PicViewer revision history

2.7:

Added:

• Plug-ins: PicViewer can be extended by external viewers. The following viewers are available for download from our website: HTML Viewer shows .html, .htm and .txt files. MultiMedia Viewer uses MS Windows Media Player and plays different audio and video files inside PicViewer's view panel: .mp3, .m3u, .avi, .wav, .asf, .asx, .wm, .wma, .wax, .wmv, .wvx, .mpeg, .mpg, mpe, m1v, .mp2, .mpv2, .mp2v, .mpa, .mid, .midi, .rmi, .ivf, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .au, .snd, .mov, .qt.
• Now the program displays the thumbnails which are supported by the latest versions of Windows and Internet Explorer. For example PicViewer will display thumbnails for .html, .doc, .xls, .ppt files.
• The small file type icon is now displayed in the status bar.
• An option to show the small file type icons over the thumbnails.
• An ability to rename a group of selected files according to a numbered series (File/Rename Group...).

Fixed:

• Some transparent GIF files were shown incorrectly. Now the program displays them as Internet Explorer.

v2.63

Added/Improved:

• A thumbnail printing feature in addition to the Print dialog. Just select several thumbnails in the file list panel and choose the File/Print Thumbnails... menu item.
• More convenient edit lines in the Print dialog.

Fixed:

• PicViewer didn't scroll animated GIFs.
• "External exception ..." when you reduced the view panel to very small sizes for some images.
• The program printed the headers and footers with current time as 00:00.

v2.62

Added:

• Now the program supports PCD, FlashPix(FPX), PBM/PGM/PPM and SunRaster files. It requires installation an additional module from our web site (see the Download section).

Fixed:

• In some cases drag&drop operations with the folder tree caused " access violation" errors.

v2.61

Added:

• The Suffix edit line to the Convert dialog for converting multiple files.

Fixed:

• Under Windows 2000 the file list showed folders even if the "Show folders in File Browser" was disabled.
• The Properties toolbar button and menu item didn't work under Windows 2000.
• Click on the toolbar Delete button caused an "access violation" error if none of the files was selected.
• Some other minor fixes.

v2.6

Improved:

• In the Fullscreen mode you can select the previous/next item in the current folder by Arrow Up/Arrow Down or the mouse wheel (like in the SlideShow mode).
• SlideShows and SlideShow Editor. Added Description and Rotation features.
• Ctrl+< and Ctrl+> shortcuts for Rotate Left/Rotate Right.
• The Create Folder item in the Manage toolbar menu now calls the Create Folder dialog instead of creating a "New Folder" folder in the current path.

Added:

• Ability to set the Sort Arrow for the file list in the Details mode.

Fixed

• Conversion of big images into black&white image formats.
• The program didn't show GIF thumbnails in 32-bit color video modes.
• Some issues in the tree view behavior when viewing network folders on NT computers.

v2.51

  Improved:

• Thumbnails caching. Now PicViewer places thumbnails in its cache as JPEGs.
• Now the mouse wheel scrolls the control (the folder tree or file list) under the mouse cursor.
• Dithering for HiColor video modes.

  Fixed:

• PicViewer ran external programs with long file names (like "c:\program files\images\1.jpg") without quotes.
• Some other minor fixes.

v2.5

  Added/Improved:

• Reading of some image files (JPEG/CMYK, TIFF, ...).
• Reading of big-sized images.
• New image converter.
• New Edit menu with Rotate and Mirror functions.

  Fixed:

• In some cases the program caused an error when you renamed files.

v2.3

  Added:

• Help file.
• PSD files support.
• Some minor changes.

  Fixed:

• The program printed an empty page for some images (the problem is connected with some 16-bit(HiColor) video drivers).

v2.2

Added:

• Mouse wheel support for the folder tree and the file list.
• Reverse order item to the file list Arrange menu.
• Now can play associated sound files during a slide show.
• Some changes in the SlideShow editor.
• An ability to reverse Hand Cursor action.

Fixed:

• Sometimes thumbnails were displayed incorrectly if the file list contained too much images.

v2.11

Added:

• View Panel Position menu allows you to select one of two available
  program main screen configurations.

v2.1

Added:

• Now the program has a thumbnail caching option. Generated thumbnails are stored by PicViewer and are used next time. It can give great increasing of performance (especially for large images).
• New command-line parameters for printing.

Fixed:

• Several bugs in the thumbnail reader engine.

v2.02

Fixed:

• PicViewer printed the Header and Footer parameters text even if the checkboxes in the Print dialog were disabled.

 Added:

•  A new command-line flag /p:"file_name_path" for printing.

v2.01

• Minor changes in the thumbnail reader engine. PicViewer automatically updates a thumbnail of the file that was changed from another program.
• Improved reading of some TIFF and GIF images.
• Now the program saves vertical sizes of the folder tree and the view panel.