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REVISION NOTES:
V2.00 Midi Machine V2.00 Official Release
Re-did main window, removing graphical buttons and placing options in the
menu bar to reduce "clutter" - open/save album, header midi, setup.
Streamlined icon animation loading, allowed more icons to be loaded in the
registered version.
Re-did setup routines to allow setup for Environment, CD Audio, Display, and
Animated Icons.
Removed the status bar; its features were duplicated in the window title bar.
Add description auto-load, loads xxx.txt, where xxx is multimedia file name.
Added digital/analog display of sound playing time, current position.
Fully integrated CD player, tracks are loaded into the queue and playable
like any other multimedia files.
Added CD eject buton.
Added support to load color maps, created several.
Removed diagonal-line background to remove the little flicker which remained.
Created Events "drive" for performing multimedia events; created 13 events
for demonstrations and viewing pictures.
Can display .TXT files in a new window.
Can display .BMP, .WMF, .ICO files in a new window.
Protected users from performing invalid operations on CD/Events drive.
Added up/down arrows for moving items around queue.
Mentions in status bar when loading CD information to Midi Machine.
Completely new help engine.
Displays CD name in description area automatically.
Automatically saves queue to a text file when the program exits; re-loads it
at start-up.
Displays ALL icon animation information in the SETUP area.
Modified "About" box some.
Handles right-click mouse help for object information.
Can show a help tip every time program is loaded.
Created SETUP options: load color map, display digital time, display analog
time, auto-show help tip, auto-ask for a new CD name if Midi Machine
doesn't know it, auto-seek CD track information, auto-play, auto-play CDs
when loaded into the drive.
Created tile graphics for graphics, text, and button windows.
Plenty of bug fixes, and so much more that we can't possibly list every
single improvement!
V1.21 International/SWREG Ordering Information
(same code as V1.20).
Documentation contains Compuserve(c) SWREG information.
Documentation includes international ordering information.
V1.20 Command Line Options/More
Allowed sound/album name to be specified at start-up.
Added /R, /C, /S, /B, /M, and /X command-line options.
Displays icon animation name when mouse is dragged on top of a picture when
configuring icons.
Cosmetic changes.
V1.10 Auto-Play Drag&Drop/More
Added Drag&Drop ability when loading and playing sounds.
Added "Auto-Play On Drag&Drop" configurability.
Changed the method of configuring icon-animations.
Sped up the "AddAll" button operation.
Bug Fixes/Cosmetic Changes
V1.05 "Semi-Minimize" Mode/Interim Release
Added "semi-minimize" Mode.
Placed Next, Stop, and Exit buttons on "semi-minimize" mode.
V1.00 Many Additions/First Official Standard Release
Bug Fixes
9 default animations are installed, and WAV and MID files may use any/all of them.
External animation support, with animation descriptions.
Random animation play support.
Shuffle play support.
Load/Save Album support.
Mouse-Pointer display help in Help Bar (configurable).
Info Bar to display file information.
.INI file support.
Allows INFO button to be used during sound playing.
Sound file information displayed in separate Info Bar.
Added feature to turn-off display of sound name when minimizing icon.
"Header Midi" support.
Many other function/cosmetic changes not mentioned here.
V0.90 Sound Selection/Animation/Interim Release
Added ability to select only .WAV / .MID files or both when adding files to the queue.
Animated picture shows even when program is minimized (as per users requests).
V0.89 Big Fixes/First Official Beta Release
Bug Fixes
0.88 Bug Fixes/Speed Improvements
Bug Fixes
Increased speed with animated icons.
When Midi Machine is minimized, the graphics will not move...speed increase.
V0.86 New About Box/More
Bug Fixes
Renaming a file to itself will not display error
New "About" box
New "About" and "Setup" box formats...windows stay on screen until you want them to be removed. You can have all three windows on at one time.
V0.83 WAV Support, Graphics/More
Minor Bug Fixes
Stopped "flicker" when changing icons in setup mode when playing midis.
Added WAV support
Added WAV icon support.
Created "Ear," "Wave," "Oscil" animations.
Added new feature of "Smart-Renaming"... wav files will add .wav extension if left off, mid files will add .mid extension if left off.
V0.78 Graphics/More
Minor Bug Fixes
Added Setup Screen
Added moving picture ability when midis are being played
Created "Conductor," "Music Notes," "Feel the Music" animation sequences
V0.75 Misc. Features
Added a minimum button.
The text colors were changed from blue to yellow, letting the text stand out more.
Altered the text in the "About" box slightly.
You can now rename one file at a time (fixed), and it displays the name/size of the file in the box.
Traps any errors in rename procedure.
Ability to delete multiple files.
Allows canceling of delete procedure.
Traps any error in delete procedure.
Able to play MIDIs in continuous mode.
In the title bar, as well as when the icon is minimized, the text is changed to the midi name when playing, or "Paused..." when paused.
V0.7 First Beta Version (For TOW Development beta-testing)