Bug Fixed:

MRC:

• Advantech MRC Updated.

 Bugs fixed:

Variables:

• Graphic objects with persistent variables are sometimes not refreshed with the variable content when a project is loaded.

 New Functionalities:

General:

• Internal Changes

 Bugs fixed:

Devices:

• A memory leak occurs when some MXMs retrieve information from Manager (i.e Barco Encore).

Tasks/Timelines:

• Serie of values generated using Random expression's function are always the same after Manager has been started.
• When deleting a variable from a Manager On Network instance, all other variables from this Manager On Network instance used in other expressions within project are replaced with "?".

 Bugs fixed:

Devices:

• Manager On Network connections sometime failed on some network if a large number of MON are present.

Tasks/Timelines:

• In some circumstances, a new expression can be considered as invalid when edited, after having used "New Project" menu whereas a project is already loaded.

Resources:

• High CPU load after a command timeout in Advantech ADAM MRC.
• Communication timeout has been adjusted because Advantech ADAM 6024 sometime doesn't answer in time.
• After a long period on usage, a "virtual function call" error may appear in Advantech MRC.
• Bad MIDI message processing in AMX MRC.

 New functionalities:

Resources:

• A new Infrared resource type is now available.
• A new MRC AMX is now available providing a compatibility of AMX hardware Netlinx to Manager. AMX resources like Serial ports, I/O ports, Infrared ports and MIDI ports can be used with all the range of MXMs.
• MRC infos are now saved in the project, therefore also in converted project formats (HTML, XML).

 Bugs fixed:

General:

• Manager crashes when importing a project file from Manager 2 which contains 'Open User Screen' commands.
• Groups containing Manager device or device variables lose these references when they are imported.
• The 'Export' menu is not enabled when the TaskEditor (with a task inside) is activated.
• The 'Export' menu is still enabled when deselecting all tasks from the task lister.
• Workspaces are sometimes not displayed properly when they have been created on a single screen computer and used on a dual screen computer (Manager Workspace is displayed on a separate screen area and the main window remains empty).
• Projects which use big and numerous bitmaps may generate the Windows error 'not enough storage to process this command'.
• A mouse click in an object's property doesn't work when this property is not editable.
• When a task is selected in a lister, the setup menu icon in the main bar button is not activated.
• Setup task menu is not always activated in Debug mode.
• Mouse wheel doesn't work anymore after a property has been edited. The property tab has to be re-selected to make the mouse wheel working again.
• Load can sporadically causes Manager to crash with some projects.
• 'Remove from group' menu has been removed from task contextual menu in the Browser (not workable).

UserScreens and graphic objects:

• TextDisplay 'Insets' are not copied when a TextDisplay object is duplicated.
• If a "User" bitmap is deleted from the library, a weird "ghost" bitmap is added at the end of the library.

Devices:

• Auto-selection doesn't behave correctly when multiple cues are selected/un-selected.
• Replace Device menu doesn't work properly for specific cues.
• Publishing a variable after having deleted a Manager On Network device generates a crash.

Tasks/Timelines:

• Drawing performance affects usability of timeline when there is a lot of tracks (99 and more).
• When a task is displayed using ShowTask command in run mode, the TaskEditor has wrong display behaviour.
• Show Task command doesn't take new parameters into account if the task is already opened in the Editor.
• Track notes don't appear in a duplicated task or when a task/project is imported.
• A disabled cue is not updated in the task after it has been edited.
• When multiple cues are selected, clicking on one among those cues doesn't display its properties.
• "Specify Duration" option is not copied when a task is duplicated.
• A task name created while dragging a variable into a graphic object may contains a dot, which is not allowed for object's name.
• 'Lock' property of a task is not saved in the project.
• When moving the cursor in a stepbased task using keyup and keydown, can cause conditional structures (like if/else/endif) to not be correctly displayed in the properties.
• 'Auto Select' property of a task is not saved in the project.
• Expression with comparison operators like >, <, >=, <=, ==, != with one operand as a String and the other as an Interger or Real causes Manager to crash.
• '-' and '.' date separators are not supported.
• Timeline timecode reference switches back to 'Internal Timecode' after the task setup has been changed.
• 'Delete Cue from library' window is not always on top, which causes to lose it.
• A logical cue cannot be added to the cue library.
• 'Cue Option' has been removed from stepbased task menu because it doesn't make sense.
• Tab position of a task inside a Task Editor is moved when the task setup has been changed.
• When an External Sync source is selected for a timeline, the end task bar is not displayed.
• Selecting 'Comply with TC' option while changing the task duration in the task setup may generate a wrong error message.
• Unnecesssary windows are displayed when launching edition of a wrong expression from the Properties window.
• 'Comply with TC' task option doesn't allow selecting 1/1000s time resolution.
• 'Group Cue' menu is not available in stepbased task.
• A digit is missing on the ruler's timecode indicator when timecode is set to 1/1000s.
• When a command is renamed in some MXMs, cues from those MXMs are not renamed when they are in the Cue Library.
• The property window is not cleared when a cue is unselected.
• Task Editors are not properly refreshed after the 'Replace Device' menu has been used.

