Understand 6.5 build notes

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Build 1206

6.5, Oct 7, 2024

New Features

Updated the New Project Wizard to be able to be shrunk down manually to 800 X 600.
Annotate use references in the IB References field that are passed by non-const reference to a function, and thus may actually be modified
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix comment collection for classes with virtual methods
Fixed bug where 'finally' blocks in try-catch-finally statements were not counted in the max nesting metric.
Fixed bug where max nesting metrics were sometimes incorrect for code containing anonymous classes.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1205

6.5, Sep 27, 2024

New Features

Add C23 support to api lexer
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix c and c++ api lexers to tokenize raw string literals correctly
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1204

6.5, Sep 20, 2024

New Features

For Typescript/Javascript, added support for static initialization blocks and the Typescript 'override' keyword.
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Work around potential worker process crash caused by MSVC redistributable binary incompatibility
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1203

6.5, Sep 13, 2024

New Features

Updated "und license" to return a message when no valid Und license exists.
Update help documentation for Understand 6.5
Added new clang check for cast to inappropriate type
Updated Python API documentation
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fixed bug where the wrong ada standard library directory could be used when analyzing from the command line with und
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1202

6.5, Sep 6, 2024

New Features

Improve handling of intrinsic functions in Tasking MCS compiler mode
Update Object References with Called By graph to show "c assign functionptr" references.
Add a swap action to the compare files/folders dialog.
Change DLL lookup alogrithm to more closely match VisualStudio, when importing C# msbuild projects that use NetFramework
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix printing artifacts in the footer of the first page of multi-page printouts
Fixed bug in locating facade DLL's in msbuild imports
Fixed bug where imported solution files with projects targeting different frameworks sometimes resulted in invalid missing type warnings.
Fixed crash when processing some 'global using' statements with syntax errors.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1201

6.5, Aug 30, 2024

New Features

For C#, added support for C# 12 primary constructors, collection expressions, and optional parameters on lambda expressions.
Use dlls from the specific targeted Net Framework version when importing C# msbuild-based Visual Studio projects
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix printing artifacts in the footer of the first page of multi-page printouts
Correctly show Japanese text in the Windows installer.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1200

6.5, Aug 26, 2024

New Features

add support for va_start() in Renesas RX compiler
add support for __aru_t in Tasking MCS compiler
Show non-parsed project files in the 'All Entities' and 'Files' Entity Filters
Updated the Graph generate API code to include the root_archs call in order to allow the Architectures to load on the background thread before the draw command.
Add CountClassCoupledModified metric to translations.
Add missing Japanese language strings to the Windows Installer.
Added numeric filter to accommodate commas better.
Add inline and linkage freetext to unresolved functions
"Please Close Understand" message is corrupted on Windows
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix Compliance Report truncating project names containing '.'
Fix potential crash when handling multiple errors during background analysis
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1199

6.5, Aug 20, 2024

New Features

Add noexcept expression freetext
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix chart issue with commas or quotes in names/files
Fix worker process hang on some pathological files
Static assertion errors show in the analysis log when including MSVC 2022 C++ standard library headers
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1198

6.5, Aug 8, 2024

New Features

Ensure that noop checks are shown without a checkbox and only once.
Standalone summary report, open report when inspection begun/loaded, show background checks italicized in results list.
Added the deregister method to both python and perl api.
Inaccurate column references in CodeCheck violations when using tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix double click on the read-only checks to select the correct non read-only check (even if the text is duplicated for multiple checks).
Fix background of foreign annotations in dark mode
Incorrect Control Flow graph when Simplify Macro Expansion is enabled

Build 1197

6.5, Aug 1, 2024

New Features

Change automatic architecture generate function from "generate" to "build"
NOTE! This is a backward incompatible change. Local copies of architecture plugins must change the name of the "generate" function to "build".
Add support for Tasking MCS compiler
Add support for __secend and __sectop extensions in Renesas RX compiler
Add Japanese translation strings to Windows installer
Add comments as Markdown to hover information
Support added for C# VS2022 project files
Automatically add additional standard files for non-imported files.
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix for accessing comparison database from CodeCheck
Fix compile command import of quoted empty defines
Fix crash on script cache clear during background analysis
Avoid the 'unable to open file' error when the path to a dll could not be determined during import, but was supplied manually.
Fixed bug where a 'using' directive could fail to locate the correct namespace when another using directive in the same context made a class with the same name directly visible.
Fixed a parser crash in some attribute uses.
Fixed an issue with forward references in dll files that could lead to unknown class warnings.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1196

