Version 1.17 - 26 April 2009 ---------------------------- - Changes & Enhancements - Gateway - WAN IP Informer - Added support for Passive FTP mode which is required by certain routers. - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.06 Version 1.16 - 10 April 2009 ---------------------------- - Changes & Enhancements - Gateway - WAN IP Informer - Added support in the setup section for defining a custom URL to obtain the WAN IP. The custom URL must be based on the PHP script (wanip.php) that is now installed with Ace Remote Tools. - Added new WAN IP service provider: aceacc.co.za - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.06 Version 1.15 - 12 January 2009 ------------------------------ - Changes & Enhancements - Gateway - Added microace.co.za as WAN IP service provider - Added new option "Auto View Desktop of Host .." in view tab. This option allows you to specify a name of a Host that you want to automatically view the desktop of every time that Host connects to the Gateway. This feature is useful in a classroom type situation where each students PC will have the viewer application running as a tray application. The Gateway and Host application will run on the teachers computer. Every time the teacher would like to instruct the students via his desktop screen, he just needs to connect to the Gateway via the Host and his desktop screen will automatically be displayed on all student PC's. - Control / Viewer - Added option "Run at Windows Startup" which if enabled, will run the Control / Viewer application automatically every time windows starts and automatically connect to the default gateway. - Added support for command-line parameters /AUTORUN or /AUTOCONNECT which instructs the Control / Viewer application to automatically connect to the default gateway when the application starts. - Bug fixes - Gateway - Fixed problems with retrieving WAN IP from whatismyip.com and formyip.com. - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.06 Version 1.14 - 17 December 2008 ------------------------------- - Changes & Enhancements - Host service - Added functionality for the host to re-attempt connecting to a Gateway after a fatal error occurs. After a fatal error, logging attempts will occur at the maximum retry interval (default is every 10 minutes). - Control / Viewer - Added option to specify a startup password when running the application from a removable device like a USB Flash drive. - When running the application from a removable device, the application no longer runs as a tray application. Therefore when clicking the standard windows X button now terminates the application and will not minimise it to the tray area. - Host & Gateway service - When these services are installed a description of the services is now displayed in the Windows Services list. - General - Added exit button to all applications to quickly exit & terminate the applications. - Bug fixes - Gateway - WAN IP Informer Setup - Fixed issue with the minute portion of the secondary interval fields being limited to 12. Bug introduced in v1.12. - Gateway ISAPI - Fixed bug introduced in v1.13 where ARTGateway.ini was not used at startup to read configuration for isapi dll. - Control & Viewer applications - Fixed issue where alternate Gateway addresses or obtaining the IP address from the specified URL was not attempted by the Control & Viewer applications, in the event of failing to connect to the primary Gateway address. - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.06 Version 1.13 - 03 December 2008 ------------------------------- - Changes & Enhancements - Host Service - Under Windows 98, XP, 2000, 2003 the Chat & File Transfer windows can now be initiated from the window's services process if a user is presently logged into windows. - Added support for running multiple instances of the Host as a windows service simultaneously on the same PC. Simply copy the ARTHost executable to a different filename like ARTHost2.exe, ARTHost3.exe. Start these executables and setup your default gateway. Then use the service tab to install and run the Host instance as a service. - Gateway Service - Added support for running multiple instances of the Gateway as a windows service simultaneously on the same PC. Simply copy the ARTGateway executable to a different filename like ARTGateway2.exe, ARTGateway3.exe. Start these executables and define an unused port, secure key etc. Then use the service tab to install and run the Gateway instance as a service. - WAN IP Informer - If the Gateway is executed as a desktop application, the WAN IP Informer task will now not execute at its prescribed interval if its detects a windows service instance running of the same executable file. - The log file is now created in the \Log directory with the rest of the log files - Once the WAN IP Informer log reaches 1MB in size it is now renamed to a .bak file and a new log file is started. Version 1.12 - 03 December 2008 ------------------------------- - Changes & Enhancements - Host Service - Added a delay interval before the Host service attempts to retry a connection to the Gateway in the event of a connection failure. - For the first ten retries there is a 5 second delay between retry attempts. - After 10 attempts there is a 10 second delay between retries. - After 30 attempts there is a 1 minute delay between retries. - After 100 attempts there is a 3 minute delay between retries. - After 600 attempts there is a 10 minute delay between retries. - These settings can be customised by defining the MinRetryInterval & MaxRetryInterval key settings in [Main] section of the ARTHost.ini file. These intervals must be defined in seconds in the ini file and should be tested after defining. - Added service status in service tab - Improved general logging of Host Service - New Ping feature in Host, Control, Viewer Application. - The ping feature can be used to test whether a particular ip address is valid and is currently reachable. It can also be used to self test your internet connection. - Added ping option to right click popup menu on the main screen. - Added ping button in Gateway setup dialog, next to Gateway address field. - Control & Host CPU Usage & Frame Rate optimisations - Control - More optimisations have been done to reduce CPU usage on the Control side. - Host - Additional options have been added for Frame Rate control in the Host settings dialog. The Host can now choose to delay each frame by 10 to 500 milliseconds in addition to already existing options to specify the maximum Frame Rate in "Frames per Second". These new frame rate options are mostly useful in situations where you want to keep the CPU usage low on the Host and Control by defining how long you want the Host to wait between each frame. - "Automatic" option in the "Frame Rate" drop down inside the Host settings dialog has npw been renamed to "Maximum". - Maximum frame rate is now set to 59 frames per second, which is still adequate for a very smooth remote control experience, but will avoid situations inside a LAN where frame rates using prior "Automatic" settings had no limitations and used up to 100% CPU. - Control Desktop Control - Desktop control setup option has been renamed to "Desktop Control Role". - Options available are now: - Viewer (was View only) - Teacher (was Manual) - Supporter (was Auto) - Admin (was Full) - "Admin" is the best option when you are working alone on a remote PC (for example, you are the administrator). - "Supporter" is the best option when you are giving support to someone else and you want them to also be able to control the mouse without you having to explicitly give them permission by moving the mouse out of your desktop control window. - "Teacher" is the best option when you are teaching or supporting someone who normally does not need to take control of the mouse while you are on their PC, but you can give them control by moving with your mouse away from the Desktop Control window. - "Viewer" is the option you would choose when you only want to watch what a remote user is doing, but do not want to interfere. - Refer to the online help for a more detailed explanation of these options. - Gateway Service - Added service status in service tab - Changed minimum allowed ResponseTimeout value in ini file to 3000 (3 seconds). - Improved general logging of Gateway Service - Bug fixes - Host application - Fixed issue with button panel not being displayed after switching to the About tab while connected to a Gateway. - Fixed issue with 'Disconnect' button still being displayed after the Gateway forcefully disconnects the Host. - Control - Fixed a problem with the "Map Keys" feature when remotely controlling a Virtual Machine or RDP session. - Host, Control & Gateway applications - Fixed issue where apps prevented windows from shutting down until the apps where manually closed by the user. Version 1.11 - 26 November 2008 ------------------------------- - Changes & Enhancements - Host, Control & Viewer - CPU Usage on the Host & Control has now been reduced by appoximately 50% during remote control sessions. - Also setting the Frame Rate to 25 to 50 FPS on the Host should help reduce CPU usage and traffic for anyone doing remote control inside LAN. - To avoid high CPU usage on low-end graphic cards, it is also advisable to view the Host screen in its natural size without scaling it down or up. If your Control PC's resolution is higher than Host PC's resolution, this will be the default view (Host screen inside a window). And if your Control PC's resolution is the same as your Host PC's resolution, you can use Win+W to go to Full Screen mode and get a 1:1 view of the Host screen without scaling the Host screen up or down. Pressing Win+W again will get you out of the Full-Screen mode. - Bug fixes - In certain instances Host or application configurations were not restored correctly and were displayed in an encrypted