Version 6.4.9138

  • Quick select mode for output format: try Ctrl-Alt-O or Ctrl+Click on the "out" tile
  • Custom sort order for fields/languages
  • Language selection dialog shows tooltip for truncated languages
  • When running in command line mode, fewer dialogs are displayed, and performance improves a little.
  • General streamlining saves a Megabyte of disk space and a few milliseconds of loading time. Not much left to optimise :-)
  • Fix: Crash with several languages when importing in Trados Studio. Reported for Bosnian, Hungarian, and Nynorsk (Norway). Probably some others failed, too.
  • Fix: If the start up coordinates of the main window were invalid, e.g. when changing between different screen setups, the converter would be "displayed" outside the screen and be invisible.
  • Fix: When using "group & hide fields", ungrouping was expanding to the left of the group, not the right. This affected MS Excel, Libre Office was OK
  • Fix: Errors in hyperlink detection when converting to sdltb
  • Fix: Conversion BeGlobalEts -> Multiterm crashed (no a very common operation, I guess :-)
  • Fix: Selection for bilingual format listed unavailable target languages



Version 6.4.8992

  • Fix: When "MultiTerm termbase" was the output format, and it was activated in the performance settings, conversion worked. But when closing and reopening the converter, an error message about an unsupported format popped up, and the output formats was reset to xlsx
  • Fix: Loading a settings file that was created on a computer with a different Windows language could crash the converter
  • Fix: duplicate lines in a localisation file caused the converter to freeze, rather than reporting the error
  • Fix: the hover help, started with the [?] button, stopped working when switching settings pages
  • Fix: the format display in the main window did not always react to settings changes
  • Hover help now also works for disabled items



Version 6.4.8977

  • Supports Trados 2024
  • Format settings: The lists of formats are now sorted
  • Performance settings: adding/removing formats now has an immediate effect on other settings
  • Performance settings: option to skip Trados connectivity test
  • It's possible now to use localised help files.
  • Main window changes colour when it gets/loses focus
  • Change in font size to allow longer option names in main window
  • Removed the Repair tool from the distribution, since it is only relevant to old versions 
  • Fix: when the field definition contains the same field on different levels, and some of them were set to "ignore", they were deleted completely when saving settings  or closing the app.
  • Fix: Force bilingual files: crash when creating more than one file, using xlsx as output format
  • Fix: Force bilingual files: headerless xlsx files still had a formatted first line 
  • Fix: When the termbase option "detect web addresses" was active, links sometimes were corrupted


Version 6.4.8912

  • More robust and useful error logging
  • Localisation finally caught up wit the code again
  • Fix: when creating xlsx files, terms were randomly lost. This only affected.Excel; Libre Office and other tools were fine
  • Fix: xlsx files could have column widths of 0, depending on Windows Region settings (decimal point vs decimal comma)
  • Fix: txt output added an extra blank at the end of each file


Version 6.4.8865

  • I had to stop using a 3rd party Excel component, affecting a few features. None of them are critical, I think, but feel free to disagree :-)  See Excel Limits for more information.
    • Hidden sheets/rows/columns are always processed, no ignored
    • Fast/Large Excel modes are now default, no longer optional
  • Log and warn user if xls output is used for more than 65,534 entries
  • changed the hot keys on the main screen. Alt + I now opens the file dialog for input files and Alt + O  the output settings
  • Fix: Fields in TBX were lost. Side effect of another fix in 6.3.8789
  • Fix: Depending on formatting (whitespace) of the source, history fields in TBX may have had their contents overwritten by the defaults
  • Fix: Depending on formatting (whitespace again) about half of tbx input got dropped.
  • Fix: when converting an input file with the extension .xml into xdt/xml output, there was an error about a file already open
  • Fix: intermittent crashes with this error: "The type initializer for 'Sdl.MultiTerm.Tools.GlossaryConverter.Languages.LanguageFinder' threw an exception.
  • Fix: converter could not handle input files that are open in Excel
  • Fix: Error when trying to convert to xls when "large file mode" in excel settings is off


Version 6.3.8789

  • Bilingual output can now be created for any format, e.g to split a en-de-fr termbase into en-de and en-fr glossaries
  • Removed Romanian from the UI language list, massively outdated by now, and no translators
  • Fix: using sdltm format with Studio 2022 SR2 failed
  • Fix: canceling the fields dialog cold lead to lost fields
  • Fix: cancelling a conversion could leave files locked and require a restart
  • Fix: Clicking on "Add" in the fields dialog could freeze the conversion, depending on Windows screen settings
  • Fix: When specifying an output folder that does not exist and that cannot be created, conversion crashed
  • Fix: Setting the tbx description field to "ignore" caused a crash
  • Fix: robust handling of import entries (tbx and xml) that contain languages without a term group
  • Fix: the donate buttons did not work properly any more



