--------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper 2.97.11 --------------------------------------------------------- Visual Web Ripper is created by Sequentum www.sequentum.com For support and other information about Visual Web Ripper, Please visit: www.visualwebripper.com HOW TO INSTALL --------------------------------------------------------- 1. Uninstall all previous versions of Visual Web Ripper including trial versions. 2. Extract all files from VisualWebRipper.zip to a folder on your computer. 3. Run the program setup.exe. 4. If you don't have Microsoft .NET version 4 installed on your computer, the setup program will display the Microsoft .NET version 4 license agreement. 4.1. Accept the license agreement to download and install Microsoft .NET version 4 if it is not already installed. 5. The Visual Web Ripper installation process will begin. Follow the instructions displayed by the installer to continue installing Visual Web Ripper BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some dynamically created frames may cause Visual Web Ripper to process the same page more than once. - Unable to specify that Visual Web Ripper should click No/Cancel on dialogs when running a project. Yes/Ok is always clicked, which is not always appropriate. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Too much log informaiton written to log be default. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper emulates a click on No/Cancel instead of Yes/OK when supressing a dialog. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some dynamically created frames may cause Visual Web Ripper to process the same page more than once. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some websites using frames may cause an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Content within skipped Page Area templates are not saved correctly. - Incorrect warning that captcha images are not found. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - JavaScript is not injected correctly into all websites causing some actions to fail. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some web browser dialog boxes are being displayed at run-time. - Unable to click on the custom context menu in some situations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Incorrect behavior of the custom context menu in some situations. - Incorrect selections when selecting inside a Page Area using the Span option BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Setting the option "AddColumnMethod" to "SingleColumn" causes an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The custom web browser context menu does not work correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.97.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - All click events are now blocked, unless the toolbar button "Navigate in Browser" is pressed. - New event monitor screen. - New property "ExportDataConfiguration" available in WrProjectInitializeArguments. This property is applicable to version 2 agents only BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.97.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to select content on sub-frames. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.96.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Event blocking does not work correctly on all websites, so it has been temporarily disabled. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.96.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some JavaScript is injected incorrectly into the editor web browser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.96.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The web browser in the editor sometimes throws errors. NEW IN RELEASE 2.96.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - All click events are now blocked, unless the toolbar button "Navigate in Browser" is pressed. - The embedded MySql.Data assembly is now available in scripting. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.96.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Security dialogs are sometimes displayed while a project is run. - Downloading a document on form submit fails if the form submit loads a page that redirects to the document. - Alert messages are not displayed in design mode. - Unable to set the "Max. retries" option on Start URLs. - The "Retry delay" option is not used properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.95.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Default redirect method is not set to RedirectRequest when a Link template is using the Click event. NEW IN RELEASE 2.95.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - New condition option "Fail when element missing". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.95.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - JavaScript links may not always be executed correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.95.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error occurs when running a project with a Back template that contains sub-templates. The error only occurs when using version 2 agents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.95.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project editor is unable to load HTML files directly from the file system. NEW IN RELEASE 2.95.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Frames are now selected automatically, and the Frames drop down box in the toolbar is no longer available. - The "Search all frames" option has been removed. All frames will automatically be searched if the selected frame does not exist. - The Click event is now blocked in the editor when clicking on elements in the web browser. A double-click will fire the Click event. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.95.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error using the toolbar button "Select outside page area" BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.94.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The FormField option "Save field value" does not work. - The Scheduler sometimes create hidden Windows tasks. - Unable to cancel a project using the WebCrawler agent if the project is submiting web forms. - The template save method "AddColumnsInParentTable" does not always work if the template has sub-templates NEW IN RELEASE 2.94.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The template option "Start new web browser" can now be used on FormSubmit templates when using version 2 agents. The option also now works better on Link templates. - New template option "Redirect method" specifies how a page load should be redirected to a new web browser tab. This option is only available for version 2 agents and replaces the option "Click to get new URL". - A small adjustment to selection optimization within page areas should result in better selections in some scenarious. NEW IN RELEASE 2.93.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - General performance optimizations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.92.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error occurs during export when using MySQL as internal database. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.92.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error "Column parent_out_row_id does not exist" may occur when checking for duplicates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.92.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler agent is able to submit some forms that generate errors in teh project editor. NEW IN RELEASE 2.92.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The shared script database now supports a new method SetParameterBinaryValue. NEW IN RELEASE 2.92.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Oracle export is now supported. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.91.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Links executing JavaScript are not always navigated correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.91.