RightNote Release History
9 January 2012, version 2.2.0
- Release of Freeware version
- Add help topic: Feature comparison between different versions
- Updated license
4 January 2012, version 2.1.3
- A number of important fixes:
- Fix problem with tree fonts which could become inconsistent if changes were made to the default tree font
- Remove: note font size property
- Add Installation information menu item (under Help). This can help debug problems caused by anti-virus programs
- Changes to note properties dialog
- Fix some issues with Multi-notebook search
- Add "Show/Hide Tree" action (under View menu)
- Add support to index xlsx files (pro version)
- RichEdit note now supports pasting of tables
- Add warning when opening a file that is already open in another instance of RightNote
- Fix: prompt to reload dialog could become hidden behind the main application window
- Update file version to 8
21 December 2011, version 2.1.2
- Fix for Header Panel
18 December 2011, version 2.1.1
- New feature: Floating Tree dialog (for inter-notebook note transfer)
- Add help topic: Main Topics->Tools->Floating Tree
- Fix: Header panel would should short caption with "..." on startup
- Fix: Multi-notebook search would sometimes incorrectly indicate if search result is from currently open file or not.
- Some bug fixes
10 November 2011, version 2.1.0
- New feature: Multi-notebook search!
- Add help topic (under "main topics")
- Add RichView option: Numbered list should follow current font style
- A few bug fixes
20 September 2011, version 2.0.7
- Small fix for non-english locales
19 September 2011, version 2.0.6
- Add ability to customize the default richview list settings
- Add help topic "Richview List Defaults" topic which explains how to do this
- Fixes to Icon Import Dialog to handle Large Font (120 DPI) display setting
- Fix: At least some cases where the "Cannot change Visible in OnShow or OnHide" and "cannot rollback - no transaction is active" errors occurred.
- Fix: In some cases the clip URL in a clip/bookmark would be the title instead of the URL when using Google Chrome.
- Fix: Application would use wrong locale settings on Win7 and non-english keyboards.
- Some bug fixes
22 August 2011, version 2.0.5
- Fix: Highlighter settings were not being saved for portable version
- Fix: Saving a bookmark from Chrome would not always work
- Some bug fixes
10 August 2011, version 2.0.4
- Update RichView note: (internal improvements and bug fixes as well as)
- Add ability to align an image to left/right border and have text flow around it (see Format->Object Position)
- Triple click selects paragraph as in MS Word
- Move paragraph actions into their own menu item
- Add notebook specific settings: "Include in backup" and "Save minor changes" for improved USB usage (See File Properties dialog for more details)
- Release self-contained zip file portable version that avoids overwritting existing settings (See Help file->Portable version)
- Update help topic: portable version
- Fix: Implement saving of highlighter styles for portable version
- Fix: Clicking on a search result of a protected note would result in an application error
22 July 2011, version 2.0.3
- Improvements to global search:
- Search results that are very close to each other are now merged into a single hit
- Highlighting of multiple search terms in a search result
- Handle selecting correct term in editor for multiple term search
- Fix: Occasional misbehaviour of search combobox
- Fix: Converting note to a different type was broken in previous release
5 July 2011, version 2.0.2
- Add remove icon button to page properties dialog
- Fix: Restore window position correctly in multi-monitor setup
- Fix: Handle screen capture for multi-monitor setup
- Fix: Add handling for attachments/links with unicode filenames
- Improvements to Keynote file import
- Fix: subtle bug that could occur if copy/paste notes multiple times. This would result in "SQL logic error" message when trying to save.
