| Fireworks
4 and 4.0.2 release notes
This document addresses
issues fixed in the 4.02 updater and issues
that are not discussed in the Fireworks 4 documentation.
Fireworks
4.0.2 updater
Fireworks 4
Fireworks
4.0.2 updater release notes
The Fireworks 4.0.2 updater
fixes several problems found with Fireworks 4 after
its release.
To use the updater, you
must first purchase and install a full version
of Fireworks 4. The download contains the Fireworks
4.0.2 updater and ReadMe file.
Key
fixes
The following is
a list of problems fixed by the updater: |
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Batch
Processing: Scale to Size
When batch processing, Scale to Size will work as expected when "Variable" is
selected for Width or Height. |
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Batch
Processing: Scale Percentage or Pixel
Size (Windows only)
Fireworks will no longer display an "internal error" message
when you batch process files with Scale Percentage or Pixel Size
settings. |
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Director
Launch and Edit
When launching and editing in Fireworks from Director, Fireworks
will no longer prompt you to locate a source file. |
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Pop-up
Menu URL length (Windows only)
The Link field of the Pop-up Menu dialog box will now scroll as you
enter text, allowing you to enter longer URLs. Also, pop-up menus
that contain multiple items will no longer produce errors. |
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Pop-up
Menu hotspot
Pop-up menus now work as expected when viewed in Internet Explorer
4.0 - 4.5 on Windows. |
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FreeHand
Import
The "Convert Layers to Frames" option will work as expected
when importing FreeHand files. |
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Alien
Skin Eye Candy Help menu problem (Macintosh
only)
Using an Alien Skin Eye Candy plug-in no longer causes items in the
Help menu to disappear. |
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Multiple
3rd party effects
Multiple 3rd party effects applied to an object will now render correctly. |
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Netscape
Navigator 6 HTML support
Fireworks HTML templates have been updated to be compatible with
Netscape Navigator 6. |
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Netscape
Navigator 6 preview (Windows only)
Netscape Navigator 6 can be set as the browser when using File > Preview
in Browser from Fireworks 4. |
Known
issues
If you already have
Fireworks 3 and Director 8 installed, launch
and edit may stop working when you install
Fireworks 4.
To fix the problem do the following: |
| 1 |
Open
Director 8. |
| 2 |
Choose
File > Preferences > Editors. |
| 3 |
Choose
an image format that you want Fireworks
to edit (typically PNG, JPEG, and GIF). |
| 4 |
Click
the Edit button and browse to your Fireworks
4 application on your hard drive.
Director may already
indicate that Fireworks is set as your
external editor, but launch and edit
will not function until you re-specify
Fireworks as the external editor. |
Known
issues - Macintosh specific
If you use Optimize
in Fireworks on a GIF or PNG that has been
imported into Director, the Fireworks Optimization
dialog box will initially display PNG as
the format. You will need to select JPEG
from the Format pop-up menu in the Fireworks
Optimization dialog box. |
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Replaced
files
The following files
are replaced when the Fireworks 4.0.2 updater
is run: |
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Fireworks.exe
(Windows) or Fireworks 4 (Macintosh) |
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Configuration
\ Batch Code \ BatchTemplate.jst |
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Configuration
\ HTML Code \ Generic \ slices.htt |
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Configuration
\ HTML Code \ Dreamweaver \ slices.htt |
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Configuration
\ HTML Code \ fw_menu.js |
| System
requirements |
|
| Windows |
Macintosh |
| Intel Pentium Processor
(Pentium II recommended) |
Power Macintosh Processor
(G3 or higher recommended) |
| Windows 95, 98, NT
(with service Pack 3), ME, or 2000 |
Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x |
| 64 MB of available
RAM |
64 MB of available
RAM |
| 800 x 600, 256-color
display (1024 x 768, millions of colors
recommended) |
800 x 600, 256-color
display (1024 x 768, millions of colors
recommended) |
| 100 MB of available
hard disk |
100 MB of available
hard disk |
|
Adobe Type Manager
Version 4 or later with Type 1 fonts |
| Known
issues on both platforms |
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When
batch processing, using Scale To Size with
the width or height fields set to Variable
will fail to process the files.
