RC-WinTrans Professional and Translator Editions
LATEST VERSION: |
11.5.85.887 (January 2023) |
OVERVIEW/QUICK-JUMP:
RELEASE NOTES:
NUMBER |
DESCRIPTION |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.85 — |
JANUARY 2023 |
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#131 – Fix |
Import from Excel fix: The option to ignore the ampersand character (&) when comparing source texts no longer worked (bug since RC-WinTrans 11.5.6.879). New Excel VBA macro version: 4.5. |
RC-WinTrans |
#130 Improvement |
Customize target file name: The ability to specify a target file name via VBA function - last available in RC-WinTrans 10 - has been added back in. Help topics: Target File Name Macro |
RC-WinTrans |
#129 Improvement |
Number of visible target languages: The maximum number of target languages that can be visible at the same time has increased from 20 to 30. |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.83 — |
MARCH 2022 |
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#128 – Fix |
Fix for the import from project operation: No data was imported when the "Ignore IDs" option was enabled. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.82 — |
24. JANUARY 2022 |
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#127 – New |
Digital signature added. Executable files now include a digital signature: – setup/installation files (.exe) – application file (RCWinTrans.exe) |
RC-WinTrans |
#126 – Improvement |
Log file update: The log file is now located in the user's folder: C:\Users\user account\AppData\Roaming\RC-WinTrans\logfile.log. The log file is written while RC-WinTrans starts up (each time anew). The log file was previously located in the RC-WinTrans installation folder. |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.81 — |
02. JANUARY 2022 |
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#125 – Fix |
Fix
for importing to/exporting
from XLIFF/TMX
files: |
RC-WinTrans |
#124 – Improvement |
Updated import from text file operation: 1. The "Stop Import" command button in the Multi-Translation dialog button did not work. 2. The " Ignore ampersand" option was always enabled. Fixed file: "SystemMacros.macro" (S-16.0 (04. Dec. 2021)) |
RC-WinTrans |
#123 – Improvement |
Dictionaries view (tree view) command button fixes: The Properties and Open TM Workbench toolbar command buttons function as expected. |
RC-WinTrans |
#122 – Improvement |
Dictionaries view (tree view) fixes: 1. New indication to show that a dictionary can be used (the languages match those of the active project). 2. Indication for when a dictionary does not exist (file not found). |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.8 — |
NOVEMBER 2021 |
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#121 – Fix |
Fix
for the import from XLIFF and TMX file operations: |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.7 — |
SEPTEMBER 2021 |
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#120 – Fix |
Set translation status fix: Changing the translation status for a number of translation units at once took a long time. Affected versions: 11.5.2.74 through 11.5.4.879. |
RC-WinTrans |
#119 – Fix |
Target
Files dialog fix: Opening
the dialog took a long time with large projects (e.g., 400 source
files and 10 target languages). |
RC-WinTrans |
#118 – Fix |
Fix for importing data from Excel/TMX/XLIFF files: The import operation took a long time when there was a large number of translations to import. Affected versions: 11.3.3.60 through 11.5.4.879. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.6 — |
JULY 2021 |
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#117 – Fix |
Fix for the import from Excel operation: A translation for an item was not imported when the source text included a line break with carriage return control character. |
RC-WinTrans |
#116 – Improvement |
Updated stylesheet for BCGP MFC Ribbon XML files: The XML parser stylesheet for these files has been updated to support translation of <DESCRIPTION> and <ITEM> elements. Stylesheet/File: "XMLParser-BCGP_RIBBON.xsl" Version: 4.0 |
RC-WinTrans |
#115 – Fix |
COM API fix: "get_Datatype" returned "datatatype_x_unknown" instead of "datatype_x_xml" for XML source files. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.4.875 — |
MAY 2021 |
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#114 – Fix |
Fix for importing XLIFF/QuickShip files – new line character: Translation texts containing the "\n" (new line)character combination could not be imported. |
RC-WinTrans |
#113 – Fix |
Fix for BCGP MFC Ribbon XML files: Fix to support translation of BCGP Ribbon "Statusbar" (STATUS_BAR) elements. Stylesheet/File: "XMLParser-BCGP_RIBBON.xsl" Version: 3.1 |
RC-WinTrans |
#112 – Fix |
Fix for importing XLIFF/QuickShip files: The import option to overwrite the existing translation did not work. |
RC-WinTrans |
#111 – Fix |
