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

• Search
• 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