What´s New in version 4.05:

• added: profiler options option to prompt for software lists import during MAME/MESS import
• added: chdman settings option to optionally show version mismatches during scan
• misc: auto expand not fixed items in tree control
• misc: improved scanner matching for identical named sets / softwarelists (with BIOS roms)
• misc: updated to latest ziparchive lib
• misc: updated to latest unrar lib
• misc: scanner adv option to remove not renamed sets to backup now also applies to roms
• misc: removed border from tree scan output (minor cosmetics)
• fixed: warning about missing sysdefpaths rarely shows only '...' instead of list
• fixed: batch rebuilding doesn't care about forcepacking attributes in dats

What´s New in version 4.04:

• fixed: scanner crash when using 'mark disabled sets as unneeded'
• fixed: lib assertion when removing files from zip with double listed indexes
• fixed: cmpro crashes within uneeded scan when you let it add rompaths for not existing systems
• fixed: rebuilder does not rebuild software lists when they got identical files in non-softlists
• fixed: old deprecated dat format is broken
• fixed: identical set names can fool cmpro's set check (MAME software lists)
• fixed: zip rename can rarely create double entries (you may now run into some not-fixed renames in such cases)
• fixed: system's unbind all only fully works after restart
• misc: added workaround for a possible MAME/MESS -listsoftware specific output error which leads to wrong rom sizes
• misc: slightly changed the text for the softwarelist import prompt and system auto detect button
• misc: changed the way how active systems are read from config

What´s New in version 4.03a:

• fixed: 7z crash for archives which don't use date/time stamps (t7z)
• fixed: incorrect removal of sampleof assignements starting with .145u1

What´s New in version 4.03:

• added: multi SoftwareList support
• added: chd version 5 support
• added: samples extensions wav, flac, ape and sam are supported
• added: profiler context menu option to clean cache for single profiles/folders
• misc: show warning if sysdefpaths aren't rompaths plus option to auto add them
• misc: don't warn about not active sysdefpaths when no path is assigned
• misc: setinfo shows standard/mechanical/device/etc in separate branches
• misc: systems dialog list standard/device/etc with new captions
• misc: improved fuzzy name check in case of double checksums
• misc: some general packer handling for empty filenames in archives
• misc: some more descriptive rar error messages
• misc: removed warning if rompath names match setnames
• added: compressor / general option to warn about identical names in archives
• fixed: crash on 7z entries with no filename
• fixed: possible memleak on illegal 7z file timestamps
• fixed: wrong progress title & cancel handling when auto-moving to sysdefpaths

What´s New in version 4.02:

• removed: scanner advanced option: check for dupes (it's enabled by default now)
• removed: scanner advanced option: use optimized rompath scan (it's enabled by default now)
• added: scanner info line besides setinformation button to indicate not enabled sets/systems/chd regions
• added: unbind all button for system picker window
• misc: optimized time needed for sysdefpath autodetection (roughly 10x faster)
• misc: changed file attribute routines to win32 api to avoid assertions on illegal dates
• fixed: system picker's last entries can't be edited
• fixed: deprecated dat loader did not force utf8 encoding

What´s New in version 4.01:

• added: Font selector (popupmenu->View->Select Font) for scanner tree and setinfo tree/list
• added: profiler option to support inverted crc32 for baddumps method (default = off)
• fixed: missing device path/system initialization randomly keeps devices unchecked
• fixed: circular renames inside zips don't work
• fixed: saving/loading of standard/mech/device path clones names when only 1 is setup
• misc: limit list of not setup sysdefpaths to avoid too big prompt
• misc: don't allow profiler reset on exe based dat
• removed: setinformation title flyover (obsolete and flickers)

What´s New in version 4.00b:

• fixed: rebuilder ignored 'recompress'
• fixed: compress to rar/7z created zip files
• fixed: little typo in systems dialog
• fixed: stats are not kept correctly over sessions (empty stats window)
• fixed: biossets with set romof are not handled as biossets (sys1 with soundboard)
• misc: don't write utf8 BOM for old-style dats

What´s New in version 4.00a:

• fixed: crash in filedialog of 'add Profile'
• misc: smarter is-bios-rom check if bios definitions hold identical checksums
• misc: fixed homepage and forum link in installer