Machine Translator update: The add-on is enabled to use the DeepL API Free product/key. New version: 5.3 (May 2021) See the Machine Translator release notes for details. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.4.872 — |
APRIL 2021 |
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#110 – Fix |
Fix for the "Application" COM object: Releasing the last reference/interface to the "Application" object failed to close RC-WinTrans. To close RC-WinTrans, the "Exit()" API function needed to be used. |
RC-WinTrans |
#109 – New |
New "Application.Visible" COM property: A new "Visible" property method has been added to show/hide the RC-WinTrans application. |
RC-WinTrans |
#108 – Improvement |
Update to the RC-WinTrans setup/installation: When a new version of RC-WinTrans is installed, any existing (older) installation will automatically be removed. |
RC-WinTrans |
#107 – Improvement |
Source file changes check with CRC: The setting is now valid for all users. |
RC-WinTrans |
#106 – Improvement |
C++ automation sample update. Folder: \samples\developing\CPP-Client\ |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.4 — |
MARCH 2021 |
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#105 – New |
New API functions: "Process" functions to create translated target files and to update the project database have been added (more info...). See What's New... |
RC-WinTrans |
#104 – New |
Object model help update: The object model help system has been updated to include descriptions of the new API functions (see entry for #105) with examples. |
RC-WinTrans |
#103 – New |
"First VBA Macro" (new/empty project initialized in VBA): An empty starter project is added to the VBA environment. Project name: "AFirst_Proj" See What's New... |
RC-WinTrans |
#102 – New |
New command in the Tools menu: A command to add a new Visual Basic project has been added to the Tools menu. |
RC-WinTrans |
#101 – Improvement |
Setup improvement: Security attributes of several files in the installation folder are set to "full control" for the user. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.3 — |
FEBRUARY 2021 |
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#99 – Fix |
Bug fix for writing .NET target files ("write differences"): The setting to write a target file with all data or only with translated data could not be changed. |
RC-WinTrans |
#98 – Fix |
Bug fix for the find text operation: Finding translations in open projects other than the active project did not work when the source text contained the character combination "\r". |
RC-WinTrans |
#97 – Fix |
Command line error (/IsUpToDate): The value returned was always 1. |
RC-WinTrans |
#96 – New |
New option for source files changes check: Use a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) to see if a source file has changed. The default setting is to check for changes using the date/time when the file was last modified. |
RC-WinTrans |
#95 – New |
Two new functions added to the COM API: The application object has two new API functions (primarily for internal use) – "GetFirstWPFStylesheet" and "GetNextWPFStylesheet." |
RC-WinTrans |
#94 – Improvement |
New commands in the View menu: Commands to show/hide the Quick Launch and Samples pages have been added to the View menu. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5.2 — |
MAY 2020 |
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#92 – Fix |
Export/Import dialog crash: A crash occurred while opening the dialog to import to, or export from, an XLIFF, TMX, text or Excel file. |
RC-WinTrans |
#91 – Fix |
No display for dialog and menu items: When more than one target language was displayed, selection of a dialog or menu in the Projects view failed to display the corresponding items in the Project window. |
RC-WinTrans |
#90 – Fix |
Incorrect fixed target file name and path: |
RC-WinTrans |
#87 – Improvement |
Trados
TM Workbench The integrated support for the older Trados TM Workbench and SDL Trados Workbench has been renewed since it was established with RC-WinTrans 7. |
RC-WinTrans |
#86 – Fix |
Machine Translator add-on: Required update for continued use of the DeepL machine translation service. New Version = 5.2. |
MT Add-On 5.2 |
#85 – Fix/New |
RC-WinTrans TM Workbench: Support for multiple translations for identical source text segments has been added. TM Workbench Release Notes... |
RC-WinTrans |
#84 – Improvement |
Translation Edit bar – New option: The command to select the next/previous item can be specified to select either: a) the next non-translated item
(default); or |
RC-WinTrans |
#83 – Improvement |
Properties tab view: A new section has been added for target file properties. |
RC-WinTrans |
#82 – Fix |
COM interface/API: Fix for the "CloseDocument" method. |
RC-WinTrans |
#81 – Improvement |
COM interface/API: Expanded options for specifying the full path, relative path, or the file name only for a project file item. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.5 — |
