TreeMap | Change log

Change log

Release 2.3.0 (February 2, 2012)

Improved error reporting
Corrected search in TreeTable
Added possibility to link multiple data files
Corrected some flaws in Voronoi algorithm
Squarrified layout suboptimal when feeded with incomplete data and non-default ordering
Improved compatibility with Excel
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.2.0 (December 21, 2011)

Enabled probing on TreeTable and synchronized with TreeMap
Improved appearance of TreeTable
Added experimental support for Classycle-based analysis
Corrected some flaws in Voronoi algorithm
Added categorical colormap as an option for integer variables
Corrected colormap when no variable is selected
Improved compatibility with Excel
Updated to Java 7.0.2 for Windows and Linux platforms
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.1.1 (December 9, 2011)

Added more installers and archives as deployment options
Enabled export of TreePlot
Corrected context menu may not always appear
Improved column automatic sizing in TreeTable
Corrected intermediate TreeMap size on load
Made hyperlinks clickable in TreeTable
Enabled import of InfoScope datasets
Created possibility of navigating between multiple treemaps
Made docking frames keep their size
Corrected predefined colormap loose its settings when flipping to custom colormap
Added option to view the colormap legend with absolute values
Added possibility to drop files on the TreeMap windows to open them
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.1.0 (October 21, 2011)

Improved database connectivity
Fixed ODBC link to PostgreSQL
Improved graphic quality (smoothing) of Voronoi algorithm
Added progress indication for long layout operations
Updated to Java 7.0.1 for Windows and Linux platforms
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0.2 (October 6, 2011)

Fixed inacurate parsing of colors with alpha component
Corrected some German translations
Added an "x + 1" option to the Settings->Specific->Layout->Scale drop-down list
Improved positioning of the worksheet selection dialog
Fixed alignment options may make labels with word-wrap disappear
Improved file chooser for exporting screen shots and settings
Added numerical fields to the background drop-down list
Improved reliability of Voronoi algorithm
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0.1 (September 20, 2011)

Made TreeTable searchable
Made group by use the field formats if available
Added way to pass parameters to the applet from the URL
Fixed NULL values being converted with some databases
Fixed application startup with Ubuntu Linux
Corrected inaccuracies with custom colormaps with threshold that varies in order of magnitude
Corrected Settings panel not working in the applet
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0.0 (August 17, 2011)

Corrected reload mechanism
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc5 (August 16, 2011)

Improved startup time
Fixed incompatibility of Voronoi algorithm with Java 7
Fixed refresh when changes are made to the colormap palette and to the interval
Improved reload mechanism
Fixed issue with initial view not being activated in menus
Hide Cartogram algorithm
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc4 (August 10, 2011)

Improved header placement options
Added Open URL menu entry
Added support for default settings
Added command line options
Improved support for date fields
Added reload functionality
Added undo/redo support
Fixed Excel files with non-numeric formula doesn't load
Added OpenDocument (ODF) file format support
Improved Voronoi algorithm
Fixed about window
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc3 (August 3, 2011)

Update Forbes Global 2000 dataset
Improved Cartogram algorithm
Removed Preferences menu entry
Added context menu for exporting colormap legend
Corrected initial settings for imported file
Improved layout quality of Voronoi algorithm
Improved support for dates use Date[pattern] in header line
Added context menu to TreeTable column headers
Improved automatic sizing of the TreeTable columns
Fixed Revert to Saved function
Updated to Java 7 for Windows platform
Fixed incompatibilities with Java 1.6.0_26 and Java 1.7.0
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc2 (July 8, 2011)

Saving of all the settings in version 2 format
Made print dialog remember its settings
Fixed colormap editor for categorical variables
Improved performance of Voronoi layout alogithm through parallel processing
Corrected Voronoi alogorithm sometime produce islands
New Cartogram generation cability (requires dataset with geographical data)
Corrected handling of datasets with Color field
Fixed saving sometimes doesn't work when no variable is selected
Copy to Clipboard now works
Fixed resizing the settings box sometimes is blocked
Dialog now gets displayed with Excel files with multiple sheets
Automaticaly open Excel sheet named "TreeMap Data" if found
Improved support for Microsoft Excel files
Corrected first border is not the same on the outside of the treemap as it is on the inside
Added rainbow and spectral colormaps
Improved brightness and saturation tuning
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_26)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc1 (May 19, 2011)

New file management and graphical user interface using document-centric paradigm
New docking framework for flexible arrangement of the various panels
New full-fledged colormap editor
Improved scalability (typically using progressive rendering modes)
New Voronoi layout algorithm
New Cartogram generation cability (requires dataset with geographical data)
Added option for word-wrap of long text in tooltips, labels, and details panel
Added possibility to specify the vertical and horizontal alignment of labels and headers
Added posibility to embed links to web pages (using context menu)
Introduced posibility to create treemaps of arbitrary (fixed) sizes
Extended customizability, including settings on a per-variable basis
Improve alpha blending of text effects
Added progress indicator for layout operations
Fixed incompatibilities with Java 5
Fixed default font (Tahoma) does not contain any Chinese or Japanese characters
Increased maximum amount of allocatable memory (in the 128MB-1024MB range, depending on the system)
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_25)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.22 (June 14, 2011)

