AceViewer 3.12 Updates

SubBrand support

AceViewer 3.12 adds full support for the SubBrand element at both the header and individual Part element level:

  • ACES 4.2 — SubBrandAAIAID
  • ACES 5.0 — SubBrandID

The new SubBrand column auto-hides when no SubBrand data exists in the file, keeping the grid clean for files that don’t use sub-brands. If you need a consistent column count across exports — for example, when loading multiple files into the same downstream system — turn on Always Show SubBrand in Tools > Settings.

ACES header XML export fixes

Two header-export bugs were fixed when running Save As:

  • Country is now correctly nested inside ApprovedFor / PartsApprovedFor rather than emitted at the wrong level.
  • Region is now correctly nested inside RegionFor.

ACES 5.0 header improvements

  • Region elements from the ACES 5.0 header (RegionFor section) are now stored and round-tripped on Save As.
  • The Headers dialog (View > Headers) is now version-aware — when viewing a 5.0 file, it displays the ACES 5.0 element names rather than the 4.2 equivalents.
Revised: 2026-03-23