New Features

New Features

Support of S57 map format

Rogue Wave Views Maps now supports the S57 nautical maps format, a standard published by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO).

Support semi-transparent PNGs

PNG images containing semi-tranparent pixel are now supported.

Easier interactions with Spline objects

New interactors have been added to permit easier creation and interactions with spline objects.

New filter effects to simulate different levels of transparency on graphics objects

Ctrl Mouse wheel support for zoom in/out in Studio

Mouse wheel support for up/down movement in spinbox

Ctrl-Tab key can be used for Tab-pane rotation

Generalized use of the ESC key for interrupting object creation interactors

GUI restructuring for Studio. New icons and dialog boxes

Better support of Windows Vista with Aero L&F

Windows Vista has new visual effects and look and feel elements that are now supported with Rogue Wave Views.

New samples and documentation for printing

Support of Oracle 10 and Oracle 11 in DataAccess

Support of DB2 9.5 in Data Access

Support of OLE DB in DataAccess

Port on VS 2008

Integration of all bug fixes since version 5.1

Other minor fixes and evolutions

Version 5.8