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- This is the history file for ExtraBar. It shows most of the previous versions
- since 0.31 and what changes have gone to make them.
-
- 0.28 (6 Nov 96)
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- o Small speed up in areas.
- o User menus can now have comments in them.
- o Reduced WimpSlot size to 128K will probably reduce more.
- o Improved UI by included own sprite pool.
-
- 0.31 (17 Nov 96)
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- o Added link to WWW site.
- o Added Web command.
- o Added key press (Shift F11) to toggle toolbar position.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Added key press (Ctrl F11) to hide/show toolbar.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Added option to clear bar on loading new file.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Added minium side for buttons.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
-
- 0.35 (25 Nov 96)
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- o Fixed problem which could result in you having a frozen desktop.
- o Finally got round to fixing a problem which could result in you
- messing up your files.
- (It will now reset the file name whenever you clear the toolbar)
- o Added option to prevent multiple copies of ExtraBar loaded.
- (user definable)
-
- 0.37 (27 Nov 96)
- ----------------
- o Fixed bug in user menus has getting the wrong command.
- (Due in part to me changing the file format required for them but not
- the code to decrypt them, only happen for items below line.)
- o Changed key presses to Alt F11 and Shift-Alt-F11 to stop incompatablity
- problems with other software. Is now user defined by altering the
- !Choices file.
-
- 0.38 (29 Nov 96)
- ----------------
- o Added more leway in commands that can be entered.
- (UserMenu, FilerMenu, Back, Forward, InsertContents, Inserttext now
- accepted)
- o Added option to get 'alter button' window to be percistant and have the
- ability to drag files on and enter their filenames/types in to the icons.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
-
- 0.40 (1 Dec 96)
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- o Altered the way adjust clicks on move forward and move back work. Now
- it doesn't reset the button you were over.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Added Redraw command. Forces screen to redraw.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Added pilmerary support for dynamic buttons. See Help file for more
- details. This has ment that this version of ExtraBar will have a
- increased effect on the desktop but that should be made less with
- subsequent releases.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Fixed bugs in UI of alter window.
- o Added facility for Extrabar to work reversed right to left rather than
- just left to right. So different counties, Arab nations etc. who may
- find it easier to work that way.
- o Have added protection option for a button to prevent it from being
- deleted, such as Clear bar or loading a file that clears it.
- o Have added option for button to be sunted on to the opposite hand
- side of the tool bar.
- o Updated templates to cope with changes.
- o Added auto selection of Clear bar button when you load a file.
- o Fixed save 'feature' would only save if the file had been modified!
-
- 0.45 (03 Dec 96)
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- o Fixed checking code to cope with dynamic buttons and there functions.
- o Fixed bug in loading/saving file. Selects clear bar option if appropriate
- automattically.
- o Fixed flag problem in previous version. Setted the wrong bits :(
- (Only noticed when I loaded the old example files from 0.26 to see what
- they were)
- o Updated Examples so that they are up to date with new developments.
- o Added option to link the Extrabar tool bar to the position of the icon bar.
- If set then if the icon bar comes to the front so does the extrabar :)
- o Added improved command parsing. Filer* will issue a filer_menu command.
- o Added option to make Extrabar save ALL sprites to file even if they are
- already in the Wimp pool.
- o Added Task_Loaded, Task_NotLoaded and Report commands.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
-
- 0.46 (5 Dec 96)
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- o Fixed choices bug. Display decimals value was not saved correctly.
- o Fixed load bug. Doesn't take account of the flag settings.
- o Fixed ficking icon bug.
- o Fixed task_loaded and task_notloaded bugs.
- o Added context colouring for #freespace and #freemem. Changes to red
- if less than 4Kbytes.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
-
- 0.51 (10 Dec 96)
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- o Added task_kill command to kill a wimp task.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Added new dragged_on command.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Added extrainfo item. This enables dynamic buttons to have all the
- functions of a normal button.
- o Prevented files outputted by 0.50 being loaded in to previous versions
- Due to the changes in the file format.
- o Added extra information to button to
- o Improved UI.
- o Fixed MASSIVE memory leakage.
- o Fixed bug where Task_Loaded was checking module tasks as well.
- (Will add Modtask_loaded command to next version)
- o Added option not to save protected buttons.
- o Added filter for old format files.
-
- 0.52 (11 Dec 96)
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- o Added toolbar menu item 'Save default' to save a bar as the default setup.
- o Added a fix to stop the tool bar from appearing behind to pinboard.
