MapViewer 7

MapViewer 7.6.3305 (August 16, 2010)

• Fixed an issue that could happen in some cases in contour clipping.
• Fixed an issue that could happen in some cases in importing data file.
• Fixed an issue where importing files with certain projections without datum info results in slightly incorrect coordinate positions.
• Fixed an issue in which exporting certain polygon to [.BLN] format caused the program to hang.

MapViewer 7.4.2986 (November 18, 2009)

• Corrected issue when saving [.GSM] in Windows 7
• Corrected issue when double-clicking on a layer
• Corrected installation issue when updating older releases

MapViewer 7.3.2398 (April 22, 2009)

• A real-time pan was enabled to operate in the Inset window.
• A command was added that restores the various managers to their default positions.
• The [.BLN] file type is now export supported, and MapViewer now supports different units during export.
• A count is displayed on single-classed Pin Maps, which indicates the count of the same style or uniform symbols.
• There is more functionality added to the scale bar, where the changes can be done using the Apply and O.K. commands.
• MapViewer now allows the user to choose which data sheet from a multiple sheet [.XLS] file will be shown.
• An issue was fixed that was causing an error regarding class limits when creating a Prism Map.
• An option is added to allow MapViewer to periodically check for updates.

MapViewer 7.2.1931 (March 14, 2007)

• Fixed crash that occurred when using the Pan Realtime command.

MapViewer 7.2.1918 (March 1, 2007)

• The Territory Manager display no longer scrolls back to the top after assigning an object to a territory.
• Added the ability to sort objects by polygon direction by clicking on the column header in the Object Manager.
• It is now possible to delete a specific territory, rather than just the last one.
• Previously, MapViewer did not allow objects with no data to be assigned to a territory. This is now permitted. If the Save Territory Assignments command is used, any objects missing from the data file will be added at the bottom.
• It is now possible to export a map when the only thing visible is an inset.
• If the Add to Territory command is activated in repeated-use mode, the command will no longer be cancelled by changing the active territory.
• Added an option to the Gridding page of the Contour Map, Gradient Map, and Vector Map dialogs to keep the gridding options even if the data settings change. In automation, added a corresponding KeepGridOptions property to the ContourMap, GradientMap, and VectorMap objects.
• It is now possible to move or copy a legend from one thematic map layer to another thematic map layer that does not already contain a legend.
• MapViewer now prompts to save worksheet changes, if necessary, when using the File | Reload Data command.
• The tool tip shown when using the Add to Territory command no longer disappears when moving the cursor over a displayed PID or SID.
• When MapViewer was displayed on the second monitor in a dual-monitor setup, drop-down lists of color choices, line styles, etc., would appear on the first monitor. This has been corrected.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting the title in an existing legend.
• When using the Find toolbar in the worksheet window, the search string was truncated by one character. This problem has been fixed.
• Fixed a problem where there was no prompt to save changes when the only change was to add a map collar.
• In the Redefine Attributes command, some changes that were made by clicking the Apply button were lost when then clicking OK. This has been corrected.
• Fixed a problem where the wrong document was active after importing a GSM file.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting/deselecting an object with no IDs.
• Corrected a problem that occurred when first importing a very small area followed by importing a much larger area that exceeded the logical drawing space.
• Fixed an internal error that occurred in some cases with the Combine Territory Areas command.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting objects in the Object Manager when the Shift key was pressed.
• Corrected a problem where the Data Manager dialog of the Records in Regions command would sometimes show the wrong object type icon.
• Corrected several rarely encountered import/export issues.

