Snap XMP Desktop release notes

Build 12.23

Release date: 15th April 2025

Features

• Updated Welsh language file
• SD-597: Allow ‘Quick set availability‘ for all users

Fixes

• SD-531: Colourised Gifs did not show colour in question in invite in email
• SD-536: Navigation buttons on touch screens look selected due to lack of hover state support
• SD-583: Exporting a string to SQL via a db link does not cope with unicode chars
• SD-589: Rounded buttons better match navigation buttons
• SD-590: Allow the “box area” colour to colour the unselected button so that it can differ from the area around it
• SD-594: Bugs with margins in r2l languages
• SD_595: Try to recover when win2pdf hangs in Snap Online
• SD-605: setup.exe not being distributed in the netsetup folder on a network install
• SD-607: Cannot create a folder in Shared area if Your work folder has been shared
• SD-608: RTF Export using code values instead of code index

Build 12.22

Release date: 26th January 2025

Features

• SD-584: Compact survey option added to the right mouse button pop-up menu in Survey Overview
• SD-587: Scanning: New option ‘Min mark’ added so small page marks can be ignored
• SD-589: Show as buttons has extra border styles added

Fixes

• SD-531: HTML generation for question in invite – issue with full width borders plus transparent borders in Outlook
• SD-573: Alt text for show as buttons (requires JSI 647)
• SD-575: Improve accessibility of Image maps
• SD-576: Stop survey change warning after Questionnaire Design | Data view mode
• SD-578: Standard library string formatting not rounding as expected in analysis
• SD-580: Allow show as buttons to work in grids and carousels (requires JSI 652)
• SD-579: Standard ini files not installed in C:\ProgramData\Snap Surveys\Snap\12
• SD-585: Initial values with more than 255 characters truncated during interview and in data entry
• SD-588: Scanning: Stop a mark classed as too pale being counted when no other valid marks

Build 12.21

Release date: 19th November 2024

Features

• Updated reference SurveyPak with accessibility improvements

Fixes

• SD-569: Use Alt text in the plain text edition where the question label contains an image only. Alt text is also used in the analyses.
• SD-570: Ensure all access keys are unique for navigation in plain text edition
• SD-572: Show as buttons “reduce width” ignores horizontal alignment

Build 12.20

Release date: 14th October 2024

Features

• Updated reference pak with new single edition starting template
• SD-560: New ‘Show as buttons’ option for coded questions

Fixes

• SD-566 – Group landing page does not display non Ansi characters correctly
• SD-567 – Allow variables to have naming convention of Qa_x

Build 12.19

Release date: 9th August 2024

Features

• Updated reference pak with starting templates
• Updated Welsh language file
• SD-527 – New ID.Page paradata / Show as Tab control option / allow Next button to not be used (for use with page showing as tab control)
• SD-553 – Option to order verification on case index

Fixes

• SD-554 – Potential for corrupt survey after upgrade of email alert in multi edition Snap 11 survey
• SD-555 – NR literal can get set with id.case during survey data to survey data import
• SD-558 – Problems when user doesn’t have access to scanned images folder
• SD-559 – Ignore deleted cases when exporting via Snap Online
• SD-563 – Help links updated for image maps
• SD-565 – Snap 11 email format responses fail to import when variables have been deleted

Build 12.18

Release date: 17th April 2024

Features

• SD-545 – Option to replace corrupt surveys by downloading from Snap Online
• SD-546 – Use code labels to auto map in a survey to survey DB link
• JS-324 – The file jsbuilder.exe has moved to the jsbuilder sub folder in the jsinterview folder. This may require approval from your IT support team.

Fixes

• SD-446 – Handle Triple-s imports of multiple responses containing spaces instead of zeros
• SD-544 – Enable Today Year to validate in Data entry
• SD-551 – Gap shows for routed out questions with page columns set up

Build 12.17

Release date: 7th January 2024

Features

• SD-541 – New images and image maps available for distribution

Fixes

• SD-525 – Help option within Map control editor linked to website
• SD-528 – Allow screen outs to explicitly ignore the global target
• SD-529 – Save as template in Online overview results in error
• SD-539 – Return error value to Snap XMP Online when reports are greater than the maximum number of pages
• SD-542 – Non-native time picker to display seconds. (This requires Javascript Interviewer 614 or above)

Build 12.16

Release date: 12th October 2023

Features

• SD-485 / JS-200: New ribbon for compound grids with option to set relative widths
• SD-505: Native time picker allows seconds
• SD-507: Allow variables to be excluded from randomisation blocks (to keep titles at the top)
• SD-514: Responsive images: automatically resize when the window is resized

Fixes

• SD-510: Prevent crash with quotas containing a weight
• SD-511: Fix Done and Cancel buttons on data import (for when quotas are present)
• SD-512: Recompile group variables based on a range of variables when new variables present in the range
• SD-516: Variables with an initial value cannot be used in a db import
• SD-517: Rim weights not rebuilding correctly

