What's New in this Version?
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Version 5.1.7
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Fixes
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- Fixed a problem reading a certain type of gauge statement from a panel.cfg file. A gauge statement without a coordinate specification would produce an "Invalid procedure call or argument" error.
Version 5.1.5
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Addon Management
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- Changed the default option for overwriting files from "unconditionally" to "only if newer".
- Improved the panel configuration file missing gauge reporting.
- Uncompressed gauges defined by XML are now handled correctly.
- Leftover Scenery.dat and Filelist.dat files are now deleted during scenery removals.
Addon Installation Wizard
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- Scenario: You mark something 'Do Not Install' in an Addon File Box then press OK. You go back to a previous step and make a change that affects the file you had marked 'Do Not Install'. When you return to the first window you see that file is now marked 'Install' again. The correct setting is now retained.
- For steps with file problems, the first showing of that step window now presents those problems immediately. Before you had to press OK to see them.
- When a file is selected and its status or target folder changed, the related Addon File Box is refreshed and file problems are automatically re-evaluated.
- Made some minor cosmetic changes to some windows.
- When first reconfiguring an Addon File Box to present file problem information, the Zip Folder Entry column now appears along with Problem Details and Item Number. This should make it easier to troubleshoot file problems.
Fixes
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- Configuration file entries prefixed with a slash were not being handled correctly.
- Fixed a problem with aircraft bitmap textures defaulting to Not Selected when no panel.cfg was included.
- Fixed a few other minor (and very rare) problems.
Setup
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- Created a new installer. The new Addit! Pro distribution features better installation, a self-repair capability, cleaner removal and decreased package size.
Version 5.1.3
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Addon Installation Wizard
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- Added the ability to install multiple aircraft, panels, sounds, etc. in one phase. These situations are handled automatically:
- Several aircraft defined by one or more aircraft.cfg files.
- Any number of model/texture sets defined by one or more aircraft.cfg files.
- Several panels defined by one or more panel.cfg files.
- Several sounds defined by one or more sound.cfg files.
Multiple aircraft/panels/sounds are shown in their respective steps using a tabbed interface. They are no longer considered "duplicate file problems".
- Eliminated the Resolve Conflicts Window (with extreme prejudice) and overhauled the conflict resolution process. Duplicate filenames are no longer considered a problem unless all of them have the same target (installation) folder. Addon file problems are now handled in their respective steps as needed.
- You can now rename files globally.
- Simplified the installation options for a number of wizard steps.
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Aircraft Window
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- Added a tabbed interface to handle multiple aircraft.
- Added an "Other" tab for aircraft files that don't belong in any particular aircraft tab. Added an "All" tab that lists all aircraft files.
- Added new columns to the Addon File Box: Zip Folder Entry, Problem Details, Item Number, Date and Size.
- You can install individual aircraft in their own folders.
- You can assign pictures to individual aircraft.
- Textures belonging to an aircraft are now shown here to make it easier to identify what belongs to an aircraft.
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Panel Window
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- Added a tabbed interface to handle multiple panels.
- Added a "Gauges" tab to show only gauge files. Added an "Other" tab for panel files that don't belong in any particular panel tab. Added an "All" tab that lists all panel files.
- Added new columns to the Addon File Box: Zip Folder Entry, Problem Details, Item Number, Date and Size.
- You can install individual panels in their own folders.
- You can assign pictures to individual panels.
- Textures belonging to a panel are now shown here to make it easier to identify what belongs to a panel.
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Sound Window
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- Added a tabbed interface to handle multiple sounds.
- Added an "Other" tab for sound files that don't belong in any particular sound tab. Added an "All" tab that lists all sound files.
- Added new columns to the Addon File Box: Zip Folder Entry, Problem Details, Item Number, Date and Size.
- You can install individual sounds in their own folders.
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Other Window
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- New installation step! Addon files not covered in the other steps are shown here (e.g. adventures, briefings, videos, documentation, image files, etc.).
- Includes tabbed categories for "Documentation", "Other" files and "All" of them combined.
- Includes options to deal with addon file problems.
