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PE Explorer: Version History

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Legend:
+ new feature
* improvement/modification or bugfix

1.99 R5 (10/28/2008)

General:
* Bugfix: Fixed UI errors under Windows Vista.
* Bugfix: Fixed occasional deadlock when quiting PE Explorer.
* Minor tweaks and improvements.

Headers Info Viewer:

+ Added the Characteristics Editor to view or set flag bits
in the Characteristics field.

Relocation Viewer:
* Bugfix: Relocations would not be displayed in files which
had sections following the Relocation section.

Resource editor:
* An option to specify the processor architecture in the
Manifest Wizard.
* Bugfix: Fixed an error that occurred when the last item of
a menu to be edited was a separator.

UPX Unpacker plug-in:

* Minor update.

1.99 R4 (07/28/2008)

General:
+ Added the option to save the Headers Info, Data Directories
and Section Headers View to a text file.
* Improved opening of huge files (of 1 Gb or larger).
* Bugfix: PE Explorer reported negative values for the total
physical memory under Vista SP1.
* Minor tweaks.

Resource editor:
* Bugfix: Fixed an error that occasionally occurred when
editing menus.

1.99 R3 (06/05/2008)

General:
* Added the Reload Last Opened File button.
* Minor tweaks and improvements.

Section Headers Viewer:

* Added the Delete/Undelete Section buttons.
* Bugfix: Sections could not be deleted.

Resource editor:
* Bugfix: Fixed an error that caused PE Explorer to unexpectedly
 shut down when saving multiple resources at once.

UPX Unpacker plug-in:

+ Now supports for UPX v3.03.
* Minor improvements.

1.99 R2 (08/17/2007)

General:
+ Added the NsPack Unpacker plug-in.
* Bugfix: PE Explorer would occasionally raise an exception on
startup if the logfile was corrupted.
* Minor tweaks and improvements.

Resource editor:
* Bugfix: when displaying multilingual StringTables the string
indices would be displayed incorrectly.

UPX Unpacker plug-in:

+ Now supports for UPX v3.01.
+ Now supports for LZMA compression method.
+ Now supports for scrambled files originally compressed by UPX v3.01.
* Minor improvements.

1.99 (05/02/2007)

General:
+ Added the Digital Signature Viewer.
* Now prompts to remove missing files from the Recent File list.
* Minor tweaks and improvements.

Section Headers Viewer:

+ Now supports creating a resource section in files that don't
contain a resource table.
* Bugfix: Fixed errors that occurred when saving files with the
first section of zero length.

Resource editor:
+ Now supports replacing large (256x256) Vista icons stored as .ICO
with an icon from a PNG file.
+ Manifest Wizard now supports adding a trust info section to mark
a pre-Vista application with a requested execution level.
* Bugfix: The newly created manifest resource could not be deleted.

1.98 R5 (11/15/2006)

General:
* Now PE Explorer is Vista Ready. Fixed issues with Thumbnail
Preview and Flip 3D.
* Bugfix: Failed to maintain the maximum log size and the number
of files available in the Recent Files submenu from session to
session.
* Bugfix: Fixed minor memory leaks.
* Other minor bugfixes and improvements.

Resource editor:
* Bugfix: The search dialog didn't get minimized when minimizing
PE Explorer.
* Bugfix: The dialog preview window stayed on top when switching
 to another application.
* Bugfix: Visual Studio gave an incorrect format error on some
dialogs in files saved out of PE Explorer.

1.98 R4 (09/01/2006)

General:
+ Added the WinUpack/Upack Unpacker plug-in.
* Improved detection of files with non-standard PE headers.
* Bugfix: PE Explorer occasionally hangs on startup on some
systems (the splash screen is displayed and then hangs in there).

Disassembler:
+ Added the options to save and load the disassembly listing and all
the changes made to continue on later.
+ Added the shortcut key to switch between the Disassembler and the
main PE Explorer window.
* Bugfix: Displaying addresses in the View tabs didn't work.
* Other minor bugfixes.

Export Viewer:
+ Added the button to jump to a selected address in the Disassembler.

1.98 R3 (07/07/2006)

Disassembler:
* Bugfix: Attempting to disassemble a file with damaged
imports/relocations causes an error.
* Other minor bugfixes.

UPX Unpacker plug-in:

+ Now supports unpacking of files packed with a number of
UPX scramblers: Advanced UPX Scrambler, UPoLyX, UPX Lock,
UPX Mutanter, UPX Scrambler, UPX SHIT.

