What is New?
Note
#.# - major version - Includes new features, major enhancements, architectural changes, bug fixes. Since 2015, a major version is named in sync with the release year, for example the first major version of 2015 is 15.1.
#.#.# - minor version - Includes bug fixes, minor enhancements.
When switching to a new major version it is recommended to start in a new workspace.
24.2.28 (11 December 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-8164 New XML preference for excluding parameters from the instances and submodule hierarchies
DVT-21225 Ability to preview the HTML page of a VHDL component
DVT-21226 New XML preference for including API defined under specific file system paths
Bugfixes
DVT-20388 Fix conflicting source code hyperlinks for elements with the same name
DVT-21223 Sometimes the HTML preview is wrongly updated when changing the preferences file
DVT-21527 All classes should have a fully qualified name
DVT-21555 WaveDrom diagrams are not correctly linked on Windows
DVT-21894 BadLocationException is thrown when extracting FSM diagram transition comments
24.2.27 (26 November 2024)
Performance
DVT-21457 Speed-up generation when no comment formatter is specified
Bugfixes
DVT-20838 Show a warning in the UI when using an incomplete project build in DVT Eclipse
DVT-21211 Prevent starting the documentation generation while another one is in progress in DVT Eclipse
DVT-21323 Newly created XML preference files are not immediately visible in the DVT Eclipse Project Explorer view
24.2.25 (31 October 2024)
CLEANUP
DVT-21217 New XML preferences to export modules, entities and packages per library
Enhancements
DVT-20367 Enhance usability for diagram links
DVT-21158 Ability to export SystemVerilog API per library
DVT-21349 Indicate the currently used preferences file for HTML Preview in VS Code
DVT-21536 Enhance missing python binaries notification in VS Code
Bugfixes
DVT-20263 Typedefs defined outside an enclosing package are not exported
DVT-20384 Module inner classes are not exported
DVT-21346 Missing Select all and Deselect all buttons for the diagram groups when generating from VS Code
DVT-21348 Preference file generated via Command Palette is saved under the project root instead of .dvt folder in VS Code
24.1.22 (1 October 2024)
Features
DVT-21270 Memory Monitor: New “proactive” memory handling strategy with lower memory thresholds to ensure optimal performance
Enhancements
DVT-19897 Ability to navigate to the top of the HTML page
Bugfixes
DVT-21189 Automatically resize FSM Diagrams to fit the window
DVT-21268 Memory Monitor: +dvt_set_memory_starvation_handling_parameters taken into account only for the build operation
DVT-21277 Non-printable characters should be automatically filtered from elements description
DVT-21345 Setting the preference file for HTML Preview in VS Code should not refresh the preview using the current cursor location
24.1.21 (18 September 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-21110 Improved UX for selection of XML preferences file for HTML preview in DVT Eclipse
Bugfixes
DVT-21163 Modports are not correctly exported when generating PDF documentation
DVT-21227 License: Disable checkout optimizations to avoid FlexLM server bugs causing ‘Failed to get licenses from trusted storage (-220,..)’ errors
DVT-21281 Update the HTML preview in DVT Eclipse only when the view is visible
24.1.20 (4 September 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-21152 Set default comment formatting type to None
Bugfixes
DVT-21164 The default XML preferences file does not include packages or libraries
DVT-21174 Macros filtering does not work when generating from DVT IDE
DVT-21206 Wavedrom diagrams are not exported in PDF
24.1.19 (22 August 2024)
Features
DVT-19073 & vscode-1517 Ability to generate HTML/PDF documentation in DVT VS Code IDE
DVT-21081 Ability to preview the HTML page of an element in DVT VS Code IDE
Enhancements
DVT-20959 Ability to export schematic diagrams without logic gates
DVT-21135 Ability to generate documentation from Windows and MacOS
Bugfixes
DVT-20919 Design Diagrams: Display interfaces and structs as instances instead of connections in specific scenarios
DVT-21129 Wrong parse time reported for projects with multiple invocations
DVT-21133 PDF generation fails for covergroups without coverpoints
DVT-21141 Design Diagrams: Display records as instances instead of connections in specific scenarios
24.1.18 (7 August 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-21032 Ability to export SystemVerilog assertions when using Sphinx engine
DVT-21052 Include the Specador version in the generated documentation
Bugfixes
DVT-20914 Memory Monitor: The error dialog should use an error icon
24.1.16 (25 July 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-20958 Ability to export FSM transition comments
Bugfixes
DVT-20810 Ability to use paths relative to the project root for custom Table of Contents file descriptions
24.1.14 (9 July 2024)
Features
DVT-20570 Ability to preview the HTML page of an element in DVT Eclipse
DVT-20756 Ability to edit XML preferences from DVT Eclipse without generating documentation
Enhancements
DVT-20849 Ability to include diagrams in Markdown comments
DVT-20854 Filter localparams from the block diagram and parameters table
DVT-20909 Ability to include admonitions in Markdown comments
Bugfixes
DVT-20189 WaveDrom diagrams are not exported from comments when defined with @WAVEDROM_FILE pragma
24.1.12 (11 June 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-19982 Ability to render WaveDrom Timing Diagrams in PDF format
DVT-20704 Ability to use Markdown files for custom Table of Contents descriptions
Bugfixes
DVT-20077 Scripts should validate all of the supported license variables, not only the DVT_LICENSE_FILE
24.1.11 (29 May 2024)
CLEANUP
DVT-20624 Change site URL from dvteclipse.com to eda.amiq.com
