VP-Man history ============== Version 5.50 (2009/08/16) - changed and improved VP-Man's help system to Microsoft's HTML-Help since WinHelp is no longer supported by Windows Vista - new table image management dialog (to add & delete table images or modify the display order) - support for drag & drop operations of tables, table images and table documents (may not work properly in Windows Vista due to security issues) - possibility to keep VP-Man the topmost window (useful for drag & drop operations) - improved sorting for 'Launches' column of table listview - improved image resizing options for saving captured screenshots (no longer limited to 4:3 aspect ratio) - fixed a bug in rar-extraction of distribute downloads dialog - fixed a bug in VP-Man's update check - extended hiscore.dat for displaying more highscores (matahari) Version 5.35 (2009/03/14) - minor bugfixes - included VP9 as separate emulation type (emulator combo-box in table data dialog) - fixed font installation in distribute downloads dialog - updated links dialog and added e-mail contact for VP-Man - changed column name 'Played' to 'Launches' since the counter actually counts launches of a table - changed column name 'Play Date' to 'Last played' since it actually displays the date a table was played for the last time - extended hiscore.dat for displaying more highscores (wipeout, lwar_a83, dm_h6, hook_408, lw_208, tmnt_104, jplstw22, harl_a10, harl_a13, harl_a18, harl_a30, lah_112, rctycn, playboys) - a video (to show some gui handling) is now available Version 5.30 (2008/08/09) - support for FP highscore lists with 10 entries (for Future Pinball version 1.8 and above) - extended hiscore.dat for displaying more highscores - better check for valid nv-ram folder for displaying highscores - fixed a bug that might cause ball skipping when a table has multiple images and image cycler is on - Future Pinball TableInfo feature no longer supported (didn't work properly anyway) Version 5.25 (2007/11/17) - clipboard monitoring now works for VP8 as well - new launching option implemented: cache rendered table (available since VP 8) - ability to set VP and VPM version to in launching options; this will choose the file of the latest date for launching - skip buttons for multiple images at related documents panel now have a fixed position and only appear when the image cycler is not active - improved table deletion dialog (ability to delete .vpcache files) - statistics window now includes Future Pinball tables - list of screen resolutions now sorted properly for users of nVIDIA graphic cards (launching options dialog) - fixed ball skipping problem on slower computers when a table was launched with VP-Man - fixed highscore display for tables played with Future Pinball version 1.7 - fixed an old bug: CompanyYear not shown in its proper field in tableinfo dialog - minor bugfixes Version 5.11 (2006/10/29) - fixed a bug where "Support highscores" checkbox was not enabled when "Future Pinball support" is not checked Version 5.10 (2006/10/28) - highscore display now works for VPinMAME tables as well - fixed a bug when saving images from tableinfo - updated VP-Man's help file - minor bugfixes Version 5.00 (2006/05/07) - implemented Future Pinball support - support for VPLauncher.FPdat (data file of VPLauncher front-end to identify FP tables) - added a link in links dialog to download VPLauncher.FPdat directly with VP-Man - extended delete table dialog to delete additional FP table files (*.fpl and *.fpRAM) - finally added long requested highscore display (currently for FP tables only) - in addition to zip-files distribute downloads dialog can now also extract rar-files - added new main menu entry called "Launch" to launch VP/FP/RomCenter without a table - changed settings dialog (again) - extended table recognition dialog - updated VP-Man's help file - various bugfixes and code optimizations - fixed two small bugs in VPinMAME Rom Center Version 4.63 (2006/02/12) - launching options dialog now shows all available screen resolutions - when switching to window mode (in VP video options), you can freely define the window's size - you may now request the ROM name from within the table data dialog (works only when VPinMAME ROM Center is installed) - you can now set categories for a table from within the table data dialog, as well - Changed "VPM" column to "Emulator" - describes the emulator used by the table (VP/VPM and FP in upcoming versions of VP-Man) - single table categories dialog: added a "Clear all" button - classify multiple tables dialog: option to show a list of not yet classified tables - unclassify multiple tables dialog: ability to remove all classifications from all tables at once Version 4.56 (2005/10/30) - VP-Man now features a tool called "VPinMAME ROM Center" (learn more about it in VP-Man's release notes) - new table column "ROMs" (holds information about ROM(s) used by a VPinMAME table) - ROM recognition function for single tables or complete tablelist - export table data (formats supported: CSV (for further use with Excel, Access and other apps), HTML (for watching a tablelist in your favourite browser), TXT (plain text) - table categorisation: The user may create several categories and classify his tables. The tables of each category can be viewed in a separate table listview - optimized control panel, main menu & status bar - updated VP-Man's help file - fixed bug that disables DirectDraw setting when DD registry setting is not initalized by DX-Diag tool - fixed a bug when saving additional table info from the TableInfo feature Version 4.06 (2005/04/24) - play counter will be preserved if you update a table - fixed a bug in VPinMAME switching that causes trouble when quitting VP-Man - fixed a bug when creating table data from TableInfo feature Version 4.05 (2005/03/03) - added hotkeys for image skipping ( and ) - fixed a bug in automatic database upgrade - fixed a runtime error when VP-Man is launched under certain circumstances Version 4.02 (2005/02/27) - VP-Man now works with an Access database - this speeds up data handling immensely - automatic migration from VP-Man's old data file to new database format - added new columns to the listview (a play-counter and the last-play-date of a table) - further added two customizable user columns - many optimizations regarding the new database - improved filter function - recent filter statements will be saved for later use - table recognition via VPLauncher.dat is much faster now - data from the TableInfo window can now be saved directly to the according table - ability to update table data easily to a new version of the same table - new launching option included: ball