2019-12-27

• More fixes for /fpermissive-.
• Preview of fb2k v1.6 output API extensions.

2019-11-29

• foobar2000 v1.5 stable
• Fixed rare race condition in read-ahead helper code.
• Fixed rare CListControl crash.
• Added helper methods to copy creation/modification time between files.

2019-09-18

• Visual Studio 2019 compatibility improvements.

2019-09-04

• libPPUI work-in-progress and binary size optimizations; new extensible system of CListControl cells.
• Added playback stream capture sample.
• Latest foobar2000 v1.5 beta API additions: input_playback_shim, input_info_filter.
• Corrected outdated info in readme doc.
• Default target is now foobar2000 1.4 and newer (API 79).

2019-07-26

• libPPUI fixes.
• Added dynamic main menu item example.

2019-07-09

• Introducing libPPUI, replacing old helpers/ATLHelpers tools.
• libPPUI contains all helper code that is not foobar2000-specific; it can be utilized in foobar2000 components as well as separate unrelated programs. It comes with an unrestrictive license.
• Published CListControl source code (now part of libPPUI), which is the basis of the Default User Interface playlist view.
• Published new programming interfaces introduced with foobar2000 v1.5.
• Everything should compile with /fpermissive-.
• Due to structural changes (code moved from helpers to libPPUI), existing source code may need editing (different #includes) to compile.

2019-06-30

• Fixed WTL v10 compatibility.

2019-06-17

• Published async_task_manager & fb2k::splitTask() API for v1.4.5 and newer.
• New modules in sample component.
• Removed unnecessary OverrideCrtAbort() on component init if compiling for DLL VC runtime.

2018-10-11

• Published file_lock_manager API.

2018-09-29

• PFC bug fixes
• UI helpers (edit-with-button) bug fixes
• Updated sample component, added I/O test
• Added helper code to format audio peak in decibels
• Filesystem API cleanups
• Added fb2k::sort() - abortable multithreaded quicksort - now used for track sorting operations
• Added preferences_state::needs_rescan_library (understood by v1.4.1 and up)
• Documentation updates
• Helpers: Updated read-ahead-cache reader wrapper
• Bumped highest allowed audio_chunk sample rate to deal with DSD

2018-03-06

• Added filesystem_v2, filesystem_transacted, user_interface_v2, ui_element_common_methods_v3 APIs introduced in 1.4 beta 7.
• Added framework to create UI Elements hosting other UI Elements - see ATLHelpers / ui_element_helpers.h.

2018-02-05

• Added input_stream_manipulator, replaygain_alter_stream and replaygain_scanner_entry_v2 for new ReplayGain scanner in 1.4 beta 4.
• Added ui_element_subclass_dsp
• Bug fixes to helpers, CEditWithButtons in particular. Reusing in your own projects is welcome.
• A less restrictive license - common sense cannot be enforced.

2018-01-11

• Visual Studio 2017 project files included and working out-of-the-box.
• foobar2000 v1.4 beta features included. You can now declare decoders that correctly appear in the list.
• The SDK is backwards-compatible with foobar2000 v1.3, you can enable v1.4 features without breaking v1.3 compatibility.
• PFC namespacing cleaned up, some code may need fixing to correctly reference PFC classes that were in the global namespace before.
• Various internal tweaks to allow smaller component DLLs.
• foo_sample updated, added metadb_index_client+metadb_display_field_provider+track_property_provider demo (rating.cpp).

2015-08-03

• Now Visual Studio 2015 compatible. Fixed FOOGUIDDECL (__declspec(selectany)) abuse which was originally added to deal with MSVC6 bug.
• PFC updates from foobar2000 mobile. PFC now compatible with WinRT, works in Windows Store / Windows Phone / Windows Universal apps.
• Added C++11 lamba helpers for use with main_thread_callback and completion_notify.
• Out-of-the-box working foo_sample.sln

2015-01-14

• Big update, lots of helper classes and structure changes from foobar2000 mobile codebase.
• New callInMainThreadHelper class for simplified main_thread_callback use. See main_thread_callback.h
• PFC library is now public domain (unlicense).
• PFC library works on all major platforms - OSX, iOS, Linux.
• PFC library now provides OS basic abstraction for common objects such as threads.

2014-07-02

• Corrected CPowerRequest.h not compiling in VS 2010.

2014-06-30

• New metadb API methods introduced in foobar2000 v1.3 - see SDK readme file for details.
• Published audio output component specification, along with foobar2000 v1.2 extensions for volume control.
• foobar2000 v1.3 or newer required to run components made with this SDK.

2011-03-11

• Included decode_postprocessor API - for transparent HDCD and DTS decoding.
• Included project files for Visual Studio 10.
• foobar2000 v1.1 or newer required to run components made with this SDK.

2010-10-02

• Clarified preferences page API documentation to warn about known source of spooky crashes.
• Updated preferences page framework in ATLHelpers to workaround the above.

2010-05-21

• Preliminary documentation for upcoming foobar2000 1.1 features.

2010-01-19

• Sample code updates, new UI Element sample.
• Helper macro bug fix (thanks musicmusic).
• New measures to make certain types of crashes easier to track.

2010-01-09

• Updated to include foobar2000 v1.0 features - components built with this SDK require foobar2000 v1.0 or newer.
• Completely new sample component demonstrating various functionality.
• Included Default User Interface element specifications.
• Improved compatibility with MSVC10.

2008-11-29

• Fixed invalid data handling bugs in string manipulation helpers.

2008-09-22

• Fixed a major bug in the Decoder Validator component.
• Updated documentation of various DSP related APIs.

2008-07-20

• Fixed a bug in context menu generation code.

2008-07-10

• Added access to new features introduced in foobar2000 0.9.5.4: extensions to the autoplaylist APIs, new API to access Media Library Search user interface.
• Updated documentation - including notes regarding future compatibility and planned changes the library_manager API.
• Updated Decoder Validator component.

2008-05-27

• Added access to new features introduced in foobar2000 0.9.5.3: extensions to search_filter and autoplaylist_client APIs, replaygain_scanner API.
• Updated documentation.

2008-04-19

• Added access to new features introduced in foobar2000 versions 0.9.5, 0.9.5.1 and 0.9.5.2. Version 0.9.5 or newer is now required to load components made with this SDK.
• Structural changes in included helper libraries, some parts of them now depend on WTL.
• Updated documentation.
• Updated Decoder Validator component.

2007-02-04

• Fixed pfc::sort performance problem.

2006-11-29

• Added access to new features introduced in 0.9.4. Version 0.9.4 or newer is required to load components made with this SDK.

2006-07-30

• Resolved incompatibility with _expand() behaviors on Windows Vista. It is recommended to recompile all components built with older versions of the SDK with an updated version to avoid incompatibility with Windows Vista.