New transactions
The following transactions were added in Release 5.1.
· InternetFileDownload downloads an Internet file to a temporary directory on a local disk.
· InternetFileUpload uploads a file from a temporary directory on a local disk to an Internet server.
· FlushDownloadDirectory deletes downloaded Internet files from the local temp directory.
· FreezeUI disables and enables input through the Imagenation user interface.
· SetMinOutputTextWidth sets the minimum output text width used for print, fax, and rasterize.
· GetPrinterTrayIDNames returns the number of paper trays for the current printer, along with their identifiers and names.
· GetStandardPaperSizes returns the standard page sizes supported by the current printer.
· SetStandardPaperSize sets the standard paper size to be used by the current printer.
· GetVisibleLayerMER returns the extents (MER--minimum enclosing rectangle) of the specified displayed layer.
· GetVisiblePageMER returns the extents of the displayed layers on the specified page.
· Stamp combines a page with the defined stamp to create a new raster.
· GetMouseNotifyUnits returns the unit of measurement used by the two mouse pointer notifications.
· SetMouseNotifyUnits sets the unit of measurement to be used by the mouse pointer notifications.
· GetHotspotNotifyUnits returns the unit of measurement used by all hotspot notifications.
· SetHotspotNotifyUnits sets the unit of measurement to be used by the hotspot notifications.
New notifications
The following notifications have been added.
· NotifyIM -- MouseMove tells clients that the mouse pointer has moved to a new position.
· NotifyIM -- Scroll tells clients that a document window has been scrolled.
· NotifyIM -- SelectObject tells clients that an object has been selected.
· NotifyIM -- VectorObjectPlaced tells clients that an object has been placed on an active edit layer.
· NotifyIM -- Zoom tells clients that a zoom operation has been performed.
Other changes
Please note the following changes.
· Two commands have been added to the Group menu: Bring To Front and Send To Back. For their IDs, click Group menu commands.
· Subcommands have been added to the Stamp and Banner commands in the Raster menu. For their IDs, click Raster menu commands.
· A Format Preferences command has been added. For its ID, click Preference menu commands.
· A new predefined user attribute has been added: *** PDF User Password ***. It allows users to open encrypted PDF files into Imagenation. For details, click Predefined user attributes.
· The HPGL/2 file format has been separated out from HPGL and has a new ID: 536.
· The GIF format has been assigned a new ID: 72.
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