Change Summary:
15 November 2014 - UnicodeConverter v2.1 Java & .NET versions
- Refactored and added documentation
- Added progressbar
- Added support for docx/xlsx formats
- Added support for PowerPoint presentations
- Added unit tests
- Improved keyboard accessibility
- Updated JACOB library to version 1.18-M2 (dropped support for XP) (Java only)
- Upgraded to .NET 4.0 (.NET only)
8 August 2009 - UnicodeConverter v2.0
- Upgraded to Java 6
- Refactored using generics and SwingWorker
- Revamped localization code
- Fixed a bug with releasing Excel COM object
8 August 2009 - UnicodeConverter.NET v2.0
- Upgraded to .NET 2.0
- Refactored using generics and BackgroundWorker
- Revamped localization code
- Fixed a bug with releasing Excel COM object
- Added Setup project
14 November 2005 - UnicodeConverter v1.3 Java & .NET versions
- Refactored using Design Patterns to improve code reusability, program extensibility and maintainability
- Updated JACOB library to version 1.9.1 (Java only)
- Changed the letter case of method names to follow the naming convention as described in .NET Framework Naming Guidelines (.NET only)
27 May 2005 - UnicodeConverter v1.2 Java version
- Added support for Unicode Composite (Decomposed or NFD), ISC, and NCR (windows-1252, iso-8859-1) encodings
- Added file drag-and-drop support
- Localized user interface
- Optimized conversion module
- Updated JACOB package to version 1.9 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jacob-project)
19 April 2005 - UnicodeConverter v1.2 Windows & 1.2 .NET versions
- Added support for Unicode Composite (Decomposed or NFD) and NCR (windows-1252, iso-8859-1) encodings
- Added file drag-and-drop support
- Localized user interface
- Optimized conversion module
21 August 2004 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.9 Windows & 1.1.3 .NET versions
- Added support for conversion of Excel workbooks
- Improved VIQR conversion
- Corrected invalid characters in URLs as a result of converting VIQR text to Unicode
- Improved, faster Word conversion
21 August 2004 - UnicodeConverter v1.1 Java version
- Added support for conversion of Excel workbooks
- Improved VIQR conversion
- Improved, faster Word conversion
- Upgraded to Java 1.4 features
12 October 2003 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.9, Java version
- Improved conversion speed
- Worked around a bug in Mac OS X's Java 1.4.1 Update 1 that crashes UnicodeConverter, which works in earlier versions of 1.4.1
2 August 2003 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.8a, Java version
- Updated jacob.dll file. Sun's implementation of JNI Get<Type>ArrayElements() function was changed between 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 (Bug ID: 4834329), which caused UnicodeConverter to fail on Word document conversion in JRE 1.4.2
10 March 2003 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.8, Java & Windows versions; v1.1.2, .NET version
- Added support for conversion of Rich Text Format (RTF) files
20 December 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.7, Windows version
- Added support for conversion of Word documents via JACOB, an open-source JAVA-COM Bridge (http://danadler.com/jacob)
10 December 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.1.1, .NET version
- Source encoding, working directory, and file filter are remembered
- Added support for 'D-' and 'd-' in VIQR encoding
- Fixed treatment of VPS Hoa font names
- Added support for converting Word document's Title property
8 December 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.6, Windows version
- Fixed broken TCVN and VNI conversion on systems with default encodings different from Windows Latin 1
- Source encoding, working directory, and file filter are remembered
- Added support for 'D-' and 'd-' in VIQR encoding
- Fixed treatment of VPS Hoa font names
7 December 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.7, Java version
- Fixed broken TCVN and VNI conversion on systems with default encodings different from Windows Latin 1
- Better integration under Mac OS X
- Source encoding, working directory, file filter, check box state, and window positions are remembered
- Command line works with relative paths for output files
- Added support for 'D-' and 'd-' in VIQR encoding
- Conversion of entire directories with "All Files" chosen works
- Fixed treatment of VPS Hoa font names
- Utilized Ant build tool (http://jakarta.apache.org/ant)
18 October 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.6, Java version
- Added support for conversion of Word documents via JACOB, an open-source JAVA-COM Bridge (http://danadler.com/jacob)
- Fixed a Unicode bug related to Variant(string) type in JACOB JNI implementation
25 September 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.1, .NET version
- Added support for conversion of Word documents
- Ported J++ version to C#
14 August 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.5b, Windows version
- Fixed the Status Panel so that it could automatically scroll to the bottom of the list
- Minor improvements
7 June 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.5a
- Fixed a bug involved with TCVN font names
18 April 2002 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.5
- Improved default browser launching
- Improved VIQR conversion
20 December 2001 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.4a
- Shortened the program filename from UnicodeConverter.jar to Uni.jar to allow for easier entry at command line
- Expanded support for Numeric Character References (NCR) for characters from \x00A0 to \x00FF, applicable to VPS and VISCII only
15 October 2001 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.4
- Integrated command-line capability to the program
- Added support for "*" character for VIQR encoding
- Added support for Numeric Character References (NCR) for characters from \x0080 to \x009F, applicable to VPS and VISCII only
- Added support for charset=x-user-defined
22 August 2001 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.3
- Added suppport for converting an entire directory, including its subdirectories. This expanded capability allows conversion of an entire website to Unicode UTF-8
- Fixed a bug with displaying in Linux/Unix environment
- Added a status panel showing names of files successfully converted
18 June 2001 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.2
- Set HTML Files as the default file filter
- Added support for charset=us-ascii
17 May 2001 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.1
- Added support for TCVN3 (ABC) encoding
20 April 2001 - UnicodeConverter v1.0.0
- First public release
- Included support for VNI, VPS, VISCII, and VIQR/Vietnet
- Added graphics user interface (GUI)
26 January 2001 - UnicodeConverter v0.5.0
- Designed core conversion algorithm in Java
- Completed the command-line executable function