TreeMap | Change log

Change log

Release 2019.9.7 (August 30, 2024)

Improved installer
General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.9.6 (July 8, 2024)

Improved Excel support
Improved Parqet support
General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.9.5 (June 21, 2024)

Forbes Global 2000 - 2024 dataset
General bug fixes and improvements
Improved reliability

Release 2019.9.4 (May 27, 2024)

Improved installer
General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.9.3 (February 1, 2024)

Added support for additinal non-linear scale tranformations
Improved installer
General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.9.2 (December 28, 2023)

Improved connnectivity to MySQL and PostgreSQL
New token-based code signing certificate
Compatibility with macOS 14 (Sonoma)
General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.9.1 (August 1, 2023)

Fixed optimization that could lead to incorrect layouts

Release 2019.9.0 (July 18, 2023)

Performance improvements
Forbes Global 2000 - 2023 dataset
Improved connnectivity to MySQL and PostgreSQL
General bug fixes and improvements
Improved installer
Updated runtime to 11.0.16+8-b2043.64

Release 2019.8.4 (December 5, 2022)

Performance tuning
Improved rendering performance of basic shapes
Optimized caching of aggregated values
Support for macOS 13 (Ventura)
Improved Excel support
Improved databases connnectivity
Fixed context menu by two fingers tapping
General bug fixes and improvements
Improved installer
Updated runtime to 11.0.16+8-b2043.64

Release 2019.8.3 (June 10, 2022)

Forbes Global 2000 - 2022 dataset
Improved connnectivity to MySQL and PostgreSQL
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.15+10-b2043.56

Release 2019.8.2 (April 25, 2022)

Improved connnectivity to MySQL and PostgreSQL
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.14+1-b2043.25

Release 2019.8.1 (December 29, 2021)

Compatibility with Windows 11
Support for macOS 12 (Monterey)
Improved connnectivity to MySQL, PostgreSQL, and DB2
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.13+7-b1751.21

Release 2019.8.0 (September 18, 2021)

Option for scaling the user interface from the command line
Improved installation process
Resolved NoClassDefFoundError when loading some Excel files
Improved connnectivity to MySQL and PostgreSQL
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.12+7-b1504.28

Release 2019.7.1 (July 9, 2021)

Fixed slider growing beyond preferred size
Universal binary for macOS (Intel x64 and Apple AArch64/ARM64)
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.11+9-b1341.60

Release 2019.7.0 (June 3, 2021)

Improved installer
Forbes Global 2000 - 2021 dataset
Improved support for macOS ARM processor (Apple Silicon)
Better multi-screen suppport
Updated Look & Feel
Cross-platform Look & Feel with dark mode during installation
Fixed rendering of tooltip values
Corrected slider track mark isn't completely painted when the slider thumb isn't visible
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.11+9-b1341.57

Release 2019.6.2 (March 17, 2021)

Improved compatibility with remote desktop connections
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.10+8-b1145.96

Release 2019.6.1 (January 27, 2021)

Improved support for macOS ARM processor (Apple Silicon)
Added snappy compression to Parquet format
Improved Excel compatibility
Fixed decoding of ESRI Shapefile
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.9.1+11-b1145.77

Release 2019.6.0 (December 30, 2020)

Support for macOS ARM processor (Apple M1)
Improved resetting of range sliders
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.9.1+11-b1145.63

Release 2019.5.2 (December 2, 2020)

Support for macOS 11 (Big Sur)
Support custom ranges in legend
Wrong failure message was displayed in the uninstaller
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.9+10-b944.49

Release 2019.5.1 (September 30, 2020)

Revamped numerical filters
Fixed 3D export
Improved documentation
General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.5.0 (September 7, 2020)

Improved documentation
Import/export to Apache Arrow format
Import/export to Apache Parquet format
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.8+10-b944.31

Release 2019.4.2 (August 17, 2020)

Performance improvements to font rendering engine
Support for DPI awareness change when changing monitor
Improved installers
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.7+10-b944.20

Release 2019.4.1 (June 4, 2020)

Forbes Global 2000 - 2020 dataset
Improved reliability of Voronoi layout
Improved support for embedded HTML-formated values
Fixed TagCloud layout
Display higher-level header when drilling down
Fixed labels in Circular layout no longer being plotted
Improved word-wrap on dashes
Fixed About window not showing up
Update code signing certificate
Improved installers
General bug fixes and improvements
A number of crashes on Linux and macOS were fixed
Updated runtime to 11.0.7+10-b765.53

Release 2019.4.0 (May 6, 2020)

Fixed dates in GeoJSON files are not always properly parsed (e.g. 2020/1/1)
Solved group by order may not always load correctly
Corrected bleeding artifact in colormap view
Support for specifying Excel sheet name in .mtms settings file
Possibility of having default options set in TreeMap.mtms from installation or home directory
Fixed boolean values not being displayed correctly in tables
File loading performance improvement
Better automatic detection of common number and date formats
Support of display with fractional scaling
Improved HiDPI support
Improved installers
General bug fixes and improvements
Reorganized packages in prepration for version 2020.0
Minimum runtime requirement is now Java 11
Updated runtime to 11.0.6+8-b765.40
Improved support for Windows 32-bit (x86 architecture)

