In this Issue:
* Diji Album v4.1 Released
* DVD PixPlay v1.0 Released
* MailList King v4.21 Update
* Freeware Spotlight: ScriptCopy
* Program Tips
* Removing yourself from this List



Dear Xequte Software User

As promised, we have released an update to Diji Album, our photo album
software, which focuses on improving the styling of the user interface and
offers enhancements to exporting, including direct writing to CDs and DVDs,
and outputting to DVD PixPlay.  V4.1 is a free update to all our registered
v4 users  (see below for details).

Even in its pre-release state, DVD PixPlay, our DVD/VCD slideshow creation
software, has quickly become a very popular product for us, so it is with
excitement that we nudge the final release out of the nest.  V1.0 mainly
addresses compatibility problems that have affected some users and offers
minor enhancements.  Coming soon in free updates: faster SVCD creation,
multiple slideshows and menus.

As always, thank you to all our customers who continue to support our
efforts.  And please forward this message to any friends or family who might
be interested.



Regards

Nigel Cross
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com



* DIJI ALBUM V4.1 RELEASED

Development for Diji Album v4.1 has focused on improving the user interface
styling, adding direct exporting to DVD PixPlay, writing to CD's and DVD's,
and enhancements to the HTML exporting functionality.  There have also been
numerous minor improvements and bug fixes.

Here is a top ten list of enhancements:

1. Now can write CD-ROM albums directly to a CD or DVD
2. Can now choose the style of the UI from common skins such as Office or
Windows XP
3. Now allows albums to be exported directly to DVD PixPlay for playback on
a television
4. Text and link objects can now be aligned left or right
5. Now supports JPEG2000 format images
6. When batch adding images to an album, you can now choose to overwrite or
rename ALL if filenames clash
7. When printing the optimal page orientation can now be automatically
selected
8. Images in HTML albums are now displayed within an HTML page
9. Images in HTML pages can now be zoomed
10. Now sports a new icon, logo and splash screen

A complete list of changes is available at:
http://www.xequte.com/dijialbum/changes.html

Diji Album v4.1 is a free upgrade for all registered v4.* users.  A new key
is NOT required, simply download and install the new version over your old
one

Other users can upgrade for $15.50.  For details visit:
http://www.xequte.com/dijialbum/upgrade.html

You can download the new version from:
http://www.xequte.com/dijialbum/download.html



* DVD PIXPLAY V1.0 RELEASED

The final DVD PixPlay release includes the following changes:
- Improved quality of VCD and SVCD slideshows
- When creating VCD slideshows can now choose whether to optimize processing
for quality or for speed
- Ability to specify the aspect ratio setting (in advanced options)
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements

However we are still awaiting an improvement to the MPEG library that will
significantly speed up SVCD generation (equivalent to the VCD creation
speed).

You can download v1.0 from:

http://www.xequte.com/pixplay/

(Simply install it over your old version.  A new key is NOT required).



* MAILLIST KING V4.21 UPDATE

The significant enhancements introduced in v4.2 have meant that a number of
small issues have been discovered since release.  If you have encountered
such problems as editing HTML messages and loading long messages, then
please download and install v4.21 from:

http://www.xequte.com/maillistking/download.html

Note: Pro users can obtain an updated download location by completing the
form at:

http://www.xequte.com/support/keyrequest.html



* FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT: SCRIPTCOPY

If you are adept at editing ini files, then you will find ScriptCopy an
ideal tool for scheduled backups (to external or network drives) and drive
mirroring.  Multiple copy jobs can be specified in the job file, with
support for such options as incremental backups and archive flag setting.
Use the windows scheduler to commence the copying at your preferred time
(such as midnight when the computer is not in use).

ScriptCopy is completely free and can be downloaded from:

http://www.xequte.com/other/



* PROGRAM TIPS

- Diji Album: Delaying page flipping until sound objects complete

If you have a sound object on your album page, such as a spoken commentary
for your images, how can you time the page slideshow delay so that it
doesn't flip before the commentary completes?  Easy, you don't have to.
With v4.1 there is now an advanced album option (File|Album Properties,
Style, Advanced) that allows you to specify that a page flip should never
occur until sound objects on the page have completed playback.


- DVD PixPlay: Adding the image filename to the slideshow display

A new option in DVD PixPlay allows you to add the filename to every frame of
your slideshow by enabling it in the Create CD Wizard.  Filenames are not
added to title pages or any images to which you have manually added text
(i.e. using Edit|Add Text to Image)


- Smart Pix Manager/MegaView: Internet Toolbar for quick file and folder
access

A great tool for Power Users is the Internet Toolbar as it allows you to
quickly browse to folders, web pages and files simply by typing their
location in the toolbar.  You can display it using View|Toolbars Internet
Toolbar (not available if you have the Simplified Interface enabled)


- MailList King: Subscribe Acknowledgements vs. Welcome Messages

MLK offers two acknowledgment messages for users subscribing to your mailing
list.  So what is the difference?

Subscribe Acknowledgements are ALWAYS sent out when a user attempts to join
your mailing list and may include the "RESULT" field which is filled with a
summary indicating whether the user was successfully subscribed or not.
They allow a user to confirm that their subscribe took effect (or,
alternatively, discover that they have been surreptitiously or erroneously
subscribed by another user).

Welcome Messages are ONLY sent when a user successfully joins a mailing list
group (for the first time) and you need to specify a welcome message for
EACH group for which you want one sent.  They are useful for information
that is only relevant to new members of particular groups, for example, a
special offer for which they can only qualify once.