The next major version of FlightCheck which is branded
“FlightCheck XFR” will support Adobe CS4 as well as Quark 8.

Markzware began rewriting FlightCheck from scratch last year
and the effort is in progress. We had hoped to have it shipped by the
end of the year (2008), but as sometimes happens in this business, we are
behind. FlightCheck may not look complex on the outside, but inside it
is hundreds of files with millions of lines of code. It takes time to
rewrite all of that. We are hoping to have a release sometime in 2009.

We are building FlightCheck to take advantage of the latest technology
including multi-core computers, and modern 3D graphics. We are planning
to have a full-blown postscript interpreter and PDF
engine. It is our goal to have it as color-accurate (using icc
profiles) as possible. It is also being re-purposed to be more than
just a preflighting tool, but also a content analysis & extraction
tool for print documents, including those produced with a design layout program (or design layout programs).

We have some very interesting features in the pipeline for this
product, but they are taking time to develop. I hope you’ll stay tuned with
us, and find the new FlightCheck useful when it comes out.