MapViewer 7.1.1767 (October 20, 2006)

• The Arrange | Sort Objects command now allows sorting by Polygon Direction.
• In automation, the MVSortBy enumeration now has a new member mvSortByPolygonDir = 12.
• The Find toolbar is now enabled when a worksheet window is active.
• Previously, the Data | Transform command in the worksheet only operated on columns (e.g., C = A + B). It has been enhanced to now operate on rows and on individual cells. For row operations, prefix the row number with an underscore character (e.g., _3 = _1 + _2 will add row 1 and row 2 and store the result in row 3). Use conventional spreadsheet notation for cell operations (e.g., C3 = A1 + B2).
• The Data | Transform command has been enhanced to support string comparison and assignment.
• In automation, the WksDocument object has a new TransformEx2 method for accessing the new transform capabilities. The Transform method continues unchanged for compatibility with existing scripts.
• In automation, the WksCellFormat object has a new SetDateTimeFmtType method for controlling date and time formatting.
• When dragging a scroll bar in the worksheet window the contents now scroll in real time.
• Zoom and pan commands have been added to the Inset Manager's context menu.
• A context menu has been added that is displayed when right-clicking on an active inset box.
• MapViewer now displays the Projection page in the Import Options dialog when importing a bitmap whose georeference file doesn't contain projection information.
• Previously, when loading a level (.LVL) file for a contour map, only the level values were set. Now, all the information in the LVL file is used.
• When exporting to a shapefile (SHP), a change was made to ensure that the field names in the associated DBF file do not contain spaces or control characters, as they can cause a problem in some other software programs.
• Data values of the forms "n-n", "na", and "np" (e.g., "1-30", "2a", "3p") are no longer interpreted as dates or times.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Redefine Attributes command to copy a newly-added worksheet column to an attributes field.
• When exporting to a bitmap format from automation, the size parameters in the Options string were being ignored. This has been corrected.
• Fixed a problem where a data value of zero kept the non-contiguous cartogram from being displayed.
• Corrected a spelling error in the Pin Map dialog.
• When a data file is open simultaneously in MapViewer and in Microsoft Excel, changes made to the data in MapViewer can't be saved because of the file being locked by Excel. It was possible in this scenario to close the map in spite of the data change not being saved. This could result in an error the next time the map was opened. This problem has been corrected.
• A change was made to the Jenks' Natural Breaks classification method so that there won't be gaps between the classes.
• Hidden objects and hidden layers are no longer considered in sizing a bounding box.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when a worksheet filename was longer than 255 characters.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when a contour map fill had only a single polygon.
• When opening an XLS file from the recent file list, if one sheet of that XLS file was already open, it was not possible to choose a different sheet. This has been corrected.
• Fixed a problem where the presence of text objects in a MIF file could cause the IDs of non-text objects to load improperly.
• Fixed multiple problems related to the import and export of invalidly-formatted BLN files.
• When importing a shapefile that included a PRJ file and the projection was Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area, the Standard Parallel setting was not correctly set to the PRJ file's Latitude_of_Origin parameter. This has been corrected.
• Fixed an issue to close quoted text with the end-of-line character in DAT and TXT files.

Version 7.0.1675 (July 24, 2006)

• MapViewer 7 was released.

MapViewer 6

MapViewer 6.2.25 (September 2, 2005)

• Added support in automation for printing with the Current View print method.  The MVPrintMethod enumeration has a new value mvView, and the PrintOut() method accepts this value.
• Previously, the page units shown in the Property Inspector remained in inches even if the units were changed to centimeters in Tools | Options.  This has been corrected.
• Improved the Curve to Area with Shared Border command to avoid creating a self-intersecting area.
• Corrected a problem where a change to the "Do not project bitmaps" option was not remembered the next time MapViewer was run.
• When executing MapViewer from a script with the application visibility set to False, exporting a map would produce a visible Export Status dialog.  This has been corrected.
• Corrected a problem where the Auto Buffer Zone would sometimes calculate an incorrect width.
• Corrected a problem where the Auto Buffer Zone would sometimes create an incorrect zone around an enclosed curve.
• If a hyperlink string contained alternate text, the File Open dialog could not be launched from the Hyperlink property in the Property Inspector. This has been corrected.
• Added code to ensure the Property Inspector was updated after object attributes were modified in the Object Manager.
• Previously, a query containing a negative number would result in an "Expression evaluation failed" error. This has been corrected.
• Switching between print methods in the Print dialog did not always properly update the Overlap and Scale controls. This has been corrected.
• Corrected a problem where changing the scale bar units from a script did not update the text descriptions that include units.
• Corrected a problem where the SetScale2() method did not work when using the Scale Method mvScaleMethodRF.
• Previously, a scale bar created with the AddScaleBar() method was not positioned at the location specified by the Left and Top parameters.  This has been corrected.
• Corrected a problem with the Territory Map and the Bar Map where the OK button in the map properties dialog was not activated after selecting a valid PID column when the default PID column was invalid.
• When creating a Territory Map or a Cartogram Map, if the default PID or data columns were invalid, no error message was issued like is done with the other types of thematic maps. This has been corrected.
• Corrected a problem where the CreateFlowMap() method would issue an exception when using the mvFlowConnectEnds flow method.

