v2008.1.20, posted October 5th, 2007
Release date: October 5th, 2007.
Changes, updates and bug fixes included in v2008 that are now considered stable are documented here as they evolved during the v2006 release:
[URL]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/showthread.php?t=41[/URL]
[URL]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/showthread.php?t=937[/URL]
Most of the changes listed have proven to be stable and are now carried into the first release of v2008. As we continue to add beta-updates to v2008, all licensed users will have free access to them. Announcement of new releases, feature additions, bug fixes and other updates will be regularly posted here.
Feature requests can be posted here (and we do read them!)
[URL]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/forumdisplay.php?f=6[/URL]
v2008.1.21, posted January 24, 2008
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] This isssue is fixed. On some site licensed machines, after installing MediaLab v2008, when starting for the first time with the code 99999, a message would appear "Not a valid license no.". If the application were closed and then opened again, MediaLab would start.
See also [URL="http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?p=3213"]www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?p=3213[/URL]
v2008.1.22, posted April 1st, 2008
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] The font size used for "online rating" items was looking really small on larger screens. Now if you add an [I]s[/I] (size/spacing) parameter to the online item you can set the font size--e.g., adding [I]s16[/I] to the parameters of an online item will make the labels appear as 16pt. The default font was also changed to Arial Bold.
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] Modifed the installation package to create appropriate permissions for all users to remedy an occasional licensing issue where administrators could use the software but not regular users.
v2008.1.33, posted November 11th, 2008
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] Improved MediaLab's video playing capability on Windows Vista.
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] In response to [URL="http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?p=5082"]www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?p=5082[/URL] you can now run a custom item at full screen (i.e., avoiding the usual MediaLab black border) by adding a [I](w-1)[/I] parameter. This is akin to using [I](w-1)[/I] to run a video at full screen.
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] Improved installation package to minimize licensing issues as a function of permission and admin vs regular user problems.
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] In response to [URL="http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=1432"]www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=1432[/URL] and [URL="http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=424"]www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=424[/URL] you can now check an option on the MediaLab Preferences menu to [I]"Disable Secret Keys"[/I]
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] In prior versions, the SPSS [I].sav[/I] data file had a 50 character limit on string (alphanumeric) variables. This has now been increased to 255 characters but will only take effect on newly generated [I].sav[/I] files. Note that, as before, the [I].csv[/I] and [I].txt[/I] data file formats have no limitation to the length of the data strings. Those wanting full text values in their datafile can use the .csv file in Excel, or importing the .csv file into Microsoft Access or other database program.
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] In prior versions, variables collected from custom items were written to the regular MediaLab data files. You now have the option to save the collected data to external files in the same manner as essay item data. To do this, simply add the following line to the form section in the HTML of your custom item:
[I]<input type="hidden" name="save_external" value="true" />[/I]
That will cause MediaLab to create (or append to) an external data file dedicated to the current variable. If multiple form variables are being captured within the current MediaLab custom item, a separate external file will be created for each. These external text files will be of an identical structure to essay item data files.
v2008.1.33c, posted May 21st, 2010
Note that MediaLab v2008.1.33[I]c[/I] will appear as v2008.1.33 when installed. The is because the main program itself ([I]medialab.exe[/I]) was not altered in this new release. Only the installation package was changed (i.e., [I]ml2008.1.33.exe[/I]). To determine if you have the old or new release of 2008.1.33, check your C:\Windows\System32 folder for a file named [I]EVideo.ocx[/I]. If it is version 1.0.0.11 dated October 7th, 1999, then you have the older version of 2008.1.33 and would benefit from the newer installation package.
Issues resolved with new installation package [I][URL="http://www.empirisoft.com/download.aspx"]ml2008.1.33c[/URL][/I]:
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon14.gif[/IMG] Resolved memory issues associated with Windows 7 and Vista compatibility. Some users were finding an (approximate) 150 item limit when trying to run experiments or questionnaires in MediaLab. This revised installation fixes this issue. This issue has been a long outstanding issue on the forums. It was fixed with promising success in 2008 on Vista but returned upon the release of Windows 7. Fix relates to threads such as:
[URL]http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=1013[/URL]
[URL]http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=4726[/URL]
[URL]http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=4752[/URL]
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] Improved video playing capability across all versions of Windows, especially Windows Vista and Windows 7.
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] Screen flicker experienced between items on some Windows 7 and Vista systems has been fixed.
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon2.gif[/IMG] Some Windows 7 systems produced a message indicating that, after downloading, the install package could not be found. The error message would read something along these lines:
[quote]InstallShield
Unable to save file: C:\Windows\Downloaded Installations\{53CE6DA4-...Research Software v2008.1.msi
The system cannot find the path specified. [OK][/quote]
Although clicking through the message or running the package as an Admin could resolve this, the newest release package eliminates the problem altogether.
[IMG]http://www.empirisoft.com/Support/images/icons/icon4.gif[/IMG] On some systems, this new install package will generate "Error 53: Project not found" after the install has fully completed. As far as we know, this implies no functional consequence but will continue to look into the cause of the message.