Version 7.4 (23 January 2018)

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Added command line option to register product during installation.

Version 7.3 (23 September 2017)

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Added option to turn off low memory warnings.

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Added support to identify SQL Server 2017 instances.

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Reduced low memory warning CPU utilization.

Version 7.2 (6 February 2017)

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Fixed bug with binary export not recognising tags in the folder value.

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Improved license activation messages.

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Added support to export non-standard jpeg images stored by Cashwise.

Version 7.1 (28 July 2016)

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Improved speed in displaying large images.

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Improved detection of bitmap images in OLE Object fields.

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Query results now display file name of OLE Object package.

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Improved query results display performance.

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Improved support for embedded Acrobat documents.

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Improved detection of dicom images.

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Fixed display of photoshop (psd) images.

Version 7.0 (6 May 2016)

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Improved support for embedded Access OLE items.

Version 6.9 (7 April 2016)

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Added support for svg, swf, webm, mp4, m4a, m4v, mkv, flv, mov, and 3gp files.

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Fixed bug with some OpenOffice and Microsoft Office files wrongly identified as zip files.

Version 6.8 (23 March 2016)

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Added support for OpenOffice Writer, Calc, and Impress files (odt, ods, and odp).

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Added support for ePub files.

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Fixed bug with wrongly identifying Microsoft Office files as zip files.

Version 6.7 (17 Decenber 2015)

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Added filter to results in Export Progress window.

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Fixed text highlighting issue in Export Progress window.

Version 6.6 (23 October 2015)

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Added support for Outlook message files.

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Added option to run a query to retrieve only the column metadata for use in the Export Wizard.

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Fixed issue with false low memory conditions alerts.

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Miscellaneous GUI improvements and speed-ups.

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Fixed error when saving SQL editor layout.

Version 6.5 (29 May 2015)

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Added option to change SQL editor font and font size.

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Added support to export decimal/numeric values to spreadsheets/text files.

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Fixed bug when saving scripts containing non-standard ASCII characters.

Version 6.4 (22 January 2015)

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Improved support for extracting bitmap images stored as OLE data.

Version 6.3 (27 May 2014)

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Fixed issue with command line interface when script file is stored in a protected system folder.

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Fixed bug with image effects window on Windows Vista and newer.

Version 6.2 (14 May 2014)

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Added support for Access databases.

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Added support for FILENAME format specifier for text columns. This allows you to extract only the file name portion from a fully qualified file name value.

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Fixed issue with using the command line interface to run SQL Image Viewer scripts.

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Fixed issue with using '{ts' values in SQL Server scripts.

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Fixed some GUI inconsistencies with large fonts.

Version 6.1 (20 March 2014)

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Tables can be dragged from the database objects browser onto the SQL editor to quickly form SQL commands.

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Image results window no longer displays memo fields.

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Fixed bug with naming duplicate files contained in OLE containers.

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Fixed bug with extracting files from OLE containers.

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Fixed bug with extracting images from OLE containers.

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Fixed bug with exporting large result sets.

Version 6.0 (16 March 2014)

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Added direct PostgreSQL access option. PostgreSQL ODBC drivers are no longer required.

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Added support for direct MySQL and Oracle access.

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Added support for SQL Server Compact databases.

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Result sets now display details about binary data and size.

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Improved GUI, now supports Windows Vista and Windows 7 themes.

Version 5.5 (6 February 2014)

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Fixed memory warning bug on 64-bit systems.

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Added option to export images in TIFF format.

Version 5.4 (12 September 2013)

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Fixed bug with validating Excel file names in Export Wizard.

Version 5.4 (24 July 2013)

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Added option to export rich text format (RTF) files.

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Added option to scan character columns for HTML, RTF and XML content and export them to files.

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Added option to export data from character columns.

Version 5.3 (19 April 2013)

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Improved identification of Word and Powerpoint files created by Open Office.

Version 5.2 (23 November 2012)

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Added support to export data to tab-delimited or comma-delimited text files.

Version 5.1 (8 November 2012)

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Added support to extract files from OLE Structured Storage/Microsoft Compound Document data.

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Fixed bug with exporting files embedded in Access-OLE data.

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Fixed bug with exporting data to Excel spreadsheets where the text length exceeds 32767 characters.

Version 5.0 (8 October 2012)

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Added option to run extenal applications to process exported files in the Export Wizard.

