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Freeway 4.0.1

For your information, here is a partial list of fixes/issues dealt with in the release:

Depth of graphics stored with documents now defaults to thousands
Crash deleting table row
Crash opening file
Corner settings reversed in dialog
Crash in Find Crash on publish
Problem with default settings for GIF items when reading old preferences - resulting in Preview problems
Templates could only be used by the user who installed the application
Crash when previewing 2 windows on same document
has replaced <emphasis> in default styles.
Crash when pasting HTML at insertion point

4.01 is now localized

Freeway 4.0.3

For your information, here is a partial list of fixes/issues dealt with in the release:

Fixed some problems opening Freeway 3 documents, improving the nesting of items
Fixed a problem where the first frame of an animated GIF
might be opaque
Non-layer child within a parent layer draws content correctly
Upload dialog crashes with / as server name
Problem with external files in action API
Fixed incorrect bottom/right value with borders
Problem importing older illustrator files
Non-combining graphic child of layer item is now published
Pages unnecessarily republished when external stylesheets used
Preview crash
Fixed an XHTML strict alignment problem with GIF text
Fixed a clipping problem when a parent item has padding
URL items not accepting pasted URLs
action-text control will not accept a paste
Undo crash after deleting 2 HTML inlines
Anchor link crash
Problem with incorrect paths for background images used in styles
Crash dragging item inside parent with text selection
Spelling crash with Ignore All/Change All
Turning off ALT text doesn't stay after reopening file
Padding and margins are published for form elements
Fixed a problem locating missing image resources
Fixed an encoding error with GIF character text
Multiple paragraph styles can get applied
Cursor out of sync in unicode text entry with auto font substitution
Fixed some border problems
Import HTML Crash
Child graphics are not clipped on export
Table cell style crash
Problem copy/pasting from Freeway 3.1
Borders are not output for non-edges
Borders are not doubled
Fixed a problem with reduced borders on graphic child
Fixed a quoting error with map areas
Legacy file problem
Map areas validate on XHTML Strict pages
Framesets validate in HTML 4 and XHTML
Table crash after importing delimited text
Copying a cell causes Freeway to crash
Address tag not supported
Fixed a publish problem when layer has padding
Templates contain <emphasis> rather than
Crash when changing to a PostScript font with effects applied
Fixed error opening file with word underlines
Fixed problem where H1 tag was created inside P tag
Text import always stays on RTF in localized version
File crashes on open
The Frameset dialog has the correct help tag
Checkbox text is no longer clipped in the New Frameset dialog
Freeway ignores padding when creating image maps
Can't import Photoshop file
Server side includes don't work
JavaScript Error in PHP Block Action

Freeway 4.0.4

For your information, here is a partial list of fixes/issues dealt with in the release:

Selection not shown in Frames palette
Imported 3.x file crashing Freeway 4
Changing a style to a tag crashes Freeway
Extra ">" in doctype in HTML 3.2 Framesets
Save problem
Graphic update doesn't work
French Localization: Crash switching to Noframes using HTML 3.2
JavaScript Error in PHP Block Action
Drop shadow not using correct background.
Text Flow Action broken
Navigation popup misplacing DIV
Scroll Layer action broken
Navigation Bar publish problems
Rollover crash
Action bug in 4.0.3
Delete page/folder undo crash
Crash when flipping between panes

Freeway 4.1

Below is a list of the most important bug fixes in this release

PNG Transparency Fix now included as a standard action within Freeway.
Fixed an issue where clicking a link in the Site Panel didn't select the correct text
Fixed an issue where leaving the password field in the Upload dialog could result in a crash
Removed the option to group Table cells, which resulted in a crash
Links from legacy files not removed when changed
Freeway Express could crash when applying a shadow using the colour palette
An alert now appears when attempting to run Freeway from the disk image
The bottom part of the scroll bar was missing when viewing the styles panel in the styles and colours palette.
When flipping between elements that had actions applied the actions palette could sometimes become messy.
The 'Encoding' label in the FormSetup dialog did not reposition correctly when the dialog changed size.
The "Apply to" label in the Styles palette was truncated in some localizations (e.g. French)
Menu option "CompuServe GIF" renamed as "GIF"
Using menu shortcuts too fast may cause a crash
Removed minimum size for Express encrypted Actions
Fixed a crashing file problem with bad line breaks. Incorrect encoding error on publish
Added a new 'web address' field to the upload settings and an API so that actions can be written that depend on it and can access it in JavaScript
Saving files now uses less memory
Fixed a Frame border issue in Internet Explorer
Documents with Actions may grow each time they are saved
HTML 3.2: Left aligned inline graphic publish problem
Error when drawing a map area over a graphic
Rosetta: Unable to drag and drop images from Finder
New page by dragging master after undo crash
Fixed Warning: Line option kATSLineIsDisplayOnly has been deprecated
Can now import GX graphics and PICT files with text
Fixed a crash making change to text after a page down
Deleting colors caused crash (with an empty stylesheet)
Fixed a crash when dragging a child item to a Master page
Style not output if applied to a Master page item
Freeway uses monitor profile for CMYK and LAB conversions
Menu Bar action now Validates and fixed a "target" issue
Fixed a display issue where the Freeway Help menu was blank when loaded in French, German, and Italian localizations

