Advanced Playlists Editor for Traktor Pro (or APE for short) has been designed to ease the process of managing Traktor's collection while providing a set of advanced (yet very easy to use) tools that allow operations that cannot be performed with Traktor nor any other tool (such as iTunes).

Please note that this version of APE is still considered a beta which basically means that (a) not all features are implemented and (b) those that are, are not guaranteed to work. Also, the documentation included with this release is not complete but should help you get started and take advantage of the many options provided by APE.

Here are the changes and additions since version 4.20.10 was released:

• DHTML Menu Builder 4.20.017 is released
  • Fixed problem that prevented the Install Menus tool from displaying some folders.
  • Fixed problem that could cause DHTML Menu Builder to generate invalid HTML code under some circumstances.
  • Fixed multiple issues with the Publishing tool.
  • Fixed bug with the CollapsibleMenus AddIn which prevented some projects from working correctly.
  • Fixed problem that, under some circumstances, could crash DHTML Menu Builder when the mouse hovered over one of the program's menus.
  • Added preliminary support to export projects as sitemaps (File->Export As Sitemap) following the Sitemap 0.9 standards (http://www.sitemaps.org/).
  • Added support to create menus in languages that require Unicode text. This feature must be activated through the Edit->Preferences dialog.
  • The ShowMutipleToolbars AddIn (which is used to create multi-column menus) has been considerably enhanced providing limitless possibilities to create highly complex multi-column menus.
  • Improved the performance of the Install Menus tool. Now, the tool will load in a matter of seconds regardless of the amount of files contained in the web site.
  • Added support to modify the behavior of the "Follow Browser's Scrollbars" feature.
    (See the documentation for the Tools->Toolbars Editor->Advanced dialog for more information)
• Engine 2.6.017 has been updated
  • Fixed several bugs that caused compatibility problems with Internet Explorer 8.
  • Fixed problem that prevented the Advanced Unfolding Effects from working on documents utilizing one of the XHTML specifications.
  • Fixed code generation for separators so that they don't' break DynAPI-based menus.
  • Fixed problem that caused menus containing Unicode text to be rendered wider than required.
  • Fixed bug that could cause some toolbar items to appear empty (caption-less) under some circumstances.
  • Fixed problem with the newly introduced "Smart Scrolling" feature.
  • Fixed problem with the code generated by the "Search Engine Optimization" feature.
  • Fixed bug that could cause the Live Preview to generate javascript errors under some configurations.
  • Improved the code the generation in order to properly comply with newer standards.
  • The code that displays the menus when using Free Flow has been improved reducing (although not eliminating) the initial display delay.
• Developers' Edition
  • Fixed several issues with the DynAPI code (currently at version 1.1) that considerably improves the reliability of dynamicly generated menus.
  • The DynAP documentation has been updated to contain an introduction tutorial that will guide you through the most basic steps to create your first dynamic menus.
  • The DynAPI code has been considerably enhanced. Over 12 different bugs have been resolved allowing programmatically generated menus to include complex styles, render faster than ever and work perfectly under all modern browsers (such as Safari, Internet Explorer 7 and 8 and FireFox 3).
  • The recently introduced function "dmbAPI_parseArray" is now able to completely substitute every single DynAPI function related to generation of menus considerably simplifying the use of the DynAPI.

I'm really exited to release the first beta version of DXVUMeterNETGDI.

As I have explained before, this new version of DXVUMeterNET uses GDI+ instead of DirectX as its rendering engine making it less resource intensive.

If you have already built a project using the DirectX version of DXVUMeterNET and you would like to test this release you just have to change the reference on your project to point to DXVUMeterNETGDI.dll and then recompile -- as simple as that.

Also, as previously announced, this version includes a new sample application (with source code) called BPMDetection which demonstrates yet another type of program that can be created with DXVUMeterNET

Although not perfect, this rather simple application is capable of perfoming an automated detection of the beats per minute (BPM) of any audio stream being monitored by DXVUMeterNETGDI.

In the upcoming days I will be releasing a new version of DXVUMeterNET that utilizes GDI+ instead of Direct3D to perform the rendering.

Although GDI+ is considerably slower than Direct3D, it is enough to allow DXVUMeterNET to render its different modes while providing a more lightweight control.

This version will be 100% compatible with the Direct3D version so if you decide to use it you will only need to update the reference on your project and recompile it.

Also, with the release of DXVUMeterNET I will include a new sample application that can be used to perform BPM detection. The sample uses a very similar algorithm used by many popular applications such as Tracktor, although it may not be as accurate but still it makes a pretty nice example of the things you can do with DXVUMeterNET.

Due to a serious issue with the drive controller on one of our servers (the one intended to handle all our support channels) our response time may be increased up to 48 hours (from the usual 1 to 2 hours).

We are working as fast as possible to resolve this situation but, for now, please be patient if you don't receive any replies from us...
Be rest assured that we will response to all the emails (as usual).

I would like to personally apologize for the inconveniences that this situation may cause you

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