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4.3 (10/20/2006)

Improvements and bug fixes in 4.3:

• Added socket validity check functionality, which enables SAW to check if the socket is valid before network operations.
• Fixed bug where "Version not found" error occurs when performing Get command in Project History dialog box, if VSS 8.0 is used as the backend of SAW.
• Fixed bug where checking out files through SAW Command Line Client fails sometimes.

4.2.4 (06/07/2006)

Improvements and bug fixes in 4.2.4:

• Performance improved on refresh file list, especially when SAW server is installed on a different machine from the one hosting VSS database.
• Performance improved on Check In, Check Out and Undo Check Out operations.
• Integrated Windows Authentication of Microsoft ISA proxy server is now supported
• Fixed bug where SAW fails to get old versions of a project through labels when VSS 2005/8.0 is used as the backend of SAW
• Fixed bug in SAW IDE Client where permission of a file in a Web project is changed after the file is retrieved from SAW server
• Fixed bug in SAW IDE Client where binding a solution or project to SAW server through Change Source Control dialog box does not work properly sometimes
• Fixed bug in SAW IDE Client where Visual Studio 2003/2005 IDE hangs sometimes

4.2.3 (01/23/2005)

Improvements and bug fixes in 4.2.3:

• Visual Studio 2005 IDE integration SCC provider can be switched between Visual SourceSafe and SourceAnyWhere freely
• Fixed bug in SAW IDE Client where Visual Studio 2005 IDE prompts a dialog box asking whether to replace local files each time when a solution file is opened.
• Fixed bug where sometimes SAW Explorer fails to connect through HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy that requires authentication
• Fixed bug where memory leak occurs while refreshing pinned files

4.2.2 (11/23/2005)

Improvements and bug fixes in 4.2.2:

• Supports 3-way merge on Get Latest Version command in a multiple checkout situation
• Supports character "." in project name when creating a project in IDE Client
• Fixed bug where in MergeHero the Server version and local copy of file are not displayed correctly

4.2.1 (10/13/2005)

Bug fixes in 4.2.1:

• Fixed bug where non-English characters in several dialog boxes are not displayed correctly in some non-English operating systems
• Fixed bug where when adding a file to a project in SAW Explorer, if there is a special device in the system that appears as a driver  in "My Computer", the Add Files dialog box sometimes may not be able to point to the working folder of the selected project
• Fixed bug where files with certain VB extensions are not checked out simultaneously in VB IDE integration . These VB extensions are as follows:
  
  • .ctl/.ctx files (for User Controls)
  • .dob/.dox files (for User Document objects)
  • .dsr/.dsx files (for Active Designer)
  • .pag/.pgx files (for Property page)

4.2 (9/16/2005)

Improvements and bug fixes in 4.2:

• Performance improved when updating file list of projects that have a large number of sub-projects
• A Windows Command Line Client added
• A Java Command Line Client added
• The Java Client now supports encryption
• File transfer memory leak issue fixed
• Can now automatically reconnect to Server after an interruption
• Fixed bug where sometimes checking out a form in VB IDE integration doesn't check out the corresponding .frx file
• More customizable options for filtering project/file history, as seen below:
  
  
   
• Can now be fully integrated with third-party Diff/Merge tools. Added items for External Programs Options, as seen in the following figure:
  
  
   
• Difference Options added. It is used to configure the Diff option for MergeHero, as seen below:
  
  
   
• MergeHero now supports pane label
• Other bug fixes

4.1 (6/10/2005)

Main improvements in 4.1:

• The disk I/O performance has been significantly optimized, which results in higher overall throughput of SourceAnyWhere, especially in the following two cases:
   
  • Performing operations on big projects (e.g. projects > 1 GB)
  • Multi-user concurrent SourceAnyWhere accesses
     
• Performance of IDE integration with Visual Studio .NET improved
• Visual Studio .NET IDE integration SCC provider can be switched between Visual SourceSafe and SourceAnyWhere freely
• MD5 checksum calculation memory leak issue fixed
• Actions to be logged are customizable, as seen in the following figure:
   
  
   
• The Java Client supports Proxy
• The log information is now delimited by Tab, making it easier to be imported into database systems such as Excel and SQL
• Complete information will be displayed in a tooltip when asked whether to replace the local file in the following three cases:
   
  • Check in an unchanged file
  • Add a deleted copy of a file that already exists in the project
  • Replace a writable file

  This is helpful when the path of a file is very long, as seen in the figure below:

  
   

• The length of check out comment is limited to 64 chars.

4.1 Beta (4/21/2005)

4.0.1 (4/8/2005)

Main improvements in 4.0.1:

• Supports Encryption in Dreamweaver Integration
• Supports character "." in project name when creating a project
• Fixed bug where branching a pinned and then shared file doesn't unpin the file
• Fixed bug where sometimes an operation cannot be cancelled in IDE client

4.0 (3/21/2005)

SAW 4.0 introduces many powerful new features and improvements for SAW.

Here are the highlights:

• A Java client added

• Project difference

• Status search

• Get previous project content

• Time zone offset

• Macromedia DreamWeaver MX 2004 integration

Details of what's new:

Cross Platform (Professional Edition only)

With a Java client introduced to SAW 4.0 in addition to the standard windows client, SAW 4.0 can run on any platform where Java Virtual Machine runs, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, SCO Unix, FreeBSD and so on.

Explorer Client

• Show Difference now supports comparing two VSS projects, two local projects, or a VSS project and a local project.
  
  
   
• Supports Status Search like VSS. You can search all checked out files or checked out files by specific user.
  
  
   
• Get previous version can be performed at the project level. In other words, you can get all the files of a previous version in a project now.
  
