Release: Xdata 4.9 for QuarkXPress 2016/2017/2018
This release of Xdata adds support for QuarkXPress 2018, discontinues support for QuarkXPress 2015, and fixes problems with the macOS Universal Clipboard.
Changes
- Adds support for QuarkXPress 2018. This upgrade is free for users with Xdata licenses for QuarkXPress 2016 and QuarkXPress 2017; the Xdata XTension will find and automatically use your existing license so long as it was previously activated on that same machine. If you’ve updated to QuarkXPress 2018 from a version older than 2016, you’ll need to contact our sales department to purchase an Xdata upgrade license.
- Removes support for QuarkXPress 2015. While we’ll no longer fix problems in or add features to this older version, we will otherwise provide normal support indefinitely.
- Fixes an incompatibility with macOS 10.13 High Sierra’s new Universal Clipboard that could prevent Import from Clipboard… from working. (macOS only)
- Fixes where Import from Clipboard… could produce incorrect (accented) characters by improving auto-detection of Unicode text. (macOS only)
- Allows the
fieldindex()
function to resolve an arbitrary expression as a field reference. For example, given a field named “price”,fieldindex("price")
will now return the same value asfieldindex(price)
. When combined withfieldvalue()
, a prototype can now be designed that lets the imported data determine which field is used in any given expression (like«put fieldvalue(fieldindex(price_field_for_region)) into price»
). Note that, to use the actual value of a field as the argument forfieldindex()
, that value must first be copied to a variable that is then given as thefieldindex()
‘s argument (because given a bare field name,fieldindex()
will just return the index of the given field).