Project Viewer Lite Changelog

What's new in Project Viewer Lite 2022.6.5.213

Oct 30, 2022
  • Fixed rendering of progress bars.
  • Bug fixes and improvements.
  • Updated to MPXJ 10.11.0.

New in Project Viewer Lite 2022.5.0.0 (May 31, 2022)

  • Improved rendering of progress bars.
  • Bug fixes.
  • Updated to MPXJ 10.5.0

New in Project Viewer Lite 2022.4.6.1 (Apr 10, 2022)

  • Updated to MPXJ 10.2.0.
  • Fixed crash when some fields do not have values when read from .mpp files.

New in Project Viewer Lite 2022.4.6.0 (Apr 8, 2022)

  • Updated to MPXJ 10.2.0.
  • Fixed crash when some fields do not have values when read from .mpp files.

New in Project Viewer Lite 2021.8.15.0 (Aug 15, 2021)

  • ed ui bug in Filter handling, also affecting combined view definition.
  • Adjust bar style definition, so that inserted projects show up as Project Summary in Gantt Chart.
  • Message "Cannot find server..." when the viewer is offline and while checking for a new version is removed.
  • Fixed bug in installation program causing different app names for the same app.
  • Added Save View for combination views.
  • Improved stability

New in Project Viewer Lite 2021.7.26.0 (Jul 30, 2021)

  • Fixed crash when changing to some filters across views.
  • Updated to MPXJ 9.5.1

New in Project Viewer Lite 2021.4.30.2 (Jul 3, 2021)

  • Minor fixes.
  • Updated to MPXJ 9.2.6

New in Project Viewer Lite 2021.3.30.0 (May 1, 2021)

  • Minor fixes.
  • Updated to MPXJ 9.2.6

New in Project Viewer Lite 2021.3.29.0 (Mar 30, 2021)

  • Filtering now shows relevant summary items.
  • Minor fixes.
  • Updated to MPXJ 9.1

New in Project Viewer Lite 2020.11.1.0 (Nov 1, 2020)

  • Minor fixes
  • Updated to MPXJ 8.3.2

New in Project Viewer Lite 2020.9.2.0 (Sep 3, 2020)

  • Improved stability.
  • Fixed crash on some graphical indicator definitions (difference in naming).
  • Enabled Ouline Codes.
  • Added predefined Bar Rollup view.
  • Fixed renaming problem for main views.

New in Project Viewer Lite 2020.8.3.0 (Aug 3, 2020)

  • Fixed crash when inserting a custom field using Insert Column dialog.
  • Improved zoom scaling.
  • Added WBSLevel field dependent on WBS field (subject to WBS known issue).

New in Project Viewer Lite 2020.7.1.0 (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Change log (main changes):
  • Modified Critical task definition.
  • Fixed horizontal alignment of rows.
  • Restructured and improved Tools Options
  • Updated to MPXJ 8.1.3.
  • Other changes:
  • Resolved issue with .NET behavior affecting unrelated UI entities.
  • Fixed "% Complete" not showing up in Gantt bars in imported views from .mpp files, due to difference in the name as reported by MPXJ.

New in Project Viewer Lite 2020.6.2.0 (Jun 3, 2020)

  • Enhanced vertical scaling of Gantt bars.
  • Constricted start/finish positions of links to the first gantt bar when multiple bars for a task are shown.
  • Fixed problem with start/end gantt bar limits in bar styles preventing the bar being displayed.

New in Project Viewer Lite 2020.5.0.2 (May 10, 2020)

  • Change log:
  • Necessary UI improvement.

New in Project Viewer Lite 2020.5.0.0 (May 5, 2020)

  • Update:
  • Fixed summary tasks not displayed as such from some files.
  • Fixed links to site.
  • Fixed Sign error.
  • Updated to MPXJ 8.0.8.

