I’ve just published new documentation for the Felix scripting API. Go to the online API docs. These new docs are updated and go into a fair amount of detail. You can also download the docs in Microsoft Help format. If clicking the link doesn’t download the file for you, then right-click the link and select [...]

Translation data can come in a wide range of formats; this is especially true of glossaries. Felix supports a variety of translation-memory and glossary formats, and by using the Felix import features in Excel, you can get data in many different formats into Felix. Below are some of the many file formats that you can [...]

I’ve just released version 1.6.4.1 of Felix You can download the latest version here. This is a minor bug-fix release. The main improvements are as follows. Bug fix: Saving results as TMX or Trados text saved entire translation memory Translation memories and glossaries can be saved in tabbed text format Bug fix: All details became [...]

The latest version of Felix (1.6.4) has an expanded COM API. One of the new things you can do with this API is control the size and focus of the memory and glossary windows. As an example, here is a Word macro that will raise Felix to the top of your screen, while keeping the [...]

I’ve just released version 1.6.4 of Felix. Download the latest version here. The main fixes and improvements are as follows. Bug fix: Felix was failing to load corrupt TMs “Details” links for Felix matches Simple glossary view Expanded COM API Default context Memory Manager: Undo action added for deleted records Search Window: Searches are now [...]

The current version of Analyze Assist can’t recognize the new “.docx”/”.pptx”/”xlsx” file extensions in MS Office 2007/2010 by default. I will be adding these definitions in the next release of Analyze Assist, but in the meantime, you can configure Analyze Assist to recognize these file formats. Analyze Assist uses something called “segmenters,” and you can [...]

I recently got some great feedback on the Felix mailing list from Felix user Brian. I thought that a blog post would be more fitting for my response, so here we go. Below, feedback from Brian is in blockquotes (gray background), and my responses are below that. FELIX Automatically disable Glossary searches during Auto Translate [...]

As the new search and TM management features start to shape up in Felix, I want to give an updated roadmap for Felix development. Below are the main features/improvements I’m planning for the upcoming releases. Please let me know if there’s something you want that’s not on the list, or if there’s a feature that’s [...]

I’ve just released version 1.3 of Align Assist. You can download the latest version here. Wow, has it really been a year since version 1.2 was released? I had been neglecting Align Assist for a while, but fortunately some Align Assist users gave me good feedback, and spurred me to make some improvements. There are [...]

I’ve just released version 1.6.3 of Felix. You can download the latest version here. The main improvements and bug fixes in this version are as follows. Regular expressions allowed in Search window Manager action: Strip tags Manager action: Trim spaces Excel: Press escape key to halt long operations Excel: Hidden cells are not auto-translated Word: [...]