Version 9 Release Notes

LATEST BUILD VERSION:

9.4.0.71  (March 2014)

NOTE:
An existing installation of RC-WinTrans must be removed before installing a newer version of RC-WinTrans.

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DATE/BUILD VERSION

DESCRIPTION

March 2014/9.4.0.71

Bug fix for the "Write Target File" operation.

January 2014/9.4.0.6

New translation memory integration, improvements and fixes, Windows 8.1 compatibility.

October 2013/9.3.2.2

Local menu commands added to the Output tab view.

June 2013/9.3.1.2

Localization support for MFC Ribbon Bars and MFC user resources;
DFM Files Converter update; RC-WinTrans setup improvements.

December 2012/9.2.2.1

Bug fixes and improvements.

April 2012/9.2.0.5

New translation memory solutions, feature updates- machine translation and more.

November 2011/9.1.3.5

MC files support; WPF GUI Editor Add-On for NET 4.0; bug fixes.

October 2011/9.1.3.0

New command line functions and bug fixes.

August 2011/9.1.2.0

Improvement for .NET shortcut keys selection.

July 2011/9.1.1.2

Updated support for WPF as well as other improvements and fixes.

March 2011/9.1.0.993

Expanded support for text files; new auto-translate option; setup fix.

February 2011/9.1.0.96

Updated WPF and COM API support; bug fixes.

January 2011/9.1.0.8

New WPF localization solution and other improvements.

July 2010/9.0.3.1

Improvements and fixes.

May 2010/9.0.2.1

.NET 4.0, Forms Editor improvement and command line extension for MS Excel Add-On.

31. March 2010/9.0.1.7

Bug fix ("C/C++ Header" File Converter).

30. March 2010/9.0.1.6

Bug fix (installation program (setup)).

27. March 2010/9.0.1.5

Bug fix ("Remove File from Project" command).

18. Feb. 2010/9.0.1.1

Bug fixes and improvements.

02. Feb. 2010/9.0.0.1

First release.

NUMBER
AND TYPE

PRIORITY

DESCRIPTION

VERSION/
DATE

MARCH 2014

#157 – Fix

HIGH

Write Target File command (.NET assemblies):  A translation text can be assigned to the wrong item.  This can occur when more than one target language (column for a target language) is set to be visible in the Project window. 

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.71

#156 – Fix

MIDDLE

Excel Import/Export Add-On bug fixes.

Updated file:  "ExcelImportExportAddOnV3.macro"

New version = V 3.2

Excel Add-On
V3.2

#155 – Fix

LOW

Setup change: The "read-only" attribute has been removed for three add-on macros files:

"ExtraFunctionsAddOn.macro,"
"FileConverter_CommaSepText.macro" and

"FileConverter_TextNoID.macro."

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.71

JANUARY 2014

#154 – New

RC-WinTrans TM Workbench:  A new TM Workbench Add-On (V2.0) has been developed for use with RC-WinTrans 9.4. Version 9.4 has been extended to use the new features offered by the add-on.

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6
(TM Work-bench 2.0)

#153 – New

Translation memory (TM) support:  The use of a translation memory (.sdltm) has been adapted to RC-WinTrans 9.4.  A given TM can also be maintained with the TM Workbench.

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#152 – New

Dictionaries tab view:

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#151 – New

Dictionaries:  A text file-based RC-WinTrans dictionary (.tmx and .txt) can be opened and edited with the new TM Workbench V2.0.

Translation units with a source text or a translation text containing a new line control character can no longer be added to a text file dictionary (.txt).

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#150 – Fix

LOW

"RWTGlobal.DLL":  A debug build version of the RC-WinTrans DLL "RWTGlobal.DLL" was included in previous RC-WinTrans installations.  Because of this it was possible to receive a debug assertion message.  A new release build version is now available.

File:  "RWTGlobal.DLL"  (new file version = 8.9.2.1)

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#149 – New

Byte order mark (BOM):  Translated text files can be created (Write Target File  command) without a byte order mark (BOM).  Before the target file was always written with a BOM.

(Exceptions (not possible to set BOM): RC, DFM and XML files).

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#148 – New

French UI language:  The user interface of the following VBA-based add-ons are now available in both English and French (previously: English only):

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6
(individual add-on versions)

#147 – New

Windows 8.1:  The setup programs and the RC-WinTrans software have been checked and improved for Windows 8.1 (32 and 64 bit).

