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Lightwright Changelog

What's new in Lightwright 6.0.40

Jan 5, 2021
  • NEW FEATURES IN THIS VERSION:
  • Support for Lightwright LLC’s new web server, including version checking, automatic bug reporting, and license quantities greater than 6.
  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • Lightwright requires access to the internet at least once a month, to check for updates and confirm license validity. Lightwright now sends our server either “macOS” or “Windows” and the software build number to let us know how many users are on which platform and what the adoption rate is.
  • Multiple-cell worksheet edits are 7-10 times faster, though you probably won’t notice it unless your show has thousands of worksheet rows.
  • Training (.lwtrn) files must be dropped on the worksheet window to activate the training license. The user’s documents folder and the desktop are no longer scanned for these files.
  • John McKernon Software branding has been replaced by Lightwright LLC. Updated Lightwright icons.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Windows on external monitors that were subsequently disconnected didn’t move to an available monitor the next time Lightwright was launched.
  • The severe window flickering issues on Windows are fixed.
  • The fixture database was missing lights from Chroma-Q.
  • If you opened a .lw5 file or older, Lightwright could LOSE ALL OF THE FOCUS CHART PICTURES.
  • Lightwright didn’t keep track of which registration was set as the Active one.
  • The Marks list could have too many possible characters in it (ALUMS, WEDGE)
  • When Lightwright adjusted universe boundaries (for Vectorworks compatibility), the universe# and DMX# on lights could be changed to incorrect values. PULED
  • A problem happened when choosing Setup/Marks. LEAPS
  • If the maintenance window was open and you clicked back on Lightwright from Vectorworks, multiple “busy” windows appeared in Lightwright and wouldn’t go away. JAXIE
  • A window could be moved so far up or down the screen that it was unreachable.
  • Many Vectorworks data fields were cleared when data was going from Lightwright into Vectorworks.
  • Using the Groups window’s “Show on Worksheet” command failed if the group contained channels our of numerical order.
  • [Maybe fixed:] When launching Lightwright on Windows, there could be an initialization error. AIRED
  • When working in the Cable or Breakouts column in Maintenance/Circuit Name, opening the Choose List for Cable or Breakouts did nothing. KLOPR
  • Rearranging the order of a maintenance list caused multiple worksheet window refreshes. KLOPR
  • Registration information could be erased if language was set to anything other than English.
  • An error when opening the Adding window. TOPOS
  • Clicking items on lists (such as Reports, Error Checks, etc.) sometimes checked the wrong line.
  • Other miscellaneous bugs: BELIE, BETES, BLACK, CACKY, CAIDS, DEAWY, DRUSE, FASTI, FRYER, GLAUM, HERBS, IMIDS, JEMMY, NINJA, OARED, OCCAM, PULAS, PULLS, SAUCY, TAUNT, TELCO, TURNS, WEANS

New in Lightwright 6.0.37 Build 363 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Labels could not be previewed on the page or printed. WEMBS

New in Lightwright 6.0.36 Build 362 (Aug 31, 2020)

  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • You can now click the Labels toolbar button to open the labels window even when the worksheet is empty.
  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • On macOS, the Live Count window disappeared when another application got the focus.
  • Controls in the Limits and Variable Label Color windows were piled on top of each other, making them unusable. IP Addresses could be wrong after the show file was saved and reopened. SEARS

New in Lightwright 6.0.35 Build 361 (Aug 20, 2020)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Copying and pasting focus charts only worked if the sketch contained drawn objects.
  • When choosing the shared folder, an error occurred if the parent folder of the shared folder did not exist. PERIS

New in Lightwright 6.0.34 Build 360 (Aug 19, 2020)

  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • Using the down arrow key to scroll through the worksheet is now faster.
  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • Lightwright files could sometimes not be opened on Windows.
  • Deleting any part of a label failed to mark the label as needing to be saved.

New in Lightwright 6.0.33 Build 359 (Jul 19, 2020)

  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • Training files (suffix .LWtrn) are no longer dragged & dropped to activate them. Instead, new “Choose a Training License File...” buttons have been added to the Preferences/Registration window and the Demo Mode window. The training file is now remembered until it expires.
  • The red text color used on the worksheet to indicate changes made by others is now a darker shade of red.
  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • Saving a show file failed (usually with a lockup freeze) when there was a layout contained in the show file. REAVE, BWAZI File/Save a Backup acted like Save As, it did not add the date and turn off Data Exchange. BEVOR
  • Opening a layout with a show graphic in it could cause an error message. KB
  • Paperwork for user columns defined as Integer only printed lights “without”. BWAZI

New in Lightwright 6.0.32 Build 356 (Jun 29, 2020)

