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Hurricane Search Release Notes

Version 4.07
3/2/2003

Change Std. Pro.
Install    
  • Fixed issue with default directory when upgrading from WinGREP 3
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    Version 4.06
    2/09/2003

    Change Std. Pro.
    General    
  • Changed name from WinGREP to Hurricane Search
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  • Binary searching and skipped file support is now included of Standard Search
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  • Fixed access violation when cancelling the search while scanning directories
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    Version 4.05
    1/16/2003

    Change Std. Pro.
    General    
  • Fixed problem where Hurricane Search would not search in current directory if sub-dirs is checked
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  • Fixed Text/Binary tabs in preview window to default to appropriate viewer
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  • Text preview tab is now available for binary files
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  • Fixed potential problem when the regular expression dot (.) is used at the beginning of a search expression.
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    Version 4.04
    1/13/2003

    Change Std. Pro.
    GUI/General    
  • Fixed a memory overwrite problem that was causing Hurricane Search to intermittently crash
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  • Fixed several memory and resource leaks
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  • Added feature allowing users to specify binary and text file extensions (was missing in standard edition)
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  • Eliminated binary file checking which had prevented some files from being searched (was missing in standard edition)
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  • Removed requirement for runtime libraries
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  • Fixed highlighting first line of multi-line matches
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  • Improved responsivness during long searches
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    Searching    
  • Fixed Delphi mask (missing semi-colon between *.dpr and *.pas)
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  • Fixed Searching in zip files that have paths prepended with './'
  • Fixed memory access errors in character class parsing
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  • Fixed off-by-one error in character class ranges
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  • Removed reporting of zero-length matches
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  • Corrected errors in repetition matching
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  • Fixed invalid escape character terminated at end of line
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  • Fixed DOS-mode expressions to use ! as NOT in character class pattern
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  • Fixed DOS-mode expressions to correctly escape non-pattern characters
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  • Fixed line number detection for repetition matching
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    Version 4.03
    12/2/2002

    Change Std. Pro.
    Searching    
  • Fixed problem with program crashing when searching Word and PDF files
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  • Fixed problem with program crashing after pressing the stop button
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  • Fixed the erroneous error with escaped colons in a standard search
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  • Fixed escaped characters in a character class
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  • Fixed parsing of Hex constants
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  • Fixed parsing of control character constants
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  • Better error messages when creating regular expressions
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  • Added support for additional expression state conditions
    • \B - non-word break
    • \< - beginning of a word
    • \> - end of a word
    • \A - start of file
    • \Z - end of file
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  • Added support for additional escaped characters
    • \a - alert
    • \e - escape character
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  • Significantly improved performance for character class (range) searching
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  • Added support for document-wide AND/OR searching using Standard Search
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  • Fixed parsing of octal values to conform to the or nnn formats
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  • Improved handling of multiple constant values in the search expression
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  • Improved the file buffering for faster overall searching
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  • Added optimal scanning for initial character classes (ranges) in a search expression
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  • Removed support for the Line Start / Line End options in Standard Search mode
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  • Added Standard Search option 'Match all search terms' options. Equivilent to AND/OR boolean conditions for searching within the entire file.
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  • 'Match all words' and 'Whole words' remain checked when changing search types, but are disabled as appropriate.
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  • 'Find first match' is disabled for Standard search
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  • Fixed the issue of searching for '|' all by itself in Regular Expression Search mode
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    GUI/General    
  • Fixed problems where buttons would not show on some installations
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  • Made search wizard sizable
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  • Added link to Hurricane Search release notes
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  • Added links to submit bugs and feature requests
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  • Added links to frequently asked questions
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  • In preview mode, all matches in file are now highlighted
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  • Made searching in ZIP and JAR files more intuitive
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  • Added feature to search the project list and switches to that project when Hurricane Search is launched from Explorer
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  • File extension editing has been improved throughout the application with a more intuitive user interface
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  • New feature allowing users to specify binary and text file extensions
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  • Eliminated binary file checking which had prevented some files from being searched
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  • Better file extension checking which removes inadvertent spaces in user typed file extensions
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  • Uninstall updated to remove all application artifacts including start menu and speed menu links
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  • Fixed the VB and C++ file extension definitions
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    Version 4.02
    9/29/2002

    Change Std. Pro.
    IDE Integration    
  • Fixed Command line switches for UltraEdit version prior to version 8
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  • Fixed problem where custom editors were not being saved when exiting the program
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  • Fixed settings for MultiEdit version 8 integration
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    GUI/General    
  • Fixed problem where match list was not being updated when you turn line numbers on/off
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  • Added 'Copy (Ctrl+C)' to right-click menu on preview
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  • Fixed problem where font size was not being set correctly at startup after being modified
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  • Fixed problem where the match window would display a blank line for matches when the match was near the end of a very long line (> 256 chars)
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  • Fixed CSV Export to escape double-quotes in the text being exported
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  • Fixed XML Export to replace '&', '<', and '>' with '&amp;', '&lt;', and '&gt;' in the text being exported
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  • Added message to notify users that they have upgraded sucessfully
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  • Changed trial version title to indicate that it is a Professional trial version
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  • Fixed problem where Hurricane Search would not always start with the correct directory when launching from right-click in Explorer
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  • Fixed problem where the skipped file node did not paint correctly when the user changed fonts
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  • Added replace menu options to fly-out menu (backup files and overwrite existing files)
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    Searching    
  • Fixed problem where some temporary files were not cleaned up during zip file searches
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  • Fixed problem searching Delphi DFM's that are saved as text
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  • Skipped files/diretories now display the full path information
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  • Fixed problem where standard search would not find matches with spaces
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  • Fixed problem with whole word searching in standard search
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  • Fixed problem where regular expression search would generate an access violation when invalid expressions are entered
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  • Added ability to break out of search when scanning directories
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  • Fixed problem when searching files opened in non-share mode
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  • Fixed problem 'property does not exists' when loading replace form
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  • Fixed problem where the + and range [^] regular expression was not working properly in all cases
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  • Fixed problem where ASCII Characters (\xNN and \nnn) were not correctly being interpreted by the regular expression engine
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  • Added the \b regular expression to match to search for Word Breaks.
  • Enabled binary replace
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  • Fixed problem where Hurricane Search would hang when certain incomplete regular expressions were entered
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