source: trunk/guitools/evfsgui/changes@ 688

Last change on this file since 688 was 688, checked in by Herwig Bauernfeind, 14 years ago

GUI-Tools: Updates in EVFSGUI, SMBMON and SSCC

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1ToDo for 2.5:
2- Major code refactoring (done, except for old "lowlevel" routines)
3- Enable and complete printer support code
4- Support server based logon scripts (requires REXX rpc library,
5 partly done) (works in a separate utility right now)
6- provide Icon fr ADMIN$
7- fully implement icons. stem
8- _AddSharesDisplay does not use file2stem
9- "Guess" proper WINS server - is the LMB = WINS server approach good enough?
10
11Known problems:
12- Fix endless loop if neither EVFS nor Netdrive is installed
13 under all conditions
14- Passive connections/double connection detection does not seem
15 to work properly
16
17Version 2.5.x 2012-??-??
18+ Added: Show for who we are waiting
19+ Added: -timesync switch, allows time sync using commandline
20+ Added: Support time synchronisation (requires new net.exe)
21+ Added: Error handler for missing REXX DLLs
22+ Added: Identify user using RPC library
23+ Added: Icon on login window depends upon connection type
24+ Added: Allow removing stored credentials from memory
25+ Added: Optionally store credentials in memory until next reboot
26+ Added: Properly verify all manually entered IP addresses
27+ Added: Connection speedup: Allow configuration of name resolve order
28+ Added: Connection speedup: Allow configuration of WINS server
29+ Added: Connection speedup: Optionally create/maintain LMHosts automagically
30+ Added: Enhanced, faster browsing code (major code refactoring)
31+ Added: Allow refreshing a single machine in the network neighbourhood
32+ Added: Allow start/stop of the EVFSCTL.EXE daemon
33+ Added: Allow to erase old logfiles before starting EVFSCTL.EXE
34+ Added: Find primary domain controller (and give it a special icon)
35+ Added: Find domain master browser
36+ Added: Find local master browser
37+ Added: Enhanced info box (MAC, IP-Address, server role, capabilities)
38+ Added: Optionally add TRAC Wiki markup to "About"-data for clipboard
39* Changed: Use Rich Walsh's look4dll.exe to find the used ndpsmb.dll
40* Changed: Increase timer delay (n*2) for non responding machines
41* Changed: Use Alex Taylor's Warp4-Style notebook for the right pane,
42 convert global settings and advanced connection options
43 from windows into notebook pages
44! Fixed: Ticket #185 (create %ETC%/samba/pid and fix the EA of
45 %ETC%/samba/lock)
46! Fixed: Context menu in connection details view could show wrong menu items
47! Fixed: Do not add a *-"server" to the networkneighbourhood if a workgroup
48 was mounted.
49! Fixed: Extended Help menu item was broken
50! Fixed: Refreshing a single machine added shares 2x for automatically
51 added machines
52! Fixed: Loginbox was not NLS aware
53! Fixed: Numerous small bugs/omissions
54! Fixed: "Creating lame upcase tables" filtered
55! Fixed: Do not run nmblookup.exe twice in the foreground
56! Fixed: Errorhandler for parsing errors in RPC library (still not perfect)
57- Removed: Bottom button row
58- Removed: View Menu
59
60Version 2.1.3 2011-??-??
61+ Added: Help button on network neighbourhood view
62+ Added: Help button on connection details view
63! Fixed: Fetch credentials in case "Authenticate for browsing" is enabled
64 and no credentials were entered before
65
66Version 2.1.2 2011-06-13
67+ Added: Display some hints about what is going on in the statusbar
68+ Added: Display information about installed/connected SMB printer ports.