New in Project Viewer Lite 2020.4.1.0 (Apr 2, 2020)

  • Fixed Setup issues.
  • Updated to MPXJ 8.0.6.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1903.2.2.2 (Dec 8, 2019)

  • Enabled import of combination views.
  • Inhibited dynamic calculation of Outline Number field.
  • Improved logging.
  • Fixed crash occuring when changing to some Resource filters.
  • Improved formatting for resource rates, WBS predecessors and successors.
  • Fixed crash for older .mpp files which contain only resources with no tasks defined.
  • Updated to MPXJ v7.9.5

New in Project Viewer Lite 1903.2.0.0 (Aug 8, 2019)

  • Cumulative update.
  • Enabled Table Display Options.
  • Modified setup so that a clean install is effected when necessary.
  • Fixed row enumeration and use of IDs and Unique IDs, so as to be more consistent with MS Project.
  • Added date formats (MSP like) for Gantt timescales.
  • UI is simpler.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1903.1.0.0 (Jun 21, 2019)

  • Cumulative update.
  • UI improvements.
  • Modified definition of driving predecessors.
  • Other issues resolved.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1903.0.4.3 (May 31, 2019)

  • Crash caused by functionality included by mistake (in v1903.0.3.0)
  • Updated to MPXJ 7.8.3

New in Project Viewer Lite 1903.0.2.1 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • Fixed UI bugs
  • Fixed bug in baseline processing, which affect EV calcultions

New in Project Viewer Lite 1903.0.0 (Mar 14, 2019)

  • Streamlined rendering of task rollups.
  • Allowed editing of some task fields, which have effect on rendering (see Task Properties).
  • Better sorting of var names in some dialogs, e.g. Insert Column dialog
  • Added loading of table configurations from .mpp files as done for Gantt views.
  • Improved timescale operations in Gantt views.
  • Assignment units now show after resource names.
  • Substantial improvement in performance time all around.
  • Added some missing translations.
  • Crash when using Croation - fixed for all languages.
  • Issues resolved in connection to the above.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1809.1.2 (Dec 21, 2018)

  • Fixed issues

New in Project Viewer Lite 1809.0.0 (Sep 24, 2018)

  • Added "Show Raw Data" (in Project menu) switch for displaying data as read from file or switch off to use the internal scheduler
  • Improved compatibility with MS Project scheduling
  • Adjustments to minimize differences in rendering .mpp and respective .xml files are done
  • Rendering of split tasks is improved
  • Change of setup program.Administrative privileges to install are no longer required

New in Project Viewer Lite 1803.27.1 (Aug 8, 2018)

  • The correct files with Gantt bar definitions were put in.
  • Added toolsstrip buttons for task paths.
  • Added Show Critical Tasks, Late Tasks and Slack as in MS Project.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1803.26.4 (Jul 23, 2018)

  • Fixed calculations for automatic summary tasks.
  • Updated to MPXJ 7.6

New in Project Viewer Lite 1803.26.3 (May 29, 2018)

  • Synchronize full row selection of table items with Gantt chart.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1803.26.2 (Apr 30, 2018)

  • Fixed bug in calendar calculations.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1803.26.1 (Apr 27, 2018)

  • Fixed forecolor in resource table display (option to specify this will be available in future)
  • Fixed rounding error leading to report some resources as overallocated when they are not.
  • Optimized display of task paths.
  • Other fixes.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1803 (Mar 27, 2018)

  • Allowed multiple copies of PVL to be run simultaneously (incl. server installation).
  • Fixed indicators column header icon turning to text.
  • Corrected drawing of progress line markers
  • Fixed drag'n drop of files in the main window.
  • Fixed crash on reading some .xml MS Project 2016 files.
  • Removed save/restore configurations commands - not used frequently and are best done manually.
  • Fixed display of Exceptions (non-working time) in Gantt charts.
  • Added bar labels to the predefined Gantt views (can be changed by user)
  • Removed (redundant) display of overallocated resources indicator flag for completed tasks.
  • Fixed display of custom Duration fields.
  • Updated to MPXJ 7.4.0

New in Project Viewer Lite 1802 (Mar 1, 2018)

  • Predefined views conform to MS Project 2016 only.
  • Added display of task paths.
  • In addition to the predefined views, display data is also read from .mpp files, useful
  • for when viewing pre MS Project 2016 .mpp files.
  • Improvements to the scheduling engine.
  • Help updates.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1801 (Jan 9, 2018)

  • Replaced all gantt bar definitions with such as in pre-2016 and in-2016 MS Project. This solves the problem of bad or missing gantt bars and "loose" links.
  • Fixed issue with "growing" user configuration file.
  • Added display of recurring tasks and linked projects.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1712 (Dec 6, 2017)

  • Added tooltips for Indicators columns.
  • Fixed issue with saving configurations for some tables.
  • Updated to MPXJ Ver. 7.0.2

New in Project Viewer Lite 1711.14 (Nov 14, 2017)

  • Fixed pinting problem for subviews.

