SmartFTP Client 6.0 Change Log

2011-10-28 18:45:30

Product lifecycle: EOL (End-of-life)
All future entries will be published as new posts. Scroll down to see the newest entry.
6.0 Build 2001 21. April 2014

User Interface
- New ribbon interface
- Office 2013 theme
- High dpi support for 125% - 250% dpi
- Replaced all toolbar bitmaps with multi-resolution icons
- Added support for mouse over scrolling
Remote Browser
- Connection sharing between Remote Browser and Transfer Queue
- Removed connect/reconnect/disconnect buttons and functionality
- The root folder / is now handled like any other file folder
- Unified search implementation/interface
Text Editor
- Added clipboard ring
- Dynamic styling is now done when the main thread is idle
- New quick find & replace
- New indicator bar which shows annotations, search highlights and spelling errors on the right side of the scrollbar
- A progress indicator is shown during lexing/highlighting
- The number of selected characters and lines is now displayed in the statusbar
- Support for Microsoft spellchecker with auto correction
- Added support for code preview. Enable it in the settings.
- Added Visual Compare of 2 documents
- Added the ability to add column markers to the ruler bar
Modernization
- Unified search implementation (Removed legacy search implementation)
- Replaced CryptoAPI with CNG
- Replaced custom task dialog implementation with native implementation
- Transfer filters use Canonical Advanced Query Syntax (AQS)
Cleanup
- Removed all Windows XP specific code and workarounds
- Removed Rapidshare
System Requirement: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 2012 (R2), Windows 8.1

2014-04-22 12:54:17

6.0 Build 2002 23. April 2014

Fix: Remote Browser: Bookmarks
Fix: Windows 8.1: Preview pane
Fix: Preview pane state was not restored
Fix: Remote Browser: Double click was broken when the "[x] Use check boxes to select items" option was enabled.

2014-04-23 04:05:03

6.0 Build 2003 23. April 2014

Fix: Remote Browser: Unix group, owner
Fix: Remote Browser: Edit
Fix: Multi-part downloads

2014-04-23 19:38:31

6.0 Build 2006 28. April 2014

Fix: WebDAV
Fix: Remote Browser: Edit
Fix: Favorites Browser: Favorite name change was not always reflected in the view
Remote Browser: Added Open With... context menu if there are no file associations

2014-04-28 21:10:30

6.0 Build 2007 30. April 2014

Fix: Quick Search
Fix: Favorite Browser: New favorite
Fix: Remote Browser: Item check boxes
Fix: Remote Browser: Edit (once again)

2014-04-30 12:40:27

6.0 Build 2008 1. May 2014

Fix: Crash when creating a new connection through the login bar
Better fail-over mechanism for invalid initial paths. Initial paths have to be absolute (starting with a /)

2014-05-01 20:57:20

6.0 Build 2009 2. May 2014

Fix: Windows 8: Remote Browser: Open with... and "make default association"
Settings: Single instance is now enabled by default
Fix: Remote Browser: Upload failed to queue the items under some circumstances

2014-05-02 21:21:04

6.0 Build 2012 6. May 2014

Fix: Remote Browser: Various issues with folder redirection and navigation pane
Fix: Transfer Queue: Multi part transfers using the FTP protocol
Fix: Transfer Queue: Removed unnecessary parent folder resolution during upload
Fix: Password Recovery Tool: Failed to run on 32-bit platform
Fix: Log Control: Set font
Remote Browser: New Copy Url function in ribbon
Updated Italian localization

2014-05-05 20:01:14

6.0 Build 2015 7. May 2014

Fix: Draw issues if the taskbar is attached to the left side of the screen
Fix: Uninitialized variable caused various issues
Fix: Freeze when Sync navigation and Link browser was enabled
Fix: Remote Browser: View

2014-05-07 00:59:20

6.0 Build 2017 13. May 2014

Updated Office 2013 theme
Fix: Serv-U returns incorrect value in Win32.ea property
Fix: Incorrect behavior when entering a path to a file into the address input box
Fix: Telnet
Windows 7: Workaround for systems where KB2533623 has not been installed
Fix: Backspace in shell view

2014-05-14 14:52:46

6.0 Build 2019 17. May 2014

Improved Office 2013 theme: flat borders, check box controls, check marks in menus, context menu shadows
Fix: Windows 8.1: Drag&Drop to Transfer Queue pane
Internal: Added assembly dependencies to component manifests
Internal: Replaced legacy memory dc with new buffered paint functionality
Updated Dutch localization
</ul