Release 2019.3.2 (March 18, 2020)

Improved installers
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.6+8-b520.43

Release 2019.3.1 (February 16, 2020)

General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.5+10-b520.38

Release 2019.3.0 (December 20, 2019)

Improved databases support
Improved installers
Fixed handshake failures
Improved drag and drop suport
Better Shapefile support
Corrected file association on Linux
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.5+10-b520.17

Release 2019.2.3 (November 29, 2019)

Corrected current view may get replaced by a newly loaded dataset
Added WebP export
Fixed installer too small on some HiDPI displays
Improved Postscript output
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.4+10-b520.11

Release 2019.2.2 (November 4, 2019)

Background data loading
Progress indicator when loading large data files
Support for drag and drop of directories onto the application frame
Improved date detection and parsing
Improved support for Excel files
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.4+10-b304.77

Release 2019.2.1 (September 25, 2019)

Improved CSV detection based on MIME type and parsing
Improved installer
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.4+10-b304.69

Release 2019.2.0 (August 20, 2019)

Application is now notarized
Fixed automatic closing progress monitor
Improved installer
Improved HiDPI support
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.3+12-b304.39

Release 2019.1.9 (July 29, 2019)

Fixed keyboard input for some special characters
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime to 11.0.2+9-b159.64

Release 2019.1.8 (July 8, 2019)

General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.1.7 (June 25, 2019)

Resolved layout that may overlap with header
Word-wrapped headers now handle varying height
Made copy to clipboard copy entire treemap
Fixed export to SVG results in empty file
Reimplemented reload
Improved installer
General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.1.6 (May 31, 2019)

Resolved header overflow
Fixed possibility to override dimension from the command line
Improved word-wrap algorightm
Implemented Goup By headers in word-wrap mode
Default file chooser location is now relative to the data file
Fixed size of bubbles in TreePlot too big when no size is selected
Updated runtime to 11.0.2+9-b159.60
Improved documentation

Release 2019.1.5 (May 20, 2019)

Forbes Global 2000 - 2019 dataset
Light source height couldn't be adjusted interactively
Light source position wasn't saved
Improved documentation

Release 2019.1.4 (May 10, 2019)

Improved font rendering on Ubuntu and macOS
Improve circular algorithm for equal size circles
Fixed reporting of error (NPE) when server server is unreachable
Updated runtime to 11.0.2+9-b159.56

Release 2019.1.3 (May 3, 2019)

Completed HiDPI support

Release 2019.1.2 (May 1, 2019)

Improved display of word-wrapped text
Fixed labels that may overlap in some contexts
Native full screen support on macOS
Look and feel switching was not updated
General bug fixes and improvements

Release 2019.1.1 (April 20, 2019)

Improved HiDPI support
Fixed opening corrupt dataset may produced leftover window
Improved installation procedure
General bug fixes and improvements
Updated runtime

Release 2019.1.0 (April 9, 2019)

Improved Excel compatibility
Seamless opening of datasets through drag and drop
Improved error reporting and logging
Faster rendering
General bug fixes and improvements
Custom runtime derived from Java 11.0.2
Embedded runtime now included in Linux packages

Release 2019.0.1 (March 18, 2019)

Overall improvement rendering and performance of word-wrapped text
Improved handling of off-line mode
General bug fixes and improvements
Fixed problems with Java 11+ and DLL loading when other JREs are in the PATH environment variable
Java 11+ 32-bit installers did not work for users with different long and short path of their home directory

Release 2019.0.0 (March 5, 2019)

Fixed icon for installers was not used anymore on macOS
General bug fixes and improvements
RPM archives now include SHA-1 and SHA-256 digests to avoid warnings on recent Linux distributions
Update to Java 11.0.2

Release 2018.1.1 (November 30, 2018)

Added adjustable item size in TreePlot
Fixed numerical filters are sometimes inversed
General bug fixes and improvements
Update to Java 11.0.1

Release 2018.1.0 (October 16, 2018)

Support for adding derived variables
Added mean of reseting the selection
Upgrade to Java 11

Release 2018.0.7 (September 14, 2018)

Support for encrypted files
Opening data file directly may open two windows
Added missing setMode for InterpolatedPallete/CustomPalette
Fixed loading TreeML file
Export graphics with fixed dimension
Improved Excel compatibility
Upgrade to Java 10.0.2

Release 2018.0.6 (July 20, 2018)

Opening certain files no longer work

Release 2018.0.5 (July 19, 2018)

Leaner installers
Removed unnecessary dependencies
Faster startup time
Optimized parallel processing
Colors for over and underflow appeared as blank
License key was not always saved
Frame decoration was missing when opening file directly
Fixed potential memory leak when opening multiple datasets
Upgrade to Java 10.0.1

Release 2018.0.4 (June 22, 2018)

