What's new in ProgramLaunch 3.33.14
May 6, 2016
- Fixed broken drag'n'drop of programs and files to the launcher window.
- Fixed execution of shell objects (My Computer, ect.).
New in ProgramLaunch 3.32 (May 6, 2016)
- Unicode updates to support Chinese and similar languages.
- Added Brazilian and Chinese (simplified and traditional) languages.
- Added some missing translations.
- Added command line option for selecting an alternate setting file. Default is -ini=path_to_program\pl3.ini.
- Added command line option for selecting an alternate configuration file and icon cache location. Default is -cfg=path_to_program\pl3.xml.
- Added command line switch for suppressing the about splash. The switch is -nosplash.
- Changed encoding of contents file (pl3.xml) to UTF-8.
- Updated the Dutch translation.
- Upgraded to Drag and Drop Component Suite 4.2.
- Upgraded memory manager to FastMM 4.90.
- Corrected execution of programs to support relative paths.
- Fixed translation of shortcut selections in the preference dialog. They did not reflect language changes until ProgramLaunch was restarted.
- Fixed small memory leak occurring when trying to load an image that does not exist.
New in ProgramLaunch 3.31 (May 6, 2016)
- Added additional setting for the autohide hotspot, allowing the edges to be controlled in more detail.
- Added preferences for controlling menu shortcuts.
- Updated German, Polish and Danish translations.
- Fixed: Icon properties dialog clipped preview of large icon images rather than scaling them down to a viewable size.
- Fixed: Autohide didn't keep the window visible while the mouse was hovering inside.
- Fixed: Wrong translation in American and English languages.
- Fixed: Changing autohide edge and corner size didn't go into effect until ProgramLaunch was restarted.
- Fixed: Showing icon titles as hints wrongly displayed '&' signs in front of shortcut characters.
- Fixed: Popup list shown when multiple programs share a shortcut did not always size correctly.
New in ProgramLaunch 3.3 (May 6, 2016)
- Extended autohide mouse retrieval.
- Added corners as hotspots.
- Edge and corner size can be configured.
- Selection of active hotspot areas.
- Added configurable shortcut for toggling autohide.
- Pressing shortcut will instantly hide or reveal the launcher.
- If the launcher isn't hidden but not active the shortcut will work like the focus shortcut.
- Added delayed show after autohide.
- Extended mouse wheel support to allow icons to be scrolled.
- Added options to control the mouse wheel scrolling.
- Select group, icon or no scroll.
- Choose a key that toggles scrolling between groups and icons.
- Select whether scrolling wraps around on groups and icons.
- Added support for the Windows key.
- Note: Partial, does not work correctly with keys already taken by the OS (Win+E, Win+D, etc.).
- Added configuration of previous and next group shortcut keys.
- Added shortcut for icon properties (Alt+Enter).
- Added shortcut for group properties (Shift+Enter).
- Added support for icon and group accelerator keys using &-letter.
- Added optional automatic accelerator key assignment.
- Added double clicking in the preference dialog module list for easier activating/deactivating of modules.
- Extended icon stretch control allowing icons only to be stretched when too large.
- Updated icon loader to support PNG and BMP format Windows Vista icons.
- Added optional icon comment that can be shown in as a hint.
- Changed range for hint position to 0-150% and set new default to 100%.
- Changed memory manager to FastMM 4.78.
- Fixed: Keyboard down key in module menus.
- Fixed: The last shortcut defined in the launcher was ignored and did therefore not start the given application/document.
- Fixed: Hints would not appear without fading hints being on.
- Fixed: Icons added using drag'n'drop to other groups than the selected shows up initially as unknown.
- Fixed: Application hangs when the recycle bin is being deactivated.
New in ProgramLaunch 3.2 (May 6, 2016)
- Added autohide feature to the launcher window.
- Added batch support for launching several other programs with one command.
- Added support for a vertical launcher mode.
- Added new alignment commands centering window on left or right screen edge.
- Added menu command for toggling the autohide.
- Added default image used when icon loading fails.
- Added some missing translations.
- Extended default skin with additional vertical layouts.
- Reorganized some of the settings.
- Minor skin optimizations and fixes.
- Fixed: Hint display when dragging a icon to an other group.
- Fixed: Hint position when selecting item that scrolls list.
- Fixed: Hides hints when moving window through the caption.
- Fixed: Runs on older Windows versions with limited hint display.
New in ProgramLaunch 3.11 (May 6, 2016)
- Icon titles can now be hidden in the list and shown through hints instead.
- Minor change of icon preview in icon properties dialog.
- Minor changes in alignment of module icons to match program icons better.
- Added option to control where hints are displayed.
- Added additional error checks in modules to avoid possible hangups.
- Fixed: Handling of relative paths in the icon properties dialog.
- Fixed: Reordering icons launches selected program when "Single launches" is checked.
- Fixed: Error when clicking and double clicking in the window ("Index of out bounds (-1)").
New in ProgramLaunch 3.1 (May 6, 2016)
- Implemented multithreaded updating of active modules.
- Changed module engine so only visible modules are loaded into memory.
- Changed calendar module graphics, reducing size of resources required.
- Added custom popup menus on some modules.
- Added fading popup hints for all modules (Requires Windows 2000 or above).
- Added analog clock module with optional second hand.
- Added recycle bin module with commands for open and empty.
- Added more calendar image packages in different colors.
- Added fading of outer items in icon list when scrolling is active.
- Added shortcut key for focusing the launcher window.
- Added on-the-fly save of configuration changes.
- Icon editor dialog now starts file browser in program/icon folder with current program/icon selected.
- Added shortcut in file browser allowing fast access to an icon folder.
- Changed the icon list scroll bar appearance slightly in the icon editor dialog.
- Removed unused module parameters.
- Fixed: Problems with view and preview tool buttons in browser dialog.
- Fixed: Switching between modules in preference dialog discard changes made on all but last module.
- Fixed: Lock movement and lock resizing settings were inverted and swapped.
- Fixed: Missing translations in the icon editor dialog and on the module preference page.
- Fixed: Screen snap menu command wasn't working.
- Fixed: Hitting enter when no icon is selected results in an error.
- Fixed: Clicking next to icons or trying to move window causes error when "Single-click launches" is checked.