Monday, 3 September 2012

ControlDraw Model to Web Site
ControlDraw now provides the ability to generate a web site from the model.
This means that people will be able to view a model without the need to install any software or work from PDF output from the Reviewer.
The web version is of course much simpler than the original model and does not support such functions as running diagrams in simulation mode. However it is still useful.
Example is available to view here.
You can click on the objects that have numbers by them to go to the detailed diagram for the object,much like you can in ControlDraw itself

Each web page is a diagram page in the ControlDraw model.
Each ControlDraw diagram page is saved as a png file including automatic generation of the hot spots as an HTML ImageMap
The page description HTML was generated from the page RTF text

A more advanced version will soon be available that supports navigation view with a Hierarchical menu




Friday, 20 July 2012

New Start option - Larger Windows and Fonts

ControlDraw has been going for a long time, since before Windows XP in fact.
As Windows has developed and computers have arrived with large High Resolution displays, the standard size of the various ControlDraw windows has remained the same. This has had the effect of making them too small for some users and furthermore the latest versions of Windows 7 have a larger default font size. As a result some users were finding that the text in the labels and button etc in the ControlDraw windows did not fit the available space.
The latest version of ControlDraw now provides a solution by providing a selection at the Login screen.
As you change the option you can immediately see the effect.


So, if you find the screens too small, or have the Window 7 problem we hope this helps you.