What's New?
Here at Hex 11 Software we are continuously improving My Ching with the additions of new features. The release notes below explain what new feature or problem-fix is provided with each version.
Version 1.3.2
Release date 9 November 2024
Fixed an issue the first time that My Ching is run after installation: the search bar buttons were not appearing ! The buttons should initially be blank until the graphics initialization process completes, then the button symbols appear.
Online-resource Improvements
- Added a new category heading Archived Interpretations,
which are the resources found only in the Wayback machine archive. A desirable
side-effect is that the online-resource hexagram context menu is
now more evenly balanced between the left and right column.
- Whenever the online-resources receive an update, a dialog box appears offering the opportunity to read the change notes on the My Ching website. Previously the updates could easily go unnoticed.
Version 1.3.0
Release date 26 September 2024
Fixes a problem on Windows versions 8 to 11 where some icons are missing and the user interface behaves strangely. The application compatibility mode is now automatically set to Windows 7 during installation which fixes the problem.
Version 1.2.8
Release date 20 July 2024
Edit Menu
When editing notes for a journal entry
- Ctrl+B can be used as a shortcut to make a bold heading.
- Ctrl+K can be used to turn a selected region of text into a hyperlink
Bug fixes
- In search result listings, a line of related reading links were missing the ';' separator and also some brackets.
- When editing a reading-notes with many lines that need a scroll bar, using the undo/redo functions caused the scroll position to vary.
Password Manager
When using the hidden "Easter egg" password manager function,
entries that are linked to many other entries will now display as
a numbered list.
Version 1.2.7
Release date 29 June 2024
Journals
- Any encrypted journals are now grouped together in lower section of journal menu headed PRIVATE JOURNALS.
- Improved loading screen animation for very large journals. The center hexagram is no longer obscured by little hexagrams.
- Search results now show the date of each question in format YYYY Mmm dd. The Linux OS version is prefixed by Bagua symbol. The Windows version just has a bullet point.
Online resources
- Fixed navigation to resource links that contain a ? character followed by parameter list (Hexagram context menus).
- For online resources that are found in web.archive.org only the target URL is shown in the tooltip text.
- Improved progress-tracking bar when online resources are being updated.
Other improvements
- Improved security with no pass-phrases held in program memory as plain-text.
- Memory use is optimized for online resource URL's and list of system fonts
- The geometry setup screen on installer now shows an A4 page if the screen appears to be big enough. If not an A5 page is shown.
- Fixed listing of external help links in help pages.
- Uninstall program dialog prompt now shares theme with main application.
Version 1.1.6
Release date 15 May 2022
Related reading links
When you click on a "related reading" link, the ability to browse all the search results in the same tab with the Alt-left and Alt-right buttons is now available. Previously this was only possible if you selected the reading from the search results.
Hexagram reference
- There is now an alternative way to access the hexagram reference journal. Look for a menu option Hexagrams just to the left of the Help menu.
- If the Hexagram reference journal is selected from the Journal menu, you will notice that the new entry button has been blanked out. This prevents the creation of new hexagram pages, but you can still edit any of the 64 hexagram journal entries with your own notes and links.
There is now a localized sample Big journal for French, Dutch and Spanish in addition to German and English. Although the English one has significantly more entries.
German localization mode
- Fixed an alignment problem with the search tab that did not allow enough room to display German labels which are wider than the English version.
- The help manual has not yet been translated into German, so for now the English one is shown instead.
Passwords tab
This change applies to the hidden "easter egg" feature which allows you to use My Ching as a password manager. The little tab icon has been changed to display the @ character instead of the number 1. This symbolizes email addresses which are the most common kind of user id needed to log into a website.
Installer
Fixed a problem with the installer which would trigger an error message saying the software had not installed properly.
Search box
Fixed a problem with the result sort option natural. Ticking the reverse checkbox was not working for that option.
Version 1.1.4
Released 2nd September 2021
When editing a reading it used to be possible to click on a hexagram line to open or close it. An optimization introduced in version 1.1.2 broke this feature. This handy feature has now been restored.
Version 1.1.2
Released 23th June 2021
Related reading links
If a journal entry has links to other entries, these will now be listed in the search results as a row of compact hyperlinks that you can use to open the related readings in a new tab. When the mouse cursor hovers over the link, you can read the text of the question. This reading result for example has 2 related readings:
55>62 Will Muziker agree to credit terms
16 Jun 2020
(Related: 23>16; 64>23)
Improved resource menu
The hexagram right-click context menu listing online resources has an improved dual-column layout. The resources links are now grouped into categories with the headings: Interpretations, Translations; Other Resources. The menu also has smarter screen positioning.
Optimizations
The journals have been made more memory efficient when loaded into machine memory (RAM). This results in a slightly faster benchmarks for loading, saving and also for searching. The big sample journal for example, requires 18,000 fewer memory objects** when assembled in memory.
