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<h2>New Features and Changes in AutoFOCUS 2.25</h2>
<h3>Variability</h3>
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<li>Requirements can be modeled with variability</li>
<li>Improved management of mandatory features in variant configuration dialog</li>
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<h3>Platform Architecture</h3>
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<li>Added weight annotation to platform elements</li>
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<h3>Requirements Analysis</h3>
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<li>Improved requirements overview editor</li>
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<h3>General</h3>
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<li>The AF3 releases and nightly builds do not require a separate Java installation anymore (JRE is bundled)</li>
<li>Several quality of live improvements to the graphical user interface</li>
<li>Several improvements of stability all over the tool</li>
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<h3>FAQ - Installation and Running</h3>
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<li> On Windows: DSE does not execute and throws exception
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<li> If you encounter the following exception when running a DSE you might be missing required libraries:
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<i>java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: [...]\plugins\com.microsoft.z3_2.20.[...]\lib\x64\msvcp120.dll: Can't find dependent libraries</i>
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Installing the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 fixes the problem.
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<li> AF3 does not start
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<li> Check, that the path to your AF3 (including the AF3 folder itself) does not contain spaces.
<li> If the product does not start because the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) could not be created: Please update your Java installation to Java 11.0.7
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<li> Unpacking of AF3 zip file fails with 'Path too long' on Windows
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<li> Workaround: Unzip into your drive root, e.g., C:/ and give the folder a short name like 'af3'
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<li> Menu icons are not displayed on KDE
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<li> Go to "System settings - Application Style - GNOME Application Style".
<li> Select "Show symbols of GTK buttons".
<li> Select "Show symbols in GTK menus".
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Detailed list of changes in 2.25:
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<li>Product-line Analysis: Remove verbose messages to log (#4374)</li>
<li>Requirements overview editor: Fix editable fields (#4369)</li>
<li>Variability: Grey out non-editable cells in the variant configuration dialog (#4289)</li>
<li>Optional Requirements (#3272)</li>
<li>Incomplete allocation tables cause NPEs (#4366)</li>
<li>TreeTableEditors: Automatic line wrapping breaks after editing text (#4365)</li>
<li>FMUs cannot be exported when the project has not been saved immediately before (#4264)</li>
<li>getEClassForClass gives unexpected result in presence of inheritance (#4262)</li>
<li>Requirements Analysis: use consistent label for collection of "All requirements" (#4153)</li>
<li>[Hierarcharchical Platform] Account for clusters when deriving the type size (#4100)</li>
<li>Include Java Binaries in the Nightly Build (#4357)</li>
<li>Create weight annotation (#4354)</li>
<li>Diagram editor: Add reconnect functionality to component architecture (#4279)</li>
<li>Combine reuse context menu entries to one menu group (with sub-entries) (#4248)</li>
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