Alpha Change Log

This software is not for public release and maybe unstable. You have been warned.

3/4/26

  • Update Script Win* Wizard to show message if there is no active foreground window.

  • Update third party components

3/3/26

  • Fix issue with Auto Disable not enabling.

  • Add more Script messages when there is an error.

2/25/26

  • Fix issue with monitor disabled after viewing Options.

  • Add option to set which monitor Action Pad is on.

2/25/26

  • Added Scripting Wizards for Win* functions.

  • Fixed issue where monitor would stop monitoring after editing an Action.

  • Fix crash when changing Sync folder.

  • Fix issue when Windows Search service is disabled.

  • Performance improvements.

2/21/26

  • Fix issue when editing Actions and Save button not enabled.

  • Fixed Scripting issues and added more logging.

  • Add notification when database import fails.

  • Imported Actions are now Tagged with the filename.

  • Added Keys to Scripting Wizard.

  • Update third party components.

2/11/26

  • Fix enabled items in Context Menu of Main Window (Actions)

  • Add notification window when database upgrade required.

  • Update third party components.

2/4/26

  • Fix {Input} and {SupportedText} processing

  • Improve hotkey processing

  • Cleanup and remove Temporary Actions.

  • Fix crash when actionpad action has been deleted.

1/22/26

  • Add support for text expansion inside ${input ..}

  • Update security components.

1/17/26

  • New {BrowserUrl} scripting. Currently supported browsers are Firefox, Chrome and Edge.

  • Fix Selected Text Actions, and show message if there is no Selected Text.

  • New 'Hotkey' added to the main context menu when viewing Actions.

  • Add the ability to quickly change the hotkey for multiple Actions.

  • Fix License processing

  • Fix issue checking for updates

  • Fix frequency checking for alpha updates

  • Update settings are now combines to the Options/Advanced tab

1/12/26

  • New {CopyUrlToClipboard} scripting. Currently supported browsers are Firefox, Chrome and Edge.

1/2/26

  • Fix issue with dates in Action Pad and scripts.

1/2/26

  • Wizard updates when creating Scipts, added Modifier Keys and Run.

  • Changed description of Apps in the Action Pad search results.

  • Fixed issue with Options/Icon not showing example monitor text.

12/31/25

  • Wizard updates when creating Scipts.

  • Fixed issue when changing ActionPad Hotkey

12/29/25

  • Start work on new Wizard.

12/4/25

  • Action Pad Sort order

  • Smart Icon fixes.

12/3/25

  • Action Pad fixes.

11/30/25

  • Major update to Action Pad Search performace.

11/07/25

  • Update date actions

  • {shortdate -1d}, {longdate +1d} etc., supported in scripts and actions.

10/31/25

  • Add Options for Selected Text Actions to Action Pad

  • Update unicode libraries.

  • Security fixers.

10/12/25

  • Hotkey fixes

  • Options context menu changes

  • Update 3rd party libraries.

  • Security fixers.

6/16/25

  • Hotkeys are here

5/22/25

  • Upgrade process bug fixes

5/20/25

  • Welcome to ActiveWords 5 Alpha.

  • Data folder renamed from 'ActiveWords 4' to just 'ActiveWords'

  • Options, Action Pad features can be toggled on or off.