Changelog

Change history for WoWus

Release notes for this product.

v1.10; 22nd January, 2009.
    - Other: Significant performance improvements to column sorting.
    - Other: Improved the detection of addon change-logs.
    - Fixed: Rare crash when loading column data at startup.
    - Fixed: Rare crash on update checking on the pinging of mirrors.
    - Fixed: All column sorting related crashes.
    - Fixed: A few rare application crashes.

v1.09; 30th July, 2008.
    - Added: Delete Crash Dumps to the Management - Tweaks area.
    - Added: DownloadThreadPriority, DownloadTimeout to Settings - Advanced.
    - Fixed: Bug introduced in v1.08 that results in addon installation failures on some systems.
    - Fixed: Problem when trying to access the .toc file for some addons.
    - Fixed: Problem when backing-up addons just before upgrading.
    - Fixed: Delete Cached Data and Delete All Settings in Management - Tweaks area.
    - Other: Tweaks to the downloading core.

v1.08; 16th June, 2008.
    - Added: Advanced tab to the Settings window with various new settings.
    - Fixed: GetWoWPath() startup error.
    - Other: "WoW is Running" will only appear if it is the WoW that is actually being updated.
    - Other: The columns shown by default have been changed.
    - Other: Logging was using the wrong icon for Successful entries.
    - Other: WoWus should work on the Mac/Linux after tweaking the Advanced tab settings.
    - Other: Updated the Pique library.

v1.07; 12th June, 2008.
    - Added: Vertical resizing to the Management window.
    - Other: Replaced all images with Vista-style versions.
    - Other: General interface improvements.
    - Other: Reduced executable filesize by a further 71KB.
    - Other: Lots of internal changes to various parts of the application.

v1.06; 17th April, 2008.
    - Added: Change Location Registry Key to the Settings - General area.
    - Added: Ping Server to Settings - Mirrors area.
    - Added: Categories to Compilation Lists.
    - Fixed: Save List wasn't working correctly.
    - Fixed: Foldernames and Dependencies columns were displaying incorrect information.
    - Fixed: Crash when downloading certain corrupted addons.
    - Fixed: Crash when column sorting if the Updated date column wasn't visible.
    - Fixed: Corrected Exclude Addon window to look correct in Windows Vista.
    - Other: Removed Database Manager (was never enabled) and Addon Browser.
    - Other: Changed deletion character in compilation lists to a question mark.
    - Other: Management - Installed Addons Size column now show addon sizes.
    - Other: Executable filesize is now almost 200KB smaller.

v1.05; 6th February, 2008.
    - Other: "Name, Description" is now again the default search field in the Search Pane.
    - Fixed: Corrupted addon downloads will not result in the addon being removed from WoW.
    - Fixed: A somewhat rare startup exception problem.

v1.04; 29th January, 2008.
    - Other: Newly-installed addons' dates are set to their last updated date and not the installation date.
    - Other: If viewing all addons, WoWus won't auto-close after installing , regardless of Settings.
    - Other: WoWus is more MacOS compliant when running on the Mac via the Mono framework.

v1.03; 2nd November, 2007.
    - Added: Column editor. Right-click the main listview to access it.
    - Added: Exit After Installing Add-Ons to the Settings - AddOns area.
    - Added: All WoWus assemblies are now signed for added security.
    - Removed: Add-On Information window.
    - Fixed: Exception when clicking a column during updating.
    - Fixed: Partially corrupted page-tab icons in the Management area.
    - Fixed: Web Information no longer shows an error if an add-on has no information URL.
    - Other: The main window's size is now saved.
    - Other: Improvements to the fix WoW registry keys feature.
    - Other: Improvements to the initial detection of the location of the WoW.exe game file.
    - Other: Keyfile can now reside in the WoWus application data folder.
    - Other: Changed notification when Forcing an add-on re-install. Thanks to Daf.
    - Other: Minor changes and additions.

v1.02; 19th July, 2007.
    - Added: Enabled Load List for Freeware editions of WoWus.
    - Added: Search Pane to the Donator's Menu.
    - Added: Optional Auto-Deletion when importing Lists. Create a List and examine it for details.
    - Added: New icon. Thanks to Teetow!
    - Fixed: Exception when viewing addon screenshots in a certain order.

v1.01; 3rd February, 2007.
    - Added: Send to System Tray on Minimise to Settings - Interface.
    - Added: All listviews now support column sorting.
    - Added: Optional checking for WoW.exe running process before updating.
    - Added: Dump My Installed Add-Ons to the Donator's Menu.
    - Added: Log Level option to the Logging Window.
    - Added: Save Log on Exit to the Logging window. Enabled by default.
    - Fixed: The whole Load/Save List system didn't function correctly with some addons.
    - Fixed: Delete All Add-Ons in the Management area didn't actually do anything.
    - Fixed: Any deletion code now correctly removes Read-Only files and directories.
    - Fixed: Not all outdated add-on folders were being deleted when upgrading.
    - Fixed: Exception with CheckForValidLocationKeys() in limited Windows user accounts.
    - Fixed: Exception when viewing corrupted screenshots.
    - Fixed: Window metrics are now not saved when the main window is minimised.
    - Other: Compile List from Installed Add-Ons now ignores Blizzard add-ons.
    - Other: Compile List from Installed Add-Ons has been revamped. Old lists are incompatible.
    - Other: Changed the way old and new addon dates are compared.
    - Other: Write-protected directories are now un-protected when deleting backups before an add-on is updated.
    - Other: Minor changes and additions.