15 June 2011, version 2.0.1
- Update installation readme file to provide more information about the version 2 release
9 June 2011, version 2.0.0
- Replace application security/licensing module. This should resolve problems reported by some people of application not working on Win7/Vista x64
- Introduce Standard and Professional version
- 2 new note types: Attachment and Link
- Previous note setting "Virtual: Yes - Open" has been replaced by the new Link type
- Attachments and Links can be indexed as per Indexing settings in options dialog (Professional version only)
- General indexing settings can also be overridden on a per note basis
- Attachment indexing currently supports the following file types: .txt, .rtf, .htm/html, .doc/docx, .xls, .csv, .pdf
- Add spreadsheet option: Move down when press enter
- Fix: An error would occur when adding a new iconset to the CustomIcons database
- Added help topics: Import Options, Attachment note type, Link note type, Std vs Pro version, Indexing settings
1 March 2011, version 1.8.3
A number of bug fixes:
- Add Clipper option: enable/disable auto copy before clipping. This bypasses a problem where in some cases the auto-copy stops working. See help file (Clipper topic) for more details
- Spreadsheet improvement: Add handling to convert keypad "dot" to "comma" for relevant regional settings (e.g. when using French/Italian decimal separator)
- Fix "Create File" action in Note Properties - previously did not create a new file.
- A few minor fixes
23 January 2011, version 1.8.2
- Change in protection scheme: after trial expires the application still works however save is disabled
- Add unicode support for tab/page caption
- Add bold current tab option (Options->Pages)
- Refresh tag search after save
- Fix: Pasting into tree node was not working since previous release
30 December 2010, version 1.8.1
- Added: New User Guide (Accessable via Help->New User Guide)
- Added: Set editor background color for entire page. See Page Properties dialog (F6)
- Added: Show tag count in tag list
- Improve ease of use for a few dialogs
- Some fixes to Tag search drop down list
- Some fixes
9 November 2010, version 1.8.0
- New: Spreadsheet comments can be stretched
- New: Customize Keyboard Shortcuts
- See help topic: Tools->Customizing Shortcuts
- A few bug fixes
10 October 2010, version 1.7.9
A few fixes and improvements:
- Clipper now supports RTF (Rich Text Format) e.g. clipping from WordPad
- Clipper will not use a template if the source url is empty
- Fix: General options -> "Minimize to system tray" was not working properly
- A few bug fixes
22 September 2010, version 1.7.8
- Fix: Obtaining window title was not working properly in clipper since last release
1 September 2010, version 1.7.7
- A few User Interface and bug fixes
15 August 2010, version 1.7.6
- New feature: RightNote clipper
- New feature: Add bookmark action
- See help file: Tools->Clipper for more details
- Improvements to note header panel (View->Show Header Panel)
- Right click header panel to change appearance
- Remove Richview->HTML Settings section from Options dialog
- A few small fixes
28 July 2010, version 1.7.5
- New: Added internal engine to import/export excel files
- MS Excel no longer required to import/export excel files (except to import images)
- Spreadsheet import/export times dramatically improved
- Fix: Auto-save every x minutes was not working properly
- Fix: Conversion error message would occur when double click on spreadsheet cell with invalid formula
5 July 2010, version 1.7.4
- Improve "adv html paste" download speed
- Add progress indicator for "adv html paste" and ability to cancel operation
- Fix: In some cases, tree would lose focus as note was loaded, and consequently "add child" and "add sibling" actions would become disabled, until tree was re-focused
3 June 2010, version 1.7.3
A number of enhancements and fixes:
- Installer, add option: Run when Windows starts
- Add option: Start Application Minimized (Options->Startup)
- Improve start-up time and memory usage
- Change "Add Sibling" hotkey from "Ctrl+Enter" to just "Enter"
- Add horizontal scrollbar to note tree (!!)
- Add "Default Tags Editor" (used for newly created files), (Options->Definitions)
- Add copy/paste to scratchpad
- Source code note: Add default lexer, and frequent lexer options (see Options dialog)
- Add Frequent lexer/highlighters toolbar. (Note: For an existing installation, this will not be visible. It needs to be enabled in View->Toolbars->Source Code).
- Spreadsheet: Add default font, row & column count options.