Version 4.9 (3 July 2012)

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Now exports 'text' type fields to Excel worksheets.

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Added option to create multiple Excel worksheets or multiple Excel files, to reduce size of created Excel files.

Version 4.8 (8 May 2012)

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Fixed issue with number formatting when preceded by a date/time column in naming of files.

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Fixed bug when exporting unicode characters to the Excel spreadsheet.

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Fixed formatting of dynamically generated names when preceded by a datetime field.

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Added support for export of large integer fields to Excel spreadsheets.

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Stop reporting skipped binary data as errors.

Version 4.7 (5 April 2012)

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Fixed default SQL Server instance name for named instances.

Version 4.6 (17 March 2012)

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Fixed display of tables containing image/binary data for SQL Server 2005 instances and newer.

Version 4.5 (6 February 2012)

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Show PostgreSQL help topic when error on data length is encountered.

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Export process will now create new sub-directories when required.

Version 4.4 (12 January 2012)

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Improved identification of OLE structured storage data.

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Improved extraction of images from OLE data.

Version 4.3 (31 October 2011)

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Fixed error in Excel result set export function in trial mode.

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Fixed miscellaneous GUI errors.

Version 4.2 (16 September 2011)

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Added option to export result set to an Excel spreadsheet, with hyperlinks to exported images/binary data.

Version 4.1 (8 June 2011)

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Fixed various GUI errors when running on Windows 7 with medium sized fonts.

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Fixed error when results text is selected but no results are available.

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Fixed error where the results page is displayed when a connection is first opened.

Version 4.0 (7 January 2011)

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Added option to resize images during export.

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Automated exports via the command line interface now supports image processing functions.

Version 3.7 (9 December 2010)

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Improve support for Oracle 11g 64-bit versions.

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Added post-processing options to exported Microsoft Excel files:

- unhide workbook

- protect workbook with password

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Added post-processing options to exported Microsoft Word files:

- protect document with password

Version 3.6 (3 September 2010)

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Export now supports using tags in the export folder.

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Improved support to extract Microsoft Office documents from Microsoft Access OLE fields.

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Improved support to extract packages from Microsoft FoxPro OLE fields.

Version 3.5 (5 August 2010)

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Added limited support to display DICOM images.

Version 3.4 (11 June 2010)

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Added support to identify Microsoft Access OLE fields.

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Added support to extract Microsoft Office, Acrobat and images stored in Microsoft Access OLE fields.

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Last used ODBC parameters are now saved for use in subsequent sessions.

Version 3.3.0.83 (30 April 2010)

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Command line interface to support automated exports now supports the following database servers:

- Firebird

- MySQL

- Oracle

- SQL Server using both SQL authentication (in addition to Windows authentication added in 3.0.0.75)

- SQLite

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Database error messages are now reported in the logs when running automated exports.

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Bug fix: SQLite queries sometimes wrongly returned empty results.

Version 3.2.0.81 (16 April 2010)

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Bug fix: single image view sometimes started in magnifier mode.

Version 3.2.0.80 (28 February 2010)

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Added CROP option to command line interface.

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Added option to not create default log files (NODEFAULTLOG) for command line interface.

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Added option to delete old log files (KEEPLOG) for command line interface.

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Added option to skip appending file extensions.

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Added option to display only failed items in the 'Export Progress' window.

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Bug fix: empty or null columns are now skipped during the export process.

Version 3.0.0.75 (21 December 2009)

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Added command line interface to support automated exports.

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Added option to generate unique file names when the naming convention results in duplicate names.

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File extensions are no longer repeated when the generated file names already contain the correct extension.

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Bug fix: export process was hanging on damaged zip files.

Version 2.5.0.142 (20 November 2009)

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Added option to compress images exported in PDF format.

Version 2.5.0.140 (13 November 2009)

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Added support to export images to PDF format.

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Bug fix: random errors when the mouse pointer was over the retrieved images while the SQL statement was running.

Version 2.5.0.138 (5 November 2009)

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Bug fix: random SetFocus errors when editor is inactive.

Version 2.5.0.134 (6 September 2009)

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Added support to recognise unprotected Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2007 files.

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Double clicking on an unsupported binary type now automatically opens the hex viewer.

