Monster Media 1994 #1/monster.zip/monster/OS2/JOVW122B.ZIP/changes

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Bug fixes to 1.22a & Changes making version 1.22b
-There was a stack problem which manifested itself after the 2.11 CSD
 was installed.  If you saved a file, sometimes JoeView would exit by itself.
 Random, but repeatable.
-When pasting into from clipboard or file, if image was scaled
 the placed image would not always go into the indicated spot.  This
 should be fixed.  Also, the titlebar should update correctly.
-Added an information button to the File Open Dialog.  This tells you
 info about the file in question and will also display the file's associated
 icon, if you have previously iconified the file. See below.
-Iconified information is changed.  The icon is stored at a slightly
 higher resolution for better use with the Information button mentioned
 above.  You should go through and re-iconify your files if they
 were done with a previous version of JoeView.  This can be
 done quickly with a script file.
-For you POV users I have added a file called povshow.cmd.  This is
 a script (REXX) that runs under JoeView.  Use it to automatically view
 a pov file as its being generated.  You must put some info in the file,
 so edit it first.
Bug fixes to 1.22 & Changes making version 1.22a
-Clarified price structure on single version registration.
-Slightly changed install routine.
-Added hot key (Ctrl C) to bring up custom cropping dialog.
-Non-USA users have new registration procedure, see readme or help file.
-When creating JoeView.dth (the long installation reason) JoeView
 will use a low priority thread at first, and bump it to regular
 priority only if the low priority thread gets blocked.
-Was possible to hit S too quickly and get 2 saves going at once.  A
 problem if saving both files as JPEGS.
-Added a float option.  Window will stay visible above all others.
-When using the -b or -bs option JoeView saved the file as an RLE encoded
 bitmap.  WPS backgrounds must be regular bitmaps it turns out.
-About dialog will display if you have registered JoeView.  Both lifetime & single
 version registrations.
-Should recover from bad tiff files.
-Would hang system if help was selected but not closed when smoothing.
-PBM file fix.  Affected files were all raw formats in writing.  Graymap raw files
 in reading.
-Cropping/Zoom rectangle is now such that all pixels on or in the rectangle
 are selected.  Thre is a change to the script crop command such that the
 lower left hand corner should now be considered 1,1 instead of 0,0.

New to version 1.22 of JoeView & fixes.
-Dramatic speedup of FS Dithering.
-Uses Notebook interface for options.
-Dialogs have been added for proper display at 640 and 800
 resolutions.
-Added script file processing.  Batch conversions, etc.
-Fixed potential memory leak in TIFF reads.
-Fixed memory leak in PCX writes.
-Bug fix for reading monochrome PCX files.
-Speed up for reading & writing PCX files.
-PCX reads less memory intensive.
-Will read 24 bit pcx files.
-Speed up for reading & writing Targa files.
-Speed up for saving GIF files.
-Will read truncated Targa files if they have a certain minimum of info.
-Speed up for reading & writing PBM files.
-Bug fix for reading raw style PBM files.
-Small bug fix for writing BMP files.
-Big bug fix for reading BMP files.
-Will read multi-screen resolution style OS2 Bitmaps.
-Added RLE BMP file write.
-Option to have JoeView check swapper.dat drive before allocating big
 chunks of memory.  May prevent your computer from running out of swap space.
 See help section under options for its use.
-JoeView border will change to red or blue (depends on whether JoeView is the
 active application) while a file is being saved.  Changes back to default color
 when save is completed.
-Shutdown bug fix.  JoeView would sometimes stay in memory or not shut down
 if shutdown was attempted while reading or writing files.  Should be fixed.
-JoeView now prompts you about finishing a file save if you try and exit before
 save has been completed.
-Uses a little less memory than previous versions.
-Ability to run other programs to hack on images (see piping in help).
-Changed mouse buttons, single click on right button to bring up menu. Left
 button for cropping rectangle and double click left button to advance slide show.
-Can now drag and drop multiple files onto joeview when running and this will
 startup a slideshow using those files.
-Ability to create an icon version of your image and have it associated with the
 file.  Of primary use to 1024x768 users.
-File listing by date would show the wrong date for certain months, fixed.
-Directory listings now have a little arrow by current directory.
-Improved use of tabs and arrow keys for dialogs, interface more consistent.
-Can have JoeView use only system colors when loading image.
-Can now dither (quantize) to gray for very quick loads/displays.
-Can better specify what type of dithering to use.
-Can place help file in same path as exe file without having directory in your help path.
-Bug fix regarding loading files off of root directory.
-Buf fix, Colors Control panel will work OK when using dynamic changes.l
-New pointer - crosshairs - instead of arrow.
-Cropping rectangle can go both ways.
-Multiple zoom in, one zoom out.
-File save type must be entered each time.
-Can now copy section of image into clipboard, instead of whole image.
-SlideShow files now save options.
New to version 1.21 of JoeView & fixes.
-Startup screen on first use.
-Handles PCX files.
-Handles TIFF files.
New to version 1.2 of JoeView & fixes.
-Double Clicking the left mouse button brings up the main menu.
-Double Clicking the right mouse button advances in SlideShow
-Can do low priority file reads & slideshows
-The cropping & zooming rectangle more closely matches the
pointer (fix).
-Options menu is now available after using SlideShow (fix)
-Will now correctly identify Windows bitmaps, read & save bitmaps
in proper format (fix).
-Ability to print your image to any defined printer.  Also you
can print out your image as an EPS Postrscript file.
-JoeView remembers screen positions.
-Copy and Paste to the clipboard, will keep colors correct.
-Can paste from clipboard into an existing image
-Convert image colors into the default system palette using Floyd
Steinberg dithering or a shortest Distance Method.
-Command line option to create OS2 2.0 bitmap (see help section
on command line options).
-Can save and load SlideShow programs.  These can be dragged and
dropped onto JoeView (both open and closed), opened from the Slide Show Dialog or
started from the File Open Dialog.
-Can open a file by dragging and dropping
-Can specify an optimize option on JPEG saves to create smaller
files.
-Sometimes a garbage line appeared at the top if an image,
this has been fixed.
-Can type a drive and path in the File Open Dialog, File Mask entry
field to quickly change disks and directory.  For example c:\test\images\*.bmp
will change to the c:\test\images directory and use *.bmp as the file mask.
-Will automatically create .ini file.
-Can toggle the main Title Bar on and off.
-More extensive HotKeys (See help section)
-Will go to a near correct palette state when not in forground, will
go to correct palette state when going from nonactive to active.
-Can edit an images HSV or RGB colors.

There are two possible command line options.  You can specify
a file name for JoeView to load upon startup.
For example: joeview c:\gifs\hooters.gif
The other command line option is to create a Floyd Stein
JoeView normally reads.  The output file will always be an OS2
2.0 format bitmap.  The command is JoeView -b file_in file)out. The "-b" option
causes JoeView to perform the
dithering at full CPU utilization.  As the process is very CPU
intensive, the "-bs" option is included.  This option is meant to
mean -b slow.  Basically it puts JoeView in a low priority
mode that causes the operation to take considerably longer than
if you use "-b" but you'll find that your machine is much more
usefull while the process is running.
JoeView will not be visible when this option is invoked.