Announcing CrossOver Office, version 2.0.1

Hi Everyone,

I am happy to announce version 2.0.1 of CrossOver Office.

This version is being released primarily to address a
few bugs in Quicken that we felt were critical in nature.
It also fixes a few minor bugs with Photoshop and
a few other areas as well.

A full list of changes is attached.

As with all .0.X releases, we would strongly recommend
that only customers with a problem pursue this upgrade.
If your system is not broken, please don't feel the need
to go and fix it <grin>.

One new thing with this release that some of you may find
exciting - we are now shipping CrossOver in
Debian and RPM packages.  Please note that these packages cannot
be used to upgrade an existing installation; you would need
to completely uninstall CrossOver prior to experimenting with
these packages.

As always, you can retrieve this version by visiting
  http://store.codeweavers.com
and using your email address and your password to log in.
If you have lost your password, the system will mail you
a reminder.  

As always, if you have questions or concerns, please drop us a
line at store@codeweavers.com.

Thank you once again for your support.

Cheers,

Jeremy White
 * CrossOver Office 2.0.1 - 2003/05/08

   Added a Xandros edition.
   Added a SuSE edition.
   Add further internationalization, including some German documentations.
   Fixed a critical bug with Quicken painting in certain areas.
   Fix a bug where Photoshop would hang at exit.
   Fixed the 'Updater' problem with root upgrades which was occuring
       when CrossOver 1.x was installed in a non-default location.
   Improved the upgrade of some (of the less often used) 1.x
       configuration settings.
   Fixed 'wait4' error with pre 2.2.19 kernels.
   Fixed 'Other .exe' display in cxsetup.
   Fixed issues occurring when fstab or mtab are not readable.
   Fixed a bug while printing with gimp-print.
   Fixed printing on the HP4000.
   Allow a CUPS port to be redirectable.
   Added more known Unix TrueType font directories.
   Fixed a bug in running newer versions of DCOM95 that come with
       updated versions of MS Office 2000
   Potentially fixed a bug in which searching for DCOM95 could
       take a long time
   

 * CrossOver Office 2.0.0 - 2003/04/21

   Support for Photoshop 7.
   Support for Access 2000.
   Support for Word, Excel and PowerPoint XP.
   Support for Internet Explorer 6.
   Support for glibc 2.3, including NPTL-based ones. This adds
       support for RedHat 9.0 and Mandrake 9.1.
   Microsoft Office:
       * More work on getting service packs to install fully and
         correctly.
       * Fix hangs in the installation.
       * Fix the Internet Explorer 'Favorites' menu.
       * The Outlook folders no longer remain bold when they should not.
       * Word should now be able to start Access for mail-merge
         operations.
       * Fix copy/paste issues between Word and X applications.
       * Fix a display problem in Word Draw.
       * Fixed an issue with the Office 97 splash window.
       * Fix the chart display in Excel 2000 and XP.
       * PowerPoint is no longer sent to the background when doing an
         'Insert Slide' or clicking in the XP registration window.
       * Fix printing to a second printer from PowerPoint.
       * Fix display bugs in the Office 2000 help application.
   Visio:
       * Fixed some installation issues.
       * Fix the cursor position in text editing.
       * Fixed drawing of the 'Target' logo (from the Marketing diagrams
         stencil).
       * Fix 'Save As jpeg': prevents Visio 2000 from running out of
         memory when saving large diagrams as a jpeg.
   CrossOver Configuration:
       * Major changes to the CrossOver configuration program to
         hopefully clarify and simplify its usage.
       * Autodetect X directories containing TrueType fonts and
         register them for use by CrossOver. Fixed compatibility
         issues with some fonts.
       * Make it possible to delete or recreate individual menus.
       * Added a button to make the preferred Unix browser the default
         after Internet Explorer has set itself as the default.
       * Major improvement to the way we handle CDs: we now truly
         run the Autorun off the CD. This should improve behavior for
         obscure versions of MS Office and unsupported applications.
       * Improved CD mounting. Detect CDs that are affected by the
         unhide bug so we know when to fix fstab. Improved fstab
         handling.
       * Correctly detect installed fonts.
       * Improve the online help.
   General:
       * Added file locking and file change notification support.
       * Printing speed ups and improved printer compatibility.
       * Make the ppd file handling more resilient. This should fix
         issues with CUPS.
       * Fix the CUPS default printer detection.
       * Add support for tablets for Photoshop.
       * Add scripts so the technically inclined can have Windows
         applications open specific file types using Unix applications,
         for instance opening PDF fles with the Unix Acrobat Reader.
       * Way too many other cleanups and bug fixes to list here.