Minor Tweaks
The search tab is presented on screen more smoothly in a two stage construction, but something you will hardly notice.
Footnotes
** For the curious and technically minded: this optimization was achieved by representing the primary and relating hexagram as a single READING class attribute using a 32-bit integer bitmap. Previously the representation required one instance of the class HEXAGRAM_PAIR containing two instances of class HEXAGRAM.
Version 1.0.35
Released 17th October 2020
This is the most significant release in a long time, and adds a lot of polish to My Ching.
Editing Entries
- Fixed problem of URL text not displaying as a hyperlink.
- Checked that markup like [https: //www.site.com/resource My resource] displays correctly as a hyperlink.
Backup and Restore
- Backup dialog is simpler and includes the progress bar which used to pop up in a separate window.
- The restore backup dialog now automatically lists all recent backups in a drop down choice box.
- The restore backup dialog now allows you to preview the contents of a backup file before restoring
Authentication
- It is now possible to abandon attempts to access a private journal if you forget or don't have access to the pass-phrase. Before this used to lock the application unless you could provide the correct pass-phrase. Now it reverts back to the current open journal or the General journal as a fallback.
- Setting up a new pass-phrase protected private journal is now more sophisticated. A self-explanatory pass-phrase rating system is implemented. Your pass-phrase is rated on a scale of 1 to 6 with a minimum of 3 needed to continue.
- A bug in version 1.0.34 where journals given a new pass-phrase failed to authenticate. (This version was canceled)
Appearance
- Changed the layout of the online resource menu that pops up when you right click on a hexagram. The layout now matches the layout of the hexagram reference journal which lists the resources by category.
- Improved the clarity of text on buttons by making the text black and leaving out the shadow effect.
- Changed style of progress bars to better match overall theme
- The journal menu now has the symbol (e) after the names of journals which are private (encrypted). Also the currently selected journal is highlighted with block arrows.
License Management
- Fixed a problem for people who use a USB Wifi dongles. Because the license manager uses a MAC hardware address as a way to uniquely identify the computer, this caused a problem if you used a different dongle or took it out. The application would revert to trial mode. Wit this release the manager makes sure to look for an internal MAC address in preference to a transient USB MAC address.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PEOPLE USING USB WIFI DONGLES
Unfortunately this fix will mean that people currently using a USB wifi dongle will need to reset their license. But this should only take a minute. Follow these steps:
- Go to the application menu and select "Reassign subscription"
- Close My Ching and copy your subscription pack onto the Desktop.
- Relaunch My Ching and the application should reactivate to the full functionality.
Uninstaller
The uninstall program now has a proper dialog window instead of just a command terminal.
Version 1.0.31
Released 17 December 2019
- Fixed transfer of journal entries from one journal to another.
- Fixed a number of problems related to linking and un-linking journal entries.
- Added a Journal management menu option "Fix related entries" to check the integrity of entry linkages and fix any problems.
Changed rules for linking entries:
- Allow linking of entry to another displayed in tab to left or right. (Previously you could only link to tabs to the left)
- Disallowed linking of entries that are already linked to something. You must unlink it first if you wish to link to something else.
- Disallowed linking to an entry in a different journal. (This will cause problems if allowed to happen)
Version 1.0.30
Released 7 November 2019
Fixed some minor bugs in the application
- Double spacing appearing in entry dates
- Navigating to a linked password journal entry via a hyperlink made the entry appear as a list of the default section headings. (The entry data was actually fine)
Version 1.0.28
Released 2 July 2019
- Relegated the password manager feature to the status of being a hidden software Easter egg. By default it is now disabled but it can be enabled in the application preferences.
- Fixed a bug with the menu option for creating links between journal entries. It was showing as being permanently disabled.
Version 1.0.25
Released 23 April 2019
Fixed some minor bugs in the application
- Fixed online-resource menu so that menu items are sorted alphabetically.
- Fixed the display of questions in the banner area when creating or editing a journal entry . The question will continue to be visible as a title when switching to the hexagram setting page.
- Fixed the notes field in the password entry screen so that undo/redo works. (Ctrl-Z / Ctrl-Y)
Version 1.0.24
Released 2 March 2019
New features
- My Ching now has a password manager as a bonus feature for My Ching subscribers. The manager is accessed from a separate menu containing special password journals.
- My Ching journal text indexing is faster
- The sort order options boxes changes appropriately for each of the journals types: standard, hexagram reference or password.
Bug fixes
- Editing reading text was causing the search engine index to be updated on each key stroke. This should only happen when you save the reading.
- When editing a hexagram reference entry the page section links were not showing the correct names.
- Enabling the steps of change advanced perspective was preventing hexagram references from opening.
- Renaming a journal was causing the name to be extended with the letters .dat.