FEBRUARY 2020 |
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#79 – Fix |
"Extended freezing" issue: The application froze when the list view (main Project window) had the input focus and any character key was pressed. This forced an update of all list elements, which could be time consuming, depending on the current number of list entries in the view. For example, it could take approximately two minutes to process 20,000 list entries, during which RC-WinTrans appeared to be frozen. |
RC-WinTrans |
#78 – Fix |
Pseudo-translation function: (Windows 10) Pseudo-translation settings were not retained and therefor not used. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.4 — |
JANUARY 2020 |
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#77 – New |
UTF-8 encoding for text (RC) files: Read/write capability for RC files encoded with UTF-8 is now supported. |
RC-WinTrans |
#76 – Fix |
Images in Win32 EXE/DLL files: Translated images (bitmaps) could be corrupted in the target file. This bug only occurs in RC-WinTrans Version 11.3. |
Fixed with |
#75 – Fix |
DLGINIT data in RC files: Translated DLGINIT data (ActiveX control data) could be corrupted in the target file. Occurs only in RC-WinTrans Version 11.3. |
Fixed with |
#74 – New |
Start page – Command access added: Entries in the list of recent files can now be removed by selecting the entry and using the "Delete" key. |
RC-WinTrans |
#73 – New |
QuickShip Edition command extension: Commands to open the Statistics dialog have been added (menu and toolbar). |
QuickShip |
#72 – Fix |
Windows 10 display font for languages: The display font (font used for a certain language in the Project window) could not be entered or changed. |
RC-WinTrans |
#71 – Fix |
Missing command line interface command: |
RC-WinTrans |
#70 – Fix |
Options dialog for dictionaries/TMs: The Find and Get Translation Options dialog was not closed by clicking on the OK button. The options could not be changed. |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.3.6 — |
JUNE 2019 |
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#68– Fix |
MFC Ribbon Bar resources (.mfcribbon-ms): The
Target edit field in
the Translation Edit
bar was disabled for editing when an MFC Ribbon Bar resource was
selected. Fixed file: "RCWinTrans_CustomEditors.ini" |
RC-WinTrans |
#67 – Fix |
Exporting texts from multiple languages to Microsoft Excel: When an "Export to Excel" operation was performed for multiple languages and included one or more items that had been excluded from translation for one language but not for another language, the exported translations were mismatched (incorrectly assigned to different lines/items). Fixed files: "VBA
system macro" and File version: 4.3 (May 2019) |
RC-WinTrans |
#66 –Fix |
Byte order marker (BOM) in JSON target
files: Fixed files: "VBA
system macro" and |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.3.5 — |
APRIL 2019 |
|
#65 – Fix |
Changes indication: All source files were identified as having been changed/modified whenever the summer/winter time change occurred, making it necessary to execute the "Update Database" command in order to clear the designation. |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.3.4 — |
MARCH 2019 |
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#64 – Fix |
UTF-8 text files: It was not possible to add text files encoded with UTF-8 to a project or to translate them with RC-WinTrans. Module: "FileConverter_CommaSepText.macro" VBA file version: MES-7.0 |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.3.3 — |
MARCH 2019 |
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#63 – Fix |
Hotkeys: The use of a hotkey was ignored when the Translation Edit bar had the focus (input cursor). |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.3.2 — |
MARCH 2019 |
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#62 – Fix |
Changed source text (Translation Edit bar): The previous source text for a changed source text was sometimes not shown. Module: "XMLDocSuport.DLL" New file version: 10.5.0.2 |
RC-WinTrans |
#61 – Fix |
Spell checker: The RC-WinTrans setup did not copy the initial spelling data files to the folder primarily used by the internal spell checker (\ProgramData\RC-WinTrans\SpellCheck\). |
RC-WinTrans |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.3 — |
JANUARY 2019 |
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#60 – New |
Items with notes (Text Table view): A new filter function (accessed via menu command) shows/lists all items that have a source or target note associated with them. |
RC-WinTrans |
#57 – New |
Machine Translator 5.0: The MT add-on has been newly made and its integration with RC-WinTrans has been updated. New version: 5.0 (5.0.0.6) |
MT-Add-On 5.0 |
#56 – Improvement |
Updated TM Workbench: Recent files list and minor improvements. New version: 3.1 (3.1.0.14) |
TM Workbench 3.1.0.14 RC-WinTrans |
#55 – Fix |