What´s New in version 4.00:

• misc: full unicode build
• misc: full support for UTF8 characters in file/folder names, files within archives (7z/rar/zip) and datfiles (XML and old format) The default encoding of xml datfiles is UTF8. The default storing method in archives is UTF8 (for zip, with no extra field usage). Current versions of Winrar, Winzip, 7z (just to name a few) support UF8 stored names. There might be other 3rd party tools (which some people use to rezip/share :)) which might fail (they only work with local page encoding). Tough luck... All textfiles in the clrmamepro environment are now saved as UTF8. You can use your old setup, since it loads them in ASCII and saves them as UTF8. XML files are stored without a BOM (byte ordered mark), non-xml files with a BOM. You should not use newly written files with old versions of clrmamepro. I recommend a good texteditor to work with UF8 datfiles, e.g. notepad++, available here http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
• misc: completely switched to latest ziparchive library for all zip related operations. This includes reading, in-place renaming and no-recompress copy. This results in a faster rebuilder (no recompress) and faster rename operations (scanner). Actual scanning speed is roughly the same.
• added: devices support, devices and device_ref elements are parsed, exported, an own system default path for devices can be added, select sets supports filtering by devices and device_refs
• removed: included doucmentation, switching to online pdf docs soon
• removed: Settings->Compressor->Zip, obsolete due to ziparchive usage
• removed: Settings->Compressor->Oem/Ansi conversion, obsolete due to UTF8 switch
• removed: Scanner->Advanced->
  • detect sets in wrong sysdefpaths
  • move sets to correct sysdefpath
  • chd use sysdefault assignments
  • use sysdefault paths for fix missing
  • Such options are automatically enabled internally now if sysdefpaths are setup. The first two ones require an unneeded check+fix though.
• misc: aligned 'allow not separated bios sets' & 'split bios sets'
• misc: directly jump to profiler or settings instead of prompting
• fixed: xml parser doesn't handle multiple comments on the same line correctly
• fixed: dat resource tag export for non-xml datfiles is broken

What´s New in version 3.138a:

• added: missing but fixable chds can get fixed automatically by fix-missing
• added: append option for rebuilder log
• misc: redisplay dir2dat window after dat completion to avoid minimizing issues
• misc: dat export will only export active sets
• misc: added trimming for subfolder rom/etc defintions

What's New in version 3.138:

• added: batcher rebuild options for always compress / never recompress and packer type
• misc: updated winrar dll
• fixed: cleaning parsed data always uses yes to nodump replacement
• fixed: crash bug when removing full archives from sample paths

What´s New in version 3.137d:

• fixed: removed trimming of xml attribute values for now since it disallows whitespace separators for export lists

What´s New in version 3.137a:

• misc: support of parsing rom size entries in hexformat (0x...)

What´s New in version 3.137:

• fixed: rare external packer file not found prompt issue
• fixed: removing more than one file via external packers fails
• fixed: several www profiler issues fix:
  • does not load compressed xmls when generated via php
  • wrong sorting after download
  • popupmenu 'refresh datfiles from' does not work correctly
  • not always remembering selected tree/list item after refresh
• added: www profiler shows author as column
• misc: changed progress window and button bar design Thanks to Alex Schütz for the artwork.
• misc: updated unrar dll
• misc: changed tempfolder failure text to uac warning

What´s New in version 3.136:

• misc: slightly optimized rebuilding speed of decompressed files by using MoveFile instead of CopyFile if possible
• misc: slightly optimized scanning speed of decompressed sets by using hash caches
• misc: manufacturer tag isn't mandatory anymore in dtd and won't appear in export if empty
• misc: show prompt if external packers are not available
• fixed: profiler loading issues when having mess and mame xmls handy and defining mess dats in engine.cfg
• fixed: utf boms (byte order marks) let the dat detection fail

What´s New in version 3.135c:

• fixed: dupes check was still broken

What´s New in version 3.135b:

• fixed: rare wrong "no or corrupt chd header/sectormap" message
• fixed: wrong dupe check when clones does have chd(s) while parent doesn't
• fixed: wrong "wrong case" message when using the move set to correct sysdefpath option

What´s New in version 3.135a:

• fixed: wrong warning about bios storage method in rebuilder when no bios sets are available
• fixed: wrong "error while reading" warning during scan
• misc: double setnames/descriptions are now renamed in any case during parsing dat

