Software Release Notes: InstantAtlas 4.2.1
Release Date: 16/05/2007
Summary
A Flash Double Map template is now available!
Important bug fixes and enhancements have been applied to the other Flash and SVG templates.
The Publisher/Designer/Style Editor suite is essentially unchanged, although the Designer has been enhanced to support insertion of SWF files into InstantAtlas reports.
Key template enhancements (Flash)
| Enhancement | Template |
| Comparison areas can be clicked in the Comparison Areas table to add their values to the time series and bar charts (and remove them) | PS, AP |
| You can make any contextual layer visible on atlas startup | All |
| It is now simple to specify an image to use as the backdrop for a report | All |
| The time series chart displays a warning if no time series data exists in your report | PS |
| You can decide whether the bar chart y axis base will update dynamically or be set to zero | PS, AP |
| A Natural breaks classification is now available in Legend menu | All |
Are the new templates compatible with previous versions?
If I publish a report using a new Flash template, can I give it a configuration file (config.xml) or stylesheet (default.css) from an existing Flash report?
No. The Flash templates in this release have new configuration files (config.xml) and stylesheets (default.css).
If I publish a report using a new SVG template, can I give it a configuration file (config.xml) or stylesheet (default.css) from an existing SVG report?
Yes, if the existing report is SVG version 4.
If I publish a report using a new template, can I give it XML data files from an existing Flash report?
Yes.
Product version numbers
| InstantAtlas release | 4.2.1 |
| InstantAtlas Publisher/Designer/Style Editor suite | 4.2.1 |
| InstantAtlas Single Map Template (SVG) | 4.0.1 |
| InstantAtlas Double Map Template (SVG) | 4.0.1 |
| InstantAtlas Area Profile Template (SVG) | 4.0.1 |
| InstantAtlas Funnel Plot Template (SVG) | 4.0.0 |
| InstantAtlas Single Map Template (Flash) | 4.0.3 |
| InstantAtlas Double Map Template (Flash) | 4.0.3 |
| InstantAtlas Area Profile Template (Flash | 4.0.3 |
Once you have installed this release you can check that you have correct versions of the software:
» To check the version of your Publisher/Designer/Style Editor suite, start the Publisher and click the About option (bottom left)
» To check the version of an InstantAtlas report, hold down Shift-Alt on your keyboard and click the InstantAtlas logo in the report