| Date |
Version |
Description |
| 11/27/2001 |
0.00 |
Original |
| |
0.01 |
Changed create button to menu with application Java file, applet Java file and HTML file menu items; changed delete, edit and run buttons to menus with Java file and HTML file menu items |
| |
0.02 |
Changed HTML file menu item in create menu to use object tag instead of applet tag |
| |
0.03 |
Updated menu items in edit menu to use Edit Version 0.01 (see UPDATES) |
| |
0.04 |
Updated menu items in edit menu to use Edit Version 0.02 (see UPDATES) |
| 3/14/2002 |
0.05 |
Updated menu items in edit menu to use Edit Version 0.03 (see UPDATES) |
| 3/28/2002 |
0.06 |
Updated menu items in edit menu to use Edit Version 0.04 (see UPDATES) |
| |
0.07 |
Added help menu with Java API specification, Java tools and Java tutorial menu items; added browser for Java documents |
| |
0.08 |
Added manifest file menu item to create menu; added archive button; added archive menu item to run menu |
| 5/06/2002 |
0.09 |
Added package directory to create and delete menus; updated create, delete, edit and run menus to use package directory; updated compile and archive buttons to use package directory |
| 6/04/2002 |
0.10 |
Added classes directory; updated Java Tools Archive shortcut |
| 6/15/2002 |
0.11 |
Added file menu; moved create, delete and edit menus to file menu; added exit menu item to file menu; added tools menu; changed compile and archive buttons to menu items in tools menu; added document menu item to tools menu; moved run menu to tools menu; added options menu with compile and document check box menu items; added wait cursor during compile, archive and document; added documents directory; updated Java Tools Archive shortcut |
| 7/09/2002 |
0.12 |
Changed application directory label to source directory label and Java file label to source file label; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.05 (see UPDATES); added source, archives and images directories; updated Java Tools Archive shortcut |
| 8/16/2002 |
0.13 |
Added debug menu item to tools menu; changed browser to ignore contents of script tag instead of printing it and to ignore table data tag width attribute specified as percent of screen width; updated Java Tools Archive shortcut |
| 9/24/2002 |
0.14 |
Changed run menu item to execute menu item in tools menu; added restoring of page position when going backward and forward in browser; added wait cursor during page loading in browser; added support for J2SE Version 1.4.0; updated Java Tools Archive shortcut |
| 12/22/2002 |
0.15 |
Reorganized code for sharing with J2EE Tools; changed user interface and operation for consistency with J2EE Tools; replaced browser with Windows Explorer for better performance on slower processors; added copy menu with image file and sound file menu items to file menu; added properties menu with Java file, manifest file, HTML file and image file menu items to file menu; added Java document file menu with overview and package menu items to file-edit menu; removed archive and document menu items from tools menu; added archive menu with create and list menu items to tools menu; added document menu with create and browse menu items to tools menu; updated create menu item in tools-archive menu to include class, image and sound files required by archive command; updated create menu item in tools-document menu to include Java files required by document command; removed print Java commands in console check box menu item from options menu (now Java commands are always printed in console); added image file and sound file combo boxes; updated combo box tool tips to include user directory; moved manifest file from archives directory to source directory; removed archives directory; added sounds directory; added support for J2SE Version 1.4.1; updated Java Tools Archive shortcut; updated web pages accordingly |
| 1/09/2003 |
0.16 |
Updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.06 (see UPDATES); updated Java Tools Archive shortcut |
| 10/12/2003 |
0.17 |
Reorganized install Java archive file code for sharing with J2EE Tools; added install menu with Java document, Java source and Java tutorial menu items to tools menu; added command history to enter field in execute windows; updated Java Tools Archive shortcut |
| 1/18/2004 |
0.18 |
Added about menu item to help menu; added support for J2SE Version 1.4.2; added Install Java Tools (self-installing Java archive file) to create user directory, install Java Tools archive file and Java files, and create Java Tools environment variables and Java Tools shortcut; changed Java Tools shortcut name from Java Tools Archive to Java Tools; updated web pages accordingly |
| 5/28/2004 |
0.19 |
Added environment tab and application tab for consistency with J2EE Tools; added borders around paths in environment tab and package directory and files in application tab for consistency with J2EE Tools |
| 8/28/2004 |
0.20 |
Added rest of environment variable labels to environment tab; added environment variables to Java Tools properties file; updated class files menu item in file-delete menu to delete all class files in package directory; added Sun tools menu item to tools-install menu; updated web pages accordingly |
| 12/30/2004 |
0.21 |
Added .aif, .mid, .rmf and .snd to input dialog for sound file menu item in file-copy menu; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.07 (see UPDATES); added search menu with forward and backward menu items and accelerator keys to execute window; removed search button from execute window |
| 4/10/2005 |
0.22 |
Added support for Java SE Version 1.5.0; replaced Java cup icon in title bar of all windows with Field Bird icon; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.08 (see UPDATES); changed Java doucment menu to document menu in file-edit menu to document file menu; added arguments and log menu items to tools menu; changed check box menu items to radio button menu items in options menu; added more compile menu items to options menu for Java SE Version 1.5.0; added Java features menu item to help menu; added Field Bird icon to Java Tools shortcut; changed Java Tools shortcut to run without Command Prompt window on Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional; updated web pages accordingly |
