XStudio PostMajik Release Notes

Release notes include changes, enhancements and corrections by date and version number of XStudio PostMajik.

Version 1.3.0.210 - 10/29/2022

1. Important Change. Windows 7 is now the minimum supported operating systems. You will not be able to run XStudio PostMajik on operating systems older than Windows 7.

2. Enhancement. Support for Windows 11 has been added.

3. Change. The underlying database engine has been updated to NexusDB version 4.6001.

4. Fix. Under certain circumstances, attempting to purge all records from a station error log would result in an AV. This has been corrected.

Version 1.2.0.200 - 06/24/2021

1. Enhancement. Export of station Posting Log and Error Log data has been added. Data can be exported to multiple formats, including HTML, XML, XLS, XLSX and text. Data can be filtered and/or grouped prior to exporting to export only the records you are interested in. This functionality is accessed via a pop-up menu on the station Posting Log and Error Log tabs.

2. Enhancement. Station Error Log data can now be user-purged, either by date or all error records. This functionality is accessed via a pop-up menu on the station Error Log tab.

3. Fix. If a station had only one scheduled event, XStudio PostMajik would execute the event only one time and not execute it again until the system was restarted. This behavior has been corrected.

4. Change. The underlying database engine has been updated to NexusDB version 4.5026.

Version 1.1.0.190 - 05/11/2020

1. Enhancement. Support for Scheduled Events has been added.

2. Enhancement. When a XStudio PostMajik registration (license) expires or when an unregistered XStudio PostMajik trial expires, the server no longer shuts down completely. Instead, XStudio PostMajik stops all station posting activity and continues to run, although no station posting occurs. The change makes it easier to register the product, correct registration problems (most commonly an expired license), or work on setting up stations and their databases.

3. Enhancement. An option has been added to PostMajik Client to view the server error log on-demand.

4. Change. Using the [Tab] key to move among property fields in the station post item edit dialog has been enabled to ease navigation when editing a station post item.

5. Change. When a user manually stops the XStudio PostMajik server with PostMajik Client, attempts to auto-reconnect to the server's communication module are stopped. The effect is a reduction in error messages appearing in the system status windows. Since the user intended to stop the server, there is no benefit to attempting to reconnect until the user chooses to restart the server.

6. Fix. When editing an RDS message or message template, it was possible to make the first line blank (no text or variables) by simply pressing the [Enter] key. Since RDS messages are limited to one line, this had the effect of creating a blank message. Now, PostMajik Client checks to make sure there is at least one character (excluding the carriage return) when validating the message or template when the user is done editing.

Version 1.0.3.175 - 03/27/2020

1. Enhancement. Support for a "User-Defined" RDS encoder has been added. When using this encoder type, you must place any required identifiers (i.e., "RT=" or other command text) in your RDS post item templates. Note that only one message will be sent to the encoder, there is no provision for a Radio Text or PS designation as the message template contains the identifiers and command text. If you require more than one message and the target encoder supports TCP communications, you may be able to use two post items (one for Radio Text and one for PS text, for instance) if the encoder supports simultaneous TCP connections. If the target encoder uses only a serial connection, only one message can be sent as each post item must have exclusive use of its COM port.

2. Fix. When changing RDS encoder types while editing a post item, some properties, including available text type options, did not update properly. The problem was particularly noticeable when changing from an encoder that support only radio text to another that supports all options.

3. Fix. In version 1.0.2, a non-critical FTP log-out error was inadvertently forwarded for logging in a station's error log data table. The original behavior to log the error but not post it to the station's error log data table has been restored.

Version 1.0.2.165 - 03/13/2020

1. Enhancement. A new posting item option, "Write Data as ANSI Text" has been added. This option is enabled by default. When enabled, post item message text is converted to ANSI text before it is written to the output file. Some processors of the post item file may not be able to handle today's standard Unicode text and this option helps overcome any potential problems. Note that when you update XStudio PostMajik to this version, all existing post items are automatically updated and this option is enabled.

2. Enhancement. New post item template variables have been added. Included are the the Cart Category and 2 time stamps, one specifically for XML files (ISO8601 standard) and one for the day-of-the-week and time.

Version 1.0.0.145 - 04/08/2019

1. Initial public release of XStudio PostMajik.