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Test Assistant Change History

Version 1.4.5

 

  • When exporting movies export settings are now saved and reused as default.
  • Sound recording source selection dialog improved.
  • Bug that occasionally caused problems when deleting frames is fixed.
  • Bug with exporting movies with empty last frames is fixed.
  • Default Flash navigation bars have an improved graphical design.
  • Problem where white space would appear in exported flash movies with navigation bars at the bottom of the screen is now fixed.
  • New draw mode for older video cards implemented.
  • 'Xing' encoded MP3 sound files are now supported in the player and can be edited correctly.
  • Problems with proportional mode and paused textboxes/images when using the set frame rate option are now fixed.
  • Windows XP visual style is now supported throughout the program.
  • Capture-Driver and DirectX recording modes are now disabled in Terminal Services Sessions (these modes caused problems when enabled).
  • A new 'Fit To Window' button has been added to the player toolbar.
  • The displays for mouse click actions are now fully customisable with your own graphics if desired.
  • Menus changed slightly to give quicker access to licence information.
  • Recording toolbar implemented giving easier start/stop recording access to beginner level users.
  • New option in player allows users to toggle "Return to start of movie when end reached" behaviour on or off.
  • New effects navigation menu implemented in player.
  • Recording while using 16 colours mode is now disabled (this caused problems).
  • A warning message is now shown if the program is unable to change screen resolution upon recording.
  • Any customised mouse click display graphics are now stored within the FBR file.
  • 'Search for duplicates' process when exporting to Flash and saving movies has been optimised for faster performance.
  • Textbox styles feature added. Now textbox settings such as colour, shape and font can be saved to a style and reloaded as required.
  • New menus added in player for replaying at faster or slower speeds.
  • Streaming is now supported in Flash files, including files with navigation toolbars.
  • Exported Flash movies with both a navigation toolbar and autoscroll enabled are now correctly cropped.
  • Dialog forms are now displayed at the centre of the screen on dual monitor setups.
  • Logging of key and mouse events is now supported in Windows 98.
  • Scaling movies when exporting to Flash is now supported.
  • New welcome/start-up form implemented.
  • The application title in EXE format movies can now be customised.
  • New batch movie export utility added.
  • New hotkey controls implemented in Recorder.

 

Version 1.4.3

 

  • Export settings are now stored in player settings and restored on player load.
  • Recording source selection dialog improved.
  • Bug with frames deletion fixed.
  • Bug with exporting movies where last frames are empty fixed.
  • Default Flash navigation bars visibility improved.
  • Export to Flash with navigation bar placed at bottom fixed (white space at top doesn't appear now).
  • New draw mode for old video cards implemented.
  • Xing MP3 sound files are edited correctly now.
  • Set Frame Rate: Proportional mode fixed.
  • Set Frame Rate: paused TextBoxes, Images fixed.
  • New XP controls style is now supported.
  • CaptureDriver and DirectX recording modes now disabled in Terminal Session.
  • Fit To Window button was added. Toolbars were rearranged slightly.
  • Custom MouseEvents drawings implemented.
  • New menues for quicker access to licence details information.
  • Recording toolbar implemented.
  • New option in player "Return to start at end of play".
  • Quick access to objects feature implemented.
  • Doesn't allow recording in 16 colors mode.
  • Warning message if unable to change resolution at recording. Allows to proceed with current resolution.

 

Version 1.4.2

 

  • Export to Flash improved (problem with maximum number of objects fixed).
  • Sound tracks volume change improved.
  • On export to all formats sound mix is fixed so that now it takes into account each track volume.
  • Incorrect operation of Recorder if the Capture Driver is only partly installed is fixed.
  • Incorrect operation of Recorder when Capture Driver is not installed fixed.
  • Added error check of movie structure on load of FBR file.
  • "Mix sounds to one track" option added to export to EXE function.
  • Bug in update of sound tracks during delete operation fixed.
  • Enhanced message appears if exporting unsupported sound track format. It also checks if sounds are really WAVE PCM format (not just check file extention).
  • Small bug fixed in Recorder. Now when recording is stopped and movie saved it doesn't unpause movie before stopping it (this prevents storage of one unnecessary full-screen image).
  • Option added to control memory usage.
  • New option added to Recorder Advanced tab - "Enable text search in movie", if checked and Capture Driver recorder mode is selected it records TextOut events that allows text search. Off by default.
 
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