  • NEW FEATURES IN THIS VERSION:
  • A Font & Size menu item has been added to the Worksheet menu. It sets the font and text size for the worksheet. You can still use the worksheet’s contextual menu to set the font and size. BEGAR
  • Reports remember the last-used destination (Window, printer, etc.) and the printer page orientation. They revert to the default (Report Window) each time Lightwright starts. TRYER
  • A Revert to Default Settings button in Lightwright Preferences. It restores all preferences and other settings to their default values (before you have customized anything). This is helpful if prefs files were corrupted for any reason.
  • An option has been added to the worksheet’s Shortcut Buttons (across the left top of the window). The new option lets you restore the default settings for these buttons. To access it, control+click or right+click anywhere on any shortcut button.
  • Text on labels can now be up to 720 points (10 inches) tall.
  • In-cell worksheet editing is now available when running on Windows.
  • A new window describing how to set up Lightwright to work with Gmail has been added to the Email Setup window.
  • When merging two show files, these categories are now available: Focus Beam, Focus Axis, Footnotes, Show Title & Headers, and Vocabulary.
  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • The operating system’s Color Picker has been replaced with a custom one with many more colors available.
  • The default location for the Shared folder (containing files accessible by all users on the computer) is now the Shared Documents folder. On Windows, that is User PublicDocument. On macOS, it is /Users/Shared. If this folder is not available, Lightwright will use the user’s Documents folder. The Shared folder is always named “Lightwright 6”.
  • Lightwright never shares any universe setup information with Vectorworks. Lightwright does look at Vectorworks universe labels when you do a “complete export” from Vectorworks, and will alert you if they do not match the ones in Lightwright. You will have to manually make sure that Lightwright and Vectorworks use the same universe setup information.
  • Entering anything into a Work Note’s Cue# column no longer clears info in any other work note columns. If the work note is about a cue and not the lights being used in the cue, then enter the cue# in the Cue# column and then clear the info from the
  • Channel or other “search” cells to clear the content from the derived-data cells. SICKO
  • Custom Focus Charts now bold selected Axis indicators instead of drawing circles around them.
  • LW6Admin.exe (for Windows only) has no interface and cannot be launched on its own anymore. It is now a “helper” app that Lightwright launches automatically when needed. When you click Save in Preferences/Registration, LW6Admin will launch, do its work, then quit. During this time, Windows may ask you if it’s OK for Lightwright to modify your computer settings. If you answer “No”, then registration info will not be saved.
  • Lightwright now notifies you if there are updates available, but it does not download and install them for you. Go to the Downloads area at www.mckernon.com to get the update.
  • In the File/Print Paperwork and Counting windows, the OK button is disabled until something is selected for printing or counting.
  • Training License Files (their file extension is .LWtrn) are no longer detected automatically. To use one, launch Lightwright and then drag and drop the license file onto the worksheet. You will have to do this each time you launch Lightwright
  • File/Print Setup had gone missing and is back. Also, Lightwright will now ask you to use File/Print Setup to choose the correct page size if the printer’s current page size is different than the one specified by a sheet of labels.
  • Saving .lw6 files is now threaded, meaning it should keep the operating system from saying Lightwright isn’t responding while saving.
  • Web sites are now always accessed using https: instead of http:.
  • Vectorworks 2020 SP2 fixes bugs that prevented Data Exchange from working correctly with the Address, Universe, and DMX# cells in Lightwright. There are more fixes in SP3 of VW 2020, so Data Exchange is usable, as long as you follow the instructions in the “Lightwright 6 and Vectorworks 2020 Data Exchange” document in Lightwright’s Help menu.
  • The Data Exchange link window in Lightwright now offers different options depending on which version of Vectorworks you are using.
  • You can now choose the folder you want Lightwright updates downloaded into (when you have Lightwright download them instead of getting them via links at www.mckernon.com). Beginning with 6.0.30, this option is disabled because it does not download updates.
  • The Spare Address report lists universes with nothing assigned to them as spares.
  • The default format for the Address column is now Universe (#/###), not Absolute.
  • The “Missing Universe” and “Missing DMX#” error checks have been removed, they were the same as the “Missing Address” check.
  • Maintenance List Editing: When editing the “long” name on a maintenance list, the “short” name will not be changed unless it is empty. Holding down the Cmd key (Ctrl key on Windows) while pressing Return after typing the long name tells Lightwright to change both the long and short name entries. In neither case will Lightwright ask if you want the short name changed.
  • When printing paperwork, Lightwright uses the Short button setting of the active worksheet tab.
  • Lightwright always uses secure connection mode when sending email. As a result, the “Server requires authentication” option has been removed and the available SSL connection modes have changed.
  • Preferences settings are stored in a different format than they were in previous versions, so you will need to re-set all of your settings when you first launch Lightwright 6.0.30.
  • The Preference option to set the row shading color has been removed. Lightwright now uses the system color on macOS and a fixed color on Windows.
  • Lightwright now uses the operating system’s highlight color instead of yellow.
  • The appearance of some controls has changed because the underlying control was changed for 64-bit.
  • The default number of universes has been raised to 50. This only applies to new shows, not existing ones.
  • Lightwright now checks for internet access by trying to contact www.apple.com, instead of pinging Google. Lightwright requires port 80 to be open for internet access (including license verification and software update notifications). The status of internet availability is shown on the About Lightwright window.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Deleted maintenance list entries reappeared when the show file was opened, even if history was cleared.
  • The worksheet window’s title wasn’t “untitled.lw6” when you opened a new file.
  • IP address viewing, sorting, and printing didn’t work. RIVAL
  • Printing focus charts when only one light fit on a page caused a crash. ZOBOS
  • The worksheet didn’t refresh properly when using a contextual menu to set worksheet size or font.
  • Worksheet window failed to reset the scroll bar to zero when a new sort was chosen.
  • Lightwright could freeze when launching if it attempted to read a folder as a file. PICKY
  • When an .xml file from Vectorworks 2020 doesn’t include the Absolute Address field, Lightwright didn’t explain why it couldn’t process the .xml file. NAEVI
  • If Lightwright crashed while quitting, it could lose all preference settings and defaults. Now it will use “factory settings” if they are
  • lost. BLAME
  • The status of the Debug Log button in the “About Lightwright” window wasn’t saved.
  • Choosing a new background picture in the Focus Charts drawing window didn’t refresh the worksheet.
  • Lightwright looked in the wrong place for training files.
  • Lightwright 2 files could not be opened.
  • Channels or circuit numbers with a decimal number turned into numbers with a letter suffix when saved as .lw5. TURFS
  • Lightwright failed to save the “Show Rack Label” and “Show Rack Power Feed” options in label files. GRUMP
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed: BAAED, BROGS, HORSE, HYNDE, KUSSO, REIGN, RONDE, SHTIK, URNED, WAXED, WISHT, YOURT

New in Lightwright 6.0.30 (Jan 3, 2020)

