What's new in Embroidery Reader 2.2.5.0
Feb 25, 2019
- I’ve released Embroidery Reader 2.2.5 to fix the color index out of bounds error. Special thanks to Jean White and Rick Richter for sharing files that were causing the crash! Without those files, I wouldn’t have been able to figure out what was wrong.
- The version also checks the PEC format a little closer, and should hopefully provide debug messages when it finds something out of place.
New in Embroidery Reader 2.2.4.0 (Sep 21, 2018)
- Fixed some long standing and difficult to reproduce bugs and crashes.
New in Embroidery Reader 2.2.3.0 (May 17, 2016)
- Rewritten installer
- The installer for 2.0 2.1.1 was based on auto-generated code, and while it worked, it left much to be desired.
- Removes any previous versions that use the Wix-based installer when a new version is installed.
- Installs icon as a .ico file instead of a .exe file, to prevent Windows 8 and 10 trying to launch the icon instead of the application.
- Much, much cleaner and simpler to maintain.
- Now installs per-machine if the user account has permission to do so.
- Offering the option of “Everyone” or “Just me” can lead to multiple copies in Programs and Features.
- The installer should do a per-user install instead, if the account only has per-user permissions.
- Optimized design rendering
- Design rendering takes about 1/2 the time it did in version 2.1.0 should be closer to speed of version 1.5.1.
- Should use fewer resources and clean up after itself better.
- embroideryInfo utility has some new options
- Now requires debug for debug output.
- Now accepts all instead of a file name for debug and image, to process all files in the current working directory.
- Debugging changes to gather more information on a few bugs.
- Printing crashes seem to be the most common, so added some checks on the resolution data retrieved from printer.
- New functionality for ‘filter ugly stitches’ setting
- If enabled, stitches that appear to be movement-only will be filtered regardless of length.
- To see this new functionality, enable ‘filter ugly stitches’ setting with a large value like 500.
- Fixed several printing bugs
- Designs should now print about actual size on paper
- Fixed crash for printers that report general print quality setting instead of actual DPI
- Fixed a crash when no printers are installed, or no default printer is set
New in Embroidery Reader 2.1.0.0 (Mar 23, 2016)
- Displaying gibberish for some designs
- Crashes when trying to open certain files
- Some settings get saved when cancel button is clicked on preferences dialog
- Possibly other crashes related to opening files (generally improved robustness of file reading code)
New in Embroidery Reader 2.0.2.0 (Jan 12, 2016)
- Fix a repeating crash if the program is closed while minimized
- Fix a potential crash when window is resized before a design is loaded
- Fix the path used to look for translations (Fixes %MENU_FILE%, %MENU_EDIT%, %MENU_VIEW% and %MENU_HELP% text appearing in menu)
- Add some usage instructions to embroideryInfo utility output when run with no input specified
New in Embroidery Reader 1.4.0 (Feb 20, 2010)
- Fixed a crash on Windows 7.
- The crash was caused by saving the settings file in the installation folder which is a no-no on Windows 7. I suspect that the crash could occur on Windows Vista, but I’ve never seen it happen.
- This version also includes a number of changes under the hood, so to speak, but the majority of them won’t be visible unless you look at the code.
New in Embroidery Reader 1.3.1 (Aug 27, 2009)
- Fixed color number 15 - was lilac, it's now brown/brass. Thanks to Ryan Lovett and Robert Heel for reporting this one.
New in Embroidery Reader 1.3.0.25 (Nov 3, 2008)
- Changed code to use PEC section instead of PES data. It seems to be able to read all file types now. A big thanks goes to Michel Veerman for his help on this one.
- Added an option in the settings to 'filter' stitches of a certain length. Some designs look much better with it, others end up missing parts.
- Probably lots of small fixes, but I can't think of them right now.