The HTML user interfaces used for the "Start Page" and the embedded Excel import/export have been replaced by non-HTML user interfaces.

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#145 – New

Excel Import/Export:  The embedded functionality to import and export data from/to Microsoft Excel has been replaced by the new Excel Import/Export Add-On (V3.0).

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#144 – New

Text files (source files):  Two additional text file (.txt) formats are supported:

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#143 – New

Quick active window change:  Change the primary active window (Workspace bar, Project window, and the Translation Edit bar) by using the TAB key or the "Shift+TAB" key combination.

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#142
Improvement

LOW

Translation Edit bar:  Updated to feature four improvements:

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#141 – Fix

HIGH

Data import for .NET satellite DLLs:   Not all data could be imported when a .NET assembly DLL contained only a subset of data (only translated data).

File:  "UpdataModule.dll"  (new file version = 1.3.0.1)

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#140
Improvement

Line break/new line (Translation Edit bar):  A new line control character can be added by using the "Shift+Ctrl+Enter" key combination.  This is also true for inline editing in the Text Table view.

Entering a new line is disabled when a string belongs to an RC or Win32 EXE/DLL file.

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#139 – Fix

HIGH

Object Model:  "GetProjectFile".  Worked only for the active target language; a project file for any other target language could not be retrieved with "GetProjectFile".

Version 3.0 of the Excel Import/Export Add-On can only export non-active target languages with this fix in RC-WinTrans 9.4.

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#138 – Fix

MIDDLE

Object Model:  "Projects.Add( projFile )".  When adding a project, the project file name parameter can be either a project database file name (.fsmdb) or a project file name (.rwtproject). Previously only a .rwtproject file was accepted.

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#137 – Fix

LOW

Object Model:  "Projects.Add( projFile )".
"DirectoryTool.WriteStringToIniFile" did not create the INI file when the file does not exist.

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#136
Improvement

.NET RTL property "rtllayout":  (.NET EXE, DLL and RESX files) Configuration to allow the .NET property "rtllayout" to be changed.  Values: true or false.

A new resource type editor has also been implemented.

System VBA macro:  "SystemMacros.macro"

New macro version = S-1918

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

#135 – Fix

MIDDLE

Invalid MFC ribbon bar resource:  Fix for creating a translated Win32 EXE/DLL file ("Write Target File" command) containing an MFC Ribbon Bar resource.  Before it was possible to have an invalid MFC Ribbon Bar resource in the target file.

Component:  "RWTRCConv.dll"  (new file version = 8.9.7.1)

RC-WinTrans
9.4.0.6

^TOP^

OCTOBER 2013

#134 – New

XML for Google Android:  A new XML parser stylesheet has been created to translate Google Android XML files.  For XML files with the root element "resources".

File:  "XMLParser-resources.xsl"

RC-WinTrans

9.3.2.2

#133 – New

Output tab view:  Two new commands are offered in the view's local menu:

RC-WinTrans

9.3.2.2

JUNE 2013

#132 – New

MFC ribbon bar resources:  Support for the localization of MFC ribbon bar resources has been added for the following file types:

See also:  "What's New"

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#131 – New

MFC user resources:  Additional support to localize MFC user resources (included user data such as PDF, XML or TXT files.

File types:

See also:  "What's New"

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#130 – New

MFC ribbon bar support – Additions and updates:

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#129
Improvement

Resource type editor specification:  The restype of a translation unit's parent group can now be specified for a resource type editor (previously it was only possible to specify the restype of a translation unit).

File:  "RCWinTrans_CustomEditors.ini"

Sample entry:

    [CustomEditor3]

    Restype=shortcut

    RestypeGroup=x-accelerator

    FileType=winres

    Name=Shortcut winres

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#128 – Fix

HIGH

Setup/Installation:  The  "Execution Level" has been changed from "Invoker" to "Administrator".  This was done to ensure that changes can be made to the Windows registry under Windows 7 and Windows 8.

RC-WinTrans

9.3

#127 – Fix

HIGH

DFM Files Converter:  Only "Caption" properties are now processed for items of "Columns" objects (previously the "Width" property would also be processed).

Module:  "RWTDFMConv.dll"  (new file version = 2.6.3.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#126
Improvement

XAML files/XML Files Converter:  For processing XAML files (for BAML XAML it is done with the .NET Files Converter) the namespaces have been moved to the root node.

