Known Bugs, History and Future Features


Known Bugs
  • 10.Oct.1998 v.1.32
    Move/Resize of areas is very slow if 'Show HTML' window is opened. The explanation is that the 'Show HTML' window is updated immediately if a change is happening for a hotspot area. Some workarounds are considered.

  • 12.Sep.1998 v.1.31
    - It should not be possible to move an area outside the drawing canvas.
    - It should not be possible to construct an area partially outside the drawing canvas.

  • 10.Sep.1998 v.1.31
    - It is not possible to run the application under Java 1.2.

  • 5.Jun.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
  • October.1998 v.1.33
    - Full Swing(JFC) and internationalization support.
    - Better keys support.
    - Settings dialog for the HTML generator.
    - Fixing problems with hotSpot areas out of scope.

  • November.1998 v.1.35
    - Preparing for Java 1.2 version
    - Partial on-line Help using JavaHelp.
    - More threading.

  • November.1998 v.1.4
    - Enhanced settings for the application.
    - Full on-line Help using JavaHelp.
    - Java 2D support.
    - Use Java 1.2 print.

  • December.1998 v.1.45
    - Applet image map generation.

  • January.1998 v.1.5
    - Inserting code from my common library to support imagemap links.

  • ?.1999 v.1.?
    - URL's as target of HTML generation(?)... - Implement Plug-In feature. More information later...

History
  • 10.October.1998 v.1.32
    - Removed help from 'Settings' window.
    - Fixed minor problem with deleting areas not selected.
    - Internal release.
    - Finished documentation for this version.

  • 4.October.1998 v.1.32
    - Fixed problem with canvas refresh in some situations.

  • 2.October.1998 v.1.32
    - Enhanced move/resize actions to update HTML in the 'Show HTML' Dialog.

  • 1.October.1998 v.1.32
    - Implemented colored HTML output in the 'Show HTML' dialog.
    - Developed a new 'Show/Hide Area' dialog.

  • 30.September.1998 v.1.32
    - Found a bug in the Windows Java 1.1.6 in the getClass().getResource() method. It code worked fine with the OS/2 Java 1.1.6. The bug is fixed in Java 1.1.7 for Windows.
    - Made the requirement for the application Java 1.1.7 due to several bugs in Java 1.1.6 for Windows.
    - Fixed a minor bug in the HTML generated code.

  • 29.September.1998 v.1.32
    - Fixed bug in startup code. Exception in MsgBox...!
    - Added code to check that only Java version 1.1.6 or 1.1.7 are allowed as JVM when running HotEdit.

  • 28.September.1998 v.1.32
    - Developed a new drawing canvas component.

  • 14.September.1998 v.1.32
    - Implemented 'resize selected hotspot area' for circle types. Area out of scope NOT checked.
    - Fixed problem with 'start mark' areas from the menu.
    - Fixed problem with ending a rectangle and a circle with the right mousebutton.
    - Identified the cause of the scrollbar problems.

  • 13.September.1998 v.1.32
    - Implemented 'resize selected hotspot area' for rectangle and and polygon types. Area out of scope NOT checked.

  • 12.September.1998 v.1.32
    - Implemented 'move selected hotspot area'. Area out of scope NOT checked.
    - Prepared 'resize selected hotspot area'.

  • 9.September.1998 v.1.32
    - Fixed a dialog focus problem in the 'Show HTML' dialog.

  • 9.September.1998 v.1.31
    - Released and tested the version.

  • 8.September.1998 v.1.31
    - Documented and refreshed the sourcecode.
    - Did some minor enhancements.
    - Implemented a simple Help window to test the HTML parser in Swing(JFC).

  • 19.August.1998 v.1.31
    - Corrected a paint bug when scrolling an image larger than the framewindow

  • 12.August.1998 v.1.31
    - Did some testing under Linux with some problems...
    - Changed the structure of the jar file.

  • 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
    - 4. public release.

  • 28.Apr.1998 v.1.26
    - 3. public release.

  • 10.Apr.1998 v.1.25
    - 2. public release.

  • 04.Apr.1998 v.1.24
    - 1. public release.


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