What's new in DOSShell 1.9
Mar 23, 2012
- DOSBox + DOSShell: tested for compatibility on both the Windows 8 Developer Preview and Consumer Preview.
- Recorded a video tutorial showing how to install and configure the DOSBox emulator and its frontend on Microsoft Windows 7.
- A new program option to keep the original aspect ratio when running in the full-screen mode. That is useful for wide screen monitors.
- Updated the screen shots to Windows 7-styled.
- Enhanced the setup program.
New in DOSShell 1.8 (Feb 11, 2011)
- New field for the application entry
- Changed the main font
- The Preferences window is renamed
- A few internal enhancements
New in DOSShell 1.7 (Jun 11, 2010)
- Added an option for hiding the DOSBox status window (console). This setting is disabled by default.
- Ensured compatibility with the latest DOSBox v0.74.
- Improved database saving when no changes were made.
- Added version information into the product installer.
- Added the confirmation before deleting an entry.
New in DOSShell 1.6 (Jan 19, 2010)
- Fixed the problem with an ellipsis character in some menu captions.
- Changed the main icon of application.
- Revised the readme documentation. Thanks a lot to William Yates!
- Redesigned the About and Add/Edit Entry dialog windows.
- Now the settings, database and temporary files are being stored in the user application data folder. It solves the problem of running installable version on NT Windows systems from a non-admin user account.
- Added an ability of auto-closing the DOSBox emulator at the end of program's execution.
- Added an option of running all applications in the fullscreen mode.
- Now you can specify command-line parameters for each entry in the application list.
- A few internal improvements.
New in DOSShell 1.5 (Nov 4, 2009)
- Enhanced compatibility with the latest Windows versions, Vista and Seven.
- Removed the Help button from the Add/Edit Entry window and from the Preferences dialog: there is no budget to build a complete help file in the nearest time.
- Improved bahaviour of the standart program messages.
- Status bar now shows the long version of hint message.
- Corrected a few typos in the various text labels.
- Added support for the latest DOSBox version 0.73. It doesn't store .conf in the installation dir anymore, so DOSShell learned detecting an actual path in the user directory.
- Added a feature of renaming the current group.
- Now you can delete a group with all its contents.