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ClipMate 5.1 Release Notes Version 5.1.08 - Build 130 September 16, 1999 This Document Contains: ----------------------- Introduction New Features In Version 5.1 Fixes/Changes Since 5.1.0 Known Issues Upgrade Notes Reporting Bugs Obtaining New Releases Introduction - The Ultimate Clipboard! -------------------------------------- If you copy and paste data in Windows or on the internet, this utility is for you! ClipMate is an award-winning Windows clipboard enhancement tool, and has been reviewed in periodicals such as PC Magazine, Windows Magazine, PC World, InfoWorld, and more. ClipMate was honored with the 1997 Shareware Industry Award for "Best Utility". With ClipMate as your Windows companion, you'll take the familiar underpowered clipboard and turn it into an unexpectedly powerful timesaver. ClipMate works alongside the regular Windows clipboard and remembers every piece of data (both text and graphics) that you cut or copy. Once your data is saved in ClipMate, you can select an item and it is automatically placed back on the clipboard or directly into an application. You can create an unlimited number of collections to store your data, and you have full control over the retention rules so that your collections fit your personal work process. For example, you can use a "Short-Term" collection as a catch-all and create "Long-Term" collections for topics like Tips & Tricks, Frequently Used Letter Closings, Clip Art, Hot Internet Web Pages, Project Research, or whatever you wish. New Features In Version 5.1 --------------------------- 1) QuickPaste 5.1 QuickPaste has been tremendously enhanced. Many of you asked for it to be more like it was in 4.5 - we listened, and borrowed the best features of QuickPaste in 4.5, and 5.0. If you aren't familiar with QuickPaste, press Ctrl+Shift+Q while in any application, and ClipMate springs up in a special "QuickPaste" mode, ready to select any clip, and paste it automatically into the target application, right where you were working. QuickPaste 5.1 features: A) Dual Clip Lists - we brought back the "split screen" in v4.5, so that you have your current collection at the top, and an "alternate" collection below. Tab between the two to pick clips. This gives you easy access to clips from all of your collections, without your having to switch to another collection prior to pasting, or having to switch back when you're done. B) The "Favorite Collection" method of 5.0 still works here. In either Clip List, you can press F6 to load the next collection marked as Favorite. C) There is a collection selection button dedicated to picking alternate collections, while in QuickPaste. So you can pick ANY collection to be in the lower-pane, not just the ones tagged as Favorite. This setting is remembered from one session to the next. D) There are now some QuickPaste toolbar buttons which can send tabs and linefeeds to the target app, without having to leave QuickPaste. And there is a button that will paste the clip into the target app, without leaving or terminating QuickPaste. E) There is a QuickPaste indicator on the status bar that lights up, to tell you definitively, whether or not you are in QuickPaste mode. F) In case you liked the QuickPaste better in 5.0, or if you need to preview a clip, you can press Ctrl+F11, or pick the option from the View menu, to go back to the ClipList / Preview style of ClipMate 5.0. 2) Source URL If you copy from web pages using IE or Netscape, then ClipMate will remember the page that you copied from. You can then easily revisit the page by clicking on the URL in the new "Source URL" column of ClipMate Explorer, or by right-clicking on the clip, and launching. 3) Collapsible Toolbars You'll notice a little "bumpy spot" on each of the toolbars. Click it, and the toolbar folds away, leaving a horizontal "bumpty spot" that you can click on, to get the toolbar back. This can be used to save desktop space, and replaces the "cycle window sizes - (F11 Hotkey)" option from ClipMate 5. The F11 function was the source of lots of confusion, and we decided that this fit the bill much more appropriately. 4) Bottom Of Screen ClipMate 5 was unfriendly to those who liked to park the window at the bottom of the screen. Whenever you dropped-down the ClipList, either manually or through QuickPaste, it would fall off the bottom of the screen, and not be visible. Now, ClipMate "pushes off" of the bottom of the screen, moving up high enough to display completely. When you roll the drop-down back up, then it moves back to its original spot. 5) Data Storage Instead of silently assuming that it is ok to use the data storage location recommended by the registry, new installations of ClipMate will ask where you would like to store your data. In addition, changing the data storage location is now easier, via the DATA tab of the User Preferences dialog box. 6) Offline Data Sources You can now easily configure ClipMate to not load certain data sources (directories with collections inside) via the DATA tab of the User Preferences dialog box. Simply un-check the checkbox next to the data source, and it will not load the next time that Windows runs (only applicable if you have multiple data sources defined.) Also, you now can easily open the data source folder into Windows Explorer, via a button. 7) The BINARY tab in the Preview/Edit pane of ClipMate Explorer is now hidden by default, but can be shown via an option in the ADVANCED tab of User Preferences. It wasn't very useful for most users. 8) New sound for Auto-Glue captures. Sounds like "pip-pop". 9) Added a "refresh" option to the File menu, for those who have shared data sources. 