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What's New in Version 2.0?

Here are some of the new features in Case Complete version 2.0:
Version History

1. Custom fields
Need to add priority to your packages? An email address to your use cases? An "experience level" to your actors? Now you can with custom fields.  Easily define custom fields for use cases, actors and packages, including the name, category, default values and suggested values for each custom field.  Export/import custom field configurations for use in multiple projects.  Want the complete set of Alistair Cockburn's fields mentioned in his book, Writing Effective Use Cases? Import them from the Templates directory of your Case Complete installation folder.

2. Spell checking
"As you type" spell checking, including spelling suggestions and custom dictionary.  For example:

3. Properties window
A new properties window allows you to change values for use cases, actors and packages from the main screen.  Select more than one item to set values for all selected items at the same time. In this example, filling in a value for preconditions would apply to both selected use cases ("Schedule appointment" and "View daily schedule"):

4. Ordering
Change the order of your packages, use cases, and actors by using arrow buttons in the model browser. Renumber your Actor and Use Case ID's to match the model browser order in one easy operation.

5. Model Browser ordering for reports
New reports (both HTML and Word formats) allow you to display your items in the same order they appear in the model browser, including a hyperlinked table of contents for both formats.

6. Easier printing
Now the selected item(s) can be printed with the click of a button on the main tool bar, or directly from the item details forms.

7. Auto display images in Word reports
Do you document screen layout using Visio or other tools?  Or have other related images to display with your items? Now Case Complete automatically display those images in generated Word reports when they are added as related documents.  In this example, we see a portion of Case Complete on the left and a portion of the generate Word report on the right:

8. "Anytime" extensions
Now you can add extensions to your flow of events that can occur at any time during the flow.  These extensions are denoted with an asterisk.  For example:

*.a. Server response times out
       1. Initiate reset sequence

9. "Continue At" auto numbering
Extensions that include instructions indicating which step to resume at will now get auto-numbered when the referenced step changes.  In this example we see a snippet from the extensions section of a use case.  If at this point you add a new step immediately after step 1, the referenced step numbers will automatically change to 5 and 3.1, respectively:

...
3.a. User enters invalid password
       1. System allows user to try again
       2. if valid continue at step 4
       3. after 3rd try go to 2.1

10. Multi-select for steps and extensions
Now you can select multiple steps or multiple extensions allowing you to delete them or copy them to a new use case. "Smart Paste" will paste associated extensions for copied steps.

11. Enhanced exporting
Case Complete exports more data to UML tools. Tight integrations with tools such as Visual UML ® and Estimate Easy UC, means you can do even more with your Use Case data.

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