Enhancements
DVT-20581 Update WaveDrom package to v3.5.0
Bugfixes
DVT-19245 Disable Memory Monitor when using custom settings affecting the JVM garbage collection
DVT-20619 Diagrams are not generated in batch mode when a display server is not available
24.1.10 (14 May 2024)
Bugfixes
DVT-20355 Memory Monitor: Problems wrongly reported in specific scenarios when the JVM -Xmx and -Xms argument values are different
DVT-20445 Missing hyperlinks for e Language tests
DVT-20459 WaveDrom diagrams can break styling of other diagrams in specific scenarios
DVT-20462 FSM diagram preferences are ignored when using Sphinx
DVT-20494 Wrong range description for VHDL vector constraints
24.1.8 (24 April 2024)
Performance
DVT-20377 Speed-up generation of HTML files when using Sphinx
Enhancements
DVT-19743 Enable zoom and pan operations for external generated diagrams
DVT-20032 Ability to export external generated diagrams when using Sphinx engine
DVT-20141 Add links to always blocks and processes in comments
DVT-20375 Show warning and disable design diagram checkboxes in the DVT Eclipse wizard when no elaboration top is specified
Bugfixes
DVT-19742 Use relative paths for referencing external generated diagrams
DVT-20444 Wrong interpretation of hash characters when using Natural Docs
24.1.7 (9 April 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-20268 Perform custom index file path validation upfront
DVT-20321 Show total generation times per language
Bugfixes
DVT-20194 Hyperlinks extracted from architecture comments are not valid
DVT-20299 Sometimes not using a comment formatter breaks PDF generation
DVT-20302 Print parsing time in the build log/console
DVT-20304 Print information related to the skipped -y / -v libraries in the build log/console
DVT-20323 NullPointerException is thrown when using +dvt_db_location directive in batch mode
DVT-20329 Sometimes an exception is thrown when generate blocks contain instances of undefined modules
DVT-20330 Sometimes an exception is thrown when generating hyperlinks for the type of a port
DVT-20341 Sometimes an exception is thrown when generating Bit Field diagrams
DVT-20344 Bit Field diagrams toggle is not taken into account
24.1.6 (27 March 2024)
Performance
DVT-20059 & DVT-20038 Speed-up generation of Bit Field Diagrams
Features
DVT-20125 Add support for reStructuredText comments format
Enhancements
DVT-20039 Ability to use multiple comment formats for the same project
DVT-20143 Export modport signatures for interfaces
DVT-20145 Export typedefs defined inside modules
DVT-20256 License: Improved license management when encountering connectivity issues
Bugfixes
DVT-20098 Documentation generation times are incorrectly reported
DVT-20191 Export comment descriptions for entities and architectures
DVT-20196 Bit Field Diagrams are not exported for structures defined in the global scope
DVT-20225 Links to functions or fields are not resolved correctly in comments
DVT-20226 In specific scenarios, documentation of packages is exported regardless of the DVT Eclipse wizard dialog selection
DVT-20231 Design diagram links are broken in specific scenarios
24.1.5 (13 March 2024)
CLEANUP * DVT-20104 Remove invalid escape characters from progress report in DVT Eclipse Console View
Features
DVT-20119 Ability to export documentation for eLanguage projects using Sphinx engines
Enhancements
DVT-20031 Ability to generate UML Collaboration diagrams
DVT-20099 Display selected project and XML preferences file in the DVT Eclipse wizard dialog
DVT-20123 Improve the layout of HTML tables
DVT-20140 Include the names of labeled always blocks in their signature
DVT-20158 Include HTML page sections in the Table of Contents
Bugfixes
DVT-19855 NaturalDocs bullet lists are not rendered correctly for VHDL entities
DVT-20135 Do not export UML Inheritance diagrams for classes without children
24.1.4 (28 February 2024)
CLEANUP
DVT-20073 License: Replaced the license events database with a capped human readable log
Enhancements
DVT-19967 Ability to include images from an attached location with relative paths using Markdown
DVT-20066 Add hyperlinks for VHDL elements in generics range attributes and default values
Bugfixes
DVT-20090 FSM diagrams are not centered after a zoom reset operation
DVT-20091 Bit Field Diagrams are overlapping with other elements on page
24.1.3 (13 February 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-19892 Include generate block conditions and module instances in the Design Hierarchy
DVT-19918 Add a diagrams index to the Table of Contents
DVT-19947 Handle missing latexmk executable when generating PDF
Bugfixes
DVT-19929 Links between Verilog and VHDL instances don’t work
DVT-19948 Fix duplicated page titles in HTML
DVT-20014 Compile waivers: When located directly under the compilation root, waivers are not applied in batch mode
DVT-20028 NullPointerException is thrown when generating block diagrams without ports
DVT-20045 Sometimes comment formatter preference in the DVT Eclipse wizard is ignored
DVT-20054 License: In specific scenarios, connectivity issues are not detected immediatly
24.1.2 (1 February 2024)
Enhancements
DVT-19895 Improve layout of hierarchies in PDF
DVT-19916 Split macros into “Undefined Control Defines”, “Control Defines”, “Defines” and “Ifndef” guards” categories
DVT-19917 Fix search highlight in SVG diagrams
DVT-19955 Use the same Eclipse wizard for the deprecated engine
DVT-19957 Remove zoom buttons from diagrams that can be expanded
Bugfixes
DVT-19934 Block diagrams are missing from components
DVT-19935 NullPointerException is thrown when generating top designs page
DVT-19940 Fix WaveDrom diagrams styling artifacts
DVT-19980 Flow diagrams are missing from architectures
24.1.1 (18 January 2024)
Starting with the 24.1.1 major release our products are no longer compatible with old FlexLM license servers (<11.19).
