Serna XML Editor Release History

V 4.1.5: 2009/09/29

New Features

Added Auto SpellCheck. Entered text is analyzed in real time, misspelled words get underlined with a wavy red line, and possible corrections are suggested.
It is possible to set the path to an XML Catalog that resides on a web server by using a nextCatalog tag.

Bugs Fixed

Clicking beyond an opened drop-down list of a combo box in the Editing Window wouldn't close the list and restore the original value.

New Features

Added drag&drop from Microsoft Office Word and web browsers to Serna.
Added API for extending drag&drop from external applications and within Serna.
Added drag&drop between opened documents.
Added hot keys for Zoom commands, for switching between documents, and for buttons in the Attributes Dialog.

Bugs Fixed

DITA:
- Application crash on selecting a file in DITA dialogs when Serna was run as an ActiveX control.
- Application crash on saving a document after paste in a specific case.
- Application crash on clicking Check Spelling if there was an xref without text content pointing to a website.
- When opening a document retrieved from the Vasont CMS, Serna required choosing a template.
Application crash on saving a document to WebDAV when the network was unreachable.
Application crash on an attempt to save a document to a directory without writing permissions.
Application crash on dropping an invalid internal entity or XInclude into the #choice element.
It was possible to open a document in Text mode twice without warning.
Manually changed zoom was reset to default on changing the input language with Ctrl+Shift.
The Context Menu key didn't call up the context menu in the Editing Window.
Insertion of nbsp with Ctrl+Shift+Space worked incorrectly.
The Unicode byte-order mark wasn't treated properly.
Serna worked slowly with some documents.

New Features

Fresh Look&Feel. Now that Serna has migrated to the Qt graphic library version 4.4.3, you can enjoy the new look&feel of Serna.
Enhanced Print Draft. Print Draft now can save documents to PDF format.
DITA ID Management. Serna maintains and validates the uniqueness of DITA elements' IDs within the scope of the parent topic.
Improvements for MacOS X. Serna comes with improved font rendering and scaling as well as enhanced large document support and visualization on Mac.
SSL Support. The SSL protocol support provides for secure communication between Serna and an SSL-enabled remote HTTP or WebDAV server.
SVG Support. SVG images are now natively supported.
ActiveX Support. Serna can now work as an ActiveX control on Windows.

Bugs Fixed

Documents are printed as drafts correctly on all platforms. Font rendering issues have been fixed.