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FontLister LogFile
Copyright (c) 1998-1999 Peter Theill, ConquerWare
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- Feature change + Feature added
* Internal feature ! Bugfix
# Notice! i Information
(B) Beta version (R) Release version
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Revision History
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May 10, 1999 - FontLister 3.4.9 Released (R)
May 4, 1999
- WMF and EMF copy to clipboard added.
May 1, 1999
- WMF and EMF export of characters added in ANSI Table Window.
April 14, 1999 - FontLister 3.4.8 Released (R)
i Tested on both Win95, Win98 and WinNT4 running IE5
April 13, 1999
! Colors would default to black, if you entered 'Settings' window without
changing any of the colors - fixed.
April 12, 1999
! Fixed Access Violations on Internet Explorer 5.0
! Fixed 'Error X at address X' errors on exit
April 10, 1999
! Wasn't able to correctly update Compare Window when colors where changed.
! Entire fontlist would reload when changing colors using 'Settings' dialog.
April 10, 1999 - FontLister 3.4.7 Released (R)
+ Install, remove and copying fonts is now handled by 'check' state instead
of 'selected' state; this makes it possible to check some fonts for e.g.
installation while browsing through the fontlist.
! Status of Installation dialog were resizable.
! IE5.0 would cause FL to generate some nasty Access Violations. This has
been fixed, but not yet fully tested.
March 18, 1999
i Renaming groups, started to implement a function for enumerating groups w.
subgroups.
March 16, 1999
i Working on 'Groups' mode - added methods for adding and deleting groups.
March 13, 1999
! Dropdown pointer in Treeview would mix with Folder names. Fixed by ellip-
sing foldernames if too large to fit.
! Links in Aboutbox would sometimes resize when highlighted.
- Will now user systems 'iconfont' when using 'Large Toolbar Buttons'.
March 7, 1999
+ Sizegrip added in 'ANSI Table' when in 'variable mode'
March 4, 1999
- Buttons in Organize Favourites Dialog is now able to receive focus
- HelpContext on controls updated
- Captions in Export to bitmap changed according to user wishes
! 'Export To Bitmaps' printed name of font using font itself, making it
unreadable if font wasn't readable itself (e.g. Windings)
February 16, 1999 - FontLister 3.4.6 Released (R)
- Updated helpfile (still not optimal, though)
! Edit/Compare sizes were not stored on exit.
February 15, 1999
+ Feature for exporting to <fonts filename>.bmp added.
February 14, 1999 - FontLister 3.4.5 Released (R)
+ Left-, Top-, Right-, Bottom- and Middle- borders on printouts are now
optional.
+ Ability to include font- and filenames on exported bitmaps added.
February 13, 1999
! When width of 'List of Fonts' window was sized to around 0, it would
collapse and refuse to expand again without reinstalled FontLister.
! Captions, when using 'Large Buttons', would not fit on button.
! Export Bitmap wouldn't have any default values first time it was used.
+ 'Windows Sample' is now available from the toolbar.
! FontLister was unable to work properly without a printer installed.
- It wasn't possible to see all info for the 'Overhang' attribute in Font
Properties Window. This was fixed by adding small 'up/down' arrows to the
textarea.
February 4, 1999 - FontLister 3.4 Released (R)
February 3, 1999
+ View Explorer Tree menuitem added.
+ 'Copy fonts' option added. This option will copy all selected fonts into
the standard Windows Clipboard.
+ Able to drag fontfiles OUT of FontLister, e.g. to other Explorer Folders.
+ Able to drag fontfiles INTO FontLister, e.g. from your desktop. These
files will then be temporarily installed on your system to make them
viewable.
! ANSI table wasn't correctly updated when selecting a font from Compare
window.
! Export bitmap failed to save its state, i.e. text, size and colors.
- List of Fonts will now be cleared when selecting 'Folder View'.
- 'Select All' option now shows a 'Wait' cursor since this operation could
take a while to complete.
