Release Notes

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More Improvements

All diagrams

• Show/Hide option for Notes is now available.
• The stereotype is searchable and replaceable from search pane.
• You can minimize the size of diagram frame from its pop-up menu.
• You can create Models under Packages.
• UI improvement on SourceCode Import and Export dialogue.
• Now you can copy model elements as GVML ClipFormat.
• Improvement on the knobs to make it easier to grab and move objects.
• You can add self-association lines anywhere other than the top of the objects.
• Hyperlink shortcut key now works in the Structure Tree.
• Much easier to use Suggest Feature to create models.
• Easier to select and handle overlapped objects.
• You can select a parent object that has nested objects inside.
• Hide selection knobs of objects while editing text.
• New background color.
• New appearance on diagram icons.
• Tool buttons are visible by default in the Structure Tree View, Inheritance View, and Alias View.
• You can add multiple image files as Mini Icons
• Floating licensing is available from this version.
• You can open release notes from [Help] – [Software Update Information] dialogue.
• You can use a mouse-scroll on the Alias tab.

UseCase Diagram

• You can wrap texts for UseCase name.
• Improved a button label on UseCase Description Template.

Activity Diagram

Turn on the Auto-resize option automatically when creating Actions.

• Turn on the Auto-resize option automatically when creating Actions.

Activity and Statemachine Diagram

• Now you can insert new objects by clicking on lines and existing ones by dragging on lines.

Fixed Bugs

All diagrams

• [6441] Mini icon palette does not appear clearly on the high-def screen.
• [6969] Default size of Search Tool option dialog is not correct.
• [6997] [Diagram] list gets re-ordered automatically.
• [7014] After failing to import Java source code, you cannot delete those files you try to import until you close Astah.
• [7019] Background color of message dialogues isn’t showing right on certain Look & Feel.
• [7025] Wrong English label that appears when the generalization is about to loop.
• [7061] Wrong English label that appears when launching Astah to indicate there is a new version available.
• [7077] An exception error could happen when any text in UseCase Description, DFD and Requirements is hit in the search result.
• [7148] .asta files cannot be opened on Windows if those were sent via gmail from Mac.
• [7168] Current font color is not selected when opening a font color dialog for texts.
• [7241] Wrong object is selected when you try to grab one of the overlapped objects in the diagram.

Activity Diagrams

• [6223] Unable to wrap the name of ObjectNode and ParameterNode.
• [7239] Wrong location of texts on ObjectNodes.

UseCase Diagrams

• [7041] The location of ExtensionPoint gets off by adjusting the size of UseCases when its name is shown outside of it.
• [7042] All the texts in UseCase won’t be included inside when you copy it to the clipboard. (This happens only when UseCase name is shown outside.)
  [7205] You cannot copy UseCase correctly if the UseCase name is shown outside of it and also it has several stereotypes.

Sequence Diagrams

• [6099] Moving messages causes an error when there is an invalid model in the project.
• [6678] An error occurs when clicking [New] button in the property view while InteractionUse is selected which name is empty.
• [7116] Wrong location of the name of self-message.
• [7146] Message constraints cannot be shown in multi-lines.
• [7242] Auto-reordering the message numbers work fails.
• [7246] An exception error could happen when deleting a message on some conditions.
• [7257] It fails to set operations to messages if the target line’s base class has several operations with the same name.

Communication Diagram

• [7202] It is unable to copy and paste the message label information.

Statemachine Diagram

• [4640] Wrong context menu appears when selecting more than one Entry/Exit points.

ER Diagram

• [6960] Reordering the Index Attributes does not apply in diagrams.
• [7048] Exported SQL contains Attributes that are defined in the foreign key constraints in wrong order.
• [7126] An exception error could happen when converting ER diagram to a Class diagram.

Flowchart

• [4655] Reopening Flow Symbol Palette fails.
• [4656] Toolbar and Flow Symbol Palette could be overlapped.

Requirement Diagram & Table

• [5456] Keyboard operations to Requirement Tables aren’t consistent with other types of tables.
• [6990] Initial size setting does not apply for Packages.

Mindmap

• [6783] Customized Mini Icon set is not included in the Mindmap Template.
• [7089] Creating Mindmap template failes in some cases.

API

• [6725] Running IAttribute.getAssociation() for certain IAttribute occurs a cast error.
• [6726] An error occurs when running INamedElementImp.getFullName() for certain models.
• [7230] An exception error happens when passing texts in multi-lines for IComment.setName().

Structure Tree

• [7121] When editing the name of States and Actions in the structure tree, unnecessary space will be inserted automatically.

System Properties

• [6294] [Restore Defaults] button does not work for [Show navigable Association End only on the structure tree] option in System Properties.
• [6995] Class diagram icons are missing on some options in [System Properties] – [Initial Visibility1].
• [7252] Wrong indent on [System Properties] – [Default Item Size]
• [7268] System Property dialogue closes instead of letting users fix when any invalid value is entered for the options.

Project View

• [6977] Unnecessary separate line appears for some models in the Property View.

License

• [7060] Wrong alert dialog appears when launching Astah offline with an activated organizational license.
• [7190] Astah does not detect any error even when it is failing to save the organizational license’s activation information.

Total Merge Utility

• [7280] Wrong error log is exported when updating reference projects via Total Merge Utility.

Mac

• [7152] It is unclear which button is toggled on the toolbar.