Qimera 2.7.0 - Important Notes
Licensing
With this release there is a new License Manager version 1.10.0 with several improvements.
Existing Qimera users with a license that is under maintenance will be able to install and run Qimera 2.7 alongside Qimera 1, using the same license.
If you have a Qimera Offshore license only, you will not be able to run versions 2.3 and earlier of Qimera since the older versions are not aware of the new product license code for Qimera Offshore.
Installers
The Qimera installer will install by default into sub-directories with the version name under the typical install path, which is usually C:\Program Files\QPS\Qimera. This allows multiple installations quite easily and follows the trend that Qinsy has been using for some time. Users with Qimera 1.X or 2.X already installed will find that Qimera 2.7.0 will install into the Qimera 1 directory, but in the 2.7.0 sub-directory of the Qimera 1 installation folder.
QPS Project and file format versions
The Qimera project version has been incremented. Projects opened in Qimera 2.7.0 are not able to be opened in Qimera 2.6.x and previous versions. Both Qimera 2.6 and 2.7 projects are compatible with Qinsy.
The QPS .qpd file has been upgraded with the Qimera 2.7.0 and Qinsy 9.7.0 release to version 2.10. The latest release of Qimera 2.5.4 will be able to read Qimera 2.7.0 and Qinsy 9.7.0 .qpd files, but older versions of Qimera (2.5.3 and earlier) will not be able to read the newer .qpd version.
QPD 2.10 is backwards compatible with the following application versions:
Qinsy 9.5.5 or greater
Qimera 2.5.4 or greater
Fledermaus 8.5.3 or greater
FMGT 7.10.3 or greater
The Dynamic Grid Menu has been removed from the main menu bar. The items contained in that menu have been moved to other menus or the right click context menu of the Dynamic Grid. A full list can be found in the Qimera 2.7.0 - Improvements.
Colormaps
With the release of Qimera 2.7.0 user defined colormaps are prompting users to save in: C:\Users\Public\Documents\QPS\Shared\ColorMaps which allows for sharing colormaps between users. Qinsy colormaps can be read by Qimera.
Qimera default colormaps are still always installed in the Qimera install directory.