What's new in HovText 2024-February-2
Feb 3, 2024
- Signed application with an (IV) code signing certificate (valid for 10 years)
- Fixed it could not display clipboard entries with more than 64Kb text in the clipboard list
- Fixed it will not briefly show application window at Windows startup (before minimizing it)
- Fixed showing images in the clipboard list is now much faster
- Added new UI
- Added saving clipboard entries to local computer (encrypted)
- Added possibility to exclude applications from being processed by HovText
- Added "Welcome Guide" at first launch
- Added "Start as disabled"
- Added possibility to scroll and select with mouse in clipboard list
- Added application icon from where the clipboard come from
- Added showing memory consumption under "Advanced" tab
- Added favorites can be marked in "Search" interface (now referred to as "clipboard list")
- Added possibility to search for transparent images
- Added check for folder write access
- Added shortcut in "Start Menu"
- Added it will close clipboard list when it looses focus
- Removed "Instant-select" interface
- Removed reporting of CPU architecture
- Changed CPU architecture from supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit to now 64-bit only
- Changed default key for "Toggle favorite entry"
- Changed "Toggle favorite entry" no longer can be set to alpha-numeric characters including Space
- Changed it will not process/copy clipboard at startup or application enabling
- Changed display of images in clipboard list will auto-fit to element size
- Changed the "Auto-install" method
- Changed deleting an entry will no longer jump to the top of the list
- Changed prompt for "too big troubleshooting file" will only show if logging is active
- Changed executable/DLL packaging method (replaced Costura/Fody with ILRepack)
- Refactored and parallelized clipboard handling
- Refactoring of code and a few trivial changes and fixes
New in HovText 2023-September-20 (Sep 20, 2023)
- Fixed that headline height now takes font size in consideration
- Fixed some custom colors were wrongly set
- Fixed that setting hotkey for toggling application on/off should not be dependent on enabled history
- Added "Search" interface, which is actually a new mode of operation
- Added possibility to always paste original (formatted) text
- Added "Colors" tab and rearranged location of elements
- Added showing hotkeys for interfaces in "General" tab
- Changed "Instant-select" interface can be disabled (was previously the only solution available)
- Changed "Enable favorites" is default not enabled at new installations (first launch)
- Removed the "Privacy" tab again as the UI got a little crowded
- Refactored some code and a few minor changes
New in HovText 2023-May-17 (May 17, 2023)
- Fixed display handling, so it now remembers used display setups
- Fixed that HovText will not process its own clipboard entries
- Fixed at Windows startup and application launch, that troubleshooting logfile was wrongly initialized
- Fixed launching another "HovText.exe" file, in another directory, will start this file after Windows startup
- Fixed it briefly showed wrong icon at startup, if behaviour was set to "Paste only on hotkey"
- Fixed it will show a (meaningful) message, if Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 (or newer) is not available
- Changed "Start with Windows" is default enabled when launched the first time
- Changed application launch, so it takes the current clipboard as the first element
- Changed it will show "Settings" instead of a warning when trying to launch multiple instances
- Changed "Width" and "Height" can be 100% in "Layout"
- Changed "Layout" sliders are not dependent on each other
- Changed "Check for updates online" is now mandatory
- Refactored some code and a few minor changes
- Added auto-install functionality (experimental)
- Added "Open executable location" under "Advanced"
- Added original + new square icons as an option
- Added full customizable color styling
- Added customizable margin to edges
- Added "Privacy" tab with information on user data
- Added possibility to attach troubleshooting logfile in "Feedback"
- Added handling if troubleshooting logfile gets larger than 10MB
- Added commandline option for "Exit"
- Added commandline option for "Clean-up and exit"
New in HovText 2021-March-3 (Mar 3, 2021)
- Fixed missing active border on picture history entries
- Fixed re-enabling application will enable dependent fields correctly when history is disabled
- Fixed if history is disabled then images will not be processed at all
- Removed "restore last text" when in Excel as it gave more problems than it solved
- Added favorite history entries
- Added selection of screen where to display the history list (contribution by "FNI")
- Added support for a couple of additional image formats (formats with image and color)
New in HovText 2021-January-27 (Feb 3, 2021)
- Fixed pasting text will now support unicode characters
- Fixed an exception error when copying an image
- Fixed an error when copying a text or form in Excel
