AutoPlay Media Studio 8 - Last Minute Notes

Product Name:	AutoPlay Media Studio 8
Version:	8.6.0.0 - (what has changed?)
Release Date:	March 27, 2024
Distribution:	Unauthorized distribution prohibited. See License.txt for licensing details.

Getting Started
Release History
Contact Information
Copyright & Trademark Notice

Getting Started

Thank you for using AutoPlay Media Studio! The best way to get started quickly is to read the user's guide within the help file. A shortcut to the help file is located in the Start menu under Start -> Programs -> Indigo Rose Corporation -> AutoPlay Media Studio 8.

You can also access the user's guide from within AutoPlay itself, by choosing Help > User's Guide from the program menu.

Release History

8.6.0.0 - March 27, 2024

Fix: Fixed a bug where the design environment could become unresponsive while browsing for an application to run.
Change: Removed support for the Flash object, as the technology reached its end of life.
Feature: Added Microsoft Edge WebView2 Object for rendering web pages and content.
Feature: Added support for certificates stored in the personal store, for use with OV and EV certificates with private keys on tokens.
Feature: Made SHA-256 code signing the default, as SHA-1 Authenticode and timestamping services were deprecated in early 2023.
Fix: Made the String.GetFormattedSize action return properly formatted strings for sizes superior to 1024 GB (1 TB).
Fix: Fixed an issue in the Dialog.FolderBrowse action.
Feature: Added support for Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 to the System.GetOSName action.
Fix: Updated distributed upx.exe to version 4.0.2.0.

8.5.3.0 - October 10, 2018

Feature: Enhanced the security of the commercial version's data file.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the 'BackColor' format setting was not working in the 'RichText.GetSelectionFormat' and 'RichText.SetSelectionFormat' actions.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the CFU_UNDERLINEDOTTED 'UnderlineType' was not working on Rich Edit 3.0 or later versions as documented in the 'RichText.GetSelectionFormat' and 'RichText.SetSelectionFormat' actions.
Fix: Fixed a bug where some paragraph settings weren't working on Rich Edit 3.0 or later versions in the 'RichText.GetParagraphFormat' and 'RichText.SetParagraphFormat' actions.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the 'File.Install', 'File.Copy' and 'File.Move' actions where if the source file and destination file were the same, the source file would be deleted.
Fix: Added a check and error message to the ISO Image and Burn Data publishing options for files within the project that exceed the 4 GB limit for ISO9660/Joliet.
Fix: Fixed a bug in 'IRScriptEditor.exe' where if you clicked on the keyword tooltip in the editor a crash would occur. Updated version to 2.0.1003.0.

8.5.2.0 - November 2, 2017

Feature: Added 15 new project templates.
Fix: Changed the Play Multimedia quick action so that it uses the defaut verb for the file type instead of the "play" verb. This provides greater compatibility.
Fix: Fixed an issue where the File.Move action's "IncludeHiddenFiles" parameter default didn't match what was being used. It now uses the correct value from the prototype when not defined.
Fix: Addressed an issue in the File.Copy and File.Move actions where if the path contained erroneous backslashes in some locations, it would result in unpredictable file attributes being set. It may also result in the source folder being deleted in the File.Move action.
Fix: Made the Registry.GetValue action able to read REG_MULTI_SZ values containing null characters within it's data.

8.5.1.0 - March 17, 2016

Feature: Added SHA-256 code signing support.
Feature: Added the ability to dual-sign apps (SHA-256 and SHA-1).
Feature: Added a password field for the code signing certificate(s).
Feature: Added a few items to the 'System.GetOSProductInfo' action's constants.
Change: Removed support for signing with signcode.exe, instead use signtool.exe.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the 'Registry.GetValueNames' action which caused it to fail.
Fix: Made an attempt to prevent an occasional build error from occurring duing the manifest injection step due to a timing issue.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the 'ListBox.SetVisible' action where it was not working correctly if 'Checklist box' was enabled.
Fix: Made the 'Clipboard.IsTextAvailable' plugin action return false if there was a text entry on the clipboard, but it's data was empty. Updated version to 2.0.2.0.
Fix: Fixed an issue where the File Layout dialog could crash in some situations.
Fix: Changed references in AutoPlay from Windows Server 10 to Windows Server 2016.
Fix: Reset the internal last error code in a location where it was being returned from GetLastError. No actual error was occurring.

