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.