  • NEW FEATURES IN THIS VERSION:
  • In-cell worksheet editing is now available when running on Windows.
  • A new window describing how to set up Lightwright to work with Gmail has been added to the Email Setup window.
  • When merging two show files, these categories are now available: Focus Beam, Focus Axis, Footnotes, Show Title & Headers, and
  • Vocabulary.
  • CHANGES IN THIS VERSION:
  • Vectorworks 2020 SP2 fixes bugs that prevented Data Exchange from working correctly with the Address, Universe, and DMX# cells in Lightwright. There are a few more fixes coming in SP3 of VW 2020, but for now Data Exchange is usable, as long as you follow the instructions in the “Lightwright 6 and Vectorworks 2020 Data Exchange” document in Lightwright’s Help menu.
  • The Data Exchange link window in Lightwright now offers different options depending on which version of Vectorworks you are using.
  • You can now choose the folder you want Lightwright updates downloaded into (when you have Lightwright download them instead of getting them via links at www.mckernon.com).
  • The Spare Address report lists universes with nothing assigned to them as spares.
  • The default format for the Address column is now Universe (#/###), not Absolute.
  • The “Missing Universe” and “Missing DMX#” error checks have been removed, they were the same as the “Missing Address”
  • check.
  • Maintenance List Editing: When editing the “long” name on a maintenance list, the “short” name will not be changed unless it is
  • empty. Holding down the Cmd key (Ctrl key on Windows) while pressing Return after typing the long name tells Lightwright to
  • change both the long and short name entries. In neither case will Lightwright ask if you want the short name changed.
  • When printing paperwork, Lightwright uses the Short button setting of the active worksheet tab.
  • Lightwright always uses secure connection mode when sending email. As a result, the “Server requires authentication” option has
  • been removed and the available SSL connection modes have changed.
  • Preferences settings are stored in a different format than they were in previous versions, so you will need to re-set all of your
  • settings when you first launch Lightwright 6.0.30.
  • The Preference option to set the row shading color has been removed. Lightwright now uses the system color on macOS and a fixed
  • color on Windows.
  • Lightwright now uses the operating system’s highlight color instead of yellow.
  • The appearance of some controls has changed because the underlying control was changed for 64-bit. The default number of universes has been raised to 50. This only applies to new shows, not existing ones.
  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • Text and panel objects on labels could have their bottoms/tops or lefts/rights dragged so the height or width was negative. The object still drew, but could not be selected. Text objects are now automatically resized so they are at least the height of their text size.
  • Many windows failed to update their content while the scroll bar thumb was dragged.
  • An “unsupported format” error occurred when trying to open or save labels and some other files. BAZAR, CECUM, CLART,
  • IRONE, GYPPO, LAXLY, LOMES, MUXED, NOILY, SERRA, SHAWS, VOXEL, YUCKS The fixture database wasn’t being updated when a new one was available.
  • The Automated Action menu included “.DSStore” (the folder directory) on macOS. Worksheet/Column Setup window didn’t work.
  • Choosing an entry from the Help menu failed to open it.
  • Printing with the “one per page” option turned on resulted in missing data on the printout. SEPOY
  • In the Search & Replace window, the Search and Replace category popup menus didn’t work. SABLE
  • Show files could not be saved. ABOVE, AMNIA, BANES, JOKOL, PELES, SILDS, SMOWT, WANDS
  • Labels could not be saved. DRECK, LIANE, NUTSO, PERCH
  • See of the buttons in the Labels variable color window didn’t work.
  • The row of buttons at the top of the Vectorworks Reconciliation window were not enabled. AVISO
  • When launching Lightwright for the first time, an out-of-bounds error occurred, and preference settings were read incorrectly.
  • RAJAH
  • Deleted rows always showed in the worksheet and were included in all counts and reports. ZAKAT
  • Dragging categories in the File/Import Data window didn’t work, and lines weren’t drawn in the lists. STAIN
  • Selecting a worksheet cell, then changing to a different sort left a white rectangle over part of the worksheet. STERE
  • The ‘Put on Clipboard’ button in Dimmer Details left off the Status and C phase columns. MASSA
  • Lightwright could freeze when printing a Dimmer Hookup. EXINE
  • If you changed a dimmer range that had address linking active to a different kind of range, linking could stay active even when it
  • said it wasn’t.
  • When you open the Limits window, the “is/is not” conditions were always set to “is”, even if it was saved as “is not”. NELLY Limits looked at the default “On Plot” status of instrument types, not the actual “On Plot” status of each worksheet row. Default limits were saved incorrectly. CILLS
  • On Windows, pretty much everything flickered.
  • On Windows, double-clicking a .lw6 file often failed to open it if there was another .lw6 file already open.
  • On Windows, some files were mistakenly identified as not readable.
  • On Windows, the clipboard window was not visible.
  • Focus Axis and Focus Beam were missing from the Merge window. SPIRIT
  • In the Groups window, pressing the left and right arrow keys didn’t move the edit field.
  • Double-clicking a color in the manufacturers color window failed to put the color into the Choose Name window.
  • Rotation angles displayed incorrectly when computer’s region settings used “,” as the decimal separator.
  • Coordinates displayed incorrectly when Metric was active.
  • Previewing a label with no fields on it caused a crash.
  • Lightwright wasn’t case sensitive when you changed the case of a Worksheet Flag’s name.
  • The Shrink to Fit option caused label text to ignore the text object’s boundaries and alignment. YAPON
  • Editing the size of a label sheet that was created with metric dimensions showed with invalid imperial ones. ANTAS
  • Fonts that have italic variants didn’t always display as italics.
  • Transmitting a show file to another user on the network failed when the file size was greater than 2MB.
  • When printing multiple copies of a kind of paperwork, the table of contents was only printed once. KILLS
  • In Layout, it could be difficult to find the right edge of a column to change its width. MVULE
  • When switching to Layout, any warning messages at the bottom of the window weren’t cleared.
  • The Vectorworks Instructions window opened when you hadn’t asked to see it.
  • Some of the graphics used in Lightwright were incorrectly scaled.
  • In the Wheel window, clicking the OK button in the manufacturer color choose window failed to close the color choose window. Out of memory error when building popup View and Sort menus. CONKS, ELEGY, IDEES, LIVED, MATIN, SIPPY
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed: ARISH, AROBA, ASTUN, AVIAN, AVISO, BEAUT, BLOND, BRERE, CAVIE,
  • DELPH, DILLS, DRECK, FILLS, FROES, GOWKS, HOAED, HOCKS, IRONY, KOFFS, LAUDS, LOAVE, LOONS, MESHY, MINKS, MIXEN, NAIVE, NOISY, OPALS, PAOLI, PEATY, POOJA, PROGS, PSHAW, RAIRD, RHUMB, SOBER, SPEAR, STERN, SWAIN, TENUE, TROKE, WILLY, WIZEN, WLYDK WOMBS, YIPES

