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 * New Enchancement to the Skinning code, allowing you to
   specify a negative group value to make sections of the
   skin only activate if the specified skin group is disabled.

 * The "fnPLItemUp" and "fnPLItemDown" functions which allow
   you to move items up and down within the Play List have
   now been assigned keyboard macros of "Alt+PgUp" and
   "Alt+PgDn".  These functions have also been extended to
   update the Play List Navigator, so that you can now
   re-order items within the Play List using a remote.

 * The Play List Navigator has been enhanced to accept the
   Navigational Insert key to toggle selection of the
   currently highlighted play list entry.  This ties into
   the above functions to allow you to re-order multiple
   items at once.  The color used for file selection
   is selectable under "Advanced Options / OSD / Navigators".

 * New Button on the Station Editor allowing you to play a new
   station by appending the station to the play list instead
   of clearing the play list.

 * New Communication API Message 1210.

 + The skin selection dialog has been changed so that single
   clicking on a selected skin will apply that skin while
   double clicking will apply the skin and close the dialog.

 + The Main GUI on the default skin has changed.  Some buttons
   graphics have been changed to be more windows-centric.  The
   Eject and Options buttons have been dropped (still accessible
   through the keyboard and the right-click context menu).

   The Equalizer and Switch to Audio Mode buttons have been moved
   in place of the Options and Eject buttons.

   The Minimalistic mode button has been removed (still
   accessible in several modes through the keyboard F4-F7 keys).

 + The Play List Editor GUI on the default skin has changed.
   By default, most of the buttons are no longer visible (their
   functionality is accessible through the right-click context
   menu).  However, by pressing the "+" button, you can have the
   Extra Controls appear.

 + The Brownish skin is no longer part of the official distribution,
   but would still be available through the Zoom Player Skin site.

 - Comm API messages 1603, 1703 wouldn't work if DVD Preferred
   Audio/Subtitle selection was enabled in the options dialog.

 - The /AR command line did not accept "0" (disabled AR) as
   a valid parameter.

 - DefaultSetting.exe will now delete "zplayer.local" as well.

 - Some language files may have gotten only partially loaded under
   some conditions.

 - Unicode text may not have been displayed properly in some of
   the dialog bevel elements.

 - Timeline text may have not been properly centered if unicode
   characters were part of the text.

 - The "click here to search" text entry on the play list editor
   may not have gotten its translated text to appear properly.

 - Girder Export Commands got broken again.

 - Trying to load an 0 byte play list or playing a non-existant
   play list off the internet could cause a crash.

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 * With the Gracious help of Milenko Mitrovic, The Station Manager
   can now fetch the Top-500 SHOUTcast radio stations (Internet
   connection required) and let you add them to the Station Manager
   or play them directly.

 * Zoom Player now supports the PNG image format for Background Images,
   Folder images, Skinning Elements and the Internal Image Viewer
   (which now can also view Windows BMP files).

 * New Control file ("zplayer.regfilters") allowing you to automatically
   and dynamically register/unregister and set/remove registry settings
   when Zoom Player is opened/closed.  This is especially useful for
   USB Flash Drives (UFD Devices), See:
   http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/highlights/mobile.shtml

 * New Setting (Advanced Options / Settings / Other), enabling you to
   have Zoom Player save its configuration in a local file within the
   Zoom Player directory ("zplayer.local").

   The benefit of this feature is that it allows you to run Zoom Player
   from external devices such as USB Flash Drives (UFD devices) while
   maintaining your personal settings across multiple systems.  See:
   http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/highlights/mobile.shtml

 * New Setting (Advanced Options / Filter Control / Settings), allowing
   you to force VMR Video Renderers from trying to compensate for the
   Video Aspect Ratio.  This setting can help prevent resize artifacts
   with certain video formats (similar to the VMR9 Resize Fix).
   You need at least Windows XP Service Pack 2 for this feature to work.