Addon Import Process
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- Aircraft are imported wholesale now meaning one aircraft.cfg equals one imported aircraft. Before, aircraft were imported by variant, which meant one aircraft.cfg might equate to several imported aircraft. So, for example, importing the stock Cessna 182S now produces one complete aircraft instead of one for the 182S, one for the first paint scheme, one for the second paint scheme, etc.
Browse/Select Folder Window
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- Eliminated the confirmation dialog when you use the window to create/select a new folder.
Customize Window
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- Added an option to show the "All" tab first in Addon Installation Wizard windows featuring tabbed displays.
- Added a new option called "Confirm Actions On Multiple Items". If checked, whenever you perform an action on more than one item you will be asked for confirmation before proceeding.
- Added options to always ignore thumbs.db files and pspbrwse.jbf files.
- Added an option called "Enable drive pull-down controls". These controls may appear on screens showing drives, folders and files (eg. Browse Folders dialog).
- Added an option called "Allow folder tree view controls to display all namespaces and drives". This allows folder tree view controls to display everything on your system (My Computer, My Documents, all drives, etc.). When unchecked, folder tree view controls are restricted to the current drive. The folder tree view controls appear on screens showing drives, folders and files (eg. Browse Folders dialog).
Edit/Select Panels and Sounds Windows
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- The mouse cursor now turns into a crosshair over configuration fields to indicate that clicking on these fields will open the corresponding files.
- When using the filter, if there are no items to display, the configuration fields and picture, though disabled, still show information from the previously valid selected item. This has been remedied.
Fixes
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- When you pressed Next or Previous on the Addon Installation Wizard or Addon Removal Wizard, the focus on the column of command buttons would become out of sync with the current step. They are now synchronized.
- Fixed a theoretical problem in the Work With Addons window where clicking on a file then selecting some action for that file might cause an error depending on the situation.
- Fixed a bug in the Select Files window where opening document files from the document list view might cause an error if the view mode was "favorites" or "recent".
- Fixed an overflow error in the Browse Folders and Select Files screens. This error would appear when the total file size of all files in a folder exceeded a certain value.
- Under Windows XP, for some reason all list view controls, when either horizontal or vertical scroll bars were shown, had double borders around the edge of the control. This is been fixed.
- Fixed a rare "subscript out of range" error that could occur during installation from a zip file.
- Fixed a problem reading the last section of an INI file. In an aircraft.cfg, for example, if the [fltsim.x] section was at the tail end of the file it was not read properly.
- Fixed a problem with invalid pictures causing hard errors and abnormal program termination.
- When a large number of items were selected in many list view controls, certain code was being executed over and over again needlessly hurting performance. This is no longer the case.
General
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- When an HTML document is opened from a zip file, Addit! Pro also extracts other HTML pages and images that are linked to or shown on that HTML document. Sometimes the main HTML document expects these additional files to exist in sub folders. Addit! Pro now extracts these dependent files into their proper locations so the first HTML file can be viewed as designed.
- Improved performance of internal zip processing.
- When displaying the description text from an aircraft.cfg file's Description section, symbols are now converted into proper formatting (tabs, new lines, etc.).
- During a long process, interactivity with the window is now prevented until the process completes.
- Improved gauge file installation. Gauges with sub folder requirements are now installed to the proper locations. Enhanced support for gauges inside cabinet archives (CAB files) and gauge collection files.
- Switched from accessing the zip library via an OCX control interface to a DLL API interface.
- Improved panel and sound dependency checking.
- Reduced mouse cursor fluttering (where the cursor quickly changes back and forth between the arrow and hourglass).
- In some cases, on screens showing drives/folders/files, the drive pull-down control might not display correctly. This happens only under certain versions of Windows. It makes the drive pull-down control very difficult to use. To address this issue, an option was added to toggle this control on or off. Another option was added to allow the expanded folder tree view control to show all namespaces and drives along with folders. In effect, this control can now be made to appear exactly like the left-side pane in Windows Explorer. See Customize above for more details.
- Updated the help text and all documentation.
- No more "always on top" for help text.
- The Program Information screen now shows your Windows version.
- Added support for "PALETTE=" statements within panel.cfg files.
