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HISTORY

Legend: [+] added, [x] changed/improved, [-] bugfix


Version 2010 (10.0)  (02-Feb-2010)
  • [+] Filter-Assistant: The filter assistant can be called within the internal browser, either by holding the Alt key pressed while selecting a text or via the menu entry "Create new filter..." in the "Page" sub menu
  • [+] Filter-Assistant: New wizard to classify the type of the filter and the selected text
  • [+] Bookmark statistics ("View" menu)
  • [+] Keywords: Enhanced editor with sorting and spelling check
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher no longer reports an error if an RSS/Atom feed has no postings
  • [+] Follow-Links: Automatically delete no longer linked files
  • [+] Internal browser / tiled view: synchronized scrolling
  • [+] Internal Browser: Close button is now placed within the tabs
  • [+] Internal Browser + Page menu: "Copy URL to Clipboard" (if a local bookmark cache file is opened, WebSite-Watcher will copy the online URL to the clipboard)
  • [+] Automatic codepage detection if neither the web page page nor the server provide a charset definition (this is a self learning system based on pages with valid charset definitions)
  • [+] Windows 7: WebSite-Watcher shows the check progress in the taskbar icon
  • [+] New/advanced toolbar configuration, eg. order of buttons can be changed
  • [+] New toolbar button: Delete
  • [+] Extended Search: browser toolbar can be customized (context menu)
  • [+] New option: Reset toolbars to their defaults
  • [+] Add RSS feeds from the internal browser (RSS button in status bar): Preview of RSS feed
  • [x] Improved date detection in Atom Feed postings
  • [+] Plugins: IPBoard 3.x Plugins added
  • [+] Plugins: WoltLab Burning Board 3.x Plugins added
  • [+] Plugins: vBulletin 4.x Plugins added
  • [x] Plugins: vBulletin 3.x Plugins improved
  • [x] Plugins: Excel plugin improved
  • [+] Plugins: Bookmark can have a Private Plugin AND a Shared Plugin. If both plugins have a same event function implemented, then the event function of the Shared Plugin is executed before the event function of the Private Plugin.
  • [+] Plugins: New event function "WSW_ActionsOnUpdate" is performed when an update is detected
  • [+] Plugins: New function Bookmark_LoadCacheFile to get the content of new/old/changed files (this function can typically be used in WSW_ActionsOnUpdate)
  • [+] Word/Excel Plugins: Separate Plugins for the internal conversion and the the conversion via MS Office 2003+
  • [+] PDF/Word/Excel Plugins: Default plugins for PDF/Word/Excel files can be configured in the program configuration (Bookmarks tab)
  • [+] PDF Plugin: Unicode partially supported
  • [+] Plugin identification: Server log can be used to identify a file type - Thread
  • [x] Selection of shared plugins improved
  • [+] Send mails: new variables {folder} and {foldername} - Thread
  • [+] New Script command "SendBookmarks" - Thread
  • [+] Help + Check for new version (beside the (optional) automatic update check you can now also call it manually via the Help menu)
  • [+] When the update check finds a new WebSite-Watcher version, you can let WebSite-Watcher download and install the new version automatically
  • [x] Check-By-Screenshot improved
  • [x] Open-with feature in the browser toolbar could be blocked several seconds by anti virus software
  • [-] The embedded Internet Explorer could slow down or freeze under certain circumstances
  • [-] Fixed a stack overflow that could happen under rare circumstances
  • Many help file improvements
  • Romanian user interface added
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes


Version 5.1.7  (04-Jan-2010)
  • [-] Aborting a check didn't work correctly
  • Smaller optimizations and fixes
  • Romanian user interface added


Version 5.1.6  (07-Dec-2009)
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash under Windows 2000
  • [x] vBulletin plugin improved - Thread
  • [x] Fixed a problem with HTTPs pages and invalid certificates (on systems with IE8) - Thread
  • Czech translation updated


Version 5.1.5  (18-Nov-2009)
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros: Date variables can be used in the whole macro script - Thread
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros: several internal improvements and enhancements (WebSite-Watcher could not record macros for various pages)
  • [x] Internet Explorer integration under Windows 7 improved
  • [x] Some stability improvements (WebSite-Watcher could crash under certain circumstances)
  • [x] Improved codepage detection
  • [x] Plugin for phpBB3 forums improved
  • [-] Checking very large local PDF files didn't work correctly
  • [-] Incorrect Unicode handling for some Japanese web pages
  • [-] Word/Excel Plugin could be falsely assigned under certain circumstances
  • Hebrew and Finnish language files updated
  • Smaller fixes/improvements


