New Features

MenuBox includes the following new features.

Version 4.0.2.0:

• Improved detection of default applications that do not have the Open action associated to a document type specified via the DocumentType key of the [ApplicationCheck] section

Version 4.0.1.0:

• Software updated and independently tested to comply with Certified for Windows Vista Logo requirements

• New Sign Project tool (project signature feature) replaces and extends plain text license key in configuration file

• Added Architecture key in [ApplicationCheck] section

• Added Architecture property to the MenuBox Extended DOM

• Added /x86 and /x64 command line options

• Added Filex86 and Filex64 keys in [ApplicationCheck] and [Windowless] sections

Version 3.2.1.0:

• Fixed a recently-introduced bug in the processing of environment variables in paths (the issue only occurred if the second character in a path was a backslash character, and would cause the following character to be filtered)

Version 3.2.0.0:

• New Resizable and Show options in browser window mode

Version 3.1.2.0:

• Modified language detection (used for localized configuration files, and in the Language property of the MenuBox Extended DOM) to reflect current user interface language preferences, rather than the Windows default locale on multilingual systems

• Modified processing of environment variables in file system paths and in ExpandPath method of the MenuBox Extended DOM to normalize multiple consecutive backslash characters that may be present after merging path elements

Version 3.1.1.0:

• Added ExpandPath method and Medium property to the MenuBox Extended DOM

Version 3.1.0.0:

• Added support for nonvolatile variables (persistent settings) via new GetNV and SetNV methods in MenuBox Extended DOM

• New GetRegistry method in MenuBox Extended DOM to read registry values and to check for the existence of registry keys

• Added support for environment variables in file system paths

• Added support for volume labels (names) to FindDrive method

• New Message method in MenuBox Extended DOM

Version 3.0.4.0:

• New Minimize, Maximize, Restore, Move and Size methods in MenuBox Extended DOM

• New NoExecute option in browser window mode

Version 3.0.2.0:

• New Text Selection option in browser window mode

Version 3.0.0.0:

• MenuBox Wizard to quickly build projects without having to manually edit the menubox.ini or AutoRun files

• Support for non-Latin character sets

• New FindDrive and PlaySound methods in MenuBox Extended DOM

Version 2.3.2.0:

• Added Title property to the MenuBox Extended DOM

Version 2.3.1.0:

• Integrated binaries with Windows Error Reporting (WER) system

Version 2.3.0.0:

• Added Exists method and Language property to the MenuBox Extended DOM

• Added optional Scripting argument to MenuBoxBrowser key in [ApplicationCheck] section

Version 2.2.2.0:

• Improved version detection of ActiveX objects

Version 2.2.1.0:

• Minor change in handling of scrollbars on Internet Explorer 3 systems

• Modified one error message text

Version 2.2.0.0:

• New ScrollBars option in browser window mode

Version 2.1.1.0:

• Updated examples

• Improved dynamic handling of possible dependencies on wininet.dll, olepro32.dll and oleaut32.dll on Windows 95 Retail Edition without service packs or Internet Explorer (a specific error message is now displayed if for example internet access is required by the MenuBox window content)

• Fixed a bug introduced in a 2003 recompile of version 2.0 (the original 2002 version is not affected)

Version 2.0.0.0:

• New Browser window mode

• Simple window mode functionality includes new effects such as fade-in and fade-out