VBA macros file:  "XMLFilesConv.macro"

New macros file version:  XML-2029 (March 2013)

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#125
Improvement

WPF – "StringFormat':  The processing <Binding> attribute 'StringFormat' has been added.

Stylesheet:  "XMLParser-WPFxaml.xsl"

New file version:  V2.1 (March 2013)

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#124 – Fix

MIDDLE

WPF – unmodifiable attributes:  The "Write BAML file" operation yields check and error output when an item is translated but not modifiable by attribute definition ("Unmodifiable").

Module:  "BAMLConv.dll"  (new file version = 1.4.1.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#123 – Fix

HIGH

Command line tool:

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#122
Improvement

"Import from Translation Project":  This operation now imports an item's translation status ("state") even when the target text is not imported.

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#121 – Fix

MIDDLE

"Import from Existing Translated File":  The assertion (message box) "CRCTXliff_bin_source_COM:GetValue" occurred when importing from a Win32 EXE/DLL file.

Module:  "XMLDocSupport.DLL"   (new file version = 1.0.0.33)

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

#120 – Fix

RC files –  MENU resources changed to MENUEX:  When writing the translated RC file, MENU resources were written as MENUEX resources when a menu item's target text began with a number followed by an ampersand character (e.g., "16&stel").

Bug only in RC-WinTrans Version 9.2.2.2 (December 2012) !

Module:  "RWTRCConv.dll"

New file version = 8.9.5.1 (March 2013)

RC-WinTrans

9.3.1.2

DECEMBER 2012

#112
Improvement

WPF update:  WPF parser stylesheets have been updated to include more WPF elements and attributes.

Stylesheets:  "XMLParser-WPFxaml.xls"  (V2.0)

"XMLParser-WPFAttrCorrect.xls"  (V1.4).

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#111
Improvement

WPF BAML:  Additional error output is now provided when writing translated target .baml resources.

Module:  "Bamlconv.dll"

File version:  1.4.0.2

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#110 – Fix

MIDDLE

Command line fix:  "/IsTranslated" always returned the value "true".

VBA macros file:  "cmdline.macro"

Macros file version = CMD-1012 (May 2012)

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#109
Improvement

"SystemMacros.macro":  The function
"TranslationUnit.IsTranslated" now returns the value "true" when a translation unit has the state "final", "translated" or "signed-off".  Previously "true" was returned only when the target text was not empty.

VBA macros file:  "SystemMacros.macro"

Macros file version = S-1914 (May 22, 2012)

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#108 – New

RC-WinTrans Object Model:  A new event- "BehindWriteTargetFile"- has been added.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#107
Improvement

Find Text dialog box:  The "Ignore hotkey specification ('&' or '_')" option has been expanded to also ignore the WPF hotkey prefix character '_'.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#106
Improvement

Translation Memory Add-Ons:  The TM Workbench Add-Ons (for memoQ and SDL Trados TMs) are added to Dictionaries view with the Auto-Save option enabled ("true") by default.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#105 – Fix

MIDDLE

Translated Win32 EXE/DLL files:  When the first menu item (menu resource) has a different SEPARATOR than the first menu item, none of the menu resources are written as translated- the source text is used instead.

Module:  "RWTRCConv.dll"

New file version:  8.9.2.1

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#104 – Fix

LOW

"Farsi" language fix:  "Farsi" was not handled as a right-to-left (RTL) language.

Module:  "LangSupport.dll"

New file version:  2.9.1.0 (September 2012)

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#104 – Fix

MIDDLE

"\a" character in Win32 EXE/DLL resources:  The "\a" character was not recognized as a control character.

Module:  "RWTRCConv.dll"

New file version:  8.9.3.1 (September 2012)

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#103
Improvement

.NET "MinWidth" property:  The "MinWidth" property can now be shown/listed in the Text Table view.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#102 – Fix

MIDDLE

XML – CDATA section:  A CDATA section is now written directly (unchanged) to the target XML file.