To fix this problem
do the following:
| 1 |
Locate
the updated BatchTemplate.jst file
on the Dreamweaver-Fireworks Studio
CD in Fireworks 4 > Goodies > Batch
Code Backup. |
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Or |
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Download
the updated BatchTemplate.jst file
from the Fireworks
Support Center. |
| 2 |
Replace
the old file with the new BatchTemplate.jst
file located in Fireworks > 4 > Configuration > Batch
Code. |
Note: This
problem affects only the English
version of Fireworks. Other languages
install the updated file. |
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Dreamweaver
does not natively support the JavaScript
used for Fireworks pop-up menus, so they
will not work reliably if you use Copy
HTML or export and copy the HTML to the
Clipboard.
To export pop-up
menus to Dreamweaver or Dreamweaver
UltraDev do the following:
| 1 |
Use
Update HTML from within Fireworks
or choose Insert > Interactive
Images > Fireworks HTML from
within Dreamweaver. |
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Photoshop
6 filter plug-ins do not work in Fireworks
4, because of undocumented changes in Photoshop's
plug-in API. |
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Text
that is imported from Photoshop 6 is converted
to bitmaps in Fireworks, just like Photoshop
5.5 converts text from Photoshop 6 files
to bitmaps. |
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Fireworks'
color conversion algorithm is different
than Photoshop's. Therefore, slight color
variations may occur when opening EPS files,
or when exporting from Fireworks as a PSD
file and then opening it in Photoshop. |
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If
the name of your hard drive contains a
character that is not allowed in an HTML
file path, such as a slash (/), Preview
in Browser will not work. |
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The
Search engine in the Using Fireworks Help
will not work if Java is disabled in your
browser. |
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If
you only want to export slice objects and
buttons when exporting to Director, choose
File > HTML Setup and then uncheck "Include
Areas Without Slices" on the Document
Specific tab. |
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When
exporting to Director, export images to
the same folder as your HTML file, or in
a subfolder of the folder containing your
HTML file. |
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Fireworks
cannot open Adobe Illustrator 9 files.
To get vector
information to Fireworks do the following:
| 1 |
Export
from Illustrator 9 as an Illustrator
8 file and then open it in Fireworks. |
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Or |
| 2 |
Export
an AI EPS file from Illustrator
9 and Fireworks will rasterize
the file when it is imported. |
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Exporting
files or folders that contain high ASCII
characters may cause the images not to
be displayed when viewed in a browser.
Netscape does not support filenames or
folder names that contain high ASCII characters.
When naming documents, slices or frames,
avoid using characters that are invalid
for HTML file names. |
| Known
issues - Macintosh specific |
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When
importing EPS files, fonts may be rendered
as Courier unless the fonts were included
in the EPS file when it was created. |
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If
you are using an older version of the Macintosh
Runtime for Java, Internet Explorer may
display a JavaScript error when you close
the browser window while viewing the Fireworks
Help. If this happens, be sure you are
using the latest version of the Apple Macintosh
Runtime for Java, available from http://www.apple.com. |
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Kensington
Mouseworks software causes some keyboard
commands to function improperly. If you
are experiencing problems with shortcuts,
try disabling the Mouseworks extension. |
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If
virtual memory is disabled, Fireworks will
not launch from some third-party ATA internal
hard drives.
If you have problems launching Fireworks from a third-party drive,
try enabling virtual memory. If problems persist, move Fireworks
to a different hard drive or contact the manufacturer of the hard
drive for updated device drivers. |
| Known
issues - Windows specific |
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If
you have Dreamweaver 3 and Fireworks 3
installed on your computer, and you uninstall
Fireworks 4, launch and edit will no longer
function properly between Dreamweaver 3
and Fireworks 3.
To restore launch and edit, you must reinstall Fireworks 3. |
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On
Windows 2000 or NT4 computers, you must
be logged in as the administrator to install
Fireworks. You do not need to be logged
in as an administrator in order to run
Fireworks once it has been installed. |
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It
is possible to move panels completely off
of your screen. If this happens, choose
Commands > Panel Layout Sets and select
the set that matches your monitor's resolution.
This will restore the default placement
and appearance of your panels. |
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How
to report bugs
Find a bug? Please
use the Bug
Report form to send bugs to the Fireworks
team. |
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