Removed spurious timing indicator
Allow drag and drop of files onto entire frame
Compatibility with Windows 32 bit
Forbes Global 2000 - 2018 dataset
Add context menu to TreeMap and TreePlot views
Load color map definition based on column name instead of index
Closing last open document should not close TreeMap
Possibility to open URLs
TreeMap doesn't exit properly when window is closed directly
Misleading expiration date in about window
Keyboard assignments for drilling down and up
Install update fails
More strict detection of dates
Incorrect file name and destination directory when exporting a file

Release 2018.0.3 (May 4, 2018)

Reimplemented Export/import settings
Fixed export to SVG producing damaged file
Fixed export to PDF producing damaged file
Filter for numerical variables
Corrected upgrade procedure
Possibility to go full-screen
Documented 3D export
New window manager
Background color for Tag Cloud and Circular layout algorithms can now be changed
Dimension fixed isn't kept in sync

Release 2018.0.2 (March 29, 2018)

Added first blank item in document list from server
Reimplemented Open Recent Files...
Display sheet selector when opening Excel files with multiple sheets
Color chooser may trigger exception
Customized format my throw exception
About may throw exception on macOS
Provide access to Base64-encoded string of a picture of the treemap display

Release 2018.0.1 (February 10, 2018)

3D model export
Colormap tuning do not trigger refresh of the view
Retain order of variables with JSON data output
Export graphics in vector formats produces corrupt files
Removed dependency to unused look and feels

Release 2018.0.0 (January 15, 2018)

New Squarified+ layout algorithm based on "Cesarano, A., Ferrucci, F. and Torre, M., 2016. A heuristic extending the Squarified treemapping algorithm" with enhancements for custom aspect ratios and vanishing points, as well as performance improvements.
Too many improvements to be listed!

Release 3.8.3 (July 19, 2016)

Stricted detection of dates
Fixed TreeMap component doesn't fill entire painting area
Label placement was not always optimal with Overlay labeling
Corrected changing the aspect ratio setting no longer works
Improved backward compatibility
The installer media file was deleted under some update circumstances
Improve auto-detection of boolean type
Improved control of border thickness and color of outer frame
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.8.2 (May 12, 2016)

Installation may not always default to English
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.8.1 (April 29, 2016)

Fixed default graphics export settings did not always correspond to screen resolution
Display numeric values of slider inputs
Fixed dialog to save changes that appeared even though no change has been made
Performance improvements
Improved legibility of probing and selection in TreeTable
Fixed initial width of columns being not always optimal
Added Forbes Global 2000 - 2015 dataset
Upgrade to Java 8u92 (Windows and Mac OS X)
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.8.0 (February 11, 2016)

Fixed many issues related to saving files
Removed Yahoo Finance data feed (Yahoo did discontine this service)
Upgrade to Java 8u74 (Windows and Mac OS X)
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.7.3 (November 16, 2015)

Fixed reading of many URLs from .mtm files may take an extremely long time
Upgrade to Java 8u66 (Windows and Mac OS X)
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.7.2 (October 8, 2015)

Compatibility with Windows 10
Improved parsing of Excel files
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.7.1 (September 3, 2015)

Fixed screen menu bar no longer active with Mac OS X 10.10.4 update
Updated code signing certificate for Mac OS X
Upgrade to Java 8u60
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.7.0 (June 21, 2015)

Fixed memory leak in SquarifiedAlgorithm properties
Improved support for calculated variables
Maximum height is now persisted
Improved installer
Updated code signing certificate
Upgrade to Java 7u80 and 8u45
Improved handling of Excel files
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.6.1 (April 10, 2015)

Fixed and improved scheme for loading images
Fixed loading of Excel XLSX files
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.6.0 (April 7, 2015)

Corrected tooltip value position was slightly too high
Proper resolution of relative paths
Vertical alignment was not honoured when WordWrap is on
Added option to set the background color
Fixed black background with Circular and Tag Cloud layouts
Corrected data with percent sign sometimes incorrectly converted to numbers
Corrected loading of data with color values
Improved parsing of CSV and TSV files
Upgrade to Java 8u40 (Windows and Mac OS X)

Release 3.5.4 (January 8, 2015)

Fixed loading of CSV and TSV files

Release 3.5.3 (December 29, 2014)

Default encoding during charset autodection for CSV and TSV files set to UTF-8 instead of ISO-8859-1
Updated PostgreSQL and PostGIS drivers
Added macrofocus-visualization.jar missing library
Display of warning message when settings file cannot be loaded
Improved handling of Excel files
Update to Java 7u72 for Windows 32 bit and Java 8u25 for other Windows and Mac OS X distributions
Improved CSV and Tab-delimited parsing

Release 3.5.2 (October 6, 2014)

Better handling of changing data structure in source data file
Improved CSV and Tab-delimited outputs

Release 3.5.1 (September 10, 2014)

Fixed critical bug in categorical and custom colormap editors
Improved border painting and drawing performance
Downgraded to Java 7 (Windows 32-bit only) for better backward compatibility with ancient version of Windows

Release 3.5.0 (September 9, 2014)

