Hurricane Search Release Notes

Version 4.07
3/2/2003

Change Std. Pro.
Install    
Fixed issue with default directory when upgrading from WinGREP 3

Version 4.06
2/09/2003

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

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
Fixed Text/Binary tabs in preview window to default to appropriate viewer  
Text preview tab is now available for binary files  
Fixed potential problem when the regular expression dot (.) is used at the beginning of a search expression.

Version 4.04
1/13/2003

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

Version 4.03
12/2/2002

Change Std. Pro.
Searching    
Fixed problem with program crashing when searching Word and PDF files  
Fixed problem with program crashing after pressing the stop button
Fixed the erroneous error with escaped colons in a standard search
Fixed escaped characters in a character class
Fixed parsing of Hex constants
Fixed parsing of control character constants
Better error messages when creating regular expressions
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
Added support for additional escaped characters
    \a - alert\e - escape character
Significantly improved performance for character class (range) searching
Added support for document-wide AND/OR searching using Standard Search
Fixed parsing of octal values to conform to the \0 or \0nnn formats
Improved handling of multiple constant values in the search expression
Improved the file buffering for faster overall searching
Added optimal scanning for initial character classes (ranges) in a search expression
Removed support for the Line Start / Line End options in Standard Search mode
Added Standard Search option 'Match all search terms' options. Equivilent to AND/OR boolean conditions for searching within the entire file.
'Match all words' and 'Whole words' remain checked when changing search types, but are disabled as appropriate.
'Find first match' is disabled for Standard search
Fixed the issue of searching for '|' all by itself in Regular Expression Search mode
GUI/General    
Fixed problems where buttons would not show on some installations
Made search wizard sizable
Added link to Hurricane Search release notes
Added links to submit bugs and feature requests
Added links to frequently asked questions
In preview mode, all matches in file are now highlighted
Made searching in ZIP and JAR files more intuitive  
Added feature to search the project list and switches to that project when Hurricane Search is launched from Explorer  
File extension editing has been improved throughout the application with a more intuitive user interface
New feature allowing users to specify binary and text file extensions
Eliminated binary file checking which had prevented some files from being searched
Better file extension checking which removes inadvertent spaces in user typed file extensions
Uninstall updated to remove all application artifacts including start menu and speed menu links
Fixed the VB and C++ file extension definitions

Version 4.02
9/29/2002

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



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