AutoPlay: Release History

Version

Release Date

What changed

v2.3.104

Tuesday, 4 September 2007

AutoPlay (v2.3.104):

• Updated the PNG support library to libpng 1.2.19 (August 18, 2007).

• No other functional changes made to this release.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility (v2.3.070):

• No functional changes made to this release.

AutoPlay Menu Utility (v4.0.064):

• Updated the PNG support library to libpng 1.2.19 (August 18, 2007).

• No other functional changes made to this release.

AutoPlay Chain Utility (v1.0.012):

• No functional changes made to this release.

v2.3.102

Saturday, 20 May 2006

AutoPlay (v2.3.102):

• Extended the LegalNoticeText to allow for longer text. This text can now be up to 16KB (about 16,250) characters long.

• Added a new LegalNoticeTextLen option to specify the amount of memory to be allocated for the LegalNoticeText.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility (v2.3.066):

• Added support for the extended LegalNoticeText and new LegalNoticeTextLen AUTORUN.INF entries.

• Fixed a bug that was causing some filenames to be corrupted, and preventing files from being copied with the correct name.

• Fixed a bug that the Next > button was disabled when clicking back (< Prev) from the final wizard screen.

AutoPlay Menu Utility (v4.0.062):

• no changes to this release.

AutoPlay Chain Utility (v1.0.012):

• no changes to this release.

v2.2.100

Tuesday, 3 January 2006

AutoPlay (v2.2.100):

• AutoPlay now expands environment variables (e.g. %WINDIR%) in the Document, Viewer, Splash, Title and Music specifications.

• The distribution file is now a Windows Installer (.MSI) file instead of a setup executable.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility (v2.2.066):

• Fixed an issue where it would ask if it should copy files even though they already exist (due to long/short name incompatibility).

AutoPlay Menu Utility (v4.0.062):

• no changes to this release.

AutoPlay Chain Utility (v1.0.012):

• no changes to this release.

v2.2.098

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

AutoPlay (v2.2.098):

• Took another stab at the occasional GPF caused when loading 32-bit PNG images.

• Updated the zlib library to zlib 1.2.3 (July 18, 2005).

• Cleaned up the help files.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility (v2.1.064):

• The filename has been changed to APConfig.exe. Previous releases were named APCFG.exe.

• Updated the zlib library to zlib 1.2.3 (July 18, 2005).

• Cleaned up the help files.

AutoPlay Menu Utility (v4.0.062):

• Took another stab at the occasional GPF caused when loading 32-bit PNG images (same code as in AutoPlay).

• Updated the zlib library to zlib 1.2.3 (July 18, 2005).

• Cleaned up the help files.

AutoPlay Chain Utility (v1.0.012):

• no changes to this release.

v2.2.096

Thursday, 16 December 2004

AutoPlay (v2.2.096):

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Splash window from being resized.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility (v2.1.062):

• no changes to this release.

AutoPlay Menu Utility (v4.0.060):

• no changes to this release.

AutoPlay Chain Utility (v1.0.010):

• no changes to this release.

v2.2.094

Monday, 13 December 2004

AutoPlay (v2.2.094):

• Updated the PNG library to libpng version 1.2.7 - September 12, 2004.

• AutoPlay now supports audio-video interleaved (AVI) files for the splash image, so that the splash image can now be animated!

• A new setting "SplashMode" where the value=0 (play once), 1 (repeat), or 2 (wait for finish) has been added to AUTORUN.INF

AutoPlay Configuration Utility (v2.1.062):

• Updated the PNG library to libpng version 1.2.7 - September 12, 2004.

• The "Create New" option was not working properly. This has been fixed.

• Added the Window Title option to the Splash Options so that the AutoPlay window title can be set from within the Configuration Utility.

• Added the Animation Mode options to the Splash Screen to select how AutoPlay should deal with animated AVI files (play once, repeat, or wait for finish).

AutoPlay Menu Utility (v4.0.060):

• Updated the PNG library to libpng version 1.2.7 - September 12, 2004. No new functionality added in this release.

AutoPlay Chain Utility (v1.0.010):

• No changes in this release.

v2.1.092

Wednesday, 5 May 2004

AutoPlay:

• Added the new options LegalNoticeCaption, LegalNoticeText, OffsetAngle and OffsetPercent.

• Added support for the \#nn sequence in the Copyright text.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility:

• Updated to support the new LegalNoticexxx and Offsetxxx options in AutoPlay.

• Added the ability to select .PNG files when browsing for the splash image.

• Added the Lookup button to query image files for their original size.

