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2.0 Release Notes

PocketDraw 2.0 Release Notes

Free Upgrade. This release is a free upgrade for PocketDraw 1.0 users. To upgrade, download and install the demo. PocketDraw will automatically use your 1.0 serial number to activate all features.

Major Performance Improvements. PocketDraw is much faster overall, and scrolls quickly irrespective of drawing size or complexity.

SVG 1.0 XML Export. SVG is becoming a popular Internet graphics design language. Several viewers are freely available, including one from Adobe that's available for download from their site. For more information on SVG, see the W3C site.

There are two ways to export PocketDraw documents in SVG. The desktop PocketDraw viewer application now includes SVG as an export format. Choose "svg" from the pull-down list of file types in the export dialog (File->Export menu item).

PocketDraw also includes a command line utility for converting PocketDraw documents (.pvg files) to SVG drawings (.svg files). This utility is useful for scripted or batched file conversions.

The utility, called PVG2SVG.EXE, is copied to your desktop computer during PocketDraw installation. It's stored wherever you installed PocketDraw, which is usually"c:\program files\systemix software\pocketdraw". Running the utility with no arguments will print usage information.

usage: pvg2svg <input file> [<output file>]

	<input file>		The name of the input file to convert. If no extension is included in the file name, ".pvg" is appended automatically.

	<output file>		The name of the SVG file to create. It defaults to the name of the input file with the extension changed to ".svg". If no extension is specified, ".svg" is automatically appended to the file name.

Several Full-Screen Mode Enhancements. Including:

Lanscape and portrait views
a context menu that allows you to change zoom, as well as grid and scrollbar settings without leaving full-screen mode
full-screen mode now hides the taskbar

Scrollpad Scrolling. The scrollpad (sometimes called the "joypad") can now be used to scroll the view.

Shell "New" Menu Integration. Choosing "PocketDraw Drawing" from the system New menu starts PocketDraw and opens a new document for editing.

Text Overflow Warning. A warning icon (yellow triangle with exclamation point) is displayed on text box overflow. While the icon is not printed or exported, it is helpful in locating text boxes that have cropped their contents because they're too small.

Auto-Scrolling. The view now auto-scrolls when the stylus nears a window edge. The auto-scroll feature can be enabled and disabled through the view menu.

Improved Sticky-Grid Control. Control of the sticky grid feature has been moved from the preferences dialog to the view menu, making it easier to access quickly.

Automatic Scaling. In addition to the normal percentage zoom settings, the view can now be set to automatically scale the document to fit the view's width or height.

Palette behavior improvements. In response to user feedback, objects are created with their center aligned with the stylus at the drop point. Previously, the object's upper left corner was aligned with the upper left corner of the tile dragged from the palette. At some zoom settings this was confusing.

Improved Auto-Routing. Auto-routed connecting lines are smarter about avoiding objects. In addition, several minor bugs have been corrected.

Online Help. PocketDraw now includes online help.

Improved Palettes. The flow chart palette has been enhanced with some additional symbols, and there is a new palette based on the JJG Visual Vocabulary, often used to describe web site symantics.

Sample Drawings. PocketDraw now ships with some sample drawings.

OEM Command Line Options. PocketDraw for the Pocket PC includes several command line options that are useful in certain OEM applications.

usage: PocketDraw [-n] [-k] [-e] [-v] [<file name>]

	-n		Open a new document. If the application is already running, message the running app to open a new document.

	-k		Run in Kisok mode. Kiosk mode keeps users from accessing other applications while running PocketDraw. This mode must be used in conjunction with either the "-e" or "-v" options.

	-e		Run in Edit Only mode. This mode also requires the name of an existing document as a parameter (the last parameter on the command line). PocketDraw will open the document for editing, but will not allow the user to open and edit other documents from within PocketDraw. Closing the document will exit PocketDraw.

	-v		Run in View Only mode. Like Edit Only mode, but the user can only view documents. UI features normally associated with editing are hidden.

	<filename>		Is the name of a .pvg file that contains a PocketDraw document. This file must already exist.

Bug Fixes. A number of minor bugs have been fixed.


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