OmniPlan for Mac

Recent Changes

Version 2.4.3 - November 30, 2015

• Duration Calculation — Fixed a duration calculation issue that could occur while loading a file when a resource is assigned at less than 100% on a fixed duration task.

Version 2.4.2 - October 21, 2015

• Attachments — Fixed an issue where file attachment links were not remembered when saving and reopening a document.
• Leveling — In some cases, leveling a fixed duration task with a non-100% efficient resource could result in longer task durations.
• Publishing & Subscriptions — Fixed a bug with CalDAV server connections returning a “Method not allowed error”.
• Publishing & Subscriptions — Fixed an issue where having the “Automatically Update on Publish” option enabled would publish duplicate iCal events.
• Violations — Removed a bogus violation that would appear when resources with and without Start/End dates were assigned to the same task.
• Change Tracking — Fixed some date formatting issues in the Change Tracking view.
• Revert to Save — Fixed an issue where closing a document with unsaved changes would reopen the document with the unsaved changes.
• Gantt Chart — The display off-hours setting is now remembered when saving and reopening a document.
• Documentation — Fixed a typo in the in-app help’s sidebar menu.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when undoing a style change.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Applescript publishing action.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when opening a project from a Server Repository.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when using Mac OS X’s dictionary “Look Up” feature on selected text.

Version 2.4.1 - April 30, 2015

• In-App Help Documentation — The in-app help has been updated with new images and improved documentation on certain features.
• Scrolling — Fixed a bug where the horizontal scroll bar would obscure the last task in a project.
• Granularity Setting — The Project Information inspector now updates correctly when the granularity setting has been changed.
• Leveling — In some cases, v2.4 produced different leveling results compared to 2.3.7 due to a previous leveling fix. The results are now consistent.
• Leveling — Fixed a bug where automatic leveling could adjust baseline dates.
• Change Tracking — Realigned the Accept All & Reject All toolbar buttons to the right side of the Change Tracking toolbar.
• Change Tracking — The Change Tracking toolbar buttons were missing in localized versions of OmniPlan.
• Localization — Corrected the Spanish translation of “Task” to “Tarea”.
• Localization — “Task” and “Resource” are now displayed in Chinese when using Chinese localizations.
• Localization — Removed duplicate menu items for expand/collapse rows from Chinese localizations.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that would occur during file save.
• Stability — Showing and hiding the Change Tracking view no longer crashes.
• Stability — Removing a publishing action was crashing the app in rare cases.
• Stability — Showing the Action menu in the Resource Information Inspector no longer crashes.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that occurred when parsing certain date formats in the Task Schedule Inspector.
• Stability — OmniPlan no longer stalls when generating a large Quick Look preview during a file save.
• Stability — Fixed a crash with updating completion percentages on tasks.
• Stability — Choosing “Print Report” from the Print panel no longer crashes.

Version 2.4 - March 18, 2015

• Microsoft Project 2013 support — Added support for importing and exporting Microsoft Project 2013 files. Please let us know if you experience any issues!
• MPP Import Experience — Reworked the user experience when importing a Microsoft Project document. The presentation of import issues and the interface to report them to us are much improved.
• In-App Help Documentation — The in-app help has been updated with an entirely new interface and new help content.
• Leveling Delay — Leveling delay is now expressed in terms of the project schedule.

• Microsoft Project Import and Export — A huge number of improvements in the accuracy and reliability of handling Microsoft Project files. There are too many fixes to list, but some notable changes we’ve made include:

  • MS Project files saved as an earlier version (MPP 2013 saved as a MPP 2010, for example) can now be imported.
  • Accuracy of dates, efforts, durations, and costs has been improved.
  • Resource types are appropriately mapped.
  • MPT template files can now be imported as MPP files.
  • Split tasks are now imported.
  • Recurring tasks are now imported.
• Performance on Yosemite — Application performance on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite should now be comparable to what it is under Mavericks, 10.9.
• License Panel — The list of installed licenses no longer scroll off of the licensing panel on Yosemite.
• Calendar Export/Publish — All-day events and regular events are now published correctly.
• Copy/Paste to Spreadsheets — Fixed an issue where OmniPlan was not pasting data into columns correctly.
• Blurry Text — Fixed a bug that caused task labels to become blurry on the Gantt view when you switch to another view and return.
• Localizations — Fixed an issue where the constraint date could not be set when the application was set to Chinese localization.
• Localizations — The Applescript panel in Publishing & Subscriptions is now localized.
• Jumping Before Scrolling — Fixed an issue that could cause scrolling to jump to the wrong position in the file.
• Leveling — In some cases, leveling would hang when trying to schedule too much incomplete work for a limited work period.
• Inspectors — The pop-up calendar no longer disappears after a few clicks on Yosemite.
• Undetermined Date Entry — Entering “T-” for task dates in backward from fixed end date projects will now work again.
• Filters on Publish Actions — Fixed an issue where applying a filter to a publishing action would cause the file to not open.
• Saving Untitled Documents as Templates — Fixed a bug where saving an untitled document as a template with the pre-populated file extension resulted in an unusable template.
• Update before Publishing check — Fixed an issue where some WebDAV servers were not responding to our server/local project comparison query prior to publishing.
• CalDAV Authentication — Fixed an issue where some CalDAV servers would return a “Method not allowed” error when attempting to login.
• Gantt Chart Scaling — If start constraint is set before the Project Start Date, automatic scaling no longer creates wide Gantt charts.
• Group Handles — Row handles on groups in the Gantt chart no longer draw under the left task label.
• Display Time Of Day — Your project’s “Display Time of Day” setting is now saved and restored correctly regardless of the project’s granularity.
• Stepping Date Fields — Fixed a crash in undetermined date mode when you use the up or down arrow keys in a date field.
• Stability — Fixed crash that occurred when attempting to print.
• Stability — Fixed crash that occurred entering malformed dates in projects with undetermined dates.
• Stability — Fixed a bug in our export of leveling delay to MPP that could crash the exporter on ALAP tasks.
• Stability — Fixed crash that occurred when a document window moved to another display while group shading was visible.
• Stability — Fixed crash that occurred when reverting to an old version of a document on Yosemite.

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