Changes in wyBuild & wyUpdate

v1.2 (January 1, 2009)

• wyBuild:
  • You can now build updates from the commandline
  • Trials are now 14 non-consecutive days (that is, if your try it January 1st, forget about for a month, then try it again February 1st, you still have 13 trial days left.)
  • Rename to wyBuild
  • "Build updates" crashes when a version range other than oldest/newest is chosen.
  • Executables in the temp folder should be allowed to run before or after the update.
  • The 'client.wyc' file shouldn't be delta compressed (because it will always fail to patch, thus bandwidth is being wasted)
  • Crash when a new folder created in the FTP browser is double clicked.
  • When files fail to upload the error message is vague and useless.
  • Update the Greek & Russian languages.
  • Added Brazilian Portuguese language (thanks Jenner).
  • Some minor UI speed issues fixed.
  • Obscure bug where the version tab selected didn't match the version info/files/reg shown.
• wyUpdate:
  • Gracefully handle Shut Down & Log Off requests while your product is being updated (WM_QUERYENDSESSION & WM_ENDSESSION).
  • When parsing 'basedir', make sure there's always a trailing '\'

v1.1 (December 10, 2008)

• General:
  • Loading translation files is now significantly faster.

v1.0.1 (October 14, 2008)

• Designer:
  • The Files/Folders didn't remember their selection
  • The wrong language was being built with the client.
  • Update the Greek & Russian languages.

v1.0 Final (October 11, 2008)

• General:
  • Progress bars now show the total progress, not the progress of each step.
  • Prevent malformed files from causing the Client and the Designer to freeze.
  • Keep the File and Folder Info panel to a (relatively) constant size.
  • Rename to new, less tacky, product name. Officially retire "InstantUpdate"
  • New wyUpdate Designer icons
  • Both Designer and the Client failed to work in Windows 2003 Server SP3 due to a faulty manifest file.
  • Strings that had characters that weren't single-byte UTF-8 crashed the Designer and the Client
• Installer:
  • The uninstaller was missing the header graphic
  • .NET download canceled shows a message box (should show finish screen with a warning)
  • The installer didn't launch wyUpdate Designer with user privileges.
• wyUpdate Professional Designer:
  • Allow switching between Professional & Express editions of wyUpdate Designer
  • Keep track of previous revision of full projects, not just the changed files. The designer will automatically detect which files have changed when creating updates.
  • Byte patching which create much smaller update files.
• wyUpdate Designer (in general):
  • Undo / Redo throughout the Designer
  • Allow you to rename the client file to wyUpdate.exe upon self-update
  • An exception was thrown when typing in the "English Name" box in the language editor
  • Save before building updates. This assures that folders are available for output.
  • Multiple projects can be open at once
  • When building an update with a single *.exe set to execute the Designer gave the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
  • Detect missing files before the update has begun to be built.
  • When building update with a binary registry file that doesn't exist the error should show
  • Add the option to compress the server files.
  • Registry now correctly supports all possible types of input data (Int32, Int64, Binary data, etc.)
  • Create shortcuts only if previous shortcuts exist Property (fix in ProcessFileStructure)
  • add %oldversion% variable
  • Update patches make a list of folders to delete (if they're empty on the user's computer)
  • Add a "can't update" link for when a user tries to update software for which there's no update.
  • Add an option to only add shortcuts if one or more shortcuts previously existed
  • Changing the local filename on an update file to contain a double backslash crashed the Designer.
  • The Update & Server site mirrors can be re-organized by drag-and-drop
  • Scrolling when dragging files, folders/ or sites
  • Proxy settings can be changed from the default of disabled altogether.
  • List files along with the folders on the FTP upload page
  • Rename "Client Appearance" to "Client Theme"
  • When editing filenames, the selection should end before the extension.
  • If opening a new project while editing an image or language template, discard the template changes.
  • Cascading folders with all the same name collapsed on themselves when moved.
  • Delete Files/Folders/Reg Changes on KeyDown instead of KeyUp.
  • Added the new Serbian translation by Ivan Stambolic, a new Russian translation by xVir, and the updated German translation by Maximilian Krauß.
  • Fixed a minor English typo.
  • When a project without a product name is opened, the History List should show "Untitled Project" instead of a blank.
  • Rename the 'Remove' menu items to 'Delete'
  • Change the New Folders and Add Folder icons to use the vista-style folder
  • Make a Scrollable version of FocusPanel (for translation editor)
  • Replace all menus with VistaMenu
  • Replace "Invalid characters" dialog with a tooltip with a warning icon appearing directly under the TreeView item being edited
  • Files and Folders are now sorted in the same way Windows sorts files and folders.
  • HistoryItem background gradient is occassionally 1px off
  • Warn on close if the project needs to be saved
  • Editing a registry value, and clicking another node, value should be set
  • Allow you to set a wyUpdate Client update site
  • The Designer selector's text was trimmed for some wide fonts.
• wyUpdate Client:
  • Added a customizable Link for products that can't be updated.
  • Add byte-patching
  • If the client fails patching files it should fall back on the catch-all update (if there is one)
  • Support zip compressed server files
  • Allow updating the client file (previously only allowed when upgrading from pre-RC2 client files)
  • Version numbers caused the client to crash when consecutive digits created a number greater than 4,294,967,295
  • Handle 'client.wyc' and old-style 'iuclient.iuc' and 'iuclient.iucz' files in client
  • Add option of removing bottom 2-px divider of the header for Align type of "Fill"
  • ExpandString registry values weren't backed up correctly
  • The 'update information' page now supports RichText with links.
  • All SSL certificates are accepted (including "self-signed" certificates).
  • Canceling the client when downloading from a bogus site take forever.
  • When proxy downloading fails, the download is tried again without the proxy.
  • New site mirrors should override previous mirrors. Don't add them,
  • The Client can be closed by the ESC key when on the Success or Error page.

