Change Log

Change Log (API)

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This log lists all major changes in the Malz++Kassner CAD6interface and its documentation.

Release 2026.0.4.14 (April 14, 2026)

•	New search mode MKI_SEARCH_MODE_OTHERS (see MKI_FIND_TEXT).

Release 2026.0.3.3 (March 3, 2026)

•	MKI_INTERFACE_VERSION changed to 6260.

•	MKI_MKD_VERSION changed to 6260.

•	External references can now also point to files in supported non-MKD-formats such as DWG, DXF, PDF, and SVG.

-	New class MKI_DRAWINGREF.

-	New member m_cOptions in MKI_ENTITY_REF.

-	New members m_cOptions and m_szLocatedName in MKI_MULTI_REF.

-	New modes MKI_CHANGECODE_REFCACHE and MKI_CHANGECODE_REFLINK for MKI_DrawingSetChanged().

-	MKI_MKCONV_IMPORT has been renamed MKI_PDF_IMPORT, derived from MKI_DWGDXF_IMPORT.

-	MKI_MKCONV_EXPORT has been renamed MKI_DWGDXF_EXPORT.

-	Changed structure of classes MKI_DWGDXF_IMPORT, MKI_DWGDXF_EXPORT, MKI_HPGL_IMPORT, MKI_HPGL_EXPORT, MKI_SVG_IMPORT, MKI_SVG_EXPORT, and MKI_PDF_IMPORT.

•	All entities can now dynamically influence their own and their contents' color rendering (transparency, brightness, saturation, tinting).

-	New class MKI_DISPLAY_EFFECT.

-	New member m_cDisplayEffect in MKI_ENTITY_CLIP, MKI_ENTITY_EXT, MKI_ENTITY_HATCH, MKI_ENTITY_INSTANCE, MKI_ENTITY_MAPPING, MKI_ENTITY_OBJECT, and MKI_ENTITY_REF.

-	New class MKI_MULTI_EFFECT.

-	New member m_cDisplayEffect in MKI_MULTI_INFO.

-	New member function GetMultiEffect() in MKI_ENTITY_BASE.

-	New class MKI_ENUMEFFECT_DATA.

-	New members m_cOriginalEffect and m_cEffect in MKI_ENUMDEF_DATA.

-	Changed parameters for MKI_ColorMix().

-	New functions MKI_ColorChangeSaturation() and MKI_ColorIdentical().

-	MKI_ColorFade() has been renamed MKI_ColorChangeBrightness(), changed interpretation of parameter f_dBrightness.

-	MKI_ColorBrightness() has been renamed MKI_ColorGetBrightness().

-	New function MKI_DialogControlSetColorInfo().

-	New collection type MKI_COLLECTION_TYPE_EFFECT (see MKI_COLLECTION_TYPE_*).

-	New selection filter types MKI_SELFILTER_TYPE_TRANSPARENCY, MKI_SELFILTER_TYPE_BRIGHTNESS, MKI_SELFILTER_TYPE_SATURATION, MKI_SELFILTER_TYPE_TINTAMOUNT, and MKI_SELFILTER_TYPE_TINTCOLOR (see MKI_SELFILTER_TYPE_*).

•	Layers can now dynamically influence their contents' color rendering (transparency, brightness, saturation, tinting).

-	New member m_cLayerEffect in MKI_LAYERDEF.

-	New member m_cLayerEffect in MKI_ENUMDEF_DATA.

-	New member m_pcLayerEffect in MKI_TASKDEF.

-	New task mode MKI_TASKMODE_LAYER_EFFECT (see MKI_TASKMODE_*).

•	Import and export filters can now use two or three different sets of options based on the respective use case context (import filters: open, import, load as reference; export filters: save, export).

-	New modes MKI_EXECMODE_EDIT_OPEN, MKI_EXECMODE_EDIT_IMPORT, MKI_EXECMODE_EDIT_REF, MKI_EXECMODE_EDIT_SAVE, MKI_EXECMODE_EDIT_EXPORT and MKI_EXECMODE_COPY_REF for f_nCommandID in MKI_PlugInCommand().