  • Version 6.3.8724
  • Option to group and hide fields in .xlsx and .ods
  • Freeze top row in xlsx files
  • Formatting in xlsx much faster
  • Formatting now also applied to ods files
  • Can handle very large Excel input without memory errors (from the Excel side. If you convert to sdltb, those limits still exist)
  • If excel is in Excel in no-synonym mode, and the source data does contain multiple terms, the first term is used. It wongly was the last before.
  • Option to export in Trados TMX format, to preserve fields when importing in studio
  • Robust handling of input that defines a language but no terms in it
  • Rewrote language handling and added more languages. Mostly invisible for users
  • multiline spreadsheets now don't repeat index fields if "don't repeat source" is set
  • Optional: multiple instances of picklists on the same level are merged into one
  • Optional: multiple identical fields are merged into one.
  • Fix: converting tbx > xml put the termEntry id in a new field, instead of using it as the concept id
  • Fix: xdt/xml file conversion could cause file access error when also using template termbase
  • Fix: tbx > MultiTerm caused a crash when there were xml entities in the history, like R&D
  • Fix: users were unnecessarily asked to confirm ignored fields at conversion start
  • Fix: Index fields in multiline mode spreadsheets could get duplicated
  • Fix: Crash when Writing Excel Multicolumn format, when a term is not there in all languages


Version 6.2.8543

  • New Excel format: MultiColumn 
  • Experimental support for MultiTrans xcs files
  • Option: replace char entities when reading from xml formats
  • Word wrap for long tool tips
  • Installer sets up Excel <> sdltb as default maps
  • Reduced log file size
  • Store term count in log files
  • Fix: Added lost Bulgarian UI again
  • Fix: Command line mode sometimes popped up notification windows
  • Fix: Settings/Performance/Do not format Excel value was reset to default when closing the program
  • Fix: Multiline Excel output sometimes asked for synch column twice



Version 6.2.8422 (replaces 6.2.810, 6.2.8408 which had installer bugs)

  • Field sorting made optional (see settings\formats\general)
  • New options to improve conversion time for large files
  • Double click on UI language or theme immediately applies the change
  • Localisation finished; thanks to Jay Chen for picking up Chinese!
  • Fix: Nasty bug in reading sdltb files could randomly drop entries        
  • Fix: creating sdltb files failed with a -4 or -1 error (side effect from earlier change)
  • Fix: tmx files containing empty fields caused an error
  • Fix: excel files that define term fields, but no term, caused an error
  • Fix: languages without terms could crash Excel output
  • Fix: some xlsx file throw this error: Requested value '1024x768' was not found
  • Fix: creating passolo glossaries with the sort fields option on could result in invalid files
  • Fix: another attempt to avoid losing field settings
  • Fix: tool tips only activated by mouse hover, no longer by using tab or hotkey
  • Fix: Deactivating MultiTerm support could lead to a crash on next program start


  • Version 6.2.8296
  • Added Russian, Swedish and Italian localisation
  • Fields sorted alphabetically, where possible
  • TBX support for V2 Basic
  • Improvement in making generated TBX files conform to standards
  • Loads of tinkering with TBX to preserve data in round trips, handle subfields, and a few bug fixes
  • Better error log for problems with unprocessed Xml
  • Replaced the default field separator to from ‖ to ~, since it is easier to read and type. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause
  • Fix: when converting from sdltb, data could get lost (side effect of a performance improvement in 6.2.8189)
  • Fix: when saving and loading settings, output formats were not preserved
  • Fix: in some cases, field definitions got lost after a conversion
  • Fix: in some localisations the buttons in the error window disappeared
  • Fix: in some setups, sdltm format was not shown, even when Studio is present
  • Fix: some memoq termbase exports caused errors with empty entries
  • Fix: only write debug files in debug mode
  • Fix: allow displaying latest MultiTerm version in error log
  • Fix: when using command line mode to convert to sdltb, and passing in relative file names, the target file was not created

 


Version 6.2.8189

  • Studio 2022 ready
  • Improved startup time and display
  • Moved advanced settings to proper settings
  • Possible to set bilingual default language by name or language code
  • All separators can now have multiple characters, including whitespace
  • Less intrusive notification for updates
  • Option to install upgrades directly from the app, without having to go elsewhere for download
  • Option to disable overwrite warning
  • Option to choose output folder
  • Option to disable LibreOffice and MultiTerm support. saving a few seconds at startup
  • Support for latest LibreOffice versions
  • Option to open created files immediately (e.g. start Excel for xlsx output)
  • Added quick options and access to fields editor to the main window
  • New theme: Mint
  • Generally tweaked colours in themes 
  • Larger main window, and larger font in dialogs (The old eyes ain't what they used to be B-)
  • Fix: large sdltm conversion ran into timeout. Increased the waiting time.
  • Fix: empty lines in Excel could cause errors
  • Fix: when loading an external settings file, making changes and then closing, the settings were lost
  • Fix: intermittent failure when using bilingual default languages
  • Fix: failure when creating ETS xml, depending on input data and sequence
  • Fix: crash when canceling merge field dialog
  • Fix: Termbases using entry fields with subfields caused error when converting to spreadsheet



