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Build 853: (April 16th 2012)
· Fixed: User variables in recipe did not store the recipe values when exiting and restarting SpecView
· Fixed: Using Recipe Vars in Strategy were not always working
· Fixed: Values of Countdown timers were not being saved then SpecView exited
· Fixed: Password Level changes were not being noticed by Strategy Controller
· Fixed: Buttons marked as 'Auto Reset Bool' their action type was not displayed when the Button setup box was re-opened
· Fixed: Writes to User Variables from Remotes followed immediately by a Strategy Copy of those same User Variables could be unpredictable
· Fixed: Variable List Export followed by an Import was corrupting Boolean values
· Fixed: When going directly into Runtime mode on a Configuration with some old .GDW files, when finally exiting with File->Restart, get the message "The config has changed"
· Fixed: Active-X: Was erroneously setting design-mode which was causing a problem for some controls
· Fixed: HC900: HC-Designer File Import does not get the type of Variables Digitals correct
· Fixed: HC900: Added (back) Alarms 360 V4 and Renamed Alarms 240 HC9 Alarms 1-240 Pre-V4. Added (back) HC9LOOPX. Removed Vars 10. Also removed Analog Inputs as these are now done using Tags
· Fixed: HC900: Auto-detect now uses the new Alarms360 block instead of Alarms240 which was for V3 HC900s. This applies to both Auto-detect and to HC-Designer file import
· Fixed: RKC PF900: Updates to PF900 support
· Fixed: RKC Ansi: RTS/DTR setting for port powered convertors & Time number anomaly for certain values fixed.
· New: 'ReportDP' override for decimal places in log reports (ONLY in C:\SV32.INI) added 5DP(Sci) up to 9DP(Sci) by setting it from -5 to -9
· New: Procon: Added separate drivers for MMTCP8AI/I & V ISO’s and added input type selections
· New: Eurotherm Nanodac: Added programmer support
· New: Eurotherm 3500: Added parameters to programmer
· New: Eurotherm 2604: Added program names up to 50
· New: West Plus: New driver
· New: West ProVu: Added most non-programmer parameters
· New: Yokogawa Modbus: Added UP35a support; Added Soak Time in RR mode to UP55a
· New: Watlow Demo Configuration 'Watlow EZ-ZONE PM -- Standard Bus Rev 7 and later', and the old one has been renamed to 'Rev 6 and earlier'
Build 852: (Jan 24th 2012)
· Fixed: It was possible to do Ctrl-S to save a GDW (GD3) during Runtime Mode, which would then cause values (not just 'XXX's) to be shown in Configuration mode
· Fixed: Copying a value from an Integer to a Boolean always sets the Boolean to 'On' - even if the value of the Integer was zero
· Fixed: Fixed reason for 'Strat Post Fail' error messages on systems with a lot of lines of Strategy
· Fixed: Strategy was not noticing when the values of User Variables were changed from a Remote connection
· Fixed: When the Parameter List is shown with 'Short List' enabled and only a few parameters in 'Short List' then the communications with the instrument would become overloaded
· Fixed: Remotes would stop updating values after 1 million packets had been transmitted over the connection
· Fixed: ActiveX: Outputs linked to variables should be invoked even if they are the same value
· Fixed: ActiveX: Boolean triggers for ActiveX Controls not resetting to False
· Fixed: ActiveX: The OK button for variables on the 'Link To Variables' box were greyed-out when they should not be
· Fixed: Modbus: Driver reporting incorrect changing values in some circumstances over TCP/IP
· Fixed: Modbus reliability improvements on exit of SpecView or going into Configuration Mode
· Fixed: OPC: Increased performance when communicating with Omron OPC server
· Fixed: Honeywell: HC900 problem with second SPP block after import of HC-Designer file
· Fixed: Procon: Driver updated to fix error in Output register addresses
· Fixed: Chromalox: Driver updated to correct problem when instruments are switched off
· Fixed: Adam: Driver wasn't being included in the release
