X-NetStat Professional 5.2

What's New Since 5.12
9:28 PM 2/24/2005
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NEW FEATURES
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  + Added InfoPanel to hold Connection, Process, Port, Location and System Info
    (Turn it on from View menu)
  + Added "System Info" panel
  + Added "Location Info" feature to do auto-WHOIS on a connection

  + Added Always On Top button to toolbar
  + Added "Minimize to ViewBar" toolbar button

  + FilterBar: INVERSE FILTER

     You can now do an inverse filter ... that is, DON'T show connections that match the filter.
     To use, prefix your filter with a % sign
     For example:   %localhost   will hide all items with "localhost" in that column.
 
  + FilterBar: PORT RANGE FILTER
     In the Local Port and Remote Port columns, you can now specify a range of ports to display.
     To use, just put a dash between start port and end port.
     For example:   3000-4000    will show connections using ports 3000 through 4000


  + Added Logs Main Menu.
  + Log Manager (Tools Menu)

  + Added "Get External IP Address" to Tools menu

  + Added "Check for Local IP & Hostname Changes" option  (Extra Options)
  + Added "Dont Warn when Terminating or Restarting Processes" option (Extra Options)
  + Added Option for continuous repainting of Connection Table in Extra Options
  + Added "Memory Leak Protection" that restarts XNS every 24 hours (Beta versions only)

  + Added the much desired Process Trigger to the Rules System
  + Added "Recent Messages" window, activated when clicking on Tray Balloon Hint
  + Added "Automatic" to WHOIS in context menu
  + Added edit/clear cache to Tools menu
  + Added "DOS Commands" menu
  + Added Transmission Rate display in Status bar
  + Added "Show Recent Messages" to main menu

  + Added "Display NetBIOS Table" to file menu
  + Implemented "Events" display behavior in Options (Extra Options)
  + Implemented "Show port numbers with Shortnames"
  

  * Added Connection "Events" ... Viewbar, Tray, etc
    /// + Added Message Queue to viewbar -- no more application holdups upon new Events 

  + Added Pause button to Viewbar (to pause Auto-Scroll)

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
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  + New time-passed format: days, hours, minutes, seconds (Age, Uptime, etc)
  + Password masked the Webserver Password field in Options
  + Upgraded Tray Icon (minimizing now shows a sample popup message)

  + Added whois.lacnic.net to the WHOIS tool

  + Made Options window bigger
  + Made Options load Programs, Rules, FriendlyNames with less flicker
  + Installer no longer overwrites Rules, Friendly Names, Programs, or OnlineTools if they already exist
  + Added "Restart Process" to Process Info (only on InfoPan for now)
  + Made "Terminate Process" warning more detailed
  + Implemented "Dont Show Again" Info for FilterBar (others to come?)
  + Turning Logging on from Logs button now makes log file immediately
  + SMTP and Remote Access Passwords are no longer stored in plaintext
  + Lookup -> WHOIS:  Can now handle specific server ports ( hostname.com:port )

  + Message Alerts (Rules) no longer stack up on top of each other. Now a one-window solution with an Alert queue.
  + DNS Lookups now show their status (and thread count) in realtime
  + When Checking For Updates, it now displays so in the status bar
  + XNS now remembers the last column you sorted by and sort direction.

  + Kill button is no longer enabled for already-dead connections
  + Bulk IP Import: Now has Header. Added just "HOSTNAME" output option.
  + Bulk IP Import: Now shows Resolves as they happens (frmMain not updated)

  + Updated User's Manual

  + Added NetSpeed in the Programs menu by default (Put in Tools menu?)
  - Disabled the AutoHide feature on ViewBar -- it kept dissapearing! :(
  + Made the Time field less wide, less stupid

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
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  + Greatly improved the WHOIS / IP/Domain lookup code
  + Upgraded the Connection Table (Performance)
  + MarkConnection doesn't call Repaint anymore (performance)
  + Shortened "LastRefresh" status message to show just the time, not the date (space saving)
  + Improved Interaction of items on ViewBar
  + Smoother Viewbar Startup
  + Made minimum window size
  + Updated tips



MINOR STUFF
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  + Logging is now on by default
  + Updated CopyRight year to 2005
  + Decreased height of Splash Screen
  + X-NetStat's main window is now wider by default
  + Added Radar animation
  + Renamed "Hostname" to "Computer Name" for status bar customization
  + Added accelerator key to "Stop recognizing this name" in Recognize As dialog


  BUGFIXES
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  + Fixed Process Information choking on System Processes (Windows Kernel)
  + Fixed Process Info choking on processes with no embedded version info

  + Fixed small toolbar buttons (Pause, Filter, OnTop) not appearing in Toolbar customization popup
  + Fixed bug where after minimizing to tray, you could no longer redock the toolbar
  + Fixed Always-Scrolling-To-Top-Connection-On-Refresh bug, now retains selection after Refresh.
  + Fixed bug where restarting X-NetStat would overwrite the current log file!
  + Fixed double-brackets around "[System Process]" in Log files
  + Fixed Programs button not launching files with a space in them

  + Fixed Tips window not being focused after StartUp
  + Fixed double-clicking the Programs editor bringing up "Add Program" instead of "Edit Program"
  + Fixed bug where "Clear Cache" would still clear even after you say "No"
  + Fixed bug where turning off Filterbar would do over 8 refreshes
  + Fixed "Stop recognizing this friendly name" not working
  + FIXED MegaBug where it wouldn't hold current scrolled down position
   	(HOWEVER the header flickers on every few refreshes now)
  + Fixed bug where Logging didn't create a new log at midnight
  + Fixed "Restart process" not accepting Cancel

  + Fixed Viewbar not remembering if VB was docked top. 
  + Fixed Viewbar stops showing Event messages afater a while
  + Fixed the ViewBar "blank space" issue
  + Fixed the Viewbar always painting itself over EVERYTHING
  + Fixed ViewBar LED lights not syncing with main window LEDs
  + Fixed changing the ViewBar's Auto-Scroll interval requiring XNS restart to take effect
  + Fixed VB -> Connection Info -> Recognize  window being behind Connection Info dialog

  + Fixed Rule's "On" checkbox in Options not working
  + Fixed duplicate Accelerator key on "Rules Menu" and "Refresh"
  + Fixed Tray Icon turning and staying grey after Rule is triggered
  + Fixed a vital text manipulation routine
  + Fixed bug where selected connection would shift after Conn Table shifted
  + Fixed Printing/Viewing Server displaying ALL columns
  + Fixed "Clear All" button being disabled by default on Friendly Names
  + Fixed "rule #" not displaying number on Alerts window
  + Fixed "No default adapter in NetStats" when disconnected
  + Fixed Tips window not cleaning up its memory usage
  + Fixed a Recognize-As bug
  + Fixed clicking recognize "link" starts with old default text
  + Fixed:  New log file not created at midnight
  + Fixed:  New log files don't show existing connections , only new ones..
