Version History and To Do List

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VERSION HISTORY

 

Version 1.32.01 - May 9, 2017

[BugFix] Fixed error complaining about "-dontofferdcupdaterpage" flag, seen when checking for updates in Screenshot Captor.

 

Version 1.31.01 - April 1st, 2017

[Major Feature] Updated to work with high-dpi (larger than 100% text) displays.

 

Version 1.30.01 - April 4th, 2012

[BugFix] Fixed bug where virtualstore location was being written to, causing dcupdater to report old versions of installed programs sometimes; see http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=30528.0; thanks to dc member sba
[Feature] Executable and setup now digitally signed and not zip-compatible

 

Version 1.29.01 - Jan 4th, 2011

[Feature] Added the following optional parameters to versioninfo.xml files:Override_VersionFileRemote,Override_WebPage,Override_UpdateFile.  Using these you can effectively have the versioninfo.xml file overide some values of the local .dcupdate file or even redirect to an alternative versioninfo file.

 

Version 1.28.02 - Oct 10th, 2010

[BugFix] The extra list of directories to include or exclude was being parsed incorrectly if entries were // commented out
[MinorFeature] The extra list of directories to include/exclude now skips ignoring a specific directory if passed on the commandline.
[BugFix] Date column did not display properly on non mm/dd/yyyy locals

 

Version 1.27.03 - Sep 15th, 2010

Improved dupe detection again -- should eliminate the occasional display of duplicate items in updater.
Rebuilt with libcurl 7.21.1 -- hopefully this fixes rare crashes of the updater.
Improved statusbar messages.
Added new information when the updates being shown are just from a specific program, with checkbox to show all known updateable applications.
Improved handling of case when updater is launched and an instance is already running.
Fixed mouseover hints from options.
Added "explore here" item to right-click menu for entries.

 

Version 1.26.01 - Jan 6th, 2010

Looks like win7 fixes are successful

 

Version 1.25.02 - Dec 29th, 2009

Attempt to fix windows7 crash
Attempt to fix problems with libcurl library on vista and other flavors of MS Windows.

 

Version 1.24.01 - Dec 20th, 2009

Rebuilt with latest version of libcurl (7.19.7) -- may fix some network issues
No longer packed -- may improve some exit crashes?
Added support for following redirects when retrieving web update and version files.

 

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