· New: It is now possible to do an Alarm Acknowledge from a Button or Strategy Action
· New: Setting to suppress Instrument name in log files
· New: Setting to suppress the instrument name in the Alarm List Pop-up box
· New: Setting to allow the Acknowledge button on the Alarm List Pop-up box to not be shown
· New: OPC: Override for decimal places on OPC parameter creation as this was only 1 DP
· New: Eurotherm: Nanodac driver
· New: Yokogawa: Modbus driver updated to add new instrument support
Build 850: (May 13th 2011)
· Fixed: Strategy: Changes to allow comparing a text variable with a blank string
· Fixed: Strategy: Text variable comparisons
· Fixed: Strategy: If a large number of events are defined which rely on User Variables it was possible for them to fire inappropriately
· Fixed: Modbus: Driver updated to fix misleading values occurring when comms failures occur
· Fixed: Generic Modbus: Driver added Double Word Time/Bits Status Words & R/O Version of 4XHolding and IEEE
· Fixed: Generic ASCII: Driver could truncate values with a large number of decimal places
· Fixed: OPC: Workarounds to cope with slow OPC Servers
· Fixed: OPC: Browser could be slow
· Fixed: OPC: Driver updated to correct occasional missing values
· Fixed: OPC: Remote trend charts of OPC values could leave gaps
· Fixed: OPC: Driver crash
· Fixed: OPC: Could get an error message saying the Multiport option is needed when trying to add an OPC instrument from the same OPC server
· Fixed: OPC: The order of the parameters as defined in OPC did not necessarily match that of the OPC server's tree order
· Fixed: OPC: To allow Omron OPC Server to be displayed correctly
· Fixed: OPC: Driver updated to fix problem with LinOPC Server
· Fixed: Honeywell: HC900 & UMC800 drivers to correct problem in seg time left
· Fixed: Honeywell: UDC3200/3500 driver Sometimes 'ready' bit stays set, so 'Run' can be 2 or 3 etc. And added 'Guaranteed Soak Dev' to both
· Fixed: Eurotherm T2550 decimalised TimeOfDay register showing time zone offset when writing values
· Fixed: Eurotherm: 2500 driver updates
· Fixed: West: 6400P add program start command
· Fixed: Chromalox 2104: Changed security settings enumerated values
· New: Button setup box has a new 'Auto Reset Bool' checkbox to allow momentary hold when the 'Download Specific Type' is a Boolean allowing 'On' when pressed and 'Off' when released
· New: RKC: Driver for PF900
· New: BHS Labotron: LDP-4 and LDP-5 devices supported
· New: Interface: Driver for 9840
· New: Delta: Driver for Linear IP
· New: Moore Industries: Driver for HART
· New: WattNode Driver
· New: Spang: Drivers for 851 and 950 controllers
· New: Watlow: Drivers for EZ Zone
· New: Ogden: Driver for 9300 unsigned
· New: Jumo: Driver for DICON 400/500
· New: Morning Star driver
Build 849: (Aug 20th 2010)
· Fixed: Splash screen at startup not being displayed on Windows Vista or Windows7
· Fixed: During start up, while the Configurations Found box is on the screen the menubar, toolbar & keyboard shortcuts were still active
· Fixed: Problem with Trend Chart Auto-print
· Fixed: String corruption caused by using math functions on strings repetitively
· Fixed: Archiving a configuration to a USB stick renamed the drive
· Fixed: Error message is now displayed if attempt to go into Configuration Mode (without a dongle) on a config used by a Runtime Only dongle. This is to prevent subsequent problems using that config with a Runtime Only dongle
· Fixed: ActiveX: When first opening a GDW in Runtime sometimes the fixed values were not applied to the controls
· Fixed: ActiveX: Not all values (specifically unchanged values) were being set on Inputs
· Fixed: ActiveX: Events were being sent to the Remote (even when ActiveX events are turned off). This could overload comms to the Remote to such a point that buttons, etc. do not work
· Fixed: ActiveX: Event log was showing the wrong GDW name, which affected the input values
· Fixed: ActiveX: Event log sometimes did not show Inputs being set
