ProXima AQ-4 ChangeLog

1.09a, 20091203:
New feature (user request): grey scale overlays with feedback.
        Like the colour overlays, the contrast, brightness and inverted state of
        the source images can be adjusted independently in the overlayed image.
New feature: reorder tabs. Either via a menu or by dragging a tab or a selection
        of tabs around.
New feature: copy tabs. Either via a menu or by ctrl-dragging a tab or a selection
        of tabs. The copy/-ies will appear to the right of the tab on which it/they
        was/were dropped.
Bugfix: Templates read back focus in stead of iris.
Bugfix: Pixel values in status bar for RGB overlays (R and G only) were not correct.

1.09, 20091015:
Bugfix/Work-around: Images put on the clipboard were not visible from within
        OpenOffice.Org or MS Office older than 2003.  This is Microsoft known
        problem Q323530 (http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323530).  Work-around
        applied.
        Related to this: fixed raw image to clipboard of colour overlays.
Bugfix: Templates that contain a line `Filters=' (i.e. without any filters)
        were inadvertently reported as bad/incomplete templates.
Bugfix: `Check For Updates' would raise an error after the check if the last
        check before this one was performed `too far' back into the past.
Bugfix: Automatic update did not recognize some sub-versions.
Cosmetic fixes: spelling, some dialogs have extra explanation/information,
        streamline behaviour with and without warnings suppressed.

1.08b, 20091007:
Bugfix: When the filterchanger is busy, all other cabinet controls are now blocked.
Bugfix: Maintenance module: Selecting Apply or OK on systems without
        default printer seemed to hang the program but actually produced
        an error box hidden behind Maintenance window.
Bugfix: Rare problem when changing exposure time by entering new value
        in the updowns after it was set to maximum caused an updown exception.
        (Using the slider/trackbar does not produce this error.)
Bugfix: On non-English or localized version of Windows, some settings and templates
        were written with decimal commas in stead of decimal points.  But on reading
        it back, the commas were actually ignored.  E.g. Iris stored as 1,4 was
        read back as 14.  `Old' files with commas are read in correctly too.
Feature change (on popular demand): rotate image in software now zooms in, even if
        the original view was at 100% (no zoom).  So less of the `kitchen floor tiles'
        effect is visible.
Feature change (on popular demand): invalid values in Templates are now converted to
        the nearest valid value (usually minimum or maximum of allowed range) in
        stead of generating a `Bad Template' error.

1.08a, 20090710:
Fix for rare doorlock problem (cabinets with doorlock only).
New feature: automatic check for updates (configurable).

1.08, 20090616:
New firmware for IsoCam.  Solves problem with dodgy USB cables.

1.07, 20090608:
New feature: allow external analysis on 8bpp previews too.

Added: more information in GLP line for processed images.

Cosmetic bugfixes: some tooltips.

1.07beta, 20090525:
New feature: hardware binning in preview (for cameras that support hardware binning).
             Related to this: Improved auto-exposure algorithm for very low
             light conditions: fall back to 4x4 hardware binning to get a relative
             quick response in the auto-exposure procedure.

Added: Give warning if cooled camera is not yet at the configured temperature.

Bugfix: Proper response if there are no printers defined in Windows.


1.06, 20090421:
New feature: Software rotate image. Rotate the grid shown to align along whatever
             feature on screen and the image will be rotated so that that
             feature will be horizontal (or vertical if you aligned it with
             a vertical grid line).  Works also for zoomed-in images.

New feature: Print and clipboard selection rectangle (like zoom and auto exposure
             rectangle).  Print or save a selection, perform an external analysis
             on a selection or send a selection to the clipboard.

New feature: Rename tab (other than via save as file).

Added: Zoom rectangle and auto exposure rectangle are also stored in templates.
       To remain compatible, old macros that do not contain these rectangles
       will still work.

Bugfix: Software filters were not stored in templates.  Fixed.
Bugfix: Epi-Vex filter changer control.
Bugfix: Emission filter changer control.


1.05, 20090319:
Added: Simplified Graphical User Interface (GUI) lay-out with
       (almost) single button operation: Select desired light source,
       press `Auto acquire' and lean back.
       Switch between Simplified and Advanced lay-out via View menu,
       context menu or keyboard shortcut ctrl-L.

Added: keyboard shortcut for unzoom (100%): ctrl-U.

Lots of cosmetic enhancements and improvements to smooth operation,
explicitely prohibiting some highly improbable user input combinations.
Slight alterations to (what is now) Advanced lay-out.


1.04, 20090204:
Extended/improved: Support for CMLN-13S2M camera w.r.t. 1.04beta.

Bugfix: 10phi version now has a flatfielding checkbox.


1.04beta2, 20090115:
Cosmetic bugfixess: text in Screen panel of Configure dialog, caption
         `binning changed' in `SW binning'.
Changed: Moved Maintenance to separate DLL.
         Acquire-button is now also active during preview so one can switch
         from preview to acquisition without stop/abort first.

1.04beta, 20081224:
Added:  Support for new CMLN-13S2M camera for ProXima 10phi.

Bugfix: (Oopsie) Extended dialog box's `No' button also returned `Yes',
        making this dialog a bit of a Hobson's choice.

Bugfix: Cosmetic: if `warn unsaved data' is off, clear the `new' tab when
        the number of tabs overflows.  (Leftmost tab is removed, but `new'
        rightmost tab would show a previous image during acquisition.)


1.03, 20081216:
Addes:  Begin of support for CMLN_13S2M camera (new camera for the 10phi
        range of cabinets).  Not compiled into the release version.

bugfix: Preview during second stage of flatfielding got stuck in a loop:
        asking the user if the /preview/ image should be used to flatfield
        with.  But only an /acquired/ image can be used for that.  Fixed.

bugfix: Epi-Vex cabinet response is more complex than 0 or 1.
        Now react to lamp1 on, lamp2 on etc.

Added:  (related to above) Reflect Epi-Vex state in the colour of the LED
        on the Epi-Vex button.
           Yellow: Switching on (like all other light source controls).
           Red: On.
           Blue: Cooling down, lights are off but fan is still running.

Added:  Reduce maximum exposure time if hardware binning is active.
        Adjust exposure time slider and updowns accordingly.

BugFix: (Well... feature fix) Remember last directory also after saving a
        file for use with external analysis program.

Added:  User-configurable interpolation mode.  If the display area in pixels
        is smaller than the image to display, MS .NET (or GDI+) uses interpolation.
        The default interpolation may or may not be adequate for the combination
        of image and screen resolution.  So make it configurable.
        Can be configured separately for preview and acquisitions.
        New Tab in Configure window and added keys:
           ScreenCorrectionPreviewTab
           ScreenCorrectionAcqAndProcTab
        to user INI file.

Added:  ctrl-A selects all Tabs except preview Tab.

Added:  Delete key closes current Tab (like ctrl-F4) or current selection.

Added:  Begin of implementation of macro support.
        Not compiled into the release version.


1.02, 20081228:
Bugfix: enable light controls during flatfielding.
        I.e. FIRST show image in tab and THEN ask user if s/he wants
        to use it for the current flatfielding procedure.


1.01, 20081112:
Cosmetic bugfixes.


1.00, 20081031: Release