What's new in version 2.5a16

• New scanning interface: now the plug-in relies on an helper application to interact with TWAIN devices. This solves both compatibility and stability issues, as the scanner drivers are loaded in a separate environment. This does also fix scanning problems with FileMaker Pro 11 [Mac OS X]
• Fixed a bug in InS_ImportFrame [Mac OS X]
• Fixed a problem that caused InsideScan to fail when trying to extract an image from a container field [Mac OS X]
• Fixed InS_Import problems when importing PDF files not by reference [Mac OS X]
• Fixed a long time annoyance that caused sometimes black&white TIFF images to be saved in inverse[Mac OS X]

Bug Fixes

This version fixes a problem with InS_Print function under FileMaker Pro 11, on Mac OS X

Bug Fixes

This version fixes a couple of problems related to file path handling on Mac OS X

InsideScan 2.0rc7 for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems

This release fixes several minor bugs reported for version 2.0rc6

InsideScan 2.0rc6 for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems

New Features:

• The InS_Register external function does now return 1 if the plug-in has been registered correctly, 0 otherwise.
• InS_Transform, InS_TransformJPEG and InS_Effects doesn't ignore duplicate commands anymore: this allows you to apply the same effect more times from within the very same external call.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug, related to the TWAIN sources identification, that caused a crash either at startup or by opening the Preferences window.
• Fixed InS_Import to better handle PDF format.
• Paths containing extended characters are now handled correctly on both Mac OS X and Windows.
• Fixed InS_Transform, InS_TransformJPEG and InS_Effects to process the list of transforms in given order, from left to right.
• Fixed InS_ListFolder to avoid returning duplicate items on Windows.
• Fixed InS_Acquire to correctly handle devices that return images with no resolution.
• Several minor bug fixes.

InsideScan 2.0 is finally available as Release Candidate for both platforms: this means that you can safely use it in a production environment if you absolutely need it right now, although the accompanying material (user's manual and test db file) is still in progress.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a problem with TWAIN sources management.
• Fixed the demo timeout checking feature.

InsideScan 2.0 is finally available as Release Candidate: a first release candidate for Windows will be available very soon.

New Features

• Added the ability to use "crop=N" transformation, where N stands for the number of the crop defined within preferences dialog.

Bug Fixes

• The "crop=X1,Y1,X2,Y2" transformation doesn't swap last two coordinates anymore.
• The "resize=WxH" transformation doesn't keep aspect ratio anymore.

This is the last beta version release: InsideScan 2.0 for Windows will be available as Release Candidate very soon.

New Features

• The function InS_Launch does now work.

Bug Fixes

• The "crop=X1,Y1,X2,Y2" transformation doesn't swap last two coordinates anymore.
• The "resize=WxH" transformation doesn't keep aspect ratio anymore.

New Features

• Added the new external function InS_TranslatePath to translate absolute path names between native System notation and FileMaker Pro notation.

Known Issues

• Some functions aren't available yet
• InS_Acquire isn't able to bypass scanner user interface, yet

New Features

• Added the new external function InS_TranslatePath to translate absolute path names between native System notation and FileMaker Pro notation.

Bug Fixes

• Path returned by InS_ChooseFolder external function does now end with "/" on Mac OS X and "\" on Windows.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed InS_GetInfo external function, that didn't return metadata info when applied to a file.

Known Issues

• Some functions aren't available yet (mainly file handling functions)
• InS_Acquire isn't able to bypass scanner user interface, yet

New Features

• Added a third parameter to InS_TransformJPEG external function (see manual for details).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an additional bug of InS_Import external function that caused a crash when importing some specific TIFF files.
• Fixed InS_GetInfo external function, that didn't return metadata info when applied to a file.

New Features

• InS_ListFolder external function is now implemented.
• Added a third parameter to InS_TransformJPEG external function (see manual for details).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in InS_Acquire external function that could return images with inverted RGB colors.
• Fixed some additional bugs in InS_Acquire external function.

Known Issues

• Some functions aren't available yet (mainly file handling functions)
• InS_Acquire isn't able to bypass scanner user interface, yet

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug of InS_Import external function that caused a crash when importing some specific TIFF files.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in plug-in activation code.

Known Issues

• Some functions aren't available yet (mainly file handling functions)
• InS_Acquire isn't able to bypass scanner user interface, yet

New Features

• Preferences dialog should now work as expected: the default TWAIN source is saved as a preferences value, along with custom crops. The first time the plug-in is run, old InsideScan 1.8.x preferences are imported, if available.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could cause some strange behavior after opening Preferences dialog.
• Fixed a bug of InS_Import external function that prevented images from being correctly imported by reference.

New Features

• Added image size (in bytes) to the information returned by InS_GetImageInfo.

