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  •  New features
  •  Changes
  •  Fixed bugs

Version 2.2 (09 November 2005)

  •  New slide show effects
  •  Improved stability
  •  High CPU usage problem is fixed
  •  Working with footer text problems are fixed
  •  Flash player installation not working is fixed
  •  Movie background not working is fixed
  •  SS containing one flash file Exit condition is fixed
  •  Control Panel/Display Properties/Screen Savers/Preview is working properly now
  •  Test and Make buttons are activated immediately after first project change
  •  Working with movies problems are fixed
  •  CMYK & CYY JPEG pictures are displayed ok now
  •  Footer font properties are correctly saved and used now

Version 2.2 BETA 2 (03 May 2004)

  •  Strange behavior of Exit condition is fixed
  •  Strikeout font style not working is fixed
  •  Add/Files of type/GIF Files shows .GIF files properly now
  •  System menu options fixed
  •  "Buy now" button not working is fixed
  •  Targa (TGA) files are properly opened now
  •  Sometimes "double size" of image didn't work
  •  Changed position of program icon to the first level of Start menu
  •  Movie background type setting as image background fixed
  •  Text messages across Flash animation leave trace - fixed
  •  Mute background music during movie playback is fixed
  •  Blocking during MIDI playback fixed
  •  Inaccessible application while opening Help file fixed

Version 2.2 BETA 1 (31 January 2004)

  •  Added hyperlinks support (URLs are underlined and launch browser window on mouse click)
  •  Added Flash 7 support (performs up to eight times faster than its predecessors)
  •  Added import/export of text messages
  •  Improved testing speed
  •  Pretty smaller size of generated screen savers
  •  Lower CPU usage of generated screen savers
  •  Added multi-monitor support
  •  Fixed Flash background color, size and "Duration of last frame" problems
  •  Fixed few text messages bugs
  •  Fixed MIDI playback bug
  •  Fixed bug when some JPEG images displayed as color negatives.
  •  Footer font properties are correctly saved and used now.

Version 2.1 (27 September 2003)

  •  Added footer (text, visible all the time, centered, at the bottom of the screen)
  •  Added "Exit condition" for choosing what type of activity stops screen saver execution
  •  Added "Show mouse cursor" option for displaying mouse cursor while screen saver running
  •  Improved installation process (uninstalling previous version, registry clean up)
  •  Added Windows XP look & feel
  •  It is possible to create empty text message by entering space character now
  •  Random background music muting bug fixed
  •  Added horizontal scroll when needed.
  •  Fixed error when calculating free space
  •  Fixed bug with the style of text effects
  •  Fixed bug with movie resizing
  •  Fixed bug causing GPF in Control Panel when using Flash generated screen saver
  •  Fixed bug with date and time text variables: $$HH$$MM is working now
  •  Fixed bug with relative paths

Version 2.01 (19 February 2003)

  •  Improved screen saver preview
  •  Added "Duration of last frame" slider for Flash animations
  •  Fixed bug with background music during movie playback
  •  Fixed several bugs with text messages and effects
  •  Improved visualization of screen saver with text messages only
  •  Fixed bug saving projects made with previous versions
  •  Improved playing of single Flash files

Version 2.0 (18 December 2002)

  •  Added Macromedia Flash (SWF) file support.
  •  Animated GIFs are supported now.
  •  New defaults for images and movie: original size, random position and shuffle turned on.
  •  Added multi-line text support.
  •  Added image double size attribute.
  •  Added date and time text variables (e.g. $HH:$MM:$SS).
  •  Synchronize text with objects bug fixed.
  •  Miscellaneous bug fixes.
  •  The process of generating test screen saver can now be stopped.
  •  Improved text effects duration control.
  •  Added slider for movies.
  •  Added Help file.
  •  Added random text effect.
  •  Added smart font properties handling for text.

Version 1.32 (29 July 2002)

  •  Added synchronize text with objects feature.
  •  Improved sound playback.
  •  Fixed bug when first image does not appear in second slide show.
  •  Fixed bug calling help file.
  •  Fixed random position bug.

Version 1.31 (05 July 2002)

  •  Roll effects have been improved.
  •  All text effects have random position as default.
  •  Fixed bug when adding movies using "Add Supported Files" button.
  •  Fixed bug when closing screen saver.
  •  Fixed bug causing test screen saver working but mute sound.
  •  Fixed bug causing GPF when using text effects.

Version 1.3 (20 June 2002)

  •  "Flying Chars" text effect added.
  •  Fixed several bugs causing freezing and GPF.
  •  "Add Supported Files" button added, so it is possible to add all supported files at once.
  •  Background image and gradient support added.
  •  Graphical menu added.
  •  "Typewriter" text effect added.
  •  Music slider now works properly.

Version 1.2 (01 May 2002)

  •  "Set as default screen saver" option added.
  •  Paths to multimedia files are now relative (instead of absolute) to saved project position.
  •  Added "Duration of slide show effects" control.
  •  Added fine control of image and movie resizing.
  •  "Tip of the Day" has been added.
  •  "Check for Updates" option has been added.
  •  Displaying sequence of elements has been improved.
  •  Removed registration information in configuration dialog of generated screen saver.
  •  "What's New" has been added.
  •  Scrolling effects have been improved.
  •  Added screen saver size information in "Make" dialog.
  •  "Technical Support" option added.
  •  Fixed Images/Add/File open bug with non-existing paths.
  •  Self-installing screen savers now have /I switch providing quiet installation as Windows default screen saver.
  •  Added notification dialog after installation of generated screen saver.

Version 1.1

  •  Fixed Rundll32 error when closing the screen saver.
  •  Renamed: "Slide Show Pause" -> "Pause between images"
  •  Renamed: "Sound Pause" -> "Pause between sounds"
  •  Sometimes test couldn't be done due to temporary directory problems.
  •  Fixed GPF on changing text effect previously set to "no effect".

Version 1.0 (6 January 2002)

  •  First release

  

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