Multi-Language Add-In for Visual Studio

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Date

Description

• Internal restructuring improves reliability
  
• Version 3 has no new features.
  

• Filter using regular expressions.
  

• New logic for the limitation in the unlicensed version (up to 50 translations from the global database, up to 100 translations in total).
  Naturally, these limitations do not apply to a licensed version.
  

• Some limited support for ASP.NET projects added.
  

• Global database of commonly used translations
  

• Structured three-worksheet Excel Import/Export
  

• Template file MlString.vb updated to handle solution names containing spaces.
  

• Speed improvement during source code scan.
  

• Runtime Language Switching extended to C++ projects.
  

• First version with support for Smart Device projects.
  

• Support for Runtime Language Switching.
  Change the language of the user interface at any time when the application is running.
  
• Quick initialisation of the grids from the project database.
  The Add-In can now reinitialize the two grids based on information cached in the project database. This means that it is not necessary to rescan the project each time the Add-In is used. You can enable this feature by turning off the automatic rescan in the project properties dialog.
  
• Hide properties in the controls tab.
  Properties listed in the controls tab may now be hidden. This is similar to mechanism for the source code tab (but at present not identical). Toggle the hidden state by clicking on the sun or moon icon. Show or hide 'hidden' properties via the "+-" drop down menu.
  Hide or show all properties with a given name, e.g. AccessibleDescription, via a context menu on the sun or moon icon in the controls tab.
  
• Select individual properties for translation.
  New check boxes in the controls tab allow individual properties to be selected for translation.
  Enable or disable translation of all properties with a given name, e.g. AccessibleDescription, via a context menu on the check box in the controls tab.
  
• New commands in the expand/collapse menu (for the controls tab only) to expand the tree to 1, 2, 3 or 4 levels.
  The expanded state of the nodes in the controls grid is now saved in the project database and restored when you restart the Add-In.
  
• Quick Export to resources.
  Using this option, the Add-In stores strings directly to the resource file, bypassing the controls. This may not work with all (third party) controls.
  (Starting with version 3, this is the only supported method).
  
• Handling of escape sequences in C# and C++ strings.
  
• Property filtering technique used to determine which properties will be read from the resource file. Properties which are not selected will not be read from resources. (Later removed).
  
• New command to remove all calls to ml_string() in the tools menu.
  

• Bug fix adding language containing inverted comma (e.g. People's republic of China)
  
• Source code scan now excludes the function InitializeComponent, rather than attempting to exclude the region of code generated by the forms designer.
  

• New commands "Goto next conflict" and "Goto next missing translation" added to the context menu.
  

• Font selection dialog now supports font size. Both font name and font size are stored on a per language basis.
  

• Bug fix for entering Asian characters, in particular Thai.
  
• Automatic source code scan can be disabled via the (new) project properties dialog. The results of the most recent scan are then loaded from the project database
  
• Bug fix for crash scanning very large projects
  

• Bug fixes in Search function.
  
• Controls scan logic updated to handle the Infragistics UltraWinToolbar control.
  

• Constraint added to project database to prevent duplicate translations for a single string ID and language ID.
  

• 'public class ml' changed 'internal class ml' in the template file MlString.cs.
  
• Character literals '\"' and '"' are now ignored.
  
• Error dialog shown if project database is read only.
  
• User interface disabled during long operations.
  

• Component VSUserControlHost.dll replaced with MLUserControlHost.dll, to fix initialisation problems on some systems. No change to the functionality.
  

• Support for Windows Forms Applications in C++ added
  (Visual Studio .NET 2003 only)
  

• Correction to handling of \" embedded in a C# string.
  

• Similar change at additional places in the program, to avoid an InvalidCastException with Components which are not "Components".
  

• Bug fix to handle forms containing "components" which do not inherit from Component, for example a DataSet. This error could be generated by the GridEx sample from Janus Systems.
  

• Minor fix to a problem exporting strings to resources, which occasionally caused languages to get mixed up.
  

• Error selecting "Advanced Copy" from context menu in title bar of grids fixed.
  

• C# support added
  

• Problems on first use of the Add-In with the error message COM object that has been separated from its underlying RCW can not be used and subsequent associated errors fixed.
  

• First public version of the Multi-Language Add-In for Visual Studio .NET, with support for Visual Basic applications.