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Beta 4 released on April 12th, 2022

Version reference: 4.9.5 released on June 8th, 2020.

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Version 4.9.5 (June 8th, 2020)

• Fixed crash on Windows 10 update 2004 (May 2020). Rebuild your ebook/publication EXE files or install the updated runtime module to make your older ebook EXE files work again.
• Updated PDF viewer engine, script engine and several internal components.
• Links in PDF documents can now open external files or folders. The link reference for files must begin with open: such as open:readme.txt (given that the readme.txt is in the current directory). For folder, the link must begin with folder:
• Some filenames could lead to incorrect Pascal syntax when generating Map IDs.
• Added a warning if you try to load projects that were made with a more recent version of HTML Executable (for projects made with the next major release of HTML Executable).
• Minor improvements and bug fixes.

Version 4.9.4 (February 7th, 2019)

• Fixed slow loading on some computers.
• Updated compression system, PDF viewer engine, script engine and several internal components.
• Minor improvements and bug fixes.

Version 4.9.3 (December 12th, 2018)

• Improved behavior for generating paths for external encrypted files.
• Collecting search data is now performed earlier in compilation.
• Fixed random crash when editing the activation URL in Registered certificates.
• Fixed "The notification platform is unavailable" problem on some Windows 10 tablets.
• The _heopenit target now uses the original filename and no more a random filename for temporarily extracted files.
• Updated virtualization engine, PDF viewer engine, script engine and several internal components.
• Minor improvements and bug fixes.

Compatibility for projects made with previous versions of HTML Executable

Runtime modules for version 4.9.3 are compatible with publications made by versions 4.9.X, 4.8 but not compatible with publications made with previous versions of HTML Executable (4.7 and lower).

Version 4.9.2 (June 20th, 2018)

• Improvements for Windows 10 April 2018 update.
• Faster compression method for more responsive ebooks.
• Forbid virtual printers for PDF files: HTML Executable detects almost all PDF virtual printers, so that you can forbid them while still allowing real printers. Only for PDF files displayed with the built-in PDF viewer.
• More operations of HTML Executable (such as external file encryption...) are now multi-threaded, HTML Executable does not appear stuck anymore.
• New HEScript event in UserMain script: OnWebUpdateNewVersionFound. This event occurs when a new version is detected by the web update feature at publication startup.
• HTML Executable now properly reads BOM to detect specific encoding before parsing files. For instance, Chinese characters in some HTML and PDF files are now properly detected and indexed.
• The global password generator now avoids confusing characters such as I, L, l, 0 and O.
• Self-Extracting publications are now compatible with Microsoft Edge as default browser.
• Improved behavior of compiled PHP apps on multiple monitor setups. Be sure to disable "Always center the window" option in old projects.
• Fixed: search results always show "0" occurrence(s) for PDF files with special character set.
• Fixed: Windows notifications sometimes generate false error reports.
• Fixed: clicking Help could sometimes freeze the GUI.
• Fixed: some PDF files were not correctly indexed by the search engine.
• Fixed: "Encrypt External Files" now creates the destination folder if it does not exist.
• Fixed: random error message "Can't allocate the DIB handle".
• Removed slow PPMD compression method.
• Updated skin engine, virtualization engine, PDF viewer engine and several internal components.

Compatibility for projects made with previous versions of HTML Executable

Runtime modules for version 4.9.2 are compatible with publications made by versions 4.9.X, 4.8 but not compatible with publications made with previous versions of HTML Executable (4.7 and lower).

Version 4.9.1 (November 15th, 2016)

• New compression method to bring more responsive ebooks: this method doesn't unpack data to memory fully but by chunks, which increases the loading speed of large files and the ebook's responsiveness. It is automatically selected by HTML Executable for compressing source files larger than 1 MB. You can also enable it for any source file thanks to the new file property: "Use streaming-compatible compression method".
• Improved loading speed and memory usage when playing large audio and video files compressed in EXE files and not in external files.
• Fixed random thread deadlock when compiling or starting a new project on some computers.
• Removed the anti-debugger option which triggered some antivirus false positives.
• Increased length of the "what's new" text in Web Update and tip about inserting multiple lines.
• Improved scanning of source files when starting a new project.
• Changed system ID method that uses the hard disk's manufacturer serial ID. Warning: this can break existing hardware-locked keys, you will have to provide your end users with new hardware-locked registration keys.
• New global variable "herestartwebupt" for Web Updates: now you have a way to notify users that their publication has been updated after a successful web update. Check the documentation for an example.
• Fixed: the red cross button of the PDF viewer's toolbar was always visible in HTML viewer publications.
• Fixed: "Could not register tab" error at startup on Windows PC tablets.
• Fixed: the built-in HTTP server was always started at publication startup although it wasn't necessary.
• Improved: in some cases, a simple error message box is displayed now rather than the full error report dialog box.
• Updated virtualization engine, PDF viewer engine.

