Version 1.D

- New in 1.D2

   . Left mouse double click exits Full Screen mode (ending
     slideshow, if one is being executed)
   . Spacebar advances to next image, during a slideshow 
   . Confirmation is now requested before overwriting
	 existing files, when the file extension is generated
	 by LView Pro, in the File/Save As command
   . New Web and email contact information

- LView Pro 32-bit for Windows 95 now runs under Windows 3.1
  when Win32s extensions (version 1.30 or newer) are installed.
  The software also runs under Windows NT 3.51 or newer

- Added TWAIN support for both 16 and 32-bit TWAIN drivers. New
  menu commands File/Select source and File/Acquire allow for
  selection of a TWAIN driver and acquisition of images. If
  your TWAIN software is not prepared to work with 32-bit 
  applications, additional (TWAIN) software may be needed. Look
  for it at our ftp site, ftp.std.com, directory /ftp/vendors/
  mmedia/lview/twain

- New slideshow commands/options:
  . Interactive navigation to the next, previous, first and last
    images, using keyboard hotkeys or floating menu selections
  . Display of images in resized format (when needed to fit the
    screen dimensions) or using their original dimensions. Mouse
    controlled scrolling is available for large non-resized 
    images
  . Optional random order display (Shuffle)
  . Optional exhibition of the filename being displayed
  . File deletion command

- File/Multiple Open now "remembers" the last file selection made
  during one session with LView Pro (selections can be saved to
  text files across sessions).

- New command "Batch conversion" replaces "Batch compression":
  "Batch convesion" is available at File/Multiple Open (and as
  one drag&drop destination at File/Properties/Interface). It
  allows for the selection of groups of files to be batch
  converted to another image file format.

- Files in UUENCODED format are now read by LView Pro. They will
  be automatically decoded to their original format (UUDECODED), 
  and then read

Bug fixes:

  . Fixed problem printing under Windows 95

  . Menu command File/Save As would sometimes fail to change the
    file extension

  . JPEG file format decoding:
    Fixed peoblem that would make the software create temporary
    files even when the user selected not to allow for their
    creation (using File/Properties/Memory)

  . TARGA file format decoding:
    Fixed problem loading 8-bit grayscale files
    Fixed problem loading 16-bit/pixel color deep files

  . TIFF file format decoding:
    Fixed problem loading files with tags not known to LView Pro
    Fixed problem with files that remained opened after loading


Version 1.C

- First shareware version of LView Pro built as a native Windows 
  95 application. Being this a 32-bit version of LView Pro, 
  registration is required from all users who decide to keep it.
  This version also runs under Windows NT 3.51 with the NewShell

- Win95 "NewShell" look and feel, redesigned toolbar, property 
  sheet dialogs, etc

- Dialogs File/Open and File/Save As now use the Explorer: Copy,
  Move, Rename or Delete files during selection (Win95 only)

- File/Multiple Open's image preview feature is now also available 
  in the dialogs File/Open and File/Save As (Win95 only)

- Improved support for long filenames, including spaces on the
  directory (folder) name

- Long filenames are now supported in the dialog File/Multiple
  Open and for contact sheet building

- Options menu has been replaced with Property Sheet dialog
  (File/Properties)

- Automatic registration with the Explorer for all supported
  file extensions. File extensions are configurable: the user may
  add new extensions or remove existing ones (File/Properties/
  Install)

- Optional creation and deletion of LView Pro group on the 
  taskbar (File/Properties/Install)

- ToolBar may now be closed (File/Properties/Interface)

- Optional "Error free" slideshow operation: corrupt files are
  decompressed without error/warning messages

- Support for reading and writing progressive JPEG files

- Saving transparent color information to GIF89a files is now
  optional (File/Properties/GIF)

Bug fixes:

  . Some problems related with TIFF files are solved in this
    32-bit version of LView Pro


Version 1.B

- New dialog command: File/Multiple Open has a new button
  "Delete" to delete files in the selection list from the
  disk

- New dialog command: Options/Background Color (when editing
  a palette based image) and Retouch/Palette Entry now allow
  the user to exit the dialog and select a palette entry by
  clicking on one of the pixels (Dropper button)

- Options/Full Screen now allows the user to switch to other
  applications (with ALT-TAB) without exiting full screen mode.

