What's new in Steelray Project Viewer 6.21.0
Jan 18, 2024
- Improvement: Updated code-signing certificate.
- Improvement: Updated to mpxj 12.5.0.
- Bug Fix: Fixed issue with Gantt Chart baseline bars display.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.20.0 (Dec 12, 2023)
- Improvement: Updated to mpxj 12.4.0.
- Bug Fix: Added digital signature to script in MSI installer.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.19.0 (Oct 18, 2023)
- Improvement: Updated to Java's Open JDK 21.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.18.0 (Sep 12, 2023)
- Bug Fix: Addressed potential security vulnerability.
- Bug Fix: Some XER schedules with string values for resource id's were unable to open.
- Improvement: Updated to mpxj 12.1.1.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.17.1 (May 12, 2023)
- Bug Fix: Searching on dates was not working.
- Bug Fix: Multiple fixes related to searching and linking from detail panes.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.17.0 (Apr 27, 2023)
- Improvement: Updated to mpxj 11.3.1.
- Improvement: Adding support for mpp columns - Response Pending, Sprint ID, Work Variance, Cost Variance, Duration Variance, Start Variance, Finish Variance, Subproject File
- Bug Fix: Custom column values not loading in SPV 6.16.0.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.15.0 (Mar 21, 2023)
- Improvement: Updated to mpxj 11.2.0.
- Bug Fix: Task detail pane was not linking to Predecessor and Successor rows.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.14.0 (Feb 7, 2023)
- Improvement: Updated code-signing certificate.
- Improvement: Multiple third-party library updates.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.13.0 (Oct 20, 2022)
- Improvement: Updated to Java's Open JDK 19.0.1.
- Improvement: Updated to mpxj 10.11.0.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.12.0 (Sep 27, 2022)
- Improvement: Updated to Java's Open JDK 19.
- Improvement: French language installers supported.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.10.0 (Aug 10, 2022)
- Improvement: Updated to mpxj 10.7.0.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.9.0 (Jul 22, 2022)
- Improvement: Updated to Java's Open JDK 18.0.2.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.8.2 (Jul 21, 2022)
- Bug Fix: Some XER schedules were displaying activities out of order in the Gantt view
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.8.1 (Jul 11, 2022)
- Bug Fix: Network Diagram for deeply nested wbs schedules was not visible.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.7.0 (May 16, 2022)
- Improvement: Updated to Java's Open JDK 18.0.1.1.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.6.0 (Feb 7, 2022)
- Improvement:
- Updated to latest mpxj library 10.1.0 and to Java's Open JDK 17.0.2.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.5.0 (Feb 5, 2022)
- Bug Fix: Problem with some currency values in XER schedules.
- Improvement: Updated to latest mpxj library 10.0.4 and to Java's Open JDK 17.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.4.3 (Sep 8, 2021)
- Bug Fix:
- iewing MPP schedules, the values for Duration, Start, and Finish were not correctly displayed for manually scheduled tasks.
- Improvements and Fixes:
- Updated to latest mpxj library, 9.5.2.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.4.2 (Jun 21, 2021)
- Bug Fix: Viewing matched activities from Steelray Project Analyzer was not working for XER files containing multiple schedules.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.4.1 (May 18, 2021)
- Bug Fix:
- Internal changes to the installer.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.4.0 (May 4, 2021)
- Bug Fix: Viewing matched activities in Viewer from Steelray Project Analyzer was not working for XER files.
- Improvement: Highlighting filtered XER activities is improved. Only highlighted cells will have background colors (yellow).
- Improvements and Fixes: Updated to latest mpxj library, 9.2.6.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.3.5 (Mar 25, 2021)
- Improvement: Updated to latest mpxj library, version 9.1.0.
- Improvement: Updated to Java's OpenJDK 16.
- Bug Fix: Internal changes to the installer.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.3.4 (Mar 24, 2021)
- Bug Fix: Internal changes to the installer.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.3.3 (Mar 13, 2021)
- Bug Fix: After using the search results to navigate to a task, navigation to other tasks did not properly highlight the newly selected task.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.3.2 (Mar 4, 2021)
- Bug Fix: Search was failing and relationships were incorrect for XER schedules in rare scenarios.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 6.3.0 (Feb 17, 2021)
- Improvement: Updated code signing certificate for installer.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2020.11.94 (Nov 12, 2020)
- Improvement: Updated to latest mpxj library, version 8.3.2.
- Improvement: Updated to Java's OpenJDK 15.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2020.07.93 (Jul 22, 2020)
- Improvement: Updated to latest mpxj library, version 8.1.3.
- Improvement: Updated to Java's OpenJDK 14.
- Bug Fix: Links on the search results page were becoming disabled.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2020.04.90 (Apr 23, 2020)
- Improvement: Updated to mpxj library, version 8.0.7.
