WPS-Wizard V0.6.1a2 is available

WPS-Wizard V0.6.1a2 is available (03.02.2008)
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Note: This is a test release so please don't upload it to other servers.

For those with a working V0.6.x installation it's sufficient to replace 
the DLLs. All others must run a normal installation.

WPS-Wizard is a set of classes to add unique features to the WPS. It's 
seamlessly integrated and offers e.g. an info area for folders showing 
previews of images (eCS 1.2MR and above) and PDFs (if Lucide is 
installed), a technically advanced and unique icon engine for using PNG 
image files as icons, a Rexx interface to the WPS and much more.

General features:

* Icon engine for using PNG images as icons
* Icon engine allows on the fly creation of composited icons using the 
Cairo library
* Configurable icon size (per folder)
* Preview of image and Lucide thumbnails (PDF files) in the folder info 
area
* Configurable context menus
* Rexx interface to the WPS. Use Rexx to program the behaviour of objects
* Image files have their image as icon
* Folder toolbars
* Folder information area
* WPS stability improvements
* Works with all major WPS enhancers (XWP, EWP, BubblePad, ...)
* It's free


Icon Engine features:

* True alpha blending and transparency
* Seamless integration into the WPS including drag and drop icon 
assignment and icon editing from the objects icon page
* No patching of system files
* Icon creation by specifying drawing commands which are performed on the 
fly using the Cairo graphics library
  o Overlay of image files with true alpha blending
  o Line, arc, rectangle, ... drawing with true alpha blending
  o Text drawing (with, yes, alpha blending)
  o Font control
  o Rotation and translating while drawing
  o ...
* Drawing commands are simple text commands in a control file. No 
recompilation necessary.
* Arbitrary icon size up to 200x200
* Icon size settable for each folder


For more information and screenshots visit:
http://svn.netlabs.org/wps-wizard

Download from netlabs.org:

ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/wpswizard-0_6_1a2-eng.zip

Get icon themes from here: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wps-wizard

Be sure to read the included readme file.

Chris Wohlgemuth

Peter, you are going to need the most recent Cairo runtime to install 
WPS-WIZARD, because Cairo is needed to do the rendering for the icons.


Chris, I was wondering, could you make it an option to turn off the extra 
toolbar thing in the folder view? I really like the tooltip feature and PNG 
icon support, but thats really all I use. In any case, great work you and 
David have done! Looking forward to more releases :) 

Brett Carlock wrote:
> Peter, you are going to need the most recent Cairo runtime to install 
> WPS-WIZARD, because Cairo is needed to do the rendering for the icons.
> 

Brett

There is something about Peter's system that WPS Wiz can't live with. 
What it is I have no idea.  He is one of few that has posted problems. 
Most people I have been in contact have not indicated any problems with 
WPS Wizard.

Brett Carlock wrote:
> I just had an interesting one, a WPS crash when I opened a folder full of 
> .png icons, and then a message "PMBIDI.DLL ModuleNotLoaded", and
that was 
> that, I couldnt do anything. I have not tried to recover anything because
Im 
> back in XP working on my visual style lol 
> 
> 

Someone else just reported this at OS/2 world.  Is this using the WPS to 
  open the folder from the drive objects?

Brett Carlock wrote:

> I just had an interesting one, a WPS crash when I opened a folder full of 
> .png icons, and then a message "PMBIDI.DLL ModuleNotLoaded", and
that was 
> that, I couldnt do anything. I have not tried to recover anything because
Im 
> back in XP working on my visual style lol 
> 
> 

You were either trying to add or change an icon in from the program's 
icon editor.

If the folder had no icon, it is best to use an ini editor to copy and 
rename application with the necessary required fields.

CairoCommands
Image
Overlay

Once done, you can edit the application name and change the location and 
name of the icon you want to insert.