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What's new in the latest version
[!] Important
[+] New
[-] Fixed error
[*] Changes
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Actual Window Manager 5.1 (15.05.2008)
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[!] The ability to create/manage virtual desktops is added. Now you can:
- create as many virtual desktops as you need
- assign custom wallpaper to a certain virtual desktop
- assign custom hotkey to a certain virtual desktop for its
quick activation
- switch between existing virtual desktops via special "Next
desktop"/"Previous desktop" hotkeys
- send any specific window upon its startup to a certain virtual desktop or
make it visible on all virtual desktops
- move windows between virtual desktops via special title button/window
menu item
[+] Now you can edit multiple specific settings at once in the Configuration
Module (use Ctrl+ to select several items).
[+] Now you can specify a custom icon for a window minimized
either to the system tray or on the screen.
[+] The custom hotkeys for standard Windows "Minimize"/"Maximize" commands are
added (by default Win+/Win+ accordingly).
[+] The compatibility mode for moving maximized windows between monitors is
added: if you have troubles when trying to move a maximized window to
another monitor then try to activate this mode to fix the problems.
[*] Window menu is slightly improved: additional options of AltMin and Roll Up
actions are grouped into a separate submenu.
[*] Now you can remove or reposition special "Pin to desktop" and
"Restrict placement" window menu items as well as any other menu items.
[-] Now extra title buttons don't appear in the fullscreen mode of
Microsoft Word 2003/2007.
[-] The compatibility with applications written in Visual Basic is improved
(in particular, with WorkCentrics and NCSS 2007).
[-] The bug is fixed: enabling the Command Prompt Windows Support
when Tiny Personal Firewall is running led to system crash.
[-] Now window size can exceed the size of a single monitor in multi-monitor
configurations when resizing window in pixels and the "Keep window within
the desktop boundaries after resizing" option is enabled.
[-] Now the Unroll action correctly considers the placement restrictions when
they are enabled.
[-] Now windows pinned to desktop react properly when the Control Center is
stopped/unloaded.
[-] Now the Change Window Title action works properly if the Window Caption
criterion is enabled.
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Actual Window Manager 5.0 (16.01.2008)
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[!] The support for command prompt (or console/CMD/DOS) windows in Windows
2000/XP/2003/Vista is added.
[!] The full support on native 64-bit applications running on any Windows x64
platform is added.
[!] Now the Control Center automatically defines the order of specific
settings considering their preference rank (this order affects the process
of selecting a proper rule for a certain window). See the
"Principles of Operation -> Preference Rank" article in program's Help
for more information.
[+] The ability to change the default window icon to a selected one is added.
[+] There are added some predefined hotkeys (non-configurable yet)
for easy window alignment/stretching: now you can use the
Win+NumPad1..NumPad9 key combinations to quickly align a window to 9
predefined positions, and the Win+Ctrl+NumPad1..NumPad9 (except for
NumPad5) key combinations to quickly stretch a window to 8 predefined
directions. Note: NumLock must be turned on to make these hotkeys
operational.
[+] Now when you resize a window manually (either with a mouse or keyboard)
the tooltip is displayed showing the actual window size.
[+] Now it's possible to use almost any key when specifying a hotkey
combination.
[+] Now it's possible to include key combinations involving the special
"Win" key into macro sequences.
[+] Now it's possible to specify custom alignment position in the
"Alignment" submenu.
[+] Now you can provide a custom skin path relative to
Actual Window Manager's installation folder.
[+] Now it's possible to double-click an item in the list of "Copy Settings
from..." window to auto-select this item and close the window.
[+] Now it's possible to sort the list of specific settings and the list of
exclusions by clicking on their column headers.
[*] Both Control Center's and Configuration Module's memory consumption
is optimized.
[*] In the Configuration window time units are changed from milliseconds to
seconds so now it's possible to provide fractional values for time delays
(e.g. 0.2 seconds, 1.7 seconds etc.).
[*] Now Align Window/Resize Window actions can be applied only if the target
window is in proper state: normal - for Align Window, normal or maximized -
for Resize Window. Otherwise, corresponding title buttons/window menu
commands are disabled.