Freeway 4.1.1

Fixed an issue where Freeway Startup errors resulted in a crash, rather than displaying an error dialog
Fixed a font crash on Intel
Fixed a problem with unicode characters from PPC files substituting incorrectly on Intel
Fixed a problem where some passwords were not saved properly
Gallery Action now working in 4.1.1
Guides from 3.5 files are read correctly on Intel

Freeway 4.1.2

Crashes and Errors:

Fixed an issue where Freeway could sometimes hang opening a document with word underline turned on
Fixed an error saving to an external drive
Fixed a bad parameter error opening a Freeway document
Fixed a problem saving documents on to Windows-formatted volumes.
Fixed a problem where a 3.5 file could not be opened
Fixed a program error uploading to iDisk
Fixed a crash when uploading to .Mac
Fixed a crash when dragging a range of pages and folders from one document to another
Fixed a problem where the Add Action dialog could crash if you dismissed it with nothing selected
Freeway sometimes crashed when drawing FillMaster shapes
Freeway would crash when exiting from the WebKit preview when onUnload extended markup calls JavaScript
Fixed a flow item crash after deleting the parent item
Fixed a crash which occurred removing an anchor
Fixed an undo crash after clicking on the Back button in the toolbar.
Fixed an issue where an incorrect error message displayed on Intel

Actions:

The Navigation Popup Action target now works within framesets
The Add Action dialog now lists actions alphabetically or hierarchically
The Menu Bar Action submenus now work if they contain images
Fixed a spelling mistake in the PNG Transparency Fix Action
Fixed a problem where Freeway would add spurious characters into code generated by Actions if DOS Line Feeds were selected in the Document Setup Output tab [Pro only]
Pages containing the Menu Bar Action could cause JavaScript errors in Internet Explorer

Import:

Freeway now supports Lab, multichannel, or duotone Photoshop images [Pro only]
Freeway can now import 16-bit CMYK Photoshop images [Pro Only]
Improved the reading of layered images which don't have a composite graphic [Pro only]
Fixed a problem with nonbreaking spaces in an imported RTF file
Fixed a problem with text encoding in imported RTF text
Fixed a problem with duplicated characters in Danish RTF text import
Fixed a problem with incorrect characters after pasting from MS Word

Output:

Problems outputting character ligatures (oe etc.) in ISO-8859-1 encoding have been fixed.
Fixed a problem with UTF16 output
_lp style is not output with a space which caused problem in IE browsers
Fixed a problem where temporary paragraph styles were not being published

Styles [Freeway Pro only]:

Fixed a problem a problem where deleting a style from the Edit Styles dialog replaces it incorrectly
Paragraph styles applied to text no longer display in the default style when other styles are applied to the text
An style which is applied to a whole paragraph of text is now published.
Multiple styles of the same name renaming in styles palette
Empty temporary styles in legacy files are now removed

Other:

Fixed a problem with pasting extended markup into tables
Fixed a problem with text disappearing after dragging a child into an item that contains text
Fixed a problem where graphics drew in the wrong place when inserted into inline GIF text
Files created on systems earlier than 10.4.5 in which Zapf Dingbat characters were typed from the keyboard now display correctly in 10.4.5 onwards.
Text marks on ruler no longer ignore padding on items
The Open Recent menu command no longer displays hidden file extensions
Document info displayed Upload user name with the title "Server"
Fixed a problem where the wrong page was displayed when you preview into a browser while the WebKit preview is displayed in Freeway.
Fixed a problem where reducing the width of table cells containing text had strange limits
Freeway no longer uploads sites which have been only partially published (e.g. if the publishing process that precedes upload has been cancelled).
Fixed a bug where preset page sizes in the document setup were huge
When adding extended attributes to an external link these attributes were not properly accessible in JavaScript
Can now paste text into Inspector palette fields
Copying the page title in the Inspector Palette now works
Can now paste URLs into URL items
Inline items were moving down on the page after importing a legacy file
Fixed a problem with aligning inline graphics in flowed items

Action Writing:

Freeway now respects the 'action-appliesto' tag when deciding which actions can be applied by a user
File Parameters (in Actions) with the web-graphic attribute listed all files instead of jpeg, gif and png files.
Action-markup and action-javascript now have a 'src' parameter making it possible to have markup in a separate file
Added a new JavaScript method fwFindAllItems to the fwItem. This will return all the subelements of a certain type
The page method 'fwPage.fwWebAddress()' now works properly
There is a new 'help-tag' attribute that allows you to specify help tags (tool tips) for Action parameters
Added a new 'debug' attribute to suppress the abort button in alert, prompt etc. and better name these window titles
Added a new global attribute fwApplicationName for Actions writers to be able to better target Freeway in AppleScript
Added a mechanism where Freeway Actions could be better bound to versions of Freeway

Freeway 4.2

Features

Save as Template feature added which will take a currently open freeway document, collect together all the resources, allow you to specify an image file to create a template icon from and save the lot in a template bundle.
Eolas patent workaround added
Added new suite of Freeway Actions for the Freeway Shop http://www.softpress.com/products/index.php

Crashes and Errors

Fixed a crash that could occur in the Edit Styles dialog when adding a new style
Fixed a crash a crash that could happen if you edited text and then opened a new window on the same document
Fixed a crash that could happen when a stale Action was displayed when opening the Actions palette.
Fixed a crash when aligning graphics in flowed text
Fixed a memory leak when editing a graphic in an external editor
Fixed a bug where Freeway crashes when drag copying (option key) an item into another item in the site panel.
Fixed a bug where Freeway crashes when requested to quit when in the background while it is displaying a startup problem dialog.
Fixed a crash when saving after editing a font variation
Fixed a crash when entering a maximum value into the Indent field in the Inspector Palette
Fixed a problem where changing to another page caused Freeway to crash
Fixed a crash after publishing a Freeway 3 document
Fixed a crash when pasting into the Top Secret Template
Freeway can open 3.5 documents with corrupt graphics
Intel: Dragging items from site panel no longer crashes Freeway
Fixed a crash that happened when double clicking to an Action in the Add Actions dialog.

Actions

Link to New Window Action now validates
Text Link to New Window Action now validates
Freeway Actions are now localized into German
Freeway Actions are now localized into Spanish
Fixed a problem where Action labels would not draw at all on narrow items.
Fixed a bug that stopped the Actions Palette from updating if you had focus in one of the text fields in that palette
Fixed an issue where Action text was drawn twice on Freeway Action objects.
Fixed a problem where background images for the Fill Master and Button Actions were no longer transparent
Menu Bar text lost alignment on preview

Import

Fixed a problem importing style sheets
Pasting from MS Word no longer inserts unwanted code
Importing a submit button now imports the "value"
Fixed an HTML import issue with nested tables and spans
Fixed an issue with missing graphics after an HTML page import
Fixed an HTML file import problem that had unmatched table tags
Fixed an HTML import problem
HTML Import now works with unmatched </td>
Fixed an issue where HTML Import failed where the page contained bad characters
Nested tables are now handled properly by HTML import
Fixed a bug that stopped it being possible to drag PDF files directly onto the page.

Output

Fixed an issue where multiple resource files were generated (img, imga, imgb etc.)
Links on inline graphics no longer publish as map areas when parent item has a border
Inline graphics are no longer clipped when the parent has a border

Styles [Pro only]

Styles applied to pages now work
Named styles don't inherit from default style
CSS link styles now appear in the correct order

Photoshop Import

Intel: Photoshop import problem fixed
Photoshop import: alpha now correct for blend modes
Photoshop import: Pin Light blend mode now correct
Photoshop import: Linear Light and Linear Burn blend modes supported
Photoshop import: Vivid Light blend mode now supported