Build 12.15

Release date: 3rd August 2023

Fixes

• SD-493: Internal date stamp can be wrong for email imports within Snap XMP Online
• SD-506: Potential to create new data file if open fails

Build 12.14

Release date: 28th June 2023

Features

• SD-487: Email alert overview dialog to show alert status
• SD-488: Allow first/last for Chart analyses,as well as Tables
• SD-473: Add randomise functionality

Fixes

• SD-481: Data Entry shows Er for calculated variables with pattern
• SD-484: W3C publish – Remove image checkboxes and offset drop down focus border
• SD-486: Oversized fonts in the chart designer with hi res
• SD-492: Improve quantity validation
• SD-494: Warn on publish if using JSI only features with legacy interview set
• SD-495: Issues with some grid layouts in Firefox
• SD-499: Analysis dialog slow to open when looking for embedded styles
• SD-502: Remove VC++ 2010 redistributable

Build 12.13

Release date: 30th March 2023

Features

• SD-472: Max width setting added for drop downs (for better small screen display)
• SD-476: Option to set placeholder font colour
• SD-477: Option to import downloaded responses (including from WebHost)

Fixes

• SD-425: Additional fix for rounding numbers in question reports & data view
• SD-466: SPSS and SSS survey imports do not import the data
• SD-467: Summary report default max label length adjusted
• SD-474: Delete data warning now includes message about attachIt files
• SD-475: Crash loading survey with large table stored in processed data file (snpdf)
• SD-478: Crash running DB link with incorrect variable references
• SD-479: Sniff import can lose the show as draggable grid option (via Online Editor)

Build 12.12

Release date: 3rd January 2023

Features

• Option to set scanned images folder added to Tailor dialog
• SD-422: Inline questions
• SD-450: Snap 11 surveys to use JSI on upgrade
• SD-451: Option to use cell value in cell threshold as well as cell count
• SD-453: Show placeholder text added to open ended variables
• SD-458: Delete participants using online db link functionality added
• SD-461: sqrt function can be applied to numeric calculations

Fixes

• SD-61: Cancel after scan fails to tidy up correctly
• SD-447: Row highlight to highlight all parts of compound grid
• SD-448: Snap Online URL truncated incorrectly causing desktop sync to fail
• SD-449: Template fields lost after sniff imports (incl copy/paste)
• SD-452: Export of literal data to Excel CSV allows formulas to be evaluated in Excel
• SD-457: Remove requirement to set a device name in MFA

Build 12.11

Release date: 22nd September 2022

Features

• SD-407: Export and archive direct from Online survey overview
• SD-416: Import survey or template from an offline version direct from Online survey overview
• SD-417: Paste into grid label from Word to create multiple grid rows
• SD-426: New Compound Grids lets you combine multiple grids together

Fixes

• SD-245: Cannot create folder in shared ‘Your work’
• SD-418: Number picker not working as expected with legacy interviewer option
• SD-424: Rim weight incorrect when filter applies
• SD-425: Always round up numbers rather than use Bankers rounding
• SD-439: Semantic style question doesn’t update grid label text when translation file applied

Build 12.10

Release date: 4^th July 2022

Please note that build 12.9 has not been released

Features

• SD-337: New Summary Dashboard report
• SD-392: New Rim Weighting functionality
• SD-399: New Question Carousel style grid
• SD-406: Update JSI component without requiring Snap XMP Desktop update
• SD-407: Add ability to export and import from within Online overview

Fixes

• SD-353: Variable data lengths not always correct in SPSS and SSS
• SD-385: support nested comments in html alerts when removing comments
• SD-387: patterns containing spaces do not always import from sniff properly
• SD-391: Improve performance of random data generator
• SD-393: Skip empty records when importing via DBLink
• SD-394: Panel data import generates new data cases
• SD-395: Allow seeding of read only questions with no initial value
• SD-400: Inconsistent behaviour with context values in SOL
• SD-401: Survey page size setting affected by scaling in windows
• SD-402: bug in the line breaking routines in the rich text drawing causing issue for Scanning
• SD-405: context ignored in evaluation of ‘cases(filtered)’
• SD-411: Alpha ordering with exclude codes fixed in legacy interviewer
• SD-419: Scanning in more than one case can result in crash

Build 12.9 Not Released

Build 12.8

Release date: 15^th February 2022

Features

• SD-215: Allow ‘Interviewer’ to be mapped in Online DB link

Fixes

• SD-368: Publish online could crash survey when weak cyclic dependency
• SD-369: Sync not required after view of analysis
• SD-370: DB link to Online survey can fail to find survey 
• SD-372: DBExport link shows error for each case on Sync if cannot find DB
• SD-373: ID.case can show in questionnaire after edit in online editor
• SD-377: Cannot set number of decimal places if variable length = 1
• SD-380: Ordering exclude could affect the wrong codes

Build 12.7

Release date: 6^th December 2021

Features

• SD-294: New option added to limit chart label lengths to ensure they fit
• Accessibility improvements to the survey templates provided with Snap XMP Desktop including changes to the default question number appearance, navigation buttons and check boxes.