69! Fixed: Do not crash if manually added machines do not allow browsing
70! Fixed: Connect in network neighbourhood used selected object instead of
71 source object (eventually resulted in a connection to the wrong
72 share)
73
74Version 2.1.1 2011-03-08
75! Fixed: Finally servers always end up in the proper domain/workgroup
76
77Version 2.1.0 2011-01-18
78+ Added: Support for new CTO and CLD parameters introduced with 2.0.0 beta3
79! Fixed: Behaviour of login box did not work as designed
80! Fixed: No mount attempt if entering credentials was aborted
81! Fixed: Do not crash during "Detach all"
82- Refactoring: Streamline parameter parsing code
83- Refactoring: Remove double variables for parameters
84- Refactoring: Create Icon. stem in order to ease maintenance of icons
85- Refactoring: Common wrapper around all dynamic functions
86- Refactoring: Remove double variables for settings and options
87- Refactoring: Debug on/off option is properly done now
88
89Version 2.1 beta2 2010-12-26
90+ Added: New "About" box displays detailed version notices of all
91 client components
92+ Added: -DELAY [n] switch (as requested in Ticket #148)
93+ Added: Integrated delay into progress window upon startup
94+ Added: Throbber on progress window
95! Fixed: Do not crash on bad return value from *RxGetMount() in GetChildren
96! Fixed: "Abort" in progress window presented an uninitialized main window
97! Fixed: Logfile names were wrong in the online help
98! Fixed: Several typos (thanks to Rainer Stroebel)
99
100Version 2.1 beta1 2010-08-13
101+ Added: On-the-fly browsing on remote servers
102+ Added: Files can be "opened" during on-the-fly browsing (a mountpoint
103 is created first) - does not work properly yet!
104+ Added: Set icons of browsed files according to extender types (only most
105 often used types (EXE, OOO, PDF, generic multimedia icons - no WPS
106 mechanism for that from REXX)
107+ Added: Refresh display every 60 seconds in order to reflect changes
108 done on the command line while EVFSGUI is open
109+ Added: "Detach all" menuitem in context menu
110+ Added: "Refresh" menuitem in context menu
111! Fixed: Do not flash during refresh
112! Fixed: Workaround for uninitialized advance.!alwaysmp
113! Fixed: Do not run more than 32 smbclient.exe concurrently (EVFSGUI
114 needs Paul Ratcliffe's pr1util.dll now)
115
116Version 2.0.6 2010-08-13
117- This is 2.1.beta1 without On-the-fly-browsing on remote servers
118
119Version 2.0.5 2010-04-23
120! Fixed: Passive connections were not removed when the same connection was
121 loaded using a profile
122! Fixed: Missing NLV message if wrong file was dropped onto the left pane
123
124Version 2.0.4 2010-04-09
125! Fixed: Connection details doubled since MEMLEN etc removal.
126* Changed: Some parts of the code were refactored
127
128Version 2.0.3 2010-02-23
129+ Added: Open mountpoint as WPS object moved to a separate thread in order
130 not to block the EVFSGUI main window while waiting for a folder
131 on a slow connection to open.
132+ Added: Double-click also opens a mountpoint as WPS folder
133+ Added: Debug ON also makes hidden columns in connections details visible
134! Fixed: "Abort" button on progress window was not NLV enabled
135! Fixed: The NLV subroutine now properly falls back to the builtin
136 (bracketed) message files in case NO (not even an english
137 message file) can be found.
138! Fixed: Do not crash in Autostart dialog when no NLV file was found.
139! Fixed: Open mountpoint as WPS object fully workable
140! Fixed: Open mountpint now has a consistent behaviour with other actions
141* Changed: Open context menu item enabled for testing (experimental)
142* Changed: Show wait pointer while opening WPS folder
143* Changed: CltInit: Now scans wellknown locations for Samba binaries
144 (faster at least in theory)
145* Changed: In the 1.5.0 GA version of the plugin the MEMLEN, LOGFILE and
146 LOGLEVEL tokens are removed in order to address the problem with
147 EVFSRxGetMount() return strings - several changes in EVFSGUI were
148 required to address this change in the plugin.
149NOTE: This changes makes older profile files, both .ndc and .evp incompatible.