v1.00; 14th December, 2006.
    - Added: Add-on Browser to the Donator's menu. (with experimental screenshot support)
    - Added: Interface section to the Settings window.
    - Added: Information pane to the Logging window.
    - Added: WoWus now detects and asks you if you want to fix any broken WoW registry keys.
    - Added: Support for 7-Zip, RAR, G-Zip, BZip2, Arj, Lzh, and Tar addon archives.
    - Added: Backups are now archived in the 7-Zip format.
    - Added: Add-on localisation option to Settings - Interface area, where available.
    - Fixed: Occasional exception when downloading updates with the Logging window open.
    - Fixed: Suppressed an exception when saving settings in rare cases.
    - Fixed: Exception when selecting an invalid WoW.exe executable.
    - Fixed: Possible exception when backing-up addons.
    - Fixed: Not all (applicable) items in the Donator's Menu were being enabled.
    - Fixed: List Update wasn't always reverting back from the Stop Listing state.
    - Fixed: It was possible to open multiple Logging windows.
    - Other: Blizzard addons are no longer displayed in the installed addons Management list.
    - Other: Default mirror now changed to NTL World.
    - Other: Smoother List Updates experience.
    - Other: General improvements to many areas.
    - Other: Updated manual.

v0.99; 6th September, 2006. (beta)
    - Added: Force Re-install to the Installed Add-ons Management area.
    - Added: Show Information context menu item to the Installed Add-ons Management area.
    - Fixed: Listings not downloading on some non-English OSes.
    - Fixed: Highlight Add-ons in the Installed Add-ons Management area.
    - Fixed: WoW game path wasn't being saved; WoW version information was also incorrect.
    - Fixed: The uninstaller wasn't fully uninstalling WoWus.
    - Other: Optimised displaying of updated add-ons.

v0.98; 30th August, 2006. (beta)
    - Added: WoW add-on and settings backup/restore to the Management area. (experimental)
    - Added: Compile Compilation from Installed Add-Ons to donator's menu.
    - Added: Highlight Supported to the Installed Add-Ons tab in the Management area.
    - Fixed: "Collection was modified" exception.
    - Other: Various little changes and additions.
    - Other: Many enhancements to the database.

v0.97; 14th July, 2006. (beta)
    - Added: A true download mirror system, replacing the previous version.
    - Added: Window position saving.
    - Fixed: Rare exception when clicking links in the About window.
    - Fixed: Rare permissions exception when downloading certain addons.
    - Other: Revamped the Settings window and added lots of new options.
    - Other: Enhanced database.

v0.96; 29th June, 2006. (beta)
    - Fixed: Exception when selecting Add-On Information for a certain add-on.
    - Fixed: Exception at startup when trying to save settings.
    - Fixed: Hopefully fixed a rare "Type Initializer" exception.
    - Fixed: The NTLWorld mirror didn't always work correctly.
    - Other: Only one copy of WoWus can be run at a time.
    - Other: Minor interface improvements.

v0.95; 4th June, 2006. (beta)
    - Added: Mirror support for those that cannot connect to WoWus.m6.net. See Settings.
    - Added: Do Not Backup Add-Ons option to the Settings window.
    - Added: Yet more logging during the add-on upgrading process.
    - Fix: Security checking on correct add-on installation locations was far too
      stringent; now reduced. May fix add-ons sometimes not installing in some cases.
    - Other: Updated manual.

v0.94; 14th May, 2006. (beta)
    - Added: Update exclusions for add-ons. Right-click Updates list for exclusion.
    - Added: Stop Listing button during a Get Listings.
    - Added: License Editions (see About window) and List Updates throttling.
    - Added: Secret area.. ssh!
    - Other: WoWus should now be fully compliant with limited-user Windows accounts.
    - Other: The scanning engine should be much more accurate when determining if
      an update is actually out of date or not.
    - Other: Rewrote the add-on download engine and included download progress bar.
    - Other: Settings are now stored in the system's Application Data\WoWus folder.
    - Other: Added lots of logging information during add-on updating.
    - Other: Numerous code and interface changes.

v0.93; 3rd May, 2006. (beta)
    - Fixed: Hopefully fixed a startup exception to do with logging.

v0.92; 1st May, 2006. (beta)
    - Added: Add-On Properties window to main window's context menu.
    - Added: Get Listings on Application Startup option in Settings.
    - Added: Logging window. Click on the status bar to display it.
    - Added: WoWus is now "aware" of add-on compilation packages.
    - Other: Added lots of polish in general areas.
    - Other: Lots of minor code and interface tweaks.

v0.91; 21th April, 2006. (beta)
    - Added: Replaced Add-On Backup section with Management area.
    - Added: Tweaks section to the Management area.
    - Added: Loading and saving of add-on lists.
    - Added: Pique exception handling. See here.
    - Fixed: Downloading updates would fail if the Updates folder didn't exist
      and WoWus would still offer to install the (failed) updates.
    - Fixed: Update checking only reports there is a new version if the new
      version is actually of a higher version number.
    - Other: Various minor changes and additions.

v0.90; 9th April, 2006. (beta)
    - First public release.