Since the previous version came out, developers have added some new features and have made some improvements to the program. The main highlight of The Bat! 4.2.12 is the Menu Navigator and better work with antivirus applications.
The Bat! was always known for its wide range of useful functions. The other side of the coin was the fact that users could easily get lost in this diversity. Sometimes users could not find required menu items. For the same reason, some mechanisms of the program remain unnoticed. The Bat! 4.2.12 Menu Navigator is meant for resolving this problem once and for all.
Menu Navigator gives tips about the location of one The Bat! function or another. Menu Navigator can be found in the View section. Its interface is very simple: users enter the keyword (or its first letters) in the input box – and the Navigator gives a complete structured list of functions related to this word.
For example, if you input the word "address", the Navigator gives you all menu items concerning the work with addresses and address books. When you click any of these items, a whole menu path appears, leading you to the desired function. In this way, you will never lose anything that's in the menu. Moreover, the Menu Navigator helps you to find out about those mechanisms that you haven't noticed in previous versions.
The developers have also fixed the problems that appeared while working with several antivirus programs. Previously these programs had considered The Bat! to be a suspect application. In The Bat! 4.2.12 this problem is solved.
We remind you that The Bat! 4.2.12 is totally compatible with Windows 7 OS. Among the nearest RITLabs' plans – setting up web-like search and cryptographic innovations.
Complete list of modifications. [+] You may now call Menu Navigator from menus
[+] Added support for Japanese interface language
[+] Web-like search is now available in Message Finder
[*] The Bat! Got "Compatible with Windows 7" logo
[*] New command line parameters /ASSOCIATE_DefMailClient /ASSOCIATE_EML /ASSOCIATE_MSG /ASSOCIATE_VCF /ASSOCIATE_MAILTO. When one of the following parameters are passed, The Bat! does the necessary associations and immediately exits. It also returns an exit code (errorlevel) 0 in case of success and 1 in case of error.
[*] More logging when a filtering error occurs.
[*] Viewer/Editor Profile Layout and SmartBat Preferences rearranged to fit loooong captions, font and color names
[*] thebat.exe is now plain exe file without an executable compressor
[*] Viewer/Editor Profile Layout and SmartBat Preferences - FontFace fixed on buttons instead of icons for them :(
[*] (#0006256) Message Finder: It was impossible to delete a simple condition block
[*] The temp files are deleted after displaying the splash screen that may show the splash screen faster when there are lots of temp files to delete
[*] If a message index file cannot be created due to a renaming error, detailed information is given to the user.
[-] When inserting a block from file in MicroEd, the editor window went to background, and the main The Bat! window was activated
[-] In SMTP, the EHLO argument could contain local computer's name rather than fully-qualified domain name retrieved from DNS.
[-] When a user ran thebat.exe under Windows Vista (or later) without previously installing the MSI (i.e. no special registry entries were set), The Bat! did ask for file associations, but couldn't set it. Now it shows an "OK" button with a shield to indicate that it requires UAC elevation to write all the necessary registry entries (to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE).
[-] Added a debug parameter /LOGIPRESOLVER
[-] (#0007696): problems reading certain html messages with latest betas
[-] Some windows to input a single line had untranslatable OK and Cancel Buttons
[-] A colour selection combo-box had a "Custom..." item untranslatable
[-] TBVARS URL Handler, that was used to modify The Bat! settings via external URLs was not associated to Registry.
[-] Fixed a bug of restoring a backup files from command line
[-] Simple MAPI handler couldn't handle the ReadMail command
[-] The "/OP" command line parameter gave an AV.
[-] Fixed a problem with Copy&Paste of the last line of an HTML page
[-] Fixed a problem with anti-virus software when passing data between the DLL and thebat.exe when using SIMPLE MAPI.
[-] Changed "Unselect" to "Deselect" throughout the program
[-] The Preferences dialog was not centered, did not fit 800x600 or similar resolution, and didn't remember its position.
[-] The Message Dispatcher window was not screen-centered
[-] The Quick Template window was not screen-centered
[-] Card file lists weren't backuped
[-] The Bat! uninstaller didn't delete message base files and some files of the common settings
[-] In S/MIME internal implementation, if The Bat! user did generate a new certificate and have used another certificate to sign it, and the two certificates had different algorithms, the generation didn't work properly.
[-] When generating a certificate in S/MIME internal implementation, the "unused bits" in KeyUsage was incorrectly set
[-] Fixed an AV when restoring a TBK file during a first start (when no accounts were yet created) and the backup did contain scheduled events
[-] Drag-and-drop of messages with "foreign" characters in subjects into disk folders could fail
[-] (#0007686) Background in HTML message is not saved and is not sent
[-] (#0007754) Image resizing in the HTML-editor is not saved.
[-] (#0007761) HTML editor doesn't define background colour in message source, when is White colour selected.
