June 26, 2009 xStarter 1.9.3

• Actions for working with SFTP have been added, that are SFTPSyncDownload, SFTPSyncUpload, SFTPDownload and SFTPUpload.
• Polish language has been updated. A lot of thanks to Janusz Grzybek.
• Hook libraries have been modified for working with window events and getting window titles in Unicode.
• The FtpSyncUpload action has been optimized. Now the entire structure of the directory on the FTP server will not be requested in case a small number of local directories/files are specified.
• Now it is possible to specify string variable input on multiple lines and to select several files in the InputVar action.
• The parameter allowing you to specify exceptions has been added in the Backup action.
• In case any errors occur in the service application, they will neither be displayed on the screen nor interrupt other active tasks. You will be offered to send reports about these bugs to the support service next time you open the main window of the program.
• The DeleteRegistryData action has been added.
• The SetFileDateTime action has been added.
• Now it is possible to set coordinates with the help of a "sight" in the MouseMove action.
• Now it is possible to differentiate between windows by ClassName in the WindowCommand, FindWindows, WaitWindow, SendKey and SendText actions. It is also possible to select windows with a "sight".
• The Html2Text action now determines the encoding of loaded pages and changes it before converting them to text.
• The WriteToLog and ReadFromLog actions working with text files have been switched to Unicode. Now it is possible to specify the Unicode encoding type: UTF-8 or UTF-16.
• The option checking the existence of the file has been removed from the Delete action, it is always checked now. Now it is possible not to delete files in subdirectories, it is especially useful if file masks are used.
• The SendKey and SendText actions have been switched to Unicode. It allows you not to specify the keyboard layout when you send text to programs supporting Unicode.
• File copy operations (in the Synchronize, Copy, Move actions) now use a new mechanism that makes them work faster. Also, now directory attributes and NTFS properties are copied completely when file operations are performed.
• The system kernel has been completely switched to Unicode. Now it is possible to use characters from different encodings in any parameters. All actions working with processes, the clipboard, drives, files, FTP, windows, tasks and variables now completely support Unicode.
• The new DeleteEmptyFolders action deleting empty folders inside the specified one.
• The new ContinueLoop action for jumping to the next loop iteration.
• Now it is possible to specify the priority of processes being run in the RunProcess, 7zPack actions.
• The bug with the request of administrator privileges has been fixed.
• The problem with the web interface in the Web Pilot version has been fixed.

January 26, 2009 xStarter 1.9.2

• Now it is possible to fulfill missed jobs. Scheduled jobs that were not performed because the computer was off or the program was not running may become missed jobs.
• The projectors MITSUBISHI XL6600U/XL6500U/XL6600LU/XL6500LU are now supported in the ProjectControl action.
• The new ShowMessageExt action has been added.
• The event occurring at program startup now returns the PID of the process and the handle of the main window MainWnd.
• Now it is possible to enable/disable all jobs in a section.
• Event parameters are now sent to jobs run in a separate process as well.
• The UnZip action now returns the list of extracted files.
• The FtpSetPermissions action allowing you to set permissions for files and folders on an FTP server has been added.
• Now it is possible to select the sorting type for the list of returned files in the SearchFiles action.
• The WriteToLog action now has the option of clearing the log file before writing to it.
• The PIDs parameter returning the list of PIDs for found processes has been added to the LaunchedProcessCount action.
• The option disabling the context menu for each task in the system tray is now available. Now a job will be run when you click it.
• The folder with sections is now located in the system data folder by default, instead of Program Files. It is true if the program is not installed above its old location. If it is, sections will remain where they are.
• The SendKey action now sends keystrokes in series, which makes the operation faster in case of multi-user configurations.
• The problem with the USBSafeRemove action in Windows Vista has been fixed.
• The problem with executing scripts in the FbIbScriptExecute action and further operations in the dataset has been fixed.
• The bug in the trigger for the Firebird/Interbase events has been fixed.
• Fixed some other minor bugs.

July 28, 2008 xStarter 1.9.1

• A new option allowing you to download only new messages is now available in the CheckMail action.
• Now it is possible to pass keystrokes to the system login (or computer lock) dialog box in the SendCtrlAltDel action. For example, now you can send the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination if the computer is locked and then emulate typing the password and pressing Enter.
• Now you use the file trigger to enable and disable running tasks when accessing files (for example, if you open files properties in Explorer).
• Now it is possible to use event parameters in tasks run on the current user's desktop.
• Now the Dialup / Connect action has the Errors parameter containing the text of errors that occurred during a connection attempt.
• The FileVersion parameter allowing you to get the file version is now available in the FileProperites action.
• The interface for specifying the task that should be enabled, disabled or run has been changed in the EnableTask, DisableTask and RunTask actions. This change will allow you to use the "." character in the names of sections and tasks.
• A new parameter allowing you to block the keyboard and mouse for a while (while keystrokes are being passed) is now available in the SendKeys and SendText actions.
• The SendMouse, SetWindowPos and SetWindowMenu actions for sending mouse commands, setting window coordinates and operations with the menu have been added.
• The SevenZPack and SevenZUnpack actions for packing/unpacking files in 7zip have been added.
• Now you can filter actions by text in the action list.
• Now you can add a comment to each action and expression in the task.
• Now it is possible to search for tasks by the specified text in the task name or in the actions/their parameters.
• The div and mod operations are now available in the MathOperation action.
• The GetMousePos action has been added.
• The DATETIME function has been added.
• The HTML output parameter is now available in the Html2Text action.
• The problem with displaying the program icon in the tray in Windows 2003 R2 and the enabled option of displaying the icon only for some users.
• The problem with creating a desktop shortcut to a task in case the program is running as an NT service has been fixed.
• The problem with the width of the first column in the action list in case of a lot of embedded actions has been fixed.
• The problem with displaying the menu in the tray in case several monitors are used on the computer has been fixed.
• The bug causing an error with stopping the service during a logout in multi-user configurations (for example, in case of RDP sessions) has been fixed.
• The bug causing an error with displaying a file name while saving tasks/section in Windows Vista has been fixed.

February 27, 2008 xStarter 1.9.0

• Microsoft Windows Vista suport added.
• The RunProcess action now has the option for the console type of running an application allowing you to get the text output of the application into the log or into the resulting action variable - ConsoleOutput.
• The action for sending the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination has been added.
• The new SetFileAttributes action for settings file attributes has been added.
• The new CheckTCPIPPort action checking whether the specified port is occupied or free has been added.
• The new Beep action has been added.
• The SendSkypeMessage action for sending Skype messages has been added.
• The event triggered when USB or other removable drives are connected/removed has been added.
• The new USBSafeRemove action for safe USB drive removal has been added.
• The "Leave last N files" option has been added in the DeleteOldBackups and DeleteOldFiles actions.
• The Download action now correctly processes redirects 301 and 302.
• The option enabling search in subfolders has been added in the FirstLastFile action.
• The new IsWriteAccessibe variable has been added in the FileProperties action.
• Now it is possible to send messages via action SendMail in the HTML format.
• Now not a settled list of log sources, but the very sources of the current computer are now present in the event reacting to records in NT event logs. Similarly, the list is no longer a settled one in the NTEventLogMessage event.
• Now it is possible to specify hexadecimal codes of data sent to the device connected to the COM port in the SerialPortWrite and SerialPortWriteEx actions.
• The DateTimeMath2 action has been renamed into DateTimeMathD, it has been done for the internal parser of the program to work correctly. Manual renaming will be necessary in actions where the results of DateTimeMath2 are used (change 2 for D).
• The Title parameter has been added in the ShowMessage and AskMessage actions. It allows you to specify titles for message windows.
• The option for selecting the monitor in case there are several monitors in the system has been added in the ScreenShot action.
• The user authentication parameter has been added to the HTTPPost and HTTPPostFile actions.
• The Delete action now supports file masks.
• Variables for sending additional keypad keystrokes have been added to the SendKey action (NUMPAD_MULTIPLY, NUMPAD_SEPARATOR, etc.).
• Tasks with the option of launching on the current desktop started from a service will now start for all users currently connected to the computer.
• The xTaskExe.bin file necessary for compiling .exe files for tasks is now distributed together with the main program and there is no need to download/install it separately.
• The buttons for enabling/disabling the autoheight mode for action lines have been added to the action list (the upper-right table corner).
• Now it is possible to copy text from the task log into the clipboard.
• The Ctrl+S key combination acts as Apply now.
• Now it is possible to select several actions in the action list to be copied to another task.
• Fixed some other minor bugs.

August 27, 2007 xStarter 1.8.9

• The RefreshTray action has been added, it is used to clear the icons of the program that are not running any more from the tray.
• All FTP actions now support the PASV command that is used to switch to the passive mode (the Force old port option).
• Action Print now have simple printer selection.
• Now it is possible to work with databases via ADO:the AdoConnect action is used to connect to a database, the AdoQuery action is used to perform a query, the AdoQueryValue function is used to get values from a query, the AdoQueryEof, AdoQueryBof functions are used to get the status of a query, the AdoQueryOperation action is used to move inside a query or to close it, the AdoDisconnect action is used to disconnect from a database.
• Now it is possible to work with queries in the xStarter FBIB: the fbIbQuery action is used to perform a query, the FbIbQueryValue function is used to get values from a query, the FbIbQueryEof, FbIbQueryBof functions are used to get the status of a query, the FbIbQueryOperation action is used to move inside a query or to close it.
• The InputVar action now allows you to enter not only the date, but also the time, it also has special fields for selecting folders or files and allows you to specify string values for selecting them from a drop-down menu.
• Variables on the Vars tab now allow you to enter not only the date, but also the time, they can also display special fields for selecting folders or files.
• By default, somewhat different rules are now used to process variables and functions, they are now enclosed in square brackets. This change allows you to use variables, the results of performed actions, etc. in the SendKey action.
• When you save a section from the File menu of the program, all tasks in the section get new internal identifiers. It makes it possible to avoid confusion when tasks from the new and old sections are run.
• The SearchText and SearchParamsText actions can now return a string with the matching text as well.
• The Zip and Backup actions are now implemented via another component to make zip files and there are no more problems with the names of non-English files inside archives.
• The new DeleteOldFiles action that works similarly to DeleteOldBackups, but is oriented to the file date.
• New action FileExist.
• Action GetDateTime now return week number of date.
• xStarter WebPilot now have function {Client_IP}, returning TCP/IP address of connected computer.
• The bug in GetTextBlockCount has been fixed, the action used to return 1 item more than the actual number of items.
• Fixed some other minor bugs.

June 18, 2007 xStarter FBIB 1.8.8

• The program now can run tasks by database's events posted via command POST_EVENT.
• It's now possible to compile xStarter FBIB tasks into distributable .exe files. Tasks now are portable and don't need xStarter FBIB to be installed on computers where tasks will be executed.

June 5, 2007 xStarter 1.8.8

• The program now supports the ClearType technology of smoothing fonts.
• The FileHash action has been added, hashes are created with the help of the CRC32 or MD5 methods.
• A filter by the external addresses commands can be received from has been added to the TCP/IP monitoring event.
• The Secure option where you can set the TLS or SSL security method has been added to the SendMail action. Now messages from GMail mailboxes are successfully sent.
• The SSL option has been added to the CheckMail, DeleteMail actions. Now messages from GMail mailboxes are successfully received.
• The Case-Sensitive option has been added to the ReplaceText action.
• The bug that made it impossible to import tasks if the current task and section list was empty has been fixed.
• It is now possible to export tasks without passwords. It is useful when you send tasks to people who should not know your passwords.
• The option for stopping a task has been added to the DisableTask action.
• Action FirstLastFile now contain fields to specify files masks for including files and excluding files during file search.
• The InputVar actions coming in a row are now displayed in one dialog box during execution.
• The FolderProperties action has been added, it returns such folder properties as creation and modification dates, attributes.
• The CheckMail action can now be at the end of only message headers.
• The event allowing you to launch tasks when processes are started/stopped has been added.
• Now you can send the Win key in the SendKeys action as well, for example, #(L).
• Events starting tasks when the system is idle now work somewhat differently. This event used to analyze keystrokes and mouse clicks/movements directly. Now hooks are not used and a special Windows function returning the system idle time is analyzed.
• Now it is possible to specify the list of addresses to listen to in the properties of the TCP/IP event, addresses must be separated from each other with a semicolon.
• The option that disables popup windows when records are added to the task log is now available. You can find this option in the log options on the task log tab.
• When the task log tab is open and when records are being added to the list, the whole log is no longer loaded, only the new records are loaded. It adds some "smoothness" to loading new records.
• Hook libraries are now excluded from the distribution package of the program and can be downloaded separately. It is done because a lot of antivirus software and firewalls consider these libraries malicious and spoil the reputation of the program. Due to the exclusion of these libraries, a number of events work with limitations (window events, keyword events, hotkey events if it is specified in what window the key combination should be processed).
• The bug causing an error while playing one sound file first from the task configurator and then according to the scheduler from the service application has been fixed.
• Fixed some other minor bugs.

January 21, 2007 xStarter 1.8.7

• It's now possible to compile xStarter tasks into distributable .exe files. Tasks now are portable and don't need xStarter to be installed on computers where tasks will be executed.
• New tab in each task was added to specify variables where users can fill during task start. It can be useful in portable tasks too.
• New action InputVar, it allows to ask user to fill some values. E.g. user can enter name of file that must be copied.
• Program preferences now contains an option "Show each task log while execution in popup windows". Popup message hides automatically after 5 seconds.
• In the task log tab, a new option was added "Detailed execution log". With this option enabled, the task log will contain detailed information about each action, from startup, during execution and results of execution.
• Program now contain option to check new version exists automatically each week. This option can be disabled in the program preferences.
• New action ReloadTasks, it allows reloading sections and tasks from modified or new sections files without restarting program. So, sections files can be copied from some remote computer and will be applied after ReloadTasks action has been executed.
• New action TasksList, main role is for extracting tasks list. It can be useful for performing some operations with tasks at once, in the TextLoop (e.g. for disabling of all tasks or for running tasks that contain word "Backup" in the name).
• New functions {TASK_NAME}, {SECTION_NAME}, {PROG_VERSION}, {TASK_LOG_FILE}.
• Action FirstLastFile now contain fields to specify files masks for including files and excluding files during file search.
• New event to run tasks by commands from HID devices. E.g. it's possible to create tasks, running by joystick buttons pressing or from other devices like Nintendo Wiimote.
• In the action SetVariable now possible to specify variable data type. This allow to perform statements If and WhileDo correctly with not-string values.
• Fixed problems with option "Don't run task again if already running" during tasks launching from different processes.
• Fixed problem with what tasks was not running sometimes in different processes.
• Fixed error in the action FtpSyncDownload, during this error, it was not correctly checking date/time of files modified and created in the FTP folder and in local folder.
• Fixed some other minor bugs.

November 26, 2006 xStarter 1.86

• New option on a Task's Additional Tab to setup Environment options
• Action Synchronize not have output parameters enumerated: new, changed and deleted files.
• New actions SendMsnMessage and SendAimMessage.
• Fixed errors when launching tasks in separate process.
• Fixed error in program Preferences regarding username and password for launching xStarter as an NT service.
• Fixed error in Windows trigger regarding not being able to launch tasks during on Destroy Windows event.
• Fixed some other minor bugs.

