Great news!  As of this morning, December 25, McAfee has resolved the mis-identification issue affecting Killink CSV Editor.  Customers effected by this problem should update McAfee with the latest virus protection update then re-install Killink CSV Editor.

The re-install of Killink CSV Editor is necessary since McAfee forcibly removed the program file killinkcsv.exe.  Optionally, you may be able to restore the program through the McAfee Security Center but I cannot guarantee this will work since individual configurations of McAfee may be different.

You can download the latest version of Killink CSV Editor from here.

Sorry for any inconvenience this problem may have caused.  Hopefully it will not happen again.

It has come to my attention that within the last 24 hours the McAfee virus scanner is reporting that Killink CSV contains the Trojan Backdoor-CEP.  I have triple checked the program files and there is no virus or trojan in the Killink CSV program available from the White Peak Software web site.

I have filled a report with McAfee alerting them of the issue.  Unfortunately there is no good workaround to the problem short of not using McAfee, but I do not recommend turning off virus protection for Windows users.  I will provide updates as I get them from McAfee.

I am slowly but surely making progress on version 2 of Killink CSV Editor. I’m focusing most of my attention right now on huge (aka, very large) file support.  You know, files greater than 1GB.  My goal is to support up to 4GB file sizes under the 32-bit version of Windows XP and Vista.  However, a major challenge is how to handle sorting.  Image opening a very large file, say 3GB, highlighting columns B, D, and G, and sorting on all three columns.  With what will most likely be millions and millions of rows in the file, sorting is going to be a little slow, so I need to really ramp up the sort algorithm to ensure descent performance.  And I need to make sure memory usage is low at the same time.  Definitely fun challenges to tackle with version 2.

Even though Killink CSV Editor version 1.13 is only a few hours old, I decided to squeeze in one more new feature resulting in the release of Killink CSV Editor version 1.14.  As always, this is a minor update and is a FREE update for all licensed users.

What’s New:

• Replace All and Count can be restricted to the selected cells.  More information on this new feature is available here.

Download at:
http://www.whitepeaksoftware.com/killink-csv-download

I made a somewhat embarrassing mistake. I forgot to post version 1.13 of Killink CSV Editor.  I’ve been working on version 2 and between that and other things my mind has been elsewhere.  Still no excuse for not getting this version out sooner especially considering that it contains the bug fix for the find and replace feature.  I sincerely apologize to the Killink CSV users out there for this delay.

With that said, I’m happy to announce the immediated availability for version 1.13 of the Killink CSV Editor. This update is free to all licensed users and contains the following updates:

• Fixes the find and replace bug.
• Adds the shortcut key Ctrl+Home to move to the top left most cell.
• Adds the shortcut key Ctrl+End to the move the bottom right most cell.

Download this version at:
http://www.whitepeaksoftware.com/killink-csv-download

I’ve talked about the next major release for Killink CSV Editor for a long time now and I’m sure the one reader out there is wondering, “Where is Killink CSV Editor 2.0?”  Well, it’s coming.  Bet you didn’t see that one coming.  Seriously though, I am activity working on version 2.0 of my favorite csv editor.  Version 2.0 is basically a re-write of the previous version which is why it is taking so long to complete.  Unfortunately I can’t give a time frame for the release of version 2 but I’m hoping to have the first beta ready sometime soon.  Post a comment to this blog entry or send me an email if you are interested in beta testing Killink CSV Editor 2.0.

When something goes bad in SMTP Diagnostics or Killink CSV you should see the standard error report window (as shown below). By “bad” I mean some unexpected error has occurred within the program. Ideally you will never see the standard error report window but given the wide variety of computer systems, configurations, favors of Windows operating systems, and so on you just never know what will happen with the program is released out into the wild.

So what should you do if you see the standard error report window? The best thing you can do is click the Send button. This will send the error report to the White Peak Software tracking database and I receive an immediate alert. The information contained in the error report will help me trouble shoot the problem faster which means getting the fix completed sooner. You can also include additional notes with the error report by adding your comments to the “What were you doing when the problem happened?” text area.

Also, you can optionally include your email address. In doing so you will receive a return email with a case number and URL. This case number and URL allows you to follow the progress of the work to resolve the issue.

So if you ever see the standard error report window, and I hope you never do, please send the report. This will help make the program that much better.

Just want to say thank you to the new customers and Bits du Jour for making today’s Killink CSV a success.  And special thanks to Kelly and Charlie for posting feedback on the Bits du Jour web site.

Killink CSV is being featured today at Bits du Jour. Purchase a new license today through Bits du Jour and receive a 53% discount, a saving of over $14 USD.

http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/killink-csv/

Do you have a large amount of text to edit in a single cell? You can edit the text directly in the cell. You could edit the text in the editor line at the top of the edit windows. Both approaches work but it’s still a bit cumbersome when editing a large amount of text. The better approach is to use the Cell Editor window.

To access the Cell Editor window, select the cell to edit then press Ctrl+Enter. This will pop open the Cell Editor window. Or you can press the ellipsis button found at the end of the editor line. Once the Cell Editor window is open you can easily edit the text. You can resize the window making it easier to view and edit the text. And you can even turn on and off word wrapping.