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 23.#.# releases for early adopters.
- New documentation engine powered by Sphinx:
Ability to generate PDF documentation
Ability to export UVM Component Diagrams for tests
Add support for Markdown syntax in comments
Add hyperlinks between exported source code and documentation
Enhanced Block Diagrams with types and widths
Ability to search the entire documentation content
Improved overall look and feel
New filtering mechanism for comments based on keywords
REMOVED
DVT-19867 License: Removed support for FlexLM tools and dvtlmd daemon versions <11.19
Features
DVT-3092 Ability to generate PDF documentation
DVT-11483 & DVT-9650 Ability to generate UVM Components Diagrams for tests
DVT-11667 Ability to search the entire documentation content
DVT-13182 & DVT-13323 Add support for Markdown syntax in comments
DVT-16674 Show UVM tests in the Table of Contents
DVT-18661 Add hyperlinks between exported source code and documentation
Enhancements
DVT-9368 Ability to include user documentation files written with Markdown syntax
DVT-17580 Enhanced Block Diagrams with port types and widths
DVT-17670 Ability to include FSM diagram descriptions from the enclosing always block comment
DVT-19845 Add hyperlinks for VHDL package elements
DVT-19848 Export default values for VHDL generics
DVT-19849 Export VHDL constants from packages
23.2.28 (28 November 2023)
Bugfixes
DVT-16318 Sometimes FSM diagram states are not highlight correctly when a transition is selected
DVT-19741 Ignore filter comments preference when empty
23.2.26 (14 November 2023)
Bugfixes
DVT-16548 Comments are not collected for covergroups with arguments
DVT-19693 Comment filters not working for argument comments
23.2.25 (1 November 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-19593 Specador: Add a filtering mechanism for comments based on keywords
Bugfixes
DVT-18312 The description of a type is duplicated to its first layer
DVT-18313 Comments are not collected for enum values
23.2.24 (17 October 2023)
Bugfixes
DVT-17329 Specador: Inline comment collection for e Language elements
23.2.23 (9 October 2023)
HIGHLIGHTS * Default license server requirements changed to FlexLM tools and dvtlmd daemon >=11.19
CLEANUP * DVT-19560 License: Default license server requirements changed to FlexLM tools and dvtlmd daemon >=11.19
23.1.22 (22 September 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-18008 Filter API defined in test files from the rest of the documentation
DVT-19279 Ability to sort class variables by declaration order instead of alphabetically
Bugfixes
DVT-19391 Generation doesn’t start if files from another project are opened in the editor when using Eclipse
DVT-19413 Custom menu can’t be specified at the bottom of the page
DVT-19426 Inconsistent behavior when resolving relative paths with parent directory segments crossing a directory symlink during build config parsing and file parsing
23.1.20 (6 September 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-19294 Bit Field Diagrams: Trim unused bit fields for UVM registers
Bugfixes
DVT-18131 Do not print carriage return after reporting problems in the Console View on Linux distros
DVT-19252 Bit Field Diagrams should not used dark theme when documentation is exported from Eclipse
23.1.19 (25 August 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-19173 Memory Monitor: “Display Memory Warning” preference should only affect the warning pop-up
DVT-19174 Memory Monitor: Close the warning pop-up when reaching an error state
23.1.18 (2 August 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-19113 Specador: Add package information in class hierarchies and UML diagrams
23.1.16 (18 July 2023)
Bugfixes
DVT-19152 Missing hyperlinks for design diagrams in mixed projects
23.1.15 (7 July 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-19085 Bit Field Diagrams: Ability to see the full name of a field in the table on hover
23.1.9 (12 April 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-18767 Memory Monitor: Avoid false warnings in small projects
Bugfixes
DVT-18865 Incorrect signing for non-ANSI port with separate net declaration
DVT-18882 Memory Monitor: Disable directive not working
23.1.7 (15 March 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-18658 Specador: Collaboration diagrams should be generated with a depth of one
23.1.4 (8 February 2023)
DEPRECATED * DVT-18604 License: Support for FlexLM tools and dvtlmd daemon <11.19 is deprecated and will be removed in future versions
Features
DVT-18605 License: New client implementation based on FlexLM 11.19 (disabled by default)
Enhancements
DVT-18585 Wrong formatting for definition lists with long strings for Natural Docs comment syntax
Bugfixes
DVT-18240 License: In some cases the license client leaks a large number of CLOSE_WAIT sockets due to a FlexLM bug