Compatibility for projects made with previous versions of HTML Executable

A change in system ID method that uses the hard disk's manufacturer serial ID can break existing hardware-locked keys, so you will have to provide your end users with new hardware-locked registration keys.

Runtime modules for version 4.9.1 are compatible with publications made by versions 4.9.0, 4.8 but not compatible with publications made with previous versions of HTML Executable (4.7 and lower).

Version 4.9 (October 29th, 2016)

• New Web Update feature: it enables publications to check for updates, download them and automatically install them. A Web Update Wizard guides end users through the updating process. No additional software is required, but you must have a web server where to host public update files generated by HTML Executable. Watch our video tutorial about web update for ebooks
• Publications can automatically check for updates at startup. A "What's new" text can be optionally displayed.
• New global HEScript function to trigger a check for updates: Global.HEStartWebUpdate. This can be invoked from menu items or toolbar buttons for instance.
• New ability to encrypt external files: if you decide to keep large source files such as audio and video files outside of the publication (as external files), you may still want to protect them against copy. HTML Executable can encrypt external files so that these files can only be opened by the publication. This is a security feature that will help avoid unwanted copying of your publication resources. It works with large files, especially media files such as HTML5 video (MP4 format) and audio.
• New "Encrypt external files" option in the File Manager to display the "Encrypt external files" utility. The latter allows you to decide which external files you want to protect with encryption.
• Improved behavior when reading external files.
• HTML Executable now displays an error report when an unexpected error occurs and, after user acceptance, HTML Executable can send this error report directly to our support team for review.
• Updated EXE overheads to remove code that could trigger false positives in some antivirus programs.
• New option "Use virtualization for the runtime module" set off by default to minimize the risk of false positives in some antivirus programs.
• New Table of Contents property to allow only one visible panel at a time: CloseIfSearchPanelOpens lets you mimic the default behavior of CHM files.
• New field option to specify the PDF bookmark panel's initial width.
• New option to disable the "View Commands" panel of the built-in PDF viewer.
• Our code signing utility now looks for certificates both in current user and local machine stores.
• New "Reset with default list" button to fill the forbidden programs blacklist with pre-defined items.
• Hyphens and other non-numeric characters are ignored in short registration keys. This lets you make registration keys such as 123-456-78 instead of 12345678.
• Fixed task dialog sizing problem in Windows 10 anniversary update.
• Improved occurrence count of the built-in Search feature.
• Fixed incorrect EXE version information random bug.
• Fixed infinite loop bug that could occur when starting a new project ("creating XML structure" wait dialog box).
• Fixed window.external.GetHEScriptCom JavaScript call bug.
• Improved letter confusion detection in registration keys.
• Improved invalid character detection in fields to avoid system error code 122 "The data area passed to a system call is too small".
• HEScript event named OnWindowCloseQuery is now added to UserMain by default.
• Fixed bug that could lead to incorrect "Runtime error 217" and "HTML Executable corrupted DLL runtime Module" error messages on some computers.
• Fixed: some Self-Extracting publication options were not saved in the project file.
• Fixed: Self-Extracting publications were acting weird with recent versions of FireFox.
• Fixed: PDF bookmarks were not shown at startup even if the option was enabled.
• Added a close button to the toolbar of the built-in PDF viewer, which lets users navigate back.
• Fixed: some external links were not working in PDF files displayed with the built-in PDF viewer.
• Fixed: problem to burn the Enky SL dongle on Windows 10.
• Fixed: HTML Executable Web Update did not properly unpack 7z archives.
• Improved loading of large MP4 video files on Windows 10.
• Updated virtualization engine, HEScript engine, PDF viewer engine, HTML viewer engine.
• Updated Spanish, English and French language files with several new resource strings related to the new Web Update feature.
• Updated documentation and new topics: How to call a javascript function? and How to prompt for a password for closing ebook?

Update 4.9.0.1

• Fixed "invalid registration key" random bug.
• EXE PE header checksum now correctly updated.
• The Cleanup utility now takes account of personalized user preference folder.
• Added a "Copy to clipboard" button to the key generator so that only the registration key is copied.
• Fixed: some encrypted external files could not be properly rendered.
• Minor tweaks.

Compatibility for projects made with previous versions of HTML Executable

It is recommended to reset the Special Content list (Content Filetypes) to take account of recent changes for Windows 10, and to reset your system HTML pages.

You should also review new resource strings if you manage your own language files.

Runtime modules for version 4.9 are compatible with publications made by version 4.8 but not compatible with publications made with previous versions of HTML Executable (4.7 and lower).

