidays
  • 06-Aug-03: ArtWorks 2.066 beta released to beta testers.
  • 06-Aug-03: Added page ruler unit configuration option.
  • 05-Aug-03: Added Dpi info field to JPEG info box.
  • 05-Aug-03: Added Save button to JPEG info box that allows embedded JPEGs to be exported.
  • 04-Aug-03: Interactive help completed - almost 900 entries. Thanks to Samuel Kock!
  • 01-Aug-03: Origin control via 3x3 matrix relative to page or selection.
  • 01-Aug-03: Mouse pointer indicator on page ruler during drag operations.
  • 31-Jul-03: Page rulers display and basic origin control working.
  • 31-Jul-03: Even more interactive help (about 760 items now).
  • 27-Jul-03: Skew tool crosshair redraw problems fixed.
  • 22-Jul-03: More interactive help (roughly 600 items instead of roughly 300 in ArtWorks 2.06). This work is being done by Samuel Kock, by the way.
  • 21-Jul-03: ArtWorks 2.06 released.
  • 18-Jul-03: ArtWorks 2.06 release candidate released to beta testers.
  • 18-Jul-03: More cosmetic dialogue box changes.
  • 17-Jul-03: Improved support for interactive help.
  • 16-Jul-03: Various cosmetic changes to dialogue boxes.
  • 15-Jul-03: Two PathTool bug fixes.
  • 14-Jul-03: ArtWorks 2.06 beta released to beta testers.
  • 14-Jul-03: Separate control over arrowhead width and height completed.
  • 14-Jul-03: Polygon, Replicate, Crystal bug fixes.
  • 11-Jul-03: Arrowheads box uses desktop font instead of system font.
  • 08-Jul-03: User-defined dash patterns completed.
  • 08-Jul-03: Improved control over fill arrows.
  • 03-Jul-03: System policy about whether a full size toggle obscures the icon bar is taken into account.
  • 01-Jul-03: Corrected Colour Bar behaviour when window is toggled to full size.
  • 01-Jul-03: Added zoom buttons for commonly used values to Zoom Info Bar.
  • 30-Jun-03: Corrected handling of Shift-Adjust click on document window close icon.
  • 30-Jun-03: Added "Line units" configuration option to allow a different unit of measurement for line widths.
  • 30-Jun-03: Added support for the "pix" unit of measurement (a 90 dpi screen pixel).
  • 19-Jun-03: Release 2.05.
  • 16-Jun-03: Added interactive help for Info Bar and for tools.
  • 16-Jun-03: Added various Dutch messages.
  • 12-Jun-03: Skew tool implemented.
  • 11-Jun-03: Release 2.04b.
  • 10-Jun-03: Bug #54 (Hatch export bug) fixed.
  • 03-Jun-03: Release 2.04.
  • 03-Jun-03: PathUtils and ShowXY conversion complete. All plug-in modules converted to 32-bit.
  • 03-Jun-03: TextTool and TextArea use PC style key conventions under RISC OS 5.
  • 02-Jun-03: MRotate, MScale and QuickCopy conversion complete.
  • 02-Jun-03: Freehand bug fixed, layer deletion bug fixed, kernel release 2.04.
  • 23-May-03: Kernel release 2.03.
  • 19-May-03: Kernel release 2.02.
  • 08-May-03: First release version ArtWorks 2.01.
  • 07-May-03: ArtWorks 2 release candidate.
  • 07-May-03: Filter conversion complete.
  • 06-May-03: Resizer and Translate module conversions complete.
  • 06-May-03: New installation and licence key system implemented.
  • 05-May-03: Replicate conversion complete.
  • 04-May-03: JPEGObject conversion complete, long-standing "oversize printing" bug fixed.
  • 22-Apr-03: Intersect and Grids conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 21-Apr-03: AutoSave and HatchPro conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 19-Apr-03: T_EPS conversion complete. All of ArtWorks 1.7 converted.
  • 17-Apr-03: ArtWorks 2 beta version 1.744 with T_Text released to testers.
  • 17-Apr-03: T_Text conversion complete (colour table import/export, plain text import).
  • 15-Apr-03: ArtWorks 2 beta version 1.743 with TextArea released to testers.
  • 15-Apr-03: Various bug-fixes and new features.
  • 14-Apr-03: TextArea module conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 10-Apr-03: First ArtWorks 2 beta version 1.74 released to testers.
  • 09-Apr-03: New options added to Draw import.
  • 09-Apr-03: BMExport module conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 08-Apr-03: Mould module conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 07-Apr-03: Viewer module conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 05-Apr-03: SPoolTool (sprite tool) and Blend tool conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 04-Apr-03: ColourBar module conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 03-Apr-03: Transform and TextTool conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 02-Apr-03: AlignPlus module conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 01-Apr-03: Group, Polygon and SVGExport modules conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 31-Mar-03: T_Draw conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 28-Mar-03: Crystal conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 27-Mar-03: PathTool conversion complete, successfully tested on Iyonix.
  • 26-Mar-03: 7 out of 13 PathTool source files converted.
  • 25-Mar-03: First successful test run of ArtWorks 1.731 with a minimal module set on the Iyonix.
  • 25-Mar-03: Adapted ArtWorks kernel for new ABI dynamic linking scheme, internal release 1.731.
  • 25-Mar-03: 32-bit conversion of ABI module completed.
  • 25-Mar-03: Complete ABI 2.86 source code reconstructed.
  • 24-Mar-03: Most differences between ABI 2.79 and ABI 2.86 added to 2.79 source code.
  • 21-Mar-03: 32-bit versions of LdSvNative and Selector modules.
  • 21-Mar-03: First alpha 32-bit kernel complete.
  • 20-Mar-03: First kernel conversion pass complete!
  • 19-Mar-03: 46 out of 52 kernel source files converted.
  • 18-Mar-03: 31 out of 52 kernel source files converted.
  • 17-Mar-03: 11 out of 52 kernel source files converted.
  • 13-Mar-03: First two of 52 kernel source files converted.
  • 13-Mar-03: Code analysis tool armc updated to cope with programming style of Kernel code.
  • 12-Mar-03: AWFixMod fixes integrated, internal release 1.711.
  • 11-Mar-03: Kernel patch integrated, internal release 1.710.
  • 11-Mar-03: First fully functional ArtWorks kernel built from the official ArtWorks source code.
  • 10-Mar-03: ArtWorks source code received from Computer Concepts Ltd. - many thanks to them for their support!

Next steps

  • ArtWorks 2.X2 release.


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