MapViewer 6.01.23 (February 2, 2005)

• When building a query string by choosing items from the Object Data Column or Object Attribute lists, strings were not enclosed in quotes as required.  The code as been modified to include quotes where needed.
• Lengths and areas shown in the Object Attribute query list are now displayed using the same numeric format as in the Object Manager.
• Numeric quantities shown in the Object Data Column query list are now displayed in the worksheet's general numeric format.
• Corrected a problem where closing a territory map would prompt to save the changes even when no changes had been made.
• Corrected a problem where setting the Application object's ShowToolbars property to 0 would also turn off the document tabs.
• Corrected a problem where adding a document from a script would turn off the document tabs.
• In the Street Map Options dialog, switching the display from Towns to ZIPs did not update the column header. This has been corrected.
• Corrected a problem where the Show RF Scale and RF Scale Above Bar properties were missing from the Property Inspector when the map projection was Unknown.
• Corrected a problem where the Reproject Data File command ignored the output data units.
• Corrected a problem where an incorrect size was calculated when exporting to a bitmap format if a graticule is present.
• Corrected a problem with the map collar where the vertical ticks and labels were not drawn.
• Corrected a problem where MapViewer could crash when creating a buffer zone around multiple areas.
• Corrected a problem where certain valid coordinates in a polyconic projection were displayed as being outside the projection limits.
• When the Property Inspector was tabbed with another manager, the text on the tab could retain selection info from a previous session. This has been corrected.
• The default setting foGSM was changed to allow it to contain just a path, rather than a complete file specification.
• Corrected a problem where object IDs were not loaded when importing a shapefile whose DBF records were longer than 2048 bytes.
• The ZIP code 49048 was added to the database used by MapViewer when creating a ZIP-based pin map.
• Previously, it was necessary to convert a cartogram to a base map in order to export the circle shapes to a vector-format file. Now, a cartogram can be exported to vector formats without first converting it.
• Certain GeoTIFFs that used units other than meters and a single tie point with a scalar to define the georeferencing transform were not handled properly. This problem has been corrected.
• The Help | About MapViewer dialog was changed to show the complete five-digit version number.
• Corrected a problem where a scaled picture pattern height and width could become zero if the original bitmap pattern was small and the Best Viewing DPI was large.
• Added support for the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) ellipsoid.
• Keyboard shortcuts have been added to allow zooming in or out. Hold down the Ctrl key and press the "+" key on the numeric keypad to zoom in or the "-" key to zoom out.
• Corrected a problem where View | Fit to Window did not zoom in tightly enough when the map limits were set to less than the data limits.
• Changed the code so that the map collar is clipped by the map limits.
• Added support for importing JPEG 4:1:1 compressed EXIF files.
• Previous versions incorrectly display "Area fill colors" in the prism map legend when its color method is "Use object colors". It has been changed to "Object colors" in this version.
• Added "mvPrismColorObject" in the MVPrismColorMethod automation data type. It has the same value as "mvPrismColorArea".
• The unlinked legend of Density.gsm in the Samples folder has been updated to correct an error in density dot value.
• Added logic to update the Property Inspector automatically after editing the SID/Text field of text object or the attribute 1, attribute 2 or hyperlink field of other objects from the Object Manager.
• Saving in GIF format to a path + filename that's > 128 characters now works.
• Corrected a problem in the Print dialog where switching between Tile and View methods didn't enable/disable the Overlap and Scale controls appropriately.

Version 6.0 (August 2, 2004)

• MapViewer 6 was released.