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7Edit Professional Changelog

What's new in 7Edit Professional 2.7.2

Jan 18, 2022
  • Updated signature to avoid false positives from Windows Defender
  • Element Search
  • Added search by single date
  • Added search by number range
  • Added element path to the properties frame
  • Various bugfixes

New in 7Edit Professional 2.7.1 (Nov 11, 2021)

  • Element Search. Added search by date range.
  • Element Search. Can now create a new document from search results.
  • “Table Value Selection” dialog saves table column widths
  • “Properties” frame saves table column widths
  • Fixed Bug: RSP messages marked as rejected
  • Fixed Bug: Parser doesn’t respect the Structure-Id value (MSH-9-3)

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.10 (Mar 18, 2020)

  • Fixed Diff Tool showing false positive results
  • 'Open from Clipboard' no longer shows the preview dialog and opens right away
  • Fixed 'Get Element Path' option always disabled
  • Fixed memory leaks on large files
  • Fixed navigation tooltips

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.9 (Jul 5, 2019)

  • Fixed bug with cut/paste not marking document as modified
  • Fixed bug with the message sender ignoring the document segment delimiter setting
  • Fixed bug with the "View Messages" button not activating when the receiver session closes

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.8 (Jun 28, 2019)

  • Fixed bug with the application ignoring the default segment delimiter setting
  • Fixed text clipping in the structure frame

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.7 (May 27, 2019)

  • Fixed UI scaling issues on high resolutions (up to 4K)
  • Reworked “New Document” and “Add Message” dialogs
  • Added ability to get element path to the editor and structure view
  • Watch list items can be added directly using a label and element path
  • Reworked “Send Messages” dialog
  • Added a hotkey to send messages (Ctrl-F8)
  • Reworked quick find filters in the Definition and Table Editor
  • Added a button to the Structure view to show/hide empty elements in one click
  • Added ability to edit message structure when empty elements are hidden
  • Moved all XML import/export functions from the “XML” menu to “File->Import/Export”.
  • Removed “Document Properties” dialog. Added “Encoding” and “Segment Delimiter” dialogs.
  • Search not longer returns empty elements
  • Added an option to select a table value as a quick fix for invalid table values
  • Added “Copy to Clipboard” to system information dialog
  • Added an option to change segment name and delimiters color
  • Added “Delimiters” section to the Settings dialog
  • Added an option to show memory usage
  • Changed message navigation hot keys that were in conflict with text editor hotkeys (Ctrl+LEFT/RIGHT, Ctrl+Shift+LEFT/RIGHT)
  • Replaced validator profiles with a single configuration button
  • Windows XP and 2000 no longer supported
  • Fixed bug with clicking ‘x’ on a tab always closes the current document
  • Fixed bug with ‘Find Problem’ dialog not showing correct results

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.6 (Apr 16, 2018)

  • Fixed known Win10 incompatibilities
  • Added 64-bit version
  • Removed 7Edit 1.x compatibility mode
  • Removed serial connection support

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.5 (Sep 4, 2017)

  • Fixed scaling issues on high resolutions

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.4 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Fixed known incompatibilities with Windows 8 and 10
  • Renamed "Message" view to "Structure" view
  • Message structure view now shows element name before the description. If element type differs from the name, it is shown after the description.
  • Replaced "Document" view with "Messages" view. The "Messages" view contains more information about a message (num, name, description, date, control-id, etc.).
  • Reworked search to find message elements by name or description
  • Added "Navigation" menu
  • Added an option to go to a message by its control-id.
  • Watch list items can be dragged
  • Watch list items can be renamed from the context menu.
  • Validator no longer tries to validate a message without a definition
  • Quick fix can be invoked from a context menu (additional dialog no longer shown)
  • Right-clicking on a table item now selects it before showing a context menu
  • Slightly changed visual appearance of the Definition Editor
  • Fixed 'Show Table' not working if table editor wasn't closed
  • Fixed OBR segment editing bug
  • Added MDM_T03-T11 defintions to versions 2.4, 2.5 and 2.5.1
  • Added 'CE' and 'TS' values to the table 125

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.3 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Search results can be exported to CSV
  • Maximum number of returned search results can be specified in the search query
  • Added validator option to show a warning if segment is at wrong location (disabled by default)
  • Fixed bug:
  • OBX.5 parsed incorrectly (OBX.2 value not used)
  • Text selection ignoring OS color settings
  • Text antialiasing ignoring OS settings

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.2 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Various bug fixes.

