RC-WinTrans X8 Global Edition
RC-WinTrans X8 Translator Edition
LATEST BUILD VERSION: |
8.8.6.2 (MARCH 2010) |
INSTALLING A NEW VERSION OF RC-WINTRANS
An existing installation of RC-WinTrans must always be removed before installing a newer version of RC-WinTrans! It is not possible to overwrite an existing installation with a newer one.
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OVERVIEW/QUICK-JUMP:
DATE/BUILD VERSION |
DESCRIPTION |
Bug fix ("Export Translation Project for Translator" function). |
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RELEASE NOTES:
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DESCRIPTION |
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MARCH 2010 |
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#271 – Fix |
HIGH |
"Remove File from Project" command: When more than one (source) file is removed from a project this was not accurately reflected in the Projects Overview tab. |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.6.2 |
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DECEMBER 2009 |
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#270 |
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DFM files: The DFM parser syntax has been updated to read "Columns : item" and "EditMask" format texts. Component: "RWTDFMConv.dll" |
DFM DLL |
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#269 – Fix |
LOW |
XML Files Converter: Fix for reading element texts with XML escaped characters ("&"). Macros file: "XMLConverter.macro" Macros file version: XML-2010 |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.6.0 |
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#268 |
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Command line commands: The commands "Update" and "UpdateAll" now perform data updates without running the check for source file changes. Macros file: "CmdLine.macro" Macros file version: CDM-1009 |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.6.0 |
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#267 – Fix |
LOW |
Unicode RC files: The style of "CONTROL" and "AUTOCHECKBOX" dialog box items were not being read correctly. Component: "RWTRCConv-UC.dll" File version: 1.3.1.1 |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.6.0 |
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#266 |
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Excel export: The cell format of Excel files generated by an export operation is now "General" so that texts exceeding 255 characters are displayed correctly. Macros file: "ExcelMacros.macro" Macros file version: E-1007 The same changes have been implemented for the Excel Add-On (V1.3). |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.6.0 |
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#265 |
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XLIFF files: The target text will be imported even if the attribute value "translate" is "no." Help topic: "Translating XLIFF Files" |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.6.0 |
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#264
– Fix/ |
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Interface updates
for dictionary functions (Add/New): |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.6.0 |
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#263 – New |
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New display option: The full path of the project file can now be shown in the title bar of the Project window. |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.6.0 |
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NOVEMBER 2009 |
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#256 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
"Export Translation
Project for Translator" function: |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.4 |
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OCTOBER 2009 |
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#255 – New |
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WXL files: Support for the translation of Windows Installer XML (WXL) files. File extension: .WXL File format: XML |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.3 |
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#254 |
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Temporary files in source file directory: Temporary files are no longer created in the directory of a source file when using the update database function. |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.3 |
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#253 – Fix |
HIGH |
.NET TreeView controls (.NET files converter): The text for a TreeView control item was not correctly written to the target file. Module: "RWTResxConv.DLL" File version: 8.6.7.1 |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.3 |
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#252 – Fix |
LOW |
Unicode-encoded RC files: Text in RC files encoded in Unicode are now read directly as Unicode text. Previously a Unicode RC file was converted (internally) to ANSI (MBCS). Module: "RWTRCConv.DLL" File version: 8.6.6.1 |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.3 |
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#251 – New |
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Borland Delphi DFM files: New file converter module supporting the translation of Borland Delphi DFM files. |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.3 |
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#250 – New |
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New API functions (COM interface):
The new functions have an additional parameter to pass the target language of the data to be processed (previously the translation project's active target language was used). |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.3 |
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#249 – New |
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RC-WinTrans Demo Version: The Microsoft VBA Editor has been enabled for use and evaluation in the (free) demo version of RC-WinTrans. |
RC-WinTrans Demo 8.8.4.3 |
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SEPTEMBER 2009 |
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#248 – New |
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New API functions (COM interface):
The RC-WinTrans COM interface has two new API functions: "Application::ExFcts" and "TranslationProject." These are documented in the RC-WinTrans VBA Help ("RCWinTransVBA.chm"). |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.1 |
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#247 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