Fixes

• SD-209: Circular image map focus now shown in the correct place
• SD-309: When creating a new quota or upgrading a Snap 11 survey, the target would default to 0 rather than unlimited
• SD-314: Insert Custom HTML refinement to allow URLs to be specified within content
• SD-330: Option to show ‘Counts’ column in Tailor | Variable details respected
• SD-333: Drag/drop grid not working when underlying style is drop down
• SD-334: Crash cloning survey with data – offline overview
• SD-340: Initial values set to be read only when upgrading to 12.6
• SD-345: Image maps not working in iOS
• SD-346: Setting a Survey Pak into Edit mode caused Snap XMP Desktop to crash
• SD-351: Clear text grid content when rows or columns are reduced
• SD-352: Triple-s export not padding multi response variables
• SD-359: Code masking on grids with code labels showing mid grid causes layout problems

Build 12.6

Release date: 4^th October 2021

Features

• SD-243: Preview on Desktop now uses the default browser
• SD-292: Database links to surveys in Online overview now possible (cannot be a hotlink)
• SD-296: unique ID added to all responses: id.case paradata (can be used in a database link to uniquely identify a case)
• SD-305: Option to set base year for 2 digit years
• SD-309: Quotas
• SD-318: Option to set header level in Notes styles (accessibility)

Fixes

• SD-286: Dynamic initial values can be overridden. Read only initial values cannot
• SD-209: Slider in wrong place in Slider bar
• SD-289: Could not cancel download on a survey with a version conflict
• SD-291: Copy/paste text from Excel into Welsh edition loses some characters
• SD-312: Routing remains on code after variable changed and code no longer exists
• SD-315: Error message colour contrast adjusted
• SD-322: Crash in DE of upgraded survey in Online overview
• SD-325: Row highlight hides image map

Build 12.5

Release date: 21^st June 2021

Features

• SD-192: List analyses implement base and cell threshold
• SD-199/206/209: Aria labels added for accessibility
• SD-227: New insert option for reports, notes etc “Cases (filtered)”
• SD-238: Add title to new (online) survey dialog and clone dialog
• SD-250: Ignore Must answer option added to DE
• SD-251: PNG transparency option (Blended/Masked) added to Advanced tailoring dialog

Fixes

• SD-180: Delete warning enhanced plus extra warning for shared survey
• SD-189: Hot link with filter often exports nothing when adding new cases (export to file)
• SD-217: Read only attribute results in seeded values not in response data
• SD-233: Rating check error message not multi language
• SD-234: Only one login.htm in multi edition publish
• SD-235: Native data picker not working when variable is multi line
• SD-241: Set max literal length (9999)
• SD-245: Shared folders within ‘My work’ shown at wrong level
• SD-247: Sliderbar focus highlight redrawn issue iOS (iphone)
• SD-248: Cannot select all values in a slider bar
• SD-259: Calculated field shows as Error if the calculation results in a different type eg literal->number
• SD-273: Plain text only edition resulted in no interview
• SD-275: Style changes can result in duplicate code values

Build 12.4

Release date: 10^th November 2020

Fixes

• SD-193: Cell ref label only shows row labels if they are overtyped
• SD-195: Add font fallbacks for Ethiopic and Persian scripts
• SD-197: Import data from SPSS file when GetNumberOfCases returns -1
• SD-198: Publish can create msf for hidden edition

Build 12.3

Release date: 18^th September 2020

Features

• SD-127: New ordering option for code labels: ‘Alphabetic’
• SD-150: Order exclude list for sorting, so you can exclude multiple codes that don’t have to be consecutive
• SD-167: Set semantic style variables to be ordinal for analysis
• SD-169: Dialog added to notify when Snap XMP Desktop is out of sync with server
• 3675: SPSS is now an optional add on feature
• 4037: Decorated date patterns added for scanning edition

Fixes

• SD-152: Variable with calculated source in Snap 11 upgraded to Derived variable
• SD-164: Relative paths sorted for Excel files and survey links
• SD-166: Potential crash with list analysis of autocat variable if there is no data
• SD-171: Client install wasn’t installing Reference pak or sample surveys
• SD-172: Installer always installs Reference pak
• SD-174: Title not saved when creating a survey in offline overview
• SD-179: Native data picker not compatible with system date patterns
• SD-182: Client install could look in wrong location for Reference.pak

Build 12.2

Release date: 9^th July 2020

Features

• SD-153: Enable group questionnaires and ensure ‘Subject’ is mapped

Fixes

• SD-168: Crash running a report to Html