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Release Notes – 5.5.0

• Major compatibility release
• Supports multiple Html Renders and autoselects WebBrowser Control if WebView2 is not installed. WebView2 is no longer a mandatory requirement.
• Supports both x86 and x64 architectures.
• Runs on Linux operating systems using Wine 9.x with limitations.
• Runs on Windows Vista and above with some limitations. Recommendation is always Windows 10 and above.
• .NET Framework requirement lowered to 4.6 or above.

Release Notes – 5.4.9

• Bugfixes in theWord encrypted format (thanks to David Ford).
• Several Bugfixes in theWord dictionary format.
• Supports images in theWord dictionary format for display only.

Release Notes – 5.4.8

• Button to save plugin.
• Experimental options – allow slow but reliable HTML/RTF conversion using WebBrowser and RichTextBox controls.
• Bugfixes in dictionary plugin parsing.

Release Notes – 5.4.7

• Bugfixes in BBLI Bible format (thanks to Ngon Cyrille)
• Experimental options – persistent preferences i.e, save/load prefs from file.

Release Notes – 5.4.6

• Complete UI redesign of plugins.
• Experimental options – Edit Bible Verse option allows to edit using context menu.

Release Notes – 5.4.5

• Bugfix in raw display of bibles.

Release Notes – 5.4.4

• Some BibleAnalyzer commentaries doesn’t load – fixed.

Release Notes – 5.4.3

• EasySlides Bible texts with empty verse references fails to load – fixed.
• SWORD bible on windows doesn’t use the Sword Engine – fixed.

Release Notes – 5.4.2

• ‘Don’t parse to provide raw text’ option in Preferences doesn’t work – fixed.
• Raw display for viewing content without rendering.
• Dynamically run plugins on bible, books, commentary and dictionary texts.

Release Notes – 5.4.1

• Commentary and Dictionary links fixed for WebView2.
• Fixed red texts parsing and display.
• Better dark mode support.
• Automatic parser setting in preferences.
• Bug fixes and code improvements

Release Notes – 5.4

• WebBrowser replaced with WebView2.
• Fixed issue unable to save Bible Preferences.
• Comments in Zefania XML changed to NOTE tag within VERS as per Zefania XML Schema Definition.
• Support for display themes. Experimental dark theme just for content display.
• Major bug fixes and code improvements

Release Notes – 5.3.1

• Important bug fix on loading Sword Project bibles.

Release Notes – 5.3

• Portuguese translation for Deuterocanonical Books
• Replaced cross-connect with libsword from CrossWire
• Apocrypha support for The SWORD Project Bibles, MP3
• Major bug fixes and code improvements

Release Notes – 5.2

• Apocrypha support for Zefania XML Bile, MyBible, e-Sword
• Several bug fixes and code improvements
• Background cleaning disabled by default

Release Notes – 5.1

• Support for e-Sword HD dcti and refi format.
• Support for The Sword Project raw display/export.
• Books missing in BibleAnalyzer export fixed.

Release Notes – 5.0

• Added third-party licenses.
• Minor code modification.

Release Notes – 4.4

• Portuguese Translation
• Minor Bugfix

Release Notes – 4.3

• Support for e-Sword HD CMTI format.

Release Notes – 4.2

• Updated UI with better toolbar icons
• Bugfix on plugin processing.
• A Bible reader with no Bible content? The Gospel of John from WEB translation added.

Release Notes – 4.1

• Fixed export issue while parsing disabeld
• Improved plugin support.
• Updated icon with better resolution.
• Updated links and several internal improvements.

Release Notes – 4.0

• DPI awareness for high resolutions.
• Fixed print issue.
• Support for MyBible format.
• Support e-Sword BBLI format.
• Support SwordSearcher format.
• Rtf to Html for better display.
• Updated links and several internal improvements.

Release Notes – 3.0

• Support for Windows 10.
• Executable Bible removed.
• Updated links.

Release Notes – 2.9

• Support for VerseVIEW Bible format.
• Export to theWord gives some html escaed chars – fixed.

Release Notes – 2.8

• Support for HeavenWorld Bible format.
• Support for OnlineBible Book format.

Release Notes – 2.7

• Support for Palm Bible+ format.
• Red-text simulation not enabled by default (can be enabled from Preferences) to avoid interfering with modules that already have red text.
• Support for OnlineBible Commentary and Dictionary formats. Export to OnlineBible dictionaries not supported.

Release Notes – 2.6

• Context menu on red text doesn’t work – fixed.
• Support for OnlineBible format.
• Supports red-text for MySword for Android.

Release Notes – 2.5

• GoBible suddenly doesn’t open – fixed.
• Introducing plugins based on regular expressions.

Release Notes – 2.4

• Optional Chapter Titles
• A few theWord dictionaries give error System.Byte[] – fixed.
• GoBible NT gives Book names from Gen to Dan – fixed.