· Fixed: ActiveX: The SETTINGS.INI setting DelayOutputScanningUntilAllSvLinkedInputsFired=N could cause Outputs not be scanned at all
· Fixed: ActiveX: The configuration mode menu option "Setup->Database->Set All Items on this GDW as logged" did NOT include any ActiveX Inputs on the GDW
· Fixed: ActiveX: If a deleted instrument had parameters linked to ActiveX controls then the outputs for those controls may not have been scanned until the "Link To Variables" screen was visited
· Fixed: ActiveX: If an output is linked to an instrument that is switched-off, then when that GDW is closed it could have caused SpecView to crash
· Fixed: Modbus: New data type for Time of day can now be decimalised, for example, the integer 12108 into 1:21:08
· Fixed: Modbus: IEEE time issues resolved
· Fixed: Modbus/TCP: a value written to an instrument successfully could still show 'XXX' when the system under heavy load
· Fixed: Modbus/TCP: Buffering issue where a parameter's value did not change
· Fixed: Modbus/TCP: Error handling could sometimes cause the previous good value to be shown incorrectly
· Fixed: Watlow: StandardBus increase slave address range up to 17
· Fixed: Watlow: 'Recipe Send' from a button results in centigrade to farenheit conversion not being actioned
WARNING: Any recipes that have been changed to compensate for this fault will need to be reviewed
· Fixed: Watlow: Inconsistent handling of 'Precision 0'
· Fixed: Watlow: F4 sometimes returned 'N/A' incorrectly when a parameter was 30
· Fixed: Honeywell: HC900 time is split into 6 registers, this is now supported by SpecView as a Date/Time variable
· Fixed: Yokogawa: FA-M3 driver didn't recover from the instrument being turned off then on
· Fixed: Allen Bradley: Debug files being created when they shouldn't
· Fixed: OPC: Could not create instruments for the AutoSol Enterprise Server
· Fixed: OPC: using 'Add to GDW' doesn't work for an OPC instrument
· Fixed: OPC: Problem with '.' in parameter names
· Fixed: Mitsubishi Q driver in the distribution
· Fixed: Eurotherm 2500 driver fixes for DI8 modules in slot 12+
· New: ActiveX: New export/import of variable links so that they can be reused on other instances of the control. Contact SpecView for details
· New: ActiveX: New SVAverage32 control which takes up to 32 values and generates average, min, max and sum
· New: Modbus: Support for NEXUS F7 register data type
· New: Watlow Anafaze: New driver for Ramp/Soak support
· New: Future Design: New driver for VR 06 & 18
· New: Super Systems: New drivers for 9205, AC20, Video Recorder, X5 7EK Mode and X5 Ascon Mode
· New: Jumo: New driver for Dicon 400/500
Build 848: (Jan 21st 2010)
· Fixed: Color dynamics on objects that are grouped together now work reliably
· Fixed: The 'Purge Log Files' action could get confused when the number of days specified went back into the previous year
· Fixed: Networking: Viewing the Event window on a Remote could sometimes cause a crash
· Fixed: Networking: Improved & more consistent event logging on the Remote
· Fixed: Instrument parameter names that have a space at the end in the driver definition are now handled better
· Fixed: ActiveX: Reduce flickering of controls when input values are set
· Fixed: ActiveX: It was possible for User Variables linked to ActiveX inputs to miss the first value
· Fixed: ActiveX: Event log is now displayed on the Remote when an ActiveX control is prevented by the user from scanning outputs
· Fixed: ActiveX: Fixed (or constant) values for a Method are now applied in one invoke, not in multiple invokes
· Fixed: ActiveX: Inputs were not being correctly set during Historical Replay & add the ability to turn this off too
· Fixed: ActiveX: Pasting an ActiveX control (e.g. Calendar) now doesn't make buttons on other ActiveX controls and Instrument Views disappear
· Fixed: ActiveX: Saving a GD3 when an ActiveX control has been deleted before a GD3 that contains it has been saved can corrupt the GD3
