Batch Text Replacer Changelog

What's new in Batch Text Replacer 2.15.0

Aug 5, 2023
  • It is now also possible to save a simple list of folder and/or file names of a specific folder into a variable.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.14.1 (Jan 14, 2022)

  • The option Create ZIP Archive could be deactivated only under certain conditions with an actual impact.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.14.0 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • Support for importing file lists/folder lists.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.13.6 (Mar 12, 2021)

  • When replacing with a CSV file, the specified character set encoding was not respected.
  • Translation corrected.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.13.5 (Mar 12, 2021)

  • The version number was corrected.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.13.4 (Sep 10, 2020)

  • A small bug related to the command line mode was fixed.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.13.3 (Sep 4, 2020)

  • CSV files with several empty lines at the end were not read in.
  • Enhanced recognition of the CSV separator.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.13.2 (Jan 6, 2020)

  • Under certain circumstances, the exclusion of subdirectories in command line mode was ignored.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.13.1 (Aug 5, 2019)

  • A problem with handling invalid files in command line mode has been fixed.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.12.0 (May 22, 2018)

  • Spaces and tabs can now be displayed as symbols in addition to line breaks.
  • New output option: Save in new folder with same name.
  • Error fixed: Save line text to variable - text field was multiline.

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.11.0 (Jan 21, 2018)

  • New multiple-replace variant: Replace generic placeholders with sequence or variation
  • Support of Unicode characters in the function " Multiple-replace"
  • Smaller optimizations

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.10.0 (Sep 14, 2017)

  • Optional you can now add or display an individual profile description text
  • Actions can get a description text (options are located in: Program Options --> More)
  • The name of the profile is now displayed in the status bar

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.9.0 (Aug 17, 2017)

  • Improved support of files with a very high number of lines
  • The preview now shows a maximum of 5.000 lines and 2.000.000 characters
  • Performance optimization of the function Remove lines

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.8.0 (Aug 17, 2017)

  • Program renamed from TextMage to Batch Text Replacer

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.3.3 (Jun 4, 2015)

  • Some optimizations
  • Smaller bug fixed

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.3.2 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Some optimizations
  • Smaller bugs fixed

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.3.1 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • Error associated with the global filter has been fixed
  • The global exclusion filter now also supports file masks with wildcards e.g., * (global exclusions that were created with the previous version are unfortunately incompatible and must be re-created)
  • Improved support for systems for automated software distribution

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.3.0 (Sep 7, 2014)

  • New action group "Repeat" for repeatedly applying the actions contained
  • Variable Contents can be edited within a line filter now
  • Last status of the option "subfolder" for the file search is restored
  • History for paths and filter in the File Search Dialog
  • Standard tab at startup can be set in the options (files or actions)
  • Font size of the main text editors can be adjusted
  • For files with ambiguous coding, the preferred encoding (ANSI or UTF-8) can be determined
  • Analysis of the files in the reading process has been accelerated
  • Additional filter at global level for default exclusion of paths, names and file extensions
  • "Send To" support restored
  • Minor bugs fixed
  • Some optimizations

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.2.0 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Read file contents into variable (in addition there is the opportunity to previously run a script or program to change the file content dynamically)
  • Read current date into variable
  • Possibility of batch processing (the program can be started invisibly with parameters (e.g., file list or path, profile to be used, ...))
  • The maximum number of variables was increased to 20
  • Batch Script Generator
  • File Search
  • Minor bugs fixed
  • Some optimizations

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.1.0 (Sep 9, 2013)

  • Forced line break after 4000 characters removed
  • Fixed an error when changing the order of filtered entries
  • Added the possibility for repeating the action "Extract"
  • Possibility to replace by using CSV data restored
  • File name and path can now be used (Store in variable --> store file info)
  • CSV and Multiple Replace are now also available for line text
  • Other minor bugs fixed

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.0.1 (Aug 7, 2013)

  • Fixed an error, which could under certain circumstances lead to program crash

New in Batch Text Replacer 2.0.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • More possibilities for the use of variables:
  • Variables can be named individually
  • Line areas can be stored in variables
  • Store into variable: content of another variable
  • Store into variable: following text (equals to a constant)
  • New filter: Edit content of variables - contained actions will applied only to the content of the selected variable
  • Variable Filter - Actions included are only executed when the specified criteria are met (variable contains ...)
  • Variables are now also available in the actions of the group "Line text"
  • Variables can be included in text parameters e.g., Replace with, Inser, etc. "Any text {Variable1} 2013", see program help - actions
  • Other improvements:
  • Newline characters can be replaced by any text
  • Option to display newline characters
  • Regular expressions can now be used in almost all input fields
  • New option "Repeat" when using the area specification types "between" and "from/to" (for example, to replace all matching areas)
  • New option "Repeat" when using the area limiter, for example, to go through all entries of an XML file
  • New comparison type in the area limiter and the line filter - "Line does not contain regex pattern"
  • New filter "Text filter" - actions contained will only be applied when the specified criteria are met (text contains ...) (applicable to file contents and area limiters)
  • The height of preview and action area is adjustable
  • In the file list, entries with changes are displayed in green background color
  • Optional confirmation prompt when clearing the action list or the program exits
  • Program interface revised
  • Minor bugs fixed
  • Many minor optimizations
  • Note: Due to the many changes, profiles created with the previous version can no longer be used

New in Batch Text Replacer 1.3.0 (Mar 1, 2013)

  • The restrictions in the demo version have been changed. There are now all functions available and the demo text is inserted only at the beginning and end of the processed text. an error related to the action list has been fixed regrouping of some actions some optimizations.

New in Batch Text Replacer 1.3.0 (Mar 1, 2013)

  • The restrictions in the demo version have been changed. There are now all functions available and the demo text is inserted only at the beginning and end of the processed text.
  • An error related to the action list has been fixed
  • Regrouping of some actions
  • Some optimizations

New in Batch Text Replacer 1.2.0 (Feb 22, 2013)

  • added support of the English language for the user interface
  • minor bug fixes