Other

Fixed a bug where the Site Panel didn't display a duplicate master
Fixed a bug which resulted in a master page appearing amongst site pages
Fixed a bug where the selection in Site Panel is confusing
Stopped stationery being displayed in the Open Recent menu
Fixed site panel contextual menu for "New Pages..." not "New Page..."
Fixed a bug where the the Site Panel highlighting was broken for large documents
Fixed a bug the wrong items where selected after dragging them in the Site Panel.
Fixed a bug where the Site Panel displayed an incorrect highlight.
Fixed an incorrect highlight when the Site Panel was set to Show Links.
Fixed an issue where a newly created and closed template failed to show in the Open Recent menu
Fixed an issue where the "Resources" and "File names" popups in the Output pane of the Document Setup dialog were too narrow in Express
Can now delete multiple pages in the Site Panel using contextual menu
Delete Pages menu item text amended for single pages
There is now a warning when deleting pages using the contextual menu
Stopped the Site Panel cog and contextual menus being active when the Webkit preview is active
Fixed a bug where duplicating a page using the contextual menu by control-clicking results in a delayed drag session
Fixed a bug where you could enter in a very large number for adding new pages to Freeway.
Fixed a problem where Invisibles color reverts to gray after relaunch
Added new icons for tables in the Site panel
Checkboxes and Radio buttons in palettes only respond to clicks within the bounds of their text.
Fixed a focus problem in the Edit Font Sets dialog
Added a new Style menu option that allows users to remove styling from a text selection.
Action labels now appear on table cells
Fixed a bug which stopped the opacity slider on the Color Palette from working when there was a text selection.
Added new strings to allow better localization of font features.
Fixed an issue where the Vertical/Horizontal Guide color was swapped
Modified the selection behavior so that option-shift-click now selects the combined graphic instead of the normal unmodified click. Added a new menu option command-option-shift-A that will select all the items in a combined graphic.
Express: Fixed a bug that caused the "Other" disclosure option to disappear from the Inspector Palette after importing an image into a graphic item
Fixed a bug in Express that could stop the Emboss sliders from working on text selections.
Fixed a bug where text lost its highlight when the hyperlink dialog was visible.
Fixed a problem that caused Auto Alt Text to stop being automatic.
Fixed a problem that caused text to be clipped in the Border/Dash dialog.
Fixed a bug that stopped changes to the target being recognized in the hyperlinks dialog.
Fixed an issue where In-flow child items set to 100% height had an extra space after them
Express: The Default language option in the Document Setup is now saved
Fixed an issue where resizing a table column increased the table width
Fixed a problem where fixed positioning of CSS Layer items on a master were absolute on instance pages
Express: Unable to alter or remove text background from legacy file
Fixed an issue with URL not getting changed in Edit URLs dialog
Item styles not taking on tables
Copy/Paste item duplicates styles
Fixed a legacy file layout issue
Fixed an issue where an em indent value was displayed as pixels
Table resize problem when GIF text is entered into the table
Inserted items now respect the CSS Layout setting
Drag/drop items now respect the CSS layout setting
Can now select a row/column on an inline table
Keyboard language no longer reverts to default after using the left arrow key
The Default font should now be stored within a document
Addressed some issues that made Freeway slow when drawing a large number of items - eg. large tables

Action Writing

The JavaScript enclosures generated by XHTML now appear in the tag stream
fwAddJavascript now generates 'CDATA' enclosures in later versions of HTML
Fixed a bug which prevented fwGetString form picking up localized strings
Fixed a problem with fwApplicationName which returned some strange version information

Japanese localization

Added better default font sets to Freeway when running in Japanese.
Fixed a problem where the Transform dialog degree symbol was wrong when running Freeway in Japanese.
Fixed a problem where Effect and Filter strings were clipped for Freeway in Japanese.
Japanese Localization: Document setup default font changed
Freeway Help now works in Japanese

Freeway 4.2.1

Fixed a bug that could result in Bad Parameter errors when opening files or applying Actions in 10.2.8
Fixed a crash that could occur when changing the font size in an HTML 3.2 page when running under Intel.
Fixed a bug in the Link to New Window Action where it created bad output when Freeway's output was set to upper case tags.

Freeway 4.2.2

Crashes and Errors

Fixed a crash dragging a QDGX graphic inside a graphic item on Intel machines
Freeway no longer hangs on upload when no username or password is entered
Fixed a crash when canceling an upload when the FTP server is in sleep mode
Fixed a crash when canceling a .mac upload when an incorrect password is entered
Fixed a crash when clicking and holding the upload progress dialog
Deleting an Action in list text no longer crashes Freeway
Fixed a crash when control-clicking in the Site Panel after deleting all the pages and masters
Locating the background graphic of a page in the Edit Resources dialog no longer crashes Freeway
Fixed crash that could occur when switching pages
Freeway no longer crashes if you undo while in an Inspector Palette field

Import

Fixed a Photoshop import problem which resulted in fringing appearing on some images

Output

Fixed a Strict (X)HTML Validation problem for lists in flow-linked HTML items
Fixed Graphic output problem when background colours were used on the page
Fixed an extended markup style problem where Freeway failed to delete style properties on publish
Fixed an issue where invalid CSS was generated when using extended markup in styles
Fixed an issue where non layer graphics had the imprint of a layer graphic positioned above it
Map area code is no longer duplicated when applied to layer items
Graphic submit buttons no longer output with a border, which failed XHTML Strict validation
Fixed an issue where links on graphic text were positioned below the text.
DOS filenames are now truncated correctly
Fixed a layer positioning problem that caused the page to shift down when form items were present on the page
Fixed an XHTML table border size issue
XHTML validation now works when using lists
Link now work on text when the character/paragraph style is set to GIF
Fixed an issue where an overlapping oval graphic output a white background.
Freeway now gives an alert when publishing onto the Desktop
An inline graphic in an HTML layer no longer draws an underlying non-layer graphic when published
Warnings for non-standard HTML are now listed in the Publish Problems dialog

