PhraseExpress for Windows - Changelog

• Customizable form font size
• Improved WYSIWYG form display
• Improved Excel file import
• Minor issue with phrase creating/updating macro function
• AutoComplete created multiple triggers for individual items in rare situations.

• ChatGPT option in OpenAI integration
• Faster rendering performance of large forms.
• SmartComplete autotext option is now also applied for items without autotext settings
• Improved CSV import
• Fixed issue if no access rights are set for the phrase file root.

• Duplicate trigger filter
• *.DocX drag & drop support
• Clipboard Cache & Last Used folder sorting

• Form elements can now be conditional (form input macros are now processed in conditional IF-THEN and #CHECK macros). Learn more…
• Multi User Modus for portable mode (command-line parameter -portablemultiuser)
• MS SQL Server 2012 compatibility (not officially supported, provided as-is).
• Improved phrase import and copy/paste performance.
• Phrase menus now show contents of linked phrase folders.
• Dark/Llight can now be configured independently from system settings.
• Text color "auto" now supports dark mode (may need to re-applied for phrases imported from earlier PhraseExpress versions).
• Macro Recorder macros are now updated after edits.
• Recursive popup issue.
• Messagebox Cancel button behavior.
• Input box appearance in 100% DPI setting

• Macro function to use OpenAI in any program on your computer.
• New option to install without administration privileges for use in restricted environments.
• Faster database conversion from older PhraseExpress versions. Requires update of PhraseExpress SQL Client Manager.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 compatibility (Experimental. Official support for SQL Server 2012 has been discontinued by Microsoft). Requires update of PhraseExpress SQL Client Manager to v16.0.34.
• Phrase menus now also show phrase folder links.
• Fixed input macro display issue.
• Message box macro cancel button

• OpenAI Integration.
• Improved JPG compatibility.

• Phrases are now completely disabled (linked phrases disabled) if triggers are disabled.
• File paths in macro parameter now support Windows environment variables
• Floating menus can be created with drag & drop.
• Hidden SQL settings are now applied to the license database connection as well.
• Access restriction system now supports >1.000 ActiveDirectory workgroups
• Solved issue related to error message "parameter -d not found".
• Unformatted phrases are not inserted as formatted text anymore if containing macros had no name.
• Import correctly inherits parent folder settings.
• Rare issue on PhraseExpress shutdown resolved.

• Editable paragraph background-color
• Conversion of Mac/iOS .pxi files into new .pexdb format.
• Form phrase drop-down and dynamic folder.
• Minor dynamic folder tree issues (copy & paste, drag & drop in the tree).
• Sync user name with non ASCII char issue solved.

First release of major new version 16.

• Improved compatibility with earlier phrase file versions.

• Improved rich text formatting accuracy

• Macro Recorder can now trigger PhraseExpress by hotkey simulation.

• Updated phrase editor with many improvements.
• Notification if access-restricted phrases are put into a public recycle bin.
• Hotkeys consisting of one modifier key are now prevented.
• PhraseExpress autotext can now be triggered by Macro Recorder.

• Successive macros without a label were misinterpreted in rare constellations.

• File insert macro function could not insert *.txt files.

• Line Break (entered with keyboard shortcut SHIFT+Enter) and Page Break (CTRL+Enter) can be entered in the phrase content.

• Support for new DeepL API v2.
• Improved file embedding macro if nested in other macros.

• Improved interoperability with Macro Recorder.
• Language issue in the calendar date selection macro.

• When master user creates phrases/folders in other user's private folders, they also become private for the corresponding user.
• Personal phrase folders ignored access rights changes in the parent folder.
• If license key was licensed with SQL Client Manager first and the SQL phrase database was loaded afterwards, then personal phrase folders were not automatically generated.
• Problem with phrase edits by multiple users if phrase are located in the same folder.
• Problem with "Save as" if there is already a file with the same name at the destination.
• Problem with the form macro phrase drop-down selection if the selected phrase contains form elements.
• Problem when inserting a mixture of unformatted and Word-formatted phrases into Word.
• Fixed issue when embedding external files into a phrase.
• File merge issue in very rare situations.

• Optional classic tray icon (Can be configured in PhraseExpress Settings » Display).
• Improved handling when pasting formatted clipboard contents into PhraseExpress.

• Solved rare issue induced by the phrase menu.

• Improved phrase tabs workflow.
• Improved Microsoft Word formattting support.
• Notification on cancellation of phrase insertion.
• Stby wakeup issue resolved.
• Phrase output issues with specific regional settings resolved.
• Fixed unintended creation of new phrase.
• Zoom text display issue in macro input fields solved.

• Option to autostart PhraseExpress with Windows in diagnostic mode.
• Button to remove hotkey associations.
• Preview for phrase selection drop-down in forms.
• Solved issue when you type fast in the phrase menu search box.
• Potentially solved autotext detection issue after PC unlock/wakeup.