Update Forbes Global 2000 dataset
Improved parsing of Excel files
Downgraded to Java 7 (Windows) for better backward compatibility with ancient version of Windows
Improved translation to German and French
Improved treatment of border thickness (this may result in slightly different layout compared to earlier version of TreeMap)
Support for Depth setting when exporting data
Better license check
Option to disable zooming
Implemented required V2 code signing for Mac OS X 10.9.5 and Mac OS X 10.10

Release 3.4.0 (May 1, 2014)

Automatic rescaling of the TreePlot axes in "Hide filtered" mode
Fixed Circular layout disappears after using filters
Corrected Open Directory on Windows 8.1 may hang
Fixed synchronization of ComboBox models
Improved performance
Reduced memory footprint
Improved loading and initial rendering time
Improved synchronization of ComboBox models
Upgrade to Java 8
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.3.0 (March 20, 2014)

Added possibility to customize nesting
Improved Voronoi layout accuracy
Corrected word wrap which was sometimes innacurate
Added possibility to set aggregation to Variables panel
Show warning for potential incompatibility when mixing layouts
Fixed labels that are too long are not displayed in tooltip of JavaScript API
Exposed getToolTip() method in JavaScript API
Added option to export data with numerical path column
Made Tag Cloud layout algorithm cancelable
Improved support for mixed layouts
Improved parsing of Excel files
Compatible with Java 8
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.2.1 (January 28, 2014)

Improved support for mixed layouts
Performance improvements
Fixed TreePlot bubles size when used with circular layout
Fixed probing of circular layout
Upgrade to Java 7u51
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.2.0 (December 24, 2013)

Added support for negative range filtering in Filters
Corrected memory leak
Saved position of the divider
Keep left panel width fixed upon resize
Fixed NPE when trying to Import/Export Settings with some data sources
Selection content in JavaScript API
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.1.2 (December 9, 2013)

Updated look and feel
Added support for depth in user interaction
Improved querying probing and selection in JavaScript API
Minimum character to display handling in JavaScript API
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.1.1 (November 20, 2013)

Added JSON support
Removed Yahoo Industry Browser
Optimized rendering pipeline
Export now retain order of variables with JSON data output
Improved date output format for data export
Ability to export hierarchy in delimited format
Added brightness and saturation tuning for categorical colormap
Added FT 500 and Inc. 5000 datasets
Solved illegal argurment exception thrown during export
Added automatic detection of color columns
Better handling of empty columns
Added more layouts to JavaScript API
Improved updates on settings change
Icicle layout (Experimental, API only)
Added array support to JSON format
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.1.0 (October 11, 2013)

Improved data export
Customizable font to use for Tag Cloud layout
Added option to shrink text to fit shape
Option for desired orientation (horizontal, vertical, or mixed) in Tag Cloud layout
Option to set the desired aspect ratio for squarified layout
Improved Javadoc
Added support for SAS file format
Added support for SPSS file format
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.0.7 (October 9, 2013)

Settings are not applied using --settings option
Added option to set the dimension and the output DPI
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.0.6 (September 20, 2013)

Custom tooltip format pattern are not accepted in combo box
CSV files with both comma and semicolon without quotes are not loaded properly
Upgrade to Java 7u40
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.0.5 (September 3, 2013)

Corrected Voronoi treemap layout not filling up space
Exception may be thrown while saving file
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.0.4 (August 6, 2013)

Corrected fixed size layouts
Fixed resize issue for treemaps of small sizes
Tracking of relative path for location of referenced datasets
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.0.3 (July 13, 2013)

Layout order is not according to vanishing point left/bottom
Resize text to fit shape with word-wrap doesn't take the longest word into account
Light sliders only work toward the left
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.0.2 (July 9, 2013)

SVG export capability was broken
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.0.1 (July 2, 2013)

Word-wrap with resize to fit shape for label placed at the bottom are not position precisely
Group by with null values may lead to UnsupportedOperationException
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException with word-wrap
Export Graphics shortcut incorrect on Mac OS X
Resize text to fit shape setting is not loaded propertly
Labels vertical and horizontal alignments are not selectable on a per variable basis
Datasets with Black&White contrast enhancements cannot be loaded properly
Flow direction symbol doesn't show up on Windows for Refugee dataset
Disabled backward compatibility with TreeMap v. 1.x
Upgrade to Java 7u25
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 3.0.0 (June 20, 2013)

Status
Ordering by height
Vanishing point definition
Labels sizing to fit shape
Improved TreePlot customization
TreePlot support of group by settings to aggregate bubbles
New configuration panel
Import/export of colormap settings
Legend
Integration with TreeMap Server
Export to PDF, Postscript, EMF, and TIFF
Data export
Improved default color scheme
Integrated settings panel into control panel
Size-weighted average as aggregation choice
Order by color
Support for TreeML file format
Create bar chart layout algorithm
Create pie layout algorithm
Switch to Macrofocus docking
Integrated color map panel into control panel
Ability to control the vertical positioning of the labels individually
Upgrade to Java 7u21
Improved compatibility of range sliders with Synthetica
Font set on a per field basis is not respected
TreeMap cannot read back files it has created in certain cases
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.8.1 (May 22, 2013)

