What's New
3.0.1 (04/07/2011)
Bug fixes and improvements in version 3.0.1:
- Fixed the following bugs in VSS Import Tool:
- Incomplete log file.
- File Content dialog may be not closed after the import completes in some
situations.
- Concurrent file access issue.
- Fixed bug where sorting by filename in Pending Checkins window doesn't work
properly.
- Fixed bug where keyword expansion may cause EOL issue in rare situations.
- Fixed bug if you perform Get Latest Version on checked-out files to other folders, the files become writable.
- Other minor fixes and tweaks.
3.0 (01/11/2011)
- New core functions:
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Support for Multiple SQL Server Databases as Storage.
Advantages: 1. Facilitate individual repository backup. 2. Break through
database storage limitation of free SQL Server Express.
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Email Notification System.
Assigned receivers will receive notification emails when specific
events, such as check-out/check-in/Label, are triggered.
More Info.
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Pending Checkins window.
It displays all files checked out by the current user. Tracking
check-out path (including computer name) is also supported.
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Shelve/Unshelve
pending changes.
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Display File Status in the Windows Client Explorer.
File status is shown as a column in the explorer pane. Five file
statuses are supported: Normal, Missing, Old, Modified and Unknown.
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Set proxy server on Cache Server side.
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- Core performance improvements:
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Dramatically improved overall performance by introducing ZIP compression
technique on network layer.
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Greatly speeded up Show Project History operation, especially for
projects with lots of history records.
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Optimized Refresh behavior on project tree.
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Optimized integration with Visual Studio. Add-in technology is applied
to reduce unnecessary refresh event.
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Cache file optimization. SourceAnywhere Standalone now supports writing
cache into memory. The performance improvement is obvious when the cache
size is larger than 3 MB.
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Optimized Project Security page in Server Manager. It's now much faster
to check the user rights.
- User experience
improvements:
- Added
prompt messages in the following situations to
double ensure the operation:
- Performing Check In/ Undo Check Out operations on shared files which were checked
out to another location.
- Performing Check Out/ Undo Check Out operation on files which were checked out by others.
- Performing Check In/ Undo Check Out operations on a file which was checked out
on another PC.
- Security:
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Users can now only see repositories to which they have access right on
connecting to SourceAnywhere Standalone Server.
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Project structure is hidden from users without read right to its parent folder.
- Convenience:
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Added an option to automatically perform Web Deploy operation on web files on check-in.
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Adjustable window display modes: Floating, Dockable, Auto Hide and Hide.
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Remember the Client status when exiting.
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Display the working folder path as a hyperlink.
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Batch operations supported in Status/Wildcard Search Result Dialog Box.
- "Mergeable file type" configuration is cancelled. Show Difference operation is
always supported for non-binary files.
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Show History operation supported in Project Difference Dialog Box.
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Added Source Location bar which enables users to locate to a specific
project directly.
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Added 'Error Report'
field in the Monitor window of VSS Import Tool to help users pinpoint the failed
imported files.
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Added modeless window viewing mode.
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Added optional merge modes.
More Info.
- Other minor
improvements:
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Keep internal share links of a project when performing Branch on it.
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Optimized the comment type of Keyword Expansion feature.
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Optimized the messages returned by Web Deploy operation.
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Improved Add Files dialog box.
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Added more file extensions as default non-binary file.
- Bug fixes
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Fixed bug where other users fail to get the updated file without
reopening it when the size of a file remain the same after being edited
in Visual Studio IDE Client.
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Fixed bug where the label is inherited incorrectly when adding a label
on a labeled project version.
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Fixed bug where users cannot add new items to an existing label in Label
Promotion Dialog Box.
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Fixed bug where the status of web-deployable folders may get lost when
re-opening the Client.
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Fixed abnormal display bug in Project Diff Result Dialog Box.
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Fixed bug where "The parent project not found in the label tree" error
may occur during importing VSS database.
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Fix bug where the comment format generated by Keyword Expansion feature
might lead to compilation error in Visual Studio.
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Fixed bug where VSS Import Tool fails to import the deleted files in VSS
database.
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Other minor fixes and tweaks.
3.0
Beta(12/14/2010)
2.3.1 (7/13/2010)
MSSCCI Plug-in improved:
- Increased the performance of MSSCCI plug-in by 30%~50%
when working with large projects.
- Added support of moving files and folders.
- Improved support for web projects in Visual
Studio.
- Improved the integration with SQL Server Manager
Studio and uniPaas.
VSS Import Tool improved:
- Greatly improved the performance by introducing multi-threading technology.
- Added support of importing your VSS database in four stages: Import
Items, Import File Content, Import Pin Status and Import Labels.
- Added support of working under source control when importing. Users are
able to access/edit the data once
the latest versions of files/projects have been imported.
- Improved stability.
- Added support of importing the data from the error point if the
procedure fails.
- Optimized the import of Label.
- Improved the performance of refreshing
when selecting projects.
Other minor bug fixes and tweaks.
2.3 (3/30/2009)
Added Ant Plug-in which allows users to integrate SourceAnywhere Standalone with Ant which supports automatic building.
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Added support for Windows Integrated Authentication.
Added project diff functionality to SourceAnywhere
Standalone Java Client.
Show Difference operation improved:
- Users can use Show Difference command to
compare a file/project to any of their own versions or to others in a local or
server path.
- Added View Options in the Show Differences dialog box
when comparing projects.
- Added Ignore Tab and Ignore White Space options to the Difference option.
Added Wildcard Search functionality to SourceAnywhere Standalone Windows Client,
which allows users to use wildcard characters while searching for files.
Users can now deploy files in a web project.
