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v0.64 ^(2009-1-5)

Implemented multi-language support; For the moment, English, Chinese(yzchang), Dutch and Spanish(Neville) translations are completed. You can find the language selection in the 'Settings' dialog. Added the possibility to browse inside ISO archives; In the profile editor, simply select the .iso file that contains your game and the executable inside that .iso. DBGL will take care of proper mounting. Many thanks to the people behind Loopy and Apache Commons VFS (skardavnelnate). Added IPXNET command support (Metron4). Also new is the possibility to export your game-list to another file, such as a plain TXT file, a basic .CSV or a fancy HTML page. If you know how to write xsl files, feel free to create your own export formats. When you put them in the xsl folder, they'll show up in DBGL. Added a menu option to clean un-used autocomplete entries for developers, publishers, etc. to reduce database size (skardavnelnate). Fixed a regression (since 0.63) in profile duplication; mounting settings got lost in the newly created profile. Updated the SWT and HSQLDB libraries.

DBGL in Spanish

v0.63 ^(2008-9-2)

• Implemented compatibility with the new DOSBox CVS configuration options such as cputype. When using a new DOSBox build, the new machine definitions are available and 'fixed' is automatically prefixed to the cycles configuration setting when applicable.
• Rewrote dosbox.conf drive-mounting support. This updated version should correctly handle drive mountings defined in dosbox.conf so that both templates and game profiles work correctly. DBGL can even unmount the mounts (mount -u driveletter) using the 'remove' button in the mounting tab. Only mounting information is transferred into a template or profile, so the main.exe, parameters etc. should remain unaffected (Kamichu22, cyberaxe, Devcon).
• Added support for running mixer.com and/or keyb.com with custom settings before starting a game. These settings are not only available for a profile but also for a template (flamepanther).
• Improvements to the mount dialog; -usecd, -aspi and -noioctl are now supported and logic was added to only enable controls that are relevant to the currently selected mount type (flamepanther).
• Small improvements to DOSBox version-switching; joystick, soundblaster, gus and machine settings are transferred transparently from one version to the other.
• Fix an IndexOutOfBoundsException on Mac operating systems when mounting CD images (David, Elothan).
• When copying captures on profile-duplication, files keep their last-modification timestamps (MiniMax).
• Configuration files now use system-dependent text format (MiniMax).
• Minor change to opening an URL when clicking on a link in Windows (Markus).
• Some tuning of the (default) available configurations options.
• Rebuilt the template and profile editing windows to reduce code duplication and make maintenance easier. Lots of refactoring of the DBGL core was carried out in order to reduce complexity and the PMD violations count.

v0.62 ^(2008-1-22)

• Fixed using '~' in data/dosbox/database location for Linux (Qbix).
• Fixed regression since 0.60 where the write 'browse' button in the mounting dialog browsed to a file instead of a directory (transitionality).
• Fixed relative .conf files storage location in a game's directory (kamichu22).
• Made 'Send To' also use relative paths if possible.
• Thumbs can now be resized, and the latest selected profile is reselected at the start of a new session (rfc).
• Improvements to database management, no longer requires db/empty files, database is automatically created if necessary (Qbix).
• Some internal changes towards game import/export.

v0.61 ^(2007-9-24)

• Fixed a regression on Windows for crashing 'Send To' functionality (Christoph).
• Fixed custom column titles casing. This will also prevent a custom data/dosbox dir from being converted to lowercase (Pan).
• Allow '~' in data/dosbox directory (Qbix).
• Don't redraw and scroll the profiles list after editing a profile if the order of the list wasn't changed.
• Small usability improvements for mounting points; you can doubleclick on the list to add or edit an entry, and the cursor focus is set correctly in the mounting dialog. The dosroot (.) is now being used as the default mounting location.
• Some refactoring (Qbix).

v0.60 ^(2007-8-27)

• Should fully support DOSBox 0.72!
• Shiny new OS X package made available by PinguTux!
• Relative paths! The ability to freely move DBGL and/or your games directories around without the need for reconfiguration! Read more about this over here
• More relative paths! A new 'migrate profiles'-dialog is available to relocate your DBGL games to the new dosroot. That is, all stored path information in DBGL is relocated. You will have to move your games files yourself, afterwards.
• The database-connection is now configurable in Settings.conf, so it should be possible to connect to a remote profile database! (not tested as of yet)
• Thumbs are now displayed using anti-aliasing, and you can open the containing folder by right-clicking them.
• Likewise, there is an 'open folder' menu entry for dosbox versions, too.
• SWT (GUI library) was updated to 3.3
• Lots and lots of code refactoring.