Release Notes – 2.3

• Rebuilt using Microsoft .Net 2.0. Supports Windows 8
• Automatically convert Christ’s Words to Red Text.

Release Notes – 2.2

• Split into two versions – A new version that supports Windows 8 (Requires .Net 4.0+) and a legacy version that supports from Windows XP to Windows 7 (Requires .Net 2.0+). The two versions will continue to co-exist temporarily until a single portable version is feasible to support all platforms including Windows 8.

Release Notes – 2.1

• (Note: Version 2.0 withdrawn and re-released as 2.1 on the same day after an important bug fix)

Release Notes – 2.0

• Minimum Requirement changed to Microsoft .Net 4.0 to support Windows 8.
• Speak verse/chapter in context menu of reading pane to hear the Bible being read in background
• Unable to export if the import file contains a single quote – Fixed
• Support for e-Sword Reference Libraries (.refx files).

Release Notes – 1.23

• Console based parameters are now available. It enables Simple Bible Reader to be silently used/or called from another programs.
• Localizations are now autodetected and autoenabled
• Localizations in Spanish – Thanks to Julio Behr

Release Notes – 1.22

• Exported Unbound Bibles not able to open in ‘The Unbound Bible Tools’ – fixed
• Experimental localization in Tamil. More languages will be added soon.

Release Notes – 1.21

• TOPX with qoutes in titles displays System.Byte [] – fixed.

Release Notes – 1.20

• Some files previously worked suddenly failed to load – fixed.

Release Notes – 1.19

• Bibles exportable to LOGOS Import (docx) format.
• Convert massive amount of files using batch mode.
• Support for user plugins to hook into the parsing process.
• Application digitally signed using trusted CA.
• Greek/Hebrew letters not displayed properly in some formats- fixed.

Release Notes – 1.18

• Bug fix for drag and drop of non-Bibles
• Preference page for MP3 Bible files.

Release Notes – 1.17

• Support for EasySlides Bibles.
• Export English Bibles as MP3 files.
• Export progress bar at 100% always – fixed.
• Printer exception – fixed.

Release Notes – 1.16

• Support for STEP modules but export not yet fully supported.

Release Notes – 1.15

• Bug fix – Can’t open theWord commentary modules from wordmodules.com

Release Notes – 1.14

• Bug fix – The Word format export collapses when verses have multiple lines.
• Bug fix – Some red texts disappears in e-Sword because of nested rtf tags.

Release Notes – 1.13

• Option to unencrypt while export of e-Sword 9.x Bibles in Preferences for the support of editing Bibles using ToolTip Tool NT.
• VPL format now supports Strong’s
• Minor Bug-fix on MySword for Android dictionary export.

Release Notes – 1.12

• Support for the SWORD Project Books.
• Support for the BibleAnalyzer Books.
• Support for the MySword for Android Books.

Release Notes – 1.11

• Support for e-Sword Topics and The Word Books.
• Better text support for RVF based The Word modules.
• Encrypting e-Sword modules during export.

Release Notes – 1.10

• Support for BibleAnalyzer commentaries and dictionaries.

Release Notes – 1.9

• Support for MySword for Android commentaries and dictionaries.

Release Notes – 1.8

• Extended ASCII characters are displayed as squares – fixed

Release Notes – 1.7

• You know a language to speak but doesn’t know how to read or write? Don’t worry. Transliteration support is now added.
• Bible Statistics.
• Unicode Bug introduced in 1.6 – Fixed.

Release Notes – 1.6

• SWORD Dictionary – Bug fixed. Now supports compressed SWORD dictionaries.
• Export parameters like abbrevation, description, comments does not work – fixed.

Release Notes – 1.5

• Executable Bible now has same advanced features as Simple Bible Reader
• Ability to automatically detect file format with support for drag-and-drop of any supported format irrespective of bibles, commentaries and dictionaries.
• Supports SWORD Dictionaries.

Release Notes – 1.4

• Layout changes along with advanced layout options to support commentary and dictionary.
• Option to change fonts.
• Paragraph view
• Support for red-text and lexicon display for Zefania XML, e-Sword and The Word modules.
• Support for XML, SWORD, e-Sword and The Word commentaries.
• Support for Zefania, e-Sword and TheWord Dictionary modules.
• Advanced search support with and, or, exact, match case and regular expressions.
• Linking Bible verse to Commentaries and lexicon-dictionary.

Release Notes – 1.3

• Compressed SWORD Bibles of OSIS SourceType doesn’t open – Fixed.

Release Notes – 1.2

• Support for The Word encrypted modules – .ontx, .otx and .ntx

Release Notes – 1.1

• Support for MySword for Android bibles
• Support for Bible Analyzer bibles

Release Notes – 1.0

• Initial Release.
• Supports nearly 20 bible formats.