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Wallpaper Changer
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Version History
4.7.54 - Installation Set Fix- March 7, 2010
Issued new installation set as the wrong version of a component was included
in the previous one. This meant that EXIF rotation broke.
4.7.50 - February 25, 2010
Filter by image dimensions added
Filter by orientation added (e.g. portrait only)
Ampersands in file names now display correctly
Window focus issues when using tray icon fixed
Main window is no longer hidden by default when minimised in Windows 7 so
it complies with interface standard. Option added to preferences so that this
behaviour can be forced.
Task bar icon handling now Windows 7 compliant
In File View AWC no longer displays a file not found image when
asked to display files that have been deleted from the disk but are still
in the file list
In File View corrected logic when deleting a file in multimonitor mode so
that the next file in the list in displayed rather than the first one.
You can now select Do not show me this message again option on
some informational messages. Select Reset Hidden Prompt Message from
View menu to turn them back on.
Updated to FreeImage version 3.1.31 so that recent modifications to EXIF
standard are supported
JPG decoding enhanced for greater clarity
You can cancel the filtering process by pressing <ESCAPE> key
Fixed bug where dragging a shared folder from a remote computer did not
add the folder to the list
When deleting a file in folder mode AWC now selects a random file to replace
it rather than always selecting the last file in the list
Now accepts a theme (.SET) file as a command line argument. This means you
can just drag and drop a theme onto your AWC shortcut or set up a simple file
association.
4.7.20 - December 06, 2009
Fixed bug in tiling algorithm on multi-monitor systems so that only the
image that needs to be tiled is tiled as opposed to all images as was happening
before
When a new version of AWC is available AWC will now now download the latest
version of its installation program directly instead of just opening the download
page. This should prevent confusion when people download what should be the
latest version from Download.com but the site hasn't caught up yet.
Trying to launch a second instance of AWC now simply opens the running instance
instead of generating an error message.
Restored old taskbar position handling and made it an option to resize so
that the image does not partly lie underneath
Worst fit mode now takes account of position setting
4.7.0 - November 07, 2009
Added a graphical picture frame option
Pictures containing Alpha channels or other transparency (PNG and GIF)
are now rendered properly
Image sizing and positioning now takes account of the task bar
Status bar shows file processing info during change process.
When restarting or otherwise doing a potentially long file search, the
status bar now shows progress so that the system doesn't look frozen
Removed comdlg32.ocx component because it caused problems on some systems
All file save and file open dialogs now use use native API calls and should
therefore reflect the style of the operating system better
In view by file mode I've added a file info box
If the setting to automatically check for new version at startup is on,
no error message is displayed if there is not currently a connection to the
internet
Added an input box to enable the user to manually enter a UNC path. Hold
<SHIFT> key when clicking Add button
Rotate desktop hotkey added <Ctrl>+<ALT>+<T>
Rewrote splash screen to be quicker and more compact
Rewrote date/time retrieval for files in the View by file list so it should
fill quicker
Added small program that is called by uninstall process to force AWC to
close before starting the uninstallation
Screen saver now works properly when password protected (override timer
still not working on Windows 7 64-bit though)
4.6.21 - August 12, 2009
Added view by file mode so users can select individual files and display
them in different sort orders
Background image can now be stretched to fill the screen as well as tiled
Tweaked some menus so single monitor systems don't need to access submenus
for delete and edit etc.
Fixed up-down button bug that had the buttons work the wrong way round on
some Vista systems
Added quick start guide for new users
Restyled main screen to make access to features more obvious and easy
4.5.35 - March 30, 2009
Save your current settings and image folders to a file as a Theme. This
lets you create image themes which can be quickly loaded later
You can now put a frame around the displayed image
Swap images around on multi-monitor displays (Edit/Rotate)
Tray icon text now shows full path info to displayed files with ellipsis
if too long to fit
New users are prompted for the image directory to use at start-up
Default settings set to what is most commonly required
4.4.39 - March 16, 2009
Alpha blended fade effects added
When no background image is used the wallpaper is displayed using desktop
background colour rather than black
Enforce maximum stretch when resizing small files
Added more options to position the filename on screen
Added opacity setting to filename display
Program icon code updated to support Vista large icons
Added hot key to open preferences screen - CTL+ALT+F2
Command line settings added to support latest functionality
New tab added to preferences as Image Processing tab had no more room
Screen Saver added.
4.3.45 - March 09, 2009
Bug fix - Expiry warning continued to pop-up after registration when restricted
rights user was using AWC. (My thanks to Daven for his expert analysis)
4.3.38 - March 03, 2009
Multiple monitor support added
All attached monitors display the wallpaper sized appropriately to the
individual monitor's resolution etc.
Option to display a different image on each monitor.
User can select an image to tile over the whole monitor background before
painting the wallpaper on top of it
Check and prompt message in registration process to ensure the user has
admin rights
Add directory dialogue made resizable
4.2.1 - February 21, 2009
Main window resizable
Save window position and size on exit.
More natural period specifying
Menu option to open AWC registration page in browser
Fixed bug in Registration window where some combinations of reg data string
lengths meant that the Register button was greyed out.
If /X command line switch was used then the preserve file list logic was
not enforced.
4.1.0 - February 14, 2009
Added minimum file size filter to preferences screen
Fixed error when invalid path or file in browse for external editor
4.0.1 - February 12, 2009
New version released as shareware
Multiple directory selection
Option to automatically start at logon
Fixed Autoredraw error for large and high res images