v0.57 ^(2007-6-23)

• Improved support for (7-)zip files by adding a browse dialog for selecting files inside an archive (implemented using J7zip). Automount for zipfiles was also corrected.
• Implemented support for configuration options containing spaces, such as "cycles=max 80%".
• Added support for the -freesize option for mounting points (Andrew, Aisyk).
• When duplicating a profile, made it possible to also duplicate captures (red_avatar).
• Renamed dbgl.bat to dbgl.cmd (MiniMax), some code refactoring.

v0.56 ^(2007-4-01)

Added 10 new custom fields, 8 of them strings, one numeric value and one field for percentages. Four of those stringfields are combo boxes, the others are plain textfields. Two new Link fields have also been added, together with browse buttons for linking local filesystem stuff. Hovering over the links shows a tooltip now. The settings dialog was changed to allow editing of the labels of these new custom fields. (Dosfreak, red_avatar, etc.) Added support for PhysFS 7-zip file mounting (Ykhwong or Gulikoza builds only). Improved DOSBox version toggling in template- and profile-editing dialogs by adding a new 'Set' button. This associates the template or profile with the given DOSBox version without the need to reload/reset its configuration settings. Improved handling of I/O problems when loading configuration files (MiniMax). Some code refactoring.

Some custom fields...

v0.55 ^(2007-3-05)

• Should fully support DOSBox 0.70!
• Be sure to check out the `Starter Edition` which contains DBGL, DOSBox 0.70 and a small amount of awesome DOS oldies! A great way to get familiar with DBGL & DOSBox, and to get introduced to an era of game classics!
• Added joystick buttonwrapping support.
• Added support for Java 1.6 (MiniMax)
• Implemented 'Run/Setup with...' right-click popup menu to test a game with another DOSBox version without changing its profile.
• Fixed a regression on Linux platforms resulting in an extra nonsense mount command.
• Updated Linux package to also include the latest released SWT lib and DOSBox 0.70

v0.54 ^(2007-1-23)

Implemented support for the new joystick configuration options such as 'timed mode', as introduced in DOSBox CVS on Jan. 9th. NOTE: Do not use these options with any of the DOSBox 0.66 beta builds, it will not work correctly. If you really need to use those beta builds, stick with DBGL 0.53. Added keyboardlayout support (another new DOSBox CVS feature). Added multiple image mounting support, CTRL-F4 to swap (yet another new DOSBox CVS feature). Fixed a regression where pressing either one of the reload buttons in the edit profile dialog would reset the captures directory setting. Internal DOSBox CVS build to Jan. 22nd for the Windows package. This build can be a lot faster for certain types of games using the dynamic core, thanks to the great DOSBox development team!

The 'settings' dialog...

v0.53 ^(2007-1-11)

• Implemented profile duplication using mouse popup menu or ctrl-d (red_avatar).
• Added profile table column chooser in the setting dialog screen, so that you can choose the columns that you would like to be visible. Please note that changing the visible columns will reset column order and sorting (red_avatar).
• Added the option to automatically sort the profiles table after adding a profile (instead of putting the new profile at the end of the list) (red_avatar).
• Implemented auto-complete for developer/publisher/genre and status fields (red_avatar).
• Profile sorting among multiple criteria is now correctly stored across sessions. It is also quite a lot faster now.
• Made precautions to prevent accidental database overwriting using a differently named default database file (wd).
• Drive letters in uppercase now (MiniMax).
• Check for Java JRE 1.5 availability in batchfiles (MiniMax).
• Updated SWT to 3.2.1 and internal DOSBox CVS build to Jan. 9th for the Windows package. Note that DBGL currently does NOT work correctly on newer CVS builds since joystick configuration was changed on the 10th, effectively breaking support for that.

v0.52 ^(2006-11-19)

• Implemented multiple criteria profile sorting as suggested by MiniMax.
• Fixed additional dosbox parameters support when running a profile.

v0.51 ^(2006-11-19)