Version 4.8 (July 7th, 2016)

• New content protection feature: it enables publications to protect their own onscreen window content from being captured or copied through screenshot utilities. If someone tries to capture the window, the latter will appear black. The feature is only available on Windows 7 (Desktop Window Manager must be enabled) and later. Learn more about ebook content protection against screenshots.
• New "If Content Protection cannot be activated, show an error message and exit publication" option to ensure that your ebook will only work if Content Protection is active.
• New software blacklisting feature: you can manage a list of forbidden programs (such as screenshot capture software, screen gabbers and other screencorder software). It is possible to provide process names and keywords to search in all active window titles. When a forbidden program is found, the publication exits.
• New Main Menu button that appears in main window title in order to replace menu bars. This will give a modern look to your publications.
• New Search box that allows users to type their search query directly. Search results are now displayed on the right side (except in RTL mode, on the left side).
• New option to show or hide the search box.
• New skins to give a Windows 10 look to your ebooks/publications:

• New option in the "New Publication" wizard that lets you create a modern Windows 10-like application without menu bar, with Windows 10 skin and application menu button.
• The HTML5 video tag now works properly on Windows 10.
• New HTML5 MP4 video demo and topic in HTML Executable Help file.
• Improved playing of media files in general through HTML5 and/or Flash.
• Improved behavior on Windows 10.
• New option to use short 10-digit registration keys instead of normal ones. Be sure to upgrade your registration key generators with new versions if you use this option in your publications.
• The Table of Contents now accepts PNG images and alpha transparency for image items.
• New Table of Contents image editor which also imports PNG images and bitmap strips.
• SHA2 code signing and dual SHA1-SHA256 signatures are now handled.
• Time stamping uses "RFC 3161 compatible" timestamp server in addition to Authenticode timestamp server when possible. You can configure your own timestamp servers in the Environment Options.
• It is now possible to use certificates available from the Windows Certificate Store (based on Subject Name or Thumbprint).
• Links to bookmarks in PDF files are now supported.
• The PDF Viewer sample has been upgraded to show new features (bookmark jump, external URLs...).
• New option to remember last current page of PDF files. A menu command is also added to ebooks to let users disable the functionality if they don't want it.
• Context menus are now always disabled in popup windows unless you set the global variable named "heenablectxmenuforpopup" to "1".
• The status bar now bears a size grip if the main window is resizeable.
• Online activation now handles TLS/SSL protocols, which means you can use HTTPS for your activation/deactivation URLs if your server uses a valid SSL certificate.
• You can now type the path of the source folder in the "New Project Wizard" or drag and drop the homepage file.
• New "Paste From Clipboard" button in Activation screens: you must reset system HTML pages in order to make it appear.
• New DisableHTTPNegociateProtocol property for IE Browser component. It offers a possible workaround if your publication uses Flash and you have troubles: frozen or not responding application, EXE that hangs and so on.
• Better handling of confusing-letters in registration keys (I/1, l/1, S/5, G/6, Z/2...)
• Change: the built-in server is now enabled by default. It is recommended to reset the Special Content list (Content Filetypes) to take account of recent changes for Windows 10.
• A new 24x24 icon image has been added for Windows 10.
• Added support for WOFF2 fonts and SVG files.
• "Comments" field in version information has been replaced by "LegalTrademarks".
• New ButtonAlign property to align toolbar buttons to the left or to the right. Useful for RTL languages.
• New main window option: "No DPI aware flag: use Windows dpi scaling". This will modify the manifest resource embedded in EXE files automatically: no need to do it yourself.
• New "Open Destination Folder" button on the compilation log page.
• New OnRestoreFromTray HEScript event.
• Improved Java applet support with recent Oracle JVM security changes. The help topic tells you how to get your Java applets working.
• Better stability when processing large publications (project creation, compilation...).
• Zoom is also applied to popup windows, dialog boxes and HTML panels.
• New Windows 10 notifications when a build is finished.
• Fixed problems with large Self-Extracting publications.
• Fixed "Data Error" for large EXE and/or HEDATA files (2 GB and more).
• Fixed context menu in script editor.
• Fixed: EXE does not close if Validation fails.
• Improved High DPI and per monitor-DPI aware support.
• Better compatibility with protection software such as Obsidium: search for Obsidium in the documentation.
• HTML Executable activation/deactivation now uses SSL/TLS by default.
• Updated HEScript scripting, engine skin engine, PDF viewer engine, HTML viewer engine.
• Updated documentation and help file.
• New resource strings: Ypaste, SErrorCopyProtectFailed, SErrorForbiddenProgramDetected.
• Files are now signed with SHA2 signatures.
• Updated Spanish, English and French language files.
• Lots of internal changes and improvements.

Compatibility for projects made with previous versions of HTML Executable

It is recommended to reset the Special Content list (Content Filetypes) to take account of recent changes for Windows 10, and to reset your system HTML pages.

Runtime modules for version 4.8 are not compatible with publications made with previous versions of HTML Executable.

New in old HTML Executable releases

Version 4.7.1 (January 28th, 2015)

• Fixed: main window size always increased at startup.
• Lowered memory requirement for compressing runtimes ("Memory Error" problem).
• New FAQ about inserting a company logo or custom image in the About box.
• Fixed: PDF thumbnails panel was not displayed in HTML viewer publications.
• Fixed: links with PDF bookmarks were ignored in HTML viewer publications.
• Reduced runtime file size.
• Minor changes.

