Version history for Ascii Generator dotNET (ascgen2)

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Changes for v0.9.6 - v2.0.0

• Full StyleCop Validation
• FormConvertImage.cs
• - Rewrote all the output width/height code
• - Fixed conversion not happening after lock changed
• - Moved code out of form load and into the constructor
• - Refactored the widget creation code
• - Refactored text/background color checks
• - Fixed application getting stuck when losing focus on a colour preview
• - Fixed unselected image being converted when closing with a selected area
• - Changed to always show characters toolbar unless it is not needed
• - Prevented unnecessary update on valid characters change when they aren?t being used
• - Replaced image toggle menu button with a large one between the text and the image
• - Made the output image update while you are moving the selected area
• - Added right-click item and setting to toggle if output is updated while the selection changes
• - Changed fullscreen code to use a property
• - Removed left over seperator from Edit/Output
• - Added IsBlackTextOnWhite, Brightness, Contrast, CharacterSize, Ramp, IsGeneratedRamp, IsFixedWidth, Levels,
• Stretch, Sharpen, Unsharp, Dithering, DitheringRandom properties
• - Replaced SetValidCharacters and SetFont with properties
• - Fixed conversion being done twice when the levels change
• - Changed the font button to say ?Font? instead of using an image
• - Made the TextImageMagnification dialog persistent to keep previous zoom when saving images
• - Fixed custom character size not being applied when the font changes
• - Stopped unneeded conversions when the font hasn?t changed
• - Added faq link to the menu
• - Only showing the text image area when an image has been loaded
• - Fixed two conversions taking place on ramp change
• ImageToValues.cs
• - Changed convert function to use unsafe code
• JMSelectablePictureBox.cs
• - Fixed notifications being raised when no image loaded
• - Prevented selection change events from being called on rotate/flip image
• ValuesToVariableWidthTextConverter.cs
• - Moved struct into new VariableWidthCharacterValue class
• - Removed redundant variables
• - Cleaned up the functions to make them more readable
• - Changed to use jagged arrays for speed
• - Fixed only using the R channel when calculating a characters value
• - Used unsafe code to speed up the character value calculations
• - Separated and improved speed of array creation
• - Fixed widthHasBeenUsed potentially having incorrect data
• - Rearranged CreateBestCharactersArrays to be much shorter and simpler
• TextToColorImage.cs
• - Fixed memory leak
• AsciiRampCreator.cs
• - Moved CharacterValue into a new file
• - Changed lists to use generics
• - Fixed first valid character not being added to the list problem
• ImageToColors.cs
• - Improved speed of reading the Color values with unsafe code
• FileListbox
• - Displayed non-existant files in red
• - Fixed the text rendering incorrectly
• JMLevels.cs
• - Moved into a sub-directory
• - Moved all the classes into separate files
• Renamed Matricies.cs to Matrices.cs
• AboutDialog, CharacterSizeDialog, TextImageMagnificationDialog, FormTextSettings, BaseWidget, ValidRampCharsDialog:
• - Split designer code into a separate file
• Variables
• - Moved storing the values to a settings file
• - Changed DefaultRamps and DefaultValidCharacters to use string arrays
• - Removed accessing them through properties to help reduce the filesize
• Fixed memory leak in the font size calculation
• Moved all output size calculation into the new DimensionsCalculator class
• Moved text functions into a separate dll
• Improved speed of stretching the output
• Improved speed of applying the levels and brightness/contrast filters when values have not been changed
• Greatly improved speed of applying the unsharp mask
• Moved all of the interfaces into separate files in a new directory
• Improved speed of calculating characters values for automatic ramps with unsafe code
• Version Checking
• - Moved version checking into a separate class
• - Rewrote VersionChecker to use a WebClient
• - Moved version checking into a separate dll and refactored
• - Moved the download url to the remote xml file
• - Fixed proxy problem that could cause the thread to hang
• - Changed to use asynchronous events instead of a Thread
• - Rewrote to use events, and moved the messagebox stuff into the main program
• Improved layout of the project to separate out the dlls and make it cleaner
• Fixed control fonts being different at runtime than in the designer
• Batch conversion form completely rewritten
• - Greatly improved layout
• - Allows Dragging and dropping of files and/or directories onto the list box
• Moved codebase to Visual Studio 2010
• Moved custom controls into a separate dll and standardized their namespaces
• Optimized the handling all of color arrays
• Changed the converter/filters/etc to use jagged arrays
• Moved static image handling functions into a separate dll
• Added form to handle selection of the translation file if more then one is in the directory
• Moved full screen/Colour Preview/Invert buttons from the toolbar to below the input image toggle
• Added ?Invert the Image? menu item to the output menu
• Removed the images brightness/contrast widget
• Changed filter order so that contrast isn?t cancelled out by the stretch
• Completely rewrote OutputCreator to remove duplicate code and improve the other code
• Rewrote the variables/settings to use serialization and save to a data file
• FormEditSettings
• - Added output width/height
• - Added default button
• - Settings are saved automatically on Ok
• - Removed tab control
• Added ?Update While Selection Changes? context menu item on the image widget
• Fixed median slider getting stuck after resetting the levels

Changes for v0.9.5 - v0.9.6

• Notes:
• Fixed a large crash bug, added support for portrait monitors, and internal changes.
• Changes:
• Added a form to preview the colour output
• Added menu item to change the position of the image and text frames from horizontal to vertical
• Added automatically choosing the panels orientation layout from the screen size
• Changed main form to access the RichTextBox through an interface
• Moved interfaces into their own namespace
• Fixed being unable to save variable width font conversions as an image

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