3/02/07 - v3.2.2: When a forced soft-reset is required, the sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify launch-code will now be sent before the reset alert dialog box is displayed. The installation process will no longer force a soft reset after installing a database that already exists in ROM.
10/4/06 - v3.2.1: Eliminates a warning message which shows up in the Debug version
of PalmSim when installing PRC files containing resources larger then 64K.
8/8/06 - v3.2: Eliminates a memory requirement where free memory equal to
the size of the largest PRC or PDB contained in a Nutshell was required
for installation. Adds support for purging the DB Cache as needed on
NVFS Palms. Auto-launch, launch-code broadcasting and notifications will
now work for pref panels. Adds uninstaller creator ID option. Adds
option to require scrolling to the bottom of license agreement.
Installer will now launch auto-launch app after a forced soft-reset.
Fixes a problem which prevented the intelligent overlay feature from
working. Fixes incorrect tab ordering on configuration screens. Fixes a
problem where the non-English versions of the minimum Palm OS alert
message would not be including, causing a possible crash. Enables page
up/down keys in welcome message screen on devices with 5-way
controller.
1/28/05 - v3.1.1: Corrects an issue with calculating the required free space for an installation when compression and auto-delete are activated. Fixes a problem where an error message may not be displayed when installation fails due to memory problems.
10/23/04 - v3.1: Adds ZIP compression. Adds uninstaller option to erase all files with creator IDs that match the installed applications. Adds uninstaller option to enable/disable warning about uninstalling a different version. Removes pre-replacement sublaunch. (It must now be enabled using a Nutshell PRO flag.)
8/16/04 - v3.0: Adds auto-run on HotSync or beaming. Localized installer includes French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese alerts and strings. Adds ability to provide welcome message in other languages. Adds support for installing resource database containing resources larger than 64K. Adds ability to replace existing open databases and overlay ROM databases, for example Palm's DIA compatibility PRCs. Installer's "System Incompatible" message will now mention the specific Palm OS version that is required for installation. Adds new feature to intelligently install overlay databases based on the current locale. Adds ability to specify launcher category and version string of installer. Fixes an issue where an auto-deleting installer will generate a fatal warning when running in the Debug Palm OS Simulator. Adds option to disallow installation on Palm OS 6. Adds Nutshell custom launch codes and Notification Manager notifications upon install/replace/uninstall. Fixes a problem with installing malformatted PRC and PDB files in Palm OS 3.5. Fixes a problem which could cause installers to have the wrong creation and modification date.
4/8/04 - v1.0.1: Fixes a bug with saving out .nutshell files.
04/10/04 - v1.0: First public release of Nutshell for Windows.
Mac OS X Version
3/02/07 - v3.2.2: When a forced soft-reset is required, the sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify launch-code will now be sent before the reset alert dialog box is displayed. The installation process will no longer force a soft reset after installing a database that already exists in ROM.
10/4/06 - v3.2.1: Eliminates a warning message which shows up in the Debug version
of PalmSim when installing PRC files containing resources larger then 64K.
8/8/06 - v3.2: Eliminates a memory requirement where free memory equal to
the size of the largest PRC or PDB contained in a Nutshell was required
for installation. Adds support for purging the DB Cache as needed on
NVFS Palms. Auto-launch, launch-code broadcasting and notifications will
now work for pref panels. Adds uninstaller creator ID option. Adds
option to require scrolling to the bottom of license agreement.
Installer will now launch auto-launch app after a forced soft-reset.
Fixes a problem which prevented the intelligent overlay feature from
working. Fixes a problem where the non-English versions of the minimum
Palm OS alert message would not be including, causing a possible crash.
Changes max chars for the installer's icon name to 31. Enables page
up/down keys in welcome message screen on devices with 5-way controller.
Nutshell is now a Universal Binary and requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or
higher.
1/28/05 - v3.1.1: Corrects an issue with calculating the required free space for an installation when compression and auto-delete are activated. Fixes a problem where an error message may not be displayed when installation fails due to memory problems.
10/23/04 - v3.1: Adds ZIP compression. Adds uninstaller option to erase all files with creator IDs that match the installed applications. Adds uninstaller option to enable/disable warning about uninstalling a different version. Removes pre-replacement sublaunch. (It must now be enabled using a Nutshell PRO flag.)
