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Embroidery Reader 1.4.0 released

Nathan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:23:29 +0000

I’ve released version 1.4.0 of Embroidery Reader which fixes a crash on Windows 7.
The crash was caused by saving the settings file in the installation folder which is a no-no on Windows 7. I suspect that the crash could occur on Windows Vista, but I’ve never seen it happen.
This version also includes a number of changes under the hood, so to speak, but the majority of them won’t be visible unless you look at the code. Please report any bugs using the contact form.

Visit the Embroidery Reader page to get the update.

I would like to say thanks to Bob Spradlin for sending me a detailed bug report so that I could find and fix this issue.

Old Embroidery Reader update history

Nathan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:52:15 +0000

Trying to clean up the Embroidery Reader page a bit here… so I’m moving the previous version history stuff to posts. I suppose I could just remove it but I’m a pack rat.

Changes from 1.3.0-1.3.1:

Fixed color number 15 – was lilac, it’s now brown/brass. Thanks to Ryan Lovett and Robert Heel for reporting this one.

Changes from 1.2.2-1.3.0:

Changed code to use PEC section instead of PES data. It seems to be able to read all file types now. A big thanks goes to Michel Veerman for his help on this one.

Added an option in the settings to ‘filter’ stitches based on length. Some designs look much better with it, others end up missing parts.

Probably lots of small fixes, but I can’t think of them right now.

Changes from 1.2.1-1.2.2:

This version fixes a crash caused by saving empty values in the settings file. It is otherwise the same as the previous version. (1.2.1)

Changes from older versions:

Basic support for printing designs. Thanks to majorsnazz for the suggestion.

Ability to copy design images to the clipboard, so you can paste the image into any image editor.

A number of cosmetic bugfixes.

A simple icon. (I got tired of the default one)

Embroidery Reader gets a mention from Linus Torvalds

Nathan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:26:56 +0000

I guess I’m not the only one out there helping a loved one with an embroidery machine. According to Linus’ blog, his wife Tove received a Brother embroidery machine for Christmas and they went through the same thing I did trying to find decent software, or at least documentation, for PES files.
While Linus didn’t say he used it directly, he did gave a mention of Embroidery Reader and a link to my site. Sweet!

Bugsim bugfix 0.6.1

Nathan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:03:36 +0000

Bugsim had a bug (go figure!) that caused it to show errors when lots of bugs were on the field at once. I’ve uploaded a new version that fixes this.

Thanks go to John Bobay for reporting this bug. I think he was the first person to play long enough to find it.

Visit the Bugsim page to download it.

New Program: Bugsim

Nathan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:11:34 +0000

Bugsim is a very simple resource gathering game with bugs that gather fruit from trees.

For those who have been testing it already, this version removes the separate windows and merges them into one and adds an image for the medium size bin.

Download it from the Bugsim page and then tell me what you think on the Contact page.

New program: Copy File Path

Nathan — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:13:54 +0000

Have you ever had to collect links to files all over your hard drive or a company network? Copy File Path sits in your ‘Send To’ menu waiting to help by copying the full path of a file into your Windows clipboard, ready to paste into a spreadsheet or document. Visit http://www.njcrawford.com/copy-file-path/ to download and try it out.