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FixLinks Updates and Revision History
FixLinks Updates
FixLinks is a work in progress. We're constantly improving it and adding new features. This Revision History lists the changes we've made lately.
You can always update your current copy of FixLinks to the most recent version at no charge.
To update, visit the Downloads page, follow the instructions there to download and install the latest version. That will update FixLinks automatically. You do not need to uninstall FixLinks first or re-enter any registration information. Just run the installer and you're updated, whether you have a demo or fully registered version.
Revisions are listed by date, most recent changes first.
Revisions that affect all PPTools add-ins
March 2010 - Various minor speed/efficiency improvements - Now tests for filenames like CON.ext or CON. when checking filenames for validity - Includes registered user name in diagnostics listing March 2008Updated the routines that "parse" filenames into component parts.
New routines can cope with filenames with multiple periods, multiple "!" links and with Office 2007's four-letter file extensions
FixLinks Revision Log
28 June, 2010
We discovered a bug in PowerPoint 2007 that affects linked images and have provided a fix for the problem in FixLinks.
See Why replace spaces with underscores? for a detailed explanation of the new feature and the reasons for it.
16 Dec, 2009
Fixed bug that caused errors when relinking Excel files when the link path didn't include a "!" character.
15 Jan 2009
The free demo now repairs the first five links of any type in a presentation.
It still repairs all image links in a presentation.
We've fixed a few bugs in the GoTo tool and improved its dialog box.
The GoTo tool is also now modeless in PowerPoint 2000 and up. This means that you can leave it on screen while you do other things if you wish.
28 Aug 2008
Fixed: now copies OLE linked excel files to target dir 1 time only rather than once per link
Improved the HTML round-trip feature (Ctrl+Click the Help button)
21 Apr 2006
MediaPath, ImagePath et al in PPTools.INI now allow you to include a %f, which'll be replaced by the name of the current PPT file. This is useful if you need to create relative directories that use the PPT file's name for your linked files.
4 Apr 2006
Updated About dialog and registration dialogs - now uses registration procedure that's consistent with other PPTools add-ins
20 Feb 2006
Improved search for links in placeholders
Fixed a bug that caused file sizes to increase after links report
Added progress indicator
17 Jan 2006
Fixed several problems with links that include a ! character in path (ie, links to Excel sheets)