Hide items with missing values during numerical filtering
Made filtered groups hidden when filtered
Corrected custom colormap in step mode causes freeze
Fixed export TreeTable to SVG throws NullPointerException
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.8.0 (May 6, 2013)

Added possibility to open Yahoo Finance web page for each stock
Improved integration with Yahoo Finance
Added support for TreeML file format (with .treeml extension)
Corrected TreeTable header is not exported
Corrected TreePlot axis are not exported
Fixed categorical colormap does handle numerical variables properly when being loaded
Possibility to import/export colormaps (experimental)
Variables for TreePlot are now properly saved
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.8 (April 8, 2013)

Added Excel formulas support for dataset with second header row
Fixed certain Excel files not loading propertly
Added handling of delimited files with multiline values
Made second header row types case insensitive
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.7 (February 12, 2013)

Corrected labeling issues in TreeMap API
Fixed text appears blurred when rendered on translucent offscreen images
Corrected non-rectangular shapes are not clipped properly in cushion mode
Fixed saving Excel files may trigger exception
Incorporated Voronoi treemap layout algorithm into API
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.6 (February 4, 2013)

Fixed focus that remains on the opened dataset
Reduced maximum memory footprint, now set to the total amount of RAM divided by 4 (within the 128 MB - 1024 MB range)
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.5 (December 20, 2012)

Added proper handling of individual vertical alignments settings for labels
Upgraded to Java 7u10 on Windows platform
Fixed TreeMap cannot read back files it has created in certain cases
Font set on a per field basis was not respected
Added look and feel preference saved on exit
Fixed --settings argument not honored
Corrected missing UNOPS Procurment dataset
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.4 (November 1, 2012)

Spurius expecption may be thrown upon file load
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.3 (October 31, 2012)

Improved scheme to automatically load settings from TreeMap.mtms file if present in the same directory as the data file
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.2 (October 4, 2012)

Hide Searched setting had no effect
Improved SVG export canvas definition
Fixed SVG export that produces 0 bytes files with some setups
Floating point values are now accepted as threshold for custom colormaps
Corrected handling of colormaps with columns with no value
Fixed colormap definitions is lost for columns with no value
Executables now pass Windows 8 certification
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.1 (September 6, 2012)

Improve support for unbalenced hierarchies
Corrected errors while importing settings
Improved support for datasets with empty columns
Corrected border thichness of 0 still results in thin border being displayed
Added signed installer for Mac OS X v. 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.7.0 (August 8, 2012)

Fixed selection information is not reset after drill-down operations
Improved centering of background labels
Corrected language set during installation was not used on startup
Added missing driver for integrated authentication with Microsoft SQL Server
Improved layout that did not always lineup on all edges
Added support for Mac OS X v. 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
Updated to Java 7.0.5 for Windows platform
Various minor bug fixes and improvements
Added information about TreeMap API
Expanded Support FAQ

Release 2.6.0 (July 4, 2012)

Corrected groups with null values get displayed with "null" string
Added possibility to reset the colormap
Fixed categorical colormap may produce errors when dealing data of mixed types
Made filters updated on reload
Adding a column and reloading now updates the variable drop down list
Fixed error when loading settings after having added a column
Corrected bottom alignement of labels may lead to the label not being displayed
Improved decoding of Excel files and the infamous number as text syndrome
Added mean of automatically downloading and embedding images
On Windows, sheet selector for ExcelDataSource was not displayed
Fixed size field was picky about format to enter the dimension
Made export and copy to clipboard output support bigger than screen size picture
Empty rows in Excel files containing formatting information were not skipped
Macrofocus TreeMap API available
Fixed applet startup issues in scripted environment
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.5.0 (June 13, 2012)

Added support for SQL Server Windows-based authentication (experimental)
Improved Open Database dialog
Updated SQL Server driver
Improved update notification
Custom colormaps are now saved with absolute value for each threshold
Added possibility to color headers based on size-weighted average values (in Settings->Specific->Header->Placement) (experimental)
Background color for Depth settings is now based on size-weighted average (instead of raw average)
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.4.3 (May 22, 2012)

Fixed menu entries disabled on initial load of data
Corrected JPEG export produces black output
Integrated Forbes Global 2000 - 2012 dataset
Improved update notification
Added some missing translations
Fixed colormap lookup may throw exceptions
Improved automatic contrast adjustment for backgroung labels
Corrected "Save" or "Save as" suddenly has no effect anymore
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.4.2 (May 10, 2012)

Native file chooser is displayed on Windows instead of enhanced version
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.4.1 (May 8, 2012)

Improved tooltip architecture
Improved rendering speed of TreePlot
Corrected color and size not updated in TreePlot
Added support for Lipper Data Feed (experimental)
Fixed the axis in TreePlot not visible on initial display
Improved refresh of progress monitor
Corrected the aggregation of categorical variables is incorrect when null values are present
Improved performance for automatically sizing the TreeTable columns
Updated to Java 7.0.4 for Windows and Linux platforms
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.4.0 (April 4, 2012)