 * New Setting (Advanced Options / DVD / DVD Tools) allowing you to
   have Zoom Player wait for "On NTSC/PAL/DVD Stop" executed programs
   to close prior to Playing/Stopping the DVD.

 * New Value (Advanced Options / Filter Control / Customized Media / 
   Settings) allowing you to disable Customized Media Playback for
   a list of specified extensions.

 * New Command Line Parameter "/CLOSE" allowing you to close a
   currently running instance of Zoom Player from the command line.

 * New Target Parameter on the CreateExButton and DrawExText skin
   commands allowing you to create Button and Text labels on the
   Control Bar (outside the Dynamic-Button area).

 * New functions "fnIncPreAmp" (Ctrl+Home) and "fnDecPreAmp" (Ctrl+End)
   allowing to Increase/Decrease the PreAmp volume.

 * New TCP/IP Messages 1010,1603,1703,1704,1753,5100,5110,5120.

 + MSVCR70.DLL should no longer be required for playing back
   WMV DRM content.

 + When Customized Media Playback fails to create a working graph
   for media files, standard mode will now retain the Audio and
   Video Renderer selection as used under Customized Media.

 + Improved the Magnetic Docking code so now when switching locations
   for the interface, it looks to see which area has more space to
   display the interface instead of just switching when the original
   location is touching the monitor's border. 

 + The DVD Next/Previous Chapter buttons now also act as Next/Previous
   titles when you're currently playing the last or first chapters.

 + Auto-Get of Media File Duration/Title should now work better with
   formats such as CD Audio, Monkey Audio, FLAC Audio and MPC.

 + Playing Radio Stations will now show the station name on the
   Play List Editor if "Use Media Title" is enabled under
   "Advanced Options / Values / Play List".

 + Another change to how Zoom Player is opened when an external program
   tells it to start maximized.  Now Zoom Player will just start in
   a regular maximized window.

 + Removed the white border on the gradients pattern, it was bleeding
   and making gradients harder to evaluate.

 - Fixed a possible cause for freezing when initially loading certain
   types of DVDs in VMR9 Renderless mode.

 - VMR9 Exclusive Fullscreen Renderless mode should now work on
   secondary monitors.

 - You should now be able to navigate DVD Menus in renderless
   mode using the mouse.

 - Pressing Enter/Play on the Advanced Play List Control would
   not play the right file.

 - Automatic Audio/Subtitle stream selection was not functioning
   properly if the Haali Media Splitter filter was not being used.

 - "DVD Auto-Execute" values should now properly pass parameters
   to the executed programs.

 - You can now use negative values on Text/Button skin positioning.

 - Fixed more cosmetic skinning issues related to the "Auto-Size User
   Interface to maintain Video Aspect Ratio" setting.

 - Sorting by "Date" was actually only sorting by "Day" and not the
   exact date.

 - Loading a QuickTime ".MOV" file using the ActiveX component with
   the Zoom Player user interface set to auto-resize to the content
   source size should no longer show a cropped initial image.
   Now try saying that fast 3 times.

 - Fixed a problem when Enqueue from external applications that
   could cause a ghost window to flash and possibly cause the
   Zoom Player skin to corrupt.

 - Loading "ASX" play lists that contain certain character tags
   should now work.

 - Having Auto-Size user interface to maintain video aspect ratio
   enabled would prevent resizing of the user interface in audio mode.

 - Auto-Segment loading should no longer add files to the play list
   if they already are in the play list.

 - Loading an ASX play list with non-UTF8 encoded non-english
   character sets should now work more reliably.

 - Fixed a bug in the SendMessage API that would report a wrong
   DVD/Media mode.

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 * Zoom Player can now play WMV (Windows Media Video)
   DRM level 2000 content!

 * New Advanced Play List Control Interface.  Can be opened by
   pressing "J" (Or the "Wand" button on the Play List Editor).
   This new interface opens up advanced search and management
   controls to the play list.  Similar to WinAmp's jump dialog,
   but allowing multiple search queries, moving selected items
   to the top/bottom of the list, removing selected items from
   the list, etc...

