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PolyView by Polybytes.
======================
PolyView is a shareware graphics viewer, file conversion, image manipulation,
and printing utility for Windows NT and Windows 95. PolyView supports the
majority of the popular image formats available on Windows and Unix systems.
PolyView is authored and copyrighted by:
Polybytes
3427 Bever Avenue S.E.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403
e-mail: polybytes@kagi.com
=============
INSTALLATION:
=============
The executable file for PolyView downloads and distribution is a self-extracting
archive that contains all the necessary installation information. Run the .EXE
file from the Explorer or File Manager and press the setup button on the resulting
dialog box. You will then be lead through a standard installation procedure.
If you downloaded one of the ZIP files containing a partial distribution of PolyView:
Unzip the downloaded file in the directory where you want to store and execute.
=============
DISTRIBUTION:
=============
PolyView is a shareware program and as such it is permissable to load it onto
any and all computer systems and networks. Polybytes' only requirement is that
ALL the files contained in the PolyView ZIP archive be distributed together,
preferably in their original archive. These file include:
Readme.txt
setup.exe
_inst32i.ex_
_isdel.exe
_setup.dll
_setup.lib
data.z
Setup.ins
Setup.iss
Setup.pkg
uninst.exe
==============
RELEASE NOTES:
==============
Version 2.80.b3a
Fixed a problem introduced in 2.80.b3 which caused PolyView to crash
if a file was added to the list of applications in the Open With tab
of the properties dialog.
Version 2.80.b3
Added new/move/copy/rename/delete operations on folders to the Explore
window. Move and copy operations are implemented using drag-and-drop.
Renaming is a menu option on the File menu. (In place editing will be
added before the final release.)
Changed the Send To command on image context menus to Open With and
added a method of specifying a nickname and controlling quoting for a
command to the Open With tab of the Properties dialog.
Fixed a problem which caused thumbnail information to be inaccurate
after a File Save or Export operation.
Version 2.80.b2
Added recursive thumbnail creation operations to the Thumbnails menu.
Added window arrangement commands to the Window menu.
Added a command to the Window menu to close all image windows.
Added an option to the Files tab of the Properties dialog to enable
the stripping of the path and extension from the image file name as
displayed in the window title for the image.
Fixed a problem which caused hidden thumbnails to become unhidden
after a thumbnail database Maintain operation.
Version 2.80.b1
Added a Send To command to the image context menus. The Send To Apps
tab of the Properties dialog can be updated with the names of up to
4 applications to send PolyView images to for further processing.
The Directory Browser no longer resets the selected file position when
a file is deleted.
Fixed a problem which caused an access violation if the last file in the
list presented by the Directory Browser was deleted.
Version 2.80.b0
Added an animated GIF creation command to the File menu. Automatic playback
of animated GIFs will occur based on a setting in the General tab of the
Properties dialog.
Added the Next Page, Previous Page, and Go To Page commands on the View menu
for moving around in multi-page TIFF, DCX, and GIF files.
Added the option to append to DCX and TIFF files if export of those formats
is specified to go to an existing file.
Added an option to the Browsing tab of the Properties dialog to disable screen
savers while a full screen display is in progress.
Disabled the automatic assembly of tiled TIFF files. Tiled TIFF files are
now handled like multipage TIFF files. (If requested an option to assemble
a tiled TIFF into a complete bitmap image can be added for a future version
of PolyView.)
Added additional exception handlers to better deal with low memory situations.
Version 2.70.2
Improved the way the thumbnail pane positioning is managed when the
Explore window is resized. This also corrects anomalous behavior when
the Explore window is maximized.
Version 2.70.1
Fixed a problem which caused an access violation GPF to be generated
if a corrupted thumbnail database file was encountered.
Fixed a problem which caused the thumbnail for a renamed file to
disappear until the containing folder was refreshed.
Added some additional robustness for dealing with errors encountered
while creating thumbnails.
Version 2.70
Created a new Browse menu which has some of the commands that were previously
in the File menu, and several new ones (see below).
Added an Open Script choice to the Browse menu for the direct opening of
slide show script files.
Added commands to the Browse menu to invoke a browser for directories and
files marked during slide shows.
Added the capability to display slide shows (or multiple slide shows) in
on-screen windows. (See the Browsing tab of the Properties dialog.)
Added the capability to mark files during slide shows, as well as pause and
continue functionality.