New in Lightwright 6.0.21 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Saving institutional license registration information on Windows didn’t work.
  • Groups coming in from Eos didn’t have commas between single numbers. ALGUM
  • The radio button setting for the current active registration wasn’t preserved.
  • Focus Charts only printed the first page.
  • The focus charts cover page graphic printed fuzzy and wasn’t properly centered on the page.
  • The edit field in the worksheet window didn’t switch between the Regular and Short versions when the Short button
  • was clicked on/off.
  • Correcting the capitalization of characters in worksheet cells (but not the overall entry) failed to change the
  • maintenance list entry. FAINS
  • In Setup/Focus Charts Cover Page, the “None” button removed the default background image instead of the cover page
  • image.
  • When Lightwright was running on a computer with a language setting which uses a comma as the decimal point and a
  • period as the thousands separator, dimensions brought in from Vectorworks were incorrect.
  • Breakouts weren’t included in the Merge window.
  • When deleting worksheet rows, the “Are you sure?” confirmation dialog didn’t show most of the message. Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed: NEVER

New in Lightwright 6.0.20 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • This is a CRITICAL UPDATE that fixes bugs in registration info, Eos connection, and other important areas.

New in Lightwright 6.0.19 Build 194 Beta (Jun 19, 2018)

  • Added debug logging for opening labels. You may find Lightwright very sluggish because of this. The final release of Lightwright will not include this logging, only the beta.

New in Lightwright 6.0.18 Build 193 (Jun 18, 2018)

  • This is a CRITICAL UPDATE that fixes some awful bugs, including one that caused show files to be deleted immediately after they were saved, and another that prevented work notes from printing. It also works around some problems with Mac OS High Sierra.

New in Lightwright 6.0.16 Build 185 (Mar 12, 2018)

  • Fixes some awful bugs, including one that caused show files to be deleted immediately after they were saved.

New in Lightwright 6.0.17 Build 186 Beta (Mar 12, 2018)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • The fixture profile database file wasn’t replaced when it was out of date.
  • The worksheet buffer sometimes failed to be built on Windows. ABOUT, BUCKO, THOFT
  • On MacOS, choosing File/Quit when a file hadn’t been saved went ahead and quit without asking if you wanted the data saved before quitting.
  • Asking Lightwright to quit, then canceling the quit, caused parts of Lightwright to be unresponsive.
  • The work notes window could be extremely slow to open and close.
  • MAYBE FIXED: File/Save on a remote/network drive failed.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: CEAZE, PIBAL

New in Lightwright 6.0.16 Build 183 Beta (Feb 26, 2018)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • File/Save sometimes deleted the file after it was saved.
  • File/Save always failed on Windows with beta build 181. GONOF
  • Current settings, preferences, and the list of recently-opened files were not saved when Lightwright quit.
  • The List... button in the Adding Items window didn’t work. PUDUS
  • The column widths and font sizes on printed Color Counts were incorrect, and the totals could be truncated. SPIAL When printing labels in Windows using Lightwright 6.0.15, the Print dialog window flashed onscreen and then
  • cancelled itself, making printing labels impossible. KYNDE
  • Circuit numbers with only a prefix letter followed by a decimal number were not included on the Circuit# Hookup. Clearing all history & resetting all highlights also did a “Remove All Unused”.
  • Adding or removing columns from layouts failed to set the layout’s “dirty” flag.
  • Column widths could not be changed manually if the unit# column was on the layout but there were no unit numbers.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: CIRLS, GUNKY, HODJA, LIMIT, MATIN, PRIEF, TATIE, WHITE

New in Lightwright 6.0.16 Build 182 Beta (Feb 20, 2018)

  • BUGS FIXED (Multiple BugIDs can refer to the same bug):
  • File/Save sometimes deleted the file after it was saved.
  • File/Save always failed on Windows with beta build 181.
  • Current settings, preferences, and the list of recently-opened files were not saved when Lightwright quit.
  • The List... button in the Adding Items window didn’t work. PUDUS
  • The column widths and font sizes on printed Color Counts were incorrect, and the totals could be truncated. SPIAL When printing labels in Windows using Lightwright 6.0.15, the Print dialog window flashed onscreen and then
  • cancelled itself, making printing labels impossible. KYNDE
  • Circuit numbers with only a prefix letter followed by a decimal number were not included on the Circuit# Hookup. Clearing all history & resetting all highlights also did a “Remove All Unused”.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: CIRLS, GUNKY, LIMIT, MATIN, PRIEF, TATIE, WHITE

New in Lightwright 6.0.16 Build 181 Beta (Feb 16, 2018)