2014-05-17 21:44:04

6.0 Build 2021 22. May 2014

Improved Office 2013 theme: key accelerators, pane tab buttons
FTP: Improved parser performance
Remote Browser: Refresh / F5 is now reloading the file listing from the server

2014-05-22 15:37:51

6.0 Build 2024 28. May 2014

Settings: Filter Sets: Internal: Removed extra save & copy operations
Favorite Properties: Removed description for file exist rules
Favorite Properties: Filter: Improved usability of edit conditions dialog
Favorite Properties: Removed edit button for ascii and priority list controls
Fix: Favorites: Windows 8: Incorrect icon for Edit Default Favorite
Fix: Edit Favorites: Create shortcut command was broken
Various other unspecified fixes of minor bugs
Fix: FTP: Upload failed when compression was enabled
Fix: Windows 7: Transfer speed for uploads was limited when CTCP was disabled

2014-05-27 02:04:46

6.0 Build 2026 31. May 2014

Updated Turkish translation
Transfer Queue: Added file logger (Ultimate edition with Logger addon)

2014-05-30 05:08:52

6.0 Build 2029 10. June 2014

Fix: Ascii filters were ignored
Multi Upload pane: Redesigned UI elements.
Browser: Details pane is themed (Office 2013) now
Transfer Queue: Added database logger (Ultimate edition with Logger addon)
Transfer Queue: New plugin architecture

2014-06-09 22:44:12

6.0 Build 2030 12. June 2014

Favorites UI: Added CTCP note to Performance dialog
Windows 7: LastPass, KeePass: Added support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2
Fix: Quick find highlight
Transfer Queue: Folder contents are no longer cached
Remote Browser: If the use automatic rule as the default file exist action is selected, folders are no longer enumerated.
Remote Browser: New option in the Settings - Interface dialog which specifies how the remote browser layout is saved.

2014-06-11 10:51:31

6.0 Build 2036 20. June 2014

Fix: Ascii filters did not apply for uploads
Fix: The passphrase prompt did never show
S3: Added Permission dialog to manage Access Control List (acl)
Fix: WebDAV: Fixed problem with empty folder listing

2014-06-19 22:59:57

6.0 Build 2037 24. June 2014

S3: Added Copy Url for HTTP, HTTPS and torrent
S3: Added S3 property page to the property sheet which shows the bucket location, storage class, encryption, versioning
Fix: S3: Rename of folder was broken
S3: Rename does now maintain storage class, encryption and acl
Remote Browser: Improved handling for servers not returning a file size. E.g. Fotki Photos-thru-FTP Engine 2.2

2014-06-24 01:08:32

6.0 Build 2039 27. June 2014

Favorite Properties: SSH - Authentication page: Added wizard to import a private key file into the Windows certificate store.
Fix: Remote Browser: Move operation was fully enumerating the folder.
Fix: Windows 7: Workaround for crash bug in ole32 that was caused when a favorite with a corresponding history item was deleted

2014-06-26 23:39:37

6.0 Build 2040 2. July 2014

Fix: Regression: Remote Browser: Permissions dialog was not initialized correctly
Transfer Queue: The parent destination folder is no longer automatically created. The transfer will fail if the parent destination folder does not exist.

2014-07-02 12:34:22

6.0 Build 2042 7. July 2014

Browsers: Added Content view mode.
Visual Compare now works in all view and group modes.
Fix: Regression: Transfer Queue: Synchronize: One way with Delete
Updated scintilla
Internal: Separated Scheduler from Transfer Queue

2014-07-07 13:04:39

6.0 Build 2045 9. July 2014

Added File Explorer frequent list to Local Browser menu
Fix: Database logger
Fix: Regression: Grid lines in browser views
Fix: Synchronized browsing for certain locations

2014-07-09 21:44:54

6.0 Build 2049 18. July 2014

Browsers: Minor fixes when grid lines are enabled
Remote Browser: Folder replace confirmation is now always displayed
Fix: Transfer Queue: Hidden files were ignored
Transfer Queue: Improved read/write performance of items file. (Replaced MSXML with XmlLite)
Scheduler: Improved read/write performance of data file (Replaced MSXML with XmlLite)
Favorites: Improved read performance of favorites (Replaced MSXML with XmlLite)

2014-07-18 06:55:11

6.0 Build 2052 24. July 2014

Windows 7: Added check for SP1 in setup
Windows 8: Office 2013 is now the default theme for new installations
Text Editor: Added support for Notepad++'s language and style files. KB: How to use Notepad++ config files
FTP: Added MVS path type to force the client to always send MVS path styles
S3: XmlLite is now used to parse the responses
Internal: Serializer for all config files uses XmlLite now
Internal: Replaced debug file logging with ETW provider
Cleanup: Removed import of legacy history files (history.dat)

