Revisions

The following sections offer information regarding the releases of the Flint Tool.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.4.1 (28th January 2025)

Features Supported

  • Integrated Flint-Visual Programmer features with UI enhancements.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.4.0 (24th January 2025)

Features Supported

  • Implemented Ordered List feature to support Keyboard and Dynamic Pivot.

  • Added new widgets: Editbox and Dot Navigation.

  • Improved overall UI design.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.3.4 (07th June 2024)

Improvements and Updates

  • Enhanced support for italic fonts.

  • The Frustum effect has been redesigned and improved.

  • Improved text rotation with margins.

  • Added text concatenation with margins.

  • Enhanced text rotation with Ellipsis-Start and End.

  • Comprehensive improvements and issue resolutions implemented.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.3.3 (3rd May 2024)

Features Supported

  • Implemented with Flint System Configurator (BSW configuration through Flint) for Gerda ZWEI.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.3.2 (22nd March 2024)

Features Supported

  • Unicode for multilanguage support.

  • Text Rotation in Flint EFV.

  • Scaling transition for text and image.

  • Frustum changes integrated.

  • The default memory pool option is included in the Flint-EFP for memory calculation.

  • The Floating license feature has been added.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.3.1 (22nd December 2023)

Features Supported

  • The β€˜All’ state option has been integrated for the Alpha mask effect.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.3.0 (1st December 2023)

Features Supported

  • Optimised RAM utilisation by reducing RAM size required for image.

  • UI Improvements.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.12 (17th November 2023)

Features Supported

  • The Dongle-License feature has been added.

  • Lock Widget Feature reworked in Outline View.

  • Bin to C file and SREC Generate option added in miscellaneous property.

  • Font storage tab added to efp.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.11 (10th November 2023)

Features Supported

  • Added new Targets in EFP.

  • UI Improvements

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.10 (20th October 2023)

Features Supported

  • Implemented RGB888 in RLE Compression.

  • Fixed alpha effect in RLE enabled fonts

  • Removed effects for widgets with child.

  • Removed alpha effect for window.

  • Text Concatenation effect alignment(Center and Right) issue fixed.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.9 (22nd September 2023)

  • UI Changes and Improvements

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.8 (5th September 2023)

Features Supported

  • Implemeneted 2D Scaling Effect.

  • EFX Rotation feature supported for Animation Images.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.7 (24th August 2023)

Features Supported

  • Implemented Alpha Effect.

  • Implemented Position Effect.

  • Text Concatenation Effect support in Flint.

  • Permanent Widget Lock support.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.6 (14th August 2023)

Features Supported

  • RLE Compression for Fonts and Images (ARGB8888, RGB565 and A8).

  • Implemented Alpha Masking effect.

  • Widget Lock Feature.

  • Dynamic Background Color Change options at Runtime.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.5 (28th July 2023)

Features Supported

  • CLUT Features

    • Manual color addition option has been implemented.

    • Added option to make Non-CLUT colors transparent.

  • Locked Widget Movement in Negative X and Y Quadrants.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.4 (14th July 2023)

Features Supported

  • CLUT

    • Transparent color in the first index of CLUT.

    • Palette options -Image to Palette, Image to Palette append, Palette to Image, Palette export and import.

    • Enable/Disable options for transparency.

    • Simultaneous support for multiple CLUTs.

  • UI Improvements.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.3 (30th June 2023)

Features Supported

  • Font file improvements

  • UI Improvements

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.2 (21st June 2023)

  • General bug fixes and improvements.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.1 (29th April 2023)

Features Supported

  • Effects improvement for widgets

  • UI improvements.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.2.0 (21st March 2023)

Features Supported

  • Effects for widgets

  • Automotive widgets

  • Refactor support for widgets and font files.

  • UI improvements.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.1.4 (21st December 2022)

Features Supported

  • Sorting feature added to Data file table

  • Text overflow - Clip & Marquee supported

Flint Tool, Revision 3.1.3 (16th December 2022)

Features Supported

  • Custom chars supported for Alphanumeric and numeric sets.

  • Supported Language option added in EFP.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.1.2 (24th November 2022)

Features Supported

  • Font Translation Support

  • Font Grouped UI improvements

  • Supported separation of Metadata and Auxiliary data into two different binary files.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.1.1 (22nd November 2022)

Features Supported

  • Font Grouped feature added

  • Default Kerning supported

  • Custom chars added for Alphanumeric and Numeric character set

Flint Tool, Revision 3.0.9 (11th July 2022)

Features Supported

  • Undo and Redo supports for efv editor( widget addition,deletion,change of parent, X & Y position change, W & H change,widget ID change,Visibility change), Fonts.

  • Copy-Paste (Except placeHolder , State machine (States) and Fonts (from images) table.)

  • Template Support

  • Updated in Styles under properties( Added Fill color,BG Image,Transparent,Custom,Template)

Flint Tool, Revision 3.0.8 (27th June 2022)

  • Animation support and Warning message size(250 characters).

  • Implemented EFX custom feature for Camera screen.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.0.6 (13th May 2022)

  • General bug fixes and improvements.

Flint Tool, Revision 3.0.5 (18th March 2022)

  • Basic functionality of CLUT support and UI Improvements.