GBM Change Log

All changes since the development start of the Generalised Bitmap Module and the complementing applications are listed below. Only the most recent changes are shown on this page. For older changes please have a look at the Change Log archive

Latest changes:

21-Sep-2008  GBM.DLL 1.61
             * JPEG2000 codec:
               - add JPWL read support
               - fix wrong extension to codec assignment
               - add support for rate based compression
               - add support for quality based compression

             GBMV/GBMV2 1.52
             * Fix initialy wrong filename extension handling for file dialog
               (after profile settings were written once, the problem was no longer visible)

             GBM File Dialog 1.52
             * Fix some selection/preview area synchronization issues
             * Fix wrong documentation about JPEG2000 extension/codec assignment
             * Fix potential crash when programs use the dialog modeless

             GBM plugin for Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey (NPGBM.DLL version 1.37)
             * Fix wrong extension to codec assignment for JPEG2000
             * Move the URL in the plugin info to the GBM homepage to allow correct
               appearance in Firefox's plugin manager

             OpenJPEG codec tools
               - add JPWL read/write support

             GCC 3.3.5 compiler support for OS/2
             * libc063.dll will be needed to run the executables and dlls
             * the distribution is still built with OpenWatcom so that no
               additional runtime libs are needed
             * required changes are reflected in new revisions of all modules
               (GBM for Lucide 1.36, GBMRX 1.12, GBMDLGRX 1.04, all above mentioned modules)