6.5, Jul 25, 2024

New Features

Convert short executable names typed into the python exe config field into full names
Only show Highlight Path graph option on graphs that have a single root node and direction.
Don't show indirectly excluded files in "Files" project configuration panel
Add new "deref assign" references for dereference unary operator assignment expressions
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix crash in violation browser when filtering by architecture during analysis.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1195

6.5, Jul 23, 2024

New Features

Annotation browser speed improvements
Make diff metrics available from the API when the comparison database is requested.
Add merge left actions for diff views
Exclude CMake precompiled header automatic includes
Improve UX of clicking a project that is already open
Add an 'Unresolved File' note for unresolved files in the project directory
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix annotation browser double click open in editor off-by-one line issue.
Fix compile command import issues associated with arguments to other tools (e.g. -Xlinker)
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1194

6.5, Jul 11, 2024

New Features

Improve annotation loading speed
Allow und codecheck file selector flags to be combined.
Entity and Changed Locators don't keep selection visible on sort
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs

Bug Fixes

Fix html escapes showing in control flow graph hidden nodes drop down.
Fix incremental search background artifacts
Fix potential crash at the end of analysis
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1193

6.5, Jul 8, 2024

New Features

Add Compliance Report button to CodeCheck
Previewer sync apply to violations
Rename Project Overview to Home and add shortcut to main window toolbar
VS Code Extension: Add command to create a new project in Understand
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Add more error messages to the API draw() command for files unable to save
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1192

6.5, Jun 28, 2024

New Features

Add file and entity name format options to architecture browser context menu
Ignore spaces when typing a search into the Entity Filter by programmatically removing the ending and beginning spaces of the search text.
Ship the plugins repository with Understand
Add missing implicit destructor calls for some automatic variables of template type
C and C++
Functions
Types
Variables
Published Standards
AUTOSAR
MISRA08
MISRA12
MISRA23
Add check MISRA23_0.1.2: "The value returned by a function shall be used"
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix invalid implicit destructor calls for static local variables
CPP_F025: Fixed: false positives with vectors of template types
CPP_T021: Fixed false positives from static_cast, dynamic_cast, and reinterpret_cast
CPP_V004: Fixed false positives
M0-1-8: Fixed false positives with vectors of template types
M7-3-1: Fixed false positives
A5-2-3: Fixed false positives from static_cast, dynamic_cast, and reinterpret_cast
M0-1-4: Fixed false positives
MISRA08_0-1-8: Fixed false positives with vectors of template types
MISRA08_7-3-1: Fixed false positives
MISRA08_5-2-5: Fixed false positives from static_cast, dynamic_cast, and reinterpret_cast
MISRA08_0-1-4: Fixed false positives
MISRA12_12-11-8: Fixed false positives from static_cast, dynamic_cast, and reinterpret_cast
MISRA23_6.0.3: Fixed false positives
MISRA23_8.2.3: Fixed false positives from static_cast, dynamic_cast, and reinterpret_cast
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1191

6.5, Jun 26, 2024

New Features

Add strict c++ analysis support for IAR 8051 compiler
Add missing init and assign references for aggregate initialization in a return statement
Change object data member option to write define references for all fields at the variable definition location
Qualify lambda functions by their enclosing context
Add an option to include the parse information inside the project directory. This may make a parsed project usable on another machine, but only if all the paths are identical.
Style C++ raw strings as double-quoted strings in the editor
Add violations for checks that are always run when using the C++ strict parser when the fuzzy parser is selected
C and C++
Types
CPP_T038: Add option to allow regular expression patterns
Published Standards
AUTOSAR
A3-9-1: Add option to allow regular expression patterns
MISRA
Add check MISRA23_8.2.10 "Functions shall not call themselves, either directly or indirectly"
Add check MISRA23_15.1.1 "An object's dynamic type shall not be used from within its constructor or destructor"
Add check MISRA23_0.2.2 "A named function parameter shall be used at least once"
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix inconsistent integer metrics from rounding.
Fix failure to record indirect call references for some QObject::connect calls
Add errors to the Compliance Violation report
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1190

