mIRC 7.54

This version of mIRC is a small though important update to the previous version and has been released primarily to resolve an important issue with 'if' statements being processed incorrectly in the scripting language.

Several other small issues have also been fixed in this release.

Although this is a minor update, it includes important changes and is a highly recommended download.

Full list of Fixes, Changes and Additions:

1.Fixed if/while bracket priority bug which affected the parsing of
if/while statements.
2.Fixed text display bug where the last character in a line was being
chopped off.
3.Changed the fast update display method.
4.Fixed tips display bug.
5.Fixed copy messages to query bug.
6.Fixed /drawrot rounding error bug.
7.Fixed treebar/switchbar server sorting display bug.

This version of mIRC addresses a number of issues since the last release in May. It includes a number of improvements, changes and fixes to the interface, scripting language, and several other features.

In particular, a new editbox "automatic" lines feature has been added that dynamically changes the size of the editbox in a window to show the whole of your typed message, up to half the size of the window. This allows you to easily see and review your message before sending it.

Various other changes include:

Added support for the transfer of files larger than four gigabytes.
Added /var -g switch to allow you to set global variable values.
Added $input() identifier combobox support.
Fixed UTF-8 text-wrapping display bug.
Fixed switchbar display button-sorting display bug.
Fixed window positions not being saved correctly for some windows.
Fixed server connection not remembering SSL status in some situations.

In total there have been almost 50 changes to this version and although most of them are only small fixes and tweaks, we hope that they result in a more useful and stable mIRC for you.

Full list of Fixes, Changes and Additions:

1.Fixed $istok() not returning error if too many parameters supplied.
2.Fixed /scon returning wrong error message.
3.Fixed window positions not being saved correctly for certain types
of windows.
4.Fixed tab completion issue with long text/identifier values.
5.Fixed Channel Central dialog excepts/invites bug, now looks for +eI
modes in the CHANMODES token as well as EXCEPTS and INVEX tokens.
6.Fixed reload logs feature displaying session information twice on
reloading a log file.
7.Fixed $calc() returning +/-0 in some situations.
8.Improved handling of hotlinks enclosed in brackets.
9.Fixed server ports bug when using toolbar connect button.
10.Fixed color display bug in tips title/message text.
11.Fixed text display bug due to incorrect text width measurement with
some fonts/characters, now using new method to measure text width.
12.Changed $window().sbstate/tbstate to return button status even if
the corresponding bar is hidden.
13.Fixed $hfind/$regml regex bug.
14.Fixed channels list window focus bug when getting list.
15.Fixed script editor editbox warning to take account of long wrapped
lines.
16.Fixed window focusing bug in certain situations.
17.Fixed /toolbar load/save bug with @window parameters.
18.Fixed /did -d CRLF bug.
19.Fixed picture @window popup menu bug under Vista.
20.Added support for the transfer of files larger than four gigabytes.
This required the following extension to the DCC transfer protocol:
If mIRC sees that it is sending or receiving a file with a size
larger than a 32bit value, it sends and expects to receive 64bit
acks. In all other respects, the protocol is unchanged. Note that
all previous versions of mIRC are unable to either send or receive
such large files.
21.Changed file transfer CPS calculation method, now reflects the real
average CPS over the last few seconds.
22.Improved the way the "Total Max Cps" feature throttles transfer
speeds.
23.Increased the maximum allowed DCC Send packet size. This may or may
not improve speed depending on your connection type.
24.Fixed DCC Send/Get bug where files of zero bytes in size could not
be transfered.
25.Changed DCC Send so that it now always sends packets ahead of acks.
This means that even if it receives no acks at all, mIRC will still
transfer the file. If "Fast Send" is enabled, mIRC will attempt to
send packets as fast as it can.
26.Fixed regex identifiers hiding output of called identifiers by
default - they now require . prefix in calling alias.
27.Fixed /server switches not being remembered on an automatic retry
connection attempt after a disconnection.
28.Fixed server connection not remembering SSL status if you disconnect
and then reconnect to a server.
29.Fixed switchbar display button-sorting display bug.
30.Added $window().tbtext for window treebar text.
31.Added /editbox -vqN switches, where -v prevents the editbox contents
from being changed and -qN enables/disables/toggles second editbox.
32.Added /var -g switch, sets global variable values.
33.Added $timer().pause property.
34.Added $input() 'm' switch which allows you to include multiple "text"
parameters and to display them in a combobox. The first text item is
the default item, the rest are the items in the list.
35.Fixed /log on command bug not using logs folder.
36.Optimized text mark/copy routine.
37.Added Track Urls warning when feature is enabled via system menu.
38.Changed unicode display method slightly - mIRC now preloads the cache
with the default system unicode font and various other unicode fonts
if they are found on your system.
39.Fixed if/while bracket parser bug.
40.Added $chan/query/send/get/chat .idle properties.
41.Added editbox "automatic" lines feature to display/options dialog
that dynamically changes the size of the primary editbox to show
all of your typed text, up to half the size of the window.
42.Extended /window -eN switch where 0 = single, 1 = multi, 2 = auto,
and 3 = default.
43.Changed Control+Home/End key behaviour so that they move the cursor
if you are editing text in a multi-line editbox, otherwise they
scroll the display buffer.
44.Updated to OpenSSL 0.9.8h library.
45.Changed Enter key behaviour in multi/auto editbox so that it sends
a line when pressed in the middle of a line. To insert a line you
can use the Alt+Enter key combination.
46.Changed Status Window editbox to reflect single/multi/auto editbox
settings.
47.Fixed UTF-8 text-wrapping display bug.
48.Fixed SSL certificate caching bug when maximum cache size exceeded.

