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Addit! Pro For Combat Flight
Simulator 2
Revision History
Improvements and Changes in Version 4.7.4
Addon Installation and Management
 | Added a progress bar to the bottom of the Addon Installation Wizard window to
show progress when analyzing an addon. |
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Fixes
| Fixed a bug where installing straight to the File Cabinet could result in saving
bad data for document files. |
| Fixed a problem validating sound configuration files. Some perfectly valid WAV
filename statements were being incorrectly reported as missing.
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| Fixed a runtime error in the View Image window when you "grabbed" a
full-size image and moved it. |
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General
| Improved performance of many array searches. |
| Enhanced the performance of most ListView controls.
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Improvements and Changes in Version 4.7.2
Addon Installation
| When installing scenery to a "new scenery folder" (i.e. a custom
folder), and when using the automatic Scenery Library options, the Scenery Library Title
now defaults to the addon name for convenience. |
| Added a button next to Scenery Library Title to pick from among several possible
Scenery Library Title names. |
| Panels and sound packages may now be installed automatically without having to
first assign a folder name. This means you may not experience a "red dot"
preventing you from quickly installing a panel or sound. If the folder name chosen by
Addit! Pro is not to your liking you can change it later using the new Rename Folder
feature. See Edit Panels Window and Edit Sounds Window below for more information. |
| You can now install panels and sound packages directly to a designated sub folder
to better organize them. For example, you can place all of your panels in a folder called
"Panels" or "FSFSConv". See Customize Window section below. |
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Addon Management
| A panel configuration file that does not define a 2D file but does define a 3D
panel is now treated as an original panel definition. No error will appear in the
configuration file report. |
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Customize Window
| Added an option to install panels to a designated sub folder (e.g.
"FSFSConv", "Panels"). Look in the Addon Installation Automation
Options section. |
| Added an option to install sound packages to a designated sub folder (e.g.
"FSFSConv", "Sounds"). Look in the Addon Installation Automation
Options section. |
| Reorganized the Addon Installation Automation Options section and created a new
Aircraft Options section. |
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Edit Aircraft Window
| Added the ability to rename aircraft folders. For instance, you can rename an
aircraft folder called "B-52" to "B-52 Stratofortress". Panels and
sounds that alias the one you rename are automatically updated as is Addit! Pro's
database. To use this feature, open Edit Aircraft, select a plane, right click then pick
Rename Folder. |
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Edit Panels Window
| Added the ability to rename and move panel folders. For instance, you can rename
a panel folder called "B-52 Panel" to "B-52 Stratofortress Panel".
Panels that alias the one you change are automatically updated as is Addit! Pro's
database. To use this feature, open Edit Panels, select a panel, right click then pick
Rename/Move Folder. |
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Edit Sounds Window
| Added the ability to view sound event names alongside sound filenames. |
| Added an option to open the selected sound WAV file. |
| Added the ability to rename and move sound folders. For instance, you can rename
a panel folder called "B-52 Sounds" to "B-52 Stratofortress Sounds".
Sounds that alias the one you change are automatically updated as is Addit! Pro's
database. To use this feature, open Edit Sounds, select a sound package, right click then
pick Rename/Move Folder. |
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Fixes
| Corrected a rare "subscript out of range" error when removing addons. |
| Some MDI child windows, when maximized, were not resizing correctly when moving
from window to window. |
| Corrected "Object variable or With block variable not set" issue when
removing sound addons from the file cabinet. |
| Fixed a problem in the Addon Removal Wizard where pressing Finish without first
visiting every step resulted in no action. |
| Fixed a problem in Work With Addons where if you selected a certain individual
addon file when the addon was in the File Cabinet, the result was an error. |
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General
| Improved disk file I/O performance of Edit Sounds, Edit Panels and Import Addons.
These windows will load faster than before. Made a couple of other performance
improvements. |
| When adding a new Favorite folder in the Select Addon Files window or Browse
Folder window, the last folder used will be remembered. |
| When installing an addon directly to the File Cabinet no subfolder will be
created under \Addit! Pro\Addons, only under \Addit! Pro\Cabinet. |
| When moving an installed addon to the File Cabinet the subfolder under \Addit!