Version 5.1.4  (05-Oct-2009)
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher 5.1.3 could extremely slow down and the user interface could get unresponsive on some PCs. If you haven't noticed this problem, then this version might work at least a bit smoother.
  • [+] Program configuration: Default zoom value for the internal browser (IE8 didn't work properly with 120 DPI and a fixed default zoom value of 100%)
  • [x] Detection and better handling of problematic postings in RSS/Atom feeds
  • [x] Selecting Shared Plugins improved
  • [x] Changed default settings for simultaneous connections
  • [-] Some stability issues fixed
  • [-] AutoWatch: "Check every X days, Time: Y:Y" didn't work correctly in combination with the "Check only on days" option
  • [-] Folder configuration "Delete X days after last update" didn't work correctly for unchecked bookmarks
  • Smaller fixes


Version 5.1.3  (14-Sep-2009)
  • [x] If a bookmark is opened in the internal browser, then the bookmark name will be displayed in the browser tab (instead of the document title)
  • [x] Several stability improvements (this should also fix a problem as described in that Thread)
  • [x] PDF Plugin significantly improved (layout should be preserved much better now)
  • [x] Excel Plugin: Automatically delete empty rows/columns at the bottom/right of a grid what can dramatically improve speed for grids with tons of empty rows/columns.
  • [x] Improved decoding of newsgroup messages
  • [x] Improvements when checking html pages with file type "text"
  • [x] If a server sends an empty page, then WebSite-Watcher displays now a more informative error message (instead of "Whole content filtered, please verify your filter settings")
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could not extract entries from RSS/Atom feeds under certain circumstances
  • [-] Internal Excel converter could fail under Windows 7
  • [-] Fixed a crash when WebSite-Watcher was closed without a bookmark list opened
  • Smaller fixes and improvements


Version 5.1.2  (10-Aug-2009)
  • [-] A check optimization was broken in v5.1.1. As a side effect, a change was probably alerted with some delay. This bug was unfortunately introduced between the last beta and final of v5.1.1.


Version 5.1.1  (10-Aug-2009)
  • [x] Jump to first/next change improved (WebSite-Watcher could "deface" the page layout when performing a jump).
  • [+] Microsoft Office must no longer be installed in order to convert Word/Excel files into web pages, WebSite-Watcher has now a built-in conversion routine. If Microsoft Office is installed, it can however still be used to convert these files into HTML pages.
  • [+] Checking Word/Excel files: WebSite-Watcher will now use the internal conversion routines for Word/Excel files by default. Microsoft Office can be used alternatively via an option in the program configuration ("Bookmarks" tab). Microsoft Office 2003 or higher is required in order to enable this option.
  • [x] Plugins for Word/Excel/Pdf files are now always assigned automatically to new bookmarks (the option to do that is no longer required and was removed)
  • [x] PDF Plugin improved
  • [x] Performance of reports with folder structure improved
  • [x] Many internal Unicode improvements (WebSite-Watcher didn't for example work correctly on an English Windows with Japanese codepage)
  • [x] Improved detection if all keywords could be highlighted
  • [x] Improved handling of *.txt files
  • [-] Sorting by alternative URLs did not recognize check macros.
  • [-] Sending messages with Outlook Express (via MAPI) could fail
  • [-] Encrypting new database files could delete some bookmark properties
  • Smaller improvements and bugfixes


