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ALERT: As of version 4.0, BridgeComposer no longer supports Windows 98/ME/2000.
Windows XP or later with Internet Explorer 6.0 or later is required.
Users with older systems may use BridgeComposer 3.8.3 (see the Archive page).

 

[2008-03-18] Key features in 4.3:

  • Updated Double Dummy Solver DLL by Bo Haglund.  Reportedly 10-15% faster.
  • Slightly faster screen drawing due to caching font character widths.

[2008-03-02] Key features in 4.2:

  • Now includes the Double Dummy Solver DLL by Bo Haglund. This permits calculating the "makeable contracts" for boards without the need to purchase any additional software. The Double Dummy command has been moved from the GIB menu to the Board menu.
  • View Next To Play mode now shows "optimum plays" (as calculated by the double-dummy solver) in green.
  • XHTML compatibility extended to commentary text markup (bold, italic and underline).

[2008-02-14] Dealer (on the Bonus Software page) has been upgraded to version 2.0:

  • Now includes the Double Dummy Solver DLL by Bo Haglund. This permits calculating the "makeable contracts" for boards without the need to purchase any additional software.
  • "Makeable contracts" may now be displayed in text form (the older grid form is still available as an option).
  • Board numbers are rendered in a large font size.

[2008-02-09] Bug fixes in 4.1.1:

  • Play column headers sometimes appeared when there was no play section
  • Card drag and drop was broken in 4.1 release
  • View Next To Play dimmed all cards when declarer was not known

[2008-01-16] Key features and fixes in 4.1:

  • When mouse is over a hand, a new tooltip gives hand evaluation
  • When entering hands, the fourth hand auto-autofills
  • File→Save As HTML:
    • Now includes font selections (but as with all web pages, rendering may vary depending on a particular viewer's browser and installed fonts)
    • Greater control over HTML generation (new HTML tab in Edit→Options)
    • HTML is now valid XHTML code
  • Double Dummy: Result now saved, and "makeable contracts" displayed with the board
  • Fixes for reading BridgeBase files (.lin files)
  • Fix minor problems with Insert→Character
  • Installer now runs as Admin (for Windows Vista UAC)

[2007-10-28] Key features and fixes in 4.0:

  • Save As PDF command to create Adobe Portable Document Format files
  • Insert Character command to easily access all characters and symbols in the current font
  • Allow ? (in addition to x) as a spot-card place-holder in diagrams
  • Splash screen displayed during startup
  • Moved Clear Play and Clear Auction and Play commands from GIB menu to Board menu
  • Fixed full-screen sometimes showing very small text
  • Fixed minor Find command highlighting issues
  • Fixed issue with OLE linked documents
  • Install options for Desktop and Quick Launch Toolbar shortcuts
  • UNICODE character set support

[2007-08-25] Key feature added in 3.8.3:

  • A new advanced option regarding Save As HTML: Render suit symbols as UTF-8.  This additional encoding option may improve compatibility with some publishing software.

Bug fixes in 3.8.2:

  • The show/hide controls (+/- boxes in the margin) were not always shown correctly
  • In the play section, trumps were not always recognized as winners when appropriate
  • The program might start up as a tiny window in the upper-left of the screen
  • Spelling: add "redoubler", "redoubler's"
  • Show the "wait" cursor while the system is preparing the first screen of a print preview
  • Undo of a spelling "Add" could cause a crash
  • In printing a subrange of pages, the specified "To" page was not honored by the system
  • Improve wording in the helpfile Introduction page

[2006-04-12] Key features added in 3.8:

  • Improved multiple-board-per-page support, including:
    • Multiple board screen display
    • Option for "as many as will fit", one or two columns
    • Gutter controls
  • Conformance with Richard Pavlicek's Bridge Writing Style Guide, including:
    • Color board area (NESW table)
    • Bid and card spacing
    • Alternate play section formatting
    • Superscripts for footnotes
  • Ability to read Bridge Base .lin files
  • Improved web page formatting
  • Edit→Find command to search files for text strings
  • Card combination diagrams
  • "File Modified" flag in status bar
  • Consolidation of options into new File→Page Layout and Format→Board Layout dialogs

[2005-12-07] Key features added in 3.7:

  • Improved formatting for:
    • Full-screen
    • Hidden hands
    • Labels (Board, Dealer, Vul, Contract, Lead)
    • Auction (West calls appear at left, underneath West cards)
  • File→Display in Web Browser menu command
  • Paste and drag/drop from Windows Character Map (for accented letters in text)

[2005-07-04] Key features added in 3.6:

  • Full-screen display mode
  • Paste bridge hands into email
  • Automatic hand generation by HCP and distribution
  • HTML formatting improvements
  • Fixed problem with opening files saved on a CD-ROM
  • OLE support (beta test)
  • Compatibility note: When started (other than by opening an existing document), previous versions of BridgeComposer displayed an empty gray workspace. Beginning with version 3.6, an empty bridge deal (four hands with four voids each) is displayed instead.

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 rev. 2008-02-23