CintaNotes News and Releases

[CintaNotes Developer]

Oct 20, 2015 - Version 3.0.1

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Notes list: Highlight the link icon when search term appears in the Link field
  
• Improved performance of notes list painting and scrolling

Fixes:

• Regression: Window-related items in system menu were not working
  
• Notes list: wrong search hilites in attachments when file name gets shortened
  
• File attachments: scroll file list in note preview to highlight appropriate search result
  
• Unnecessary log files were generated
  
• Section bar: double clicking on scrolling arrow shouldn't select all sections
  
• Import: tags were not displayed correctly after second import
  
• Links with percent sign (%) not recognized correctly
  
• Fixed duplicate menu mnemonics
  
• Simplenote sync: unable to upload big file (> 40MB)
  
• Editor: password was required to display tag suggestions
  
• Fixed possible "column num not unqiue" error upon deleting a section

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_0_1_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_0_1.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Minor Update 3.0.1.3:

Enhancements:

• Logging: don't include user data to log by default
  Added "debug.log.userdata" parameter to cintanotes.settings.

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_0_1_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_0_1.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Nov 12, 2015 - Version 3.0.2

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Link fields are no longer lost when merging notes
  
• Updater: upon clicking on download, display additional warning if the license key won't be valid for the downloaded version

Fixes:

• "Database is locked" error when switching to the same encrypted notebook
  
• Possible PasswordEnterCancelledException after PC wakes up from sleep
  
• Wrong sort order displayed in newly created sections
  
• Regression: Notes list: Attachments not visible when note body is empty
  
• Tag sidebar: Shift+Alt+click activated non-related excluded tags
  
• Tag sidebar: Ctrl-Alt-click on a tag expanded whole tag tree
  
• Tag sidebar: Shift-clicking on a tag included all excluded tags
  
• Simplenote sync: fix crash when syncing attachments while working over proxy
  
• Export to XML: tags and notes were unordered
  
• Editor: Links with certain characters were not recognized correctly
  
• Editor: bug when replacing selection by typing one symbol and then undoing it
  
• Editor: fixed possible notelink damaging
  
• Editor: F3 "search inside words" inconsistent with notes list search settings

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_0_2_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_0_2.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Nov 27, 2015 - Version 3.1

In this version:

Features:

• Notes list: display remarks preview
  
• Options/Notes list: add configuring of remarks preview display
  
• Added "Options/Tags/Context-Sensitive Suggestions" option. When active, only tags from currently active sections will be suggested for autocomplete.
  
• Notebook encryption: add "Lock when PC is locked" option

Enhancements:

• Editor: improve handling of local cintanotes:// links Now such links are handled by CintaNotes itself, without using the system protocol handler
  
• Improve speed of mouse wheel scrolling of tag suggestions
  
• Moved help online, what reduced the size of the distribution package by 30%.
  
• Localized help is now opened for Russian and German UI languages.

Fixes:

• Clipping of numbered lists removed first number
  
• Ad-hoc "Timer N not in the registry" error
  
• Simplenote sync: crash when chosing "Use system proxy" when in fact system was not configured to use a proxy
  
• Regression: "Linked note not found" error on normal http links
  
• Search: word exclusion with (-) sign didn't work when attachments field was included in search
  
• Fixed random crashes upon pasting rich text into note editor
  
• Numbered lists with empty lines are now recognized upon clipping or pasting
  
• Note properties: date time picker should use system's date and time format

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_1_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_1.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Dec - 8, 2015 Version 3.1.1

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Added settings option "selection.followedited" to control whether focus should follow the edited note (enabled by default)
  
• Added settings option "tags.hierarchy.backslashes" which determines if tag input fields should automatically convert backslashes to forward slashes.
  
• Improved display of note preview when note has remarks but no text
  
• Editor: only suggest tags from edited note's section in context-sensitive tag suggestions

Fixes:

• Fixed one remaining possible reason for crashes upon pasting rich text into note editor
  
• Main windows position was not saved when exiting the program using tray menu
  
• Regression: tags autocomplete popup cut off text
  
• Editor: undo of some formatting changes didn't work
  
• Search by tag text didn't properly implement whole word search (i.e. when "search inside words" was turned off)
  
• Main window was needlessly activated after using "Add new note" hotkey

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_1_1_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_1_1.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Feb 15, 2016 - Version 3.1.2

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Focus top note during the search
  
• Simplenote sync: don't run sync on startup if last sync was recent enough
  
• Editor: improve Esc key handling Esc now cancels by default. Old behavior still available via the new "Options/Editor/Auto Save Changes on Esc" option

Fixes:

• Export and Print: Field lists need to hide the "&" sign
  
• Editor: wrong double-click word selection behavior
  
• Incorrect error message when trying to open a corrupted notebook
  
• Controls were being cut off at 120 DPI
  
• Error when creating a notebook while an attachment is opened for editing
  
• Possible PasswordEnterCancelledException on OS restart
  
• Duplicate parent tag can be created when creating child tag directly from editor
  