Pro\Addons will be deleted. |
| When reinstalling a File Cabinet addon the subfolder under \Addit! Pro\Cabinet
will be deleted. |
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Improvements and Changes in Version 4.7.0
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Options Window
| Added a button to quickly pick alternate addon names from list of available
names. This list includes potentional addon names from any included file_id.diz file. |
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Addon Management
| Added an option to name the addon using the header found in an included
file_id.diz file. |
| Added an option to describe the addon using the description found in an included
file_id.diz file. |
| Added an option to automatically assign image files to aircraft and panels during
installation. When screenshots or other image files are included with an addon, Addit! Pro
will attempt to use them for aircraft and panel pictures. |
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Customize Window
| Completely redesigned this window to better organize and present program options
and to allow for more of them. |
| The new categories are:
 | General Options, Appearance Options, Startup Options. Addon Installation Options,
Automation Options, Reinstallation Options. Addon Removal Options |
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| Added a Default button (in addition to the Default All button) to reset only the
settings for the current page. Also added an Apply button. |
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Fixes
| Made a change to bitmap image processing because XML gauge bitmaps, when
installed with scenery, were defaulting to global texture destination folder. |
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General
| Deleting addons from the File Cabinet is now considerably faster. |
| Eliminated flicker/jerkiness during resizing of windows. |
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Help System
| Rewrote Addit! Pro's Help and converted everything to HTML Help format. HTML Help
has many benefits over the older WinHelp system:
| Full Text Search pane with search term highlighting. |
| Table of contents pane for easy navigation. |
| Index pane and a favorites pane. |
| Smaller compiled help file. |
| Improved formatting, font sizing and use of tables. |
| Improved printing features. |
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| Added several new help topics that explain how to install various types of
addons, change panels/sounds and otherwise get the most out of Addit! Pro. |
| Redesigned many help topics. Now, when help is accessed from a screen, you are
given a list of available help topics instead of being assaulted with technical details of
the window in question. |
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Set Picture Window
| The Set Picture Window has been redesigned. This window is used to associate a
picture with an aircraft or panel during installation. |
| Performance has been dramatically improved (no more long load times). |
| You can now filter the images by category (Show All Images, Show Only GIFs and
JPGs, Show Unmapped BMPs and Show Mapped BMPs). |
| The file list can be sorted and you can view file date/time stamps, zip folder
entries and other details. |
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Improvements and Changes in Version 4.6.0
Addon Installation Wizard
| Added the ability to install multiple aircraft, panels, sounds, etc. in one
phase. These situations are handled automatically:
| Several aircraft defined by one or more aircraft.cfg files. |
| Any number of model/texture sets defined by one or more aircraft.cfg files. |
| Several panels defined by one or more panel.cfg files. |
| Several sounds defined by one or more sound.cfg files.
Multiple aircraft/panels/sounds are shown in their respective steps using a tabbed
interface. They are no longer considered "duplicate file problems". |
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| Eliminated the Resolve Conflicts Window (with extreme prejudice) and overhauled
the conflict resolution process. Duplicate filenames are no longer considered a problem
unless all of them have the same target (installation) folder. Addon file problems are now
handled in their respective steps as needed. |
| You can now rename files globally. |
| Simplified the installation options for a number of wizard steps. |
| Scenario: You mark something 'Do Not Install' in a window then press OK. You go
back to a previous step and make a change that affects the file you had marked 'Do Not
Install'. When you return to the first window you see that file is now marked 'Install'
again. This has been changed. |
| When first reconfiguring an Addon File Box to present file problem information,
the Zip Folder Entry column now appears along with Problem Details and Item Number. This
should make it easier to troubleshoot file problems. |
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Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Aircraft Window
| Added a tabbed interface to handle multiple aircraft. |
| Added an "Other" tab for aircraft files that don't belong in any
particular aircraft tab. Added an "All" tab that lists all aircraft files. |
| Added new columns to the Addon File Box: Zip Folder Entry, Problem Details, Item
Number, Date and Size. |
| You can install individual aircraft in their own folders. |
| You can assign pictures to individual aircraft. |
| Textures belonging to an aircraft are now shown here to make it easier to
identify what belongs to an aircraft. |
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Addon Installation Wizard Configure Panel Window
| Added a tabbed interface to handle multiple panels. |
| Added a "Gauges" tab to show only gauge files. Added an
"Other" tab for panel files that don't belong in any particular panel tab. Added
an "All" tab that lists all panel files. |
| Added new columns to the Addon File Box: Zip Folder Entry, Problem Details, Item
Number, Date and Size. |
| You can install individual panels in their own folders. |
| You can assign pictures to individual panels. |
| Textures belonging to a panel are now shown here to make it easier to identify
what belongs to a panel. |
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Addon Installation Wizard Configure Sound Window
| Added a tabbed interface to handle multiple sounds. |
| Added an "Other" tab for sound files that don't belong in any
particular sound tab. Added an "All" tab that lists all sound files. |
| Added new columns to the Addon File Box: Zip Folder Entry, Problem Details, Item
Number, Date and Size. |
| You can install individual sounds in their own folders. |
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Addon Installation Wizard Configure Other Window
| New installation step! Addon files not covered in the other steps are shown here
(e.g. adventures, briefings, videos, documentation, image files, etc.). |
| Includes tabbed categories for "Documentation", "Other" files
and "All" of them combined. |
| Includes options to deal with addon file problems. |
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Addon Import Process
| Aircraft are imported wholesale now meaning one aircraft.cfg equals one imported
aircraft. Before, aircraft were imported by variant, which meant one aircraft.cfg might
equate to several imported aircraft. |
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Browse/Select Folder Window
| Eliminated the confirmation dialog when you use the window to create/select a new
folder. |
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Customize Window (Program Options)
| Added an option to show the "All" tab first in Addon Installation
Wizard windows featuring tabbed displays. |
| Added a new option called "Confirm Actions On Multiple Items". If
checked, whenever you perform an action on more than one item you will be asked for
confirmation before proceeding. |
| Added options to always ignore thumbs.db files and pspbrwse.jbf files.
