What's new?

WinOLS 5.87
24.02.2026

1 important note:

• New version of the ols file format in preparation for future features

1 new feature:

• Import CSV/JSON: Matching now also possible by map name

4 improvements: Show

• Improved: Recognition of project properties
• Accelerated: PrjOpen display for all resellers
• PrjPropertiesSearch can now overwrite current data across the board (F12 > Automatic)
• ConnectBar: Better fade tip position in some cases

18 bugs fixed: Show

• If Undo removes maps, then update the scrollbar. Because of A2L import Undo.
• PrjOpen: If duplication failed, there was no error message
• Thousands of maps at address 0 (due to import errors) could slow down the display considerably
• Select reference version: The search was case-sensitive
• Select reference version no longer showed differences
• Project resize-if encryption status was changed at the same time and multiple versions were in the project, it could corrupt versions
• PrjOpen: Key Shift+Del was interpreted as "."
• PrjOpen: Search on Sim causes WinOLS to hang
• PrjOpen > SimularProjects (Reseller) > Sort has requested the data from the server again
• PrjOpen > SimularProjects (Reseller) > Sorting no longer works
• PrjProperty search could bring different results in PrjProp and UpdateProjects
• Connecting: Click on potKFTag did not correct if current line break was at inappropriate endian
• Connecting+ForeignReferenceVersion => Offset is shifted, although it should remain constant
• ImportWizScript: Improved Cancel behavior
• ImportWizScript: Skinning was missing for ComboBox
• FilterValues: Confusing disabling of EditBoxes with "Intermediate"
• 2d: The maps are now drawn BEFORE the dump. This was not the case before.
• 2d, KF properties => If you moved the KF via spin control, the background color could disappear at some point

WinOLS 5.86
03.02.2026

1 new feature:

• Unique version names can be switched off

2 improvements: Show

• Dialog "Name version" now resizable
• Press Ctrl+9 twice => Map description also fits in the window

9 bugs fixed: Show

• Potential maps can no longer be opened in the sidebar
• Markers have not always respected configured colors
• Connecting: Word mode, one of the projects has a line addr that ends on "2". In the other, click on reg float map => projects have a non-correctable offset
• Connecting > Transfer map (without folder) => Duplicates could occur if there are duplicates in the source project
• Map sidebar: Search filters could only be deleted after entering "8x8" by pressing the Off button
• Insert/delete map/marker has not updated scrollbar
• Lack of feedback if download of the version takes a long time when purchasing
• WinOLS could become slow in the long run
• Potential maps can no longer be opened in the sidebar

WinOLS 5.85
26.01.2026

1 important note:

• Premium-Feature: New: Combine 2 versions (Version selection dialog)
  
   

8 new features:

• PrjOpen: Versions sidebar now with inplace edit (slow double-click)
  
   
• Disable resellers separately for solutions (F12 > Reseller buyer)
• LUA: importChanges: new parameter IgnoreRanges
• LUA: With importProject format-autodetect also for CMD
• For version names, automatically suggest a number "(2)" to avoid duplicates
• New option: F12>View: Configure title for map (inside)
• New option: F12>2d: Automatically optimize value range when changing bit width
• Files with .Number2Text.txt suffix can now be dragged into the map window

16 improvements: Show

• UpdateProjects: New option: Do not change timestamp
• SearchInProjects does not restore the last search text correctly when opened
• PrjOpen: Timestamp comparison with reseller: Now 2s tolerance
• ImportWizSimilar: Version import now possible in more cases
• Accelerated: EditMultiMaps, transfer maps, PrjProperties
• Improved: Recognition PrjProperties
• Various program functions slightly accelerated
• Service-Console: luax in FileDialog listen
• IntelHexSize: Pre-selection improved
• Map sidebar: New filter option: Bit maps
• IntelHex import: Incorrect checksum can now be ignored
• Fade tip: Transparency can now be switched off (F12 > Messages)
• 7z Unpacker updated
• Improved: ImportWiz: Improved original recognition based on the file name
• Improved: ImportWiz: Shift-Skip also when importing multiple versions
• Improved: Recognition of project properties