DVT-18603 License: In some cases when multiple license sources are set and no license is available, the license client is repeatedly queuing and dequeuing for a license
DVT-18672 Exception thrown when an unsupported language kind is passed to specador.sh
23.1.3 (31 January 2023)
Bugfixes
DVT-18566 Hyperlinks to e Language expect struct members are not generated
DVT-18570 e Language covergroups are associated with the wrong comment
DVT-18572 e Language covergroups are not properly exported when sharing the same enclosing package
DVT-18573 Improve definition lists formatting for Natural Docs comment syntax
23.1.1 (19 January 2023)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 22.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
Improved e Language support
Improved Natural Docs support for hyperlinks
Export external resources specified in comments
Enhancements
DVT-18504 Export the sampling event of TCMs
22.1.39 (20 December 2022)
Bugfixes
DVT-18417 Comments are not properly collected for methods with separated declaration and implementation
22.1.38 (14 December 2022)
Bugfixes
DVT-18405 Specador: Ability to cancel the Scan Elements stage
DVT-18406 Specador: No progress bar shown when scanning elements
DVT-18428 Comments containing file:// links ending with anchor fragments are not recognized
Enhancements
DVT-18429 Specador: Log progress output in DVT Eclipse console
22.1.35 (17 November 2022)
Features
DVT-11769 Memory Monitor: Memory starvation handling mechanism
Bugfixes
DVT-18132 NullPointerException is thrown when undefined environment variables are used in +dvt_skip_compile
DVT-18342 Table of contents in multi-nature projects contains a broken hyperlink for e Language tests
22.1.32 (1 November 2022)
Bugfixes
DVT-18263 Methods extended in unit subtypes are not properly documented
22.1.31 (20 October 2022)
Bugfixes
DVT-18185 Specador: Project is compiled with a different build file than specified in the command line
22.1.28 (28 September 2022)
Bugfixes
DVT-17854 Table of Contents is missing the diagrams section in mixed language projects
DVT-17855 Expanding the Design Tops in the Table of Contents doesn’t work in mixed language projects
DVT-17931 Filter layer comments specified in a eLanguage test
DVT-18127 Thread Dump Collector: Fix broken zips caused by SIGINT signals
Enhancements
DVT-18068 Add preference for exporting eLanguage tests
22.1.27 (13 September 2022)
Bugfixes
DVT-18060 Copying customization files doesn’t work if the documentation is located outside project directory
22.1.25 (30 August 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17986 Add preference to automatically copy custom.css and custom.js file to documentation
22.1.23 (16 August 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17736 Add preferences for FSM Diagrams in Export HTML Documentation Dialog
DVT-17917 Natural Docs: Generate hyperlinks to test pages when specifying the test name
DVT-17918 Natural Docs: Generate hyperlinks to exported source code
22.1.22 (2 August 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17858 Generate links for email addresses
Bugfixes
DVT-17859 Comments are not properly formatted for elements in test pages
22.1.21 (21 July 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17797 Specador: Create a separate entry for eLanguage tests
22.1.20 (11 July 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17320 Specador: Export e Language ports
DVT-17362 Specador: Export documentation for e Language method extensions
22.1.19 (28 June 2022)
Bugfixes
DVT-17716 Above line comments are not exported if the element has inline comments
22.1.13 (9 May 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17486 Build log/output should be consistent across tools
22.1.11 (18 April 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17293 Copy resources specified in comments under documentation directory
Bugfixes
DVT-17361 Hyperlinks are not generated for elements in VHDL or e Language
DVT-17453 Extended subtypes documentation is not generated when the subtype doesn’t have fields
22.1.8 (15 March 2022)
Features
DVT-17389 License: Add support for inline string license sources
DVT-17390 License: Add support for platform independent license source separator &
DVT-17391 License: Add support for using a local license by multiple applications at the same time under the same user
Enhancements
DVT-17330 Filter implicit covergroup items generated by transitions
DVT-17344 Export access qualifiers for e Language members
DVT-17345 Limit maximum number of problems reported in the build log
DVT-17392 License: Send to the license server the client PID instead of the unused and dummy display value
Bugfixes
DVT-17301 Wrong source code hyperlinks for covergroups
DVT-17393 License: Fixed custom port support in local license sources
22.1.6 (23 February 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17291 Export events, methods and TCMs from subtypes