[*] The Align Window action's detail panel in the Startup property sheet
is made identical to its corresponding "Align at startup to" detail panel
in the Position property sheet.
[*] The "Keep persistent" option is removed from the Change Window Caption
action: now after setting the new caption string it prevents further
attempts of caption change constantly.
[*] Now the "Enable logging" option can be turned on/off via tray icon's menu and
the log window is independent of the logging status so the log contents can
be viewed any time.
[*] Index panel status lines are formatted now to improve their recognition.
[*] The "Manage Window Settings" menu is renamed and slightly redesigned.
[*] The overall stability of "Send Configuration" commands is improved.
[-] The compatibility is improved with the following applications/windows:
- Windows Vista Start Menu user picture (doesn't turns black if transparent)
- Xfire 1.81 (now it correctly minimizes to tray)
[-] The constant CPU utilization by the Configuration Module application
is fixed.
[-] Crashes of Sysinternals Process Explorer and Microsoft IntelliPoint when
using the Window Finder are fixed.
[-] The bug caused sometimes the "green-filled" desktop appearance in
Vista Aero is fixed.
[-] The bug is fixed: title buttons were painted twice in Vista Aero
after restoring a window minimized to tray.
[-] The bug is fixed: title buttons appeared displaced in Windows Media Player
in Vista Aero.
[-] Now the title bar double-click is correctly handled in Office 2007
windows.
[-] The custom skin drawing procedure is fixed: now it correctly handles the
fully transparent background.
[-] The bug caused "black windows" problem (e.g. with Windows Vista Sidebar)
is fixed.
[-] The bug is fixed: moving a maximized window to another monitor, then
minimizing it (optionally), then restoring it led to appearance of window
on the initial monitor.
[-] The incompatibility of using "Resize at startup"/"Align at startup" actions
together with the "Open as: minimized/maximized" action is fixed: now both
specified position and size are correctly set before the target window
becomes minimized.
[-] The bug is fixed: when "Rolled up if inactive" and "Smooth Rollup" options
were enabled, dragging the rolled window led to "Roll Up" function's
disability.
[-] The bug is fixed: using the "Roll Up" hotkey along with "Smooth Rollup"
option enabled led to window's hang-up.
[-] The bug is fixed: "Unrolled while being mouse-hovered" option didn't work
properly.
[-] The bug is fixed: the "Change priority when minimized" option wasn't applied
if window was minimized using the AltMin title button/window menu command.
[-] The bug of absense of title buttons in Remote Desktop Client is fixed:
now extra buttons are correctly displayed when Remote Desktop Client is
launched in full-screen mode and then switched to window mode.
[-] The compatibility with the Launchy application is improved.
[-] Now the Resize Window action works as expected with PuTTY.
[-] Now the "Unghost temporarily" key combination is checked exactly as
specified (in previous versions there was an ability to press any extra keys
but the combination was still considered as valid).
[-] Now Configuration window's status bar doesn't cut long hint strings.
[-] The incompatibility of the "Send Configuration -> Send to the Tech Support"
command and Microsoft Outlook is fixed.
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Actual Window Manager 4.5 (20.06.2007)
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[!] Windows Monitoring Log tool is added into the Control Center. It allows
detecting newly appeared windows and check, which window rule has been
applied in each particular case. Now you can easily solve any configuration
ambiguities and detect properties of short-living windows (like tool tips,
popup menus etc.). Be careful using this feature: turned on it may slow down
your system!
[+] The new great long-awaited "Run keyboard macro" feature is added: now you
can define the keyboard macro and send it to a certain window at its
startup, thus automating some regular initial actions.
[+] The new "Change program affinity" feature is added: if using a
multi-processor system, now you can control, which physical processors
a particular application should run on.
[+] The ability to hide the mouse pointer, while it is floating over the
specific window, is added.
[+] The ability to copy settings from a selected window rule to others is added.
