7Edit | Changelog

Version 2.7.2

Updated signature to avoid false positives from Windows Defender
Element Search
- Added search by single date
- Added search by number range
Added element path to the Properties frame
Various bugfixes

Version 2.7.1

Element Search. Added search by date range.
Element Search. Can now create a new document from search results.
“Table Value Selection” dialog saves table column widths
“Properties” frame saves table column widths
Fixed Bug: RSP messages marked as rejected
Fixed Bug: Parser doesn’t respect the Structure-Id value (MSH-9-3)

Version 2.7.0

Reworked UI to fix problems with scaling on HiDPI monitors
Added 'Properties' frame that shows properties of the currently selected element
Added a function to merge multiple documents
Find/Replace Dialog. Added 'forward/backward' search option.
Search. Added message search.
Search. Added more text and number comparison functions.
Search. Removed search by description.
Messages Frame. Showing number of selected messages.
Messages Frame. Reworked message sort function
Watch Frame. Replaced profiles combobox with a list.
Watch Frame. Added a function to autofit column widths in the overview.
Watch Frame. Storing/restoring column widths in the overview.
Sender. Replaced 'View Messages' dialog with 'Messages' tab.
Receiver. Replaced 'View Messages' dialog with 'Messages' tab..
Receiver. Showing current status in the status bar.
Menu. Returned previously removed 'Current Message' sub-menu to the document menu.
Tooltip. Showing longer field descriptions.
Tooltip. Showing field value.
Editor. Added a hotkey to edit field value (F2).
Editor. Added a hotkey to show element in the structure (F4).
Fixed bug with custom delimiters not identified properly

Version 2.6.10

Fixed Diff Tool showing false positive results
'Open from Clipboard' no longer shows the preview dialog and opens right away
Fixed 'Get Element Path' option always disabled
Fixed memory leaks on large files
Fixed navigation tooltips

Version 2.6.9

Fixed bug with cut/paste not marking document as modified
Fixed bug with the message sender ignoring the document segment delimiter setting
Fixed bug with the "View Messages" button not activating when the receiver session closes

Version 2.6.8

Fixed bug with the application ignoring the default segment delimiter setting
Fixed text clipping in the structure frame

Version 2.6.7

Fixed UI scaling issues on high resolutions (up to 4K)
Reworked “New Document” and “Add Message” dialogs
Added ability to get element path to the editor and structure view
Watch list items can be added directly using a label and element path
Reworked “Send Messages” dialog
Added a hotkey to send messages (Ctrl-F8)
Reworked quick find filters in the Definition and Table Editor
Added a button to the Structure view to show/hide empty elements in one click
Added ability to edit message structure when empty elements are hidden
Moved all XML import/export functions from the “XML” menu to “File->Import/Export”.
Removed “Document Properties” dialog. Added “Encoding” and “Segment Delimiter” dialogs.
Search not longer returns empty elements
Added an option to select a table value as a quick fix for invalid table values
Added “Copy to Clipboard” to system information dialog
Added an option to change segment name and delimiters color
Added “Delimiters” section to the Settings dialog
Added an option to show memory usage
Changed message navigation hot keys that were in conflict with text editor hotkeys (Ctrl+LEFT/RIGHT, Ctrl+Shift+LEFT/RIGHT)
Replaced validator profiles with a single configuration button
Windows XP and 2000 no longer supported
Fixed bug with clicking ‘x’ on a tab always closes the current document
Fixed bug with ‘Find Problem’ dialog not showing correct results

Version 2.6.6

Fixed known Win10 incompatibilities
Added 64-bit version
Removed 7Edit 1.x compatibility mode
Removed serial connection support

Version 2.6.5

Fixed scaling issues on high resolutions

Version 2.6.4

Fixed known incompatibilities with Windows 8 and 10
Renamed "Message" view to "Structure" view
Message structure view now shows element name before the description for consistency. If element type differs from the name, it is shown after the description.
Replaced "Document" view with "Messages" view. The "Messages" view contains more information about a message (num, name, description, date, control-id, etc.).
Reworked search to find message elements by name or description
Added "Navigation" menu
Added an option to go to a message by its control-id.
Watch list items can be dragged
Watch list items can be renamed from the context menu.
Validator no longer tries to validate a message without a definition
Quick fix can be invoked from a context menu (additional dialog no longer shown)
Right-clicking on a table item now selects it before showing a context menu
Slightly changed visual appearance of the Definition Editor
Fixed 'Show Table' not working if table editor wasn't closed
Fixed OBR segment editing bug
Added MDM_T03-T11 defintions to versions 2.4, 2.5 and 2.5.1
Added 'CE' and 'TS' values to the table 125

Version 2.6.3

Search results can be exported to CSV
Maximum number of returned search results can be specified in the search query
Added validator option to show a warning if segment is at wrong location (disabled by default)
Fixed bug: OBX.5 parsed incorrectly (OBX.2 value not used)
Fixed bug: Text selection ignoring OS color settings
Fixed bug: Text antialiasing ignoring OS settings

