Update log for DHTML Menu Builder 4.20 and above

25/Nov/2011

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.025 is released
  • Fixed bug that, under some circumstances, caused the Live Preview to fail to display the preview of the selected menu item.
  • Fixed some minor usability issues.
  • Added support to specify the roundness of the borders of toolbars, groups and commands.
• Engine 2.6.025 has been released
  • Removed all support for transparency and dropshadows based on the filter style in favor of the CSS3 equivalents. This means that the transparency and dropshadow effects are no longer supported on Internet Explorer 8 and below.
  • Improved the code generated by the compiler in terms of size and compatibility with newer standards.

18/Aug/2011

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.024 is released
  • Fixed some minor issues reported by various users working under pre-release versions of Windows 8.
  • Improved SEO code.
  • Added support to specify a margin to the left and right images so that these can be moved away from the menus' borders thus providing more control over the position of the images. As with all margins settings, these support both positive and negative values.
• Engine 2.6.024 has been released
  • Improved compatibility for iPhone, iPad and iPod devices as well as devices using the Android OS.

24/Mar/2011

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.023 is released
  • The AddIns that ship with DHTML Menu Builder have been updated to ensure full compatibility with Internet Explorer 9.
• Engine 2.6.023 has been updated
  • Fixed a compatibility issued with Internet Explorer 9 for projects where the menus are attached to hotspots.

11/Mar/2011

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.022 is released
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with some versions of Windows Vista and 7 where DHTML Menu Builder wasn't able to start due to a "Missing License" error caused by one of the distributed ActiveX/COM components.
  • Improved compatibility with the sitemaps.org protocol.
• Engine 2.6.022 has been updated
  • Fixed a compatibility issued with Internet Explorer 9 when using the "Hide Form Elements" option which caused an INVALID CHARACTER ERROR(5) error.
  • Corrected some issues that prevented some type of menus from working correctly when viewed with the Safari version included in the iPhone.

25/Oct/2010

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.021 is released
  • Corrected misspellings on several dialogs and warning/error messages.
  • Added support to specify shadow effects (through the Menu->Font dialog) for the text in the menu items.
• Engine 2.6.021 has been updated
  • Corrected some issues that prevented some type of menus from working correctly when viewed with the Safari version included in the iPhone.

9/Mar/2010

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.018 is released
  • Added option to select the type of code compliance for the Export As HTML feature.
  • Corrected bug with the ShowMultipleToolbars AddIn that caused unpredictable results when the menu item that triggered a multi-column menu was selected while the multi-column menus were still visible.
• Engine 2.6.018 has been updated
  • Fixed bug that caused DHTML Menu Builder to generate invalid HTML code when transparent colors where used.
  • Fixed bug that prevented the new Smart Scrolling feature to stop working under some type of projects.
  • Fixed bug that caused the menus to stop working under Safari and Chrome when the Item Highlighting feature was enabled.
  • Added support to generate both HTML 4.01 Transitional as well as XHTML 1.0 Transitional documents when using the Export As HTML feature.

15/Apr/2009

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.017 is released
  • Fixed problem that prevented the Install Menus tool from displaying some folders.
• Engine 2.6.017 has been updated
  • Fixed several bugs that caused compatibility problems with Internet Explorer 8.
  • Fixed problem that prevented the Advanced Unfolding Effects from working on documents utilizing one of the XHTML specifications.
  • The code that displays the menus when using Free Flow has been improved reducing (although not eliminating) the initial display delay.

23/Mar/2009

• Engine 2.6.017 has been released
  • Fixed bug that caused random javascript errors under Internert Explorer 8.

13/Mar/2009

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.016 is released
  • Fixed problem that could cause DHTML Menu Builder to generate invalid HTML code under some circumstances.
  • Improved the performance of the Install Menus tool. Now, the tool will load in a matter of seconds regardless of the amount of files contained in the web site.
• Engine 2.6.016 has been released
  • Improved the code the generation in order to properly comply with newer standards.
  • Tweaked a couple of settings to avoid conflicts with Internet Explorer 8.