· Fixed: ActiveX: SpecView now automatically switches to using the new class id if the same control name and OCX file name is already installed on the PC
· Fixed: ActiveX: The ActiveX Link to Parameters box doesn't work for parameter names which have a space on the end
· Fixed: ActiveX: The MCI Wav player control is now supported
· Fixed: DDE: SpecView could crash if the password login screen is displayed at the same time as a DDE poke is happening
· Fixed: OPC: Added German translation of an error message
· Fixed: OPC: Fix occasional freezing problem related to exiting OPC server when SpecView is still running
· Fixed: OPC: Improved stability when used with Schneider Electric & MOXA OPC servers
· Fixed: OPC: Parameter names tend to be very long which requires the Button attributes box to allow more space for the parameter name so it doesn't get truncated
· Fixed: OPC: Prevent translation issues causing error code 18208, when configs are developed in one language and used in another
· Fixed: OPC: Problem with cached data showing as XXX in the Kepware Server
· Fixed: OPC: Writing to an OPC boolean can fail and give write errors
· Fixed: Allen Bradley: Using Math functions to set a boolean 'bit' register could also affect other bits of the word
· Fixed: Crompton Modbus: Can now be autodetected over TCP/IP
· Fixed: Eurotherm 2500: Add the 'Alarm Ack' and 'Alarm Value' parameters to the DI8
· Fixed: Eurotherm 2500: Driver had conflicting entries for "User_Alarms.AN_ALM". Also User Vals. These have been changed to avoid confusion
· Fixed: Eurotherm: 3500 User parameters now included in the driver
· Fixed: Modbus TCP/IP: If the device stops responding while SV is processing a request, then it may cause SV to hang up on that IP address when redundant IP failover has been speficied
· Fixed: Modbus TCP: ModMux thermocouple inputs weren't being refreshed after a thermocouple was disconnected and reconnected
· Fixed: Modbus: Ambiguous error code in driver
· Fixed: RKC PC300: OP and OPCool are now not be logged by default
· Fixed: Yokogawa CX Math Channels were showing 'XXX's
· Fixed: Enhancements to instument support: Acromag, Ascon MB, Eurotherm Mini-8, Eurotherm 3500, Procon PM6RTD, Shinko 3m, Watlow F4, Yokogawa CX, Yokogawa UP750, Yokogawa FA-M3, Yokogawa MW Data Logger, DEIF MIC & MIB, RKC Modbus
· New: Check to prevent a user from attempting to run a Version3 configuration using Version2
· New: Warning box telling user that a Version 3 configuration which is restored into Version 2 will not be listed in the Configuration Found list
· New: ActiveX: A new setting is available to prevent ActiveX controls from replaying Historical data
· New: Compton Tegra: Time types & Bit writes are now supported
· New: Watlow: RM Auxiliary inputs can now be autodetected
Build 847: (July 21st 2009)
· Fixed: Networking: It was possible, under certain circumstances, for a Local/Remote connection to timeout, but the connection not get dropped, this situation is now more reliably detected
· Fixed: Using <Ctrl>-Drag to copy some types of Instrument Views could crash SpecView
· Fixed: ActiveX: If a control has a different class id to the previous version, then SpecView will now automatically switch to using the new class id, if the same control name and OCX file name is already installed on the PC
· Fixed: ActiveX: AddEmail control, the variable linked to the boolean trigger was not being saved
· Fixed: ActiveX: AddEmail control, when the boolean trigger to set to ON, two extra emails were being sent each time
· Fixed: ActiveX: AddEmail control, moving the mouse over the control could, occasionally crash SpecView
· Fixed: ActiveX: Controls that failed the licensing check were still having their inputs & outputs processed
· Fixed: ActiveX: Improvement in the stability of SpecView when going from Runtime to Configuration mode
· Fixed: ActiveX: Improve error reporting (& add help) when Edit->Copy or Edit->Cut is done on a control that doesn't support the 'Copy to Clipboard' operation.