-
- 0.56 (14 Dec 96)
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- o Added ModTask_Loaded and ModTask_Notloaded for checking module tasks.
- o Added AllTask_Loaded and AllTask_Notloaded for checking module and wimp
- tasks.
- o Added Option for dynamic buttons to have text longer than 31 charecters.
- Can now be up to 255 charecters.
- o Added Insert_Text options to Report command.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Added option to dragged_on command so that you can use file type names as
- well as hexidecimal numbers.
- (Feature added thanks to user feed back)
- o Fixed bug with multiple commands and Task_notloaded.
- o Fixed save bug.
- o Fixed dragged_on command so it will accept lower case hexidecimal numbers.
- o Fixed UI problem.
- o Added x scrolling like the icon bar. Plus a speed option :)
- o Added an option to define the size of the bar for use with the x scrolling.
- o Added swap_sprite command, can also be used for dynamic buttons.
- One button can display the time, a system variable, freespace on a disc and
- the amount of free memory in a computer.
- o New 'MachineOn' Dynamic button. Shows the amount of time the button has
- been switched on.
-
- 0.60 (19 Dec 96)
- ----------------
- o Speeded up clear bar procedure by a massive amount.
- o Fixed problem when too many buttons were created on the extrabar and it
- would hang the computer.
- o Changed the choices dialogue window. Takes up more memory but is a whole
- lot better and easier to use.
- o Fixed ramdom memory leak.
- o Added dynamic user menu items. The date can now be a menu item.
- o Fixed error handler to give option to quit.
- o Altered !Choices file format to make manual editing easier.
- o Fixed problem with buttons being created on the tool bar when it is set to
- small.
- o Button format options.
- o A number of smaller bug fixes.
-
- 0.60a (20 Dec 96)
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- o Fixed save corruption bug.
-
- 0.65 (2 Jan 97)
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- o Fixed button size bug when no text was in the button.
- o Fixed choices window flicker when clicking on radio icons.
- o Small alteration to fix bug introducted only with RO 3.5 with 3D
- window tools.
- o Fixed button align bug with buttons with a sprite but no text.
- o Fixed load 'feature' that asked you twice wether you wanted to clear a
- modified bar or not.
- o Improved internationality with the help of the PRMs
- o Fixed swap_sprite bug
- o Added better icon bar linking. It can get confused on mode changes though.
- o Added %*1 for the leaf name of files dragged on.
- o Added %*2 for a random file name.
- o Fixed wimp polling bug.
- o Fixed Tool bar flickering bug on startup.
- o Saves choices to !Boot application if possible.
-
- 0.67 (5 Jan 97)
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- o Fixed bug in command parser.
- o Removed code for non linked to icon bar as no one seems to use it.
- o Made more options seperated from the main ExtraBar application.
- o Default file is now user definable.
- o Fixed a few UI bugs.
- o A lot of internal changes.
- o Added vertical and horizontal scroll bars.
-
- 0.71 (16 Jan 97)
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- o Fixed bug that would cause ExtraBar not to toggle in some circumstances :(
- o Fixed bug that would stop ExtraBar from moving the bar if another one of
- it's windows was open.
- o Added #mouse dynamic button. Shows mouse position.
- o Added #currenttask. Shows the name of the application that owns the window
- that the mouse pointer is over.
- o Added #whandle. Shows window handle that the mouse pointer is over.
- o Added #ihandle. Shows icon handle that the mouse pointer is over.
- o A number of internal changes.
- o Improved UI. Redirects input focus away from shaded icons when nessicary.
- o Added low resolution sprites.
-
- 0.72 (19 Jan 97)
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- o Fixed a number of bugs which crept in to last release.
-
- 0.75 (23 Jan 97)
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- o Added minium depth item for extra bar.
- o Added maxium depth item for extra bar. (Help Argonet users of !LittleVoy)
- o Added Resize tool icon for extra bar in to choices window.
- o Added new command, FAppend_line (Undocumented).
- o Added %*3 for dragged on commands to act as sprite that should be used.
- o Fixed bug with Caret_* commands.
- o Fixed spelling mistake of Miscellaneous in choices window.
- o Reorganised the tool bar choices window to make it earier to find items.
- o Enable headers in user menus - <title>
-
- 0.76 (8 Feb 97)
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- o Fixed user menu bug.
-
- 0.77 (10 Feb 97)
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- o Fixed user menu bug that could hang the computer in some cases.
- o Fixed star command bug.
- o Added Task_MultiKill <task name> to kill all tasks with name of <task name>
-