8/16/04 - v3.0: Adds auto-run on HotSync or beaming. Localized installer includes French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese alerts and strings. Adds ability to provide welcome message in other languages. Adds support for installing resource database containing resources larger than 64K. Adds ability to replace existing open databases and overlay ROM databases, for example Palm's DIA compatibility PRCs. Installer's "System Incompatible" message will now mention the specific Palm OS version that is required for installation. Adds new feature to intelligently install overlay databases based on the current locale. Adds ability to specify launcher category and version string of installer. Fixes an issue where an auto-deleting installer will generate a fatal warning when running in the Debug Palm OS Simulator. Adds option to disallow installation on Palm OS 6. Adds Nutshell custom launch codes and Notification Manager notifications upon install/replace/uninstall. Fixes a problem with installing malformatted PRC and PDB files in Palm OS 3.5. Fixes a problem which could cause installers to have the wrong creation and modification date.
09/18/03 - v1.0.2: Fixes a bug which caused databases with very large amounts of records or resources to be skipped.
5/20/03 - v1.0.1: Fixes a bug which caused an error when non-ASCII characters (special/foreign characters) were present in the path to the Nutshell application, in the path or name of the files being put into the installer, or in the path to the installer/uninstaller being created. Changes the way Nutshell identifies PRC and PDB files to not rely on the file extension.
3/5/03 - v1.0: Initial public release.
PRO Version
3/02/07 - v3.2.2: A new flag has been added which will tell the installer to use the first line of the description file text as the title of the installer progress screen. A new flag has been added which will create a single-segment no-globals installer. When a forced soft-reset is required, the sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify launch-code will now be sent before the reset alert dialog box is displayed. The installation process will no longer force a soft reset after installing a database that already exists in ROM. Fixed an issue where Nutshell would not accept a creator ID consisting of a mix of lowercase letters and non-alpha symbols.
10/4/06 - v3.2.1: Adds the ability to provide localized information for
the installation description text. Eliminates a warning message which shows up in
the Debug version of PalmSim when installing PRC files containing resources larger then 64K.
8/8/06 - v3.2: Adds the ability to install files and directories to an
expansion card. Adds support for purging the DB Cache as needed on NVFS
Palms. Auto-launch, launch-code broadcasting and notifications will now
work for pref panels. Changes pre-replace launchcode from
sysAppLaunchCmdCustomBase|0x0123 to sysAppLaunchCmdCustomBase|0x0911
because of an ID conflict. Eliminates a memory requirement where free
memory equal to the size of the largest PRC or PDB contained in a
Nutshell was required for installation. Installer will now launch
auto-launch app after a forced soft-reset. Fixes a problem which
prevented the intelligent overlay feature from working. Fixes erroneous
"not a valid Palm file" message when files are missing. Adds uninstaller
creator ID option. Adds option to requires scrolling to the bottom of
license agreement. Fixes a problem where the non-English versions of the
minimum Palm OS alert message would not be including, causing a possible
crash. Changes max chars for the installer's icon name to 31. Enables
page up/down keys in welcome message screen on devices with 5-way
controller. The Mac OS X version is now a Universal Binary and requires
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher.
1/28/05 - v3.1.1: Corrects an issue with calculating the required free space for an installation when compression and auto-delete are activated. Fixes a problem where an error message may not be displayed when installation fails due to memory problems. Fixes a problem with the NSScriptLib templates and examples which would prevent the script library from running more than once. Added new MathLibCheck example project.
10/23/04 - v3.1: Adds ZIP compression. Adds uninstaller option to erase all files with creator IDs that match the installed applications. Adds uninstaller option to enable/disable warning about uninstalling a different version. Adds flag to enable pre-replacement sub-launch. (It used to always happen.) Adds more functionality to pre-flight scripting to allow script to specify which files are installed.
8/16/04 - v3.0: Adds auto-run on HotSync or beaming. Localized installer includes French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese alerts and strings. Adds ability to provide welcome message in other languages. Adds support for installing resource database containing resources larger than 64K. Adds ability to replace existing open databases and overlay ROM databases, for example Palm's DIA compatibility PRCs. Installer's "System Incompatible" message will now mention the specific Palm OS version that is required for installation. Adds new feature to intelligently install overlay databases based on the current locale. Adds ability to specify launcher category and version string of installer. Fixes an issue where an auto-deleting installer will generate a fatal warning when running in the Debug Palm OS Simulator. Adds option to disallow installation on Palm OS 6. Adds Nutshell custom launch codes and Notification Manager notifications upon install/replace/uninstall. Fixes a problem with installing malformatted PRC and PDB files in Palm OS 3.5. Fixes a problem which could cause installers to have the wrong creation and modification date. Increases max chars for the installer's icon name.
9/9/03 - v1.0: Initial public release.
Palm OS Version
3/02/07 - v3.2.2: When a forced soft-reset is required, the sysAppLaunchCmdSyncNotify launch-code will now be sent before the reset alert dialog box is displayed. The installation process will no longer force a soft reset after installing a database that already exists in ROM.
