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This file documents changes to AppBar from version to version. Please
check the home page for the latest details. If you have a question/bug
report, please READ THE FAQ.TXT FIRST and MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THE
LATEST VERSION!!!
I hope v1.00 will be the last version. I hope to port AppBar to the
BeBox (http://www.be.com) since that is my new platform of choice but
the Win32 version is done.
New in:
1.00 - Release!
- Complete rewrite in MFC 4.2 (C++) with source included. As a result,
the code is a bit easier to understand now. This version is
approximately 40k but requires the MFC42.DLL and MSVCRT42.DLL
run-time libraries (1MB). A standalone MFC EXE is about 160k. Note
that the distributed version is still the C version, since it is
smaller and faster at 60k.
- All strings moved into strings.h for easy translation into other
languages. I will not edit and compile new versions though, so this
is for other people to translate if they want.
- Changed filenaming scheme to long filenames.
- Added hotkey to call AppBar. It is Ctrl-Alt-z (or C-A-a if the
first is taken) and I will NOT make it user configurable!
- Added option to turn off time display.
- Added display user option.
- Standard bug fixes and so on...
0.99
- Working NT v3.x version.
- Can now run Win95-style shortcuts (ONLY if they link to an EXE though).
- Apps can now be started max/min/normal.
- Several bug fixes.
0.98
- Created manual makefile and included source in distribution archive.
- Remade the AppBar project in VC 4.0. This shrunk the size of AppBar
from 100k to 60k!
- Bug fixes for Drag and Drop.
- More complete AutoHide implementation (sliding, etc...)
- Added command line switches for date, memory, bottom, and autohide
0.97
- Removed hard-coded AppBar menu and switched to a right-button popup
menu.
- AppBar can now be repositioned to the bottom of the screen.
- AppBar now auto-hides!!! It's now VERY usable in my mind.
0.96
- Huge bug in File I/O - I was saving pointers so if one of them
happened to look like an EOF, AppBar would fail to read in the file.
This is fixed and now AppBar *should* be stable...I hope.
- Drag and Drop - Just drag an EXE (or several) to a menu item in the Edit
Menus dialog and AppBar will create an app slot for it and fill in a name.
- Added internationalization code for our friends in other parts of the
world. Now the date and time display in the Win95 Control Panel format.
0.95
- AppBar runs on Win95 and WinNT 4.0 ONLY! (And I'm not sure about 4.0)
- AppBar is much fatter! (Beats me why... I think it may have to do with
the fact that the EXE size is now greater than 64k so local jumps must be
32-bit values.) 50k ---> 90k. Yuk.
- Added options to display date and free memory (at user request).
- Rewrote time display code to do all this. As a side effect, the time
is no longer selectable (it was previously a menu!)
- If running on a battery, AppBar will display the battery % left (in
color!)
- Redesigned the Options dialog
- Command line parameters (see README.TXT for documentation)
- Multi-user settings (ditto)
- Many small changes to make AppBar more conformant to dynamic changes
in the system (screen resolution change, system time change, etc).
- Menu bug fix(es)
Mike Perham (mperham@cs.cornell.edu)
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/mperham/appbar/