New in Project Viewer Lite 1708 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Resolved inconsistency in zooming Gantt charts when used with changing table rows height.
  • Added email command openning the default mail system.
  • Tables with checkboxes (indicating yes or no) now show simply Yes/No.
  • Changed to the new version convention (see https://taktone.com/Home/Support).

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.840 (Jul 4, 2017)

  • Reworked property tabs for tasks and resources, incl. fix for multilanguage display.
  • Fixed display of Summary Progress in Tracking Gantt charts (for MS 2016 files).
  • Fixed some of the issues connected with Windows 10 Creators Update.
  • Fixed change of background color of property grid category names (Windows 10 Creators Update and associated tools).
  • Zero time lag in predecessors column no longer shown.
  • Fixed unsolicited switch to show minutes for task duration, instead of the default.
  • Table rows height is resizable in all views.
  • Long text items in tables properly trimmed.
  • Updated to MPXJ 5.12.0
  • Other fixes

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.820 (Jun 5, 2017)

  • Added horizontal scroll bar to Gantt charts, thus providing slower means of navigation.
  • Fixed renaming and saving views (+ help update).
  • Fixed a crash (stack overflow) when reading/processing some MS project files.
  • Fixed display in tables of some rounded number fields.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.812 (May 26, 2017)

  • Fix to reading some MS Project 2016 files.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.811 (May 4, 2017)

  • Update to MPXJ 5.8.0
  • Fix to reading Actual Overtime Work from .mpp files.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.809 (May 4, 2017)

  • Faster loading of views.
  • Added mouse wheel scrolling to both graphic views and tables.
  • Resolved issue in initializing and saving graphics configurations when there is not a change of language. Configuration format is not affected.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.801 (Apr 6, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.800 (Mar 30, 2017)

  • Added MRU list in a way of simple portfolio functionality.
  • Added facilty to specify MRU maximum length in Tools>View tab (default is 4).
  • Gantt tier scrolling cursors are bigger and much more better perceived.
  • Automatic generation of default settings. Default settings file is removed from the distribution.
  • Changed Save/Restore Settings command to Save/Restore Configuration.
  • Added "Scroll to end of task" button for Gantt views.
  • Added table views.
  • Bug fixes.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Notes:
  • Configurations for this release are not compatible with those for previous versions.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.753 (Mar 6, 2017)

  • All tiers parameters saved in settings;
  • Use Unique IDs flag saved in settings;
  • Improved usability.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.744 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • UI improvements
  • Added additional filters for task and resource views;
  • Added option to choose between item enumerations (ID or Unique ID)
  • Bug fixes

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.710 (Nov 1, 2016)

  • Updated to MPXJ 5.5.1, thus number of bugs have been fixed.
  • Crash on Close document fixed.
  • Added graphic symbols.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.705 (Oct 4, 2016)

  • Added new version notifier.
  • Added German support (provisional version).
  • Proper display of duration dimensions.
  • Display of Link lag durations in subtables consistent with other durations.
  • Improved response of navigational commands.
  • Other bug fixes

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.630 (Sep 1, 2016)

  • Overallocated items displayed in red (user configurable).
  • Proper display of baseline values.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.626 (Aug 23, 2016)

  • Added Slovenian language
  • Apply buttons on graphics views and tables selection properly functioning -
  • selection preview effect.
  • Added Gantt Critical Chart to display critical tasks as such.
  • Bug fixes.
  • Help extended.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.611 (Aug 17, 2016)

  • Reduced level of Confuser code protection to avoid K7 Total Security warnings.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.610 (Aug 17, 2016)

  • Data in the Predecessors and Successors table columns is now like in MS Project.
  • Help extended.

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.607 (Aug 17, 2016)

  • Fixed crash when sorting tables.
  • More base bar shapes (Middle part) can now be used in Gantt charts.
  • Help file extended

New in Project Viewer Lite 0.8.601 (Aug 17, 2016)

  • For technical reasons the Automatic Update facility has been temporarily suspended.
  • It will be enabled as soon as the relevant issues are resolved.