6.5, Jun 13, 2024

New Features

Back by popular demand, Understand's powerful HTML Reports are now available for all users with an Export/Sharing license. Share code insights on your intranet with interactive cross-references, metrics, unused entity reports, and much more.
Added the "local" checkbox option to the 'Set Location' page
Show inactive code by dimming it
Allow lambda function entities to participate in assignment references
Published Standards
MISRA 2023
Added MISRA23_0.2.4: Functions with limited visibility should be used at least once
Added MISRA23_0.2.3: Types with limited visibility should be used at least once
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue with showing clang checks as not started/ended in the CodeCheck log.
Fix failure to show parameters in the information browser for some unresolved functions
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1189

6.5, Jun 11, 2024

New Features

Added severity, if specified, to Dependency Check violations
Add "Function Name" option to Assignments graphs.
Add a PlantUML (pu) export for graphs that have dot exports
Clear refactor undo stack on project close.
Ada: Add packages to the Project Overview
C and C++
Expressions
Identifiers
Published Standards
AUTOSAR
MISRA 2023
Added MISRA23_7.0.1: There shall be no conversion from type bool
MISRA 2012
MISRA 2008
MISRA 2004
SEI Cert
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Create violations for errors and warnings found during analysis
Fix compile command import of define flags with "=" in the definition value
Interactive Reports show errors from the init function.
Fix project overview not loading on launch with big project
CPP_E049: Fixed false positive with template parameters
CPP_I017: Fixed false positives for enum class/struct
A2-10-1: Fixed false positives for enum class/struct
M0-1-8: Fixed false positives with references
M5-18-1: Fixed false positive with template parameters
MISRA23_8.19.1: Fixed false positive with template parameters
MISRA23_5.3: Fixed false positives for enum class/struct
MISRA12_12.3: Fixed false positive with template parameters
MISRA12_5.3: Fixed false positives for enum class/struct
MISRA08_2-10-2: Fixed false positives for enum class/struct
Added MISRA08_8-5-2: Incorrect Initializer Lists
MISRA04_5.2: Fixed false positives for enum class/struct
EXP33-C: Fixed false positives with the sizeof operator
EXP46-C: Fixed false positives
STR30-C: Fixed false positives
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1188

6.5, May 31, 2024

New Features

Published Standards
MISRA C++ 2023
Added: MISRA23_19.1.1
Added: MISRA23_6.8.2
Understand not recognizing C# Visual Studio 2022 project files
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix architecture plugin crash when a script syntax error is introduced after the plugin has already been created
Added Analysis errors to the compliance reports. Changed some verbiage.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1187

6.5, May 23, 2024

New Features

Add ability to stop analysis
Improve python hover text
Add hover text and code actions to ada, asm, basic, fortran, jovial, pascal, vhdl, verilog
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

API draw command report an "Unknown Graph" error if the variant parameter is provided and that variant is not available.
Fix built-in call graphs showing << and other operators as html escaped.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1186

6.5, May 17, 2024

New Features

Require a license with export enabled to use the API draw command.
Restore replacement text styling of replace in files search results.
Avoid changing highlighted text color to white in rich text views on Windows in light mode.
Added support for PHP versions up through 8.3.
Add missing PHP keywords
The operator '<<' is represented by its HTML code rather than the actual character
Inaccurate Column References in CodeCheck Violations When Using Tabs
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix broken FAQ link in Help menu
Remove ignore icon for analysis errors
Fix plain text search results display of lines with html characters
Fix incorrect underlying type freetext in some cases
Fix parent of compiler-generated special member functions of implicitly instantiated class templates
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1185

6.5, May 16, 2024

New Features

Add "Assignments" and "Assigned To" graphs (C++ Strict)
Change the kind of constructor calls referenced during member initialization to implicit
Write assign references between variables and functions
Added 'typed' relations for all types in unions and intersections.
Added Readonly modifier.
Added support for Php 8 automatically defined properties from class constructor parameters.
Added support for Php enums.
Added support for a spread operator in an array and for a parenthesized expression for a type reference in a 'new' expression.
Added support for attributes.
Added support for dynamic static property lookup.
Added support for match expressions.
Added support for named parameter association.
Added support for new heredoc/nowdoc syntax.
Added support for throw expressions and catch statements with type only.
Added support for use of first class callable syntax: name('...').
Added support for '_' in numberic literals. Added support for keywords as names of class constants.
Added support for type hints on class properties.
Added Typed relations and type text to class properties with type hints.
Added support for arrow functions.
Added support for using keywords for names of class members.
Made changes to allow references to class constant array elements.
Made changes to handle union and intersection type hints.
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix assignment to function template parameters
Add analysis log error for missing auto include files
Fixed some issues with text collection for type hints.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1184