Version 4.7 (January 21st, 2015)

• Optimized compression algorithms. Compression speed improved.
• Support for new image formats for the splash screen.
• Support for alpha-blended PNG images - non-rectangular splash screens. Use 32-bit PNG to benefit from semi-transparency.
• Improved support for large DPI screens (for both HTML Executable and publications).
• New "Output Format" page in HTML Executable with new option "Keep the runtime outside the EXE file".
• "Keep publication data outside the EXE file" option: lets you create publications larger than 2 GB.
• "Keep the search index data outside the EXE file" option : lets you create search indexes larger than 2 GB. This is a workaround for the "out of memory" compilation error.
• Content Filetypes: new option "extract and open it in application". Useful to open PDF documents for instance if you don't use the PDF internal viewer and you want to open them in the default PDF reader such as Adobe Reader.
• Support for Paquet Builder 3 to create Setup packages and uninstallers for your publications.
• Trial/restricted versions: system IDs can now be based on the network Mac address.
• Support for JBIG2 image format in PDF.
• New Spanish language file for publications.
• PDF viewer engine updated.
• HTML Viewer engine updated.
• Skin engine updated.
• Improved compatibility with Internet Explorer 11 and incoming Windows 10.
• Improved support for Google fonts (use WOFF files).
• Updated Enky SL and LC dongle support. New global variables HEDongleLicCount, HEDongleTrialDay and HEDongleExpirationDate to show expiry time of SL dongles.
• Fixed system error. code 8.
• Fixed random AJAX errors in Webbrowser/IE publications.
• Fixed Toc font size problem in HTML Viewer publications with large DPI.
• Fixed: Windows won't shut-down when there's an active HTML-Executable Publication reduced to the Systray.
• Fixed: when closing, the publication could stay in memory in XP with the PDF viewer enabled.
• Fixed: incorrect month setting for SL dongles.
• Removed "company logo".
• Enhanced documentation.
• Several documentation topics were updated to cover some problems such as Flash loading on Windows 8, out of memory error when compiling large publications...
• Minor improvements.

Runtime modules for version 4.7 are not compatible with publications made with previous versions of HTML Executable.

Version 4.6.1 (March 26th, 2013)

• Improved support for Enky SL dongles and dongle compatibility with our Excel protection tool XLS Padlock.
• PDF viewer engine updated: some minor problems fixed and graphics are rendered in higher quality mode.
• HTML Viewer engine updated.
• Fixed: disabling F5 refresh in IE publications disabled the "t" keystroke in form fields too.
• Fixed "compression error" message when loading a corrupted state file.
• URLs that begin with "http://heserver" are no more displayed in the main window's title bar.
• Minor changes.

Version 4.6.0 (March 4th, 2013)

• Improved support for optical zoom in IE publications and new "Reset zoom" menu. Publications will now remember the zoom value at next start (new StoreOpticalZoomValue property for IE Browser component in Visual Controls).
• Added support for Enky SL dongles.
• Publications can now automatically load external resource files (not compiled into the EXE file): you can for instance have image and media files outside the EXE file (in the same folder or a subfolder). If an HTML file references image1.png, the publication will look for the image1.png file into its compiled data; if it is not found, it will try to locate it in the same folder as the EXE file (depending on the URI) and load it.
• New option for PDF viewer: Disable Page Thumbnails panel.
• Removed unnecessary "Internal Name" from EXE version info in stand-alone publications.
• New versions of the script engine, HTML parser, HTML Viewer engine, skin engine, compiler.
• Improved interface for viewing thumbnails and bookmarks of PDF files.
• PDF engine updated (faster display of certain scanned documents, solves character spacing problem with Chinese text, solves problem with PDF which use \0 as character code...).
• IE publications do not force IE9 / IE10 standard modes anymore, for better compatibility with websites not following standard HTML rules. If you want to do so, enable the ForceIEStandardMode property (Visual Controls => IE Browser component).
• Fixed Windows global atom problem.
• New resource strings: SMenuResetZoom, SPage, SDongleLicenseError and SDongleLicenseExpired
• New HEScript functions: SetOpticalZoom and GetOpticalZoom (only for IE publications).
• Minor improvements.

Version 4.5.4 (December 22nd, 2012)

• Fixed bug when starting new projects (no valid toolbar bitmap).
• Updated PDF viewer engine.
• Minor changes.

Version 4.5.3 (December 11th, 2012)

• Updated built-in HTML viewer engine.
• Updated PDF viewer engine.
• Updated skin engine.
• Fixed possible popup flickering problems in Webbrowser publications.
• Fixed "Invalid Document: unexpected text in file prolog at position 1" bug when loading projects on some computers.
• Fixed possible corruption bug when saving projects.
• Fixed "Cannot load PDF viewer engine" problem when running publications from network drives.
• Fixed random "Cannot change Visible in OnShow or OnHide" problem when using online validation.
• New HEScript function: OpenFileAdv that lets you run EXE files that require administrative rights.
• Updated documentation.
• Minor improvements and fixes.

