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ShellExtension-1.18.1.0
WInMergeContextMenu.dll: Disable advanced menu due to stability issues
v2.16.15
WinMerge 2.16.15 Beta Release Notes
September 2021
About This Release
This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of
WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.
Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.
What Is New in 2.16.15 Beta
General
- BugFix: WinMerge would crash when launched if the registry or INI file
contained invalid values. - BugFix: Winmerge Crash when comparing 2 files from Windows Explorer context
menu (#808, #908, #913) - BugFix: Incorrect text color for selected menu item on Windows 11
- BugFix: 50% cpu use by winmergeu.exe after program closed (#903)
- Digitally sign packages (#152)
File compare
- BugFix: The mouse cursor did not change to an hourglass when the files or
plugins were taking a long time to load. - BugFix: Save Middle and Save Middle As menu items were not enabled when
comparing three files. - BugFix: A two-pane window was displayed even though
New (3panes) → Table menu item was selected. - BugFix: The height of each pane in the Diff pane was calculated incorrectly
when comparing three files. - BugFix: Unicode SMP chars misrendered after performing a find (#914)
- BugFix: Crash when pressing Shift+F4 key
- BugFix: Replace slow (#940)
- BugFix: When moving in the scroll pane, the selected position is incorrect
(#970) - BugFix: When the Diff pane was redisplayed, the scroll position of the Diff
pane was not appropriate. (osdn.net #42862) - Make "Do not close this box" checkbox in search window On by default (#941)
Image compare
Project file
Options dialog
- Add a feature to set items saved to or restored from the project file.
(PR #953)
Plugins
- New unpacker plugins:
- DecompileJVM
- DecompileIL
- DisassembleNative
Command line
- Added /c
column numbercommand line option - Added /EnableExitCode command line option
Shell extension
- BugFix: WinMerge's extended menu items were doubly inserted into the context
menu of Explorer's navigation pane. (osdn.net #42702) - BugFix: Right click - compare - is unclear (#249)
- Added a new DLL (WinMergeContextMenu.dll) for the Windows 11 Explorer context
menu (currently unstable and not registered by default) (PR #954)
Translations
- Translation updates:
Internals
- README.md: Make it clear that requirements are to build, not use the
application (PR #942) - compiler-calculated maximum value for
m_SourceDefs(PR #966)
Known issues
ShellExtension-1.18.0.0
Shell Extension for Windows 11 or later (3)
ShellExtension-1.17.17.0
Fix the problem that registration/unregistration of ShellExtension fr… …om the Options dialog does not work on ARM64 version.
ShellExtension-1.17.16.0
CreateMasterPotFile.vbs: ShellExtensionTemplate.rc → ShellExtension.rc
ShellExtension-1.17.15.0
Update Dutch.po (#921)
v2.16.14
WinMerge 2.16.14 Release Notes
July 2021
About This Release
This is a WinMerge 2.16.14 stable release.
This release replaces earlier WinMerge stable releases as a recommended release.
Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.
What Is New in 2.16.14
General
- Fixed an issue where the WinMerge process might not terminate even though the
WinMerge window was closed.
File compare
- BugFix: Fixed an infinite loop when "find what" in the substitution filters
is empty.
