List of ToolBook versions which have previously shipped |
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Product: ToolBook
Component: ToolBook
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INFORMATION
Here is a historical list of English versions
of ToolBook
1990 ToolBook 1.0
1991 ToolBook 1.52, 1.53
---- There was never a 2.0 release
1994 ToolBook 3.0 and 3.0a
1995 ToolBook 3.01
1996 ToolBook 4.0
1996 ToolBook 5.0, 5.01
1998 ToolBook 6.0, 6.1, 6.1a
- Librarian
integration
- HTML Frame Support added
- Neuron Impulse added
-
AutoPackager replaces the Setup Manager
- InstallShield Express
templates
- Object Browser added
- Page Browser added
- Log Reader
added
1998 ToolBook 6.5
- Coach added
- Templates
feature added
- HTML export now offers true object positioning
- Neuron's
Impulser improved by adding compression abilities
1999 ToolBook 7.0
1999 ToolBook 7.1
- DHTML Export added
-
Actions Editor added
- Universal Media Player added
- Lesson Design
Specialist added
- Agent added to read Coach text
2000 ToolBook 7.2
2000 ToolBook 8.0
- eLN Support added
- HTTP
Post added to Actions Editor
- Array support added to Actions Editor
-
SCORM and AICC Support added
- Catalog completely redesigned
2001 ToolBook 8.1
- Questions now offer Media
feedback
- Print command added to Actions Editor
- Backup feature
added
2002 ToolBook 8.5
- Simulation support
added
- DHTML: Export now supports encryption & obfuscation
- DHTML:
Creation of ZIP package file added
2003 ToolBook 8.6
- Sun JVM now supported
-
Cross Domain HTTP Post now supported
2004 ToolBook 2004 (aka 8.9)
- Simulation
Recorder added
- Action Methods support added
- Execute SCORM action added
to Actions Editor
2004 ToolBook 2004 SP1
- Various Simulation
enhancements added
- Ability to set or clear focus added to Actions
Editor
2005 ToolBook 2004 SP2
- DHTML export no longer
relies on JVM
- Firefox and Mozilla support added
- SCORM 2004 support
added
- QuickTime support added to the Universal Media Player
2005 ToolBook 2004 SP3
- Added support to store
Actions Editor variables in LMS
- TotalLMS catalog objects added
2007 ToolBook 9.0
- Now a 32 bit product
-
Introduction of the Book Explorer
- Introduction of Smart Styles
-
Universal Media Player updated to use WMP9 instead of WMP6.4
- Textline, Item
& Word added to Actions Editor
- RGBStroke and Transparent added to
Actions Editor
- Retired dBase and Paradox database support
2007 ToolBook 9.01
- Fixed printing issues
-
Fixed various AutoPackager issues
- Fixed UMP (On Media Complete) issue
-
Fixed centering of text for long word wrapped question answers
- This was the
last version of ToolBook Assistant before it was retired
2008 ToolBook 9.5
- License Key product
activation technology added
- PowerPoint conversion added
- TBKX (ToolBook
XML) file format introduced
- Voice Recording added
- PNG image
Support
- Certificate catalog category added
- iPhone/iPod touch support,
and Safari browser too
- Universal Media Player now offers feature to Hide at
Reader
- Mozilla no longer officially supported
- Windows 2000 is no
longer supported
- Term "Instructor" dropped from product name
2009 ToolBook 9.5 Service Pack 1
- Fixed
sluggish performance caused by Book Explorer
- Admin rights no longer needed
to publish to DHTML
- MSI Installer for IT Groups created
- PNG
Transparency now works in IE 6
2009 ToolBook 10.0
- Catalog now matches look
of the Book Explorer
- Quiz Summary feature added
- Match Item Question
enhanced to draw smooth lines in DHTML
- Image object type added
- All
Bitmap Resources now stored in native compressed format
- Google Android
Browser support added
- Commonly Used Objects category added to catalog
-
Ability to designate Question Text for any given question object
- Ability to
Play/Stop/Pause a voice recording
- Universal Media Player now offers a Show
Speaker Icon feature
- Borderless Scrolling Field added
- PowerPoint
Converter now converts speaker notes
- PowerPoint Converter now converts
audio
2010 ToolBook 10.0 Patch 1
- Fixed: Opening
previous version TBK in version 10 not displaying warning dialog
- Fixed:
Unable to force a Fill In The Blank question object to be in focus
- Fixed: Unable to create a new
catalog
- Fixed: Unable to export a catalog category
- Fixed: Image Object
appears out of position by 1 pixel in DHTML
- Fixed: Images within
Recordfields missing in DHTML
2010 ToolBook 10.5
- Geolocation support
-
Resizable SmartStyles
- iPad and
Windows Mobile DHTML support
- Drag/Drop support added to iPhone
- Resized
images now utilize a smooth resizing technology
- Ctrl-Shift-V pastes
unformatted text
- Improved support for pasting in Word formatted text
-
Scrollwheel support added to OpenScript editor
2011 ToolBook 10.5 Update 1
- Added BlackBerry
Mobile Device support
2011 ToolBook 11
- Startup Dialog replaced with
entirely different interface
- Question Wizard added
- 39 New SmartStyles
added
- Arrows Category added to Catalog
- BlackBerry 6 and Chrome 5
support added
- Neuron officially retired and pulled from the product
-
Two Tools Added: Move Pages and Reassign Pages
- Two Tools Added: Delete
Unused Extensions, Delete Unused Resources
- Two Tools Added: Randomization -
Configure and Validate
- Customize Catalog option added to Edit menu
-
Draw Objects enhanced to use Antialiasing and true transparency
2012 ToolBook 11.5
- Overhaul of Publish to Web
interface, to simplify DHTML Export
- Enhanced logging of errors/problems
when Publishing to Web
- Improved Resource Manager
- Voice Recording
enhancements
- Various Bullets and Seals added to the Clipart Catalog
category
- Delete Page utility added
- Character Map added
- Display
Book Information utility introduced
- Various right-click menu
enhancements
- Resource Lookup tool added
- Copy/Paste of text now include
field images
- Discontinued DHTML support for Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer
6
- Fixed problem where Chrome could not read command line parameters
-
Use of external .JS file: Path is now remembered as a relative path