Version 3.1.2Thursday, February 3, 2011
- Bugs related to Text Settings fixed:
- The text colour of a text setting was not being restored when read from a saved document.
- The Text pop-up menu did not always apply the correct text setting to the selected number positions, and didn't reflect the correct text setting of the selected number positions.
Version 3.1.1Friday, January 21, 2011
- Corrected problem with the print-out sometimes being scaled down and appearing in the bottom-left corner of the page.
- Changes in text fields will be comitted before closing the Generate N-Up Ticket Positions sheet (previously, if you didn't press ENTER to commit your change, it would be lost).
Version 3.1Wednesday, September 22, 2010
- Temporarily removed 64-bit version due to problems when running under MacOS 10.5 (Leopard). It still runs beautifully under Snow Leopard (MacOS 10.6) as a 32-bit application.
- Corrected bug in the Generate n-Up Positions feature.
Version 3.0Friday, August 27, 2010
- A complete rewrite from scratch using the Cocoa API (versions 2.x were Carbon)
- Runs natively on 32/64-bit PowerPC & Intel architechtures
- Unlimited Undo
- Drag-and-Drop your background image file onto the page layout pane to specify the background image (or use the Settings menu to select the file).
- Click-and-Drag on the preview pane to select multiple positions
- Background Image can be rotated 0°, 90°, 180°, 270°
- Background Image can be “nudged” using the arrow keys for more precise positioning on the page. For exact positioning, the offset can be entered in the Background Image Settings sheet
- New options for printing cropping marks: First Sheet Only and Separate Sheet
- Specify the page you want to preview in the page layout pane with new controls above the page layout pane
- The “base number” is displayed above the page layout pane for the current preview page — this will help you verify that your numbering information has been set correctly before printing.
- New slider below the page layout pane for adjusting the preview zoom factor (DPI)
- Double-click on the background image to bring up the Background Image Settings sheet
- Integrated Online Help through the Help menu and help buttons
- Requires MacOS X 10.5 “Leopard” or later
Version 2.3.1Monday, August 27, 2007
- Fixed a bug when opening document files. It shouldn't crash anymore.
- Nothing else
Version 2.2.1Saturday, August 25, 2007
- Fixed bug with selecting a point and having it jump off the screen (only happened when rulers were not visible)
- Added ability to Left, Center and Right Align the positions (requested feature)
Version 2.2Thursday, November 29, 2006
- Requested Features Added:
- Added Rulers to the page preview (turn on using the new View menu)
- Changed the Generate n-Up Ticket Positions… option to allow the user to specify the spacing between the auto-generated positions.
- Added Open Recent submenu to the File menu to allow quick access to recently used documents.
- Fixed bug when displaying some Postscript or PDF files that caused them to get rotated 90 degrees.
- Created new View menu containing commands to show/hide the background image, guidelines and rulers.
Version 2.1.1Thursday, August 17, 2006
- Fixed bug when reading .eps and .ps files under MacOS 10.3.
- Nothing else
Version 2.1Sunday, August 13, 2006
- Finally, it can read .eps (Encapsulated Postscript) and .ps files — probably the most requested feature.
- Nothing else
Version 2.0Monday, August 7, 2006
- A major re-write of the entire program
- Compiled as a Universal Binary to run natively on PowerPC-based Macs and Intel-based Macs
- Switched all graphics drawing from QuickDraw to the modern Quartz graphics engine
- Switched to using ATS (Apple Type Services) for better font support in MacOS X
- Fully supports using PDF files as background images — Vector-based PDF images are now the recommended background image format to get the best speed and quality
- New Generate n-Up Ticket Positions… option in the Edit menu which will generate all the positions and the numbering information necessary for printing raffle tickets. All you have to do is position the numbers where you want them on each ticket.
- Much, much faster printing (can spool 1000 pages in under a minute)
- Ability to select and manipulate multiple positions at once
- Much smaller memory footprint
- Faster interface response
- Redesigned interface
- Will always use the printer's highest resolution from now on
- Requires MacOS 10.3 or later
Version 1.2Sunday, October 30, 2005
- This is the first version developed under MacOS X. Yes, I finally got a new system. Now it's easier for me to correct problems under MacOS X.
- Fixed bug which didn't let you change the paper size.
- By request, the cropping marks can now be drawn outside of the background image area so that after cutting is done, there's no remnants of the cropping marks on the tickets.
- The mouse scroll wheel will work over the preview/layout area.
- You can also "Grab and Drag" the preview/layout area like you do in Photoshop by pressing the SpaceBar and clicking and dragging inside it.
- The application is now a "Bundled" application, rather than the old-style single file applications.
- Cosmetic bug fixes
Version 1.1Sunday, September 05, 2004
- Significantly Faster Printing Speed. It needs to use more RAM to do this. If there isn't enough RAM, it will fall back to the old, slower method.
Also, the fewer the colours you use, the less RAM it will use, and the faster it will print.
- You can specify your Preferred Print Resolution in the Preferences Window.
- You can Tile Your Background Image which lets you to print multiple tickets with an image of only one ticket.
- You can choose to draw Cropping Marks to help cut the tickets more precisely
Version 1.0.3Friday, February 20, 2004
- You can "Zoom In" on the preview image by adjusting the Page Layout's Preview Size pop-up menu. This allows you to position your numbers on the page much more accurately than before.
- Worked around a bug in some versions of MacOS X where displayed numbers had decimal point in the wrong position.
- Fixed a bug where the page dimensions would be displayed wrong in picas.
Version 1.0.2Monday, December 22, 2003
- Fixed a bug with some menu items being improperly disabled sometimes
- Added Preferred Unit Of Measurement to the preferences. The page dimensions in the page preview will be displayed in these units.
Version 1.0.1Sunday, November 8, 2003
- Fixed a minor cosmetic bug in MacOS X.III (Panther)
- Nothing else
Version 1.0Monday, September 1, 2003
- Final 1.0 version posted after several beta versions
- The preferences window works now. The text settings specified in the preferences window will become the default text settings for any new document