JPegger-5: Version History

Version History

Changes between releases

New: Music Explorer: File Delete added
New: Write support for PNG files added
New: Twain scanner interface completely recoded
Improvement: Music Explorer: Performance issues.
Improvement: More macros for batch rename
Improvement: Thumbnails: Type name to address an image by name
Localizations updated
Bugfix: Exceptions on end of slide show with short time intervals resolved

New: Background Color can be adapted in preferences
Bugfix: Scaling problem with non standard PCX files resolved
New: MP3 Explorer supports simple crossfading (see Preferences/Start-up/Music Explorer Options)

New: EXIF Time Stamp Wizard added
New: Extended EXIF information update in JPG rotation
Localization: updated.

New: Some improvements in Auto Rotation Wizard
Bugfix: Edit fields in Print dialog allow negative input for position on page.
New: Drag & Drop enabled for interfacing with any d&d enabled applications.
New: Music Explorer: Export to Excel: All Titles / Filtered titles / Playlist titles can be exported separately

New: Slovenian language added, thanks to Borut Repina
New: For image batch rename the macro '?' has been added to insert folder name
Localization: French, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic), Croatian language Update

New: Quick image downsize allows customizable sizes.
Bugfix: Division by zero error when printing resolved.
Localization: Japanese and Hungarian language Update

New: Turkish language added, thanks to Ali Sarıoğlu
Improvement: Extended user interface added to file copy/move to allow creation of new folders and other operations
Improvement: Improved handling if current folder has been deleted by external application

New: Quick image downsize function added
New: Print cards: Footer line added.
New: Print cards: Textcolor on cards inversed.
BugFix: Printing cards sometimes failed after several pages
Improvement: Image Rotation Wizard now defaults to select all images
Improvement: Image Rotation Wizard now allows sorting
Improvement: Multiselect with CTRL-Key pressed now works fully compatible with Windows Explorer
Improvement: MP3 Music Explorer keeps file date after tag update
Improvement: MP3 Music Explorer shows wait form while updating multiple MP3 tags

New: Batch rename (Select more than one file and select rename)
New: Auto rotation Wizard: On Tools / Auto Rotate Wizard (Detects original orientation of image on EXIF Orientation flag in JPG files, if existing).
New: CYMK encoded JPG Files are properly shown now.
New: Print cards now supports print of additional text information within images.
Bugfix: File deleted in full screen works as expected now.
Bugfix: Delay in "select all images" fixed (important on >>10.000 images only)
Improvement: Context menus rearranged
Improvement: In full screen mode <SPACE> now goes to next image

New: Hungarian translation added, thanks to Peter Velosy
New: Command-line option -nohist added (History lists are not saved if set).
Bugfix: MP3 Music Explorer: Sorting problem solved with incomplete MP3 tags
Bugfix: Fax files with different resolutions in X/Y dimensions are properly shown now

Bugfix: MP3 files with V1 tags only, were not read properly
New: Japanese translation added, thanks to Koshi Odagiri (Odakoh)
Improvement: Help file was contacting internet to update help extensions. To avoid this the browse sequence and advanced search has been disabled.
Improvement: No folder change after Save As anymore.
New: Shortcut F4 added for Edit/Edit
New: Select All (Shortcut Ctrl+A) added to Image Explorer

New: Multi-page images supported
New: MP3: Shuffle Mode added
New: MP3: Auto Repeat Mode added
New: MP3: Unicode MP3 tags supported for read and write
Improvement: MP3 Playlists now can be stored either Unicode or compatible standard ANSI
Improvement: Sound player has been redesigned to "XP-Style"
Localization: Czech language added thanks to Jirφ Mßcek
Localization: Scan dialog and JPG options dialogs now localized
Improvement: Indicator added to show running thumbnail threads
New: Command-line switch -dm:<mode> added in replacement of -ft
Bugfix: MP3 Explorer with large number of files in playlist could cause exception on close.