 * New Magnetic Hard Docking functions (fnPLMagToggle,
   fnEQMagToggle) and Buttons on the Equalizer and Play List Editor.
   When activated, Zoom Player will try to make these interfaces
   always-docked onto the main user interface and auto-adjusting
   to remain on screen and retain position as the user interface
   is moved and resized.

   When either interface is magnetized, the standard snap-docking
   is disabled for that interface.

 * 12 new Dynamic Skinning Variables allowing you to display TAG
   Information (ID3/APE/WMV/OGM/etc...) on the skin.
   The new constants are:
   <trackname>, <genre>, <track>, <language>, <artistname>, 
   <albumname>, <year>, <authorname>, <encoder>, <comment>,
   <urllink>, <copyright>.

 * New Setting (Advanced Options / Filter Control / Settings)
   allowing you to have VMR9 Renderless mode work in exclusive
   fullscreen mode.  When this mode is enabled, certain ZP
   features will get broken.  Basically any OSD and Navigation
   interface, including the context-menu.

 * New Setting (Advanced Options / Values / Play List) allowing
   the Play List Editor display to follow the currently playing
   track.

 * New Comm API Messages 1401,1501,1601,1602,1701,1702,1750,1751,
   1940,1941,3200.

 * New Button on the "Advanced Options / Association" page allowing you
   to remove all selected extensions.

 * New profiles to support the Haali Media Splitter under Customized
   Media Mode.

 + Auto Stream Selection should now work with the Haali Media Splitter.

 + Zoom Player now supports stream switching with the Haali Media
   Splitter filter (which can be used to split Matroska and MP4 files).

 + Extended the "exInterface" function to support more interfaces.

 + The Play List Skin command can now specify the Left-Offset in which
   to display the search text.

 + You can now set a Hint value for the Volume, Play Rate and
   Audio Balance Controls.

 - Running a new installation under Windows NT/2000/XP with a limited
   access account would cause Zoom Player to freeze.

 - When using renderless mode on a non-primary monitor, CPU usage
   should no longer jump to 100%.

 - When using renderless mode with DVDs, fixed a semi-random freeze.

 - Inserting a CD/DVD with no content should no longer close the
   playing media and clear the play list.

 - Zoom Player now Intercepts when applications try to artificially
   maximize its window when loading and will go to Zoom Mode instead.

 - Zoom Player show now be able to go fullscreen on Windows NT4.

 - Zoom Player no longer checks if a file exists before adding it
   to the play list when the file is in fact a URL address.

 - Trailer files can now contain unicode paths.

 - Fixed a problem where the "Length" value in TAG Display would not
   show a valid value under some conditions.

 - Fixed a bug where enabling auto-size window to fit source size
   could cause the image to appear in the wrong position and possibly
   corrupt the skin.

 - Girder Command Export got broken in a recent beta of Zoom Player.

 - Specifying an RGB NoTint value didn't always work properly.

 - The DVD Control Bar buttons for Next/Previous chapter got accidently
   changed to Next/Previous bookmark in v4.10 Beta 3.

 - The Scene Cut feature was not saving MS values properly.

 - Erasing files from the file and media library navigators was broken.

 - DVD Auto-Execute values were not being saved properly.

 - Timeline Seek-Hint could show negative values.

 - Switching skins while in fullscreen would not show proper active
   value for certain buttons.

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 When the SendMessage interface is used, the message number is returned
 on the "WParam" value and the message content is returned on the "LParam"
 value.  If the LParam contain a string, it is stored as an ATOM String.

 When the TCP interface is used, the message number is always returned/sent
 as a 4-digit code. The message content is seperated by a space character
 following the message number.  All content is string based and UTF-8
 encoded to preserve country specific text codes.

 When sending Zoom Player TCP commands, make sure to terminate each
 command with CRLF (Ascii #13#10)..

 The default TCP/IP port is 4769, but a user can change it under
 Advanced Options / Values / Interface.