Actions

Customized Menu Bar link colors now work when moused over
Fixed an issue where Non-link text in Menu Bar sometimes didn't show the correct color until moused over
Pic to New Window now opens a new window if the image name contains an apostrophe
Link To New Window and Text Link to New Window now works if the page name contains an apostrophe and output is Strict
New Window Actions now display correct browser status bar messages when output
Fixed an issue where Multiple Menu Bar Actions on the same page could cause incorrect link styling
Arrow is now output correctly for Menu Bar Glass:Yellow theme
PNG Transparency Fix Action no longer references the wrong file
The Add Footer Action now validates in XHTML Transitional and XHTML Strict
Fixed a Menu Bar Action "Target has no properties" alert when publishing
fwParameters['someColor'].fwValue.fwHex now returns 'undefined' if color 'None' is chosen after another 'real'color has been selected
Fixed a problem with the Quicktime Extras Action and CData tag
PNG Transparency Fix Action now outputs correct line endings
Site Map action now validates
Menu items starting with a '-' now appear in Action Popup menus.
Added fwChooseMany - a way to choose many items in Javascript (for Freeway Actions)

Localization

Japanese: Font, style, space are no longer missing colons in Inspector
Japanese: Templates no longer have English names

Other

In the templates pane of the new document dialog, help tags which get their text from a template description are displayed
Template created using Save As Template no longer loses graphic files
Adjusted button position in the Save as Template "Edit Resources" dialog
Template file now closes after 'Save As Template'
Fixed a missing resources alert in the Flowers Template
External graphics on master pages are now listed in the Document Info dialog
Site Panel buttons are no longer disabled when the window size is decreased
Fixed an incorrect Site Folder location in a blank HTML 4 template
Templates can be installed into Folders
Missing paths to resource file when a new document is moved now corrected
Actions can be installed into folders
Fixed a nanpx height problem when resizing child items
Fixed an outside/inside border confusion with paths
Folders cannot have the same name with case differences
Serial numbers can now be pasted into Freeway
Text field name in the Inspector palette no longer reverts during edit e.g. Command-C
Copy and cut now works in Inspector palette fields
Registration dialog no longer requires Roman organisation names
Fixed an issue where the page jumped when typing into a flowed item if the first item is scrolled out of view
Object-relative offset is respected when nesting items
Layer items are now converted to non-layer when dragged or pasted into a non-layer item
Moving child items in the site panel no longer keep their position relative to the original parent
Layers can no longer be children of non-layer items
Performing an undo after dragging an item to be an inline on a Master page no longer leaves a child on the instance page
Fixed a child item offset problem displaying a negative value
By pasting a large item will not accept a smaller one as its child
Rotation of 180 degrees no longer show up in transformation dialog as a scaling of -100%
Small positive rotation values are no longer reported as large negatives in transformation dialog
If there is a selected item when pasting items then the selected item should be the new parent of the pasted items.
If a parent resizes to accomodate a new child item, undoing doesn't return the parent to its original size
Duplicating an item on a master page using the site panel now creates a new item on instance pages
Transform is no longer lost when a graphic is converted to map area
Extra space is no longer added after inlines in a parent with padding
Fixed an issue when too much padding was applied to a parent item
Fixed an issue where gaps appeared around a scaled graphic after reopening a file
Missing resources are now updated simultaneously
"Item/Graphic/Scale Down" no longer lets you scale down to 0%
Fixed QDGX graphic gradient fill issue
Parent borders draw correctly when the parent contains text and child items
Pass-through graphics no longer published when set not to publish in the Edit Resources dialog
Unspecified width on in-flow CSS children around floated items no longer grows the parent
Left floated CSS child item with percentage width now has the correct vertical position in the parent item
100% width child is now positioned correctly beneath a left floated item and text.
Child items no longer shift when text is entered into the parent item
Fixed a Find problem when "Word Only" is checked
Fixed an overflow issue when resizing the width of an HTML item that contained a left floated child item
Items now grow to accommodate inlines with margins
Fixed a positioning problem with left floated in-flow HTML boxes that contained text
Fixed a problem where a bottom-aligned child grew parent when the parent was clicked in
Inline items with 100% width no longer overflows the parent item
Fixed a problem where a graphic child couldn't be positioned at bottom of parent when the parent had padding
Using auto margins in odd number pixel width parent no longer causes the parent to overflow