Version 5.1.0  (14-Jul-2009)
  • [+] Full Unicode support due to moving to a new compiler version - Blog
  • [+] Optimized and reduced memory usage, especially if you have lots of bookmarks with keywords or filter definitions
  • [+] Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for writing Plugins
  • [+] New checking method: Check by screenshot - Blog
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher can highlight changes in GIF/JPG/PNG images if you monitor a graphic file directly (address of the image file must be entered into the URL field)
  • [+] New PDF plugin with built-in solution to convert PDF files into web pages, an external converter is no longer required (the addon xpdf is no longer needed, but still supported)
  • [+] New Plugin: Convert Microsoft Word document into web page (Microsoft Office 2003 or higher must be installed)
  • [+] New Plugin: Convert Microsoft Excel document into web page (Microsoft Office 2003 or higher must be installed)
  • [+] Plugins for PDF/Word/Excel files can be automatically assigned to new bookmarks (enabled by default, can be disabled in the program configuration)
  • [+] PDF-files: The Pdf-Plugin is now suggested in the Browser-Info-Bar
  • [+] If the "Plugin Selection" dialog is called from the Browser Information Bar, a "Check Now" button is displayed in that dialog to quickly re-check the bookmark
  • [x] Improved detection if the PDF-Plugin based on pdftotext.exe (XPDF) produces an empty page
  • [+] New Plugin to monitor keyword definitions of a page - Blog
  • [+] Embedded videos are shown within web pages and blogs (image download or absolute image addresses must be enabled)
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher no longer plays the "click" sound when opening a page in the internal browser
  • [+] Filter definitions - Regular expressions: (?-i) for case sensitive regular expressions, for example: regex((?-i)\d+ Comments)
  • [+] Extended Search: Search result shows the bookmark folder if "View simple list" is selected
  • [+] Report/Export: New option "Select changed bookmarks" (select all changed bookmarks that are displayed in red/bold)
  • [+] Improved file selection when restoring an AutoBackup file
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher always performs an AutoBackup before updating the database to a newer version. This helps restoring the latest database version if the update conversion fails.
  • [+] Support of web pages which are compressed via HttpCompress
  • [+] Internal Browser: Send page by e-mail (via "Page" button in browser toolbar)
  • [+] Action "Send E-Mail": Old postings in RSS feeds are no longer included in e-mails what can dramatically reduce the e-mail size
  • [+] New function "Repair Cache Folder" (in File+Database). Call this feature if WSW displays outdated or wrong files when opening a bookmark.
  • [x] Improved detection and autocorrection of outdated cache files
  • [+] New command line parameter "BatchMode" to suppress specific user input messages, for example to automatically check for new versions.
  • [x] Reports: Improved text extraction from RSS feeds
  • [x] Improved integration of Local Website Archive (requires LWA 3.1.0)
  • [x] Improved codepage detection for pages with buggy HTML code
  • [x] Improved MSAA support
  • [-] If a changed, unread bookmark was rechecked with an error, then the error page instead of the unread content was displayed. WebSite-Watcher now ensures that you always see the unread content in such a case. - Thread
  • [+] Scripts: Long lines can be wrapped if a line is terminated with the string: (+)
  • [+] Scripts: New parameter for command CreateReport: /folder="..." and /subfolder to create reports for predefined folders
  • [+] Scripts: New function "GetFolderBookmarkCount" to get the number of bookmarks of a specified folder
  • [+] Scripts: New function "GetFolderUpdatedBookmarkCount" to get the number of updated bookmarks of a specified folder
  • [+] Scripts: New directory variables: {appdatadir} and {mydocumentsdir}
  • [+] Scripts: New command "TestConnection" to test a connection to a single page, eg. TestConnection("http:www.domain.com")
  • [+] Scripts: New parameter for command CreateReport: /bookmarks=unread (select all changed/unread bookmarks that are displayed in red/bold)
  • [+] Newsgroups: HTML postings are decoded correctly
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes


Version 5.0.6  (20-Aug-2009)
  • Improved database stability
  • Some virus tools could alert a virus in version 5.0.5
  • Smaller fixes/improvements


Version 5.0.5  (14-Jul-2009)
  • Smaller fixes/improvements


Version 5.0.4  (03-Jul-2009)
  • [-] Reports with extracted changes: Links were not extracted correctly
  • [-] RSS feed were not displayed correctly under rare circumstances
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash when synchronizing bookmarks
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash during a check run under rare circumstances
  • Smaller fixes/improvements


Version 5.0.3  (11-May-2009)
  • [+] More resistant against virus scanners (virus scanner could block some WSW files)
  • [x] Improved extraction of changes when sending e-mails in text format
  • [-] Changes in RSS feeds were not extracted correctly on reports
  • [x] Plugin for vBulletin forums improved
  • [+] Norwegian user interface added
  • [+] Italian user interface added
  • Smaller fixes/improvements


Version 5.0.2  (06-Apr-2009)
  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation improved
  • [-] AutoWatch countdown was reset after a bookmark was checked manually
  • [-] Helper program wswie.exe was not removed from memory under certain circumstances
  • [-] "Alert/Actions on Error" didn't work correctly
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher automatically renames images with wrong file extensions (was: internal browser could not display downloaded images with wrong file extensions)
  • [-] Time configuration "Check only on [DAYS]" could fail under certain circumstances
  • Danish translation added
  • Smaller fixes and improvements


