Wallpaper Manager Changelog

What's new in Wallpaper Manager 2.0 Revision 3

Jun 22, 2011
  • Fixed a bug causing overlay texts to display wrong wallpaper names in some cases (related Bug-Tracker-ID: 3101135).
  • Fixed a bug causing an unhandled exception when the screen settings changed multiple times in a row.

New in Wallpaper Manager 2.0 Revision 2 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Fixed several critical autocycling bugs
  • Fixed a bug causing an unhandled exception when a update server was unreachable.
  • Fixed a bug causing to show error dialogs on update checking during application startup.

New in Wallpaper Manager 2.0 Revision 1 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Added the link to Wallpaper Manager's source forge page to the about window.
  • Fixed a bug causing renaming of wallpapers in Synchronized Folders not taking effect in the wallpaper list.
  • Fixed a bug causing the Drag & Drop feature work incorrectly with Synchronized Folders.
  • Fixed a few bugs related to the Main Window's overlay icon.
  • Fixed several small bugs.

New in Wallpaper Manager 2.0 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • This project is now open source.
  • Improved the auto update function to support multiple update servers now.
  • Ported to .NET Framework 4.0.
  • Updated the skin of the Main- and About Window.
  • Lots of internal code cleanup.
  • Fixed a bug causing the auto update to be canceled when the system had been rebooted due the bootstrapper installation.
  • Fixed a bug causing assigned single click actions of the tray icon to execute even on right clicks.
  • Fixed a bug causing the "Show Wallpaper Manager" menu of the tray icon to execute the double click action instead of showing the main window for some system configurations.
  • Fixed a bug causing the single and double click action to be executed when performing a double click on the tray icon for some system configurations.
  • Fixed a bug causing a read error on rational font size values of Wallpaper Overlay Texts.
  • Fixed several small bugs.

New in Wallpaper Manager 1.9.0.0 Revision 1 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug causing to detect Windows XP / 2003 Server systems as Windows 7 systems which could cause lots of errors in some cases.
  • Fixed some bugs related to Windows XP / 2003 Server and the autoupdater.

New in Wallpaper Manager 1.9.0.0 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Added auto-update functionality.
  • Small design and code changes not worth mentioning.
  • Fixed a bug causing to apply wrong wallpapers on some vertical screen layouts.
  • Fixed a bug causing configuration read errors when the screen count of the system changed.
  • Fixed a bug causing to not to show the right Horizontal Offset in the Wallpaper Configuration Dialog sometimes.
  • Fixed a bug causing to not add wallpapers in a Synchronized Folder dependend on the file's extension in some cases.

New in Wallpaper Manager 1.8.0.0 Revision 1 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Fixed two bugs related to Static Wallpapers.
  • Fixed a bug causing too not apply Overlay Texts Settings in some cases.

New in Wallpaper Manager 1.8.0.0 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Added the ability to perform a cycle after the display settings (like the resolution) have changed.
  • Some Tray-Icon and wallpaper related click actions can now be configured.
  • Wallpapers can now have effects like flipping or mirroring.
  • Advanced placement support for wallpapers by offset and scaling.
  • Margin settings may now be configured for any monitor.
  • Added Overlay-Texts which are generally drawn over the wallpaper of a specific monitor to display useful information.
  • Wallpapers may now be applied on specific monitors only.
  • A monitor may now always display a static wallpaper.
  • Added time of day Cycle Condition to wallpapers, usefull to let specific wallpapers only cycle at specific daytimes.
  • The background-color of a wallpaper may now be changed.
  • Each Wallpaper Category / Synchronized Folder may now define "Wallpaper Default Settings" which are applied to any new wallpaper added to that category.
  • Added Dragable-Text-Boxes for a much better mouse/keyboard handling.
  • Added Windows 7 support like overlay icons and support to keep Wallpaper Manager always in the Windows Task Bar.
  • Random Cycle Interval minimum value lowered to 10 seconds from 30 seconds.
  • Increased the quality of which wallpapers are generally drawn.
  • Tool Tips have been overworked completely.
  • Enlarged and updated the Configuration Dialog design.
  • General small design updgrades.
  • Some internal code performance/security updates.
  • Some other slight changes.
  • Fixed a bug causing a scrolling problem in the wallpaper list when switching between Wallpaper Categories.
  • Fixed a bug causing to highlight not all wallpapers applied in "Change One Monitor" Change Mode.
  • Fixed a bug causing an unhandled Exception when clicking the Tray-Icon with only the Configuration Window or another Dialog shown.

New in Wallpaper Manager 1.3.0.0 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Wallpapers may now be added to Synchronized Folders (Wallpaper Manager will then copy the image into the folder).
  • Renamed Watched Folder to Synchronized Folder.
  • Fixed a bug which caused to display singlescreen images wrong in some cases.
  • Temporary removed the XML schema due possible wrong validation errors.

New in Wallpaper Manager 1.2.0.0 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Added "Escape" hotkey to close the Main Window.
  • Wallpaper Manager can now watch a given folder and add/remove wallpapers automatically.
  • Wallpapers can now also be removed directly from hard disk.
  • "... and close application" can now not be set if "Cycle after startup" isn't.
  • Cycling is now handled by another thread.
  • Embedded the Graphical User Interface within the main application assembly.
  • Improved Auto Termination: There is now a 5 seconds delay before the application gets terminated. This waittime gets interrupted if the Configuration Window or Main Window gets opened by the user.
  • Improved Exception handling.
  • Small design upgrades.
  • Wallpaper preview generation in the Wallpaper Configuration dialog is much faster now.
  • Fixed a bug that caused to uselessly fill up the memory after each cycle.
  • Fixed a huge bug when applying one image on multiple screens.