Added an option to the Browsing tab of the Properties dialog to expand slide
show images to fill the available viewing area.
Added an option to the Files tab of the Properties dialog to force PolyView
to interpret multiple command line arguments as a single file name containing spaces.
Added a command to the File menu save a file as wallpaper.
Added the Display Reduction Method option to the General tab of the Properties
dialog to control the method used to reduce a large image to a small window.
Added the Background Color command to the Options menu to set the background
color used for images.
Added a Tools menu to facilitate selection of the area selection, zooming,
and panning tools.
Added an area selection tool to the Tools menu and the associated Crop and
Copy Selected Area commands to the Edit menu.
Added a panning tool to the Tools menu to simplify moving the visible window
around in a large or zoomed image.
Added a Photo-CD tab to the Properties dialog with options to control the size
image to decompress from a photo-CD image pack file.
Added a splash screen to display the PolyView logo during program startup and
initialization, and added an option to the General tab of the Properties dialog
to disable it.
Added appearance adjustment commands to the context menu for an image.
The thumbnail position now stays constant after Deleting an open image while the
Explore window is open.
Fixed a bug which caused misbehavior if full screen state was interrupted by a
pop-up window or screen saver activation.
Corrected the actions of the Tool Bar and Status Bar options in the View menu
for the Explore window.
Improved the screen update algorithms to reduce flickering when resizing image
windows.
Corrected the consistency of the actions on the thumbnail context menu of the
Explore window. The Add to slide show and Delete options now affect all selected
images.
Clicking the right mouse button on the thumbnail pane of the Explore window
no longer deselects selected images.
Fixed a problem which caused a maximized window to be incorrectly displayed
after a full screen slide show or image view operation had taken place.
Fixed a bug in the Soften routine invoked through the Options menu.
Fixed a bug in the Export Image command of the File menu which caused the last
save/export directory to not be used.
The splitter bar position in the Explore window is now restored between sessions.
The thumbnail position now stays constant after Delete or Move operations in
the Explore window.
Fixed a problem which prevented purging the slide show list if the slide show dialog
was closed with an empty list.
Version 2.60.3
Fixed a bug which could leave the last few rows of thumbnails unreachable
in the Explore window.
Version 2.60.2
The slide show dialog now uses a device dependent bitmap for display if
the corresponding option is checked in the General tab of the Properties
dialog, resulting is a faster screen update on displays configured for
more than 256 colors.
Fixed a bug which corrupted the output file name during batch file format
conversions if the destination directory was the root directory of a drive.
Fixed a bug which caused excessive system resources to be used,
and a potential for a stack failure, during the opening of some folders
in the Explore window.
Version 2.60
Added Undo operations.
Added variable thumbnail sizes.
Added palette optimization techniques to improve display of thumbnails in
256 color systems.
Added ReCreate Selected and Recreate All options from the Thumbnail menu of
the Explore window to simplify recreation of thumbnails after a size change.
Added a progress bar for the thumbnail creation process.
Added a command to stop thumbnail creation.
Added a Sort option on the View menu for the Explore window to sort thumbnails
by Name, Type, Size, and Date, with either ascending or descending sort order.
Improved the behavior when moving files in the Explore window so that the
thumbnail for the image is retained.
Improved the handling of large folders in the Explore window for better
responsiveness.
Added /E:Startup_Folder to the command line options to specify that the
Explore window is to start with a specific folder opened.
Example: polyview /E:c:\picture\my vacation
Dragging thumbnails to the Recycle Bin icon in the Explore window tree is
now supported.
Added display of hidden folders in the Explore window
Added standard length and width options on the dialog presented from the
Options:Change Pixel Resolution command.
Added the Gamma Adjustment operation to the Options menu.
Added the Change Color Depth operation to the Options menu.
Changed the layout of the slide show dialog when the screen resolution is
640x480 or 800x600 to achieve a better fit when large fonts have been selected.
Deleting a displayed image from the File menu sends the file to the Recycle Bin
on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 system.
Corrected a problem with the decompression of PNG files which are grayscaled
and contain 16 bit channel information.
Corrected a scrollbar thumb positioning problem after delete operations in the
Explore window.
Corrected the View:Refresh option of the Explore window to correctly update
when folder configurations have changed.
Fixed a problem with color map manipulations which caused printing and other
difficulties when the number of colors in an image is less than the maximum.
Version 2.53
Fix: Problem with interpolating 24 bit images with display mode set to
256 colors.