· Fixed: OPC: SpecView would display the first value from the OPC Server "OPC DataHub" but not subsequent values
· New: Watlow: New driver for Watlow's PM controllers
· New: Watlow: Demo Configurations for the F4
· New: Honeywell: Added instrument data parameters to the 10260S Actuator
· New: LabFacility: New driver for the Tempmaster 100
· New: BHS Labotron: New driver for the LDP-3 pump
Build 846: (June 11th 2009)
· Fixed: Pressing numeric keys 1 & 7 in Runtime Mode selected objects as if it was in Configuration Mode (this also applied to the 'a' key)
· Fixed: Using the mouse to drag out a rectangle on a newly created screen didn't work until the ESC key was pressed
· Fixed: Clarify the use of the word 'Upgrade'. Previously this word was used ambiguously in the software & the Help to mean both getting a new build of SpecView and adding a new dongle option. Now the word 'Update' is used for a new build
· Fixed: SpecView Networking timeout issue between Local & Remote
· Fixed: Recipe Manager could cause a screen to be switched out of Full Screen Mode
· Fixed: Copying a rectangle using Ctrl-click can, under certain circumstances, cause a problem
· Fixed: ActiveX: When tabbing in a ActiveX control the cursor would jump to the last control inserted into the GD3, instead of to the next control. This meant that the user could not anticipate where they were inputting values, nor which button would be activated when they pressed Enter
· Fixed: ActiveX: It was possible on occasions for outputs not be scanned
· Fixed: ActiveX: A configuration which required an ActiveX control to be updated would still have the file (which is used to record this update) open after a restart of SpecView. This caused subsequent Restores to fail for the same configuration
· Fixed: ActiveX: SpecView now automatically switches to using a new class id if the same control name and OCX file name is already installed on the PC
· Fixed: ActiveX: Visual Basic edit fields in ActiveX controls could appear to be 'transparent'
· Fixed: ActiveX: Visual Basic combo box dropdown menus - it was necessary to click on the control first, to set focus, before they would work
· Fixed: ActiveX: Problem with Fixed Value inputs on controls that have been copied and pasted
· Fixed: ActiveX: It was possible for Outputs to 'fire' before Inputs despite setting in settings.ini DelayOutputScanningUntilAllSvLinkedInputsFired=Y
· Fixed: ActiveX: Archiving a Configuration containing them without the checkbox checked to include ActiveX Controls can cause SpecView to crash
· Fixed: Modbus: The driver was occasionally requesting data too often over TCP
· Fixed: Mitsubishi FX: The driver could crash intermittently when DEBUG was enabled
· Fixed: Marathon Monitors: The BC560 driver could cause a crash when displaying the Parameter List and when going from Runtime to Configuration mode
· Fixed: Northern Design: Driver had a duplicate Instrument definition within it, and the Modbus ID parameter block was not working
· Fixed: Generic ASCII: There was a buffering issue in this driver affecting some instruments, which meant that parameters were showing values from other instruments at different addresses
· Fixed: Generic ASCII: Was misinterpreting decimal places in a multiple value answer.
· Fixed: Watlow StandardBus: Problem with writing to a parameter which does not exist in the instrument.
· Fixed: OPC: A configuration which uses the Totalflow and ModbusTag OPC Servers could occasionally cause SpecView to shutdown
· Fixed: OPC: Could not create OPC instruments for the RSLinx OPC Server if there were duplicate 'leaf' items in the OPC database
· New: Upgrading to 846 and above now requires the payment of an upgrade fee if the dongle is over 5 years old
· New: For dongles purchased since January 2005, free downloadable updates to SpecView are available for 2 years. Thereafter a renewal fee is chargeable
· New: SpecView's installation program now checks the age of the dongle and warns about the requirement of an upgrade fee to give the option of not upgrading.