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| Added an option called "Enable drive pull-down controls". These
controls may appear on screens showing drives, folders and files (eg. Browse Folders
dialog). |
| Added an option called "Allow folder tree view controls to display all
namespaces and drives". This allows folder tree view controls to display everything
on your system (My Computer, My Documents, all drives, etc.). When unchecked, folder tree
view controls are restricted to the current drive. The folder tree view controls appear on
screens showing drives, folders and files (eg. Browse Folders dialog). |
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Edit/Select Panels and Sounds Windows
| The mouse cursor now turns into a crosshair over configuration fields to indicate
that clicking on these fields will open the corresponding files. |
| When using the filter, if there are no items to display, the configuration fields
and picture, though disabled, still show information from the previously valid selected
item. This has been remedied. |
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Fixes
| When you pressed Next or Previous on the Addon Installation Wizard or Addon
Removal Wizard, the focus on the column of command buttons would become out of sync with
the current step. They are now synchronized. |
| Fixed a theoretical problem in the Work With Addons window where clicking on a
file then selecting some action for that file might cause an error depending on the
situation. |
| Fixed a bug in the Select Files window where opening document files from the
document list view might cause an error if the view mode was "favorites" or
"recent". |
| Fixed an overflow error in the Browse Folders and Select Files screens. This
error would appear when the total file size of all files in a folder exceeded a certain
value. |
| Under Windows XP, for some reason all list view controls, when either horizontal
or vertical scroll bars were shown, had double borders around the edge of the control.
This is been fixed. |
| Fixed a rare "subscript out of range" error that could occur during
installation from a zip file. |
| Fixed a problem reading the last section of an INI file. In an aircraft.cfg, for
example, if the [fltsim.x] section was at the tail end of the file it was not read
properly. |
| Fixed a problem with invalid pictures causing hard errors and abnormal program
termination. |
| When a large number of items were selected in many list view controls, certain
code was being executed over and over again needlessly hurting performance. This is no
longer the case. |
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General
| When an HTML document is opened from a zip file, Addit! Pro also extracts other
HTML pages and images that are linked to or shown on that HTML document. Sometimes the
main HTML document expects these additional files to exist in sub folders. Addit! Pro now
extracts these dependent files into their proper locations so the first HTML file can be
viewed as designed. |
| Improved performance of internal zip processing. |
| During a long process, interactivity with the window is now prevented until the
process completes. |
| Improved gauge file installation. Gauges with sub folder requirements are now
installed to the proper locations. Enhanced support for gauges inside cabinet archives
(CAB files) and gauge collection files. |
| Switched from accessing the zip library via an OCX control interface to a DLL API
interface. |
| Improved panel and sound dependency checking. |
| Reduced mouse cursor fluttering (where the cursor quickly changes back and forth
between the arrow and hourglass). |
| In some cases, on screens showing drives/folders/files, the drive pull-down
control might not display correctly. This happens only under certain versions of Windows.