 External Messages (ZP -> Program, TCP/IP or SendMessage):

 [WParam]                             | [LParam]
 -------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------
 0000 - Application Name              | String describing the Application
 0001 - Application Version           | String with the version text
 1000 - State Change                  | 0  - Closed
                                        1  - Stopped (doesn't apply to DVD,
                                                      DVD Stop = Closed)
                                        2  - Paused
                                        3  - Playing
 1100 - TimeLine update               | String containing timeline data
 1110 - Current Duration              | Current Duration in milliseconds
 1120 - Current Position              | Current Position in milliseconds
 1200 - OSD Message                   | String containing the OSD message
 1201 - OSD Message Off               | No value, message just tells that the OSD
                                        has disappeared
 1300 - Current Play Mode             | 0  - DVD Mode
                                        1  - Media Mode
                                        2  - Audio Mode
 1400 - DVD Title Change              | Current Title
 1401 - DVD Title Count               | Number of Titles
 1410 - DVD Domain Change             | See EC_DVD_DOMAIN_CHANGE in DirectX SDK
 1420 - DVD Menu Mode                 | 0  - Not in a Menu
                                      | 1  - In a Menu
 1450 - DVD Unique String             | Returns a unique DVD indentifer
 1500 - DVD Chapter Change            | Current Chapter
 1501 - DVD Chapter Count             | Number of Chapters
 1600 - DVD Audio Change              | Current Audio Track
 1601 - DVD Audio Count               | Number of Audio Tracks
 1602 - DVD Audio Name                | Contains the name of the Audio track and a
                                        padded number for example "001 5.1 AC3"
 1700 - DVD Sub Change                | Current Subtitle Track
 1701 - DVD Sub Count                 | Number of Subtitle Tracks
 1702 - DVD Audio Name                | Contains the name of the Subtitle track and a
                                        padded number for example "001 5.1 AC3"
 1750 - DVD Angle Change              | Current Angle
 1751 - DVD Angle Count               | Number of Angles in the DVD Title 
 1800 - Currently Loaded File         | String containing file name
 1810 - Current Play List             | String containing the Zoom Player Play List
                                        structure.  Each entry is separated by the
                                        ">" character.  Each entry is sub-divided
                                        into additional information:
                                        |N .. |n - Name
                                        |E .. |e - Extension
                                        |D .. |d - Date
                                        |S .. |s - Size
                                        |P .. |p - Path
                                        |R .. |r - Duration
                                        |F .. |f - Forced Duration
                                        It is possible addtional tags will be used
                                        in future version, so code safely.
 1855 - End of File                   | End of file has been reached
 1900 - File PlayList Pos             | String containing file
                                        position in play list
 2000 - Video Resolution              | String containing the
                                        video resolution (if there is one)
 2100 - Video Frame Rate              | String containing the
                                        video frame rate (if there is one)
 2200 - AR Change                     | String containing the AR String
                                        (same as OSD message)
 2210 - DVD AR Mode Change            | 0  - Unknown
                                        1  - Full-Frame
                                        2  - Letterbox
                                        3  - Anamorphic
 2300 - Current Audio Volume          | The current Audio Volume
 2400 - Media Content Tags            | Returns Media Content Strings
                                        (ID3/APE/WMA/Etc... Tags)
 2500 - A CD/DVD Was Inserted         | Returns path to drive the disc was inserted to
 3000 - ZP Error Message              | String of error messsage
                                        Note that there can be multiple errors
                                        appearing in sequence, only the last
                                        error may be visible by the user.
 3100 - Nav Dialog Opened             | A Navigator Dialog has opened
                                         0 - Blanking Navigator
                                         1 - Chapter Navigator
                                         2 - Context Navigator
                                         3 - File Navigator
                                         4 - GoTo Navigator
                                         5 - Media Library Navigator
                                         6 - MouseWheel Navigator
                                         7 - Color Control Navigator
                                         8 - Play List Navigator
                                         9 - Resize Navigator
                                        10 - Station Navigator
                                        11 - Web URL Navigator
 3110 - Nav Dialog Closed             | A Navigator Dialog has closed
                                        (Values are the same as #3100)

 3200 - Screen Saver Mdeo             | The ZP Screen Saver has:
                                        0 - Started
                                        1 - Ended 

 External Messages (Program -> ZP, TCP/IP only)
 Messages that contain parameters should be space seperated,
 for example: "5100 fnPlay"
 and a comma used to seperate multiple parameters,
 for example: "5110 exSetAR,1".