Version 4.5.2 (November 9th, 2012)

• You can now import ebooks in EPUB format in HTML Executable thanks to the new add-on "EPUB to App". The add-on can be installed with the Web Update utility, or download EPub to App here.
• New splash screen options: faster display, more image formats handled such as PNG, BMP, GIF, JPEG, TIF.
• Added proxy server support for deactivation and validation. A proxy server can be configured with the new command line argument "setproxy".
• XHTML and XHTM files are now recognized as pages by HTML Executable.
• Removed default "Page XX sur XX" header on printed documents (IE publications).
• Fixed "tfwizard -1" error and other startup errors related to a corrupted "heprefer.xml" file.
• Fixed map ID bug when passed with command line.
• Improved popup management.
• Improved MacroOpenFile macro command.
• Updated PDF rendering engine.
• Updated built-in XML engine.
• Updated documentation.
• Minor improvements.

Version 4.5.1 (September 26th, 2012)

• CHM To EXE add-on updated: you can now import HTML Help files as HTML Executable projects. Learn more at http://www.htmlexe.com/chm2exe
• Improved HTML parser: HTML Executable now properly parses HTML pages with charsets such as Asian Character Sets, Cyrillic Character Sets... For HTML pages without charset meta tag, you can define the default charset that should be used.
• Fixed popup problem in stand-alone IE publications.
• Fixed problem with corrupted Web Update utility.
• Updated PDF rendering engine.
• Updated toolbar bitmap strips.
• Minor updates.

Version 4.5 (September 15th, 2012)

• Compatibility with Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 improved. HTML5 and CSS 3 are now supported when IE9 or IE10 are installed (default on Windows 8).
• New: support for dongle protection. You can now lock your publication to a dongle so that each time your publication is run, it will check for the presence of the dongle. If the right dongle is found, the publication will be opened, otherwise it will not run.
• New security restriction "If the document is a PDF file, allow access to X pages". This option lets you limit the number of pages a user can access in PDF documents. It works with security profiles and it will be suitable for users who want to offer a limited preview of a PDF file in a Trial publication for instance.
• New Office 2013-like skins.
• New publication EXE format compatible with third-party software protection tools.
• You can now disable the refresh key (F5) in IE publications (Visual Controls => IE Browser => DisableF5RefreshKey).
• Improved search engine: speed was improved while sorting results from PDF files. It is now possible to disable search relevance for PDF files.
• Fixed path problems with some popups in IE publications.
• Fixed non-working Return and Backspace keys in some Flash movies.
• Fixed possible "Incorrect folder name" error on non-English Windows versions.
• Fixed the possible system error "not enough memory to process the command".
• New versions of the script engine, XML engine, HTML parser, HTML Viewer engine, skin engine.
• PDF engine updated (handle PDF files with wrong page height definitions, improved rendering...).
• New resource strings: SDongleInvalidProductID, SDongleAPIError, SDongleNotFound, SDongleHardwareError, SDongleIncompatible, SDongleInvalidDongle, SDongleInvalidCheck
• Minor improvements.

Warning: publications made with previous versions of HTML Executable are not compatible with runtime modules shipped with version 4.5. This does not apply to stand-alone publications and Self-Extracting publications.

Version 4.2.1 (April 4th, 2012)

• Improved search engine: search results are now sorted by relevance and number of occurrences are displayed (can be disabled thanks to the new HESearchRelevanceNoDisplay global variable).
• PDF viewer: it is now possible not to highlight hyperlinks in PDF files.
• New remote validation method: you can now validate registration keys every X times.
• Fixed random application hangs at startup for HTML Viewer publications + PDF selected as homepage.
• Updated PDF engine: minor improvements.
• Updated built-in HTML Viewer engine.
• SFX publications: another bug at startup fixed.
• Language files were updated.
• New HEScript function: RandomRange. It generates a random Integer number.
• Minor improvements.
• New resource string: STimes

Version 4.2.0 (March 27th, 2012)

• HTML Executable is now compatible with Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Internet Explorer 10 (Preview).
• The PDF viewer now displays the title of PDF files in the titlebar and no more the filename.
• New option to display the PDF's navigation bookmark panel at startup.
• Improved PDF Viewer: you can now link to specific pages by number or named locations.
• New HEScript commands: PDFViewerCommand and PDFViewerCommandStr to send commands to the PDF viewer engine (for advanced users only).
• New HEScript event in UserMain script: OnPDFDisplay. This event is called when the PDF viewer loads and displays the PDF whose path is given by PDFPath.
• New: the search engine can parse PDF files even if the built-in PDF viewer is disabled.
• Added support for TRegistry to the HEScript scripting engine.
• Fixed random bug at startup in Self-Extracting publications.
• Fixed: stand-alone publications did not read command line parameters properly.
• Fixed: the global password mask field did not work.
• Fixed: JavaScript URLs are no more displayed in status bars when AutoShowURLs is set to False.
• Improved popup behavior: popup windows are now independent from the main window.
• Improved French translation.
• Updated built-in HTML Viewer engine.
• Updated skin engine.
• Updated PDF engine: improved handling of PDF files with corrupt font information.
• Minor improvements.