It makes the drive pull-down control very difficult to use. To address this issue, an
option was added to toggle this control on or off. Another option was added to allow the
expanded folder tree view control to show all namespaces and drives along with folders. In
effect, this control can now be made to appear exactly like the left-side pane in Windows
Explorer. See Customize above for more details. |
| Updated the help text and all documentation. |
| No more "always on top" for help text. |
| The Program Information screen now shows your Windows version. |
| Added support for "PALETTE=" statements within panel.cfg files. |
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Setup
| Created a new installer. The new Addit! Pro distribution features better
installation, a self-repair capability, cleaner removal and decreased package size. |
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Improvements and Changes in Version 4.5.2
Addon Import Process & Window
| If the import process encounters a problem with an addon, it will continue on and
process the remaining addons instead of halting prematurely. |
| When importing just one addon (e.g. group #13) from a bunch of addons, the status
bar message reported "importing 13 of 1". This has been fixed. |
| Fixed a bug that caused an 'Object variable or With block variable not set' error
message. Very nasty. |
| Added a folder date column. Very handy for quickly finding the most recently
installed addon regardless of whether or not Addit! Pro installed it. |
| Added the ability to customize columns. |
| Toggling Show Icons would reload the addons and rebuild the display. Now it
simply rebuilds the display which is quicker. |
Addon Installation Wizard
| For panels and sounds, Addit! Pro can now automatically create an alias when you
install an aircraft but opt to store the panel and sound in custom folders. For example,
say you're installing a new Corsair. It comes with its own panel and sound package. You
want to store the panel in its own custom panel folder and store the sound files in their
own custom sound folder. You've always been able to do this but after installation you had
to manually associate the Corsair with the split panel and split sound. Now Addit! Pro can
do this for you. In the Configure Panel and Configure Sounds window, simply check the box
titled "Assign panel/sound to the aircraft currently being installed". |
Addon Installation Wizard - Select Files
| When you open an html file for viewing, Addit! Pro will now extract other html
and image files needed by that document. So, the document should appear with links intact
and you'll see images instead of image placeholders. |
| The Select Files window title now displays the name of the selected folder. |
| Updated handling of executable files with links to the Help file for tips on
installing them. |
Addon Installation Wizard - Resolve Conflicts
| The column "Zip folder entry" now appears by default. |
Addon Management
| Added validation for panel bitmap files. Addit! Pro will look for the presence of
all valid panel BMP files specified in the panel configuration file (panel.cfg) and report
if any are not found. |
| Internet shortcuts (URL files) are no longer treated as textures. |
Addon Removal Process
| Recreating an addon by copying or moving it to a zip file now saves folder names
in the zip file. |
| Recreating an addon by copying or moving it to a folder now generates subfolders
as needed (e.g. in the case of duplicate filenames). Otherwise, files will be placed in
the same folder as before. |
Edit Aircraft
| When changing a panel picture, the default search folder was Addit! Pro's Images
folder. Now, if the panel is part of an addon managed by Addit! Pro, the default folder is
the addon's custom folder. This makes it much easier to use a picture included with the
addon. |
| Added a right-click menu item "Work With Addon(s)". This function
allows you to open a Work With Addons window for the selected item. For example, if you
use this function on your default Sopwith aircraft, Addit! Pro will open a Work With
Addons window showing this addon (provided you imported it into the database). |
| Added "tooltip" help text. |
| Added a folder date column. To quickly find the addon you last installed simply
sort the Aircraft box by Folder Date in descending order. The first item shown is the last
one installed. Neat. |
| Adjusted the way the configuration section (lower middle of the screen) resizes.
This was done to allow the Aircraft File, Panel Name and Sound Name fields to show more of
their contents. |
Edit Panels
| When changing a panel picture, the default search folder was Addit! Pro's Images
folder. Now, if the panel is part of an addon managed by Addit! Pro, the default folder is
the addon's custom folder. This makes it much easier to use a picture included with the
addon. |
| Added a right-click menu item "Work With Addon(s)". This function
allows you to open a Work With Addons window for the selected item. For example, if you
use this function on your default Sopwith panel, Addit! Pro will open a Work With Addons
window showing this addon (provided you imported it into the database). |
| Added "tooltip" help text. |
| Added a folder date column. To quickly find the addon you last installed simply
sort the Panel box by Folder Date. The first item shown is the last one installed. |
| Added a filter box with these choices: "Show All Panels", "Show
Only Original Panels" and "Show Only Alias Panels". |
Edit Sounds
| Added a right-click menu item "Work With Addon(s)". This function
allows you to open a Work With Addons window for the selected item. For example, if you
use this function on your default Sopwith sound, Addit! Pro will open a Work With Addons
window showing this addon (provided you imported it into the database). |
| Added "tooltip" help text. |
| Add folder date column. To quickly find the addon you last installed simply sort
the Sounds box by Folder Date. The first item shown is the last one installed. |