- Improvement: Added license key and version number to Manage License Key menu.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2020.03.89 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Bug Fix: Fixed bug where Excel schedules were not opening correctly.
- Bug Fix: Initial startup of Viewer with the Limited Memory or Large Files executables was hanging before license key prompt.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2020.02.88 (Feb 14, 2020)
- Improvement: Updated to latest mpxj library, version 8.0.5.
- Bug Fix: XER schedules with nested WBS activities were not correctly added to the visual tree.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2020.01.87 (Jan 14, 2020)
- Improvement: Updated to latest mpxj library, version 8.0.
- Bug Fix: Schedule filtering was not triggered on checking the "Highlight" checkbox.
- Bug Fix: Some schedules were not displaying the column context menu.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.11.86 (Nov 14, 2019)
- Improvement: Updated to latest mpxj library, version 7.9.4.
- Improvement: Updated to Java's OpenJDK 13.
- Bug Fix: XER schedules with decimal values for calendar settings were not reading in correctly.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.8.83 (Sep 6, 2019)
- Bug Fix: Updated mpxj library version to fix tasks incorrectly tagged as inactive.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.8.82 (Sep 6, 2019)
- Improvement: Updated user guide documentation format.
- Bug Fix: Fixed bug with custom columns in the default Gantt view for mpp files.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.8.81 (Aug 12, 2019)
- Improvement: More accurate and complete display of Primavera P6 XER schedules.
- Bug Fix: Removed Tracking Gantt custom view.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.6.80 (Jun 21, 2019)
- Bug Fix: Corrected Mac DMG installer hang issue.
- Improvement: Application logging added.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.6.79 (Jun 5, 2019)
- Improvement: MSI available with Java's OpenJDK 12.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.5.78 (May 29, 2019)
- Improvement: Upgrade to Java's OpenJDK 12.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.3.77 (Mar 20, 2019)
- Bug Fix: Code signing update for Mac downloads - fully verified.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.3.72 (Mar 14, 2019)
- Bug Fix: Code signing update for Mac downloads.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.3.71 (Mar 7, 2019)
- Bug Fix: Licensing for full license types was not validating.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.1.70 (Feb 9, 2019)
- New Feature: Start values for XER schedules will be displayed as blank (null) for Finish Milestones, as in P6.
- New Feature: Finish values for XER schedules will be displayed as blank (null) for Start Milestones, as in P6.
- New Feature: Lag value added to Task Detail tables.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.1.69 (Jan 21, 2019)
- New Feature:
- Default view specific to XER schedules includes Activity ID, Activity Name, Baseline Duration, Remaining Duration, Start, Finish, Resource Names, and Total Slack.
- New Feature:
- Resetting defaults from the Preferences menu on the Gantt tab will reset the visible columns to defaults and will apply immediately.
- Bug Fix:
- XER column renaming - Activity ID column renamed from "Code", Activity Name column renamed from "Task Name".
- Bug Fix:
- Resource rates were read incorrectly from schedules as $0.00.
- Bug Fix:
- Highlight from Steelray Project Analyzer will highlight selected tasks/activities.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2019.1.68 (Jan 8, 2019)
- New Feature: As of this release, Viewer no longer requires activation.
- New Feature: When entering a new key value from the Manage License Key menu, if the Viewer product type changes (for example, from Viewer for Microsoft Project to Viewer Ultimate Edition), the Open File filter as well as other product references will be updated.
- Bug Fix: License key value was not validated if there were leading or trailing spaces.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2018.12.67 (Dec 20, 2018)
- Bug Fix: This release updates the Task Update feature which allows users to notify their project manager with email updates on the project. The email was failing to send for email servers relying on TLS handshake protocol.
- New Feature: Should the Task Update feature fail to send, the resulting notification includes the Task Update information. That allows the user to copy and paste the email content and send to the project manager.
