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## F.41 2.0 Beta 0

Released on December 6th, 2002

- New paging system
- Added Page and UninstPage
- Removed .onNextPage, .onPrevPage, .onInitDialog
- New easier version of the Modern User Interface with better multilanguage support, InstallOptions integration, welcome and finish page etc.
- Custom pages no longer flicker when created
- Added accelerator keys
- Added LangString and LangStringUP for user defined multilingual strings
- Added support for transparent check marks
- Added InitPluginsDir
- Renamed nsisconf.nsi to nsisconf.nsh
- Added CreateShortcut comment/description parameter
- Splash.exe is now a plugin (splash.dll)
- Added new plugins: System, AdvSplash, nsExec, UserInfo, BgImage, Banner and StartMenu
- !ifdef and friends can now be used in macros
- SendMessage can send strings (put STR: before a param) and supports timeouts
- Right mouse button "Copy to clipboard" context menu for the Details window
- Plugin syntax now requires dll name, e.g. dll::func not just func
- Licence text receives initial focus (page up & down work immediately, return key still works)
- Made win9x move/delete on reboot support proper and function like on win2k
- Now always loads RichEdit v2 if present (links work on Win9x)
- DeleteRegKey now complains if given a third parameter (other than /ifempty)
- RegDLL now works with DLLs dependent on DLLs from the same directory
- ${LANG_langName} defined as the language id when loading a NLF
- Fixed a few bugs that caused the installer to load slower than before
- Uninstall can now get command line parameters too
- Added ReserveFile
- Added ExDLL.h
- Included makensisw 1.9 (lots of changes)
- Updated InstallOptions
- Updated ZIP2EXE
- Updated HTTP download plugin, NSIS-dl (timeout added, better proxy detection)
- A lot of new language files
- A lot of new icons and check marks
- Changed section flags values
- SectionSetFlags can now set bold too
- SectionSetFlags now works in silent installers too
- SectionSetName for sub sections doesn't need '-' in front of the name
- Added SetPluginUnload
- Hidden section can now use SectionIn too
- File /nonfatal switch added
- Plugins no longer add size to their containing section
- Defines can now be used inside define names (${bla${blo}})
- New docs format (WOOHA!)
- EXE header size a lot smaller, 33.5KB for bzip2 and 34KB for zlib
- Lots of other bugs fixed...

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