| Added a filter box with these choices: "Show All Sounds", "Show
Only Original Sounds" and "Show Only Alias Sounds". |
| Adjusted Listbox sizing. |
Fixes
| Fixed a problem with reinstalling addons that contain read-only files. |
| Fixed a problem where some validity checks for root level folders like
"C:\" were not issuing the correct answers. |
| Fixed a problem in the Recent items tab in all Select/Browse windows. Switching
to and from some root level folders wasn't working properly. |
| Fixed 'Object variable or With block variable not set.' bug that could appear
during the addon import process. This error occurred when importing an addon having two or
more files sharing the same name. |
| Fixed a small problem with the scenery library management system. |
| Fixed a bug where the program would refuse to close when an Addon Installation
(or Removal) Wizard window was open. |
| Fixed an "Element not found" that popped up when the Addit! Pro
executable was launched while Addit! Pro was running. |
| Addressed a problem with the splash screen sound effect. The startup sound would
sometimes be garbled or might cause an error to appear. |
| During some addon removals an "unknown error code" message was shown in
the status bar even though there was no error. This has been fixed. |
General
| Changed the default value for the "number of items to remember" from 5
to 10 for all Select/Browse File windows. |
| Added a Favorite Items list to all Select/Browse File windows. You can use this
personal list to store folders and zip files for quick and easy access. Depending on how
you organize your addons, this feature may save you many navigation clicks over the long
haul. |
| You can now access the Rename function in the Resolve Conflicts and Work With
Addons window by simply pressing F2. |
| Added a keyboard shortcut to bring up all right-click context menus. Press
SHIFT-F10 or F4. |
| When you install an aircraft the name of the addon defaults to the name of the
aircraft. For example, the title "Vought Corsair F4U Deluxe" in the Aircraft.cfg
file means you get "Vought corsair f4u deluxe " as the addon name. However, the
program was not capitalizing the addon name properly. Now it does. |
| Added keyboard shortcuts for all right-click context menus. For example, in the
Edit Aircraft window, if you right-click to bring up the context menu then press the
"p" key it will activate the Change Panel function. |
| Improved performance of all ListView controls. |
| Converted separate date and time columns into a single date/time column. |
| Increased the default window size of the progress report window. |
| Updated Setup program, Help text and documentation. |
Work With Addons
| Added the ability to copy an addon to a folder or zip file. To use this feature,
select an addon right click and pick "Copy to Folder" or "Copy to Zip
File". You can then copy the addon's files to a folder or zip file of your choice.
The addon will be left intact and will be retained in Addit! Pro's database. To copy and
delete an addon to a folder or zip file use "Move to Folder" or "Move to
Zip File". Moving an addon to a folder or zip file will also remove it from Addit!
Pro's database. |
| Adjusted the way the Addon Type filters some addons. For example, now when you
choose to list panels you will only see panels that are not part of any aircraft. Showing
sounds now works the same way - you will only see sounds listed if they are not part of an
aircraft. Showing textures will only list texture addons that are not part of any scenery
or panel addon. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 4.2.4
Addon Installation Wizard
| Added the ability to move a zip file to a specified folder after installing the
zip file. This is handy for archiving original zip files after processing them.
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Addon Management
| Added support for fonts that are sometimes included with panels (TTF files).
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Addon Removal
| When removing a panel used by other addons Addit! Pro warns you about the
dependency. Now, you get that warning plus the ability to immediately choose a replacement
panel. If you don’t pick a replacement panel, Addit! Pro will attempt to restore any
existing original panel definition it can find for all dependent panels. This helps ensure
any aircraft relying on these panels will function correctly. |
| Sound dependencies are now thoroughly checked. Also, when removing a sound used
by other addons Addit! Pro warns you about the dependency. Now, you get that warning plus
the ability to immediately choose a replacement sound. If you don’t pick a
replacement sound, Addit! Pro will attempt to restore any existing original sound
definition it can find for all dependent panels. This helps ensure any aircraft relying on
these panels will function correctly. |
Edit Aircraft
| There was a small problem refreshing the display after restoring an original
panel or sound definition (ie. a panel.cfg/sound.cfg backup). If the previous
configuration file had errors, the window would not always refresh properly. Now it does
so in all cases. |
| When choosing new panels and sounds the Select windows now highlight the default
item properly when the display is sorted by name. |
Edit/Select Sound
| The column you pick to sort the Select Sound window is now saved properly.
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General
| On all screens having a Change Folder button, ALT-F is now the keyboard shortcut
for this button. |
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Release History
Version
4.7.4 is current and was released in
August, 2003.
Version 4.7.2 was released in April, 2002.
Version 4.7.0 was released in January, 2002.
Version 4.6.0 was released in August, 2002.
Version 4.5.2 was released in February,
2002.
Version 4.2.4 was released in July, 2001.
Version 4.2.2 was released in April, 2001. |
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