What's new in mIRC v6.32?
Released 21st May 2008.

This version of mIRC builds on recent releases by focusing on stability and reliability and addressing the various issues that have been reported by users since the last release. It includes cosmetic changes to the interface, fixes, optimizations, and improvements to the scripting language.

In particular, mIRC can now handle longer nick names, channel names, and messages, as well as longer variable values in the scripting language.

Various other changes include:

Added support for network-specific window position saving.
Fixed mouse wheel handling of scrolling with high resolution mice.
A "Check for Updates" option has been added to the mIRC Help menu to automatically check for new versions of mIRC.
Optimized INI file handling to only update those parts of a file that have changed. This decreases file writes and speeds up a number of features in mIRC, including USB drive usage.
Improved display speed of text in all windows.
Fixed multi-byte text-wrapping display issues.
Fixed and optimized a number of @window display features, including the way tabstops are handled.
Improved unicode support in the $mp3() identifier.

In total there have been over 50 changes to this version and although most of them are only small fixes and tweaks, we hope that they result in a more useful and stable mIRC for you.
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Full list of Fixes, Changes and Additions:

1.Fixed /did -o CRLF bug.
2.Fixed /log -f not being able to handle quotes.
3.Fixed /toolbar default icons bug with toolbar background pictures.
4.Fixed notify icon white pixels bug with a black background in the
treebar.
5.Fixed script editor buttons not displaying icons when running under
Windows Vista Classic Theme.
6.Fixed listbox height in SSL dialog.
7.Fixed script initialization warning bug.
8.Changed /drawpic bitmap allocation method to speed up @window
displays.
9.Fixed $tip help file bug.
10.Fixed /toolbar not being compatible with toolbar buttons bitmap.
11.Updated to PNG 1.2.29, PCRE v7.7, and OpenSSL 0.9.8g libraries.
12.Standardized and extended string lengths throughout mIRC to allow
the use of longer variables, channel and nick names, and other
items.
13.Optimized $strip() control codes routine, used through-out mIRC.
14.Added "Check for Updates" item to Help menu. mIRC also checks for
updates once a day on startup. This can be turned off in the updates
dialog.
15.mIRC now displays the wait cursor when dialogs are opened and closed
as a busy indicator, mainly for when mIRC is run from a USB drive.
16.Fixed /drawrot -b background color bug.
17.Fixed text display moving backwards bug with certain fonts.
18.Fixed mouse wheel handling to properly process slow/fast scrolling
with high resolution mice.
19.Fixed status window log menu bug on a clean install.
20.Fixed blank lines in window listboxes not being displayed correctly.
21.Added /set -k switch, keeps current -uN setting for a variable. Also
added $var().secs, returns unset time.
22.Fixed handling of negative range values in token identifiers.
23.Added $reptok() and $remtok() support for N = 0 to apply to all
matching items.
24.Fixed $* bug when used with $() identifier.
25.Fixed script editor editbox responding to control+mousewheel to
change font size, can only change through font dialog.
26.Fixed /tips setting not being remembered on a restart.
27.Fixed listbox windows display bug when using double-space/paragraph
spacing.
28.Fixed double-space/paragraph settings not being set correctly when
a window is first opened.
29.Fixed /drawcopy -t bug.
30.Fixed $mp3() handling of unicode tags.
31.Added support for network-specific window position saving.
32.Changed ini update routine, now only writes an item to the file if
it is in fact different in the file. This minimizes file updates.
Added mainly for USB drive users.
33.Changed reload log feature to only reload a maximum of 500 lines.
34.Changed window buffer routine so that it removes whole lines from
the top of the buffer instead of partial lines.
35.Fixed script editor shortcuts not working when other dialogs open.
36.Fixed MDI flickering bug when "Move status window to top" option
is enabled in Window Order dialog.
37.Fixed treebar focus bug when selecting item in treebar while mIRC
is not active application.
38.Fixed $mp3() handling of malformed mp3 headers.
39.Fixed multi-byte text-wrapping display bug.
40.Fixed minor bug in UTF-8 selective encoding routine.
41.Changed Channel Central design slightly. Checkboxes are disabled
if you are not an op and the Excepts and Invites buttons are
disabled if numeric 005 does not list EXCEPTS and INVEX tokens.
42.The multibyte editbox is now enabled by default for new installs.
43.Changed tab completion so that it leaves the original text intact
if it evaluates to $null.
44.Fixed /drawcopy not reporting an error in some situations.
45.Fixed MDI window background display bug.
46.Added /dialog -g to change dialog name.
47.Added /menubar /toolbar /switchbar /treebar [on | off] commands
and $menubar, $toolbar, $switchbar, $treebar identifiers. Also
added $compact identifier to indicate normal/compact mode.
48.Fixed window scrollbar bug with large numbers of lines.
49.Fixed script editor toolbar button not reflecting on/off settings
for events in some situations.
50.Fixed text in custom @windows being chopped at tab stops.
51.Added /window -M switch, chops text at tab stops.
52.Fixed random delay auto-op/voice bugs.

