UltraEdit Companion User's Guide: Change Log

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Appendix A: Change log & Release Notes

A.43 3.0.0.2632 August 29, 2012

• The license has been changed from The 'Rhapdog' Free Software License to The 'Rhapdog' Open Source Software License. This change in the license is retroactive to all versions of the product.  There is no version change, just a license change.  

A.43 3.0.0.2632 August 8, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• Made the Theme Panel display of the names of themes behave better when switching directories or updating the file list. Using the refresh button will now indicate any added or deleted files in that directory if you used explorer to move theme files while running the program.
• Fixed progress indicator to prevent it from staying displayed after finished in certain rare circumstances.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Language File Listing to be refreshed and reloaded for each and every theme file loaded in the Theme Listing. This was causing major slowdowns on loading theme lists and wordfiles.
• Fixed an issue when importing Visual Studio 2010 themes causing the lock on the .vssettings file to not release.
• Usability Enhancements:
• Update various icon graphics in the program to improve the display/readability of those graphics.
• Rewrote much of the programs code for optimization and speed.  Most noticeable will be the speed in which large quantities of Visual Studio 2010 theme files are converted, which is less than one-third the time it took before.
• Changed "Theme Files" listing to show names of Themes instead of list of file names, and renamed it "Theme Listing".
• Added Refresh button to Theme Listing, in case the user has moved/copied themes to/from the current Theme Listing path using Windows Explorer and the list needs updating.
• Added a "Filter" for the Theme Listing to show All, Standard, and Dark themes.  All themes will list all themes found in a path.  Standard will list any themes not defines as a dark theme.  Dark will list only themes defined as a dark theme.  A Dark theme is defined by a Maximum Brightness level set as a percent of brightness on the Configuration tab.
• Added a panel at the bottom of the Theme Listing to show the total number of Themes shown in the list.
• Clickable color boxes on the Syntax Coloring and Color Scheme tabs will now indicate they can be clicked by a border change when you hover over them.
• Color boxes are now tab stops, and will indicate they are currently selected by a change in the border around the box.  Pressing the "local menu" button on your keyboard will perform the same function as right clicking the selected color box, and provide a menu in which to copy or alter the color.
• All functionality of the program can now be accessed by keyboard and the mouse is no longer required, though helpful.  The only exception is the Custom Color Palette Dialog.
• Configuration options have been moved to a single page, and no longer resides on 2 tabs.  Options have been rearranged to make better use of space and to group items together better. New options include the setting of the Theme Panel Display options and Theme Filter Configuration.
• The Word File Tools tab has had a major makeover.  Instead of having "Syntax Highlighting Tools" and "Multi-Language Wordfiles" there are now 3 tabs, which are now at the top of the section instead of the middle.  1. Basic Tools, 2. Multi-Language Wordfiles, and 3. Language Definition.
• Basic Tools replaces the former "Syntax Highlighting Tools", and brings in the viewing/changing of the UE/UES Wordfile Directory into it's functionality.
• A completely new feature under Basic Tools is the ability to Sort a langauge's words within each word color group in the wordfile, wrapping it at a specified column number. This will sort the wordfile according to the way Mofi's Syntax Tools Macro, SortLanguage, sorts a wordfile.  It will take into consideration whether or not a langauge is case sensitive with the sort.  You can also sort "All Wordfiles" at one time very quickly.
• Test for Duplicate Words and Test for Invalid Words, which should round out the tools needed for word file creators.
• Language Definition is new functionality.  This tab reads the items in the wordfile that make up the Language Definition.  It does not include Function String definitions or Delimiters, as those are separate definitions. It allows you to more easily edit a particular language definition, ruling out human error in typing the keywords that are required.  It is still up to the user to make sure non-keyword strings provided are correct. 

A.42 2.7.3.2234 May 23, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• Fixed issue where Portable Version sometimes downloaded desktop installer.
• Fixed issue where sometimes incorrect wordfile was accessed if there were invalid wordfiles or non-wordfiles in the wordfile path.
• Fixed issue where if Alternate Wordfile path was selected, it would not be selected the next time the program started.

A.41 2.7.2.2151 May 16, 2012

• Bug Fix:
• Fixed issue introduced in last version that caused file association issues when extension is not hidden.

