Magic HTML Writer
Update Record
Version 1.0a Beta
Friday, February 23, 2001
Javascript/Code/Write and Writeln.
Added multiple line capability.
Now uses "with (document) { write(...) }" format.
Now inserts backslashes before embedded apostrophes.
Bug fix: Empty lines format correctly
Tables/Rows with Cells
Bug fix: Empty lines format correctly
Two new Javascript Code Generating Tools
Open Window Code Generator
Include Source File Code Generator
Bug fix: Image Tag Creation Tool now correctly resolves
relatives paths when returning from the Image Browser
(problem was failure to check variations in drive letter
capitalization)
Version 1.0b Beta
Tuesday, February 26, 2001
Image browser
Bug fix: now correctly traps errors if previous path was incorrect
Bug fix: drive box now displays correctly at form startup
Program Startup
Bug fix: program doesn't crash if opened file is too large.
Improved error messages when opening missing or large files.
Version 1.0c Beta
Added meta tags
Added first version context-sensative help
Version 1.0d Beta
April 6, 2001
Added drag/drop capability
Now will not open a second copy of the same file.
Version 1.0e Beta
April 9, 2001
Save,Open,Color dialogs now locate nearly centered
Color dialog always opens double-wide (my preference)
Pressing Esc de-selected selected text
Image Browser now displayed file size and date
All pop-up windows are no longer resizable.
Version 1.0f Beta
April 10, 2001
New features: Convert HTML to Entities and Convert Entities to HTML
Hot keys: Ctrl+J and Ctrl+K
Version 1.0g Beta
April 20, 2001
New features: View active file in browser. File must be saved.
Option to select path to desired browser (Browser...) under Options menu.
Version 1.0h Beta
June 3, 2001
Meta Tag "Refresh..." option correctly includes "url="
New feature: Additional instances pass commandline to original instance and unload
Version 1.0i Beta
June 13, 2001
Single instance loading of additional files improved.
Version 1.0j Beta
September 9, 2001
Option to associate files .htm, html, .js, .txt, .asp, .asa, .inc
with Magic HTML Writer so that right-clicking on that file
shows "Edit with Magic HTML Writer" in the context popup menu.
Version 1.0k Beta
October 14, 2001
Added option to Browser option, allowing user to indicate the presence of
Personal Web Server, store the path to the Home Directory, and then
all files opened from the Home Directory (using View Current Document
in Browser tool) are loaded from http://localhost.
no version 1.0l because "l" (letter l) looks too much like "1" (number one)
Version 1.0m Beta
October 19, 2001
Added Tools/Insert/Javascript Date and Time, formatted "Fri Oct 19 08:11:49 2001".
Added Tools/Insert/Notepad Date and Time, formatted "8:12 AM 10/19/01".
Version 1.0n Beta
October 22, 2001
Set all forms except main form to "not shown in taskbar".
Personal Web Server Option checked now only works if Home Directory is specified.
October 23, 2001
Added "Eye" icon to toolbar, shortcut to "View Current Document in Browser" on Tools menu.
October 30, 2001
Added building customized tables from tab or comma delimited files or document selection.
Added startup splash screen.
November 15, 2001
Added option to change selected HTML tags to all lower or upper case
(under HTML/Convert/Tags to Lower Case or Tags to Upper Case).
November 25, 2001
Added block Shift Left and Shift Right to Edit menu. Adds or removes indention
to a selected block. Also uses F11 and F12 as hot keys.
Version 1.0o Beta
December 1, 2001
Added block Nudge Right a space to the beginning of each line in the
selected block. Uses Ctrl-F12 as a hot key.
December 2, 2001
Added Frameset and Frame tag building tools.
Added Noframes markup.
Added convertion to and from spaces and nonbreaking spaces.
Revised program icon--placed circle around pencils.
Added .shtml extension to HTML file list in dialog boxes and
option to associate files.
Version 1.0p Beta
December 13, 2001
Finally implemented local targets and local anchors
under HTML/Hyperlinks menu.
Added Open Recent Folder and Save in Recent Folder As options to the
File Menu. Both store up to 10 recent folders. A real convenience!
July 23, 2002
Added .php to file association form.
August 23, 2002
Fixed bug when program fails to open a file that is right-clicked on.
August 24, 2002
Added pull-down recent folders lists to tag tool and image browser--very convenient!
Version 1.0q Beta
September 1, 2002
Revised and routines not to duplicate - already on a line
(this is better for nested lists)
Added my own Trim function which also removes leading and trailing
control characters (VB Trim does not).
September 29, 2002
Improved performance of search and replace.
Recursive bug in "replace all" fixed.
Esc key closes dialog box.
Recent replacements list is preserved through end of session.
Version 1.0r Beta
November 26, 2002
Added HTML/Document/Template item. Inserts complete HTML template.
Added .PHP file support to Associations and file type lists.
Enhanced Browser option to allow storing paths to three different browsers
and simply selecting one currently.
December 12, 2002
Added "Single Quotes around Values" option.
Version 1.0s Beta
May 14, 2003
Image Browser now reads JPG file sizes for newer formats that contain
embedded thumbnails (such as those made by digital cameras).
Version 1.1 Beta
May 22, 2003
Completed first edition of Cascading Style Sheet Builder pages.
May 24, 2003
Updated help pages to support CSS.