Changelog for ARRIS++ Version  8.2   (Spin 102, Rel. 01):

The following lists describe the changes that have been made to the ARRIS++ Enhanced Menus since the previous release (version 8.1, spin 110, release 02), on June 1, 2004. Note that there are links in the following material pointing to more detailed information contained in the main documentation.

This changelog is divided into the following sections:



• General Improvements
  
  
• Documentation Enhancements
  
  
• Menu Modifications
  
  
• Existing Sigmac Bug Fixes
  
  
• Existing Sigmac Enhancements

General Improvements:

The following table lists general improvements that have been made to the ARRIS++ menu system.

The following ARRIS++ commands were added to the TOOLBAR command database: COMMAND DESCRIPTION DOOR SCHED Display the DOOR SCHEDULE pop-up menu SCHED PARAMS Display the door SCHEDULE PARAMETERS pop-up menu CREATE PDF Display the RenderPlus CREATE PDF FILE pop-up menu

Documentation Enhancements:

The following table lists general modifications and enhancements that have been made to the ARRIS++ menu system documentation.

The ARRIS Enhanced Menus Package documentation was updated to reflect all changes made to accommodate new ARRIS 8.2 features as well as the additional enhancements discussed here.

Menu Modifications:

The following table lists changes and additions made to the ARRIS++ menu system.

CPEN:	C-PEN Setup Color Support  C-PEN SETUP Menu Supporting 256 Colors The ARRIS++ C-PEN system was enhanced to support the high resolution 256-color colormap introduced in ARRIS 8.1.
LAYER:	Load Existing Layers  Display Information for Layer Being Loaded When loading an existing layer into the current drawing, additional information is now displayed on the message line. When navigating to a new directory (i.e., folder) the folder description will be shown. Also, when an existing layer is selected from the list, the layer name, description and entity count will be displayed to help in making the proper selection.
NOTES:	Notes Color Support  NOTES supporting 256 colors The ARRIS NOTES system was enhanced to provide support for the high resolution 256-color colormap introduced in ARRIS 8.1.
OPENINGS:	Improved Door Schedule  OPENINGS Overwrite Menu  OPENINGS Main Flyout Menu The OPENINGS menus were revised to add support for the new door scheduler introduced in ARRIS 8.2. Selecting the DOOR SCHED button will display the new DOOR SCHEDULE pop-up menu while selecting the SCHED PARAMS button will display the SCHEDULE PARAMETERS pop-up menu. See the ARRIS documentation for additional information. For backwards compatibility, the DOOR and WINDOW buttons provide access to the previous door and window scheduler routines.

Existing Sigmac Bug Fixes:

The following table lists fixes that have been applied to existing sigmacs to correct problems and bugs.

:mn_dtext1	Fixed a problem that was causing the pop-up CHARACTER SET menu to not function properly when Control-E was pressed. This was a bug introduced by ARRIS++.
:mn_dtext2	Fixed a problem that was causing the pop-up CHARACTER SET menu to not function properly when Control-E was pressed. This was a bug introduced by ARRIS++.

Existing Sigmac Enhancements:

The following table lists revisions that have been made to existing sigmacs in order to provide some expanded or new capability beyond that offered by the original command.

:mn_atover	Modified sigmac to load the ST_RI status menu instead of the now obsolete ST_ATT1 attribute menu when the report option was specified.
:mn_getfil	When loading an existing layer in a drawing, the command now displays the directory (folder) description while navigating and displays the layer name, description and entity count when a layer is selected.