Paloma releases STREAMdiff version 3.2!

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DOES IT DO?

WHY DOES IT MATTER?

REQUIRED CHANGE RULES FOR NON-VISUAL ELEMENTS

Users can now create “required change” acceptance rules for non-visual page elements such as printing options, indexing options, and comments.

Users can now be assured that required changes for printing options, indexing options, and comments are implemented exactly as intended.

MARK SHIFT ENHANCEMENTS

The “Mark Shift” feature can now be used for the acceptance of positional changes for text, image or graphics in document sections that have shifted between control and test files.

Easier acceptance of positional changes in
areas which have shifted.

JOB ACCOUNTING LOG ENHANCEMENTS

The STREAMdiff job accounting log now tracks user “session information” such as which users log in and how long they use STREAMdiff, as well as create one, consolidated job accounting log across all users.

Users can now more easily track STREAMdiff usage within an organization, allowing for maximized usage, cost center allocation, etc.

DETAILED DIFFERENCE DIALOG ENHANCEMENTS

The STREAMdiff detailed difference dialog has been enhanced to support the wrapping of long text strings.

Improved usability, particularly for differences that exist in long strings of text.

TRIGGERS CAN BE CREATED BASED ON A PHYSICAL PAGE

STREAMdiff users can now create an acceptance rule trigger using the physical page, in the event there is nothing unique to use as a trigger on the page.

Greater flexibility when creating acceptance
rule triggers when no obvious trigger exists
on a page. 

DETAILED DIFFERENCE WINDOW ENHANCEMENTS

When STREAMdiff users are viewing differences in the detailed difference window, these differences can now be sorted according to their preference.

Improved usability, allowing users greater
flexibility to view and work through document differences in the order they prefer.

REGION COMPARE ENHANCEMENTS

The “region compare” feature now supports comparison of elements which are either fully contained within or just touch the selected region compare area (now functioning the same as STREAMdiff masks).

Broader usage since users can now use the
“region compare” feature to compare areas
which contain variable text fields of unknown length (and which might not fully lie within the defined comparison area).

AFP NOP RECORD ENCODING OPTIONS

AFP No Operation records (NOP’s) can be encoded in ASCII or EBCDIC. By default, in the past STREAMdiff expected these to be in EBCDIC format. With this new STREAMdiff
version NOP’s can be encoded, and interpreted by STREAMdiff whether they are in EBCDIC or ASCII format.

Expanded use cases since STREAMdiff can
now interpret and report changes in NOP
records in both EBCDIC and ASCII formats.

RIGHT CLICK FOR RULE TYPE SELECTION

When the new “Rule Type Selection” option is turned on, STREAMdiff users can now right click on a highlighted area to select the type of STREAMdiff acceptance rule they wish to create when dragging the area to the trigger.

Increased efficiency because users can more
quickly build acceptance rules.

AUTOMATIC FILE TYPE DISCOVERY

Users can now set default input file types for automatic interpretation by the STREAMdiff job setup application. For example, STREAMdiff can be set up so that a “.txt” file
extension is automatically recognized as an ASCII text file.

Increased efficiency because users can now
let STREAMdiff determine the types of files
they are selecting for comparison.