Here’s a list of the major new changes in 2025 compared to the 2024 version of EasyCatalog:
Enhanced Tabular Fields
These behave in a similar way to regular fields and can be sorted and filtered. They also support most regular field operations, such as Replace Fields and Update Document->Panel Selection. Nesting is also possible. Further information can be found here.
Enhancements to Containers
A revised Container Composition engine handles nested Containers in a more efficient way. Containers now work exclusively with Enhanced Tabular fields. The legacy Composition Engine can still be used and is available by selecting ‘Legacy Composition’ on the Containers panel pop-out menu.
Further information can be found here.
Improved JSON/XML support
When an Enhanced tabular field is set to the JSON or XML field type, its structure is automatically converted into a series of nested tabular fields. When inserted into an empty Container, Formatting Rules are automatically created which mirror the structure of the field content.
IDMS Field Type
A new field type has been added that allows the placement of populated IDMS files, similar to the way images work. When placed, they are populated like a library item or formatting rule. Further information can be found here.
Google Docs Support
Updates to support changes to Google Doc Authentication.
Right Click Menu
When right clicking on a data panel, the menu is now hierarchical, with items organised by category, additional options have been added to provide direct access to a number of common functions.
Performance Improvements
Working with large data sources is now quicker. Field names are now hashed internally, making lookup much quicker. Linguistic sorting is now quicker. Performance of page based hyperlinks has also been significantly improved.
Editing multiple Field Options at once
When editing multiple field options, only the settings that were changed are applied to the other selected fields.
Table Enhancements
Table cell merging now compares tables inside of cells, so cells containing identical tables can now also be merged
Currency Support
Support for a more comprehensive list of currencies added to Field Options > Format > Currency.
Matrix Tables
Added a separate ‘Fixed Width’ option for footer columns in Matrix Tables.
LAB Process Colors
LAB Process Colors are now automatically created if specified as a swatch name using the naming convention LAB:0.5,0.6,0.7.
Guide Based Pagination Enhancements
Added ability to specify different horizontal and vertical gutter measurements when using Guide Based Pagination (Collision Detection).
XML Data Provider
The editing of field XPaths has been improved with a larger list of settings and an import/export option, which uses an XML file format.
Bug Fixes and General Improvements
For more details on numerous enhancements and bug fixes, please refer to the release notes here.