  • This build fixes a few really critical bugs:
  • File/Save sometimes deleted the file after it was saved (MacOS 10.13 only)
  • Lightwright could crash completely when dragging things or manipulating graphics (MacOS 10.13 only)
  • Current settings, preferences, and the list of recently-opened files were not saved when Lightwright quit.
  • The List... button in the Adding Items window didn’t work. PUDUS
  • The column widths and font sizes on printed Color Counts were incorrect, and the totals could be truncated. SPIAL
  • When printing labels in Windows and using Lightwright 6.0.15, the Print dialog window flashed onscreen and then
  • Cancelled itself, making printing labels impossible. KYNDE
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: GUNKY, LIMIT, PRIEF, TATIE

New in Lightwright 6.0.15 Build 176 (Jan 23, 2018)

  • This is a CRITICAL UPDATE that improves the automatic flow of data from circuit numbers to dimmers, to addresses, by updating addresses when dimmer types are change to or from Doubled.
  • It also fixes over 40 bugs, including one that caused file content loss when more than one file was opened in Microsoft Windows by double-clicking. Another important bug was one that caused data entered in Maintenance/Circuit Name to actually not be entered, even though it appeared to be OK.
  • A complete list of bugs fixed is available in the Release Notes.pdf in Lightwight 6.0.15's Help menu.

New in Lightwright 6.0.14 Build 159 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • This is a CRITICAL UPDATE that adds two new features, makes 4 changes, and fixes 43 bugs, including serious problems with the Spare Address report, Circuit Name/Dimmer/Address linking, labels, and more. For complete details, refer to the Release Notes.pdf in Lightwright's Help menu.
  • NEW FEATURES:
  • The Setup Menu has two new entries:
  • Enforce Universe Boundaries:
  • This menu item is an option you can turn on and off by choosing it. When this option is on, Lightwright stops you when you try to enter an address for a light whose DMX footprint would cross into the beginning of the next universe. When this option is off, it will still alert you, but it will not stop you. This option is ON by default. TOWZY
  • Default Color Sheet Sizes:
  • Use this command to set the default color sheet size and to change the color sheet size for the current show. This is in addition to the existing ability to set the color sheet size for the current show in Maintenance/Color and Maintenance/Color Frame.

New in Lightwright 6.0.14 Build 157 Beta (Sep 13, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • A new “Enforce Universe Boundaries “ option has been added to the Setup Menu. When this option is on, Lightwright will stop you if you try to enter an address for a light whose DMX footprint would cross into the beginning of the
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • The Fixture database has been updated with current data as of September 12, 2017.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Focus Charts did not print or appear in layout (“There is no data in the Position column” message) because the Position sort list wasn’t initialized for focus charts. LONGA
  • Focus Charts cannot be printed in Landscape orientation, but the Print Paperwork window let you try. VIRLS
  • When printing Focus Charts with custom sketch options, Lightwright failed to select the correct 1 or 2 column paperwork type, resulting in screwed up 2-column charts. VIRLS
  • Using the command to add a work note to the selected cue failed to include the cue# in the work note. It also failed to include cue part numbers.
  • The File/Recent list sometimes contained duplicate entries.
  • The Layout Manager window failed to include older .lwl files. COLED
  • Selecting the “Get Cues” menu item while Lightwright was busy getting cues caused cues to be removed. STENT
  • Color sheet sizes were not stored in .lw6 show files (and even with this fixed, they will not be read when opened in versions prior to 6.0.14). WILIS
  • The Live Count window scrolled to the first item on the list whenever it recalculated. PAYEE
  • An OutOfBoundsException occurred in Win6DefaultsGet2 when launching Lightwright after setting up cue list columns.
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed.