45 bugs fixed: Show

• Visualizer did not work for maps with semicolon in Id
• Polish WinOLS has used the Polish processor element name for Bdm2Go export
• OpenVer: ButtonStates were not updated when clicking with Ctrl+click in line below the first selection
• After A2L import, maps were not displayed directly in the sidebar
• Message 1360 could appear when importing directory
• Connecting map sometimes has windows conntected to each other despite different widths
• ByteSearch: Table header context menu is disabled the wrong way round (map List / values)
• ByteSearch: When searching in map axis, not all results get the columns map name/position
• ByteSearch: Crash when searching in very long axes
• Projects without data areas could still be saved in the project list
• Fill in axis values with 15..0, brought rounding errors
• Map sidebar: Filter fields button ">" and "Select source file" does not work
• EditMultipleMaps>Paste: No effect with potMap
• ChangesApply: LightColorMode: When opening, the line is not readable due to background color
• ChangesAccept recognizes bit fields as duplicates
• ChangesAccept has not accepted values from bit maps
• Number-to-text: Preview was not updated after import
• If you open a modal dialog, the current window becomes inactive and you cannot see which window the dialog refers to
• Problems with Undo with EditMultipleMaps>Paste>on PotMap
• Problem with ImportWizSimilar>ImportMaps with different ElementLayout
• Office color theme: Scrollbar thumb was poorly visible
• Connect: Bit width changes were no longer processed correctly
• Clicking on PotMap in the hex dump does not open the folder in the map sidebar. Good. Unless it is in the table folder.
• Map-Sidebar: Error with DropDown if string >1024 characters in history
• ImportMapsFromOls: Problems importing OLS807 file
• ImportMapsFromOls: Preview calculates false similarity
• F12 > Colors > Line marker (2d) is used for 2d address bar, even if checkbox is off.
• EditMultipleMaps>Paste: Window remains open
• ChangeAbsoluteMulti: ESC does not work
• ChangeAbsoluteMulti: Apply in Byte-map with search in Word axis was processed incorrectly
• ChangeAbsolutMulti did not work correctly with connected maps
• ToolBar: HiLo icon was sometimes not updated
• Problems with version purchase dialog if not enough credits available
• Multiple bit maps at the same address: Detail improvements
• Connecting of Word with byte hexdump with odd start address could lead to incorrect values
• Map-Sidebar: Change search string, has reset filter buttons without displaying it
• Map connect: Selection in axis was not synchronized correctly as the offset between the axes was different from the map offset
• The similarity information was not updated for version swaps
• EditAbsoluteMulti: Apply did not process search in column correctly
• Map sidebar: Duplicate filter has ignored differences in bit masks
• Map end address was incorrect after kp import for maps with SkipBytes
• Crash in Number2Text dialog for closed map
• Crash on Sim server due to too long logging of SQL string during My Files search
• 2d: red frame of potMap with 123-axis @0 creates marker @0
• 2d: Cursor in map in Hexdump Option:AutomaticallyAdjustBitWidth and change bit width manually, has reset the bit width immediately

WinOLS 5.84
12.11.2025

20 improvements: Show

• Spanish translation updated
• Connect: Transfer map(s): Also transfer folder can now be switched off
• Hexdump: Right-click on short selection in text column => Edit as text
• EditAsText: Also lists shorter texts when the cursor is positioned on the spot
• Improved: Formula parser
• Improved: Recognition PrjProperties
• Search byte sequence: Limit search to the column with the cursor (cogwheel)
• PrjOpen: New filter: Only projects with/without purchasable versions (triangle button)
• PrjOpen: Bought/Limited are now 2 tabs
• New hotkey: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N => 1-2 Import fresh file(s) from standard Dir1/Dir2 and skip dialog
• New ProgressDialog Tips
• Map list: New search filter: "All between a..b"
• ImportWizSimilar: Version list
• New command line parameter /SkipDialog to import files without dialog
• Create script: New option to create only the map. Without values.
• AutoUpdate/Import: Hotkey Ctrl+Alt+A (+Shift)
• AutoUpdate/Import: Remember last dialog status and support Shift (Skip dialog)
• Search byte sequence: Limit search to the column with the cursor (cog)
• PrjOpen: New filter: Only projects with/without purchasable versions (triangle button)
• For Script>Create new option to generate only the map. Without values.

18 bugs fixed: Show

• ImportChanges > Data areas > Marker link could create duplicates
• Search byte sequence for "<x" did not work for values above 0x80000000
• Hexdump: Selection context menu: "Search in connected window" submenu was hidden incorrectly
• Hexdump: Selection context menu: "Search in connected window" submenu was hidden incorrectly
• Hexdump: Corrections in the selection context menu
• Misdetection of Bosch16 where only 1 axis was correct
• Optimize value range did not always work correctly
• Rectangular selection => Map does not work if source map already has LineSkipBytes
• Connect was not restored correctly at startup if 2 versions of the same project were connected
• Click on map tag could cause endian problems in the preview if 2 versions were connected together
• Clicking on the map tag can change the endian, but this is not visible in the toolbar icons
• Change map bit width from byte to word has changed odd address
• Icon problems in ProgressBar+Visualizer
• With connected maps, the selection was incorrectly synchronized if CellSkipBytes>0 and LineSkipBytes==0
• AutoImport dialog works even if PrjStatus is not AutoImport
• 3d height colors were the wrong way around
• Search byte sequence > "Only if they're currently open" option is grayed out (gear wheel)
• Icon problems in ProgressBar and Visualizer

WinOLS 5.83
08.10.2025

3 important notes:

• License and terms of use have been updated
• The purchase of reseller projects allows several versions to be purchased together
• The purchase of reseller projects is now displayed more clearly

7 new features:

• SearchBytesequence>Indicator field: Disable columns Id and Details
• SearchByteSequence>Index: Header context menu added
• New option: Make KF names in the hexdump no longer clickable (F12>Hexdump)
• New option: Default X scaling (F12>2d)
• LUA: New command: GetClient
• SearchByteFolder: New columns available for table (gear menu)
• Transparency for 3d mode (F12>3d)

