LDE(X)6.1.2 - 'The Box of Delights'
Information
LDE(X)6.1.2 is the second service release to LDE(X)6.1 and is quite a significant one in several ways. Of importance to many users, compatibility with IE5.x and WScript<5.6 has been greatly improved, making LDE(X)6.1.2 work correctly under Windows 2000, thanks to the hard work of a couple of beta testers and Amtal. Core1.2b contains a Windows 2000 compatible build of ckHotSpots as well to complement this. Even better, there have been updates to two gHost services - spring and progress. To match the customisability of the WiSH-based progress systems, we now have support for all manner of progress feedback supported natively under the LS scripting system. Spring has gained support for arguments to be passed - such as pin and close, which prove useful to control popup menus in the host interface. AboutEx is now available, and always loaded, within Core1.2b due to its perceived usefulness, but is not tied in unless interface providers make it accessible via !aboutex.
Ermintrude2.2b is also included in this update, taking advantage of the Core1.2b updates, but also including a set of changes all of its own. There are a few bug fixes in this update - the hotbox now calls the 2D AEB correctly; central panel gadgets for layer browsing in the panel launcher were inverted in their operation. There have been few new features, but there is now a notes plugin and a new scheme is also included in the update. The major interface related improvement is likely to be missed by most users, but it is now possible to close down the panel launcher within the current session without getting a silent crash. This resolves a long standing issue, but requires that plugin authors correctly register any content they add to this part of the interface. Stock and dev team plugins have already been updated and yet remain backward compatible with earlier releases. Plugins now run a separate little chunk of code to ensure that their support files are in place - this should eliminate some of the confusion associated with these extensions.
3rd party interfaces will also now properly work from this update forwards, thanks to the resolution of a subtle bug in earlier builds - developers take note!
Translations should also now be much more extensive as Christian Buffin (jesus_mjjg) has identified hard-coded strings and these have now been eliminated - translators take note!
The Windows 2000 compatibility is extended with the support DLL msvcp60.dll now included within the installer. It will not be installed if a newer version already exists on the host operating system (this file is present on Windows XP and is usually found on most Windows systems due to the widespread use of its facilities). This file will not be uninstalled once installed due to its shared nature.
Downloads
Installer (7.8 MB) [md5 : c34f48c033a442186c418c35750ea7dd]
Post-install update (2 KB) [md5 : cc4db59539786bc982ad09de3a85c100]
Journal
14 February 2004 :
LDE(X)6.1.2 is no longer being maintained by the main dev team. Any updates will be unofficial. All work is now being performed on the LDE(X)6.2 code & this policy is due to limited resources.
GDI+ is required - you can obtain it direct from Microsoft here.