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.1 (Oct 16, 2013)

  • Added an option to change editor font
  • Scaling text size automatically for high DPI displays
  • Elements marked as “Not Used” no longer validated
  • Automatically generating a message control-id for new messages
  • Reworked table editor
  • Added recent files menu option to the definition and table editor
  • Fixed bug: Application data stored to a wrong location if desktop folder was relocated
  • Fixed bug: Element tooltip showing incomplete description for CE and CWE subfields

New in 7Edit Professional 2.6.0 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Added HL7 2.7 and HL7 2.7.1 support
  • Updated tables to the lastest version
  • Added bytes order mark support for unicode files
  • Sender, receiver profiles and watch lists can be imported/exported

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.8 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug with not splitting messages correctly when pasting multiple messages from clipboard
  • Added an option to add a header when exporting to Excel and XML
  • Aded an option to open exported file when done

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.7 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Fixed a problem with the application requiring administrator priviledges to start on Vista/Win7

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.6 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug with “Save As” not working on some configurations
  • Fixed a bug with not identifying message bounds correctly when a file contains mixed line delimiters
  • Validator now handles “HL7xxxx” values properly in CE and CWE fields
  • Added “Extract Messages” function (extracts selected messages to a new document).
  • Other minor changes and bugfixes

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.5 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Fixed compatibility issues with MS Excel 2010
  • Fixed an error that could occur when exporting a report in Definition Editor
  • Fixed the paragraph character appearing in Diff Tool sometimes

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.4 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Added definitions: PPP_*, PPR_*, PPT_*, PPV_*, PRR_*, PTR_* to the version 2.5 and 2.5.1
  • Fixed bug: Validator fails when a timestamp contains a timezone but doesn't contain a year

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.3 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Added "Overview" feature to the "Watch" panel. Shows a table where rows correspond to messages and columns correspond to observable items.
  • Splitting messages automatically when opening a document using "Open from Clipboard"
  • Added definitions QBP_Q23, QBP_Q24 to 2.4, 2.5 and 2.5.1
  • Added definition ORL_034 to 2.5 and 2.5.1
  • Fixed bug: Application not able to open some files containing large messages and offers to import them
  • Fixed bug: Acknowledge rejected if it contains CA code instead of AA.

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.2 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed the problem with application not starting if some configuration files are broken
  • Hexadecimal sequences like \X0A\ no longer escaped automatically
  • Validator no longer shows "Field Required..." errors when corresponding option is disabled
  • Fixed problems with saving/restoring File-Export presets

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.1 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Changed the way application handles files with framing
  • File-Open no longer supports files with framing and should be used to open standard HL7 files
  • Custom HL7 files and files containing framing should be imported using File-Import function
  • Added File-Export function to allow exporting custom file formats
  • Removed "Framing" section from document properties dialog
  • Using squares instead of spaces to display invisible characters
  • Fixed very slow repaint when a document contains too many problems
  • Fixed wrong description of the segment array size problem

New in 7Edit Professional 2.5.0 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • General
  • Changed the architecture to support large files containing hundreds and thousands of messages (the largest file tested was 75M with 100K messages)
  • For performance and usability reasons editor displays only one message at a time. There is a way to navigate messages using buttons, hotkeys and "Find" function.
  • Added "File Import" function to allows opening custom HL7 files (including files with non-standard segment delimiters, formatting, log files, etc.)
  • Improved "Open From Clipboard function". User can now view and filter clipboard content before opening.
  • Added support for files containing message framing.
  • Added "Watch" feature to observe message fields and export them to Excel/XML
  • Changed the way application handles batch files. Batch segments (FHS,BHS, etc) no longer shown in the main editor. There is a special dialog that allows editing them and turning them on/off.
  • Removed "Messages", "Segments" and "Batches" panel. Replaced with "Message" and "Document" panel (see below)
  • Added an option to fill specific message header fields when creating a new document
  • Added "Message Sort" feature. Allows sorting messages by Date, Name, Control-ID, Size
  • Added a way to copy message content to the clipboard
  • Added an option to reopen previously open files on start
  • Added "Check for updates" item to the menu
  • Added "Quick Find" to the toolbar
  • Fixed a bug with broken formatting
  • Many other small changes
  • Document Panel
  • New panel that displays the list of messages in the current document. Replaces the old "Batches" panel.
  • Allows adding/removing messages
  • Allows copying selected messages to a new (or existing) document
  • Allows sending selected messages using a sender profile
  • Allows exporting selected messages to HL7-XML
  • Allows changing delimiters, name and version of the selected messages
  • Message Panel
  • New panel that shows structure of the current message. Replaces the old "Messages" and "Segments" panels.
  • Validator
  • Displaying problems for the current message only (for performance reasons)
  • Added an option to find a specific problem in the document
  • Added more quickfixes
  • Search
  • Merged message/segment/field search into one. The search may return mixed results now. There is a way to limit search to specific elements if necessary.
  • Added an option to search by element description (Patient, Insurance, Name, etc.).
  • Added an option to turn search by name/position on/off
  • Highlighting matching text in search results (if searching for a field value)
  • Fixed a bug with regexp search returning less results that expected
  • Limited search results to 5000 items max for better performance
  • Sender
  • Added a way to send a specific message or a range of messages
  • Added an option to stop sending if one of messages rejected
  • Removed an option to send file/folder. A file must be opened before sending
  • Receiver
  • Auto-acknowledge now correctly uses segment delimiter from the original message
  • Diff Tool
  • Diff Tool now works with documents instead of files and compares individual messages.
  • Added a way to quickly find/select required messages to compare

