Working with FXG files export from Fireworks and running into issues specially around symbols? Following are the changes done for Fireworks CS5.1 release
Empty text was leading to FXG not getting generated. Now the exception has been handled and similar issue fixed for CSS and Images also
Better naming of symbols when exported as FXG.
When symbol names have special characters in it like “$”, a new name written in .fxg file is “sym” for better usability
Incase there are multiple symbols in your Document Library with same name (e.g Fireworks), then the FXG “Definition name” tag will now be written as <symbolName_number> e.g: names is like “Fireworks”, Fireworks_1” for multiple symbols having the name “Fireworks” Fw png Document Library.
If a symbols has 4 states of Up, Down, Over, Over while down, all the states were visible in the FXG file previewed in Fc. Now the default is that only the “Up” state is visible
FXG files now have font family name written in them. Earlier it was always defaulting to font faily specified in Flash Catalyst (Arial). In case there are multiple text runs in the text object, we write the font family name of the first text run only.
Scott Fegette (Dreamweaver Product Manager ) gives a good insight into what is new in Dreamweaver CS5.5 at www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/whats-new-dwcs55.html. Loads of features and functionalities which does not appear as a “dot” 5 release. Feature packed release with following
CSS3 and HTML5 authoring
jQuery code hints
jQuery mobile support
PhoneGap integration to build native applications for mobile devices
Fireworks CS5 had showcased this feature but had to be pulled in the last moments due to stability issues. Engineers worked on the feature where the png file when crashed, can be recovered and the user will be prompted to recover it the next time Fireworks launches.
On the next launch of Fireworks, it will alert that the files have been recovered. There are cases when the recovered file will need to be re-saved to ensure some smaller things like previews which are not saved when recovering the file.
I remembered one crash where Fireworks CS5 used to crash on editing a symbol which had an empty name. This crash is also fixed along with the other crashes fixed for Fw CS5.1 release.
This is part 1 of the series which goes diving into the different engineering efforts done for Fireworks CS5.1 release. Takashi Morifusa (Fireworks product manager) listed the complete set of changes on the team blog.
There are several crashes which have been fixed for Fw CS5.1 release. The major buckets under which crashes have been fixed are:
PS Live Effects area
Vector tool
Layer naming, editing in multiple pages
undo/redo name change
Find and replace
Saving file
Opening legacy Fireworks 8 file
Win API related change for 64bit
How do we know crashes in these areas?
Adobe Crash reporter pops up when a crash is encountered. Some of the users report the crash which send us the call stack of the crashing function. This helps the engineers debug the actual function and fix it.
We request all customers to submit all the crash reports. We consciously spare engineering time on fixing crash buckets for every release and Crash reporter helps us in identifying the crashes which are most commonly encountered by you all.
Some users are generous in including their email address and writing in comments which has helped us immensely in the past in reproducing the issue internally and then fixing them at the grass root level. We have worked with a few users like this in the past.
Some files when opened were leading to a crash, which has been fixed now. I personally remember working with a few customers who send in the Fireworks png files and helped us nail down the issue.
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You can find more details about the subscription offerings at www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/cssubscription.html. The following video nicely summarizes the details of buying the subscription and managing it in just under 4 minutes: