Recent Version History

2008-03-03

• While downloading trailing space in filenames is replaced with %20, as Windows does not allow them. 45
• Bug fix: Occasional failure while closing console window.
• Bug fix: Empty directories were not created on upload with FTP. 137
• Bug fix: Choosing between opening session in current or new window using Shift key was not working properly. 155
• Bug fix: When cancelling moving of local file to remote directory with FTP protocol, local source file was removed. 35
• Bug fix: Overwrite confirmations could not be suppressed for FTP protocol. 153
• Bug fix: It was possible to import “WinSCP temporary session” back to WinSCP. 148

2008-01-03

• U3 version launches by default PuTTY for U3 and saves settings to its registry key.
• Access denied errors upon implicit writing to an INI file are ignored (it is expected that user made the file read-only deliberately).
• Drag and drop on 64-bit systems is working (was actually implemented for testing purposes in 4.0.5 already).
• When parsing directory listing, “at” sign after permissions is silently ignored
• INI file is being saved only when there was a change made.
• Bug fix: WinSCP has not allowed ending of Windows session (Log off, Shut down, etc.).
• Bug fix: The last line of authentication banner may have been incorrectly listed on authentication window.
• Bug fix: When prompt was displayed while reconnecting session with internal editor focused, it was not possible to focus the prompt input box.
• Bug fix: WinSCP was ignoring external requests to resize its window (particularly Cascade, Tide Horizontally and Tide Vertically taskbar commands).
• Bug fix: WinSCP hanged when authentication prompt was displayed while “timeout” message was shown.
• Bug fix: With some servers, it was not possible to remove a directory because WinSCP made the directory current before deletion (FTP).
• Bug fix: INI file was uselessly being saved also when opened for reading only.
• Bug fix: Improved compatibility with MSVDM. Main window no longer minimize into small window caption.
• Bug fix: Quotes around string options saved to an INI files were duplicated.
• Bug fix: Reference to dragext.dll was not released once not used.
• Bug fix: Directory content cache was not reset after timestamp synchronization.
• Bug fix: When specifying session using ftp:// URL, correct port 21 is used by default.
• Bug fix: When URL of translator was not specified, stray URL was used instead.

2007-10-24

• With FTP protocol, errors when parsing file permissions in directory listing are ignored.
• Reading/writing INI files is faster.
• Hostkey of tunneled session is verified against target session of tunnel.
• When opening session in PuTTY, defaults for session options not set by WinSCP are loaded from Default settings of PuTTY.
• Increased maximal length of username.
• Full system error is reported when writing of local file fails.
• Sample custom command Execute changed to ./! (from !).
• When parsing directory listing, plus sign after permissions, separated by space, is silently ignored.
• When uploading to symbolic link with SFTP protocol, resuming is disabled to preserve the link.
• Bug fix: Automatic reconnect in scripting was not working.
• Bug fix: When reading of local file failed, while uploading with SFTP protocol, file transfer was interrupted without reporting any error.
• Bug fix: When file transfer failed with FTP protocol, whole batch was interrupted, without an option to retry or skip the file transfer.
• Bug fix: Failure when parsing of directory listing failed with FTP protocol.
• Bug fix: Background color of directory tree icons has not reflected session color.
• Bug fix: Removed dependency on netapi32.dll (not present on Windows 95/98/ME).
• Bug fix: It was not possible to upload file opened in another application with FTP protocol.
• Bug fix: Missing GSSAPI was incorrectly reported, even when SSPI with GSSAPI support was present.
• Bug fix: Workaround for occasional bug when opening some dialogs.

2007-09-02

• Fallback to simple FTP LIST command, when LIST -a fails.
• Workaround for bug in Windows Vista preventing selection of files with keyboard.
• Offline network drives are not scanned on startup to prevent long delays before a main window is shown.
• Improved security when handling URL’s (from web browser).
• Bug fix: When connection was broken during automatic transfers, program stalled for few seconds.
• Bug fix: Instability when the connection was dropped while keep remote directory up to date function was running.
• Bug fix: Malformed prompt for username in scripting.
• Bug fix: Second opened session with enabled SSH tunnel (with automatic selection of tunnel port) actually used the existing tunnel of the first session.
• Bug fix: Memory leak when SSH connection is refused.
• Bug fix: When username is not specified on login dialog, password typing is revealed on authentication dialog.

2007-07-12

• Mask *.php* in default text file mask is replaced with *.php and *.php3.
• Subdirectories of current directory are not scanned for purpose of displaying in tree view when the tree view is hidden.
• Bug fix: Once any transfer is done while keep remote directory up to date is running, its dialog cannot be minimized anymore.
• Bug fix: Failure when automatically reconnecting the session from script with option batch continue.

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