Version 10 Release Notes

RC-WinTrans 10 Professional and Translator Editions

 

LATEST BUILD VERSION:

10.4.2.1  (September 2016)

 

OVERVIEW/QUICK-JUMP:

DATE/BUILD VERSION

DESCRIPTION

September 2016/10.4.2

Command line bug fixes and increased capacity for certain processes.

August 2016/10.4.1

New JSON files support and bug fixes.

August 2016/10.4

Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

March 2016/10.3

Bug fixes- "Import from Project" and "Find in Dictionary" functions.

February 2016/10.2

Improvements.

January 2016/10.1

Bug fixes and improvements.

March 2015/10.0

First release of RC-WinTrans 10.

 

RELEASE NOTES:

NUMBER
AND TYPE

PRIORITY

DESCRIPTION

VERSION/
DATE

 

 

—   RC-WINTRANS 10.4.2   —

SEPT. 2016

#55 – Fix

LOW

Expanded capacity for exporting data to Excel and text files:  The maximum number of languages that can be exported has been increased from 10 to 30.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.2.1

#54 – Fix

LOW

Increased capacity for aligning Visual Studio .NET project files:  The number of Visual Studio .NET project files (e.g., .vcproj, .vcxproj) that could be aligned to an RC-WinTrans project was limited to 31.  The new limit is 100.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.2.1

#53 – Fix

HIGH

Command line fix:  RC-WinTrans 10 was not closed correctly by the command line tool (RWTCmd.exe).  Also the command line attribute "/forceterminate" failed to close the RC-WinTrans 10 application.

File:  "RWTCmd.exe"

New file version: 10.0.0.1

RC-WinTrans
10.4.2.1

 

 

—   RC-WINTRANS 10.4.1   —

AUGUST 2016

#52 – New

 

JSON files support added:  JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) files can now be translated with RC-WinTrans.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.1.1

#51 – Fix

MIDDLE

Parser update for iOS string resources:  Corrects issues reading the syntax of iOS .strings files.

File:  "FileConverter_iOSStrings.macro"

New macros file version:  2.0 (August 2016)

RC-WinTrans
10.4.1.1

#50 – Fix

LOW

Missing iOS sample files restored:  RC-WinTrans setup updated to restore the iOS sample files that were missing.

RC-WinTrans
Setup 10.4.1

 

 

—   RC-WINTRANS 10.4.0   —

AUGUST 2016

#49 – Fix

LOW

Fix for "Find in Dictionary" options:  The find options "Beginning with" and "Whole word" were ignored when the find option "Find substring" was disabled (not checked/selected).

System macro:  "Dictionary.macros"

New file version:  DICT-14.0  (February 2016)

RC-WinTrans
10.4.0.5

#48
Improvement

 

New option "Ignore path" for the "Import from Translation Project" function:  When using the import type "Matching IDs," the path and file name were required to match. NEW:  Users now have the option to ignore the path and search for a matching file name only.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.0.5

#47
Improvement

 

"Import from Translation Project" reporting improvement: More detailed import results are now reported to RC-WinTrans' Output window and to the "Report" HTML file.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.0.5

#46 – Fix

HIGH

"Export Translation Project for Translator" error affecting XML data file (.rwtxlf) based translation projects:  The project definition file was not correctly updated for the exported project database (.fsmdb) file.  As a result no data was listed for translation in the Text Table view upon opening the exported project.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.0.5

#45 – Fix

MIDDLE

Updated method for determining word count without repetitions:  Word  repetitions were considered across the entire project as well as inside segments themselves.  This calculation resulted in the number of words to be translated in a project being lower than it really was.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.0.5

#44 – Fix

LOW

Export to Excel -- Export Assistant dialog:  The name of the last target file in use was not initialized in the Export Assistant dialog.  The file name field was empty and the target Excel file needed to be selected/entered anew.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.0.5

#43 – Fix

MIDDLE

WPF translation fix:  When two backslashes ("\\") were used in a target text only one backslash ("\") remained in the target file (satellite DLL) created by RC-WinTrans.

Fixed component:  "BAMLConv.dll"

New file version:  1.4.3.0

RC-WinTrans
10.4.0.5

#42 – Fix

HIGH

Fix for WPF "OutOfMemoryException" reported to the Output window for each BAML file during the "Update Database" and "Add File to Project" processes.  This bug affects RC-WinTrans Versions 10.0 through 10.3 running on a Windows 8 or Windows 10 system.

