Keyman Desktop and Keyman Developer 7.0 Release History

Bug Fixes

Issue	Category	Details
I1164	General	Remove unnecessary certificate revocation check when installing/starting Keyman products
I1165	General	Fix uninstall error on Windows 98 (see KMKB0037)

Bug Fixes

Issue	Category	Details
I1094	General	Warn user if they try to install a corrupt keyboard file
I1148	General	Improved "Start with Windows" error handling

Bug Fixes

Issue	Category	Details
I1151, I1153, I1154, I1155, I1157	General	Work around problem in Delphi class library causing incorrect filenames to sometimes appear

New Features and Enhancements

Issue	Category	Details
I1087	General	Can now specify hotkeys to switch Windows languages in Professional Edition
I1088	General	Can now associate Keyman keyboards with Windows languages in Light Edition
I1070	User Interface	Can now download user interface translations from Tavultesoft website
I869	Keyboards	Can now install packages for all users in Windows Vista without running Keyman Configuration elevated

Bug Fixes

Issue	Category	Details
I922,I1100	Startup	Recognise and handle error when starting Keyman Desktop on Vista with certain security software
I930	Keyman Config:Keyboards	Handle corrupt keyboard files cleanly when installing
I1133	Compatibility	Rule regression failure - nomatch in a non-using keys group has incorrect behaviour
I821	General	Fix crash when exporting some On Screen Keyboards to HTML
I1060	General	Fix copyright year in version information
I1076	General	Fix rare crash starting Keyman Desktop
I1127	General	Add basic system information to crash reports
I1107	Installer	Text Services Framework installer was not installing the addin correctly on some systems
I1109	Keyman Config:Keyboards	Allow user to select specific keyboards to install when more than 2 keyboards in a package in Light Edition
I914	Keyman Config	Report more information on crashes where XML parser fails to find a file for the xsl transform
I937, I1128	Keyman Config	Fix crash when Keyman Desktop starts and COM object is not properly registered
I768	Keyman Config:Keyboards	Fix error where installing a keyboard may associate with wrong Desktop product
I1005, I1084	Keyman Config:Keyboards	Fix crash when installing an invalid On Screen Keyboard file
I837	Keyman Config:Languages	Fix error with language association on some systems
I958	On Screen Keyboard	Fix crash when On Screen Keyboard fails to display
I964, I1105	On Screen Keyboard	Fix crash when product is not correctly installed and On Screen Keyboard is displayed
I984, I1077, I1078	Startup	Fix "Cannot create shell notification icon (EOutOfResources)" crash
I1019, I1020, I1028, 1047, I1086	Startup	Fix crash installing fonts when Keyman starts
I1096	Keyman Engine:General	Fix for silent exception when keyman.exe closes down
I1130	Keyman Engine:Keyman32	Fix for debug data is slowing down Keyman32.dll
I1139	Keyman Engine:Addins	Fixed - Text Services Framework addin install causes many languages to be added to Windows
I1140	Keyman Engine:Addins	Add addin configuration button to Keyman Configuration
I1141	Help	Documentation for Text Services Framework addin

New Features and Enhancements

Issue	Category	Details
I1052	General	Allow multi-select in File/Open in Keyman Developer
I866	Help	Add setup.exe documentation to Keyman Developer

Bug Fixes

Issue	Category	Details
I940, I944	General	Fix crash when Keyman Developer closes
I1058	General	Fix - Recent Files in File menu has overlapping shortcut with Revert
I1118	Distribution wizard	Remove dependency on MSXML 4.0 for Branding Pack Product Compiler
I1119	Distribution wizard	Fix MSXML external dependency crash in Product Compiler on Windows Vista
I1129	Keyboard editor:Keyboard Debugger	Fix - Keyman Developer debugger inconsistencies with multiple groups

New Features and Enhancements

Issue	Category	Details
I956	General	Packages should be able to install a locale.xml for another UI language
I957	General	Welcome.htm in packages need to be able to support multiple languages
I960	General	Add ITavultesoftKeymanScript interface for scriptable product activation
I931	Help	Keyman Desktop - Languages tab needs documentation
I919	General	Welcome dialog needs a Print button
I1070	General	Can now download user interface translations from Tavultesoft website

