DjVu Shell Extension Pack

Introduction
DjVu Shell Extention Pack integrates DjVu decoding features to Windows.
- Showing thumbnails of DjVu files on Explorer. (XP/Vista/7)
- Showing preview on Windows Photo Gallery/Windows Live Photo Gallery*
- DjVu decode with .NET Framework 3.0 or later*
- Viewing/Editing DjVu properties directly on Explorer. (Vista/7)
Each feature with * is a major feature of WIC (Windows Imaging Component) codec. For more information about WIC, see the following resources:
Windows Imaging Component (Wikipedia)
Windows Imaging Component Overview (for developers)
FastPictureViewer (by Axel Rietschin Software Developments) is one of the most useful viewer, which takes the advantages of DjVu Shell Extension Pack.
Supported Environments:
- Windows XP SP2/SP3
- Windows Vista (RTM/SP1)
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
Download
Setup for x86 systems (Mar 1, 2010)
Setup for x64 systems (Mar 1, 2010)
Click [Open] on the File Download dialog and [Yes] on Security Warning.
Please verify that each binary you downloaded is properly signed with Caminova's certificate.
History
- Mar 1, 2010 (Build r23284)
Maintenance release due to recent SDK change.
- Nov 19, 2009 (Build r22578)
Minor stability and DjVu compatibility fixes.
- Aug 11, 2009 (Build r21305)
Minor updates to installer. (UAC dialog now correctly shows product name).
- Jul 21, 2009 (Build r21074)
UPDATE: Now also supports thumbnails on Windows XP.
- Jul 16, 2009 (Build r21030)
FIXED: WIC codec cannot decode DjVu files correctly on normal apps.
- Jul 12, 2009 (Build r20946)
Update based on regression test using ifilttst.
- Jul 10, 2009 (Build r20922)
IFilter now tokenizes every word according to DjVu's text structure.
- Jun 26, 2009 (Build r20726)
Now IFilter is one module of DjVu Shell Extension Pack.
FIXED: Window Live Photo Gallery cannot show DjVu files on Windows x64.
- May 17, 2009 (Build r20339)
Fixes DjVu decoding issue (according to SDK fix).
- Apr 10, 2009 (Build r20192)
Fixes the installation (COM registration) issue on r 20180.
- Apr 6, 2009 (Build r20180)
Minor stability update.
- Jan 20, 2009 (Build 19087)
FIXED: Preview handler might block explorer process.
FIXED: WIC codec might crash explorer.
- Dec 24, 2008
Preview handler is now fully multi-threaded.
Preview handler now unlocks the original file as soon as possible if the file is relatively small and fit into the memory. (to deal with other applications)
- Dec 22, 2008
FIXED: the WIC codec of the previous release does not work on certain environment.
Now properties are in shared annotation. (But also checks the properties on the first page on decode.)
- Nov 20, 2008
Now the package is properly signed using Celartem, Inc.'s certificate.
Now uses PDF DocInfo compatible property names to conform to the djvuchanges.txt.
Timestamps are now in RFC 3339.
Now escapes all the backslashes in annotation.
- Nov 4, 2008
There's an issue on packaging of the Nov 3 version. This is just a repackaged version. If you don't have any problems with the previous version, you don't have to update to this version.
- Nov 3, 2008
Fixes several minor issues reported so far.
Now installer has Celartem's code sign.
- Jun 22, 2008
FIXED: Resolution, Pixel Dimensions information cannot be obtained on property page if no editable properties are set.
- Jan 30, 2008
FIXED: License expires on the previous release.
FIXED: x64 version cannot instanciated on Outlook 2007.
Rendering speed of the preview handler is tremendously improved.
- Dec 12, 2007
Introduces property store.
- Dec 1, 2007
Introduces WIC codec and now also supports Windows XP.
- May 29, 2007
DjVu files which contains too many pages cannot be opened.
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Last update: Mar 1, 2010 (JST)