Release Notes for: nWire

Summary: This version splits nWire into two products: nWire for Java (the current offering) and nWire for PHP, adding PHP support to the product. It also adds some important features, including the new Smart Focus mode.

Main Enhancements:

• Added PHP support to nWire. Split the product into two separate features for nWire and PHP.
• Smart focus view. See the updated user guide (under Help -> Getting started) for more details.
• More flexible license support. Can license Java and PHP separately.
• nWire can detect and alert on issues with the nWire installation.

Minor changes and fixes:

• Minor adaptations to Eclipse 3.5.
• Correctly handling corrupt databases.
• Minor performance improvements.
• Components and associations are erased when a project is erased or closed.
• Navigator to visualizer transition was greatly improved, allowing all the components to be visualized when clicking the Visualizer button.
• Fixed an issues with visualizer undo/redo.

Summary: This version introduces a much requested feature: filters. The feature enables filtering the associations shown in the navigator and visualizer.

Main changes:

• Added Filters selection to the navigator and visualizer toolbar and a filters preferences page. More details on the filters can be found in the Getting Started guide.
• A release notes dialog box was added. This dialog box will appear each time nWire is updated and will include the release notes from all the previous releases as well. The release notes can also be found on our site.
• The visualizer will now partially recover after saving a file or changing the filter. When the visualizer is empty, it will show a brief help.
• The navigator help text was updated to include more helpful hints on using the navigator.
• A Tip Of The Day dialog was added. It appears when starting Eclipse and includes some helpful tips on maximizing nWire.
• Minor performance improvement when starting up nWire.

Summary: This is a maintenance release to nWire 1.0. It fixes a few issues. There's no immediate need to update.

Main changes:

• #99 - Fixed a problem which prevented nWire from running with IBM JDK 1.6. It should now work fine.
• #110 - Issues with nWire startup are now correctly reported.
• #112 - Fixed a potential issue when importing projects from CVS with nWire auto-enabled.
• The opt-in option upon activation is now clearer with a check-box which confirms the opt-in.

Summary: This is the first final release of nWire. No functional changes in this version, mostly visual changes to adapt to the new nWire logo.

Main changes:

• Added the new logo on nWire to the user information box and welcome screen.
• Updated the installer with the new logo.
• Updated the icons to adhere to the new visual cue.

Summary: Version 0.9.4 is also marked Version 1.0.0 RC1. This version is mostly "house keeping" and final touches. We do not expect any functionality changes until after the final release.

Main changes:

• #15 - Logging overhaul. We improved the nWire internal log mechanism, which should also introduce some minor performance gains. A new logging preferences pane was introduced to ease turning the logging on or off. The new preferences pane is used for support purposes and should not be turned on. By default, minimal logging is done. You will notice much less "chatter" in this version if you are using Eclipse with a console output.
• #79 - The keyboard bindings were changed to Ctrl-4 for the navigator & Ctrl-5 for search (Command on Mac OS X). This was due to a collision with some other keys, plus, we find it more comfortable. If you prefer the previous key settings, you can always change it in the preferences.
• #91 - Fixed: When nWire is not activated, Eclipse may hang when quitting. This would not happen after activating nWire and it is now resolved.

Note: After installing this release your repository will need to be reanalyzed. This will happen automatically and may take some time.