- Also add properties dialog to change main font of current spreadsheet (see Table->Grid properties)
- Fix: Add rows to spreadsheet during paste if required
17 May 2010, version 1.7.2
- Fix file path error that could occur when exporting a spreadsheet note
- Added handling for missing usb stick or network connection after restore program
- Fix bug that recurred since previous version: if edit note then change tab without saving, new changes are lost.
12 May 2010, version 1.7.1
- Fix painting bug that could occur (since 1.7.0) when trying to add a hyperlink
- Richview notes now correctly remember cursor position (even in tables) and selection
- Some bug fixes
2 May 2010, version 1.7.0
- New feature: Customizable tags
- Added help topic group: Tags
- Updated SystemIcons database
7 Jan 2010, version 1.6.11
- Fix spell checker for standard installation (which was not working since settings were moved to USER application folder).
31 December 2009, version 1.6.10
- Fix bug introduced in 1.6.9
31 December 2009, version 1.6.9
- Add "Toolbar settings" dialog to handle toolbar visibility (View menu)
- Add toolbar actions to show/hide all toolbars
- Add Full Screen Mode (View->Toolbar modifiers)
- Add ability to move toolbars to bottom dock (specifically Spreadsheet note)
- Add ability to move "top" toolbars (i.e. file, favorites) to same level as Main Menu bar.
- Add help topic: Toolbars
- Update database engine to latest version for improved db stability
24 November 2009, version 1.6.8
- Add fix to handle advanced html paste from Google Chrome.
- Fix bug where in some cases (especially when running from portable device), "File has been modified by another process" message would incorrectly show after close file, and result in repeated "Error opening file" messages.
16 November 2009, version 1.6.7
- Fix bug with spreadsheet that was re-introduced in recent version (see v1.5.8)
13 November 2009, version 1.6.6
- Fix rare problem with installation on Vista
- Move scratch file (scratch.rvf) to USER application data folder.
- Add Readme file with upgrade information.
3 November 2009, version 1.6.5
- Vista compatibility fixes and improvements: (settings are now stored in USER application data folder. Sample file is stored in My Documents folder.)
- Fix bug with Advanced HTML Paste, where pasted content would sometimes be blank. Should now work a lot smoother.
- Fix bug where "File has been modified by another process" message would incorrectly show after performing a "Save as" with a modified file.
- Fix bug where first paragraph style of a document would not be included when merge notes (for print or export).
- Change notetree checkboxes from being 3-state checkboxes to 2-state checkboxes.
- Changes to default backup location
- Update help topics: Options->General (location of settings), Backup Settings, Working with Icons.
- Add help topic: Terminology.
23 August 2009, version 1.6.3
- Important fix: on some occassions content of a protected note would not load correctly.
- Fix CPU usage issue that would occur with large spreadsheet notes.
5 August 2009, version 1.6.2
- Add Tree properties: Journal & Autosort.
- Journal date formatstring can be set on the Options->Notes page.
22 July 2009, version 1.6.1
- Fix bug: some Custom Icons did not work
- Fix bug: DB search did not keep to search limit
- some minor fixes
15 July 2009, version 1.6.0
- New feature: Custom Icons!
- Add help topics: Working with icons, Tools->Icon Manager
- Move all settings to "settings" subfolder.
2 July 2009, version 1.5.8
- Fix bug that was introduced into spreadsheet note since adding hyperlink ability, which would result in conversion error message.
- Change portable version zip file to proper installer to avoid problem of overwriting setting files.
10 June 2009, version 1.5.7
- Add highlighters for perl, python, ruby and tcltk languages.
- store Resource Panel state
- Add "Lock Header" action for spreadsheet
11 May 2009, version 1.5.6
- Small fix to "Advanced HTML paste", and improved FireFox compatibility.
5 May 2009, version 1.5.5
- Fix bug: In some cases error would occur if note caption contained east-asian characters.
21 Apr 2009, version 1.5.4
- Add hyperlinks ability to spreadsheet note
- Add help topics: date format string, spreadsheet settings
- Some bug fixes
11 Mar 2009, version 1.5.3
- Fix bug: Spreadsheet did not handle multi-line cell hints (comments) correctly.
