Version history for HelpNDoc Personal Edition

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Changes for v6.4.0.357 - v6.6.0.444

Topic editor zoom control: Zoom the topic editor from 10% up to 500% using either the zoom slider or keyboard shortcuts
Project analyzer reports can now be printed, or exported to PDF or Excel files
Added the ability to quickly run a script from the main window: click the popup from the script editor button and choose the script to run
The snippet editor and templates' cover page editors can now optionally show hidden characters
Locating a library item from the project analyzer will now select it within the topic editor
Enhanced High DPI support for the topic editor: pictures were not always correctly displayed + various drawing enhancements in various DPI settings
Improved HTML and RTF importers
Improved robustness, speed and security of HND project files
Improved clarity of "General information" tab in the project analyzer
Anchors could produce extra spacing when exported to HTML documentation formats
The code generator incorrectly mentioned that it added banners to the generated output

Changes for v6.0.0.154 - v6.0.1.167

Changing some topic properties such as topic kind, header or footer didn't update the user interface
When more than 64 tags were defined for a project, showing the "Insert / Edit condition" dialog did show an error message
When a new version is available, the RSS feed now links to the "check update" URL instead of download URL for better information about what's new
The HndStatus object was not accessible from scripts
HndStatus.GetStatusByCaption wasn't documented in the scripting API help page

Changes for v5.8.2.643 - v5.9.0.711

New WinHelp (*.hlp) file importer (Beta) which can import topics, contents, pictures, hyperlinks and keywords from older WinHelp files
Google Analytics support in the default HTML template: add a valid Google Analytics ID in the template settings and it will be included in the generated pages
Library items analyzer can now detect and report items used in builds settings: they are not marked as unused anymore
New script to merge children topics' contents in the currently selected topic: MergeChildrenTopics.hnd.pas
Some common error messages now include help topics for easier troubleshooting
In the default HTML template, it wasn't possible to translate the "search..." placeholder
Styles gallery now only displays styles with a checked "Quick Access" property
HelpNDoc defaults to baseline vertical-align for images while the default HTML template used middle
Changes to project author, comment, description, copyright, summary or version wasn't immediately visible in library items' popup preview
Mass import library items window wasn't translated to French / German
Build log images weren't correctly scaled on high DPI screens
Conditional tags were not correctly drawn in the topic editor for High DPI screens
When placed right after a bullet item in the topic editor, conditional tags used an incorrect font making them unreadable
Text files are now imported as UTF-8 files
Importing a document using the library import dialog did import it with an unknown extension resulting in warning at generation time
Previous and Next buttons didn't work anymore in the topic editor
Faster application loading time by deferring API initialization
Fixed memory leaks including an obscure memory leak on shutdown
HTML toolbars after creating/modifying/deleting a Quick Template

Changes for v5.5.0.486 - v5.6.1.532

New customizable syntax highlighter with multiple built-in programming languages
Help IDs now allow the dash "-" character making it easier to create SEO hyperlinks
The quick access toolbar customization is now saved and restored when the application is launched
HTML generation now warns if the generated file name is the same as one of the topic's help id as it could cause problems
CTRL + Click on a topic link to an anchor in the topic editor will show the topic at the correct anchor's position
Project analyzer incorrectly checked spelling in hyperlinks
Fixes and performance enhancements in the HND project file format handling
Further enhancements to SVG icons rendering and High DPI monitor support
For HTML based documentation format, choosing a file name similar but with different case as one of the help ids could cause a file creation error
Using the default HTML template, CTRL + Clicking on hyperlinks didn't open in a new window / tab
Greatly reduced memory usage for Word and PDF generation of malformed projects with lots of different styles due to copy / paste from third party software
Some Wingdings characters were incorrectly exported to HTML based documentation formats only
The "?" character is now replaced by "ss" when filtering topics' Help Ids
Moving library items or keywords just after changing their caption could cause an error
Optimized and improved debug code and reported debug information for the debug edition
Fixed obscure memory leaks

Changes for v5.4.0.395 - v5.4.1.404

Pictures included at generation time or linked could be incorrectly sized in HTML based documentation formats
Current program version could be incorrectly reported in some places (command line, check software update...)
Forcing named license check or de-activating a named license provides more information about the license status

Changes for v4.9.1.114 - v4.9.2.132

Code signing certificate is now trusted by all versions of Windows from Windows XP through Windows 10