6.5, May 8, 2024

New Features

Allow PHP heredoc delimiter to be indented
Add "indirect assign" references for assignments involving some non-trivial expressions
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix checkbox background color in CodeCheck Background Checks dialog for Linux
Fix reference kind of operands to conditional operators used in return statements
Fix reference kind of return statements that implicitly call a constructor
Fix potential crash on invalid code
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1183

6.5, Apr 25, 2024

New Features

Include template arguments in c++ function short names in the Entity Filter list
Initial, very basic, Renesas Common Project File (rcpe) import.
Include template arguments in c++ function short names in the IB
Increase the size of the api treemap export from 640x480 to 1080x760.
Don't disable alternative operator keywords in MSVC emulation mode when the language standard is set to C++20

Bug Fixes

Fix crash closing project during metrics export.
Fix new project wizard crash for some languages
Fix failure to report some violations found in header files during background analysis
Fix missing definein references for nested lambda functions
Fix unintended value text change for some types

Build 1182

6.5, Apr 24, 2024

New Features

Add overrides option for php graphs
Violation Browser "View Information" opens Information Browser if not already open.
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix crash on exit after showing the recommended checks dialog
Fix possible crash around the end of analysis when the Violation Browser is open
Fix New Project Wizard crash for some languages
Fix crash on exit when running an analyze command and the db version has changed
Fix severity labels not reflecting in Violation Browser after analysis
Fix regression in showing code snippet for violations without an associated entity
Fix file dependency graph showing labels in minimap
Fix location of function template specialization references
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1181

6.5, Apr 12, 2024

New Features

Preserve line wrap mode on editor split
Avoid creating parameter entities for function prototype types (e.g. function pointer types)
Avoid resolving together typedefs and type aliases with different definitions
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix reset to default language mode on split
Control flow graph legend fix for "yes" edge color erroneously applying to "no" edge
Fix truncated styled text containing multi-byte characters
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1180

6.5, Apr 10, 2024

New Features

Sorting all checks by name (instead of ID) except for AUTOSAR which is a special case
Add Windows installer warning when Understand, Comply, or VS Code plugin are running.
Add missing init references for fields initialized by aggregate initialization
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1179

6.5, Apr 3, 2024

New Features

Add support for Renesas CC-RH compiler
Add a pop up for existing projects that prompts to run recommended checks in the background
Add background checks pane to New Project wizard - enlarge the height of the New Project Wizard so the cancel button is not squished on Mac.
Changed display of init values in c++ IB to always show the original text and then to optionally show computed values when available
Improve text position for VSDX export.
Add Windows installer warning when Understand, Comply, or VS Code plugin are running.
Project Overview may not open for some large projects
Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix inline violations not showing after editor unsplit
Fix potential hang on architecture disable
Possible fix for VSDX export not working on some machines.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1178

6.5, Mar 24, 2024

New Features

Add db.draw() method to Python API
File Dependencies graph labels ignore scale.
Add metrics for the number of CodeCheck violations
Write init value constants as written in source instead of constant folded
Started adding support for MISRA 2023
Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fixed crash in calculation of essential complexity in methods with extremely long sequences of if statements with abnormal exits.
Fix zoom restoration
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1177

6.5, Mar 14, 2024

New Features

Update Python API Documentation
Add support for C17, C++14, C++17 and C++20 in api lexer
Improved ib() api
Update .und file icon on MacOSX
Add Architecture Labels option to File Dependency Graph
Add hamburger menu option to show results in plain text
Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix crash on unsplit when the suggestion browser is visible
Fix parameter names with multiple declarations in the same file to use the definition name
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1176

6.5, Mar 7, 2024

New Features

Variable tracker graph includes modify references
C/C++ function parameters may appear as unnamed in the Information Browser when a forward declaration is made without a parameter name #3204
Und list settings does not show compiler options #3165
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows #2796