 * CrossOver Office 1.3.1 - 2002/10/31

   Dramatic improvements in support for Visio 2000,
       including bug fixes which caused random crashes,
       bug fixes in a wide range of templates, and
       many others.  This also includes a fix to
       permit the installation of Visio Enterprise edition.
   Critical installation bug fix:  prevent older installers from
       overwriting newer DLLs. This should avoid the situation where
       installing a miscellaneous 'old' software product suddenly
        breaks something that had been working
   Quicken
       * Bug fixes in printing
       * Fix a bug that entering a memo would clear the category
       * Fix with short file names
       * Bug fixes in IE that better enable Quicken to
           perform web based transactions
       * Fix a bug with Quicken flickering too much.
       * Better support for Quicken 2003 
           (but bugs do remain)
   Enable MathType to install (though we have not really tested its
       behavior)
   Enable Remedy to install (though we have not really tested its
       behavior)
   'Anti-Klez' patch to prevent users from accidentally opening
       Windows executable attachements
   Support for RedHat 8.0, Mandrake 9.0, and SuSE 8.1
   Office Bug fixes
       * Print embedded eps files
       * Prevent crash in PowerPoint on 'Insert->Movies'
       * Bug fix in a property sheet in Outlook
       * Enable HTML printing in Outlook
       * Bug fix for crashes in Outlook contact handling
       * Fix incorrect pie chart printing
       * Fix crashes in PowerPoint on certain presentations
       * Make the IE toolbar customization work
       * Improve IE content rating behavior
       * Enable IE to save files (helps Quicken)
       * Fix Office 97 saving problems
       * Fix for 'n-up' printing in MS Word
       * Fix for printing bugs with WordArt and other
           misc Word documents
       * Autodetect a more reasonable default for the 
           "My Documents" setting
       * Fix an incorrect date appearing in Outlooks calendar
       * Fix many bugs with the Save As/Open dialogs.
       * Fix handling of attachments with unknown mime types
       * Don't create the IE "Connect to the Internet" icon
   Notes
       * Fix a bug with multiple file attachments
   Implement a 'skeleton' based method for root installations
       With this approach, we will be able to advocate root
       installs, and the CrossOver executables are shared,
       but each user has a private Windows environment.
   Minor graphical improvements in OfficeSetup
   Improve the CrossOver Interaction with Linux clipboard,
       notably for rtf files    
   Better support for Type 42 fonts and non RENDER enabled X servers
   Fix a bug with installations in multibyte locales
   Enable HTML help in certain applications
   Make a change that will hopefully permit CrossOver to interoperate
       with new versions of glibc 2.3
   Many other minor bug fixes


 * CrossOver Office 1.2.0 - 2002/08/07

   Support for Quicken.
   Support for Visio 2000.
   Support for QuickBooks 2000 and QuickBooks Pro 6.0.
   Improving support for international versions of MS Office:
       Includes specific fixes for Greek, Brazillian, Bulgarian,
       and several more.
       Includes a fix to allow the use of Unicode file names.
   Enable the Office 2000 Service Pack, Release 1, to install smoothly.
   Allow the user to change the location of the "My Documents"
       directory, set default to the home directory.
   Major bug fix that corrects occasional hangs during Office
       installations.
   Started work on FreeBSD support (not there yet :-(  ).
   Clipboard handling improvements (should fix some cut & paste
       issues).
   More font handling improvements.
   Automate the version number used by buildrpm.sh.
   Better handle Mime types and descriptions.
   Improve upgrade handling (should make the 1.x --> 1.2 process a
       bit smoother).
   Fix bugs involving paths with spaces.
   Fix menu and desktop handling, notably for Debian and KDE3. This
       includes adding the ability to recreate the menus and icons.
   Fix for Insert->Picture->Clipart.
   Fixed bugs related to installations needing the CD.  For
       example, you can now add the Analysis toolpack in Excel.
   Improve behaviour of cxoffice_reset script and add a '-f' option 
       to eliminate the prompt.
   Fixed a bug in Excel handling certain files.
   Now compatible with FreeType 2.0.x and 2.1.x, which helps if not 
       using the internal FreeType library.
   Improved installation support for some non supported applications.
   Add A3 paper size.
   Get the initial paper size from the locale information.
   Major improvements in time zone handling which improves 
       Outlook calendaring
   Fixed a bug with IE displaying PNG images (requires IE reinstall,
       though)
   Fixed a bug with IE crashing right away (but bug may sometimes 
       recur, added FAQ to tell user how to repair situation)
   Many other bug fixes.