Changes for v4.9.0.111 - v4.9.1.114

Bullet and numbered lists were not correctly generated in HTML-based outputs

Changes for v4.8.0.849 - v4.9.0.111

New generated documentation format: Qt Help
New auto-completion for hyperlinks: start with http:// or other protocols and hit CTRL-SPACE to rapidly create an hyperlink
Distributed paragraph alignment. Only recommended for East Asian languages
Opacity support for paragraph background color
New scripts for mass header/footer updating
Faster project creation and opening
Better table sizing in topic editor
Setting table cells preferred width to percent didn't work as expected
An access violation errors could occurs under certain rare conditions when generating documentation
Inserting a page break within a table cell generated produced an "Item index is out of bounds" error
Word table of contents page fields lost their style when updated
PDF documents automatically switched pages every few seconds when viewed in full screen mode in some viewers
Kindle eBooks didn't always correctly display the cover picture
Kindle generation log could report an error even though generation succeeded
Style names were not translated in the "Styles" group of the "Write" ribbon tab
Live spell checker won't report errors with curved apostrophes in French language

Changes for v4.7.1.684 - v4.8.0.849

Auto-completion: use the CTRL+Space keyboard shortcut to quickly create links or insert library items
It is now possible to override user-defined variables for each build in the build settings
New methods available to scripts and templates: HndBuild.GetBuildFirst and HndBuild.GetBuildWithName
Introduce the /l argument to log to a text file when using console line generation
Included sample scripts in HelpNDoc's installation directory
The THndBuildInfo, THndBuildInfoArray, THndTopicsAttachMode types are now accessible in scripts and templates
Switching builds in the generate documentation window will keep the currently visible customization tab
Under certain conditions an HTML-based template could produce inactive hyperlinks
The default HTML template will now be more reliable when selecting the currently viewed topic in the table of contents
The generated HTML could be corrupted when the current user didn't have the proper rights to access external library items
The table of contents hierarchy could be wrong under certain conditions when using conditional topic generation
Some parts of the user interface were not translated to French and German
Only one instance of the installer can be launched at the same time

Changes for v4.6.2.573 - v4.7.0.681

includes a greatly enhanced template editor which can now be used to easily and rapidly create and customize templates for every documentation formats handled by HelpNDoc.

Changes for v4.5.0.497 - v4.6.0.558

Added editable breadcrumb above the topic editor for faster moving within the table of contents' hierarchy
New optional CHM decompiler is included which can handle Help Context number import
Quick generation process will now indicate which build it is using if it finds a suitable build in the build list
Generation process will issue a warning when a template is used by a build but not available on the system
Template editor's window has been redesigned and can be resized
Numbered lists will be correctly generated to HTML even when items are split by paragraphs
On Windows XP, topics with a lot of broken pictures didn't load completely
Display of thumbnail for library items is now a lot faster for large libraries
The Insert items popup menus are now faster to display for large libraries and faster to include pictures
Pasting and dropping pictures is now a lot faster for large projects
Popup menus from the "Insert" ribbon tab were sometimes displaying incorrect information
The "Insert Image Map" button was missing from the "Insert" ribbon toolbar
Renaming a report template removed any spaces in the new name and didn't select the renamed template
Links to anchors with a space characters didn't work correctly for CHM, DocX and RTF output formats
Opening the style inspector could generate an exception
Section indicator was stuck on "Page settings" in the report template editor
The new project table of contents importer could generate an exception
Better CHM import: some specific files didn't include any content
Better HTML import and code generation

Changes for v4.4.0.418 - v4.5.0.497

New EPub importer: decompile and import ePub eBooks into new or existing HelpNDoc projects
Added option to disable bookmarks generation in PDF documentation output
Default HTML template will now add each topic's keywords in the head meta keywords meta for better SEO
Topic content couldn't be saved and loaded for some systems with Asian or East-European languages locales
Reduced memory consumption when projects are open
Setting some specific topic properties such as "Include in builds" could incorrectly update multiple topics
PDF generator could crash with projects containing the "Myriad Pro" font
Help file was not showing when HelpNDoc was opened by double clicking and HND project file
Files with and .xhtml extension where not imported
Better German and French translations

Changes for v4.3.1.364 - v4.4.0.418

· Manage keywords and topics association window: quickly associated with multiple topics
· Many default paths are now configurable: default output, dictionaries, project, styles and templates
· Added keywords to the analyzer: get stats, a list of keywords, unused keywords, and manage associated topics
· The Generate documentation window will now correctly show the most recently created templates when opened
· HelpNDoc will use the project path when opening or saving the first project
· Folders were incorrectly listed in the project analyzer
· Snippets and image maps didn't have any kind setup in the project analyzer
· Under certain rare conditions DocX generator could crash with an index out of bounds
· Page numbers was always displayed in the table of contents for DocX and PDF even if templates hide it
· Image maps didn't correctly encode characters for the Title text
· An error message could be shown when previewing a corrupted library image
· An error will now be displayed when an image cannot be written to disk due to incorrect characters in name

