Tclock2 History
Begin Changes: 4 August 2003:
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(CLOCK/TRAY)
bugfix: tray painting should work correctly now (ME/2K/XP)
bugfix: clock should paint correctly when using Tclock2 while a visual style is running (XP)
bugfix: gradient clock fill now works in 95 & NT4 (95/NT4)
addition: transparency support added for clock/tray skins (all)
addition: added tons more clock/tooltip display formatting, source taken from TClockch (all)
addition: multiline clock tooltip is now possible, uses same formatting as clock (all)
addition: added formatting text file, listing all available options (all)
addition: clock text can now be rotated left or right, usefull with side positioned taskbar (all)
addition: horizontal position of clock text can now be adjusted (all)
(START BUTTON)
addition: transparency support added for start button bitmap & skins (all)
addition: start button can now use large icon (all)
(START MENU)
bugfix: rewrote the startmenu detection code, should work much better now (98/ME/2K/XP)
bugfix: startmenu banner painting should now work correctly (98/ME/2K/XP)
addition: transparency support added for startmenu banner skins (all)
addition: startmenu banner can now be hidden when startmenu is veiwed in large icon mode (98/ME/2K/XP)
addition: startmenu banner can now be visible when startmenu is veiwed in small icon mode (98/ME/2K/XP)
(TASKBAR)
addition: taskbar can now be made completely clear, ADVANCED OPTION - USE WITH CAUTION (XP)
(DESKTOP)
bugfix: fixed a few minor problems when using an alternate right click app (all)
addition: desktop icon text can now be hidden (all)
(MISC)
bugfix: fixed versioning errors some people were getting (all)
bugfix: included the manifest file so the properties dialog will use current visual style (XP)
addition: arranged and orginized the property dialog a little better (all)
addition: calendar can now be closed when it loses focus (all)
addition: Tclock2 menu can now be made compact (all)
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End Changes: 4 August 2003:
1 Feb 2003:
MAJOR BUGFIX: Fixed clock updating (95/98/ME)
bugfix:
small icons on desktop no longer chrashes explorer when the system
colors are changed, thanks to shinter for helping me find this one
(2K/XP)
bugfix: desktop icon text color now sets and saves itself correctly (all)
bugfix: desktop icon size will no longer revert back to 32x32 when settings are applied (all)
bugfix: desktop icon text is set back to correct color when Tclock2 is ended (all)
bugfix: right clicking on a desktop icon brings up the default menu when alt right click app is set (all)
addition: right clicking on a desktop icon can be optionally set to launch the alt right click app (all)
bugfix: color combos in the property dialog should now work correctly (all)
bugfix: task buttons are refreshed correctly when they are added, source provided by Marco (2K)
addition: task buttons can now have separators between them, source and idea provided by Marco (95/98/ME/NT4/2K)
addition: calender can now be opened with a mouse click action, requested by Sycore (all)
bugfix: calender no longer shows up in the taskbar (all)
change: property dialog now uses an 8 point font, requested by Steve Diabo (all)
bugfix: Tclock2 can now be set to not start up when windows starts (all)
bugfix: task switch icons only now works in winXP (XP)
bugfix: about tab in property dialog now shows the correct version number (all)
addition: added .lnk file extension to the alt desktop right click app open dialog (all)
addition: added .icl file extension to the start button icon open dialog (all)
bugfix: startmenu banner skinning should be fixed in win2K (2K)
addition: when using Tclock2 with XP styles, property dialog uses the styles (XP)
change: cleaned up property dialog a little bit (all)
20 Dec 2002:
bugfix: startmenu banner skinning now works in WinXP
bugfix: mouseover for flat and skinned start button is now faster
bugfix: transparency for WinXP startpanel now works
addition: taskbar can now be made flat (removes edge border)
bugfix: grippers are set back to the correct color when Tclock2 exits
addition: tray can now be skinned with edge scaling in WinME, Win2K & WinXP
addition: desktop is now hooked
bugfix: all flickering is gone for transparent desktop icon text background
addition: desktop icon text color can now be changed
bugfix: small desktop icons now work correctly in all Window versions
addition: an alternate program can be executed with the desktop right click ( ctrl + right click brings up the default menu)
addition: start button font can now be changed (size, bold & italic can be set also)
addition: start button font color can now be changed
bugfix: got rid of alot of timers, now uses more Windows API
bugfix: Tclock2 will now terminate trayserver.exe if objectbar isn't running
addition: the settings dialog has been enlarged
change: Tclock2 now has a new icon
20 July 2002:
bugfix: tasks are resized correctly when items are closed
bugfix: flat task switch works in WinXP
bugfix: start button changing works in WinXP
addition: two new styles of start button changing (skinned & custom color)
bugfix: fill tray works in WinXP
addition: clock can now be skinned with edge scaling in all Win versions
addition: rebar grippers can be hidden in all Win versions
addition: start menu banner can now use edge scaling to preserve the top and bottom edges
addition: start menu banner can now be stretched
addition: desktop icons can now use small icon view
addition: task switch can now just show the icons only (see alpha.txt for problems with this)
addition: Tclock2 can be refreshed without saving its settings
addition: Tclock2 has it's own built-in calender (no custom settings yet)
remove: deskcal.exe support is no longer in Tclock2
bugfix: can now set the tranparency of the startmenu from the settings dialog
bonus: the build sizes for the exe and dll are smaller (thanks to Visual Studio 6)
addition: the settings dialog has been completely redone, settings are organized better