nanDECK - What's new in version 1.12

New HEXGRID directive

New label function FRAMEHEX

New label function FRAMELIST

There is a small tutorial for these three features.

New label function JOIN

This function is useful for mixing two (or more) labels, for example:

[label1] = A|B
[label2] = 1|2|3|4
[label3] = JOIN([label1], [label2])
FONT = Arial, 32, , #000000
TEXT = "1-{(label3)}", [label3], 0, 0, 6, 9, center

The resulting [label3] will be equal to:

[label3] = A1|B2|A3|B4

New label function PRODUCT

Another function useful for mixing two (or more) labels, for example:

[label4] = C|D
[label5] = 5|6|7|8
[label6] = PRODUCT([label4], [label5])
FONT = Arial, 32, , #000000
TEXT = "1-{(label6)}", [label6], 0, 0, 6, 9, center

The resulting [label6] will be equal to:

[label6] = C5|C6|C7|C8|D5|D6|D7|D8

New label function FRAMEBOX

This function creates a list of frames, based on a rectangular grid. The syntax for this function is:

[name] = FRAMEBOX(x, y, width, height, cell width, cell height, flags (, zoom))

The last parameter (zoom) is optional. The flags usable in the 7th parameter are:

L = letters
N = numbers
C = coordinates
E = coordinate with letters + numbers
. = separator for C flag
- = separator for C flag
_ = separator for C flag

With these flags, coordinates are added to each box frame name:
L) A, B, C, D...
N) 1, 2, 3, 4...
C) 0101,0102,0103...0201,0202,0203...
E) A1,A2,A3...B1,B2,B3...
C.) 1.1,1.2,1.3...2.1,2.2,2.3...
C-) 1-1,1-2,1-3...2-1,2-2,2-3...
C_) 1_1,1_2,1_3...2_1,2_2,2_3...

The zoom parameter has a default of 100. If you want half sized frames, you can specify 50, if you want double sized frames, the value is 200, and so on.

You can use frames with wildcards (? for any one character, * for a group of any characters), and referencing the current frame with the degree (°) symbol (in an expression). For example, if you want split an image into 4 images (in a 2 x 2 pattern) and save them, you can use this script:

[a] = FRAMEBOX(0, 0, 6, 9, 3, 4.5, N)
IMAGE = 1, "c:\test.jpg", 0, 0, 6, 9, 0
SAVE = 1, "test_{°}.jpg", <a*>

New command Insert -> Frame

With this command you can insert a Frame name, choosing it from a list.

New label function SAVELABEL

This function saves the content of a label (or more than one) into a text CSV file. The syntax for this function is:

[name] = SAVELABEL("filename", label1 (, label2, ... labelN))

Added canvas visualization

There is a "Canv" button on the right side of the main window to visualize the canvas image (with a double click on it you can reduce/enlarge this view).

Added JPG and PNG in SAVE directive

Now you can save in JPG or PNG format with SAVE directive (the default is BMP format), you only have to specify a different extension in the filename.

Added comments in linked files

Now you can comment out a single row on a linked file with the semicolon (;) character in front of it.

Added various features for editing linked files

There are various buttons for (un)commenting rows in linked files. You can also render a single row (and thus a single card) with only a double-click on it. This is a screenshot of the editing window:

Fixed bug in CANVAS directive

Fixed bug in nested labels

Fixed bug in multi-script engine