Orga development

On this page, you can read former announcements, about the history , the known bugs and the further development plans of Orga.

Announcements

History

Note: Orga is able to read former Orga file versions and will save an updated chart in the newest data file format. So, you need not to care about different datafile versions.

Orga Version	Data file version	Released on	Features	Remarks
0.98	3	23.02.1999	Fixed some errors.	no more time-limited
0.971	3	24.12.1998	Fixed a little but nasty error.	time-limited until 28.02.1999
0.97	3	24.12.1998	There are notes for the organizational units which can be used for different purposes: You can take additonal notes about the persons in your chart which are not shown in the chart. You can use the note box to present an assistant or secretary on the right side of a unit. You can fill a note box with the members of a team which is drawn under its team leader. To keep the overview with a large chart, use the explode mode: only the marked unit with all employees and managers will be shown, all other units are hidden. To move a unit with its branch of employees in the row of its colleagues easily, there is a new function to move a unit right or left. If you choose 'zoom on page' from the menu 'View', the zoom factor is adjusted in such a way, that the chart will fit on one print page. The drawing procedures for printing are re-written and should work on any printer now. Dynamic memory allocation for the strings. fixed some bugs	time-limited until 28.02.1999
0.94	2	22.11.1998	German and French help files available (Thanks to Gabi and Gérald!) Revision of the French version (Thanks to Gérald!) fixed some bugs	time-limited until 01.01.1999
0.90	2	08.11.1998	new parameter in "Preferences": minimum width of unit boxes new datafile format - version 2 major revision of the English help file (Thanks to Gabi and Al!) English, German and French version of Orga (Thanks to Gérald for the French translation!) only English helpfile available, the others will follow soon fixed some minor bugs	time-limited beta version on download site, valid until 24.12.1998
0.80	1	02.11.1998	first basic version in English	time-limited beta version, valid until 06.12.1998

Bugs

Error reported on Description Fixed in version

24.12.1998 The strings in notes are not printed. 0.971

23.11.1998 When using wrong settings in printer setup, there is an 'unexpected error' - which shouldnt be 0.97

20.11.1998 When creating a new file, there could be a wrong inverted box on the screen. 0.94

12.11.1998 When printing a multi-sided chart, the text strings are not printed across the page borders in overlapping units. ?

11.11.1998 When toggling the grouping in a wide chart, you can become "lost". 0.94

03.11.1998 Boxes are printed all black on some printers. 0.97

04.11.1998 Vertical lines are not aligned in some cases 0.90

04.11.1998 Incorrect marking width of unit boxes 0.90

Further development

Feature	Started on	Priority	Remarks
Usually the format definitions act on all units of the current level. Additionally, an option should be offered to define a format which is valid for all unit boxes or alternatively, only for one box.	.	.	.
Cut and copy the chart as bitmap to the standard clipboard to use it in other applications, for instance in Sketch or Word	.	.	.
Use of the standard clipboard to paste text from other applications to use it in Orga	.	.	.
Import a file directory with all subdirectories, show file size and date as title and description	.	.	.
Export the chart as text file or as MBM file for further use in other applications	.	.	.
Import a chart from a text file	.	.	.
Implement an "undo" feature	.	.	.
Use different fonts	.	.	.
Draw different kinds of structure charts, for instance Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams, flow charts or family trees - or even UML (?)	.	.	.

(*) These features are high in priority and will be implemented first because a lot of people asked for them.

Error reported on	Description	Fixed in version
24.12.1998	The strings in notes are not printed.	0.971
23.11.1998	When using wrong settings in printer setup, there is an 'unexpected error' - which shouldnt be	0.97
20.11.1998	When creating a new file, there could be a wrong inverted box on the screen.	0.94
12.11.1998	When printing a multi-sided chart, the text strings are not printed across the page borders in overlapping units.	?
11.11.1998	When toggling the grouping in a wide chart, you can become "lost".	0.94
03.11.1998	Boxes are printed all black on some printers.	0.97
04.11.1998	Vertical lines are not aligned in some cases	0.90
04.11.1998	Incorrect marking width of unit boxes	0.90