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Welcome to OS X Helix 6.1.9
Helix 6.1.9 Release Notes	Helix 6.1.9 is a targeted release, designed to address a few key issues reported in Helix 6.1.8. Consequently, the list of changes in Helix 6.1.9 is short. Click each section title to show or hide that portion of the Release Notes. Linked bullet points take you to to technotes describing the change in greater detail. Items with an R-number correspond to a bug report that can be looked up in techdb.
What’s New (Bug Fixes) [Expand All]	The following bugs have been specifically addressed. Remember: Bugs that have an “R-number” are written in the ‘negative’ form, as though the bug still exists. All of these bugs have been fixed. Client/Engine Fixes R6926, R7146: AEPutData (Apple event store record) fails if view is closed R7024: Switching to another user or submenu via keyboard leaves menu bar item highlighted R7042: OS X 10.6 Only: Can't switch users while using HxAutoConnect R7085: Find and Print All fails to post first record on entry view that requires a multipage subform R7130: Validated field triggers crash when not on template R7132: Post adds instead of increments after complex access R7139: Self-referencing multipage subform does not always activate record R7148: Sequence stops after Find and Print All step R7151: High-ASCII character in document file name prevents drag and drop R7184: Sequences can hang if Enter key pressed at wrong time R7197: Document space allocation errors Printing when there is posting “On Print” sometimes crashes Crash when put into the background while processing a list [One specific case fixed] Documents are not properly disposed of when throwing away unentered records Document Import/Export progress dialog shows wrong text, thermometer does not indicate progress. Document import/export error dialog provides little useful information. Server Specific Fixes R7046, R7113, R7127, R7133: Various Random Server Crashes Added defensive programming to handle Client requests that are disturbed by window closing, network delays, queues and caches. Corrected a source of Server "malloc" errors. These fixes should result in a more stable Server and Client. Client Specific Fixes R7046, R7113, R7127, R7133: Various Random Server Crashes Added defensive programming to handle Client requests that are disturbed by window closing, network delays, queues and caches. Corrected a source of Server "malloc" errors. These fixes should result in a more stable Server and Client. Converted more ‘Visit’ strings to ‘Connect’ RADE (Classic) Fixes R7186: The Trim command now leaves a reasonable margin when trimming page rectangle
Installer Issues Resolved	All of the Helix programs are now delivered in simple disk image (.dmg) format. Just open (or ‘mount’) the disk image, agree to the licensing terms, and then drag the Helix application (and utilities) to your Applications folder. This change addresses these three reports: R6958: Enablement Key not Retained R6962: Installer messes up Application folder permissions R6966: Incorrect permissions on “Helix” folder installed into “Applications” Note that this new installer does not remove older versions of Helix in the “Helix” folder within your “Applications” folder. You can delete that folder if you do not need the older versions anymore.
Known Problems	Most of these reports affect only a very small subset of customers. Nonetheless, this is a complete list of problems that have been reported and confirmed in at least one situation. Workarounds, where they exist, are found in the techdb discussion related to the R-number shown. Interface (Client and Engine) Specific Conditional color is lost on subform when entry view has Quick Query (R705) Dragging text from source to target fails unless you tab out of the target field (R741) Reading Transactions from Logfile does not report modified records (R746) Post all can become very slow with thousands of records (R749) The Delete Records confirmation dialog is Classic style (R6115) Starting Page #... dialog: is Classic style (R6116) Disabled Color menu contains the text "Black" (R6125) Rectangles do not show frame when placed over background rectangle (R6135) Label Rectangles frame color is not supported (R6147) Focus highlight missing, or multiple (R6152) Pasted graphics in label rectangles can look strange (R6163) User Authentication window too narrow (R6197) Color (and Other Preferences) customization at collection level needed (R6226) Logfile is Missing or Damaged dialog is Classic style (R6232) Click and drag selection on selectable lists is not implemented (R6277) Logfile recovery dialog appears on second monitor (R6298) User Log in dialog does not sort alphabetically (R6302) Color shift at different border rectangle depths (R6388) Page Setup is not retained between launches (R6405) Intel products not compatible with 10.4.x (Tiger) (R6452) All document icons are generic (R6482) Performance issues with importing/deleting large data sets (R6499) Max + 1 and Post All does not update for each record (R6552) Styled Text fields do not accept style changes in combo box rects (R6573) Conditional Style fails on subform with quick query (R6574) Combo box: CR vs LF confusion (R6619) Printing in "optional" sequence fails (R6642) Lookup referenced via Use-From must be on template that references abacus with Use-From (R6647) Clear key does not work with OS X (R6707) Power Query window loses focus, can't regain (R6769) Scroll wheel fails when scrollable field has focus (R6771) Drag 'n' dropped text disappears from "Add to Discussion" (R6774) Power Query window doesn't show scroll bars when too tall (R6790) Changing an index redraws the list two times (R6840) Progress Dialogs Display Prior Dialog Text Before Displaying Current Dialog Text (R6881) Apple event: do menu fails with 290 error when it should not (R6947) Client/Server Specific Server with HRFL crashes on launch when volume is greater than 2GB (R675) Intel Server does not recognize machine-specifications and more (R677) Client crashes when creating a new structure with name greater than 31 characters (R720) Client Classic write locks modified record (when replaced via Command W) (R724) Accessing Documents on Server can fail (R745) Open Why-Message on HelixServer blocks HelixServer (R761) "Save Changes before Quitting" window sometimes skipped (Server only) (R6473) Server crash during buffer load (R6556) intel client does not recognize structure file with long name (R6585) Export All w/Delete on Post skips records, repeats some in text file (R6644) Server gets bogged down and unresponsive sometimes (R6686) Editing Users via Client is not always registered (R6738) External documents are not handled properly: Client can not retrieve (R6779) Can Helix Server respond to more than one ethernet interface? (R6782) Clients can't reconnect after (brief) network outage (R6804) Client should not quit just because it can't find the saved server (R6818) Text typed into Quick Query box extremely slow on WAN (R6822) Memory leak when Client is disconnected (R6884) Drag and Drop Client Structure on unregistered Client Fails to Connect (R6949) Sequence causes server crash when posting thousands of records (R6951) RADE (Classic) Specific In the template Command Shift E is attached two times (R708) Clippings menu dims after user mode switch (R6228) Command/Text Rect. color alteration UI discrepancy (R6372) Deleting a field formerly used in an abacus used by a query damages collection (R6461) Unexpected look up failure on modification of target key abacus (R6468) Modifying picture > 64K (in label or command rectangle) via dialog corrupts collection (R6512) Double nested background rect inside 2 border rects can be troublesome (R6566) RADE crash on View/Sort Order with View Setup (R6607) Error in Custom Format of Flag Field (R6626) Repeating "Why" indicator (R6693) Identical structure behaves differently if created from two different routes (R6739) Reproducible 36/ error using pasted structure (R6766) Reproducible 36xx error after deleting one or two unused icons (R6849) Field icons with stray RXFM objects (R6851) Older Known Problems w/Documentation Full Keyboard Access Not Implemented & Tab Field in Sequences Because Full Keyboard Access is not yet fully implemented, sequences that rely on tab field commands that move through popup menu, checkbox, and radio button fields may fail. When you launch an OS X Helix application, a dialog box warns you if Full Keyboard Access is turned on. See this technote for more information. Non-text fields (popups, checkboxes, radio buttons) ignore the Allow Tab option, and must be set via mouse click. Font Issues Certain fonts (Helvetica is a prime example) are available in multiple versions (bitmap, TrueType, PostScript, dfont, etc.) and the translation from one to the other can sometimes result in display issue. Make sure you do not have multiple versions of a font installed. (Apple’s Font Book application can show you where duplicates exists.) Styled Text and the Font Panel The current implementation of the font panel in Helix has a number of problems. The font panel is modal: you must open the panel, choose your font/size/color, then close the panel to continue editing the record. You can't simply leave it open and edit like you can in other OS X applications. You must type some text in the styled text field before opening the font panel. After typing, select the text you want to change, then open the font panel and make your changes. The style changes being made are not always seen in the field being edited. Changing the size of the styled text updates both the font and size. Changing the font does not update the field until the font panel is closed, the size is changed, or the color panel is opened. Changing the color of styled text updates the color when the color panel is closed. After you have set the style of some text, that style is applied to all additional text typed in that field. That style is not retained when tabbing to another styled text field: the default style for that field is used. When typing in a new record, the last color that was viewed in each styled text field is retained, but the last font and size are not. Some fonts simply do not register when selected. The failing font list varies from computer to computer. Fonts with multiple typefaces are not always applied as expected. Word Wrap Always On When Text Is Not Left Aligned If a data rectangle has Word Wrap turned off and Center or Right alignment, the data rectangle appears to be empty. This problem is caused by a limitation in OS X, so until Apple addresses it, we must work around it. The workaround: In OS X Helix, a rectangle with Word Wrap turned off and Right or Center alignment respects the alignment and turns Word Wrap on, regardless of the user specification. Apple claims to have fixed this bug in OS X 10.6, but our testing does not confirms this, so we can not yet reactivate this feature in Helix. Popup Menu Resizing Always On (BZ#538) Popup menus always resize to show the data, overriding the Allow Menu to Resize to Data attribute when it is off.
Disabled Features	Three features available in Classic Helix are disabled in OS X, and will remain so for the indefinite future. *Work On Document: the Document Management* command that enables you to edit internally stored documents and automatically bring them back into Helix is disabled in OS X Helix. The Classic model simply does not work in OS X and we plan on introducing an all-new model when OS X RADE is complete. *Work On Copy: the Document Management* command that enables you to edit externally stored documents and automatically bring updated references back into Helix is disabled in OS X Helix. The Classic model simply does not work in OS X and we plan on introducing an all-new model when OS X RADE is complete. Export Ordered: This feature was an ill-advised addition to Helix 5.0 and has not been widely used. We have chosen not to implement this feature in OS X. A new interface, providing greater exporting options, is planned for a future release. All of these features can be replicated (with extra code) in OS X Helix.
Specification Changes	Outlines specification changes made during the transition from Classic to OS X. (Opens a separate page.)
Discrepancies	Outlines behavioral differences between Classic and OS X Helix. Similar to specification changes. (Opens a separate page.)
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