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This is the history file for ExtraBar. It shows most of the previous versions
since 0.31 and what changes have gone to make them.
0.28 (6 Nov 96)
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o Small speed up in areas.
o User menus can now have comments in them.
o Reduced WimpSlot size to 128K will probably reduce more.
o Improved UI by included own sprite pool.
0.31 (17 Nov 96)
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o Added link to WWW site.
o Added Web command.
o Added key press (Shift F11) to toggle toolbar position.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Added key press (Ctrl F11) to hide/show toolbar.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Added option to clear bar on loading new file.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Added minium side for buttons.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
0.35 (25 Nov 96)
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o Fixed problem which could result in you having a frozen desktop.
o Finally got round to fixing a problem which could result in you
messing up your files.
(It will now reset the file name whenever you clear the toolbar)
o Added option to prevent multiple copies of ExtraBar loaded.
(user definable)
0.37 (27 Nov 96)
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o Fixed bug in user menus has getting the wrong command.
(Due in part to me changing the file format required for them but not
the code to decrypt them, only happen for items below line.)
o Changed key presses to Alt F11 and Shift-Alt-F11 to stop incompatablity
problems with other software. Is now user defined by altering the
!Choices file.
0.38 (29 Nov 96)
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o Added more leway in commands that can be entered.
(UserMenu, FilerMenu, Back, Forward, InsertContents, Inserttext now
accepted)
o Added option to get 'alter button' window to be percistant and have the
ability to drag files on and enter their filenames/types in to the icons.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
0.40 (1 Dec 96)
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o Altered the way adjust clicks on move forward and move back work. Now
it doesn't reset the button you were over.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Added Redraw command. Forces screen to redraw.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Added pilmerary support for dynamic buttons. See Help file for more
details. This has ment that this version of ExtraBar will have a
increased effect on the desktop but that should be made less with
subsequent releases.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Fixed bugs in UI of alter window.
o Added facility for Extrabar to work reversed right to left rather than
just left to right. So different counties, Arab nations etc. who may
find it easier to work that way.
o Have added protection option for a button to prevent it from being
deleted, such as Clear bar or loading a file that clears it.
o Have added option for button to be sunted on to the opposite hand
side of the tool bar.
o Updated templates to cope with changes.
o Added auto selection of Clear bar button when you load a file.
o Fixed save 'feature' would only save if the file had been modified!
0.45 (03 Dec 96)
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o Fixed checking code to cope with dynamic buttons and there functions.
o Fixed bug in loading/saving file. Selects clear bar option if appropriate
automattically.
o Fixed flag problem in previous version. Setted the wrong bits :(
(Only noticed when I loaded the old example files from 0.26 to see what
they were)
o Updated Examples so that they are up to date with new developments.
o Added option to link the Extrabar tool bar to the position of the icon bar.
If set then if the icon bar comes to the front so does the extrabar :)
o Added improved command parsing. Filer* will issue a filer_menu command.
o Added option to make Extrabar save ALL sprites to file even if they are
already in the Wimp pool.
o Added Task_Loaded, Task_NotLoaded and Report commands.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
0.46 (5 Dec 96)
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o Fixed choices bug. Display decimals value was not saved correctly.
o Fixed load bug. Doesn't take account of the flag settings.
o Fixed ficking icon bug.
o Fixed task_loaded and task_notloaded bugs.
o Added context colouring for #freespace and #freemem. Changes to red
if less than 4Kbytes.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
0.51 (10 Dec 96)
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o Added task_kill command to kill a wimp task.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Added new dragged_on command.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Added extrainfo item. This enables dynamic buttons to have all the
functions of a normal button.
o Prevented files outputted by 0.50 being loaded in to previous versions
Due to the changes in the file format.
o Added extra information to button to
o Improved UI.
o Fixed MASSIVE memory leakage.
o Fixed bug where Task_Loaded was checking module tasks as well.
(Will add Modtask_loaded command to next version)
o Added option not to save protected buttons.
o Added filter for old format files.
0.52 (11 Dec 96)
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o Added toolbar menu item 'Save default' to save a bar as the default setup.
o Added a fix to stop the tool bar from appearing behind to pinboard.
0.56 (14 Dec 96)
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o Added ModTask_Loaded and ModTask_Notloaded for checking module tasks.
o Added AllTask_Loaded and AllTask_Notloaded for checking module and wimp
tasks.
o Added Option for dynamic buttons to have text longer than 31 charecters.
Can now be up to 255 charecters.
o Added Insert_Text options to Report command.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Added option to dragged_on command so that you can use file type names as
well as hexidecimal numbers.
(Feature added thanks to user feed back)
o Fixed bug with multiple commands and Task_notloaded.
o Fixed save bug.
o Fixed dragged_on command so it will accept lower case hexidecimal numbers.
o Fixed UI problem.
o Added x scrolling like the icon bar. Plus a speed option :)
o Added an option to define the size of the bar for use with the x scrolling.
o Added swap_sprite command, can also be used for dynamic buttons.
One button can display the time, a system variable, freespace on a disc and
the amount of free memory in a computer.
o New 'MachineOn' Dynamic button. Shows the amount of time the button has
been switched on.