Improved compatibility with Excel
Use mean value as color for groups when limit on display depth is in effect
Mouse pointer position not synchronized with range slider handle location
Updated to Java 7.0.3 for Windows and Linux platforms
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.3.1 (March 21, 2012)

Improved appearance of the status bar
Autodetect currency and separators in numeric values
Added support for automatic parsing of percentages and dates
Centered circular layout
Fixed potential infinite loop during rendering of large fonts
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.3.0 (February 2, 2012)

Improved error reporting
Corrected search in TreeTable
Added possibility to link multiple data files
Corrected some flaws in Voronoi algorithm
Squarrified layout suboptimal when feeded with incomplete data and non-default ordering
Improved compatibility with Excel
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.2.0 (December 21, 2011)

Enabled probing on TreeTable and synchronized with TreeMap
Improved appearance of TreeTable
Added experimental support for Classycle-based analysis
Corrected some flaws in Voronoi algorithm
Added categorical colormap as an option for integer variables
Corrected colormap when no variable is selected
Improved compatibility with Excel
Updated to Java 7.0.2 for Windows and Linux platforms
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.1.1 (December 9, 2011)

Added more installers and archives as deployment options
Enabled export of TreePlot
Corrected context menu may not always appear
Improved column automatic sizing in TreeTable
Corrected intermediate TreeMap size on load
Made hyperlinks clickable in TreeTable
Enabled import of InfoScope datasets
Created possibility of navigating between multiple treemaps
Made docking frames keep their size
Corrected predefined colormap loose its settings when flipping to custom colormap
Added option to view the colormap legend with absolute values
Added possibility to drop files on the TreeMap windows to open them
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.1.0 (October 21, 2011)

Improved database connectivity
Fixed ODBC link to PostgreSQL
Improved graphic quality (smoothing) of Voronoi algorithm
Added progress indication for long layout operations
Updated to Java 7.0.1 for Windows and Linux platforms
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0.2 (October 6, 2011)

Fixed inacurate parsing of colors with alpha component
Corrected some German translations
Added an "x + 1" option to the Settings->Specific->Layout->Scale drop-down list
Improved positioning of the worksheet selection dialog
Fixed alignment options may make labels with word-wrap disappear
Improved file chooser for exporting screen shots and settings
Added numerical fields to the background drop-down list
Improved reliability of Voronoi algorithm
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0.1 (September 20, 2011)

Made TreeTable searchable
Made group by use the field formats if available
Added way to pass parameters to the applet from the URL
Fixed NULL values being converted with some databases
Fixed application startup with Ubuntu Linux
Corrected inaccuracies with custom colormaps with threshold that varies in order of magnitude
Corrected Settings panel not working in the applet
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0.0 (August 17, 2011)

Corrected reload mechanism
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc5 (August 16, 2011)

Improved startup time
Fixed incompatibility of Voronoi algorithm with Java 7
Fixed refresh when changes are made to the colormap palette and to the interval
Improved reload mechanism
Fixed issue with initial view not being activated in menus
Hide Cartogram algorithm
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc4 (August 10, 2011)

Improved header placement options
Added Open URL menu entry
Added support for default settings
Added command line options
Improved support for date fields
Added reload functionality
Added undo/redo support
Fixed Excel files with non-numeric formula doesn't load
Added OpenDocument (ODF) file format support
Improved Voronoi algorithm
Fixed about window
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc3 (August 3, 2011)

Update Forbes Global 2000 dataset
Improved Cartogram algorithm
Removed Preferences menu entry
Added context menu for exporting colormap legend
Corrected initial settings for imported file
Improved layout quality of Voronoi algorithm
Improved support for dates use Date[pattern] in header line
Added context menu to TreeTable column headers
Improved automatic sizing of the TreeTable columns
Fixed Revert to Saved function
Updated to Java 7 for Windows platform
Fixed incompatibilities with Java 1.6.0_26 and Java 1.7.0
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc2 (July 8, 2011)

Saving of all the settings in version 2 format
Made print dialog remember its settings
Fixed colormap editor for categorical variables
Improved performance of Voronoi layout alogithm through parallel processing
Corrected Voronoi alogorithm sometime produce islands
New Cartogram generation cability (requires dataset with geographical data)
Corrected handling of datasets with Color field
Fixed saving sometimes doesn't work when no variable is selected
Copy to Clipboard now works
Fixed resizing the settings box sometimes is blocked
Dialog now gets displayed with Excel files with multiple sheets
Automaticaly open Excel sheet named "TreeMap Data" if found
Improved support for Microsoft Excel files
Corrected first border is not the same on the outside of the treemap as it is on the inside
Added rainbow and spectral colormaps
Improved brightness and saturation tuning
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_26)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 2.0rc1 (May 19, 2011)

