History of Changes

Current version 1.0b2 (January 8, 1999): [ Download Now! ]

Bug Fixes:

Fixed some errors with importing files.
Cleaned up some error-handling code to be more robust.

Enhancements:

There are several sound events in Apple's current implementation which share sounds, there is now a list of these sounds available online in "Help" menu. Future versions of SSC will better warn you when you're changing a sound that may effect other sound events.
A new icon thanks to David Kha. I want to thank everyone who sent in icons. All the icons I got for submission will be on display in the About box.
Added 'vers' resources (version strings) to sound set files when they're created. You should open any sound sets you've created and save as into a new file so the files pick up the new resources. Future versions of SSC will use the version strings to provide you with information about the file and to assist in updating to new file formats.

Version 1.0b1 (November 8, 1998):

Bug Fixes:

The popup menu controls weren't properly initializing themselves.
Fixed a problem where dragging a sound to a menu, then selecting "none," then dragging a new sound wouldn't update the name of the popup menu.
The "Sounds List" window wasn't drawing with the correct, Theme-savvy background color.
The tool button palette wasn't drawing with the correct, Theme-savvy background color.

Enhancements:

The "Sounds List" window now opens itself close to the right edge of the screen. I found it was a pain to open it and then move it out of the way when I wanted to set some sounds. Let me know if this should: a) remain automatic, b) should be a Preferences setting to control the window's position or c) SSC should remember where you last dragged the window to and then open it up in that spot.
Made the About Box slightly more useful.

Notes:

There were some bug reports about the "New" item in the "File" menu not enabling when SSC is opened. When you open SSC it implicitly starts a new, ready-to-use Theme sound set file.
SSC now checks the size of the sound file you're importing and will warn you if you try to use a sound that's greater than 350K.
I'm begging any of SSC's users with artistic ability to design a new icon for it (unless you all like the taco).
If you use Kaleidoscope or some of the illicit copies of the Mac OS 8.5 Themes floating around, you may notice that the windows don't always respect every aspect of a Theme. I'm working on being more Theme-savvy so bear with me.
Removed the "Debug" menu.
I went to beta more the hell of it rather than reaching any major milestone. I just got sick of being alpha.

Version 1.0a7 (October 30, 1998):

Bug Fixes:

Fixed the parsing of some of the sound event resources.
SSC now warns you if you attempt to quit if you you've made changes to a document.
Fixed a bug where opening the "Overview" window would cause the program to crash or exit.

Enhancements:

Figured out more sound resources and enabled more sound options. Look for more enabled popup menus around the inteface! [Note to Apple: if anyone there wants to give me resource ID list, please feel free!!!]
If you option-click a sound in the "Sounds List" window you get a little info box about the sound.
Added dialogs that warn you about certain issues with Mac OS 8.5's current implementation of theme sounds. The main issue is that some sound events share the same sound.
Added preference option to control whether you see the above dialogs.
Utilized more internal communication through AppleEvents.
SSC now accepts the 'open' AppleEvent (for use with AppleScript) for opening itself and/or a sound set file.

Notes:

Opening files still needs a little more work, which unfortunately isn't exactly little.
SSC doesn't properly update the controls when a sound is choosen for a particular event that is also used by other sound events. I'm working on the best way to do this.
After this release, I'll only do one more alpha before this thing goes to beta. I want to get it done so please beat on it. I really want to do an update to my other program, SwitcherSetter, so I'd like to get SSC in the bag.

Version 1.0a6 (October 25, 1998):

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where an open window would not be updated after a user opened a sound set file. [Note: opening a file currently closes all the open windows.]
Command-W closes the Overview window.
The width of the popup menus in the Menu Sounds windows are now the correct length.
Fixed major bugs in the saving code. Modifying a file and then saving it works correctly (finally).

Enhancements:

You can now drag-and-drop sound set files from the Finder onto SSC's icon and it will open them up.
Added the ever popular "Save As..." command to the file menu. Works like you'd expect.
You can now open sound set files not created by SSC (but you will not be able to view the sound's name).

Notes:

There's still no prompt if you quit without saving your changes.