Version 2.52
Fix: Problems with interpolation which make minor improvements for 24
bit/pixel images, and major improvements for 8 bit/pixel images.
Version 2.51
Add: Option to turn off device dependent bitmap generation.
Add: Option to create new window from some filtering actions.
Add: Neon filter to Special Effects.
Fix: Problem with output format in Format Conversions window when
the user is unregistered.
Version 2.50
Add: Batch file format conversions. (Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0)
Add: Various image manipulation filters, including sharpening, softening,
edge enhance and detection, negative, and special effects filters.
Add: Duplicate Image command.
Add: Improvements to 1 and 4 bit/pixel image handling.
Add: Additional 1 and 4 bit/pixel save formats.
Add: Optimizations to improve speed of initial image display.
Add: Refresh option on thumbnail pane.
Add: Sort button on slide show dialog.
Add: Optional higher quality print routines.
Add: Progress bar options.
Add: Enhanced printing on monochrome printers.
Fix: Explore window folder size limitation on Windows 95.
Fix: Problem with "Add All" button functionality on some Windows 95 systems.
Fix: Restored old behavior of keeping child windows maximized.
Fix: Print Visible and Print Preview Visible image boundaries were
incorrectly calculated.
Fix: Corrected a condition which could leave a file open when it was not
recognized as any valid format.
Fix: Double-clicking a file in the slide show dialog now correctly performs
an Add operation.
Version 2.40
Add: Image format support for more than 20 new formats.
Add: Slide show dialog converted to Windows 95 standard to take advantage
of drag and drop for slide show building and ordering.
Fix: Corrected problem with image manipulations not being saved properly.
Version 2.30
Add: The Explore window (Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 with Shell Technology
Preview, Windows NT 4.0)
Add: Windows 95 compliant setup and uninstall procedures.
Version 2.21:
Add: Transparent Color dialog for specification of GIF transparency.
File type used for the last file exported is now remembered as the
starting type for a new export.
Fix: Incompatibilities with Windows 95 taskbar during full screen modes.
Errors occurring during manual slide shows were not ignored.
Improved recovery from certain varieties of GIF file corruption.
Image sizing and full screen behavior when the PolyView toolbar is
floating instead of docked on a window edge.
Version 2.20:
Add: Image resolution changing with smoothing.
Interpolated zooming.
Slide show errors can now be ignored.
Fix: Mark created windows as modified so "Save on exit prompt" will occur
if configured to do so.
Version 2.19:
Add: Printing (for registered users)
Print preview (for registered users)
Fix: Behavior with screen resolution changes under Windows 95
Version 2.18:
Add: Individual image timing during slide shows.
24 bit gray scale images written to PNG 8 bit gray scale.
GIF file exporting.
Progressive JPEG file exporting.
Separate open and save(export) directory paths.
MRU file list operations(purge, purge on exit, variable size).
Fix: Browsing properties dialog problem.
Version 2.17
Add: Export to PNG files. (Registered users only.)
Reading of progressive JPEG files.
Restored ability to write 8 bit images to JPEG files.
Added Randomization of slide shows.
Version 2.16
Add: PNG file viewing.
Correct: Image sizing now correct for side positioning of toolbar.
Version 2.15
Correct:
Fixed a bug which prevented the file-open dialog from working
correctly.
Version 2.14
Add:
File saving to 8 bit RLE bitmap format.
File saving to 16 bit bitmap format.
Multiple file selection from file open dialog.
Saving user entered comments to JPEG files.
Implementation of a registration key system to provide certain
features only to registered users. Note that ALL features of
PolyView which were available prior to this change are still
fully functional.
Version 2.13
Correct:
Implemented command line parsing to handle file dragged from
Explorer to PolyView shortcut.
Corrected behavior when one or more slideshow scripts are dragged
and dropped on PolyView.
Version 2.12
Add:
Display of filenames during full screen modes.
Version 2.11
Add:
File:Image Properties command.
Image context menus from right mouse button.
Correct:
File handle release error on JPEG files.
Version 2.10
Add:
Support for 1, 4, 16, and 32 bit BMP files, including 4 and 8 bit RLE.
Copy and Paste of bitmaps to and from the Windows clipboard
Scripted slide shows
Background operation of image manipulation of file saving activities.
Version 2.00
This version adds file saving and conversion capabilities and thus
no longer uses the image configuration files created by previous versions.
All the .PVI files created by PolyView can be safely deleted.