8.5.0.0 - February 12, 2015

Feature: Added Windows 10/Server 10 support to AutoPlay Media Studio's design environment and supporting files.
Feature: Added Windows 10/Server 10 support to AutoPlay Media Studio's runtime and supporting files.
Feature: Added Windows 10/Server 10 to the 'System.GetOSName' action.
Feature: Updated AMS's documentation where applicable.
Feature: Performed Windows 10 compatibility testing on AMS's design and runtime using the Windows 10 Technical Preview.
Feature: Updated IRScriptEditor.exe to version 2.0.1002.0.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the 'RichText.SetParagraphFormat' action where the "PFA_JUSTIFY" Alignment option wasn't working.
Fix: Updated distributed upx.exe to version 3.91.0.0.
Fix: Updated the 'System.GetOSProductInfo' action with 16 additional constants.
Fix: Fixed a crashing bug in AMS's design environment that only occurred when running the Windows 10 Technical Preview on a Virtual Machine.
Fix: Added version resource information to lua5.1.dll.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the trial version of AMS's design environment wouldn't run correctly on the Windows 10 Technical Preview.

8.3.0.0 - June 12, 2014

Feature: Added RTL support to the Grid object if the project RTL setting was turned on.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the second optional argument of the 'Window.Close' action was mistakenly required at runtime.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the 'Page.CreateObject' was not setting the width of the ComboBox object properly.
Fix: Fixed a couple issues in the 'File.Copy' action where the 'AbortOnFail' parameter wasn't working properly, and progress wasn't handled correctly upon failure.
Fix: Made it so that the xButton object pays attention to the project's global RTL setting.
Fix: Fixed an issue where the Input object's 'ReadOrder' property was incorrectly being interpreted as boolean by the 'getProperties' and 'setProperties' actions.
Fix: Fixed an issue in the File Layout dialog relating to projects referenced using UNC paths.

8.2.0.0 - September 26, 2013

Feature: Updated AutoPlay Media Studio's design environment to support Windows 8.1.
Feature: Updated AutoPlay Media Studio's runtime manifests to support Windows 8.1.
Feature: Updated the 'System.GetOSName' action with Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Fix: Updated the constants for the 'System.GetOSProductInfo' action.
Fix: Updated IRScriptEditor.exe to 2.0.1001.0.
Fix: Fixed some missing object types in the 'DialogEx.SetFocus' action's action wizard properties.
Fix: Fixed a bug where performing 'Page.Jump' actions on the On Startup event would cause script to still be run on some of the first page's events.
Fix: Fixed a couple display issues on the Quick Action tab of the object's properties dialog.
Fix: Fixed a bug where some object fonts would always be anti-aliased regardless of the object's font settings.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the Script Explorer where if the same event was showing in both script editor panes, there was a potential for losing changes. It now prevents you from showing the same event in both editors.
Fix: Added a prompt to AutoPlay's uninstall that asks if you want to remove the software's preferences or not.