1.98 R2 (05/02/2006)

* Bugfix: Attempting to view the raw data for a section

occaissionally causes an access violation.
* Bugfix: The dialog editor didn't allow editing dialogs
in Windows Mobile 5 files.
* Bugfix: Replacing an icon resource with one from a file
causes an error.
* Bugfix: Attempting to play an .AVI resource occaissionally
causes an error.
* Bugfix: Displaying a resource as hex dump occaissionally
causes an error.
* Bugfix: Fixed an issue with the numbers on the numeric keypad.
* Bugfix: Fixed errors that occaissionally occurred when editing
a Delphi Image List (the image transparency no longer worked,
the picture appeared as a monochrome bitmap).
* Other minor bugfixes and improvements.

1.98 (12/01/2005)

Resource editor:
+ Now supports viewing and replacing large (256x256) Vista
icons stored as PNGs.
 * Bugfix: Fixed an error that occaissionally occurred when
displaying a resource as hex dump.

UPX Unpacker plug-in:

* Now supports unpacking of programs packed with the obsolete
early versions of UPX (prior to 0.80).
* Now attempts to recover a file, even when an original PE file
header entry is no longer available after unpacking.

Data Directories:
* Added the Set to Zero button to make removing a pointer easier.

Disassembler:
* Bugfix: Fixed an error that occaissionally occurred when
searching for an offset to fields in the VCL objects.
* Other minor improvements.

1.97 (04/25/2005)

General:
+ Added the Favorite Files menu item to display a list
of favorite files for easy access.

Disassembler:
* Bugfix: The search command didn't start at the current line
of the code when reversing the direction of the search.
* Other minor bug fixes.

Resource editor:
+ Now supports editing Dialog Data (string values only).
* Now supports viewing and editing Bitmaps contained in binary
streams (previously PE Explorer failed to find the needed
resources in programs written in Borland Delphi & C++ Builder).

1.96 (11/01/2004)

Disassembler:
+ Added the option to save the disassemly listing with
opcodes and addresses.
+ Added the option to save the Strings List Tab View to
a text file.
+ Added the option to save the VCL Methods Tab View to
a text file.
* Upgraded algorithms and methods resulting in:
- Better Unicode Strings detection.
- Better compiler version detection for programs written
in Borland Delphi & C++ Builder.
* Bugfix: Fixed an error that occaissionally occurred
when searching for VCL object names.

UPX Unpacker plug-in:

* Now all versions of UPX are supported from 0.8x up to 1.92.

1.95 (06/14/2004)

General:
+ Added the Remove Debug Information Tool.
+ Added the Remove Relocations Tool.
 Disassembler:
+ Now supports the SSE3 instruction set.
* Upgraded the algorithm for detecting Unicode strings.
* Improved the data analysis algorithm to produce a higher
quality disassembly listing.

Resource editor:
* Bugfix: TypeLibs in the multi-language resources would
occassionally display incorrectly.

1.94 (10/20/2003)

Resource editor:
+ Now supports editing Accelerators.

Disassembler:
+ Now supports the SSE2 instruction set.

General:
* Now supports opening files with modified MS-DOS stubs.
* Now saves charset settings when customizing font.

UPX Unpacker plug-in:

* Added support for NRV2E_LE32 compression method. Now all versions
of UPX are supported from 0.8x up to 1.90.
* Now supports unpacking files with modified UPX headers.

1.93 (06/16/2003)

Resource editor:
+ Now supports searching for strings in string resources.
+ XML files can now be displayed and edited.

Disassembler:
+ Added ability to search the Quick View tabs in the Disassembler window.

General:
* Added ability to set the default Viewer at startup.
* Date/Time displayed in the Log window can be turned off.

1.92 (04/24/2003)

Resource editor:
* Bugfix: Fixed an error that occurred when modifying ImageLists
built with Delphi 7.
* Bugfix: The icon viewer would occaissionally display large icons
incorrectly.

General:
* Minor changes to the user interface.
* Bugfix: The UPX Unpacker plug-in would occaissionally display
resource names incorrectly.

1.91 (01/20/2003)

Resource editor:
+ Now supports editing DFM (Borland Delphi/Builder forms).
* Bugfix: Pasting to and from the clipboard in the dialog, menu
and text modes was repaired again.
 * Bugfix: The UPX Unpacker plug-in would occaissionally display
resource names incorrectly.

