Version 3 Roadmap

Version 3.1.5 has been released except for the DOS command line platform.

DocFrac has been redesigned from the ground up in version 3. DocFrac's RTF to HTML handling has been made more reliable. HTML to RTF has been improved immeasurably.

Please note these plans are subject to change.

Version	Features	Planned Date
3.2.0	Will be released as dual license: commercial for Windows GUI and programming kit. Open source for all other platforms (including all command line clients). UI internationalisation: refactor the UI to support internationalisation translate into available languages support non-english input and output filenames ActiveX platform will be included in this release and subsequent releases	November 2007
3.2.1	Improved international character conversion: UTF8 text output more extensive testing of international support	Q1 2008
3.3.0	Table borders; cell borders; table background colour; cell background colour; cell size; and basic tab handling;	Q3-2008
3.4.0	Font size; font name; and font family.	Q1-2008

History

Recent History

Version	Features	Notes	Date Released
3.0.0	Bold; italic; underline; colour; left justified; centre justified; right justified; justified; numbered list; bulleted list; tables; compatability with all versions of OpenOffice; english characters; german characters; and spanish characters.	Including: Source code Linux command line 16 bit DOS command line Old-style Windows GUI Windows DLL Windows ActiveX Finished: Linux command line Old-style Windows GUI Windows DLL Windows ActiveX Delayed: 16 bit DOS command line The 16 bit DOS command line platform has been delayed until a 16 bit ISO compliant C++ compiler can be found. Then integration must be performed.	All platforms except 16 bit DOS command line: Sunday, 23rd of May 2004 DOS command line: delayed
3.0.1 / 3.0.2	Bug fixes	Implemented / added: Man page for linux command line platform The following bugs: Windows platform had numerous memory bugs Linux command line platform shows debug output by default Linux command line platform's help information is incorrect DLL requires Borland BCB3 runtime libraries DLL demo requires BCB3 runtime libraries ActiveX platform's interface is not suitable for Foxpro ActiveX demo requires BCB3 runtime libraries Known issues: Windows platform needs a complete rewrite. The "Windows" platform is not ActiveX or DLL. If DocFrac cannot create the output file it is not possible to exit the application. The ActiveX platform may have an issue when managed by the .NET framework.	Before 7th of June 2004.
3.1.0	Rewrite Windows platform. Fix other known issues.	This does not apply to the ActiveX and DLL platforms. Implemented: New Windows platform Fixed: Most Windows platform bugs Known issues: The ActiveX platform may have an issue when managed by the .NET framework.	Released: 3rd of September 2004
3.1.1	Fix bugs in ActiveX component	Ready to package. Fixes bugs on all platforms. Fixed: random empty file output Known issues: .NET and VBA crashes not confirmed	Released: 28th of March 2005
3.1.2	Port to Borland Turbo C++ Fix outstanding bugs Refactor code	No Linux or Programming Kit platform	Friday, 20th of October 2006
3.1.3	Refactoring Bug fixes	Programming Kit platform Linux platform may be compiled from source	Thursday, 26th of October 2006
3.1.4	Refactoring including: eliminate singletons eliminate global variables eliminate unneccessary classes Add logging (at least debug logging)		November 2006
3.1.5	Bugfixes from better testing: need a set of test input files more extensive unit testing	This will be the last consolidation / bugfix release DJGPP version	Sunday, 29th of April 2007

Version 2.71

The RTF to HTML conversion works very well. From all formats to text works very well. Unfortunately HTML to RTF is not supported as well as in version 3.

	To RTF	To HTML	To text
From RTF
From HTML
From text