Bug Fixes

Fix HTML export not respecting metric settings
Ada code may throw unexpected errors on analysis and crash Understand #3172
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled #1998

Build 1175

6.5, Feb 29, 2024

New Features

Add "dates" key to Git plugin cache
Add Button for generating CodeCheck API commands
Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix crash in some allocators using qualified expressions
Fix invalid syntax error on use of 'not null' in a type discriminant declaration
Fix failure to persist for "analyze headers in isolation" setting
Ada code may throw unexpected errors on analysis and crash Understand
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1174

6.5, Feb 22, 2024

New Features

Get full version info from und - Added version -full as a way to get the full version number
Change XML Elements IB field to show a nested tree of elements when in full-reference mode, but multiple same-named elements are collapsed into the first reference only
Add a cache object for some Python plugins
Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix caps lock indicator position on macOS
Fix display of set references in the IB for XML attributes
Change the name of the violation object created by a CodeCheck Python plugin to CheckViolation to fix name conflict
Ada code may throw unexpected errors on analysis and crash Understand
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1173

6.5, Feb 20, 2024

New Features

Und list settings does not show compiler options
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix infinite loop when a Python architecture plugin accesses dependencies.
Fix target of assign references to data member instances
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1172

6.5, Feb 8, 2024

New Features

Add a "Search Level" option to relationship graphs
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix failure to start build watcher on Linux
Fix metrics export from und with metric plugins
Fix bug with check states when unchecking children of architecture with both architecture and entity children
Fix regression in recording throw references
Fixed syntax error on use of annotations before dimension brackets in object and method declarations
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1171

6.5, Feb 2, 2024

New Features

Respect system cursor blink period setting
File Dependencies Graph, style updates
File Dependencies graph, add legend
Graphs add option for bidirectional edges and set it to show each edge by default instead of collapsing into a single edge. Only affects simplified, cluster, relationship, and compare variants of non-dependency tree-like graphs. Also disable bidirectional style by default in calls graph since bidirectional edges are not collapsed by default.
Added support for Java SE 21 pattern matching in switch statements
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix issues importing quoted arguments from Build Watcher
Fix classic graph bug where a virtual call to a base class function would not show the base function calls
Fixed bug where 'base' and 'this' on constructor declarations did not result in call references
Fixed bug where use of arrow syntax in switch branches was not shown correctly in the control flow graph
Fixed syntax error on the use of a wildcard parameter which extends an array of a primitive type (e.g. “<? extends byte[]>”)
Fix virtual calls in Pascal Calls IB field
Fix port resolve error
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1170

6.5, Jan 30, 2024

New Features

Draw commands from the API leave png background transparent
Avoid drawing fold indicators in printouts
Print all pages by default
Metric Browser has no 'see more' symbol when Architecture list is hidden - Updated the splitter to change color on hover for the Metric Browser.
Duplicate button added to the IB using the clone icon
Add missing "specialize" reference to explicitly specialized function templates
Added support for Java SE 21 record patterns.
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix failure to start on Linux and macOS
Fixed crash in calculation of essential complexity in methods with extremely long sequences of if statements with abnormal exits.
Fix dependency check false positives related to C++ type aliases
Fix import of quoted path settings
Fix upython hang when passed flags like '--version' and '--help'
Fix missing assignment references for variables appearing in the conditional operator
Fix failure to resolve together type aliases with multiple definitions
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1169

6.5, Jan 18, 2024

New Features

Change the default graph open mode from released back to captured
Graphs show print dialog when using Ctrl+P/File->print even when no printers exist
Add option to show editor selections in printouts
Add option to print with an arbitrary color theme and default to the default light theme
Add a Visual Studio automatic architecture
Added horizontal scroll bar to iReport to show longer texts
Buildspy is not functional on Ubuntu
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block
Build Watcher does not detect files on Windows

Bug Fixes

Fix dark mode printing of graphs. Replace node background color that matches graph background color with white, broken in build 1167
Add export for analysis errors to violation browser
Fix control flow graph and cyclomatic complexity metric for switch statements that fall through to the default case
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1168