150 EVFSGUI can read old profiles, but only saves new profiles. The Netdrive
151 GUI does not have such a feature. Older profiles may easily be migrated
152 by editing with a text editor and removing the MEMLEN, LOGLEVEL and
153 LOGFILE tokens from the resource strings manually.
154
155Version 2.0.2 2010-01-25
156* Changed: Remove Win95/98/IBM Peer length limits from smbtree.vrs.
157+ Added: EVFSRxGetMount() returns a maximum string length of 255 for
158 resdata, if workgroup+server+share+username+password > 52 the
159 resulting resdata string will be truncated. Several workarounds
160 in ParseResourceData() added in order not completely fall over.
161
162Version 2.0.1 2010-01-12
163+ Added: Alex T.: Use 'Combined' font on DBCS systems
164! Fixed: Alex T.: Default fonts are set correctly
165! Fixed: Alex T.: Section title colours now correctly default to system settings
166! Fixed: Alex T.: Various fixes and enhancements to window resize logic
167! Fixed: Alex T.: FWidth/margin got lost on the expose list
168! Fixed: Herwig B.: Another speed up in resize logic (use marginx2 instead of
169 42 times margin * 2)
170
171Version 2.0.0 (Refresh) 2009-12-29
172* Changed: Rewrite routines to find .msg and .hlp files
173! Fixed: Set size of throbber object according to screen dimensions
174
175Version 2.0 GA 2009-12-24
176+ Added: Provide unexpected.tdb in the installer
177! Fixed: Detect trailing tabs and blanks in the temporary directory
178! Fixed: A manually added server's workgroup might be unknown in the moment
179 the dialog is populated
180
181Version 2.0 beta6 2009-12-12
182+ Added: WPI installer for Plugin, EVFSGUI and Samba Client Utilities
183 (plus variant that includes EVFS for eCS distribution).
184+ Added: New global option: Use broadcasts instead of local master browser
185+ Added: New menu entry: Save default workgroup to smb.conf
186! Fixed: Also go through double (and passive) connection check
187 if profile is loaded as a commandline parameter
188! Fixed: Migrate to enhanced NLV setup subroutines
189! Fixed: Autodetection of filesystem variant did not work properly
190! Fixed: Turn off debug console upon startup
191! Fixed: Don't crash when attempting to create the Autostart script
192! Fixed: Also create %ETC%\samba\lock directory for client
193! Fixed: Properly redraw network neighbourhood after refresh
194
195Version 2.0 beta5 2009-11-15
196+ Added: Manually entered servers are automatically integrated into the
197 network neighbourhood
198! Fixed: IP address servers (without a name) can be browsed properly now.
199! Fixed: Detect missing upcase tables (and don't fall over)
200! Fixed: If nothing is found, network neighbourhood should be empty (and
201 not display an unnamed workgroup icon).
202! Fixed: When immediate authentification for browsing was enabled, the
203 main window was not redrawn properly.
204! Fixed: Changed statusbar size (should look better)
205
206Version 2.0 beta4 2009-11-03:
207! Fixed: Do not crash on outdated temporary files
208! Fixed: Do not crash on unavailable machines
209
210Version 2.0 beta3 2009-10-29:
211! Fixed: The GUI was blocked every few seconds during network neighbourhood
212 scan. Bonus: The new code is even faster than the previous one.