File removal issue: When a source file was removed from a translation project the "fixed target file name" setting (if specified) was lost for all the other files in the project. |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.1 |
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#246 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
File names for INI files: Fix for a problem saving relative and/or absolute path names in the project file (.rwtproject). |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.1 |
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#245 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Temporary file directory for .NET files: An error message sometimes appeared when adding a .NET file to a translation project. This was caused by RC-WinTrans' failure to create a temporary directory for storing temporarily created .NET files. |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.1 |
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#244 – Fix |
LOW |
RC files- "Kazakh (Kazakhstan)" language: The language definition and code page used for the target language "Kazak Kazahstan" were incorrect ("SUBLANG_KAZAK_KAZAKHSTAN" instead of "SUBLANG_DEFAULT" and code page 1251 not 1252). DLL component: "LangSupport.dll" |
"LangSupport.dll" File version 2.6.3.0 |
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#243 – New |
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Handbook update: Selected content in the "RC-WinTrans X8 Start-Up Guide" has been updated. |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.4.1 |
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JULY 2009 |
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#242 – Fix |
LOW |
Translation status "signed-off": Items with the translation status "signed-off" are now considered to be translated by the statistics calculation (as with items that have the "translated" or "final" translation status). |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.3.1 |
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#241 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Temporary files: Certain temporary files created to process .NET assemblies were not deleted after use. Fixed component: "RWTGlobal.DLL" DLL file version: 8.8.0.3 |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.3.1 |
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#240 – Fix |
HIGH |
.NET files- exception handling: When reading a .NET RESX file or assembly file an exception occurred whenever a "System.IO.PinnedBufferMemoryStream" object was processed. Processing of the file was then aborted. DLL component: "RWTResxConv.DLL" |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.3.1 |
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MAY 2009 |
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#239 – Fix |
HIGH |
Check Functions: Several check functions did not work if a source file did not exist. This usually happened when a project database (.fsmdb) was given to a translator and the translator was not in possession of the associated source file(s). Fixed system macro version: S-1132 (June 2009) |
RC-WinTrans 8.8.2.3 |
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#238 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Options Dialog Box: RC-WinTrans crashed if the Options menu command was used while the "Start Page" was active. |
RC-WinTrans |
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MAY 2009 |
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#237 |
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XLIFF File Converter: The converter for XLIFF files has been modified to support both the XLIFF 1.1 and XLIFF 1.2 standards. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#236 – New |
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Support for 64-bit applications: Version 8 of RC-WinTrans now supports 64-bit applications including Windows (EXE/DLL) and .NET Windows Forms (EXE/DLL). |
RC-WinTrans |
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#235 – New |
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Editing translations in MS Word: Microsoft Word can now be used to display and edit a translation text (selected in RC-WinTrans). A new command to open and close the MS Word application has also been added. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#234 – New |
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MS Word Spell Checker: The Microsoft Word Spell Checker can now be used to check texts in RC-WinTrans. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#233 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Spell Checker:
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RC-WinTrans |
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#232 – Fix |
LOW |
Bi-lingual XML files: For XML files with a source and a target element, the "Import from Existing Translated File" function now imports the text from the target element. Before the text from the source element was imported. |
System macro: "XMLConverter.maco" |
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#231 – Fix |
LOW |
XML files – Line breaks in attribute text: Line breaks in the text of attributes are now included as XML text (" "). |
System macro: "XMLConverter.maco" |
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#230 – Fix |
LOW |
"Export to Text File" function: The settings to export text with or without quotation marks and to append data are now saved for the next time the "Export to Text File" function is used. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#229 |
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Text Table view – Sorting: The ampersand character (&) is now ignored by both the "Sort by Source Text" and "Sort by Target Text" functions. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#228 – Fix |
LOW |
Text Table view – Sorting by source text: If a target language was used as the source language the "Sort by Source Text" function would still use the original source text. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#227 – Fix |
LOW |
Target
Files property page: No
indication of changes ("not up to date") after translation
data had been modified. |
RC-WinTrans |
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MARCH 2009 |
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#226 – Fix |
LOW |
Task list:
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RC-WinTrans |
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#225 |
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.NET – DevExpress Library: The following properties (property names) have been added to the configuration file "ResxXLIFF.xml" to make them known to RC-WinTrans.
