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Author Topic: PopUp Wisdom - LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.09.01 - OCT 23, 2015  (Read 30372 times)

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v1.09.01 - October 23, 2015
  • [Feature] Added option to display quote at startup time.
  • [Feature] Portable zip now uses ConfigDir_Default.ini which is overridden by the presence of a ConfigDir.ini file, so users unpacking the contents won't overwrite any custom ConfigDir.ini  they may have.
  • [Feature] Now using a dual package (installer and portable zip), with portable zip preconfigured for portable use.
  • [Feature] Installer and executable are now signed.
  • [Feature] Option to check for updates at startup.
  • [Change] Quote box now hides on mouse-up not mouse-down.
  • [Feature] Popup quotes will not auto display (on timer) if there is a screensaver or other full screen application (game) running.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now auto-detect when a quote file has changed and automatically reload the new changes.
  • [Feature] New edit book menu item in popup window.
  • [Feature] Better display of info about each quote book in options (file size, etc.).
  • [Feature] Added icons in menus.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now create the default UserQuotes.txt file in the proper user configuration directory (instead of installation directory) on WinVista/7/8.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now scan for books in BOTH the installed "Books" directory and a create user configuration "Books" on machines where configuration directory is different from installation directory (WinVista/7/8).
  • [Feature] Start-after-installation option added for WinVista/7/8.
  • [Improvement] Miscellaneous improvements on options dialog.
  • [Improvement] Better installed program icon.
  • [Improvement] Avoids stealing focus (see options).
  • [Improvement] Now much easier to select and preview skin selection, or disable it.
  • [Feature] You can now set a custom sound file.
  • [Change] The use of a skinned appearance is now disabled by default.

v1.07.01 - October 23, 2009
  • [MinorFeature] Added timer to autohide quote after some period.
  • [MinorFeature] Added ability to set explicit monitor # for multimon systems.

v1.06.01 - March 11, 2009
  • [BugFix] Time was being wasted loading excessive quote info from disabled quote files.
  • [Feature] Added support for wikiquote screensaver data files and better parsing of quote files.
  • [BugFix] Program was crashing on badly formatted quote files.
  • [Feature] Added support for configdir.ini portable/custom config directory file configdir.ini (should also improve functioning on Vista).
  • [BugFix] TaskBar icon could be shown on repeated triggering of new quotes before minimizing.
  • [MinorFeature] New option to not steal focus when popping up.
  • [MinorFeature] Fortune files with %% separators were not being parsed properly.
  • [MinorFeature] Fortune files without a first-line PopupWisdom description special line were causing an access violation fault.



OLDER VERSIONS

v1.03.01 - July 19, 2008
  • [MinorFeature] Modified some default settings to make it more attractive.
  • [MinorFeature] The initial font was not showing up on first quote display.
  • [MinorFeature] Slightly improved look when skinning is disabled.
  • %% is now recognized as quote separate for fortune (cookie jar) files. see http://www.faqs.org/...cs/artu/ch05s02.html
  • newlines are now respected inside fortune file quotes, but are trimmed from start and end of them.
  • working memory is now minimized when the program is hiding in tray
  • Installer and Uninstaller will now shutdown the existing instance if it is running.
  • Added update checking support.

v1.01.02 - 10/02/06
  • Added copy-to-clipboard button
  • Added hotkey to generate random quote and paste into current app (with hotkey support)
  • Added bugfix for richedit bug reported by lanux [ https://www.donation...index.php?topic=4900 ]
  • Added ability to EXPORT book(quote) files in either \n embedded single lines or % separated newline containing entries

v1.00.07 - 9/27/05
  • Added UserQuotes.txt file
« Last Edit: January 04, 2016, 02:41 AM by mouser »

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Re: PopUp Wisdom - LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.01.02 - Oct 08, 2006
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2006, 08:08 AM »
the new hotkey for putting a random quote in clipboard is nice, and the new exporting could be useful if you use other software that needs quotes in a certain format.

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updated.

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Latest version uploaded:

v1.06.01 - March 11, 2009
  • [BugFix] Time was being wasted loading excessive quote info from disabled quote files.
  • [Feature] Added support for wikiquote screensaver data files and better parsing of quote files.
  • [BugFix] Program was crashing on badly formatted quote files.
  • [Feature] Added support for configdir.ini portable/custom config directory file configdir.ini (should also improve functioning on Vista).
  • [BugFix] TaskBar icon could be shown on repeated triggering of new quotes before minimizing.
  • [MinorFeature] New option to not steal focus when popping up.
  • [MinorFeature] Fortune files with %% separators were not being parsed properly.
  • [MinorFeature] Fortune files without a first-line PopupWisdom description special line were causing an access violation fault.

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Re: PopUp Wisdom - LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.07.01 - OCT 23, 2009
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2009, 04:01 PM »
minor update:
v1.07.01 - October 23, 2009
  • [MinorFeature] Added timer to autohide quote after some period.
  • [MinorFeature] Added ability to set explicit monitor # for multimon systems.

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Re: PopUp Wisdom - LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.09.01 - OCT 23, 2015
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2016, 02:38 AM »
v1.09.01 - October 23, 2015
  • [Feature] Added option to display quote at startup time.
  • [Feature] Portable zip now uses ConfigDir_Default.ini which is overridden by the presence of a ConfigDir.ini file, so users unpacking the contents won't overwrite any custom ConfigDir.ini  they may have.
  • [Feature] Now using a dual package (installer and portable zip), with portable zip preconfigured for portable use.
  • [Feature] Installer and executable are now signed.
  • [Feature] Option to check for updates at startup.
  • [Change] Quote box now hides on mouse-up not mouse-down.
  • [Feature] Popup quotes will not auto display (on timer) if there is a screensaver or other full screen application (game) running.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now auto-detect when a quote file has changed and automatically reload the new changes.
  • [Feature] New edit book menu item in popup window.
  • [Feature] Better display of info about each quote book in options (file size, etc.).
  • [Feature] Added icons in menus.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now create the default UserQuotes.txt file in the proper user configuration directory (instead of installation directory) on WinVista/7/8.
  • [Feature] PopUp Wisdom will now scan for books in BOTH the installed "Books" directory and a create user configuration "Books" on machines where configuration directory is different from installation directory (WinVista/7/8).
  • [Feature] Start-after-installation option added for WinVista/7/8.
  • [Improvement] Miscellaneous improvements on options dialog.
  • [Improvement] Better installed program icon.
  • [Improvement] Avoids stealing focus (see options).
  • [Improvement] Now much easier to select and preview skin selection, or disable it.
  • [Feature] You can now set a custom sound file.
  • [Change] The use of a skinned appearance is now disabled by default.