213
214Version 2.0 beta2 2009-10-25:
215+ Added: English helpfile
216+ Added: German helpfile
217+ Added: French helpfile (partly done, requires completion by Guillaume)
218+ Added: Information about server dialog
219+ Added: Dialog also uses information from network neighbourhood
220+ Added: Detection of "dead" (non accessible) servers (which are still in the
221 browse list)
222* Changed: Dialog entry fields now use WarpSans Bold font (matches style of
223 other dialogs)
224! Fixed: Network neighbourhood is filled much faster than before
225! Fixed: No more share type guessing
226! Fixed: Ticket #105: Temporary files not removed
227! Fixed: Ticket #106: Icon in global settings dialog not properly aligned
228
229Version 2.0 beta1 2009-09-15:
230+ Added: Browsing code from smbmon
231+ Added: D'n'd support for file shares
232+ Added: Connection wizard dialogs
233+ Added: main menu bar
234+ Added: New advanced settings
235+ Added: "Old" 1.x look and feel
236+ Added: Main window is resizable
237+ Added: Splitbar between panels
238+ Added: Create rudimentary %ETC%\samba\smb.conf
239+ Added: Connection details view (preliminary)
240+ Added: Double connection detection using md5 hashes
241+ Added: New profile saving code
242+ Added: Remove menu option (preliminary for passive connections only)
243+ Added: smbtree.vrs: Optionally do not show hidden shares
244+ Added: smbtree.vrs: Enhanced guessicon()
245+ Added: Preliminary context menus for Browse View and Connection details view
246+ Added: "Retry" for passive connections (only manually for now)
247+ Added: Drag and drop for passive connections
248+ Added: Hide columns not useful for endusers
249+ Added: NLV enable (parts of) connection details
250+ Added: Disabled old profile saving code
251+ Added: Sort smbtree view ascending
252+ Added: Optionally turn on/off special ($) shares
253+ Added: Optionally use big icons
254+ Added: Profile files may be dropped onto the current connections container
255+ Added: Login dialog behaviour matches the one from smbusers now
256+ Added: Preliminary handling of smbtree error messages
257+ Added: Optionally save passive connections across sessions
258+ Added: French message file (thanks to Guillaume Gay)
259* Changed: Several changes in GUI style (as suggested by Alex Taylor)
260* Changed: Left align buttons in current connections panel (as suggested by
261 MrFawlty and Alex Taylor)
262* Changed: Replaced status bar by a text control (as suggested by Alex Taylor)
263 (only used for version display for now)
264* Changed: Main icon is now the one done by Alex Taylor
265* Changed: Use PM_Default_Colors for title sections (as suggested by Alex Taylor)
266* Changed: German translation of "Retry"
267* Changed: Profile behaviour: In 1.3 a new profile replaced older connections
268 on the same volume only, in 2.x a new profile is merged with the
269 old connections one.
270* Changed: Split advanced dialog should be split into connection options and
271 global options
272* Changed: Redesigned mount dialog
273* Changed: Redesigned login dialog
274* Changed: Clarified message about multiple connections
275* Changed: Rebuild required Samba Client utilities 3.0.36 with libc063
276 (instead of libc064x) (Changeset 331 level)
277! Fixed: Loading a profile presented the user a half drawn window
278! Fixed: Startup code was broken if no evfsgui.ini is present
279! Fixed: CltInit uses smbclient.exe instead of smbd.exe to find Samba binaries
280! Fixed: Message queue during resize isn't cleared (no flashing during resize)
281! Fixed: Missing NLV aware strings
282! Fixed: Don't let user edit network neighbourhood results
283! Fixed: Claiming a passive connection already exists is nonsense
284! Fixed: Disallow connecting to printers via context menu
285! Fixed: Edit and Selected menu easily got out of sync
286! Fixed: Edit and Selected menu still got out of sync, really fixed now
287! Fixed: Another missing record validation
288! Fixed: Password display broken on double connection warning
289! Fixed: Detect more printers
290! Fixed: Confirmation of removal of a single connection was missing
291! Fixed: Dropdown combobox in mount dialog was readonly
292! Fixed: Autostart mode was broken
293
294Version 1.3.7 - changes not relevant for 2.0
295
296Version 1.3.6
297! Fixed: When connecting to a complete server, the workgroup got lost during the
298 connecting process.