-	Additional parameter m_nExportContext for MKI_PlugInExport().

-	Additional parameter m_nImportContext for MKI_PlugInImport().

-	Changed parameters for MKI_DialogFileOptions().

•	Blocks no longer have their own extended property sets (which were rarely used). This simplifies the transmission process significantly.

-	Member m_cXProperty removed from MKI_ENTITY_BLOCK.

-	Several options in MKI_CREATEBLOCK_DATA and MKI_INSERTBLOCK_DATA were removed.

•	Blocks can now be explicitly searched for and filtered.

-	New classes MKI_FIND_BLOCK, MKI_FIND_TEXT, and MKI_FIND_RECORD.

-	Changed structure of classes MKI_SELFILTER_RECORD and MKI_SELFILTER_TEXT.

-	New collection type MKI_COLLECTION_TYPE_FINDBLOCK; MKI_COLLECTION_TYPE_SEARCH has been renamed MKI_COLLECTION_TYPE_FINDTEXT (see MKI_COLLECTION_TYPE_*).

-	New class MKI_SELFILTER_BLOCK with corresponding selection filter type MKI_SELFILTER_TYPE_BLOCK (see MKI_SELFILTER_TYPE_*).

•	CAD6PDF is no longer supported.

-	Removed member m_cPrintCAD6PDF from MKI_PRINT_DEVICE.

-	Removed member m_cExportCAD6PDF from MKI_TASKDEF.

-	Printing mode MKI_PRINTERTYPE_CAD6PDF has been renamed MKI_PRINTERTYPE_LEGACYPDF and now defaults to MKI_PRINTERTYPE_DIRECTPDF.

-	Some members of MKI_PRINT_PDF have been renamed to identify them as unused.

-	Some values of MKI_PRINTPDF_TYPE_* have been marked as no longer supported.

-	Constants MKI_PRINTPDF_3D_* and MKI_PRINTPDF_U3D_* have been removed.

•	m_cBitmapEffect has been replaced by m_cBitmapRef in MKI_ENUMDEF_DATA.

•	Enumerations of type MKI_ENUMDATA_REF_START, MKI_ENUMDATA_REF_END, and MKI_ENUMDATA_USED_REF now have their m_pRef member set.

•	New enumeration mode MKI_ENUM_NO_REFCONTENTS (see MKI_ENUM_*).

•	Enumerations of type MKI_ENUMDATA_CLIP_START and MKI_ENUMDATA_CLIP_END now have their m_pClip member set.

•	New file type constants (see MKI_FILETYPE_*).

•	New functions MKI_FileReadInitString() and MKI_FileWriteInitString().

•	New function MKI_FileIdentical().

•	New function MKI_ProfileSetFolders().

•	Additional parameter f_fAddToRecent for MKI_DrawingOpenFile().

•	Additional parameters f_nFileVersion and f_fAddToRecent for MKI_DrawingSaveFile().

•	Changed parameters for MKI_DrawingExportBitmap().

•	Additional parameter f_nIdent for MKI_ATTRIBUTE_DATA::Add().

•	MKI_CLASSID_* has been removed.

•	Removed parameter f_hWindow from MKI_DialogImportSvg() and MKI_DialogExportSvg().

•	MKI_LAYERNAME and MKI_PENNAME have been replaced by MKI_PENLAYLERNAME.

•	New application exit code constants (see MKI_EXITCODE_*).

•	New implicit attributes ~24~ ("description"), ~25~ ("instance comment"), and ~*26~ ("group comment") in texts and parts lists.

•	MKI_EnumerateHatchBlock() will return the new MKI_RESULT_ENUM_EMPTY flag if applicable (see MKI_RESULT_*).

•	New MKI_RESULT_BITMAP_IGNORED flag for failed bitmap export to formats such as WMF (see MKI_RESULT_*).

•	Changed parameters and new templates for many conversion function such as MKI_ConvertIntString32() and MKI_ConvertDoubleStringEx().

•	Changed parameters and new templates for some basic dialogs such as MKI_DialogDouble() and MKI_DialogLength().

•	MKI_CalcRefFrame() has been removed.

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