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GUI-Tools: EVFSGUI 2.5 final stuff (including helpfiles EN and DE)

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1ToDo for 3.0:
2- Code refactoring 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
15Version 2.5.0 2012-12-??
16+ Added: Detect eComStation OS Version
17+ Added: Show for who we are waiting
18+ Added: -timesync switch, allows time sync using commandline
19+ Added: Support time synchronisation (requires new net.exe)
20+ Added: Error handler for missing REXX DLLs
21+ Added: Identify user using RPC library
22+ Added: Indicate by "LED" whether credentials are stored or not
23+ Added: Click on "LED" to remove credentials from memory
24+ Added: Icon on login window depends upon connection type
25+ Added: Allow removing stored credentials from memory
26+ Added: Optionally store credentials in memory until next reboot
27+ Added: Properly verify all manually entered IP addresses
28+ Added: Connection speedup: Allow configuration of name resolve order
29+ Added: Connection speedup: Allow configuration of WINS server
30+ Added: Connection speedup: Optionally create/maintain LMHosts automagically
31+ Added: Enhanced, faster browsing code (major code refactoring)
32+ Added: Allow refreshing a single machine in the network neighbourhood
33+ Added: Allow start/stop of the EVFSCTL.EXE daemon
34+ Added: Allow to erase old logfiles before starting EVFSCTL.EXE
35+ Added: Find primary domain controller (and give it a special icon)
36+ Added: Find domain master browser
37+ Added: Find local master browser
38+ Added: Enhanced info box (MAC, IP-Address, server role, capabilities)
39+ Added: Optionally add TRAC Wiki markup to "About"-data for clipboard
40* Changed: Use Rich Walsh's look4dll.exe to find the used ndpsmb.dll
41* Changed: Increase timer delay (n*2) for non responding machines
42* Changed: Use Alex Taylor's Warp4-Style notebook for the right pane,
43 convert global settings and advanced connection options
44 from windows into notebook pages
45! Fixed: Ticket #185 (create %ETC%/samba/pid and fix the EA of
46 %ETC%/samba/lock)
47! Fixed: Context menu in connection details view could show wrong menu items
48! Fixed: Do not add a *-"server" to the networkneighbourhood if a workgroup
49 was mounted.
50! Fixed: Extended Help menu item was broken
51! Fixed: Refreshing a single machine added shares 2x for automatically
52 added machines
53! Fixed: Loginbox was not NLS aware
54! Fixed: Do not crash upon authenticitation if we are unable to determine the
55 connection type (yet)
56! Fixed: Numerous small bugs/omissions
57! Fixed: "Creating lame upcase tables" filtered
58! Fixed: Do not run nmblookup.exe twice in the foreground
59! Fixed: Errorhandler for parsing errors in RPC library (still not perfect)
60! Fixed: Passive connections/double connection detection does not seem
61 to work properly
62! Fixed: Server/share of connections without workgroup were stuffed into the
63 workgroup field errornously (and created a bogus entry in the network
64 neighbourhood)
65- Removed: Bottom button row
66- Removed: View Menu
67
68Version 2.1.3 2011-??-??
69+ Added: Help button on network neighbourhood view
70+ Added: Help button on connection details view
71! Fixed: Fetch credentials in case "Authenticate for browsing" is enabled
72 and no credentials were entered before
73
74Version 2.1.2 2011-06-13
75+ Added: Display some hints about what is going on in the statusbar
76+ Added: Display information about installed/connected SMB printer ports.