2014-07-23 21:31:35

6.0 Build 2053 25. July 2014

Improved Office 2013 theme in high DPI mode (125% - 250%)
- New glyphs for check marks, triangle, drop down arrow, overflow arrows, pin, close
- Layout proportions are correctly adjusted
The Office 2013 theme is the recommended theme for high DPI mode
WebDAV: XmlLite is now used to parse the responses
Fix: Remote Browser: File operation wasn't walking into sub folders during manual folder merge

2014-07-25 17:17:32

6.0 Build 2058 2. August 2014

Text Editor: Switched from GDI to DirectWrite renderer

2014-08-02 10:03:51

6.0 Build 2059 19. August 2014

Text Editor: Corrected line height and antialiasing
Text Editor: Support for Direct2D 1.1 which brings high-quality rendering. To take advantage of Direct2D 1.1 on Windows 7 install the Platform Update
New Task Scheduler which supersedes the legacy scheduler
Internal: New file monitor
Disabled Ident server settings dialog. Feature scheduled for removal

2014-08-19 17:38:24

6.0 Build 2064 26. August 2014

Updated German translation

2014-08-26 22:00:07

6.0 Build 2069 10. September 2014

Browser: Focus is no longer lost when browsing with the keyboard
Task Scheduler: Added automatic fix up if there is task named "SmartFTP" in the task scheduler's root folder.
Updated scintilla
Added check whether SmartFTP's shell extensions have "accidentally" been blocked by the user.
Windows 7: Added check for KB2533623 (superseded by KB2758857)
Task Scheduler: Windows 8 / 2012: Added workaround for bug in Windows Task Scheduler
Internal: Refactored url parsing/builder
Internal: LastPass, KeepPass, Activation switched to new http client

2014-09-10 00:14:57

6.0 Build 2071 18. September 2014

Keyboard shortcuts have changed: Ctrl+I = open favorites, Ctrl+J = copy, Ctrl+Shift+J = move
Other unspecified fixes

2014-09-18 04:40:54

6.0 Build 2078 28. September 2014

Added support for Google Drive
Remote Browser: Regression: Fixed bug with preview
Self signed certificates are now signed with SHA-256

2014-09-28 21:31:00

6.0 Build 2084 18. October 2014

Added check for the case when the Task Scheduler windows service has been disabled
Fix: Remote Browser: Fixed several issues with the Permissions dialog
New file transfer implementation for Google Drive, S3 and WebDAV
- Transfer files directly between servers with different protocols. E.g. S3 to Google Drive, or WebDAV to S3

2014-10-19 07:30:22

6.0 Build 2085 21. October 2014

Fix: Telnet: Disconnect was blocking under some circumstances
Text Editor: Updated Scintilla
Text Editor: Added support for VS Line Copy: Ctrl+C copies the current line if no text is selected
Fix: Windows 7: Transfer Queue: Show log caused catastrophic failure if the log was empty
Fix: Favorites: SSH: Export of public key

2014-10-21 10:22:57

6.0 Build 2086 24. October 2014

SSH: Deprecated old and weak ciphers: cast128-cbc, blowfish
SSH: Deprecated HMACs: hmac-md5-96, hmac-sha1-96
Terminal: Visual bell no longer requires an extra window border
Terminal: Support for Direct2D 1.1 which brings fast and high-quality (subpixel) rendering.
Windows 7: KB2670838 is now a prerequisite. More Details

2014-10-24 19:51:07

6.0 Build 2087 28. October 2014

Fix: Text Editor: Copy didn't put the correct HTML content into the clipboard
Updated UI component
Terminal: Fix: Fixed a couple of minor drawing issues
Changed all urls pointing to smartftp.com to https

2014-10-28 14:14:09

6.0 Build 2090 6. November 2014

Terminal: Added xterm extended mouse support
To prevent GDI handle exhaustion, the number of open browsers (tabs) is now limited to 32
Improved High-DPI support (especially 200%, 250% dpi modes)
- Additional high resolution icons
- Fixed several minor display issues

2014-11-05 23:59:27

6.0 Build 2092 10. November 2014

Google Drive: Reduced number of server requests when resolving paths
Added support for Microsoft OneDrive

2014-11-10 23:20:29

The change log continues here:
SmartFTP Client Change Log