| Version | Change log |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 12.0.3 Mar 11, 2026 |
New component for message print preview Syntax highlighting for previews of attached text files (.ini, .md, .html, .xml) in Conversation Thread View Improvements to the interface customization dialog (search and drag-and-drop support) Error messages appeared when trying to preview .xlsx files Icons in the "Options" menu in the Editor were not highlighted when active Certain strings in the Address History were truncated Improper initial display of iCalendar (.ics) file contents led to incorrect import of events into the Calendar .mbox export/import did not preserve the received time Message list tabs were comparatively smaller on 4K monitors |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 12.0.2 Jan 21, 2026 |
Improvements: Added missing translations on the header pane in the Conversation View Fixes: Tags' and color groups' colors were missing in the context menu Certain national characters were not properly displayed in the Conversation View Font size settings for Source Viewer in "Preferences" were not applied in the "View Message Source" window Resolved an issue that caused unintended font size changes in the classic message preview and the plain text editor after opening the "View Message Source" window Further fixes to the font size issues related to the message source viewer SmartUpgrade works from the "HelpEnter Registration Code" menu correctly now. If you access that menu in The Bat! v12 and insert a v11 key which is eligible for a free upgrade of the license to v12, then the system will automatically process it, issue a new key for v12 and register the software Resolved an issue that caused the message body context menu to appear offset from the mouse cursor |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 12.0.0 Jan 16, 2026 |
Added missing translations on the header pane in the Conversation View Tags' and color groups' colors were missing in the context menu Certain national characters were not properly displayed in the Conversation View Font size settings for Source Viewer in "Preferences" were not applied in the "View Message Source" window Resolved an issue that caused unintended font size changes in the classic message preview and the plain text editor after opening the "View Message Source" window |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 12.0 Dec 31, 2025 |
New features: New Compact mode in the Conversation View Option to hide recipients in Compact mode of the Conversation View Support for rich text actions for quick reply editor in the Conversation View DNS service autodiscovery data can now be used for account creation Improvements: Major UI updates in the new design of the Address book Interface improvements changes in the Conversation View Fixes: Fixed an issue that caused a crash when attempting to drag and drop contacts between address books Fixed an issue where “Save photo” button in the photo selection dialog was outside the clickable area |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 11.5.2 Dec 25, 2025 |
Improvements: A minimum size was added to the Account Properties window to keep all content visible Cosmetic improvements in the interface Fixes: Files with "/" in the name cannot be saved to disk Long attachment's name was improperly handled Certain .eml files could not be displayed in the Conversation View mode when opened from Windows Explorer |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 11.5.1.1 Dec 8, 2025 |
New features: The new option "Default window font size" in "OptionsPreferencesSystem" to increase/decrease the default fonts in the account/folder tree, message list and the dialog windows Improvements: Updated CEF to version 142 Fixes: Fixes to various DPI display handling An access violation error in the plain text editor is fixed |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 11.4.3 Nov 17, 2025 |
In this beta we have added the option "Default window font size" under the menu "OptionsPreferencesSystem". It allows increasing/decreasing the default fonts in the account/folder tree, in the message list and the dialogs in the range of 8 to 14 pt. If the font size of the account/folder tree and/or of the message list had been altered, then the changes made by the option "Default window font size" will not be applied. Note that the font size of the menus is controlled by the operating system's scaling option. |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 11.4.2.1 Jul 28, 2025 |
Much faster import messages from Unix Mailbox (.mbox) files Fixes to XMP_* Macros Added support for: XMP_Const XMP_For XMP_Until XMP_Random XMP_Rot13 Support for hash macros (without attaching files yet): XMP_CRC32 XMP_MD5 XMP_SHA1 XMP_SHA256 |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 11.4.1 Jan 21, 2025 |
New features: CEF was updated to v131 Improvements: Improved warning dialog for failed plugin activation Fixes: Access Violation while viewing certain plain text messages Proper location for newer CEF binaries "Reply quoting selected text" was quoting entire HTML message if no HTML-tags were found in selection |
| The Bat! Professional Edition 11.4 Dec 24, 2024 |
New features: CalDAV support (see Account Properties - Calendar page) /DebugCalDAV command line parameter for tracing CalDAV output in ex_log.txt Fixes: Events repeating weekly from its starting day were imported with wrong week day set |