4/Jun/2008

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.015 is released
  • Fixed multiple issues with the Publishing tool.
  • Added preliminary support to export projects as sitemaps (File->Export As Sitemap) following the Sitemap 0.9 standards (http://www.sitemaps.org/).
• Engine 2.6.015 has been released
  • Fix bug that could cause some toolbar items to appear empty (caption-less) under some circumstances.

20/May/2008

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.014 is released
  • Fixed bug with the CollapsibleMenus AddIn which prevented some projects from working correctly.
• Engine 2.6.014
  • Fixed code generation for separators so that they don't' break DynAPI-based menus.
• Developers' Edition
  • Fixed several issues with the DynAPI code (currently at version 1.1) that considerably improves the reliability of dynamic generated menus.
  • The DynAP documentation has been updated to contain an introduction tutorial that will guide through the most basic steps to create your first dynamic menus.

12/Apr/2008

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.013 is released
  • Added support to create menus in languages that require Unicode text. This feature must be activated through the Edit->Preferences dialog.
  • The ShowMutipleToolbars AddIn (which is used to create multi-column menus) has been considerably enhanced providing limitless possibilities to create highly complex multi-column menus.
• Engine 2.6.013
  • Fixed problem that caused menus containing Unicode text to be rendered wider than required.
• Developers' Edition
  • The DynAPI code (currently at version 1.0k) has been considerably enhanced. Over 12 different bugs have been resolved allowing programmatically generated menus to include complex styles, render faster than ever and work perfectly under all modern browsers (such as Safari, Internet Explorer 7 and 8 and FireFox 3).
  • The recently introduced function "dmbAPI_parseArray" is now able to completely substitute every single DynAPI function related to generation of menus considerably simplifying the use of the DynAPI.

18/Jan/2008

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.012 is released
  • Fixed problem that, under some circumstances, DHTML Menu Builder could crash when the mouse hovered over one of the program's menus.
• Engine 2.6.012
  • Fixed problem with the newly introduced "Smart Scrolling" feature.
  • Fixed problem with the code generated by the "Search Engine Optimization" feature.

11/Jan/2008

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.011 is released
  • Added support to modify the behavior of the "Follow Browser's Scrollbars" feature
    (See the documentation for the Tools->Toolbars Editor->Advanced dialog for more information)
• Engine 2.6.011
  • Fixed bug that could cause the Live Preview to generate javascript errors under some configurations.

4/Jan/2008

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.010 is released
  • Fixed some minor issues with the user interface.
  • DHTML Menu Builder now includes a new AddIn that will let you build multi-column menus.
    You may refer to the Tips & Tricks section for information and instructions about this new AddIn:
    http://software.xfx.net/utilities/dmbuilder/content/tipstricks/multicolumn.htm
• Engine 2.6.010
  • Added transparency support for Safari and Opera.
• Developers' Edition
  • Added a new function (dmbAPI_parseArray) which will considerably ease the process of populating menu items programmatically.
  • Fixed the "Google Suggestions" sample to conform with the new format being used by Google

8/Aug/2007

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.008 is released
  • Fixed bug that could cause DHTML Menu Builder to crash with projects utilizing font substitutions.
  • Added support to delete a toolbar and its child items all at once.
• Wizard 2.1.39
  • Fixed problem that caused the wizard to fail if ran under a limited account (non administrative).
  • Fixed problem with the "Apply Style from Preset" option which, with some presets, the styles were not properly applied.
  • The "Apply Style from Preset" option has been considerably enhanced resulting in much better results when utilizing complex presets.
• Engine 2.6.008
  • Added a workaround that solves a problem with the menus and some specific versions of Netscape 6 and 7.
    This was not a bug; this workaround simply performs some functions in a different way in order to, once again, avoid triggering a bug in this browser.