Bug Fixes

• InS_Watermark should now work as expected even with images having different resolution.
• Black & white JPEG images (1-bit) are now scanned correctly (previous versions could return inversed image). Please notice that JPEG format doesn't support 1-bit depth images, so they're automatically promoted to 8-bit gray level.
• Fixed a problem in InS_Transform that could cause destination image to lose initial resolution.
• Fixed a crash problem related to alpha plug-in expiration date.
• InsideScan does now correctly handle default TWAIN source, as selected in preferences dialog.

Bug Fixes

• PDF scanning now should work as expected.
• InS_Move external function now should work as expected.
• Grayscale scanning shouldn't return an inverted image anymore.

This is a maintenance release to fix a couple of frequent problems reported by some users.

New features

• InS_Exists is now able to test for directories, too: it returns 1 if the file exists, 2 if the folder exists.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug on Leopard where FileMaker couldn't understand the format of the returned image.
• Fixed a memory leak that could cause returned image corruption.
• Fixed a conversion error with some InS_Transform parameters.
• Fixed image type returned by InS_GetImageInfo.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in InS_Export function related to old HFS path handing.

Known Issues

• InS_SetMetadata external function doesn't work yet
• InS_SetFileInfo external function doesn't work yet
• Preferences window is not complete yet

New Features

• Several image handling functions are now able to get the source image directly from the web: please refer to the manual for more information.
• Added support for QuickTime formats (import and export). Multi-page formats are supported, too.
• InS_Show window is now complete.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in file handling functions, where files with extended characters in name weren't handled as expected.
• Fixed a problem with InS_Show window, where sometimes hitting Cmd-W or Cmd-Q made FileMaker crash.
• Fixed some problems with TWAIN interface.
• InsideScan does now correctly handle file paths in either UNIX or HFS syntax.

Known Issues

• InS_SetMetadata external function doesn't work yet
• InS_SetFileInfo external function doesn't work yet
• Preferences window is not complete yet

Known Issues

• Some functions aren't available yet (mainly file handling functions)
• InS_Acquire isn't able to bypass scanner user interface, yet

This is a maintenance release only, just to allow you to use current plug-in after Oct 31: this release expires on Jan 31, 2008.

A new version will be available in a few days, with some new features and bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in multi-page scanning, where the plug-in acquired multiple pages even if the user asked for a single page.

Known Issues

• InS_Show window is not complete yet
• InS_SetMetadata external function doesn't work yet
• InS_SetFileInfo external function doesn't work yet
• Preferences window is not complete yet
• QuickTime integration is not complete yet

New Features

• Added support for some old TWAIN scanner drivers, not compliant to the latest Apple specifications [still experimental]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed TWAIN scanners support for some popular scanner models.
• Fixed a bug in saving PDF files.
• Fixed a bug in saving multi-page or multi-frame files.

Known Issues

• InS_Show window is not complete yet
• InS_SetMetadata external function doesn't work yet
• InS_SetFileInfo external function doesn't work yet
• Preferences window is not complete yet
• QuickTime integration is not complete yet

New Features

• Added a "format" parameter to the InS_GetFileInfo external function. This parameter behaves exactly the same as the one added to InS_GetImageInfo in version 2.0a13: a string to specify how returned info should be formatted. Please refer to the reference manual for more details.
• Added InS_TransformJPEG external function to allow some lossless JPEG trasformations (horizontal/vertical flip and rotate).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some bugs in InS_GetFileInfo external function.
• Fixed a bug in InS_GetImageInfo external function related to the interpretation of the second parameter.
• Fixed a bug in InS_Launch external function.

Known Issues

• Some TWAIN driver don't seem to work as expected: we're fixing it.
• InS_Show window is not complete yet
• InS_SetMetadata external function doesn't work yet
• InS_SetFileInfo external function doesn't work yet
• Preferences window is not complete yet
• QuickTime integration is not complete yet

New Features

• Added some parameters to the InS_GetImageInfo external function: you can now specify how returned info should be formatted. Please refer to the draft manual for details.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where InS_GetImageInfo didn't find image formats other than JPEG in specified container field.
• Fixed a crash in InS_GetImageInfo when using a wrong file path
• HFS-format paths are correctly handled, now.
• Fixed some TWAIN scanning problems.
• Fixed several minor problems.

Known Issues

• Some TWAIN driver don't seem to work as expected: the window is still visible after scanning.
• InS_Show window is not complete yet
• InS_SetMetadata external function doesn't work yet
• InS_SetFileInfo external function doesn't work yet
• Preferences window is not complete yet
• QuickTime integration is not complete yet

New Features

• Added some toolbar items to the InS_Show window

Bug Fixes

• Several minor bugs fixed.