- Changing view will cause a 'wait' cursor to be shown when updating.
February 1, 1999
+ ANSI Table now paints a small version of the characters using a standard
font. This makes it possible to see mappings between e.g. a symbolfont
and the keys to type on your keyboard to get a specific character.
January 30, 1999
+ It is now possible to change Compare Informal Color (fontname and path).
January 24, 1999
! Statusbar wasn't able to adjust its width when a lot of fonts were loaded
or selected.
January 20, 1999
i Still working on copy/move methods and optimizing of some base code.
January 13, 1999
i Working on copy/move methods.
January 10, 1999
i Started designing Groups view (font catalogues).
January 02, 1999 - FontLister 3.3.2 Released (R)
! Height of a text would be calculated using wrong values, if it were read
from a ttf-file, i.e. in 'Fonts in a Folder'- or 'Installed'-View - fixed.
- Updated SplashScreen.
- Hiding unavailable 'sample' buttons.
- Change width of statusbar cells.
December 13, 1998 - FontLister 3.3.1 Released (R)
! 'The parameter is incorrect' error would _still_ show up when closing
FontLister - fixed (I think ;).
! Was unable to start in maximized mode - FontLister would 'think' it was
maximized (top right button showed the 'restore' icon) but the mainwindow
was not filling complete desktop area. I've made a temporary fix, by
resetting state of window when it activates.
December 09, 1998 - FontLister 3.3 Released (R)
# Throughly tested on NT machines! Seems to be working without any problems.
! Unable to open ANSI Table at startup - fixed.
December 08, 1998
# Printouts uses Edit Mode sample when printing multiple lines and Compare
Mode sample when printing single line.
December 07, 1998
- In ANSI-Table: When pressing left- or right arrow key when located on
edge of grid will now move to previous/next row.
! Were not saving Edit Mode Window lines - fixed.
! Strange resizing bug when maximizing FontLister seems to be fixed.
! Going Settings->Layout->OK without making any changes to TextColor or
WindowColor would make both colors black - fixed.
! A 'The parameter is incorrect' error would show up when trying to close
FontLister - fixed.
- Minor change in Export Sample to Bitmap dialog.
December 01, 1998 - FontLister 3.3b2 Released (B)
! Colors would be wrong if they weren't found in Registry.
+ 'Print immediately' option added in 'Options' dialog.
- Removed obsolete items 'File->Import Text' and 'Options->Use default text'
from menus.
+ 'Export Sample to Bitmap' is now able to export multiple fonts.
November 30, 1998
+ Filename of font is now printed in Compare Window if available.
- Caption of Edit/Compare Windows becomes bold when active.
- Samples in Edit & Compare Mode are now separated and optimized, i.e. you
will be able to use different samples in each mode.
! Edit Mode Window failed to update when selecting font in Compare Mode
Window - fixed.
November 29, 1998 - FontLister 3.3b1 Released (B)
November 26, 1998
- Made it impossible to delete very important systemfont 'MARLETT.TTF'.
November 25, 1998
+ Added popupmenu to Print Preview for easier access to commonly used
actions.
+ 'Align 'List of Fonts' left/top option added in Settings window.
November 20, 1998
- ANSI Table Window is now resizable.
+ 'Character Zoom' added to ANSI Table Window.
November 19, 1998
+ Attribute-hints added to Font Properties Dialog.
November 14, 1998
- Edit/Compare Mode collected into same window with resize abilities.
November 04, 1998
! Tooltips in Shell Tree would sometimes fail to go away - fixed.
September 25, 1998 - FontLister 3.2.6 Released (R)
September 23, 1998
- Shows status of a 'Export font as bitmap...' operation.
September 7, 1998
+ Added 'Large Toolbar Buttons' setting.
September 5, 1998
! Using U.S as default Measurement System would disable the possibility to
change margins - fixed.