14/May/2007

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.007 is released
  • Updated some shared components to prevent some faulty anti-virus programs from triggering a false positive.
  • Added support to install the menus directly into .master documents.
• Engine 2.6.007
  • Fixed a positioning problem with menus displayed on XHTML documents

18/Apr/2007

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.006 is released
  • The overall performance of the application has been considerably improved -- most notable is the performance of working with the tree-layout of the menus.
• Engine 2.6.006
  • Fixed bug that caused external URLs generated by the SEO tool to point to invalid locations.
  • Implemented workaround that allows the menus to work under faulty versions of Netscape 8.1
  • Improved calculation of the menu items' size and position -- menu items will now appear nearly identical under all browsers even if browser-specific (proprietary) settings are being used.
  • Fixed several issues with
• Developers' edition
  • Several improvements have been made to the DynAPI improving the overall production of dynamically generated menus.

22/Feb/2007

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.005 is released
  • Fixed problem that caused the validation/registration process under Windows Vista to fail.
    I would like to thank all the users who provided me with enough information to help me troubleshoot this issue. Thank you!

16/Feb/2007

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.004 is released
  • Improved installer should resolve most of the issues with Windows Vista

(never released)

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.003 is released
  • Fixed bug that affected projects with multiple Custom Offsets
  • Resolves conflict with the context menu for the menu items in Map Mode and Norton Antivirus
• Engine 2.6.003
  • Improves XHTML support for the loader code
  • Fixes several minor bugs
  • Improves support for project utilizing the CollapsibleMenus AddIn

12/Jan/2007

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.002 is released
  • Fixed some minor issues with Windows Vista RTM (final version)
  • Fixed a problem that could cause errors while installing DHTML Menu Builder under a computer equipped with hardware-based DEP
  • A new feature has been added which will allow the menus generated by DHTML Menu Builder to be 100% search engine compatible
• Engine 2.6.003
  • Improved the code used with the "Free Flow" positioning method
  • Sometimes, when a new window is opened through the "Open in new Window" action, a poorly designed popup blocker may close the window causing a javascript error. In this version the error handling code had been improved to prevent, whenever possible, the error from being displayed.

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.001 is released
  • Fixed some minor issues with the new Publishing feature
  • Fixed several minor bugs with the CollapsibleMenus AddIn
  • The HelpViewer (the application used to display the documentation) now appears in the Taskbar and can be selected using ALT+TAB so that its easier to access and doesn't get obscured by other windows
  • Improved performance of the RollerEffect2 AddIn
  • Improved the RollerEffect2 AddIn support for hotspot-based projects
• Engine 2.6.001
  • Fixed problem with the Keyboard Navigation Support
  • Fixed problem that prevented some background images from appearing correctly when the new "Tile" and "Prevent Cropping" options were used.

24/Oct/2006

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.000
  • Fixed a problem that caused DHTML Menu Builder to crash when selecting the "Used Colors" option from the ColorPicker dialog.
  • This version includes a large number of small bug fixes and performance enhancements.
  • The FTP Publishing option is back and it's available in all versions (Developers' Edition, Standard Edition and LITE version).
    Just like in version 3, you now can publish your menus via FTP right from within DHTML Menu Builder.
  • The Live Preview component has been considerably enhanced so it now provides a 100% accurate rendering of the element being edited.
  • Two new options have been added to the "Background Image" support for both commands and toolbar items. These options are accessible through the Menu->Image dialog (for commands) and through the Menu->Image->Toolbar Items dialog (for toolbar items).
    The new "Tile" option will let you control if the background image should be tiled and the "Prevent Cropping" option will let you ensure that menu items are never too small so that the background image gets cropped.
  • The LITE version has been upgraded to provide access to the custom Width and custom Height settings for both Toolbars and Groups.
  • Several AddIns (such as the CollapsibleMenus and the pShowMenu) have also been updated to provide better stability and performance.
  • Several areas have been slightly improved with cosmetic changes.
  • The Color Picker component has been enhanced so its now easier to copy/paste colors in HTML format.
  • The same Copy/Paste styles support that has been available for groups and commands is also now available for Toolbars.
• Engine 2.6.000
  • This is a maintenance release