Version History and To Do List

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VERSION HISTORY

 

Version 1.23.01 - Aug 20th, 2007

Fixed bug causing error when you disable all items and say hide disabled.
Wasn't properly shutting down automatically when invoked from another program with disabled items.
Added help for using dcuhelper
Fixed bug in unzipinstall.exe helper utility which was causing it to not shutdown target programs during unzipping.

 

Version 1.22.01 - Aug 19th, 2007

Improved minimize-to-tray interaction with running the updater from a program and running it as a standalone tool.

 

Version 1.21.01 - Aug 15th, 2007

Last version broke the notification to programs when a zip-based (plugin) update completed.
Added more items to the "Installables" tab.

 

Version 1.20.02 - Aug 6th, 2007

Modified the download options for location and naming.
Added default icons for when icons are missing.

 

Version 1.19.01 - Aug 5th, 2007

DcUpdater now knows how to look in a local zip file and find dcupdate information and report and run the update for you.
Right-click popup context menu now provides more information and some more choices.
Files with .dcupdate extension are now registered to be opened with DcUpdater on double click -- which will show a single-tab interface in the program to make it easier to install NEW packages in this way.
New Right-click context menu item to do a manual download of the update file without installing (options to add date and version to the filename and specify custom directory).
Program remembers height of extra info in advanced mode.
You can now exclude folders and files from scanning by listing them in the Extra Files memo with a - prefix.
You can now drag and drop .dcupdate files or even ZIP packages onto the main window to install a new package.

 

Version 1.18.01 - July 30th, 2007

All options are now in a separate dialog.
Main form now has two tabs, one for installed packages, one for available packages.
New simple mode button.
Self-upgrade now takes place after all other items are updated.
New-install update files will be automatically overrided by installed versions of the same package.
Checkboxes let you disable items from checking.
View menu lets you hide disabled items.
Sorted columns are preserved between runs.
Added (and set default) an alertbox mode of displaying update from tray.

 

Version 1.17.01 - July 16th, 2007

Doesn't pop up on failure to connect to network (better for resuming from sleep issues)

 

Version 1.16.01 - July 11th, 2007

Updater was staying minimized to tray if there were updates that had already been reported.

 

Version 1.15.01 - July 10th, 2007

Updater now detects when a second instance is launched and absorbs it's commandline parameters and closes the 2nd instance.
Drag and drop of files results in adding the FOLDER to the search path.
The updater now uses a hash of update versions so that it wont "pop up" to show you update information that you have seen before (so now if you dismiss an update popup you wont see it again unless you manually check for updates or a new update becomes available).

 

Version 1.14.01 - July 8th, 2007

Updater now does not pop up when there is just an error getting version info.
Modified program name in order to fix mistaken windows Vista UAC elevation and alert.

 

Version 1.13.01 - July 7th, 2007

Updater will now direct you to the website if there is no configured install file for an update.

 

Version 1.12.05 - June 30, 2007

New commandline arguments supported

 

Version 1.11.01 - June 20, 2007

First private release.

 


 

TODO LIST

 

Unzip support.
Helper Utility.
Pad file support.

 


 

CREDITS AND THANK YOU

 

libcurl - http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/ - the internet downloading library used
tinyxml - http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml/ - the xml parsing library used
unzip (info-zip) - http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html - the unzip utility used for unpacking zip files