GROUPBOARD/GROUPWORLD NEWSLETTER - November 2002
This is an occasional newsletter which is sent out to all registered Groupboard and GroupWorld.net customers a few times a year.
CONTENTS
New version of Groupboard Designer with enhanced DXF support.Printing support added.
New pricing for hosted versions of Groupboard with monthly payment option.
New version of Groupboard Designer with enhanced DXF support
We have recently released a new version of Groupboard Designer which has a number of bugfixes and enhancements, including:
- Support for AutoCAD pen colours
- Fixed crashes which occurred when loading certain dxf files
- Fixed problems with ARC objects in dxf files
- Added print support, so you can now print from a web browser by simply pressing the browser PRINT button
- Fixed flickering when loading background images in Internet Explorer
If you are running a version of Groupboard Designer hosted from www.groupboard.com, you will already be using the new version.
If you have installed Groupboard on your own server, you can download the new version from one of the following URLs:
ftp://ftp.groupboard.com/pub/gbnt.zipftp://ftp.groupboard.com/pub/groupboard-linux.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.groupboard.com/pub/groupboard-freebsd.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.groupboard.com/pub/groupboard-solaris.tar.Z
Once you have downloaded the zip file, you can update your existing installation as follows:
- Copy the new java_v3 directory to your web server, replacing the existing Groupboard .class and .jar files.
- Shut down the gbserv service
- Copy the gbserv binary from the bin directory in the zip file to your installation, over the existing gbserv.
- Restart the gbserv service
If you have any problems or queries, email us.
Printing support added
We have now added printing support to all versions of Groupboard. You can now print the contents of the whiteboard either by pressing the PRINT button on the browser, or by using the print button that has been added to the JavaScript version of the user interface. The JavaScript print button will only print the contents of the whiteboard itself, rather than the entire web page.
If you are running a version of Groupboard Designer hosted from www.groupboard.com, you will already be using the new version.
If you have installed Groupboard on your own server, you can download the new version from our ftp site (see above), and then simply copy the "java" directory onto your web server, replacing the existing Groupboard .class and .jar files.
If you have any problems or queries, email us
New pricing for hosted versions of Groupboard with monthly payment option
The price of the 15 user hosted Groupboard will be increased from $59 to $99 per year in December. However we will also be adding the option of paying per month instead of per year, with 12 payments of $9.99. This means that paying annually is the equivalent to getting two months free.
Monthly payments for the 100 user Groupboard, Groupboard Designer and Kidsboard will also be available - check out our website next week for the new pricing details.