10)Added Empty Trash option under the Help menu, to empty the trash without shutting down. Fixes/Changes/Additions Since Last Release ------------------------------------------ (5.1.08) build 130 - September 16 Fixed problem with "picture" items (Windows Metafiles - commonly used for clip art and other drawings) where if you moved one from one collection to another, the data file couldn't be found. This affected the trashcan collection as well. (5.1.07) build 129 - September 2 Fixed two problems with trashcan - one where the trashcan wouldn't empty when you performed and "empty trash", and the other where if you tried to drag 'n' drop an item OUT of the trash, you would get "list index out of bounds". Both are fixed. Enhanced the System Tray Icon so that it will restore itself if Explorer crashes. (5.1.06) build 127 - August 19 The Drag 'n' drop parent/child fix in the last build was a bit too restrictive - it was never intended to restrict clips, only collections from being dropped on decendants - fixed. One user reported getting a "chain error" at shutdown. A fix is in for this. (5.1.05) build 125 - August 17 The main executable - ClipMt51.exe is now compressed. This is to prevent reverse-engineering by software pirates (well, the amateur ones, anyway) and will also result in quicker load times at start-up, and about a half MB disk space savings. Added a diagnostic feature - Trace Paste, where you can actually see what formats are pasted by an application. This is useful when trying to optomize the Application Profile. There is extensive online help for this topic. Added a Capture Special feature, to support the Trace Paste. This allows you to override the Application Profile, and capture a "fat clip", with any or all formats present. Again, see the online help. Provided a way to scroll the ClipList during drag 'n' drop operations. As the mouse moves over the first or last 15 pixels (about 1 row in height) of the ClipList, it'll scroll by 4 rows. Keep moving the mouse over this area - even side to side, and it'll continue to scroll. It isn't very pretty yet, but it will do the job. Fixed problem with purging collections with "0 Days" retention. It would prematurely purge during move operations, or File | Save. As a result, purging is only performed at shutdown now. The Auto-Save feature is now enabled by default. There have been too many users losing data due to operating system crashes. You can it disable in the Data tab of User Preferences, if you need to. Minor change in DLL loading for Windows2000, to avoid loading one particular DLL that was needed under NT4, but is not needed on Windows2000. Fixed a font attribute problem with printing. Sometimes page 2, would be bolded, after page 1 was not. Also removed the separator line from printouts where only one clip appeared on a page. This should help users who use it to print labels. Fixed a problem with moving clips from the Search Results pseudo-collection. It would fail to move the corresponding data files, which resulted in corrupted clips. Fixed problem with drag 'n' drop collection management. If you dropped a "parent" onto its "child", it would attempt to build this unnatural relationship, causing a flurry of disk activity, as it built a folder tree, hundreds of levels deep. Now, it won't let you drop a parent or other ancestor, onto a child/grandchild folder. Fixed a few minor documentation issues. (5.1.04) build 119 - July 2 Modifications to the way that Metafiles (Pictures) are handled. They'll now be stored as Enhanced Metafiles (EMF) on disk, which solves some problems with faithfully reproducing the original. Changed the scaling algorithm for Bitmaps and Pictures, in the Preview window. The original aspect ratio will be preserved now, when viewing a scaled image. Before, it was simply stretched to the window dimentions, usually distorting the displayed image. (the data was ok, it just looked funny.) With Bitmaps, the scaling percentage is displayed on the status bar. MAXimize Button - Enhanced Previous 5.1 versions disabled the MAXimize button on the titlebar, as Traditional View can't be maxed. There is a new scheme: If you maximize the window while in Traditional View, it will simply switch to ClipMate Explorer view - but you won't yet be full screen. Maximize again, and you'll be in ClipMate Explorer, full screen. Once you are full screen, you can use the "restore" button (takes the place of the MAXimize button) to go back to a non-maximized state. Whether you go back to non-maxed Explorer, or the smaller, Traditional view, depends on whether or not you hit the MAX button twice in succession, within a 5 second interval. i.e. if you start in Traditional view, and quickly maximize twice, then restore will take you back to Traditional view. However, if you go slower, or use the Explorer button to get into Explorer, and then MAX from there, then the Restore button will take you back to non-maximized Explorer. Play around with it - it's very cool. Fixed problem of "source url" determination with items copied from Internet Explorer. If multiple instances of Explorer were running, the wrong URL would be associated with the clip. This seems to be a bug, or at least a shortcoming, with the DDE implementation of IE. Anyway, we're taking the URL from the "HTML Format" data type, if present. This will be much more reliable. Fixed problem with QuickPaste, where if you normally had the "tack" set in Traditional View, popping in and out of QuickPaste would collapse the window anyway, regardless of the tack setting. So now, if you have the window "tacked", and use QuickPaste, you'll return to the state you were in. Fixed font problem with the Alternate list in QuickPaste. Now it has the same font as the regular ClipList. Fixed problem in URL determination, to allow characters such as ~, ?, &. (5.1.03) build 115 - June 11 Fixed problem with the "copy to other collection" function, where images (or any other non-text format) would arrive in the new collection, without any data. Move was fine, only Copy was affected. Fixed related problem where the "purge" routine would be invoked when