RC-WinTrans
10.4.0.5

 

 

—   RC-WINTRANS 10.3   —

MARCH 2016

#41 – Fix

LOW

Dictionaries – Fix for the "Find Translation" function:
The "Beginning with" and "Whole word" search options were ignored when the "Find substrings" option was checked.

VBA macros file:  "Dictionary.macros"

New file version:  DICT-14.0  (February 2016)

RC-WinTrans
10.3.0.1

#40 – Fix

HIGH

Fix for the "Import from Translation Project" function.

Problem description: An imported translation could be assigned incorrectly when the two projects (source and target) have a different number of project files, and/or a project file has the same file name (in both projects) but not the same path.

New for the "Import from Project" function:  

the "path+file name" must always match (first run).

option to only match the file name in a second run for files not identified in the first run.

New checkbox in the Import from Project dialog box ("Ignore path for files not found").

RC-WinTrans
10.3.0.1

#39
Improvement

 

"Import from Translation Project" report:  The report for the "Import from Translation Project" function has been expanded to include:

(1) a report to the Output tab view (processing output) and
(2) an optional HTML file report (summary output).

RC-WinTrans
10.3.0.1

#38
Improvement

 

A Close Window (X) toolbar button has been added to the Project view (Text Table view).

RC-WinTrans
10.3.0.1

 

 

—   RC-WINTRANS 10.2   —

FEBRUARY 2016

#37
Improvement

 

Translation state filters:  Filter functions and buttons like the ones in RC-WinTrans 9 are now available in RC-WinTrans 10.

"Show Translated Items"

"Show Non-Translated Items"

"Show Items with Changed Source"

RC-WinTrans
10.2.0.1

#36
Improvement

 

Project tree (Projects and Project Data tab views):
Clicking on the active
/selected item forces the Text Table view to be refilled (according to the selection).

RC-WinTrans
10.2.0.1

#35
Improvement

 

"Find Text in Dictionary/TM" function:  When selecting a word in the Translation Edit bar with a double click, tail spaces were included in the selection.  This has been changed so that tail spaces are now ignored when selecting a word for RC-WinTrans to find in a dictionary or TM (F4 key).

RC-WinTrans
10.2.0.1

^TOP^

 

—   RC-WINTRANS 10.1   —

JANUARY 2016

#34 – Fix

HIGH

Performance fix:  Certain operations were executed more slowly compared to the predecessor version RC-WinTrans 9.
This performance problem exists since RC-WinTrans 10.0 and has been fixed with the Version 10.1.0.2 service release.

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#33 – Fix

LOW

Visual Basic run-time error:
"Method 'Name' of object 'Reference' failed".

VBA macros file:  "VBAReferenceCheck.macro"

New file version:  2.2  (January 2016)

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#32 – Fix

LOW

Check functions fix:  Running a check function would return results only if the check command was used twice or if the Check Results tab view was still active.

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#31
Improvement

 

Localizable .NET properties:  The following .NET properties have been configured to be localizable by default:
"ButtonLocation"; "ButtonSize"; and "ButtonText".

Updated installation file:  "ResxXliff.xml"

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#30
Improvement

 

ANSI escape code in XML files:  The option to insert ANSI escape characters 161 through 255 in translated text has been added.  For example, "Räume" becomes "Rä".

This option is disabled by default.

VBA macros file:  "XMLConverter.macro"

New file version:  XML-2032  (November 2015)

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#29 – Fix

LOW

Buffer size for Windows INI files:  The VBA code has been modified to increase the buffer size for Windows INI files functions (now: 10,000; previously: 4,000).

VBA macros file:  "SystemMacros.macro"

New file version:  S-10.1  (October 19, 2015)

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#28 – Fix

LOW

INI file missing from the RC-WinTrans setup/installation:

An (empty) default initialization file ("RCWinTrans_NETOptions.ini") has been added to the RC-WinTrans setup (installation file).

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#27
Improvement

 

Language added – "Chinese (zh)" language added:  The language "Chinese ('zh')" (no locale) has been added to the list of available target languages.

