After a long break I’m back working on Cropper. I’ve been a bit under the weather lately so I used my free time to get a little work done on it.

Thanks to Jon Galloway for some suggestions and testing the new plug-in functionality. Also to Scott Isaacs for the predefined sizes suggestion and testing.

This release adds new plug-in functionality to allow plug-ins to be configured within the options dialog and have the settings easily persisted into the Cropper configuration file. You can see the new functionality in the Jpeg and Clipboard formats in the Plug-Ins tab of the options dialog. Developer documentation on the new plug-in functionality will come soon.

[Update] There was a rendering bug on systems that do not have themes enabled. Thanks Corey for bringing it to my attention. The download link points to the bug fix version.

>>More info and download

 

Release Notes

1) .Net Framework 2.0. Cropper is now compiled against the .net 2.0 Framework and the installer works on systems with only the 2.0 Framework installed.

2) Vista Compatibility. A new option to hide the form during a screenshot is available in the options dialog. The new option allows Cropper to capture other transparent windows and keeps the crop form from showing up in the capture on Vista Glass. This option is automatically enable when running on Vista but may be overridden by the user.

The Alt+PrintScreen capturing now properly captures windows in Vista that have glass in the client area. 

3) Predefined Sizes. Frequently used form sizes can now be saved. The sizes are managed in the options dialog under the appearance tab. While working with cropper the sizes may be accessed via the right click menu or by pressing Shift+Tab to cycle through the different sizes.

4) Alt+PrintScreen Captures Stay on Clipboard. The Options dialog Capturing tab allows the user to keep Croppers Alt+PrintScreen captures on the clipboard.

5) Configurable Plug-In Support. Cropper now has support for integrated plug-in configuration. A new tab named Plug-Ins will present options from plug-ins that support configuration. The new functionality also supports easily persisting a plug-in's settings into Croppers configuration file.

Two included plug-ins support the new configuration options. The clipboard plug-in allows the user to choose the format of the image that is placed on the clipboard and the Jpeg plug-in has a single option for specifying the file extension. More community plug-ins with configuration support are on the way.

6) 'Prompt' File Name Template Bug Fixed. There was a bug that could cause a null reference exception when using the 'Prompt' file name template that has been fixed. Another bug with the dialog placement when the crop form was set to always on top has also been corrected. 

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