October 22, 2006 xStarter 1.85

• Windows events now has the option to trigger on top-level windows only or on any windows.
• In action editing window, it's possible to select the Actions to show: Standard or Advanced.
• Now possible to store global variable values in files. In this, it can be saved to file or read from file. It's useful for tasks that deal with different processes that use the same variables. Additionally, these values can be stored after each computer or program restart.
• Action ReplaceText now can replace text in the specified file.
• In the action Delete, an option was added to check file existence before deletion. If this option is not selected and a file list is specified, if one of files does not exist, none of the files will be deleted.
• New statement While.Do. statement for loops creation.
• New action ShowPopup with possibility to show any text with specified timeout.
• New actions ASCIIToChr and ChrToASCII.
• New action WaitWindow will allow the task to continue only after the specified window appears on screen.
• New action SendYahooMessage, it allows you to send messages to Yahoo Messenger.
• A lot of changes in action SendKeys. Now it's possible to specify window in the send keys. Additionally, now application activating works much better.
• New action for turning computer on. It's working only if computer was slept via Hibernate mode.
• Fixed some bugs.

September 8, 2006 xStarter Web Pilot Version 1.84

• Direct connect to remote computers right from Web Pilot window and creating, editing of remote tasks.
• In the Tasks Transfer window it's possible to create sections on remote computers.
• Action HTTPPost now contain proxy options.

August 31, 2006 xStarter 1.84

• Integrated COM server interface. It's now possible to get sections, tasks list and run tasks from any development tool that supports COM. Here is it little example for Delphi: http://www.xstarter.com/download/com_demo.zip
• Under Program Preferences, an option "Clear logs periodically" was added that indicate the numbers of days to store logs.
• New mathematical actions Absolute, Rounding and Random.
• New action BetweenCharsets, this feature will allow conversion between different charsets.
• New action DateTimeMath, this allows you to calculate date values (e.g. calculate what date was yesterday).
• New action TaskLog, this allows you to write text information directly in the task log.
• New action HTTPPostFile.
• Action ShowMessage now allows displaying messages in the system tray using an icon.
• Action CheckMail now returns email dates, attachment files list and filenames used when saved in specified folder.
• Action Comment is now displayed in the actions list with special background color.
• New parameter in the tasks, "Don't run task by scheduler at holidays, vacations, etc". You can edit dates in the dates dictionary located in Program Preferences.
• Fixed problem with running tasks during establishing connection using Dial up. The problem occurred when there was more than one dial up connection in the system.
• Fixed little memory leaks.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

May 2, 2006 xStarter 1.83

• In the action Sleep, it is now possible to setup the time when the computer will be woken up. This option works for Hibernate mode too.
• In the actions FtpSyncUpload and FtpSyncDownload, options were added for specifying log file names. Log entries contain full FTP commands history.
• File system monitoring Event can now scan specified folder periodically and find any changes. Old file system monitoring mode still exists and scans specified folder for changes only after receiving special Windows messages. This mode does not work in some cases (with network folders, some removable drives, etc). New monitoring method works in such cases successfully.
• In Hotkey event, it’s now possible to specify where the hotkey will be sent, including in another application, not only in xStarter. Also, it’s possible to specify an applications list where the hotkey will work.
• New actions RARPack and RARUnPack. WinRar archiving is now supported.
• New actions ExportInRegFile and ImportInRegistry.
• New action to control computer audio device volume SetVolume.
• New action EmptyRecycleBin.
• Action's ShowMessage windows now will not be hidden under another windows.
• In the action DialUp/Connect, new result parameters were added: ClientIP, ServerIP.
• New function IP_ADDRESSES, returns all IP addresses of the local computer.
• It’s now possible to disable each task log on the page Task Log.
• Added new action GetDriveInfo. Also added actions to lock/unlock CD drives LockUnlock.
• New actions for working with texts, TextLength and TextFormat.
• New actions NumToDec and DecToNum, they allow to convert numbers between different numeric systems..
• Fixed problem with second DialUp action in one task.
• Fixed problems with xStarter working in Windows NT4.
• Fixed bug with filenames formatting in the Backup action.
• Fixed bug in DeleteOldBackups action.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

March 20, 2006 xStarter 1.82

• Tab Additional of each task now contain option to stop running task if it already runned and does not finish working yet.
• New function RUNNINGTASKSCOUNT return number of running in current moment tasks.
• New action WinAmpControl.
• New action MathOperation.
• New action TextReverse.
• Was added option to select printer in the action Print.
• In all password fields now possible to use action parameters and functions.
• Modified actions Zip, Backup allows to archive occupied by another processes files.
• New actions to turn monitor on and off: MonitorOn, MonitorOff.
• New action what allow to work with the Windows registry: ReadRegistryValue, WriteRegistryValue.
• New options in the action SendICQMessage to perform authorization.
• Was added new text functions what returns square brackets and braces.
• In the action AskMessage was added option to close window by Timeout.
• Action for macro playing renamed to PlayMacro.
• New action to convert texts WIN<->DOS: AnsiToOem, OemToAnsi.
• TextLoop statement now works much faster.
• Fixed errors in actions Zip, Backup. Now folders adds in the archives with correct structure.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