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RC-WinTrans |
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#224 – New |
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Dialog Box Editor: Newly added Size & Position bar shows the size and position of a selected dialog box control item. The dockable and moveable toolbar is visible whenever the Dialog Box view is active. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#223 |
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Align Visual Studio .NET project files: The Visual Studio .NET Project dialog box now allows more than one Visual Studio project to be managed at a time. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#222 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Find translation in Trados TM: The "Ignore ampersand" option on the Trados TM/Web TM property page was ignored and the same option for dictionaries found on the Dictionaries property page was used instead when searching for a translation in a Trados TM. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#221 |
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Column width (Source and Target Files dialog): The width of the columns in this dialog's list boxes can now be adjusted. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#220 |
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Target file name and path: The name and the path for a target file can be specified for each target file individually. Previously a rule, valid for all target files of a certain file type, was the only possible option. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#219 |
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Change target language: The language code can now be changed for an existing target language. Example: "French (France), fr-FR" to "French, fr" |
RC-WinTrans |
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#218 – New |
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Source Files property page: The Source Files property page (Source and Target Files dialog) has been with commands to add and to remove source files and to change a source file reference (name and path). |
RC-WinTrans |
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#217 |
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Dialog Box Editor: Certain improvements for selecting control items have been implemented. Also: non-textual items can be selected even when the Dialog Box Editor is not activated. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#216 – Fix |
HIGH |
Import from Translation Project command: The import from a translation project did not work (error message: "No data imported.") if the project files (.rwtproject, .fsmdb) were not located in a root directory of the source files' location. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#215 – Fix |
HIGH |
Import from Translation Project command: The import from a translation project did not work (error message: "Files not found.") if the project files (.rwtproject, .fsmdb) were not located in a root directory of the source files' location. In this case RC-WinTrans would calculate the relative path incorrectly. Fixed DLL: "RCTCom.DLL" New DLL file version: 7.3.0.1 |
DLL: |
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#214 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Add target language: A target language can now be added to translation project even if the source files do not exist. This was not possible before. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#213 |
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Export translation project: In the Export Translation Project Wizard the option to create a packed XML data files project (first page) has been removed. Now a database-based project (.fsmdb) is always created (as a project for a translator.) |
RC-WinTrans |
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#211 – Fix |
LOW |
Translator Edition: The Translator Edition saved the name and the path of all source files to the project file each time RC-WinTrans was closed. Now the Translator Edition does not make any changes for the source files in the project file. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#210 – Fix |
LOW |
Differences tab view: The texts shown in the Differences tab view were transposed in the fields for the first and second data sources. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#209 – Fix |
LOW |
Automatic translation: Using another open translation project as the data source for the automatic translation operation prompted the error message "An invalid argument was encountered." if the other translation project had a different source language than the active translation project. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#208 |
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Translation Edit bar: The Previous Source Text edit field is now smaller to create more room for the Source and Target Text edit fields. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#207 |
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Changed source text: A changed source text is now also displayed in the Differences tab view. Previously this display could only be found in the Translation Edit bar. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#206 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Source file reference changes: If the name or the path of a source file in the project was changed (property change in the Properties tab view) the update database function no longer worked for this source file. This only happened if the data storage type for the project was XML files (.rwtxlf). |
RC-WinTrans |
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#205 |
