Yes, IE will be supported in future releases. The current NI released (June 2003) and now shiping version 6.3.3 supports IE for HELP. See release notes below.
Regards;
Marcus Lites, MATRIXx National Sales Manager
National Instruments
Phone: (972) 742-8353
Email: marcus.lites@ni.com
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MATRIXx 6.3 Release Notes
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Welcome to release 6.3 of MATRIXx(R). New enhancements include:
* Consists of MATRIXx v6.2 with big fixes and minor enhancements (see below)
* 100% Xmath/SystemBuild save file compatiability (no format changes)
* Installs and executes correctly on Windows NT/2000/XP.
* Built with Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0(sp5);
MATRIXx v6.2 used Microsoft Visual C++ v5.0
* MATRIXx software CD and MATRIXx documentation CD combined onto one CD.
* Added Xmath 'Help' pull-down menu item 'MATRIXx Bookshelf' which brings
up Adobe Acobat Reader with an initial document allowing easy navigation
to all MATRIXx documentation PDF files.
* (PC Only) MATRIXx online help now requires Internet Explorer instead of
NetScape 3.01.
* Native PC hardcopy improvements for the Xmath graphical window and
SystemBuild diagrams.
* Improved Xmath 3D plots, HOOPS lighting feature enabled
* Improved cutting/pasting in Xmath Command/Log/Error windows.
MFC EditCtrl changed to use the MFC RichEditCtrl.
* All files for the PlugNSim product have been removed from the V6.3 CD
Xmath Bug Fixes
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* (PC only) Online help now uses Microsoft Internet Explorer instead of
Netscape Navigator.
* Fixed bug where matrix divided by complex scalar gave incorrect results.
* Fixed bug where Xmath would hang if there was a license error. Xmath now
displays a MessageBox indicating a license error.
* Fixed memory leak in response built-in function.
AutoCode Bug Fixes
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* Corrected error in # of states used to index the UCBHOOK generation (DID 22376)
* Fixed bug where Block parameter matrix data was assumed to stored column-wise.
Autocode now handles Block parameter matrix data stored row-wise correctly.
* Fixed problem with line-splitting logic related to delim character as the
first character of the string (DID 22258)
* Fixed major bug with hardcoded parameters when the -ovfp 0 and radix 0
backdoor is used. The problem was that the 'explicit' variant of the
integer gpltype was not being translated into a GPL type; thus GPL
could not generate the value (DID 22554)
SystemBuild Bug Fixes
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* Fixed crash during hardcopy of SuperBlock if editor window had not been opened.
* Generated PostScript hardcopy of STDs with SuperBubbles would only print first
two pages, and would not print all nested SuperBubbles.
* Hardcopy timestamps now have a 4 digit year timestamp.
* SystemBuild blocks with 32bit bitmaps now correctly generate PostScript
hardcopy.
* %vars for vector of REAL PARAMETERS in UserCodeBlock was transposed.
* Constant block with radix not equal to 1 caused incorrect typecheck result.
* Block Dialog for ConditionBlock multiplies the number of input and output by
10 for undefined procedure SuperBlocks. The Block dialog now displays the
correct number of inputs/outputs for undefined Procedure SuperBlocks.
* (UNIX only) SystemBuild now displays color on workstatations with 24 bit
graphics cards.
* (UNIX only) SystemBuild now displays color on 8 bit workstations even though
other applications have allocated all the systems colors.
* Read/Write var blocks with logical arrays with element addressing did not
return correct results.
* Documentation TAB in block dialog did not save entered MinimumValue,
MaximumValue and Accuracy values in all cases.
* Sim results in some cases did not match after making part of the
Model a Component.
* Large BlockScript expressions did not compile correctly.
* RenameSuperBlock SBA command did not rename SuperBlock _makesb.
* General Express block would remove parens for the case: A arithOp -B;
* In Gears integration algorithm, fixed interpolation function and fixed
a few minor errors.
* SystemBuild Simulator would crash when invalid args were passed to
the InteractiveAnimation UserCodeBlock usria1.
* (Windows 2000/XP only) Altia UserCodeBlock ucbaltia1 would consume all
system CPU resources during animation.