A.40 2.7.1.2146 May 16, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• Could not open theme files on some Windows computers if the .ueTheme file extension was hidden by the operating system.
• MRU file list being cleared on program restart when it should not be.

A.39 2.7.0.2110 May 16, 2012

• Added:
• Selecting one or more, or all, Wordfiles in the Word/Language File Listing now has the ability to open those Wordfiles in the selected product for editing. It may be slow for opening a large number of wordfiles at once.
• Bug Fixes:
• Changing to a directory with no theme files caused a blank Default to load that registered as not saved.
• Only UEStudio 9.30 and above were supported. Fixed to support 9.10 and above.
• Fixed known compatibility issues with UE Beta, including UE Beta 18.10's incorrect App Path data in the registry. Corrects the invalid registry entries entered by UE Beta 18.10.

A.38 2.6.0.2074 May 14, 2012

• Enhancements:
• Improved the color conversion process when importing from Visual Studio 2010 themes so that the themes are usable immediately after conversion. Less tweaking of the themes will be required.
• Optimized the code for importing from Visual Studio 2010 and for saving files when a large number of files are in the current theme directory. It will now import and save as fast when only one theme or 1000 themes are in the target path.
• Optimized the code for startup to speed up program start when a large number of theme files are in the starting path. Still somewhat slow if a large number of files are in the path, however about 2x as fast as it was before.
• Bug Fixes:
• Fixed an issue where the current path was not updated properly when changing paths unless a theme was selected.
• Fixed the issue that caused a "File not Found" error when refreshing the wordfile list.

A.37 2.5.5.1986 May 11, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• A bug was introduced in 2.5.4.1981 which caused exporting colors to a wordfile to insert a blank line at the top of the wordfile and move the Langauge Definition Line down to the 5th line in the file.

A.36 2.5.4.1981 May 10, 2012

• Added:
• File associations are now removed from the system on uninstall when those associations were added during setup.
• Program will now recognize when a UE product is not installed, and will disable interaction with UE, but will still allow theme creation.
• Added a "Refresh" button for the Wordfile List, in case you move wordfiles in or out of the path while the program is operating.
• Enabled the use of the Alt Wordfile Path to enable wordfile tool interaction with wordfiles when a UE product is not installed on the host machine, in case someone wants to do some wordfile work at home, then take it to work where their copy of UE resides, etc.
• Bug Fixes:
• Fixed the Setup program for the Installed version to add the file associations during setup.
• Fixed an issue where the version was not read from UltraEdit if the trailing backslash was not included in the UltraEdit path stored in the Registry.

A.35 2.5.3.1898 May 3, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• When UEP was selected and the USB Drive letter had changed since UEP was last run, then the UEP.ini file shows the drive letter incorrectly until you run UEP. UE Companion now compensates for this UEP shortcoming.

A.34 2.5.2.1890 May 2, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• Left a debug message box enabled when attempting to check for updates. Disabled it.
• Updating the program did not remove the temporary setup file from the temporary directory.
• Added:
• Download Progress Bar added when updates are being downloaded.

A.33 2.5.1.1887 May 2, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• Check for updates menu item in the Help menu was perpetually grayed out.
• Values were not being displayed next to the sliders for Hue, Saturation, and Luminosity.
• Word file list did not properly update on program start if an alternate wordfile path was not selected.
• When changing product, the wordfile listing was not changing with it.
• Added:
• Links on About Box to Support Topic and Support Email, as well as a check for updates button in the About box.
• Help buttons on each tab of the program to assist in finding relevant help more quickly.

A.32 2.5.0.1797 April 28, 2012

• New Features:
• Added Hue, Saturation, and Lumin adjustments to right click color menus.
• Added Hue, Saturation, and Lumin adjustments to the Custom Palette.
• Enabled Update Checking and Auto-updates.
• Bug Fixes:
• When importing a single theme from VS 2010, if a theme is already selected, if you use Save instead of save as, it will overwrite the previously selected theme, as it imports INTO that theme.
• When updating the PortableApps version of the program, the program will wipe out previous user settings/preferences.