Bug Fixes

Issue	Category	Details
I910	Compatibility	Keyman Desktop crashed if Keyman 6.0 is running
I994	Compatibility	TSF could get keystrokes out of order
I719	General	Fixed Alt+LeftShift and Word interactions
I907	General	Rare crash in Keyman Desktop Configuration when selecting options
I919	General	Added 'Print' button to keyboard Welcome dialog
I925	General	Keyman returned a script error on some computers during boot up
I936	General	Buy button in Keyman Desktop did not open to the correct webpage with the appropriate product already added to the cart
I966, I988	General	Keyman Desktop was not starting with Windows reliably on computers with Keyman 6 installed
I976	General	IMX config dialog was not working for CS-Pinyin keyboard in Desktop Pro 7
I981	General	Keyboard/language association was not sticking on Vista
I990	General	Entering licence key for wrong product didn't tell the user which product the key was for, if possible
I995	General	French translation of Welcome dialog was not complete
I1027	General	Clicking on an unassigned menu item in a custom product would cause an error
I1050	General	Manual activation from a file was failing on some systems
I1063	Installer	Setup was crashing when downloading an update
I1065,I1066	Installer	Silent mode in setup was not 100% correct
I896	Installer	Keyman 6 interfered with startup of Keyman 7 on some computers
I897	Installer	Checkboxes at end of install should be ticked by default
I926	Installer	Keyman Configuration did not shut down before patching
I928	Installer	Keyman Desktop patches sometimes required the source package to upgrade
I985	Installer	desktop.pxx was not removed from CurrentVersion\Run when uninstalling
I933	Keyman Config	Various translated user interface issues - Bengali and Hindi
I939	Keyman Config	Script errors were not sent to Tavultesoft in Keyman Desktop Config
I978	Keyman Config	Translation of user interface sometimes selected English wrongly
I912	Keyman Config:Keyboards	Script error when clicking on menu item before closing keyboard options menu
I923	Keyman Config:Keyboards	Keyman Configuration crashed if an invalid package file was opened
I987	Keyman Config:Keyboards	Images did not show in Readme in Install Package
I1061	Keyman Config:Keyboards	Uninstall query was not translated
I1023	Keyman Config:Hotkeys	Hotkeys tab showed keyboard filename instead of keyboard full name
I917	Keyman Config:Options	"Always Elevate" option was confusing and unnecessary
I911	Rule Processing	Ctrl+BKSP was not working correctly

New Features and Enhancements

Issue	Category	Details
I927	General	Feature Request: Right-click on a file to open in external editor

Bug Fixes

Issue	Category	Details
I1010	General	Don't delete the untitled project on exit of Keyman Developer
I1014	General	Rebuild character map database does not work in KMDev options
I826	General	Open file from explorer does not open file if Developer already running
I959	General	XMLEncode is not encoding the full length of a string (when loading very large keyboards)
I967	Help	Links not working on reference__struct_headers.html
I968	Help	reference_language incorrect and old
I971	Help	Document how to record multiple ethnologue codes in reference_ethnologuecode.html
I973	Help	reference__keyboardsbyname.html is missing includecodes and ethnologuecode links
I974	Help	reference_kmw__keyboarddesign needs updating for system stores
I975	Help	guide_lang_groups.html links
I1024	Help	Documentation on packaging locale.xml required
I1026	Help	Documentation on ITavultesoftKeymanScript interface required
I1068	Help	Parameter descriptions were missing from ITavultesoftKeyman interfaces
I1071	Installer	Setup was crashing when downloading an update
I1072,I1073	Installer	Silent mode in setup was not 100% correct
I1011	Keyboard editor	Keyman Compiler can fail on very large files
I1012,I1059	Keyboard editor	Keyman Developer has trouble loading UTF-16 files without a BOM
I905	Keyboard editor	Keyboard designer seems to move characters around when switching underlying layouts
I1008	Package wizard	Tab order wrong in package details
I1009	Package wizard	Tab order in shortcuts wrong
I962	Package wizard	Crash when uploading keyboard to Tavultesoft and selecting Cancel