8 Mar 2009, version 1.5.2
- Add some extra error handling for when loading a note.
4 Mar 2009, version 1.5.1
- New feature: Spell check
- Fix bug: Sometimes application minimizes straight after restored, when auto-minimize option is enabled.
23 Feb 2009, version 1.5.0
- New feature: Paragraph style definitions
- New feature: Screen capture tool
- More flexible global hotkey settings: can now contain extended keys such as windows and printscreen keys.
- Fix bug: When export to html, link url was not included
9 Feb 2009, version 1.4.4
- Fix issue when importing virtual notes from KeyNote file
(If you have previously imported such a note you need to set it's virtual mode property to "Yes- Edit" in Note properties)
- Add Quick internal link action (Ctrl+Shift+K)
- Add "Include page caption in link" property (RichView settings)
- Add incremental search for note tree (see "incremental search" help topic)
- Some bug fixes
11 Jan 2009, version 1.4.3
Process some user requests:
- Add option to sync tree colors with page colors (Options->Page settings)
- Add copy/paste temp style (for RichEdit and RichView note types. see Format->Apply Style)
- Add note caption panel (shown in editor panel, Options->Default Editor)
- Add support to drag-drop files from Explorer into RichView note
- Add "scan for links" action (RichView Edit menu)
- Add support for animated gif's
- Disable editing existing hyperlink in hyperlink dialog since this could result in bugs
- Some enhancements to hyperlink handling
- Some bug fixes
21 Dec 2008, version 1.4.2
- Add show/hide Favorites toolbar option (View->Toolbars)
- Some fixes
17 Dec 2008, version 1.4.1
- Improved fast search: now shows "live" results
- New feature: Favorite notebooks toolbar
- Updated "Global search" help topic. Added "Favorite notebooks" help topic
27 Nov 2008, version 1.4.0
- New improved html (web content) paste engine
- Added HTML settings (Options->Editors->RichView)
- Added help topics: Backup settings, HTML settings
- Fix bug where if would make a new note virtual before saving, then content in external file would be overwritten
- some small fixes
25 Oct 2008, version 1.3.6
- Add "Adjust Column Widths" and "Space Columns Evenly" actions (Spreadsheet note)
- Add Table Cell Color button (RichView note)
- Add Copy Page action (Page Menu)
- Add "Mixed" IconMode (Tree properties)
- Add "Relative Detailed" Numbering mode (Tree properties)
- Add option to include numbering when print or export notes
- Add "Dark unfocused selection color" option (Options->Tree settings)
- Improved memory performance
23 Sep 2008, version 1.3.5
- Small fix
23 Sep 2008, version 1.3.4
- Add persistence of Page Setup settings
- Add option to include source url when paste HTML (Options->RichView settings)
- Paste action now pastes HTML by default, if available
- Add option to clear search results when lock notes (Options->General)
15 Sep 2008, version 1.3.3
- Fix bug introduced in previous version. (unsaved changes to RichView note type were lost when change to different page)
15 Sep 2008, version 1.3.2
- Add foreground, background and mixed color palette toolbars. See Tools->Color Definitions and Color Definitions help topic
- Allow RichView and RichEdit toolbars to be docked at bottom
- Fix Cut,Copy,Paste actions of spreadsheet note type
10 Sep 2008, version 1.3.1
- Add Fill action to Spreadsheet note type
- Add Copy tree to Clipboard action (Tree->More)
4 Sep 2008, version 1.3.0
- Add unicode support for RichView note type
- Add unicode support for Full Text Search engine. [Requires File Cleanup]
- New search options: Words Before, Words After & Highlight search term (see Options->Search)
- When convert to spreadsheet note type, previous contents are preserved
- Added help topics: Fast search tips, Unicode support
- Improved File Cleanup speed
18 Aug 2008, version 1.2.8
- Portable version available
- add help topic: Portable version
- improved application shutdown speed
13 Aug 2008, version 1.2.7
- Fix bug when Tree aligned to Top
11 Aug 2008, version 1.2.6
- Add File Cleanup action (compacts database and re-creates full text index)
- update "Protection: Important Information" help topic.