[+] The new hotkeys are added:
- "Reapply settings" action (Win+F5 by default)
- Configuration Module's launch (Win+C by default)
- "Unhide" submenu that shows the list of currently minimized/hidden
windows (Win+H by default)
[+] Now the hotkey status is displayed in the "Hotkeys" panel of the "Options"
window: when defining a new key combination, you can see, if the defined
combination is already in use with another application or assigned to
another action.
[+] The on-the-fly transparency setting is added: when right-clicking the
"Make Transparent" title button, the slider control appears instead of the
context menu with predefined values; while dragging this slider, the
transparency level is being changed immediately, thus allowing a quicker
and easier choice of desired appearance.
[+] When minimizing to screen, now you can make screen icons
semi-transparent.
[+] New title buttons are added: Copy to Clipboard, Paste from Clipboard.
[+] The new "Keep window caption persistent" option is added to the "Change
window caption" feature.
[+] The ability to temporarily disable the automatic rolling up via Roll Up
title button's context menu or Roll Up window menu's submenu is added.
[+] Now the balloon tip is shown over the Control Center's tray icon at first
start after the installation.
[+] Translation to the Dutch language is added (thanks to Onno Verschoor).
[*] The internal mechanism of hotkeys processing is significantly improved.
[*] The long-awaited improvement for permanent tray/screen icons is made: now
permanent icons behave like buttons in the Taskbar (i.e. active window is
minimized, inactive window is activated, minimized window is restored).
[*] The "Index" window rule panel is updated: now it displays all
currently enabled windows settings of a certain rule.
[*] The options structure is redesigned: new "Triggers" and "Actions" grouping
nodes are added.
[*] The "Hide Configuration Module while using Window Finder" option has been
moved from General to User Interface.
[*] "Custom Position" and "Custom Size" dialogs now display current window
position/size values in their captions.
[*] The "Alignment" window menu's submenu now displays the current window
position.
[*] Title buttons appearance in Windows Vista is improved.
[*] The placement restriction area visualization is improved for non-standard
taskbar placements.
[-] The "orphaned title buttons" bug in Windows Vista is fixed:
sometimes title buttons used to get detached from their owner window and
stuck on the desktop.
[-] Compatibility conflicts are solved with:
- Quattro Pro X3 menus
- GrabIt internal windows
- MS Office XP CTFMON.EXE service
- X-NetStat application
[-] The conflict with the Microsoft Time Zone window is solved.
[-] Windows Layout tool now correctly handles maximized windows.
[-] Windows Layout tool now correctly handles Photoshop CS2 document
windows while working in a multiple display environment.
[-] Now the "Configure..." item of Control Center tray icon's context menu
is displayed correctly in Windows Vista.
[-] Transparency effect conflicts are solved with:
- CDArtdisplay application
- Emerge Desktop application
- Windows Vista Start button
[-] The bug of the "minimize-to-screen" feature is fixed: sometimes screen
icons used to go out of visible area after minimization.
[-] Title buttons now work properly in PowerPoint 2007.
[-] Title buttons' behavior in Outlook 2007 is improved.
[-] The conflict with the IE 7 "Search on this page" window is solved.
[-] The bug of incorrect behavior of "Restrict placement" feature in
multi-monitor configurations is fixed.
[-] Sometimes windows used to freeze in the rolled state and needed to be
resized manually instead of unrolling - now the Unroll function works always
as expected.
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Actual Window Manager 4.4 (16.04.2007)
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[!] The long-awaited feature of "smart saving" is added: now only relevant
windows will re-apply their settings when the configuration has been saved.
[+] The long-awaited feature is added: now all the minimized windows can
be restored via "Unhide"/"Unhide All" items of Control Center's tray icon
context menu.
[+] The Windows Layout tool is added: it provides the ability to automatically
or manually relocate/resize your currently opened windows to keep them
within desktop when its resolution is changed (it's very useful when working
with the same workstation both locally and through the Remote Desktop
client).
[+] The long-awaited feature is added: now it's possible to remove the standard
window parts like Minimize/Maximize/Close buttons, window icon, window
sizeable border, or window caption so fixing window in its current state
and preventing its moving/resizing/minimizing/closing.
[+] The new Pin-to-Desktop feature is added: when window is pinned it disappears
from taskbar and Alt-Tab sequence and can't be minimized in any way so it's
visible all the time until it's unpinned.
