MadCap Software, Inc., a US-based multi-channel content authoring and showcase company for Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft XPS, has announced the launch of version 7.0 of MadCap Flare. The company's XML-based Flare application is claimed to be the industry's only multi-channel software application for natively publishing documentation to the web, mobile devices, desktops and print.
MadCap Flare 7.0 is projected to expand the app's leadership in mobile-accessible documentation with another industry first - support for creating and publishing Quick Response (QR) codes in printed documents, which mobile devices can then scan to access searchable, interactive content on the web. Also new in Flare 7.0 are direct integration with Microsoft SharePoint and Apache Subversion, enhanced support for government accessibility standards, support for vector graphics, and new features for equation editing and publishing.
With the release of Flare 7.0, MadCap will cease producing MadCap Blaze, the XML-based alternative to Adobe FrameMaker for long print documents. Current MadCap Blaze customers will be provided an upgrade to MadCap Flare, which features all of Blaze's print functionality plus the ability to publish mobile, web and desktop content all from a single tool.
With the latest version, MadCap Flare is reported to become the first authoring tool to include a built-in QR code generator that lets writers insert QR codes into content files. In doing so, MadCap claims to extend its leadership in mobile publishing and bridge the gap between static print documentation and searchable, mobile content.
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