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#25 – Fix

LOW

Excel Add-On VBA coding change:  Anonymous object type "Object" is now used instead of "Excel.WorkSheet."

VBA file:  "ExcelImportExportAddOnV4.macro"

New file version:  4.2  (June 2015)

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

#24 – Fix

LOW

"Write Target File" command – .NET satellite DLLs:

Target files could not be created when the source assembly's "Copyright" version info has multiple lines.

VBA file:  "NetFileConv.macro"

New file version:  NetConv 1.9  (June 2015)

RC-WinTrans
10.1.0.2

^TOP^

 

—   RC-WINTRANS 10.0   —

MARCH 2015

#23 – New

 

Quick Launch page:  See the "What's New" entry...

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#22 – New

 

Samples view:  See "What's New" entry...

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#21 – New

 

Running a translated .NET assembly:  See the "What's New" entry...

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#20
Improvement and Fix

 

Performance improvement/fix:  Project languages can now be displayed together (side by side) and in different combinations within the Project window.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#19 – New

 

Excel import/export:  Modified Import and Export Assistants featuring new options.

NOTE:  The new integrated Excel import/export supercedes the MS Excel Import/Export Add-On.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#18 – New

 

"Undo" command ("Import from Excel" function):  The "Undo" command can be used to undo the most recent data import from an MS Excel file.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#17 – New

 

Text file (CSV) import/export:  Modified Import and Export Assistants featuring new options.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#16 – New

 

New Show Size and Position Data button:  A toolbar button has been added to the Text Table view to display size and position data from dialog boxes and dialog box controls.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#15 – New

 

New Translation Status Filter buttons:  Now available in the Project window, the Project Data tab view, and on the new Quick Launch page (buttons...).

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#14
Improvement

 

Dialog Box View – "Next" and "Previous" commands:

Selecting a dialog in the Dialog Box view using the "Next" or "Previous" commands also updates the selection in the Project tab view for the active dialog box.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#13 – New

 

11 TM Workbench GUI languages:

English, German, Swedish, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese Simplified.

TM Workbenchs
V2.1

#12 – New

 

New application GUI language:  German.

The entire RC-WinTrans user interface (GUI) has been localized into German.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#11 – New

 

11 GUI languages:  A subset of the RC-WinTrans user interface (multi-language views) can be displayed in 11 different languages.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#10 – New

 

Word count:  New statistics display and Words dialog listing all words and repetitions detected for a project.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#9 – New

 

RTL (right-to-left) reading order:  Application setting added to enable right-to-left reading order for the Project window (Text Table view).  Use the setting for translating bi-directional languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#8 – New

 

Apple iOS – New support for:

(1)  iOS strings files and
(2)  iOS storyboard XML files.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

^TOP^                ———   Bug fixes- known issues from previous RC-WinTrans versions.   ———

NUMBER
AND TYPE

PRIORITY

DESCRIPTION

VERSION

#7 – Fix

HIGH

RC-WinTrans system – RAM address space:  Enabled to handle addresses larger than 2 GB.  The previous system setting was limited to a maximum 2GB of address space.
This could cause an exception when working with very large translation projects.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#6 – Fix

LOW

MT Add-On:  Supported languages were not shown in the Dictionaries view when the application's GUI language was set to a language other than English.

New add-on version:  4.2  (January 09, 2015)

MT Add-On

V4.2

#5 – Fix

LOW

All Languages tab:  When selecting an item the language was not set for the item in the Translation Edit bar.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#4 – Fix

LOW

Project/Database modification:  The project definition file (.rwtproj) and the project database (.fsmdb) were modified each time the project was opened, even without any changes having been made to the translation data.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#3 – Fix

MIDDLE

RC Files Converter Win32 EXE/DLL files:  The binary "extra data" was not written to the target file.

Module:  "RWTRCConv.DLL"

New file version:  8.9.8.1  (September 2014)

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#2 – Fix

LOW

Find Text dialog:  Searching within the active project with the "String" option selected did not work for the texts of "unknown type" items.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0

#1 – Fix

LOW

TAB Key:  Using the TAB key for RC-WinTrans' "Quick Active Window Change" feature conflicted with its use in controlling selection in the Dialog Box view.

RC-WinTrans
10.0.0