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<H3 ALIGN="CENTER">Future Features and Version History</H3>
<P>Some of the features all ready in the works for future versions of RB
Manager:</P>
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<LI>The ability to lookup suggested translations using imported dictionaries</LI>
<LI>Multiple selections across resource tables</LI>
<LI>Editing subtrees within the resource bundle tree</LI>
<LI>The ability to print various views of resources</LI>
<LI>A character table for selecting characters not common to keyboards</LI>
<LI>...and of course all of the bug fixes</LI>
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<P>Features added in the latest version (0.6) of RB Manager:</P>
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<LI>The program window now has an icon</LI>
<LI>Integrate the images and resources into the jar files</LI>
<LI>Source code made publicly available</LI>
<LI>Allow exporting of ICU4C resource bundles</LI>
<LI>... and some bug fixes</LI>
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<P>Features added in version 0.4a of RB Manager:</P>
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<LI>Recently accessed resource bundles appear in the File menu for easy
opening</LI>
<LI>New icons for the tree view</LI>
<LI>Ability to save, hide, or delete specific resource files without affecting
the resource bundle as a whole</LI>
<LI>Exporting to Java class files allows for specification of the package
name as well as the ability to specify public or protected objects</LI>
<LI>Translations can now easily accomidate multiple line text</LI>
<LI>RB Manager is no longer restriced to resource bundles that end in
'.properties' in lower-case</LI>
<LI>... and some bug fixes</LI>
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<P>Features added in version 0.3a of RB Manager:</P>
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<LI>The ability to merge property files and other resource bundles with
the open resource bundle</LI>
<LI>Exporting Java compilable files (ListResourceBundle extension files)</LI>
<LI>Import and export support for TMX formatted XML translation files</LI>
<LI>The ability to search resource bundles and language files for particular
translations</LI>
<LI>Keyboard shortcuts for the most common functions</LI>
<LI>A file scanning extension to the reporting tool</LI>
<LI>... and some bug fixes</LI>
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<P>Have another idea? Send any thoughts or comments to author <A HREF="mailto:jjared@almaden.ibm.com">Jared
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