Version 4.1.1 (February 18th, 2012)

• Full French translation available for HTML Executable's interface. The documentation and samples will be localized too in the future.
• You can now load external PDF files directly in the publication thanks to the HEScript command named "LoadPDFFromFile".
• The activation process displays more error messages when it fails.
• Fixed: popup and window issues in stand-alone IE publications.
• Fixed: words were not correctly indexed if you unchecked "Use default word delimiters based on Unicode categories".
• Fixed shortcut problem in IE publications, especially n in Polish (right alt + n).
• Added SW_HIDE command for RunAProgram.
• JavaScript URLs are no more displayed in status bars when AutoShowURLs is set to False.
• Updated skin engine and skins.
• New skins available: iOS4 Aero2, Win8 Aero and Android Aero.
• Updated PDF engine:
  - printing always tried to change paper size and so scaling did not work as expected.
  + support for axial shading (solo and pattern)
  * improved support for CMYK graphics
  * some improvements for color functions
  - fixes problem with scrollbars
  + Overlay draw objects are now printed
  + Now also renders fonts which fail to load by GDI+ (i.e. "Vivaldi")
• Minor updates and improvements.

New video available (January 3rd, 2012)

This video shows you how to protect your ebooks by locking pages in evaluation or trial mode. This is a good demonstration for Security Profiles.

Watch the "Lock Pages in Trial Ebooks" video

Version 4.1.0 (December 22nd, 2011)

• HTML Executable now generates real stand-alone EXE files. Previously, the runtime module was only merged into the EXE file and it was unpacked to the temporary folder at runtime. This behavior was misinterpreted by some antivirus programs.
• Furthermore, EXE files can now be compressed with UPX or any third-party EXE compressor / EXE protector.
• New Authenticode code signing utility: you do not have to download and install SignTool yourself anymore.
• Improved HTML viewer engine (lots of changes and improvements).
• Improved PDF viewer engine (lots of changes and improvements, especially for image decoding and color spaces).
• Improved built-in XML engine.
• You can now choose a PDF file as homepage and HTML Executable can create an adapted project ("PDF to EXE" case). See this video tutorial: PDF to ebook software tutorial.
• EXE Version Information: version number format is no more restricted (for instance, you can enter 1.23.456.78 instead of 1.2.3.4).
• The font size of the Table of Contents can be customized (TOC properties => set property OverrideFontSize to something different than 0).
• Optimization when loading very large TOCs.
• Fixed: hescript:// urls are now properly decoded when using non-friendly characters for parameters.
• Fixed: in "Start Prompt Message", the /§ did not work as a carriage-return-line-feed.
• New French (français) language file.
• Added NoMultiThreading option to disable multi-threading support in IE publications. Only useful for troubleshooting purposes with some Flash movies (in Windows XP).
• HTML Executable now displays time elapsed during compilation.
• Several minor bug fixes and improvements.

Transform your PDF files into Windows applications (November 12th, 2011)

HTML Executable transforms not only HTML documents but also PDF files. You can use HTML Executable (which could be called PDF Executable in this case) to convert a PDF file to a secure ebook application EXE for Windows.

We have published a video on Youtube in HD format.

Bonus Track: the video shows you how you can create a custom icon for your ebooks thanks to GConvert, our icon editor.

Watch the video

Version 4.0.2 (October 31st, 2011)

• Full compatibility with our ebook protection service Protect Ebook .net.
• Fixed deactivation error message when the remote server could not be reached.
• PDF engine improvements:
  - much improved for Type3 fonts with optimization for bitmap types.
  - problem fixed for some PDF files which use encryption.
  - some fixes in PDF loading.
• Fixed problem related to PDFs with links to other PDFs.
• Fixed popup-related problems in IE publications.
• Minor improvements.

Activation Kit available (October 22nd, 2011)

We have released the updated activation kit available for free to all registered users of the Commercial edition.

This activation kit is compatible with HTML Executable 4.

You can download it from the account page.

Version 4.0.1 (October 15th, 2011)

• Added page rotation commands to the built-in PDF viewer. Please note that this feature is not compatible with text selection. It can be disabled in the HTML Executable's "PDF Viewer" page.
• New menu commands named "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" for IE publications, allowing users to increase or decrease the optical zoom. You can enable or disable them with the "IE Browser" property: AllowModifyOpticalZoom.
• As an HTML Executable customer, you can purchase a valid code signing certificate at a discounted price from our partner, K Software, a Comodo Strategic Partner. If you are interested in purchasing or renewing a certificate, please go to the HTML Executable's My Account page and choose "Purchase a code signing certificate" in order to get a coupon code for the discount.
• New resource strings: SYes, SNo, SMenuZoomIn, SMenuZoomOut
• Improved script runtime engine.
• Fixed MessageDlg bug showing No instead of OK button.
• If you edit the source code of dialog boxes, now the HTML source code is stored as UTF-8. Remember that only UTF-8 is accepted in dialog boxes.
• Fixed CustomUserAgent problem when using %ORIGINAL% or leaving the field blank.
• Fixed problem with the locking of the HTML Executable's main window to the screen edge.
• Fixed "access violation" bug when an error occurred during activation or validation (for Trial publications).
• Minor improvements.

