2010-01-27 amMap 2.5.4 Released

We have just released a new version amMap 2.5.4 [Download] with the whole slew of new features, enhancements and fixes:

• FEATURE: new <movie> attribute: active [true] (true/false)
  If set to "false" the movie will be invisible to mouse events (hover, click, etc.) even if behavior associated with it is set - the mouse will rather interact with underlying map. This feature will allow you to create map overlays that do not interfear with the map functionality.
• FEATURE: you can now instruct amMap to preserve the original color of the area like it is set in the map SWF. Set <area><preserve_color> to "true" if you want to preserve color of all the areas. To preserve the color for individual areas you can set "preserve_color" attribute in the <area> tag in your data.
• FEATURE: lines can now display rollover balloon. 
  
  Additional parameters for <line> data tag: 
  
  - balloon [true] (true/flase): whether to display balloon on rollover or not. 
  - title [text] (): line title
  
  Additional related settings: 
  
  - <line><balloon_text> [] ({title}): You can set any text here. Special code {title} will be replaced with whatever there is in <line>'s "title" attribute.
• FEATURE: new setting <hover_focus>: 
  <movie><hover_focus> [false] (true/false)
  <line><hover_focus> [false] (true/false)
  <label><hover_focus> [false] (true/false) 
  
  If set to true hovered movie/line/label will be brought in front of other movies/lines/labels.
• FEATURE: new setting <area><color_no_value> [] (color hex code)
  If set all areas that do not have value attribute will be painted in this color. But only if other overriding color options are not set. I.e. color attribute in <area>, or <preserve_color> setting.
• TWEAK: amMap now supports areas with negative values correctly.
• BUG FIX: map enlargement was not functioning properly with redraw=true, again :)
• BUG FIX: setData and timeline slide transitions were leaving some leftover area data if some areas were missing in the new data. This is now corrected with one downside: you have to have <color_unlisted> set in your settings file, because otherwise the area will be left colored the way it was before setData/slide.
• NEW MAP: Costa Rica