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Bug fix: access violations sometimes occurred during painting of images

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Bug fix: files were sometimes wrongly identified as mp3 files.

Version 2.4.0.132 (3 August 2009)

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Added support to use date time fields in the file naming convention.

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Added support for datetime format specifiers.

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Added option to treat strings as UTF8 encoded strings for Firebird databases.

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Bug fix: integrated update caused SQL Image Viewer to be opened twice after the update process.

Version 2.3.0.119 (5 July 2009)

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When exported images use the same file name, the repeated file names are listed at the end of the export process.

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Added option to display results in text mode.

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Bug fix: in certain cases, application takes a while (2 to 10 seconds) to close.

Version 2.2.0.113 (18 April 2009)

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Bug fix: application wrongly displayed Images window when a new connection was made.

Version 2.2.0.112 (10 April 2009)

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Added option in popup menu to expand or collapse all grouped images.

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Added option to copy individual values from query results to clipboard.

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Hex viewer now uses the last view settings of the current session.

Version 2.2.0.110 (1 March 2009)

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Bug fix: valid licenses were not recognised after the trial expiry date.

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Bug fix: image description columns which contained null values caused an exception.

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Bug fix: rows with a mix of image and binary data columns sometimes caused an exception when matching the selected image to the relevant data row.

Version 2.2.0.109 (20 February 2009)

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Changed cursor to hour glass when saving images running time consuming transformations, for better visual feedback.

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Bug fix: images were allowed to be saved without a proper file name entered.

Version 2.2.0.108 (12 January 2009)

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Added magnifier mode in image viewer.

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Added option to strip all image metadata from jpeg images during export, including EXIF data and EXIF thumbnails. In most cases, this can reduce the final size of the image.

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Added drop-down list to allow quick navigation between the editor, results window, and any other open windows.

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Added support for identifying HTML and XML files.

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Bug fix: when an image was opened using both the image viewer and hex viewer, the wrong window was sometimes wrongly selected.

Version 2.1.0.98 (12 December 2008)

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Added ability to export binary data using the Export Items wizard.

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Improved time taken to open Export Items wizard when only binary data is present.

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Allow copying of table names in browser to clipboard.

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Bug fix: export progress dialog was displaying clickable links for non-existent files.

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Bug fix: export button was enabled only when 'Results' tab was selected.

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Bug fix: repeatedly saving individual binary files did not use a sensible file extension for the given file type.

Version 2.0.0.88 (1 December 2008)

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Added support for Oracle 10g.

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Added support for ODBC drivers.

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Added highlighting support for PostgreSQL and DB2 databases connected via ODBC.

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Added browser that lists all tables containing binary/blob data, for DB2, MySQL 5, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server and SQLite databases.

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Added support for identifying binary data of the following file types: pdf, zip, rar, 7z, bzip2, gz, wav and mp3.

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Added experimental support for identifying binary data of the following file types: doc, ppt, xls.

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Added support to save unidentified binary data.

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Added hex viewer to display binary data.

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Allow large integer fields to be used in file naming convention.

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Bug fix: application exception when result set contained mandatory fields and field type was not supported.

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Bug fix: results grid does not scroll to the right when selection is made with the keyboard.

Version 1.5.0.22 (8 November 2008)

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Added support for MySQL 4.1.22 and 5.0.67.

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Allow contents of memo fields shorter than 256 characters to be displayed.

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Allow memo fields to be used in file naming convention.

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Allow unicode fields to be used in file naming convention.

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MRU list now includes newly saved files.

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Bug fix: memo fields were wrongly identified as containing image data.

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Bug fix: SQL Server unicode field names were wrongly displayed.

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Bug fix: controls were disappearing in Windows Vista when ALT key was pressed.

Version 1.1.0.19 (13 August 2008)

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Bug fix: Application was always saving connection list to 'c:\temp\sqlist.txt'.

Version 1.1.0.18 (7 August 2008)

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Most recently used (MRU) file list functionality implemented.

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Reduced memory usage when storing JPEG image thumbnails.

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Bug fix: Error when query does not return any textual columns.

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Bug fix: Users could not enter license details when trial period has expired.

Version 1.1.0.15 (23 May 2008)

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Image export now allows one or more image processing functions to be applied.

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Miscellaneous bug fixes.

Version 1.0.0.8 (11 April 2008)

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Initial release of SQL Image Viewer.