New in Lightwright 6.0.13 Build 156 (Sep 1, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • The name of the Profile assigned to an instrument type can now be printed on labels and also exported using File/ Export/Data. ALKIE, DRICE
  • Cues that are on the Cue List but not in the console can be flagged in the Cue List window.
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • Metric measurements can now be entered with one decimal point accuracy in the Label Setup window.
  • In Circuit Name Maintenance, a yellow warning triangle is now drawn when a dimmer rack assigned to a Circuit Name
  • entry is not in Setup/Dimming & Control.
  • The Fixture database has been updated with current data as of August 15, 2017.
  • The Cue List Window’s gear button now includes an option to toggle cue buttons on and off.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • If the Eos show file had more than 6 cue lists, one or more of the ones in Lightwright could be deleted (and not just ones with numbers greater than 6).
  • Eos Scene Headers were not deleted from Lightwright when the cues they were attached to were deleted in Eos. Cue Lists did not always completely remove deleted cues. MELON, SATES
  • Cue Lists could print with black as the shading color, instead of the desired color. AJUGA
  • Cue List cue parts were not sorted correctly.
  • Cue Lists did not show Follow & Hang correctly. CASKY
  • When cue list was linked to Eos, the green light bulb indicating the current cue didn’t always show correctly. DEMUR Eos Groups with decimal numbers were not received by Lightwright.
  • If a cue with a scene was deleted on Eos and the cue list was brought into Lightwright, the header row before that cue
  • was also deleted.
  • Groups with numbers less than 1 could not be deleted from Eos when it sending groups to the console via OSC. Groups could not be created with decimal numbers.
  • You could not delete the first row in the Group window.
  • Groups window failed to refresh after using “Get Groups From Console” command. BRANK
  • Totals for phase C in the Dimer Details window and in the Rack Loads report were missing and/or incorrect. ARETT Changing the order of dimmer racks in Setup/Dimming & Control changed the racks assigned to Circuit Names.
  • RACHE
  • Editing a cable name in Circuit Name Maintenance changed the circuit name’s rack System to A. SDEIN Counting Accessories could fail if the accessory separator consisted of more than one character. SNUFF
  • Closing a worksheet window when the label window was open (with the label modified but not saved) resulted in
  • getting asked twice if you want to save the label before closing. The second time occurred after the worksheet window had closed.
  • If a label had a panel defined as a DIP switch, if the worksheet category it was assigned to was not defined as DIP switch, then selecting the panel failed to include the category in the Content pop-up menu.
  • The label window failed to show the current status of Text, Line, and Panel Lock. WRECK
  • Saving a label saved a copy of the existing label with “OLD” added to the beginning of the name.
  • Label objects that wound up outside the edges of the label (for instance, when the label was resized) could not be
  • selected or edited. WRECK
  • Maintenance List alphabetizing didn’t always sort properly. MOSSO, VALOR.
  • Merging maintenance lists failed to merge Short names (it used long names in both long and short). When clicking a maintenance list tab, the edit cell often failed to adjust to the column widths. Exporting to a Lightwright Touch (.lwx) file could fail. ALGAE
  • Reconciling a Lightwright Touch file didn't work. BIROS
  • NOTE: An updated version of Lightwright Touch is required to make this fix work. It should be available on the
  • App Store by the end of August 2015.
  • Printing focus charts could result in incorrectly being told there was “Nothing to use for layout”. LEGAL
  • The “L/R” and “US/DS” text on focus charts could overlap each other. ROWER
  • The fixture database had lots of problems, including missing Robe Robin fixtures and the Solaris Flare LR. UNZIP
  • The mode pop-up in the fixture database didn’t always sort alphabetically. UNZIP
  • Including footnotes, wheels, or scroll entries in a column on a two-column Cheat Sheet caused the right hand column to
  • spill off the right side of the page. WICKY
  • The right column of two-column Cheat Sheets could fail to fill completely beginning on page 2.
  • Layout Options/Body Columns was not available for Group Lists. SISSY
  • Using a two-finger gesture to scroll the Choose Window contents left and right was sluggish at best. MERDE
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: ABBES, ADDER, ANGRY, ARUHE, BLIVE, CAPES, CRAIG, COXAL, CREMS, CREST, CROME, CUVEE, DITTY, FEMAL, FLUBS, FOXIE, GIBED, GOOLS, GROUT, HAOLE, HINKY, HOYAS, IOTAS, IXTLE, JOKED, KARKS, LAWNS, LOOPS, LORIS, MARIA, MINTS, MOHUA, MURRY, NAMED, NOTAL, OBELI, OCTYL, ONERY, ONION, OPEPED, OWRES, PAGED, PARDY, PINNA, PUDDY, PUNGS, REATA, SALEP, SITUS, SKILL, SWEAT, TAROT, TENIA, THANK, TICCA, TRUMP, WORKS, YOJAN
  • These bugs may be fixed, confirmation is pending:, CISTS, CONNS, DADAH, EXODE, FETCH, GEODE, HOLTS, JIFFY, JOKEY, KITER, LENGS, LESBO

New in Lightwright 6.0.13 Build 155 Beta (Jul 21, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • The name of the Profile assigned to an instrument type can now be printed on labels and also exported using File/Export/Data. ALKIE, DRICE
  • Cues that are on the Cue List but not in the console can be flagged in the Cue List window.
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • Metric measurements can now be entered with one decimal point accuracy in the Label Setup window.
  • In Circuit Name Maintenance, a yellow warning triangle is now drawn when a dimmer rack assigned to a Circuit Name entry is not in Setup/Dimming & Control.
  • The Fixture database has been updated with current data as of July 6, 2017.
  • The Cue List Window’s gear button now includes an option to toggle cue buttons on and off.
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • If the Eos show file had more than 6 cue lists, one or more of the ones in Lightwright could be deleted (and not just ones with numbers greater than 6).
  • Eos Scene Headers were not deleted from Lightwright when the cues they were attached to were deleted in Eos.
  • Cue Lists did not always completely remove deleted cues. MELON, SATES
  • Cue Lists could print with black as the shading color, instead of the desired color. AJUGA
  • Cue List cue parts were not sorted correctly.
  • Cue Lists did not show Follow & Hang correctly. CASKY
  • Eos Groups with decimal numbers were not received by Lightwright.
  • If a cue with a scene was deleted on Eos and the cue list was brought into Lightwright, the header row before that cue was also deleted.
  • Groups with numbers less than 1 could not be deleted from Eos when it sending groups to the console via OSC.
  • Groups could not be created with decimal numbers.
  • You could not delete the first row in the Group window.
  • Totals for phase C in the Dimer Details window and in the Rack Loads report were missing and/or incorrect. ARETT
  • Changing the order of dimmer racks in Setup/Dimming & Control changed the racks assigned to Circuit Names. RACHE
  • Editing a cable name in Circuit Name Maintenance changed the circuit name’s rack System to A. SDEIN
  • Closing a worksheet window when the label window was open (with the label modified but not saved) resulted in getting asked twice if you want to save the label before closing. The second time occurred after the worksheet window had closed.
  • If a label had a panel defined as a DIP switch, if the worksheet category it was assigned to was not defined as DIP switch, then selecting the panel failed to include the category in the Content pop-up menu.
  • The label window failed to show the current status of Text, Line, and Panel Lock. WRECK
  • Saving a label saved a copy of the existing label with “OLD” added to the beginning of the name.
  • Label objects that wound up outside the edges of the label (for instance, when the label was resized) could not be selected or edited. WRECK
  • Maintenance List alphabetizing didn’t always sort properly. MOSSO, VALOR.
  • Merging maintenance lists failed to merge Short names (it used long names in both long and short).
  • Exporting to a Lightwright Touch (.lwx) file could fail. ALGAE
  • Reconciling a Lightwright Touch file didn't work. BIROS
  • Printing focus charts could result in incorrectly being told there was “Nothing to use for layout”. LEGAL
  • The “L/R” and “US/DS” text on focus charts could overlap each other. ROWER
  • The fixture database had lots of problems, including missing Robe Robin fixtures and the Solaris Flare LR. UNZIP
  • The mode pop-up in the fixture database didn’t always sort alphabetically. UNZIP
  • Including footnotes, wheels, or scroll entries in a column on a two-column Cheat Sheet caused the right hand column to spill off the right side of the page. WICKY
  • The right column of two-column Cheat Sheets could fail to fill completely beginning on page 2.
  • Layout Options/Body Columns was not available for Group Lists. SISSY
  • Using a two-finger gesture to scroll the Choose Window contents left and right was sluggish at best. MERDE
  • Other miscellaneous internal bugs were fixed, with these bug ID’s: ABBES, ADDER, ANGRY, ARUHE, BLIVE, CAPES, CRAIG, COXAL, CREMS, CREST, CROME, CUVEE, DITTY, FEMAL, FLUBS, FOXIE, GIBED, GOOLS, HAOLE, HINKY, HOYAS, IOTAS, IXTLE, JOKED, KARKS, LAWNS, LOOPS, MARIA, MINTS, MOHUA, MURRY, NAMED, NOTAL, OBELI, OCTYL, ONERY, ONION, OPEPED, OWRES, PAGED, PARDY, PINNA, PUDDY, PUNGS, REATA, SALEP, SITUS, SKILL, SWEAT, TAROT, TENIA, THANK, TICCA, TRUMP, WORKS, YOJAN
  • These bugs may be fixed, confirmation is pending:, CISTS, CONNS, DADAH, EXODE, FETCH, GEODE, HOLTS, JIFFY, JOKEY, KITER, LENGS, LESBO

