New features in version 2.00
(20.10.2000)
Added:
1. Support for OTA ("On The Air") images
2. New mixing modes with alignment
3. WBMPfile(byte[]) constructor to create a WBMP image
4. WBMPfile.getByteArray() method to get the bytes[] representation of an
   image. 2 formats are supported: OTA and WBMP. 
5. Reducing method to get the actual boundaries of the image

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New features in version 1.60
(01.10.2000)
Added:
1. 1 new chart type - a PROGRESS BAR chart
2. 4 new dithering methods

Modified:
1. WBMPfile.drawVerticalCustomString() method is substituted with
   WBMPfile.drawCustomString() method which also includes direction of a string.
2. WBMPChart.drawChart() method removed. 4 chart types:
   CHART_PLAIN
   CHART_PLAIN_FILLED
   CHART_POINT
   CHART_POINT_FILLED
   were implemented using the drawAdvancedChart() method.
3. WBMPfile.saveWBMP2BMP(),
   WBMPfile.writeBMPToOutputStream(),
   WBMPfile.saveWBMP2File(),
   WBMPfile.writeToOutputStream(),
   WBMPfile.saveWBMP2JPEG(),
   WBMPfile.writeJPEGToOutputStream(),
   WBMPfile.writeMonoBMPToOutputStream(),
   WBMPfile.writePNGToOutputStream()
   methods were removed and substituted with
   WBMPfile.saveWBMPfile() and WBMPfile.writeWBMPfile() methods.


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New features in version 1.50
(01.09.2000)
Added:
1. Ability of drawing vertical strings using custom fonts.
2. 12 new chart types:
   1. 4 histograms
   2. 4 plain histograms
   3. 2 apple pies
   4. 2 stock charts
3. 2 dithering methods for converting graphical images.

Modified:

Fixed:

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New features in version 1.43
(25.07.2000)
Added:
1. WBMPfile class is now serializable
2. WBMPCustomFont(CustomFont) constructor added
3. WBMPCustomFont.getDefaultFont()
4. WBMPTable class can now draw tables using CustomFont.

Modified:
1. Internal methods in WBMPCustomFont class, so it is possible to use the "/"
   symbol but impossible to use the "|" symbol in the alphabet.
2. To draw a custom string using built-in fonts users must use STANDARD instead
   of CUSTOM font.   
Fixed:
1. User-defined fonts with Y size more than 6 pixels are displayed correctly. 

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New features in version 1.42
(12.07.2000)
Added:
1. New class to work with multiple WBMP layer, mix them horizontally and
   vertically, add files of WBMP, GIF, JPEG formats to the multilayer.
2. WBMPcreator is now able to output the images in JPEG, BMP format into the
   file and to the stream.

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New features in version 1.41
(10.07.2000)
Added:
1. Adoptive threshold counting for each channel.
2. New visual class for displaying WBMP images from command line. It is stored
   in a stand-alone package WBMPExtra.

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New features in version 1.40
(28.06.2000)
Added:
1. At last, WBMPcreator users are able to open GIF, JPEG images and convert
   them to WBMP. Note that EWBMP support will help much! Now only one conversion
   method is supported.


Max Jury Krainov
krainov@wap-shareware.com
http://www.wap-shareware.com/
http://www.wbmpcreator.com/
ICQ UIN: 36688103