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External .NET Forms Editor: If a text selected in the open External .NET Forms Editor is changed in RC-WinTrans, the data will be automatically updated in the External .NET Forms Editor. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#204 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Save translation to dictionary: In order to save a translation to a dictionary the item had to have the translation state "final" or "translated" (in the RC-WinTrans project). Items with a different state (e.g., "for review") were not saved to the dictionary(ies). |
RC-WinTrans |
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#203 – Fix |
LOW |
Update data protocol files: Protocol file names were generated with the wrong file name and could not be found and opened by RC-WinTrans. This only happened for database-based translation projects (.fsmdb). |
RC-WinTrans |
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#202 – New |
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Update data protocol files: Changes protocols can now be opened from the Source Files page of the Source and Target Files dialog box. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#201 – Fix |
HIGH |
Error "The data file (DOM) could not be loaded." A code change to prevent a data streaming error when saving data to the database (.fsmdb) lead to this error message. The removal of this error has still not been fully verified. |
RC-WinTrans |
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#200 |
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RC-WinTrans menu items: Some commands (menu items) that were previously available in more than one menu (doubled) have been removed/consolidated. |
RC-WinTrans |
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JANUARY 2009 |
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#199 |
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Hotkey suggestion: RC-WinTrans gives priority to the same character used for the hotkey in the source text. |
8.7.2.5 |
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#198 – New |
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Source file reference (file name and path) in a translation project can be changed in the Properties tab view (Miscellaneous bar). |
8.7.2.5 |
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#197 |
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Automatic translation: If the source text match value of an item that has been automatically translated is less than 100% RC-WinTrans keeps the source text from the data source in the item's history. |
8.7.2.5 |
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#196 |
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OLE control logging output: Logging output is now generated if an OLE control (embedded ActiveX control) cannot be created to update the translation data for a Win32 target file. |
8.7.2.5 |
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#195 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Import from Existing Translated File command: Binary data was not imported from a resource file (RC, Win32 EXE or .NET file). |
8.7.2.5 |
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#194 – Fix |
HIGH |
Active X control data (Win 32 binary property data): Changes made to the process of updating the binary data of ActiveX controls in the translation database before the data is written to a translated target file (RC, Win32 EXE). Module: RWTRCConv.dll; File version: 8.7.5.1 |
8.7.2.5 |
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#193 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Data migration (V7 project database to X8 project database): Binary data (e.g., images) was not imported to an RC-WinTrans X8 project (from the RC-WinTrans 7 database). |
8.7.2.5 |
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#192 |
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XML file converter: The VBA project has been extended to include an "Options" dialog box with settings related to the processing of XML files. VBA project: "XMLConverter.maco" |
8.7.2.5 |
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OCTOBER 2008 |
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#191 – New |
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VBA macros file version number: The Options: VBA Macros Files property page now shows the version of each VBA macros file that has been loaded. |
8.7.1.4 |
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#190 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
.NET Forms Editor error message: An error message appeared when a .NET 2.0 Form with a ToolStrip control was opened in the External .NET Forms Editor. The reason for this was a DLL ("RWTResxEditorFX20.dll") missing from the installation. Error message: "Piped error: System.Exception: The control System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip has thrown an unhandled exeption in the designer and has been disabled." |
8.7.1.4 |
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#189 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Error: "No <file> elements found in the file." An import from a translation project (.fsmdb) failed if the folder was read-only |
8.7.1.4 |
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#187 |
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Dialog Box View: The size of the split views (Source and Target views) are now restored when a new Dialog Box view is opened. |
8.7.1.4 |
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#186 – Fix |
HIGH |
"Import from Translation Project" function: If a source file was saved with an absolute path name in the translation database (.fsmdb) the data import failed. No error was reported. |
8.7.1.3 |
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#185 Fix |
MIDDLE |
Data migration (V7 .tdb database to X8 project): The data migration process failed for RC-WinTrans 7 .tdb databases that contained a Windows INI file. |
