Changes log for Turbo Type

22.03.2008 - Version 1.38.006

• The code is now Digitaly Signed by us (Soft Grup Construct SRL). So now you are sure you will not get a virus by using our signed program.

19.03.2008 - Version 1.38.006

• When resuming from Hibernate the popup would not be visible anymore - FIXED!

14.03.2008 - Version 1.38.005

• Turbo Type can now add a space even if you use Enter or Tab to accept suggestions.

12.03.2008 - Version 1.38.004

• Small GUI enhancements.

10.03.2008 - Version 1.38.003

• Improved expand text feature to work with more keyboard layouts. (Thank you Mark for reporting the issue!)

08.03.2008 - Version 1.38.002

• oooops!... fixed a small bug :)

08.03.2008 - Version 1.38.001

• important new feature added: expand small words into text. Sign your emails in a snap, or create abreviations for email addresses.

04.03.2008 - Version 1.37.008

• enhanced the selection process so you will not accidentaly select a word
• you can now customize the time Turbo Type will wait before making a suggestion

03.03.2008 - Version 1.37.007

• you can now customize the size of the popup (this is for those how said that is is too biiig! :))

28.02.2008 - Version 1.37.006

• added the posiblity to define your onw words. We have tried to make this as easy as possible. Read the instructions here: Add your words to the dictionary

11.02.2008 - Version 1.37.005

• Corrected the French language translation. Many thanks to Guy Raedersdorf.

26.01.2007 - Version 1.37.004

• fixed a minor bug related to the maximum word length
• updated the installer languages
• default program languages is now what you have selected in the installer, so it does not default to English anymore

16.01.2007 - Version 1.37.003

• Added Francais, Deustch and Italiano as languages for the Graphical User Interface. If you spot wierd translations please let us know :)

15.01.2007 - Version 1.37.002

• Fixed a minor bug with the learning mode.

15.01.2007 - Version 1.37.001

• Changed the versioning style. Now the minor version is no longer the build number. The build number is next to the minor verion.
• The build number is also displayed in the GUI. Also it is more evident in the About dialog.
• Moved code to VC++ 2005. This meant using the string safe functions. This prevented some potentially serious bugs in the future.

21.12.2007 - Version 1.36

• Langage translations are now saved on the hard drive as language packs that can be edited by anyone who is interested.
• The current selected language is saved in the settings file
• default language is English

21.12.2007 - Version 1.35

• You can now dinamicaly switch languages between romanian and english.
• Moved the class that handles translations in its own file

21.12.2007 - Version 1.34

• Finished translaing the strings in the program.
• started working on the language selector

21.12.2007 - Version 1.33

• Started the program transaltion. Creating language packs.

10.12.2007 - Version 1.32

• changed the name of the window class so I can create an installer for it
• created installer for the free and complete edition
• The installer now checks if Turbo Type is already running

12.11.2007 - Version 1.31

• You can now completely reset a dictionary from the dictionary editor and start fresh

11.11.2007 - Version 1.30

• fixed some minor bugs in the dictionary editor relating to inserting words
• added force lower to all the words in the dictionary

11.11.2007 - Version 1.29

• Added delete word fucntion in the dictionary editor

11.11.2007 - Version 1.28

• Added a "Merger with dictionary" option in the dictioary editor. Now you can merge two dictionaries togheter.

11.11.2007 - Version 1.27

• I have splid the dictionary class in a base class and one that extends the base class. The base class is now a simple dictionary that will be used also by the dictionary editor tool.

10.11.2007 - Version 1.26

• Created a dictionary editor. This is an inhouse tool not available to public at this point in time.
• Modified the dictionary class to make it compatible with the dictionary editor. Basically added some more helper functions

10.11.2007 - Version 1.25

• Changed the ATOM check with a mutex check. This ensures that even if the application crashes you can easily launch it again without a restart. With the ATOM check you would have to reset the computer. :(

10.11.2007 - Version 1.24

• Activated the help system.

10.11.2007 - Version 1.23

• Cleaning up the code
• Created differences between the free and complete editions

02.11.2007 - Version 1.22

• Fixed a bug that was causing problems with letter/key detection.

29.10.2007 - Version 1.21

• Installed warnings if the user is using a keyboard layout that Turbo Type is not familiar with.
• Installed warnings for the case when the user selects a language that is not supported by this currently installed keyboard layout
• Fixed a bug - settings where not being saved at logoff or shutdown... wierd!

29.10.2007 - Version 1.20

• Found a smarter way to detect if a pressed key it is acually a letter or a function key.

29.10.2007 - Version 1.19

• Fixed a bug that caused Turbo Type to crash when used in a VMWare Virtual Machine.
• Found a better fix for the bug that was causing the application to hang

28.10.2007 - Version 1.18

• Completely Busted! - does not work at all!
• fixed a bug the was causing the application to hang if you would click on anything in the application menu

28.10.2007 - Version 1.17

• Mananged to add a mouse global hook that will close the popup on mouse clicks. This has fixed a problem when with the mouse one would change the active application or would move the cursor position.

28.10.2007 - Version 1.16

• Changed the memory model for the dictionary and stuff is not working way faster.
• Added memory leak check and all is great! No memory leaks!

28.10.2007 - Version 1.15

• Activated feature limitation for the free edition: autorun and learning mode

27.10.2007 - Version 1.14

• Added the licenceing dialog
• I had to reimplement the licening for this project due to its support for unicode

27.10.2007 - Version 1.13

• Changed title of the customisation dialog
• Found a solution for quick help when hover with the mouse over a control. Looks cool and it is usefull!

26.10.2007 - Version 1.12

• Init Common Controls is not located at the beginning of the application so that early messages also have XP style look
• Forcing only one instance at a time
• Added the About Dialog and the About option in Application Menu
• Static controls do not send mouse over notification so can not implement a cool hover mechanism

26.10.2007 - Version 1.11

• Implemented the autorun feature
• the dictionary file is now loaded from the same directory where the EXE file is located
• same goes for the settings file
• created the Welcome dialog to greet the user and give her a quick usage guide
• Also the location of the custom dictionary file is not in the same location as the EXE file

26.10.2007 - Version 1.10

• Created the inactive icon

25.10.2007 - Version 1.09

• Created the program active icon with all the color depths

24.10.2007 - Version 1.08

• Added frequency manipulation function to the dictionary. Those will come in handy for a future dictionary editor tool and for the learning mode
• Activated learning mode. This is not very smart at this point... needs some fine tuning

24.10.2007 - Version 1.07

• You can not use Ctrl + Space to activate the suggestions popup, just like you do in a IDE. Very cool!
• Optimised the default settings and setting keys

24.10.2007 - Version 1.06

• Activated XP look and feel for turbo type so it will not look like some old Win 95 application

24.10.2007 - Version 1.05

• The dictionary is now in binary format. Moving around the dictionary would change the encoding and this would block the dictionary loading

22.10.2007 - Version 1.04

• Turbo Type now waits 500 miliseconds before displaing the popup. Now if you type really fast Turbo Type will not stand in your way. Very handy feature

19.10.2007 - Version 1.03

• For debug builds a diagnostic window is now available
• Created the customisation dialog
• Settings are now persited on the hard drive

10.10.2007 - Version 1.02

• The program can not determine the name of the process that owns the foreground window. This will come in handy when implementing filters
• Now the suggestions popup follows the text cursor if it is able to find it on the screen
• Implemented Unicode support for this application. This will allow Turbo Type to use in the future a variety of languages with extended character sets