February 24, 2006 xStarter 1.81

• Program was redesigned to fix problems with regards to showing the program icon in the system tray when launching in Service Mode as preferred by some users.
• In the case of Terminal Services application, each user logged on will see the program on the System Tray but Tasks will run only in one instance. This will prevent Tasks from running multiple times for multiple users logged in on Terminal Services.
• While program is running on a computer with Terminal Services installed and with a working terminal client connection, the xStarter icon appears on all user's desktops. If you need to show icon for some users only (e.g. only for Administrators), this can be configured in the program under Preferences.
• On a Task's Additional Tab, a new option called “Run on Desktop of the current user” was added. This option specifies a task to be run with desktop interaction of the user whose Action launched this Task. (e.g. if a task was launched on event “Before user logoff” then with this option, it will execute all interactive actions on the desktop of the logged off user). Without this option, task will be executed on the desktop of first logged on user.
• Action DialUp/Connect with successful connection, returns connection speed.
• Added event to run tasks on windows deactivation.
• It's possible now to specify a Password in the program under Preferences. If a password is specified, it will prompt for the password when the program is called from the System Tray.
• In the Actions Copy , Move , Synchronize , FtpSyncUpload , FtpSyncDownload , an option called “Include subfolders” was added.
• In the action RunProcess , an option was added called “Wait until application exits” to wait for the process to finish before proceeding to the next Action to execution.
• New actions MouseMove and MouseClick , allows for mouse cursor movements and clicks. This is located under the Macro Action.
• New action ActiveWindowParams , returning parameters of current active window: caption, exe path, etc.
• If on an action DialConnect that has a connection already established, Action will return Success=True.
• In the action CheckMail, an option was added called “Convert charsets” to decode message content.
• Added events that will allow running of tasks Before user logoff/computer shutdown, A fter Logon/Logoff .
• Added event that will allow tasks to run on dialup connection/disconnection.
• Added option to make screenshots in Grayscale format.
• It's possible now to specify the option to run the program on Windows Startup/Logon only for the user or for all users under Preferences.
• Action ShowMessage can now show messages tool tips in the system tray. Additionally, it's possible to specify timeout after which messages will be hidden automatically.
• New action SortText allows sorting of text with different options
• New actions ReadIniValue , WriteIniValue , allows writing and reading of parameters to/from Ini files.
• New action SeialPortWriteEx with additional parameters to communicate with devices via RS232 port.
• Actions SearchFiles and SearchFolders now return value Count – number of files or folders found.
• Fixed problem with CheckMail action, text files in the attachment are now stored as files.
• Fixed some other minor and major bugs.

December 21, 2005 xStarter 1.72

• Dutch language has been updated. A lot of thanks to Henk van der laan.
• New option to launch tasks by keywords. E.g. it's possible to specify keyword "task1" end after entering of such word in any Windows program task will be runned.
• Added option to search text with regular expressions in "greedy" mode.
• New action WakeUpOnLan allows waking up a computer on the LAN, if they have such an option in their BIOS.
• New action GetMACAdress return MAC address of computer in local network. Computers must have the active NetBIOS protocol in their network preferences.
• New action MessageToTCPIPClient allows you to send messages back to computer-sender of message in the TCP/IP Listener. E.g. it's possible to send message back to the telnet session on another computer or in the PHP script on your website.
• Event TCP/IP Listener now return RemoteIP and RemotePort. After analysis of the values it's possible to permit running of task or not.
• Event TCP/IP Listener now has the option to listen to packets only on selected IP address of local computer.
• Action list now can be extended via buttons in the list title. This option allows you to see all action parameters.
• Action CheckMail now returns values MessFrom and MessTo.
• Fixed error with enabling/disabling of task with TCP/IP Listener event.
• Fixed error with variables having the same names.
• Other minor bugs fixed.

November 21, 2005 xStarter 1.71

• Action SearchFolders now have option Don't search in subfolders.
• Now it's possible to specify mail Importance, Codepage, ReplyTo in the action SendMail.
• New functions DayOfWeek and ISODayOfWeek.
• Fixed error with global variables showing.
• Fixed error with passwords storing.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