New in Lightwright 6.0.12 Build 151 (Mar 8, 2017)

  • This is a CRITICAL UPDATE that adds some new features, makes a few changes, and fixes important bugs, including problems with work notes, export to Eos, and Layouts. For complete details, refer to the Release Notes.pdf in Lightwright's Help menu.
  • NEW FEATURES:
  • If you have more than one kind of Work Note paperwork, the Work Note Distribution window now shows a pop-up menu of the available kinds.
  • The Work Notes window has a new menu command, "Edit/Set Find to Current Cell" that makes the currently selected cell the Search cell (shown by boldface and a heart) for the note. The keyboard shortcut is Cmd+F, and there is also a contextual menu command.
  • CHANGES:
  • The Work Notes window no longer hides some columns when the Category tab is active.
  • The content of the Work Notes window now reflects the current Short setting.
  • Limits now work when a family header row is chosen as a condition entry. "Is" and "Contains" will match if the worksheet row entry is a member of the family. "Is Not" and "Does Not Contain" will match if the worksheet row entry is not a member of the family.

New in Lightwright 6.0.11 Build 146 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Layout Options has a new setting to add blank space after each cue on a cue list. The amount of space can range from 25” to 5”. DOJOS
  • Label Manager and Layout Manager have a new “Fix Filename” button that removes illegal characters from the selected item. Yellow alert icons indicate files in the list which have illegal characters in them. This option only appears if there are files with illegal characters in them. (“Illegal characters” being characters that cannot be used in filenames on Windows, Mac, and Dropbox.)
  • The Data Exchange setup window’s Options tab now includes buttons to save and use default settings.

New in Lightwright 6.0.10 Build 100 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • CRITICAL UPDATE that fixes some critical bugs from 6.0.9. It also adds a few new features and makes some other changes, read Lightwright's Help menu item "Release Notes.pdf" for complete information.

New in Lightwright 6.0.9 Build 137 (Jan 10, 2017)

  • When you delete all worksheet rows, Lightwright now asks if you want to clear all history. This also resets highlights
  • and removes all Undo information to help prevent duplicate Vectorworks UIDs from causing problems with Data
  • Exchange.
  • When you do a “full export on exit” from Vectorworks, if there are no worksheet rows in the Lightwright file (or only
  • deleted rows), Lightwright automatically clears all history. This prevents duplicate Vectorworks UIDs in deleted-
  • but-not-gone lights from causing problems with Data Exchange.
  • The commands File/Export Data and File /Export Current Worksheet as Excel Spreadsheet now use the worksheet’s
  • current Short setting.
  • When you create a custom label size, you can now edit its size, spacing, etc. by choosing the label size from the Label
  • window’s Label Size pop-up menu and then choosing “Edit label size...” from the same pop-up.
  • On macOS, the worksheet window now shows the file icon to the left of the window title, and Ctrl+clicking or
  • Cmd+clicking the window title opens the standard Mac file path navigation pop-up.

New in Lightwright 6.0.8 Build 135 (Nov 25, 2016)

  • The preference setting to remind you to save changes has a new option “Remind using question window”, which will
  • interrupt your work and ask if you want to save the show file (the way Lightwright 5 did). DOSES
  • The Weights in Each Position report now indicates where instrument types are missing weights. STIMS
  • There are new options for Circuit Name Schedules to include the rack and position that the multi is assigned to. These
  • are set in Layout/Options.
  • The Maintenance window’s Print button lets you choose which columns to print and in what order.

New in Lightwright 5.0.48 Build 520 (Nov 18, 2015)

  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Changing any field in Vectorworks other than the instrument type field caused the instrument type field to be cleared in Lightwright.
  • Lightwright did not instantiate default information correctly on Mac OS X.

New in Lightwright 5.0.46 Build 515 (Nov 13, 2015)

  • This update fixes nine recently reported bugs, including one that kept Lightwright from saving your show file. It also solves a bug where exporting in XML Worksheet format created an unusable file if there were worksheet entries with a “

New in Lightwright 5.0.45 Build 500 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • This release fixes a nasty bug where editing names in Maintenance could cause Vectorworks to add “orphan” lights with no data or symbol and a problem in the Scrolls window and exporting data:
  • Editing names in Maintenance could cause Vectorworks to add “orphan” lights with no data or symbol. When exporting data, the “Order of Lights within Position” field had incorrect numbers.
  • Changing the scroller type in the Scrolls window kept reverting back to the prior type.