Bugfixes
DVT-17286 VHDL processes are not exported with the new elaboration engine
DVT-17289 WAVEDROM_FILE pragma is not recognized in linked resources
22.1.2 (26 January 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-16256 Add a navigation menu entry for top level eVC
Bugfixes
DVT-17154 Some scripts are not working correctly when ANSI colors are always set for some system commands
22.1.1 (18 January 2022)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 21.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
Show design tops in the main navigation menu
Show actual parameter values of design instances
Show ports in a table-like layout
Export source code with syntax highlighting
Generate PlantUML diagrams from comment descriptions
Integrate external Doxygen HTML documentation
Features
DVT-14920 Ability to see VHDL design tops in the main navigation menu
Enhancements
DVT-17104 Show actual parameter values of design instances
21.1.53 (22 December 2021)
Enhancements
DVT-16791 Ability to expand `include directives in the body of a module
21.1.52 (14 December 2021)
Enhancements
DVT-16769 Ability to configure diagram generation timeout and layout attempts
DVT-16883 Add documentation for internal classes
21.1.50 (23 November 2021)
Enhancements
DVT-16730 Add HTML footer for VHDL and e Language documentations
21.1.48 (16 November 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-16772 Natural Docs images do not work
21.1.44 (19 October 2021)
Enhancements
DVT-15815 Ability to embed WaveDrom description files within comments
DVT-16513 Organize generics in a table layout
Bugfixes
DVT-16316 Remove the ability to double-click on generate blocks in VHDL Schematic Diagrams
DVT-16728 NullPointerException when -lang value is not one of the supported values
21.1.41 (27 September 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-16559 Ensure that DVT distro scripts run with POSIX mode disabled
21.1.39 (15 September 2021)
Features
DVT-11841 Add support for PlantUML comments that generate diagrams
21.1.35 (23 August 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-16529 Specador: Progress indicator does not account for comment processors
21.1.34 (16 August 2021)
Enhancements
DVT-16268 Organize ports in a table-like layout
DVT-16314 Ability to export VHDL processes
DVT-16333 Ability to export eLanguage event callback methods
DVT-16490 Ability to highlight FSM states from the SVG diagram
Bugfixes
DVT-16334 Filter out constants from the Instances View in VHDL
DVT-16423 Export all eLanguage packages if preference file does not specify any
21.1.33 (9 August 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-16465 Multiple exceptions thrown when dvt_build.log is read-only
21.1.32 (3 August 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-10028 Progress indicator does not account for e Language UML diagrams
DVT-15898 Progress indicator reports values over maximum value
21.1.26 (22 June 2021)
Features
DVT-6057 Export source code with highlight and hyperlinks
21.1.25 (16 June 2021)
Features
DVT-9801 Export generics for VHDL entities
Enhancements
DVT-16267 Collect inline comments for port declarations in VHDL
21.1.22 (24 May 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-16160 Custom menu references should contain relative paths
DVT-16162 External documentation hyperlinks should contain relative paths
DVT-16237 Hardwire the shell used by distribution scripts to /bin/bash
21.1.19 (10 May 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-16131 DPI references to Doxygen documentation should contain relative paths
DVT-16139 SystemVerilog packages miss an entry for DPI functions in the navigation menu
21.1.18 (28 April 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-16110 Tool does not start under certain Windows 10 configurations
21.1.17 (26 April 2021)
Features
DVT-16066 Create a separate entry for DPI functions
DVT-16103 Ability to integrate with external Doxygen documentation
21.1.9 (8 March 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-15890 Diagrams page not generated for Verilog projects
21.1.7 (22 February 2021)
Features
DVT-15544 Add -license_queue_timeout argument to specify the maximum time in seconds to wait in queue for a license
Enhancements
DVT-15543 Print the “Waiting for license…” message event when using -silent argument
21.1.1 (11 January 2021)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 20.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
Performance improvements and enhancements for JavaDoc and Natural Docs comment formatting
New UVM Register Bitfield Diagrams
Hyperlinks for UML, schematic and flow diagrams
Ability to see Verilog design tops in the main navigation menu
REMOVED
DVT-15680 Removed the ability to generate documentation using the old look and feel
Bugfixes
DVT-15695 Waivers generated by +dvt_auto_snps_vip_waivers should be applied automatically in batch mode
