Version 2.2.0

The primary target of this release is improving non-Latin data and Unicode support. This update also fixes several important issues in the application.

Enhancements

• Added encodings support, including Unicode
• XML exporter uses UTF-8 to preserve non-Latin characters
• Improved sender/receiver handling of non-Latin characters
• Changed definition and table file format to handle non-Latin characters. Requires 7Edit 2.2 or higher to work with.
• Added numbering to recent files
• Dropped LST.N tag support in XML exporter and schema generator

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed the problem with not accepting field names containing underscores
• Fixed the out of memory issue when exporting large files to XML
• Fixed several minor issues in Definition Editor
• Fixed annoying flicker when closing a document using its tab

Version 2.1.1

Bugs Fixed

• Definition Editor: Fixed a problem with "May Repeat" field in the "Edit Field" dialog.

Version 2.1.0

Enhancements

• Added the option to inspect/edit data without holding the CTRL key (7Edit 1.x style)
• Delimiters escaped automatically when changing a field value
• Added milliseconds and timezone to the Date/Time editor
• Added message search to the "New Document" and "Add Message" dialogs
• Added "Add Required Fields/Segments" option to the "New Document" dialog
• Double-clicking on MSH-2/MSH-1 invokes the "Delimiter Editor" dialog
• Sender: Messages can be sent from a file/folder
• Sender: Data can be send as the one block or splitted on submessages
• Receiver: Sending "NACK" as the acknowledge if autoacknowledge cannot be generated
• Definition Editor: Added "X" button to tabs
• Validator: Improved the logic responsible for finding missing required segments and fields.
• Validator: No longer showing a warning on empty required fields by default. This option can be turned back on.
• Validator: Required segments/fields can be added in one step
• Added QBP_Q22 and RSP_K22 message to the version 2.3.1 and up
• Added check for updates

Bugs Fixed

• Messages having mixed segment delimiters can be opened OK now
• Fixed the problem which required re-entering a license key if system time was shifted
• Fixed several frame/window size issues on Vista
• Editor no longer looses focus when using menu shortcuts like Ctrl-S, Ctrl-V, etc.
• Fixed the problem with editor loosing data formatting sometimes
• Showing a combobox in the "String Editor" only if field has a table
• Changed the order of OK and Cancel buttons in the Definiton Editor dialogs to match the rest of the application
• Fixed the problem with multiple application instances starting sometimes when opening a file from the explorer
• Fixed "Change Delimiters" logic to work with batches
• Fixed a bug in the search logic preventing from searching by a partial message name
• Several other minor issues fixed