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New version release. This version includes both bug-fixes and improvements, refer to the change-log for a detailed overview of such changes.

Change-Log:
- Bug-Fix: If you had TeddyBearNotes keeping your window always open, when you shut-down your computer or simply close TBNotes, the notes would not be saved. They are now.
- Behaviour change: If you had TBNotes auto-hiding the window when it would lose focus, whenever you would click on the icon to get the window to open again your text cursor would be behind the text already on the note window, whereas now, the cursor shows up on front of all the text present in the box, allowing you to start typing right away.

Got any suggestions for TeddyBear Notes? Please e-mail them to me at tiago[at]espinhas[dot]net or post comments here, on my blog!

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This version is just a hotfix for a bug (this time on Vista) that was introduced with the last version. The bug would make TeddyBear Notes crash on Startup, should that option be enabled. Updatting is recommended.

Change Log:
- Bug fix: The «Startup Path» for the shortcut that is put in place for automatic startup was including the filename in the path, which would lead to Windows Vista (it was not tested on XP but it is likely that the problem is also replicable there) to close TeddyBear Notes.

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That's right! Such a young application and there's already an update for it. This is actually a somewhat critical update if you have been experiencing issues with vanishing notes. If you had such issues, worry not, your notes are totally safe - if you had not had any issue at all, you are still advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

This version has two changes:
- The XML and the XSD files now have a version of its own, this meaning that I can keep releasing versions that do not directly interfere with the structure of the said files, without having to worry about providing means of backup and restore across installs of such versions.

As a more technical background on this change, the XML and XSD file names now have a version based on the executable version, whereas the actual application version is given by the assembly version. So basically, if you right click your executable and click «Properties», the version you will see there is actually the version of the files it is using as storage.

- The second change is a bug fix. The option of getting the program to startup with Windows had a flaw under Windows XP (this does NOT affect Windows Vista - read below why). TeddyBear Notes would create a shortcut under Windows' startup folder but it was setting a wrong «Startup Path», resulting in the following effect:

-> If you started storing notes when the program was launched on Startup, and then for some reason you closed the program and opened it again manually, you would have an empty note window.

-> The same would happen if you were to start using the program by launching it manually and then tried to access your notes when it had been started up automatically.

Q: Why does this not affect Windows Vista?
A: Due to slackness of myself (and partly due to convenience), I am storing the data files on the installation directory. Microsoft does NOT condone this practice on Windows Vista and it has measures in place where it will simply automatically redirect the files elsewhere, as it will also redirect the shortcut startup path.

[This note does not apply if you are making a clean install of TeddyBear Notes]
NOTE: If after installing this version you can no longer see your notes, do not panic! Just follow these simple steps:
1. Click Start then go over to "Startup"
2. You should have a file named "TBN_1_1_0_4.xml" in there
3. Right-click the file and choose "Cut"
4. Go to the path where you have installed TeddyBear Notes (by default C:\Program Files\TeddyBearNotes)
5. Right-click inside that folder and "Paste" the file in it.

On step 2, if there is no file under "Startup", please contact me through my e-mail: tiago[at]espinhas[dot]net .

A thank you is due to my friend and TeddyBear Notes user (and beta tester), Esther van Ginneken.

EDIT: The links were broken. Apparently the RAR was corrupt, but now it should all be well.

I am back!

Well, this time I'm here to publicize my first masterpiece, the TeddyBearNotes!

For those of you who already knew SafeSex, TeddyBearNotes is a more pleasant version of this tool, developed upon more recent technologies. Truth to be told, it also is not very pleasant to be labeled as a pervert for constantly having a hovering window on our screen, reading "SafeSex". It is Safe... but it is a bit inconvenient for those who have no knowledge of what the program is about.

Because of all this, and at the request of a friend of mine, I decided to develop this very friendly application, both in its name as well as on its ease of use, and its graphical environment.

For those who did not know SafeSex, this application allows us to store text notes for later access; an improved notepad of sorts. SafeSex leaves us a small rectangle on our desktop and you just have to click it in order to get to your notes.

Let us now go onto the technical details. TeddyBearNotes was developed upon the .NET Framework 3.5, using C# as the language. The notes are stored in the hard drive in an XML file and they can be optionally encrypted. The encryption resorts to a widely known algorithm, the AES (also known as the Rijndael algorithm) which is also the algorithm used by the North-American government.

TeddyBearNotes also allows you to have it boot up automatically with Windows and it also gives you the possibility of completely customizing the window where you write your notes.

As far as licensing goes, this program is open-source and distributed under the BSD license (read the file inside the source code package). It is therefore possible to redistribute the code as long as the original license file is kept, with the due credits to myself.

I think I have not missed anything so I will leave here the temporary download links. As soon as the project gets approved on SourceForge I shall change the links to the final ones.

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