| 6/07/2005 |
0.23 |
Updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.09 (see UPDATES) |
| 9/22/2005 |
0.24 |
Added support for environment variables with spaces; added interface menu item to file-create-Java file menu; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.10 (see UPDATES); added check menu with imports menu item to tools menu |
| 3/14/2006 |
0.25 |
Added support for Linux; changed default installation directory from C:\java to C:\fieldbird; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.11 (see UPDATES); added code metrics for Java files to properties dialogs for file-properties menu |
| 7/16/2006 |
0.26 |
Added tree menu with directory and file menu items to file menu; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.12 (see UPDATES); added tree dialogs on right click of down arrow in combo boxes; added combined file and tools menus on right click of selected item in combo boxes and tree dialogs |
| 10/03/2006 |
0.27 |
Changed Install Java Tools to no longer require enter key after typing in combo box, download into download home directory, and restart for Windows; changed install menu item in file menu to install Java Tools files and directories in C:\fieldbird\javatools directory (see Installation Directory Structure) and to copy image, sound, source and HTML files in user directory C:\java to C:\fieldbird\javatools\java; removed tutorial home directory and user directory combo boxes; changed Java Tools install menu item in tools menu to install Java tutorial archive file in Java document directory; removed tutorial home directory label from environment tab; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.13 (see UPDATES); updated web pages accordingly |
| 2/03/2007 |
0.28 |
Added support for Java SE Version 1.6.0; removed class files menu item from file-delete menu; changed check menu to menu item in tools menu; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.14 (see UPDATES); added delete menu item to tools menu to delete class file and its dependencies; added more compile menu items to options menu; removed features menu item from help menu for Java SE Version 1.6.0 (no download available); added more menu items to combined file and tools menus; anchored tree dialogs to northeast corner of Java Tools window; updated messages in message dialogs |
| 4/05/2007 |
0.29 |
Updated menu items in file-create-Java file menu; added annotation menu item to file-create-Java file menu for Java SE Version 1.5.0 and 1.6.0; updated menu items in file-delete menu; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.15 (see UPDATES); added support for static imports to check and delete menu items in tools menu, and create menu item in tools-archive and tools-document menus for Java SE Version 1.6.0; updated arguments menu item in tools menu; updated web pages accordingly |
| 8/01/2007 |
0.30 |
Moved HTML files from user directory to source directory (see Installation Directory Structure); changed HTML file menu item in file-create menu to use applet tag instead of object tag (see Deploying Applets in Java Tutorial); changed menu items in file-create, copy and delete menus and select in combo boxes to update tree dialogs without refresh; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.16 (see UPDATES); added tool bar to debug window; added commands menu on right click of text area in debug window |
| 10/02/2007 |
0.31 |
Added support for early access to Java SE Version 1.7.0; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.17 (see UPDATES) |
| 12/12/2007 |
0.32 |
Added support for GNU GPL; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.18 (see UPDATES) |
| 1/19/2008 |
0.33 |
Added support for Windows Vista; updated single and double click in tree dialogs; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.19 (see UPDATES) |
| 4/29/2008 |
0.34 |
Updated install scripts used by Install Java Tools for Windows; updated Java Tools startup script created by Install Java Tools for Windows; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.20 (see UPDATES) |
| 10/19/2008 |
0.35 |
Added support for Mac OS; added double click on compile error to open Java file and select line in error; changed exit menu item in file menu and file menu items in file-delete and edit menus to restore Edit window; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.21 (see UPDATES) |
| 1/09/2009 |
0.36 |
Added tools menu to Edit window; added update of combo boxes and tree dialogs when Edit window selected; added double click on execute error to open Java file and select line in error; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.22 (see UPDATES); changed default download home directory from C:\DOWNLOAD to C:\Downloads; added download home directory C:\Documents and Settings\User\Downloads and installation directory C:\Documents and Settings\User\fieldbird to Install Java Tools |
| 4/08/2009 |
0.37 |
Added Java, manifest and HTML file menu items to file-copy menu with refactoring; added move menu to file menu with refactoring; added find menu item to tools menu with double clicking on string found to open Java file and select string; added getting started menu item to help menu; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.23 (see UPDATES) |
| 7/02/2009 |
0.38 |
Added import menu with file chooser to file menu for importing JDK demos and Java tutorial examples; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.24 (see UPDATES); changed menu items in tools-install menu to display error when Windows Vista user access control prevents installs |
| 9/24/2009 |
0.39 |
Added syntax highlighting to Edit; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.25 (see UPDATES); added support for Firefox on Windows |
| 11/30/2009 |
0.40 |
Added support for Windows 7; updated menu items in file-edit menu to use Edit Version 0.26 (see UPDATES) |