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* What is New in version 6.21?
  Released November 23rd, 2006.

As always this new version of mIRC addresses many of the issues reported since 
the last release. A lot of time was spent tweaking features and fixing bugs.
Khaled worked on the installer, logfile handling, script error handling, as well as a 
handful of other things. Only a few new features and functions have been added, 
making this mainly a bugfix release. 

The mIRC installer has improved a lot! The installer now offers several pre-defined 
modes that allow you to choose between an Upgrade, Full or Custom install. It 
ensures that backups of old files are successful, reports error and aborts the 
installation if it failed for some reason. 

The IRC Servers dialog now uses a treeview to display the servers list. In response 
to this change the format of the servers.ini file has changed to accomodate for a 
larger amount of servers. The DNS routines have changed so that on connect the 
retrieved pool of IP addresses is randomised to spread the load across connections.

Preparing for a fully Vista (the new Windows) compliant version of mIRC several 
changes have been made. These incluse minor cosmetic issues, icons, a new 
help file in .chm format, etc. Also a command line option has been created that 
makes mIRC avoid all use of the registry. If this switch is used, mIRC stores 
registry information in the mirc.ini file in a [user] section, and does not modify 
registry to support irc:// links etc. This comes handy when you want to run mIRC 
from a memory stick or similar device.

A lot of changes have been made to the way mIRC names and stores logfiles. This 
is mainly done to prevent file corruption and loss of data when you open multiple 
server connections. mIRC tries to name and rename logfiles as smart as possible.  
Also, when settings are changed in the logging dialog, the logging state of windows 
and any open log filenames are now immediately updated to reflect the new settings. 
In previous versions new settings were only applied when a new window was created.

We hope to have smashed the confusing 'flash' and 'beep' options by adding a 
"Default" menu item to System Menu Flash/Beep items, allowing channel/query/chat 
windows to use the default settings as set in the Options/Sounds dialog. And disabling 
sounds in the Sounds dialog now does actually disable -all- sounds, even those using 
/splay or /beep. ;-)

For experienced users and scripting enthousiasts this new version has heaps of fixes, 
changes and other little thingies to play with. Some of the more useful changes for 
scripters are: an extension to the /toolbar command that allows you to customize your 
toolbar, it now has a new switch that makes mIRC remember your current toolbar settings 
and reload them automatically the next time you run mIRC; the /window -h behaviour has
been fixed so that you can hide Status windows from the switchbar; the on WAVEEND 
event now triggers as it should; Regular expression support has been improved and 
resolves gpf and speed issues in the previous version; script $error handling should 
work better now; and /drawrot is now much faster. We encourage you to explore the 
versions.txt file for all changes. Some changes are obvious, some need getting used 
to - please take your time to play with them and see how they work. 

In total there have been over 80 changes in this version and although most of them 
are bug fixes or small tweaks, we hope that they result in a more useful and stable 
mIRC for you. 

Tjerk Vonck.
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Full list of Fixes, Changes and Additions in mIRC 6.21:

1.Fixed $timer().secs bug when used with /timer HH:MM.
2.Fixed right-click on disabled toolbar button popping up menu.
3.Fixed treebar and toolbar using same key accelerator in the view
  menu.
4.Changed wording in help file for /windows -D.
5.Changed /winhelp to allow help system to search for help file if
  it's not found in the mIRC folder.
6.Fixed /toolbar -z3 not loading actual icon size from an .ico file.
7.Fixed pressing spacebar in channel nicklist not popping up correct
  menu.
8.Fixed bug with popup menus displayed using spacebar in notify/url
  listboxes.
9.Fixed passive dcc send bug rejecting files in dcc ignore list.
10.Fixed /window -h not being able to hide status window switchbar
   buttons.
11.Fixed various tabbed text display bugs in @window text/listbox.
12.Fixed scripts reacting to superfuous windows mouse move messages.
13.Fixed display bug in reversed tabbed text in listbox @windows.
14.Fixed dcc get window not being auto-closed on time-out in some
   situations.
15.Improved /drawrot, now faster and supports float values.
16.Changed the way mIRC displays popup menus so that it triggers
   the WM_INITMENUPOPUP for plugin developers.
17.The LOADINFO structure now returns a minor version value that is
   right-padded with zeros, eg. "6 20".
18.Fixed /drawpic parameter parsing bug.
19.Fixed windows taking focus when mIRC is not the active application.
20.Fixed $regsubex() bug with \0 parameter and various other
   characters.
21.Added $regsubex() \A parameter, non-spaced version of \a.
22.Fixed issue with $lactive not always returning a value.
23.Fixed horizontal scrollbar bug in tabbed listbox @windows.
24.Optimized display speed of text in windows and listboxes.
25.Improved /window -b speed.
26.Improved $network return value when connected/disconnected when on
   networks that use different network names in numerics 001/005.
27.Fixed $dialog().focus not working correctly with comboboxes.
28.Added on HOTLINK support for $() and %var in matchtext.
29.When drag-dropping files on listboxes the listbox item under the
   mouse is now highlighted.
30.Fixed query windows in treebar/switchbar not being re-sorted on a
   nickname change.
31.Added Minimize/Close All menu items to treebar folder menus.
32.Fixed script editor bug deleting very long lines instead of
   truncating them.
33.Fixed /window -c gpf bug when several status windows are open and
   the first status window is closed.
34.Fixed $window().state bug.
35.Added $window().sbstate/tbstate, return switchbar/treebar button
   state for a window.
36.Updated library to PCRE v6.7, fixes various bugs.
37.Updated support files to openssl v0.9.8b.
38.Fixed on WAVEEVEND event not being triggered correctly.
39.Fixed switchbar fill display bug.
40.Fixed $didwm() bug not handling blank lines in editboxes.
41.Fixed DCC Get behaviour if download folder does not exist.
42.Fixed logging bug where logfiles were being lost if "make folder"
   was enabled and the same status window was used to connect to
   different networks.
43.Fixed $eval() parsing bug when passed more than two parameters.
44.Fixed nested $regsubex() gpf bug.
45.Extended commandline -r and -i parameters to accept non-full
   paths.
46.IRC Servers dialog now uses a treeview to display the servers list.
47.Fixed $inellipse() bug.
48.Fixed kill event handling bug.
49.Fixed $regml() bug.
50.Fixed log filenames handling bug.
51.Changed DNS routine so that it now randomizes the retrieved pool
   of IP addresses to spread the load across connections.
52.Fixed /btrunc bug.
53.Added /server -z switch, minimizes new status window.
54.Fixed numeric 345 not triggering on RAW event.
55.Fixed dcc send time-out bug when sending empty file.
56.Added command line switch -portable to make mIRC avoid use of the
   registry, and $portable identifier.
57.Fixed gif transparency issues.
58.Added 48 x 48 icon to mIRC icon for Vista.
59.Fixed minor cosmetic issues when running under Vista.
60.Fixed /window -h not hiding desktop @window when it is first
   created.
61.Fixed Alt+N behaviour, when switchbar/treebar was enabled
   Alt+N was selecting windows hidden with /window -h.
62.Added Lock Bars option to toolbar/switchbar/treebar menus.
63.Fixed treebar not remembering /window -i item open/closed state
   when jumping between server items in treebar list.
64.Fixed treebar not placing /window -z windows at end of list. This
   affects custom @windows as well as other windows whose original
   server window has been closed.
65.Fixed Control+Minimize lock bug. Windows opened on the desktop
   are now also minimized and locked, and system menus are no longer
   usable without unlocking.
66.Fixed editor dialog not remembering correct position if Windows
   tray was in top/left position.
67.Fixed /editbox not working with minimized/hidden windows.
68.Added /toolbar -f[lsd] switches, load/save/delete toolbar in
   toolbar.ini file. mIRC auto-loads toolbar.ini on startup.
69.Fixed $rand() floating point handling bug.
70.Changed PCRE compile options, previous change had resulted in
   a significant performance decrease.
71.Fixed $error being reset when an alias/identifier is called in the
   :error section without using /reseterror.
72.Fixed regex identifiers not handling script errors correctly.
73.Fixed logfiles bug resulting in lost or corrupted logfiles when
   connecting to multiple servers.
74.Fixed reload logfiles bug when lines prefixed with both color
   codes and timestamps.
75.Fixed channel topic/mode bug, were not being cleared correctly
   on reconnecting to a server.
76.Fixed Treebar folder icon display bug.
77.Added "Single click on tray icon to open" option to tray dialog.
78.When settings are changed in logging dialog, the logging state of
   windows and any open log filenames are now immediately updated to
   reflect new settings.
79.Added "Flash on chat message" option to IRC Options dialog.
80.Added "Beep on chat message" option to Sounds dialog.
81.Disabling sounds in the Sounds dialog now does actually disable
   all sounds, even those using /splay or /beep.
82.Fixed bug with Background pictures not applying correct display
   method (center, fill, etc.) in some cases.
83.Added new sound events to the Sounds dialog.
84.Fixed DCC Send/Get progress bar display bug, was not showing
   completed transfer in some situations.
85.Fixed incorrect evaluation of parameters containing $nulls when
   passed to identifiers.
86.Fixed /ctcps, /events, and /remote not handling "off" parameter
   correctly.
87.Fixed $fline() and $line() returning results when "listbox"
   specified and used with a non-listbox window.