v1.0 Release Candidate 2 (February 10, 2008)

• Overall:
  • All the executables are now code signed.
  • The correct system fonts are used.
• Installer:
  • Installer downloads .NET 2.0 SP1 if .NET 2.0 is not already installed.
  • Installer tried to install 64-bit .NET framework on 32-bit computers
  • .NET 2.0 installer failed if .NET 1.0 or 1.1 is already installed
  • Limit one instance of the installer to run at a time
  • Removed ExecDos from the installer.
  • The programs directory text box is now autocomplete.
• InstantUpdate Designer:
  • Multi-lingual support with translation editing.
  • Can now edit & remove appearance templates
  • Can drag & drop files and folders from Windows Explorer
  • Update-time variables (%basedir%) which can be used in registry values and commandline arguments
  • Header text now shown in the appearance preview.
  • Right click menus for registry changes, and upload & update site lists
  • Option to wait for execution before continuing the update
  • Designer starts much faster by loading things when they're needed and not before.
  • Startpage is easier on the eyes
  • "Test Client" is now "Preview client" to reflect the change in functionality
  • Produce a warning, instead of a crash, if a project fails to Open/Save
  • Remove the "Save As..." menu item.
  • The local path to a file can now be edited
  • Allow blank value names in registry (a.k.a. Default values)
  • Files and Folders treeview now saves it's toggle state, and the selected nodes
  • Files and folders stay in alphabetical order
  • Prompted if you're trying to overwrite an existing file or folder
  • Dragging files and folders showed the wrong information.
  • Command line switches weren't saved correctly
  • Several minor bugs related to uploading updates.
  • Keyboard accessibility improvements
  • On the first startup the Designer wasn't center screen.
  • Canceling out of the Save dialog crashed the designer.
  • Files opened with the Open button or menu didn't load properly.
  • Flickering under almost all conditions (resizing, dragging & dropping, etc.)
  • Variables infinitely looped under certain circumstances
  • Only files in the temp folder are able to be executed before and after the update .
  • Add the ".iup" extension automatically when saving
  • After editing a registry change it should remain visible, expanded, and selected.
  • If no output folder is set for update files or client files, try to create one.
  • Limited the designer to running only one instance at a time.
  • If building the client file fails, an error is shown rather than crashing.
• InstantUpdate Client:
  • Self update algorithm improved considerably.
  • Uninstall added files, folders & registry by passing '/uninstall' commandline switch.
  • Can now launch executable files before & after update
  • Automatically detect and optimize .NET assemblies
  • Client now uses the default proxy on the computer
  • Remove the welcome screen altogether
  • Show what registry modifications are being updated
  • Preview mode is now completely benign (neither files nor registry are modified)
  • The header text was always white.
  • Make the Client's window size consistent on different Windows versions
  • Better permissions check on Windows 2000, XP, 2003 systems
  • Only raise elevation on Vista machines if it's necessary
  • Replace CRC32 check with the faster Adler32.
  • Version numbers are now parsed correctly.
  • Backing up and replacing existing files now works on Windows 98/ME