- Add backup option: limit backups to one backup per day
- fix bug: tree nodes would not always remember their correct position.
6 Aug 2008, version 1.2.5
- Attempt to fix stability issue (sporadic error message when application minimized to the tray)
- Add help topic: Important Information: Warnings and Precautions (in "Protecting your Notes" section)
3 Aug 2008, version 1.2.4
- Important bug fix: If change password from one password to another, then in some cases previously protected notes cannot be decrypted.
1 Aug 2008, version 1.2.3
- Add "minimize after X idle time" and "autosave after X minutes" options
- Add Navigate action group (Tree menu). Allows to navigate tree while editor has focus and vice-versa.
- Add Formula edit width option (Spreadsheet settings)
- Change global search hotkey to "Ctrl+G"
- Add help topic: Using RightNote in a home network
- some bug fixes
29 July 2008, version 1.2.2
- AddSibling action now adds new node after currently selected node.
- Add HotTrack and Launch link on double click tree options.
- Add Protection action group to tree menu.
- Fix localisation issue with finances page of Sample.rnt
23 July 2008, version 1.2.1
- fixed localisation issue relating to previous version.
21 July 2008, version 1.2.0
- new feature: file and note encryption
- added help file section: protecting your notes, and help topic: file version updates
- update "global search" help topic
- fix bug: changes made to note since last save would be lost when changing note properties.
11 June 2008, version 1.1.4
- (RichView note) hyperlinks can now point to other notes within the same notebook
4 June 2008, version 1.1.3
- added import options
- import files via drag 'n drop from explorer
- add unicode handling for tree nodes, code editor and spreadsheet
- add alt shortcuts for mainmenu
- fix bug when export to html
18 May 2008, version 1.1.2
- new feature: page transfer dialog, allows moving pages between notebooks.
- spreadsheet enhancements: edit comment, move rows/columns
- new help topics (RichView note, Spreadsheet note, File functions, Running multiple instances, Styles Manager, Page Transfer Dialog)
7 May 2008, version 1.1.1
- minor UI fixes
- add tab hot-tracking (see Options->Pages)
- add shortcuts to move to next/previous page
4 May 2008, version 1.1.0
- add "What's new" menu item (under help)
- add auto and manual check for updates feature
- add Style Manager and Apply Style feature (RichView and RichEdit notes)
- popupmenu now shows available clipboard formats (RichView note)
7 April 2008, version 1.0.10
- some bug fixes
4 April 2008, version 1.0.9
- add textstatistics (for text editors)
- add change case actions (for text editors)
30 March 2008, version 1.0.8
- fix search bug
- faster minimize
24 March 2008, version 1.0.7
- add some tree options
- add confirmation options
- fast search results sample text is now also highlighted in editor
23 March 2008, version 1.0.6
- fix bug when drag-drop tree node to no destination node
- fix startup bug
17 March 2008, version 1.0.5
- improved keyboard access
- some bug fixes
13 March 2008, version 1.0.4
- new feature: full text search for very fast searches
- fixed serious bug introduced in version 1.0.3
- other small fixes
2 March 2008, version 1.0.3
- implement speed improvements for larger files
- fix bug in RichEdit and Plain type notes where editor doesn't always register a change.
25 February 2008, version 1.0.2
- Add 2 compression modes for compressing data in database file.
- Add support to import KeyNote files.
- User interface improvements
17 February 2008, version 1.0.1
- Fixed bug which could lead to note contents not being deleted from database file. This would only occur if a note was deleted before being loaded. It is best to upgrade to this newer version and work with new database files.
15 February 2008, version 1.0.0
- Initial release of RightNote.