What's new in version 2.3
- Search results can be saved as plain text in addition to HTML and
CSV.
- Results window printing
- Fixed font output can be selected to preserve the display of tabs
- HTML output in the view window, and CSS Styling allows virtually
all aspects of the view window to be customised by the end user.
- Double-clicking in the top file list
window will now launch the associated application of the file clicked
on.
- Double-clicking on a .PAR file now starts the search
right away.
- Log of files that were skipped during a search can be enabled by
editing the default.par file and adding the line Show Log=true into
the [General Search Parameters] section.
- skip _vti* folders, which is useful when searching FrontPage subwebs
- Stop after the first match has been found option added
- 'invert match' option allows you to find all lines NOT
containing the search expression
- Correct handling of all system date formats in file filters
- Zip file searching improved to prevent the ZIP file itself being
searched when 'search zips' option is set.
What was new in version 2.2
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Zip file searching. Windows Grep can now look in any zip files found for files that match your file specification. For example, if you search *.txt files in c:\temp, Windows Grep will also search *.txt files in zip files found in
c:\temp.
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File list printing. It is now possible to print the matching file list.
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Support for delimited and fixed-width text files. You can search at a field-level within these types of files. See the search criteria dialog box topic for more information.
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Prompt on exit. If you like, you can be asked ‘Are you sure?’ before you close down Windows Grep. This is set from Preferences on the Options menu.
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Splash screen removed. By popular request!
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New installation program that works properly in Windows 2000.
What was new in version 2.1
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File list can be saved (in CSV format) by selecting "Matching file list" from the Save As file types.
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Save as type .TXT now works correctly
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Date of files checked between searching and viewing/replacing to prevent problems if files have been deleted or changed between these operations
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Double-clicking on the filelist now invokes the editor
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Double-clicking on the results window now invokes the editor! (with line number passed)
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Jump to first match when opening whole file implemented
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$e documented to allow filename to be passed to editor without surrounding quotes.