What's new in CBR 0.9.0.0
Aug 28, 2017
- Add new library management document
- Add synchronize with CBR for Windows 8
- Back to VS setups
- Improve starting speed (3.5 secondes to less than 2)
- Add a splash screen
- Add spanish and quick start in german
- Add PDF in library (open and read done by the shell, need external viewer)
- Replace design with new Windows 8 theme
- Add reset layout (for avalon and grids)
- Integrated new Fluent and AvalonDock libraries
- Layout is saved, can be reset
New in CBR 0.7.0.0 Beta (Oct 1, 2012)
- ePUB : Complete refactoring
- Add a new dedicated feed viewer for opds stream
- PDF conversion : improved with image merge
- Make all backstage panel scrollable
- Integrate the new AvalonDock 2 library.
- Support multi-document. Library explorer and Table of content are now toolboxes
- Designer for dynamic books is now mvvm and much better
- New BrowserForControl
- Customized xps viewer to suppress toolbars and bind it to cbr commands
- Add quick start manual and button in the home page
- Manage internal cbr feed language in the home page
- "Any cpu" compilation and related dlls to support x32 and x64
- Installer for x32 and x64, registry keys for ie emulation mode for epub/html view
- Improved localize engine : localize by code, simplified icon management, IetfLanguageTag is the language key, better copy, management view and gallery, spell check
- More development improvments will be described on Code Project article update
New in CBR 0.6.0.0 Beta (Mar 14, 2012)
- 20 Issue trackers are closed and a lot of bugs too
- Localize view is now MVVM and delete is working.
- Added the unused flag (take care that it goes to true only when displaying screen elements)
- Backstage - new input/output format choice control for the conversion
- Backstage - Add display, behaviour and register file type options in the extended options dialog
- Explorer list view has been transformed to a custom control.
- New group header, colunms order and size are saved
- Single instance and file argument management
- New optimized full screen display options and a flying zoom control
- 3D flip and two page book view (adapted from Mitsu Futura original code)
New in CBR 0.5.5.0 Beta (Feb 14, 2012)
- Mainly bugs, single instance, register and arguments management
New in CBR 0.5.0.0 Beta (Jan 28, 2012)
- New explorer based on listview (previous listbox with wrap panel loose virtualization)
- 3 views : grid, simple thumb, extended thumb
- New "home" page with actions and headlines feed (xaml from web)
- New extended options dialog (not enough place in backstage panel)
- Extended options - Registering CBR with file types
- Extended options - Move dynamic properties
- Add "file open" from explorer and shell registering
- Add a help button that display an online page
- Add localization (FR+ENG) and management
- Add dropdown button to choose in available languages and starting language option
- Add a localization editor to manage languages
- Make xml and binary localization providers
- Move new search box to explorer and device info view
- Disable sort/group/search in explorer if no books
- Rework style in search box control
- Create white shadowed button style to apply on backstage buttons like office
- Bug:New catalog was not added in the recent file list after close/save
- Bug:Replace new WeakAction and Mediator as Sacha Barber point out the not-garbaged references
New in CBR 0.4.0.0 Beta (Dec 12, 2011)
- Added:
- Added/renew images, Add icons in context menu
- Finish the page navigation commands on comics
- Rework on device and usb ribbon, moved the combo, organize it
- Highlight on item view is working with drag and drop
- Book double-click in explorer to open
- Ribbon tags 'book' and 'device' becomes contextual ('book' visible only when a book is open, 'device' only when something is detected)
- Key management while reading : arrows and page up/down (was lost in rewriting)
- New command : Remove book from library
- ePUB format support (file and memory, icon, cover preview, etc...)
- New Document view with Toc explorer and WebBrowser
- Usb event detection and new USB device view in the ribbon device group with drag & drop support from/to explorer
- Device config in backstage to list supported devices, this will help when transfering data to a device to know about the needed transformation
- Tech:
- Rework like a ZipHelper to centralize 7zip init and functions
- Added a Drag & drop helper to manage automatically D&D in the application
- Bugs:
- Scrolling disappear after group/ungroup in library explorer
- Indexing images from pdf conversion was not ok + evol when reading to order pages correctly when number are not well formatted
- BeginInvoke not compatible with stream (not possible to open books....)
- Ribbon if tabs are not visible => can allways clic and display them, need to change to collapsed instead of hidden
- Deleted file where not removed from the library
- Added the . for file open
- Commands were not disabled when no book view model
- remove file not existing in the recent file lists
- preloading images was lost in rewriting
- Note : Mouse and keys:
- left mouse button = move the image
- CTRL + left mouse button = display the magnifier
- mouse wheeel = scroll up/down
- CTRL + mouse wheel = zoom
- Note that CBR has got several parts that can get the focus : the ribbon, the library explorer or the zoom slider.
- Don't be surprised if they anwser to mouse events...Click on the image to put the focus on the pages !
New in CBR 0.3.0.0 Beta (Dec 12, 2011)
- New features:
- Add magnifier size and scale
- New file info view in the backstage
- Add dynamic properties on book and settings
- Sorting and grouping in the explorer with new design
- Rework on conversion : Images, PDF, Cbr/rar, Cbz/zip, Xps to the destination formats Images, Cbz and XPS
- Improvements:
- Suppress MainViewModel and ExplorerViewModel dependencies
- Add view notifications and Messages from MVVM Light for ViewModel=>View notifications
- Make thread better on open catalog, no more ihm freeze, less than 10s for 400 books
- Avoid re creating cover file if exist
- Rework on rating control and splitter
- A lot of bugs...
New in CBR 0.2.0.0 Beta (Dec 12, 2011)
- Complete refactoring of book service and view model to extend to more document type
- PDF conversion to image files, zip and XPS (bug resolved+thumbnail) is working
- Add the dynamic frames, editor, load/save
- Add 7 Phone simulator (have to work on it)
- Manage XPS documents in the libray
- Add XPS viewer
- Add the document type icon in the explorer
- A few bugs
New in CBR 0.1.0.0 Beta (Dec 12, 2011)
- Main UI is there.
- Book and catalog working
- Recent file list and options too