October 17, 2005 xStarter 1.70

• Italiano language has been added. A lot of thanks to Francesco Musella.
• German language has been updated. A lot of thanks to Christian Heutger.
• New action ReplaceText .
• New actions UpperText and LowerText to convert text in uppercase and lowercase.
• New actions ExitTask and ExitLoop .
• Now it's possible to shift tasks inside sections using Drag and Drop operations.
• A feature has been added to select what actions and statements will be launched in a task. A button on the toolbar called “Enable/disable actions selecting” is now available.
• You can now use the Else in the If statement condition.
• Action SynchronizeFolders now contain fields to specify included and excluded files in the synchronization process.
• Each task now can contain description (Additional Tab) with simple html tags inside.
• New action FtpCreateFolder .
• Action FTPDelete now contains option to delete folders from FTP server.
• Action LaunchedProcessCount can return number of executed processes by specifying the file mask. E.g. it's possible to know how many processes ran with file mask *.exe or win*.exe .
• In the window “Parameter selection” it's possible now to select variables.
• In the action CheckMail , it is now possible to select how to save email attachments when files already exist in the directory: overwrite existing, save with unique file name or don't save.
• Action SendMail can now send several files in the attachment. Files can be specified by files list (separated by semicolon) or by files mask (e.g. *.txt;*.doc).
• Added new action to work with date and time: GetDateTime , GetDateTimeBetween . Using this action, it's possible to delete all files in a specified folder that are 2 weeks old (Deleting/Purging old files).
• New action UnZip , support file types: zip, gzip, cab.
• In the actions Zip and Backup it's possible now to select compression level.
• Action Zip now supports relative and absolute paths.
• It's possible now to setup internal task variable from the command line. For example, you can create a task that creates a shortcut on the desktop and in the Target field, add text at the end: - set myvar1="hello1" set var2="hello friend". If any action of this task will contain variable value {MYVAR1}, then this variable will be replaced by value from command line hello1.
• xStarter now has the option in the program Preferences to select the folder where to store sections with tasks and program log files.
• An option has been added to check file corruption errors during FTP operations – option Check XCRC. This option is supported by a limited number of FTP servers.
• An error has been fixed in the statement If . Now all comparisons are being processed in the types of compared variables.
• Fixed error with action FtpSyncUpload, it was not previously coping files in binary mode.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

August 14, 2005 xStarter 1.66

• Fixed problem with action Synchronize folders.

August 11, 2005 xStarter 1.65

• SysLogMessage - now it's possible to send messages to SysLog server.
• NTEventLogMessage action - this action allows to write your own messages in the NT Event log.
• MessageViaTCPIP - Now it's possible to send some strings to TCP/IP host, e.g. to xStarter installed on another network computer or to any other program what can process this data.
• Now there are new events available by which tasks can be launched: TCP/IP socket listener. With this event it's now possible to run tasks then xStarter receives commands or simple strings from another programs, devices, computers. For example: it's now possible to run tasks through commands from your website.
• All FTP related actions are now added with "Passive mode" option for passive FTP connections.
• FTPSyncDownload action now contain option "Copy only files created or modified during last N days". It can be useful for coping only recent files.
• Synchronization action provides a powerful option to "Copy only recent files". It also allows to not copying files in the target folder if files are newer on the source folder. For example It can be used, for synchronizing desktop and laptop computers and not overwriting newer files on another side.
• Also there are new possibility to copy only new or changed files in third folder called as “Differences dir”. It can be useful for sending to your customers only changed or new files from last sending.
• New fields "CC" and "BCC" in the action SendEmail.
• Previously xStarter action WindowCommand could not close some application windows (e.g. Internet Explorer) due to a Microsoft Windowslimitation. Now WindowCommand action has an added option to "Terminate application if unable to close window" to overcome this limitation.
• It's now possible to terminate working task in the UI, to launch only one action from the actions list.
• This new version now provides function to duplicate any action in the task (but not statement) and Drag&Drop function which can be used to copy action into another tasks.
• Some bugs fixed.

June 28, 2005 xStarter 1.64

• New actions FtpSyncDownload and FtpSyncUpload added. This actions allow to synchronize ftp and local folders.
• It's possible now to create comments in tasks with action Comment.
• New option Substring was added for extracting info from specified text.
• Some bugs fixed.

May 15, 2005 xStarter 1.63

• Actions RunProcess, TerminateProcess, ProcessCount now contain option PID, that allows handling via process ID. It terminates the process in the future by this ID, not by process name.
• New return parameter ExitCode in action RunProcess. It's possible now to receive process execution status or Batch (.BAT) file working result.
• New option added "Keep files created at last N days" in Action DeleteOldBackups. This retains the last N days of backup.
• New Action ExcelMacro that allows execution of Microsoft Excel Macros. You only need to specify .xls filename and macro name.
• In the Task Configuration window, when Log tab active and while execution of current task log is enabled, the screen will refresh in auto mode. It's possible not to refresh on-screen log using the F5 Key.
• It's now possible to work with global and local variables. You can set variable value using Action SetVariable and use this value in another (or current) task via constructor {VarName}. For example, in task Task1 you create new variable SetVariable: MyVar1='abc' and in task Task2 use value of this variable: ShowMessage: 'Hello {MyVar1}'
• Action FTPDelete has been added. Action FTPDownload now return Success=True only if file size on FTP Server is equal to file size of local downloaded file.
• All FTP actions have been modified to allow you to connect and work with FTP Server thru a Firewall or Proxy Server. Also, an option has been added to allow connection to FTP server using encrypted SSL/TLS connection. For establishing such connection, you will need additional library OpenSSL: http://www.xstarter.com/download/openssl-0.9.7f-win32.zip
• Fixed bug related to all Complex Time Format. Preferences were discarded if task was disabled via menu in Windows tray. Also there was a problem with starting task in Sunday.
• Fixed bug in action WindowCommand with option Close when window is not closed, but minimized.
• Some bugs fixed.