• Search in attachments for "-." was not working
  
• Export, Print: increased height of field lists to eliminate need to scroll

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_1_2_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_1_2.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Mar 21, 2016 - Version 3.1.3

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Drag-and-dropping of tags within the Tag sidebar
  
• Option to use single Tab press to insert TAB character instead of Ctrl+Tab (see "Options/Editor/Tab Character" menu)

Fixes:

• Clipping: backlinks to documents were not always added even when they were present in the process's command line
  
• CN didn't restore to maximized size from system tray
  
• Link to file not copied properly if path contained non-ASCII characters
  
• Notes count control was cut off at 120 DPI
  
• Display scaling caused CintaNotes to crash in Windows 10
  
• Unnecessary save confirmation on pressing Esc in empty new note
  
• "Database locked" error when CN was used on a network share

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_1_3_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_1_3.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Jul 27, 2016 - Version 3.2
Finally here - the Autotagging Rules!
Huge thanks to you guys for help and ongoing support!

In this version:

Features:

• Autotagging Rules
  Automatic assignment of tags and sections to notes. Finally the software can do the organizing for you!
  See "File / Rules" menu item.

Enhancements:

• File attachments: add ability to save to disk multiple attachments at once
  
• Editor: add advanced option to copy text without formats ("editor.copyplaintextonly" in cintanotes.settings)

Fixes:

• PasswordEnterCancelledException after canceling adding note
  
• Simplenote sync: synchronization no longer resets note selection
  
• Editor: std::out_of_range raised on save
  
• Notes list: RTL numbered lists were rendered incorrectly
  
• Simplenote sync: failure to sync from behind a proxy
  
• Large DPI sizing problems
  
• Tag drag and drop highlighting problems
  
• Tag drag and drop: didn't always correctly process mouse leaving
  
• Fixed HotKeyEditor Ctrl + Alt bug
  
• Import from a password-protected older format notebook required entering password twice
  
• Deleting section didn't also delete autodeletable tags
  
• Replacing and renaming tags was extremely slow on large number of tags and notes
  
• Negative search didn't work correctly with "anywhere" or "attachments" fields
  
• HTML export: wrong rendering of RTL text

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_2_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_2.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Aug 18, 2016 - Version 3.2.1

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Rules: add "has children of" and "has parents of" operators to Tags field
  
• Rules: add "comes before" and "comes after" operators for text fields

Fixes:

• Editor: fixed error when deleting note using Ctrl+Del
  
• "Open in editor" should be disabled when silent clipping mode is on
  
• Rules: fix "for all notes" rule condition not working
  
• Rules: fix TAB, ESC don't work in note editor when rule editor is open
  
• Rules: "Remove tag" action should also remove child tags of specified tag
  
• HTML export: printing note text only produces gray borders that gets wider
  
• Fix possible error upon program restart
  
• Notes list: Tag capitalization had effect on ordering in preview
  
• Notes list: tags are incorrectly shortened with ellipsis
  
• Tag sidebar: untagged count display was not always correct
  
• Editor: Wrong control positions after modified date is displayed
  
• Alt +F didn't always activate File menu
  
• Section limit in free version didn't consider section names

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_2_1_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_2_1.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Aug 31, 2016 - Version 3.3

In this version:

Features:

• Drag-n-drop tags onto notes
  
• Drag-n-drop notes onto sections

Enhancements:

• Rules: update deafult rule name in real-time during editing
  
• Rules: add F8 shortcut to call up Rules list

Fixes:

• Message dialogs: "Don't ask again" didn't work when selecting "No"
  
• HTML export: bullets not indented properly
  
• Rules: sometimes condition and action values were replaced by section names
  
• Rules editor: fix incorrect TAB order and initial focus
  
• Rules: rule actions upon save weren't always reflected in the note editor
  
• Rules: switching db should be prohibited when rule editor is displayed
  
• Rules: "have parents of" condition for tags produced SQLite error when specified tag doesn't have parents

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_3_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_3.zip

Huge thanks to date and Thomas for helping with testing the beta version!

[CintaNotes Developer]

Sep 6, 2016 - Version 3.3.1

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Highlight the note that is about to receive drag-and-dropped tag
  
• Editor: add space to tags after saving a note

Fixes:

• Fix tag list scroll buttons behavior
  
• Drag-and-drop shouldn't cause main window to lose focus
  
• Dragged notes should appear selected
  
• Editor: fix random jump when clicking in the note body after scrolling with mouse wheel

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_3_1_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_3_1.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Oct 17, 2016 - Version 3.4

In this version:

Features:

• Drag-and-drop reordering of section tabs

Enhancements:

• Rules: option to hide rule application notifications Added menu item "Options / Rules / Notify When Applied"
  
• Import: "Import rules" checkbox
  
• Editor: option to turn off automatic adding of space to the Tags field Added "editor.tagsfield.autoaddspace" parameter to cintanotes.settings

Fixes:

• Keyboard issue with the rules log dialog

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_4_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_4.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Dec 22, 2016 - Version 3.5

In this version:

Features:

• Simplenote sync is now free
  
• Links to attached files Added ability to insert links to attached files into note text

Enhancements:

• 10-day trial PRO license is now included by default
  
• 30-day extended trial available per request
  
• Ability to choose active license type
  
• Lock note drag-and-drop when scrolling note text (when left mouse button is held and wheel scrolled)

Fixes:

• HTML export: force keeping spaces if note text font is monospaced
  
• Possible error when deleting note from Recycle Bin
  
• Tag sidebar: unwanted tag list scroll (regression)
  
• Rules: backslash symbol not properly escaped in rule conditions
  
• Notes list: Wrong timestamp highlighting

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_5_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_5.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Mar 23, 2017 - Version 3.6

In this version:

Features:

• (PRO) Parse HTML for links and basic formatting upon clipping
  
• (PRO) Support pasting of HTML into notes list and note editor
  
• New "Options/Clipping/Formatting" submenu

Enhancements:

• Note links: open another notebook's note if it exists in opened notebook
  
• Make scrollbars clickable when window is maximized and mouse is at the rightmost edge

Fixes:

• Export: XML not created when previous directory is removed
  
• Note links: keyboard shortcuts didn't work in Russian
  
• HTML export: regression - no spacing between paragraphs
  
• Editor: tab indents not lining up correctly
  
• Drag and drop: block keyboard while drag
  
• Editor: unwanted keyboard layout change upon paste
  
• Notes list: weird selection behavior when selection.followedited = 0
  
• About dialog: missing licensee info
  
• Simplenote sync: sync could fail because of certificate security error
  
• Clipping was not always working in IE9+

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_6_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_6.zip

Special thanks to date, gunars, Ovg and usbpoweredfridge for trying out the beta versions and making sure that the final version is better!

[CintaNotes Developer]

Apr 25, 2017 - Version 3.7

In this version:

Features:

• Drag-and-dropping text from any application into CintaNotes

Fixes:

• Clipping shortcuts with Windows key not working
  
• Clipping: possible error upon clipping
  
• Tag sidebar: wrong tag counts after cancelled import
  
• Import: Exception after canceling import
  
• Editor: crash during paste
  
• Editor: attachment item height shouldn't depend on icon size
  
• Printing: "current view" now enabled even when there are no filters applied
  
• Pasting HTML in editor now obeys Options/Clipping/Formatting settings
  
• Tag autocomplete shouldn't disappear on BkSp, but continue showing appropriate results

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_7_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_7.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Jun 7, 2017 - Version 3.8

In this version:

Features:

• Autosave currently edited note Completely transparent to the user: in case of crash or power failure, edited note will be reopened after startup.
  
• Editor: Added "Paste as plain text" command to context menu with Ctrl+Alt+V shortcut
  
• Added option to auto minimize on losing focus to the Options menu. Use Options/Window/Minimize on losing focus submenu to configure timeout.

Enhancements:

• Notes list: more prominent display of selected tags in note previews
  
• Retain tag filter when hiding tag sidebar
  
• Double the length limit for names of note links
  
• "Window/Close to tray" option is now active by default
  
• "Window/Minimize to tray" option is now not active by default
  
• Added "--close" ("-c") command line option to close all app instances from batch files

Fixes:

• Updates subscription ending notification couldn't be hidden
  
• Editor: fixed extremely slow opening of some notes
  
• Editor: entering uppercase accented letters was not possible in some locales
  Added "editor.shortcuts.rightalt.enabled" option to regulate this.
• Remembered password shouldn't be requested upon clipping
  
• Recycle bin: zlib decompress error upon opening
  
• Rules: rule windows underneath main window when main window is "always on top"
  
• Don't focus main window after closing editor if main window wasn't active when this editor was created
  
• Editor: Pasting from Outlook inserted "&nbsp"'s
  
• Print and HTML export: line breaks in wrong places

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_8_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_8.zip

[CintaNotes Developer]

Jul 10, 2017 - Version 3.8.1

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Links to attachments: usability improvements.
  - List all current notes attachments when search box is empty;
  - Don't offer to link to attachments of other notes

Fixes:

• Extra spaces inside brackets after clipping text with HTML formatting
  
• Regression: CN window not activated when activating existing instance
  
• Editor windows not reopened after File/Exit
  
• Editor: minor note link issues
  
• Link protocol registration popup not always visible
  
• Regression: custom protocols not working in the Link field
  
• Editor: disable drag and drop of text which was not undoable

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_8_1_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_8_1.zip

[gunars]

Alex, these links still point to the 3.8.1 beta, which no longer exists.

[CintaNotes Developer]

Alex, these links still point to the 3.8.1 beta, which no longer exists.

Fixed, thanks Gunars!

[CintaNotes Developer]

Aug 15, 2017 - Version 3.9.1

In this version:

Fixes:

• Fixed issues with window docking on high-DPI screens
  
• Fixed issues with clipping from MS Edge browser on Windows 10
  
• Clipping from LibreOffice or TextMaker inserted raw HTML into notes
  
• Regression: editor window auto-closes on fast text selection
  
• Removed unnecessary warning about exceeding size Limit for attachment synchronization when sync is not active

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_3_9_1_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_3_9_1.zip