Image Investigator

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Version Info

2011-11-11 Version 7.0 Released

• Many small changes and improvements.
• The image identification has been substantially improved by replacing a windows function to resize images.

2010-07-01 Version 6.12.0.357 Released

• The management / maintenance of the archives has two new checkboxes, with which the current archive and probe is indicated or can be selected.
• In the frequency deviation illustration the max number of entries per class has been increased to 1000.
• The management of the Ignore-List has been overhauled.
• The form Advanced Settings has been reorganized.
• The color coding in the form Image pair assessment has been enhanced.
• In the result list one can now get file information via the context menu.
• Our program config file will now be written in UTF-8 format to accommodate multibyte characters.

2010-06-10 Version 6.12.0.342 Released

• Results are stored with similarity value as third parameter. The pipe character | is now the delimiter.

2010-03-03 Version 6.12.0.334 Released

• Many small improvements and fixes.

2009-05-26 Version 6.12.0.299 Released

• Program has been revamped to support Multibyte Characters.
• The storage cache has been changed to improve performance for large archive significantly

2008-08-04 Version 6.11.4.239 Released

• Management tools and overview of archive have been put in a new form named Maintenance.
• Consideration of negative similarity has been turned off now. It can be turned on in Advanced Settings.
• The content encoding will now be set in reports. This will now display special characters, properly when the browser setting is e.g. UTF-8..
• If the environment variable LOCALAPPDATA is set (Windows Vista) all files, which are modified by the application, are stored in the local application data folder. This should now avoid any problems, which relate to the User-Account-Control of Windows Vista. At the first use of this program version, all related files are copied to the application data folder and are ignore in the program folder thereafter.
• Many small changes

2008-03-23 Version 6.11.4.222 Released

• Many small changes and improvements.
• Fix to adjust to different screen resolutions.

2007-12-12 Version 6.11.4.216 Released

• The browse buttons in the detail form not only starts the explorer, but also select the current image now.
• The result list can now be sorted by the first two columns as well.
• The Ignore List handling has been changed for faster access.
• An error when using the Frequency Distribution has been fixed.
• The information in the Archive Maintenance will now be updated correctly.

2007-09-24 Version 6.11.4.211 Released

• The left identical part is now being displayed in green, if identical in the Result Form
• The color of the information field in the is now changed on directory change to make a change easy to notice.
• Behind the creation time, the number of files in that folder is now displayed in brackets.

2007-07-03 Version 6.11.4.199 Released

• The Detail dialog has been modified to keep important elements in view for faster operation and easier identification of differences.

2007-03-25 Version 6.11.3.192 Released

• The Detail dialog has been modified to keep important elements in view for faster operation.

2007-02-10 Version 6.11.3.190 Released

• Copy / Move dialog has been enhanced with free input for the target file.
• Deleted images are no longer automatically removed form the results. They are displayed in gray or as "deleted". The result list can be cleaned via the right mouse button menu and Pack.

2007-01-06 Version 6.11.3.187 Released

• Now one can open folders for the images displayed in the result list or detail dialog.
• Settings forms are now centered when the main window is resized.
• Missing DLLs are now included in the program package.

2006-12-12 Version 6.11.3.184 Released

• Now one can open an explorer window for the current file from the result list or the detail dialog.
• Settings forms are now centered if the program window if this is maximized.

2006-11-23 Version 6.11.3.183 Released

• Now one can use a Color Pattern or simple drawing to locate images in the database.
• Results can now be sorted manually or automatically after a query.

2006-11-16 Version 6.10.2.170 Released

• Automatic folder verification can be turned off now. This saves time when dealing with many files in a directory tree.
• The compare algoritm has been improved to be more distinct with landscape pictures.
• When deleting the last row of results or position to an inexistent row, the detail dialog will be closed now.
• Fixed a minor bug where the new file types wouldn't be resized properly.

2006-11-15 Version 6.10.2.165 Released

• Program can now read approx..100 different image file formats.

2006-11-10 Version 6.10.2.156 Released

• Change behavior for closest matches. This function is no longer automatically activated under few conditions, but can be selected.

2006-11-06 Version 6.10.2.150 Released

• Minor bug fix in error reporting, when there are more than 100000 images in an Archive.
• Verify of a cache can now be forced to synchronize cache of Archive or Probe with the file system.
• Handling of deleted images in result list fixed.

2006-10-30 Version 6.10.2.133 Released

• Frequency Distribution of similarity with clickable bars to view a range of results.
• History in Select File or Directory dialog.

2006-10-27 Version 6.10.1.127 Released

• Lite Version now available.
• A few minor bug fixes.

2006-10-25 Version 6.10.1.124 Released

• Results views can be saved and loaded now. Buttons need to be made visible in maintenance.
• The ignore list is now either for an archive or global. Its always global, if probe is unequal archive.

2006-10-23 Version 6.10.1.118 Released

• Lots of minor bug fixes.

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