Fixed default font (Tahoma) does not contain any Chinese or Japanese characters
Improved compatibility with Excel
Fixed saving sometimes doesn't work when no variable is selected
Fixed saving Excel files may produce corrupted (0 byte) .mtm files
Fixed exporting to SVG of circular layout with cushion rendering
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_25)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.21 (February 24, 2011)

Fixed incorrect proportion for small values in circular layout
Corrected license key check dialog that sometimes locked up the application
Improved parallelism
Fixed splash screen that sometime do not disapear
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.20 (January 20, 2011)

Added possibility to export to PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file format
Possibility to define default settings (by placing a TreeMap.mtms file in the installation directory)
Active look and feel is now saved as part of the user preferences
Added customizable colour and thickness of the borders as settings
Add .xlsm to the list of Excel file extensions
Reload action now properly the file
Fixed filtered state is lost when changing the group by
Corrected see-through problem when switching look and feel
Height is now saved as part of the settings
Improved Powerpoint export (experimental)
Fixed headers occluding labels with non-default font size
Corrected Excel .xlsx files do not open when TreeMap is started from the command line
Improved file opening on Mac OS X
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_23)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.19 (November 8, 2010)

Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.18 (November 6, 2010)

Added possibility to export to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file format
Fixed file association on Mac OS X
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_22)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.17 (August 13, 2010)

Windows installer is now digitally signed
Applet is now digitally signed
Corrected problem when loading Excel file with numeric values in header
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.16 (June 25, 2010)

Digitally signed applet
Improved look and feel of applet so that it looks similar to the desktop version
Added context menu for expanding and collapsing nodes in tree table
Added context menu to treemap for drilling and zooming
Added keyboard shortcut to "Copy to Clipboard" (can be used to take screenshots with the popup displayed
Corrected flaw in standard deviation computation
Added possibility to print the tree table (when it is active)
Improved printing of treemap
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.15 (June 3, 2010)

Changed the way averages are computed for multi-level hierarchies
Added option not to aggregate some variables
Filtering is now reflected in the TreeTable
Fixed StringPath values do not get parsed properly
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.14 (May 27, 2010)

Corrected small bug in the categorical variable filters
Added one additional colormap

Release 1.9.13 (May 25, 2010)

Added possibility to filter categorical variables
Improved display of filtered items

Release 1.9.12 (May 20, 2010)

Created scheme for loading license key from file
Automatic contrast adjustment of labels
Fixed no color option for labeling
Fixed access to help content
Group By now allow selection of all variables containing non-unique values
Improved Excel import for numerical values
Corrected missing labeling of treetable nodes in some contexts

Release 1.9.11 (April 27, 2010)

Added basic support for dates
Added sheet selector for Excel
Made progress indicator during loading more responsive
Improved memory footprint
Made computation of aggregated values more robust
Improved look and feel
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_20)
Added possibility to edit variable expression
Improved rendering of tiny rectangles
Fixed computation of squarified treemap using alternate aggregation schemes
Corrected centering of treemap in 3D mode
Greatly improved rendering performance
Corrected update of min/max color value formats

Release 1.9.10 (March 31, 2010)

Portuguese (Brazil) localization

Release 1.9.9 (February 15, 2010)

Improved file opening on Mac OS X
Improved rendering accuracy of histograms
Fixed bug in Oracle database connection
Improved 3D layout
Corrected potential problem with file association
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_18)
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.8 (October 17, 2009)

Added 3D treemap visualization possibilities
Improved layout quality of squarified algorithm
Added context menu entries to reset color range
Fixed border drawing for aggregating nodes
Additional look and feel theme Black Eye
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.7 (October 5, 2009)

Added possibility to reload data
Added probing of aggregate values
Improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel
Improved error messages handling
Fixed potential crash of the TreeMap applet during startup
Added possibility to display the variable names in the popup window
Fixed connection to Microsoft SQL Server
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_16)
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.6 (August 5, 2009)

Added option to specify settings file to the command line
Improved general data support
Added support for Microsoft Access database files on Windows platform only (experimental)
Added support for ESRI Shapefile format (experimental)
Added support for PostGIS database (experimental)
Added Circular layout algorithm (thanks to Werner Randelshofer for his neat contribution)
Improved translations
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_15)
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.5 (August 4, 2009)

Improved labeling consistency
Improved filtering and search functionalities
Some clean up to the TreeMap API
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.4 (July 19, 2009)

Drastic performance improvements to all rendering and labeling operations
Improved some data loading procedures
Added support for StringPath data type
Some clean up to the TreeMap API
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.3 (July 9, 2009)

