We have a fix for the serious localization bug that has plagued many of our InkSeine friends outside of the United States.
The worst symptom of this bug is that some users who use non-American ways to write decimal numbers or dates are unable to load InkSeine notes that they have saved. The fix does NOT make it possible to load any files that this bug caused to be saved in the "bad" format, but any new ones that you create going forward will not have this problem. The other symptoms of this bug are that Copy/Paste, Undo/Redo, and a few other features will not work. Please accept our sincerest apologies if you have been stricken by this bug.
The new build is Microsoft InkSeine Beta version 1.1.222.0, and it fixes the localization bug, and a number of other minor ones that have been reported that were easy to fix at the same time.
Our automatic update server is not yet on-line, so to get this fix:
- Uninstall InkSeine (this will NOT cause you to lose any of your options settings, etc.)
- Run InkSeine and start inking away! To repeat, if you experienced the original bug and were unable to load files that you saved, the fixed version cannot read the unloadable files, but new files that you create can be saved and loaded, and Copy/Paste and Undo/Redo will work.
- Please let us know if you find any other localization issues, even minor ones! Our internal tests at Microsoft did not have enough international users, which is why we missed this bug in the first place. If you notice other things that can be improved to make InkSeine work better for your language or other local settings, definitely let us know!
For full details of the localization bug, see the summary in our previous post annoncing the presence of the localization bug.
Here is a complete list of all the bugs and other issues that are fixed by Microsoft InkSeine Beta build 1.1.222.0:
- Fix for number formatting problem that causes loading saved files, Copy/Paste, and Undo/Redo to all fail for some users outside the US.
- Fix for unexpected date format causing the Tutorial to not load.
- Fix for "The requested recognizer is not available with the current setup or configuration" error dialog appearing. InkSeine should no longer require any multi-lingual recognizer packs to be installed.
Installer correctly creates file association for .iks files (InkSeine notes). Update: our attempted fix for this does not actually help, upon further deliberation. Sorry about that, we're investigating this further. We believe we're doing the right thing in the installer, but it's not getting applied for some reason that defies explanation at the moment 
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- The work around for this is to manually specify the file association by right-clicking on an .iks file, pick the Open With... command, navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Research\InkSeine, pick InkSeine.exe from the folder, and check off the "always use this program" option before hitting OK.
- Additional file extensions added to notes filter (OneNote icon in search panel), including .onecache, Geometer's Sketchpad (.GSP), Jackson GradeQuick (.GBK), Google Sketchup (.SKP), and SMART Technologies slide collections (.XBK).
- The .TXT file extension has been removed from the PDF filter. This was causing confusion.
- Icons dragged out from search results now drop where you lift the pen.
- Option to skip auto-update checking added to the installer.
- Checkbox for auto-update feature added to the Options panel.
Thanks so much to those of you in the International InkSeine Community who have tried out InkSeine, contributed bug reports, and tested various issues on our behalf. We haven't received any feature requests or problem reports from Antarctica or the International Space Station, yet, but I hope some will come in soon!
It's really exciting and very rewarding to see fans of the Tablet PC across the entire global community embrace what we are trying to do with InkSeine.