 0000 - Get Application Name          | Returns 0000 message
 0001 - Get Version                   | Returns 0001 message
 1000 - Get Play State                | Returns 1000 message
 1110 - Get Current Duration          | Returns 1110 message
 1120 - Get Current Position          | Returns 1120 message
 1200 - Show a PopUp OSD Text         | Parameter is a UTF8 encoded text to be
                                        shown as a PopUp OSD
 1201 - Temp Disable PopUp OSD        | Temporarily Disables the PopUp OSD
 1202 - Re-Enable PopUp OSD           | Re-Enables the PopUp OSD
 1300 - Get Play Mode                 | Returns 1300 message
 1400 - Request DVD Title             | Returns 1400 message
 1401 - Request DVD Title Count       | Returns 1401 message
 1420 - Request DVD Menu Mode         | Returns 1420 message
 1500 - Request DVD Chapter           | Returns 1500 message
 1501 - Request DVD Chapter Count     | Returns 1501 message
 1600 - Request DVD Audio             | Returns 1600 message
 1601 - Request DVD Audio Count       | Returns 1601 message
 1602 - Request DVD Audio Names       | Returns 1602 message
 1700 - Request DVD Subtitle          | Returns 1700 message
 1701 - Request DVD Subtitle Count    | Returns 1701 message
 1702 - Request DVD Subtitle Names    | Returns 1702 message
 1750 - Request DVD Angle             | Returns 1750 message
 1751 - Request DVD Angle Count       | Returns 1751 message
 1800 - Request File Name             | Returns 1800 message
 1810 - Request Play List             | Returns 1810 message
 1850 - Play File                     | Play a Media File, Value is a UTF8 encoded
                                        string containing the file name.
 1900 - Get Play List Index           | Returns 1900 message
 1910 - Set Play List Index           | Value from 0 to Number items in
                                        the play list-1 (plays the file in index).
 1920 - Clear Play List               | Clears the Current Play List
                                        (will close any playing file)
 1930 - Add Play List File            | Add a file to the Play List
 1940 - Select Play List Item         | Select an Item in the Play List
 1941 - DeSelect Play List Item       | Remove selection of a Play List item
 2200 - Request AR Mode               | Request the current ZP AR Mode
 2210 - Request DVD AR Mode           | Request the DVD AR Mode (see outgoing #2210)
 2300 - Request Audio Volume          | Request the Audio Volume Level
 3000 - Dismiss ZP Error              | Close the ZP Error message (if visible).
 5000 - Set Current Position          | Sets the Current Play Position (in seconds)
 5010 - Play DVD Title                | Plays a DVD Title (depends on DVD Navigation
                                        accepting the title).
 5020 - Play DVD Title,Chapter        | Same as 5010, Plays a DVD Title at a specific
                                        chapter, value of "1,5" plays Title #1, Chapter #5
                                        (without the "" of course).
 5030 - Play DVD Chapter              | Same as 5010, Plays a DVD Chapter in the
                                        current Title.
 5100 - Call ZP Function              | Calls a Zoom Player function
                                        by name (see skinning tutorial for list)
 5110 - Call ZP ExFunction            | Calls a Zoom Player extended function
                                        by name (see skinning tutorial for list)
 5120 - Call ZP ScanCode              | Pass a keyboard scancode number to the
                                        Zoom Player Interperter (such as VK_DOWN),
                                        this can be used to access the Navigator
                                        interfaces, pass the scancode as a parameter.