mIRC is back with a new face! :-) mIRC now has a shiny new mIRC logo and new interface icons, updated and designed by the good people at Turbomilk. To match the new icons, we also decided to redesign the mIRC website to bring it into the 21st century... we hope you like the new look!

In addition to the visual changes in mIRC and the website, this new version of mIRC also addresses the various issues that were reported for the last release.

For scripters, we hope you like the changes to the script editor. The interface has been improved, it is now cleaner and easier to read, we added Check Bracket/Sort Variables items to Edit menu, line numbers to the margin, and enter/home key indentation support. The editor also no longer flickers when resized.

Various other changes include:

A "Hide tips when locked" option to the lock dialog,
An SSL option to automatically accept invalid certificates,
Tips now shade each alternate message that is added to an existing tip to make it easier to distinguish individual messages,
When bars are locked the drag bars are now hidden from view,
Changed behaviour of "Hide minimized desktop windows" option so that query, message, and chat windows remain visible when they are first opened minimized on the desktop.

In total there have been over 50 changes to this version and although most of them are only small fixes and tweaks, we hope that they result in a more useful and stable mIRC for you.
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Full list of Fixes, Changes and Additions in mIRC 6.31:

1.Fixed tooltips bug in toolbar.
2.Fixed /background window name bug.
3.Fixed remote.ini scripts folder bug.
4.Fixed dns pool message bug during connect retry.
5.Fixed notify window taking focus every time you connect to a
server. The notify window also no longer automatically closes
when you disconnect from all servers.
6.Fixed tips control codes bug.
7.Fixed if/elseif error display bug.
8.Fixed /window -dh not hiding desktop window.
9.Changed $tip() $null parameters so that they are now optional.
10.Fixed script editor Windows taskbar display bug.
11.Fixed /dll crash bug with self-calling dlls.
12.Fixed on START event not being triggered before all other events
on startup for loaded scripts.
13.Fixed while loop break/continue bugs.
14.Fixed /writeini error handling bug.
15.Fixed ial not being updated by protect/ignore/etc. commands.
16.Added @wid support to /setlayer.
17.Added /tips [on|off] and $tips identifier.
18.Added "Hide tips when locked" option to lock dialog.
19.Fixed editbox/listbox focus bug when switching windows.
20.Fixed $inellipse() bug by enabling floating point consistency
option in compiler.
21.Fixed /hinc bug.
22.Fixed -nouninst backward compatibility bug.
23.Fixed flickering in channel nickname, channels list, and all
other window listboxes.
24.Changed script editor interface slightly, now cleaner and easier
to read. Added Check Bracket/Sort Variables items to Edit menu,
line numbers to margin, and enter/home key indentation support.
No longer flickers when resized.
25.Updated to PNG 1.2.22 and PCRE v7.4 libraries.
26.Fixed double-click on treebar notify nicks bug, now triggers
correct Clicks dialog notify list alias.
27.Fixed on ^filesent/rcvd not /halting text bug.
28.Fixed treebar notify nicks menu not having $1 set as nick.
29.Fixed installer bug with mIRC/help file not being launched on
install completion.
30.Fixed unicode encoding bug when pasting large amounts of text.
31.Fixed unicode not being copied to clipboard correctly from a
@window with no editbox.
32.Changed right-click behaviour in custom dialog listboxes to allow
selecting an item without checking its radio/check box.
33.The default text for /list numerics 321 and 323 can now be halted.
34.Added SSL option to automatically accept invalid certificates.
35.Fixed @window tabs display bug.
36.Tips now shade each alternate message that is added to an existing
tip to make it easier to distinguish individual messages.
37.When bars are locked the drag bars are now hidden from view.
38.Added /abook -h switch to open highlight dialog.
39.Fixed background picture display bug when loading large images.
40.Fixed line width/height measurement bug in @windows, now the same
as non-@windows.
41.Fixed /splay and /sound error display bug.
42.Fixed saving tray/maximized window state bug.
43.Fixed /drawtext clipping bug when using tabs.
44.Fixed tray icon click multi-monitor bug.
45.Fixed reload log files bug when lock log files option is enabled.
46.Fixed Editor "Monitor File Changes" memory bug.
47.Changed behaviour of "Hide minimized desktop windows" option so
that query, message, and chat windows remain visible when they are
first opened minimized on the desktop.
48.Fixed /hinc and /hdec maximum value bug.
49.Fixed clipboard handling bug.
50.Fixed $longfn() routine not appending / slash to the result when
it is a directory.
51.Updated the mIRC icon and over seventy other icons in the toolbar,
switchbar, tray, and window icons.
52.Fixed treebar focus bug when selecting item in treebar while mIRC
is not active application.
53.Fixed some settings in editor dialog not being remembered if it
was closed using the cancel button.
54.Fixed favorites dialog gpf bug when editing folder name.

