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ImageKit7 ActiveX: Update Log

Below is a log of the updates made to the ImageKit7 ActiveX including the date of the update and a brief explanation of what was changed in the module. To download the latest update, please click here.

 

Fix No. Date Explanation
41 07/05/2013 Fixed:
1. When a value greater than one was set for number of copies in the Print Dialog or the Print Setting dialog, the value was ignored. This has been fixed.
40 10/12/2012 Fixed:
1. Fixed a problem in EMF images where the ARC data was not being correctly displayed.
39 07/30/2012 Fixed:
1. Fixed a problem when loading large tiled Tiff images.
38 07/17/2012 Fixed:
1. There was a problem with the scroll bars when the Display method was executed using ikFitToHeight or ikFitToWidth display modes. This has been repaired.
37 05/08/2012 Fixed:
1. There was a problem with jagged lines when 24 bit color images were rotated.
36 04/19/2012 Fixed:
1. In some cases, Exif information was not correctly retrieved.
2. There were problems resizing Png images that contained an Alpha channel.
35 03/14/2012 Fixed:
1. There was a problem when Tiff files that did not have a resolution tag were loaded and saved. There were cases when such files could not be displayed in Windows XP Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
34 02/15/2012 Fixed:
1. When the ImageKit7 ActiveX was uninstalled, the Ik7Com.dll and the Ik7VectCom.dll were not deleted.
33 02/06/2012 Fixed:
1. When saving an image to Tiff Group3-2D, an extra horizontal line would appear.
2. When scanning with Canon DR scanners using the ADF with memory transfer, and AutoDetect Color/BW was used, if black and white data was followed by color data, the data was not scanned correctly.
32 09/26/2011 Fixed:
1. When palette color was red (255,0,0), high quality display did not work.
2. When using the File.SaveFileDialog method (In DLL version, the IKSaveFileDialog, IkSaveFileDlgEX functions), retrieving the file type was not correct.
31 08/11/2011 Fixed:
1. In the ImageKit control, images displayed at certain scale values were sometimes "shifted" by 1 pixel. This has been fixed.
30 06/30/2011 Fixed:
1. Improved support for Epson Scan Ver 3.911 Twain driver. (Pixel type and resolution settings were not enabled)
29 06/02/2011 Fixed:
1. Some animated gif files generated errors when loaded.
2. Made improvements to SVG.
28 05/02/2011 Fixed:
1. Portions of EMF and WMF images could not be loaded. This has been fixed.
27 12/27/2010 Added:
1. PolyPolygon support was added to WMF

Fixed:
1. When the Zoom method was executed without executing the Display method, the image was not zoomed. This has been fixed.
2. The following Epson scanners (GT-S80, GT-S50, GT-2500, GT-1500) had a problem when using the ADF and scanning only a specified area of the document. This has been fixed.
26 07/20/2010 Fixed:
1. Fixed problems with memory leaks when using the File.LoadFileMem method
(DLL: IKFileLoadMem function).
25 06/24/2010 Fixed:
1. Fixed problems drawing curved lines in WMF files.
24 05/06/2010 Fixed:
1. Fixed problems saving DXF files.
23 01/26/2010 Fixed:
1. Fixed a problem with displaying text in SXF files.
2. Fixed problems with drawing straight lines in EMF and WMF files. (Occasionally the position of the line's starting point was incorrect.)
3. Fixed a problem with memory transfer in the scan interface. (Canon DR-3080C would sometimes generate an error when memory transfer was used.)
22 12/01/2009 Fixed:
1. Fixed a problem that occurred loading Gif files.
2. Fixed a problem loading 16 bit grayscale, Tiff images.
3. Fixed problems with loading and saving Emf images.
21 10/14/2009 Added:
1. The following methods were added to the ImageKit Control's Effect interface; StartDibAccessVariant, GetDibPixelVariant, SetDibPixelVariant, EndDibAccessVariant.

Fixed:
1. The Affine method was fixed. (ImageKit Control's Effect interface)
2. Repaired a problem with the ImageKit Control's RefineColorImage Property. When this property was true, 4 bit and 8 bit color images loaded into the ImageKit Control were displayed as black.
20 09/09/2009 Fixed:
1. In SXF format, the position of vertically drawn text was not correct.
2. When text was added to a blank EMF file and the size of the text was changed, the text became corrupted.
3. In the Effect interface, conversion to 8 bit grayscale was corrected.
4. Corrections were made to vector text data when that data was rotated or its size changed.
19 06/15/2009 Fixed:
1. When the pan window was rapidly toggled between show and hide, the pan window disappeared.
2. Fixed several problems displaying vector images.
3. When 1 bit color images were resized and the size of the resized image was larger than the original, an error was generated.
4. When the graduation was displayed in the ImageKit control and no image was loaded, the graduation was not properly displayed.
5. Fixed problems displaying GIF animation.
18 03/10/2009 Fixed:
1. The "libpng" has been updated.
17 12/10/2008 Fixed:
1. When using an Exif image that contained no thumbnails, an error was generated when the File.GetImageFileType method, the File.GetImageFileTypeMem method, the IKJpegExifInfo function, or the IKJpegExifInfoMem function were executed.
2. When using the PrintDraw.DrawString method or the IKDrawString function, text could not be drawn to an image of 8 bit color or less.
16 10/31/2008 Fixed:
1. There was a problem using the File.SaveFileMem method when the File.TiffAppend property was true.
2. When the Scan.GetCapEnum method's CapNo parameter was set to halftone and 0 was passed to ListNum, the HalfToneList property value was not correctly set.
15 10/15/2008 Fixed:
1. In Windows Vista with the desktop set to "Windows Classic Style", there was a problem with the rectangle drawn with the mouse when RectDraw=True.
2. In the ImageKit control, when transparency was enabled (Transparent=True), the image was not properly scaled when displayed in display modes other than actual size.
3. Multi-page tiff and animated gif files could not be saved using SaveFileMem.
4. When executing the GetImageFileType method (in DLL version, the IKFileType function) or the LoadFile method (in DLL version, the IK***FileLoad function), files with size of 0 bytes were deleted.
14 09/01/2008 Fixed:
1. PNG images that were saved using the ImageKit7 could not be inserted into Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
2. There was a problem loading certain portions of DXF files.
13 08/08/2008 Added:
The ImageKit7 Scan interface now supports Canon DR scanner's Moire Filter and Color/BW detection while suppressing the scan driver's UI.

