Actual Window Rollup: What's New

Actual Window Rollup http://www.ActualTools.com/windowrollup/ What's new in the latest version [!] Important [+] New [-] Fixed error [*] Changes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 6.1 (03.06.2010) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The button to invoke the Context Help in the Options window has been added. [+] The ability to create specific window settings from the Windows Monitoring Log window is added. [*] Administrative tools (like Regedit, Event Viewer, etc.) are now extended in Vista/7. [*] Support of console windows under Windows 7 is improved. [*] Separate Configuration dialog opened for certain window settings now displays the name of settings being edited. [*] The multi-selection editing mode is significantly accelerated for large quantities of selected window settings. [-] Title buttons were drawn incorrectly in windows using right-to-left languages. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 6.0 (12.02.2010) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The console windows support is available on Windows 7. [!] Checking for updates online by contacting Actual Tools website and retrieving information about latest version available has been added. The check process can be launched either automatically with the defined period (daily, weekly, monthly) or manually by pressing the Check Now button (see the "Check for Updates" group in the General Options panel). [+] All executable files (including setups) are digitally signed. [+] The option to prevent running the library from the %Temp% folder has been added (see the "Run the library from the installation folder" option in the "Control Center Options" group). [+] The set of advanced window actions to invoke via mouse clicks on standard window parts (such as title bar, regular Minimize/Maximize/Close buttons, etc.) has been extended - the following combinations have been added: - minimize window by clicking the title bar (Win+RClick by default); - minimize window to tray by clicking the title bar (Ctrl+RClick by default); - minimize window to screen by clicking the title bar (Ctrl+MClick by default); - roll window up by clicking the title bar (Shift+RClick by default); - minimize window to tray by clicking the Minimize button (RClick by default); - minimize window to screen by clicking the Minimize button (MClick by default); - maximize window to desktop by clicking the Maximize button (RClick by default); - maximize window just horizontally by clicking the Maximize button (Shift+RClick by default); - maximize window just vertically by clicking the Maximize button (Ctrl+RClick by default). You can customize the default combinations in the Options window (select the new Triggers->Mouse item to display the Mouse Options page). [+] Preview thumbnails are now shown over rolled up windows. [+] New hotkey combinations to suspend/resume the Control Center (Ctrl+Alt+Num-/Ctrl+Alt+Num+ by default, respectively) have been added. Please note that they are disabled by default. [*] Tracking of window caption changes has been improved. [-] The problem with the not responding Control Center while logging off is fixed. [-] Intermittent crashes of Control Center after reboot are fixed. [-] The intermittent crashes of applications written in Visual Basic have been fixed. [-] Title buttons looked and placed incorrectly in non-standard screen DPIs (e.g. if the "Large fonts" option was enabled). [-] After minimizing and then restoring Photoshop CS4 there was a redundant set of title buttons. [-] The bug with the blurred title buttons in Windows Explorer windows under Vista Aero has been fixed. [-] Crash of some programs (e.g. WinZip 14 Professional) when using system menu commands has been fixed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 5.4 (09.07.2009) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] The bug is fixed: in full screen applications (like games) title buttons were though invisible but still active and responded to mouse clicks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 5.3 (31.03.2009) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The Description field is added for Exclusions. [*] The amount of consumed Windows graphics resources is decreased significantly (this prevents the resource exhaustion when too many windows stay open). [*] The option to make additional title buttons Office 2007-like is added. [*] Now Configuration windows remember their Maximized state between sessions. [-] The bug in Configuration user interface with non-disappearing horizontal scroll bar is fixed. [-] Now the additional title buttons and system window menu items work as expected in Windows Live Mail. [-] Now console windows are correctly extended in the zero user session on Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003. [-] The long unwanted pause, when closing console windows via Close title button, is removed. [-] The crash of Windows Vista Snipping Tool, when closing it, is fixed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 5.2 (14.10.2008) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Now the title buttons look fully native under Windows Vista Aero. [*] Now you can cancel the changes of Target Window edit fields made with the Window Finder by pressing the Escape key. [*] Now the window settings commands (like "Modify applied settings", "Create new specific settings", "Exclude this window") open the specially designed light-weight Configuration dialog containing the subject settings only. [*] The overall stability is improved when running on Windows x64. [-] The bug caused the Explorer crash when trying to delete files under Windows Vista/2008 x64 is fixed. [-] No more crashes of NoteZilla when closing its Preferences dialog. [-] Extra title buttons are again displayed correctly in the title bar of IncrediMail XE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 5.1 (15.05.2008) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Now you can edit multiple specific settings at once in the Configuration Module (use Ctrl+ to select several items). [*] Window menu is slightly improved: additional options of AltMin and Roll Up actions are grouped into a separate submenu. [-] Now extra title buttons don't appear in the fullscreen mode of Microsoft Word 2003/2007. [-] The compatibility with applications written in Visual Basic is improved (in particular, with WorkCentrics and NCSS 2007). [-] The bug is fixed: enabling the Command Prompt Windows Support when Tiny Personal Firewall is running led to system crash. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 5.0 (16.01.2008) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The support for command prompt (or console/CMD/DOS) windows in Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista is added. [!] The full support on native 64-bit applications running on any Windows x64 platform is added. [!] Now the Control Center automatically defines the order of specific settings considering their preference rank (this order affects the process of selecting a proper rule for a certain window). See the "Principles of Operation -> Preference Rank" article in program's Help for more information. [+] Now it's possible to use almost any key when specifying a hotkey combination. [+] Now you can provide a custom skin path relative to Actual Window Rollup's installation folder. [+] Now it's possible to double-click an item in the list of "Copy Settings from..." window to auto-select this item and close the window. [+] Now it's possible to sort the list of specific settings and the list of exclusions by clicking on their column headers. [*] Both Control Center's and Configuration Module's memory consumption is optimized. [*] In the Configuration window time units are changed from milliseconds to seconds so now it's possible to provide fractional values for time delays (e.g. 0.2 seconds, 1.7 seconds etc.). [*] Now the "Enable logging" option can be turned on/off via tray icon's menu and the log window is independent of the logging status so the log contents can be viewed any time. [*] The "Manage Window Settings" menu is renamed and slightly redesigned. [*] The overall stability of "Send Configuration" commands is improved. [-] The compatibility is improved with the following applications/windows: - Windows Vista Start Menu user picture (doesn't turns black if transparent) - Xfire 1.81 (now it correctly minimizes to tray) [-] The constant CPU utilization by the Configuration Module application is fixed. [-] Crashes of Sysinternals Process Explorer and Microsoft IntelliPoint when using the Window Finder are fixed. [-] The bug caused sometimes the "green-filled" desktop appearance in Vista Aero is fixed. [-] Now the title bar double-click is correctly handled in Office 2007 windows. [-] The custom skin drawing procedure is fixed: now it correctly handles the fully transparent background. [-] The bug is fixed: when "Rolled up if inactive" and "Smooth Rollup" options were enabled, dragging the rolled window led to "Roll Up" function's disability. [-] The bug is fixed: using the "Roll Up" hotkey along with "Smooth Rollup" option enabled led to window's hang-up. [-] The bug is fixed: "Unrolled while being mouse-hovered" option didn't work properly. [-] The bug of absense of title buttons in Remote Desktop Client is fixed: now extra buttons are correctly displayed when Remote Desktop Client is launched in full-screen mode and then switched to window mode. [-] Now Configuration window's status bar doesn't cut long hint strings. [-] The incompatibility of the "Send Configuration -> Send to the Tech Support" command and Microsoft Outlook is fixed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 4.5 (20.06.2007) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows Monitoring Log tool is added into the Control Center. It allows detecting newly appeared windows and check, which window rule has been applied in each particular case. Now you can easily solve any configuration ambiguities and detect properties of short-living windows (like tool tips, popup menus etc.). Be careful using this feature: turned on it may slow down your system! [+] The ability to hide the mouse pointer, while it is floating over the specific window, is added. [+] The ability to copy settings from a selected window rule to others is added. [+] The new hotkeys are added: - "Reapply settings" action (Win+F5 by default) - Configuration Module's launch (Win+C by default) - "Unhide" submenu that shows the list of currently minimized/hidden windows (Win+H by default) [+] Now the hotkey status is displayed in the "Hotkeys" panel of the "Options" window: when defining a new key combination, you can see, if the defined combination is already in use with another application or assigned to another action. [+] The ability to temporarily disable the automatic rolling up via Roll Up title button's context menu or Roll Up window menu's submenu is added. [+] Now the balloon tip is shown over the Control Center's tray icon at first start after the installation. [+] Translation to the Dutch language is added (thanks to Onno Verschoor). [*] The internal mechanism of hotkeys processing is significantly improved. [*] The options structure is redesigned: new "Triggers" and "Actions" grouping nodes are added. [*] The "Hide Configuration Module while using Window Finder" option has been moved from General to User Interface. [*] Title buttons appearance in Windows Vista is improved. [-] The "orphaned title buttons" bug in Windows Vista is fixed: sometimes title buttons used to get detached from their owner window and stuck on the desktop. [-] Compatibility conflicts are solved with: - Quattro Pro X3 menus - GrabIt internal windows - MS Office XP CTFMON.EXE service - X-NetStat application [-] Now the "Configure..." item of Control Center tray icon's context menu is displayed correctly in Windows Vista. [-] Title buttons now work properly in PowerPoint 2007. [-] Title buttons' behavior in Outlook 2007 is improved. [-] Sometimes windows used to freeze in the rolled state and needed to be resized manually instead of unrolling - now the Unroll function works always as expected. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 4.4 (16.04.2007) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The long-awaited feature of "smart saving" is added: now only relevant windows will re-apply their settings when the configuration has been saved. [+] The ability is added to adjust the font used by the Configuration Module (refer to the "User Interface" property sheet in the "Options" window). [+] The ability is added to turn on the smooth rolling up/unrolling of windows (refer to the "Roll Up Action" property sheet in the "Options" window). [+] The ability is added for the "Send Configuration to Tech Support" main menu command: if the automatic e-mail creation is failed then you can save the archive with the configuration files somewhere to send it manually later. [+] Translations to Brazilian Portuguese, Serbian (both Latin and Cyrillic) and Polish languages are added. [*] Run-time memory consumption is slightly reduced. [*] All property sheets for window rule settings are significantly redesigned; the new window rule features' Index panel is added. [*] Now the Configuration Module remembers its main toolbars' placement and column widths in most of list boxes. [*] Now title buttons are displayed correctly when using Vista Transformation Pack, XP Media Center Edition theme or some of StyleXP themes. [-] The bug with Microsoft Project 2002/2003 is fixed. [-] The bug with command shell extenders (like 4NT) is fixed. [-] The bug is fixed: the Windows Vista Firewall with Advanced Security's GUI was hung when the "New Rule..." button was pressed while running the Actual Tools program. [-] The bug is fixed: now title buttons work correctly in Excel 2007. [-] The bug with Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar's hang is fixed. [-] Conflicts with Microsoft Office 2007 tool tips and popup menus are fixed. [-] The bug with VMware Workstation 5.5 crash while opening the Snapshot Manager is fixed. [-] The visual glitch is fixed when using the Tabbed Browsing plugin of Windows Live! Toolbar. [-] The bug is fixed: Eudora was crashed immediately at startup if there any of extra Actual Tools buttons were added. [-] The bug of adding a new rule to the empty Specific Windows list is fixed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 4.3 (15.12.2006) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Since this release Actual Tools are fully compatible with Windows Vista. [!] Now the title buttons are displayed correctly in Windows Vista (both in Aero Basic and Aero 3D modes). [!] Now all the configuration files are stored in user's profile (in the folder like "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Actual Tools\Actual Window Manager"). [+] The new "Manage Window Settings" title button is added. [+] The support of extra title buttons in Microsoft Excel 2007 and Microsoft Word 2007 is added. [-] Now the title buttons are displayed correctly for the non-standard sizes. [-] The old known issue with the Lotus Notes client's crash at startup is fixed. [-] The known issue with the Internet Explorer 7 crash while saving the configuration is fixed. [*] Now the Internet Explorer windows are correctly processed in Windows Vista. [-] The issue with the Mozilla-based browsers' (like Firefox, Seamonkey etc.) undesired focus switch is partially fixed (the issue still presents in Win9x). [-] The issue of the malfunction of drag-n-drop in the Opera browser is fixed. [-] The visual glitch of Stardock's ObjectDock is fixed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 4.2 (10.10.2006) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The long-awaited feature is added: now the "Window caption" criterion correctly detects windows which quickly change their captions at startup (like Notepad, Internet Explorer, MS Word, MS Excel etc.). [*] The "Manage Window Rule" submenu is renamed to "Manage Window Settings". [+] The "Modify default settings" command is being included now into the "Manage Window Settings" submenu if the "All Windows" settings were applied. [+] The translations to German, French, Spanish and Ukrainian are added. [+] The support for the default Windows XP Media Center Edition visual theme is added (the proper title button skin was contributed by Riza Bërbatovci). [*] The skin naming system is changed: now when you select a theme for Windows XP the program will use the proper skin automatically if it's present in the "Skins" sub-folder. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 4.1 (01.08.2006) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Currently assigned hotkey's display is added in the title buttons' tooltips. [+] Currently assigned hotkey's display is added in the window options' names. [+] The translations to Japanese, Russian, Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional are added. [*] The work speed and overall stability were slightly improved. [-] The bug with the internal windows of MS Visual Studio 2003/2005 is fixed. [-] The minor visual glitch with the Excluded Windows list in the right pane is fixed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 4.0 (05.05.2006) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The Configuration Module's user interface is redesigned totally. [!] Settings file size is significantly reduced comparing to the previous versions. [!] Executable modules' size and run-time memory consumption are slightly reduced. [!] The Help contents is redesigned almost from scratch. [+] The Help system has become context-sensitive. [+] Added the ability to copy window rules. [+] Added the ability to customize an icon for a particular Specfic Window rule. [+] Added the ability to automatically create the e-mail message with the attached configuration file. [+] Window Selector tool form now has the "Refresh" button. [+] Window Selector's "Flash window" indication is improved: now it shows the window border even for a covered windows and also flashes window's taskbar button. [+] "Create/Modify window rule" window menu option was transformed into a submenu named "Manage Window Rule" which provides the following abilities for a particular window: - create a new/modify the existent Specific Window rule - create an Excluded Window rule - re-apply the window rule [+] If a window was processed with the particular Specific Window rule the "Modify window rule" window menu item now indicates this rule's name. [+] Added the ability to customize some user interface's options (like toolbars' buttons size). [*] Now every new Specific Window rule is created using the All Windows rule as a template. [+] Added the "Restore to Defaults" command which resets a particular Specific Window rule's options to All Windows rule's options. [*] The correct scaling of the user interface forms is implemented when using the non-standard screen DPIs. [+] Added the ability to combine automatically some window states: transparency - with stay-on-top, ghost rollup - with stay-on-top [+] Added the skin support for the title buttons to fit them into the different visual themes. [*] The recognition of window mouse-hovering is improved. [-] Fixed the bug with Windows Movie Maker: it had hung after stream capture was started. [-] Fixed the bug with Adobe Photoshop: the image window had lost the focus after selecting any tool in the Tools panel. [-] Fixed the bug with the Windows folders: if you close the rolled up folder window then it will be restored with the incorrect size. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 3.8 (23.09.2005) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Default Window Rule: the bug with "temporarily unroll the window while the mouse cursor moves over the window" effect was fixed. [*] Work with almost all integer-valued entry fields has been simplified. Now, one can start entering numbers from empty line and minus as a first symbol in window position fields is possible. [*] Options Dialog: the disappearance of hotkeys list when all flags are disabled and all "Hotkey" values are set to "None" is fixed. [-] Window Rule: "Window class" criterion's "Substring match" option has been removed. Now the criterion's test is always made as checking a join of "Window class" field's entered string into real window class name. [*] Window system menu: the problem with incomplete activation of Configuration Module when choosing command "Create/Modify Window Rule" was finally solved. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 3.7 (02.08.2005) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Fixed the bug that caused blinking of the title buttons. Support of visual themes in Windows XP for title buttons has also been improved. [+] Added supports of RAdmin remote access windows. [*] We have improved window class identification. Exact matching of the entered window class with the real window class is no longer required. [-] Fixed the bug that didn't allow the Configuration Module to restore correctly when accessed through the "Create/Modify Window Rule" command of the menu. [-] Fixed the bugs in the contextual menu in the Configuration Module tree. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 3.6 (06.04.2005) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] New way to create the custom options for specific windows. The new item "Create Window Rule" is included in the system window menu of all windows. With a right mouse click on the window title call a menu and follow the item "Create Window Rule" to create a rule for this window. The new rule will be created automatically and what is left is to specify the actions which you would like to apply to this window. [*] Custom window rules are added in for the browsers Mozilla Firefox and Opera. Moreover, some settings of already existing rules are modified. [*] The interface of the program is slightly changed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 3.5 (20.01.2005) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows Extension Engine is improved. [+] Added "Hide Configuration Window when using the Window Finder (gunsight) tool" option. [+] Added "Enable All Rules" and "Disable All Rules" commands. [+] Added context menu for Window Rules. [+] Supports of MFC windows (window class like Afx:X:X:X:X:X) [*] Memory usage and load speed optimization. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 3.0 (13.10.2004) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The button Roll up\Unroll is may be added to a window title bar. Now you can roll up or unroll window just pressing it. [+] New item Roll up Window is may be added to the system menu of a window. [+] Support of hotkeys. A keystroke Win+< roll up\unroll the active window. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 2.8 (31.08.2004) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added command line support. [+] Added a "silent" installation option. [+] Added Dutch language. [*] Some interface features changed and added. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 2.7 (28.07.2004) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added a new "Temporarily stop program" option to a context menu. [+] Now supports Mozilla FireFox and Netscape browser. [*] Some small bugs were fixed. [*] Some interface features changed and added. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 2.6 (26.05.2004) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added Danish and Russian languages. [+] Added a description field for Window Rule. [+] Added commands for moving windows' rules up and down, in order to make them easier to find. [*] Optimized memory usage and increased execution speed. [*] Some interface features changed and added. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 2.0 (12.05.2003) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Added "Default Window Rule." The Default Window Rule now lets you define and apply new options to ALL windows in your system. The ability to apply different options to individual windows still exists. [+] Added a "Program" choice for applying individual settings to selected windows. [+] Added a dialog for choosing a window among existing windows to apply individual settings. [*] Replaced rollup\unroll engine with newer, faster engine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Rollup 1.0 (20.01.2003) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Initial Release.

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