Version 1.0.23
Released 20 January 2019
- Modifications to support the use of lifetime subscriptions.
- New entry in the Application menu allowing you to deactivate your subscription. This is useful if you want to reassign a subscription to a new computer.
Help System
The built-in help system (See the Help menu) has a number of improvements.
- Help pages now automatically synchronizes with the latest version of the manual published on the myching.software website.
- Fixed a limitation of help system where it was not possible to navigate text highlighted as a link. You can now do so by finding the link in the External Links section underneath the contents tree on the left. These are active hyperlinks that will open in your browser.
- Help pages now show links to screenshots accessible from External Links.
- Contents headings is optimized to hide long lists of sub headings under an expansion button, but short lists remain visible. This means the External Links section will be visible without having to scroll down the side-pane.
Version 1.0.17
Released 13 March 2018
- Fixed pixellated fonts and graphics when using a high-definition 2K or 4K definition monitor. This was because My Ching had not been properly configure to ignore custom display scaling.
- Fixed automatic upgrade to download the correct installer for the Windows version. Previously it was downloading the XP version for Windows 7 to 10.
- Fixed the "Unknown publisher" error when uninstalling by digitally signing myching.exe in addition to the installer exe.
Tips
Windows 10 users with high definition 2K or 4K monitors are recommended to reboot their machine after upgrading. This fixes a problem with tiny menus and title bars.
Version 1.0.16
Released 25 January 2018
Fixed a problem where trying to replace an existing backup file with another of the same name, would not work.
Version 1.0.15
Released 8 November 2017
Fixed subscription pack detection problem.
Version 1.0.14
Released 17 September 2017
- Fixed problem of duplicates items in user preferences theme list when creating custom themes
- Fixed error in word association list for hexagram 61
Version 1.0.13
Released 4 September 2017
- Security fix to give My Ching a proper user-agent name when making HTTP requests.
Version 1.0.12
Released 31 August 2017
- Fixed problem in the trial version where hexagram reference pages would not open.
Version 1.0.11
Released 24 August 2017
- Fixed problem dragging windows using custom title bar
- Faster initialization of localization files
- Replaced Google machine translation for German with human translation.
Version 1.0.7
Released 4 May 2017
In this release we have added a special journal that functions as a Hexagram reference. It contains the following information on each hexagram, and because it is a journal, you can add your own notes and resource links.
- A short list of conceptual associations for each hexagram compiled by the I Ching scholar and author Bradford Hatcher (http://hermetica.info/).
- A list of links to translations, interpretations and other online resources.
This release also has a new feature that automatically downloads new releases for you when they are available. Once every 3 days you will get a reminder to install the new version.
Version 1.0.6
Released 22 April 2017
For this release we have fixed some links in the online hexagram resource menu and added a few new ones.
- Fixed a problem with the automatic updating of the online hexagram resource links.
- Added a new option in the application preferences that allows you to open resource links in the default system browser instead of in a My Ching browser tab.
- Added a facility to insert web-page links in journal entry notes. See the Creating an Entry section in the manual.
Version 1.0.5
Released 13 April 2017
Fixed a problem with the My Ching installation setup where it was very difficult to make the "A5 paper" window smaller than the default size.
Version 1.0.4
Released 3 February 2017
Various improvements for both automatic and manual hexagram entry
- The number of hexagram lines displayed now reflects the number of coin values entered. A question mark symbol '?' will be displayed instead of a number until the final line is entered.
- When using automated hexagram casting, the mouse pointer will automatically move to the next forming line after 3 mouse clicks.
Version 1.0.3
Released 30 January 2017
- Improved the layout of the preferences dialog screen to make better use of the available screen space.
- Added a button for removing custom themes that have been renamed by the user.
- The short time delay while the preference dialog is opening or updating is now indicated by a "busy mouse pointer".
- The theme selection box is now grayed out while the preference dialog is being updated. After theme selection, the current preference tab is reselected to what it was.
- Manually typing a HTML color code into the color preference tab, will now update the preview areas.
- Fixed an issue where selecting a font was not updating the current theme correctly
- Fixed an issue with the journal banner display of Chinese hexagram titles when using a large font. The text was not being contained within the boundaries of the "paper tag" area.
Version 1.0.1
Released 7 January 2017
- Update of illustrations is now integrated with automatic update of online-resource menus.
- Separated English language sample readings in "Big journal" from other European languages.
Version 1.0.0
Released 1 January 2017
- The illustrations for all 64 hexagrams are now complete
Version 0.99.43
Released 19 December 2016
- Fixed compatibility issue with Windows 10
- Fixed some font sizing and layout issues on the Journal paper tag areas
- The installation page now has the software version
Version 0.99.41
Released 31 October 2016
- The installer program is now verifiable as a product of Hex 11 Software
- The hexagram illustrations and sample journals are downloaded during the install process
- The application menu now has an option to download any new or updated hexagram illustrations
- Fixed some issues with font sizing
Version 0.99.32
Released 16 April 2016
- Changed activation process to use numbered subscription packs in case the customer bought multiple subscriptions.