8.7.1.3 |
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#184 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Run-time error 91: "Object variable or With block variable not set." This error occurs when the "Find Translation" function is used but there's no dictionary (text or TMX) to support the active target language. Fixed file: "Dictionary.macro" VBA macros file. |
8.7.1.3 |
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#183 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
".DockLayoutStream" property from .NET Syncfusion controls ignored: The ".DockLayoutStream" property from .NET Syncfusion controls is now skipped during processing. The property is not included in the .NET target file(s). |
8.7.1.3 |
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#182 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Full Edition shown as Demo Version: If the Windows user did not have "admin" rights on the Windows system the license number could not be read. This caused RC-WinTrans to appear as the Demo Version rather than the full-functionality edition. |
8.7.1.3 |
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JULY 2008 |
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#180 – New |
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WPF: Support for text-based localization of .NET 3.0 (WPF) assemblies. |
8.7.0.1 |
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#179 – New |
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"Extra Functions" Add-On: A new add-on with some additional functions for RC-WinTrans. There is still no description of the available functions. The add-on comes with open VBA code. File: \Add-Ons\ExtraFunctionsI.macro Macros file version: 3.1 (July 2008) |
8.7.0.1 |
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#178 |
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.NET assemblies with Win32 resources: A .NET assembly containing Win32 resources was processed as a .NET assembly, ignoring the Win32 resources contained in the file. |
8.7.0.1 |
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#177 – New |
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Target languages: default language, size and position data. A new option (checkbox) has been added to the Default Language property page: "Use non-text data also." Check this option to also use non-text data (if it exists for the default language) from the default language. If the option is not checked (default setting), only translation text is used from the default language. |
8.7.0.1 |
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#176 – Fix |
HIGH |
Menu items in RC files: Hotkey characters were missing from Asian language target RC files. DLL file: "RWTRCConv.dll" New file version: 8.7.4.1 (12. July 2008) |
8.7.0.1 |
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#175 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Placeholder check for Win32 files: Missing placeholders ("%1"; "%2") in target text were not detected correctly. Fixed file: "SystemMacros.macro" (VBA macros file) |
8.7.0.1 |
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MARCH 2008 |
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#169 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Creating Win32 RC target files: "Omit from Target File" function did not work. Component: "RWTRCConv.DLL"; New version: 8.7.3.0 |
8.6.2.3 |
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#168 – Fix |
HIGH |
File Converter for RC files:
Characters 127 through 255 may not be written correctly;
second quotation mark missing; problems for ANSI and Unicode target
RC files. Component: "RWTRCConv.DLL"; New version: 8.7.2.0 |
8.6.2.2 |
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#167 |
LOW |
Additional .NET type supported: "ResxXliff.xml" has been expanded to include the standard property "HeaderText," now specified as text to be translated (x-text). |
8.6.2.1 |
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#166 – Fix |
LOW |
Text Table View inline editing: Pressing RETURN added a "CR+LF" to the end of the string. |
8.6.2.1 |
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JANUARY 2008 |
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#165 – Fix |
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Fix for import from project function:
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8.6.1.1 |
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#164 – Fix |
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Excluding items in the Group Items tab view not possible. |
8.6.1.1 |
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#163 – Fix |
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XML converter fix. |
8.6.1.1 |
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#162 |
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More .NET types supported: "ResxXliff.xml" has been expanded to include additional types from the DevExpress library. |
8.6.1.1 |
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#161 – Fix |
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Save Translation to Trados TM command ("Add without ampersand" option): Translations were always added to a Trados TM without an ampersand, even when the option to keep them in texts where they appeared was enabled. |
8.6.1.1 |
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#160 – Fix |
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"Write Target File" command did not work if English was the language of both the source and target files. |
8.6.1.1 |
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#159 – Fix |
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External .NET Forms Editor:
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8.6.1.1 |
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