This is a long standing issue with exporting whole frame images as SVG. Previously we disabled whole frame SVG exporting, but enabled to allow users who can get it to work to continue using it.

UPDATE

I am curious whether the change in svg library implemented in IGBF-4081 would fix the issue with whole frame export of svg images on Windows. Note that you will need to re-enable save as svg on whole frame for Windows in order to test (see IGBF-2315).

Paige has also identified the following tickets for svg on Windows. DB-91 would be interesting to test as well.

• HELP-273 - Trouble opening saved SVG files on Windows
• DB-24 - NullPointerException when exporting Whole Frame SVG on Windows
• DB-91 - snapshot command line not working for SVG files on Windows

UPDATE
The above issues appear to be resolved.

Task:

• Enable (on a branch) SVG whole frame export on windows and create an installer for this branch. (See comment above for the relevant commit where the export function was de-activated for windows only)
• Attempt to export whole frame image on Windows, observe whether the svg image is now produced without an error (e.g., NullPointerException) being generated (see logs)

Be sure to test the three scenarios from the three tickets linked above.

To test the exporting whole frame svg issue on Windows, we have created two branches.

IGBF-2143 - Enabled selecting 'Whole frame' with the new SVG export library. Download For Windows

release-10.1.0-2143 - Enabled selecting 'Whole frame' in the older IGB version. (Old SVG export library). Download For Windows

Reverted De-activate save as svg on whole frame for Windows platform

Link to Downloads folder - https://bitbucket.org/pranavbhatia1999/integrated-genome-browser/downloads/

Windows file name - IGB-windows-amd64-IGBF-2143-2.exe
MacOS file name - IGB-macos-universal-IGBF-2143-2.dmg

Tested on Windows using Pranav's IGBF-2143-2 branch and comparing the results to his release-10.1.0-2143 (release-10.1.0-2143 has whole frame export for svg enabled on Windows, but is otherwise just IGB 10.1.0 release).

Was able to export whole frame svg on Windows. The svg file opened successfully in Inkscape and was able to be modified.

Ready for pull request.

Pull request submitted.

PR is merged.

Update:

• New installers are built and deployed to early access section of bioviz.org.
• Ready for testing.

Suggestion for how to advertise / write about the new feature.

• Create 2 svg image(s) of the same exact scene using released IGB version 10.1.0 and the new version (tip of main branch). Open them in an SVG file editor, like Adobe Illustrator, and compare.

• Suggestion for images to compare: (1) Default home screen, (2) default view of Dec 2013 human genome assembly. (When you click the Mona Lisa image in the home screen, this Dec 2013 human genome assembly will automatically load.)

Other images could also be useful. I recommend trying to make images that let you observe the improvements that the new code introduces.

Tested main branch installer on Windows and Mac.

Was able to export whole frame svg on Windows. The svg file opened successfully in Inkscape and was able to be modified. No errors in log. Just to double check, I also checked on Mac and everything is working correctly.

Closing ticket.