Folder compare
- BugFix: Fix an issue where a file is deselected when returning to the folder
compare window after opening the file compare window by double-clicking
the file in the folder compare window. (PR #857) - Right click context menu - Compare files or folders in a new tab (#232,#277)
Binary compare
- BugFix: Fixed an issue where window titles may not be updated
Image compare
- winmerge shows (differences) rotated image (winmerge/winimerge #20)
- Added following menu items to the context menu
- Rotate Right 90deg
- Rotate Left 90deg
- Flip Vertically
- Flip Horizontally
Options dialog
- Add preference option to clear "Don't ask this question again"
CompareLargeFiles choice (#772, PR #859)
Select Files or Folders dialog
Plugins
- BugFix: CompareMSExcelFiles.sct: "This picture only contains a bitmap" was
displayed when comparing Excel files that contain shapes. - BugFix: CString rangestr = (argc > 0) ? argv[0] : GetColumnRangeString();
(#853) - Improve plugin system (editor script) (PR #871)
- New unpacker plugins:
- PrettifyHTML
- PrettifyYAML
- ValidateHTML
- QueryYAML
- SelectColumns
- SelectLines
- ReverseColumns
- ReverseLines
- Replace
- New editor script plugins:
- PrettifyHTML
- PrettifyYAML
- SelectColumns
- SelectLines
- ReverseColumns
- ReverseLines
- Replace
- Updated Apache Tika to version 2.0.0
- Updated yq to version 4.11.1
Command line
- Added /l command line option (osdn.net #41528)
- Added /t, /table-delimiter, /new, /fileext and /inifile command line option
Installer
- Installer integrates with TortoiseGit and TortoiseSVN despite being told not
to (#878)
Translations
- Translation updates:
Internals
- BugFix: WinMerge doesn't build under Visual Studio 16.10.2 (#841)
- BugFix: x64: LINK : warning LNK4010: invalid subsystem version number 5.01;
default subsystem version assumed (#855) - BugFix: Project: heksedit cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown
option '/arch:SSE' (#861) - BugFix:ALL.vs2019.sln cl : command line warning D9035: option 'Gm' has been
deprecated and will be removed in a future release (#862) - Resolves: Add continuous code security and quality analysis (PR #844, #843)
- Improvement: Add check and error mesage in DownloadDeps.cmd that path to
7-zip exists (#864)
What Is New in 2.16.13 Beta
General
- BugFix: Register.bat did not work properly on the Chinese version of
Windows XP (#780) - Possibility to store settings in INI file (#248) (PR #750)
- FeatureRequest - Ignoring options - lack in "button menu" (#804)
File compare
- BugFix: Fix PHP syntax highlighting. (PR #782, PR #802)
- BugFix: BS key did not work at the beginning of the line after splitting
the pane or clicking the OK button in the Options dialog. - BugFix: The edited contents were discarded when the "Recompare As" menu item
was selected after editing the file - BugFix: Incorrect comparison (#834)
(This bug occured when enabling both the 'Ignore blank lines' option and
the 'Completely unhighlight the ignored differences' option.) - Add Smarty syntax highlighting. (PR #821)
- Thicken the caret in overwrite mode (osdn.net #42179)
Folder compare
- BugFix: Different Files are Identical? (#768)
(When comparing files with only BOM and no contents, the comparison result
became unstable because it referred to the uninitialized memory.) - BugFix: Fix a crash when re-comparing folders (osdn.net #42219)
Binary compare
- BugFix: The file could not be saved after creating a new one
- Made Unpacker plugins available for image compare and binary compare
Image compare
- BugFix: Error on try to show differences between two different gif (#784)
- Made Unpacker plugins available for image compare and binary compare
Plugins
- Improve plugin system (PR #797)
- Added categorized Unpacker plugin menu items to various menus
- Made it possible to specify multiple Unpacker/Prediffer plugins by
concatenating them with | and to specify arguments. - Allowed Unpacker/Prediffer plugins to be specified for multiple files at
once in Folder Compare window. The specified plugin will be visible in
the Unpacker and Prediffer columns - Add "(U)" or "(P)" to the tab title of the window opened by the
Unpacker/Prediffer plugin. - Allowed the plugin settings dialog to specify default arguments that will
be used when no plugin arguments are specified - Allowed plugins used by Automatic Unpacking/Prediffing to be excluded in
the plugin settings dialog - New unpacker plugins:
- ApacheTika
- PrettifyJSON
- PrettifyXML
- QueryCSV
- QueryTSV
- QueryJSON
- MakeUpper
- MakeLower
- RemoveDuplicates
- CountDuplicates
- SortAscending
- SortDescending
- ExecFilterCommand
- Tokenize
- Trim
- VisualizeGraphviz
- New editor script plugins:
- RemoveDuplicates
- CountDuplicates
- Tokenize
- Trim
- ApacheTika
- PrettifyJSON
- PrettifyXML
Translations
- BugFix: Fix an issue where a message is not translated.(PR #763)
- Translation updates:
Internals
- Update CWindowsManagerDialog (PR #811)
- Update CWindowsManagerDialog - check some pointers for null and made safe
casts (PR #824)
Known issues
v2.16.13
WinMerge 2.16.13 Beta Release Notes
June 2021
About This Release
This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of
WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.
Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.
What Is New in 2.16.13 Beta
General
- BugFix: Register.bat did not work properly on the Chinese version of
Windows XP (#780) - Possibility to store settings in INI file (#248) (PR #750)
- FeatureRequest - Ignoring options - lack in "button menu" (#804)
File compare
- BugFix: Fix PHP syntax highlighting. (PR #782, PR #802)
- BugFix: BS key did not work at the beginning of the line after splitting
the pane or clicking the OK button in the Options dialog. - BugFix: The edited contents were discarded when the "Recompare As" menu item
was selected after editing the file - BugFix: Incorrect comparison (#834)
(This bug occured when enabling both the 'Ignore blank lines' option and
the 'Completely unhighlight the ignored differences' option.) - Add Smarty syntax highlighting. (PR #821)
- Thicken the caret in overwrite mode (osdn.net #42179)
Folder compare
- BugFix: Different Files are Identical? (#768)
(When comparing files with only BOM and no contents, the comparison result
became unstable because it referred to the uninitialized memory.) - BugFix: Fix a crash when re-comparing folders (osdn.net #42219)
Binary compare
- BugFix: The file could not be saved after creating a new one
- Made Unpacker plugins available for image compare and binary compare
Image compare
- BugFix: Error on try to show differences between two different gif (#784)
- Made Unpacker plugins available for image compare and binary compare
Plugins
- Improve plugin system (PR #797)
- Added categorized Unpacker plugin menu items to various menus
- Made it possible to specify multiple Unpacker/Prediffer plugins by
concatenating them with | and to specify arguments. - Allowed Unpacker/Prediffer plugins to be specified for multiple files at
once in Folder Compare window. The specified plugin will be visible in
the Unpacker and Prediffer columns - Add "(U)" or "(P)" to the tab title of the window opened by the
Unpacker/Prediffer plugin. - Allowed the plugin settings dialog to specify default arguments that will
be used when no plugin arguments are specified - Allowed plugins used by Automatic Unpacking/Prediffing to be excluded in
the plugin settings dialog - New unpacker plugins:
- ApacheTika
- PrettifyJSON
- PrettifyXML
- QueryCSV
- QueryTSV
- QueryJSON
- MakeUpper
- MakeLower
- RemoveDuplicates
- CountDuplicates
- SortAscending
- SortDescending
- ExecFilterCommand
- Tokenize
- Trim
- VisualizeGraphviz
- New editor script plugins:
- RemoveDuplicates
- CountDuplicates
- Tokenize
- Trim
- ApacheTika
- PrettifyJSON
- PrettifyXML
Translations
- BugFix: Fix an issue where a message is not translated.(PR #763)
- Translation updates:
Internals
- Update CWindowsManagerDialog (PR #811)
- Update CWindowsManagerDialog - check some pointers for null and made safe
casts (PR #824)
Known issues
v2.16.12
WinMerge 2.16.12 Release Notes
April 2021
About This Release
This is a WinMerge 2.16.12 stable release.
This release replaces earlier WinMerge stable releases as a recommended release.
Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.