- New dialog option: Options/Interface can now configure Full
  Screen display to be performed in a "topmost" window.

- Improved command line parameters: Files with '.txt' extension,
  containing a list of filenames (one per line), may now be passed
  on the command line. For example, executing LView Pro with the
  command line:

	  a.jpg list.txt b.jpg

  will make the software read the file 'a.jpg', then all files
  specified in 'list.txt', then file 'b.jpg'

- Easier registration procedures:
  1. credit cards (VISA or MasterCard) are now accepted
  2. registration forms using credit card payment may be sent
	  via email to mmedia@world.std.com or by fax to (USA,
	  Florida) 305-458-9698
  3. LView Pro may be registered at CompuServe's Shareware
	  Registration Database (GO SWREG), Id#: 4702

Bug fixes:

  . Edit/Capture now works under Windows NT and other 32-bit
	 Windows versions. Previous versions of LView Pro would fail to
	 capture client areas and windows. Edit/Capture/Desktop Area
	 is no longer supported. Window and Client Area capturing
	 does not require the user to select a target window, instead,
	 they use the previous active window as target. 16-bit versions
	 of LView Pro do not support capturing of client areas or
	 windows, under Windows NT and other 32-bit versions of
	 Windows.

  . Fixed bug on Edit/Capture that sometimes caused problems
	 when capturing 16 color mode

  . Long filenames containing embedded spaces (in either
	 their path or file name) are now accepted, in the
	 32-bit version of LView Pro

  . Previous versions of LView Pro had problems starting up
	 under beta versions of Windows 95, depending on the font
	 size selected for the window caption text

Version 1.A

- New menu command: Options/Save GIFs interlaced enables
  saving both GIF87a and GIF89a files in interlaced format

- Long filenames are now supported in the 32-bit version of
  LView Pro

- The ToolBar button position on the window caption now
  adjusts itself not to cover system buttons, when running under
  versions of Windows newer than 3.1

Bug fixes:

  . When Options/Interface/"Show thumbnails on icon" was
    not checked, LView Pro would take keyboard focus during
	 file I/O operations

Version 1.9

- The location and name for CTL3DV2.DLL (or CTL3D32.DLL for
  32-bit versions of LView Pro) is now configurable in the 
  [Options] section of the LVIEWP.INI file. See the new help
  topic "Installation and Troubleshooting"

- Loading and exiting the software is faster

- When minimized, LView Pro will optionally exhibit a thumbnail 
  of the current image instead of its icon. Use Options/Interface
  to enable/disable this feature by checking/unchecking the
  "Show thumbnails on icon" option

- Some requirements imposed for recognizing valid PCX files were
  relaxed 

- Bug fixes

  . Certain PCX files were not being correctly decoded, even when 
    recognized as valid PCX files

  . When saving an image in JPEG format, LView Pro would not
    catch an insufficient disk space error

Version 1.8

- New image file formats:

  . Aldus' Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) 6.0

      reads 1, 4, 8 and 24-bit/pixel images, in strip or
      tile format, uncompressed or compressed with LZW,
      PackBits, Next compression or Thunderscan

      writes 1, 4, 8 and 24-bit/pixel images, always in
      strip format, either uncompressed or with LZW
      compression

  . ZSoft's PCX: 

      reads all versions, 1, 4, 8 and 24-bits per pixel
      writes PCX version 3.0

  . Jef Poskanzer's PBMPLUS:

      reads PBM, PGM and PPM formats, in ascii or RAWBITS
      writes PPM RAWBITS format

- Changed "3D" painting style for dialogs windows and 
  controls

- Option "All Files (*.*)" added to File/Open dialog

- Bug fixes

  . File/Multiple Open would not enable the "OK" button
    after loading a list of files from a text file

  . Depending on the font size, the Options/Quantizing 
    and Retouch/Color Depth dialogs would not allow a
    custom number of colors with more than two digits 
    to be entered

  . File/Open would exhibit a error message under some
    conditions "(Undocumented error 3002")

  . Edit/Rotate when applied to detached selection areas
    would sometimes fail to update pieces of the image 
    underneath the area

Version 1.7

- New help topics: "Performance Comparisons" and
  "Win32s, What is it?"