Variables:

• If, while task variables are displayed in a lister, the 'Use Task Variables' option is uncheck in the task setup, the lister is not updated, task variables are still displayed.
• The update of variable lister has been optimized. Indead, in some circumstances, this update causes MXM commands to appear blocking in a task.
• Variable can be created while Manager is in Debug mode, via the expression editor, which is not allowed.
• '.' (dot) char is allowed in MXM variables which causes expressions using those variables to fail.

Resources:

• When loading a default configuration (at Manager startup), MRCs with no description don't scan existing resources.
• ADAM 6024 Analog outputs don't work.
• The configuration of output channels with ADAM MRC doesn't work properly.
• Unused Polling option has been remove from ADAM MRC setup.
• IP address cannot be changed in Artnet MRC resource setup.
• If a physical DMX Artnet resource is not available, the cues fired by DMX devices using other Artnet resources are not sent properly.
• In case of multiple Soundlight cards, all resources display the same board ID and the same name in the resource setup.
• Cancelling an input I/O resource selection with ADAM MRC causes Manager to crash.

 Bugs fixed:

Resources:

• The resources of MRC Soundlight DMX don't work anymore.
• When changing the Advantech ADAM module type after having created all I/Os (for instance, using the MXM Medialon I/O), some of I/O pins are not addressed anymore.
• The MRC Advantech ADAM doesn't work with the ADAM-6024.

 Bugs fixed:

General:

• When a project is password protected, the password is always required even when a project is launched in autorun mode.

 New functionalities:

General:

• Convert command enables to convert the project in HTML and TEXT formats.

Devices:

• Manager On Network (MON) port has been assigned by IANA as port number 9255 and is now active. Previous MON port 4255 is also active for backward compatibility.

Resources:

• 'Setup Resources' dialog box has been replaced by quick access contextual menus.
• A new I/Os resource type is now available.

 Bugs fixed:

General:

• 'Delayed Startup' preference's option was no longer available.
• Manager freezes if Autorun mode is used while the product is not registered.

UserScreens and graphic objects:

• Color peeker doesn't work properly.
• Switching from Stop to Debug/Run mode (and vice versa) can cause the userscreens to lose their original size and position.
• LED graphic object is not properly refreshed when its state changes. This occurs when it contains bitmaps with a size greather than the LED size.
• LED's "Transparent bitmap" option is not kept when a LED is copied and pasted.
• Object Text Control command with "Text Off" doesn't work properly with Buttons. Both Text On and Text Off are set.
• Color parameters for round slider are not respected.
• A userscreen opened in Fullscreen mode, when a project is started in autorun, causes the background bitmap to be truncated..

Devices:

• Sometimes, resource's icon is incorrect.
• Manager may crash if a device using a Display is deleted.
• No names nor icons are shown in the resource lister when the relevant MRC is not.
• In the Browser, device's name are not sorted by alphabetical order.
• It is possible to assign the same resource to two different devices, even when this is not allowed.

Tasks/Timelines:

