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V3.0.1004 31/October/2012

•Increased the maximum number of compound keys to 100
 

V3.0.1003 29/August/2012

•Fixed a bug where the match key mode would be displayed as being set to windows but internally was using BIOS mode
•Fixed a bug when running as a plugin for BurnInTest where  the exit button was not correctly signalling the test had ended to BurnInTest
 

V3.0.1002 27/July/2012

•Added Mouse Move and Mouse Drift tests
 

V3.0.1001 15/March/2012

•Modified keys are now supported.
•Hotkeys are disabled when the same combinations are being used by a modified key.
•Pressed down color of keys can now be specified (from a choice of 4 colors).
 

V3.0.1000 25/June/2007

•LED's now flash individually during the LED test as well as all-off and all-on.
•Vista Support
•In batch mode an new option is present to set the number of times a key needs to be pressed to pass the test.
•New colors added to signify too many/too few key presses in batch mode.
•Legend of color codes added to main window.
 

V2.2.1011 17/January/2006

•KeyboardTest can now be used as a PassMark BurnInTest V5.0 (or higher) plugin test, to allow a 'batch' mode type test from within BurnInTest. This allows for integrated testing and result reporting with other system hardware components.
 

V2.2.1009 15/March/2005

•Corrected a bug where the Batchmode KTSTATUSNOTESTFAIL option for  a "fail immediately" key was incorrectly reset to a real key after  the first time this short was encountered, thereby only finding the short the one used to find a short that produced a keycode not on the keyboard,  but in the .kbl.
•Time between two key presses now measured and displayed.
•A LED test has been added to the main window to flash the VK_NUMLOCK, VK_CAPITAL and VK_SCROLL LEDs.
•Hotkeys added for the Main window buttons: TestLEDs, Clear, Fail Test (Batch mode only), Help, About and Exit.
 

V2.2.1008 2/January/2004

Minor Release.

•Time between two key presses now measured and displayed.
•A LED test has been added to the main window to flash the VK_NUMLOCK, VK_CAPITAL and VK_SCROLL LEDs.
•Hotkeys added for the Main window buttons: Clear, Fail Test (Batch mode only), Help, About and Exit.
 

V2.2.1007 7/November/2003

Minor Release.

•Added a new key type for batch mode testing to allow the detection and failure of invalid individual keycodes.
 

V2.2.1006 6/November/2003

Minor Release.

•For Keys that the user has specified not to test, but have been pressed down, the key status was incorrectly reset at the end of a test or on the clearing of results. This has been corrected.
 

V2.2.1005 4/November/2003

Minor Release.

•Included the checking of combinations of faulty keys on a key being pressed down (previously key matching was only performed after the key came back up).
 

V2.2.1004 15/Sept/2003

Minor Release.

•Allowed programmed keyboard strings that include the <Enter> character, to be used as a shortcut for entering the Keyboard Serial Number.
 

V2.2.1003 12/May/2003

•Minor Release.
•Fixed display bug for duplicate keys that have the same  scan code, but different OEM codes. (e.g. the shift keys)
•Fixed minor bitmap display issue.
 

V2.1.1002  3/Apr/2003

Minor Release.

•The ability to test Mouse buttons has now been added.
•The support of duplicate keys (eg. A left and right space bar) has been added.
•The support for the automatic detection of a keyboard row or column short has been added.
 

V2.1.1001  28/Feb/2003

Minor patch.

•Bug correction for /f functionality at startup.
•Minor changes to compound key handling.
 

V2.1.1000  25/Feb/2003:

Major Release:

•It is now possible to run KeyboardTest in a Batch mode. This allows testing of large numbers and types of keyboards in a methodical recorded manner. It ensures useful test information is captured and saved in a test log file for future reference. Captured information includes, the test operator's identification, the keyboard product & batch identifications, the keyboard serial number and version.
•When run in batch mode, KeyboardTest now automatically detects test end passed. This together with user verification is logged to the test log file for future reference. The keyboard can be failed at any time during the test or on requested user verification. A reason from a list of failure reasons will also be logged.
•KeyboardTest now supports compound keys to allow testing of an even greater range of keyboards.
•To more conveniently allow the testing of a large number of keyboard types, the number of different keyboard layouts that can be loaded at the same time has been increased from 20 to 100.
•A specific keyboard layout can now be loaded at startup by using the /k <filename> on the command line.

 

V2.0.1000  8/Nov/2002:

Major Release:

•It is now possible for users to add their own keyboard layouts. This is done via keyboard layout files and keyboard image files. A keyboard layout file contains all the information about each key on the keyboard. Scan codes, position, size, etc.
•Up to 20 different keyboard layouts can be loaded at the same time.
•Support for Windows XP look and feel.

 

V1.0.1002  22/Sept/2002

Minor patch.

•The ‘/f’ command line option was added to enable key filtering upon startup.

 

V1.0.1001  14/Oct/2001

Minor patch.

•The main window can now be resized, the keyboard image will be scaled to fit.

 

V1.0.1000  22/Sept/2001

First release.

•The first full release of Keyboard test