There are lots of additions and usability improvements in version 1.30. The same features are now supported by ResourceBlender Express and ResourceBlender.NET. Notable features are bulk auto-translation and resource summary graphs.
Changes in ResourceBlender Express 1.30
- Added: Bulk automatic translation.
- Added: Multiple application export to XML spreadsheet.
- Added: Create Variant dialog.
- Added: Resource Summary graphs.
- Added: PO file meta data editor.
- Added: Next/Previous element buttons when translating.
- Added: Icons to resource types when exporting and flags to language selection dialog boxes.
- Changed: Chinese Simpilfied and Traditional are now recognized when automatically translating.
- Changed: The inputs for a translation are now disabled when an automatic translation request is in progress.
- Changed: Shortcut keys can now be used when editing an element.
- Changed: When adding/editing an element, the sort order of the grid is now retained when saving.
- Fixed: Bug when importing PO files which caused the import to fail if two untranslated strings with plurals shared the same first 15 characters.
There's loads of new functionality in 1.20, including support for custom resource templates, maintenance tools like a duplicate and unused resource finder and automatic translation with Google Translate.
Changes in ResourceBlender Express 1.20
- Added: One click machine translation using Google Translate.
- Added: Unused resource finder.
- Added: Duplicate resource finder.
- Added: Templates for custom resource formats.
- Added: Column sorting to resources grid.
- Added: Help file.
- Added: Filters to resources grid.
- Changed: If a translation is too long to fit in the column in the resources grid, a tooltip is now displayed and the text is shown with an ellipse instead of being truncated.
- Changed: The number of resources displayed is now shown in the resources grid.
- Changed: When there is only one language in an application, the expander for other languages is now hidden when editing elements.
- Changed: When merging resources, translator comments are also merged.
A lot has been added in this version. The UI looks nicer and more of the features from ResourceBlender.NET have been ported over.
Existing resource files can be imported, and backups can be imported/exported between both versions.
Changes in ResourceBlender Express 1.10
- Added: Find Resources dialog.
- Added: Import from existing .properties, .resx and .po files.
- Added: Button to Edit Element form to show fields in a larger editor.
- Added: Translator comments to each translation.
- Added: Backup & Restore to XML.
- Added: Option to zip files or output them unzipped.
- Added: Nicer message dialogs.
- Added: Context menus.
- Added: Icons to buttons.
- Added: Status bars throughout the application to notify when database operations are in progress.
- Changed: Row colours on the elements grid now alternate to make distinguishing rows easier.
- Changed: Quick edit buttons on resource summary window are now disabled when an application contains no bundles or languages.
- Changed: Scrolling the application summary is now smoother.
- Fixed: Editing resources for an application where the only language is a custom language code no longer generates an error.