v1.0 Release Candidate (July 4, 2007)

• General:
  • Option to run InstantUpdate Designer after the install.
  • Visually updated installer.
  • Shortcuts, if checked, are installed for all users instead of just current user.
  • Launch the Designer upon installer completion
  • Uninstaller wouldn't remove StartMenu icons in Vista.
  • .NET downloader progress status is covered by the other progress bar.
• InstantUpdate Designer:
  • Variables are allowed in registry
  • Text processing commands (like $toupper, $collapse, etc.)
  • Vista's Open/Save/Browse dialogs
  • Client appearance modification has been simplified.
  • The Designer Selector updated for clarity and ease of use.
  • Saving and loading of registry changes fails often.
  • Add folder dialog crashes when cancelled.
  • Designer crashes when minimized.
  • Controls don't get focused when the Tab key is pressed.
  • Crash when editing Update and Server mirrors in Vista.
• InstantUpdate Client:
  • wyDay server as the primary mirror of client updates
  • Option of removing the Welcome screen
  • Full Windows Vista compatability
  • Allow updates as a normal (non-administrator) user on Windows 2000, XP, and Vista
  • Download file authenticity check (CRC check)
  • If an error occurs, the update is "rolled-back" to the previous version
  • Updates can be cancelled.
  • Updates are installed over twice as fast.
  • Download engine completely rewritten.
  • Subdirectories weren't being created if they didn't already exist.
  • Crash when client file is updated with a new version number.

v1.0 Beta 4, Refresh 1 (March 24, 2007)

• General:
  • Slow loading license file in the installer.
  • Installer occasionally appends appends junk characters to license.
  • Many internal fixes for source code release.

v1.0 Beta 4, Refresh 0 (March 3, 2007)

• General:
  • Considerable compression/decompression fixes
  • Windows Vista UAC (user account control) compatibility
• InstantUpdate Designer:
  • "File » Save As..." menu
  • "File » Close" menu
  • Uploading files
  • Vista size icon
  • Editing registry values
  • "Add Folder" button
  • Various other small impact bugs
  • Removed extraneous button on Update & Server Page
• InstantUpdate Client:
  • Crash when negative number recieved as bytes complete
  • Retries 3 times if downloading error occurs
  • Cycle through mirrors
  • FTP and HTTP downloading bugs

v1.0 Beta 3 (July 28, 2006)

• Installer overhaul, including:
  • Unsightly console windows are now hidden
  • Update/Repair/Remove screen is shown if previous InstantUpdate installation is detected
  • Combine 4 pages (welcome, license, destination, start menu) into 1 welcome/license page and 1 options page.
  • Proper 64-bit support (Windows Vista ready)
  • Over 100 KB smaller
  • Various minor bug and artwork fixes
  • Correct handling if .NET framework is not found
• InstantUpdate Client:
  • Several minor fixes in FTP download
  • Display title of item currently processing next to graphic
• InstantUpdate Designer:
  • General UI changes:
    • Icons and general artwork fixed
    • Designer window is now resizable
    • Titles display their associated graphic
    • Descriptions updated
    • Designer window now remembers size, position, and state
  • Duplicate code trimmed
  • Fixed: Building update with 1 registry change crashes designer.
  • Fixed: Updating InstantUpdate

v1.0 Beta 2 (June 29, 2006)

• Self-update algorithm added
• Version parsing re-built from scratch
• Fixed a bit of artwork

v1.0 Beta 1

• Initial release