Freeway 4.3

NEW FEATURES

Freeway now includes an option for generating CSS that is compatible with Internet Explorer 6 for Windows (IE6). This feature provides compatibility with a number of problems that can occur when designing web sites that are viewed under IE6. In Freeway 4 Pro this option can be turned on or off document wide by simply clicking a check box in the Document Setup dialog, or on a page by page basis by clicking a check box in the Inspector palette. In Freeway 4 Express, IE6 browser compatibility is always on.
A new Styles Inspector has been added. This appears as a new pane in the Inspector Palette. The Styles Inspector displays all the styles in the current selection (the cascade) as well being an easy to use UI with which styles can be added or removed from all of the elements relevant to the current selection. Please see page 429 in the new Freeway 4 documentation for further details (Freeway Pro Only)
Freeway supports transparency in (TIFF/Photoshop) CMYK and LabA images (Freeway Pro only)

Note that some bugs described below occurred only on specific operating systems or unique configurations, and are unlikely to have adversely affected the user experience of the majority of our users. Should you encounter unexpected behavior at any time, please contact Softpress Support who will be able to advise further.

CRASHES AND ERRORS

Dragging a selection of pages and folders to duplicate in the Site Panel no longer crashes
Dragging pages and folders from the Site Panel on to the page to duplicate no longer crashes
If there is a spelling mistake on a master page and the spelling is fixed, continuing to spell check no longer crashes
Shift-clicking on the root level page set no longer crashes
Clicking a Close Window button in Webkit preview no longer crashes
'Auction Seller - link to image' EBay Auction action no longer crashes Freeway
Fixed a crash that could occur when using the backspace key in styled text
Dragging an item from the Finder into a file dialog no longer crashes
Changing text with two windows open on the same page in a document no longer crashes
Freeway no longer crashes when undoing a text insertion in a group item
Freeway no longer crashes dragging an in-flow item into itself
Fixed a crash importing HTML pages
Paste Special no longer crashes Freeway when it results in an overflow
Fixed a QuickTime crash which occurred when importing large PICTs
Publishing after deleting a folder no longer crashes
Freeway no longer hangs when setting an auto margin on a floated in-flow item in a parent with padding
Freeway no longer crashes when applying a style to to a folder
Freeway no longer crashes typing in an HTML item after deleting styled text
Freeway no longer hangs when floating an in-flow item
Applying a grid in a document with no pages and masters no longer crashes
Fixed an Edit Resources crash
Freeway no longer crashes when editing an Action title while the Add Action dialog is open
Freeway no longer crashes when clicking the Master Page tab when all master pages have been deleted
Fixed a Spelling crash in a customer file
Deleting pages in Link Map view no longer crashes
Changing a link in Link Map view no longer crashes
Freeway no longer hangs deleting paragraph returns in a HTML item containing an in-flow table
Freeway no longer hangs floating HTML items with percentage widths
Freeway no longer hangs when pasting text into a floated in-flow item with an undefined height parent
Fixed an "Out of memory" error when publishing a large site containing the Freeway Shop Actions
Fixed a problem where the Freeway Shop Actions could time out on publish

STYLES (Freeway Pro only)

Fixed a problem where unnecessary temporary styles were created when changing styles with no selection
Fixed an issue where clicking "[No Style]" in the Styles palette removed hyperlinks
Fixed an issue where a style was removed when deleting a carriage return after the text
Fixed an issue where clicking "[No Style]" in the Styles palette removed styles that were not in the current selection
Text links no longer disappear when the style is changed
Styles are no longer removed by applying a second style to a paragraph of text
Fixed an issue when applying a paragraph style to text removed any character styles
Fixed an issue where styles would behave differently depending on the order of application
Removing a style from a portion of a paragraph no longer removes the style from the whole paragraph
Styled text that is pasted can pick up the styling from the paste location
Can now apply styles cumulatively
Fixed a problem when applying a style didn't affect all the text in a selection
Can no longer apply tag styles to an item
Fixed a problem where the order of style application affected the output
Fixed a bug where anchors were removed when undoing a style change to text that contained an anchor
Fixed a bug where the application of "[No Style]" removed anchors
Fixed a bug where removing a style from a word removes the style from the text before it
Fixed a bug where undoing remove style reorders the text content
Fixed a problem where undoing a style change sometimes didn't work

GRAPHICS IMPORT (Freeway Pro only)

Photoshop images without file types are no longer read via QuickTime
Fixed a problem with alpha blending in Photoshop images

LOCALIZATION

Spanish: Graphics FAST actions are now localised into Spanish
Japanese Shift-JIS encoding now works with the "Pic to New Window" Action

ACTIONS

PNG Transparency Fix is no longer included as a standard Action - this functionality is now built into the IE6 Compatibility option
Move Layer Action no longer conflicts with the Eolas Workaround (Freeway Pro only)
Freeway prevents reserved filenames (e.g. pngbehavior.htc) from being used by Actions etc.
Freeway now recognizes Actions with a .txt extension
Freeway now reads Actions in its bundle that have long filenames
Fixed a problem where the Flash Extras Action didn't maintain hyperlinks when a page URL changes
Quotes now escaped in Freeway Shop tool-tips

ACTION DEVELOPMENT

Link appearance does not update correctly for Actions using fwTextAppearance
Simple Action variable _time outputs the date
fwAlert() button parameters now work properly
Parameters in the fwAlert function should not have to be strings
preview-type attribute on the <action> tag now works

OUTPUT

Fixed a bug where publishing a Freeway document that has been updated from Freeway 3.5 to Freeway 4 does not output the correct encoding
Fixed a problem which caused images to get pushed apart in Explorer in transitional (X)HTML
Fixed a graphic output problem caused by padding in an HTML layer
Fixed an output problem caused by padding in layer graphics
Fixed an output/display problem for graphic child items when parent has padding
Freeway outputs links rather than image maps for sliced graphics
Fixed an issue where inline graphics that were not in the first item of a flow did not publish
Japanese text in a UTF8 Encoded page now works on Explorer 6.0J

OTHER

Items in the Site Panel no longer have disclosures if the items have no child elements
In-flow items not in the first item of a flow are now selectable
Form Setup Method popup no longer defaults to blank
Can now select an in-flow item in flowed text
Fixed an issue where text was drawn inside the bounds of a margin applied to a graphic item that had a shadow
Improved serial number handling in the registration dialog
Fixed a bug where the Form Setup dialog did not grow properly when resized
Improved the pasting of serial numbers
After playing a Flash movie in the preview, Freeway no longer shows Flash messages in some file dialogs
Graphic text effects settings buttons sometimes failed to draw in the Freeway Express Inspector Palette
Added a message explaining that spelling does not work on 10.2.8
Back-arrowing past a paragraph start works on Intel builds
Pass-through graphics don't overflow when a map area is applied
Child items now correctly redraw when they overflow the parent
Can now create a new master in document without master pages
Fixed a problem where the Enter key inserted a character
Fixed a memory leak drawing a selected item in the ToolBar

Freeway 4.3.1

Fixed a crash that could occur when redrawing an inline item that contains text and inline items.
Freeway no longer outputs a duplicate class attribute (which caused validation issues) when applying a CSS style to an item that also had an IE6-compatibility class attached to it

Freeway 4.3.2

NEW FEATURES

Improved behavior when dragging from the Site panel to the document view

IMPORTANT: Note that some fixes described below refer to problems on specific operating systems or unique configurations only, and are unlikely to have adversely affected the user experience of the majority of our users. Should you encounter unexpected behavior at any time, please contact Softpress Support who will be able to advise further.

CRASHES AND ERRORS

Fixed a crash that could happen when undoing a move on an inflow HTML item
Fixed a crash that could occur when copying table cells
Fixed a crash which occurred when dragging an empty box from Microsoft PowerPoint to Freeway
Fixed a crash when removing a style from a selection containing inline items
Freeway could crash if resources from Folder Actions were listed in the Edit Resources Dialog.
Fixed a crash when repeatedly undoing style changes in flowed items
Fixed a crash that was caused by using older versions of Unsanity's FruitMenu.
Fixed a crash which would happen when clicking on an item contained by an inline item on a non-master page, when the master item had been deleted on a master page.
Fixed a crash switching out of Freeway when an alert posted by an Action was visible
Freeway now uses less memory when saving documents

STYLES (Freeway Pro only)

Fixed a problem where the Styles Inspector and Styles palette did not show styles inherited from an element on the master page
Casual styling changes don't cause major republishing when the External Stylesheets option is turned on
The Edit Style dialog was incorrectly entitled "Add Style", when creating a new style.

GRAPHICS EXPORT (Freeway Pro only)

Graphic export works for HTML text

ACTIONS

Fixed a JavaScript error that could occur when using the "E-Shop Product Variation" Action

ACTION DEVELOPMENT

fwToHTML() did not correctly handle tab characters on Intel systems.

OUTPUT

Links are output correctly on vertical and transformed text
JPEG child graphics which are set not to combine get output correctly
GIF character text in a floated parent doesn't get floated within the parent on output
The average color for JPEG backgrounds is now correct on Intel machines

LOCALIZATION

Paragraph symbol is no longer incorrect in Styles Inspector menus when running in Japanese

