Knowledge Finder Release Notes

Knowledge Finder^® Release Notes

Last Update: February 5, 2002

Version 4.33 (February 5, 2002)

Operating System Requirements

Note: Version 4.33 does not support 68k Macintosh or Win16 (Windows 3.1) platforms.

Knowledge Finder® Base Version	Platform	OS Support¹	QuickTime Support^1,2	Java Support^1,3
4.33	MacOS PowerPC	Classic 9.x.x OS X 10.0 - 10.1.2	3.0 - 5.0.2	MRJ 2.1 - 2.2.5
	Win32 (x86)	Windows 9x Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 SP3, Windows 2000/XP	4.1.1 - 5.0.2	MS Java Build 3167-3802

¹ Product may function with later, and possibly with earlier revisions, however compatibility cannot be assured.
² QuickTime is only required for viewing thumbnails, images, tables, and movies in Full-Text databases. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of QuickTime, however the items listed will not function. On Win32 platforms requiring QuickTime, the installer will include version 5.0.2.
³ Java is only required for Cochrane Metaviews. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of Java, however Cochrane Metaviews will not function.

Improvements

Added operating-system native multiple-user support.

Sticky notes and preferences are now stored separately for each operating system user.
Autosave and sticky notes now work even if you run the application from a network server.
Support for Windows XP "Limited" user type accounts.
Support for Macintosh NetBoot and Multiple Users.

Multiple enhancements to concept mapping.
EndNote export feature added for JBJS, TEAL, and NURO databases.
Fixed a crashing bug displaying Cochrane metaviews.
Fixed a bug when searching the last ISSN in a MEDLINE database.
(4.31) Fixed a Mac OS bug when ejecting and replacing CD-ROMs the program did not recognize the CD-ROM.
(4.31) Fixed a MeSH searching crash when searching for the word "AND".
(4.31) Fixed Knowledge Finder seeing network-based databases on Mac OS X.
(4.31) 2002 Splash Screens
(4.32) Fixed a crashing bug on Mac OS when exporting to EndNote.
(4.32) Fixed author name formatting when exporting from a MEDLINE database to EndNote.
(4.33) Fixed a few memory leaks related to searching and putting items in the print/save list.
(4.33) Fixed dictionary window creeping up a pixel on Win32.
(4.33) Fixed searches segmenting when they do not need to on Mac OS (speed related fix).
(4.33) Fixed default Export to EndNote file save location to be user's document directory.

Notes

The directories KFPREFS and KFCONFIG are no longer used by Knowledge Finder. They have been replaced with a single user-specific preferences directory called "Knowledge Finder". On Mac OS, this can be found in each user's Preferences folder. On Windows, this can be found in each user's Application Data directory. All preferences, auto-saves, sticky notes, and other temporary data is stored here. The MetaViewer for Cochrane has been enhanced to be fully user-aware as well.

The default "save as" file location is also user-aware. On Mac OS, this will default to the user's Documents:Knowledge Finder folder. On Windows, this will be the "My Documents\Knowledge Finder" directory.

The installer places default startup files into "Application Support:Knowledge Finder" on Mac OS, and into "All Users\Application Data\Knowledge Finder" on Windows platforms. When Knowledge Finder start up, it check to see if any of the default startup files are newer than the user-specific ones. If so, they are copied into the user-specific Knowledge Finder directory.

Version 4.28 [Build 317]

Operating System Requirements

Note: Version 4.28 does not support 68k Macintosh or Win16 (Windows 3.1) platforms.

Knowledge Finder® Base Version	Platform	OS Support¹	QuickTime Support^1,2	Java Support^1,3
4.28	MacOS PowerPC	7.5 - 9.1	2.1 - 4.1.2	MRJ 2.1 - 2.2.3
	Win32 (x86)	Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0 SP3, 2000	3.0.2 - 4.1.2	MS Java Build 3167-3310

¹ Product may function with later, and possibly with earlier revisions, however compatibility cannot be assured.
² QuickTime is only required for viewing thumbnails, images, tables, and movies in Full-Text databases. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of QuickTime, however the items listed will not function. On Win32 platforms requiring QuickTime, the installer will include version 4.1.2.
³ Java is only required for Cochrane Metaviews. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of Java, however Cochrane Metaviews will not function.