Disassembler:
+ Now displays opcode values as part of the listing.
+ Now supports copying selected text from the disassembly listing
to the clipboard.
+ Added the Strings Quick View Tab.
+ Added the VCL Methods Quick View Tab (for Borland Delphi/Builder).
+ Added 4 new views for displaying selected addresses from the
disassembly listing. These views support quick swapping with the
main disassembly listing.
+ Now supports renaming labels and adding comments.
+ Added the option to find references to the current location.
* Improved the look of the Disassembly Listing Window by color
coding different sections.
* Doubleclicking an address in the listing window brings that
address into focus (like pressing Enter before).
* The Go To Next and Go To Previous buttons on the toolbar can be
used to navigate through the history of selected addresses.
* Verticle line spacing and the number of displayed opcode bytes can
be adjusted.

General:
+ Added drag and drop support.
* Bugfix: Filenames were always saved in lowercase - repaired.

1.90 (09/16/2002)

Resource editor:
+ Now supports replacing non-standard resources in a file:
typelibs, cab, MIDI, custom resources and more.
+ Now extracts Borland VCL images (ImageList & Bitmap) at
a 24 bit color depth.
* Bugfix: Pasting to and from the clipboard in the dialog,
menu and text modes was repaired.
* Bugfix: Fixed minor syntax errors in saved *.rc files.

Disassembler:
+ Upgraded algorithms and methods resulting in:
���� Faster disassembly times. Disassembly is now 10 times
faster with most files.
���� Higher quality sourcecode listings with fewer
misinterpretations of data.
���� All Borland Delphi and Builder types and objects are
detected correctly.
���� System libraries can now be disassembled without errors.
+ Added the option to verify offsets.
+ Added the option to analyze unprocessed data.
+ Now supports the SSE instruction set.

Dependency Scanner:
+ Added the option to automatically refresh the scan when the
window is reopened.

General:
* Improved Export Entry processing speed. Libraries with 1000+
export functions open significantly faster.
 * Bugfix: Fixed minor memory and resource leaks.

1.81 (06/12/2002)

Resource editor:
+ PNG files can now be displayed and replaced.

1.80 (04/29/2002)

General:
+ Added the TimeDateStamp Adjuster Tool.
+ Added support for unmangling overloaded C++ function names
for files built with Borland and Microsoft compilers in the
Syntax Lookup.
+ Added option to create backup files to the Customize dialog.
* Bugfix: Empty folders were being created when saving multiple
resources at once.

1.70 (03/10/2002)

Resource editor:
+ Added ability to detect HTML and PNG file types.
+ Added the Delete/Undelete Resource feature.
+ Added ability to numerically adjust a control position and
size when editing a dialog.
* Improved Icon and Bitmap detection algorithm when showing
dialogs (previously PE Explorer failed to find the needed
resources on occasion).

Disassembler:
* Listing Window is now flicker free.
* Bugfix: Fixed a List Index Out Of Bound error that occurred
when fitting small disassembly listings into the Listing Window.

General:
+ Added the Undecorate C++ function names feature in the Syntax
Lookup.
* The Open/Save dialogs are resizeable now.
* Bugfix: Fixed the Syntax Editor window size.
* Bugfix: Fixed a memory access error that caused PE Explorer to
unexpectedly shut down on occassion.

1.60 (11/15/2001)

Resource editor:
* Added changes to the output format used for writing ImageLists.
* Bugfix: Modified files would be inoperable when non-terminated
Unicode text strings were present.

General:
* PE Explorer is now resizable! Control positions are maintained
from session to session.
* The color and font for ListViews, TreeViews and RichText Edit
Controls is now customizable.
1.50 (10/12/2001)

Resource editor:
+ Windows XP Visual Style Manifest Wizard.
+ Save Multiple Resources at Once.
+ Version Info Editor.

Disassembler:
+ Several new disassembly options.
+ Added support for new Delphi 6 object types to the VCL object
search and detect algorithm.
* Improved the data analysis algorithm to produce a higher quality
sourcecode listing.
* Improved compiler version detection for programs written in Borland
Delphi & C++ Builder.

General:
+ Several Customization options - including font face and size
selection, background color settings and user selected project
directories and log file settings.
+ Plug-ins manager.
+ UPX Unpacker plug-in.