Language Update
Improvement: MP3 Music Explorer: Track field added for Export to MS-Excel
Improvement: Context menus updated
Bugfix: Browse for Folder: default folder not saved on W9x.
Bugfix: Problem solved when renaming folders in tree.
Other minor issues

Improvement: Better compatibility of main menu with Windows XP
New: Preview image to Find Duplicates added
Some icons added
Languages updated
If Internet Explorer 4 missing, warning shows up only once.
Bug with language initialization resolved.
Menu rotate image added to full screen context menu

New: Extended thumbnail context menu (internal menu, not Windows context menu)
Localization: Chinese updated.
Improvement: Rename restores original extension
Bugfix: In slide show mode JPegger has shown high CPU load
Bugfix: Screen shot: While waiting for hotkey JPegger has shown high CPU load

New: Rotate by 180░ added
Bugfix: Image information line was not shown rotated when left aligned on W9x systems.
Bugfix: Rare slide show hang problem resolved

New: Send to by e-mail added
Bugfix: Rare "Stream Write Error" resolved
Bugfix: Decoding problems solved on nonstandard BMP files
Bugfix: JPegger runs again on Windows 95
Improvement: Screenshot allows longer delays
Change: Print from command-line now prints without additional user input

New: Serbian (Latin/Cyrillic) translation added, thanks to Leposava Toseki
Bugfix: Unicode issues when copying / moving, renaming files
Localization: Some language updates

New: Croatian translation added, thanks to Borut Maricic of International Photoarchiver
Bugfix: When printing multiple images, file info line was missing.
Bugfix: Statusbar not updated when changing language

New: Traditional Chinese translation added, thanks to Joe Yu.

New: Russian translation added, thanks Alexander Steipe and his wife Svetlana Vorobieva
Bugfix: New folder function did not work properly on W98 systems (Unicode problem).
Bugfix: MP3 Explorer unexpectedly stopped playing playlist after second title

Improvement: Browse for folder dialog includes auto completion
Bugfix: Rotate of JPG files failed on CD-ROMS
Bugfix: External Image Editor couldn't open filesnames including blanks
New: MP3 Explorer Playlist Copy to Clipboard
New: MP3 Explorer Playlist Files copy to folder
New: MP3 Explorer: Move Files with <Ctrl+Up/Down>
Bugfix: MP3 Explorer didn't unlock folders after reading tags
Bugfix: WAV files didn't play properly
Bugfix: MP3 Editor caused error when updating MP3 tags
Bugfix: Find Duplicates Dialog: Status string on top incomplete
Bugfix: Folder tree lost selection after change in Preferences
Improvement: Enhanced support for PSD files

New option: Show hidden folders
Full Unicode compatibility (languages, files, folders)
Unicode problem solved, when starting with Unicode file or folder from command line or via DDE
Unicode problem solved: Folder tree shows Unicode folders properly now on NT/2K/XP
Unicode problem in folder history list resolved
Unicode problem in folder tree solved (Unicode folders still not properly shown, but properly handled)
Unicode problem solved, when copying into a Unicode folder
Unicode problem solved in browse for folder
Arabic localization added: First Unicode translation, thanks to Sherif Gouda
Polish localization added, thanks to Piotr Murawski and Rafal Lampe
Swedish localization updated
Italian localization updated
French localization updated
Spanish localization updated

New: User selectable external image editor on Edit.
Improved: Thumbnail captions are shown centered now
Improved: Faster TIFF loading
Improved: Faster thumbnail creation
Improved: Compatibility issues on some PSD files
New: MP3 Music Explorer can be hidden
Bugfix: Rare exceptions in full screen mode when showing image legend resolved (introduced by Unicode support in V4.20)
Some performance improvement issues