A.31 2.4.2.1696 April 25, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• In PortableApps version, the PortableApps.com Launcher program prevented UE Companion from accessing the registry to identify UEStudio or UltraEdit installed on a machine. This has been corrected by writing a new launcher program from scratch.
• Using UE defined wordfile location was not working in portable mode. Fixed.
• Program was not opening to the last path used if the option to reopen the last file was not selected.
• If the last file used does not exist, it now handles it gracefully.
• Path did not update for theme panel if a theme was opened from Windows Explorer while the program was already running.
• When selecting "Import/Export -> Import VS 2010 Theme", if the path previously used did not exist, it threw an error and would not allow to continue.

A.30 2.4.1.1675 April 21, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• Could not browse to select the Alternate Wordfile Location. This has been fixed.

A.29 2.4.0.1661 April 20, 2012

• Bug Fixes:
• Fixed an issue where certain controls were not being painted properly in certain windows themes.
• Fixed the problem where Last Opened File, although opened, was not showing as selected in the Theme Panel.
• New Features:
• Added Right Click functionality to color boxes in Syntax Coloring and Color Scheme tabs. The color boxes now allow "copy", "paste", "invert color", and "blend current color with color on clipboard."
• Added HTML Help for the program.

A.28 2.3.1.1603 April 16, 2012

• Bug Fix Release: Several Key fixes. Issues included not properly saving themes when a user was not using the latest version of UE/UES, and not saving themes properly for ANY version of UE Portable.
• Fixed issue where UE Portable was "reset" to default colors for the color scheme instead of applying the color scheme.
• Fixed additional issue on auto-dectecting UE Portable. Should now work in more situations and configurations. UE Portable is not detected if it resides on a different drive from UE Companion, so using the PortableApps version is highly recommended for pairing with UEP.

A.27 2.3.0.1577 April 12, 2012

• Added new feature to allow a user to specify a path different from the one in UltraEdit's INI file in case you have a "working path" for creating and testing wordfiles.
• Added new feature to import themes from a Visual Studio 2010 theme file. You can import one at a time, which will load the theme for you to review in the color management section of the program before saving. Or, alternatively, you can do a batch conversion of all *.vssettings files in a single directory, all saved to disk in the *.ueTheme format.
• Added new feature for right clicking on color squares to edit/copy/paste.
• Set up static colors for default, no longer going by UltraEdit default colors. UltraEdit default colors were being properly applied to UltraEdit.
• A few minor enhancements and bug fixes.

A.26 2.2.0.1464 April 12, 2012

• Fixed an issue with the program not showing a theme as modified if you changed the theme name, author, or description.
• Fixed an issue where setting Plain Text background on the color scheme tab, color groups 16 - 20 were not updated.
• Fixed MRU list to behave more in line with conventional MRU.
• Added a new Theme List panel to allow easier selection and quicker previews of themes.

A.25 2.1.0.1414 April 9, 2012

• PortableApps.com format released. Build 1414 is a special build to add PortableApps.com compatibility to the program. It will automatically detect when being run from the PortableApps.com platform and behave accordingly.
• File Association buttons are now disabled when running in portable mode for obvious reasons.

The Zip version of the program has been replaced by the PortableApps.com format.

A.24 2.1.0.1410 April 9, 2012

• Added portability to the program. It will now pair with UEPortable if you make it portable and follow the instructions on the Configuration->Pairing with UE/UES tab. It will automatically detect and adapt when the the drive it resides on changes drive letters.
• Added the ability to automatically detect different UE installations on different computers. Moving from computer to computer in portable mode should not reflect the installations of UE or UES on that particular computer, and, if UEP is on the portable drive with UltraEdit Companion, and the instructions were followed to place it properly, then it should detect that as well.
• The program will now detect if the version of UE/UES/UEP you are trying to make changes to is running before it attempts to make those changes. It gives you an opportunity to close it before conintuing, or it will cancel making changes.
• Several bug fixes made to the program.

A.23 2.0.0.1367 April 9, 2012

• Fixed an issue with Save and Save As where it was not recognizing the file has not been changed since last save.

A.22 2.0.0.1364 April 9, 2012

• Fixed an issue where locating UltraEdit's INI file through the environment variable UEINIDIR was failing. Fixed same for UEStudio.
• Fixed screen position when starting UE Companion so that it is not always in upper left.
• Fixed issue where Background Auto in "Normal Text", "Comments", "Alt Block Comm", "Strings", and "Numbers" was not being loaded correctly from wordfiles or themes. Now correctly loads from wordfiles and the new style themes. As old format of themes are no longer supported, the fix will not be implemented for that theme format.
• Fixed an issue where UE Companion would not recognize upgrades or new installations of UltraEdit and/or UEStudio. For example, if you had UE, and installed UES, it would not recognize UES had been installed. If you upgraded from UE version 15 to version 18, it would not recognize the upgrade. It now recognizes upgrades, new installations, and will automatically remove uninstalled programs as well.