- Fixed a SSL connectivity error with the update channel - forced it to use TLS 1.2 as minimum
- Changed to use .NET Framework 4.8 to support TLS 1.3 communication
- It is now possible to download the newest development version
- Added "Advanced" tab
- Added "Feedback" tab
New in HovText 3.0.4110.27863 Beta (Mar 30, 2012)
- Totally rewritten (now requires Microsoft .NET Framework)
- Much simpler Settings but with better options
- It now also shows pictures in history
- It will notify when a new (stable?) version is released
New in HovText 2.0 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Major bug - when two HovText applications runs simultaneous in a VNC session it crashes both VNC and HovText
- Major bug - the unformatted clipboard data size can now be 4GB instead of 32KB
- Minor bug - when you doubleclick the trayicon the window is hidden in the back
- Insignificant bug - the order, when stepped through the keyboard, at the configuration page is not logical
- Windows Installer - HovText can be installed and uninstalled through Add/Remove Programs
- History - possibility to recreate old copied text (a simple clipoard manager)
- Possibility to recreate the original clipboard contents when HovText is disabled
- Possibility to also specify a regular expression seachstring as a linktype
- Possibility to remove identical lines
- The first time HovText is started, it comes with an info popup that tells, that HovText is started
- HovText now operates with its own memory scope
- The filesize is sharply reduced (from 1,1MB to 0,51MB)
New in HovText 1.0 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Sourcecode - Codeoptimization and comments inside the code
- Translation - Italian language
- Translation - Swedish language
- Long delay when HovText was started first and then copying into fx. Outlook (fixed)
- Language selection sorted alphabetical
New in HovText 0.8 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Single click on task tray icon activates/deactivates the program
- When you delete an own-defined linkfield it will also be deleted from the registry
New in HovText 0.7 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Links - posibillity to choose what links to copy (email, web, movies, pictures etc.)
- Double click on task tray icon - to get the Settings
- CPU consumption in WinXP - rarely when on copy, the Hovtext process could take drastic CPU resources
New in HovText 0.6 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Major bug - when used with "Copy only on hotkey" it is not possible to paste into eg. Word etc. (fixed)
- Include the "BSD License, Revised" inside the source package
- Language - german, french and dutch added
- Language - possibility to change between languages
- Major bug - it is not possible to copy binary files in Windows (fixed)
- At copy only links - MailTo and javascript tags removed
- Minor bug - registry settings are now saved on changes and not when the program is closed
- Minor bug - OpTool coexistence (HovText now access the clipboard once instead of every 5 seconds)
New in HovText 0.5 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Minor bug - error if you open a dialog box twice (fixed)
- Feature - mode of operation regarding "always active or only active on hotkey". Now it is "Copy only on hotkey"
- Icon - finalized icons
- Icon - there are now three icons (depending on hotkey function)
- Feature - copy only links
New in HovText 0.4 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Minor bug - if you choose the same hotkey it only deactivates the application (fixed)
- Minor bug - hinttext in tray when active/inactive fixed
- Minor bug - error if you open a dialog box twice
- About - new picture
- General - only possible to startup one instance of the application
- Feature - automatic startup with Windows
- Feature - remove leading/trailing whitespaces
- Feature - remove leading/trailing linebreaks
- Feature - mode of operation (always active or only active on hotkey)
New in HovText 0.3 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Icon - new icons in tray
- Menu - new menu item (Options)
- Menu - new menu item (About)
- Feature - remove all registry settings for the current user
- Feature - possibillity to specify startup condition (active, inactive or as last condition)
- Feature - possibillity to use your own custom made icons
- Feature - hotkey. Activates or deactivates the application
- Feature - multiple users support on the same machine (creates settings in registry)
- Registry - creates key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\The Hovgaard Klan\HovText\]
- Registry - creates value [..\HovText\HotKey]
- Registry - creates value [..\HovText\StartAs]
- Registry - creates value [..\HovText\LastState]
- Minor bug - if you choose the same hotkey it only deactivates the application
New in HovText 0.2 (Mar 30, 2012)
- Icon - there are now two icons (active/inactive)
- Icon - new icons in tray
- Language - autodetect danish/english language in themenu
- Menu - when focus is removed from the menu it disapears
- First sourcekode released