This version of mIRC offers full Vista compatability with support for limited user accounts, U3 support, support for tips (those small text balloons that pop up near the Windows tray) to notify you of various events such as incoming messages or users in your notify list coming on or leaving IRC, support for positioning the Treebar at top/bottom of the mIRC window, and a feature that allows you to switch between Normal and Compact modes. Compact mode makes mIRC behave like a messenger with the treebar filling the main window, all windows opening on the desktop, and so on. Hey, doesn't that sound like fun?

mIRC 6.3 fixes some buggy that made it stick to using a secure port if the last connection was a secure one. And when connecting to an ip address from a round robin dns pool, the original connect address is now remembered and the connect message now has "dns pool" appended to it. By popular request Khaled changed the logging method back to the simple plain old method, so mIRC no longer uses the name.N.log filename format. Also a reload logs bug where mIRC was loading logs in wrong order is fixed.

- Full Vista compatability, among others, means that new installations of mIRC now save all settings in the User's "Application DatamIRC" folder by default. However, if the installer or mIRC find an old installation with a mirc.ini in the same folder as mirc.exe they will use the mirc.exe folder for all settings. If you are installing a new mIRC over an old version you should see no change in behaviour. The installer is now also aware of administrator and standard user accounts and installs mIRC accordingly. Under an Administrator account, the installer will create icons for "All Users". Under a Standard account, it will create icons only for the current user.
When run under Vista mIRC now checks for a corresponding virtual store folder at startup. Vista creates virtual store folders for older non-Vista compatible applications, such as older versions of mIRC. If mIRC finds such a folder, it displays a dialog box allowing you to retrieve your old mIRC files and settings.

- With the U3 support in mIRC we should be able to make an U3 package available for mIRC with which you can take your mIRC wherever you want! U3 is a specification for applications to run from portable storage devices (ie. flash drives) without leaving any settings/traces on the host system. Look on U3.com for more info.

- The support for traytips can be used to notify you of various events such as incoming messages or users in your notify list coming on or leaving IRC. The tips only appear when mIRC is not the active application and are hidden the moment mIRC becomes active. Tips can be fully configured and scripted to show exactly what you want, even in combination with mIRC's highlight function. and of course you can completely disable the tips ;-)

As always this new version of mIRC addresses many, if not all, of the issues reported since the last release. A lot of time was spent tweaking new features, fixing bugs, and a handful of other things. In total there are over 100 changes in this version, making this a great new mIRC! We encourage you to explore the versions.txt file for all changes. Some changes are obvious, some need getting used to - please take your time to play with them and see how they work.

Tjerk Vonck.
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Full list of Fixes, Changes and Additions in mIRC 6.3:

1.Fixed /var bug when parsing multiple $identifiers() on one line.
2.Fixed /auser bug halting script if user already existed.
3.Fixed /toolbar -fl bug when an item in toolbar.ini contained a
popup @menu.
4.Fixed custom DLL delay-unload feature so that it is only applied
when mIRC exits. In other cases, the DLL is unloaded immediately.
5.Fixed mIRC always forcing an SSL +port if the last connection was
an SSL +port.
6.Fixed popup menu positioning bug when pressing spacebar to display
popup close to edge of Windows desktop.
7.Fixed $inroundrect() and $inellipse() bug.
8.When connecting to a round robin dns pool ip address the original
connect address is now remembered and the connect message now has
"dns pool" appended to it.
9.Fixed round robin dns pool ip address bug with SSL connections not
remembering original host address during verification.
10.Fixed /queryrn bug not renaming same name with different case.
11.Fixed right-click popup menu selections not working correctly
under Vista in some cases.
12.Fixed Servers List popup menu not displaying items correctly.
13.Fixed firewall password corruption bug.
14.Fixed script editor minimize/restore bug.
15.Fixed $sin/$cos/etc. rounding errors.
16.Fixed ? marked urls being deleted incorrectly while mIRC was
running.
17.Fixed color codes not being processed properly in wrapped lines
in some situations.
18.Fixed URL links not being opened with default browser under Vista.
19.The -r command line switch behaviour has been changed so that if
no path is specified after -r, mIRC will use the executable path.
20.For Vista compatibility, new installations of mIRC now save all
settings in the User's "Application DatamIRC" folder by default.