Version 5.0.1  (30-Jan-2009)
  • [+] New PDF-Plugin that converts the content of a PDF file into a text file by trying to keep the layout
  • [+] Extended Search: Option "Search in bookmarks/page content" reintroduced
  • [x] Performance of AutoBackup feature improved
  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation optimized
  • [-] Command line parameter /R was broken in version 5.0
  • [-] Bookmark files with UNC path could not be opened
  • Bugfixes and smaller improvements


Version 5.0  (12-Jan-2009)
  • [+] Completely new file format (introduces many possibilities for planned 5.x features and brings tons of other advantages, for example: everything is stored in a centralized database, up to 50% less disk usage, no reorganization after a crash, and much much more)
  • [+] Plugin system that allows us more individual programming for specific pages. Custom Plugin creation is currently not available to the public, but it's planned to include the whole Plugin development system in WebSite-Watcher 5.1.
  • [+] Pre-defined Plugins for major forums (phpBB, vBulletin, IPBoard, SMF)
  • [+] Pre-defined Plugin to check the textual content of PDF files similar to normal web pages (this requires an additional tool to convert PDF files into text files)
  • [+] Bookmark properties: Import properties from another bookmark (via "Extra" button)
  • [+] Bookmark properties: Update properties in similar bookmarks
  • [+] IFRAME support
  • [+] Highlighting changes works more precisely
  • [+] Highlight changes: Strike out filtered content works more precisely
  • [+] Highlight keywords: regular expressions supported (format: regex(...))
  • [+] FavIcons are displayed on browser tabs
  • [+] Tabbed browsing: Close all read browser tabs
  • [+] Tabbed browsing: tab hints
  • [+] Internal browser: Zoom functionality in the Statusbar
  • [+] Internal browser: Show if an opened page has RSS feeds with possibility to add these feeds as new bookmarks
  • [+] Integration of Local Website Archive: "Open archived pages (LWA)" if bookmarks are added to Local Website Archive via bookmark actions (requires Local Website Archive 3.0+) - BLOG
  • [+] Bookmark Action / Add to Local Website Archive: New options to automatically delete old bookmarks from Local Website Archive (this works only in combination with Local Website Archive 3.0+ and pages that were archived with WebSite-Watcher 5.0+) - BLOG
  • [+] RSS feeds: New option to ignore changed postings (if enabled, WebSite-Watcher will monitor RSS feeds for new postings only)
  • [+] AutoWatch: improved time configuration and countdown calculation (probably your time settings need some re-configuration due to these changes)
  • [+] Follow Links: "Follow links to external domain" is now a separate option and can be used to monitor a whole domain inclusive all external links
  • [+] Daily Auto-Backup: Backup the opened bookmark files once a day (can be restored via Tools+Backup/Restore)
  • [+] Backup: Check database integrity before backup
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher asks which browser tabs to re-open after a program crash
  • [+] Compose Newsgroups postings: Spelling check
  • [+] Extended Search: New/better presentation of search results
  • [+] Extended Search: Found regular expression matches are highlighted
  • [+] Set properties in all selected bookmarks: Separate setting for e-mails and subjects
  • [+] Set properties in all selected bookmarks: Append to bookmark notes
  • [+] Report - new fields: {wsw_url_foldername} and {wsw_url_folderpath}
  • [+] Bookmark Action / Export: Filename supports variables {id}, {datetime} and date variables with format "<$date$, FORMAT>" (similar to date variables in URLs)
  • [+] New bookmark option: "Prevent horizontal scrolling" if the page width is larger than the browser window (bookmark properties + "Options" tab)
  • [+] Bookmark properties: Remember tab if bookmark properties are re-opened within a short time
  • [+] Check-By-Date:WebSite-Watcher now uses the most recent file date (a check could report false positives if a server swapped between different file dates, eg after redirecting to different servers) - Thread
  • [+] Synchronize: Sync functionality is now based on bookmark id and not on URLs to sync bookmarks
  • [+] Wildcard filter: More atomic match detection - BLOG
  • [+] Various dialogs: Many dialog elements can be accessed via shortcuts
  • [+] Themes of Office XP/2003/2007
  • Tons of smaller changes, improvements and fixes




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