What's New

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.

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 GUI Client Added)
• Cache Server Added
• Command Line Client Added
• Eclipse Plug-in Added
• Macromedia Studio Plug-in Added
• SDK Added
• Server-side Improvements
• Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Standalone Help

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. More Info

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. More Info

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. More Info

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