format. This bug has now been fixed. However, in order to resolve this problem these incorrect values must be re-captured and the configuration re-saved. - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.06 Version 1.10 - 22 November 2008 ------------------------------- - Changes & Enhancements - Host, Control & Viewer - Support for multiple gateways has now been added. One gateway can also be made a default. The Host especially uses this default gateway for the /AUTORUN command line parameter or when executing in Windows service mode. - Gateway configuration and logins. - Added support for 3 login methods: - Prompt for username & password at every login - Login with a specified Username & Password - Prompt for login details & save after successul login - Added support for obtaining the Gateway from a web page (which is updated by the Gateway application) before login or in the event of a failure to connect. - Gateway address fields can now support a semi-colon list of addresses. Applications will try each address one after the other (including the IP from web page) until a successful connection has been establised or all the addresses have been attempted. - Added full proxy authentication support for those users who access the internet behind a proxy server. - Host Only - Added new command line parameter /AUTOCLOSE. Using this parameter will result in the Host application automatically terminating after it disconnects from the Gateway. This is useful for software applications that run the Host for support purposes with the /AUTORUN parameter which automatically connects to the default gateway. - More logging has been added to .log files and existing logging improved upon. - Configurations files have been changed to an ini format - Control & Viewer Only - Control Tab has been redesigned and options are now accessible from a toolbar. - Configurations files have been changed to an ini format - Gateways are now stored in an .adt database table - Gateway - Added "WAN IP Informer" tab. This feature can be used for Gateway's that are on a dynamic IP address. In the event of this address changing, this feature can be used to: a) Update a web page with the latest WAN IP address, which Hosts and Controls can download to obtain the latest IP address. b) Send out an email notification with the latest WAN IP address. Logs for this feature are maintained in the file ARTGatewayWANIP.log. - More logging has been added to .log files and existing logging improved upon. - Gateway ISAPI dll - Changed ResponseTimeout to default value of 20 seconds which is also the same value used by the Gateway application. Response timeout defines how long the Gateway may keep the connection idle and wait before it has to send a response out to a client. - Customiser & Packaging Tool - Added support for creating a custom list of Gateways to include with the Host installation package. - Added support for including the Video Mirror driver setup in the installation package. - Chat & File Transfer Window - Improved and redesigned look & feel of these windows, so that thet conform to windows user interface standards. - General - Added new Enterprise Edition. - General improvement to the look & feel and overall interface has been done to all applications. XP theme supported has also been added. - Click on the 'X' (close button) now minimizes applications to the tray. Double-clicking on the tray icon will now restore the application. Right-clicking on the tray icon will now popup a menu of options. - Host list boxes now support multiple columns. - Install - The "Host Customiser & Packaging Tool" now has a seperate option for installing this tool only and is no longer installed as part of the "Host Only" option. - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.06 Version 1.03 - 28 October 2008 ------------------------------ - Changes & Enhancements - Host - Added utilitiy to customise Host with your own company branding and to create a single, self extracting Host installation file. - Added option "Run at startup of windows" - Control - Added search host option - General - Added context sensitive online help - General UI improvements - Bug fixes - Control & Viewer - Fixed issue with new installation failing to activate demo on Windows Vista with UAC enabled. - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.05 Version 1.02 - 7 October 2008 ----------------------------- - Bug fixes - Control & Viewer - Fixed issue where Gateways settings were not restored when application was restarted. - Fixed issue where application need to be restarted for new licensing to take affect. - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.05 Version 1.01 - 3 October 2008 ----------------------------- - Bug fixes - Control & Viewer - Fixed issue where Professional Edition could not be licensed / activated. - Internal Notes - Requires D2007 v1.05 Version 1.00 - 24 September 2008 -------------------------------- - Initial Release