• Improved desktop menu search feature
• Scroll-wheel text zoom in macro input dialogs.
• Improved macro input auto-complete.
• Hotkey feature to pause autotext/hotkey detection for 5 seconds.
• Solved issue with built-in spell checker.
• Solved rendering issue of text zoom in phrase contents input box.
• Many minor issues.

• Improved parsing of macros nested in form macros.
• Phrase preview does not alter clipboard anymore.
• Solved incompatibility issue where PhraseExpress would block text input by Macro Recorder.

• Improved conversion of global variables (more info)

First release of major new version 15.

• DeepL text translation feature now supports non-breaking space in formatted phrases.

• SmartComplete option in expert autotext settings.
• Issues with embedded files in rare situations.
• Help links in the software.

• Relative backup storage paths
• Default values in checkbox drop-downs
• If using SQL database, master user could not see all phrases

• Improved cAPSLOCK blocking.
• InternetExplorer proxy server settings are used if no proxy server is configured manually.
• Support of new DeepL API key format.
• Improved compatibility with formatted phrases in phrase files of older versions.

• Improved phrase menu experience
• CapsLock key can now be used as a hotkey
• Warning if file export is incomplete due to access right restrictions.
• Improved phrase selection form macro.

• Tray icon menu option "Restart with administrative rights" when suitable.
• Phrase files can be pasted into the phrase tree with the clipboard.
• Optional bitmap auto-resize feature if large bitmaps are pasted into phrases.
• Cosmetic improvements

• Support for import of the updated TextExpander file format.
• Import/Export of entire phrase levels.
• Form items can be dynamically shown, regardless if they are a mandatory input.
• Import/Export of formatted phrase into the pxi/pxa format.
• Date calculation can now also output negative values.
• Increased tolerance of the keyboard hook against unusual session lock/unlock bursts.
• Increased tolerance for file system defects.
• Issues with global variables solved.
• AutoComplete filter issue solved.

• Enhanced settings for bitmaps within phrases (right-click bitmap).
• Improved support for PNG with transparent background.
• Improved selection menu placement with changed DPI settings.
• Crash problem when using very high DPI settings under Windows 10.
• Bugfix when using RegEx expressions in macro functions.

• Updated documentation URLs.
• Improved font selection in PhraseExpress editor.
• Improved arrow key navigation in phrase menu.
• Fixed rare crash issue on program startup.

• Improved Microsoft Outlook Add-In installation
• RTF formatted phrase import from older PhraseExpress versions
• PhraseExpress can now paste from the tray icon phrase menu, if hidden by Windows

• Macro source code view (experimental!)
• Improved phrase insertion cancellation on ESC.
• Increased max level of nested macros.
• Improved licensing when using a SQL server.
• Compatibility improvements for latest Windows 10 update.
• Improved backwards compatibility with former HTML-formatted phrases.

• Improved behavior if clipboard contains specific Excel related contents
• Improved output of linked phrases.
• #set macro now permanently stores variable contents into phrase file.
• Notification if Microsoft Word is not installed.
• Improved Email syntax check
• Support for Deepl API v2
• Improved translation of formatted phrases.
• Improved behavior if hovering the phrase menu with expanded sub-menus.
• Improved display of comments in phrases.
• Improved macro parser
• Solved issue with CTRL-click

• Improved error handling if macro functions link to non-existing phrases.
• Improved clipboard access right check of clipboard related macro functions.
• Support for super-/sub script and striked-through text.
• Improved processing of linked phrases.
• Empty items in form input drop-downs and form groups are now hidden.
• Global variables now support a selection of non-latin characters if using PhraseExpress with a SQL server.
• Flag "-required" in form input macros is now processed before additional macro processing.
• Improved syntax check for form input controls.
• Improved form group output with embedded macro functions.
• Form item visibility may now contain (basic) macro programming.
• In rare cases, space characters have not been output if directly prepending macro functions.
• Caps sensitive autotext issue fixed.
• Improved display of hints.
• Improved processing of specific nested macro functions.

• Deepl language support for Portuguese and Russian.
• Visibility vs form output processing
• Nested global vars vs phrase preview.

• First release of major new version.

Compatible with PhraseExpress v3 for Mac

Compatible with PhraseExpress v2 for iOS.

Compatible with Macro Recorder v1.

Changes:

• Form input macros now require an output definition (earlier PhraseExpress versions would fall-back to the label definition).
• Support for advanced Macro Recorder instead Mouse Recorder.
• Mouse control macros have become redundant with Macro Recorder support and are removed.
• Expert mode removed from user interface (expert mode features are still available).
• Support for Firebird SQL Server is deprecated. Please consider using a Microsoft SQL server.

PhraseExpress v13 first release

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PhraseExpress v12 first release

PhraseExpress v11 first release