• Fixed a bug where the directory name would be prepended to the filename twice.

AutoPlay Menu Utility:

• No changes in this release.

AutoPlay Chain Utility:

• No changes in this release.

v2.0.088

Thursday, 17 July 2003

AutoPlay:

• Another attempt to fix the support for 256-color PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images.

• All AutoPlay Applications have been recompiled with Microsoft Visual C++ .NET version 7.1.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility:

• Some minor cosmetic changes to make the commands easier to understand.

• The context-sensitve help is now built with HTMLHelp instead of WinHelp.

AutoPlay Menu Utility:

• Fixed a potential page-fault when a menu item is double-clicked on Windows XP.

• Attempted to fix the support for 256-color PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images (same code as in AutoPlay).

AutoPlay Chain Utility:

• No changes in this release.

v2.0.086

Saturday, 17 May 2003

AutoPlay:

• The support for PNG (Portable Network Graphics) has proven to be somewhat challenging. I recommend using 24-bit color images if you are having problems.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility:

• The Use Alternate Splash Dialog option was not recognised properly in the previous release. This has been fixed.

• Professional license owners reported that the APCfg utility was not recognising their license keys properly. This too has been corrected in this new release.

AutoPlay Menu Utility:

• No changes in this release.

AutoPlay Chain Utility:

• No changes in this release.

v2.0.084

Friday, 07 March 2003

AutoPlay:

• AutoPlay now supports Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files in addition to JPEG, Bitmap and MetaFile images.

• Added support for the WindowMode option, so that you have control of the document or viewer application window (Normal, Maximized or Minimised).

• AutoPlay's Help is now delivered as a Compiled HTML (.CHM) file instead of the Windows Help (.HLP) file.

• Note: AutoPlay 2.0 recognizes only the new AutoPlay version 2 license keys. If you purchased an AutoPlay license before Friday, 7. March 2003, please contacting the authorContacting_the_Author to receive a version 2 license key. There is no charge if you update to AutoPlay version 2.0 before July 2003.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility:

• The AutoPlay Configuration Utility now supports the new AutoPlay options WindowMode, and the new AutoPlay version 2 license keys.

AutoPlay Menu Utility:

• Added a 3rd layout, where the logo field appears on top of the list of buttons. To use the new Layout, set the value Layout=2 in the APMenu.Ini file.

• APMenu now supports Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files in addition to JPEG and Bitmap images.

• APMenu now supports the new AutoPlay version 2 license keys.

AutoPlay Chain Utility:

• No changes in this release.

v1.7.080

Sunday, 26 January 2003

AutoPlay:

• The AutoPlay dialog is now Windows XP-theme enabled.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility:

• The AutoPlay Configuration Utility is now Windows XP-theme enabled.

AutoPlay Menu Utility:

• Added the new theme-enabled layout. This new window form is Windows XP theme-enabled, so it looks and feels like a Windows XP application.

• To support the new Layout, a new Layout=1 option has been added to the APMenu.Ini file. The classic layout is still available, when the Layout value is set to 0.

AutoPlay Chain Utility:

• Introducing the new APChain utility. APChain can be used to "chain together" a number of applications, so that they can be started one after another.

v1.7.078

Sunday, 17 March 2002

AutoPlay:

• Fixed a buffer overflow when the Copyright text contains more than 128 characters.

AutoPlay Menu Utility:

• Fixed the fix to the Copyright= string, so that it really works now.

• Revised the tab order on the dialog boxes, so that it's easier to work with the keyboard.

v1.7.076

Thursday, 14 March 2002

AutoPlay:

• Added the HideRegistration= option (registered versions only) to hide the AutoPlay copyright at the bottom of the splash screen.

• Added the ImageWidth= and ImageHeight= options (registered versions only), to allow the AutoPlay splash window size to be set dynamically. Both splash screens (original and alternate) can now be dynamically sized to fit your image file.

AutoPlay Menu Utility:

• Added support for the HideRegistration=, ImageHeight= and ImageWidth= options.

• The CDTitle setting is now also written to the AUTORUN.INF file. It seemed to be missing from previous releases. This is set to the same value as the Label value.

• Fixed a problem when the Copyright= value contained a carriage-return. This is now correctly converted to a "" sequence.

AutoPlay Menu Utility:

• Added the all new APMenu application to the AutoPlay distribution. Please consult the APMenu Help text for more information.

v1.6.070

Wednesday, 6 February 2002

AutoPlay:

• Fixed an error in the registration code routine. The Copyright= string was not being filtered properly before calculating the registration key.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility:

• Fixed a similar error in the registration code routine. Same symptoms, different bug.

v1.6.068

Friday, 28 December 2001

AutoPlay:

• Fixed a problem when loading sound files containing a space in their filename. AutoPlay should also correctly stop playing all sounds (regardless of format) after the specified time has elapsed.