However, if the installer or mIRC find mirc.ini in the same folder
as mirc.exe they will use the mirc.exe folder for all settings.
Users installing over an old version of mIRC should therefore see
no change in behaviour.

The installer is now also aware of administrator and standard user
accounts and installs mIRC accordingly.

21.Fixed command prefix /!. parsing inconsistencies across routines.
22.Fixed "// echo hello" being parsed as "//echo hello". The parser
now halts parsing of empty // commands.
23.Fixed reload logs bug, was loading logs in wrong order.
24.Fixed on KICK event clearing $chan/$nick too early when you are
kicked from a channel.
25.Fixed /drawtext color parsing bug in picture @windows.
26.Fixed /toolbar -fs bug, icon size was being saved incorrectly.
27.Fixed servers dialog intermittent gpf bug when sorting servers.
28.Fixed /dcc send -l and -m parsing bugs.
29.Fixed irc:// links not working under Vista.
30.Changed registry handling to ensure that mIRC works the same way
whether run under administrator or standard user accounts.

mIRC no longer updates the Uninstall section of the registry to
point to the currently running mIRC, the Uninstall section is
now only set by the installer. Removed -nouninst command line
switch since this is no longer applicable.

Also irc:// links are now only added to the Current User registry,
not the local machine registry and this is only done when mIRC
is run, not by the installer.

The -service command line switch has been removed from the help
file though it is still supported under 95/98/ME.

31.mIRC no longer uses an internal uninstaller, instead the install
program now places an uninstall.exe in the mIRC folder.
32.Fixed dialog table definition not being able to call local aliases
if dialog was opened from the command line.
33.Extended custom dialog "tab id" parameter to allow id to be an
alias/identifier.
34.Fixed comments not being parsed correctly in the users list.
35.Fixed mouse cursor display bug during mark/copy.
36.Added internal U3 support to mIRC. mIRC looks for these command
line parameters -appStart, -appStop, and -hostCleanUp, and looks
for U3_HOST_EXEC_PATH and U3_APP_DATA_PATH environment variables.
37.Fixed ini storage bug when using -portable switch.
38.Changed -portable command line switch behaviour. Now makes mIRC
both 1) avoid use of the registry and 2) use the executable folder
as the mirc.ini folder.
39.Fixed /if parser not reporting invalid operator for => and =<,
and added not support for !> !<= etc.
40.Fixed window display bug when rejoining an already joined channel.
41.Fixed /writeini and /remini not reporting an error if they were
unable to write to the file.
42.Added support for positioning Treebar at top/bottom of mIRC window.
43.Added support for network specific notify nicks. If no network
is specified, nick is used on all networks. Extended command to
/notify -n [network] [note], where -n indicates network
has been specified. Also added $notify().network.
44.Changed "Received Files" explorer display to show folders pane.
45.Notify/URLs list windows are now displayed in both the treebar
and the switchbar.
46.Changed the way the notify list window is displayed on connect.
47.Added -noreg command line switch to make mIRC avoid use of the
registry (to make up for old -portable behaviour).
48.Fixed $input dialog (and other windows) not being centered on
desktop correctly if main mIRC window was minimized.
49.Added support for numeric 005 TARGMAX and MAXTARGETS tokens
when sending privmsgs and notices in /amsg, /ame, /qme, /qmsg,
/omsg, and /onotice.
50.Fixed notify list routine that was not correctly optimized, may
have led to high cpu usage/interface lag for some users.
51.Fixed various dialogs opening centered in main window when opened
with keyboard shortcuts, eg. Alt+O, Alt+B, etc.
52.Added support for notify list display in treebar, option enabled
via treebar popup menu.
53.Added treebar menu option to use System menus or Window menus for
right-clicked treebar items. System menus are the default. Toggle
by holding shift key while right-clicking.
54.Added $menutype and $menucontext to supplement $menu. They are
available during popup menu creation and indicate the menu type
and context of the menu being created.
55.Changed left-click method on treebar items, it takes one click to
open and close windows now.
56.Fixed issues with /mkdir and $isdir(). $isdir() will now only
accept folder names, whereas previously it was accepting filenames
as well.
57.Changed status window icon so that you can now tell when it is
connected, connecting, logging on, or disconnecting.
58.Alt+LeftClick no longer changes the status window icon, instead
it now adds a down arrow to the button. When clicked it displays
a popup menu of hidden windows.
59.The status window title in switchbar/treebar now always shows the
network/server name, even when not connected.
60.Added Buffer menu to custom @window system menu.
61.Changed the way files are renamed/copied/deleted to resolve file
issues experienced by some users.
62.Fixed favorites menu recent channels history bug.
63.Changed the way $active works, was not consistent before.
64.Changed on ACTIVE so that it always triggers when a window gets
the focus, was not triggering in all situations before.
65.Fixed /unload not halting script on error.
66.Added treebar support for spacebar to pop up menu for selected
item.
67.Fixed $wrap() bug not handling bold control codes across multiple
lines correctly.
68.If an incoming notice is displayed in more than one window eg. in
common channels or the active window, windows are now highlighted
only if necessary.
69.Added /cnick -f switch that forces the addition of a new entry to
the list instead of updating an existing nick.
70.Fixed relative path bug when handling short paths.
71.Improved error handling in /load command.
72.Added Notify and Urls List items to windows order dialog, affects
position of these items in treebar.
73.Added support for on ^TABCOMP, triggers before a $id or %var is
evaluated.
74.Changed $fserv() to $fserve(), old identifier still supported but
no longer documented.
75.Fixed MDI background display flickering bug.
76.The /setlayer command can now set the transparency of the main
mIRC window.
77.When in the Script Editor mIRC no longer considers itself the
active application, this allows flash/beep/etc. events to trigger.
78.All buttons that select/display files/folders now display the whole
file/path with ellipsis if necessary.
79.Fixed nick color list freeze issue, instead of updating all nicks
immediately when colors change, now only updates them when they
are visible.
80.Moved highlight dialog to address book and added regex support.
81.Fixed options dialog memory leak.
82.Fixed "Move status window..." bug in Group dialog.
83.Fixed wildcard matching bug.
84.Added support for tips, text balloons that pop up near the Windows
tray to notify you of various events such as incoming messages or
users in your notify list coming on or leaving IRC.

