clivel

30 Oct 2022
10:43:13pm

I am pleased to announce the release of AlbumEasy V4.4.0

Once again, this release contains a few enhancements, some bug fixes, and a number of new features which I hope will prove useful.

Changes for this release:
* New: PAGE_QUADRILLE command for placing a grid on the page. Grids may cover the whole or part of the page.
* New: COLOUR_PAGE_QUADRILLE command for setting the colour of the quadrille grid lines.
* New: PAGE_ADD_BOX command for placing boxes anywhere on the page. Boxes may be angled to accommodate envelopes or long strips of stamps.
* New: ALBUM_PAGES_MARGIN_TXT command for adding vertical text in the page margins.
* New: ALBUM_PAGES_MARGIN_TXT_PAD and COLOUR_ALBUM_MARGIN_TXT commands for adjusting the position and colour of the vertical text in the page margins.
* New: $INCLUDE command for including an album text file in another.
* New: $DEFINE, $UNDEFINE, $IFDEF, $ELSE, $ELSEIF and $ENDIF conditional commands for including or excluding parts of the album file.
* Enhancement: Column mode has been improved so that it is now possible to specify the column widths independently along with independent left and right column padding.
* Enhancement: New optional PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START parameter for setting the right margin padding independently from the left.
* Enhancement: New optional PAGE_RULE_H parameter for setting the right margin padding independently from the left.
* Enhancement: Mouse hover in the "Available Fonts" dialogue box displays the full path to the font files.
* Enhancement: As of Windows 10 build 1809, Microsoft introduced a user-specific fonts folder as the default destination for installing new fonts. This is now supported transparently by AlbumEasy.
* Bug fix: Album files names that included international characters now generate PDF files with the correct international characters in the file name.
* Bug fix: Stamp box borders that were set to a blank style, remained blank even after the sides were enabled unless they were first set to solid. Now fixed.

An example page illustrating some of the new features: a quadrille which can be sized to fit all or part of a page, a tilted box that could be used for an envelope or long strip of stamps, vertical text in the left margin, and enhanced column mode.



As always, versions for Windows, Linux and the Apple Mac may be downloaded from https://www.thestampweb.com/albumeasy/do ...

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or to report any bugs that may occur.
Clive

 
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Philatarium

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31 Oct 2022
12:53:52pm

re: Albumeasy V4.4 - Newly Released

Such extraordinary work!

Thank you very much!!

 
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clivel

31 Oct 2022
01:54:25pm

re: Albumeasy V4.4 - Newly Released

David (BermudaSailor) and Philatarium,

Thank you very much for the kind words,
Clive

 
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clivel

31 Oct 2022
04:45:15pm

re: Albumeasy V4.4 - Newly Released

One example would be if one wanted to create a single album file that could be used for two very different sized pages.
Normally one would just change the page size at the start of the album, however if one wanted to change a number of things related to the size of the page then the conditional commands could be useful


e.g letter which is 215.9 x 279.4 mm and something much larger e.g 248 x 282mm pages from Stanley Gibbons.


$DEFINE(SG_PAGES)

$IFDEF(SG_PAGES)
ALBUM_PAGES_SIZE (248.0 282.0)
ALBUM_PAGES_MARGINS (25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 )
$ELSE
ALBUM_PAGES_SIZE (215.9 279.4)
ALBUM_PAGES_MARGINS (15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 )
$ENDIF



The above would define the page as 248 x 282mm with 25mm margins.

However if one deleted or commented out the $DEFINE(SG_PAGES) then the page would be 215.9 x 279.4mm with 15mm margins.


Further on would might find that the larger page allows one to fit three stamps across, the smaller only two:

ROW_START_FS (HN 6 0.1 8.0)
$IFDEF(SG_PAGES)
STAMP_ADD (22.0 28.0 "" "" "1" "")
STAMP_ADD (22.0 28.0 "" "" "2" "")
STAMP_ADD (22.0 28.0 "" "" "3" "")
$ELSE
STAMP_ADD (22.0 28.0 "" "" "1" "")
STAMP_ADD (22.0 28.0 "" "" "2" "")
ROW_START_FS (HN 6 0.1 8.0)
STAMP_ADD (22.0 28.0 "" "" "3" "")
$ENDIF

Indenting is optional, it makes it easier to read.

Clive

 
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