.. highlightlang:: us .. _what's-new-in-uniplot-5.0.0: .. _news-5-0-0: What's New in UniPlot 5.0.0 =========================== This page describes the changes made to UniPlot 5.0 since version 4.2.x. .. _important-changes-to-uniplot-5: Important changes to UniPlot 5 ------------------------------ * UniPlot 5.x can be used with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. * UniPlot 5.x and UniPlot 4.x can be used on the same computer parallely . More information about using UniPlot 5 and 4 is covered in the next chapter. * The file format (:file:`.IPW`) has been changed in UniPlot 5. UniPlot 5 can read all former UniPlot file formats, but older UniPlot versions cannot read the UniPlot 5 file format. * A new license key is necessary for UniPlot 5.0. The 4.x license key is invalid for UniPlot5.x. If you have purchased UniPlot 4.x or an update to 4.x after January 1, 2005 you can receive a new license key free of charge. Please send an e-mail with your current license key. If you purchased your license or your update before January 1, 2005 will would be happy to send you a quote for an update. New Features ------------ * Up to version 4.2.x UniPlot used an 8 bit character set. Beginning with UniPlot 5 UniPlot uses Unicode (see http://www.unicode.org and http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html). * Two new Addins to access ASAM-ODS databases have been added to UniPlot 5.0. See :ref:`asam-ods-browser-(rpc)` and :ref:`asam-ods-browser-(corba)`). .. image:: S:/uniplot-obj/images/ods-browser.* * Text objects and table objects have been extended by automatic word wrap. * Text clipping has been added to text objects. * Improved batch mode: If UniPlot is set to batch mode the display of dialog and message boxes is suppressed (see :ref:`AppSetBatchMode`). Error messages are written to a log file (see :ref:`log_error`). * In stacked diagrams clipping of single y axis can be switched on or off. (Default: clipping is off). See :ref:`stacked-diagrams-with-multiple-y-axes`. * The axis title position can be modified using the mouse. To switch on this option, double click on the axis title and set the option "Free Position" in the ``Position and Size`` dialog page. * Polar-Diagram: The drawing direction can be set clockwise or counter-clockwise. The angle origin can be set relative to the 3 o'clock position. See :ref:`diagramlayoutpolar`. * :ref:`DialogBox`: The dialog template can contain radio buttons. * UTX-Import: The filter is not an addin any longer. It will be loaded at start up. * New Addin "Map-Calculator". See :ref:`map-calculator`. New UniScript Functions ----------------------- .. us.makeindex New500, New Functions in UniPlot 5.0 .. include:: ../ftab/New500.ftab Modified UniScript Functions ---------------------------- .. us.makeindex Changed500, Changed Functions in UniPlot 5.0 .. include:: ../ftab/Changed500.ftab :sub:`id-621524`