Current version is 1.0a5 (October 21, 1998):

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug introduce in 1.0a4 where a sound associated with an event would be erased from a popup menu when the window was hidden and then shown again.
Fixed a bug where none of the play sound buttons were drawn on the "Utility" pane of the "Window Sounds" window.
Fixed a bug where selecting "Build sound list..." from the File menu would sometimes draw the window twice and/or prompt you to select a sounds folder twice.
The resource ID# for the sound to empty the trash is now set correctly.

Enhancements:

All the sounds in the Theme sound set file now have their SysHeap bit set.
The sound for launching an application in the Finder has its preload bit set.
Command-W closes the frontmost window.
SoundSet Constructor's memory requirement was increased to 2048K.
Added Balloon Help strings to the popup menus to describe the sound event in detail.
Reorganized the Windows menu and button palette to place "Drag Sounds" last.
Added better internal identifiers for all the sounds and their categories.
Enhanced the file format a little to allow more information about sounds when they're saved.
Added a new window, "Overview," which shows a list of currently defined sounds logically grouped by type in a Finder-list view. From here you can see an overview of all the sounds and what they're set to so you can quickly scan your current sound set and then make changes. You can also click the "Verify Sounds" button to check your currently unsaved sound set and see if any sounds have moved or are missing. Sounds in italics can't be located at their original location. NOTE: This feature is still under development but I thought it was better to get this version out the door than delay it any further!

Notes:

I'm going to integrate the sounds that are identified in the "Drag Sounds" window into other windows. This isn't happening for this release, but I want to clean up the interface.
SoundSet Constructor currently only supports System 7 sounds (when you Get Info on the sound file, it's kind is "sound"). Since it uses QuickTime it will import other sounds, but they won't save correctly. Please make sure you are only using System 7 sounds (type: sfile, creator: movr).

Version 1.0a4 (October 19, 1998):

Fixed many of the "NilObjectException" errors that users were seeing.
Support for opening a file created with SoundSet Constructor has been greatly improved.
Support included for the quit AppleEvent.

Version 1.0a3 (October 18, 1998):

Double-clicking on a sound in the "Sounds List" window plays the sound.
Added a "Verify Sounds" button to the "Sounds List" window. Clicking this button will make sure that the sound files in the window actually exist in their original location. If a file has been moved, it's name turns italic to indicate that the sound can't be found in its original location. Coming soon, a way to fix this!
Choosing 'none' from a popup window now correctly resets the sound.
Completely rewrote the popup menu custom class to be more efficient and easier to expand.
Bugs with replacing filenames on the popup menus should be fixed.
Saving works better, but opening a file still needs some work.

Version 1.0a2 (October 15, 1998):

After selecting "Build sounds list..." from the file menu, the menu item changes to "Add to sounds list..." You can then select another folder with sounds to add to the list.
Fixed the play button and rewrote the code to be more efficient.
Status line and menu items now accurately reflect whether a file is currently opened.
Limited support for opening a file. You can now open Theme sound set files you created with SoundSet Constructor. However, you cannot open the Apple Theme sound files and look inside them. That's coming soon however.
Various other improvements.

Version 1.0a1 (October 14, 1998):

Completely redesigned the app and interface, mainly because the old interface didn't offer most of the options and also because the disk with all my source code was damaged :(.
Did I mention that this is entirely new from the ground up?
Saving works, mostly.
You cannot yet open Theme sound sets that you create with SSC.
Menu items still don't disable/enabled themselves in the right places but it shouldn't get in the way.
I haven't figured out all the mappings for sound files so some of the popup menus for selecting sounds are grayed out until I get a handle on all the sound mappings.
Apple posted a $106 million dollar profit today which I think is an amazing testament to all the hard work being done there.
Go out and buy Mac OS 8.5 this weekend!!! You won't be disappointed...it rocks!
A much better website is coming...

Version 1.0d1:

This is a developmental build so it's really buggy.
Saving works, but you can't open a file to edit it.
I haven't identified every element in the sound set files, but I'm working on it.
Menus don't disable themselves when they should.
Nothing in the Edit menu works.
There's balloon help only on some of the items.
The play button may not work all the time.
Many others, please let me know what you find!
The only two Macs I have to test this on are a G3/266 and a G3/300 (poor me), so let me know what feels slow or sluggish. Everything feels fast on my computers.