What's new in IcyScreen 4.14
Jun 2, 2011
- Fixed a missing dependency message that would appear in some cases after a screenshot was taken if the screenshot format was set to PNG.
New in IcyScreen 4.13 (May 19, 2011)
- Fixed an error message that would appear after taking a screenshot on Windows 2000 in some cases.
- Updated CA root certificate file.
New in IcyScreen 4.12 (Mar 16, 2011)
- Fixed a regression introduced in version 4.11 that prevented a screenshot of an individual monitor in a multi-monitor setup from being taken properly in some cases.
New in IcyScreen 4.11 (Feb 21, 2011)
- "Enable the screenshot if timer is disabled" option no longer requires IcyScreen to be enabled in order to work.
- Modified the "enabled" system tray icon to make it easier to differentiate from the "disabled" system tray icon.
- Pressing the Ctrl key while clicking the system tray icon now toggles the timer on/off.
- Various network-related improvements.
- Updated CA root certificate file.
New in IcyScreen 4.10 (Apr 19, 2010)
- Made the Toggle Status button much less confusing, by showing the actual status of the screenshot timer (Enabled or Disabled). Also, the icon on the button will be green if the timer is enabled, and red if the timer is disabled.
- Updated the networking library.
- Fix for Windows 2000 users.
New in IcyScreen 4.09 (Feb 21, 2010)
- Fixed a rare error message that displayed when some users using a non-English system
- language attempted to save the settings.
New in IcyScreen 4.08 (Jan 27, 2010)
- Added %(WINTITLE) format code, which converts to the title of the application that is active when the screenshot is taken.
New in IcyScreen 4.07 (Jan 14, 2010)
- Fixed an issue with the 'Send Us a Message' / 'Ask Us a Question' feature that would cause the sending of the message to fail on rare occasions.
New in IcyScreen 4.06 (Jan 2, 2010)
- Multiple monitor support fixed.
New in IcyScreen 4.05 (Jan 1, 2010)
- Improvements made to the networking code.
- For locales that have no AM/PM indicator, the timestamp shown in the log file will be shown in 24-hour format.
- Updated CA root certificate file.
New in IcyScreen 4.04 (Nov 2, 2009)
- Removed the "Hide system tray icon" option to prevent potential abuse.
- Fixed minor UI sensitivity issue.
- Moved Start Menu entries to Start -> Programs -> IcyScreen.
- Spiced up the installer a bit.
New in IcyScreen 4.04 (Nov 2, 2009)
- Removed the "Hide system tray icon" option to prevent potential abuse.
- Fixed minor UI sensitivity issue.
- Moved Start Menu entries to Start -> Programs -> IcyScreen.
- Spiced up the installer a bit.
New in IcyScreen 4.03 (Sep 21, 2009)
- Added support for connecting to FTP servers in active mode.
New in IcyScreen 4.02 (Sep 5, 2009)
- Now you can manually specify the FTP unresponsive server timeout.
New in IcyScreen 4.01 (Sep 4, 2009)
- Added format code %(INC_X), which converts to a number that starts at X and is incremented each time a screenshot is successfully saved, e-mailed, and/or uploaded, respectively.
New in IcyScreen 4.00 (Sep 4, 2009)
- Major new feature: You can now define a list of keywords that act as "triggers"; when
- any of these keywords are typed (in any program), you can have IcyScreen take a screenshot
- immediately, enable the main timer, adjust the timer interval dynamically, etc. This feature
- has been in the works for some time now.
- Added an option, 'Don't take a screenshot if the keyboard and mouse haven't been used since
- the last screenshot was taken'.
- Made the installer size about 400KB smaller by no longer including the program screenshots
- with the documentation. If you're connected to the internet, you'll still see them, however.
New in IcyScreen 3.21 (Aug 1, 2009)
- Now the Print Screen key detection functionality will work even if an application or game that is running has "exclusive" access to the keyboard.
- The system tray icon, if not disabled in the settings, will reappear if explorer.exe restarts.
New in IcyScreen 3.20 (Jul 26, 2009)
- Added a new tab only visible in the Global Settings section, 'Users', in which you are given full control over which users (none, some, or all) are to use the global settings.
- If the current session is disconnected or locked, IcyScreen won't attempt to take a screenshot, as in such a case there's no screen available to take a screenshot of.