New in 7Edit Professional 2.4.0 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Enhancements
  • Windows 7 Support
  • Editor: Added messages numbers to the "Messages" view
  • Editor: Added an option to change font size
  • Editor: Improved Find/Replace performance
  • Editor: MSH-9-3 value no longer used to identify a message
  • Editor: Asking for a value for the field being added
  • Editor: Slightly changed the way "Quick Fix" feature works
  • Editor: Showing field name/description when editing a field using a dialog
  • Validator: Added a dialog to manage profiles
  • Validator: Added several new validation options
  • Validator: Added element name to the report
  • Sender: Completely rewritten for performance
  • Sender: Added a dialog to manage profiles
  • Sender: Added message counters (sent/accepted/rejected)
  • Sender: Added an option to skip sending messages that don't contain MSH
  • Sender: Filtering out FHS, FTS, BHS, BTS segments automatically when sending a batch
  • Receiver: Completely rewritten for performance
  • Receiver: Added a dialog to manage profiles
  • Receiver: TCP/IP timeout disabled by default to prevent closing session before client disconnects
  • Sender/Receiver: Showing message number in the log
  • Sender/Receiver: Replaced "Open", "Save" dialogs with "View Messages" dialog
  • Sender/Receiver: Added an option to filter messages sent and received by type and content
  • Definition Editor: Subfields in a field definition now have optionality setting
  • Definitions: Added SIU messages to the version 2.4 and up
  • Many other small changes and performance improvements
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Validator: Fixed problem with CQ element and table number validation
  • Sender: Fixed bug that didn't allow to send a message if empty framing was set
  • Definition Editor: Fixed a bug preventing from saving segment group notes
  • Definition Editor: Fixed a bug with table numbers not shown when editing a field definition
  • Definitions: Fixed wrong table number in MSG(2.6) field definition

New in 7Edit Professional 2.3.2 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Bugs Fixed
  • Sender splits a message incorrectly if any segment contains "MSH" substring
  • Validator indicates "" (double-quote) value as invalid in timestamps and numeric fields
  • Validator wrongfully shows "Expected more elements..." error when validating a field array with a definition that limits number of occurrences

New in 7Edit Professional 2.3.1 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Bugs Fixed
  • Fixed ORM_O01, ORR_O02, OSR_Q06 message definitions in v2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.3.1

New in 7Edit Professional 2.3.0 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Enhancements
  • Definitions can be exported and imported
  • Tables can be assigned to composite fields. Updated definitions accordingly.
  • Updated the validator to check composite fields with a table
  • Encoding can be specified in sender and receiver
  • Added 27 new tables
  • Added unicode example

New in 7Edit Professional 2.2.0 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Enhancements
  • Added encodings support, including Unicode
  • XML exporter uses UTF-8 to preserve non-Latin characters
  • Improved sender/receiver handling of non-Latin characters
  • Changed definition and table file format to handle non-Latin characters. Requires 7Edit 2.2 or higher to work with.
  • Added numbering to recent files
  • Dropped LST.N tag support in XML exporter and schema generator
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Fixed the problem with not accepting field names containing underscores
  • Fixed the out of memory issue when exporting large files to XML
  • Fixed several minor issues in Definition Editor
  • Fixed annoying flicker when closing a document using its tab

New in 7Edit Professional 2.1.1 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Bugs Fixed
  • Definition Editor: Fixed a problem with "May Repeat" field in the "Edit Field" dialog.

New in 7Edit Professional 2.1.0 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Enhancements
  • Added the option to inspect/edit data without holding the CTRL key (7Edit 1.x style)
  • Delimiters escaped automatically when changing a field value
  • Added milliseconds and timezone to the Date/Time editor
  • Added message search to the "New Document" and "Add Message" dialogs
  • Added "Add Required Fields/Segments" option to the "New Document" dialog
  • Double-clicking on MSH-2/MSH-1 invokes the "Delimiter Editor" dialog
  • Sender: Messages can be sent from a file/folder
  • Sender: Data can be send as the one block or splitted on submessages
  • Receiver: Sending "NACK" as the acknowledge if autoacknowledge cannot be generated
  • Definition Editor: Added "X" button to tabs
  • Validator: Improved the logic responsible for finding missing required segments and fields.
  • Validator: No longer showing a warning on empty required fields by default. This option can be turned back on.
  • Validator: Required segments/fields can be added in one step
  • Added QBP_Q22 and RSP_K22 message to the version 2.3.1 and up
  • Added check for updates
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Messages having mixed segment delimiters can be opened OK now
  • Fixed the problem which required re-entering a license key if system time was shifted
  • Fixed several frame/window size issues on Vista
  • Editor no longer looses focus when using menu shortcuts like Ctrl-S, Ctrl-V, etc.
  • Fixed the problem with editor loosing data formatting sometimes
  • Showing a combobox in the "String Editor" only if field has a table
  • Changed the order of OK and Cancel buttons in the Definiton Editor dialogs to match the rest of the application
  • Fixed the problem with multiple application instances starting sometimes when opening a file from the explorer
  • Fixed "Change Delimiters" logic to work with batches
  • Fixed a bug in the search logic preventing from searching by a partial message name
  • Several other minor issues fixed