Tips only appear when mIRC is not the active application and are
hidden the moment mIRC becomes active.

Tips can be configured in the Options/Windows/Options dialog.

The Highlight dialog in the Address Book also supports tips for
matched items.

Tips can also be scripted using the $tip() identifier:

$tip(name,title,text,delay,iconfn,iconpos,alias,wid)
Returns Nth position of tip if successful, zero if not.

name - name of the tip
title - title
text - text
delay - from 3 to 60 seconds
iconfn - icon filename
iconpos - icon position in filename
alias - alias to perform when tip is double-clicked
wid - id of window to which tip belongs

name, title, text are required.
delay, iconfn, iconpos, alias, and wid can be $null.

$tip(name/N) can be used to list existing tips.

Notes:

Right-click in a tip pauses the time-out for all tips.

Shift+Left-click in a tip closes that tip.

Double-click in a tip triggers the alias if one is defined,
or opens the associated window if not.

The tip automatically fits the text into it and will at most
widen to quarter of your screen width.

New tips are queued until older tips time-out. Tips time-out
at a slower rate if they are not at the head of the queue.

If no wid is specified, the tip belongs to the status window
of the currently active connection.

A tip is closed if the window it belongs to is made active
or is closed, or if mIRC is made active and the tip belongs
to an MDI window.

85.Fixed /showmirc -nt bug minimizing mIRC but not activating
the next application window.
86.Fixed $mp3() not handling unicode tags correctly.
87.Added $fullscreen identifier, returns 1 if an application is
running in full screen mode, 0 if not. This applies to game and
non-game applications.
88.Fixed agent speaking bug.
89.Extended /echo -iN to allow maximum N of 256.
90.By popular request, changed logging method back to old method, no
longer uses name.N.log filename format.
91.For new installs the "download" folder is now named "downloads"
and a "scripts" folder is created by default.
92.Added $ebeeps identifier, returns sounds enabled/disabled state.
93.Updated tab display routines to use XP/Vista themes.
94.Fixed menubar spaces bug, all scripts are now aligned on load
using same align routine as editor.
95.Removed support for mirc.hlp file on F1 key, only mirc.chm is
used now.
96.Fixed editor "monitor file changes" bug with .ini files.
97.When run under Vista mIRC now checks for a corresponding virtual
store folder at startup. Vista creates virtual store folders for
older non-Vista compatible applications, such as older versions
of mIRC. If mIRC finds such a folder, it displays a dialog box
allowing you to retrieve your old mIRC files and settings.
98.Added $sha1(text|&binvar|filename,[N]) identifier, where N = 0
for plain text (default), 1 for &binvar, 2 for filename.
99.Updated to PNG 1.2.18 and PCRE v7.2 libraries and to OpenSSL
0.9.8e support files.
100.The about dialog now displays a second page that loads from the
mIRC website at http://www.mirc.com/regabout.html. No information
is sent to the server.
101.Fixed custom dialog icon definitions not setting %var values
correctly on exit.
102.Changed compiler optimization settings resulting in slightly
larger executable.
103.Added Mode menu item to the View menu in the menubar that allows
you to switch between Normal and Compact modes. Compact mode
makes mIRC behave like a messenger with the treebar filling the
main window, all windows opening on the desktop, and so on.

