[TheMadGuy]

Hi All!

It's update Time Again!

may i interduce:
V0.2.0

a - added
f - fixed
r - removed
c - changed
n - note

V0.2.0 Cleanup and Fixes

f - a few spelling errors, thnx to those who pointed them out.

f - first String in a Stringtable sometimes wasnt updated

f - the last Stringtable never was updated

f - when changing fonts, the Headline in the Preview lost its Bold
     property
    
f - updating failed on Stringtables which were empty or contained
     zero length strings

r - a lot of left overs from early development stages in the code

c - handling the resources is now really object orientated code
     (redone some code, and applied optimizations)

c - About Dialog Credits, just saying thnx to those who take their
     time for constructive feedback.

a - if syssetup.dll is located in the same dir as the winntbbu.dll
     then now the two strings from it in the preview are actually
     fetched from syssetup.dll (though no option to edit them yet)

a - MakeCab Feature, when makecab is found on the system, an Extra
     menu is enabled which lets you execute makecab on the currently
     loaded file.
    
a - Most Recent Used (MRU) Menu

a - Settings Dialog

a - when saving, makecab is executed automaticly if enabled in
     the settings.

a - Expand Feature, when expand is found on the system and you have 
     enabled the Auto Expand option in the settings, its possible to
     select a compressed winntbbu.dl_ File for editing. This file,
     if possible, will then be expanded into the same Directory.
     And the uncompressed Version will be used for editing instead.

a - Loading Progress Window (cause expanding might take a little)

a - new spelling errors, just a guess, but i am almost sure :)

a - 'Dirty' System for the Strings, now only actually changed ones 
     are updated, this speeds up saving a lot in most cases

a - Transparency to the Step Images in the Preview

n - While testing with the actually Setup, it showed that the Step
     Images are drawn with Transparency
    
a - Step Images Transparency color to the edit colors Dialog
     (Yep, you can change that too)

OLD VERSION REMOVED
So Grab WinntbbuED 0.2.0 and let me know what you think.

Any Help researching winntbbu.dll and the way setup uses it is very welcome

This post has been edited by TheMadGuy: 19 July 2005 - 07:22 AM

[boooggy]

can u make one for the boot screen?

[piXelatedEmpire]

great new release!

[promind]

Rapidshare link doesnt work for me.
can any1 upload WinntbbuED 0.2.0 somewhere else.

[promind]

Rapidshare link doesnt work for me.
can any1 upload WinntbbuED 0.2.0 somewhere else.

[stasys44]

Rapidshare works!

At the bottom choose - free, another page opens then wait or click to download.

[Fritz_Saxi]

Rapidshare stuff doesnt work for me either.
I'd really like to try this app

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Personal mirror.

To show my support for this little, wonderfull app!!

[maxXPsoft]

Really nice excellent utility and much needed. Keep up the good work.
I get errors trying to edit picture
Runtime error 9 Subscript out of range
But everything else seems to be working.

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 15 July 2005 - 07:31 PM

[TheMadGuy]

kelsenellenelvian, on Jul 16 2005, 02:34 AM, said:

Personal mirror.

To show my support for this little, wonderfull app!!
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanx 4 Setting up the Mirror!
I appreciate that.

[TheMadGuy]

maxXPsoft, on Jul 16 2005, 03:28 AM, said:

Really nice  excellent utility and much needed. Keep up the good work.
I get errors trying to edit picture
Runtime error 9 Subscript out of range
But everything else seems to be working.
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Mhhh Strange!

Can you be a bit more specific?!
or share your winntbbu.dll you are trying to edit?
Cant reproduce that error with mine.

[TheMadGuy]

boooggy, on Jul 14 2005, 01:39 PM, said:

can u make one for the boot screen?
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Maybe i could, but i wont.
I dont see any sense in doing so.
There are already tools covering it.

Have you tried BootEditor 1.0.1 which is freeware ?

And besides that there are several other tools for this task, some free, most shareware.

[boooggy]

thanx for the tips!
also great program u made... keep up the good work!

[n7Epsilon]

This topic should be stickied...

[maxXPsoft]

Sure, this is actually one I d/l from here and the pic has been changed already. I did try it on several more I have and get the same subscript out of range
http://www.maxxpsoft.../Chrisitina.rar
Should it not have a pic already or is it possible to change again. Well you can test with that one, maybe run in debug..

BTW someone else i know that pointed me to this has same problem.

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 17 July 2005 - 06:20 AM

[n7Epsilon]

Here's a suggestion for a new feature:

1. Add option to right-click a resource (a bitmap resource or text resource) from the preview window and save to a BMP or TXT file...

This would make WinntBBuEd a very easy to use WINNTBBU resource hacker...

I also hope that SYSSETUP.DLL becomes editable and text is displayed in English...

[maxXPsoft]

Quote

text is displayed in English

When I open one of my .dll's it does display in English, I would think your language.

@TheMadGuy
I don't get an error if I open a WINNTBBU.DLL without a picture already.

[n7Epsilon]

I mean the SYSSETUP.DLL text, it appears to be hard-coded to German

[maxXPsoft]

Ok but those are Not editable fields right now according to the readme
I have them all in same folder when I'm messing with them.

@TheMadGuy
I found that after copying to my %windir%\System32 I no longer get that Error 9.
I created a right click on .dll and .dl_ to just open the WinntbbuED Editor but can't make it open the file I'm right clicking on. Are there any commandline switches? Maybe later on as its in its early day's.

EDIT: Some get the error and some don't.

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 17 July 2005 - 07:33 PM

[TheMadGuy]

ChipCraze23, on Jul 17 2005, 03:07 PM, said:

Here's a suggestion for a new feature:

1. Add option to right-click a resource (a bitmap resource or text resource) from the preview window and save to a BMP or TXT file...

This would make WinntBBuEd a very easy to use WINNTBBU resource hacker...

I also hope that SYSSETUP.DLL becomes editable and text is displayed in English...
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi!

Thanks for your suggestions.

to 1. Added to the ToDo List, for now with low priority though

to 2.
from the Changelog of 0.2.0:

a - if syssetup.dll is located in the same dir as the winntbbu.dll
     then now the two strings from it in the preview are actually
     fetched from syssetup.dll (though no option to edit them yet)

so if you put winntbbu.dll & syssetup.dll in the same dir, all strings should be whatever language your .dll's are.
And editing them is on the ToDo List, it will come..., but i'm still researching on the used ID's

But plz consider, this is a project i do in my spare time, i'll appreciate every suggestion and consider it, but realising may take some time.