What is new in version 4.0?


General

·Office XP look & feel with "dockable" toolbars and windows  
·Tabstrips for windows that are docked on top of each other  
·Reading reports from a database is approx. 20 times faster  
·Functionkeys/hotkeys for different features (e.g. F8 - layout mode)  
·More dialogues are resizeable  
·Report-, selection list and preview can be closed individualy and are all dockable  


NotesToPaper Setup und NotesToPaper Designer

·Almost all of the object properties can be calculated by formulaes  
·New internal variables allow objects to be "re-sized" depending on the selected paper size  
·Row definitions in a table object can now be easily transposed  
·Grid lines in the designer with configurable "snap to" area and the option to be fixed in place  
·New object: OLE-Container  
·Group headers can now be displayed on every page under/instead of the header  
·A page break can now also be triggered by group headers  
·New toolbar window for the object overview and the properties  
·Textobject can now have an optional frame  
·The frames within a table object can now be defined for every cell individually  
·10 new barcode formats (a total of 37 now), such as Data Matrix, PZN, Code 39 with and without CRC, PIX, Royal Mail, EAN14  
·New formulae function "Previous()" which allows access to the previous dataset  
·Lines may be set vertically as well as horizontally via the Shift-key  
·Online help for the NotesToPaper Designer only  
·RTF-objects (RichEdControl) are rotatable (Windows NT/2000/XP)  
·RTF-objects (RichEdControl) with text overflow to other RTF-objects  
·Improved position dialogue editor  


NotesToPaper Print

·Thumbnailview in the print preview  
·New export formats (directly from the printer dialogue): PDF, Excel, Text, TIFF/Multi-TIFF  
·Extended print options from the preview (page select, number of copies)  
·Preview: direct PDF-export (only with NotesToPaper PDF)  
·File size of the preview file reduced by up to 60%  
·Improved printer control (printer tray, paper format and orientation)  
·Thread-safe: "concurrent web agents" now possible  
·Program dialogues are now seperated from the "run-time" engine (speed improvements when not using the "dialogue-DLL")  
·Serial letters: reset the project state after every data set (important for e.g. page numbering)  
·Serial letters: RTF content is exported only once (faster report execution)  
·Read out the name of the Windows standard printer  
·Automatic printing of linked reports now possible  
·NTP.INI can now also be saved in the data directory  


NotesToPaper Viewer

·Direct PDF, TIFF, TXT and JPEG-Export from the "stand-alone" viewer  


Installation

·All program parts are part of a single installation  
·All parts can now be individually installed  
·(Optional) automatic un-install of previous versions