20.1.39 (9 November 2020)
Bugfixes
DVT-15550 Scripts platform check doesn’t work for all 64-bit platforms
20.1.38 (30 October 2020)
Bugfixes
DVT-15528 Exception logger is not printing the stack trace
20.1.29 (28 August 2020)
Bugfixes
DVT-8768 When filtering-out base classes, the inheritance tree is also filtered in the generated HTML documentation
DVT-15222 Generate-blocks inside schematic diagrams should not allow double-click action
DVT-15223 Double-click on schematic and flow diagram elements doesn’t work when the mouse is over the text
20.1.27 (14 August 2020)
Enhancements
DVT-11482 Add hyperlinks for UML diagrams
DVT-14160 Add support for hyperlinks inside schematic and flow diagrams to design elements from another language
20.1.25 (24 July 2020)
Enhancements
DVT-8723 Show enum item values
DVT-8724 Show enum type only for the enum name declaration
20.1.21 (2 July 2020)
Enhancements
DVT-14769 Ability to see the design tops in the main navigation menu for SytemVerilog
DVT-14886 Add PID and hostname to the startup information
20.1.12 (21 May 2020)
Bugfixes
DVT-14684 Enhance comments preference is always set
20.1.11 (15 May 2020)
Performance
DVT-14651 Improve generation speed of pages containing JavaDoc and Natural Docs comments
Enhancements
DVT-14627 Add register field tables for each UVM bitfield diagram
20.1.10 (11 May 2020)
Enhancements
DVT-12538 Add support for JavaDoc code tag in comments
DVT-14596 Enhancements for JavaDoc and Natural Docs comment formatter
Bugfixes
DVT-8722 JavaDoc comment is not picked up correctly when using a blank line after @param
20.1.5 (27 March 2020)
Features
DVT-14384 Add support for UVM Register Bitfield Diagrams
20.1.1 (21 February 2020)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: The highlights below were rolled-out in 19.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
New Diagrams rendered from comments
New finite-state machine transitions table
19.1.48 (29 January 2020)
Enhancements
DVT-14130 Show indexes for FSM transition conditions
DVT-14146 Update JRE in distro to Amazon Corretto 8u242
DVT-14157 Ignore DVT_LICENSE_FILE containing multiple hard-wired “FLEXLM” strings
Bugfixes
DVT-14174 Broken search on mixed language projects
DVT-14193 False errors during mixed language compilation due to wrong language priorities
19.1.47 (10 January 2020)
Bugfixes
DVT-14127 Sometimes a freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException is thrown when generating documentation with finite-state machine diagrams
19.1.44 (20 December 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-13984 Add ‘Diagrams’ index page in the table of contents with all finite-state machine diagrams
19.1.42 (6 December 2019)
Bugfixes
DVT-13942 Search stopped working in newer Firefox versions
DVT-13950 Consecutive searches of the same element don’t work
19.1.41 (28 November 2019)
Features
DVT-13884 Show the transitions table for finite-state machine diagrams
Bugfixes
DVT-13960 Windows specador.bat script expects DVT_LICENSE_FILE to be FLEXLM when using FlexLM license servers
19.1.40 (12 November 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-13723 Ability to zoom inside the diagrams using the mouse wheel
DVT-13724 Increase diagrams zoom-in threshold
Bugfixes
DVT-13909 Correctly written +dvt_editor_association_override directive generates build config error
19.1.39 (6 November 2019)
Features
DVT-13792 Ability to render Diagrams embedded in comments
19.1.38 (31 October 2019)
Bugfixes
DVT-13727 Exception thrown when using +dvt_editor_association_override in the default.build passed to specador.sh
19.1.36 (21 October 2019)
Bugfixes
DVT-13829 Build config errors can’t be waived using the message prefix
19.1.30 (29 August 2019)
Bugfixes
DVT-13643 Specador progress reporting sometimes overflows 100% and the total reported time is wrong
19.1.29 (20 August 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-13654 Ability to use wildcard matching in the TOC search
19.1.27 (2 August 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-11250 & DVT-12413 Report XML errors for compile waivers
19.1.26 (26 July 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-13566 Ability to see to how many problems a compile waiver was applied using the -print_compile_waivers_info argument
19.1.15 (9 May 2019)
Bugfixes
DVT-1444 Node locked license doesn’t work when the bound network interface is down (fix for Linux)
DVT-13287 Fixed the support for directory license sources to scan for license files (*.lic)
19.1.14 (6 May 2019)
Bugfixes
DVT-13275 Scripts warn about “unset GTK_IM_MODULE=1 not a valid identifier”
19.1.13 (25 April 2019)
Bugfixes
DVT-13257 Fixed sporadic JVM crashes appearing when files were changed while being parsed
19.1.1 (22 February 2019)
Starting with the 19.1.1 major release our products are no longer compatible with old FlexLM license servers (<11.14).
