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OSIcon Explorer Changelog

What's new in OSIcon Explorer 3.0.0.0

May 25, 2015
  • Rewrite the code for better performance and usage
  • Added a FileExplorer control that behaves like the windows explorer
  • Added a strong key to the library
  • Library is now compiled with .NET Framework 4.0

New in OSIcon Explorer 2.0 (May 25, 2015)

  • Added About class
  • Added better commentaries
  • Added more samples
  • Updated the sample application to use new icon sizes
  • Updated the sample application to use the new library
  • IconProperties class:
  • Added the "Remove" function, to remove an icon from a specified size
  • Supports multi sizes flags (IconReader.IconSize.Small | IconReader.IconSize.Large)
  • Returns a Dictionary with removed icons, where int is the icon index on the ImageList
  • Added three "IsValid" functions
  • bool IsValidEx(IconReader.IconSize size), same as "IsValid(IconReader.IconSize size)", but also checks if the icon is not NULL
  • bool IsValid(), checks if that instance contains an icon
  • bool IsValid(IconReader.IconSize size), checks if an icon of a specified size exists in that instance
  • Changed "IconsInfo" type from struct to Dictionary
  • Changed "IconsIndex" type from struct to Dictionary
  • Changed "Icons" type from struct to Dictionary
  • Implemented a "Tag" object
  • Disposable class
  • "IconProperties" is now a class, was a struct before
  • IconManager class:
  • Fixed the "AddEx" function to allow adding more icons of different sizes
  • Added commentaries
  • Added two "Remove" functions, allows removing icons from the cache and from the ImageList
  • bool Remove(string path, bool removeIconFromList), removes all icons
  • bool Remove(string path, IconReader.IconSize iconSize, bool removeIconFromList), removes icons of a specified size only
  • Added private "Add" function, common actions when adding icons to list (to remove redundancy)
  • Added "IsValidEx" function, same as "IsValid", but returns the matched "IconProperties"; otherwise returns a new instance
  • Added two new constructors
  • public IconManager(bool createSmallIconList, bool createLargeIconList, bool createExtraLargeIconList, bool createJumboIconList)
  • public IconManager(bool createSmallIconList, bool createLargeIconList, bool createExtraLargeIconList, bool createJumboIconList, bool optimizeToOS)
  • Replaced "ImageListSmall" and "ImageListLarge" ImageLists with "IImageList" Dictionary
  • Added "IconSizeAllSupported" readeonly variable, contains all icon sizes supported by the current OS
  • Added "IconManager.IconSizeAll" constant, contains all icon sizes (Small | Large | ExtraLarge | Jumbo)
  • IconReader class:
  • Changed all functions that contain a "IconReader.IconSize" to support new icon sizes (ExtraLarge, Jumbo)
  • Added the "ExtractIconFromResource" function, extracts an icon by name from the assembly
  • Added the "ExtractIconsFromFile" function, extracts all icons from a file; returns "Icon[]"
  • Added the "ExtractIconFromFileEx" function, identical to ExtractIconFromFile, but supports bigger sizes and icon information
  • Added two new icon sizes to "IconReader.IconSize"
  • IconReader.Iconsize.ExtraLarge (48x48 px.), XP or above supported
  • IconReader.Iconsize.Jumbo (256x256 px.), Vista or above supported
  • Renamed function "ExtractIcon" to "ExtractIconFromFile"
  • About class:
  • Added the "ProjectAuthor" constant, my name
  • Added the "ProjecWWW" constant, this page URL

New in OSIcon Explorer 1.0.01 (May 25, 2015)

  • Modified to correct egregious formatting and spelling errors