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.

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