A.21 2.0.0.1338 April 7, 2012

• Fixed a bug causing any syntax files imported to remain locked until program closed. This was what was causing the persistent file locks that prevented it from writing to wordfiles on certain user systems.
• Full compatibility with Windows Vista, Windows 7 with UAC enabled. It is no longer required to use Compatibility Mode or Administrator Mode.

A.20 2.0.0.1333 April 6, 2012

• Changed the format of the theme files to add the capability of UE written scripts to import the themes and to make it easier for IDM to support in the future. Newly saved themes will no longer be compatible with older versions of this program, but this program will still read the old themes without issue.

A.19 1.8.1.1299 April 2, 2012

• Changed to an alternate way to write changes to wordfiles to prevent access errors on some Windows 7 systems.
• Disabled multi-tasking capability during writes to wordfiles to prevent users from sending multiple writes to the same wordfile simultaneously. This was causing wordfile corruption when someone would send one theme to the wordfile list, and immediately select a second theme to export.
• Fixed "Revert to Saved" functionality.
• "Save" on File Menu was performing "Save As" functionality. Fixed.

A.18 1.8.1.1263 March 30, 2012

• Added additional testing to make sure wordfiles are writable before attempting to update wordfiles. A scenario came up where it looked like a wordfile was locked and UE Companion was unable to write to it.

A.17 1.8.1.1241 March 28, 2012

• Build 1162: Added the ability to add an "Alternate" INI file, in case you use one from the command line. Can also be used to locate the INI for UEPortable until support is provided for that product separately. (Coming soon, full UEPortable support.)
• Build 1181: Correct "Default" colors are now used for the UltraEdit based colors according to the Windows Theme you are using in the same way that UltraEdit handles the colors.
• Build 1190: Added "Revert to Saved" to easily go back to the saved theme after changes have been made if the theme has not yet been saved.
• Build 1191: Wording more clearly defined. Scheme means UE scheme, which is display only. Syntax Highlighting for language colors. Theme means all of it.
• Build 1206: Added the ability to set up an "Alternate" UltraEdit or UEStudio INI file. You must manually locate that INI file. This can be for an INI file that you pass as a command line parameter. When you select an Alternate, it will add either UEStudio Alt or UltraEdit Alt to the drop down product listing, so that you can switch between the alternate and regular INI files for this installation.
• Build 1231: Added a "Recent Files" list on the File Menu. Can be turned on and off in the configuration tab, and the number of recent files to show can be changed from 1 to 8. Option to clear history on exit, and option also added to "Clear History Now." Option also added to re-open the last file opened for editing when starting the program, unless you are passing a file to the program.
• Build 1241: Fixed a bug that caused wordfiles not to update with current syntax highlighting, should a previous wordfile parsing fail.

A.16 1.8.0.1155 March 23, 2012

• Added the ability to drag-and-drop theme files onto the program. Also, the program is now able to update with a theme file when double clicking a file from Windows Explorer, provided that you have provided a file association. Passing a .ueTheme file to the program from the command line will also open the .ueTheme file.
• Added the ability to add .ueTheme files as a file association from within the configuration tab. File associations may also be removed here. You should remove file associations before uninstalling.

A.15 1.8.0.1152 March 23, 2012

Please manually uninstall any previous version, and the product setup method has changed.

• Numerous bug fixes. It is recommended to upgrade at once due to some issues in previous versions.
• Program file has been renamed. Please uninstall any old version of the program, as this is now considered a separate product.
• Now compatible with colors and options for UltraEdit 18 and UEStudio 12.
• Will now auto-detect your installation of UltraEdit or UEStudio.
• Modified indicator has been changed from showing the word "Modified" in the status bar to the background of the theme name in the status bar turning from green to red.
• Complete rework of the custom color palette dialog. It will now save the colors you have selected and they will show the next session. Assigning colors to the palette will no longer erase those colors when closing the program. New right click functionality on colors in the custom palette for greater ease in customizing the custom colors. Single click will no longer make that custom color the "selected color", as this now requires a double-click.
• New setup program, to be expanded further in the next program.
• Automatic updates have been disabled in this version while the update system is revamped to allow for smoother update process. Check back here for updates regularly, as features will be added on a regular basis over the next few months.