1.40 (08/01/2001)

Resource editor:
+ The TypeLib data format can now detected and displayed (classes,
interfaces, properties, etc).
+ Message Tables can now be edited.
+ Animated Cursors can now be displayed and replaced.
+ Animated Gifs can now be played.
+ Rich Text Format can now detected and edited.
+ Windows Meta Files can now be detected and replaced (.wmf only).
+ Dialog Data can now be detected and displayed (string values only).
+ ToolBars can now be detected and displayed.
+ Executable formats (PE/LE/NE) can now be detected.
+ Added Borland Delphi 6 compatibility.
* SysDateTimePick32 and ToolbarWindow32 classes are now displayed
correctly when viewing/editing a dialog.
* Bugfix: A bad pointer to the Directory Name would result in losing
names and resources if there was a Named Directory listed first in
the resource list.

Headers Info:
+ The Entry Point value can now be modified using automatic range
checking, provided the new value falls within the permissable range.

Disassembler:
+ Disassembly time for Borland VCL executables is reduced up to 25%!
+ Objects found in Borland VCL executables can be saved immediately
after the preload step.
+ Improved the algorithm for working with Borland VCL files. Objects
stored in DLLs are now detected correctly in most cases.
+ The Name List and the Problems and Messages List can now be saved.
+ Search options for searching through the disassembly listing and
 the Name List.
+ A list of jumps is maintained for easier navigation through the
disassembly listing.
+ Quickly jump to a selected lable value using a mouse context menu
or Enter.
+ Splitters and scrollbars added.
+ The Disassembler main window, the splitters, the infoforms and the
object table fields all retain their positions from your most recent
PE Explorer session.

Data Directory Viewer:

* Bugfix: Errors detected in the resources when opening a file (Safe
Mode) would result in not being able to save a new image.

General:
* Bugfix: The accelerator keys misfunctioned for the menus under Win95/NT.
* Bugfix: Occaissionally menus would resize to the entire screen width.
* Bugfix: Occaissionally the splash screen would stall on Windows 2000
installations because of the following instruction:
��SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_FONTCHANGE, 0, 0);
��Apparently, Windows 2000 sometimes has trouble checking the message queue.

1.30 (06/18/2001)

+ Support for opening a file from the command line.

+ Integration with the Clipboard (copy/paste).
+ Changing Font properties in the Dialog Editor.
* Added shortcuts for SpeedButtons.
* Fixed:
��- Working with ImageList for Borland Delphi 2/3.
��- Algorithm for verifying sections alignment on the FileAlignment
boundary.
��- Working with Unicode Strings in the Resource Viewer/Editor.
��- Algorithm for searching in the resource tree (sped up 1000 times!).

1.20 (05/07/2001)

+ Quick Function Syntax Lookup - displays the calling syntax for

exported/imported functions.
+ Syntax description editor - for adding custom comments, altering
values or creating new library description.
+ Dependency Scanner - recursively scans all modules linked to by a
particular PE file.
* Fixed a bug in the Resource viewer: when displaying Borland VCL
objects the value for strings would occassionally display
incorrectly.

1.01 (03/23/2001)

* Fixed a bug which raised an error when compiling resources:

occasionally the resource names would be lost.
* Fixed a bug which raised an exception when aborting disassembly.
* The improved algorithm of working with big number (500 and more)
of items in the resource tree.
* Changes to the user interface for easy accessability.

1.00 (02/23/2001)
 + The Section Editor - now you can edit, repair and restore the damaged
section headers.
+ The Resource Editor - easy-to-use visual editing features let you
quickly modify the resources without writing any scripts.
+ Opening file in Safe Mode - now you can open and explore even broken
or packed files.
+ The Plug-ins System - now you can write your own custom plug-ins to
perform any startup processing (for unpacking or whatever).
* The improved algorithm of access to internal structures of PE files.
* A lot of small but useful enhancements.
* Some pretty changes to the user interface.
* Some bugs were caught and fixed (thanks to all who helped testing
the beta versions).

Beta versions history:

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build 0.90 � New features added to Resource Viewer:
- Menu and Dialogs visualization,
- Accelerators and Message Table support,
- Autorecognition of Unicode Text and CAB. Displaying info
about CAB contents.
� Added the Delay Import Viewer.
� The Characteristics Editor added to the Section Headers Viewer.
� Fixed a bug which raised an exception when obtaining debug info.
� Some changes to the user interface.

build 0.80 � Added detailed analysis of form contents (for Borland) with
possibility to navigate easily through objects and save their
contents (Image Lists, Strings List, Glyphs, Bitmaps etc).
� Compiler version determination (Standard Version / Professional
Version / Client/Server Suite (Enterprise)) for Borland products.
� Minor changes to the user interface.

build 0.70 � initial public beta release (October 3, 2000)