Added a dialog box which appears when users try to delete an item which is already
deleted from the project.
VSS Import tool improved. Users may now specify that data only after a
certain date is to be imported, as well as specifying project version
restrictions on importing files.
Users can now alter comments through Version
Details.
Added Remote Size column in the Search Result dialog box.
Added tooltip in the dialog box which appears
when checking out or getting a file when a writable and modified copy already
exists in the working folder.
Fixed bug where registry info of
SourceAnywhere Standalone persists after uninstalling SourceAnywhere Standalone.
Other minor bug fixes and tweaks.
2.2(1/25/2008)
Project Diff operation greatly improved in Windows GUI Client.
- The performance is greatly improved and the interface is more friendly.
- Allows users to perform operations, such as Add Files, Delete, Get, Check Out/In, Undo
Check Out, Show Difference, Reconcile All, in the Project Difference dialog
box.
- Added Advanced options for choosing files to show in the Project Differences dialog box.
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Added Annotate functionality, which enables users to
easily determine who and when made the last changes on each individual section of file.
MergeHero interface greatly improved. More like Microsoft
Visual SourceSafe Visual Merge. More friendly to use.
- Added Changed Text marker to designate conflicting changes to a file.
- Added optional way to apply/remove changes - by left clicking the button-like lines in the top two panes.
- For File Diff, added display options for Ignore Tabstop and Ignore White Space.
- For Directory Diff, added display options for showing only the files exist in the left/right side, or only the identical/different ones in both places. (Show Left-Only Files, Show Right-Only Files, Show Identical Files, Show Different Files).
Added support for Dreamweaver CS3.
Added "Remember Password" option in Login dialog box of GUI
Client, Visual Studio IDE Client and Eclipse Plug-in.
Improved COM SDK.
Fixed bug where Working Folder positioning failed in the
Add Files dialog box when some special software is included in the Folders pane.
Other
minor bug fixes and tweaks.
2.1(10/28/2007)
The database of
SourceAnywhere Standalone 2.1 is compatible with the database of SourceAnywhere
Hosted.
Added Encrypt/Decrypt page in Server Manager which allows users to encrypt or decrypt
databases to ensure the data security, as seen in the following figure:
Web Deploy
functionality optimized. A web project can be deployed to a FTP server, or
multiple FTP servers. And the performance is improved by deploying only changes
made in projects.
SourceAnywhere Standalone is improved to support Eclipse 3.3.
Java Client
can be launched directly by double-clicking the application.
Added
export functionality which allows users to export file/project history, search
result and file list, as seen in the following figures:
SSL root
certificate is exported and imported automatically when using SSL encryption.
Added
Description and Email columns in Users page of Server Manager.
Allows
users to see users count in Server Manager, as seen in the following figure:
Added
a file state in IDE Client which helps users judge whether the local copy is
the latest version.
Fixed bug
where Server IP in Service Relation page of Cache Server Manager cannot be
domain name.
Other
minor bug fixes and tweaks.
2.0 (2/09/2007)
Product name changed from "SourceHero" to "Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone".
The improvements in version 2.0 include the following:
Cross
Platform (Java Client Added)
With a Java client in addition to the standard windows client, Dynamsoft
SourceAnywhere Standalone 2.0 can run on any platform that SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit)
supports, such as Linux, MAC and Solaris, etc.
Cache Server Added
From version 2.0, Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone provides a caching solution
(optional) for
distributed development. It is used to cache copies of requested server files,
thereby improving the client responsiveness.
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Command Line Client
Added
In addition to the GUI Client, Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone provides a
Windows and a Java Command Line Client for users who prefer typing commands and
those who write or maintain batch files for automatic source control processing.
Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone Command Line supports all the major operations
required for source control. More Info
Eclipse Plug-in Added
Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone
Eclipse plug-in is a team provider plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. It enables users
to perform Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone operations within the Eclipse IDE.
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Macromedia Studio Plug-in Added
Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone Macromedia Studio plug-in enables Dreamweaver or
Flash users to access their Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone repositories remotely and
perform basic operations.
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SDK Added
Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone provides a
Software Development Kit (SDK) which enables software developers to integrate
Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone functionality with their applications. Through Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone Software Development Kit's APIs, you can develop
applications that provide the similar functionality as the client software of
Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone. More Info
Server-side Improvements
- Management of Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone Server is divided into two parts:
general configuration of Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone service is accomplished
through the
Service Configurator
utility, and repository-related management is done through
Server Manager.
- Added support for SSL encryption.
- Added server caching capability. Requested data can be cached on server to
speed up client access.
- Added connection pool. Provides an efficient way of maintaining database
connection.
Windows GUI Client Improvements
- Improved performance when refreshing file list.
- Added support for SSL encryption.
- Added socket validity check functionality. Enables Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone to check
if the socket is valid before network operation.
- Added exclusive locks functionality. Allows you to set the default option
for the Request Exclusive Lock checkbox in
Check Out
dialog box.
- Added Duration for file status caching option for the General tab
of Visual Studio IDE Client options. Checking this option may improve the
performance of IDE client when there are a large number of files in the
solution.
- Fixed other minor bugs.
Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone Help
Documentation revised.
1.0.1 (6/14/2006)
Fixed bug where SourceHero
server installation fails when your default system date/time format
is as follows:
- Short date formats with date ahead of month, such as DD-MMM-YY.
- Time formats with minute or second ahead of hour, such as mm:h:ss
- Date or time formats with special separators, such as "?"
For those who have installed SourceHero 1.0 successfully, there is no need to
upgrade.
1.0 (5/15/2006)
SourceHero 1.0 released
1.0 (Beta) (1/05/2006)
SourceHero 1.0 (Beta) released
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