PatchBreeze Version History

Version Pro 2.0 : Aug 22, 2007

	Patch building engine rewritten from scratch.
	New UNMATCHED feature: Multiversion (cumulative) updates/patches are supported.
	New UNMATCHED feature: Ability to create patches from files of ANY size.
	New UNMATCHED feature: Uninstall patch at any time after its application.
	New feature: New powerful compression technology.
	New feature: Automatic ActiveX, COM DLLs registering/unregistering.
	New feature: Windows environment variables are supported in patch application path and other parameters.
	New feature: Update Installation Wizard's Welcome page now includes a customized picture.
	New feature: A user program that is executed after the successful patch application can now be automatically deleted when it is finished.
	New feature: Any script/openable document can be specified to be run after the successful patch application.
	New feature: An option for user to change some update options at the time when an update is applied.
	A lot of other minor improvements and bugfixes, which are too numerous to be listed.

Version 1.4 : Feb 10, 2006

	New feature: Multi-language support of generated Update Installation Wizard.
	New feature: Fully automatic smart version checking. No need to manually set key files anymore!
	Correct recognition that a particular update was already installed and meaningful reporting of such case.
	Migrated from CRC32 to more reliable hashing scheme.

Version 1.35 : Jul 12, 2005

	Sped up patch generation rate by 25%.
	A lot of minor improvements and bugfixes.

Version 1.3 : Jun 10, 2005

	New UNMATCHED feature: key files. From now on a PatchBreeze update can intelligently check the consistency of the already installed version in order to achieve 100% ensurance of correct version update.
	New feature: creating standalone patch files (without the patch applicator stub) for future extensions.
	New feature: a custom icon can now be defined for the patch applicator.
	Resulting patch compression level is now adjustable.
	Multiple selection in the version panels now is possible to ease group file operations.
	Smaller patch applicator stub (just 50kB).

Version 1.2 : Apr 6, 2005

	New feature: silent and very silent patch application.
	New feature: optional ability to not display each page of the Update Installation Wizard.
	New feature: a user defined logo can now be displayed in the top-right corner of the Update Installation Wizard.
	Beautified Update Installation Wizard looks, including full Windows XP themes support.

Version 1.1 : Jan 20, 2005

	New UNMATCHED feature: ability to rollback to the previous installed version of software if updating went wrong for some reason. Now it is impossible to 'break things down' even in the case of patch corruption or if the user has an incorrect/corrupted previous version software
	New feature: ability to run a user program after successful patch application
	Integrated decompression routines into the patch applicator, from now on no temporary files are created during the patch application
	Made decompression faster by the factor of up to 100, especially on large patches
	Memory consumption during the patch application dramatically decreased
	Made the patch applicator stub even smaller than before
	Various interface bugfixes and speedups

Version 1.0 : Dec 22, 2004

First public PatchBreeze release