Version 2.6.2

Various bug fixes

Version 2.6.1

Added an option to change editor font
Scaling text size automatically for high DPI displays
Elements marked as “Not Used” no longer validated
Automatically generating a message control-id for new messages
Reworked table editor
Added recent files menu option to the definition and table editor
Fixed bug: Application data stored to a wrong location if desktop folder was relocated
Fixed bug: Element tooltip showing incomplete description for CE and CWE subfields

Version 2.6.0

Added HL7 2.7 and HL7 2.7.1 support
Updated tables to the lastest version
Added bytes order mark support for unicode files
Sender, receiver profiles and watch lists can be imported/exported

Version 2.5.8

Fixed a bug with not splitting messages correctly when pasting multiple messages from clipboard
Added an option to add a header when exporting to Excel and XML
Aded an option to open exported file when done

Version 2.5.7

Fixed a problem with the application requiring administrator priviledges to start on Vista/Win7

Version 2.5.6

Fixed a bug with “Save As” not working on some configurations
Fixed a bug with not identifying message bounds correctly when a file contains mixed line delimiters
Validator now handles “HL7xxxx” values properly in CE and CWE fields
Added “Extract Messages” function (extracts selected messages to a new document).
Other minor changes and bugfixes

Version 2.5.5

Fixed compatibility issues with MS Excel 2010
Fixed an error that could occur when exporting a report in Definition Editor

Version 2.5.4

Added definitions: PPP_*, PPR_*, PPT_*, PPV_*, PRR_*, PTR_* to the version 2.5 and 2.5.1
Fixed bug: Validator fails when a timestamp contains a timezone but doesn't contain a year

Version 2.5.3

Added "Overview" feature to the "Watch" panel. Shows a table where rows correspond to messages and columns correspond to observable items.
Splitting messages automatically when opening a document using "Open from Clipboard"
Added definitions QBP_Q23, QBP_Q24 to 2.4, 2.5 and 2.5.1
Added definition ORL_034 to 2.5 and 2.5.1
Fixed bug: Application not able to open some files containing large messages and offers to import them
Fixed bug: Acknowledge rejected if it contains CA code instead of AA.

Version 2.5.2

Bugs fixed:
- Fixed the problem with application not starting if some configuration files are broken
- Hexadecimal sequences like \X0A\ no longer escaped automatically
- Validator no longer shows "Field Required..." errors when corresponding option is disabled
- Fixed problems with saving/restoring File-Export presets

Version 2.5.1

Changed the way application handles files with framing

File-Open no longer supports files with framing and should be used to open standard HL7 files
Custom HL7 files and files containing framing should be imported using File-Import function
Added File-Export function to allow exporting custom file formats
Removed "Framing" section from document properties dialog

Using squares instead of spaces to display invisible characters
Fixed very slow repaint when a document contains too many problems
Fixed wrong description of the segment array size problem

Version 2.5.0

General

Changed the architecture to support large files containing hundreds and thousands of messages (the largest file tested was 75M with 100K messages)
For performance and usability reasons editor displays only one message at a time. There is a way to navigate messages using buttons, hotkeys and "Find" function.
Added "File Import" function to allows opening custom HL7 files (including files with non-standard segment delimiters, formatting, log files, etc.)
Improved "Open From Clipboard function". User can now view and filter clipboard content before opening.
Added support for files containing message framing.
Added "Watch" feature to observe message fields and export them to Excel/XML
Changed the way application handles batch files. Batch segments (FHS,BHS, etc) no longer shown in the main editor. There is a special dialog that allows editing them and turning them on/off.
Removed "Messages", "Segments" and "Batches" panel. Replaced with "Message" and "Document" panel (see below)
Added an option to fill specific message header fields when creating a new document
Added "Message Sort" feature. Allows sorting messages by Date, Name, Control-ID, Size
Added a way to copy message content to the clipboard
Added an option to reopen previously open files on start
Added "Check for updates" item to the menu
Added "Quick Find" to the toolbar
Fixed a bug with broken formatting
Many other small changes

Document Panel

New panel that displays the list of messages in the current document. Replaces the old "Batches" panel.
Allows adding/removing messages
Allows copying selected messages to a new (or existing) document
Allows sending selected messages using a sender profile
Allows exporting selected messages to HL7-XML
Allows changing delimiters, name and version of the selected messages

Message Panel

New panel that shows structure of the current message. Replaces the old "Messages" and "Segments" panels.

