ProgramLaunch - What’s new

The list below details all changes made to ProgramLaunch since the initial Version 3.0 release. This includes new features, improvements and also which problems that have been addressed in each version.

Version 3.33, November 12th 2008
• Fixed broken drag'n'drop of programs and files to the launcher window
• Fixed execution of shell objects (My Computer, ect.)
Version 3.32, November 3rd 2008
• Unicode updates to support Chinese and similar languages
• Added Brazilian and Chinese (simplified and traditional) languages
• Added some missing translations
• Added commandline option for selecting an alternate setting file. Default is -ini=path_to_program\pl3.ini
• Added commandline option for selecting an alternate configuration file and icon cache location. Default is -cfg=path_to_program\pl3.xml
• Added commandline switch for suppressing the about splash. The switch is -nosplash
• Changed encoding of contents file (pl3.xml) to UTF-8
• Updated the Dutch translation
• Upgraded to Drag and Drop Component Suite 4.2
• Upgraded memory manager to FastMM 4.90
• Corrected execution of programs to support relative paths
• Fixed translation of shortcut selections in the preference dialog. They did not reflect language changes until ProgramLaunch was restarted
• Fixed small memory leak occurring when trying to load an image that does not exist
Version 3.31, July 7th 2008
• Added additional setting for the autohide hotspot, allowing the edges to be controlled in more detail
• Added preferences for controling menu shortcuts
• Updated German, Polish and Danish translations
• Fixed: Icon properties dialog clipped preview of large icon images rather than scalling them down to a viewable size
• Fixed: Autohide didn't keep the window visible while the mouse was hovering inside
• Fixed: Wrong tranlation in American and English languages
• Fixed: Changing autohide edge and corner size didn't go into effect until ProgramLaunch was restarted
• Fixed: Showing icon titles as hints wrongly displayed '&' signs in front of shortcut characters
• Fixed: Popup list shown when multiple programs share a shortcut did not always size correctly
Version 3.3, March 31st 2008
• Extended autohide mouse retrieval
• Added corners as hotspots
• Edge and corner size can be configured
• Selection of active hotspot areas
• Added configurable shortcut for toggling autohide
• Pressing shortcut will instantly hide or reveal the launcher
• If the launcher isn't hidden but not active the shortcut will work like the focus shortcut
• Added delayed show after autohide
• Extended mouse wheel support to allow icons to be scrolled
• Added options to control the mouse wheel scrolling
• Select group, icon or no scroll
• Choose a key that toggles scrolling between groups and icons
• Select whether scrolling wraps arround on groups and icons
• Added support for the Windows key
Note: Partial, does not work correctly with keys already taken by the OS (Win+E, Win+D, etc.)
• Added configuration of previous and next group shortcut keys
• Added shortcut for icon properties (Alt+Enter)
• Added shortcut for group properties (Shift+Enter)
• Added support for icon and group accelerator keys using &-letter
• Added optional automatic accelerator key assignment
• Added doubleclicking in the preference dialog modulelist for easier activating/deactivating of modules
• Extended icon stretch control allowing icons only to be stretched when too large
• Updated icon loader to support png and bmp format Windows Vista icons
• Added optional icon comment that can be shown in as a hint
• Changed range for hint position to 0-150% and set new default to 100%
• Changed memory manager to FastMM 4.78
• Fixed: Keyboard down key in module menus
• Fixed: The last shortcut defined in the launcher was ignored and did therefore not start the given application/document
• Fixed: Hints would not appear without fading hints being on
• Fixed: Icons added usign drag'n'drop to other groups than the selected shows up initially as unknown
• Fixed: Application hangs when the recycle bin is being deactivated
Version 3.2, April 9th 2006
• Added autohide feature to the launcher window
• Added batch support for launching several other programs with one command
• Added support for a vertical launcher mode
• Added new alignment commands centering window on left or right screen edge
• Added menu command for toggling the autohide
• Added default image used when icon loading fails
• Added some missing translations
• Extended default skin with additional vertial layouts
• Reorganized some of the settings
• Minor skin optimizations and fixes
• Fixed: Hint display when dragging a icon to an other group
• Fixed: Hint position when selecting item that scrolls list
• Fixed: Hides hints when moving window through the caption
• Fixed: Runs on older Windows versions with limited hint display
Version 3.11, January 26th 2006
• Added support for standalone Mac icon files (.icns)
• Added support for Mac iContainers (.icontainer)
• Optimized Mac icon reader
• Icon titles can now be hidden in the list and shown through hints instead
• Minor change of icon preview in icon properties dialog
• Minor changes in alignment of module icons to match program icons better
• Added option to control where hints are displayed
• Added additional error checks in modules to avoid posible hangups
• Fixed: Handling of relative paths in the icon properties dialog
• Fixed: Reordering icons launches selected program when "Single launches" is checked
• Fixed: Error when clicking and doubleclicking in the window ("Index of out bounds (-1)")
Version 3.1, December 23th 2005
• Implemented multithreaded updating of active modules
• Changed module engine so only visible modules are loaded into memory
• Changed calender module graphics, reducing size of resources required
• Added custom popup menus on some modules
• Added fading popup hints for all modules (Requires Windows 2000 or above)
• Added analog clock module with optional second hand
• Added recycle bin module with commands for open and empty
• Added more calender image packages in different colors
• Added fading of outer items in iconlist when scrolling is active
• Added shortcut key for focusing the launcher window
• Added on-the-fly save of configuration changes
• Icon editor dialog now starts filebrowser in program/icon folder with current program/icon selected
• Added shortcut in filebrowser allowing fast access to an icon folder
• Changed the iconlist scrollbar appearance slightly in the icon editor dialog
• Removed unused module parameters
• Fixed: Problems with view and preview toolbuttons in browser dialog
• Fixed: Switching between modules in preference dialog discard changes made on all but last module
• Fixed: Lock movevement and lock resizing settings were inverted and swapped
• Fixed: Missing translations in the icon editor dialog and on the module preference page
• Fixed: Screen snap menu command wasn't working
• Fixed: Hitting enter when no icon is selected results in an error
• Fixed: Clicking next to icons or trying to move window causes error when "Singleclick launches" is checked
Version 3.0, December 9th 2005
• Initial version
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