 * CrossOver Office 1.1.0 - 2002/06/11

   Improved on-screen font rendering, especially in small types.
        Our internal FreeType library now includes Apple's patented
        hinting technology so that fonts will render as cleanly and
        crisply as on Windows.
   Very much improved printing quality. Now the fonts used for 
        printing always match the fonts used for on-screen display. 
        Printed documents and should match Windows printouts.
   Improved support for non U.S. versions of Office:
        Added support for deadkeys.
        Better detection/installation of non English 'SETUP.EXE' files.
   Fully support multi-user (i.e. root) installations, including in
        NFS environments.
   Improved support for remote displays, in particular non Intel
        (big endian) X terminals.
   Added support for Internet Explorer 5.5 as well as 5.0 when
        installed as part of Office 2000.
   Major bug fixes in Outlook and Internet Explorer.
   Added a new facility to secure Outlook by preventing it from 
        launching external applications.
   Improved the Wine socket handling. cxoffice_reset should not be
        necessary anymore after a crash. The bugs which prevented
        cxoffice_reset from working correctly in 1.0.0 have been
        fixed too.
   Detect and setup CD drives, including multi-cd configurations.
   Detect and optionally fix fstab CD drive entries that do not
        include the 'unhide' and 'user' options. This solves an issue 
        with some MS Office CDs that include 'hidden' files.
   Fix: Make Internet Explorer work in multi-user configurations.
   Fix: Make the Outlook account wizard work.
   Fix: Display of icons and images in Outlook.
   Fix: Powerpoint should not longer issue errors when saving files.
   Fix: Word 97 should no longer issue the 'unable to save' error.
   Fix: The equation editor should work in Word 97.
   Fix: Office 95 should now install. But note that its operation 
        has not been tested.
   Fix: Some movement keys (home, etc) would not work with 
        Numlock set.
   Fix: Building RPMs on non i386 kernels.
   Improved Visual Basic script support in all Office applications.
   Improved the Office 97 installation process.
   Improved the KDE, Gnome and Mailcap associations handling. In
        particular, associations should now work with Mozilla and
        Netscape 7.
   Improved drag and drop support.
   Improved handling of applications which require a 'reboot' during
        their installation process.
   Improved the uninstaller. It should no longer leave any KDE, Gnome
        or other setting behind.
   Added a menu entry to perform a simulated reboot.
   Added a script to manually create icons, if they have been lost.
   A minor fix that improves Spaceward Ho! behavior.
        (but doesn't fix it, yet...)
   Many, many more fixes and improvements.


 * CrossOver Office 1.0.0 - 2002/03/27

   Fixed chart handling in Excel.
   Fixed ruler problem in Word.
   Fixed a bug preventing the use of the custom dictionary in Word.
   Fixed bug that was preventing CD ejection after installing CrossOver 
         Office from a CD.
   Changed default paper size to letter and fixed the margins.
   Remove all CrossOver Office menu entries when uninstalling.
   Added support for multi-user installs.
   Make it possible to build an RPM for site installations.
   X is no longer necessary for installing/removing such RPMs.

 * CrossOver Office 1.0.0 beta1 - 2002/03/19

   The documentation is now included.
   Included a known good version of freetype with the
         installation in order to overcome freetype bugs.
   Support for root installs is better, but not
         yet perfect.  This includes the addition of the
         'buildrpm.sh' tool.
   Fix many Office97 bugs.
   Understand the process for installing Office97,
         upgrade edition (but it's not yet documented;
         it's tricky).
   Add command line links to make it easy to
         start winword, excel, etc.
   Fix resize logic (make it faster, reduce bugs).
   Fix bugs with '.xxx' directory names.
   Fix bugs in many dialogs where text was being truncated.
   Fix the $DISPLAY test in .mailcap files.
   Fix some installations where wine wouldn't start.
   Fix some scrolling issues.
   Make all of the Office 2000 wizards work.
   Fix several 'gdb' style crashes during Office installation.
   Only unmaximize managed windows, since unmanaged windows have an 
         unmaximize button.  Auto un-maximize in window managers that
         don't support maximization.
   Make shortcuts KDE 1.x compatible.
   Many other bug fixes too numerous to mention.

 * CrossOver Office 0.9.0 beta1 - 2002/03/11

   Text changes suggested by Steve Fox.
   Other minor text/help changes.