» Iconoid

What's New in This Release:
· Fixed bug where starting Iconoid twice would not detect 1st instance which caused errors in shutting the program down

version 3.8.0
Many internal changes and restructuring. Now more event driven using even fewer system resources (as if it was noticeable before).
Several User Interface changes

* Modified Color tab
o Added a slightly hidden link to start the desktop control panel applet when in Active Desktop mode. Cursor changes to a hand when hovered over the text that explains that active desktop is active. I may externalize this better later.
o Fixed message overlay on the Colors tab when both active desktop and cursor drop shadows are enabled.
* Cleaned up Tray tab
o Removed Scramble Icons option
o Reordered items to match tray popup
o Regrouped items in tray (save/restore, icon text options, icon hiding options)
* Cleaned up Desktop tab
o Added radio button to not have Iconoid change the desktop color
o Added radio button to use user selected color
o Removed checkbox for using color at startup since the new radio button does that
o Added a slightly hidden link to start the desktop control panel applet. Cursor changes to a hand when hovered over the groubbox title.
* Changed system tray context menu to have 3 distinct settings for hiding options
* Reordered Tray and Desktop context menus to match each other and to put most used options first.

Now more responsive to turning on or off Active Desktop and Cursor Drop Shadows
Fixed Several problems with hiding the taskbar.

* Taskbar hiding works independently of cursor hiding. It used to seem unpredictable. Now The taskbar is hidden with the icons.
* Taskbar hiding now works in Always Hide mode.
* Maybe fixed the fix of the fix of ... of the tray getting stuck below other windows. Maybe.

Miscellaneous bug fixes:

* Switching transparency from tray failed
* Sometimes wallpaper switching was not recognized
* When desktop crashed, Iconoid stopped functioning. Now it waits 3 seconds and hooks the new desktop
* Fixed phantom square box that shows up occasionally such as when Microsoft's task switcher power toy shows Iconoid's window

Removed some dead code and code that was there to theoretically fix the mysterious settings loss problem (I think Phil found that bug).
Removed the -wait option. That may need to be reinstated... we'll see.
Removed warning message about lost settings. Again, that may be wishful thinking.

version 3.7.2
x64 bit port, thanks to Phil at Highresolution Enterprises
Hopefully re-fixed the tray always-on-top (or not) problems
Minor performance fixes

* reduce registry accesses which check for drop shadow settings changes
* reduce registry accesses which check for background changes
* reduce system calls for OS version queries

New info on About Dialog
Some code restructuring to centralize taskbar handling
Dynamic updates of Colors tab if drop shadow setting changes
Moved some registry handling to dll
Preliminary multi-monitor support - again thanks to Phil

* I haven't tested this new function yet but the code changes are the same as what I played with a few months ago and there were some odd behaviours - still, it may suffice for now.

version 3.7.1
Force taskbar to be on top of all windows. This may override the Windows setting, but it fixes an annoying bug where the tray would not pop up when it is behind other maximized windows.

Removed bitmap reading routines and replaced with Windows builtin routines
Consolidated activities that read bitmap to only read it once per change
Reduced flashing (which was reintroduced by recent changes)
Changed memory usage for bitmap storage away from heap. Better for Win9X(?)
Minor fixes like foreground color not being saved, not deleting intermediate temp bitmap file and stuff like that.
Changed source so test environment is runtime option rather than a compile time option (now: open Iconoid and type 'test')

Major changes in how Iconoid deals with not finding the desktop. No more "couldn't hook desktop" message and if desktop can not be found, Iconoid will just keep waiting until it finds it. For example, if "Show Desktop" is active when Iconoid starts, Iconoid will not appear until Show Desktop is deactivated. Previously you would get a hooking error message.

Изменения:
- Fixed crash when using -save and -restore flags Added a few more changes in -test mode

Remove help from program and point to web so people get FAQs answered quickly
Changed compiler to Visual Studio Express 2010.
Remove Windows 98 compatibility because of compiler restriction.