• In task's view list, line number and labels are wrongly displayed when selecting multiple cues and right click on the "N°/Label column.
• In a timeline, changing a cue position using Alt+Left/Right keys doesn't modify the end cursor.
• When dragging a cue on a timeline, the dragged cue has an unexpected time offset.
• When a cue is inserted into a StepBased task, it is not selected but its properties are displayed.
• Resizing the timeline's track name area with the mouse is not properly handled if the mouse if dragged outside the timeline.
• Timeline vertical zoom sometimes doesn't allow to change the zoom or disappear.
• Timeline vertical zoom has no maximum value limitation.
• Timeline vertical zoom and track height doesn't work properly together.
• Timeline vertical zoom is not working at the first time if a track size has been modified.
• In Timeline, popup menus for track resizing on track head and vertical zoom don't work.
• Multi selection of cues and device 'Auto-Select' option don't work properly.
• Positrack is not generated after a Goto Time or Goto Label command cue.
• Goto Label command can causes Manager to crash in some circumstances.
• Duplicating a task containing commands towards itself (self references) causes the duplicated task to address the original task instead of the duplicated one.
• A timeline, opened with 'Show Task' command while Manager is in Debug mode, may cause Manager to crash if cues are edited.
• The timecode display of the timeline's time ruler sometimes remain visible after the timeline has been hidden and clicking on this display causes a crash.
• Show Task command sometimes allow to display the same task twice, which is not supported and may cause a crash.
• Cue dragging using Ctrl key has a weird behavior.
• A cue dragged (or move using Alt+Arrow Keys) into an 'On Expression' structure disappears.
• Conversion from Date to Integer and Integer to Date don't work in Expressions.
• Operation Date = Date - Integer causes a crash if system date format is AAAA-MM-JJ.
• Operation Date or Integer = Date1 + Date2 causes Date or Integer to have an incorrect value.
• After doing a recording into a timeline, the playback speed of the timeline can be unexpectedly very fast.
• Cue Pause doesn't work in some circumstances. The task stay paused continuously.
• Scrolling between timeline's tracks become weird if tracks are rearranged.
• "Ctrl+A", "Select From Start" and "Select To End" task's operations don't cause the inspector to be updated.
• Scrollbar is not properly updated when a lot of cues are dragged into a task. This causes these cues do be hidden.
• When a task contains a lot of cues, then editing the bottom's cues causes the task to display the first cues again.
• When multiple cues are dragged in a task, the first cue of this list is inspected, which lets think that properties concern all the cues.
• While the track's name area is being resized, if the mouse is moved outside the track area, then the sizing stops and the whole track is selected.

Variables:

• Time property editor doesn't allow to type negative time, if all digits are already present (i.e. 00:00:00/00).
• A variable can be deleted using DEL key while Manager is in Debug mode.
• When a Manager V3 project is opened, the variable storage file (.mvs) may be rewrite even if the project is not saved.

 New functionalities:

General:

• Acrobat Reader installer has been added in the Install CD.
• Resource configuration can be saved as a default configuration for future uses (New project for instance).

Devices:

• When a Manager On Network device is not connected, network variables cannot be changed. Therefore start conditions on which they are involved cannot be validated.

Tasks/Timelines:

• A task is now inspected with a single click on the Task Editor's task name field.

 Bugs fixed:

General:

• Manager crashes with some projects after a V3 to V4 conversion.
• "New resource" pop up menu item is enabled even if there's no MRC which allows creating resource of the specified type.
• When loading a project made with a different Manager edition, the alert message is sometime erratic.
• Main caption bar is not properly refreshed when some windows overlap it.
• Main menu bar's search icon is missing in OEM Stage editions.
• A project with a detached Workspace area located on the second screen (dual screen) causes this area to be empty when the project is reloaded and Manager to crash when the project is unloaded.
• Save menu is grayed after toggling from Run/Debug to Stop mode even if it was enabled before.
• Manager main window moves to the second screen (dual screen) when switching back to Stop mode, if the Screen tab as been detached and placed on this second screen.
• A duplicate task tab could be empty after the task's start condition or a variable has been edited, which causes error message afterwards.
• Control Panel are not properly displayed when located on the second screen (dual screen).
• In the "Debug" Workspace, the Task Lister tab is not located in a usefull area.
• Control Center / Device Map tab can be pulled over the lister.
• Updated User Manual.

UserScreens and graphic objects:

• UserScreens opens outside the virtual screen when the project is started in Autorun mode with Debug option.
• The Tab key causes the first field to be selected in the Inpector (instead of the next one), when the current field is the With of a UserScreen object.
• Text Color property of a Gauge is not saved in the project.
• Deleting graphic objects which have variables ( not being displayed in the lister ) causes Manager to crash after switching between Workspace tabs.
• Embossed With property value is not limited, which causes a lot of CPU usage then this property is set to a big value.
• When clicking on the Userscreen node in the browser or on a Userscreen in the lister, the Userscreen properties are not displayed in the object inspector if the user screen is closed.

Devices:

• When a device is renamed, attached variables aren't renamed accordingly which cause error in expressions and start conditions.
• The background bitmap of the Device Map is not displayed after a V3 to V4 project conversion.
• Detached Control Panel has wrong size.