  
   
• File time settings for Get and Checkout.
  
  
   
• Include Labels is available in file/project history.
  
  
   
• Time zone difference settings between client and server.
  
  
   
• The dialog box when adding deleted files is redrawn, now adding new files or recovering deleted copies can be applied for all items.
  
  
   

IDE Integration

• Macromedia DreamWeaver MX 2004 Integration added (Professional Edition only)
• Great performance improvement of IDE integration.

Diff/Merge Tool

MergeHero 2.0 new functionality: Directories diff

3.1.1 (2/28/2005)

3.1 (1/15/2005)

Improvements in SAW 3.1:

• A brand new Server Manager
• Password Policy. Protect user accounts with strong passwords
  
  
   
• SAW Explorer and SAW SCC IDE integration are modified according to the password policy and other changes.
• New SCC Provider Manager. You can switch your SCC Provider visually
• Improved check in speed
• The Server Manager configuration file,  sawconfigure.ini, is not compatible with the previous version due to the dramatic change of Server Manager
• The BlowFish Key file is not compatible with the previous version. For encrypted communication, all the key files should be reissued

Bug fixed in SAW 3.1:

• When force check in both unchanged files and changed files at the same time, some files can not be checked in
• With encrypted communication, if the length of the password is 8, after one user logs in, the server may stop accepting new user

3.0.1 (12/21/2004)

A few improvements in 3.0.1:

• Minor adjustment made to enable SCC provider switch between VSS and SAW when using Microsoft .NET 2003 IDE integration

3.0 (12/6/2004)

What's new in SAW 3.0:

Speed

• Now, SAW 3.0 has unmatchable speed when used in WAN
• 8 times faster than SAW 2.1
• 100+ times faster than VSS
• (The detailed speed test result will be published shortly)

Explorer Client

• Connection type options, including local, broad band and narrow band connection are added. The performance of the system will be optimized by selecting the proper connection type
  
  
  
  
• File type selection, including text, binary and auto-detect when adding files and folders
  
  
  
  
• End-of-line settings for Get Latest Version and Checkout
  
  
  
  
• Auto-merge

IDE Integration

• IBM Rational Rapid Developer 2003 IDE integration added
• Borland Delphi 8.0 IDE integration added

Diff/Merge Tool

MergeHero 1.1 new functionalities:

• Three-way merge
• Supports find
• Copy to clipboard

2.1 (11/16/2004)

Our team had developed MergeHero for diff/merge files.
Dynamsoft MergeHero functionality:

• Compare files in the local folder with the VSS versions, or all in the local folder, or all in the VSS history.
• Automatic merge and conflict detection.
• Graphical display of differences, with lines drawn to show corresponding changes.
• Unicode support.
• Show the results whether the two binary files are different.

2.0.2 (10/7/2004)

Some of the improvements in 2.0.2:

• More resizable window.
• Shows the status of the encryption in login dialog box.
• Documentation refined.

2.0.1 (8/19/2004)

The follow issues have been addressed in 2.0.1:

• Fixed bugs on the IDE client in Microsoft .NET.
• Fixed error on File List sorted by date-time.
• "leave" is now the default option and the version number doesn't change when check in unchanged file.
• Other minor fixes.

2.0 (7/23/2004)

Here are a few highlights of what is new in SAW 2.00:

• Supports BlowFish secure port to encrypt and you can manager user keys.
• Supports SOCKS 4, SOCKS 5 and HTTP proxy.
• Two progress bars provided: one for single file operation, another for the total process.
• Supports Pin/Unpin, Cloak/Uncloak.
• Win32 style of Set Working Folder and Add Files dialog boxes.
• Supports drag and drop.
• Rewritten Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 and .NET. IDE integration.
• Supports Diff functionality by configuring diff tools, such as WinMerge, WinDiff, etc.
• Intelligent detection if a file is changed.
• Project tree and File List are cached locally.
• Other many refines.

1.1(4/20/2004)

The following feathers and changes have been included in the 1.1 release:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 6 and .NET IDE integration.
• The data is compressed (zip) before transfer.
• File List can be sorted by clicking the column heading.
• Supports deploy web projects.
• Fixed bugs when operating pictures.
• Set working folders are now handled properly during add files operation.
• Retain the User name of the last successful connection.
• Retain the server address and port of the last 5 successful connections.

1.0.1 (1/10/2004)

The following feathers and changes have been included in the 1.01 release:

• "skip" is now the default option when undo check out unchanged file.
• Supports recursively check out.
• Files can be branched after share.
• Provides command dialogs to set warning messages.
• Fixed bugs about shortcut.
• Fixed incorrect error message when user login database.
• Files with the same name as files already exists in the project will not be displayed in adding File List when add files.

1.0 (11/15/2003)

SourceAnyWhere (SAW) is a VSS remote/internet access (SourceSafe remote/internet access) tool. It enables you to use Visual SourceSafe easily over the Internet. With SourceAnyWhere, you can perform most SourceSafe operations from any remote location using standard TCP/IP access.

Client almost all the VSS operations are supported:

• Add Files
• Check Out/Check In
• Create Project
• Delete/Purge
• Edit/View
• Get Latest Version
• Label
• Move
• Refresh File List
• Refresh Project Tree
• Rename
• Set Working Folder
• Share/Branch
• Show Difference
• Show History
• Show Properties
• Stop Current Operation
• Undo Check Out

Server runs as a windows service and Server Manger is a GUI application to manage the sever:

• Sets up multiple VSS database connections.
• File Type Exclusion, files with the extensions can not be added to projects in the SourceSafe database using SAW.
• Supports all TCP/IP connections, such as PPP, ISDN, ADSL, etc...