Known Bugs, History and Future Features


Known Bugs
  • 5.June.1998 v.1.30
    - Found a strange bug when the main properties file is corrupted.

  • 17.May.1998 v.1.27
    - Printing images does not look pretty on windows. No problems under OS/2.

  • 27.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - GIF images with a transparent color is not repainted properly when creating HotSpot areas.
    - Due to FAT filesystem limitations it's not possible work with images from the HotSpot Editor on FAT drives when running OS/2. This is not really a bug...!

Features and modifications yet to be implemented
  • July.1998 v.1.31
    - Partial Swing(JFC) support upgrade and bugfix.

  • July.1998 v.1.35
    - Better keys support. - Preparing integration with future applications in the suite.

  • August.1998 v.1.4
    - Better image support. - Inserting code from my common library to support imagemap links.

  • September.1998 v.1.5
    - Update print classes to my common library or Java 1.2(?).

  • ?.1998 v.1.?
    - Move/Edit HotSpot Area live

History
  • 27.June.1998 v.1.30
    - Changed the show hotspot item and delete hotspot item logic to take the selected item in account. - Changed the name of this tool to 'HotEdit' to reflect a naming of all the planned tools.

  • 24.June.1998 v.1.30
    - Changed more code to JFC. - Tested the editor in JAVA 1.16 for OS/2 with success. Migrated to the requirements of JAVA 1.16 and Swing 1.0.2!

  • 18.June.1998 v.1.30
    - Did some cosmetic with 'Show HTML' dialog. I'm not happy yet!
    The dialog does not get notified when a new image is loaded.
    This will be fixed later!
    - Added notifications to the hotspot areas
    - Fixed problem with nullpointer exception when hitting right mousebutton when in 'mark' mode and no anchor is created.

  • 17.June.1998 v.1.30
    - Disabled the AWT version and created normal Java stub
    - Moved several classes to Swing
    - Fixed several side-effects when moving the code to Swing
    - Removed the statusline. Did not use it anyway...

  • 16.June.1998 v.1.30
    - Finally got time to implement scrolling of image using Swing.

  • 2.June.1998 v.1.30
    - Fixed problem with 'ending' a polygon.
    - Fixed problem with selecting an area in a mouse event.
    - Fixed problem with unique area names. This is needed for the link editor which is under development. The fix is temporary!
    - When selecting 'Delete Area' only the selected hotspot area on the image are selected in the list of areas in the dialog.
    - When selecting 'HotSpot Information' the selected area on the image are selected in the list of areas in the dialog otherwise the first image is selected.

  • 2.June.1998 v.1.30
    - Changed the drawing of areas from filled to non-filled.
    - Added 'select area' feature on the imagecanvas.

  • 30.May.1998 v.1.30
    - Added notification framework to the internal datastructure.
    - Modified 'Show HTML' to be an observer. The contents changes when HotSpot definitions or information changes.
    - Added 'save' to 'Show HTML' dialog. This will be changed.

  • 28.May.1998 v.1.30
    - Added show HTML dialog. No 'save' implemented yet!
    - Added 'simple' HTML generator.
    - Removed the HTML generator code from the editor.
    - Worked on a workaround for a JTextArea bug in Swing. Did not find a solution...

  • 26.May.1998 v.1.30
    - Added some Swing classes and HTML online help from common Swing library. Found a bug(?) in the Swing library when showing a link inside in a HTML page.
    - Restructured the JAR file to support other tools.

  • 24.May.1998 v.1.27
    - Added keyboard support in messagebox and product information.
    - Fixed focus handling in TextAreaDialog ad TextFieldDialog.

  • 19.May.1998 v.1.27
    - Changed TextField to TextArea in Edit/Add HotSpot Dialog.
    - Fixed a minor keyboard handling error in TextAreaDialog.
    - Fixed a problem in 'Mark Area End' RECT and CIRCLE areas.

  • 17.May.1998 v.1.27
    - Fixed yet another menu bug when testing under OS/2 !
    - Added 'MyFriend' Demo.
    - Fixed a minor error in the HTML generated code.

  • 16.May.1998 v.1.27
    - Added 3 print classes. Almost hardcoded...
    - Added 'Edit Image Name' and 'Edit Image Description' dialog.

  • 10.May.1998 v.1.27
    - Prepared for printing code in main.
    - Fixed problem with menu refresh when loading image.
    - Fixed problem when setting frame window positions when images was larger than screen size.

  • 5.May.1998 v.1.27
    - Fixed some code that wasn't pure JAVA.
    - Added commandline parameter support. Load an image from the commandline.

  • 28.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - Changed some dialogs to my common library dialogs.
    - Fixed menu bug.

  • 27.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - Added 'image information' dialog.

  • 26.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - Fixed refresh in statusline.

  • 22.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - Added 'last 5 images loaded' support from my common library.
    - Fixed directory bug in the DATA directory.

  • 20.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - Changed the main menu to reflect the new requirements.
    - Prepared for 'last 5 images loaded' support from common library.

  • 17.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - Fixed incorrect RECT statements in generated HTML.

  • 13.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - Fixed problem with ImageCanvas on LayoutManager.
    - Did some cosmetic dialog things...

  • 11.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - Added statusline to show more information.

  • 10.Apr.1998 v.1.25
    - Added support for RECT and CIRCLE image hotspots.

  • 09.Apr.1998 v.1.25
    - Changed the internal/external dataformat. Which ment rewriting the whole application...
    - Added popup menu on the drawing surface.

  • 04.Apr.1998 v.1.24
    Bug fix release. No design changes, which means: - not good!

  • 03.Apr.1998 v.1.24
    - Fixed some bugs in the 'Open File' method.
    - Checks that loaded GIF and JPG files really have the correct graphics file format.
    - Since we now use the description the 'Add Hotspot' dialog validation must reflect it.
    - Main Menu was not always updated correctly with 'Show' and 'Delete' HotSpot Area.

  • 01.Apr.1998 v.1.24
    Made the AWT dialogs more pretty to look at. Not impressing, though :-)

  • 26.Mar.1998 v.1.24
    Removed old internationalization code and implemented the Java v1.1 way of using localized resources.

  • 25.Mar.1998 v.1.24
    Patched a graphic fileformat bug in the HTML generator. Exported only GIF format.


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