Fixed:
When using the Canon DR scanner's UI with Color/BW detection and memory tranfer, the scanned image was not created correctly.
12 06/24/2008 Fixed:
In some cases, when the Open file dialog is displayed, the screen flickers. This has been repaired.
11 05/14/2008 Fixed:
In VS2008, when the ImageKit7 controls were placed on the form, they couldn't be resized or repositioned. This has been fixed.
10 03/21/2008 Fixed the ImageKit Control's Scan.ClearProperty (Corrected the default value)
9 02/05/2008 Added:
1. The BackgroundImageFile, BackgroundImageVectorWidth, and BackgroundImageVectorHeight properties were added to the ImageKit Control.

Fixed:
1. The ImageKit Control's RectDraw property allows you to select an area on the image using the mouse. Until now, you could only select an area that was completely within the ImageKit Control. The RectDraw property has been improved so that you can now select an area on the image even though that part of the image extends beyond the ImageKit Control.
2. The ImageKit Control's raster image editing toolbar has also been improved to allow the same behavior as in #1 above.
3. Fixed problems with the display of the scroll bars in the ImageKit Control in Windows Vista
4. Fixed problems loading SVG and Tiff(Jpeg) images.
5. Fixed problems in the Thumbnail Control's scroll bar position when the ColCount and StartNum property values were changed.
8 12/27/2007 Added:
1. Added the RefineColorImage property to the ImageKit Control

Fixed:
1. Fixed a problem when an Exif file was referenced. If the Exif information string was too long, an error occurred.
2. In the Progress Dialog (Effect and File processing), occasionally an unusual string appeared that had not been set. This has been repaired.
3. Made some improvements to the pen for the eraser in the raster image editing toolbar when the Transparent property is True.
7 11/26/2007 1. Fixed problems displaying images in "Fit To Height" and "Fit To Width" display mode
2. Added high quality image display for 4 and 8 bit images.
3. Fixed problems that occurred with drawing vector data.
6 10/23/2007 Added:
1. Added the GetDpiF and SetDpiF methods to the ImageKit Control (Added DLL functions IKGetDpiF and IKSetDpiF)
2. Added the Picture property to the ImageKit Layer interface

Fixed:
1. Fixed problems loading TIFF-JPEG (YCrCb) images
2. Fixed problems with the palette information when combining two images that are 4 bit grayscale using the LayerImage or PasteImage methods (IkLayer, IKLayerEx, or IKPasteImage DLL functions).
3. There were some problemw displaying or saving vector data. This has been repaired.
4. When the ImageKit Control's MouseWheel property was set to ikDisable, the mouse wheel events did not fire. They are now enabled.
5 08/17/2007 Added:
1. Support for Tiff (JPEG compression) image files was added to both ImageKit Control and DLL functions
2. OCX and DLL files have all been digitally signed

Fixed:
1. IKIsClipBrdData function has been modified.
2. Repaired a problem editing vector images. When using vector images in the Layer interface, text could not be added to the vector image via the vector-image-editing toolbar.
4 07/23/2007 Added:
1. New file transfer functions have been added that seperate the transfer functionality from the connect and disconnect functionality. Now there are seperate functions to connect to and disconnect from FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS servers. File transfer functions that can be used with the new connect and disconnect functions have been added. These have been added to both the ImageKit Control (OCX version) and to the ImageKit7 DLL version.

Fixed:
1. Portions of SVB images weren't displayed properly. This has been corrected.
2. Repaired the ImageKit Control's magnifier.
3. In the Slideshow Control, displaying DXF images with color has been improved.
3 06/19/2007 Fixed:
1. In the Thumbnail Control, when the scroll bar had focus and the Clear method or GetFiles method were executed, the scroll bars remained even when they were not necessary. (Windows Vista)
2. Modified the Vector Image Editing toolbar
2 05/21/2007 Added:
Support for HTTPS file transfer has been added.

Fixed:
1. There was a problem displaying certain portions of SXF images
2. Made some corrections to the ImageKit Control's Magnifier
3. Fixed problems with the Thumbnail Control's SelectImage method
4. Fixed problems with the Vector Image-Editing Toolbar's text function
5. Corrected some problems scanning with automatic document feeders
6. Improved security in libpng
1 02/01/2007 Fixed:
The Thumbnail Control would freeze if you moved the form of another program over the top of the form containing the Thumbnail Control