New in HTML Executable v4

Version 4.0.0 (October 2011)

HTML Executable 4 is an important major release with improvements in all areas.

Documentation

• Enhanced documentation.
• New PDF viewer sample.

Full Unicode support and new interface

• HTML Executable and publications are now fully Unicode-enabled. This is an important change that forced a complete rewrite of several parts of HTML Executable. Some restrictions may apply, especially regarding the HTML Viewer engine (see its topic in the documentation).
• New ribbon-like user interface. Several options are more accessible.
• Project settings, XML files are stored in UTF-8 format.
• The "New Project" wizard has an improved layout.
• Project files are now given the extension ".HEPX". The HEPX project format is a Zip archive containing XML, HTML and TXT data.

New built-in PDF viewer for publications

• HTML Executable now lets you integrate a stand-alone PDF viewer in your publications.
• The built-in PDF engine handles almost all PDF documents fine. PDF files created by popular printer drivers, Microsoft Office or OpenOffice should be displayed and printed fine. However, PDF files created by imaging tools may not be properly displayed.
• Thumbnails, bookmarks, text selection, page printing, page navigation, zoom in and out functions are available.
• The new PDF viewer lets you keep your PDF documents as secure as possible: they are no more unpacked to the hard disk, so they cannot be copied.
• PDF are indexed by the search engine like HTML pages and included in search results (optionally).
• Security profiles can be applied to PDF documents too: you can define user rights like text copying, page printing...
• End users can add PDF documents to their favorites.
• Compact: the PDF engine will add less than 2 Mb to your publication EXE file.
• It is possible to create "PDF only" publications: HTML Executable can work like a PDF to EXE software.
• If you do not want to have a built-in PDF viewer, your publication can still use the default PDF reader installed on the end user's computer, like Adobe Reader.
• Hint: if you want to force the publication to open a PDF document in the default PDF reader instead of its built-in viewer, add the "_heopenit" target to the anchor tag as shown in the following HTML code: <a href="mydoc.pdf" target="_heopenit">Open my document</a>.

Publication and HTML rendering engines

• HTML Viewer publications have an improved rendering engine.
• Full support for Internet Explorer 9 and HTML5 / CSS3. Your applications will now render HTML content with the new Trident (MSHTML) engine provided with IE9 if the latter is installed.
• New multithreading support for IE publications, allowing them to display pages faster.
• New EnableIE9GPUMode property (Application Settings > Visual Controls > IE Browser)
  Allows your application to use GPU Rendering mode (hardware acceleration). By default, it will use Software Rendering mode. Only applicable if Internet Explorer 9 is installed on the end user's computer.
• New NoForceIEStandardMode property (Application Settings > Visual Controls > IE Browser)
  When set to False (default), webpages are displayed in IEn Standards mode, regardless of the !DOCTYPE directive. When set to True, only webpages containing standards-based !DOCTYPE directives are displayed in IEn mode. (n = 8 if IE8 is installed, n = 9 if IE9 is installed).
• Added IE7 compatibility mode option: if you want your application to use the IE7 rendering engine, even if IE8 or IE9 is set up. Option available at: Application Settings > Visual Controls > IE Browser > UseIE7CompatibilityMode
• New Content Filetypes feature: you can now define whether third-party resources such as SWF, MP3, FLV, MP4... should be extracted to disk or virtualized (i.e. unpacked to memory only). Virtualization is a great feature, allowing you to keep files in memory so that they cannot be copied.
• New CustomUserAgent property (Application Settings > Visual Controls > IE Browser)
  Lets you change the User Agent of the browser. If you leave it blank, the default user agent will be used (for instance, with IE9 installed, it could be "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)").
• Improved page printing options.
• IE publication: new printer option ShowPageSetup to show/hide the Page Setup dialog before printing.
• Enhanced popup support for IE publications, new noresize creation parameter.
• New progress animation while loading large files.

Unicode-enabled search engine

• The search engine was highly improved in order to work with Unicode.
• HTML Executable now correctly parses HTML pages encoded in foreign languages. Words are stored in the index in UTF-8 format.
• New word delimiter dictionary based on Unicode character categories. There is a special option to split Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters.
• New wildcard search operators: * and ?
• Improved HTML parser.

Ebook security

• Fixed security profile problems with pages in subfolders.
• New option: store global password once on machine or USB stick (if portable publication).
• New "upgrade" option for expiration date: for instance, you have a global rule to expire the software on 5/1/2012, and once it's expired, you will be releasing a new version requiring everyone to upgrade. By associating the expiration date to a version number, you have a way to reset the global expiration once a new version of the software is released.