1.Fixed $timer().secs bug when used with /timer HH:MM.
2.Fixed right-click on disabled toolbar button popping up menu.
3.Fixed treebar and toolbar using same key accelerator in the view
menu.
4.Changed wording in help file for /windows -D.
5.Changed /winhelp to allow help system to search for help file if
it's not found in the mIRC folder.
6.Fixed /toolbar -z3 not loading actual icon size from an .ico file.
7.Fixed pressing spacebar in channel nicklist not popping up correct
menu.
8.Fixed bug with popup menus displayed using spacebar in notify/url
listboxes.
9.Fixed passive dcc send bug rejecting files in dcc ignore list.
10.Fixed /window -h not being able to hide status window switchbar
buttons.
11.Fixed various tabbed text display bugs in @window text/listbox.
12.Fixed scripts reacting to superfuous windows mouse move messages.
13.Fixed display bug in reversed tabbed text in listbox @windows.
14.Fixed dcc get window not being auto-closed on time-out in some
situations.
15.Improved /drawrot, now faster and supports float values.
16.Changed the way mIRC displays popup menus so that it triggers
the WM_INITMENUPOPUP for plugin developers.
17.The LOADINFO structure now returns a minor version value that is
right-padded with zeros, eg. "6 20".
18.Fixed /drawpic parameter parsing bug.
19.Fixed windows taking focus when mIRC is not the active application.
20.Fixed $regsubex() bug with parameter and various other
characters.
21.Added $regsubex() A parameter, non-spaced version of a.
22.Fixed issue with $lactive not always returning a value.
23.Fixed horizontal scrollbar bug in tabbed listbox @windows.
24.Optimized display speed of text in windows and listboxes.
25.Improved /window -b speed.
26.Improved $network return value when connected/disconnected when on
networks that use different network names in numerics 001/005.
27.Fixed $dialog().focus not working correctly with comboboxes.
28.Added on HOTLINK support for $() and %var in matchtext.
29.When drag-dropping files on listboxes the listbox item under the
mouse is now highlighted.
30.Fixed query windows in treebar/switchbar not being re-sorted on a
nickname change.
31.Added Minimize/Close All menu items to treebar folder menus.
32.Fixed script editor bug deleting very long lines instead of
truncating them.
33.Fixed /window -c gpf bug when several status windows are open and
the first status window is closed.
34.Fixed $window().state bug.
35.Added $window().sbstate/tbstate, return switchbar/treebar button
state for a window.
36.Updated library to PCRE v6.7, fixes various bugs.
37.Updated support files to openssl v0.9.8b.
38.Fixed on WAVEEVEND event not being triggered correctly.
39.Fixed switchbar fill display bug.
40.Fixed $didwm() bug not handling blank lines in editboxes.
41.Fixed DCC Get behaviour if download folder does not exist.
42.Fixed logging bug where logfiles were being lost if "make folder"
was enabled and the same status window was used to connect to
different networks.
43.Fixed $eval() parsing bug when passed more than two parameters.
44.Fixed nested $regsubex() gpf bug.
45.Extended commandline -r and -i parameters to accept non-full
paths.
46.IRC Servers dialog now uses a treeview to display the servers list.
47.Fixed $inellipse() bug.
48.Fixed kill event handling bug.
49.Fixed $regml() bug.
50.Fixed log filenames handling bug.
51.Changed DNS routine so that it now randomizes the retrieved pool
of IP addresses to spread the load across connections.
52.Fixed /btrunc bug.
53.Added /server -z switch, minimizes new status window.
54.Fixed numeric 345 not triggering on RAW event.
55.Fixed dcc send time-out bug when sending empty file.
56.Added command line switch -portable to make mIRC avoid use of the
registry, and $portable identifier.
57.Fixed gif transparency issues.
58.Added 48 x 48 icon to mIRC icon for Vista.
59.Fixed minor cosmetic issues when running under Vista.
60.Fixed /window -h not hiding desktop @window when it is first
created.
61.Fixed Alt+N behaviour, when switchbar/treebar was enabled
Alt+N was selecting windows hidden with /window -h.
62.Added Lock Bars option to toolbar/switchbar/treebar menus.
63.Fixed treebar not remembering /window -i item open/closed state
when jumping between server items in treebar list.
64.Fixed treebar not placing /window -z windows at end of list. This
affects custom @windows as well as other windows whose original
server window has been closed.
65.Fixed Control+Minimize lock bug. Windows opened on the desktop
are now also minimized and locked, and system menus are no longer
usable without unlocking.
66.Fixed editor dialog not remembering correct position if Windows
tray was in top/left position.
67.Fixed /editbox not working with minimized/hidden windows.
68.Added /toolbar -f[lsd] switches, load/save/delete toolbar in
toolbar.ini file. mIRC auto-loads toolbar.ini on startup.
69.Fixed $rand() floating point handling bug.
70.Changed PCRE compile options, previous change had resulted in
a significant performance decrease.
71.Fixed $error being reset when an alias/identifier is called in the
:error section without using /reseterror.
72.Fixed regex identifiers not handling script errors correctly.
73.Fixed logfiles bug resulting in lost or corrupted logfiles when
connecting to multiple servers.
74.Fixed reload logfiles bug when lines prefixed with both color
codes and timestamps.
75.Fixed channel topic/mode bug, were not being cleared correctly
on reconnecting to a server.
76.Fixed Treebar folder icon display bug.
77.Added "Single click on tray icon to open" option to tray dialog.
78.When settings are changed in logging dialog, the logging state of
windows and any open log filenames are now immediately updated to
reflect new settings.
79.Added "Flash on chat message" option to IRC Options dialog.
80.Added "Beep on chat message" option to Sounds dialog.
81.Disabling sounds in the Sounds dialog now does actually disable
all sounds, even those using /splay or /beep.
82.Fixed bug with Background pictures not applying correct display
method (center, fill, etc.) in some cases.
83.Added new sound events to the Sounds dialog.
84.Fixed DCC Send/Get progress bar display bug, was not showing
completed transfer in some situations.
85.Fixed incorrect evaluation of parameters containing $nulls when
passed to identifiers.
86.Fixed /ctcps, /events, and /remote not handling "off" parameter
correctly.
87.Fixed $fline() and $line() returning results when "listbox"
specified and used with a non-listbox window.

