Release 1.4.4

Current release · 15 July 2026

Build: signed-setup-public-website

• Added a signed per-user Inno Setup installer.
• Added a separately signed silent setup that installs without prompts or visible setup windows.
• Added the public product, help, FAQ, versions, legal, and privacy pages.
• Updated the GUI website link to this product page.

Past versions

2026-07-22 18:22:00 | Version=1.4.2 | Build=daily-installation-id | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Setup.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Silent-Setup.exe | Aenderungen=GUI checks versions.txt at most once daily with a stable random installation_id; no hardware or personal derivation; running programs are never closed by build or setup.
2026-07-15 16:10:51 | Version=1.4.1 | Build=start-menu-product-name | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges-Setup.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Silent-Setup.exe | Aenderungen=Changed the installed Start Menu product folder and primary shortcut to AmrumSoftware\Tycho known objects and added upgrade cleanup for the previous Known Object Ranges group.
2026-07-15 16:00:15 | Version=1.4.1 | Build=silent-setup-help | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges-Setup.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Silent-Setup.exe | Aenderungen=Added silent installation guidance to the packaged Windows help and rebuilt both signed installer artifacts.
2026-07-15 15:50:30 | Version=1.4.1 | Build=additional-silent-setup | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges-Silent-Setup.exe | Aenderungen=Added a separate signed one-file setup that installs in fully silent mode by default, forwards optional Inno Setup parameters, returns the embedded installer exit code, and removes its temporary payload.
2026-07-15 15:27:34 | Version=1.4.1 | Build=signed-setup-public-website | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Setup.exe | Aenderungen=Added a signed per-user Inno Setup installer and a complete public product website with downloads, help, FAQ, versions, legal notice, privacy information, and release verification; the GUI website link now opens the product page.
2026-07-15 13:34:28 | Version=1.4.0 | Build=exact-limit-short-exports | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe | Aenderungen=CLI adds --limit-magnitude with an exact decimal value and a default of 22.5; every selected format receives an additional compact file containing only the magnitude limit, lower and upper Motion, and lower and upper PA.
2026-07-15 13:15:07 | Version=1.3.0 | Build=flat-single-html-output | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe | Aenderungen=Default GUI and CLI results now write directly into the selected data folder without a known_object_ranges_results directory; the website is one self-contained known_objects.html with embedded CSS, JavaScript, logo, version history, analysis data, and on-demand JSON/TXT/CSV downloads.
2026-07-15 13:01:52 | Version=1.2.0 | Build=minimized-first-image-plate-check | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe | Aenderungen=Tycho mode 18 now stays minimized by default, can be maximized only with --tycho-maximized, validates WCS plus third-order SIP before launch, returns CLI exit code 3 for Solved No, suppresses tracebacks for runtime failures, and loads only the first aligned FITS image.
2026-07-15 11:09:35 | Version=1.1.0 | Build=confirmed-fits-analysis | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe | Aenderungen=GUI now recognizes FITS-only data folders and asks whether to run a separate hidden Tycho mode-18 analysis; CLI adds explicit --analyze-with-tycho, Tycho path, timeout, status, and validation support.
2026-07-15 10:09:58 | Version=1.0.1 | Build=pa-unwrapped-upper | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe | Aenderungen=For PA ranges crossing 360/0 degrees, the exported upper limit now receives 360 degrees and is therefore always greater than the lower limit; rebuilt GUI, CLI, and local website.
2026-07-15 10:00:00 | Version=1.0.0 | Build=windows-gui-cli | Artefakt=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe | Aenderungen=Initial Windows GUI and CLI with cumulative magnitude limits, circular PA handling, JSON/TXT/CSV exports, and a local website.
2026-09-13 19:18:00 | Version=1.4.3 | Build=StorageSeparation | Artefakte=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Setup.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Silent-Setup.exe | Aenderungen=Program files under LocalAppData Programs; writable state in the E project workdir for profile Nutzer or Documents for normal users; identity folder contains only installation-id.txt; installer backups on N; TEMP/TMP warning and GUI single instance.
2026-10-02 07:18:00 | Version=1.4.4 | Build=portable-installer-backup | Artefakte=KnownObjectRanges.exe; KnownObjectRangesCLI.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Setup.exe; KnownObjectRanges-Silent-Setup.exe | Aenderungen=Installer backups use N:\installer-backups\KnownObjectRanges when N exists and otherwise create installer-backups\KnownObjectRanges in the current user profile.