[+] The ability is added to adjust the font used by the Configuration Module
(refer to the "User Interface" property sheet in the "Options" window).
[+] The ability is added to turn on smooth transitions between different
transparency levels (refer to the "Make Transparent Action" property sheet
in the "Options" window).
[+] The ability is added to turn on the smooth rolling up/unrolling of windows
(refer to the "Roll Up Action" property sheet in the "Options" window).
[+] The ability is added for the "Send Configuration to Tech Support" main menu
command: if the automatic e-mail creation is failed then you can save the
archive with the configuration files somewhere to send it manually later.
[+] Translations to Brazilian Portuguese, Serbian (both Latin and Cyrillic) and
Polish languages are added.
[*] Run-time memory consumption is slightly reduced.
[*] All property sheets for window rule settings are significantly redesigned;
the new window rule features' Index panel is added.
[*] Now the Configuration Module remembers its main toolbars' placement and
column widths in most of list boxes.
[*] The transparency effect compatibility with Stardock WindowBlinds is
improved.
[*] The Resize Action Options property sheet is improved: now you can copy
items and adjust the height of Sizes list box.
[*] The visualization of allowed area provided by the Show button of the
"Restrict placement" feature is improved: now it displays the
semi-transparent green rectangle that shows the area of allowed placement.
[*] The "Unused Buttons" button (grouping button) is improved: now it takes the
icon and the tooltip of assigned function, if mouse-hovered.
[*] Now title buttons are displayed correctly when using Vista Transformation
Pack, XP Media Center Edition theme or some of StyleXP themes.
[-] The bug with Microsoft Project 2002/2003 is fixed.
[-] The bug with command shell extenders (like 4NT) is fixed.
[-] Transparency effect's conflict with Rainlendar 2, RocketDock, Samurize
and Y'z Shadow is fixed.
[-] The bug is fixed: XP Remote Desktop client was crashed if minimized to the
system tray, and then the configuration was saved.
[-] The bug is fixed: the Windows Vista Firewall with Advanced Security's GUI
was hung when the "New Rule..." button was pressed while running the Actual
Tools program.
[-] The bug is fixed: now title buttons work correctly in Excel 2007.
[-] The bug is fixed: now multiple instances of Excel 2003/2007 workbooks and
Acrobat 7 documents can be correctly minimized to the system tray.
[-] The bug is fixed: if in multi-monitor configuration some windows were placed
to a secondary display, and it was unplugged during the session then such
windows are moved automatically to the primary display.
[-] The bug with Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar's hang is fixed.
[-] Conflicts with Microsoft Office 2007 tool tips and popup menus are fixed.
[-] The bug is fixed: Mozilla applications (Firefox, Thunderbird) left their
taskbar entry if they were minimized to the system tray via the standard
Minimize button.
[-] The bug with VMware Workstation 5.5 crash while opening the Snapshot Manager
is fixed.
[-] The visual glitch is fixed when using the Tabbed Browsing plugin of
Windows Live! Toolbar.
[-] The bug is fixed: Eudora was crashed immediately at startup if there
any of extra Actual Tools buttons were added.
[-] The bug of incorrect window placement to a primary display while it's
resized on secondary display is fixed.
[-] The bug of adding a new rule to the empty Specific Windows list is fixed.
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Actual Window Manager 4.3 (15.12.2006)
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[!] Since this release Actual Tools are fully compatible with Windows Vista.
[!] Now the title buttons are displayed correctly in Windows Vista (both in Aero
Basic and Aero 3D modes).
[!] Now all the configuration files are stored in user's profile (in the folder
like "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Actual Tools\Actual Window Manager").
[+] The new "Manage Window Settings" title button is added.
[+] The support of extra title buttons in Microsoft Excel 2007 and Microsoft
Word 2007 is added.
[-] Now the title buttons are displayed correctly for the non-standard sizes.
[-] The old known issue with the Lotus Notes client's crash at startup is fixed.
[-] The known issue with the Internet Explorer 7 crash while saving the
configuration is fixed.