Validator

Displaying problems for the current message only (for performance reasons)
Added an option to find a specific problem in the document
Added more quickfixes

Merged message/segment/field search into one. The search may return mixed results now. There is a way to limit search to specific elements if necessary.
Added an option to search by element description (Patient, Insurance, Name, etc.).
Added an option to turn search by name/position on/off
Highlighting matching text in search results (if searching for a field value)
Fixed a bug with regexp search returning less results that expected
Limited search results to 5000 items max for better performance

Sender

Added a way to send a specific message or a range of messages
Added an option to stop sending if one of messages rejected
Removed an option to send file/folder. A file must be opened before sending

Receiver

Auto-acknowledge now correctly uses segment delimiter from the original message

Diff Tool

Diff Tool now works with documents instead of files and compares individual messages.
Added a way to quickly find/select required messages to compare

Version 2.4.0

Enhancements

Windows 7 Support
Editor: Added messages numbers to the "Messages" view
Editor: Added an option to change font size
Editor: Improved Find/Replace performance
Editor: MSH-9-3 value no longer used to identify a message
Editor: Asking for a value for the field being added
Editor: Slightly changed the way "Quick Fix" feature works
Editor: Showing field name/description when editing a field using a dialog
Validator: Added a dialog to manage profiles
Validator: Added several new validation options
Validator: Added element name to the report
Sender: Completely rewritten for performance
Sender: Added a dialog to manage profiles
Sender: Added message counters (sent/accepted/rejected)
Sender: Added an option to skip sending messages that don't contain MSH
Sender: Filtering out FHS, FTS, BHS, BTS segments automatically when sending a batch
Receiver: Completely rewritten for performance
Receiver: Added a dialog to manage profiles
Receiver: TCP/IP timeout disabled by default to prevent closing session before client disconnects
Sender/Receiver: Showing message number in the log
Sender/Receiver: Replaced "Open", "Save" dialogs with "View Messages" dialog
Sender/Receiver: Added an option to filter messages sent and received by type and content
Definition Editor: Subfields in a field definition now have optionality setting
Definitions: Added SIU messages to the version 2.4 and up
Many other small changes and performance improvements

Bugs Fixed

Validator: Fixed problem with CQ element and table number validation
Sender: Fixed bug that didn't allow to send a message if empty framing was set
Definition Editor: Fixed a bug preventing from saving segment group notes
Definition Editor: Fixed a bug with table numbers not shown when editing a field definition
Definitions: Fixed wrong table number in MSG(2.6) field definition

Version 2.3.2

Bugs Fixed

Sender splits a message incorrectly if any segment contains "MSH" substring
Validator indicates "" (double-quote) value as invalid in timestamps and numeric fields
Validator wrongfully shows "Expected more elements..." error when validating a field array with a definition that limits number of occurrences

Version 2.3.1

Bugs Fixed

Fixed ORM_O01, ORR_O02, OSR_Q06 message definitions in v2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.3.1

Version 2.3.0

Enhancements

Definitions can be exported and imported
Tables can be assigned to composite fields. Updated definitions accordingly.
Updated the validator to check composite fields with a table
Encoding can be specified in sender and receiver
Added 27 new tables
Added unicode example

Version 2.2.0

The primary target of this release is improving non-Latin data and Unicode support. This update also fixes several important issues in the application.

Enhancements

Added encodings support, including Unicode
XML exporter uses UTF-8 to preserve non-Latin characters
Improved sender/receiver handling of non-Latin characters
Changed definition and table file format to handle non-Latin characters. Requires 7Edit 2.2 or higher to work with.
Added numbering to recent files
Dropped LST.N tag support in XML exporter and schema generator

Bugs Fixed

Fixed the problem with not accepting field names containing underscores
Fixed the out of memory issue when exporting large files to XML
Fixed several minor issues in Definition Editor
Fixed annoying flicker when closing a document using its tab

Version 2.1.1

Bugs Fixed

Definition Editor: Fixed a problem with "May Repeat" field in the "Edit Field" dialog.

Version 2.1.0

Enhancements

Added the option to inspect/edit data without holding the CTRL key (7Edit 1.x style)
Delimiters escaped automatically when changing a field value
Added milliseconds and timezone to the Date/Time editor
Added message search to the "New Document" and "Add Message" dialogs
Added "Add Required Fields/Segments" option to the "New Document" dialog
Double-clicking on MSH-2/MSH-1 invokes the "Delimiter Editor" dialog
Sender: Messages can be sent from a file/folder
Sender: Data can be send as the one block or splitted on submessages
Receiver: Sending "NACK" as the acknowledge if autoacknowledge cannot be generated
Definition Editor: Added "X" button to tabs
Validator: Improved the logic responsible for finding missing required segments and fields.
Validator: No longer showing a warning on empty required fields by default. This option can be turned back on.
Validator: Required segments/fields can be added in one step
Added QBP_Q22 and RSP_K22 message to the version 2.3.1 and up
Added check for updates

Bugs Fixed

Messages having mixed segment delimiters can be opened OK now
Fixed the problem which required re-entering a license key if system time was shifted
Fixed several frame/window size issues on Vista
Editor no longer looses focus when using menu shortcuts like Ctrl-S, Ctrl-V, etc.
Fixed the problem with editor loosing data formatting sometimes
Showing a combobox in the "String Editor" only if field has a table
Changed the order of OK and Cancel buttons in the Definiton Editor dialogs to match the rest of the application
Fixed the problem with multiple application instances starting sometimes when opening a file from the explorer
Fixed "Change Delimiters" logic to work with batches
Fixed a bug in the search logic preventing from searching by a partial message name
Several other minor issues fixed