Tasks/Timelines:

• Pause points and pauses points combined with pause cues dont work properly.
• It is not possible to restart a timeline after a Pause cue if there is a Countdown cue at the same time.
• Cue selection become weird in unusable after using the mouse wheel to vertically scroll the timeline.
• There is no limitation of the number of tracks in a timeline as it should (limit is 99).
• When a project is reloaded, task's label wizard selector doesn't list the timelines anymore.
• It is sometimes not possible to duplicate a task twice in the task lister.
• Duplicate cue is a timeline doesn't preserve time interval between cues.
• Sound beep Wait option is taken into account in timeline task which causes wrong behavior.
• Delete cue action cannot be undone anymore.
• When a task is selected in a task lister, the current selection is lost (if any).
• A cue created by drag & drop cannot be re-inserted (Re-Insert menu).
• A cue created from Library cannot be re-inserted (Re-Insert menu).
• Properties of a cue are not displayed if a cue is selected when the Task tab and the Properties tab are in the same Workspace area.
• When cues are placed at different heights in large tracks, using the track zoom (+/- or Click and Drag) causes the cues to dissapear (they are not repositioned). The cues are repositioned when using the track height options.
• The Task duration option appears in the Step Based task setup.
• Conversion from Date to Integer/Real in expression doesn't work properly.
• A task with a start condition like "Manager.CurrentStatus#" is started twice when Manager switches to Debug/Run mode.
• Using Mouse Control cue may cause Manager to freeze.
• Cue default size is not used when it is created with a drag & drop.
• If a cue of a task is inspected, selecting this task in the lister has no effect (no inspection of the task).
• A ghost time display sometimes appears on the time rule when using the horizontal timeline zoom.
• Even if a variable has been assigned to a cue's parameter, double-clicking on this cue causes the 'static' parameter to be edited.
• Sometimes, a variable cannot be dropped on a timeline track.
• Dragging multiple variables or tasks in a task causes to create as many tracks as dragged items.
• Manager command cue parameters (for instance Open UserScreen) are sometimes automatically set to the name of new created object, when they are initially empty.
• The Synch Task command uses the timecode offset even when the Internal option is used.
• A cue cannot be moved to the upper track using Alt+Arrow Up keys, if tracks have been inserted above.
• When the positrack is set to Off in a timeline, clicking on the time rule doesn't locate the task to the selected time position.
• Selecting multiple cues in a task causes the Inspector to inspect one among them.
• When a task reach a Pause cue the next cue is wrongly selected.
• 'Add selected cue(s) to library' Task Editor's popup menu don't work for multiple cues selection.

Variables:

• A Manager on Network device causes Manager to crash if a Time type published variable is modified from this instance.

 New functionalities:

General:

• Manager default port has been changed. From Manager 4.0.3, Default Port has been assigned to a fix value (i.e. 4255).
• Now, when Manager is re-installed, the Manager.cfg file which contains custom settings is no more replaced, allowing to keep the previous settings. (Colors, IP port etc.).
• Workspace management was improved. A soon as a workspace has changed, the symbol * is displayed in front of the name of the workspace.

Tasks/Timelines:

• Task duration "Auto"/"Specified Duration" option has been added in task setup dialog box.

 Bugs fixed:

General:

• "Save" menu is not active when the "import project" feature is used.
• "Save" menu is not active after a workspace or a resource modification.
• Wrong information dialog when saving a Lite project within a PRO edition.
• Opening some Manager V3 project with Manager V4 causes issues.
• Because of some Mxm, some project using them can't be loaded properly. These mxm have been fixed, allowing the loading of the project.
• Standard workspace names can be used as user workspace's name.
• Objects & tool buttons popup text (Hint) are not displayed in DEMO version.
• Drag & drop + Control Key "Copy Tab" shorcut doesn't work, if the tab is dropped in the workspace area itself.
• The workspace selection becomes empty when deleting an unchanged workspace. Clicking on this empty workpace name causes all areas to disapear.
• User screens User group doesn't act as other User Groups (i.e opening the UserScreen tab when double-click).
• It is not possible to remove a User screen from a User group.
• Using Alt+F4 shortcut in Run mode causes to display an error message.
• Multi-selection is ineficiant with task lister, either using Shift+Click or Control+Click.
• Two Manager DEMO instances cannot be connected through the network.

