New in version 2.2 |
Improvements:
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A search engine is included in the compiled site. The search engine
searches the entire site, searching for words on the page.
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the exe files are now 220Kb smaller (about 30%)
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there is now a pop up menu for images. right-click on an image and
select 'view image' of 'copy to clipboard'.
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View Image will show the image at it's full size - e.g. if it has been
sized using the height or width attribs.
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Copy To Clipboard is disabled when the disable clipboard compiler option
is specified.
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i've moved the html2exe web links out of the help menu into the about box
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a smarter Home Page menu. if you click to load a file that no longer
exists, you are given the option to remove that file from the menu.
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If you do not include an 'author.htm' and/or 'help.htm' file, those menu
options are removed, where before they where just greyed out (or disabled).
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I've included a large close button on button bar. You can show/hide
it in the compiler options.
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You can set a minimum file size or the exe or h2e file.
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This option allows you to expand the exe of h2e file to a larger size,
which will make it more difficult for people to copy your work. If
you distrbute on CD, you can set this is 640MB so that if someone wants
to re-distribute your work, they will have to distrubute a much larger
file. If the exe is used as a help file for a program, you can use
html2exe to fill up the CD.
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The extra size is not compressable, so if it is zipped, it will not be
any smaller.
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The maximum size is 2047MB, this seems to be the windows limit for the
size of an exe file.
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exe files above 942MB run okay but explorer will not show thier icon.
At the moment i'm assuming this is a problem with windows or windows explorer.
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you can set the default font, size and color for the cmpiled site.
If your html does not contain <FONT> tags, the default font will be
used.
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You can set a title for the site. If you set a title, it will appear
at the top of the window. If you do not set a title, the title of
each page visited will be shown instead.
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You can set the compiled window size. select from 640x480, 800x600
or set your own size.
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You can now use your own icon in the compiled exe files
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The buttonbar logo will now expand horizontaly if you use a larger bitmap.
The width can vary between 8 and 140 pixels.
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Added support from escape characters in links e.g. %20 = space character
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the find dialog now stays on top of the main window. previously when
you clicked ion the main window, the find dialog would appear behind the
main window.
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Various improvements to the results window:
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Message are seperated into 3 type: errors, wenb links and local
links.
Improved printing output.
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New in version 2.1 |
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Most important of all, you can now compile to three different formats:
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an EXE with the browser and web site built in.
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2 seperate files: a browser EXE file and a matching H2E file.
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a new file type .H2E which can be viewed with a seperate program called
H2EView. This is perfect for webzines - send H2EView to your subscribers
once, then when you sent out an issue, you only have to send an H2E file
(the H2E file is about 500k smaller than a full compiled EXE).
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Use your own logo in the button bar - either BMP files or icons.
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Link your logo to your web page and allow the user to access your web page
through the help menu.
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You can password protect your files two ways:
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ask for the password before showing the home page or
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ask for the password vefore leaving the home page. This way the home
page is unprotected but you require a password to access the rest of the
site. This is the preffered option.
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You can set an expiry date for your files. When the expiry date is
passed, the file cannot be read.
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Support for background sounds.
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You can include an about author page and your own help file
into the compiled site. These then appear on the help menu of your
compiled site.
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An improved user interface:
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the button bar can be docked at the top or bottom of the compiler or it
can be left floating.
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compression has been simplified it is now either on or off.
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added an Edit/Font size menu so you can change font size easier and quicker.
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the compiler is now 32 bit so it is win95,98,NT only.
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Access to your HTML editor. Load whatever page you are viewing
into your html editor.
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Better compiler options:
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printing can now be enabled/disabled.
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you can also allow/disalow the copying of text to the clipboard.
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borderless full screen mode is now completely borderless (no lines around
the edge of the screen).
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A few bug fixes too:
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solved a problem with certain layouts of sub directories. Sub directories
should now work 100% correctly.
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solved a problem where filenames starting with .. or \ where not
always recognized properly. (this was related to the sub directory problem).
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Netscape composer v4.5 handles '>' characters in a bit of a nonstandard
way, so some >'s where not appearing properly. This problem has been
fixed, and '>' now displays correctly.
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New in version 2 |
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Support for frames (bordered and borderless)
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Support for animated GIFs
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Support for long filenames
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Improved graphics quality in 256 colour modes
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Reloads last home page used when html2exe starts
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Improved compiler options
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Control of page caching
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Support for more HTML 3.2 tags
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Minor changes since release of
version 1 |
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Fixed bug where the font button reset fonts to times roman
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New in version 1 (changes since
beta version) |
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Support for client side image maps.
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Enhanced error reporting:
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Error report shows which HTML files produced which errors.
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Print the list or copy it to the clipboard.
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Word search added to browser.
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Improved access times with large projects.
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Added an option to set your own compiler defaults.
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Fixed problem with transparent GIFs.
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Fixed problem with relative URLs causing incorrect errors.
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