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Changes in Keyman 7.0.238.0

New Features and Enhancements

1. Package Keyboard Installer: Keyman Desktop is now available pre-packaged with all the keyboards hosted on the Tavultesoft.com website. This installer checks for a new version of Keyman when installing and makes sure all prerequisites are installed before starting.
2. Manual Activation Utility: Tsactivate.exe can now be used to activate multiple computers more simply
3. Yahoo Messenger Support: Add support for Unicode input with Keyman Desktop 7.0
4. Font Installation (I815): Keyman Desktop will now install fonts from the currently installed packages if they are not already loaded in the system. Previously (and still the case without Keyman), you needed to be an Administrator to install fonts.
5. Keyman Configuration: I858 - Added Help and Getting Started links
6. Welcome Screen: I817 - Rework to make Welcome message clearer
7. On Screen Keyboard: I765 - Option now available to reset shift, control and alt after a key is clicked
8. On Screen Keyboard: I765 - Caps Lock, Backspace, Enter and Tab now clickable
9. On Screen Keyboard: I764 - Fix layout of ENTER key for European keyboards
10. On Screen Keyboard: I764 - Fix text on non-character keys for European keyboards
11. Keyman Engine: I863 - Ensure Keyman can shutdown in a timely fashion if another application has hung
12. Keyman Engine: I819 - Test if other applications are conflicting with Keyman and resolve the issue when it occurs
13. Installer: I810 - Open uninstall feedback webpage at the end of the uninstall
14. General: I825 - Proxy login support for online updates, product activation and keyboard downloads

Fixes for Keyman Desktop

1. Text Services Framework Addin: I890, I822 - Fix functionality that was not working correctly with Keyman Desktop 7.0; also fix for deadkeys
2. Keyman Engine: I838 - Fix issue with language association not working on some computers
3. COM API: I880 - Fix crash when handling a corrupt package
4. On Screen Keyboard: I763 - Fix display of 102nd key on UK keyboards
5. COM API: I850 - Fix font installation and uninstallation in Windows Vista
6. COM API: I850 - Fix shadow keyboard installation in Windows Vista
7. Error management: I809 - Allow user to view more information online about an error; display a clearer error dialog; allow user to send Tavultesoft more details about the error
8. Keyman Configuration: I773 - Fix crash with manual installation/uninstallation of On Screen Keyboards
9. Keyman Engine: I820 - Fix keyboard not activating for first application after startup
10. Keyman Engine: I840 - Fix bug with starting products after product activation

Fixes for Keyman Developer

1. Bitmap Editor: I724 - Fixed error when path does not exist for bitmaps
2. Character Map: I673 - Fixed crash when attempting to display character past end of line
3. CRM: I833 - Fix crash when adding a purchase to a newly created customer
4. CRM: I834 - Fix customers with blank country not displaying
5. Distribution Editor: I745 - Changing version number and clicking Save would not update the GUIDs unless version field exited before save
6. Distribution Editor: I759 - Compiler did not say 'complete' when finished
7. Distribution Editor: I792 - Fix distribution compiler failing if no start menu entries exist
8. Distribution Editor: I803 - Open Folder button had wrong action
9. Distribution Editor: I246 - Fix Unicode character support in product details
10. Error management: I809 - Allow user to view more information online about an error; display a clearer error dialog; allow user to send Tavultesoft more details about the error
11. General: I825 - Proxy login support for online updates, product activation and keyboard uploads
12. Installer: I810 - Open uninstall feedback webpage at the end of the uninstall
13. Keyboard Compiler: I786 - Fix crash when a zero-length string is referenced in an 'any' command
14. Keyboard Debugger: I800 - Fix crash when resizing store elements too small
15. Keyboard Editor: I781 - Search and Replace dialogs now support Unicode
16. Keyboard Editor: I841 - If Save As fails, restore original filename
17. Keyboard Editor: Fix crashes when saving files (e.g. when path does not exist)
18. KeymanWeb Compiler: I853 - Avoid crash when compiling ANSI keyboards
19. KeymanWeb Compiler: Fix index() statement offset mismatch
20. Main Program: I787 - Don't crash if Ctrl+F4 pressed when no windows open
21. Main Program: I806 - Add File/Close menu item
22. On Screen Keyboard Editor: I726 - Fixed 102 key not displaying when it should
23. On Screen Keyboard Editor: I674 - Fixed crash when attempting to import invalid OSK XML file
24. Package Compiler: I817 - Compile package installer as well as package
25. Package Editor: I233 - Fix Unicode character support in package details
26. Package Editor: I333 - Fix Unicode character support in package details
27. Project: I742 - Fixed crash when project folder is deleted
28. Project: I762 - Fixed crash when refreshing project (rare)
29. Project: I791 - Unicode characters not rendering in Project
30. Project: I805 - Fixed crash when project folder is deleted
31. Project: I671 - Fixed crash when changing project filename or status (12 other related issue numbers)
32. Project: I727 - Fixed drag and drop of files into Project Window and Help Pane
33. Project: I730 - Fixed details not updating in project after save of keyboard
34. Project: I791 - Fix Unicode character display for keyboard name only