VBA macros file:  "XMLConverter.macro"

New macros file version:  XML-2028

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#101 – Fix

LOW

RC File Parser:  Incorrect unicode API functions (iswpunct  iswalpha  iswdigit  instead of  ispunct  isalpha  isdigit) caused error messages when parsing chinese RC files.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

#100
Improvement

Dialog Box Editor:  The scrolling range for Win32 dialog boxes is now set to the controls' rightmost and lowest positions.  Previously the scrolling range was determined by the dialog box client area.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.2.1

^TOP^

APRIL 2012

#97 – New

New translation memory support – Two new translation memory add-ons are available for use with RC-WinTrans and:

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#96 – New

New Dictionary/TM menu commands:  The Dictionary/TM menu in RC-WinTrans now contains commands for SDL Trados TMs, memoQ and machine translation.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#95 – New

Machine Translation:   Machine translation can now be started from the Dictionary/TM menu.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#94 – New

New command line commands added:

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#93
Improvement

Command line updates:

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#92 – New

"Find Text" function:  The "Find Text" function/dialog has been improved with the option to associate a second text as a match requirement and the ability to find text in notes and in "Origin" and "Date/Time" history entries.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#91 – New

Import from translation project – New options:  The function to import data from a translation project now has new options for tracking imported data after the process is complete, and for reversing the process, if this is desired.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#90 – Fix

LOW

Import from translation project – Fix for items with notes:  The text of a note was not imported if an item's target text was the same in both the source and target projects.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#89 – New

Tracking imported data (import from resource file):  New options for tracking imported data have been added.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#88 – New

Windows INI files:  Translated target Windows INI files can now be created with UTF-8 encoding.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#87
Improvement

WPF stylesheets update:  The WPF stylesheets used by RC-WinTrans to process .NET WPF data have been updated with changes such as adding the "ContextMenu" element to be read as a menu resource.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#86
Improvement

WPF processing module update.

Modules:  "BAMLConv.dll"  (new file version = 1.4.0.1)

"VstaIntegration.dll"  (new file version = 2.1.0.1).

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#85
Improvement

Text fit check (.NET):  The text fit check for .NET resource files now looks for the "AutoSize = True" property and skips over the control (excludes from check) when detected.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#84 – New

News Service:  The RC-WinTrans News Service can now be opened and configured via commands in the help ("?") menu.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#83
Improvement

Date/Time format:  The format of the date and time information ("Date/Time" column) shown in the Text Table view has changed.

Previous format:  "2011-12-21T23:21:07Z"

New (current) format:  "2011-12-21 23:21"

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#82 – Fix

MIDDLE

.NET assembly file processing:  Exception handling to avoid an unknown exception has been added.

Module:  "RWTResxConv.DLL"  (new file version = 8.9.6.0)

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#81
Improvement

.NET assembly files – Missing automation error message:  A new error message has been created to inform the user when a .NET library file (DLL) required to create a .NET satellite DLL is missing.

Module:  "RWTResxConv.DLL"  (new file version = 8.9.6.0)

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#80
Improvement

.NET (string-only) text files (.txt):  Two .NET file converters have been configured, one for .NET EXE/DLL (.exe/.dll) files and one for .NET strings (.txt) files.  (Before there was just one converter configured for both file types.)

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#79 – Fix

MIDDLE

Source files in XML-based projects:  (XML-based projects only) when a source file no longer exists and the XLIFF data file is removed a new file cannot be added to the project.

Workaround:  remove the nonexistent source file from the translation project first.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#78
Improvement

TMX import/export and WPF:  The option to ignore a WPF hotkey definition character ('_') has been added.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#77
Improvement

Dictionary/TM – Get/Add Translations:  No message text was shown when no dictionary or TM was available or if there wasn't one to support the same source and target languages as the ones currently active in the active project.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

#76 – Fix

MIDDLE

Translation Edit bar – "OK(n)" command (OK all (repetitions)):  Using the command to accept the current translation for all identical items (repetitions) did not set the translation status "translated" for items that already had the same target text as the selected item.

RC-WinTrans

9.2.0.5

NOVEMBER 2011

#75 – New

MC files:  Translation support for message compiler files (.mc).

Converter macros file:  "MCFileConverter.macro"

New converter (macros file) version:  MC 1.1 (November 2011)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.3.5

#74 – New

WPF GUI Editor for .NET 4.0:  Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 now functions as the WPF GUI Editor for .NET 4.0 WPF resources.  Visual Studio 2010 must be installed.

WPF GUI Editor
Add-On 2.0

#73 – Fix

LOW

Windows INI files:  The target text was written enclosed in quotation marks when the source text was enclosed in quotation marks.

Macros file:  "FileConverters.macro"

New macros file version:  F-1016  (October 2011)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.3.5

#72 – Fix

MIDDLE

Unicode RC files:  A bug caused the last word in the target text to be written twice when double quotation marks ("") appeared at the end of a source text.