antialias (available since VP 7) - improved image skipping (when you have several screenshots / flyers for one table) Version 3.04 (2004/12/02) - fixed a bug that prevented the clipboard viewer from saving images larger than 1024 x 768 pixels Version 3.03 (2004/07/14) - fixed a serious bug in the launching options which caused them not to work with older Windows versions - fixed font installation feature in distribute download dialog, should now work with any Windows version - fixed a small bug in the links window causing empty fields in the combo boxes Version 3.01 (2004/06/13) - new table recognition feature - you may identify new downloaded tables by TableInfo or VPLauncher.dat - Launching options - you may adjust several options, which will be used when launching a table (screen resolution & VPinMAME version ...) - changed the look of the control panel, removed settings which can now be adjusted in the launching options, added viewmode buttons and a play button (requested by Jive) - changed the settings dialog to fit the needs of the launching options - removed DirectDraw disabling feature from the main menu (it's now located in the launching options, as well) - improved links window - can now hold several entries for certain categories - VP-Man saves the last selected table and viewmode and restores these settings on startup - reworked VP-Man's help - holds much more information for you now - a few other minor improvements Version 2.87 (2003/12/26) - option to disable DirectDraw while playing a table (needed to play certain tables on certain graphic cards without slowdowns and glitches) - slightly improved the Table Information window (VPinMAME information now included - suggested by Jive) - very few minor bugfixes Version 2.85 (2003/04/29) - VP-Man now copies the VB-Scripts (needed for VPinMAME-Tables) from a source directory to the table directory before playing a certain table and deletes them afterwards (suggested by Claudio Salvetti) - improved and rearranged settings dialog - made some small optimizations for Windows XP - fixed a bug in system tray context menu Version 2.81 (2003/02/11) - small fix for Win2000/XP the Visual Pinball start mode option "Play & exit" hasn't worked with these operating systems Version 2.80 (2003/01/26) - VP-Man can add non-vpt tables to the table list (you are able to include tables like "F1" by Black & Stein or PC games) - ability to create backups of VP-Man's data file, periodically. - it's now possible to move/rename a table file via the right click popup menu - changed appearance of control panel (again) - more unique main window & tray icon - fixed the cycle screenshot/flyer feature which was broken in 2.50 (thanks to Jive for reporting this) Version 2.50 (2003/01/04) - heavily improved the filter function, you may set several statements to get a filtered list of your tables - removed randomizer settings & randomize menu (not needed anymore due to the new filter function) - added a "random table" button to the control panel (suggested by Imhotep) - option to show a small label during the slideshow which gives some information about the table of the currently shown image - option to automatically disable your screensaver during the slideshow - various bugfixes and improvements Version 2.41 (2002/12/22) - small fix for people who have problems setting up VP correctly in the settings dialog Version 2.40 (2002/12/21) - option to choose between several VPinMAME versions - slideshow with nice transition effects for screenshots/flyers - changed appearance of control panel - improved and rearranged settings dialog - switch between detailed and simple table list - more listview customization options (background color, picture, grid lines) - added a field in the status bar which shows the viewmode of the table list - option to include updated tables in the recent table list - fixed a serious bug which could cause corruption of the database when applying fields with the table info feature (thanks to Jive for reporting this) - various bugfixes and improvements Version 2.15 (2002/11/12) - TableInfo feature implemented - read information directly from the table and apply it to VP-Man's database - the field "Year" was renamed to "Date" and accepts now data other than years - fixed: font installation in the distribute download window (now installs the fonts permanently) - various bugfixes and improvements Version 2.01 (2002/09/30) - distribute downloads - install your downloaded tables and all according files with VP-Man - flyers support - you can have several images for one table: screenshot(s) and/or flyer(s) - cycle images option - it cycles your images in the additional info window if you have several ones for a table - fullscreen image improved - now supports an 1:1 view and correct aspect ratio for non 4:3 sized images - option to change the system date before playing a table to avoid expiration of VP/VPinMAME (and change it back afterwards) - VP-Man tries to set the VP player window to the topmost window after the table is rendered - table directories can be on different drives now (suggested by Dan Blei) - reduced exe filesize by 75% - various bugfixes and improvements Version 1.36 (2002/09/02) - bugfix release for people who had problems with the "Save as JPG" button on the clipboard viewer dialog Version 1.35 (2002/08/31) - support for VPLauncher.dat - you may fetch table data from it for all your tables or a single one (suggested by Roland Scholz and others) - option to convert screenshots and/or rulesheets from VPLauncher - window with useful links and automatic internet update function - listview font can be changed by the user and will be saved on exit - listview columns order can be changed by the user and will be saved on exit (suggested by Kid Charlemagne and others) - control panel below listview can be switched on/off (suggested by Raven) - function to search strings in the table related documents - clipboard viewer window improved - JPG compression quality can be changed before saving a captured image - settings window improved - additional info window rearranged to cover empty space on the main window - VP-Man is no longer limited to 10 different table directories and can scan them recursively, however keep in mind that it'll take longer to load the table list the more directories you have. (suggested by Sephirot) - the textboxes in the additional info window can also show images now (i.e. rules captured from the apron) - better support for different window skins (WindowBlinds/Win XP) - various bugfixes Version 1.21 (2002/08/03) - first public release Version 0.01 (2002/06/13) - a few lines of code built the very first executable