There is now an Open Recent menu item available when no collection is open.

OS X Helix applications (Server, Engine) list recently opened collections. Helix Client lists recently opened structure files, Bonjour-identified Servers, and other Servers recently visited.

All Helix file service dialogs (Save, Export, Import, Document Management) take full advantage of OS X Navigation Services.

Local administrators can set a Helix application to automatically open a specific collection every time it is launched.

Helix applications check their local com.qsatoolworks.helixapp preference file for an HXAutoOpenURI string. If that string points to a specific file, the collection is opened.

Auto Connect is ignored if the user…

• Opens an existing collection by double-clicking on it
• Opens an existing collection via Drag and Drop
• Holds the shift key down while launching the Helix application

The HXAutoOpenURI string must start with ‘file://’ or it is ignored. The string is interpreted as a literal path (not an AliasHandle) so the file must be found on that exact path.

The redesigned About Box provides much more and better info than the old one. It includes the EULA, the current version (looked up live from our web site!) and more. (Yes, there is an Easter Egg in there too!)

Helix now has Contextual Menu support for basic commands (Cut, Copy, Paste, etc.) in fields.

Helix Engine users can access the AppleEvent (AE) Processes panel through the Collection Info window.

As before, Helix Server continues to show the AE Processes panel in the Client Info window.

In Classic Helix the color of the visible page boundary and the ‘off-page’ area is hard-coded. Under OS X Helix they are under user control. In OS X Helix the default page boundary is black and the default off-page area is dark gray. These colors can be changed by editing the HxPageBoundaryColor & HxOffPageAreaColor preferences, respectively.

In Classic Helix the shading for invalid and default data is hard-coded. Under OS X Helix they are under user control. In OS X Helix the default data shade is light green and the invalid data shade is light red. These colors can be changed by editing the HxDefaultDataColor & HxInvalidDataColor preferences, respectively.

Helix Engine for OS X can display the contents of a PDF document via the picture tile. It even shows the first page of multi-page PDFs. All still image formats supported by QuickTime should now be available.