10 improvements: Show

• Improved: Italian translation updated
• Improved: Import of Dimsport txt files
• Improved: Recognition PrjProperties
• Reseller upload: Projects are no longer made compatible with WinOLS4
• New option: Make KF names in the hexdump no longer clickable (F12>Hexdump)
• kp import: Offset detection improved
• Italian translation updated
• GoTo: Now allows spaces in the addresses ("80 00 00 00")
• GoTo: You can now enter comments as text
• Better font color for task dialog (dark color theme)

21 bugs fixed: Show

• SearchByteString>Replace: Number of replace values had to match search values
• PrjOpen: red "open" marker was not updated when sorting was reversed
• Restore connect on startup did not work correctly if a non-connected project was in the foreground
• Map properties: Lock icon could not be switched off without premium features
• Incorrect Solutions icons with 200% display zoom
• Export as bin+json could create unusable maps if CPU address was active as option
• Command/replace statement "do col0 = 5" does not work because of spaces
• It was not possible to connect 2 maps with the same start addresses and different numbers of columns
• PrjProperties: After ifo/ini/txt import the DropDowns were not updated
• PrjOpen: Problem with query dialog in Russian version
• ChangeAbsolutMulti had wrong default button in German version
• UpdateProjects: Newly found checksums were later labeled as obsolete when the project was opened
• Replace result dialog did not work with Do statements
• PrjOpen: red "open" marker was not updated when sorting was reversed
• PrjProperties Paste as free text does not recognize "Diesel"
• Restore pairing on startup did not work correctly if a non-coupled project was in the foreground
• Export as olsx(AllVersions), reimport => OverviewData missing
• CSV/JSON export was without addresses during mass export
• It was not possible to link 2 maps with the same start addresses and different numbers of columns
• Coupling, selectionAutomaticTransfer has transferred changes in maps relative/percentage twice (for non-byte maps)
• No error message if drag+drop download failed

 

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*	Premium features	Version
Important!	New version of the ols file format in preparation for future features	5.87
Important!	Premium-Feature: New: Combine 2 versions (Version selection dialog)	5.85
New	Premium feature: LUA Editor (requires OLS530)	5.81
Important!	New version of the ols file format in preparation for future features	5.79
Important!	Feature updates are now called premium features	5.77
Important!	Premium-Feature: Synchronize hexdump with map (toolbar button: Sync Cursor)	5.74
Important!	Premium-Feature: Create maps from hexdump address tables	5.72
Important!	Premium-Feature: Recognize tables (at the end of the potential maps)	5.72
Important!	Premium-Feature: Quickly create QuickFixes from a selection	5.71
Important!	Premium-Feature: ChangeAbsoluteMulti! Opens automatically instead of ChangeAbsolute for linked table maps	5.70
New	Premium-Feature: New: PrjOpen>SearchProjects	5.62
New	Premium-Feature: PrjOpen: Right-click: "Search for (ValueFromCurrentProject)"	5.60
New	Premium-Feature: Create encrypted lua files: Miscellaneous> Apply previous LUA script	5.60
Important!	Premium-Feature: SearchBytesequence: Replace in other maps/columns	5.58
New	Premium-Feature: SearchBytes: Template list now as tree	5.57
New	Premium-Feature: SearchBytes: Template list for DropDown button	5.55
New	Premium-Feature: SearchBytes: Contextmenu: Set to 0 in (connected) window	5.55
Improved	Premium-Feature: New: Select Maps where the values exceed the defined range (Map list > context menu > Select)	5.48
New	Premium-Feature: Key /- can now be limited to defined values to number2text	5.48
Important!	Premium-Feature: Twin windows (Ctrl+click on view bar, see also evc.de/video).	5.47
Important!	Premium-Feature: New View Mode: Layers	5.46
New	Premium-Feature: Pairing: Option to take the parent version (from the tree) as reference by default.	5.44
New	Premium-Feature: Connect: option to take as reference by default the parent version (from the tree).	5.43
Important!	Premium-Feature: MapCreateWizard: Can create multiple maps	5.31
Important!	Premium-Feature: Alt+click+drag in hexdump to beginning of map/axes to move. Additionally Ctrl to copy.	5.31
New	Premium-Feature: Project list can be ex-/imported directly to xlsx	5.25
New	Premium-Feature: EditMultipleMaps: Be able to perform multiple operations at the same time	5.25
New	Premium-Feature: Export as CSV: Flag as criterion	5.25
New	Premium-Feature: New dialog: Searches > Search Similar Maps	5.24
New	Premium-Feature: ProjectOpen > Options: Allow to disallow changes to the timestamp	5.22
Important!	Premium-Feature: New: AutoImport/AutoUpdate can automatically import/merge versions when managing many variants. More about this in the help file.	5.21
Important!	Some of these changes may require the purchase of a feature update	5.21
New	Premium-Feature: KF properties: Value range can now limit input (lock icon).	5.21

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