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Mimic 2.0 has officially been released.

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Thanks,

-- Pat

We are pleased to announce the release of Mimic 2.0.

The new release includes the following:
- Output support for Microsoft® Silverlight™
- Output support for Adobe® Air™
- Print output to PDF and XPS
- Integration with MadCap Lingo for seamless translation and localization
- Numerous bug ...

Hi Anya,

Very soon. We hope to be able to announce a ship date sometime next week.

-- Pat

Hi mb,

We've noted this issue and it will be fixed in the upcoming Mimic V2 release. If you would like to be a Mimic V2 beta tester and test this out with your application, let us know.

In the meantime, a work around would be to place your callouts throughout your movie, set one of the callouts to ...

Hi Dave,

Yes, Mimic will automatically resize 1024x768 captured screens, but only if you first create a movie with a blank frame and set the movie properties to the desired output size.

If instead you go straight to recording, your movie size will be the size of your recording rectangle.

There ...

All you need to do is send your email address to vgalpchian@madcapsoftware.com and mention that we discussed your being a Mimic V2 beta tester. She'll send you a non-disclosure agreement. Sign the agreement, fax it back to us, and we'll give you access to the beta download page.

Thanks,

-- Pat

Hi Joost,

We have plans to remove this first page (table of contents) from the output Flash movie in the new upcoming version of Mimic.

To achieve your goal of being able to branch at the beginning of your movie, in the new version you might create a single frame movie that links to all your ...

Hi Mike,

We’re trying to duplicate this problem. We’ve found that we can duplicate it in our copy of your project, but we can’t duplicate it in a new project.

Can you tell us the exact steps you went through to create and link the objects?

Thanks,

-- Pat

Hi Alicia,

I believe that your problem has been fixed in the beta. We’d be interested in having you try it out. If for some reason you still experience the problem, let us know and we’ll do what we can to get it fixed as soon as possible.

If that sounds good, send your email address to ...

Hi Folks,

The Mimic 2.0 beta is now available. New features include output support for Microsoft® Silverlight™ and Adobe® Air™ as well as PDF and X PS.

If you are interested in helping us to test the new software, we’d like to hear from you. Beta testers sign a non-disclosure agreement ...

Thanks Mike. I've made a note of your suggestion.

-- Pat

Mike,

Just read your post and resulting thread. Sounds like you certainly made the effort. It would be great if you could use Mimic, but we can certainly understand your need to get on with your project. We appreciate all your efforts. Perhaps we can coax you to try again with some future release ...

Thanks for the intro Richard.

It's a real pleasure to be part of the MadCap team. I'm thinking we're going to have a bit of fun in adding more eLearning capabilities and understanding to Mimic.

Be sure to let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions. I'd love to hear from you!

-- Pat