UserScreens and graphic objects:

• When a User Screen is deleted from the browser, the lister is not updated.
• The property "Type" (None, Time, date...) of "Edit" object is not saved.
• Position of fixed size userscreens, is improved by using the virtual screen. The positions of the usercreens in the virtual screen don't match to the positions of the userscreens in Run mode.
• If modified, the Led color is not saved properly.
• If a Static Text is set to Bold, it can't be changed back to regular.
• Gauge Status can only take value between 0 - 100.
• Led status continues to change while Manager is in "Stop" mode, if the variable "Flash frequency" and "Sequence" are set to. Now, in Stop mode, the status doesn't change anymore.
• The "Max length" property of text field can be set to negative values, which don't make sense.
• The text field don't display the text content when the option "Smooth relief" is on.
• Text HPos parameter can't be set to 2/4 3/4 in the list Object. Note that settings are not supported with "Display" object when 'Single line" option is Off.
• The smooth relief option for slider is not the default setting.
• The color property is not applicable for round buttons.
• Parameter of Maximum value in button properties is not checked.
• The sorted option of the list don't work properly.
• In virtual screen, Manager may hang when opening UserScreen with Device view within container, particulary with big projects.
• Using the wizard to send a command from a toggle button, doesn't generate the right task start condition.
• User screen page variable is not set to "0" when user screen is closed.
• UserScreen objects located in background pages are not visible, when the project is loaded.
• "Single Line" and "Word Wrap" properties are not mutually exclusive in "Text" objects.

Device:

• Access violation when a "drag an drop" action is done with a device which Mxm is not activated.
• The name of DMX ressource is not updated in the lister after renaming the ressource.
• UserScreen's Contener might lost reference to the device, when the contener is renamed.
• Manager_On_Network "show task" command has been moved to the "Task" group.
• Device Control panel resizing is wrong if the toggle button is active.
• Changing a Soundlight DMX resource name from the Lister doesn't work, the name is not changed after the dialog box has been closed.

Tasks/Timelines:

• When the command "Stop Task (All,Exclusive)" is copied from one task to another one, the pasted command don't exclude the current as required.
• When a task is renamed, the cue "Stop Task" is not notified/updated.
• When a task containing "pause" commands is duplicated, there is a wrong reference to the task in the duplicated task.
• If "CountDown" or "message" cues are saved in the "Cue library", project becomes corrupted.
• The "Else" part condition can't be suppressed as it should.
• The task name is no longer displayed in the Task Control Panel.
• Inserting a note in running mode is allowed, which causes bad display.
• The command "Goto line" is not available from the Timebased tasks.
• the +/- shortcuts for cues Offset open the window twice.
• Reset of tracks height doesn't work.
• A crash may occur when the height of a track become too big.
• Comment cues are converted to message cues during Manager V3 project file importation.
• In Stepbased task, cues cannot be dragged in the last position (i.e at the end of the task).
• Some timeline unavailable commands (i.e List Control) can be inserted using drag & drop.
• "Device Control" Container name parameter is not updated when the name of the container is changed. This causes the command to doesn't work when the project is reloaded.
• It is possible to select time 00:00:00/00 to start a Time-X although this start time is not allowed for this feature.
• Indicated direction of "List Control" command's "Text" parameter is wrong.

Variables:

• When a new variable is created, the variable lister is not refreshed.
• The property option "Display Precision" of "Real" variable is not saved.
• "Asin" function expression returns a wrong value.
• There is no minimum size for the Expression edit dialog box.
• It is possible to create a user variable with the same name of a function expression.
• Deleting an object which has variables causes Manager to crash, when the variable lister is not displayed.
• Variable names are not properly renamed in Expressions, when those Expressions have been created with a variable drag & drop within the task.

 Bugs fixed:

UserScreens and graphic objects:

• Double-click on a button color property and then close the wizard causes manager to crash.

 New functionalities:

Variables:

• User groups can be used in the variable selection dialog box.

 Bugs fixed:

General:

• Using the shortcut Alt+Ctrl+Arrow cause the color peeker cursor to be displayed.
• Using wizard (Color / Font/...) in Properties tab causes the current text value (if any) to be lost.
• When loading a user workspace, a wrong workspace appears.
• Saving a project, after a V3 to V4 conversion, causes an inappropriate message..
• Manager main window flashes when changing workspace if the window is located on a secondary monitor.
• The deletion of a workspace delete the previously selected workspace instead of the current one.
• Dragging cues outside the Finder causes a crash.
• The Browser's device contextual menu sometimes displays irrelevant item.
• Starting big project in Autorun mode may cause the project to hang.
• Loading a V3 projet on which two objects have the same name causes a crash.