New: Full Unicode support
New: More image formats added; TIFF support improved
New: Drag & Drop file copy with <CTRL> key pressed
New: Help system upgraded to HTML Help
Improved: Thumbnails display for images with 256 colors and less on W9x machines
Improved: Duplicate file finder
Improved: Sorted Playlists in MP3 Explorer
New: In full screen mode the image info text can be shown either on bottom or left hand side of image
Time handling in jpeggeri.dat files has been changed. So jpeggeri.dat files are to be updated for image CDs. Others are updated automatically
Exceptions during image loading and some file operations on W9x systems
Slow loading and thumbnail generation of TIF and PSD files
File size in info line was not properly updated in full screen and slide show mode
Other minor improvements

Uninstaller included
Function to add a new folder added

New: Lossless JPG Rotation with autosave. Original image is copied to recycle bin
EXIF information is kept after lossless JPG rotation
New: Rotate finally works with multi-select.
New: Drag & Drop for Image Explorer
New: Drag & Drop for MP3 Explorer (Genre and Artist only)
New: Command-line option -sort:random added to force random image order on start
Bugfix: MP3 Find dialog: Adding to playlist from dialog find didn't work properly under certain instances.
Some minor modifications for better display with "Small Fonts"
Better error handling when MP3 sound files can't played for some reason.
Minor bugfixes

New: Lossless JPG Rotation with autosave. Original image is copied to recycle bin
New: Rotate finally works with multi-select.
New: Drag & Drop for Image Explorer
New: Drag & Drop for MP3 Explorer (Genre and Artist only)
New: Command-line option -sort:random added to force random image order on start
Bugfix: MP3 Find dialog: Adding to playlist from dialog find didn't work properly under certain instances.

New: MP3 Explorer, Dialog Find: Locate In Tree added
New: Export of MP3 Tags to Excel added
New: In Preferences an option has been added to disable default Windows explorer context menus.
Bugfix: jpeggeri.dat file was not reduced in size when images were deleted.
Bugfix: Rare exception during updating long thumbnail lists (> 10000)
Bugfix: Dialog "Find Duplicates" did not restore properly after cling in maximized mode
Bugfix: Memory leak fixed when closing thumbnail lists
Improvement: Faster update of jpeggeri.dat files
Improved: Browse Dialog shows AVI while searching to show application is still alive
Improved: Setup Sequence
Improved: The result list after Find Duplicate Files has been resorted
BugFix: File list properly handled after deleting all images
BugFix: File list properly after adding single image to empty folder

New: Installation redesigned
New: Image sort order is saved on program exit
New: Command-line option -sort:name added to force sort by name on start
Bugfix: Localizations didn't work properly in MP3 Music Explorer
All localizations updated

New: Find duplicate images completely redesigned for faster file delete
New: Music Explorer localized
New: Button to synchronize folders between Music Explorer and Image Explorer
New: Genre in Music Explorer Tree Genre now has Artists as sub branches
New: Browse for folder allows one to enter path by keyboard
New: Saving of thumbnails into jpeggeri.dat can be disabled (not fully localized yet)
New: jpeggeri.dat files can be hidden (not fully localized yet)
Bugfix: Files including Blank were not properly handled on delete or copy.
Bugfix: Music Player supports XP themes
Dutch localization updated.
Some minor improvements of user interface when showing large number of images (>8000).
Localizations Updated
Default Fonts updated to use standard "Tahoma" if existing

New: Multi select added
Thumbnails are saved into jpegger.dat in current folder
Minor bug fixes and memory leaks on Windows 9x based systems.

EXIF Tag information added. See menu Tools. EXIF information is also shown in the hint boxes of the thumbnail view.

Memory Leak on resolved when printing thumbnails or postcards in high resolution (Windows 9x only).
Faster printing of images, thumbnails and cards
Better printing performance on Windows 9x
Super fast printing of thumbnails in low resolution
Thumbnails are now centered on page when printing
Footer added for thumbnails when printing
Minor improvements

Spanish language included.
Mouse commands in slide show mode changed.
Context menu added for image. Useful in full screen modes and slide show.
Slide show can terminate on end.
Timing problems in slide show resolved.

