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.

• Detailed changelog of Mapping versions for Windows/Linux (ONYX)

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 date: 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
• Advanced page numbering directly in Designer (batches and number of pages)

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:

• Optimized PDF processing with no conversion
  

Ability to concatenate PDF files and extract pages without using the XPS format. Easier. Faster. More reliable.

• XML pre-processing direct in M-Designer
  

Sort, join, de-duplicate, transform, prefix data, and support for widows and orphans.

See documentation

• Simplified resource management
  

Optimized resource calls. Dynamic referencing of resources: fonts, images, logos, overlays. Resource file lstobj.txt is not longer used.

• Text and color environment banners
  

Added a Production, Development or Test banner, etc. to each Mapping environment using a specific parameter in the general configuration settings (mapping.conf)

• Support for additional PDF formats: PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-2u, PDF/A-3b

• Improved compatibility of Datamatrix barcodes with GS1 standards
  

Mapping ONYX 9.1

New:

• XPS process optimization via m-engine
• Advanced page numbering directly in Designer (batches and number of pages)

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.

See documentation

• 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

• Improved compatibility of Datamatrix barcodes with GS1 standard
  

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.

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Nouveautés :

• Amélioration de la preview concernant les images dans le Designer

Avec cette nouvelle version, il n'est plus nécessaire d'utiliser des images dynamiques ayant une résolution de 300dpi pour que l'aperçu dans le designer soit identique au résultat après composition. Avec les versions antérieures, le Designer considérait que les images étaient toujours en 300dpi. La composition ne réagissant pas de la même façon, le résultat final (PDF, Impression, etc) ne correspondait pas toujours à l'aperçu dans le Designer.

• Diverses corrections d'anomalies

• 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

• Diverses corrections d'anomalies

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