Changes for v4.0.3.164 - v4.1.0.219

· Conditional generation of topics based on build kind and tags
· Double click on a library item in the topic editor to modify it
· Live spell checker is now available in the snippet editor and template editor
· Better support for touch screen in the topic editor
· Importing CHM and HTML files with encoded image file names didn't correctly import those images
· Importing CHM and HTML files with images with large file names could crash HelpNDoc
· Better Czech dictionary which can handle accented characters
· Better compatibility with Word 2003 and Word 2007 for generated DocX documents
· Better saving of tables in DocX documents
· Possible exceptions when editing the bottom part of a topic and with the find feature
· An exception could be shown when double clicking on an item in the find result panel
· An exception could be shown when searching in some projects
· Some German text labels were too small to display the whole text
· Better looking lists in welcome screen, recent projects and help pages with scroll bars when needed
· Editing a library item didn't correctly update the topic editor
· Easier assignment of custom topic headers/footers: when choosing custom, the popup menu will not automatically hide
· Topic kind popup will now check the current topic kind
· Code templates didn't respect topic visibility settings

Changes for v3.9.1.648 - v4.0.3.164

The welcome tutorial is now available in German
Some German translated strings have been corrected
Generating a project from command line with included external HTML documents was not always including them
Hyperlinks are now trimmed from the Insert/Edit hyperlink window
JQuery HTML template had encoding and tag problems
The help window was shown behind the script editor window
What's new in HelpNDoc Personal Edition 4.0.2.157 Beta 3:
October 9th, 2013
HelpNDoc's user interface is now translated in German
System variables with date and time are now customizable in project options and will be localized according to project language settings
Some formatting could produce invalid DOCX documents
Import folder dialog will now automatically refresh the "files to import" list when browse button is used
Dragging and dropping a picture when in a table would make it disappear
Faster project opening: initial topic was loaded twice
Last topic edited was loaded empty if the project is immediately re-opened
Link to URL or file topic will now correctly show the URL or file
ePub and Kindle documentation were adding and extra colon character instead of spaces
New project dialog uses the dictionary defined by the language property for live spell
What's new in HelpNDoc Personal Edition 4.0.0.144 Beta 2:
October 9th, 2013
Merging library items will now display a waiting dialog
Save a project as the same opened file shows an odd error message
Images were not scaled correctly anymore when too big for Word and PDF documentation formats
Hyperlink action provided a different window when used from the popup menu
Updated OpenOffice.org dictionary download URL
The font sizes combo box were not reliable anymore for the topic editor, snippet editor, and some template editor properties
Some characters in hyperlinks could create corrupted DOCX files
Tables could not be seen in editor anymore when borders were hidden
Added an error message when trying to add a condition within a table
What's new in HelpNDoc Personal Edition 4.0.0.136 Beta 1:
October 9th, 2013
Redesigned style system: styles can inherit from parents, can be saved, and custom styles can be used for new projects
The Word generator will now generate standard DOCX documents by default. RTF option is still available in build settings
New Word and PDF template editor: customize page layout, cover page, headers, footers, titles, table of contents...
New Snippet library item: Add formatted content to the library and re-use it throughout the project
Style inspector popup window to get information about the current text and paragraph styles
Script editor to edit and run scripts and automate tasks within HelpNDoc
Hyperlinks will now use styles for easier project-wide modification
Items with anchors will now display a hint with the anchor name when the mouse is over
HTML search engine is smarter: it can search parts of words, results are ranked and words can be excluded by prefixing them with a "-" character
New system variables for Word and PDF documentations: display the current page number and the total number of pages
External topics can now use relative paths for external files
Importing a file or a folder won't automatically create a new project anymore: they will be imported in the current project if already open
Copy/Paste of topics between instances of HelpNDoc now correctly include pictures
PDF documents could contain un-readable characters in the table of contents when encrypted
CTRL+F1 keyboard shortcut was showing the help file instead of just collapsing the ribbon bar
Word generator now uses less memory to generate big documentation files
iPhone template didn't include custom styles for topic content
Google Chrome users can now use the HTML search engine locally
Library items shown in popups were not always sorted
Word and PDF templates can hide page numbers in the table of contents
HTML search engine didn't clear its data between two generation which could lead to outdated search data
HTML search engine will now correctly display link topic kinds
Help ID generation is smarter: accented characters are replaced by ASCII equivalent for better SEO
Cursor position in topic editor was not always reset when moving from one topic to another
Initial Help ID for new topics was incorrectly generated using another topic's caption
The table of contents title for Word and PDF documentation formats wasn't correctly generated when it contained Chinese characters
CHM importer can now correctly handle links with anchors
External topics were not exported to Word and PDF documentation formats
XSS safety algorithm in the HTML template could break links to topics with caption containing "script" or "javascript"
Word and PDF documentation formats didn't correctly generate relative hyperlinks
Can't import HelpNDoc v2.x projects anymore: use version 3.9 to convert older projects first

