As a follow-up to my two previous posts regarding SP1 (general info and specific about RAW), I wanted to provide additional information about when it will be released, what is included with SP1 and how you can get it.
First things first: When? Everything is on track for Corel to release Service Pack 1 for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 tomorrow.
What's included? We've worked very hard going through your feedback in the forums to make sure that this service pack provided you with solutions to your main problems. I've included a copy of the read-me document that comes with SP1 and describes all the changes included at the bottom of this blog post. One thing not listed in the readme is that we have a new splash-screen that will make it easy to know if you have SP1 installed or not. If you have a flat balloon when launching CorelDRAW or PHOTO-PAINT X4, you don't have Service Pack 1 installed.
How can I get my hands on it? With the release of SP1, we will start pushing the service pack through Automatic Update in the Welcome screen in a staggered approach. This means that next time you launch CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 within the next week or so, you will be able to automatically install Service Pack 1 from within the application. The other option for you to get your hands on SP1 will be to download it from http://www.corel.com starting tomorrow morning (Ottawa time).
We highly recommend to install SP1 on every language that CorelDRAW is currently available in: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Finish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Russian. The upcoming Asian language, once released, will have SP1 included.
Thank you to the team at Corel and the beta testers who worked hard since the launch of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 to get Service Pack 1 out of the door.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 - Readme Notes
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Service Pack 1
Installer
CorelDRAW
Application workspace
Display
Document Controls
Text
Tools
Vector Effects
OLE
Web Functions
Bitmap Controls & Effects
Object Attributes & Controls
Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Lenses
Printing
Import/Export Filters
TIF
RAW
Microsoft Word (DOC)
Adobe Illustrator (AI)
Portable Document Format (PDF)
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Version Number Table:
More information in this tread: coreldraw.com/.../7016.aspx. Please make sure to disable your anti-virus software while installing SP1. Also, please make sure your Windows system is up-to-date with the latest patches applied.
Hello Gérard.
I tried to install SP1 but get an error message Appboxid.xml failed to load.
It is reported by many in the forum.
Do you know how to cure this problem?
I'm running on Windows XP Home SP2
Kind regards, JoostJ