September 4, 1998 - FontLister 3.2.5 Released (R)
September 1, 1998
- Updated Settings Dialog with 'Confirm Font Delete' and 'Install fonts To
Fonts Folder' options.
August 31, 1998
- Settings Dialog now able to load/save Editor Font -Colors and SplashScreen
show.
August 29, 1998
! Refresh Button in 'Fonts in a Folder' View wouldn't update unless you've
selected 'AutoRetrive FontNames'
* Some hints in statusbar was not updated correctly.
August 19, 1998 - FontLister 3.2.4 Released (R)
August 16, 1998
* Optimized code for smaller .exe file
! Selecting Windows Sample from the View Menu would always use the top
selected font in the left listview - fixed.
! ANSI Table did not always show the correct fontfile name in its caption
when opened from Compare Mode - fixed.
August 13, 1998
* Bitmaps replaced to avoid COMCTL32.DLL bug
August 10, 1998 - FontLister 3.2.3 Released (R)
August 8, 1998
+ Undo added to Edit Mode.
+ 'Change to Edit Mode' menuitem added in Compare Mode from popup menu.
August 1, 1998
- Optimized generation of previews.
- Goto page box added in Print Preview.
July 22, 1998 - FontLister 3.2.2 Released (R)
- Font Names are not printed in uppercase anymore.
July 21, 1998
! SampleLines when viewing CompareMode and when printing could easily screw
up, i.e. only show half the text - fixed.
! Certain fonts could _still_ generate an Access Violation - fixed.
! Changing ViewType with many fonts selected was time excessive - fixed.
! FontSize of screen preview was not updated if you exited fontsize combobox
without first pressing 'Return' key - fixed.
July 20, 1998
! Options->Text menu was always grayed out - fixed.
! Menus might gray out just like that - fixed.
July 18, 1998 - FontLister 3.2.1.0 Released (R)
+ Help button added in Font Properties Dialog.
! User set Bold, Italic and Underline styles were not used in prints - fixed.
July 17, 1998
i Updated helpfile with 'Print Settings Dialog'.
i Updated helpfile with 'Font Properties'.
July 16, 1998
! If 'Print Multiple Lines' were used, you wouldn't see any text if you did
the print from 'EditMode' - fixed.
July 15, 1998
- Updated some images, e.g. added a 'ATM' symbol.
- Print Setup caption changed to Printer Setup
- Shows current View Type (Screen, Printer..) in lower right of main window.
July 14, 1998
+ Favourite Folders added in 'Fonts in a Folder' ViewType. Contains commonly
accessed Folders.
+ Add 'Favourites Organizer' which is able to add, remove and arrange
Favourite Folders.
! Long font names problem fixed in Printing too.
July 13, 1998
! An AV occured if FL had all fonts in listview selected on exit - fixed.
July 12, 1998
+ Added font location to Font Properties.
+ Brand new 'Fonts in a Folder' layout. Modal dialog has been integrated in
main window.
- Search for fonts optimized.
July 11, 1998
+ New 'Names' tab added to Font Properties. Contains extended information
about font, e.g. Copyright and Trademark.
- Layout of information in Font Properties changed.
! FontLister were unable to show some fonts with very long (more than 32
characters) font names - fixed.
July 09, 1998 - FontLister 3.2 Released (R)
+ Print Preview added.
! Failed to remove temporarily installed fonts from memory - fixed.
i Bold, Italic & Underline adjust according to font -> Option.
i Adjust Font (Icon in toolbar) according to System.
July 08, 1998
+ New 'Export Sample as Bitmap' feature added. Creates a 'bmp' file of the
sample rendered using selected font.
July 06, 1998
- Size editbox now only updates on validated values.
July 05, 1998
+ Implemented new Print dialog which is a mix between the Paper Setup and
the Print Dialog.
July 01, 1998 - FontLister 3.1 Released (R)
June 30, 1998
+ Shows filesize in Font Properties.
! Font variations (Bold, Italic, etc.) were not printed correctly - fixed.