moving items from one collection to another, thus performing the "end of day" purging. This was a big problem if you had retention limits set to "zero days" - all of your data would be purged in that case. Fixed registration key problem which affected users with names over 20 characters. Fixed problem where if you edited a clip, then immediately performed a multiple-selection, the editing would be lost. The "serial number" column of the ClipList wouldn't retain its width, if you manually adjusted it. Fixed. Added a "no data to display" label to the Preview/Edit pane, which is more user-friendly than just a blank grey panel. You'll see it if you have no clip selected, a clip with no displayable formats, or during a multiple-selection. (5.1.02) build 114 - May 20 Fixed Access Violation which could occur at end of QuickPaste, if no items were in the cliplist, or no item was selected. There was a problem with the Explorer View remembering the size/position when switching back and forth with Traditional View. Only seemed to happen if the ClipList was empty. Fixed problem with Maximized Explorer view not Maximizing properly upon return. Related to above bug. Input focus wasn't returning to ClipMate after using the buttons on the QuickPaste toolbar, during QuickPaste operation. Fixed problem with Data Sources. If you drop the default data source, and add a new one, it wouldn't re-build empty short-term and long-term collections. Now it does. (5.1.01) build 112 - May 19 Fixed problem with "Show Main Menu When In Traditional View" menu, where it wouldn't turn back on if you tried to enable it from Explorer view. Other Fixes since 5.0 --------------------- Fixed problem with purging items. The collection would grow past the user-defined limit (say 100) if auto-save happened between the last update, and shutdown. So now collections should no longer mysteriously grow past the limit. Added a set of "Open" buttons to the Log pane of User Preferences, to make it easy to find the log files. Eliminated QP dislike of Outlook Express. Added "hide main toolbar" option to the View menu, for those who don't want to show the main toolbar. Note that when you do this, you lose some hotkeys. See the System menu, or systray menu, to turn it back on. When viewing regular TEXT in the HTML tab, the tab now says "TEXT as HTML". To help differentiate. Added "empty trash" command to File menu. Before, trash was only emptied upon exiting. Added "refresh" command to file menu. Handy if you are sharing a data source on a network, and need to pull in new update. Not useful beyond that. Fixed problem where if you stretched the splitter bars in CM Explorer all the way, they'd get "stuck". Now they don't. This was an old bug. Fixed problem with Export, where if you opted to "copy pathname to clipboard", it would overwrite the top clip! Ouch! Fixed. Added warning message to the "move to top/bottom of sort" option for clips. If you're not currently sorting on the MySort key, then this isn't useful, so it tells you that, and quits. Clip Item Properties - added new dialog, available on right- click on a clip in the ClipList. Gives info about the clip, gives a 4th way of changing the title (but I'll still get lots of questions, just wait) and you can directly edit the MySort value, which is handy if you want a clip to always float to the top after reloading - just give it a huge number, like 900 million. New sound for Auto-Glue captures. Sounds like "pip-pop". Upper/Lower case conversions now work for non-western characters like ─╓▄▀. Fixed problem where the Collection Tree wouldn't highlight properly during drag 'n' drop operations. Fixed problem when QuickPasting into the command box (DOS box) on NT. Known Issues ------------ The Trace Paste feature sometimes produces invalid data - we've seen it with Metafile (Pictures). But since this is just a diagnostic, that's ok. You'll see the target app requesting the data type, which is what you're trying to find out in the first place. The target app will just complain about it. System Folders - In directory selection dialogs, you cannot pick customized folders where you've set the system flag to make Win98 recognize custom icons. Upgrade Notes From 5.x ---------------------- Just install over any previouis 5.x version. If you are registered, it will remember your key. Upgrade Notes From 4.x ---------------------- ClipMate 5 is completely oblivious to ClipMate 4, except that the installer will attempt to find and remove the shortcut to ClipMate 4 in the startup folder, so that you don't have two versions running. ClipMate 5 will not harm your ClipMate 4 data! It installs into a different location, and keeps data in a separate place. You can import your ClipMate 4 data into ClipMate 5 through the File menu. This is a one-way import, and basically just copies old collections into the new location. Registered Users of ClipMate 4: Registered users of ClipMate 4 that purchased on or after October 17th, 1998 will receive ClipMate 5 for free. (Already have, by now!) All other registered users will need to purchase an upgrade. There are 2 options for upgrading: 1. If you want a diskette and manual shipped to you, the cost is $12 plus shipping ($2 to North America, $4 to rest of world). 2. If you want to download the software from the WWW and receive a registration key to "unlock" it, but DON'T want a diskette or manual shipped to you, then you can save some money... the cost is $10 and no shipping charge (because nothing is physically shipped). Reporting Bugs -------------- Please use the included bugrep.txt, and Include the word BUG on the Subject line. Mail to support@thornsoft.com If you don't, then the mail will go to the wrong place! Obtaining New Releases ---------------------- The primary source for new releases is our web site at: http://www.thornsoft.com There is a menu option under the Help menu to check for new releases.