Module:  "RWTRCConv-UC.dll"  (new file version = 1.6.0.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.3.5

OCTOBER 2011

#71 – New

New command line commands:  Two new command line commands have been added ("ExportProject" and "ImportFromProject").

VBA macros file:  "CmdLine.macro"  (Version CMD-1010)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.3.0

#70 – Fix

LOW

Error entering target texts for Chinese .NET languages:
Entering a target text in the Translation Edit bar (Target edit field) did not work for the Chinese .NET languages "zh-Hans" and "zh-Hant".

RC-WinTrans

9.1.3.0

#69 – Fix

LOW

Microsoft Strong Name Tool ("sn.exe"):  Updated to the latest version.

New version:  2.0.

Folder location:  \RC-WinTrans\release\

RC-WinTrans

9.1.3.0

#68 – Fix

Java Properties Files Converter:  This converter (macros file) now has improved multi-line text formatting for target files.

File:  "FileConverters.macro"

New file version:  F-1015 (October 2011)

Folder location:  \RC-WinTrans\VBAMacros\

RC-WinTrans

9.1.3.0

#67
Improvement

Source and Target Files dialog box:  The file lists in this dialog's three tab views are now ordered alphabetically according to the target language name.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.3.0

AUGUST 2011

#66 – Fix

Shortcut Keys dialog box:  Updated for .NET 2.0 keys (prior to this obsolete .NET 1.1 keys were offered for selection).

RC-WinTrans

9.1.2.0

^TOP^

JULY 2011

#65 – Fix

LOW

COM API – "TranslationProject::Save" function:  Now returns the value "False" when a project is read-only.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#64 – Fix

LOW

TMX Import/Export Add-On – "ProjectImportTMX" VBA automation function:

Updated TMX Add-On Version:  TMX 3.1 (July 2011)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#63
Improvement

Target languages added:  Two Chinese target languages have been added (for .NET).

Updated module/DLL:  "LangSupport.DLL"

New file version:  2.7.1.0

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#62 – Fix

MIDDLE

WPF module fix:  A temporarily created WPF file was not released when an assembly with WPF resources did not contain any BAML file, causing creation of the target assembly to fail.

Updated module/DLL:  "BamlConv.dll"

New file version:  1.2.6.2

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#61 – Fix

LOW

Fix for saving/using defined custom .NET types:
These types were not correctly supported in XML file-based translation projects.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#60 – Fix

LOW

WPF BAML resources:  Fix for reading WPF BAML resources when the source file is a signed assembly.

Updated module/DLL:  "BAMLConv.dll"

New file version:  1.2.6.1

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#59 – Fix

LOW

WPF Parser stylesheet update:  The "ToolTip" attribute in the template is now used for ALL elements.

Updated stylesheet:  "XMLParser-WPFFinal.xsl"

New file version:  1.5

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#58 – Fix

LOW

WPF Parser stylesheet update:  "<Setter>" elements can now be processed.

Updated stylesheet:  "XMLParser-WPFxaml.xsl"

New file version:  1.6

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#57 – Fix

LOW

"Import from Excel" function:  Items beginning with an apostrophe character ( ' ) were not imported.

New Excel VBA macros file version:  E-1009 (April 2011)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#56 – Fix

MIDDLE

DFM files:

Updated module/DLL:  "RWTDFConv.dll"

New file version:  2.6.2.1

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#55 – Fix

LOW

Target Files tab:  When the checkbox of a .NET assembly file containing WPF BAML files was checked, the setting was not preserved after closing the dialog.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#54
Improvement

Number of visible target languages:  The maximum number of target languages that can be displayed in the Text Table view has been increased from 10 to 20.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#53 – Fix

LOW

Import from Existing Translated File command:  Did not work for XAML files or WPF BAML data files.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

#52 – Fix

LOW

.NET Project Update "x:Uid" Attributes command:  Did not work with path names containing a space.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.1.2

MARCH 2011

#51 – New

Expanded support for .txt files:  .txt files that are just a list of strings- no item IDs, only single strings- are now supported.

VBA macros file:  "FileConverter_TextNoID.macro"

New macros file version:  1.0 (March 2011)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.993

#50
Improvement

"Auto-translate" function:  A new option to ignore ampersand characters in the source text has been added.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.992

#49 – Fix

LOW

Invalid entry in macros initialization file:

("\..\..\..\..\Support\ETAS\ExpTextMacro-04Feb2011\TextfileExport.macro").