Improvements

Fixed a crashing bug displaying certain documents, primarily in Cochrane.
Updated "batch startup" code decompressor - 20% speed gain.
Fixed a dual-column printing problem where the second column on the last page would sometimes be missing.
Fixed a problem in the search engine where a single truncation symbol by itself (as a word) was causing invalid search results.
'?' is no longer a truncation symbol, '*' added as a truncation symbol
Concept maps are no longer generated on truncation-derived words.
Word variants are no longer generated on acronyms.
Disabled "Export to Bibliography Manager" when a full-text database is in use.
Added support for automatic binding of the HealthSTAR CD-ROM without the need to manually merge the KFDBASES.CFG files.

Version 4.27 [Build 313]

Operating System Requirements

Note: Version 4.27 does not support 68k Macintosh or Win16 (Windows 3.1) platforms.

Knowledge Finder® Base Version	Platform	OS Support¹	QuickTime Support^1,2	Java Support^1,3
4.27	MacOS PowerPC	7.5 - 9.0.4	2.1 - 4.1.2	MRJ 2.1 - 2.2
	Win32 (x86)	Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000	3.0.2 - 4.1.2	MS Java Build 3167-3240

¹ Product may function with later, and possibly with earlier revisions, however compatibility cannot be assured.
² QuickTime is only required for viewing thumbnails, images, tables, and movies in Full-Text databases. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of QuickTime, however the items listed will not function. On Win32 platforms requiring QuickTime, the installer will include version 4.1.2.
³ Java is only required for Cochrane Metaviews. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of Java, however Cochrane Metaviews will not function.

Improvements

Fixed a problem using more than one full-text database at a time, specifically using Cochrane with any of the other full-text journals.
Fixed a problem that occurred on the MacOS only where the application would stop responding to the user and searches would appear to hang.

Version 4.26 [Build 312]

Operating System Requirements

Note: Version 4.26 does not support 68k Macintosh or Win16 (Windows 3.1) platforms.

Knowledge Finder® Base Version	Platform	OS Support¹	QuickTime Support^1,2	Java Support^1,3
4.26	MacOS PowerPC	7.5 - 9.0.4	2.1 - 4.1.1	MRJ 2.1 - 2.2
	Win32 (Intel x86)	Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000	3.0.2 - 4.1.1	MS Java Build 3167-3240

¹ Product may function with later revisions, however compatibility cannot be assured.
² QuickTime is only required for viewing thumbnails, images, tables, and movies in Full-Text databases. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of QuickTime, however the items listed will not function. On Win32 platforms requiring QuickTime, the installer will include version 4.1.1.
³ Java is only required for Cochrane Metaviews. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of Java, however Cochrane Metaviews will not function.

Improvements

Added a workaround for a problem in the 2000 Publication Year MEDLARS databases. The database description file has an erroneous paragraph identifier in it, which would cause Knowledge Finder to crash if you attempted to remove "CAS/EC Registry" using "Edit Display Formats".
Fixed a crash that would occur if you went into "Edit Display Formats" and tried to add one of the two remaining paragraphs to the long display form.
Fixed a concept mapping problem that would occur when the free-form search query included the same word twice. This would cause extended concept synonyms to be included when they were not supposed to be included.
Fixed a crash that could occur when exporting documents in save file format.
Fixed a crash that would occur on Windows when attempting to Save Search Formulation or QuickSave over an existing file.
Improved search engine memory management on Windows platforms.
Improved handling of stop words in boolean searches. Engine will remove stop words and attempt to rearrange the query string. Stop words are words that appear too frequently to be of value, for example the word "the" is a stop word. Previously, if a stop word was specified in a boolean search (such as "THE and MAGNESIUM"), the result was 0 documents.
Printing references in Cochrane CCTR records has been fixed. Previously they failed to show up on the print job.
Version strings and splash screens now reflect a year 2000 copyright statement.
QuickTime version 4.1.1 is now redistributed where necessary.
MS Java Build 3240 is now redistributed where necessary.
MRJ 2.2 is now redistributed where necessary.

Version 4.25 [Build 310]

Operating System Requirements

Note: Version 4.25 does not support 68k Macintosh or Win16 (Windows 3.1) platforms.

