What's New

MapObjects 2.4 is a maintenance release but also includes a number of new items of functionality:

• Added support for ArcSDE 9.1 as a client-MapObjects now supports ArcSDE 9.1 service pack 1, both as an ArcSDE client and a direct connect client for Oracle 8i/9i and SQL Server databases. Informix and DB2 databases are also supported as 9.1 direct connect clients.

• Support for new third generation format Mr SID images-Mr SID generation 3 image files are now supported for display in MapObjects, although password-protected images are not supported.

• Support for JPEG 2000 format images.

• New methods for outputting and exporting-Three new methods are available for outputting and exporting a specific area of the visible extent of the map (existing methods output the entire visible extent of the map). These methods are ExportMap4, ExportToJpeg2, and OutputMap3.

• EnableStreetMap is no longer required.

• Keycodes are no longer required for GIF or TIFF LZW.

• Installations now set SDEHOME variable if Direct Connect is installed.

• Updated World dataset-Properties of Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong have all been updated.

• All documentation provided in soft copy-The "MapObjects Programmers Reference," "Building Applications with MapObjects," and "MapObjects 2.1 Documentation Supplement" books are now available as Portable Document Format (PDF) files.