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Updates in DBDOC 11.5

Systems:

SPE 2.x and Composer systems

CLDs are now presented in the ABB document index order to be consistent with general usage.
BATCH programs are now organized in a single chapter by program name.

Improved support for 800xA graphics

Graphics are now generated directly from the full AFW backup, requiring no additional tools.
Extracted graphics are presented in chapters related to the project structure.
Tags are also extracted from the AFW backup, and full tag information is now presented.

Extended support for AC 800M systems

DBDOC supports both mixed Harmony / AC 800M and exclusively AC 800M systems.
Full navigational and search support has been implemented.
Multipage sequence diagrams are automatically merged for easy visualization and navigation.

Improved support for SPlus graphics

Improved handling of SPO 3.3 .mimic & .bin files.
All .mimic graphics are presented in a single chapter to represent a single HMI.
Many improvements to hotspot, link, and text generation and placement.

Merged EWS Taglist and improved exports

Each SPE or Composer project now gets a merged list of tags for synchronization with graphics.
Tags containing “Copy” in the name are excluded.
Taglists are now automatically exported with specs during the build process, facilitating identifying CLD spec and database setting mismatches.

Hyperview:

Graphical exports

Hyperview can export full-sized screenshots for use by other programs. Relevant meta-information (size, title, etc) is also exported.

Web Browser ease-of-use

A no-login mode has been added and made the default for Hyperview In A Web Browser, so that Hyperview pages can be viewed without the need for user accounts. This would, for example, allow for inclusion of Hyperview pages in internal web portals.

Search improvements

Search All Titles now matches to anywhere in the title string, not just the start.
Search All Titles no longer “waits” for slow searches – keep typing and the search will restart.
Hyperview text search results can now be exported to a TSV file.

Easier identification of new errors in Hyperview's Error Browser

Running Error Browser on an older file resets the “new” markers without affecting the user flags, allowing version by version examination of errors.

Miscellaneous

Bookmarks now save both panes.
F(x) function graphs are now persistent, and don’t need to be recreated when you leave the CLD.

And since the initial 11.5 release, further updates include:

2025-05-26T16:38:51-06:00 [Build, CIUMon, Hyperview]

BuildPlus support for .ACCDB files

2025-05-19T08:22:59-06:00 [Build]

ODA 25.8 (update to AutoCAD-handling library)

2025-05-06T20:41:25-06:00 [Build]

Revisit providing support for "external web page" hotspots
Update shipped Python to 3.12.7

2025-01-16T23:50:26-07:00 [Build]

[800xA] GUID tag links to AC800M work now.

2024-12-05T17:34:47-07:00 [Build]

SPO: Graphics can have "A" instead of live data

2024-11-28T22:16:06-07:00 [Build]

[800xA] Allow selection of which AFW graphics chapters to include in build

2024-11-28T21:49:16-07:00 [Build, Build, Hyperview]

Export all databases used in consoles to TSV files, making much of the raw data built into a .dbdoc file available to Excel wizards and other such power users
If Internet Explorer's "Allow Programmatic clipboard access" security setting is set to "disabled", copying from text documents within Hyperview wouldn't work. A fallback method that avoids tripping this restriction was added. Copy/paste from text documents within Hyperview should now work on all systems.

For a more in-depth overview, see our full release notes .

Updates in DBDOC 11.4

Powerful new support for SPE 2.4 systems.

DBDOC now supports S+ Engineering 2.4 systems.

Initial support for AC 800M systems

DBDOC now supports mixed INFI 90 / AC 800M and exclusively AC 800M systems.
Full navigational and search support is implemented.
Click to see all uses of a function block, and double-click to go to its location in the configuration.
Multipage sequence diagrams are automatically merged for easy visualization and navigation.

Improved support for 800xA graphics

BBA folders as well as ASSYST folders now searched by the build system.
Improvements to hotspot generation, placement, and sizing.
Improvements to dynamic bar support, and identification of more horizontal dynamic bars.
Text handling improved to make search more correct and complete.

Improved support for SPlus graphics

Improved handling of SPO 3.3 .mimic & .bin files.
Many improvements to hotspot, link, and text generation and placement.

Multi-user BuildPlus buildroots.

Multiple users, even of different privilege levels, should now automatically see all of the same buildroots and projects.

Hyperview in a Web Browser

More browsing and navigation idioms supported, such as browse and synch to table of contents.
All dbdoc file “documents” can be accessed transparently via a regular web browser url.
Various and sundry bug fixes and improvements to functionality and usability.

Hyperview Search

Recall search results with “R” key
The database of a search result is now displayed in database search results.
Title searches are now retained after restart, for convenience.

Hyperview miscellaneous

Due to popular demand, Treeview Table of Contents has been fully reinstated.
Double click on a signal line on CAD/CLD goes to block source.

Live data

Blue “EXTERNAL” is no longer shown for unfetchable live data on graphics.
Stop fetching data for a block if Destination Node Offline error is received.