- Editions to the manual
Version 0.99.31
Released 9 April 2016
Fixed problem where some "YES or NO" user preferences were not being saved properly.
Version 0.99.30
Released 8 April 2016
Fixed problem that limited the number of multi-byte characters that could be used in the question or comments text to 26. Multi-byte characters are used for Mandarin and other Asian languages and for special symbols, like the trademark symbol for example.
Version 0.99.28
Released 9 September 2015
- Introduced a new feature that allows you to link related readings.
- Fixed a bug affecting laptop displays where the left margin of journal pages had disappeared, and the right margin had a "button ghosting" effect to the right of the banner.
Version 0.99.27
Released 14 July 2015
Reintroduced an important feature that scales down the dimensions of the My Ching application window for computers that have a display height of less than 25 centimeters.
Version 0.99.26
Released 12 July 2015
Changes to backup and restore facility
- Added a verification checksum to each journal backup.
- Fixed an issue causing the application to freeze during a backup.
Version 0.99.25
Released 9 July 2015
- Issue where My Ching could not detect the subscription license file copied to the desktop folder on computers that had a non-English language pack.
- Issue affecting Windows Vista which would crash while trying to detect if an Aero theme is active.
Version 0.99.24
Released 8 July 2015
This release fixes many issues for Windows XP and also on machines where English is not the installed language.
- My Ching logo not visible in My Ching application launcher, with only a generic one displayed instead.
- Issue where My Ching was unable to determine the correct display size on some computers, consequently the application window was far too small.
- Issue where the button graphics failed to initialize and were thus not visible in application. This mainly affected computers where the user name contains accented characters.
- Duplicated submenus in journal and entry menu options.
Version 0.99.23
Released 11 June 2015
Fixed bug affecting new readings where if the reading was immediately reopened for editing after saving, it would not save on the second time.
Version 0.99.22
Released 30 May 2015
Changed online hexagram resource links for Wilhelm's translation to these: http://myching.software/en/table/table-of-hexagrams.html
Version 0.99.19
Released 22 April 2015
- Contacts myching.software for subscription activation
- Fixed trial version where reading were not being saved in journals with less than 10 items.
- Changed online hexagram resource links for Wilhelm's translation to these: https://deoxy.org/iching/
Version 0.99.17
Released 6 April 2015
Fixed graphics initialization problem where buttons were appearing blank.
Version 0.99.13
Released 6 March 2015
Fixes
- Journal titles on the "luggage tags" on page banners were sometimes crossing outside the right margin.
- Chinese names on page banner sometimes had lower part of text obscured.
Version 0.99.10
Released 21 December 2014
Fixes
- Issue with text edition history undo and redo and incorrect positioning of caret
Version 0.99.9
Released 11 December 2014
Fixes
- 32 bit version was failing to launch due to a missing DLL file.
- 32 bit version when installed on 64 bit machine was installing to "C:\Program Files ^(x86^)" instead of "C:\Program Files (x86)".
- User preference dialog was failing to open.
Version 0.99.7
Released 28 November 2014
Minor bug fixes
Version 0.99.6
Released 10 November 2014
New Features
- Journal entry tabs tabs that display the same search navigation from are now automatically merged into one tab. This prevents a potential problem if the user edits a reading that is displayed in another tab.
Fixes
- Deleted journal entry was still remaining in the current search result list.
- Minimum application window width on Windows was too narrow.
Version 0.99.5
Released 6 November 2014
New Features
- Made the online resource menu automatically refreshable from the myching.software website. As I Ching online resources tend to come and go, any bad links will be weeded out from time to time, and replaced with new ones.
- Occasionally remind the user when a newer version of My Ching is available. For each reminder, the release notes page is displayed in My Ching.
- License activation now shows a dialog while connecting to the license server.
- Allow the user to request a higher priority for implementing feature to import readings from a particular I Ching journal application.
Fixes
- Resource browser was displaying incorrectly formed URL's in the Windows version.
Version 0.99.3
Released 16 August 2014
This is the initial beta version offered for testing.
Footnotes
Version Numbers
Software version numbers operate a little bit like dates written in the format:
<year>.<month>.<day>
in that years are more significant then months, and months are more significant then days. Just like the number of days in a month are a little bit arbitrary, the middle and and last number in a version triplet have an arbitrary maximum before the number to the left increases.
The other similarity to dates, is that the first number in a version triplet, tends to change on a timescale measured in years (but not always), the second in a timescale measured in months (but not always), and the last in a timescale measured in days (but not always).
