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Release notes:
V3.0 Major update - 22nd Aug 2008
- revised registration and licensing arrangements
- authorization history log - removes the possibility of trying to authorize a document twice
- default secured file names simplified to .drm and .drmx extensions (.pdf element now dropped)
- extended set of zoom facilities
- save as... option for PDF files
- real-time monitoring and usage control for publishers, reporting and technical support
- additional DRM-based security controls
technical update only
V2.13 Release - 13th June 2008
- Additional security features - optional detection and disabling of manual and automatic screen capture/grabbing programs such as SnagIt, Paint Shop Pro, Acrobat Capture and many others
- Preview option in watermarking facility
- Print preview menu item
- Enhanced bulk file processing
- Smooth-scroll via up/down arrow keys
- Minor changes to print handling
- Application-specific watermarking - augments existing watermarking support in earlier versions with print watermarking for additional security/tracking including field data that identifies data relating to the user, date/time of printing, publisher and document
- User-specific DRM file creation - create enhanced 'basic DRM files' that do not require separate authorization. The userID(s) of intended recipient or recipients must be provided. The files created can be read by the intended users immediately/without separate online access or authorization, but are not readable by any other users
- Minor functional changes (recent file list display altered; 5 test authorization codes included without charge; About form includes Send log file facility to assist support in case of any problems)
- Apple Mac support - new program startup link "Drumlin
Reader (for Mac users)" enables Mac users running a VirtualPC to run
Drumlin. This link simply runs the standard Drumlin program with the command
line argument "-mac". A range of VirtualPC software has been
tested for this purpose. For VirtualPC software see: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/ and
http://www.parallels.com/
- Multiple language support - Separate language files, initially for English, German, French - all languages can be supported via additional language files provided on the web site languages page
- Tools menu - new menu for extra functions (set as default PDF, Language facilities etc.)
- Download language files - new menu item and languages page
- Settings.cfg - new entries for language files, location of downloadable language files and name of welcome.pdf (for tailored installations)
- Extended registration form, with tailorable setting for mandatory and optional fields (bitmask set in settings.cfg file)
- Start-up option to email log files to support
- View/print support for wide range of image file formats as well as PDF and DRM files. Includes GIF, TIF, JPG, PNG and BMP files
- Extended document Properties screen (PDF and DRM properties) – see description in welcome.pdf for details
- Full screen display support (useful for presentations etc) – new icon on toolbar and via View menu for this function
- Synchronised bookmark and thumbnail support, with toolbar icon to view/hide this sidebar
- Enhanced support for very large documents – major performance improvements providing very fast navigation for large and complex documents
- Control over text selection (text selection by line and by area, with copy to clipboard – IF ENABLED by the publisher)
- Automatic display of page thumbnails and page bookmark navigation sidebar
- Built-in emailing support to enable secured documents to be sent by email as attachment, directly from within Drumlin
- Optional password protection (password required to open) within Drumlin (i.e. as an alternative to applying password to the underlying pdf, which is also supported)
- Improved user interface to Publish functionality, including Save settings option (i.e. save preferences), clipboard enable/disable etc
- Improved authorization process, with keyboard paste (Ctrl+v) support and robustness enhancements
- Optional unlimited view/print setting for basic (locally generated) DRM files (set at DRM server site, per user)
- Bulk generation of protected files – browse documents option in the publisher window allows multiple file selection and publishing
- Support for individual and corporate-level quotas for file publishing within the central DRM facility
- Optional creation of user-specific authorisation codes for DRMX files (i.e. codes that can only be used by a specified, pre-registered user)
- In-context menu support (right mouse click) for key operations
- Keyboard support for navigation (PgUp, PgDn)
- Wheel mouse support, for easy scrolling of documents
- Proxy support, enabling sites with proxy servers to use the central registration, publication and authorisation services
