Bug fix for color table index out of range exception

The release should fix the long standing crash caused by color index out of range. It also adds some additional format checks, and includes the internal design name in debug output.

Visit https://www.njcrawford.com/programs/embroidery-reader/ to download the installer.

Embroidery Reader 2.2.4

This release attempts to fix some of the issues that have been reported. I've had trouble reproducing most of the issues, so I've made guesses at what might be wrong and tried to fix or workaround those issues where possible.

Embroidery Reader 2.2.3

New release to fix a bunch of bugs. See http://www.njcrawford.com/2016/05/10/embroidery-reader-2-2-3-released/ for more details.

Printing bug fix palooza

Fixed several bugs related to printing. Specifically, #10, #11, #12, and #14.

Test for large bitmaps

This release is the same as 2.2.0, except that it also checks the size of bitmaps that would be generated from designs before creating them. If they would be larger than the maximum object size in .Net (2 GB), then it will throw an exception. (and hopefully include a helpful error message)

Beta for new installer, optimized rendering, and debugging issues

• Rewritten installer
  • The installer for 2.0 - 2.1.1 was based on autogenerated code, and while it worked, it left much to be desired.
  • Removes any previous versions that use the Wix-based installer when a new version is installed.
  • Installs icon as a .ico file instead of a .exe file, to prevent Windows 8 and 10 trying to launch the icon instead of the application.
  • Much, much cleaner and simpler to maintain.
• Optimized design rendering
  • Design rendering takes about 1/2 the time it did in version 2.1.0 - should be closer to speed of version 1.5.1.
  • Should use fewer resources and clean up after itself better.
• embroideryInfo gets some new options
  • Now requires --debug for debug output.
  • Now accepts --all instead of a file name for --debug and --image, to process all files in the current working directory.
• Debugging changes to gather more information on a few bugs.
  • Printing crashes seem to be the most common, so added some checks on the resolution data retrieved from printer.
• New functionality for 'filter ugly stitches' setting
  • If enabled, stitches that appear to be movement-only will be filtered regardless of length.
  • To see this new functionality, enable 'filter ugly stitches' setting with a large value like 500.

Drawing optimization beta test

Some small optimizations to drawing code to try to address issue #8

Rebuild and Wix installer test for 1.x branch

This is the same code as 1.5.1, except rebuilt and version 1.6.0. The installer for this is based on the 2.x line.

Embroidery Reader 2.1

Version 2.1 adds an error reporting form to help report unhandled exceptions, and includes fixes for a number of bugs.
See the release post for more details: http://www.njcrawford.com/2016/03/22/embroidery-reader-2-1-0-released/

Embroidery Reader 2.0.2

Version 2.0.2 fixes a few bugs. For more details, see the release announcement post: http://www.njcrawford.com/2016/01/11/embroidery-reader-2-0-2-released/