- The Palette Entry dialog (Options/Background color,
  Retouch/Palette entry) now exhibits the index of the
  currently selected palette entry, as well as the RGB
  component values for that entry

- The Palette Entry dialog (Options/Background color,
  Retouch/Palette entry) may optionally mask out pixels
  that don't match the current selection. These pixels
  may be painted in black or white

- LView Pro now saves GIF files in both GIF87a and GIF89a 
  formats

- When saving/loading GIF files LView Pro saves/loads their
  associated background colors (selected with Options/
  Background Color)

- When saving GIF files in GIF89a format, the current
  background color is also saved as the transparent color

- LView Pro's File/Open, File/Save as and File/Multiple open
  dialogs now "remember" the last file extension chosen

- Bug fixes

  . A small subset of TRUE color BMP files were not being 
    read correctly

  . Attempting to read some types of TARGA files would cause 
    a GPF

Version 1.6

- Windows 3.1 can now run multiple instances of LView Pro.
  Version 1.5 limited execution to a single instance of the 
  software

- Bug fixes

  . Fixed a display problem that caused GPFs when using certain 
    graphics cards/drivers

Version 1.5

- New features/commands added to the File/Multiple Open dialog

  . Color preview of files in both listboxes:

    . Optionally, previews JPEG files in grayscale, for added speed

    . Previewing can be turned on/off

  . Double clicking on a file at the left list box will add it
	 to the list box on the right

  . Double clicking on a file at the right list box will
    remove it from that box

- Retouch/Image Filters is now also available for Palette
  based images

- New dialog Options/Macro retouch (or CONTROL+'M')

  . Allows the definition of "macro retouch operations",
    selection and optional execution of the current macro
    operation

  . Macro retouch operations may execute up to 8 individual
    retouch operations (from the Retouch menu) in sequence. The
    currently selected macro retouch operation may be executed
    from within the Options/Macro retouch dialog, or by using
    the CONTROL+'K' accelerator

  . Individual retouch operations in a macro retouch definition
    are parametrized using integer values corresponding to those
    in the scrollbar(s) shown in their own dialogs. For instance,
    a Macro retouch may define the execution of the Retouch/Color
    balance operation, with parameters: 20, -10, 0, to increase
    Red by 20, decrease Green by 10 and keep Blue unchanged

  . Macro retouch operations are usefull when editing a sequence
    of images which share the same characteristics (all are too
    dark, or too bright, or need contrast enhancement, etc.).
    After editing the first image in the sequence, the user may
    set a Macro retouch operation to perform the same editing
    operations in the subsequent images, and execute that with
    a single keystroke

  . Undoing a Macro retouch operation will undo all operations
    performed by it

- Legends added to ToolBar buttons

  . Position the mouse pointer over an enabled ToolBar button
    for a short while, and a text legend will be displayed to
    explain the function of that button

  . New interface option at Options/Interface: "Show ToolBar
    legends", allows the user to enable/disable ToolBar legend
    automatic display. The default is enabled (checked)

- Edit/Resize now has scrollbars to allow for aspect ratio
  specification

- Bug fixes

  . Edit/Redimension would ignore the new height when a new width
    was specified (and vice-versa)

Version 1.4

- Overall improvement in performance for JPEG decompression

- Options/JPEG I/O dialog

  . Added "1-pass Quantizing" option
  . Added "Fast dithering" option

- Bug fixes

  . Printing would not be done in Landscape orientation

Version 1.3

- Bug fixes

  . Printing would sometimes fail to center/size images
  . A subset of GIF files were not being recognized
  . Edit/Redimension would reduce new dimensions by 1 pixel
  . Edit/Paste would not work for 16 color bitmaps
  . Scrolling presented problems in some display drivers