"Find Text" operation: Worked incorrectly whenever the "Whole Word" and "Beginning with" options were applied simultaneously. |
RC-WinTrans |
#54 – Fix |
RC files – "Write Target File" function: Revised to ensure that a target RC file never contains a new line or line feed control character. File: "RWTRConv.dll" New file version: 9.0.0.2 File: "RWTRConv-UC.dll" New file version: 2.0.0.2 |
RWTRConv.dll 9.0.0.2 RC-WinTrans |
#53 – Improvement |
"Auto-Translate" operation: New "Data Source" view and selective data source activation. |
RC-WinTrans |
#52 – Improvement |
Shortcuts/Hotkeys: (default) shortcuts and hotkeys added to open the Machine Translator and to access certain dictionary/TM functions. |
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— RC-WINTRANS 11.2 — |
APRIL 2018 |
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#49 – New |
Machine Translator
(MT) add-on: The new MT add-on (Version 5.0) will be available in May 2018. |
11.2.0.47 |
#48 – Improvement |
Source files removal: Multiple source files can be selected in the Source Files dialog box and removed from a project all at once. |
11.2.0.47 |
#47 – Fix |
TMX file import: The (GUI) TMX import was always checking for matching IDs even when the option to do this was specifically disabled. |
11.2.0.47 |
#46 – Improvement |
Selection of repetitions: When using the menu command "Select" | "All (Repetitions Only Once)," a repetition is considered to be an instance where the source and target texts are 100% identical (previously it was only the source texts that had to be identical for an item to be considered a repetition). |
11.2.0.47 |
#45 – Fix |
Placeholder check (Win32): The rules for the placeholder check for Win32 (RC) files have been updated so that the size prefix character "l" is no longer ignored. Format example: "%.2lf" |
11.2.0.47 |
#44 – Fix |
Formatting in translated RC flies: If an extended style was set for a dialog item, the line in the RC file was not finished with a line break at the end. This caused the following item's line to appear in the same line. NOTE: This is not a syntax error for the resource compiler. The translated RC file is valid. File: "RWTRConv.dll" |
11.2.0.47 |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.1 — |
DECEMBER 2017 |
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NUMBER |
PRIORITY |
DESCRIPTION |
VERSION |
#40 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
MT Add-On connection to Google: A 2017 Window security update interfered with the MT Add-On's ability to connect to Google. Updated file: "GoogleTranslate.htm" |
11.1.2.37 |
#39 – Fix |
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Command line update: The new "RC-WinTrans.exe" command line interface introduced with RC-WinTrans 11.0 has been updated with two new commands, new options, and an extended output. See the "What's New" section for details. |
11.1.2.37 |
#38 – Fix |
HIGH |
"RWTCmd.exe" command line tool: Use of the "RWTCmd.exe" command line tool did not work properly in RC-WinTrans 11.0. RC-WinTrans was closed right after it was started. |
11.1.2.37 |
#37 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Project data storage conversion: The process to convert a project's storage type from database (.fsmdb) to XML data files (.rwtxlf) did not work with RC-WinTrans 11.0. |
11.1.2.37 |
#36 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Multiple instances of the RC-WinTrans application: When processing .NET assembly files the same temporary folder was used for files with fixed names. This caused conflicts when multiple instances of the RC-WinTrans application were running and a .NET assembly was being processed at the same time. Module: "RWTResxConv.DLL" New file version: 11.3.0.1 |
11.1.2.37 |
#35 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
SNK file assignment: An SNK file's assignment to a .NET assembly file could be changed to a different .NET assembly file when adding a new source file to a project. |
11.1.2.37 |
#34 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Visible target language in the Text Table view: After opening a project, the column of a given target language would sometimes show translation texts from another target language. |
11.1.2.37 |
#33 – Fix |
LOW |
Import from Excel – File selection: The file and path to the file last used to import data from was not initialized/set for the "Open File" dialog. |
11.1.2.37 |
#32 – Fix |
LOW |
Directory selection for .NET component references: Opening the "Select Directory" dialog was not working since RC-WinTrans 11.0. |
11.1.2.37 |
#31 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Escaped ampersand (&) in target XML files: The option to escape the ampersand character (&) in the target XML file as """ is disabled. An ampersand (&) is now always escaped in the target XML file as """. VBA file: "XMLConverter.macro" New file version: 3.5 (November 26, 2017) |
11.1.2.37 |