8.1.0.0 - July 2, 2012

Feature: Added support for Windows 8 based on product testing in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and Windows 8 Release Preview.
Feature: Added Windows 8 compatibility GUID to AutoPlay Media Studio's design and runtime manifests.
Feature: Added support to the System.GetOSName action for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
Feature: Made the 'Confirm Delete' dialog of the Optimize Resources feature a resizable dialog.
Fix: Fixed a bug where renaming objects would not update code in certain situations.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the Page.SetFocus action wasn't displaying all object types in it's object combo box.
Fix: Fixed a bug where you could not tab to the xButton object.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the 'Service Name' and 'Display Name' were incorrectly being compared in a case-sensitive manner in Service actions.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the ListBox.GetProperties action where the following table items weren't being populated: ResizeLeft, ResizeRight, ResizeTop and ResizeBottom.
Fix: Minor text change in the File.Find action xml recurse parameter description.
Fix: Fixed a bug where renaming a page from the properties pane failed to update references to Quick Actions and Script Actions.
Fix: Fixed a bug relating to deleting pages/dialogs and the "Position of Dialog Tabs" preference where it wasn't working properly.
Fix: Fixed a bug where xButton objects were not properly being added to the tab order.
Fix: Fixed a bug where CheckBox object's visible state wasn't being drawn properly when used with Application.SetRedraw action, and the CheckBox.SetVisible action.
Fix: Fixed an issue with the ComboBox object where it wouldn't function correctly after setting the text using a smaller font size.
Fix: Fixed a bug where changing an existing guideline's position via it's properties dialog would fail to remove it's old position.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the Image object where images in GIF format would always have their background color set to transparent.
Fix: Fixed a bug relating to hitting the Esc key while focus is in a RichText object on a DialogEx which would prevent further interaction with the dialog.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the read order of the input object was not being set properly using the Input.GetProperties and Input.SetProperties actions.
Fix: Fixed an issue relating to the handling of typing Polish characters using the Right-Alt keyboard sequence.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the last cursor position wasn't being saved in the project actions area.
Fix: Fixed a bug where object renaming would not work when changing the objects name on the Object Properties dialog and the object was referenced on it's own events.
Fix: Fixed a bug where Paragraph object scrollbars were incorrectly being caught by the resource optimizer.

8.0.7.0 - December 5, 2011

Fix: Fixed a bug where Paragraph objects would not behave properly when horizontal scrollbars were visible.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the System.RegisterFont action would sometimes hang on certain systems.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the ComboBox object was incorrectly forwarding mouse-click events to the parent window.
Fix: Removed the What's New information panel from the Welcome dialog.
Fix: Fixed a bug where horizontal scrollbars on the ListBox object in Checklist box mode would not scroll far enough to the right.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the system tray menu would sometimes be inconsistant when a Dialog was visible.
Fix: Fixed a bug where object custom cursors on Dialogs would flicker when the mouse was moved.
Fix: Made it so that blank folders would be included when renaming the resource folder. This helps solve some script issues that may happen when renaming the resource folder.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the PDF object would not load remote pdf files.
Fix: Fixed a bug where when publishing to ISO, the 'Files to ignore' feature would not work properly for hidden folders.
Fix: Made it so that projects that contained file paths longer than MAX_PATH (260 characters) cannot create ISO images or be burnt to CD-ROMS.
Fix: Made the Tree and Menu image lists support 32-bit bitmap images.
Fix: Fixed a problem where scrolling the page with the mouse wheel wouldn't work on XP.
Fix: Fixed a bug in some of the plugins where their action help would sometimes not work correctly.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the File.Delete action where the "AbortOnFail" parameter wasn't working properly.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the File.RunAs action was not sending one of its arguments properly.

8.0.6.0 - July 27, 2011

Fix: Fixed a bug where setting the enabled or disabled state of a ListBox in checklist box mode, using Lua, would not work.
Fix: Fixed a bug where double-clicking on an item in a Tree object on a dialog, where that Tree object's On Double-Click event closes the dialog, would cause a crash.
Fix: Fixed a bug where events from the Video object would be lost after exiting fullscreen mode on Windows Vista.
Fix: Fixed a bug where code signing preferences weren't being used for new projects.
Fix: Fixed a bug where ListBox objects in Checklist box mode would display incorrect text if the Vertical scrollbar was turned off.

8.0.5.0 - March 2, 2011

Fix: Fixed a bug where APZ files created before AutoPlay 8 were not generating conversion reports.
Fix: Fixed a bug where renaming the resource files would cause the custom icons of Dialogs to no longer work.
Fix: Fixed a bug where checkboxes could sometimes have an incorrect background during kiosk mode.
Fix: Fixed a bug where tiled images would extend outside of the page area during kiosk mode.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the Folder.DeleteTree callback function was not being called.
Fix: Fixed a bug where when printing in kiosk mode, objects would not be printed in the correct position.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the QuickTime object where the "e_Button" event variable wasn't being set properly.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the code editor would not show the action prototype tooltip as you typed.
Fix: Fixed a couple bugs relating to the "Files to ignore" preference when publishing to ISO.