Knowledge Finder® Base Version	Platform	OS Support¹	QuickTime Support^1,2	Java Support^1,3
4.25	MacOS PowerPC	7.5 - 9.0.4	2.1 - 4.1	MRJ 2.1 - 2.2
	Win32 (Intel x86)	Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000	3.0.2 - 4.1	MS Java Build 3167-3240

¹ Product may function with later revisions, however compatibility cannot be assured.
² QuickTime is only required for viewing thumbnails, images, tables, and movies in Full-Text databases. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of QuickTime, however the items listed will not function. On Win32 platforms requiring QuickTime, the installer will include version 4.0.2 or 4.1.
³ Java is only required for Cochrane Metaviews. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of Java, however Cochrane Metaviews will not function.

Improvements

Speed enhancements were made to the search engine, namely in the memory management and hitword generation sections.
Better support for Year 2000 MEDLARS and CINAHL databases.
Fixed: Crash occurs when saving search formulation or exporting saved documents to a non-writable location.
QuickTime installation asks less questions.

Version 4.24 [Build 304]

Operating System Requirements

Note: Version 4.24 no longer supports 68k Macintosh or Win16 (Windows 3.1) platforms.

Knowledge Finder® Base Version	Platform	OS Support¹	QuickTime Support^1,2	Java Support^1,3
4.24	MacOS PowerPC	7.0.1 - 9.0	2.1 - 4.0.3	MRJ 2.1 - 2.1.4
	Win32 (Intel x86)	Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0	3.0.2 - 4.0.3	MS Java Build 3167-3186

¹ Product may function with later revisions, however compatibility cannot be assured.
² QuickTime is only required for viewing thumbnails, images, tables, and movies in Full-Text databases. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of QuickTime, however the items listed will not function.
³ Java is only required for Cochrane Metaviews. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of Java, however the item listed will not function.

New Features and Improvements [Since Version 4.23]

Improved CINAHL Database Support

CINAHL grew too large to fit on a single CD-ROM, so the PDF files were placed on a second CD-ROM. Knowledge Finder had to be modified to work with this two CD-ROM solution.

Version 4.23 [Build 303]

Operating System Requirements

Note: Version 4.23 no longer supports 68k Macintosh or Win16 (Windows 3.1) platforms.

Knowledge Finder® Base Version	Platform	OS Support¹	QuickTime Support^1,2	Java Support^1,3
4.23	MacOS PowerPC	7.0.1 - 9.0	2.1 - 4.0.3	MRJ 2.1 - 2.1.4
	Win32 (Intel x86)	Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0	3.0.2 - 4.0.3	MS Java Build 3167-3186

¹ Product may function with later revisions, however compatibility cannot be assured.
² QuickTime is only required for viewing thumbnails, images, tables, and movies in Full-Text databases. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of QuickTime, however the items listed will not function.
³ Java is only required for Cochrane Metaviews. Knowledge Finder will still operate without the presence of Java, however the item listed will not function.

New Features and Improvements [Since Version 4.22]

Improved Local Holdings Support

Knowledge Finder will now display a web-style link if it is part of the Local Holdings information (under the bookshelf icon), and if the link is clicked on by the user it will launch a web browser and display the link. This was done because Knowledge Web customers with web-style links in their Local Holdings information want to use Knowledge Finder.

Speed Optimization

Knowledge Finder was built with the latest tools and compilers, which typically results in a faster program overall.

Fixed Bugs [Since Version 4.22]

Starting with this release, the Fixed Bugs section will only list bugs that affect customers between public releases. Internal-only bugs are no longer listed.

Fixed missing "Reviews Only" checkbox on search formulation when using MEDLINE with Pre-MEDLINE segment added.
Fixed an "out of memory" bug that occured on machines with more than 2GB of logical memory.
Fixed a bug that would cause incorrect search results when searching for pre-exploded subject subheadings if there were no articles in the database that matched the term.
Win32 fails to launch EndNote when exporting to EndNote.
Small memory leak occured on every non-KHost search.
On come Cochrane documents hitting the "Previous Section" or "Following Section" arrows would result in an empty window.
Vertical scrolling on some tall Cochrane tables could cause display glitches.
Cochrane Metaviewer would sometimes come up blank.
Hotlink animated cursor on PC slowed down by 50%.
Fixed crash that occured if the word dictionary was opened and the only database available was MEDREF.
Fixed a Y2K bug where a date would appear as 10 instead of 2000 in the publication year range control.
Fixed incorrect positioning of text on the login dialog if both guest access and proxy mode access were enabled (cosmetic problem).

Release Notes from prior releases are located here.