Fix:  Setup updated.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.991

FEBRUARY 2011

#47 – Fix

WPF GUI Editor Add-On fix:  The temporary XAML file name for the target language "Simplified Chinese" was incorrect, preventing the WPF resource window from being displayed.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.97

#46 – Fix

Fix for writing BAML files:  Incorrect translation unit collection while generating target BAML files caused certain translation units to be misplaced.

Updated VBA macros file:  "NetFilesConverter.macro"

New macros file version:  NetConv 1.2 (February 2011)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.97

#45
Improvement

Update to WPF parser stylesheets:  Updated to skip the "{Binding}" values of tooltip attributes.

Stylesheets:  "XMLParser-WPFxaml.xsl";

"XMLParser-WPFFinal.xsl"

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.97

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FEBRUARY 2011

#44 – Fix

MIDDLE

Error saving project data:  If the data of one or more files could not be saved, RC-WinTrans did not save any of the project data.  No error message was generated.

Fix:  An error message has been added and any file for which data cannot be saved is skipped, returning the value "False."

Fixed module:  "RCTCom.dll" (new file version = 8.8.1.0)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.95

#43 –  New

"TransUnit" COM object:  A new function "GetLangData" has been added to return the translation text data from any target language within the translation project.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.94

#42 – Fix

LOW

COM API – "ExportProject" function:  Worked only the first time when called in a loop.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.91

#41
Improvement

WPF – Support for " <TextBlock>:<Run>" elements:
Support for reading/writing the value of the "<Run>" element has been added.

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.9

#40 – Fix

LOW

COM API – "ImportFromProject" function:  A crash occurred while importing from a translation project using the "ImportFromProject" COM API function (the value "False" was always returned).

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.9

JANUARY 2011

#34

Major release – Version 9.1:  The main version number for RC-WinTrans 9 has gone up from 9.0 to 9.1.

RC-WinTrans

9.1

#33 – New

WPF localization:  Introduction of a new technical solution for localizing WPF BAML resources and WPF XML files (.xaml).

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.5

#32 – New

"WPF GUI Editor for Localization":  New product release, the WPF GUI Editor Add-On for RC-WinTrans 9.1.

WPF GUI
Editor Add-On
1.2

#31
Improvement

LOW

"Write Target File" error message (automation error):
The handling for errors occurring during the creation of a .NET assembly file has been improved.  The message prompted for an automation error is now more specific.

Component:  "RWTResxConv.dll"  (new file version = 8.9.4.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.5

#30
Improvement

.NET configuration file:  The configuration file for .NET properties has been updated ("ResxXliff.xml").

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.5

#29 – Fix

LOW

TMX import fix:  Data could not be imported for a target language with the same language name as the original language.

Component:  TMX Import/Export Add-On

VBA macros file:  "TMXImportExport.macro"

New macros file version = TMX-3.0

RC-WinTrans

9.1.0.5

JULY 2010

#25 – New

Icon resources:  It is now possible to edit icon resources in binary Win32 EXE/DLL files.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.3.1

#24

Improvement

"Unknown type" (.NET) – New "unknown property":
Improved handling to specify an "unknown property" as a property with translatable text.  These settings are also now saved for a translation project (instead of locally for all projects).

RC-WinTrans

9.0.3.1

#23

Improvement

Next Item and Previous Item commands:  Performance improvement for the Next Item and Previous Item commands.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.3.1

#22 – Fix

LOW

External .NET Forms Editor (speed issue):  Opening the External .NET Forms Editor can take a very long time when a component reference directory has been specified for large third-party .NET libraries.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.3.1

#21 – Fix

LOW

Status bar (statistics):  Statistics shown in the Status bar (0% or 100%) were incorrect for projects with .NET files containing "unknown properties" items.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.3.1

MAY 2010

#20 – New

.NET Framework 4.0:  Update to process .NET Framework 4.0 files (RESX, .RESOURCES and assembly (EXE, DLL) files).

RC-WinTrans

9.0.2.1

#19 – New

Excel Add-On – Command line functions:  Command line functions to export data to and import data from an Excel spreadsheet have been added to the MS Excel Add-On's set of capabilities.

See the Excel Add-On online help ("Command Line" topic) for details.

Excel Add-On

Version 2.2

#18 – New

Strong-name-signed .NET assemblies:  Satellite DLLs are automatically signed with a given .snk file (key pair file).