When sorting profiles by anything but the Title column, a secondary sort for Titles is performed (Folken). Implemented additional parameters support per dosbox version (Folken). Improved database exception handling so that problems are correctly fowarded to the GUI (Minimax). Fixed crash bug when right-clicking on an empty profiles-list (thank you Jeff). Fixed saving sblaster oplrate setting for both profiles and templates (thank you Don). v0.50 (2006-11-04) Quite a large amount of changes this time, among others a database change; Therefore, please backup your entire dbgl directory if you're upgrading! In case you're using the new jar with an existing profile database, that database will be updated automatically on the first run. Implemented the option to store a profile's configuration file in the game directory (collector). Also, conf files can be named after the profile title instead of the profile ID (Gadler). You can find the options in the 'Settings' dialog. Updated internal DOSBox CVS build to nov. 1st on both the Windows AND Linux packages. Major work on the D-Fend profile importing code; Created a new dialog to set options and made sure that any possible import problems are correctly manifested to the user. Added the possibility to import an existing .conf file using the File menu or via SendTo on Windows systems (collector). Rewrote exception handling code so that file I/O problems are handled more gracefully. Debugged storing a desktop shortcut with invalid characters in the profile's title. Fixed silly column-titles inside 'Templates' and 'DOSBox versions' tabs. A small fix to make sure screenshots are not kept locked on DBGL exit. Updated the Linux startup script so that DBGL can be started from any working directory (thank you jMax). HSQLDB was also updated to 1.8.0.7.

This is what DBGL looks like on Ubuntu...

v0.46

• Fixed shortcut creation crash bug.

v0.45

• Implemented 'Desktop shortcut creation' for DBGL running on Windows.
• Updated internal DOSBox CVS build to oct. 5th. and HSQLDB to 1.8.0.7, Windows only for the moment.
• Added 'Settings' dialog box for running DOSBox in -noconsole mode (benkid77) and manipulating the 'Dynamic Options' (see comments for v0.43)
• Added support for extra joystick options as introduced in DOSBox 0.65b1 and Ykhwong's build
• Added so-called 'Grab' buttons for the game/setup and booter fields in order to fetch the currently selected mount location.
• Implemented shortcuts for profile favorite marking, and marking DOSBoxversions and Templates as default
• Changed drive-mounting logic a tiny bit; in case multiple mounting points match a chosen game exe path, the longest location is chosen, so that the corresponding drive is used inside DOSBox
• Disabled the Windows Java console by default (dbgl.bat), the old behaviour is still available for debugging purposes (dbglcons.bat).
• Some code-refactoring to keep it all maintainable

v0.44

• Implemented screenshot removal (right-click), F2 to edit profile (besides ctrl-enter) and made the various 'Browse..' buttons more intelligent by using a default directory when possible.
• Fixed some pathname casing issues, you may use mixed casing between executable and mounting location on Windows systems now. Also, batchfile CALLing was fixed, so that DOSBox correctly exits when you'd expect it.
• Fixed a couple of minor layout issues here and there.

v0.43

• Added basic support for 'Windows system integration', meaning you can use the Windows Explorer, right-click on a game executable, and select Send To - DBGL to add the game to the profiles list. See readme.txt how to set it up.
• Made all selectboxes in the profile-editing screen configurable, that is, all these options can be found and edited in settings.conf (works similarly to D-Fends 'Change Dynamic Options', just no GUI yet).
• Some usability improvements here and there; For example, you can now right-click on list items for options.

v0.42

• Added support for special DOSBox builds such as those from Ykhwong and Gulikoza, with experimental options like pixelshaders, multiple SVGA chipsets, Roland MT-32 emulation etc.
• Made 'Add/Edit DOSBox version'-dialog box more robust by checking executable and config file availability, and implemented automatic config file creation if necessary
• Running DOSBox will now change the current working directory to the associated DOSBox version location. This will make sure that DOSBox can find other related files where it expects them, like pixelshader(.fx) files and the like.
• Some code clean-up here and there

v0.41

• Fixed lots of Linux bugs, most of them related to pathname translation ('/' vs. '\')
• Added support for case-sensitive filenames (Linux)
• Added auto-mount feature and implemented smart drive letter selection in the drive-mounting dialog
• Implemented basic support to 'autodetect' special DOSBox features such as 'timesynched'. Those options will be enabled in the profile-editing dialog if and only if the option is actually available for the selected DOSBox version.

v0.4

• Fixed bug where setting templates or dosbox versions to default could result in multiple defaults
• Fixed minor D-Fend import bug (using '[' in profile title), more robust sanity checks during import
• Made all popup windows resizable and window elements scale according to window size

v0.31

• Many, many changes

v0.3

• Many, many changes

v0.2

• Initial release on the web