History lists for folders added
MP3 Music Explorer: Renamed from Sound Explorer
MP3 Music Explorer: Improved search improved
MP3 Music Explorer: Context menu item added: "Locate in"
Minor improvements

MP3 Tag Editor improved and extended
Minor improvements

MP3 Tag Editor added
MP3 Extended Search
Minor Bugfixes

Command line switch m3u: added
Support for XP themes added
Minor improvements
VStarter: always stays on top
VStarter: Command line file references for JPegger are now relative to the location of jpegger.exe

Dutch and French languages included
FAQ section added to help
Minor bugfixes

MP3 Sound Explorer added
Full Wave file support, including player
Twain Interface added
Print Postcards added, Place from 2 to 144 images on one page
Browse including subfolders (recursive browsing). Select File/Browse and check "recursive"
Snapshot function redesigned
No screen saver in slide show mode
Option to fit size large images only
Improved (faster) thumbnails when more than 1000
Improved print function for thumbnails to print in highest possible resolution

Swedish translation added
Command ine switch "setlng:" added
Corrections in German translation
Option to disable of Screen Saver in full screen slide show mode has been implemented

Minor improvements
Print dialog saves last settings
Scaling problem in VStarter fixed.

Auto delete for duplicate files included

Problem with some TIF-files resolved.

Can now be started with folder in command line
"Browse with Vallen JPegger" added to Explorer folder context menu after registering file associations.

Unnecessary FDD accesses removed.
Tool buttons added for rotate image functions.
Registered file extensions allow direct print with JPegger from Explorer with Print out of Explorer file context menu.
Vstarter.exe added. A tool to simplify start of JPegger on your own image CDs.

Error message removed that disappeared on W98SE based systems on "Flip Thumbnails"
Shortcuts added to rotate image
Stability problems resolved on W98SE based systems.
Print options added in Preferences, allows printing filename below image.
Command line option "-paste" added
Image resize/resample added
Explorer and e-mail buttons added in Help menu.
File save support added
Image mirror
New directory tree
Directory tree now permanently shown without command-line option.
Explorer context menus
Screen shot functions added

Some shortcuts have changed (Page-up/Down for next image in full screen, regular cursor keys for panning; Full screen with enter or double click).
Faster full screen image.
Sound interface added.
Directory tree added.
Tools menu: Find duplicate files.
File information in full screen mode.
Image file compare added to search for duplicate images.
Enhanced command line support added.

Thumbnail print support included.
Sort by type added.
Minor bug fixes and improvements.

This version history has been added to help (ZDNet Request).
Version numbering changed.
Thumbnails added
Image file filter supports individual open filters for each format (ZDNet request).
Shortcut for "Delete File" <Ctrl+Del> has been changed to <Del> (ZDNet request).
Exact slide show time interval can be specified in preferences (ZDNet request).
Extended preferences dialog box.
Desktop icon support.
Shortcuts added for Copy and Move file commands (ZDNet request).
Desktop wallpaper setup added.
Problems with 1-bit BMP-files removed
Palette problems with 256 color icons removed
Better handling for invalid image files
Multi threading
Auto-update when images are deleted or moved
Many internal modifications to improve performance, speed, stability and usability.

Full screen support with <F11> and <Ctrl+F11> (by user request).
New keyboard shortcuts and <+> and <-> to zoom in and out (by user request).
New Preferences dialog for start-up options (by user request).
File format associations (by user request).
File rename added.
Command line support improved.
Browse directories opens with the last open directory.
Minor bug fixes.
Improved help system

Toolbar added.
Tool tips and basic hints for beginners added.
Context menus added for file list.
Command line support.
Help system completely revised.

New image file list allows quick access to any image in current directory.
More image formats added and better compatibility with special formats.
Improved mouse panning and zooming.
Better support for large images.
Better performance and higher stability

Some new image formats and minor bug fixes.
Improved image decoder.

Vallen JPegger doesn't create default directories under c:/vallen/ anymore.

First public version.