10/4/06 - v3.2.1: Eliminates a warning message which shows up in the Debug version
of PalmSim when installing PRC files containing resources larger then 64K.
8/8/06 - v3.2: Adds the ability to install files and directories to an
expansion card. Adds support for purging the DB Cache as needed on NVFS
Palms. Auto-launch, launch-code broadcasting and notifications will now
work for pref panels. Eliminates a memory issue which required free
memory equal to the size of the largest PRC or PDB contained in a
Nutshell for installation. Compression is now off by default in the Palm
OS version. Adds uninstaller creator ID option. Adds option to requires
scrolling to the bottom of license agreement. Enables page up/down keys
in welcome message screen on devices with 5-way controller. Installer
will now launch auto-launch app after a forced soft-reset.
1/28/05 - v3.1.1: Fixes an issue where Nutshell installers created by the on-board Palm version of Nutshell could contain resources slightly larger than 63940 bytes, which could interrupt HotSync on some new devices. Fixed a problem that would cause a crash when creating installers containing certain PDB files on the Tungsten T5. Corrects an issue with calculating the required free space for an installation when compression and auto-delete are activated. Fixes a problem where an error message may not be displayed when installation fails due to memory problems.
10/23/04 - v3.1: Adds ZIP compression. Adds uninstaller option to erase all files with creator IDs that match the installed applications. Adds uninstaller option to enable/disable warning about uninstalling a different version. Removes pre-replacement sublaunch. (It must now be enabled using a Nutshell PRO flag.)
8/16/04 - v3.0: Adds auto-run on HotSync or beaming. Localized installer includes French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese alerts and strings. Adds ability to provide welcome message in other languages. Adds support for installing resource database containing resources larger than 64K. Adds ability to replace existing open databases and overlay ROM databases, for example Palm's DIA compatibility PRCs. Installer's "System Incompatible" message will now mention the specific Palm OS version that is required for installation. Saves and restores cross-platform installer template (.nutshell) files. Adds new feature to intelligently install overlay databases based on the current locale. Adds ability to specify launcher category and version string of installer. Fixes an issue where an auto-deleting installer will generate a fatal warning when running in the Debug Palm OS Simulator. Adds option to disallow installation on Palm OS 6. Adds Nutshell custom launch codes and Notification Manager notifications upon install/replace/uninstall. Increases max chars for the installer's icon name. Fixes various problems with "Prevent Duplicate Contacts and Appts" feature.
1/25/03 - v2.2.1: Fixed a problem caused by a Palm OS bug that would result in some PDB files not being installed when the receiving device's OS version is below Palm OS 4. Fixed a problem caused by inheriting icon bitmaps generated using CASL by CASLsoft.
1/20/03 - v2.2: Fixed a problem that caused an erroneous version number to be attributed to PDB files. Added version checking intelligence to uninstaller. Added "Prevent Installation on Palm OS 5" option. Added more Palm OS version numbers to minimum version pick-list. Added support for inheriting small icon from auto-launch app. Changed "Hide ROM Databases" to "Hide System Databases", which will now also hide Palm OS 5 "a68k" files. Fixed a problem that would create invalid installers when including large files existing on expansion cards. Added hi-res icons for Palm OS 5. Added default small icons for installer and uninstaller.
12/21/02 - v2.1: Added welcome message/license agreement feature. Enhanced version checking procedure to use version string resources instead of app-info version number. Fixed conflict with "OKey" by Tatsuo Nagamatsu and "Newpen" by Tatsuo Nagamatsu. Reduced size of "Temp Install Data" file to 2K. Reduced the overhead of a database-only archive by 5K. Fixed a problem with expansion card support in Nutshell app. Removed lingering insertion points in Nutshell settings. Fixed problem with uninstaller under Palm OS 5. Fixed issue with preparing an installer when auto-launch app has no icon.
10/7/02 - v2.0: Added Datebook and Address tabs. Added ability to launch a PQA after installation finishes. Fixed a problem with installation in low memory situations. Fixed a problem with installing empty databases. Added "Yes To All" option while installing databases. Added uninstaller feature. Added minimum Palm OS feature. Remembers auto-launch app. Added icon inheritance feature. Palm OS 5 compatibility added. Added version-checking message to installation process.
5/22/01 - v1.1: Added Auto-Delete option. Added "Creator ID Filter" category. Fixed problem with archiving zero-record databases. "Type ID Filter" pick-list displays correctly when type IDs including null characters are present. Read-only databases added to an archive will not be installed as read-only. Changed the behavior of tapping the main-menu icon during an installation. Fixed a problem with beaming feature.
4/2/01 - v1.0: Initial public release.
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