77! Fixed: Do not crash if manually added machines do not allow browsing
78! Fixed: Connect in network neighbourhood used selected object instead of
79 source object (eventually resulted in a connection to the wrong
80 share)
81
82Version 2.1.1 2011-03-08
83! Fixed: Finally servers always end up in the proper domain/workgroup
84
85Version 2.1.0 2011-01-18
86+ Added: Support for new CTO and CLD parameters introduced with 2.0.0 beta3
87! Fixed: Behaviour of login box did not work as designed
88! Fixed: No mount attempt if entering credentials was aborted
89! Fixed: Do not crash during "Detach all"
90- Refactoring: Streamline parameter parsing code
91- Refactoring: Remove double variables for parameters
92- Refactoring: Create Icon. stem in order to ease maintenance of icons
93- Refactoring: Common wrapper around all dynamic functions
94- Refactoring: Remove double variables for settings and options
95- Refactoring: Debug on/off option is properly done now
96
97Version 2.1 beta2 2010-12-26
98+ Added: New "About" box displays detailed version notices of all
99 client components
100+ Added: -DELAY [n] switch (as requested in Ticket #148)
101+ Added: Integrated delay into progress window upon startup
102+ Added: Throbber on progress window
103! Fixed: Do not crash on bad return value from *RxGetMount() in GetChildren
104! Fixed: "Abort" in progress window presented an uninitialized main window
105! Fixed: Logfile names were wrong in the online help
106! Fixed: Several typos (thanks to Rainer Stroebel)
107
108Version 2.1 beta1 2010-08-13
109+ Added: On-the-fly browsing on remote servers
110+ Added: Files can be "opened" during on-the-fly browsing (a mountpoint
111 is created first) - does not work properly yet!
112+ Added: Set icons of browsed files according to extender types (only most
113 often used types (EXE, OOO, PDF, generic multimedia icons - no WPS
114 mechanism for that from REXX)
115+ Added: Refresh display every 60 seconds in order to reflect changes
116 done on the command line while EVFSGUI is open
117+ Added: "Detach all" menuitem in context menu
118+ Added: "Refresh" menuitem in context menu
119! Fixed: Do not flash during refresh
120! Fixed: Workaround for uninitialized advance.!alwaysmp
121! Fixed: Do not run more than 32 smbclient.exe concurrently (EVFSGUI
122 needs Paul Ratcliffe's pr1util.dll now)
123
124Version 2.0.6 2010-08-13
125- This is 2.1.beta1 without On-the-fly-browsing on remote servers
126
127Version 2.0.5 2010-04-23
128! Fixed: Passive connections were not removed when the same connection was
129 loaded using a profile
130! Fixed: Missing NLV message if wrong file was dropped onto the left pane
131
132Version 2.0.4 2010-04-09
133! Fixed: Connection details doubled since MEMLEN etc removal.
134* Changed: Some parts of the code were refactored
135
136Version 2.0.3 2010-02-23
137+ Added: Open mountpoint as WPS object moved to a separate thread in order
138 not to block the EVFSGUI main window while waiting for a folder
139 on a slow connection to open.
140+ Added: Double-click also opens a mountpoint as WPS folder
141+ Added: Debug ON also makes hidden columns in connections details visible
142! Fixed: "Abort" button on progress window was not NLV enabled
143! Fixed: The NLV subroutine now properly falls back to the builtin
144 (bracketed) message files in case NO (not even an english
145 message file) can be found.
146! Fixed: Do not crash in Autostart dialog when no NLV file was found.
147! Fixed: Open mountpoint as WPS object fully workable
148! Fixed: Open mountpint now has a consistent behaviour with other actions
149* Changed: Open context menu item enabled for testing (experimental)
150* Changed: Show wait pointer while opening WPS folder
151* Changed: CltInit: Now scans wellknown locations for Samba binaries
152 (faster at least in theory)
153* Changed: In the 1.5.0 GA version of the plugin the MEMLEN, LOGFILE and
154 LOGLEVEL tokens are removed in order to address the problem with
155 EVFSRxGetMount() return strings - several changes in EVFSGUI were
156 required to address this change in the plugin.
157NOTE: This changes makes older profile files, both .ndc and .evp incompatible.
158 EVFSGUI can read old profiles, but only saves new profiles. The Netdrive
159 GUI does not have such a feature. Older profiles may easily be migrated
160 by editing with a text editor and removing the MEMLEN, LOGLEVEL and
161 LOGFILE tokens from the resource strings manually.
162
163Version 2.0.2 2010-01-25
164* Changed: Remove Win95/98/IBM Peer length limits from smbtree.vrs.