February 16, 2005 xStarter 1.62

• New actions for working with Clipboard have been added. It's now possible to use action CopyText for writing any text or internal variable value into the Clipboard. Action Paste has also been added for inserting clipboard contents into currently active window. Use TextFromClipboard action to extract clipboard contents.
• Action CheckMail now contain options for saving email attachments into specified folder.
• Action LPR has been added for sending files to network printers.
• Has been added actions for file's groups processing. With action FirstLastFile it's possible now to find first or last file in specified folder by file size, modification date/time, file name, etc. Action FileNames can be useful for extracting file name parts, for example, file folder, disk, short name, etc. Action SearchFolders can also be used for file processing.
• The program have been improved to allow exporting/importing tasks and task logs. A function also exists to export full information about task options into HTML file.
• Some modifications have been made in the file system trigger. It's now possible to specify task execution only when the size of new files have changed for some period of time. This modification can be useful for monitoring new files that were transferred to the current computer via the FTP protocol.
• Some bugs fixed.

December 16, 2004 xStarter 1.61

• New actions for moving files have been added.
• Action SendKey can not contain additional command for changing keyboard layout. So, it's possible now to send text in your own language. E.g. {LNG EN}Hello {LNG DE}Gruß
• New trigger: SerialPort event. With this event it's possible now to launch xStarter tasks by Serial port (RS-232) commands. Also in actions can be parsed readed from serial port string {ComEvent.String}.
• Action SendMail now contain option for storing sended messages in EML or MSG files. This files can be opened then by different email programs.
• Now xStarter tasks logs are stored in separate log-files.
• New languages available in xStarter: French, Hungarian, Hebrew.
• Some bugs fixed.

November 25, 2004 xStarter 1.60

• New actions for playing audio files have been added, so you can now play WAV, MP3 files and also Windows system sounds.
• New option: SearchFiles. With this action it's possible to search files in specified folder and exclude files from search results by masks.
• Now you can directly use the results from SearchFile as input parameters for other actions. For example if SearchFile found the string "c:\log.txt;c:\also_log.txt”, this could be used to delete, backup etc all files within the search results string.
• Some file and archive actions now contain the option to Exclude Files. For example, using the mask facility you can exclude "*.exe;*.txt". These files will be not processed by this action.
• New action: FileProperties. This action checks the main properties of a specified file or folder. Can be used to perform file operations only with files what satisfy some conditions (e.g. if size of file more than 2Mb or file is read-only). If this action returns Success=False then the file will not be processed.
• New action: HTML2Text. With this option it's possible to convert webpages or html files into plain text. It's possible now to create a Webpage trigger with this option, e.g. show a notification only when some webpage changes was founded. Or it's possible to track internet availability if Ping is not possible (e.g. beyond any Firewall).
• New action: ScreenShot. It's possible to create screenshots of full screen or active window or screen region (by coordinates). Screenshots can be saved as BMP or JPG files. Action can be used, for example, by webmasters (for screenshotting and publishing of webpages) and system administrators (users can make screenshots with program errors by hotkey and send them to system administrator by email).
• Some improvements to task configurator. Now actions can change their position via Drag&Drop operations. Main program windows now remember their state and position after closing.
• Now with even more examples to guide you.
• Some bugs fixed.

September 17, 2004 xStarter 1.55

• In action SendICQMessage has been added proxy settings.
• In action DeleteMain has been added opption "Delete all mails".
• Fixed: Problem with launching tasks on interval scheduler has been fixed.
  

September 7, 2004 xStarter 1.54

• New action for reading strings from text (log) files.
• New option in File trigger that allows you to launch tasks only after completing copying or creating of new files.
• It's possible now to create shortcuts to xStarter tasks on the Windows Desktop.
• Window trigger has been extended. Now tasks can be launched on the child or main process window focusing.
• New parameters that returns parameters of the window from which the window trigger was launched.
• Spanish language has been added. A lot of thanks to Angel Julio Liarte.
• Slovenian language has been added. A lot of thanks to Dusan Stojanovic.
• Fixed: Critical error what was periodically crashing the xStarter program.
• Fixed: The file trigger system has been rewritten - now it requires smaller system loading.
• Fixed: Other minor errors.
  

August 13, 2004 xStarter 1.53

• New action for connecting and disconnecting shared network resources. Program fill username and password itself.
• All tasks now can be ran in different process. In this case it’s possible to run task from other user then current logged on.
• All password filled in program now stored in crypt form.
• Now even if main program (xstarter.exe) works like NT service then the main configuration window (xstartui.exe) runs from current logged on user and with security rights of this user.
• It’s possible now to see log of runs/executions of all xStarter tasks.
• In Zip action was added option for archiving with password.
• Idle trigger was extended. Now tasks can be executed not only after some idle time but also then this idle time will finished (user press keys or move mouse).
• Fixed: Error with saving complex format of time.
• Fixed: Other minor errors.
  

July 23, 2004 xStarter 1.52

• New action for folders creating.
• Program launching speed up.
• Directory changing event now return created/changes/deleted files and in subfolders.
• Fixed: Errors with launching program on fast processors (2.6GHz and above).
• Fixed: Freezing program on exit if it was launched as NT service.
• Fixed: Some other errors.

