What's New in LogMerge

Here are the latest changes, enhancements and corrections to LogMerge by version number and date. For information on less-recent changes and enhancements, see the Revision History topic.

Version 5.7.1.40 - 06/06/2011

1.	Registration validation would fail when pasting the registration key into the Registration Code field. This problem has been corrected.

Version 5.7.0.35 - 10/4/2010

1.	This version contains all changes, fixes and improvements since version 5.2. LogMerge is now a 32-bit only application. 16-bit versions of LogMerge are no longer maintained.

RCS' Linker product is now supported with a separate custom identifier for Linker traffic records. LogMerge expects to see the characters "^^" as the first two characters in a combined music and traffic file exported by Selector when Linker is being used. In this scenario, LogMerge is basically used to reformat and validate the log for use with XStudio, DCS or Maestro. Review the topic Selector System Setup for additional information.

Conversion of cart numbers beginning with "HC" (HC??) is implemented for RCS' Linker traffic records. Matching cart numbers are converted to a log note that Maestro will interpret as a "live read" text file. The resulting file name is the original cart number plus the extension ".DCR". Linker traffic records are interpreted by LogMerge when the characters "^^" are the record identifier in the combined source Selector output file.

4.	Selector output files that contain completely blank lines are now processed correctly. The blank lines are skipped by LogMerge.

A new record type ("W") has been defined for MusicMaster output files. This record type can be used by Wide Orbit traffic system users to ensure the traffic system's "Sequence Number" makes it through to the log file produced by LogMerge. This record type is used when MusicMaster is combining both the music and traffic logs before producing an output file used by LogMerge.

6.	MusicMaster exported cart numbers beginning with the letter "H" (H???) is implemented. Matching cart numbers are converted to a log note that Maestro will interpret as a "live read" text file. The resulting file name is the original cart number plus the extension ".DCR".

7.	The help documentation has been updated to work with Windows Vista & Windows 7. These operating systems do not, as a default, support the traditional help file (.HLP). The help documentation is now supplied as a compiled HTML file (.CHM).

Microsoft Security Update 896358 not only fixes a vulnerability in HTML Help, it prevents HTML Help files from execution if the CHM file is installed on a network drive. CHM files installed locally continue to work.

Symptoms: When you open a CHM file from a UNC path or from a network drive even if the network drive is mapped to a drive letter, the HTML Help viewer opens and instead of displaying the topic, it displays an error message "Action canceled" in the topic pane.

Solutions: Install the application on a local drive to avoid this problem. Alternatively, there are some registry changes that can be made manually to re-enable using CHM help files from a network drive. A free HTML Help Registration Utility is available at the EC Software web site.

8.	Minor cosmetic improvements have been made, mainly for users running Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.

LogMerge Revision History