- If no window on the screen is active and "Take screenshot of the active window" is enabled, IcyScreen won't attempt to take a screenshot and no error message will be shown and/or logged.
- You'll now only be notified once for each new version detected when automatically checking for updates.
- "Load on Windows startup" no longer erroneously reflects the value of "Load on Windows startup for all users" if the latter option is enabled.
- "Last Used" startup status functionality was broken in some cases in the last version.
New in IcyScreen 3.10 (Jul 21, 2009)
- Now you can view and modify any user's settings from within the setting
- window -- this makes managing multiple user's settings a lot easier.
- Added option to write-protect the setting file, to prevent limited users
- from modifying or deleting the setting file on disk.
- You can now customize the log file name.
- Added format code support for the log file name and directory.
- "Disable temporarily..." has been changed to "Don't take a screenshot if...";
- relevant functionality has been changed accordingly.
- The setting window loads faster and uses less memory thanks to the modified layout.
- Cut installer file size by about 40%; installation now takes up at least 75%
- less space on disk, and the installation process is much faster as well.
- Updated GTK runtimes to v2.16, which provides quite a few interface enhancements.
- Audible/visual warnings will be temporarily disabled if one of the "Don't take a
- screenshot if..." options is enabled and evaluating to true.
- Fixed PNG saving issues on Windows 98/ME.
- If any of the file path's contained a '%' character and an error occurred, occasionally
- the error message in the pop-up dialog would be blank. This has been fixed.
- Format codes now convert correctly if there are multiple '%' characters before
- the format code.
- Format codes are no longer ignored when used in the FTP upload directory path.
- Due to a move to a new web host, messages sent through the feedback agent weren't
- reaching us. This has been fixed.
- Tested and confirmed to work properly on Windows 7; made improvements on Vista and 7.
- More performance improvements and enhancements.
New in IcyScreen 3.01 (Jun 27, 2009)
- Support for taking a screenshot of just the active window;
- Greatly improved timestamp/format code support;
- The handling of globally-saved setting files is much more convenient;
- The timer is now more accurate;
- Faster upload speeds;
- Made central management much easier;
- Many other improvements.
New in IcyScreen 2.01 (May 13, 2009)
New in IcyScreen 2.00 (Apr 17, 2009)
- Send screenshots via e-mail to an unlimited number of recipients;
- Take a screenshot whenever the Print Screen key is pressed, audible warnings,
- New timestamp code,
- Massive interface design and layout improvements, and many other tweaks and enhancements
New in IcyScreen 1.61 (Mar 20, 2009)
- Fixed a crash that occured when the "Skip screenshot if identical to last" option was enabled, the width/height extraction values for the monitor were larger than the monitor's actual screen dimensions, and the current screenshot was identical to the last screenshot
New in IcyScreen 1.60 (Mar 7, 2009)
- Added an option that forces the interval timer to restart immediately after a screenshot is taken, instead of after it has been saved and/or uploaded
New in IcyScreen 1.50 (Feb 11, 2009)
- Fix a major bug that prevented Windows 95/98/ME users from being able to use/register the program;
- Fixed a bug which prevented Unhide AutoScreen from loading properly
New in IcyScreen 1.46 (Feb 9, 2009)
- Fixed a bug which prevented Unhide AutoScreen from loading properly
New in IcyScreen 1.44 (May 25, 2008)
- Fixed a few issues with the 'On error, try again in' setting; Fixed a possible crash bug when using GIF format and 'Skip screenshot if identical to last' option
New in IcyScreen 1.43 (May 18, 2008)
- Fixed a possible crash bug when using GIF format and 'Skip screenshot if identical to last' option
New in IcyScreen 1.41 (May 12, 2008)
- Added option to not take screenshot if identical to last; Temporarily disable when screensaver active and/or the keyboard/mouse hasn't been used;
- global setting saving/loading;
- registration process simplification;
- can now run with non-administrator priviledges;
- a few bug fixes
New in IcyScreen 1.30 (May 6, 2008)
- Changed: AutoScreen can now run without Administrator priviledges. If you got an error that AutoScreen couldn't read your trial status, upgrade to this version.
- The following changes are not changes to the program per se, but are important nonetheless:
- Changed: Licenses are now purchased on a per-computer basis.
- Added: You can now receive one license of AutoScreen for free if you complete an offer through TrialPay.