A.14 1.7.2.1004 February 24, 2011

• Although it was announced that UltraEdit 17 would support 15 color groups for wordfiles, it turned out to support 20. Additional coding added to support 20 color groups.
• The directory that UltraEdit looks for wordfiles can now be changed from within this utility. It will give you the option of copying/moving your existing wordfiles to the new location.
• A couple of minor typos have been corrected having to do with incorrect capitalization of a displayed word.

A.13 1.7.1.1000 February 19, 2011

• Complete redesign of the layout to allow for more expansion of features.
• Wordfile tools are now easier to work with, and will give you the language name instead of a file dialog to locate a file name.
• You can now select multiple languages for working with and not have to worry about a file dialog for the languages any longer.
• Complete rework of the custom color palette dialog. It will now save the colors you have selected and they will show the next session. Assigning colors to the palette will no longer erase those colors when closing the program.

A.12 1.7.0.1001 February 17, 2011

Updated for compatibility with UltraEdit 17's added color capabilities! There are now 15 color groups instead of 8 for word files, and "Highlight All" and "Select All" colors have also been added. Also with this version it will be able to check to see if an update is available, download and install it. Added "Theme Author" and "Theme Description" fields to the themes for future sharing on a special theme site that I plan to put up in the coming months. A "Modified" indicator is now on the new status bar, along with the theme's name and other information.

A.11 1.4.0.1000 December 21, 2010

Updated for compatibility with UltraEdit 16.30 / UEStudio 10.30. Added the Brace Highlight Background color.

A.10 1.3.0.1002

• Upgraded for full compatibility with UltraEdit 16.10 and UEStudio 10.10 Fold Lines as well as the new Foreground and Background color ability for brace highlighting.
• Now utilizing AppData/Application Data directory for storage of configuration options for better compatibility with Vista and Windows 7. Can still optionally use the program directory in case you want to make the program portable for use with UEPortable.

A.9 1.2.1.1006 May 19, 2010

Bug Fix Release. On first run, did not properly react to no config file being present. This has been fixed.

A.8 1.2.1.1004 May 17, 2010

New Feature added, Theme Fonts! You can now save Font Names and size for both Standard Editing and Column Mode/HEX Editing. You can also now preview these fonts as well. Font selection for Standard and Column Mode is now available if you wish to change what UE is currently using. It now loads showing the syntax lettering using the font you have selected from within UE. Several minor bug fixes also made.

A.7 1.1.0.1001 May 11, 2010

Upgraded Feature for Compatibility with UltraEdit 16.10's new feature, Line Indent coloring.

A.6 1.0.2.1003 May 5, 2010

Minor Bug fix. Fixed minor bugs in the custom palette dialog. Corrected the RGB calculation on the custom palette dialog.

A.5 1.0.2.1002 May 4, 2010

Minor Bug fix. A problem with calling up the Windows Color Dialog from within the Custom Palette has been fixed. The program will now remember whether you were using Custom Palette or Windows Color Dialog last.

A.4 1.0.2.1001 May 2, 2010

New Feature added. A secondary method of selecting colors has been added. You may now choose between using Windows Color Selector or a new Custom Palette Dialog that allows you to predefine up to 36 colors. Colors can also now be added by direct Hexadecimal entry, RGB entry, Decimal entry, or selected from a list of 140 named colors. A minor oversight is also fixed whereby the program did not confirm to saved a modified theme on program exit.

A.3 1.0.1.1002 April 30, 2010

Bug Fix release. A problem with exporting Syntax Highlighting to wordfiles was not clearing the previous syntax highlighting before adding new. Also, when turning off Background Auto on a single Syntax Coloring Group, it turned off Background Auto on all groups. Now including a sample of themes with the program.

A.2 1.0.1.1001 April 29, 2010

Feature Change. Now saves themes in INI file format instead of proprietary binary.

A.1 1.0.0.0000 April 28, 2010

• Initial Release to the public.