[*] Now the Internet Explorer windows are correctly processed in Windows Vista.
[-] The issue with the Mozilla-based browsers' (like Firefox, Seamonkey etc.)
undesired focus switch is partially fixed (the issue still presents in
Win9x).
[-] The issue of the malfunction of drag-n-drop in the Opera browser is
fixed.
[-] The visual glitch of Windows Vista Sidebar widgets when they are made
transparent is fixed.
[-] The visual glitch of Stardock's ObjectDock is fixed.
[-] The minimal/maximal window size settings are now correctly maintained in
Windows 2003 Server.
[-] The multi-monitor issues of the "Restrict placement" feature are fixed.
[+] The ability to automatically reposition windows splitted across several
monitors is added; it can be used both in the general multi-monitor
environment and when using the multi-monitor client system in the Terminal
Server environment.
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Actual Window Manager 4.2 (10.10.2006)
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[!] The long-awaited feature is added: now the "Window caption" criterion
correctly detects windows which quickly change their captions at startup
(like Notepad, Internet Explorer, MS Word, MS Excel etc.).
[*] The "Manage Window Rule" submenu is renamed to "Manage Window Settings".
[+] The "Modify default settings" command is being included now into the "Manage
Window Settings" submenu if the "All Windows" settings were applied.
[+] The translations to German, French, Spanish and Ukrainian are added.
[+] Now you can strictly but flexibly constrain window placement on the desktop
by defining the limits for window's top-left corner (so window can't be
upper/left than the defined values) and/or bottom-right corner (so window
can't be lower/right than the defined values).
[+] Now you can suspend the ghost mode with the special hotkey pressed
(Ctrl+Shift by default).
[+] Now you can minimize a window by clicking the standard Close caption button.
[+] The support for the default Windows XP Media Center Edition visual theme is
added (the proper title button skin was contributed by Riza Berbatovci).
[*] The skin naming system is changed: now when you select a theme for
Windows XP the program will use the proper skin automatically if it's present in the
"Skins" sub-folder.
[+] The special "grouping button" is added; it contains all the commands of
currently unused buttons.
[+] The blocking of the undesired self-activation for windows minimized to the
tray is added.
[*] The minimization of the modal dialogs is improved.
[*] The Move-to-Monitor action now works correctly with the maximized
windows.
[*] The Stretch Window action now remembers the previous sizes for the four
main directions independently.
[-] The bug with the blocked Move-to-Monitor hotkey is fixed.
[-] The bug with the neglect of options other than "keep aspect ratio" in the
"After Moving to Another Monitor" group is fixed.
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Actual Window Manager 4.1 (01.08.2006)
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[+] Multi-monitor support: the new "Move to next monitor" title button is added.
[+] Multi-monitor support: the new "Move to" window menu option is added.
[+] Multi-monitor support: the ability to move a window to the selected monitor
at window's startup is added.
[+] The ability to maximize window to desktop by the right-click on the standard
Maximize title button is added.
[+] The ability to stretch window by the right-click on its border is added.
[+] the ability to set the custom position for a window on the fly is added.
[+] Currently assigned hotkey's display is added in the title buttons' tooltips.
[+] Currently assigned hotkey's display is added in the window options' names.
[+] The translations to Japanese, Russian, Chinese Simplified and Chinese
Traditional are added.
[*] The work speed and overall stability were slightly improved.
[-] The bug with the internal windows of MS Visual Studio 2003/2005 is fixed.
[-] The bug of MS Outlook Express auto-restoration from the tray while changing
the display properties is fixed.
[-] The bug is fixed: even if the maximal window size was constrained in the
configuration, the Maximize button still had expanded it to the whole desktop.
[-] The minor visual glitch with the Excluded Windows list in the right pane is
fixed.
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Actual Window Manager 4.0 (05.05.2006)
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[!] The Configuration Module's user interface is redesigned totally.
[!] Settings file size is significantly reduced comparing to the previous
versions.
[!] Executable modules' size and run-time memory consumption are slightly
reduced.
[!] The Help contents is redesigned almost from scratch.