165+ Added: EVFSRxGetMount() returns a maximum string length of 255 for
166 resdata, if workgroup+server+share+username+password > 52 the
167 resulting resdata string will be truncated. Several workarounds
168 in ParseResourceData() added in order not completely fall over.
169
170Version 2.0.1 2010-01-12
171+ Added: Alex T.: Use 'Combined' font on DBCS systems
172! Fixed: Alex T.: Default fonts are set correctly
173! Fixed: Alex T.: Section title colours now correctly default to system settings
174! Fixed: Alex T.: Various fixes and enhancements to window resize logic
175! Fixed: Alex T.: FWidth/margin got lost on the expose list
176! Fixed: Herwig B.: Another speed up in resize logic (use marginx2 instead of
177 42 times margin * 2)
178
179Version 2.0.0 (Refresh) 2009-12-29
180* Changed: Rewrite routines to find .msg and .hlp files
181! Fixed: Set size of throbber object according to screen dimensions
182
183Version 2.0 GA 2009-12-24
184+ Added: Provide unexpected.tdb in the installer
185! Fixed: Detect trailing tabs and blanks in the temporary directory
186! Fixed: A manually added server's workgroup might be unknown in the moment
187 the dialog is populated
188
189Version 2.0 beta6 2009-12-12
190+ Added: WPI installer for Plugin, EVFSGUI and Samba Client Utilities
191 (plus variant that includes EVFS for eCS distribution).
192+ Added: New global option: Use broadcasts instead of local master browser
193+ Added: New menu entry: Save default workgroup to smb.conf
194! Fixed: Also go through double (and passive) connection check
195 if profile is loaded as a commandline parameter
196! Fixed: Migrate to enhanced NLV setup subroutines
197! Fixed: Autodetection of filesystem variant did not work properly
198! Fixed: Turn off debug console upon startup
199! Fixed: Don't crash when attempting to create the Autostart script
200! Fixed: Also create %ETC%\samba\lock directory for client
201! Fixed: Properly redraw network neighbourhood after refresh
202
203Version 2.0 beta5 2009-11-15
204+ Added: Manually entered servers are automatically integrated into the
205 network neighbourhood
206! Fixed: IP address servers (without a name) can be browsed properly now.
207! Fixed: Detect missing upcase tables (and don't fall over)
208! Fixed: If nothing is found, network neighbourhood should be empty (and
209 not display an unnamed workgroup icon).
210! Fixed: When immediate authentification for browsing was enabled, the
211 main window was not redrawn properly.
212! Fixed: Changed statusbar size (should look better)
213
214Version 2.0 beta4 2009-11-03:
215! Fixed: Do not crash on outdated temporary files
216! Fixed: Do not crash on unavailable machines
217
218Version 2.0 beta3 2009-10-29:
219! Fixed: The GUI was blocked every few seconds during network neighbourhood
220 scan. Bonus: The new code is even faster than the previous one.