UserScreens and graphic objects:

• Double-clicking on the static text doesn't select the right default property (Left instead of Text).
• Font names are not properly listed in the Font Selector Dialog.
• Graphic object's text and Graphic object's associated variables are not properly updated when using Set Text command.
• Move Object command asks to delete the task related to the object (if any).
• Slider's default icon is not the correct one.
• When a cursor is applied to a User Screen, inner buttons, sliders, etc don't have the new cursor set.

Device:

• Device Control Panel can be collapsed which lead to loose the CP view content.
• It is not possible to select "Undefined" resource in the Resource Selection Dialog.
• When replacing a device in a cue by a new one, the wizard still considers the former device.
• Creating or changing device's preset (for those that support presets) doesn't enable the 'Save' menu.
• Importing a project which uses devices for which the MXM is not available, causes a crash.
• Deleting a device for which the Control Panel is displayed in a User Screen Container causes a crash.
• Device for which the MXM is not present can be renamed, which causes variables naming issues.

Tasks/Timelines:

• No confirmation is asked to start a task from the Task Control Panel nor from the Lister if the task is locked.
• Direction of some parameters are not correct in the Properties tab for List Control command.
• Wizard for parameter FileName of Load New Data File command is not available.
• Wizard's container of Device Control command is not available after reloading a project.
• Cue which takes a task name is not performed if the task name is empty (should refers to the current task).
• Sync Task command doesn't work during playback.
• Pause Points don't work when the task is in Timeline view.
• When a project is loaded, a cue referencing a task's variable created after that cue is not loaded properly.
• Time-X window can swap behind Manager main window and become not accessible.
• Setup Task dialog box uses the term 'Abort' instead of 'Stop'.
• In some circumstances, leaving the edition of a cue, causes an error message 'Cannot focus a disabled window'..
• Countdown cue's associated variables are updated in task Blind mode.
• Task wizards don't display the correct task list, depending on cue type and creation order.
• Step based task's Message variable is not updated when with a Message cue.
• Message cues are proceed during positrack.

Variables:

• When a variable is used as a cue parameter and replaced afterwards by a direct value, the wizard (if any) button is no more accessible.
• The Select Variable dialog box cannot be closed when it is opened from the Brower's 'New Variable User Group' menu.
• When cue is clicked in a timeline, some cues vanish.
• Importing twice the same project causes variables to have the same name.
• After loading a project without the needed MXMs, using 'New Project' menu doesn't cleanup device's variables.

 What's new in Manager V4:

Graphic user interface (GUI) has been totally redesigned:

• Single frame application, no overlapping windows at all.
• The workspace is now divided into zones called 'panes', which can be freely organized and saved for a later use (user defined layouts).
• Application windows are displayed inside tabs hosted by the panes, which allow flexible grouping and organization if required.

Programming ergonomy has been improved, drastically reducing the number of modal dialog boxes and mouse actions needed to perform basic operations:

• All objects that are part of the show (devices, variables, tasks etc…) are accessible through a browser / lister metaphor allowing to reach and edit any object in no time.
• A new 'properties' tab working in conjunction with the browser / lister metaphor allows inspecting and editing all objects properties in a simple and intuitive manner.
• New keyboard shortcuts have been added for direct access to the most important parts of the application.
• Drag & drop support has been greatly extended in such a way that most actions can now be easily performed by just using the mouse and eventual modifier keys, making programming faster and so much easier.

New features allow for a faster programming and day to day workflow:

• New functions (mathematical, logical, etc…) have been added to the expression engine, and allow to process data directly inside expressions.
• Using variables as cue parameters is no longer restricted to a specific variable type, thanks to the new automatic trans-typing feature, therefore any type (Integer, String, etc…) can be used and an automatic conversion will be performed.
• Objects names are now unique throughout the project scope, simplifying their addressing (ID's are no longer used).
• A powerful finder, able to use regular expression, has been implemented which allows requesting any kind of object by its name, label, comment, etc….

Resource management and handling has been completely redesigned:

• Hardware independence is offered for all resource types (MIDI, DMX, Serial/COM etc…) meaning that classical windows resources can be transparently swapped with specific third-party hardware resources (like dedicated DMX-over-Ethernet boxes), with no difference from the MXM devices point of view.
• Offline programming is now possible without requiring physical resources to be actually installed on the machine: just define the resources you plan to use on the target machine and use them in your project like if they were local resources.
• Pre-configuration of the resources used by a given show can be made on any machine, off-site.