· New: Support for software dongles for those customers who do not wish to have a physical dongle. (See under Licensing in SpecView's Help)
· New: Technical Support now has a new tool, to aid in diagnosing problems at a distance, with the addition of TeamViewer's Quicksupport application to SpecView's Help menu
· New: SpecView will check to see if there is a new build available for download
· New: SpecView will check to see if there has been any recent updates to SpecView's News page
· New: Optimizations for when Configurations have a large numbers of User Variables
· New: Promux: Support added for Procon Electronics Promux modules
· New: Powers: Support added for the Powers 330
· New: Ascon: The modbus driver now includes some more I/O Modules and the old Jbus driver has been removed, because the instruments can be set to Modbus from their front panels.
Build 845: (February 17th 2009)
· Fixed: ActiveX: It was not possible to select a control if it was on top of another object
· Fixed: ActiveX: Creating an Archive will now correctly include those ActiveX controls that are being used in the configuration rather than including all possible versions of the control
· Fixed: ActiveX: Restoring a configuration containing controls which are are different versions from those currently installed on the PC would give the message that some controls are missing. Now only the message about different versions is displayed when those screens are entered
· Fixed: ActiveX: When using the Save All GD3's command, it now prompts to save the current screen first, rather than ignoring it
· Fixed: ActiveX: When starting SpecView as a standard user there was a message about needing to use REGEDIT. SpecView's installation now sets up the registry correctly so that this message no longer appears.
· Fixed: ActiveX: When running as a standard user, a message box is displayed when attempting to register a control because Standard users cannot register ActiveX Controls, this must be done with administrator priviledges
· Fixed: ActiveX: Abberrant behaviour when moving an AX control that has just been placed on a screen
· Fixed: ActiveX: When archiving a configuration that is not the default selected configuration, the archive would not allow ActiveX controls to be included
· Fixed: ActiveX: There was a problem with the display of a control's version number in the 'Register Controls' list which meant that sometimes the old version number was shown in the list
Build 844: (Febrary 1st 2009)
· Fixed: Grouping objects can affect their stacking order
· Fixed: Using Ctrl-C & Ctrl-V to copy & paste objects occasionally didn't work
· Fixed: Selecting the 'Text' drawing tool can leave the 'handles' around the previously drawn object, making it appear to still be selected
· Fixed: Instrument Views can be incorrectly positioned on top of each other, in the top-left corner of the screen, when Auto-detecting an instrument with many Instrument Views
· Fixed: ActiveX: When running with the File->Preferences Startup 'Maximized ' unchecked SpecView 'disappears' when opening a screen containing ActiveX controls or when putting an ActiveX control on the screen
· Fixed: ActiveX: Difficult to precisely move & resize controls with the 'grid' enabled
· Fixed: ActiveX: The warning about using the Delete key to delete controls doesn't get reset by File->Preferences Settings 'Reset Don't Show Me Again Messages'
· Fixed: ActiveX: Using the menu command: "Object->ActiveX Control->Save all GD3s For Version Changes" crashes SpecView if the currently opened GD3 has an ActiveX Control that has a newer version installed on the PC than was saved with the configuration
· Fixed: ActiveX: Drawing Controls with the 'grid' enabled was not positioning them correctly on grid boundaries
· Fixed: ActiveX: The size of the initial bounding box drawn when inserting some types of ActiveX control was incorrect
· Fixed: ActiveX: Shift-click on a control to add it to the selection did not work
· Fixed: ActiveX: In password mode selecting an active X control to be available at the given level deselects all other items on the screen
· Fixed: ActiveX: Symbol Factory - At initial startup in configuration mode, it is not possible to click and move a control
· Fixed: ActiveX: Symbol Factory: SpecView installation will no longer install the Symbol Factory Active-X Demo if it detects a full version of Symbol Factory is already installed
· Fixed: Watlow: Changes to the driver & help
· Fixed: Mitsubishi FX driver ignored the offset specified in the address for some Boolean types, e.g. X,Y registers
· New: ActiveX: Password system's 'padlock' cursor now gives the user feedback about where they need to click to select a control
· New: Adam: New support for Adam+
Build 843: (January 21st 2009)
· Fixed: A keyboard translation issue caused F9, Ctrl-F9 and Shift-F9 to be mistaken for Edit->Cut