221
222Version 2.0 beta2 2009-10-25:
223+ Added: English helpfile
224+ Added: German helpfile
225+ Added: French helpfile (partly done, requires completion by Guillaume)
226+ Added: Information about server dialog
227+ Added: Dialog also uses information from network neighbourhood
228+ Added: Detection of "dead" (non accessible) servers (which are still in the
229 browse list)
230* Changed: Dialog entry fields now use WarpSans Bold font (matches style of
231 other dialogs)
232! Fixed: Network neighbourhood is filled much faster than before
233! Fixed: No more share type guessing
234! Fixed: Ticket #105: Temporary files not removed
235! Fixed: Ticket #106: Icon in global settings dialog not properly aligned
236
237Version 2.0 beta1 2009-09-15:
238+ Added: Browsing code from smbmon
239+ Added: D'n'd support for file shares
240+ Added: Connection wizard dialogs
241+ Added: main menu bar
242+ Added: New advanced settings
243+ Added: "Old" 1.x look and feel
244+ Added: Main window is resizable
245+ Added: Splitbar between panels
246+ Added: Create rudimentary %ETC%\samba\smb.conf
247+ Added: Connection details view (preliminary)
248+ Added: Double connection detection using md5 hashes
249+ Added: New profile saving code
250+ Added: Remove menu option (preliminary for passive connections only)
251+ Added: smbtree.vrs: Optionally do not show hidden shares
252+ Added: smbtree.vrs: Enhanced guessicon()
253+ Added: Preliminary context menus for Browse View and Connection details view
254+ Added: "Retry" for passive connections (only manually for now)
255+ Added: Drag and drop for passive connections
256+ Added: Hide columns not useful for endusers
257+ Added: NLV enable (parts of) connection details
258+ Added: Disabled old profile saving code
259+ Added: Sort smbtree view ascending
260+ Added: Optionally turn on/off special ($) shares
261+ Added: Optionally use big icons
262+ Added: Profile files may be dropped onto the current connections container
263+ Added: Login dialog behaviour matches the one from smbusers now
264+ Added: Preliminary handling of smbtree error messages
265+ Added: Optionally save passive connections across sessions
266+ Added: French message file (thanks to Guillaume Gay)
267* Changed: Several changes in GUI style (as suggested by Alex Taylor)
268* Changed: Left align buttons in current connections panel (as suggested by
269 MrFawlty and Alex Taylor)
270* Changed: Replaced status bar by a text control (as suggested by Alex Taylor)
271 (only used for version display for now)
272* Changed: Main icon is now the one done by Alex Taylor
273* Changed: Use PM_Default_Colors for title sections (as suggested by Alex Taylor)
274* Changed: German translation of "Retry"
275* Changed: Profile behaviour: In 1.3 a new profile replaced older connections
276 on the same volume only, in 2.x a new profile is merged with the
277 old connections one.
278* Changed: Split advanced dialog should be split into connection options and
279 global options
280* Changed: Redesigned mount dialog
281* Changed: Redesigned login dialog
282* Changed: Clarified message about multiple connections
283* Changed: Rebuild required Samba Client utilities 3.0.36 with libc063
284 (instead of libc064x) (Changeset 331 level)
285! Fixed: Loading a profile presented the user a half drawn window
286! Fixed: Startup code was broken if no evfsgui.ini is present
287! Fixed: CltInit uses smbclient.exe instead of smbd.exe to find Samba binaries
288! Fixed: Message queue during resize isn't cleared (no flashing during resize)
289! Fixed: Missing NLV aware strings
290! Fixed: Don't let user edit network neighbourhood results
291! Fixed: Claiming a passive connection already exists is nonsense
292! Fixed: Disallow connecting to printers via context menu
293! Fixed: Edit and Selected menu easily got out of sync
294! Fixed: Edit and Selected menu still got out of sync, really fixed now
295! Fixed: Another missing record validation
296! Fixed: Password display broken on double connection warning
297! Fixed: Detect more printers
298! Fixed: Confirmation of removal of a single connection was missing
299! Fixed: Dropdown combobox in mount dialog was readonly
300! Fixed: Autostart mode was broken
301
302Version 1.3.7 - changes not relevant for 2.0
303
304Version 1.3.6
305! Fixed: When connecting to a complete server, the workgroup got lost during the
306 connecting process.
