last updated 960705 - for lastest info check out: http://www.glunet.se/qpict
Major changes
• Printing support.
QPict now supports printing of index documents. By using another shareware program Print2Pict you can even create index pictures from QPict by "printing" to an PICT file.
• GIF support.
QPict now (finally) supports GIF, both display and preview creation. More file formats will follow.
• SlideShow.
Slide show is now implemented although current version is quite basic. A future version of QPict will have more advanced options for slide show.
• Info window.
By selecting one or more items in the index and choose "Get Info" from the File menu a new window will open with information about the graphic(s) like file format, compression type, size etc...
• Better file recognition.
QPict is now better in detecting fileformats when the Macintosh file field is not correctly set. If a file has the file name picture.gif QPict now checks if it is a GIF file and changes the file type.
• New file icons.
The file icons were remade.
• Memory indicator in index window.
A memory indicator is found in the bottom of the index window. It displays free memory within the QPict application.
• Completely new graphic display class to make it easier to expand with new file formats.
This was quite a lot of work but it has really paid of. I'm working on several new features that wouldn't be possible with the old implementation.
• New preferences dialog
The preferens dialog is now using tabs to give room for more items.
• New progress dialog
The preferences dialog i much improved internally and the problems the old one caused should be gone.
• Show file type option added
By selecting "Show Kind" from the View menu the file kind of every item in the index is shown in the upper left corner of every item.
• Uses offscreen bitmap for backing store of graphics
This actually a part of the rewritten graphic display class hierarchi and is most useful internally but will give the user faster screen updates and instant changes between pictures in slide show.
• Support for InternetConfig
If you have InternetConfig installed and otherwise have the means of accessing internet you can send mail to me, download the latest version and visit QPict home page just by selecting the alternative you want from the scrips menu.
Minor changes
Command-period now aborts many operations.
Now uses custom crop when creating previews.
Improved error handling when dealing with corrupted images.
Changed the busy cursor to a cooler one (Thanks Tim).
Validation of preferens file added.
Smoother animated cursor.
Changed "Show File Location" to "Reveal Original" (cmd-R) - as in System 7.5.3.
Fixed bugs
Sorting should now work correctly.
Disabled the busy cursor while dealing with file open and printing dialogs.
Fixed temp memory error. Temp memory was used even when the option was deselected in preferences.
Dragging item to an aliased folder in Finder didn't work - fixed (Thanks Jol!).
Fixed a "Division by zero" error that sometimes could happen when creating previews.
Revert is fixed. Old items where not removed in previous version.
Several unfocused QuickDraw calls fixed.
Now does a refresh of the index window after creating previews.
Fixed a redraw problem that occurred when resizing index window.
Aliases of folders and volumes are now resolved correctly.
Fixed a bug where windows where left deactivated after preferences dialog was dismissed.
Fixed a bug where updating index when an index file was read was incorrect.
Fixed a memory bug where temp memory was not used when reading index files.
Now creates outlines only for visible items when dragging many.
Fixed a potential memory problem when creating previews.