· Fixed: It is now not possible to click the Restore button when running a second copy of SpecView on the same PC. This prevents the slight possibility of restoring a Config that is in use by the 1st running copy of SpecView
· Fixed: ActiveX: Focus would remain on the original control after a Symbol Factory ActiveX Control had been copied and pasted
· Fixed: ActiveX: Certain controls move position on the screen from Config to Runtime mode
· Fixed: ActiveX: Changes in the output value of an ActiveX Control when linked to a SpecView variable were ignored if the SpecView variable's value has not changed. The linked variable should be changed when the output value changes
· Fixed: ActiveX: Controls linked to instruments via their outputs could cause a SpecView crash and the value would be corrupt
· Fixed: ActiveX: If a group on a GD3 contained an Industrial Gadgets ActiveX Control then deleting that group in Config mode would cause SpecView to crash
· Fixed: ActiveX: If an ActiveX Control had a user editable control on its window, then all keyboard actions were diverted to the control, consequently keyboard shortcuts, such as G for grouping, were ignored
· Fixed: ActiveX: Improvements to SpecView's performance with respect to unnecessary handling of AXL files
· Fixed: ActiveX: In Config mode in the 'Link to Variables' dialog, clicking on the red V for the Variables List sometimes caused SpecView to crash
· Fixed: ActiveX: Industrial Gadgets controls could not be moved after changing the type in their properties dialog box
· Fixed: ActiveX: Industrial Gadgets could be resized/moved whilst in Runtime Mode. Also the "Setup" page in Configuration Mode would cause the cursor to be shown as busy unnecessarily, and the user needed to press ESC to exit
· Fixed: ActiveX: Industrial Gadgets Opening the Setup page (e.g. Alt-Enter) but do nothing, but just click OK, the control would move erroneously
· Fixed: ActiveX: Inputs were being set based upon a time delay and not when a variable that was linked to them was changed. This caused CPU to be used unnecessarily
· Fixed: ActiveX: It was possible to disable all ActiveX Controls from the Preferences dialog but the enable function would not work
· Fixed: ActiveX: It was possible very occasionally for a control to not function at all. The fix for this has also improved the time for loading the list of installed ActiveX controls
· Fixed: ActiveX: It wasn't possible to specify a boolean SpecView User Variable to link to the trigger of a method on the Methods tab of the 'Link to Variables' dialog
· Fixed: ActiveX: Links to SpecView variables in Visual Basic Controls were not being saved, and could cause SpecView to crash in Runtime
· Fixed: ActiveX: Methods were being triggered even when the boolean variable which was assigned to the trigger (in the Links to Variables box) was not TRUE
· Fixed: ActiveX: On some Symbol Factory controls moving the mouse within the Setup box for the control could cause the control itself underneath to move
· Fixed: ActiveX: Output values were not scanned if the ActiveX Control was in a group on a GD3
· Fixed: ActiveX: Printing a screen which contains with ActiveX Controls doesn't print the controls
· Fixed: ActiveX: Registering ActiveX controls from SpecView can now be done on Windows Vista. Registering ActiveX controls requires administrative privileges, which under Vista requires user confirmation in the form of a 'User Account Control' box, which is now displayed when SpecView starts
· Fixed: ActiveX: Resizing Symbol Factory control, then copy&paste it and then repositioning it could cause SpecView to crash
· Fixed: ActiveX: Right clicking on a Symbol Factory control to show the Setup page, after that page has been exited, none of the SpecView menus or functions work, and focus is locked to the Symbol Factory control
· Fixed: ActiveX: Right clicking on an Industrial Gadgets Control displays the setup page, but no menus or keyboard or mouse functions will work until the right-mouse-button is clicked again
· Fixed: ActiveX: Some controls caused SpecView to not exit completely leaving an orphan process
· Fixed: ActiveX: Some types of control could seem to disappear when the user chooses 'Reset Window Position' from File->Preferences Settings Tab
· Fixed: ActiveX: Specified data type conversions did not work when linking SpecView variables of the type 'Number With Decimals' to an ActiveX Control. For example, Linking a SpecView 'Number with Decimals' User Variable to Blink Mode on a Symbol Factory control and specifying that it should to be converted to an unsigned integer
· Fixed: ActiveX: Values of User variables not being remembered when they are ONLY linked to an ActiveX control, and not being used for anything else, such that their values could be lost when switching from Config to Runtime mode.