307Version 1.3.5
308! Fixed: Error in profile file parsing logic could lead to double entries
309 for LOGFILE and LOGLEVEL (possibly having side effects on EASUPPORT)
310Version 1.3.4
311! Fixed: Readonly connection option did not work (was not implemented)
312Version 1.3.3
313* Changed: Provide better message box for profile saving (to explain rather
314 odd behavior
315Version 1.3.2
316! Fixed: No more double drive letters in the drive letters list after mounting
317* Changed: "Workgroup/ Domain:" back to "Workgroup:"
318Version 1.3.1
319+ Added: Explanation for errors in case mount operation fails
320* Changed: "Workgroup:" to "Workgroup/ Domain:"
321Version 1.3
322+ Added: Support for the (new) ndpsmb logging feature
323+ Added: Support for the (old) ndpsmb logging feature (deactivated)
324+ Added: Save "titlebar" color across sessions
325* Changed: Merge Alex Taylor's and Herwig B.'s latest changes
326* Changed: Also display status data in hintarea when mouse cursor is over
327 the "current resources" pane
328! Fixed: Tab order in "new resource" pane
329! Fixed: Help did not work for advanced window in NLV versions
330
331Version 1.2.1 (2009-04, Herwig B.)
332+ Added: Try to restart EVFSCTL.EXE once in case it is not running.
333+ Added: Implemented support for error messages depending on return codes
334 in case of failed operations as provided from ndpsmb.dll version
335 1.5alpha2 or better.
336* Changed: Move status data of current connection into container caption
337 (Makes more sense there).
338* Changed: Show version notice in status area (at the bottom now)
339! Fixed: In case the connect operation fails on a newly created mount point,
340 the mountpoint is removed again, instead of leaving it in a zombie
341 status. That makes sense as EVFSGUI does not support the creation
342 and maintenance of empty mountpoints (the underlying EVFS (including
343 the REXX interface) supports this, but the GUI does not).
344
345Version 1.2.1 (2009-05, Alex Taylor)
346! Fixed: Main window wasn't set visible if INI file was missing.
347! Fixed: Corrected English, formatting h in helpfile.
348+ Added: Better program icon.
349
350Version 1.2 (2008-10)
351*Updated: Finally all the help files are updated to reflect all changes
352 (en, de and fr)
353!Workaround: It appears that for unknown reasons the SysDriveMap() function
354 hangs if it is used with the "FREE" and "REMOTE" flags, after it is
355 called for several times. I noticed that after I received Yuri's
356 latest Samba plugin. The problem disappears if EVFS is not installed.
357 This should be tested (and fixed) by Vitali in EVFS (probably).
358
359+ Added: In debug mode the output in the console window has time stamps now
360+ Added: Display name and version of the used IFS on "empty" mountpoints
361+ Added: Button on the autoload window (the -nogui GUI) to abort reconnection
362+ Added: Server entry field is now a drop down combo box holding all servers
363 to which connections were made with)
364+ Added: Alternatively support NetDrive for SMB shares instead of EVFS (using
365 undocumented -ndfs switch)
366* Updated: All message files
367! Fixed: Bug in my autoload code
368! Fixed: Bug in my -ndfs code (spotted by Guillaume)
369
370+ Added: Autostart EVFS connections feature via Startup folder object
371+ Added: -nogui switch (only show a small message window)
372+ Added: -autoclose switch (close eVFSGUI after 3 seconds)
373+ Added: Load profile specified on the commandline
374+ Added: Edit via context menu for mountpoints with exactly one resource
375+ Added: Context menu equivalents to the Detach and Unmount pushbuttons
376+ Added: The content of the EF_NETWORK field (aka workgroup) is saved to the
377 EVFSGUI.INI as this changes only on rare occasions (saved me a lot of
378 typing during testing)
379+ Added: Do not attach drive if has already been attached (from TODO list A.T.)
380! Fixed: Profiles supported plain passwords whereas EVFS provided encrypted
381 passwords in profile files
382! Fixed: eVFSGUI initializes itself properly now
383! Fixed: eVFSGUI would hang after displaying the message "no control program
384 found"
385! Fixed: Cleanup signal stuff ("return" after a signal is a bad thing to do!)
386! Fixed: INI file was not closed after leaving eVFSGUI
387! Fixed: When several mount points exist and the first one is removed the click
388 event routine was executed after the corresponded record was already
389 removed -> eVFSGUI crashed. As a fix the record is validated before an
390 attempt to access its data is done. If it does not exist anymore the
391 event routine is terminated without further action.
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