Trial ebooks - Activation, Deactivation and Validation

• The HTML Executable Activation Kit available to owners of the Commercial edition has been updated for Unicode changes (data is now exchanged in UTF-8 format) and new features.
• New Automated Deactivation feature: in cases of refund requests or computer changes, you can let an end user deactivate the publication. This operation removes registration data from the computer and optionally permanently disables the registration key. HTML Executable can handle automated deactivation too if you work with online activation: with our Protect Ebook .net solution or with the HTML Executable Activation Kit. Automated deactivation increases the number of allowed activations.
• If the automated deactivation fails, an uninstall code is generated and displayed to the end user (and copied to the clipboard too). This uninstall code is the proof that the deactivation was successful. You can verify the integrity of the uninstall code thanks to the new "Check uninstall code" function in the HTML Executable Activation Kit.
• New Validation feature: the publication can periodically check whether the registration key of the end user is still valid or whether it is blocked. For instance, in case of fraudulent purchases, you can remotely block access to your publication. Important: end users must have an Internet connection for the validation. You can define which action should be performed when the validation is unsuccessful. This feature is only available if online activation is chosen, so it will work with our Protect Ebook .net solution or with the HTML Executable Activation Kit.
• You can now add an "Unlock this program" menu command in your publication. End users can unlock your trial publication by selecting "Help => Unlock this program". Previously, end users had to use the nag screen at startup to unlock the program.
• In the same manner, you can have a "Deactivate this program" menu command in your publication. End users can deactivate their registered publication by selecting "Help => Deactivate this program". Previously, end users had to use the command line to deactivate their key.
• Fixed possible system ID modifications when using CPU ID.
• New HEScript events in the UserMain script: OnKeyNotValidated and OnKeyValidation.
• "Registration Key" was revamped as "Activation Key" in case of online activation.

Global improvements

• Improved compression method and publication file storage. Although you can now create publications larger than 2 GB, we recommend you to keep your ebook EXE files as small as possible.
• Self-Extracting publications now can work with Firefox or Google Chrome portable editions.
• New HEScript support for IE zoom (IE publications only): you can configure the optical zoom percent, see the documentation.
• Built-in server improved to handle Java applets and JRE 6. Please keep in mind that not all Java applets may work. See the documentation.
• Dialog boxes can now be exported/imported as templates. You can design dialog boxes once (such as the About dialog box) and create a template. The default template used for all new projects is stored in a file named hedlgtemplate.hesp in the HTML Executable's main folder. Replace this default template with yours.
• Second-level menus can be created. Previously there was only the first hierarchy of menus.
  Now you can have a secondary item under a child item opening up. This will help you to have more menu links.
• The Dependencies feature of HTML pages was improved: you can select several files at once to be dependencies, and choose whether they should be unpacked to memory or to the hard disk.
• File Manager: "Clean" can now remove empty folders.
• Fixed bug with "Display a maximized window" option.
• Updated skin engine and skins.
• Updated internal XML engine.
• Improved error handling while compiling.
• Optimized compiler code.
• "Data Execution Prevention" bug fixed.
• Improved virtualization system for third-party files.
• Improved HTML source code editor with better syntax highlighting, auto-line numbers...

Table of Contents

• New HEScript function to modify the TOC dynamically: LoadTOCfromXMLFile and RefreshTOC.
• You can now show/hide TOC items thanks to the new Visibility property. It can be associated to a Boolean HEScript function.

Scripting improvement - HEScript language

• New script engine handling Unicode.
• New HEScript built-in functions:
  • SelectDirectory: asks the end user for a folder.
  • GetSpecialFolderPath: lets you retrieve Windows system paths.
  • ManageWaitForm: lets you display a wait message dialog box.
• New improved script editor with code auto completion (CTRL+SPACE), parameters help (SHIFT+Click), better syntax highlighting.

Compatibility issues

HTML Executable 4 can import projects made with previous 3.x versions. However, some issues may occur.

Due to the Unicode introduction, system HTML pages and resource strings are inevitably replaced by new ones. To prevent loss of data when you load a project saved with a 3.x version, HTML Executable will extract your previous system HTML pages and resource strings to XML/HTML files and store them in a zip archive. This Zip archive is created in the same folder as your .HEP project file and named [project filename]conversionbackup.zip. This backup operation can be disabled in the Environment Options if you wish.

• "System HTML pages" are now replaced by "Dialog Boxes".
• Dialog boxes are now in XHTML / UTF-8 format.
• "Look" and associated CSS were modified.
• Custom dialog boxes are ignored: please import them again.
• Fields have an ID attribute now for JavaScript manipulations.
• There are several new resource strings.
• Deactivation feature: the "uninstall code" generator script was modified.
• HEScript functions STRENCODEBINHEX and STRDECODEBINHEX were removed.
• Skins now have the ".SKN" extension and no more ".HES".
• Skins were updated and some of them were removed.
• The IE Browser => ViewImages option was removed.
• The "Custom" toolbar button is now removed by default. When importing a project, it becomes "user-editable" so that you can remove it if you do not use it.
• The HETEMP_ directive for DLL files loaded by the script engine is no more available.

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