- You can freely use this software: no money/registration required. See "License.txt" for further details.
- You are not allowed to resell this program: ZipGenius if absolutely free, even for corporate users.
WHAT'S NEW?
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* Fixed 7-zip files reading procedure (no more "Invalid Floating Point Operation" error)
* Minor bugs fixed
WHAT WAS NEW (Until v.5.5.1.440) ?
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* MultiOpen: Melt to single archive has been fixed (no access violation errors, correctly working now)
* MultiOpen: Group to single archive has been fixed (no access violation errors)
* External compressors: general code review and update
* Fixed "Access Violation" error while creating a new archive in EXPERT mode
* Minor graphic improvement
* Fixed compatibility problems with certain zip files
* Extract dialog: fixed "tree view crash" bug.
* Command line: "Export to HTML" bug fixed
* Cutter 4.1: added context menu item
* Several graphic bugs fixed
* "Reuse ZG window" added to View Style menu: if enabled while ZG is already running, you can open another archive in the same window, in multiopen mode.
* Bug fixed in MultiOpen Action "Copy to... (archive)"
* Bug fixed in multiopen mode (signature appearing more than once, comment showing just the first time)
* Language version required: v.220
* MD5 hash will be calculated and it could be checked while testing an archive.
* MD5 hash will appear in ZIP and CZIP files shell tooltips.
* MD5 hash will appear in HTML exported filelist.
* MD5 hash will be available in Contents window.
* Cutter 4 will be included in ZG Suite Edition
* Cutter 4 will report the MD5 sum of the original file in the README.txt that will be prepared while splitting a file.
* Fixed bug that used to appear while updating a ZIP comment
* Improved Outlook Express backup (fixed a bug that didn't allow to import backup on other system)
* Bug fixed: ZG wasn't updating files that were modified while they were in preview mode.
* Sometimes folders were listed as 0 bytes files: bug fixed.
* The "Password" check box in Compression Options dialog wasn't reading its own text from the language DLL.
- FTPGenius: resuming a file transfer was showing a wrong estimated time of completion
- Shell Ext.: files compression was ignoring/misunderstanding the "Add files with full path" option
- Multivolume features now in "Compression Options" dialog
- Restore Archive feature is back
- Fixed the "Switched back to english" message when english is the only language available but in a version older than the required one
- .CBZ files are treated as ZIP files
- .CBR files are treated as RAR files
- Bugs fixed.
- FTPGenius 2004
- Completely rewritten shell extensions
- Completely rewritten ZG.exe module
- New ZipForge engine to handle ZIP files ( http://www.componentace.com )
- ZIP64 is suported now
- SQX is supported now
- New set of icons for file types
- Paste files from clipboard
- Delete entire folders from folders tree view
- Bugs fixed
- Scan and Zip now is a standalone executable, in order to remove access violation errors in previous builds.
- Temporary folder path setting has been removed from Options.
- Minor bugs fixed.
- Improved integration within multiuser environments (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003)
- Fixed a bug under Windows Server 2003
- Fixed zgtips.dll (it caused various explorer crashes)
- New "HOME" panel: it is your new starting point to use ZipGenius
- Open multiple archives with drag and drop from Explorer
- Enhanced Outlook Express backup (it stores messages and now accounts, rules and blocked senders). It can also be restored through the "Restore backup" command in the popup menu.
- Dropped support to .ISO, .NRG and .CMI due to license on wimadll.dll. I'm looking for a freeware .ISO SDK: if you know one, please write to info@zipgenius.it
- Bugs fixed
- Now you can also store relative path for single files
- Improved drag and drop compression technique
- Shell tips now appear only for ZIP files: dropped RAR tips support, which caused loss of performances and system hang-ups
- New design for Comment and Signature dialogs: they are a preview of the future style line for ZG dialogs andm inor products.
- Cutter 3.2 (only SUITE Edition): it splits files and the can be rebuilt on end-user's PC, now even under DOS
- New tabbed environment for MultiOpen
- ZipGenius now runs as a "single-instance" application.
- Many bugs removed: this includes last patches for ZGAlbum, ZipGenius 5 and temporary folder check at startup.
- Improved ZGAlbum: slideshows have a new icon to identify them; slideshows can be password-protected; better user interface to handle pictures being added (you can even choose picture sequence).
- Improved context menu: you can choose to open destination folder or not after extraction; better contents window; slightly faster; .ISO files can be diretly decompressed to CD-R writer under Windows XP.
- New sidebar: faster and skinnable (this beta release includes 2 bonus skins: "Office 2003" and "Longhorn" - They won't be included in final STD edition release).
- New ZGThemes: they are self-installing now.
- "Nasty bug" removed.
- Fixed support to .7z files (not all files appeared after a compression action)
- Sometimes files list didn't appear
- Start Page now appears when you close an archive in NORMAL mode
- Minor cosmethic bugs fixed
- Context Menu has been improved
- Support to .CMI CD-ROM image files
- New tips page
- Improved sidebar update procedure
- Common tasks panels can collapse also by double-clicking their captions
- Fixed Access Violation when internal viewer can't load a file
- User can choose picture to add to a slideshow
- Faster reading engine almost complete
- Sidebar is customizable
- Increased stability of context menu under Windows 2000.
- New feature: "Set as desktop wallpaper"
- Added support to WinAmp and Windows Media Player skins (they can be treated as zip files and they can be optimized).