June 28, 2004 xStarter 1.51

• New action for launching xStarter task from another xStarter task.
• All errors what occured while file coping now writes in the program's log file.
• In integrated functions was added functions what returns: YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND and MILLISECOND.
• Fixed: Memory leaks.

June 18, 2004 xStarter 1.50

• Fully re-engineered complex format of time. Now it's possible to start tasks by list of specified time masks. Each mask can be simple or complex.
• New statement TextLoop. With it now possible to make email triggers.
• Was added option for sending ICQ messages.
• Was added option for sending network messages.
• Was added action for deleting emails from ISP server. Emails can be deleted by some cases what can be entered via action SearchText.
• Action SearchText now return matches of looked for text block in source text (with using regular expressions only).
• Full context help included now.
• Fixed: Some errors with statements.

May 22, 2004 xStarter 1.41

• Now with xStarter possible to make some operations with windows: close, maximize. minimize, hide, etc.
• Was added new option CheckMail. This action have result parameters MessCount, MessSubjects and MessTexts. So, this parameters can be used to trigger some other actions if come text will be founded in any from it.
• Programs can be launched now in Normal, Maximized, Minimized or Hided states.
• Was added action to OpenWebPage.
• File events was divided. So, now possible independence select file create, modify, delete.
• Was added option to Ask question. It have result Yes.
• Was added German language. A lot of thanks to Alexander Graef.
• Fixed: Errors with operations wtih actions in task action list.
• Fixed: Tasks don't started with xStarter launching.

May 7, 2004 xStarter 1.40

• xStarter now can work as NT service.
• Functions support. All text fields at all plugins can include fields like {COMPUTERNAME}. Then task started this field will replaced to an value.
• Event parameters (results) can also be filled at task fields. For example, if the task starts after some filesystem event occured, at all actions possible enter {FILEEVENT.NEWFILE} and after execution it will replaced to value.
• Results of execution previous action in task action sequence can be filled at params. For example, if first action is exam differs of two text files, when second action can include [COMPARE1.SRCDIFF] and this parameter will replaced by value from previous action.
• Task can be started after some NT event occured (application, security,
  system). Events can be filtered.
• Plugin for operations with text files. It include writing to log file, comparing two text files, searching text in file or text block (regular expression supported as well).
• ShowMessage action can be showed with icon.
• Fixed: Error "Network path was not found".
• Fixed: Other errors.

April 12, 2004 xStarter 1.34

• Folders synchronizing feature.
• Plugin for files uploading to FTP server.
• Tray quick menu now include time when action will be started.
• Fixed: Error what excepted when xStarter finish.
• Fixed: Some other errors.

March 31, 2004 xStarter 1.33

• Possibility to record and play keyboard and mouse macroses.
• Tray menu now can be used for quickly tasks running.
• Tray menu include now history of quick action starts.
• Support for starting tasks on event when files are changed/created/deleted.
• Plugin for memory free.
• In xStartUI now possible to copy tasks.
• Fixed: Some errors.

March 22, 2004 xStarter 1.32

• Possibility to start tasks by hotkeys.
• Plugin for opening or closing CD-ROM.
• Plugin for downloading files from internet (HTTP).
• Plugin for downloading files from internet (FTP).
• Plugin for checking connection to remote host or web site (PING).
• Windows XP themes support.

February 16, 2004 xStarter 1.31

• Plugin for terminating applications.
• Plugin for sending keystrokes to application.
• Plugin for making pause between some actions in task.
• Plugin for establishing RAS connections (modem, GPRS modem, VPN connection, etc).
• Plugin for disconnecting of RAS connection.
• Plugin for sending email messages.
• Fixed: Error with NT service startup.
• Fixed: Minor error with statament IF.

February 2, 2004 xStarter 1.30

• Statement IF. It allows start actions only in some cases (if one of previous actions executed with some result).
• Plugin to turn computer in sleep (hibernate) mode.
• Fixed: Some bugs.

August 30, 2003 xStarter 1.22

• Fixed: Error with saving new action's order in task.

August 29, 2003 xStarter 1.21

• Plugins to making Backups (zip files with date in filename), to deleting old backup files.
• Plugin to deleting files.
• Fixed: Problem with running program on Windows NT.

August 26, 2003 xStarter 1.20

• Quick action start ability.

August 14, 2003 xStarter 1.11

• Fixed: Some bugs.

August 12, 2003 xStarter 1.10

• An ability to creating zip archives.
• Change interface with assigning task start by time.
• Fixed: Some bugs.

July 22, 2003 xStarter 1.05 beta

• An option of tracking files' changing/creation/deletion for the file system events is added to events for starting up tasks.
• Multilingual interface for action templates.
• Time Wizard - allows entering events with the use of advanced format in input fields for multiple values and the range of values.
• A documentation file is added to the main Program package.
• Fixed: A bug on activation of hidden by other applications or minimized window.

July 15, 2003 xStarter 1.02

• The action template for startup and stopping services.
• A query for deletion of a task from the list of tasks.
• Activation of hidden by other applications or minimized window.
• Fixed: a bug on creation of a new task on the Actions tab in the Main form.

July 11, 2003 xStarter 1.0

• The first public version.

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