+ Converts Weight-number to Weight-string in Font Properties.
June 28, 1998
+ Able to see installed fonts when viewing 'Fonts in a Folder' (uninstalled).
+ Able to recognize 'TM' (trademark) characters in a Unicode font.
Jun 27 '98
- 'charmap.exe' new opens showing selected font.
! Change of margins were ignored - fixed.
Jun 26 '98
+ Possible to open 'charmap.exe' from Tools menu.
- New Compare ViewMode.
Jun 19 '98
* Delete Font routine optimized.
Jun 18 '98
* Install Font routine optimized.
* Fonts in a Folder ViewMode optimized.
Jun 17 '98
* Screen Fonts ViewMode optimized.
* Installed Fonts ViewMode optimized.
Jun 12 '98 - FontLister 3.03 Released (R)
* Registration-procedure generated an error when passed - fixed.
! Was not able to delete installed fonts from Registry - fixed.
Jun 09 '98
+ Optimized startup.
- Images added to ANSI-Table popup.
! In 'Fonts in a Folder' you were able to click OK resulting in "index out
of bounds error" - fixed!
Jun 06 '98 - FontLister 3.02 Released (R)
- Minor updates
! 'Cancel' in Fonts in a Folder needed two clics - fixed.
! Statusbar in Fonts in a Folder wasn't updated - fixed.
Jun 05 '98 - FontLister 3.01 Released (R)
Jun 03 '98
+ Searches for TrueType fonts in sub folders too.
- Fontchanges for header and footer now visible in pagesetup.
- Images on Popup-Menus.
Jun 01 '98
- Homepage and email link added in Aboutbox.
Apr 25 '98
- Changed 'Browse..'-buttons in Settings-dialog.
Mar 23 '98
* Properties wasn't saved properly anyway! I'm _almost_ sure it works now,
though. I've pulled the RestoreFormPlacement call into the OnShow-event
instead. Seems to work okay.
Mar 08 '98
* Finally found out how to save and restore properties using TFormStorage.
Set Active := False and do a RestoreFormPlacement in your OnActivate.
Only SaveFormPlacement when a e.g. Okay button is pressed.
* Added various components to settings form but no code attached yet!
Mar 07 '98
! Saves position of Toolbars.
* Toolbar-menuitem split into two items (Operation and Text).
Mar 06 '98
* Updated with TShellTree 1.03 (it's not good enough)
Mar 04 '98
i Check for new versions of TShellTree.
i Support download of e.g. updated help-files from about-box.
Mar 03 '98
* New unit (ttf.pas) for reading TrueType fonts added to directory.
Mar 01 '98
* Uses an ImageList to load ViewType bitmap in SetViewType();
i Optimized the GetFullName() but it think it's wise to take another look
at it.
Feb 28 '98
! If you selected Cell[0,0] and changed mode it would cause an error.
- Removed shortcuts for changing ViewType.
2 Dec '97
- Bevel around SplashScreen removed. Added *bevel* to picture instead.
17 Nov '97
+ Move Font added to settings.
13 Nov '97
! When switching mode in ANSI-table, the selected character was being
changed too.
11 Nov '97
+ SplashScreen added.
8 Nov '97
- Popup in toolbar has been changed to Win97-style.
+ Started to implement 'Copy Font', which copies a fontfile to Clipboard or
another directory.
6 Nov '97
* I've finished the UT_CopyFiles()-function.
4 Nov '97
- When printing fonts, it uses the Bold, Italic and Underline for the
sample.
3 Nov '97
+ New Settings-window. Change several options from this window.
2 Nov '97
* ANSI and FontInfo-windows gets normal positions if run on a non Windows
32 system.
1 Nov '97
* Changed the border of the ListBox and EditWindow/CompareWindow to
bsSingle
31 Oct '97
- Width & Height of ANSI-table was decreased by one pixel to avoid the last
'ghost'-line.