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\A{history} Release History

\e{v2.0b1}

\b Include dirs

\b Language strings can be used in the script before the LangString command

\b New version of the Modern User Interface with bugfixes and some small new features

\b InstallOptions 2.0 with support for custom font and DPI settings

\b All !if/!else/!endif problems should be solved now 

\b SetFont "MS Shell Dlg" adds the DS_SHELLFONT style 

\b UI changes: Added minimize box, increased size of component page textarea

\b Win9x rename on reboot now also works when the destination file does not exist

\b Updated and new translations

\b Minor bugfixes


\e{v2.0b0}

\b New paging system

\b Added Page and UninstPage

\b Removed .onNextPage, .onPrevPage, .onInitDialog

\b New easier version of the Modern User Interface with better multilanguage support, InstallOptions integration, welcome and finish page etc.

\b Custom pages no longer flicker when created

\b Added accelerator keys

\b Added LangString and LangStringUP for user defined multilingual strings

\b Added support for transparent check marks

\b Added InitPluginsDir

\b Renamed nsisconf.nsi to nsisconf.nsh

\b Added CreateShortcut comment/description parameter

\b Splash.exe is now a plugin (splash.dll)

\b Added new plugins: System, AdvSplash, nsExec, UserInfo, BgImage, Banner and StartMenu

\b !ifdef and friends can now be used in macros

\b SendMessage can send strings (put STR: before a param) and supports timeouts

\b Right mouse button "Copy to clipboard" context menu for the Details window

\b Plugin syntax now requires dll name, e.g. dll::func not just func

\b Licence text receives initial focus (page up & down work immediately, return key still works)

\b Made win9x move/delete on reboot support proper and function like on win2k

\b Now always loads RichEdit v2 if present (links work on Win9x)

\b DeleteRegKey now complains if given a third parameter (other than /ifempty)

\b RegDLL now works with DLLs dependent on DLLs from the same directory

\b $\{LANG_langName\} defined as the language id when loading a NLF

\b Fixed a few bugs that caused the installer to load slower than before

\b Uninstall can now get command line parameters too

\b Added ReserveFile

\b Added ExDLL.h

\b Included makensisw 1.9 (lots of changes)

\b Updated InstallOptions

\b Updated ZIP2EXE

\b Updated HTTP download plugin, NSIS-dl (timeout added, better proxy detection)

\b A lot of new language files

\b A lot of new icons and check marks

\b Changed section flags values

\b SectionSetFlags can now set bold too

\b SectionSetFlags now works in silent installers too

\b SectionSetName for sub sections doesn't need '-' in front of the name

\b Added SetPluginUnload

\b Hidden section can now use SectionIn too

\b File /nonfatal switch added

\b Plugins no longer add size to their containing section

\b Defines can now be used inside define names ($\{bla$\{blo\}\})

\b New docs format (WOOHA!)

\b EXE header size a lot smaller, 33.5KB for bzip2 and 34KB for zlib

\b Lots of other bugs fixed...


\e{v2.0a7}

\b Can now select the language from .onInit ($LANGUAGE is a variable)

\b Added CreateFont

\b Added .onMouseOverSection

\b Added .onInitDialog and un.onInitDialog

\b Added SetStaticBkColor

\b Disabled UseOuterUIItem

\b SendMessage WM_SETTEXT treats lParam as a string and not a number

\b CopyFiles script message no longer always prints (silent)

\b Custom install type text can now be changed

\b ChangeUI can now change IDD_VERIFY

\b Default license color now fits the user system

\b Summary reports the right number of required sections

\b Checkbox is only required in IDD_DIR if logging is enabled

\b Not using /LANG now really causes the script compiler to use the last used language

\b Fixed a bug with MBCS and the uninstaller text

\b MBCS to Unicode and Unicode to MBCS conversion bugs fixed

\b Fixed a bug that caused RTF not to show on Windows 9x

\b Added a dialog that shows up if compress whole is used and initial uncompressing lasts longer than a second

\b Updated to InstallOptions 1.3

\b MakeNSISw 1.7 included

\b Added modern UI by Joost Verburg (Examples\\Modern UI)

\b Added new full color icons by adni18

\b Added Dutch, Korean, Russian, Swedish and Traditional Chinese language files

\b Updated Spanish language file version (thanks to LsMoNKi)

\b Added /TRIM(LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER) for BrandingText

\b EXE header size down to 36.5KB

\b Added yi-pixel.ico and yi-pixel-uninstall.ico by Jan T. Sott

\b Fixed a bug with macros at the end of the file

\b Sub-sections can now have defined names too

\b Added LangDLL.dll plugin

\b CallInstDLL /NOUNLOAD added (works on plugin calls too)


\e{v2.0a6}

\b Fixed two bugs with the plug-in mechanism

\b Fixed infinite loop bug


\e{v2.0a5}

\b Added UseOuterUIItem

\b Enhanced ChangeUI

\b Enhanced SetDlgItemText

\b Added one-section.nsi example file

\b Optimized Ximon's code for plug-in DLLs (back to 37KB)

\b If default user language doesn't fit exactly, will try to find primary language match

\b Fixed some strings that got replaced (space available and required etc.)

\b Compiles without MS Platform SDK

\b Included Spanish.nlf

\b Included MagicLime.exe by snowchyld


\e{v2.0a4}

\b Added automatic detection, packing, unpacking and deletion of plugin dlls

\b Added simplified calling syntax for plugin dlls

\b Added PluginDir

\e{v2.0a3}

\b Added LoadLanguageFile

\b Added $LANGUAGE

\b Added /LANG option to string setters (Name, Caption, etc.)

\b 'LogSet on' now builds a log file if not already created


\e{v2.0a2}

\b Added $\{NSISDIR\}

\b Added XPStyle

\b Added SetFont

\b Added ChangeUI

\b Added AddBrandingImage, and SetBrandingImage

\b Added SetCompressor (no more makensis-bz2.exe)

\b Added LicenseBkColor

\b 'SpaceTexts none' now causes no space texts to appear

\b Icon and UninstallIcon now support icons of any type

\b CheckBitmap now support bitmaps with any color table/depth

\b Unused resources are removed before writing out the installer

\b Documented !error and !warning

\b Added !echo and !verbose

\b Added force option for CRCCheck

\b Updated to Makensisw 1.6

\b Updated to InstallOptions 1.2

\b Installer can now be compressed using UPX

\b A hint is shown if a line is longer than the detail window

\b Modern style folder select dialog

\b License data can now be RTF

\b WindowIcon is now handled in the compiler

\b Removed debug version (it never worked anyway)

\b Faster compile time (WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN)


\e{v2.0a1}

\b Added expand node option to Section and SubSection

\b Added preserv file attribute option to File command

\b Copy-All bug fix in Makensisw

\b Added NSISDIR to the define list

\b Reorganized NSIS directory structure


\e{v2.0a0}

\b TreeView component list (care of Jeff Doozan)

\b No more SectionDivider, but SubSection and SubSectionEnd.

\b No more EnabledBitmap/DisabledBitmap, just CheckBitmap. (with tons of button states)

\b Bugfixes of brokenness.

\b Added ! for Section/SubSection to make bold.

\b Made config.h have hacks for easier building for me. :)

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