299Version 1.3.5
300! Fixed: Error in profile file parsing logic could lead to double entries
301 for LOGFILE and LOGLEVEL (possibly having side effects on EASUPPORT)
302Version 1.3.4
303! Fixed: Readonly connection option did not work (was not implemented)
304Version 1.3.3
305* Changed: Provide better message box for profile saving (to explain rather
306 odd behavior
307Version 1.3.2
308! Fixed: No more double drive letters in the drive letters list after mounting
309* Changed: "Workgroup/ Domain:" back to "Workgroup:"
310Version 1.3.1
311+ Added: Explanation for errors in case mount operation fails
312* Changed: "Workgroup:" to "Workgroup/ Domain:"
313Version 1.3
314+ Added: Support for the (new) ndpsmb logging feature
315+ Added: Support for the (old) ndpsmb logging feature (deactivated)
316+ Added: Save "titlebar" color across sessions
317* Changed: Merge Alex Taylor's and Herwig B.'s latest changes
318* Changed: Also display status data in hintarea when mouse cursor is over
319 the "current resources" pane
320! Fixed: Tab order in "new resource" pane
321! Fixed: Help did not work for advanced window in NLV versions
322
323Version 1.2.1 (2009-04, Herwig B.)
324+ Added: Try to restart EVFSCTL.EXE once in case it is not running.
325+ Added: Implemented support for error messages depending on return codes
326 in case of failed operations as provided from ndpsmb.dll version
327 1.5alpha2 or better.
328* Changed: Move status data of current connection into container caption
329 (Makes more sense there).
330* Changed: Show version notice in status area (at the bottom now)
331! Fixed: In case the connect operation fails on a newly created mount point,
332 the mountpoint is removed again, instead of leaving it in a zombie
333 status. That makes sense as EVFSGUI does not support the creation
334 and maintenance of empty mountpoints (the underlying EVFS (including
335 the REXX interface) supports this, but the GUI does not).
336
337Version 1.2.1 (2009-05, Alex Taylor)
338! Fixed: Main window wasn't set visible if INI file was missing.
339! Fixed: Corrected English, formatting h in helpfile.
340+ Added: Better program icon.
341
342Version 1.2 (2008-10)
343*Updated: Finally all the help files are updated to reflect all changes
344 (en, de and fr)
345!Workaround: It appears that for unknown reasons the SysDriveMap() function
346 hangs if it is used with the "FREE" and "REMOTE" flags, after it is
347 called for several times. I noticed that after I received Yuri's
348 latest Samba plugin. The problem disappears if EVFS is not installed.
349 This should be tested (and fixed) by Vitali in EVFS (probably).
350
351+ Added: In debug mode the output in the console window has time stamps now
352+ Added: Display name and version of the used IFS on "empty" mountpoints
353+ Added: Button on the autoload window (the -nogui GUI) to abort reconnection
354+ Added: Server entry field is now a drop down combo box holding all servers
355 to which connections were made with)
356+ Added: Alternatively support NetDrive for SMB shares instead of EVFS (using
357 undocumented -ndfs switch)
358* Updated: All message files
359! Fixed: Bug in my autoload code
360! Fixed: Bug in my -ndfs code (spotted by Guillaume)
361
362+ Added: Autostart EVFS connections feature via Startup folder object
363+ Added: -nogui switch (only show a small message window)
364+ Added: -autoclose switch (close eVFSGUI after 3 seconds)
365+ Added: Load profile specified on the commandline
366+ Added: Edit via context menu for mountpoints with exactly one resource
367+ Added: Context menu equivalents to the Detach and Unmount pushbuttons
368+ Added: The content of the EF_NETWORK field (aka workgroup) is saved to the
369 EVFSGUI.INI as this changes only on rare occasions (saved me a lot of
370 typing during testing)
371+ Added: Do not attach drive if has already been attached (from TODO list A.T.)
372! Fixed: Profiles supported plain passwords whereas EVFS provided encrypted
373 passwords in profile files
374! Fixed: eVFSGUI initializes itself properly now
375! Fixed: eVFSGUI would hang after displaying the message "no control program
376 found"
377! Fixed: Cleanup signal stuff ("return" after a signal is a bad thing to do!)
378! Fixed: INI file was not closed after leaving eVFSGUI
379! Fixed: When several mount points exist and the first one is removed the click
380 event routine was executed after the corresponded record was already
381 removed -> eVFSGUI crashed. As a fix the record is validated before an
382 attempt to access its data is done. If it does not exist anymore the
383 event routine is terminated without further action.
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