REMOVED
DVT-3913 Removed support for DVT specific file licenses, migrated to FlexLM file licenses
DVT-12877 Removed support for FlexLM tools and daemon versions <11.14
Features
DVT-6546 Queue on the license server when all licenses are in use (removed -lic_queue flag that was emulating this behavior)
Enhancements
DVT-2497 Ability to use DVT_LICENSE_FILE environment variable for FlexLM licenses
18.1.27 (30 August 2018)
Bugfixes
DVT-12216 Batch mode compilation fails for files with modification time less or equal to 0
18.1.9 (12 April 2018)
Bugfixes
DVT-11399 Build config warnings are not reported when -ignore_compile_errors is used
17.1.43 (1 February 2018)
Bugfixes
DVT-11194 Export all libraries/packages if empty <export-vhdl-library/> or <export-vlog-package/> tags are specified
17.1.41 (19 January 2018)
Enhancements
DVT-11023 Show a warning if _JAVA_OPTIONS or JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS system variables are set before running the tool
17.1.36 (24 November 2017)
Enhancements
DVT-10883 Increased default heap size to 3g and default stack size to 4m for all 64 bits distros
17.1.30 (13 October 2017)
Feature * DVT-10273 Ability to generate an XML file with all supported preferences
Bugfixes
DVT-10637 UVM filters for UML diagrams are not taken into account
17.1.28 (28 September 2017)
Features
DVT-10582 Add hyperlinks to design schematic and flow diagrams
17.1.26 (14 September 2017)
Bugfixes
DVT-10508 specador.sh doesn’t return the correct exit code
17.1.17 (12 July 2017)
Enhancements
DVT-10139 Add events from all SystemVerilog scopes containing events
Bugfixes
DVT-10096 Remove hyperlinks from e Language events that are not covered
DVT-10097 Events are missing class documentation
17.1.16 (30 June 2017)
Enhancements
DVT-10024 Ability to set the location of distribution’s Eclipse and JRE folders using DVT_ECLIPSE_HOME and DVT_JAVA_HOME
17.1.15 (16 June 2017)
Deprecated * DVT-10031 Removed Graphviz UML Diagrams and the flags used to generate them
Features
DVT-10032 Added new SVG UML Diagrams
17.1.7 (10 April 2017)
Bugfixes
DVT-8800 Comment lines with words containing the element name are stripped from documentation
DVT-9796 Specador: Go to element from global search does not work for mixed-language documentation
17.1.1 (24 February 2017)
Features
DVT-3079 Generate Finite-State Machine Diagrams
Enhancements
DVT-7673 Fail when files passed as arguments do not exist
16.1.37 (24 February 2017)
Bugfixes
DVT-9375 Diagrams from referenced documentation are regenerated if the reference is outside of the project
16.1.35 (1 February 2017)
Enhancements
DVT-9146 Add the diagram-max-nof-nodes in DTD for auto complete
Bugfixes
DVT-9365 Global scope API filter does not work
DVT-9418 Macros are documented even if excluded but Global Scope is selected
16.1.31 (9 December 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-8159 Ignore @brief tags lines in comments
DVT-9132 Add covergroup information in class, struct, unit pages
DVT-9131 Ability to skip a header comment candidate that matches a simple pattern or regex when using +dvt_extract_comment_header+
DVT-9134 Ignore invalid HTML tags when parsing comments as JavaDoc
Bugfixes
DVT-9293 Fix NullPointerException when +dvt_auto_snps_vip_* flags are used
16.1.27 (28 October 2016)
Bugfixes
DVT-9122 Build config: irun location is not correctly inferred when compiling in batch mode
16.1.22 (12 September 2016)
Bugfixes
DVT-8948 When testbench classes reside under a program, they are not available in the main index
16.1.16 (8 July 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-8135 Check that executed script is part of the same distribution where $DVT_HOME points to
16.1.9 (9 May 2016)
Features
DVT-8567 Ability to add block, flow and schematic design diagrams using export-design-block-diagram, export-design-flow-diagram, export-design-schematic-diagram
Bugfixes
DVT-7496 Expand on e Language checks page groups doesn’t work
16.1.2 (3 March 2016)
Bugfixes
DVT-8326 No documentation generated for inner enums, structs or classes
DVT-8340 Wrong Java path in MacOS distros
16.1.1 (24 February 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-7978 Updated JRE in distribution to version 1.8.0u66
DVT-8275 Build with Java 8, minimal JRE required version increased to 1.8
15.1.37 (23 December 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-8156 SystemVerilog: Add preference to enable/disable “Ifndef Guard Defines” extraction to HTML, do not generate by default
DVT-8157 SystemVerilog: Add preference to enable/disable “Control Defines” extraction to HTML
15.1.34 (28 November 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-8111 Add a preference to skip class diagram generation if maximum number of nodes exceeds a specified threshold
15.1.33 (20 November 2015)
Performance
DVT-8092 SystemVerilog: Improve the performance of assertions and packages analysis
15.1.32 (18 November 2015)
Bugfixes
DVT-8085 Sometimes license checkout fails when using the latest FlexLM server (11.13.1)
15.1.27 (8 October 2015)
Bugfixes
DVT-7927 Wrong package comment processing when used for the overview page