8.0.4.0 - January 21, 2011

Feature: Added 2 new actions "File.SetPermissions" and "System.GetUserSID" that can be used to set file or folder permissions.
Feature: Added a new action called "Application.SetSysTrayTooltip" that allows you to set and optionally show the tooltip for the icon in the system tray.
Feature: Added an "On Mouse Wheel" event to pages and dialogs.
Feature: Added an "On Char" event to the Input object.
Feature: Added Mozilla Firefox Dependency detection script named "Firefox.det" to the distribution.
Fix: Fixed a bug where changing the text colour in a RichText object using the custom color option would change the colour of all of the text.
Fix: Fixed a bug where very long similar filenames would result in files being left out when building to an ISO image.
Fix: Fixed a bug where renaming ComboBox objects would not update script actions properly.
Fix: Fixed a bug where if there was more than one action on a line, it would not rename properly when renaming objects.
Fix: Made it so that the Application.Sleep action would block menu activations, right-clicks, and key presses.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the "On Audio" event was not firing correctly when an xButton had focus.
Fix: Fixed a bug where resizing objects that were positioned at 0,0 would sometimes fail to resize properly when the window was made smaller.
Fix: Made it so that the script pane would remember the position of the cursor for events per session.
Fix: Fixed a crash in the design that may occur on Windows 7 relating to browsing the system.
Fix: Made it so that the RichText object properties dialog would use the RichText background colour at design time so that all colours of text would be visible.
Fix: Added syntax support to the code editor for new Lua 5.1 operators.
Fix: Fixed a bug where editing a page's transition settings via the property grid would not enable the save button.
Fix: Made it so that the runtime will attempt to use the small icon first before using a larger icon size when using a custom icon.
Fix: Updated the IRScriptEditor to version 2.0.1000 which contains Lua 5.1 syntax checking.
Fix: Made it so that the "ButtonFile" table value of the Button.GetProperties action, and the "ImageFilename" table value of the Application.GetPageProperties and Application.GetDialogProperties actions all return full paths to the image file instead of relative paths.
Fix: Fixed a bug where setting the text of a Label object orientated at 90 degrees would sometimes cause the label to "move" upwards.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the CheckListBox object where the background and text colors weren't working properly.
Fix: Made it so a disabled CheckListBox appears disabled at design time.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the script pane could cause a crash when opening the same project twice. Also fixed a few other possible cases related to this area.
Fix: Fixed some issues on the Project Layout dialog on Windows 7 including a New Folder button problem, rename functionality, selection and focus.
Fix: Added the ability to move files and folders within the File Layout dialog by holding the Shift key during a drag and drop operation.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the "Show Events" option on the Project Explorer pane was not always saving it's value.
Fix: Made it so the autocomplete tooltip can be dismissed by pressing cursor left, right, up, down, Home, End, or Esc.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the autocomplete tooltip wouldn't update to reflect the actual autocomplete text after editing the text under the cursor in such a way that different text would be autocompleted, e.g. after editing 'tr' to 'str' the tooltip now reads "String" as it should, instead of "Tree" as it would before.

