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

Release date: October 2019
Supported OS: Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019. RHEL 6 and 7.
End of availability: N/A
End of support: N/A

New:

• New log management system for Workflows

With the new Amethyst system, you can now specify different output channels for log files, while also customizing the message structure, which makes log monitoring and statistics easier to follow. In addition, support for asynchronous processes allows for more comprehensive log files without affecting the overall 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 objects you want to see.

• 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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Mapping ONYX 9.2

Release date: September 2020
Supported OS: Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019. RHEL 6 and 7.
End of availability: N/A
End of support: N/A

New:

• Improved preview of images in Designer

You no longer have to use dynamic images with a resolution of 300dpi for the preview to be identical to the result after composition. In previous releases, the Designer always required 300dpi images. Because the composition process wasn't always reacting in the same way, the final result (PDF, printed copy, etc.) wasn't always identical to the preview in the Designer.

• Various other improvements

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Mapping ONYX 10.0

Release date: September 2020
Supported OS: Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019. RHEL 7 and 8.
End of availability: N/A
End of support: N/A

New:

• 64-bit architecture

• Various other improvements

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