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- Blanch 1.4 Copyright (c) 1997, One Guy Coding
-
- Changes
- =======
- Ver 1.4b : Apr 10/97
- - fixed recursive delete of Registry keys problem in
- Windows NT 4 that prevented the renaming or deleting
- of Blanch pages.
-
- Ver 1.4a : Apr 03/97
- - Added Help file and incorporated context sensitive
- help in the Blanch Properties and Blanch Button
- Properties dialog boxes.
- - refixed the focus problem that was fixed last release.
- Button clicks now work first time when activating but
- Blanch won't activate on a mouse over.
- - fixed extra menu item problem in the Pages menu.
-
- Ver 1.4 : Mar 27/97
- - Blanch would get focus if inactive, fixed
- - Clock was taking up space even if not used, fixed
- - Showing the caption could leave blanch 'On Top' in
- some instances, even if it wasn't meant to be, fixed
- - Added "Lock position" option to prevent accidental movement
- - Added "Freeze settings" accelerator to prevent settings
- from changing. This is especially useful for system
- administrators or in environments where NEWBIE's might
- be found. After setting up blanch to your specifications
- you can prevent changes from being saved by hitting the key
- combination Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Z
- - Blanch now saves to the registry only values that have
- actually been saved. This change decreased the size
- of my settings from 30K to about 20K (7 pages containing
- about 90 buttons total, thus on average the reduction in
- storage is about 10K/90 = 113 bytes per blanch in this
- instance)
-
- Ver 1.3j : Mar 24/97
- - I fixed bug that would cause an unregistered versions
- of blanch to crash when exiting blanch.
- - fixed background paint problem when 'Flat Style' not used
-
- Ver 1.3i : Mar 23/97
- - fixed registration problem
- - added 'Resolve links' option to Blanch properties\Options.
- With resolve links selected links are resolved to the
- actual file being pointed to. This can be toggled while
- working by holding down the Ctrl key while dropping a
- file onto blanch.
- - Added 'Process StartUp page' to Blanch properties\Options.
- If this option is selected blanch will look for a page
- called StartUp (or whatever your windows StartUp folder
- is called) and launch all the buttons on that page when
- Blanch is launched. You should use resolved links to the
- StartUp buttons for quicker launches. Once you've created
- all your StartUp buttons, remove the programs from the Win
- StartUp folder (I've created a subdirectory in the StartUp folder
- and moved all the current startup links except Blanch into that
- folder to prevent them from running). Startups are *much*
- faster with blanch, even I'm amazed at the speedup.
- - The startup page name is case sensitive. Make sure it's
- the same as the Windows Folder name (pour example, je pense
- que le nom est 'Commencer' en Francais, mais je ne suis pas
- absolument certain)
- - Hold down Ctrl to prevent the StartUp action when starting.
-
- Ver 1.3h : Mar 18/97
- - fixed problems with Delete and Rename Page on the page
- tab of the properties dialog box.
-
- Ver 1.3g : Mar 08/97
- - Register online via the Register tab of the Properties
- dialog box. You must be connected to the net and have
- a WWW browser installed on your computer to use this option.
- - see Notes section of readme.txt for a description of how
- to add a dialup networking connection button, I will
- automate this in the near future.
- - Tabs are now proportional in width, rather than constant.
- - added "More ..." tab to the Properties dialog box
- - can set flyout font in More tab (try 11pt Arial Narrow)
- - can now set sounds for 15, 30 and 60 minutes on the hour
- - can toll sound events on the hour (eg. 5 times at 5 o'clock)
- - can show/hide the clock
- - fixed a problem with the 'Lock' button (if closing blanch
- while locked the auto hide and on top settings were
- not properly saved)
-
- Ver 1.3f : Mar 06/97
- - if while dragging a blanch button one dropped it on another
- blanch it would be cut to the clipboard. Now it is just
- returned to its initial position
- - a couple more niggling little changes which affect only
- aesthetics
-
- Ver 1.3e : Mar 05/97
- - code responsible for dealing with dropped files on blanch has
- be shored up.
- - added a 'Drop File' dialog box which is shown when a file
- is dropped on a Blanch button. This dialog offers one of
- four choices,
-
- Replace Blanch - dropped file replaces the current Blanch
- Load dropped files - current blanch exe is responsible for
- loading the blanch with the dropped files
- Create new blanch - puts a new blanch on the current page
- Cancel - ignore the dropped file
-
- - added the 'forget' option. When files are loaded a blanch
- button can forget the file names (default) or remember them
- (they are placed in the Options edit control of the button
- properties dialog box).
- - cleaned up flyouts
- - Hold down Ctrl to toggle the use of flyouts
-
- Ver 1.3d : Mar 04/97
- - 'Explore blanch button' now selects the appropriate program
- - Save registry option added. You can save your current blanch
- setup to a file.
-
- Ver 1.3c : Mar 03/97
- - added scheduling to button properties (see *Cron Options* in
- readme.txt) enabling timed launches for any of the Blanch
- buttons
- - added AutoHide delay in Blanch Options tab of main properties
- dialog box
- - added Save to registry to Options menu
- - added Flat Style to Options menu (affect the appearance of
- Blanch)
- - fixed flyout problem when blanch is auto hiding at the bottom
- of the screen
-
- Ver 1.3a : Feb 26/97
- - added digital clock
-
- Ver 1.3 : Feb 25/97
- - more aesthetic changes
-
- Ver 1.2g : Feb 20/97
- - Added "Save to registry" in options menu. Settings are
- not saved until you exit blanch or select this menu entry
- or hit Ctrl-S
- - Added Register Dialog Tab and License dialog Tab
- - various other little fixes
-
- Ver 1.2g : Feb 14/97
- - changed button tabs (Thanks to Eric H)
-
- Ver 1.2f : Feb 09/97
- - mouse snaps between button tabs (you can turn this off in
- options menu)
- - moved Options menu
- - if buttons are outside of the current size of blanch she
- will expand to show all buttons
- - if a button somehow ends up beyond the maximum extents of
- blanch they will be moved to a new page called "Blanch trash"
- - can now change the order of the blanch pages in the Page
- Tab of the properties dialog box.
- - when dropping files on blanch, new buttons are added to the first
- available location or blanch is expanded to show the new button
- - scan page is much safer with the above mentioned expansion
- mechanism
- - pages are now saved only when exiting or from the Options tab
- of the properties dialog (Save to registry)
- - various other minor bug fixes here and there
-
- Ver 1.2e : Feb 06/97
- - removed nag dialog
- - enabled 'Scan Page' dialog (be careful with this, since
- buttons are not really being added to blanch pages safely
- yet)
-