WALLMASTER
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Welcome to the latest update of WallMaster!


What's new in version 2.4e? (November 22, 2001)
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* New features:
  - Windows XP detection to offer more compabilities
  - The Hide Desktop Icons feature is working again on XP
  - Enhanced load/save dialogs to adapt the new WinME/2000/XP style
  - Options to ignore missing files when loading showlist


What's new in version 2.4c? (May 25, 2001)
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* New features:
  - Enhanced "Update Properties" button where you can apply the setting
    to all wallpapers in the showlist at once

* Fixed bug:
  - The problem in running WallMaster on Windows XP (Whistler) has been 
    fixed permanently


What's new in version 2.4a? (January 15, 2000)
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* New features and enhancements:
  - Now remember the last opened directory when adding new wallpapers
  - The background color of the selected wallpaper is now displayed on
    WallMaster Control Panel and you can change it easily from the
    color selection combo box
  - For FX Saver users, WallMaster is now able to import your existing
    FX Saver showlists quickly
  - Improved delete function


What's new in version 2.0b? (May 12, 2000)
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* Fixed bug:
  - "File Access Denied" error when trying to use wallpapers with
    read-only attributes
  - Saving problem if WallMaster is terminated abnormally


What's new in version 2.0a? (April 14, 2000)
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* New features and enhancements:
  - Improved and more user-friendly interface in the WallMaster
    Control Panel
  - New image decoding/engine that is faster and more reliable
  - Now supports RLE-compressed BMP and TIF images
  - New option to suspend the wallpaper change while screensaver
    is running (available in the Options - Special menu)
  - Enhanced shuffle mode to prevent each wallpaper displayed twice
  - Removed "Enable Active Desktop support"
    WallMaster now detects Active Desktop setting automatically
    and will optimize the wallpaper changing when possible
  - Display long file name compressed (e.g. "...long file name.jpg")
  - All the source codes have been re-compiled with the latest
    Inprise Delphi 5

* Changes
  - Save the bitmap in WallMaster directory, instead of Windows
    directory, to avoid output error in NT
  - The showlist now uses "|" instead of "," to parse field names
  - Removed gamma correction option
  - Removed Stretch Picture checkbox in the preview window and
    replaced with better and cooler magnify/zoom feature

* Fixed bug:
  - Fixed registry problem that caused the desktop icons are hidden
    on startup


What's new in version 1.9d? (March 16, 1999)
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* New enhancements:
  - Enable you to change the default WallMaster's icon as you like
  - Switch between safe/force mode in hiding the desktop icons
 
* Fixed bug:
  - Access violation error when clicking the tray icon (often happened 
    after deleting the last items on the showlist)


What's new in version 1.9c? (October 19, 1998)
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* New feature to find the current active wallpaper easily by selecting
  "Find Current Wallpaper" on WallMaster Control Panel
* Few minor bug fixes
* Reduced memory usage
* Limit the number of wallpapers in the showlist to a maximum of 50.
  If you want to have a large number of wallpapers in the showlist,
  please purchase WallMaster Pro, the commercial version.
  http://www.tropicalwares.com/wallpro.html


What's new in version 1.9b? (September 1, 1998)
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* Few enhancements:
  - Display the current wallpaper file name on the popup menu
  - Ability to specify default background color from the Options menu
  - Prevent multiple instances of WallMaster from being executed
* Few minor bug fixes
* Removed context menu - Change Wallpaper Position
  Already replaced with more powerful "Change Wallpaper Position" in
  WallMaster Pro.


What's new in version 1.9a Update Release 1? (July 16, 1998)
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Bug fixed: error when running WallMaster on a PC
with no desktop wallpaper set (sorry!)
The error message was:
"EStringlist Error in module wallmast.exe at 0007B15E. 
List index out of bounds (-1)"
However this bug will only effect first time user who 
has no desktop wallpaper installed at all.
Thanks to Tom Garrett who reported this bug so it can 
be fixed asap, and thanks also for upgrading your copy 
to the Pro version, Tom... ;)


What's new in version 1.9a? (July 8, 1998)
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* New feature:
  - Use unique background color for each wallpaper
* Some neat enhancements:
  - Display the next wallpaper file name on the popup menu
  - New better installation program (powered by Wise Installation System)
  - "Shutdown" menu is renamed to "Exit" (which is more safer and friendly :)
* Bug fixed:
  - next/previous walpaper option didn't work properly on non-shuffled
    wallpaper mode (sorry!)


What's new in version 1.3b? (June 5, 1998)
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* Usage meter added in the About box (so you can know how long you have been
  using WallMaster on your PC ;)
* Now, double clicking the WallMaster icon will change the wallpaper quickly
* New URL for our web site (with faster server):
  http://www.tropicalwares.com (was http://members.xoom.com/twrs)
  Our new email address: info@tropicalwares.com
  Anonymous FTP site: ftp.tropicalwares.com/pub/

Version 1.3a - 20 Apr 1998
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* Active Desktop (Internet Explorer 4) support
* Now, you're able to change wallpaper on startup and use timer also
* No need of Plus! or Font Smoother to use "Fit to screen" wallpaper position
* You can determine the default wallpaper position from the Options menu
* Some nice enhancements and minor bug fixes
* New logo for WallMaster!

Version 1.2e - 04 Mar 1998
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* Added gamma correction support
* Few minor bug fixes

Version 1.2d - 03 Mar 1998 (immediately replaced by version 1.2e)
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* Added feature to remove duplicate items in the showlist

Version 1.2c - 28 Feb 1998

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* Removed the threaded timer (contains BUG)
* Support drag and drop any image file to the preview window
* Added option to automatically remove invalid graphics file (usually
  incomplete image) from the showlist on runtime
* New option: "Show Full Path" to show full path of wallpaper file names
* Few enhancements

Version 1.2b 
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* New features added:
  - "Remove bad graphics" option to remove all bad graphics files
    (file no longer exists, empty/bad data, etc) from wallpaper showlist.
    Thanks to Mark Holden for the suggestion of this feature...
- Drag and drop support; the showlist now accepts any files dropped from
  other window (Explorer, desktop, etc)

Version 1.2a - immediately replaced by v1.2b
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* New features added:
* "Auto fit" position to fit the wallpaper to entire screen but keeping
  the image ratio (enhancement from "Fit to screen" position), so your
  wallpaper will not look weird anymore
* Ability to play sound file (WAV) when wallpaper changes
* New option on the pop-up menu to change wallpaper position directly

Version 1.1a - 18 Feb 1998
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* Added keyboard shortcuts to speed up configuring wallpapers
* Default wallpaper position was changed to center, not tile anymore
* New options:
  - Beep when wallpaper changes
  - Default directory for showlist file

Version 1.0a - 12 Feb 1998
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* First public release, still not fully tested

