What's new in MagicDraw 17.0.3 FR (Feature Release) SP1?

Release date: 4th March 2013

MagicDraw 17.0.3 FR (Feature Release) Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update that includes various diagramming, modeling, merge, Teamwork Server integration, and Java related improvements.

With this service pack, NoMagic, Inc. resolves a major problem which is MagicDraw 17.0.3 incompatibility with the latest updates of both Java 6 and 7. As a result, MagicDraw 17.0.3 FR SP1 is now compatible with

Oracle Java SE 6 Update 41 and Java SE 7 Update 15 on both Windows and Linux operating systems as well as on both MAC OS X Lion and Mountain Lion operating systems
Oracle Java SE 6 Update 41 on both MAC OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard

Important! To avoid possible Java compatibility problems we strictly recommend running MagicDraw with

Oracle Java SE 7 Update 13 on Windows and Linux operating systems
Oracle Java SE 6 Update 41 on Mac OS X Lion and Mac OS X Mountain Lion
Oracle Java SE 6 Update 26 on Mac OS X Leopard and Mac OS X Snow Leopard

You can check the list of publicly available or your own issues that have been included into MagicDraw version 17.0.3 FR SP1 here.
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Diagramming / Modeling

Internal errors no longer occur while drawing an Object Flow relationship.
Internal errors no longer occur when dragging an image from a diagram pane to a package.
A Basic Flow now can be created in the Use Case Scenario Editor.
The project no longer becomes corrupted after displaying the unloaded diagrams in the overview shape.
The .xlsx report from the generic table is now generated successfully.
Derived properties with a defined metachain expression can be created for the BPMN element.
The derived property value is now shown in the Dependency Matrix and is represented as a dependency.

Java related issues

Several Java related issues causing problems, such as MagicDraw starting up, applying licenses, project loading, have been fixed.

Other

Generic table columns are no longer lost when a new project version appears on the server while committing the project.
The Print Options dialog is no longer available when no project is opened.
An error no longer appears when merging projects with conflicts between a model element and any diagrams depicting that element.