· Fixed: ActiveX: When 2 or more ActiveX Controls are on a GD3 then the outputs were not being scanned properly and the linked SpecView variables were not being set
· Fixed: ActiveX: When making changes to Visual Basic ActiveX Controls the order in which the Inputs, Outputs and Methods appear in SpecView is controlled by their alphabetic name. So if a programmer adds a new function, whose name alphabetically falls within the list of functions, instead of at the end, then the SpecView links are shifted up or down. SpecView now keeps a map of functions and will try to "fix up" the links. It will report to the user those "fix ups" and produce a log of them in a file in the Config folder called SVAXFixUpLog.txt
· Fixed: ActiveX: When specifying a link to/from an ActiveX Control to SpecView variables a data conversion can be specified. This conversion was not fully implemented and only fully worked to or from Text type variables
· Fixed: Modbus/TCP driver can cause SpecView to crash when going from Runtime Mode into Configuration Mode
· Fixed: RKC: The RKC driver was generating debug files when the DEBUG driver command was not in use
· Fixed: Yokogawa: Opening multiple COM ports with Serial-IP could cause the Yokogawa FA-M3 driver to crash
· New: ActiveX: SpecView now supports controls changing the cursor to other pointers, such as a hour glass when busy
· New: ActiveX: The first time you open a GD3 that contains ActiveX controls in 843 or above in Config Mode it may prompt you to save it even though you have not made any changes
· New: ActiveX: Tooltips generated by ActiveX Controls are now supported by SpecView
· New: ActiveX: When an ActiveX Control is changed and a new version created all of the GD3s with that ActiveX Control will cause a message informing the user that the version change has been noted. This would entail the user visiting all of the GD3s with that control on and saving the GD3s. To prevent the time and effort lost in opening and saving a lot of GD3s a new menu option has been created to perform that function: 'Object->ActiveX Control->Save All GD3s for Version Changes' this menu item is only enabled if an ActiveX Control has had a version change in this Configuration
· New: Changes to OPC driver to cope with unstable client connection from the Thermo OPC Server from NEXUS Solutions Inc., which also imposes long delays upon start up
· New: Support for Watlow StandardBus Instrument ranges: EZ-ZONE PM, EZ-ZONE ST and EZ-ZONE RM
· New: Mitsubishi FX: The driver now supports IEEE data types
· New: Support for the Julabo HE4 Heating Circulator
· New: Support for Delta Electronics DTB series, see here for more information
Build 842: (September 23rd 2008)
· Fixed: ActiveX: Problem with entering certain characters into text fields in an ActiveX control
· Fixed: HC900: Improvements to the import of HCDesigner files
· New: Watlow: New instrument views added
· New: Shinko modbus support
Build 841: (September 11th 2008)
· Fixed: ActiveX: The input values of some types of control would not be updated
· Fixed: Modbus: Improvements to the driver for increased stability
· Fixed: Northern Design Cube: Some changes to the driver, the driver command SONBL=1 is required
· Fixed: Marathon Monitors: Changes to the driver to support the 'Clear Recipe' command
· Fixed: Watlow: Driver updates for the SD series
Build 840: (July 8th 2008)
· Fixed: Variables List can remain open when switching from Config mode into Runtime mode
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