Issues corrected in Keyman 7.0.234.0

1. Keyman Desktop: Minor installer changes for Vista Certification
2. Keyman Developer - Command Line Compiler: Fix bugs with compiling packages and products
3. Keyman Developer - KeymanWeb Pack: Fix index() bug with long context strings

Issues corrected in Keyman 7.0.233.0, released 23 March 2007

Enhancements

1. Keyman Developer: Keyman Developer is now more responsive
2. Keyman Developer - Branding Editor: KCT User Interface editor now does not requires files to be saved before using Test Page button
3. Keyman Developer - Character Map: Character Map now follows selected character in On Screen and Keyboard editors
4. Keyman Developer - KeymanWeb Pack: KeymanWeb is now updated to build 83
5. Keyman Developer - KeymanWeb Pack: KeymanWeb Compiler nows distinguishes between mnemonic and positional layout
6. Keyman Developer - KeymanWeb Pack: Added "Compile All To Web" button in the project

Bug Fixes

1. Keyman Desktop: Manifest added to tsactivate.exe
2. Keyman Desktop: desktop_resources.dll is now signed
3. Keyman Desktop: FIXED: Crash on startup when associating some languages with keyboards
4. Keyman Desktop: FIXED: Memory leak in keyman.exe causes crash after several days
5. Keyman Desktop: FIXED: Issues with activating on notebooks that use docking stations
6. Keyman Desktop - Addins: FIXED: Wordlink still says version 6.0
7. Keyman Desktop - Configuration: FIXED: Download Keyboard dialog wraps the search box
8. Keyman Desktop - Translations: FIXED: Button sizes in French translation on some pages
9. Keyman Desktop - Translations: FIXED: fr used instead of fra for French locale translation
10. Keyman Developer - Branding Editor: FIXED: License type on new KCT file not set correctly
11. Keyman Developer - Branding Editor: FIXED: Keyman KCT template is missing Menu and Icons
12. Keyman Developer - Branding Editor: FIXED: Test Page in KCT editor does not show some images
13. Keyman Developer - Distribution Editor: FIXED: Distribution Editor reverts to previous version if file not saved before build
14. Keyman Developer - Distribution Editor: FIXED: Shortcuts are created in Start Menu when Desktop is specified
15. Keyman Developer - Distribution Editor: FIXED: Addins should use the Fragment_Merges rather than being added through .msm merge references in Compiler
16. Keyman Developer - Distribution Editor: FIXED: Tab order is wrong in Shortcuts tab
17. Keyman Developer - Distribution Editor: FIXED: Save copy as does not work
18. Keyman Developer - Distribution Editor: FIXED: Changes made in source tab of Dist Editor did not save if user did not change tabs
19. Keyman Developer - Distribution Editor: FIXED: Save as did not rename the output file and save file correctly
20. Keyman Developer - Keyboard Editor: FIXED: On Screen Keyboard auto-fill is not working correctly
21. Keyman Developer - Keyboard Editor: FIXED: Keyboard parser needs to append .bmp if no extension on BITMAP
22. Keyman Developer - Keyboard Editor: FIXED: Keyboard appears 'too complex' if 102nd key is in the keyboard
23. Keyman Developer - Keyboard Editor: FIXED: Pressing shift in On Screen Keyboard editor sometimes transfers char to other shift state
24. Keyman Developer - Keyboard Editor: FIXED: Click "include On Screen Keyboard" does not always set the On Screen Keyboard filename
25. Keyman Developer - Keyboard Editor: FIXED: Layout tab has wrong taborder
26. Keyman Developer - Keyboard Editor: FIXED: Crash when exporting some On Screen Keyboards to HTML
27. Keyman Developer - KeymanWeb Pack: FIXED: KeymanWeb compiler is ignoring new KMW_* system stores
28. Keyman Developer - Project: FIXED: Files disappear from project if referenced as subfiles later

Issues corrected in Keyman 7.0.232.0, released 7 February 2007

1. New - Keyman Desktop: Added French user interface translation
2. Fixed - Keyman Desktop Light: Fixed package installation crash "Index 1 out of bounds"
3. Fixed - All products: Fixed issue where upgrades and patches reset the installation folder to the default

Issues corrected in Keyman 7.0.231.0, released 1 February 2007

1. Fixed - Keyman Desktop: Fixed crash when Activate button is clicked in Activation Dialog

Version 6.2 release history