BrowserBob 4 is the new generation of "weblication" generators.
A powerful engine allowing you to create smart windows applications, combining
the best of both the online and the offline world. Create desktop applications
with online connection for various purposes.
BrowserBob 4 comes with numerous new features
and enhancements:
NEW:
Resizable panels: like the Main Dialog, panels are now sizable
by a resize button. The concept is exactly the same as for the Main Dialog,
via puzzling. Puzzle helper lines are used to divide the panel into several
areas, which behave differently during a resize (stretch for inner pieces,
constant in case of the corner pieces.
Panel
object properties
NEW: Graphic
editor integration: 
"Click to edit graphic", a new button which brings up the selected
graphic in your favourite graphics editor. This often asked for feature
allows you to conveniently work on your project graphics without opening
them separately and caring for their file locations. Editing and saving
the file in your graphic editor, will immediately display the changed
graphic in your BrowserBob project.
Example for usage: Button
object properties
The preferred editor for different graphic
file types (bmp, gif, jpg) can be assigned via File
-> External Editors... Connecting
your external editors
NEW: Files editing integration:

"Click
to edit selected file",
a new button, which makes working with BrowserBob again a lot easier.
Clicking this button opens the program, which is associated with the selected
file. This button has been added to the Additional Files window and the
content window. You can assign your favorite HTML editor via File -> External Editors...,
all other file types will open
the standard associated program.
Connecting your external editors
Additional files window
Content
window
NEW:
Content management creator (TOC) for eBooks & presentations:
create a table of contents (TOC) with this new feature, allowing you to
structure additional files and online content for use in eBooks and presentations
with ease. Additional button functionality for "next page",
"previous page" and chapter navigation has been added.
Content window
NEW: Alpha blending (application semi-transparency):
both the Main Dialog and Panels can
be assigned a blending value, a grade of transparency between 0 and 100.
Semi transparent applications can be created. All objects on the blended
container object (Main Dialog or panels) will be transparent, including
displayed web content. This feature works only under Windows XP &
Win 2000 and will be automatically deactivated under other operating systems.
Example usage: Main Dialog properties
NEW:
States switching via the Project
Explorer: the objects explorer
has been extended by an important feature, a States overview, which shows
you all available application states, allows you to quickly switch between
states and always shows you the actually active one. Project
explorer
NEW:
Separate tool windows: each entry (Tab) of the tools window can
now be separated from the tools window by clicking on it and dragging
it out of the tools window. Consequently you can display several tools
at the same time instead of switching between tools. To bring it back
to the tools window, grab the separate window with your mouse and move
it over the tools window again.
Tools
window overview
NEW:
New user interface, workspace & project notes: BrowserBob 4
comes with a whole new user interface and a workspace. The workspace background
allows you to post project notes with comments.
User
interface overview
Note object properties
NEW:
Application templates: new templates for different application
types have been added, allowing you to quick-start a new project and giving
you ideas for your own creations. Clicking
the "New" button brings up a dialog with templates, samples
and all your imports as basis for starting a new project by double click
on the preview image.
Templates_overview
Creating a new project
NEW:
"Per machine installation" for setups: setup wizard can
install for all users of the local machine. Per machine installation is
a new option, which makes creation of setups for use under limited user
accounts more convenient.
Setup method
Launching
and installing finished programs under limited user accounts
NEW:
New variables added: placeholders for the windows directory, for
retrieving the mouse position of the user and the actual screen resolution
have been added as BrowserBob system variables.
Variables
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