ColSel 1.05

ColSel was developed especially for programmersand webmasters, but it can also be very useful for ordinary users too. It can help with choosing appropriate colors for your desktop or colors for your favorite programs GUI.
The main feature of this program is to provide the color code of the chosen color in several different formats available.
However, it may take a few seconds to explore all options, discover other interesting and useful functions of the program.
Main features:
- User-friendly, clear and intuitive user interface
- Three language versions (English, German and Polish)
- Picking any color from the desktop using handy tool
- The possibility to choose the color form "Windows palette" or from ColSels "advanced color picker screen". You can load an image for color extraction in one of the following formats: BMP, GIF and JPG
- Possibility of defining and using 10 favorite colors
- The chosen color will be displayed in seven different formats (HEX, HTML, DEC, VB, C++, Delphi, Java)
- The possibility of conversion the color to the WebSafe palette, which is a very useful function for webmasters
- Copying the color code in selected format to the clipboard
- Color scheme preview option
- DEC - RGB(R,G,B) to HEX color code built-in converter
- Minimization of the main window to the small bar containing chosen colors code
- Possibility of setting program (and its windows) always on top
- Checking for the program updates
- Fast access to On-Line help and F.A.Q
Enhancements:
- added zoom on desktop color picker screen
- added fields for color code values in HEX and RGB formats on desktop color picker screen
- fixed a bug while trying to close desktop color picker screen by clicking on X
- now you can cancel the operation of picking a color by pressing ESC key
- now you can run color picker mode by pressing CTRL key
- windows color picker screen now remembers the current color and gives you the possibility to simply modify it
- you can now store up to 10 favorite colors ("Save as..." option in menu and favorite color bar)
- added the possibility to load external color picker cursor as an alternative of the default one
- added "Additional color picker cursors" option in "Add-ons" menu (opens a webpage with cursors to download)
- changed the way of generating color codes for VB, C++ and Java formats from windows color picker screen
- changed the way of generating color codes for VB, C++ and Java formats from desktop color picker screen
- fixed a bug which generated improper values for numbers from range 1 - 15 in RGB2HEX converter and desktop color picker
- after picking a color from desktop, color picker screen gets focus - now you can pick a color from the same place you picked the last one using ENTER key
- blocked the functionality of the right mouse button when picking a color from desktop
- program window is sticking to the screen borders now
- added "Random color" function on main program window
- added color preview for "RGB2HEX converter"
- the switch button (show/hide advanced options) has got a nice icon now
- fixed appearance of WebSafe conversion button
- added a function of showing a current color in RBG2HEX converter
- RGB2HEX converting button has got an arrow icon
- copy to clipboard button has got an copy icon
- "Always on top" checkbox has got an icon
- desktop color picker button is now changing its color to red during picking mode
- added "Copy as..." option in program menu. It enables when you choose any color and allows us to copy the current color in chosen format to clipboard
- corrected and completed information in program properties window
- completed information in "About ColSel..." screen
- added the possibility to open ColSel homepage when leaving "About ColSel..." screen
- program window gets focus on mouse over
- fixed the way of changing program language version. There will be no more bugs like "fixed languages issue"
- program is also saving its window position information when changing the language version now
- fixed bug "no paleta.bmp file found" in "Advanced Color" screen
- removed "change" button changing a color palette from "Advanced Color" screen. Now the change is done automatically
- program now stores values of colors used to build color scheme (they are available on tooltip message when mouse over chosen color)
- click on color scheme preview to open a sample webpage with your colors applied
- after cleaning converter text boxes, the first field gets a focus (the "R" component)
- after resizing the window using "show/hide advanced options" button, the first converter field got focus
- added tooltips "R", "G" and "B" over converter fields
- color scheme will not take values if "COLOR:" field is empty
- you cannot set the same color for both background and text in color scheme
- fixed a bug of covering message windows by program window when "Always on top" option is selected
- the program window is now hidden while selecting a color from windows color picker screen
- program menu appears now under the bottom line of the title bar
- additional option titles have been bolded on program main window
- tooltip messages of title bar and color preview are now showing the code of the current color in HEX and DEC formats
- pressing F1 key in main window will open a help webpage (also a shortcut key has been added in menu)
- added a shortcut for F.A.Q webpage in menu in "Help" category (also "F2" shortcut key)
- added an option for checking for an update in "Help" category in menu (also "F3" shortcut key)
- added an option "About ColSel..." in category "Help" in menu (also "F4" shortcut key)
- clicking right mouse button on color scheme preview will switch between normal and bolded text
- fixed several small mistakes in translation files
- added F5 shortcut key to display windows color picker screen
- added F6 shortcut key to display advanced color screen
- added F7 shortcut key to display desktop color picker screen
- corrected the function in code responsible for launching internet links
- the appearance of picking color options buttons is returning to its normal form after coming back to the main window
- added the "selected" sign at the current language position in menu
- it is impossible to change the language to currently selected
- corrected the way of choosing the language version at first program run
- the color of the link to programs website in main window is changing into violet after clicking
- fixed the bug of erroneously copying the color code in HTML format to clipboard
- the submenu "Contact" has been moved to "Help" menu
- double click on programs title bar to switch its text color from white to black and reverse
- double clicking on programs title bar is no longer selecting the color code in "COLOR" field
- removed bad looking effect of pressed button after pressing it
- shortcut keys for program options in main window have been defined
- it is now impossible to run the program maximized
- a different program for making ColSels installer was now used
- used UPX compressor to compress program executable (its five times smaller now)