Mapping Suite Versions on Windows and Unix / Linux
This page lists all available versions available on Windows and Unix / Linux systems as well as some key features. It also includes roadmap information for the current year and the year to come.
Mapping 7.1
Release date: 2012
Supported OS: Windows Server 2008, 2012. AIX 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2. RHEL 6 et 7.
End of availability: 31 Dec. 2018
End of support: 31 Dec. 2019
New:
- XPS format
Mapping 7.2
Release date: 2014
Supported OS: Windows Server 2008, 2012. AIX 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2. RHEL 6 et 7.
End of availability: 31 Dec. 2019
End of support: 31 Dec. 2020
New:
- "Microsoft Office" ribbon style menus for Designer and Connect
- Main applications have been renamed
Mapping 8.0
Release data: 2016
Supported OS: Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016. AIX 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2. RHEL 6 et 7.
End of availability: 31 Dec. 2019
End of support: 31 Dec. 2020
New:
- XPS process optimization via m-engine
Mapping ONYX 9.0
Release date: 2019
Supported OS: Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019. RHEL 6 and 7.
End of availability: N/A
End of support: N/A
New:
- Optimised PDF file handling without conversion
- Concatenation of PDF files and page extraction without using XPS format. Simpler. Safer. Faster.
- Pre-processing of XML files natively in M-Designer
- Sort, group, deduplicate, transform, prefixing, and support for widows and orphans.
- Simplified handling of resources
- Optimised call for resources. Dynamic referencing of fonts, images, logos and overlays. No more LSTOBJ.TXT file
- Environment banners with text and colour
- A customised Production, Development or Testing banner is added to each Mapping environment and is configured in the application's general settings (mapping.conf)
- Support for additional PDF standards: PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-2u, PDF/A-3b
- Optimised PDF file handling without conversion
- Improved compatibility of Datamatrix barcodes with GS1 standard
- Improved compatibility of Datamatrix barcodes with GS1 standard
Mapping ONYX 9.1
Release date: October 2019
New:
- New log management system for the Workflows
- With Amethyst - the new log management system in Mapping ONYX - you can now build customized log messages and specify various output channels. Includes support for asynchronous mode while adding more information without compromising performance.
- See documentation
- Versioning of Designer and Connect formats with ability to restore previous versions
- Rollback management for Designer and Connect formats let you restore previous versions in the blink of an eye.
- See documentation
- Sorting and filtering options on lists
- With filtering and sorting, the long lists of several tenths or even hundreds of formats or workflows are no longer a problem.
- The filters let you display only the desired objects.
- Error management in Workflows
- When an error occurs in a workflow, another workflow can be called to execute a back-up process.
- Support for "Tool / Replace File" zones with XML data streams
- XML in Replace File zones enhance documents using information coming from any simple text files using filename and line number.
Roadmap
New functionality planned for 2020
- Support for AZTEC barcodes
- Ability to clone printers and printer pools
- Web-based version of Designer
- Support for Khmer language
- Improved error management in workflows
- Dynamic tables
- 64-bit version
- Queue overflow - an alert message is sent when a queue has too many jobs pending
- Centralised administration console
- AZTEC barcodes
- Cloning of individual printers and printer pools
- Support for Khmer language
- Queue overflow - Send alerts when a queue has too many jobs waiting
64-bit architecture
- Centralised administration console
- Version Web de Designer