AutoPlay Configuration Utility:

• Added a preview option to display the selected icon.

• Added a preview option to play the selected sound file.

• The Test AUTORUN.INF option should work correctly now. In some cases, it was trying to start from the wrong directory.

• The Browse function for sound files now recognises RMI and MIDI files.

v1.6.066

Wednesday, 26 December 2001

• Added support for JPEG images for the Splash graphic. Thanks to the Independent JPEG Group for their libjpeg code!

v1.5.064

Saturday, 22 December 2001

Added support for the new AutoPlay Configuration Utility:

• The HideSplash= setting is an alternative to Splash=(none)

• All text values in the [AutoPlay Data] section can now be encrypted with the AutoPlay Configuration Utility

v1.4.060

Sunday, 5 August 2001

• Added the PauseLen= setting, so that AutoPlay can pause before attempting to launch the document. This is valuable if the viewer also has a splash screen that may obsure the AutoPlay splash.

v1.4.060

Wednesday, 1 August 2001

• Added the TopMost= setting, so that you can control if AutoPlay is the top-most window or not.

• When the OEMName=XY Industries setting is used, the text "Registerd by XY Industries" now appears instead of the standard "AutoPlay version - (c) James Greene"

v1.4.058

Wednesday, 18 July 2001

• Added the new OEMName= setting for commercial registrations, so that commercial users can now use any Copyright= text without having to order an OEM custom-build.

v1.4.056

Monday, 2 April 2001

• In some cases, AutoPlay was leaving a process running. This was harmless, but annoying, and has been corrected.

v1.4.054

Saturday, 17 February 2001

• Added the TimeOption= option and support.

v1.4.052

Saturday, 10 February 2001

• Added the AlternateDialog format.

• Documented the DirFix setting that was added in build 047.

v1.4.050

Thursday, 11 January 2001

• Added support for the DefaultAction= item in AUTORUN.INF.

v1.4.046

Friday, 16 November 2000

• Fixed a problem when using a Viewer= setting with parameters, e.g. Viewer=mplayer.exe /play

v1.4.045

Sunday, 1 October 2000

• AutoPlay now supports .BMP and .DIB bitmap files (in addition to the various MetaFile formats) for the Splash graphic.

• Added a new Debug= option to display error messages when AutoPlay can't find the specified Splash graphic.

v1.3.040

Tuesday, 23 November 1999

• Corrected timeout when music is used, but the splash screen is hidden.

• Splash=(none) is now supported when no splash screen should be displayed.

v1.3.042

Monday, 13 March 2000

• AutoPlay wasn't working properly on Windows 98SE. Apparently, Microsoft changed the behaviour of the CreateEnhMetaFile() function, so AutoPlay failed to display the Splash window. This has been fixed.

• First release compiled with Microsoft Visual C++. Former released all created with Watcom C++.
  
  

v1.3.032

Thursday, 18 November 1999

• Added the SplashLen= setting for registered users.

v1.3.028

Friday, 12 November 1999

• Functionally identical to release 1.3.020.

• Updated the default "splash" logo with my new domain name (www.informatics-consulting.com).

v1.3.020

Tuesday, 12 October 1999

• Corrected the error message display when the selected document can't be opened.

• The VIEWER= value is now post-processed to correctly handle names containing spaces (but be sure to enclose the value in TWO sets of double-quotes!), and to allow applications with 'fixed' parameters to be called, e.g. "rundll32.exe amovie.ocx,RunDll /play /close"

v1.3.007

Monday, 23 August 1999

• Changed the default Document= and Viewer= to null. If both values are empty, AutoPlay just shows the 'splash' screen, plays the music (if defined), and exits after 5 (or MusicLen) seconds.

v1.22

Monday, 8 March 1999

• If the document couldn't be launched, only the windows error text was displayed. Now, there is a friendlier message "Cannot AutoPlay the document xxx.yyy", followed by the Windows error message.

• The Windows error messages have been moved out of the source code and put into the resource file.

• There is now an OEM option available – if you register a commercial license, we will provide you with an OEM version, with your Copyright message hard-coded into the program. In addition, the default splash picture will be removed (resulting in a 34Kb executable file size), or can be replaced with a customer-provided WMF, EMF or BMP file.

v1.21

Friday, 5 March 1999

• Initial release.