What Is New in 2.16.12
General
- GUI textstrings: grammatical corrections (PR #722)
- Added ARM64 support
File compare
- BugFix: Fix PHP syntax highlighting. (PR #751)
- BugFix: Strings in a multi-line diff block were not be replaced correctly
when the substitution filters' regular expression contained ^ - BugFix: Font size restoration with Ctrl+0 key did not work properly in
Hi-DPI environment - BugFix: Fixed a rare crash when enabling syntax highlight
- BugFix: Fixed an issue where inline scripts in HTML files were not
highlighted correctly - Make the width of the 'Find what' label in Find dialog a little wider
(osdn.net #42063) - Fix conflicting accelerators (osdn.net #42064)
- [Feature Request] Selection Count on Status Bar (#135)
- Add C# 6.0 reserved words to style list (PR #719)
- FR: Add a shortcut key go to next file (#721)
- Update PHP syntax highlighting keyword list. (PR #724)
- autoit.cpp - Macros >> User 1 ..... Variable >> User 2 (PR #749)
- autoit.cpp - #CS #CE support (PR #753)
- Interrupt a inline diff process when it takes too long
- Make the color of characters that represent spaces and tabs lighter than
other characters when the "View Whitespace" menu item is enabled - Added "Open Parent Folder" menu item to the context menu
Folder compare
- BugFix: Copy confirmation dialog has overlapped Yes/No Button (#739)
- BugFix: Comparison result was not updated by Swap operation in 3-way folder
comparison (osdn.net #41901)
Binary compare
- BugFix: Next File or Previous File button on the toolbar did not work if the
active window was a binary compare window or an image compare window. - BugFix: Only one pane was zoomed in/out in Ctrl+Mouse Wheel
Image compare
- BugFix: Next File or Previous File button on the toolbar did not work if the
active window was a binary compare window or an image compare window. - BugFix: The header bar widths were not calculated properly when the
'Split Vertically' menu item is unchecked.
Open dialog
- Make archive files openable as binary files from the pull-down menu.
Archive support
- BugFix: Fixed a rare crash when decompressing an archive file
Plugins
- BugFix: ATL: QIThunk - 2 LEAK in plugins e.g. DisplayBinaryFiles and
DisplayXMLFiles (#755)
Translations
- Translation updates:
What Is New in 2.16.11 Beta
General
- Make all OK strings same case (PR #593)
- Tab bar: Added shadows to help distinguish between active and inactive tabs
- Added drop-down menu to Open and Save icon on toolbar
File compare
- BugFix: Basic syntax highlighter is broken (osdn.net #41440)
- BugFix: File is corrupted while saving differences in changed file (Ctrl+S)
(#607) - BugFix: Fix an issue where the syntax highlighting scheme is not applied to
the split second File pane and the Diff pane when changing it.
(PR #624) - BugFix: The position selected by clicking while holding down the shift key is
incorrect. (sf.net #2237) - BugFix: Fix an issue where the comment filter might not work properly if the
file is non-UTF-8 and the comment contains non-ascii characters. - Add a feature to set up default highlighting by a file extension
(PR #627) - Add "Copy Selected Line(s) to/from Left/Right" feature (#463)
(PR #642) - If -b or -w is also specified, -B now considers lines to be empty if they
contain only white space (osdn.net #41355) - Added BOM checkbox to the Codepage dialog.
Folder compare
- BugFix: Program crash if you close a tab with the folder from where you
opened current file (#645) - BugFix: The title bar path was not updated when swapping files in a Zip file.
- BugFix: The codepage specified in the Codepage dialog did not affect the
files to be opened.
Image compare
- BugFix: The image on the right does not open if the file exists only on the
right (osdn.net #41721)
Open dialog
- Added Text, Table, Binary and Image menu items to the Compare button in the
"Select Files or Folders" window
Archive support
- Rar5 support (#644)
Options dialog
- BugFix: Fix an issue where custom colors are not saved.
(PR #648)
Plugins
- RCLocalizationHelper: Fix memory leaks (PR #596)
Installer
- Installer issue with Polish diacritics characters (#589)
Translations
- Translation updates:
Command line
- Single instance mode does not work when launched from Visual Studio 2019
(#622)
(Added /sw command line option)
Internals
- BugFix: Plugins\src_VCPP\VCPPPlugins.vs2017.sln can't open projects any
more because in revision 69455da the projects were renamed. (#598) - BugFix: OutputFile of plugin project DisplayXMLFiles is different that the
other projects (#600) - BugFix: WinMergeScript.rgs files in Plugins\src_VCPP projects are not found.
(#605) - BugFix: typeinfoex.h(189): warning C4701: potentially uninitialized local
variable 'pTypeLib' used (#605) - BugFix: Plugins project DisplayXMLFiles.vcxproj contains
"Unicode Release MinSize" configuration but was removed (#611) - Expression is always true (#612,PR #613)
- Plugins.cpp function SearchScriptForMethodName can be improved (#690)
Known issues
Merge7z1900.5
Merge7z: Bump revision to 1900.5