What's new in Bible Music Writer 1.3.0.1
May 30, 2012
- Fixed bug: Play Selected Text or Play All (text box) would freeze BMW if there was exactly 1 valid letter.
- Fixed bug: Play Text (text box) was not playing at correct speed when set to Random note duration from main window.
- Fixed bug: When executing exe from network, BMW.ini did not load. which caused App Data directory to be same as program dir.
- Added ability to minimize note keyboard window and text window instead of just being able to toggle visibility.
- Added 22nd note for Harp instruments.
- Added Unicode16 support (Hebrew text from the internet can now be pasted directly into BMW).
- Added the option to save text to unicode (Text Window) instead of just ANSI.
- Sheet music text quality is better than it was before.
- Edited piano note wav files to remove silence before note start giving a smoother change to the next note. Sounds much better now.
- Optimized music sheet to paint about 40% faster.
- Volume is now muted properly when volume has been set to zero.
- When exporting to MIDI and user requests to open folder to view file, the folder is opened as usual, but the file is now selected.
- Added the option to change the header and footer font for the music sheet.
- Added conversion tables so that custom characters can be mapped to notes.
- Added cancel button and restore defaults button to the settings window.
- Window states and positions are now saved on program exit.
- Added tribute page to honor Uri Harel.
- Added Character Map tool.
- Added option to purge temporary files and window states.
- Project file format changed to version 1.1 from 1.0 in order to support Unicode16 and a 22nd musical note.
New in Bible Music Writer 1.2.0.1 (Sep 20, 2011)
- Fixed bug: Total time counter was not working when loading a project with zero notes.
- Fixed bug: Play All (text box) would freeze BMW if there were zero valid letters.
- Fixed undo bug when selecting one note at a time without Ctrl key.
- Added a few pop up hints to make BMW a little more user friendly.
New in Bible Music Writer 1.2.0.0 (Sep 20, 2011)
- Added ability to randomize notes and set their random weighting.
- Changed note color to red for highlighted notes (easier to see).
- Re-wrote entire note drawing engine to support all note combos and rests, including dotted notes and ties.
- Fixed MIDI file writer (deltaTimeTicks was not being written correctly, which would cause the MIDI file to occasionally break).
- Added ability to select notes and edit note durations. Selection support includes Ctrl key and Shift key for multiple note selections. Deletions can also be performed.
- Amount of RAM needed optimized to not use as much.
- Optimized project file save/load routine. Much faster now.
- Added Undo/Redo ability, which includes 100 undo operations.
- Added auto backup functionality.
- Added main window drag and drop (from folder) for project files.
- Added drag and drop from folder to BMW.exe for project files.
- Added file association ability. Project files can be double clicked in a windows folder to open them now instead of having to navigate to their location from within BMW.
- Added Windows UAC (user account control) compatibility so BMW will now work correctly on a limited user account (i.e. uses Windows %App Data% folder in %User% directory).
- Update form a bit more friendly with entering the serial code. (Can be entered or pasted with or without dashes).
- Added unicode converter tool as a separate program, located in tools menu. Unicode converter is still beta as far as use-friendly goes, but works well for computer geeks.
- A few other minor improvements for Windows 7 compatibility.
New in Bible Music Writer 1.1.0.0 (Sep 20, 2011)
- Fixed bilinear resize function to not leave artifacts on the staff.
- Fixed Scale% to update correctly when a project is opened.
- Added ability to change default note (doesn't have to be quarter notes only anymore). Limited support for mixed notes.
- Added append functionality to text selection tool.
- Added ability to turn off hint windows.
- Added measure numbers to be printed on the score sheet.
- Changed Export Image function to save as 24bit bmp instead of 32bit for better compatibility with image viewing software.
- Changed Copy Page to Clipboard function to copy as 24bit, not 32bit.