#30 – Fix |
MIDDLE |
Import from TMX and XLIFF 2.0/QuickShip (xliffex) files: (Trailing) Spaces at the end of imported translation texts were removed by the "Import from TMX File" and "Import from XLIFF 2.0/QuickShip File" operations. |
11.1.2.37 |
#29 – Fix |
LOW |
Samples (Samples Page): Sample files are now located in the "All User" | "Documents" folder. Previously the sample was copied to the folder of the user that installed RC-WinTrans, rendering it unlocatable for other user accounts. |
11.1.2.37 |
#28 – Fix |
LOW |
Text Table view inline editing: the "DEL" key could not be used to delete a character. |
11.1.2.37 |
#27 – Fix |
LOW |
"/IsTranslated" command line command: Returned "no" (0%) for empty files (files with no elements)- now returns "yes" (100%) instead. |
11.1.2.37 |
#26 – Fix |
HIGH |
"Update Database" process: .NET assembly files containing string resource files with an identical file name could have translations get lost during this process. |
11.1.2.37 |
#25 – Fix |
LOW |
"Open File" shell command: When opening a database file (.fsmdb) with a double-click or by using the "Open" menu command in Windows' file explorer, an empty document window in RC-WinTrans 11 was opened instead of the project. |
11.1.2.37 |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.0.1.27 — |
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PRIORITY |
DESCRIPTION |
VERSION |
#19 – Fix |
HIGH |
Command line processing – "/ImportExcel" command: Data was only imported from an Excel file using this command when a source file (parameter: "/srcfile") had been specified. |
11.0.1.27 |
#18 – Fix |
LOW |
Project type conversion: The conversion of a translation project based on XML data files (.rwtxlf) into an MS Access database project (.fsmdb) did not work. |
11.0.1.27 |
#17 – Fix |
HIGH |
Command line processing – .NET files: .NET files could not be processed because the file converter for .NET files was not available for the command line. This error affected the following commands: "/Update"; "/WriteTargetFile"; and "/AddSourceFile". |
11.0.1.27 |
#16 |
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Java Properties files: Format correction for the first line in multiple-line texts. VBA macros file: "FileConverters.macro" F-1024 |
11.0.1.27 |
#15 |
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Shared notes: An option has been added to turn this feature on or off. |
11.0.1.27 |
— RC-WINTRANS 11.0.0 — |
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#14 – New |
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Support added for "Khmer (Cambodia)." It is now included in the list of available target languages. |
RC-WinTrans |
#13 – New |
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COM API: A new function ("NoteSource") for the "TransUnit" object has been added to get and set an item's source note. |
RC-WinTrans |
#12 – New |
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.NET – RESX string files: Comments read from the source file are now assigned as notes for the source text in RC-WinTrans (before the note was assigned to the target text). |
RC-WinTrans |
#11 – New |
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XLIFF 2.0 support: XLIFF 2.0 XML files can now be translated with RC-WinTrans. |
RC-WinTrans |
^TOP^ ——— Bug fixes- known issues from previous RC-WinTrans versions. ——— |
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NUMBER |
PRIORITY |
DESCRIPTION |
VERSION |
#9 – Fix |
LOW |
.NET Forms Editor: The issue that caused TextBox control size changes to not be saved has been resolved. |
RC-WinTrans |
#8 – Fix |
LOW |
Translation status filter: Filtering the visible items in the Text Table view according to the translation status now functions properly when more than one target language is visible. |
RC-WinTrans |
#7 – Fix |
LOW |
Translation Edit Bar: The OK All command has been improved to add the hotkey specifier ("&" character) to all translations assigned with its use. |
RC-WinTrans |
#6 – Fix |
LOW |
Source file renaming: When the name/reference of a source file was changed, the Text Table view only showed empty entries. The project had to be closed and reopened. Bug present since RC-WinTrans Version 10.0. |
RC-WinTrans |
#5 – Fix |
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JSON files: Resolution of an error that occurred when an item contained only quotation marks and no text (creating a line shift). JSON
Converter new file version = 3.0.0.1 |
RC-WinTrans |
#4 – Fix |
LOW |
Scrollbars: The issue causing scrollbars in the lower tab windows of an MDI window not to work has been corrected. |
RC-WinTrans |
#2 – Fix |
LOW |
Command line fix ("RWTCmd.exe"): The "kill process" command line command did not work in RC-WinTrans 10. |
RC-WinTrans |
#1 – Fix |
LOW |
Word count update: Implements a change correcting the method of calculating repetitions for RC-WinTrans' word count feature. |
RC-WinTrans |