0.60 (19 Dec 96)
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o Speeded up clear bar procedure by a massive amount.
oáFixed problem when too many buttons were created on the extrabar and it
would hang the computer.
oáChanged the choices dialogue window. Takes up more memory but is a whole
lot better and easier to use.
o Fixed ramdom memory leak.
o Added dynamic user menu items. The date can now be a menu item.
o Fixed error handler to give option to quit.
o Altered !Choices file format to make manual editing easier.
o Fixed problem with buttons being created on the tool bar when it is set to
small.
o Button format options.
o A number of smaller bug fixes.
0.60a (20 Dec 96)
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o Fixed save corruption bug.
0.65 (2 Jan 97)
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o Fixed button size bug when no text was in the button.
o Fixed choices window flicker when clicking on radio icons.
o Small alteration to fix bug introducted only with RO 3.5 with 3D
window tools.
o Fixed button align bug with buttons with a sprite but no text.
o Fixed load 'feature' that asked you twice wether you wanted to clear a
modified bar or not.
o Improved internationality with the help of the PRMs
o Fixed swap_sprite bug
o Added better icon bar linking. It can get confused on mode changes though.
o Added %*1 for the leaf name of files dragged on.
o Added %*2 for a random file name.
o Fixed wimp polling bug.
o Fixed Tool bar flickering bug on startup.
o Saves choices to !Boot application if possible.
0.67 (5 Jan 97)
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o Fixed bug in command parser.
o Removed code for non linked to icon bar as no one seems to use it.
o Made more options seperated from the main ExtraBar application.
o Default file is now user definable.
o Fixed a few UI bugs.
o A lot of internal changes.
o Added vertical and horizontal scroll bars.
0.71 (16 Jan 97)
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o Fixed bug that would cause ExtraBar not to toggle in some circumstances :(
o Fixed bug that would stop ExtraBar from moving the bar if another one of
it's windows was open.
o Added #mouse dynamic button. Shows mouse position.
o Added #currenttask. Shows the name of the application that owns the window
that the mouse pointer is over.
o Added #whandle. Shows window handle that the mouse pointer is over.
o Added #ihandle. Shows icon handle that the mouse pointer is over.
o A number of internal changes.
o Improved UI. Redirects input focus away from shaded icons when nessicary.
o Added low resolution sprites.
0.72 (19 Jan 97)
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o Fixed a number of bugs which crept in to last release.
0.75 (23 Jan 97)
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o Added minium depth item for extra bar.
o Added maxium depth item for extra bar. (Help Argonet users of !LittleVoy)
o Added Resize tool icon for extra bar in to choices window.
o Added new command, FAppend_line (Undocumented).
o Added %*3 for dragged on commands to act as sprite that should be used.
o Fixed bug with Caret_* commands.
o Fixed spelling mistake of Miscellaneous in choices window.
o Reorganised the tool bar choices window to make it earier to find items.
o Enable headers in user menus - <title>
0.76 (8 Feb 97)
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o Fixed user menu bug.
0.77 (10 Feb 97)
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o Fixed user menu bug that could hang the computer in some cases.
o Fixed star command bug.
o Added Task_MultiKill <task name> to kill all tasks with name of
<task name>
0.78 (8 Mar 97)
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o Fixed F12 toggling bug.
o Added option to disable clearing of Easy Save directory.
o Added option to make a button individually activated by a double click.
Though a single click will still be over ridden by the choices.
o Fixed unknown command bug.
o Redesigned the alter button window. To make it less advanced by default.
(Seeing as I got a message saying it was difficult to setup!)
o Close alter window button when it loses the caret.
o Made Extrabar recreate itself if a dynamic buttons text changes size
automatically.
o Fixed 'swap_sprites' command bug which prevented more than one of
any kind of dynamic button being used.
o Number of alterations to the UI handling.
0.79 (23 Mar 97)
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o Alter button bug worked round.
o Fixed flicking bar problem when #time dynamic buttons have no extra
info defined.
o Added support for extending the commands ExtraBar will accept, using
ExtraBar$<command name> system variables so that external applets
can be used in the same way as internal ExtraBar commands.
0.81 (7 May 97)
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o Fixed some UI problems with Choices window.
o Alter the User_Menu command if it doesn't find the file then it
will automatically check the ExtraMenu:Menus path.
o Added AutoBoot directory. The contents of which are automatically
'Filer_Booted' when ExtraBar is loaded.
o Improved auto-resizing and recreating.
o Kudged memory fragmantation bug to try and hide it.
o Made standard wimp sprites !<appname>, sm!<appname>, small_<type>
and file_<type> load in to the wimp sprite pool.
o Fixed filer menu bug when 'Open dir' option is switched off.
o Added ALT show option - if alt is held down tool bar is shown if
not then the tool bar is closed and not shown.
o Added 'floating' bar option.
o Fixed button sizing problem when 3D Patch is being used.
0.82 (16 May 97)
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o Fixed Wimp polling bug.
o Fixed Pre-RPC memory management bug.
o Fixed save as default bug.
0.84 (16 Jun 97)
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o Added save window position option for floating tool bar.
o Hopefully Added fix for Font Directory Pro problem.
(Wasn't needed in the end :-)
o Added option to Choices -> tool bar window so that you can define whether
the tool bar has a title bar or not.