15.1.25 (22 September 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-7836 Ability to create URL for HTML frame content in order to simplify sharing links to specific pages
15.1.24 (18 September 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-7832 Ability to use a specific package documentation as the overview page
DVT-7833 Ability to filter UVM API from index and macros pages in order to avoid clutter
DVT-7834 Show functions and tasks in generated documentation for interfaces
DVT-7835 Provide legend for class diagrams in generated documentation
Bugfixes
DVT-7888 Wrong progress report when linking external documentations
15.1.22 (2 September 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-7829 Add diagram generation process timeout (1 minute)
15.1.18 (10 August 2015)
Performance
DVT-7739 Improve Specator HTML search box performance
Enhancements
DVT-7737 Add preference to show brief comment in index tables
15.1.17 (3 August 2015)
Features
DVT-7727 New specador.bat Windows script
Enhancements
DVT-6930 Ability to link header comment to first significant element in file
15.1.16 (27 July 2015)
Deprecated * -gen_html_doc_from_settings is deprecated, use -preferences instead * -get_html_doc flag is deprecated, use -title instead
Enhancements
DVT-7664 Enhance progress reporting in batch mode - what file is currently generated, how long it takes
DVT-7665 Use both extern and implementation function argument comments when generating documentation
DVT-7667 Don’t modify the capitalization of the first word in the sentence if that word is in fact the identifier name
DVT-7669 Ability to pass custom menu by command line
DVT-7670 Ability to pass title by command line
Bugfixes
DVT-7663 Use portable awk syntax in scripts
DVT-7687 Avoid silent exit after a StackOverflowError or OutOfMemoryError
15.1.11 (20 May 2015)
Bugfixes
DVT-7474 License error due to a NullPointerException in FlexLM
15.1.10 (15 May 2015)
Bugfixes
DVT-7449 RuntimeExceptions are thrown when generating documentation that contains some diagram types
15.1.1 (27 February 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-7065 Build for Java 7, minimal JRE required version increased to 1.7
3.5.35 (30 January 2015)
Bugfixes
DVT-6284 Diagrams in Specador should reflect architectures not entities in VHDL
3.5.32 (18 December 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6900 Generated design diagrams are empty
3.5.30 (28 November 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6854 No license found when using Specador for SystemVerilog
3.5.26 (31 October 2014)
Enhancements
DVT-6766 Use new HTML look & feel by default
3.5.25 (23 October 2014)
Enhancements
DVT-6431 VHDL: Added architecture instances and sub-instances
3.5.24 (10 October 2014)
Enhancements
DVT-6278 Added compile waivers in functionality
DVT-6710 Added support for clocking blocks
3.5.23 (2 October 2014)
Features
DVT-6686 XML user defined menu
Enhancements
DVT-6213 Refine parameters documentation
DVT-6688 Show parameters in the inheritance tree
DVT-6689 Refine interfaces documentation (ports, variables, modports, clocking blocks)
3.5.19 (21 August 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6553 Specador compiles all files according to -lang switch in a mixed language build configuration regardless of extension mappings
DVT-6565 Specador complains about non-existing irun executable even if not in ius.irun compatibility mode
DVT-6570 FileNotFoundException (Not a directory) when generating documentation using the new HTML style
3.5.18 (1 August 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6470 Specador “-h” shows help but also prints an error
3.5.17 (25 July 2014)
Features
DVT-5560 Ability to customize the HTML look & feel when new HTML style is used
DVT-6487 Ability to inject HTML in generated documentation when new HTML style is used
Bugfixes
DVT-6526 Watermark footer missing in new HTML style
3.5.16 (8 July 2014)
Features
DVT-6485 Specador: New HTML look & feel
Enhancements
DVT-6279 SystemVerilog API defined under a class should appear only under that class and not under global API
DVT-6434 SystemVerilog remove covergroups, assertions, functions, tasks, variables from index page and search
Bugfixes
DVT-5550 Specador: Method argument comments are not extracted
DVT-6210 Specador: Fixed JavaDoc @link hyperlink extraction when similar links are used
3.5.14 (24 June 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6353 VHDL Overloaded functions are not visible
3.5.13 (13 June 2014)
Enhancements
DVT-6282 Validate the settings XML before compilation
Bugfixes
DVT-6331 Wrong hyperlinks when including external documentation directories
DVT-6333 Show the external documentation title under the ‘Referenced Documentation’ section in TOC
3.5.12 (10 June 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6285 & DVT-6287 Exceptions when generating documentation in certain configurations
DVT-6286 Exception when generating documentation with module diagrams with ports
DVT-6288 FileNotFoundException when documentation is generated with diagrams in the same location for multiple projects
DVT-6304 Progress dialog should also include design diagrams and design diagrams with ports
3.5.11 (30 May 2014)
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