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Coming soon: Flows, OnPageLoad, Foreign Characters

Here is a preview of a few of the features that are coming soon to Axure RP Pro.

The first is flow diagrams. There have been many requests to add flow diagramming capabilities (http://axure.com/CS/forums/thread/267.aspx) to Axure RP. Currently, to include flow diagrams in the prototypes and specifications, Axure RP users have been copying and pasting flow diagrams from diagramming tools like Visio into Axure RP. This feature will allow users to create flow diagrams in Axure RP and creates some opportunities for tighter integration between flow diagrams and wireframes in future releases.

The second is OnPageLoad. This feature is being developed primarily as a means to set dynamic panels states when a page is loaded (http://axure.com/CS/forums/thread/195.aspx). In addition, it sets the stage for setting variables, passing variables from page to page in the prototype, and responding to the variable values.

The third is support for foreign characters in the prototypes. As more and more international customers adopt Axure RP, the need for this feature has increased (http://axure.com/CS/forums/thread/291.aspx). The umlaut issue discussed in that forum post is being fixed in a minor release, but this feature will also support cyrillic, chinese, arabic, etc.

We are targeting a July '06 beta for these features with a release in August. Keep an eye out!

Published Tuesday, May 30, 2006 11:30 AM by victor

Comments

 

jchris said:

Excellent. I really look forward to the next release.

You mention a minor release that should take car of the umlaut issue. How can I get it as soon as possible?

/chris
May 30, 2006 3:39 PM
 

victor said:

Version 4.0.4.465 has just been released and should address the umlaut issue. It's available at www.axure.com/downloads.aspx.
May 30, 2006 8:53 PM
 

JackO said:

Super! I think that onload event trap is a magnificent addition and the flow chart will save lots of time.
May 31, 2006 11:38 AM
 

vinnie2k said:

Excellent!
June 1, 2006 5:11 PM
 

phelpsb said:

Questions on flow diagrams - 1) Looks like first implementation is just basic visio like diagrams, no linking between pages, correct?  2) Future versions I'd be able to attach a page to a flow diagram widget, or something near that? 3) Any estimate dates of when this release would be avaiable?
June 2, 2006 9:49 AM
 

victor said:

1) The diagrams are going to be visio like. Linking between pages will still be accomplished by attaching interactions to widgets. We have considered using the diagrams to define those interactions, but that will not be in this release.

2) You will have the ability to add interactions and annotations to the flow elements so you could have a flow element represent and link to a page. In this (or future) releases we will look to make that process more automated. i.e. Drag a page from the sitemap onto a flow diagram.

3) Targeting an August release with a Beta in July.
June 2, 2006 1:51 PM
 

FredB said:

This is coming in July? That's fabulous news, but I'm working on a site right now where the OnPageLoad would be REALLY helpful... oh well. Great work, Victor et. al.!
June 17, 2006 5:23 PM
 

kevincam said:

I could really use the OnPageLoad feature right now too. Hope you guys are still on schedule. I'd even take a beta to keep from getting locked into a work around that won't be as good.
July 12, 2006 12:05 PM
 

FredB said:

Any word on the beta yet? I'm really interested to see what you guys have come up with (and to start using it!).
July 12, 2006 2:37 PM
 

victor said:

Still expecting to release before the end of July... stay tuned :)
July 12, 2006 2:54 PM
 

Ambrumee said:

In this language feature, will you include French (I mean, accents, special characters) ? Cause when I try to generate a prototype using HCC, I cannot get my pages, I have to remove all accents, and it cause lot of problem with customers that always want correct spelling.  

June 12, 2007 9:15 AM
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