[+] The Help system has become context-sensitive.
[+] Added the ability to copy window rules.
[+] Added the ability to customize an icon for a particular Specfic Window rule.
[+] Added the ability to automatically create the e-mail message with the
attached configuration file.
[+] Window Selector tool form now has the "Refresh" button.
[+] Window Selector's "Flash window" indication is improved: now it shows
the window border even for a covered windows and also flashes window's
taskbar button.
[+] "Create/Modify window rule" window menu option was transformed into
a submenu named "Manage Window Rule" which provides the following abilities
for a particular window:
- create a new/modify the existent Specific Window rule
- create an Excluded Window rule
- re-apply the window rule
[+] If a window was processed with the particular Specific Window rule the
"Modify window rule" window menu item now indicates this rule's name.
[+] Added the ability to customize some user interface's options (like toolbars'
buttons size).
[*] Now every new Specific Window rule is created using the All Windows rule as
a template.
[+] Added the "Restore to Defaults" command which resets a particular Specific
Window rule's options to All Windows rule's options.
[*] The correct scaling of the user interface forms is implemented when using
the non-standard screen DPIs.
[+] Added the ability to set different settings for the different window
events/states for the following properties:
transparency level - for the creation, movement, resizing, deactivation,
mouse hovering, title bar double-click,
"Transparency" title button
priority level - for the creation, minimization, deactivation,
"Priority" title button
[+] Added the ability to combine automatically some window states:
transparency - with stay-on-top, ghost
rollup - with stay-on-top
[+] Added the ability to provide a shift values when a window is aligned.
[+] Added the ability to set the desired width/height values as a percent of
the corresponding desktop size.
[+] Window Finder internal tool was adapted for the detection of the
current window size and position.
[+] Minimization-to-tray and minimization-on-screen actions were unified into a
single action named "AltMin" (Alternatively Minimize) which provides the
unified options and the ability to select the minimization mode on the fly.
[+] The ghost mode was separated from the transparency and now can be turned
on independently.
[+] Added the new title buttons items for the following actions:
Ghost, Change Priority.
[+] Added the new window menu items for the following actions:
Ghost, Change Priority.
[+] Added the indication of the current state for the following title buttons:
AltMin, Change Transparency, Align, Resize, Ghost, Change Priority.
[+] Added the skin support for the title buttons to fit them into the different
visual themes.
[+] Added the ability to change the order of title buttons' appearance.
[+] Added the ability to enable/disable all the extra title buttons for a
particular window rule.
[+] Added the ability to enable/disable all the extra window menu items for a
particular window rule.
[+] Added the ability to "freeze" the window stay-on-top state which
prevents the application from resetting this state.
[*] The recognition of window mouse-hovering is improved.
[-] Fixed the bug with Windows Movie Maker: it had hung after stream capture was
started.
[-] Fixed the bug with Adobe Photoshop: the image window had lost the focus
after selecting any tool in the Tools panel.
[-] Fixed the bug with the Windows folders: if you close the rolled up
folder window then it will be restored with the incorrect size.
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Actual Window Manager 3.8 (23.09.2005)
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[*] Fixed the bug: if minimized-to-tray application was
restored by self or other application and not through the tray icon, in
some programs icon remained in tray. To name just a few: Windows Task
Manager, TextPad, Microsoft Outlook.
[*] Fixed the bug with undesired window activation from the tray when
delayed auto-minimizing of inactive window is turned on.
[*] Default Window Rule: the bug with transient transparency effects
(when "set transparency while being moved/dragged" and "set transparency
while being resized" options are enabled) was fixed.
[-] Default Window Rule: the bug with "temporarily unroll the window
while the mouse cursor moves over the window" effect was fixed.
[*] Work with almost all integer-valued entry fields has been simplified.
Now, one can start entering numbers from empty line and minus as a first
symbol in window position fields is possible.
[*] Options Dialog: the disappearance of hotkeys list when all flags are
disabled and all "Hotkey" values are set to "None" is fixed.
[-] Window Rule: "Window class" criterion's "Substring match" option has
been removed. Now the criterion's test is always made as checking a join of
"Window class" field's entered string into real window class name.
