Release notes

Changed windows compilation to static.

Added support for Halcon 23.11 Progress.

Dropped support for Halcon 22.05 Progress.

Switched dependency management to vcpkg.

Replaced .services domain with .ai.

Fixed not setting name param in by_gen_rectangle1 operator.

Fixed documentation of by_add_properties operator.

Added support for Halcon 23.05 Progress.

Dropped Halcon 22.05 Progress support.

Halcon 22.11 and 23.05 Progress (Windows & Linux)

Halcon 22.11 Steady (Windows & Linux)

Added by_contains_filename operator.

Added by_parse_region operator.

Changed by_gen_mask_from_region to crop the resulting mask.

Added support for halcon image formats when working with images (instead of just being able to define the format by its extension).

Added option to remove HALCONEXTENSIONS variable when uninstalling on Windows.

Added default values to operators.

Improved invalid parameter checks and corresponding error messages.

All operators requiring authorization explicitly check that by_login or by_machine_login has been called before.

Fixed by_read_image and by_add_image only works for single channel images.

Fixed by_gen_path only generates first path segment.

Fixed missing file browsing option in the parameter description where applicable.

Fixed loss of features when constructing an HImage.

Fixed by_gen_property operator crashing when empty array passed as an input.

Changed by_read_file to accept the path to the file instead of two parameters — directory and filename.

Changed by_add_image operator to only accepts PNG, JPEG and BPM formats.

Renamed by_add_image_mask to by_add_mask operator.

Renamed by_add_image_mask_from_disk to by_add_mask_from_disk operator.

Added URLInfoAbout with https://beeyard.ai value to the registry when installing on Windows.

Halcon 22.11 and 22.05 Progress (Windows & Linux)

Halcon 22.11 Steady (Windows & Linux)

Added operators for reading/adding/removing images, files, documents and overlays.

Added operators for add/reading/removing cell/file/shape properties.

Added operators for updating cell/file tags.

Added operators for reading/modifying cell description.

Added operators for adding/removing shapes.

Added helper operators for generating/parsing rectangle1, rectangle2, circle, ellipse, hregion and xld contours.

Added helper operators for generating tags, properties, references and tag templates.

Added helper operators for getting file/image/overlay/document names.

Added operators for creating/removing cells/workspaces.

Added operators for searching cells/workspaces.

Added operators for adding/removing workspace tag templates.

Added operator for aggregating cells.

Added operators for reading health/version.

Added login, machine_login and logout operators.

Halcon 22.11 and 22.05 Progress (Windows & Linux)

Halcon 22.11 Steady (Windows & Linux)