- Other bugs fixed.
- Fixed various "Access Violation" accessing to ISO files after reading other archives.
- Added a new action to the FSA bar ("Optimize OpenOffice.org documents in a folder")
- Added forms to customize text and notes while building a slideshow.
- File list used to fill slowly when opening the second archive in a session.
- Some graphic element has changed
- "File properties" and "Archive properties" were added to the popup menu
- "Statistics" panel has been removed -> "Archive Properties" dialog has been added
- Added a "Close" button to the sidebar.
- Fixed a problem while sending e-mails with files as attachments (sometimes it didn't work).
- Fixed a problem with CZIP files opening procedure.
- "Optimize" command added to OpenOffice.org documents context menu.
- ZG Album can be installed as an optional component.
- New feature: "Optimize OpenOffice.org document"
- Fixed: "Melt into single zip file"
- Fixed: sidebar behaviour
- Fixed: extraction dialog behaviour
- Fixed: ZG Album picture loading method
- Minor bugs fixed
- CZIP 2 is complete: now you can REALLY make Self-Decrypting Archives (SDA), which will appear in .EXE format. No more DeCryptoZip to send to friend and colleagues if you want to send them CZIP files.
- ZG Album: fixed some bug and improved the splash screen appearance. Now you can make slideshow with folders which already contain picture files.
- ZGConfig has been modified in order to be ready to accept new language files
- ContMenu.DLL (the context menu DLL) has been updated in order to read text from a text file (.LNG) and not from the language DLL (I met problems with this technique)
- ZG5 Wizard: the extraction window has been redesigned (again) and now it's more functional
- Source code: old code has been swept away
- Appearance: the side bar shows new colors.
- Options windows: bugs fixed
- Misc.: many bugs fixed from Beta 1
- Scan and Zip wizard can make slideshows in .EXE format: this feature will be available from the GUI in the final release.
- Fixed many bugs.
- New parameters are being added to command line module: "-F" in "-"extract" forces ZipGenius to create a subfolder named as the source archive in the destination path; "-K" forces ZipGenius to show a progress indicator while extracting files (this parameter will be added to other commands in future releases).
- You can save ZG settings in a .REG file, so you can clone those settings on other PCs running ZipGenius 5.
- ZG GUI is fully customizable (see the "View" and "Layout" menus).
- CZIP 2 is almost complete: here you find the stuub to create Self-Decrypting archives with CZIP 2 (not Blowfish, Twofish or Rijndael).
- New "Extract to CD-R" link in the sidebar.
- Extraction by right-dragging an archive over a folder now works.
- ZG starter tool has a new look.
- Many radical changes in program's features.
- Fixed many bugs
- Added encryption for history file
- SFX wizard now supports SFX options file made through the command line
- "First Step Assistant" now is always visible in the main window. In the final release, expert users will be allowed to hide it from the options panel
- FTPGenius now is a stand-alone executable file
- Setup let you choose to install FTPGenius or not
- Features work more logically than they did in Alpha 1
- ZG starter tool doesn't check for free space anymore but suggest a temp folder depending by the o.s. version: under Win2K and XP it will be similar to "C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\ZipGenius\ZGTemp". However, you are allowed to choose a different one.
- "MultiOpen": now you can open more than one archive at once. You will see the only the contents of the first archive, but all those archives will be listed in the side bar.
- "Melt-2-Zip": when you have more archives open in list, you can melt their content into a single zip file. Files will be placed in subfolders with the same name of the original archive.
- "Group-2-Zip": when you have more archives open in list, you can group them into a single Zip file.
- "Common Tasks": the most used tasks are grouped in the side bar, just as it is in Windows XP.
- "File Marker": now you can decide which files in the list should be marked with different font color, style and background. You can enable the file marker from "Options">"Layout">File Marker". You can specify single file extensions (ex.: ".DLL") or an entire filename (ex.: "CONFIG.ASP"). While reading the file list, the filenames will have higher priority than extensions, so if you add (as example) ".DLL" and "ShellStyle.dll" with two different markers, the marker used for "ShellStyle.DLL" will override the one (generic) for ".DLL".
- CryptoZip 2: enhanced version of CryptoZip. Now files can be encrypted with 4 algorhythms: CZIP, BlowFish, TwoFish, Rijndael (AES). The last three use a passphrase to encrypt archives. Now you can know just in time if you typed the wrong passphrase or CZIP Key: the program doesn't need to decrypt the archive anymore. DON'T ENCRYPT ARCHIVES WITH THIS TEST RELEASE, BECAUSE FEATURES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGES. USE ZIPGENIUS 1.4 SR3 TO DO THAT!!!!!
- New TWAIN Support: pictures imported through ZipGenius now can be stored in .CAB format. "7z" format will come in the future.
- ZipGenius now is ready for the ".7z" archive format. You won't find a complete support in this release but it will surely be in the next one.
- Only one, not undockable, toolbar: all the advanced features have been moved to the main menu.
- No more ZipGenius Mail
- New "FindFiles" feature lets you search among filenames stored in an archive. This feature has no name, yet...
- Improved "MultiOpen" feature, which lets you open more than one file at once
How can I help ZG 5 development?
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If you feel that something is missing feel free to write to info@zipgenius.it, so the next release may show a more complete program.
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