What's new in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 2.1.5.0

Sep 15, 2016
  • Allow copy to clipboard even in case of parsing error.
  • Stricter control when loading/applying mandatory and optional masks (undefined fields are silently removed).

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 2.1.4.0 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Allowed to send the parsed message to clipboard

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 2.1.3.0 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • fix bad field adress given to plugin DLL when header lenght is not nul.

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 2.1.2.0 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • fix the wrong number of field (129) in the error message when field cannot be parsed. (error introduced in version 2.1)

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 2.1.1.0 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • only show bitmap parts that are not empty

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 2.1.0.0 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • allow for variable fields to be present with a nul length (ACI's Base24 compliance ?)
  • support for skipping headers when parsing
  • show the bitmap and allow to select, copy and paste it.

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 2.0.0.0 (Apr 22, 2014)

  • initial support of third bitmap (using reserved field 65)
  • fix : no longer discard extended characters (in the range 0x80-0xFF)
  • length of field can be defined up to 65535 (USHORT_MAX) (although it is not possible to paste such a long string into a Windows edit control)
  • better checking of errors when applying message definition masks

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 1.0.4 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • if exiting with modification not saved, ask for a confirmation
  • add 'Clear' button to start a new protocol definition (message to parse is kept)
  • ensure field definition is automatically visible when inserted/updated without scrolling 'manually'
  • fix regression : 'Apply' button now apply masks to current message
  • fix regression : list of fields in 'Messages' tab is automatically updated when leaving 'Data Elements' tab
  • various minor fixes/improvements
  • added Amex protocol example
  • modified ISO8583 example

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 1.0.3 (Nov 29, 2013)

  • UI change : new tab for name and protocol encoding
  • parameterization of encoding for elements of type 'Z' (data track 2 or 3)
  • sub-element parser DLL can also be called to build an optional Info Tip element text
  • added better example : Fintrax authorization protocol and DLL

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 1.0.2 (Nov 29, 2013)

  • make clear distinction between missing or unexpected field when parsing a message

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 1.0.1 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • Fix decoding variable field length when length is > 127 and big-endian encoded (BIGEND)

New in A Simple ISO 8583 Editor and Message checker 1.0.0 (May 8, 2013)

  • Fix 2nd bitmap management
  • When 'Parse' button is clicked, and 'Hexa' box is checked, the message is 'cleaned' before parsing,
  • In order to allow direct paste operation from logs, ... with data formatted like '00 00 ...' or '00:00:...'
  • When launched, try to load automatically last loaded protocol if allowed by registry
  • Double click on AutoLoadProto.reg)
  • Allow loading of sub-element parser DLL