- Bug Fix: MSI installer was not supporting new Viewer for Microsoft Project, Ultimate Edition, and Viewer For Primavera editions.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2018.12.66 (Dec 7, 2018)
- Date formatting and date detail view fix
- Code signing update for Mac downloads
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2018.9.65 (Sep 30, 2018)
- Network diagram fix
- Activation socket fix
- Multiple schedule XER support
- Support for Edition licensing
- Support for filtering XER from SPA
New in Steelray Project Viewer 2018.8.63 (Aug 8, 2018)
- Updated perpetual license message and link
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.48.60 (May 2, 2018)
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.47.59 (Feb 24, 2018)
- Update expired Comodo signature
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.46.58 (Dec 7, 2017)
- Late Start and Late Finish column visibility fix
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.45.57 (Nov 4, 2017)
- Project 2016/2010 read fix
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.43.55 (May 11, 2017)
- License check fix
- Multi-monitor sizing fix
- Annotations fix
- Memory allocation fix
- Project read fix
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.40.52 (May 11, 2017)
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.39.50 (May 11, 2017)
- Usability enhancements
- EZ License framework update
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.37.48 (May 11, 2017)
- Activation framework updates
- UI Enhancements
- Web address linkage bug fix
- Windows 10 compatibility fix
- Import framework updates
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.32.42 (May 11, 2017)
- Msi installer update
- UI bug fix
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.31.41 (May 11, 2017)
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.30.39 (May 11, 2017)
- Added activation framework
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.28.36 (May 11, 2017)
- Bug fix on Project 2016 files
- Fixed task update functionality
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.27.35 (May 11, 2017)
- Fixed filtering issue for Steelray Project Analyzer
- Fixed notes issue
- Updated digital signature
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.26.34 (May 11, 2017)
- Fix ArrayOutOfBoundsException occurring in Project 2013 with some custom views
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.25.33 (May 11, 2017)
- Fix for showing correct start and finish dates in Project 2013 files
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.24.32 (May 11, 2017)
- Fix to display white background instead of incorrect black background
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.23.31 (May 11, 2017)
- Added support for Primavera XER files
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.32.31 (May 11, 2017)
- Added support for Primavera XER files
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.22.30 (May 11, 2017)
- Fix for throwing exception upon not finding default calendar
- Various bug fixes
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.21.29 (Aug 14, 2014)
- Fix for displaying a custom WBS
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.20.28 (Jun 17, 2014)
- Fix for UN/CEFACT files not supplying Start, Finish or UniqueId’s
- Fix for displaying subprojects within subprojects
- Fix for detecting correct type for work, material, cost in Project 2013
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.18.26 (Apr 7, 2014)
- Support for Font Substitution in Windows
- Fix for some network paths recognized as invalid
- Added support for Steelray classic version in the install
- Bug: Enterprise custom column was renaming finish
- Fixed Out of Memory error upon reading Project 2013 file
- Fixed reading Predecessors in Project 2010 and 2013
- Fixed bug displaying correct foreground text color in Gantt
- Fixed bug of rare exception within Project 2010 data
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.10.17 (Jul 5, 2013)
- Fixed bug where UNCEFACT XML parsing was failing
- Fixed bug where multiple navigation elements were added
- Fixed bug where repeated action incorrectly created same navigation elements
- Maximize button tooltip reports “Restore Down” when applicable
- Fixed bug where no name tasks were not visible for old .mpp’s
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.9.16 (Jul 5, 2013)
- Fix for detecting “standard” calendar
- Added support for locating subprojects in subfolders
- Fix for sometimes not able to obtain application folder in Windows 7
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.2.8 (Nov 14, 2012)
- Fix for disabling help menu items.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.2.1.7 (Oct 31, 2012)
- Support for additional UN/CEFACT fields
- Support for latest UN/CEFACT D09B released by PARCA 8/20/12Support for MS Project 2013
- In Excel processing fixed bug where getting wrong number of columns when a column value was null
- Support for shading calendar exceptions
- Fixed bug where not filtering properly with blank lines in project
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.1.1.0 (Sep 14, 2012)
- Highlights of this release are:
- Fixed filter highlight focus
- Fixed filter help
- Fixed some navigation issues
- Display Ghost tasks
- Fixed multiple filter selection not allowing summary tasks to display without children
- Mac OSX German version now displays menu bar
- Fix in calculating critical path
- Fix in displaying custom outline codes
- Fixed filter for critical path type
- Blank line support
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.1.0.0 (Sep 14, 2012)
- We are happy to announce release of Version 5.1.0.0
- This release includes:
- The filter feature now has the ability to highlight tasks
- The filter feature now updates properly without backward or forward navigation.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.0.1.0 (Sep 14, 2012)
- This is a release with new features.
- Language Support for new interface (V5)
- UN/CEFACT support
- Bug fix: filter tab was on views other than Gantt Chart.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 5.0 (Sep 14, 2012)
- Viewer For Microsoft Project Released With Complete Redesign
- Steelray Software announced today the release of Steelray Project Viewer version 5, a viewer for Microsoft Project running on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Version 5 introduces a completely redesigned user interface, as well as many other aesthetic and performance improvements.
- Microsoft Project is the leading project management software for creating and updating project schedules. Many users only need to view the information inside the schedule. Steelray Project Viewer provides the most cost-effective and a better matched solution for those users.
New in Steelray Project Viewer 4.4.3.0 (May 11, 2011)
- Fixed task usage zoom in function
- Added support for additional contour types
New in Steelray Project Viewer 4.4.2 (May 11, 2011)
New in Steelray Project Viewer 3.8.2 (Apr 21, 2009)
- Fixes to problems opening sub-projects.
- Fix to "failed to get the module path" problem.