Update: CoolTerm v1.3.0

I'm happy to announce that CoolTerm v1.3.0 has finally been released today. Many thanks to all the beta testers for the helpful feedback! Here is what's new:

New features:

• Added a transmit line delay option which adds a specified delay after certain characters such as new line characters (configurable).
• Added a transmit character delay option (configurable).
• Added a "Connection/Send Break" menu item for sending serial breaks.
• Added the option to play a notification sound after a text file has been sent.
• Added auto-connect feature.
• Added the .hex file extension to the "Text Files" file type set (for the "Send Text File" dialog).
• It is now possible to have default settings loaded at startup and when a new terminal window is opened. If a default.stc settings file exsists in the application folder of CoolTerm, it will be applied to new terminal windows.
• Added a menu item to save current settings as default settings.

Improvements:

• Pressing ENTER or RETURN in the connection settings dialog now envokes the "Ok" button, even if a textfield is currently selected.
• Pressing ESC in the connection settings dialog now envokes the "Cancel" button, even if a textfield is currently selected.
• Pressing Shift+ENTER or Shift+RETURN now invokes the "Send" button in "Send String" windows.
• Improved handling of command line arguments.
• The values for "Receive Buffer Size" and the character and line delays are now limited to a range from 0 to a maximum value (2,147,483,647 and 10,000, respectively).
• When a "Send String" window is opened, the text field now receives focus automatically.
• Improved exception handling and error reporting.
• Improved behavior of the command history buffer and menu.
• GUI improvements.

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that allowed opening multiple "Save As..." for the same Terminal window dialogs on Windows.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a StackOverflow on serial port errors due to calling port.flush
• Fixed bug that could cause a crash when sending empty strings via a "Send String" window.
• (Win) Fixed issue that would allow the terminal window to be activated via the taskbar when the connection options window is open.
• Several minor bug fixes.

Get it at http://freeware.the-meiers.org

Update: BatchTouch v1.1.0

What's new:

• Made the file list wider and added columns for modification and creation date.
• The new columns show the modification and creation dates of each item after they are added to the list and after they were changed by BatchTouch.
• Added preferences Window.
• Added option to preferences window to show/hide the date columns in the file list.
• Added option to preferences window to disable warnings before changing dates.
• Settings can now be saved and retrieved.
• It is now possible to drop a file or folder onto the "New date:" group box to set the new date and time automatically to the modification date and time of the dropped item.
• It is also possible to drag and drop an item from the file list to the "New date:" group box to set the new date and time automatically to the modification date and time of the dropped item.
• Added a "Special" menu to provide access to special functions.
• Added a "Set Folder Date to most recent content" special function. This option sets the modification date of all the folders to the modification date of the most recent item inside them. This is done recursively, from the bottom to the top of the file hierarchy.
• Added special function for pre-dating all items to the oldest item in the list.
• Added special function for post-dating all items to the newest item in the list.
• Improved the calendar display in the "Set date and time" dialog. There now separate up/down arrows for month and year.

CoolTerm featured in The Mac Observer

The Mac Observer's "Monday's Mac Gadget" column, which "highlights a compelling piece of Mac software or hardware the editors think their readers would enjoy", features CoolTerm this week.

Freeware Update: Coolterm v1.2.0

What's new:

- Added "Line Mode" to the communication settings. In "Line Mode" a line of typed text will not be sent to the serial port until the Enter key is pressed.

- Added "History" which is available in "Line Mode" the up and down arrow keys can be used to select previously typed lines.

- Added a receive buffer size limit option.

- Added handling of the bell character (ASCII code 7), which can be enabled through the communication settings.

- It is now possible to open the communication settings and edit certain options while the serial port is open.

- The viewer mode (plain or hex) is now saved as parameter in connection settings files.

- The size and position of terminal windows is now saved with connection settings.

- Fixed bug that converted occurrences CR+CR+LF strings to single spaces on Windows.

New Freeware App: BatchTouch

BatchTouch provides an easy-to-use way to change the creation and/or modification date of multiple files and folders all at once. It offers enough flexibility to the user to choose which type of items to change, whether or not to process the contents of folders, and whether to change the creation date, the modification date, or both. Furthermore, it is possible to change just the time, just the date, or both. It is possible to apply both absolute values as well as offsets to both date and time. I.e. it is possible to add/subtract a specified number of days, hours, minutes or seconds to/from the creation and modification date of any item.

Freeware Update: Album Enabler for Cooliris(R) v1.1.1

What's new:

• Changed application name to "Album Enabler for Cooliris(R)" and changed icon to comply with trademark usage and restrictions.

Freeware Update: MathSheetGenerator v1.2.0

What's new:

• Added support for writing math sheets as PDF files.

Freeware Update: iConStruct v1.2.0

What's new:

• Fixed a bug that caused filenames to be truncated to 31 characters on Macs.
• Added capability to drag icons and masks out of iConStruct to other applications that support picture or file drops.
• Added a Preferences dialog for certain settings such as the type of items dragged from iConStruct (picture object or picture file)
• iConStruct now remembers the color settings in the preview pane between application launches.
• Improved nearest-neighbor scaling for original images with transparency.

Freeware Update: CoolTerm v1.1.2

What's new:

• Separated option to handle backspace characters in ASCII view from option to convert non-printable characters.
• Changed character used to display non-printable characters to a period (ASCII code 46) for better compatibility and consistency across platforms.
• Changed short cuts for "View/Autoscroll" and View Mode menu items to avoid conflict with other menu items such as "Edit/Select All".
• Windows build now associates .stc files with CoolTerm.
• Minor bug fixes.