Created API for embedding TreeMap as a component in other Java/Swing applications
Improved support for popular relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SAP MaxDB) (experimental)
Various bug fixes
Fixed (another) infrequent start up issue (can result in lock up)

Release 1.9.2 (July 4, 2009)

Improved overall appearance
Improved zooming and paning
Improved labeling
Improved support for popular relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SAP MaxDB) (experimental)
Added possibility to customize the appearance of the labels and headers
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_14)
Fixed infrequent start up issues
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.1 (June 3, 2009)

Improved data format (.mtm) that is user customizable through XML
Added additional parameters to customize TreeMap on startup
Support for importing/exporting settings
Support for Excel 2007 XML Workbook (experimental)
Support for popular relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SAP MaxDB) (experimental)
Improved aggregation mechanism in TreeTable
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_13)
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.0 (March 27, 2009)

New examples with possibility to download them directly from the TreeMap application
Improved cosmetic artifacts with native look and feel (applet version on MacOS X)
Full-fledged saving and improved compactness of the .mtm datasets
Implemented selection, synchronized between the TreeMap and TreeTable components
Improved aggregation scheme, including in the TreeTable view
Default aggregation method can now be overriden on a variable basis
Improved probing depiction
Improved overall performance
Added additional colormaps
Various bug fixes

Release 1.8.0 (March 18, 2009)

New examples
Added path bar
Improved customizable cushion drawing
Improved overall appearance
Various bug fixes

Release 1.7.0 (February 11, 2009)

Improved saving procedure
Improved MacOS X integration
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_12)
Made installer files smaller (Pack2000)
Possibility to create derived variables
Support for formatting data

Release 1.6.3 (November 6, 2008)

Added support for non-distorting zooming
Animated smoothing zooming in (alt-left click) and out (alt-right click)
Improved drawing performance
Customizable update schedule
Added various schemes for labeling the hierarchy

Release 1.6.2 (September 15, 2008)

Fixed numeric stepper
Fixed configuration tooltip display
Added Yahoo Finance connection (experimental)
Added progress indicator for directory scan
Added possibility to save dataset
Added support for RTF and HTML files
Added possibility to set the background

Release 1.6.1 (August 28, 2008)

Added additional look and feel themes
Improved MacOS X integration
Improved cushion rendering
Cushion mode set as default

Release 1.6.0 (August 25, 2008)

Improved update mechanism
Experimental support of Microsoft Project files
Multi-selection of labelling variables
Improved behavior of combo boxes
Files can now simply be dropped into TreeMap frame to be opened
Icon and image data support
Initial support for Series and Time Series
Added support for analyzing Zip and Jar files content
Added support for laying out directory tree

Release 1.5.0 (August 8, 2008)

Added details view
HTML data support
Color data support
Added detailed view
Possibility to customize the popup fields
Layout algorithms
- Improved Squarified algorithm
- Added Binary Tree algorithm
- Added Slice-and-dice algorithm
- Added Strip algorithm
- Added Pivot by Split Size algorithm
Added option to order by size or by original order (as present in the dataset)
Added various aggregation schemes
Added some simple numerical transformations (called scale)
Added possibility to limit the depth
Tremendous improvement in performance
Improved autodetection of file format
New defaults for the initial selected attributes
- Label: first categorical attribute found
- Group by: second categorical attribute found
- Size: first numerical attribute found
- Color: second numerical attribute found
Improved quick filter field
Added TreeTable view
Data loading progress indicator

Release 1.1.0 (July 28, 2008)

Added support for multi-level group by
Performance improvements
Added check for update procedure
Improved rendering of attribute types
Localization of the installation procedure to all supported languages
Added support for CSV (Comma delimited) files
Update to Java 1.6.0_07

Release 1.0.9 (May 19, 2008)

Partial localization to Simplified and Traditional Chinese
Stability improvements to the Excel data loading facility
Update to Java 1.6.0_06

Release 1.0.8 (May 6, 2008)

Localized user interface for French and Spanish
Added support for loading Microsoft Excel Workbook (.xls)
Improved automatic treatment of decimal values
Improved user-friendliness of the keyword search
Bug fixes

Release 1.0.7 (October 19, 2007)

New possibility of choosing arbitrary attributes for grouping
Bug fixes

Release 1.0.6 (October 18, 2007)

Histogram display within sliders

Release 1.0.5 (September 21, 2007)

Cosmetic improvements and bug fixes
Better colormaps handling

Release 1.0.4 (June 26, 2007)

New possibility of choosing among several colormaps

Release 1.0.3 (October 22, 2006)

New display option using cushion effect

Release 1.0.2 (October 18, 2006)

Formating of large numerical values and overall performance have been improved

Release 1.0.1 (October 2, 2006)

Improved sliders with that can be adjusted using spinners
Smaller installers
Minor bug fixes

Release 1.0.0 (August 14, 2006)

Initial release