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Author Topic: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.09.01 - May 27, 2010  (Read 34661 times)

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LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.09.01 - May 27, 2010
« on: November 13, 2005, 03:16 AM »
Unicode Image Maker v1.08.01 - June 15, 2009

Download from official web page: https://www.donation...mageMaker/index.html

v1.09.01, May 27, 2010
  • [Feature] Added options dialog
  • [Feature] Added preset text panel size menu whose entries can be customized from the options dialog.
  • [Feature] User can now configure what file format should be used when dragging files out.
  • [BugFix] Temp image file used for dragging out was sometimes blank.
  • [Feature] Updated with latest screengrab code for grabbing image of text.
  • [Feature] Temp file used for dragging out is now saved in config directory for application (appdata\ for vista or later).
  • [Feature] You can now specify a background image file to use (stretched or tiled).

v1.08.01 - 6/15/09
  • [Feature] Added code to save configuration in user data directory on windows Vista and later.  Supports configdir.ini file for changing this directory and making program portable.
  • [BugFix] Wasn't properly saving image files on Windows Vista and later.

v1.06.01 - 7/17/08
  • [MinorFeature] Set default to black background and white text which is more sensible default for transparent background.
  • [BugFix] Cancel button when launched via screenshot captor was not working.
  • [MajorFeature] Lots of new commandline options added.
  • [MajorFeature] You can now save and load full style settings files which can be applied to text and are also callable via commandline.
  • [MinorFeature] Last background color and other parameters are now remembered.

v1.04.01 - 6/20/08
  • [BugFix] Save dialog was not showing (doh!)

v1.03.01 - 8/13/07
  • Updated to work better with Screenshot Captor.
  • Updated to use new ImageEn Component (2.31)
  • Added update checking code.

ps. grab the latest version of Screenshot Captor for full seamless integration with this tool.
« Last Edit: May 27, 2010, 12:15 PM by mouser »

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.02.01 - November 13, 2005
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2006, 05:39 PM »
Hi,

Unicode Image Maker is a useful tool. Although there are a few features that would be good to add:

* full unicode input support would be appreciated. Currently seems to work well for langauges ofifcially supported by Microsoft, but lacks support for unicode import form other keyboard layouts. I can cut and paster text inot the app, but I can't type directly into the app.

* the ability to change the colour of individual unicode characters without breaking the shaping, i.e. Arabic characters, or combining diacritics.

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.02.01 - November 13, 2005
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2006, 01:05 AM »
can you talk a little about the second item - what does it do now and what should it do?

by the way the component used in unicode image maker is called trichview:
http://www.trichview.com/support/

so if you can find a solution or help or guidance from them i can add it to unicode image maker.

ps.
almost no one has ever commented or contacted me about this app so i assume its not very much used or needed so i don't spend much time trying to improve it.

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.02.01 - November 13, 2005
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2008, 07:53 PM »
All I have to say is large expectations=large disapointment. It only changes the text you see into an image. Microsoft Paint does it better. I was looking to put whole books into jpeg or gif to put on my PSP and read on the go. Unicode Text-To-Image seemed perfect. Until the discovery above. If you want to chage a sentence into text, this is for you.

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.08.01 - June 15, 2009
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2009, 05:19 AM »
Updated to fix Vista/Win7 problem.  Thanks to user Matthias for alerting me to the problem and helping me test.

v1.08.01 - 6/15/09
  • [Feature] Added code to save configuration in user data directory on windows Vista and later.  Supports configdir.ini file for changing this directory and making program portable.
  • [BugFix] Wasn't properly saving image files on Windows Vista and later.

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.08.01 - June 15, 2009
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2009, 03:08 AM »
I need to convert Chinese words and phrases to transparent images for use in my VB6 program. Your program seems perfect with one exception, the image created is too big. I need the image to be just big enough to accomodate the characters in the phrase.
I see there was an earlier comment regarding cropping so I am wondering if and when this feature will be available.
Regards
Stephen

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.08.01 - June 15, 2009
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2009, 03:09 AM »
just resize the dialog -- the saved picture is exactly as big as you make it.

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.08.01 - June 15, 2009
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2009, 03:20 AM »
I can't believe the speed of your response - it says it is 02:09am. I'm in the UK and it is 09:20!
I must be missing something - I presume the dialog is the large white box where I have copied the chinese phrase. The sliders at left and bottom move the phrase in the dialog but the the size of the dialog doesn't change.
How do I resize it?
Stephen

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.08.01 - June 15, 2009
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2009, 03:37 AM »
just grab the lower right corner of the entire window with the mouse and click and drag.
(the cursor should change to a diagonal two headed arrow when you move near the bottom right corner to show that the window can be resized by dragging).

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Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.08.01 - June 15, 2009
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2009, 10:06 AM »
Thanks for the command line interface.  I'm using this to create LightScribe labels from a batch script.  Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to save the font size. I need this to make the text fit on a DVD label.  Specifically, if I set the Arial font size to a non-default value (10), Save RVF Style File, exit the program, start the program, and then Load RVF Style File, the Arial font size remains the default (24).  As a result, the -stylefile command option does not serve my purpose.  Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance.