I’m trying a little experiment. I want to see if I can encourage individuals who might be looking for a cracked version of Killink CSV Editor to buy a license at a discounted price. As part of this experiment I also want to see if I can get the top ranking on search results that include some combination of the following phrases: Killink CSV Editor, serial numbers, registration codes, registration keys, key generators, crack, warez, free, password, patches, pirate key, keymaker, and keygen.

I have a deal for you if you are one of those individuals looking for a cracked version of Killink CSV Editor. These are tough times and we all want to save a few dollars where we can. So my deal for you is this. Instead of downloading one of the cracked versions of Killink CSV Editor, which by the way comes from an untrusted source so BEWARE, I’ll give you 20% off the current price for a single user license. Just use the code UNCRACKME when placing your order. No strings attached. No passing of judgement. Just my way of helping you save a few dollars while at the same time encouraging the use a trusted version of Killink CSV Editor.

I will be donating all proceeds from White Peak Software product sales on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, as part of the Indie+Relief program. The proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders to assist with their efforts in Haiti.

How can you help?

You can help by purchasing one of our products: Labor Mate, Killink CSV Editor, or SMTP Diagnostics. Don’t have a need for one of our products? Then visit the Indie+Relief website for a list of other independent software companies participating in this Haiti relief program.

Get great software and help with efforts in Haiti at the same time.

Recently dutchguru mentioned the limited, or “few”, software updates for Killink CSV Editor.  He is right.  There have been far too few updates recently and I have no one to blame but myself.  I started explaining the situation in my reply to dutchguru but decided a blog posting is also in order.

Why hasn’t there been any new updates to Killink CSV Editor in recent months?  And what of these new features I keep hearing about coming in Version 2.0?  The short answer is, I’ve been stuck on one problem, providing support for very large files.  This challenging problem has zapped all the time I have for working on Killink CSV Editor.  Hindsight now tells me I should have moved on but I didn’t and as a result I have been slow to push out new updates.

The longer answer not only includes the fact that I have been hung up on trying to solve this one problem but that I haven’t had as much time to work on Killink CSV Editor as I would like.  The reason for the lack of time includes a number of factors including adjusting to life as a new father.  But the number one factor is the need to make enough income to pay the bills, keep food on the table, keep a roof over the family’s head.  You know the story.  We’re all basically in the same boat.  It’s what responsible adults do.

Where does the time go?  After all I work for myself, right?  Yep, I do.  And as much as I love working solely on my own products each and every day, the sales number just are there…YET.  Product sales improve each year which means I get to spend more time working on my own software products.  But to help make sure bills are paid, food is on the table, etc, I must do custom software projects for other companies from time to time.  This is where a lot of my work time has been going in recent months, and until product sales improve to a point where I no longer need to do custom software work I have to balance my work time between White Peak Software products and custom software for other companies.

The good news is I’m on track to [hopeful] say bye-bye to custom software projects within the next 12 to 18 months.  When this happens I’ll be able to devote more time to my products, existing ones as well as new products I have brewing in my head.

That’s the longer answer.  Great!  So now what?  First starters I’m going to stop work on very large file support.  This one feature is probably needed by less than 5 percent of the current user base while other features such as Unicode support is needed by a much larger percentage of users.  With this one item off my plate I can once again return to adding new features to Killink CSV Editor in a quick, timely manner.  I cannot yet provide a time line for the next update but I can tell you progress will finally be made.

Now that I have decided to drop very large file support my next step will be to complete the re-write of Killink CSV Editor.  The re-write is needed to support Unicode and to make it easier to include new features and push out more frequent updates.  The good news is the re-write is almost complete.  It was near completion last fall when I got side tracked by the very large file support problem.  Once the re-write is done I will push out a new beta update as soon as I can.

Work on the new major release for Killink CSV Editor continues.  It is taking me much longer than expected but that seems common in the world of software development.  Having support for very large files, i.e., file size up to 4 GB, in version 2 is important to me and that is the reason for the delay.  The number one reported problem with version 1 is “out of memory” errors which is caused by working with large files.  My goal is to eliminate this error with version 2.

There is still no time framework for the release of version 2.  I want to say the first beta release will be ready soon but I have been saying that for a long time.

For those considering purchasing vesion 1 today but worried about being charged for upgrading to version 2, you do not need to worry.  Version 2 will be a free update for all licensed version 1 users.  This is my way of saying thank you to the customers who have supported Killink CSV Editor during its initial release.

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.