Changes for v3.9.0.595 - v3.9.1.648

· CHM generator's base color can be customized in the template properties
· An exception could be displayed when the application is launched indicating that a control had no parent window
· ePub generator didn't always correctly generate the cover picture
· HTML search engine did infinite loops after clicking on the result when it ended with a space character

Changes for v3.8.0.560 - v3.9.0.595

· Enhanced importer: import multiple files at once into a new project and import various file types
· Incremental search in various places: start typing a node caption to search for it and focus it
· New keyboard shortcuts to navigate through the user interface: CTRL + F1 through F6
· Use the SPACE keyboard shortcut to associate a keyword with the current topic
· Panels positions and sizes are now persistent and will be restored when HelpNDoc is restarted
· Use the /reset command line option to reset forms size and position as well as panels layout
· Installer and uninstalled now warns if HelpNDoc is already running
· Greatly reduced memory usage when generating documents with large number of pictures except for Word generator
· The styles gallery now resizes itself to fit the whole available space
· Command line silent mode wasn't working correctly anymore
· Better error message when the project file is locked by another application or instance of HelpNDoc
· Reduced flicker in the ribbon bar when resizing the main window
· Removed XSS vulnerability in HTML generated documentation
· Fixed possible error of the Javascript search engine in the default HTML template

Changes for v3.7.1.482 - v3.8.0.560

Project analyzer will report various useful information about the current project: broken links, merge library items...
History of viewed topics with previous/next buttons
New project dialog is now resizable and will store its size
The "Show Special Characters" feature is now persistent and will be restored each time HelpNDoc is opened
An exception could occur at application start time
Importing some CHM files could result in empty imported topics: anchors in the table of contents were not correctly handled
When deleting a selected topic, the newly selected topic seemed randomly chosen. It is now either the next or previous one

Changes for v3.5.1.288 - v3.7.1.482

What's new in HelpNDoc 3.7.1.482:
November 19th, 2012
· HTML documentation could not always select the first displayed table of contents item when viewed from a remote server
· A frame was displayed around the content when printing a CHM topic
· Word generator always compressed bitmap pictures even if the option for automatic compression was not checked
· The Word documentation wasn't generated if the used template didn't show the table of contents
· Word documentations could add extra empty lines before topic titles
· French translation errors in the documentation generation log
· The recent projects and places lists weren't correctly saved to the registry which could lead to incorrect entries
What's new in HelpNDoc 3.7.0.456:
October 25th, 2012
· Conditional build system: control which part of the documentation is present in each build through conditional tags
· Added keyboard shortcuts to insert/move/delete/edit properties of keywords and library items (CTRL+INSERT, CTRL+ARROW, CTRL+DELETE, CTRL+ENTER)
· Some Central/Eastern European characters may appear broken in the CHM search result list: fixed with the CHM template option "Use project charset for topics"
· Option to enable only the selected build and rename a build in the build generation list
· Popup menu for easier and faster build management in the build generation list
· It is now possible to clear recent projects and places from the option dialog
· Some fonts with custom spacing could produce overlapping characters in PDF documents
· Better support for bookmarks in PDF documents
· Some Central European characters were not correctly generated in the CHM table of contents
· Better support for some OpenOffice.org dictionaries
· Creating a new blank project didn't set up default project language which could lead to empty title for CHM documentation
· Google Chrome now correctly displays the table of contents for HTML documentations when viewed locally
· Topics with large caption could have duplicate auto-generated help IDs
· Word and PDF documentation didn't add requested page breaks when topic titles were hidden
· Parts of the table of contents of some rare CHM help files could not be imported
· CHM documentation didn't correctly display table background images and bullet lists images
· Recent projects and places could contain invalid paths
What's new in HelpNDoc 3.6.0.345:
July 11th, 2012
· New build system: create as many customized build of any documentation format as needed. Warning: command line changes
· Added support for invisible topics: invisible topics and their children won't be generated in any documentation format
· Relative external library items are now imported at generation time
· It is now possible to indent bullets and numbering with the TAB key
· EPub and Mobi generators didn't correctly generate link topic kinds
· EPub generator didn't correctly escape Some characters which could lead to errors on the iPad
· Norwegian dictionary from OpenOffice.org didn't install correctly
· The default HTML template generated un-balanced HTML comments
· RTF importer didn't correctly import relative hyperlinks
· Empty topics could produce corrupted PDF table of contents
· HTML documentation could cause errors when tabs where hidden
· HTML search engine didn't find words containing the "T" character
· Color dialog now saves custom colors
· HTML based generators will correctly update topic files when the character case has changed

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