OTHER

Added a warning when QuickTime's preferences do not permit Freeway to show previews of Flash images
Items which contain text and are derived from a master page are correctly sized
Fixed a problem where the Inspector palette could be too short for its content
Fixed a problem that could cause PDF images with transparency not to draw correctly
Entering a soft return did not always advance the cursor to the next line.
The cursor down key did not work when in the second item in a text flow
Fixed a Site panel selection problem when highlighting multiple pages
Graphic text failed to wrap properly around rectangular items
Fixed an issue where a wrong selection was made when shift-clicking on pages in the Site panel
Scaled and rotated content is centered correctly
Freeway now has a new Spotlight importer, so that Freeway documents can be found using Apple's Spotlight technology
Fixed a problem where all preview text in form items always showed the same text
Fixed an issue that prevented the new document dialog from appearing immediately after serialization
Fixed an issue where the parent of new larger child item did not return to original size after undoing a paste command
The background color for combined JPEG items in layers is displayed correctly
Fixed an issue where deleting an item from the contextual menu deleted the current page or selected items instead of the item under the mouse pointer
Fixed an issue where a new folder was inserted in the root of the Site panel, rather than within an existing folder
Improved the alert message when pasting items into a page that extend beyond that page's pasteboard
Background colors of graphic items with glow don't extend beyond the item bounds
PICT text is not discarded when a document is saved
Scale to box works with rotated graphics
Fixed a redraw problem that could occur when tables shrunk
Freeway did not always correctly position two consecutive floated layers in a box where they could not fit side-by-side
Inspector palette did not always update when using the enter key to stop editing
Map areas are created correctly from shapes with path effects

Freeway 4.3.3

CRASHES AND ERRORS

Fixed a problem that could cause Freeway to save a corrupt document
Fixed a crash that could occur if all the font sets were deleted from Freeway (Freeway Pro only)
Fixed a bug that could cause Intel builds of Freeway to crash when changing the sort order in the Customize Encodings dialog (Freeway Pro only)

LOCALIZATION

Freeway is now localized into Danish

OUTPUT

Output code is now indented (this was broken in 4.3.2)
XHTML output includes an XML namespace definition, which is required for w3c validation (Freeway Pro only)

ACTIONS

Fixed a bug that caused Rollovers not to work in Safari 3 and Omniweb
Fixed a bug that prevented the Slave Image Action from working in Safari 3 and Omniweb.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Slave Show/Hide Image Action from working in Safari 3 and Omniweb.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Random Rollover Action from working in Safari 3 and Omniweb.

ACTION DEVELOPMENT

fwToHTML function now includes the closing "/" character for empty elements in XHTML

IMPORT

Freeway can import Photoshop images that have been saved by ImageReady (Freeway Pro only)
Fixed a bug that prevented PICT images with non-Roman text (e.g. Japanese) being imported properly

OTHER

Fixed a bug where text smaller than the minimum text size for anti-aliasing (in the system preferences) would cause carets and highlights to be misplaced
Fixed a bug where mirrored text could be misplaced to the left when anti-aliasing was turned off (Freeway Pro only)
Fixed a bug that could stop highlights being drawn for text in mirrored boxes (Freeway Pro only)
Fixed a problem where the bounds of text could be incorrect resulting in text that was clipped
Fixed a bug where Freeway used the same bounds for anti-aliased text as for non anti-aliased text
Fixed a bug that caused text with bitmap effects to be slightly offset
Fixed a bug that caused a misalignment between different drawing layers in vertical graphic text
Fixed a problem that prevented the menus being updated immediately after the View > Lock Guides menu option was selected (Freeway Pro only)
Fixed a bug that caused glyphs with outline or thicken styles to be drawn individually rather than in one go
Fixed a problem where the text opacity dialog was initialized with bogus values.
Fixed a bug that caused Freeway to leave bits of old highlight on the screen after or while editing text
Fixed a bug that caused Freeway to draw a missing glyph symbol instead of text when dealing with mixed text direction
Fixed a problem where text that was drawn outside of the bounds of an item would be incorrectly erased after or during editing
Fixed a bug that meant occasional characters in some fonts could be wrongly emboldened (drawn thinner rather than thicker)
Improved the speed with which Freeway draws and handles emboldened text
Fixed a bug that prevented the FTP log being created when Freeway was running in 10.2.8

Freeway 4.4

New Features

Leopard QuickLook functionality added to Freeway

Crashes & Errors

Fixed a crash that could occur if Freeway read old documents with corrupt graphics.

Other

Improved the toolbar selection when running in Leopard
Popup menus in the Inspector palette are now drawn correctly in Leopard
Fixed a minor drawing problem in the Inspector palette in Leopard
The Site panel correctly updates after creating a new page from the Site panel using a two-button mouse
Fixed a redraw problem that could occur when creating a new page or master page from a contextual menu in the Site panel

Freeway 4.4.1

Crashes & Errors

Fixed an issue that could cause Freeway to crash after pressing return in the Title field of the Inspector Palette when running in Leopard

Other

The Edit Styles dialog no longer grows when it is on a second monitor and the central dragger is moved
Fixed a problem that prevented the "Save as stationery" radio button from appearing when running in Leopard