RC-WinTrans

9.0.2.1

#17

Improvement

External .NET Forms Editor:  Performance improvement.
Opening Forms could be very slow for Forms (a) containing custom controls and (b) component reference directory specifications.

Updated components:

External .NET Forms Editor  (new version = 9.0.0.1)

"ResxConv.dll"  (new file version = 8.9.2.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.0.2.1

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31. MARCH 2010

#16 – Fix

LOW

C/C++ header files:

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.7

30. MARCH 2010

#15 – Fix

MIDDLE

.NET Forms Editor ("error (164)"):  This error occurred when opening a .NET Form with the external .NET Forms Editor. The setup program has been updated to fix the problem of a type library that was incorrectly registered.

RC-WinTrans
9.0.1.6

(setup program)

27. MARCH 2010

#14 – Fix

HIGH

Remove File from Project command:  When more than one (source) file was removed from a project this was not accurately reflected in the Projects Overview tab.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.5

#13 – Fix

HIGH

Win 32 EXE/DLL target files:  The ID value from an extended dialog box control ("DIALOGEX") with an ID value of -1 (0xFFFFFFFF) was changed in the target file (Win32 EXE or DLL).  The value is changed from "0xFFFFFFFF" to "0x0000FFFF."

Module:  "RWTRCConv.dll"  (new file version = 8.8.0.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.5

#12 – Fix

LOW

.NET 4.0 RESX files:  .NET 4.0 RESX files could not be added to a project.

Module:  "RWTGlobal.dll"  (new file version = 8.8.0.4)

NOTE:  .NET 4.0 assembly files (EXE and DLL) still cannot be added to a project.  This will be supported in the next update.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.5

#11 – Fix

LOW

"Import from Existing Translated File" function:  The existing target value was removed (reset to source) if the target value to be imported had the same value as the source value.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.5

#10 – Fix

LOW

"Set Extended Style for All Dialog Boxes" (Win32 EXE/DLL and RC files):  The function to set the dialog layout style (e.g., RTL style) for all dialog boxes at once was not implemented.

(The Apply to All Dialogs command is available on the Font and RTL tab in the Dialog Box view.)

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.4

#9 – Fix

MIDDLE

"EXMENU" resources (RC files):  Fix for writing the correct syntax of extended menus.

Modules:  "RWTRCConv.dll"  (new file version = 8.7.8.1)

"RWTRCConv-UC.dll"  (new file version = 1.5.1.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.4

18. FEB. 2010

#8 – Fix

HIGH

Reading/Writing Unicode RC files:  Accelerator keys were not read/written correctly to/from Unicode-encoded RC files.

Module:  "RWTRCConv-UC.dll"  (new file version = 1.5.0.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.1

#7

Improvement

Data reduction for RC files:  The amount of data saved for a menu item has been reduced by approximately 5% resulting in faster processing during a database update.

Modules:  "RWTRCConv.dll"  (new file version = 8.7.7.1)

"RWTRCConv-UC.dll"  (new file version = 1.5.0.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.1

#6

Improvement/
Fix

MIDDLE

Data reduction for binary Win32 EXE/DLL files:  Binary image data from the source file are no longer saved to the translation database.  Image data is read from the source file at run-time. This reduces the data to be saved and to be processed by about 50% for large files ("Update Database" process).

Previously a memory exception could occur for large Win32 EXE/DLL files during the "Update Database" and "Add File to Project" processes.

Modules:  "RWTRCConv.dll"  (new file version = 8.7.7.1)

RC-WinTrans application ("RCWinTrans9.exe")

RC-WinTrans

9.0.1.1

#5

Improvement/
Fix

LOW

"Write Diff File" option for WPF BAML resources:  A satellite DLL now only contains the translated WPF resources.  Before all resources from the source file were included.

Modules:  "RWTLocBaml.exe"  (new file version = 3.6.0.1)

"RWTResxConv.dll"  (new file version = 8.7.1.1)

RC-WinTrans

9.0.0.3

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02. FEB. 2010

#4 – New

News service:  An integrated online news service keeps you informed of new features, known issues and available updates.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.0.1

#3 – New

Mark resized dialog boxes:  Set temporary markers in the Projects Overview tab for resized dialog box and dialog box controls.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.0.1

#2 – New

Multiple languages in Text Table view:  RC-WinTrans' Text Table view can now display the contents of more than two languages at a time.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.0.1

#1 – New

First release of RC-WinTrans 9.

RC-WinTrans

9.0.0.1