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). There's a MSDN page on Application Shutdown
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.