8.0.3.0 - December 22, 2010

Feature: Added 4 new items to the System.GetOSVersionInfo action - "Server2003R2", "XPMediaCenterEdition", "StarterEdition", "TabletPCEdition".
Feature: Added new Web.SetSilent and Web.IsSilent actions.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the spell checker would not work properly if the text being checked was longer then 1000 characters.
Fix: Fixed a bug where flat Dialogs would incorrectly display a border.
Fix: Fixed a bug where loading files on the On Movie End event of a QuickTime object would cause a crash.
Fix: Fixed a bug where importing Autoplay Media Studio 7.0 projects could sometimes be very very slow.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the RadioButton.SetProperties action where the FontScript value was not being set properly.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the MSI.GetFileVersion action where improper results were being returned.
Fix: Made it so that the import .REG file option would insert the text at the current carat position in the code editor.
Fix: Fixed a redraw error in the xButton object where it would sometimes remain "hot" when it should not.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the custom mask for Pages and Dialogs would sometimes be incorrectly sized.
Fix: Fixed a bug where Button objects created in the disabled state using Page.CreateObject would not be drawn properly.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the CVS file specified for Grid objects would not work if the resource directory was renamed at build-time.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the constraints for a few Crypto actions were incorrect.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the Page.CreateObject action didn't work for the PDF object.
Fix: Fixed a bug where renaming an object in the Project Explorer pane did not enable the project's modified state.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the Math.HexColorToNumber's actions XML where the default parameter was not a string.
Fix: Fixed a bug in the RichText.GetProperties action where the "Transparent" table value was returning a number instead of a boolean value.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the Auto-Resize options and the SetPos actions would cause objects to dissapear when performed on a resizable dialog.
Fix: Fixed an incorrect status text for File > Save As.
Fix: Fixed a bug where dragging and dropping an image onto the background was not enabling the "Use custom settings" checkbox.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the minimim size for pages and dialogs was not taking into account the border and title bars.
Fix: Fixed a crash that would happen sometimes when the Personal Edition was closed and Web objects still had content running.
Fix: Fixed a bug where if the recent docs history is disabled, the design environment would crash on startup.
Fix: Fixed a problem where certain flash files inside of a Web object could cause crashes when exiting a skinned runtime.
Fix: Fixed a bug where showing and hiding a menu on a skinned runtime would not work properly.
Fix: Fixed a problem where images loaded into the XAML on xButtons would sometimes disappear when the xButton was resized in the design environment.
Fix: Fixed a bug where quick actions weren't being processed in resource optimization.
Fix: Fixed a bug where Plugin objects could cause problems when using callback functions on the On Preload event.
Fix: Fixed a problem where the program would occassionally hang during resource optimization (with an "Encountered an improper argument" error on Windows 7).
Fix: Fixed an occassional crashing bug when opening projects in the personal edition.

8.0.2.0 - June 28, 2010

Feature: Added a Web.LoadHTML action that can be used to load a string of HTML into a web object.
Feature: Added a QuickTime.GetVolume action that returns the volume level of a QuickTime object.
Feature: Added a list of files to ignore from building, exporting and resource cleaning, found on the "Build" page of Edit > Preferences.
Fix: Fixed a bug where visual styles would no longer work at runtime when the "rename resource files" option was enabled.
Fix: Fixed a bug where DialogEx resize option was not working.
Fix: Fixed a bug where closing a DialogEx with an active timer would cause a crash.
Fix: Made it so that UPX compression would not be applied when runtime skins are used.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the Application.LoadScript action would always fail.
Fix: Fixed a bug where some buttons on the property grid would not work for plugin objects on dialogs. This would only effect the design environment.
Fix: Fixed a bug where some audio events were not firing properly.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the right-click Unlock option was not working on the Object Browser pane.
Fix: Fixed a bug where keyboard shortcuts were not working properly in the Object Browser pane.
Fix: Fixed a bug where windows that were previously maximized would not restore to the maximized state after being minimized to the system tray.
Fix: Fixed missing "pairs" statement in distributed files "DelimitedStringFunctions.lua" and "ListBoxEx.lua" in ..\Gallery\Scripts\.
Fix: Sped up the loading of very large archived projects and templates.
Fix: Improved the performace of AutoPlay Media Studio when a tiled background is used on a page or dialog.
Fix: Fixed a bug involving loading of 8-bit bmp files.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the border of the RichEdit object would sometimes become invisible when the user would type in it.
Fix: Fixed a bug where using the QuickTime.SetProperties action would cause certain QuickTime events to no longer fire.
Fix: Fixed a bug where QuickTime.SetProperties was not restarting the movie if the Autostart option was turned on.
Fix: Made it possible for xButton objects to use 32-bit icons for its button image.
Fix: Made it so that hidden files are now included in the template and project archive creation process.

8.0.1.1 - May 18, 2010

Fix: Fixed a bug where a "luasql" folder was missing from the distribution in \Data\Databases.
Fix: Fixed a problem where objects that were invisible at runtime would cause objects that were underneath them to not show their tooltips.
Fix: Fixed a bug where the _IgnoreInvalidCertificate global would not ignore certificate revocation errors.

8.0.1.0 - May 17, 2010

First Public Release.

8.0.0.13 - April 15, 2010

First Beta Release.

Contact Information

Web Address: https://www.indigorose.com/contact/

Copyright & Trademark Notice

AutoPlay Media Studio is a trademark of Indigo Rose Software Design Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.