New file management and graphical user interface using document-centric paradigm
New docking framework for flexible arrangement of the various panels
New full-fledged colormap editor
Improved scalability (typically using progressive rendering modes)
New Voronoi layout algorithm
New Cartogram generation cability (requires dataset with geographical data)
Added option for word-wrap of long text in tooltips, labels, and details panel
Added possibility to specify the vertical and horizontal alignment of labels and headers
Added posibility to embed links to web pages (using context menu)
Introduced posibility to create treemaps of arbitrary (fixed) sizes
Extended customizability, including settings on a per-variable basis
Improve alpha blending of text effects
Added progress indicator for layout operations
Fixed incompatibilities with Java 5
Fixed default font (Tahoma) does not contain any Chinese or Japanese characters
Increased maximum amount of allocatable memory (in the 128MB-1024MB range, depending on the system)
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_25)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.22 (June 14, 2011)

Fixed default font (Tahoma) does not contain any Chinese or Japanese characters
Improved compatibility with Excel
Fixed saving sometimes doesn't work when no variable is selected
Fixed saving Excel files may produce corrupted (0 byte) .mtm files
Fixed exporting to SVG of circular layout with cushion rendering
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_25)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.21 (February 24, 2011)

Fixed incorrect proportion for small values in circular layout
Corrected license key check dialog that sometimes locked up the application
Improved parallelism
Fixed splash screen that sometime do not disapear
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.20 (January 20, 2011)

Added possibility to export to PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file format
Possibility to define default settings (by placing a TreeMap.mtms file in the installation directory)
Active look and feel is now saved as part of the user preferences
Added customizable colour and thickness of the borders as settings
Add .xlsm to the list of Excel file extensions
Reload action now properly the file
Fixed filtered state is lost when changing the group by
Corrected see-through problem when switching look and feel
Height is now saved as part of the settings
Improved Powerpoint export (experimental)
Fixed headers occluding labels with non-default font size
Corrected Excel .xlsx files do not open when TreeMap is started from the command line
Improved file opening on Mac OS X
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_23)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.19 (November 8, 2010)

Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.18 (November 6, 2010)

Added possibility to export to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file format
Fixed file association on Mac OS X
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_22)
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.17 (August 13, 2010)

Windows installer is now digitally signed
Applet is now digitally signed
Corrected problem when loading Excel file with numeric values in header
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.16 (June 25, 2010)

Digitally signed applet
Improved look and feel of applet so that it looks similar to the desktop version
Added context menu for expanding and collapsing nodes in tree table
Added context menu to treemap for drilling and zooming
Added keyboard shortcut to "Copy to Clipboard" (can be used to take screenshots with the popup displayed
Corrected flaw in standard deviation computation
Added possibility to print the tree table (when it is active)
Improved printing of treemap
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.15 (June 3, 2010)

Changed the way averages are computed for multi-level hierarchies
Added option not to aggregate some variables
Filtering is now reflected in the TreeTable
Fixed StringPath values do not get parsed properly
Various bug fixes and improvements

Release 1.9.14 (May 27, 2010)

Corrected small bug in the categorical variable filters
Added one additional colormap

Release 1.9.13 (May 25, 2010)

Added possibility to filter categorical variables
Improved display of filtered items

Release 1.9.12 (May 20, 2010)

Created scheme for loading license key from file
Automatic contrast adjustment of labels
Fixed no color option for labeling
Fixed access to help content
Group By now allow selection of all variables containing non-unique values
Improved Excel import for numerical values
Corrected missing labeling of treetable nodes in some contexts

Release 1.9.11 (April 27, 2010)

Added basic support for dates
Added sheet selector for Excel
Made progress indicator during loading more responsive
Improved memory footprint
Made computation of aggregated values more robust
Improved look and feel
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_20)
Added possibility to edit variable expression
Improved rendering of tiny rectangles
Fixed computation of squarified treemap using alternate aggregation schemes
Corrected centering of treemap in 3D mode
Greatly improved rendering performance
Corrected update of min/max color value formats

Release 1.9.10 (March 31, 2010)

Portuguese (Brazil) localization

Release 1.9.9 (February 15, 2010)

Improved file opening on Mac OS X
Improved rendering accuracy of histograms
Fixed bug in Oracle database connection
Improved 3D layout
Corrected potential problem with file association
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_18)
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.8 (October 17, 2009)

Added 3D treemap visualization possibilities
Improved layout quality of squarified algorithm
Added context menu entries to reset color range
Fixed border drawing for aggregating nodes
Additional look and feel theme Black Eye
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.7 (October 5, 2009)

Added possibility to reload data
Added probing of aggregate values
Improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel
Improved error messages handling
Fixed potential crash of the TreeMap applet during startup
Added possibility to display the variable names in the popup window
Fixed connection to Microsoft SQL Server
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_16)
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.6 (August 5, 2009)

Added option to specify settings file to the command line
Improved general data support
Added support for Microsoft Access database files on Windows platform only (experimental)
Added support for ESRI Shapefile format (experimental)
Added support for PostGIS database (experimental)
Added Circular layout algorithm (thanks to Werner Randelshofer for his neat contribution)
Improved translations
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_15)
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.5 (August 4, 2009)

Improved labeling consistency
Improved filtering and search functionalities
Some clean up to the TreeMap API
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.4 (July 19, 2009)

