Beta Release Notes

New Features and Enhancements

  • Search Text in Documents
    • Enter searched keywords in the Search pane and search the keywords in all loaded documents
    • Display results in the Search pane grouped by Project / Document / Object / Attribute / Comment
    • Switch search mode: case sensitive / insensitive, whole word / partial match, regular expression / string
    • Optionally respect the current / default Table View (displayed columns, filtered rows)
    • Navigate between next / previous search result using F3 / ShiftF3
    • Highlight matches in the Table View, the Attributes pane and the Discussion pane
    • After click on the result in the Search pane, navigate to the matched attribute or discussion comment in the Table View or the corresponding right pane
    • Refresh list of results
  • Export Requirements From ReqView to Azure DevOps (ADO)
    • Set summary, description and type of exported ADO work items
    • Preserve hierarchy of exported ADO work items
    • Support all work item tracking processes
    • Export attachments to ADO
    • Navigate from a URL link in ADO to the corresponding requirement in ReqView
    • Navigate from a URL link in ReqView to the corresponding work item in ADO
    • Support both Azure DevOps Services (in cloud) and Azure DevOps Server (on-premise)
  • Update Requirements From Azure DevOps
    • Fetch ADO work item fields (e.g. State) to ReqView requirement attributes
    • Fetch ADO links leading from/to exported ADO work items
  • Improved PDF Export
    • Completely redesigned the process of exporting PDF files after Export > PDF File to fix known content overflow issues
    • Generate PDF bookmarks for document sections
    • Report summary of detected issues in the PDF Export Warnings dialog after export
    • Support export sections with different page size, margins, etc.
  • Display Committed Changes
    • Open the Project Compare dialog from the Commit or Revert dialogs to review document changes
  • Changed handling of default values for enumeration attributes
    • Set the default value for enumeration attributes only when document objects are created
    • When opening a project with an older format, update all document objects to set their enumeration attributes with undefined value to the default value
    • Deprecate attributeEnumKey export template helper
  • Choose to copy incoming and/or outgoing traceability links in the Duplicate Document dialog
  • Display dynamic tooltips explaining why an action is disabled. For example, when Add Object actions are disabled because the Table View is sorted.
  • Filter attributes by values and "IS NOT SET" separated by comma
  • Import the entire top-level model from the Enterprise Architect (EA)
  • Use the new grid component by default; to use the old grid component, check Use legacy grid component in the Preferences dialog
  • Use formatXHTML export helper with option stripBlocks=true to format the output to one line
  • Enable HW acceleration for native Windows, Linux and Mac applications

Bugfixes

  • Get Started
    • Fixed error message after File > Open File when a folder has been chosen instead of a file on Linux and macOS
    • Fixed blocked window after View > New Window when the new window is closed immediately by either AltF4 or by the window close button
    • Fixed unclear content of right panes when multiple requirements are selected
    • Fixed document duplication to preserve unconfirmed Table View changes
    • Fixed enabled/disabled state of some actions after CtrlA
    • Fixed copy and paste between projects open in different application windows after Edit > Paste
    • Fixed copy of more selected objects if some of them are marked as deleted
    • Fixed paste from the system clipboard to an empty document
    • Fixed resizing of embedded table columns in the Edit dialog
    • Fixed undo in the Edit dialog to not revert to the previous change done for another requirement for the same attribute
    • Fixed setting of multi-valued enum attribute using mouse when the attribute is not set
    • Fixed handling of multi-valued enumeration attributes with empty value when the project is reopen if default enumeration values are defined for the attributes
    • Fixed processing of shortcuts for left and right panes to not hide panes
    • Fixed processing of shortcuts during fade-out animation when closing a dialog
    • Fixed processing of shortcuts when the file open or save system dialog is displayed
    • Fixed processing of shortcuts in modal dialogs; disable menu accelerator shortcuts (e.g AltF for the File menu) at all
    • Fixed processing of shortcuts if the table view is scrolled so that the current object is not visible if the new grid component is enabled
    • Fixed adding a new document when the project contains another document with ID differing only in letter case
    • Fixed warning about ignoring incoming links after moving an object within document
    • Fixed confirmation of project administration actions to ask for confirmation before user deletes a document, link type, document custom attribute, export configuration, template column, linked project connection, or project dashboard widget, when Confirm delete operations is disabled in the Preferences dialog
    • Fixed display of context menu in the Table Views and Linked Project panes
    • Fixed display of third party licenses in the About dialog
    • Fixed handling of Ctrl and Cmd keys in the MacApp
    • Fixed opening the system save and open file chooser dialogs at once in the WebApp
  • Manage
    • Fixed paste of objects from other project with Copy links option enabled to not create dangling links
    • Fixed the width of the left pane when the first linked project is connected
    • Fixed opening of linked project with backslash in the path on Linux
  • Collaborate
    • Fixed error after Start Editing Document triggered from the context menu in the Project pane when the FREE license is activated
    • Fixed failed revert of changes in an empty Git repository when using Git 2.53 or later
  • Export
    • Fixed displayed of disabled print options in the Print dialog when they can be controlled in the system Print dialog only
    • Fixed export of enumeration attributes with the default value
    • Fixed wrong page numbering in exported PDFs when the HTML uses counter-reset CSS style
    • Fixed change of page size in exported PDFs when using a custom layout
  • Integrations
    • Fixed the error message after Export to Jira when the user has no access to the Jira Cloud project
    • Fixed Jira > Configure Synchronization if jiraWorkType.mapping uses an enumeration label instead of its key
  • Administrate
    • Fixed error when a CLI option is provided more than once, e.g. --explore downstream and --explore downstream

    • Fixed error when a project without linked projects is exported with --explore CLI option

    • Fixed warning during project file validation when attachment data are missing

System Requirements

  • Application
    • WebApp: the latest desktop version of Chrome, Edge or Firefox browser
    • WinApp: Windows 11+
    • LinuxApp: Ubuntu 22.04+ LTS, Debian 12+
    • MacApp: Mac OS X 12+, ARM based CPU
  • Licensing
    • ReqView License Server: version 1.4+
  • Integrations
    • Word & Excel: Microsoft 365 or version 2019+
    • Atlassian Jira Cloud: the latest version
    • Azure DevOps Services: the latest version
    • Azure DevOps Server: 2022.1+
    • ReqIF: version 1.2+
    • Git: version 2.40+
    • Subversion (SVN): version 1.14+

Known Issues

  • ReqView UI is not optimized for control by a touchscreen.