[*] Window system menu: the problem with incomplete activation of
Configuration Module when choosing command "Create/Modify Window Rule" was
finally solved.
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Actual Window Manager 3.7 (02.08.2005)
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[-] Fixed the bug that caused blinking of the title buttons. Support of
visual themes in Windows XP for title buttons has also been improved.
[-] The "Resize Window" action have been improved. The new version restores
window sizes correctly. Also the program works fine with windows opened
full screen.
[-] Fixed the bug that didn't allow setting the previous level of
transparency correctly in Windows 2000.
[+] A new rule has been added to apply a semi-transparency effect to
Tablet PC Input Panel.
[+] Added supports of RAdmin remote access windows.
[*] We have improved window class identification. Exact matching of the
entered window class with the real window class is no longer required.
[-] Fixed the bug that didn't allow the Configuration Module to restore
correctly when accessed through the "Create/Modify Window Rule"
command of the menu.
[-] Fixed the bugs in the contextual menu in the Configuration Module tree.
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Actual Window Manager 3.6 (06.04.2005)
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[!] New way to create the custom options for specific windows.
The new item "Create Window Rule" is included in the system window menu
of all windows. With a right mouse click on the window title call a
menu and follow the item "Create Window Rule" to create a rule for this
window. The new rule will be created automatically and what is left is
to specify the actions which you would like to apply to this window.
[+] New option "Restore total visibility to the window" is added to
Resize Window action. It enables to enlarge the window without having
it partly hidden beyond the bottom right-hand corner of your desktop.
The window is automatically shifted in the top left-hand corner
direction and thus recovers entire visibility.
[+] New "Do not add icon to the tray" option is added to "Minimize to Tray"
action. This option is useful for windows that have their own tray
icons, such as Microsoft Outlook 2003, Windows Messenger and so on.
[*] The functioning logic of the action Run Mode is modified. Now it's in
progress in 100% of cases. In earlier versions Internet Explorer
Maximization sometimes failed to function.
[*] Custom window rules are added in for the browsers Mozilla Firefox and
Opera. Moreover, some settings of already existing rules are modified.
[-] The defect in holding-up the window after its deactivation to minimize
it to tray is corrected. In version 3.5 the value of this option
couldn't be reset, the hold-up was fixed always as 0.
[*] The interface of the program is slightly changed.
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Actual Window Manager 3.5 (20.01.2005)
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[!] Windows Extension Engine is improved.
[+] Added "Set Minimum Size" and "Set Maximum Size" actions.
[+] Added "Hide Configuration Window when using the Window Finder
(gunsight) tool" option.
[+] Added "Enable All Rules" and "Disable All Rules" commands.
[+] Added context menu for Window Rules.
[+] Supports of MFC windows (window class like Afx:X:X:X:X:X)
[*] Memory usage and load speed optimization.
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Actual Window Manager 3.0 (13.10.2004)
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[!] Hotkeys support: Now you can minimize programs to the system tray,
always keep them on top, roll up windows, make them semitransparent,
etc. by means only one keystroke combination. Such a possibility lets
you manage the same actions much quicker on condition of using
keyboard.
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Actual Window Manager 2.8 (31.08.2004)
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[+] Added a "Resize Window" action. A Resize Window option lets you set
the size of any selected application window to have it always opened at
the size you want. A Resize Window tool is extremely useful for website
designers. They can quickly see how their web project looks like in
different resolutions by flicking through default window sizes or
setting any unique window size on their own.
[+] Added command line support.
[+] Added a "silent" installation option.
[+] Added Dutch language.
[*] Some interface features changed and added.
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Actual Window Manager 2.7 (28.07.2004)
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[+] Added an "Align window" action. Now the user may get any application
window aligned with any of the 9 positions on the desktop: upper-left,
upper-central, upper-right, etc.
[+] Added a "Set window position when it is created" action.
[+] Added a "Set window size when it is created" action.
[+] Added a new "Temporarily stop program" option to a context menu.
[+] Now supports Mozilla FireFox and Netscape browser.
[*] Some small bugs were fixed.