Version 6.1.7946

  • History fields (create and modify date and user) are preserved in sdltb, xdt+xml, tmx
  • Optional: history field support in excel
  • Filter by history fields possible
  • Support for sub fields in sdltb, xdt, spreadsheet and tbx3 formats
  • Lots of TBX 3 fixes and enhancements
  • SDLTM format supports reading and writing fields
  • TMX attribute "tuid' can be exported and imported
  • Robust handling of invalid tmx ("lang" attribute instead of "xml:lang")
  • Robust handling of Excel files with wrong extension (xls <-> xlsx)
  • Can use >>X...<< tag in spreadsheets to exclude columns
  • Multiple instances of a field are now preserved in Spreadsheet <-> Termbase conversions
  • Merging now merges picklist values instead of adding multiple fields
  • Option to create multiple language pairs for bilingual formats, using a wildcard *
  • Option to set default source and target languages for bilingual output (to avoid the selection dialog)
  • Rearranged settings tabs
  • New tab "Formats" with better (I hope) selection of output formats
  • Moved "Template termbase", "Export entry number" and "Unprocessed XML mode" to "Termbase" tab
  • Option to skip check for changed settings when closing dialog
  • Status display on main window now indicates excel history mode, but no longer master termbase
  • The "out" tile now acts as a button to open file type selection
  • When converting from Excel, assume that unknown columns are entry or term fields, saving another few clicks :-)
  • Fix: Excel column headers with trailing blanks caused crashes when converting to sdltb
  • Fix: Some Excel fields caused crashes (mistake in date format parsing)
  • Fix: Some non-terminology sheets, like pivot tables, caused crashes 
  • Fix: Fields containing commas were not exported properly to csv files
  • Fix: error with some characters (unicode > 0xFFFF), e.g. emojis
  • Fix: ets xml output caused an error for some languages, most notably Chinese
  • Fix: "unprocessed XML" option did not get applied any more
  • Fix: empty sdltm files did not show any language field
  • Fix: filtering for non-empty terms failed
  • Fix: Dialog warning about restarting after UI changes wouldn't close on some systems 
  • Fix: trying to convert input with no languages, and clicking "Yes" on the warning dialog for this caused a crash



Version 6.0.7588

  • Formulas in Excel files now get resolved (use displayed value, not the underlying formula string)
  • Improved display of non-string Excel cells (dates and currencies in particular)
  • Fix: merging files into an sdltb and converting that back to a spreadsheet could cause errors
  • Fix: if some entries were missing entry fields, a conversion a to spreadsheet could have data placed in the wrong columns
  • Fix: converting large file to xlsx, using large file mode, crashed after finalising the conversion
  • Fix: Older versions of MultiTerm/Trados could cause null value errors while analysing a file 
  • Fix: Can now convert a spreadsheet while it is open in Excel



Version 6.0.7527

  • Compatible with Studio 2021
  • Handle invalid characters in tmx gracefully
  • Stop processing for certain errors to avoid unnecessary log entries



Version 6.0.7491

  • Fix: Out of Memory Error when loading certain xml files without line breaks
  • Previous build caused false positives on some virus scanners



Version 6.0.7483

  • Fix: Error when using merge:Unable to load DLL 'SQLite.Interop.dll'
  • Fix: Using SR as a language code in input data caused an error
  • Fix: Using ods as output format when merging caused an error



Version 6.0.7449

  • Excel no longer required for spreadsheets, thanks to the NPOI project
  • Initial support for TBX V3, including field mapping
  • SDLTM support
  • Swedish UI, thanks to Stefan Johansson
  • If the app window is outside of the screen, e.g. after a screen resolution change, move to top left of screen
  • When you cancel the edit dialog with unsaved changes, a warning is displayed
  • xdt and tbx can now use either iso, SDL MT, or Trados codes, e.g. no-NO, nor, or NB for Norwegian (Bokmål)
  • Tmx input now can handle large files
  • New installer replacing deprecated technology
  • Fix: I/O error on startup in some cases
  • Fix: cope with various empty fields in TBX import
  • Fix: prop elements when reading TMX could cause errors
  • Fix: using a template termbase could cause a "value cannot be NULL" error
  • Fix: ignoring a field or language during conversion of a termbase caused a crash
  • Fix: language names with comma properly exported to csv
  • Fix: using a field called "entry number" and selecting "export entry number from termbase" caused an error 
  • Fix: don't play finished sound when canceling conversion


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