- Fixed treeview display of text being chopped with certain fonts.
- Fixed URL hotlink and catcher bugs that prevented extraction of short URLs.
- Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2j library.
- Extended /drawpic and other features to support .jpeg extension.
- Reverted changes to $calc() decimal digits in floating point calculations.
- Updated About dialog to use Windows theme.
- Changed op/ignore/protect/voice commands to maintain position of item in list.
- Extended hotlink and catcher to allow underscores in addresses.
- Updated to TagLib 1.11.1 library.
- Updated CA root certificates cacert.pem file.
- Fixed /protect not using network parameter correctly.
- Fixed $modespl not allowing larger server-set values.
- Fixed $int() bug when rounding some negative values.
- Fixed $com().result not trimming trailing zeros in float values.
- Fixed $wrap() not updating wrapped text if case has changed.
- Fixed hash table bug that resulted in intermittent gpfs.

mIRC's default toolbar is now customizable through a /toolbar command. You can add, move and delete buttons, add your own icons, and of course, attach your own commands to them. By popular demand also a treebar has been added. This lists network connections with channels, queries and other open windows, much like the switchbar. It behaves like the switchbar in many ways as well. You can expand and collapse trees, just like you would expect. Right-clicking on an item pops up the usual menu for that window. Right-clicking in an empty area of the treebar pops up a menu with various display options.
The treebar width can be set by dragging the border with the mouse, and jsut as with virtually all other windows the background and text colors can be set in the colors dialog. Just like the toolbar the treebar can be repositioned to the top/bottom/left/right of the main mIRC window!

In the previous version UTF-8 support was added. In this version several UTF-8 related bugs are fixed, including bugs with text wrapping and copy/pasting from UTF-8 "display" or "encode" enabled windows, and bugs relating to the order in which SJIS/JIS and UTF-8 encodings are applied. Much more important is that UTF-8 support has been greatly enhanced in this version of mIRC to allow people all over the world to chat in their own languages, with their own fonts, with a lot less hassle then ever before. To do so support for font substitution/font linking has been added. This allows mIRC to display all characters needed, regardless of the font you are using, assuming you have the required fonts on your system, somewhere. mIRC will try to match font sizes etc. To speed up the process Khaled has implemented his own caching routines to enable fast font/character referencing.

Of course all buggies and most of the other comments and remarks we received after the previous release have been addressed.

Various other changes include:
- better support of XP and classic themes,
- faster re-wrapping of text,
- fixes for various $regsubex() and $regsub() parsing bugs, for a flood protection bug, for some agent speech bug, and for a bug with the find dialog in desktop windows,
- and mIRC now stores servers that were connected to successfully to prioritize future server connection attempts, ...and a lot more.

For experienced users and scripting enthousiasts this new version has heaps of changes and other new thingies to play with. We encourage you to explore the new or improved identifiers, and the new events that have been added.

* mIRC now has a 'check for timed out connections' option in connect/options dialog. When this is set mIRC pings the server every so often if it hasn't heard form the server for a while to test your connection.
* Support for initiating passive dcc send/chat connections has been added.
* Changing the default font for a window type now affects all open windows of the same type immediately.
* Most file dialogs are now resizable.
* You can disable the $decode identifier (and various other "dangerous" commands) in the Lock options dialog. (The $decode is of course disabled by default.)
* Lots of SSL things have improved and mIRC now also supports SSL connections for sockets