New in Lightwright 5.0.45 Build 500 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • Fixes a nasty bug where editing names in Maintenance could cause Vectorworks to add “orphan” lights with no data or symbol. It also fixes problems in the Scrolls window and exporting data.

New in Lightwright 5.0.44 Build 496 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Colors weren’t broken up correctly when a footnote was included in a list of other colors on a light.
  • Choosing a new kind of scroller/instrument type in the Scroll window assigned the new type to the wrong scroll. The Missing Dimmer report sometimes failed to show results.
  • The Focus Charts Cover Page graphic would sometimes print really tiny in the middle of the page.
  • Including unused channels and dimmers on printouts could put them out of order if the lights had decimal channel or dimmer numbers.

New in Lightwright 5.0.43 Build 495 (Sep 4, 2014)

  • Updated to accommodate new Gatekeeper requirements in OSX 10.10 “Yosemite”. It also fixes a crash that could happen when opening a show file and several other bugs.

New in Lightwright 5.0.42 Build 492 (Sep 2, 2014)

  • This release is updated to accommodate new Gatekeeper requirements in OSX 10.10 “Yosemite”. It also fixes a crash that could happen when opening a show file and several other bugs.

New in Lightwright 5.0.38 Build 480 (Apr 7, 2014)

  • To open the appropriate Choose List while working in the Adding Items window, you can either double-click the category name (such as “Position”) or press Cmd+L on the Mac (use Ctrl+L on Windows).

New in Lightwright 5.0.37 Build 476 (Jan 4, 2014)

  • Fixes some long-standing bugs that were just recently discovered.

New in Lightwright 5.0.36 Build 470 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Fixes a nasty bug that caused some worknotes to not print, and another that inappropriately shrunk Focus Charts Cover Page graphics.

New in Lightwright 5.0.35 Build 467 (Aug 16, 2013)

  • Fixes a bug when sending data (especially universe data) to Lightwright Touch.
  • Fixes a cosmetic bug when comparing two show files, and a couple of other minor bugs and some nil object and out-of-bounds internal errors.

New in Lightwright 5.0.34 Build 461 (Apr 3, 2013)

  • Updates color swatches and fixes bugs in focus charts printing, Data Exchange when more than one system was being used, merging show files, and automatic dimmer assigning.
  • Fixes some nil object and out-of-bounds internal errors.

New in Lightwright 5.0.33 Build 455 (Jan 5, 2013)

  • Fixes a problem that kept some users from running LIghtwright.
  • Also fixes a problem with counting and some nil object and out-of-bounds internal errors.

New in Lightwright 5.0.32 Build 453 (Dec 12, 2012)

  • Fixes a variety of bugs, including ones that caused frequent crashes and occasional incorrect counting. It is a critical update that ALL users should install immediately.

New in Lightwright 5.0.31 Build 417 (Oct 31, 2012)

  • This update fixes a variety of bugs, including some related to VW Data Exchange and other important areas.
  • It is a critical update that ALL users should install immediately.
  • This version is also compatible with Mac OSX “Mountain Lion”.

New in Lightwright 5.0.28 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • Fixes a bug that caused sorting to become scrambled. It is a critical update that ALL users should install immediately.

New in Lightwright 5.0.27 (Oct 11, 2011)

  • Fixes some important list maintenance bugs that could cause loss of data, and other problems with printing and other issues.
  • It is a critical update that ALL users should install immediately.
  • This version is also compatible with Mac OSX “Lion”.

New in Lightwright 5.0.26 (Aug 29, 2011)

  • Adds a new Edit/On Plot Status command, and fixes some important Data Exchange bugs and other bugs that could cause loss of data. It also fixes registration problems with Mac OSX Lion.

New in Lightwright 5.0.25 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • Fixes some important Data Exchange bugs and other ones that could cause loss of data.

New in Lightwright 5.0.24 (Mar 29, 2011)

  • Fixes some important Data Exchange and dimmer report bug and adds two new features:
  • The Adding Items window has a new option: “Items are NOT ‘On Plot’”
  • A new Error Check, “Overlapping DMX Assignments

New in Lightwright 5.0.23 (Mar 8, 2011)

  • Worknote column widths are now user adjustable
  • A new menu command “Edit/Select Entire Row”
  • Data Exchange reconciliation now offers “Not on Light Plot” as an option
  • The ability to use decimal dimmer numbers has been reinstated

New in Lightwright 5.0.22 (Feb 18, 2011)

  • New support for Lightwright Touch for the iPad, lets you export, edit, and then reconcile your show file with changes made in LWT
  • A new Universe Separator Character, so you don’t always have to use a slash (/)
  • 5 new Clear options for ASCII Patch Files

New in Lightwright 5.0.21 (Jan 5, 2011)

  • Fixes some more bugs and improves automatic bug reporting.
  • If you already have a working copy of Lightwright 5 installed, you can get it through LW5”s Software Update feature, or from the Downloads page on this web site.
  • Lightwright’s Help menu has new documents describing the changes.

New in Lightwright 5.0.19 (Jan 3, 2011)

  • Fixes some more bugs and adds automatic bug reporting.

New in Lightwright 5.0.16 (Oct 21, 2010)

  • Fixes some more bugs, particularly ones related to worknotes and Data Exchange.

New in Lightwright 5.0.15 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • Fixes some really nasty bugs, adds support for assigning Vectorworks Label Legends within Lightwright, and adds “Tips”, a new way to discover some of the features of Lightwright that you may not have discovered or remembered.
  • If you already have a working copy of Lightwright 5 installed, you can get it through LW5”s Software Update feature, or from the Downloads page on this web site. Lightwright’s Help menu has new documents describing the changes.

New in Lightwright 5.0.14 (Aug 31, 2010)

  • Adds a few new features and fixes critical bugs (especially for Data Exchange)