What's New in version 3.135:

• added: adv scanner option to automatically move sets in wrong sysdefpaths
• added: chd checksum option to read chd sector map
• misc: don't rebuild cache if newly created dats/exes are identical to others
• misc: added *.xml filemask to setinfo export
• misc: improved dupes scan to find double chd folders
• misc: new option for rename wizard to not rename replaced sets
• misc: some text changes here and there incl. copy/move prompts
• misc: added warning to rebuilder if bios storing methods between scanner/rebuilder differ
• fixed: miss/have lists handle sample-only sets
• fixed: "version not found issue" for 64 bit versions
• fixed: merger ignored sets with chds
• fixed: chd folders in full merged modes can rarely create missing rom messages
• fixed: set stats count for bios only + chd sets

What´s New in version 3.134b:

• misc: changed xml dat detection to be faster for known doctypes
• misc: hide warning about not exisiting folders during batch run
• fixed: one errormessage names addpaths while rompaths are affected
• fixed: progress window doesn't blank out lines when it should do
• fixed: chd only sets with wrong placed chds need a 2 pass scan to appear correctly

What's New in version 3.134a:

• fixed: completely replaced sets are listed without missing set tag in a 1st scan
• fixed: www profiler error for urls with ?
• fixed: rebuilding archives-in-archives works only for the first file
• fixed: rebuilding archives-in-archives doesn't work for subfolders in archives

What's New in version 3.134:

• added: support mess software list's loadflag continue and ignore flags
• added: show rebuilder warning if rebuilt file can't be removed (when wanted)
• fixed: fixed wrong named sets falsely need a 2 pass scan to get displayed correctly
• fixed: chd-on-root level was broken for romless sets
• fixed: replacing an xml dat does not reset the profile status
• fixed: profiler.xml stats values are wrong (32bit version only)

What´s New in version 3.133b:

• added: support for mess software lists (either as hash/*.xml file or via -listsoftware output)
• misc: don't show archive errors for no entries in rar part files (partxx.rar format only)
• misc: 64bit version uses version64.ini and version.ini as fallback
• misc: slight speedup for several routines
• misc: showing chd region count in title when not enabling all
• misc: trim filenames in dats and remove "." from end of folders and files in datfile
• fixed: wrong "illegal download" message on clean install
• fixed: rare wrong named chd stats count

What's New in version 3.133a:

• fixed: crash at the end of a scan when not all sets are enabled

What's New in version 3.133:

• added: introducing 'DIFF SCAN'. A new scan functionality which knows which sets did change from a previous datfile to the current one and with this option you will only scan the sets which did change. 'Change' in terms of important changes which makes a rescan necessary (e.g. a checksum or rom name change, NOT a description change). When e.g. MAME updates, 99 percent of all sets stay the same, there is not really a need to rescan them (unless you changed them manually). You can now use the diff scan option. It's only selectable if at least one set differs and not all do differ. This function is robust against cache-clearing. In the set information window you can use the popup menu in the tree to show only the changed sets if you're interested in them.
• added: archives in archives (...in archives...) are supported now. Removing rebuilt files is limited to the root level though.
• added: writing profiler.xml file when you leave cmpro, you can use this xml for any of your own xslt/html building usage
• misc: updated unrar dlls
• misc: disabled systems are shown in title line set count and stats
• misc: renamed rebuilder logfile reason for skipped files
• misc: standard listinfo and xml dats don't necessarily require a description tag. In this case, the setname is used as description, too.
• fixed: some line limit detection fixes on xml dat parser (MESS > .137 issue)
• fixed: some wrong stats when using fastscan
• fixed: wrong warning about a not recommmended scan appears rarely for fastscan
• fixed: forgot to remove old cache files after dat update

What's New in version 3.132b:

• added: support for utf-8 encoding in xml datfiles
• misc: agent name for http/ftp is now set to "cmpro"
• fixed: www profiler can't load from php generated urls with ?
• fixed: archive comments warning is still broken for rar files
• fixed: wrong illegal download folder message on clean install
• fixed: explore menu option opens an explorer path for not game specific warnings
• fixed: www open popmenu option shows romname in url only in the 2nd try onwards