[*] Some interface features changed and added.
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Actual Window Manager 2.6 (26.05.2004)
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[+] Added tooltips for additional caption buttons.
[+] Added Danish and Russian languages.
[+] Added a description field for Window Rule.
[+] Added commands for moving windows' rules up and down, in order to make
the rules easier to find.
[*] Optimized memory usage and increased execution speed.
[*] Some interface features changed and added.
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Actual Window Manager 2.5 (19.11.2003)
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[!] Added a new "Window Menu" program. You can now add several new menu
items ("Minimize to Tray," "Stay on Top," "Make Transparent," etc.) to
the standard window menu that appears when you click the application
icon in the title bar.
[+] Added a context menu for the "Make Transparent" title button. Now you
can select a different transparency level for any window on the fly,
while it is open!
[+] Added the option "Set Transparency so the Window Becomes Transparent
While Being Moved/Dragged or Resized."
[+] Added a new "Minimize Window to Tray When it is Deactivated" option.
[+] Added a new "Send to Bottom" title button.
[+] Added a "Shift Buttons" option to use when adding title buttons.
This allows you to shift the buttons you add so they will not overlap
or hide the existing program buttons at the top margin of your program.
[+] Added the option "Toggle Transparency\Opaque Window State by Double
Clicking on Title Bar."
[+] Added the new action "Change Window Title." Now you can replace the
original title of a window to say whatever you want to! For
example, you can rename your word processor, a game, etc.
[+] Added the new action "Change Program Priority." This can change the
speed of execution for any program from low to high or back. Be
careful, and don't make changes unless you know what you are doing.
[+] Added the new action "Remove window from taskbar."
[+] Added a command for sorting windows rules by name, in order to make
the rules easier to find.
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Actual Window Manager 2.0 (02.06.2003)
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[!] Added "Default Window Rule." The Default Window Rule now lets you
define and apply new options to ALL windows in your system. The
ability to apply different options to individual windows still
exists.
[+] Added a "Program" choice for applying individual
settings to selected windows.
[+] Added a dialog for choosing a window among existing windows to apply
individual settings.
[*] Improved Windows XP Visual Styles support for new title buttons.
[*] Replaced rollup\unroll engine with newer, faster engine.
[+] Added tooltips for edge icons.
[+] Added a "Prevent accidental close of window" action. This feature can
save you a lot of annoyance!
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Actual Window Manager 1.6 (24.03.2003)
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[+] Added a new "Rollup\Unroll Window" title button. Roll up windows so only
the title bars remain visible.
[+] Added a "Ghost mode" option for transparent windows. Ghost mode lets
mouse be clicked and moved through transparent window to
underlying windows.
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Actual Window Manager 1.5 (27.01.2003)
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[!] Added a new Actual Window Rollup program. Roll up/unroll windows:
minimize windows so only title bars remain visible. This is better than
minimizing them to icons.
[+] Added a right-click context menu with Restore Window and Close Window
commands for tray icons
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Actual Window Manager 1.4 (18.12.2002)
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[+] Added support and predefined settings for standard Windows and
Microsoft Office Comboboxes and DropDown lists.
[+] Added French and Turkish languages.
[*] Some small bugs were fixed.
[*] Some cosmetical changes in the user interface.
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Actual Window Manager 1.3 (25.11.2002)
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[!] Added multilingual support.
[+] Added English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Catalan and
Polish languages.
[*] Highly increase program's launching speed.
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Actual Window Manager 1.2 (28.10.2002)
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[+] Added a "Make Transparent" title button.
[+] Added a window action "Stay On Top".
[*] Support of Windows XP themes for icons on screen edge.
[+] Added an option "Enable\disable tray icon".
[+] Added an option "Load at startup".
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Actual Window Manager 1.1 (28.09.2002)
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[+] Added a window action "Save size and position of windows"
[+] Added an option "Use large icon" for a "Minimize to Desktop Edge" action
[*] Added predefined settings for Calculator, Notepad, Windows Media Player,
Internet Explorer Find Dialog, Eudora Email client.
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Actual Window Manager 1.0 (12.09.2002)
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