6.5, Jan 11, 2024

New Features

Basic support for importing Green Hills project files
Added support for Spring option.
The current support is limited to Spring Annotations (it does not support XML configuration). The annotations recognized currently are annotations for Dependency Injection, Aspect Oriented Programming, and JPA/Hibernate.
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Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Uperl - Fix crash on metric and architecture calls
Fixed crash parsing some css import statements.
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1167

6.5, Jan 4, 2024

New Features

Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix potential crash after background analysis
Variable Tracker Graph fix "Show Assign References" option to work without changing the level
Fix "Back to Top" links not working in perl API documentation
Fix location of references created in files included in a declaration context
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1166

6.5, Dec 21, 2023

New Features

Variable Tracker Graph add "Show Assign References" option
Restore the ability to import the Python module in version 3.10 or greater
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix for graphs with unstyled labels showing html instead of edge indicators
Fix missing assign reference for member object instances
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1165

6.5, Dec 14, 2023

New Features

Add line metric color scale option for graph edges with references. Line metrics are summed for each referenced line in an edge
Add line metrics capability to python metric plugins.
Add line metric color scale options to Control Flow Graph nodes
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix crash on graph restore after switching or reopening projects
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1164

6.5, Dec 8, 2023

New Features

Add C Type Alias as an allowed dependency entity
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix regression in clearing some stale violations
Fix possible crash in CodeCheck file selection with root architectures
Fixed parser crash on use of directory class path
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1163

6.5, Nov 30, 2023

New Features

Restore annotation viewer sorting by line
Don't count indirect calls as dependencies
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix CodeCheck file selection dialog with architectures that contain both entities and child architectures
Fix failure to recognize multiple entity selections in the entity filter
Fix renaming a graph legend theme
Fix expired license dialog text
Fix potential crash after many "worker process failed to start" errors
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1162

6.5, Nov 27, 2023

New Features

Annotations pop-up window avoid truncating
Don't show open source projects section if it is empty
Add new indirect call reference for Qt signal/slot connections
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Annotation viewer fix for getting in broken state when editor not focused
Fix violation browser when filtering by file on Windows
Fixed Formatting issue in the project dependencies matrix csv export files
Fix failure to load 'understand' module in external Python
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1161

6.5, Nov 16, 2023

New Features

Graphs expose highlighting styles in legend
Visual Studio C++ Import expand environment variables in user properties
Add tooltips for more project overview summary labels
Uml Class Diagram add "Abstract" text for ADA abstract functions and procedures
Selected sub-directories may be inaccurate in CodeCheck
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Possible fix for crash on drop events in graphs
Possible fix for hang when editing graph legends
Fix crash in UML Sequence Diagram layout
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1160

6.5, Nov 9, 2023

New Features

Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix crash in architecture graph when dragging a parent onto it's own child.
Fix crash in architecture graphs when architecture is edited after analyze.
Fix crash on analysis with an architecture IReport open
Fix failure to record definition and parameters for macro names used before their definition
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1159

6.5, Nov 7, 2023

New Features

Updated right click menus to add file/folder option to "Show in Finder/File Explorer"
CodeCheck results on the command line will say success when the file write fails
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
License manager occasionally displays a threading warning
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block

Bug Fixes

Fix crash on analysis with an architecture IReport open
Fix failure to record definition and parameters for macro names used before their definition
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled

Build 1158

6.5, Oct 30, 2023

New Features

Significant performance improvement when analyzing new projects on Windows
Add Suggestions (accessible from the help menu) to see ways that Understand can quickly help solve daily tasks
CodeCheck now takes advantage of multiple cores, significantly improving inspection time.
UI handles are not showing in light mode - Updated splitter bars to show color when hover event happens.
Python API updated to use Python 3.12 for better performance and multi-threading
Entity filter list may be blank on Windows
License manager occasionally displays a threading warning
Collapsed code no longer accessible when modifying first line of a collapsed block
Und CodeCheck results say "Finished Successfully" when the write file operation fails

Bug Fixes

Fix crash after new project wizard completion
Fix for crash when moving/deleting architecture with metrics browser open
CodeCheck configurations stop combining checks with the same prefix in the hierarchy. Example: Don't include SEI CERT C++ checks when it was only SEI CERT C that was checked.
Fix for csv metrics export containing using a comma as decimal delimeter. Decimal values using a period are no longer quoted
Incorrect control flow graph when simplify macro expansion is enabled