Drastic performance improvements to all rendering and labeling operations
Improved some data loading procedures
Added support for StringPath data type
Some clean up to the TreeMap API
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.3 (July 9, 2009)

Created API for embedding TreeMap as a component in other Java/Swing applications
Improved support for popular relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SAP MaxDB) (experimental)
Various bug fixes
Fixed (another) infrequent start up issue (can result in lock up)

Release 1.9.2 (July 4, 2009)

Improved overall appearance
Improved zooming and paning
Improved labeling
Improved support for popular relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SAP MaxDB) (experimental)
Added possibility to customize the appearance of the labels and headers
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_14)
Fixed infrequent start up issues
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.1 (June 3, 2009)

Improved data format (.mtm) that is user customizable through XML
Added additional parameters to customize TreeMap on startup
Support for importing/exporting settings
Support for Excel 2007 XML Workbook (experimental)
Support for popular relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SAP MaxDB) (experimental)
Improved aggregation mechanism in TreeTable
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_13)
Various bug fixes

Release 1.9.0 (March 27, 2009)

New examples with possibility to download them directly from the TreeMap application
Improved cosmetic artifacts with native look and feel (applet version on Mac OS X)
Full-fledged saving and improved compactness of the .mtm datasets
Implemented selection, synchronized between the TreeMap and TreeTable components
Improved aggregation scheme, including in the TreeTable view
Default aggregation method can now be overriden on a variable basis
Improved probing depiction
Improved overall performance
Added additional colormaps
Various bug fixes

Release 1.8.0 (March 18, 2009)

New examples
Added path bar
Improved customizable cushion drawing
Improved overall appearance
Various bug fixes

Release 1.7.0 (February 11, 2009)

Improved saving procedure
Improved Mac OS X integration
Updated Java bundle (1.6.0_12)
Made installer files smaller (Pack2000)
Possibility to create derived variables
Support for formatting data

Release 1.6.3 (November 6, 2008)

Added support for non-distorting zooming
Animated smoothing zooming in (alt-left click) and out (alt-right click)
Improved drawing performance
Customizable update schedule
Added various schemes for labeling the hierarchy

Release 1.6.2 (September 15, 2008)

Fixed numeric stepper
Fixed configuration tooltip display
Added Yahoo Finance connection (experimental)
Added progress indicator for directory scan
Added possibility to save dataset
Added support for RTF and HTML files
Added possibility to set the background

Release 1.6.1 (August 28, 2008)

Added additional look and feel themes
Improved Mac OS X integration
Improved cushion rendering
Cushion mode set as default

Release 1.6.0 (August 25, 2008)

Improved update mechanism
Experimental support of Microsoft Project files
Multi-selection of labelling variables
Improved behavior of combo boxes
Files can now simply be dropped into TreeMap frame to be opened
Icon and image data support
Initial support for Series and Time Series
Added support for analyzing Zip and Jar files content
Added support for laying out directory tree

Release 1.5.0 (August 8, 2008)

Added details view
HTML data support
Color data support
Added detailed view
Possibility to customize the popup fields
Layout algorithms
- Improved Squarified algorithm
- Added Binary Tree algorithm
- Added Slice-and-dice algorithm
- Added Strip algorithm
- Added Pivot by Split Size algorithm
Added option to order by size or by original order (as present in the dataset)
Added various aggregation schemes
Added some simple numerical transformations (called scale)
Added possibility to limit the depth
Tremendous improvement in performance
Improved autodetection of file format
New defaults for the initial selected attributes
- Label: first categorical attribute found
- Group by: second categorical attribute found
- Size: first numerical attribute found
- Color: second numerical attribute found
Improved quick filter field
Added TreeTable view
Data loading progress indicator

Release 1.1.0 (July 28, 2008)

Added support for multi-level group by
Performance improvements
Added check for update procedure
Improved rendering of attribute types
Localization of the installation procedure to all supported languages
Added support for CSV (Comma delimited) files
Update to Java 1.6.0_07

Release 1.0.9 (May 19, 2008)

Partial localization to Simplified and Traditional Chinese
Stability improvements to the Excel data loading facility
Update to Java 1.6.0_06

Release 1.0.8 (May 6, 2008)

Localized user interface for French and Spanish
Added support for loading Microsoft Excel Workbook (.xls)
Improved automatic treatment of decimal values
Improved user-friendliness of the keyword search
Bug fixes

Release 1.0.7 (October 19, 2007)

New possibility of choosing arbitrary attributes for grouping
Bug fixes

Release 1.0.6 (October 18, 2007)

Histogram display within sliders

Release 1.0.5 (September 21, 2007)

Cosmetic improvements and bug fixes
Better colormaps handling

Release 1.0.4 (June 26, 2007)

New possibility of choosing among several colormaps

Release 1.0.3 (October 22, 2006)

New display option using cushion effect

Release 1.0.2 (October 18, 2006)

Formating of large numerical values and overall performance have been improved

Release 1.0.1 (October 2, 2006)

Improved sliders with that can be adjusted using spinners
Smaller installers
Minor bug fixes

Release 1.0.0 (August 14, 2006)

Initial release