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebBrowser agent can now be configured to only restart the web browser thread instead of the entire process when a website leaks memory. This is done by setting the project option "Restart entire process" to false. This option should only be used when using IE9. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.90.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Search all frames" does not work for wait content and in the project editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.90.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebBrowser agent sometimes load pages incorrectly if JavaScript is used to immediately redirect to another page. - Image elements used for CAPTCHA should not be downloaded as normal image content, since it may interfere with CAPTCHA processing. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.90.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Frame documents may get stuck in Inteactivae mode. - An error occurs when returning from an optional FormSubmit template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.90.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Compressed pages are not always loaded correctly by the WebCrawler agent. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.90.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler agent does not set the referrer correctly. - The WebCrawler agent cannot load pages from web servers that only deliver compressed pages. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.90.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Form submit with a direct URL does not work correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.90.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - An external program can now be used to convert a document into HTML and then be processed like any other web page. - Serial key is now shown on Trial startup screen. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.90.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebBrowser agent is sometimes unable to load a page if the page redirects. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.47 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler agent does not always recognise end of pagination when it should. - Unable to rename content element if the only change letter case. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.46 --------------------------------------------------------- - Duplicate check on export always checks against all content elements, instead of only the elements marked for duplicate check. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.45 --------------------------------------------------------- - Very long project names or template names may cause on error when exporting to MySQL. - XPath functions are not recognised as valid functions. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.44 --------------------------------------------------------- - HTML tags with name spaces are processed incorrectly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.43 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler agent only submits one set of input values when processing web forms. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.42 --------------------------------------------------------- - File content elements are not saved in the internal database if the option "Save content" is reset. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.41 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error selecting an element within a PageArea if the element is part of the PageArea itself. - Error extracting data if duplicate check is set on an alternative content element. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.40 --------------------------------------------------------- - Database command timeout is too short. - Templates may get assigned an invalid XPath when a project is upgraded. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.39 --------------------------------------------------------- - Automatic DECAPTCHER may fail after a large number of CAPTCHA pages. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.38 --------------------------------------------------------- - char(160) is not recognised as a white space when using the WebCrawler agent. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.37 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project editor fails to load a page in WebCrawler mode if the page has no body tag. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.36 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler agent fails to load a page if the page specifies invalid character encoding information. - The project editor fails to load a page in WebCrawler mode if the page has no body tag. - The Count option for FormField content is not working properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.35 --------------------------------------------------------- - The web browser does not suppress system messages. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.34 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler agent may sometimes fail to parse comments on a HTML page causing the page load to fail. - Error exporting data when using MySQL as internal database. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.33 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Run Project" window sometimes resizes incorrectly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.32 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project editor runs projects inside the editor instead of using an agent. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.31 --------------------------------------------------------- - Page Transformation throws an error when processing an empty HTML element. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.30 --------------------------------------------------------- - The MySQL character encoding option is not available when configuring the shared script database. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.29 --------------------------------------------------------- - Screenshots are not exported corrcetly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.28 --------------------------------------------------------- - CAPTCHA processing may fail on some conputers when using version 1 agents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.27 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error editing and then saving a PageNavigation template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.26 --------------------------------------------------------- - CAPTCHA processing may fail on some conputers. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.25 --------------------------------------------------------- - Data export may fail if a non-list template is added after a list template. - An exception may occur during data extraction if a copied template has been configued to cancel an entire list on duplicate when debug is turned on. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.24 --------------------------------------------------------- - Templates that check for duplicates and have been copied may cancel the entire project instead of the current template. - JavaScript that call windows.External may fail and prevent websites from loading correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.23 --------------------------------------------------------- - Data is exported when an agent restarts, but should only get exported when the agent completes or is stopped. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.22 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some Condition options cannot be changed when using version 2 agents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.21 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some JavaScript don't work correctly without a sized browser Window, and a sized Window is not instantiated when running an invisible WebBrowser agent. A new project option "Use sized Window" is now available to solve this problem. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.20 --------------------------------------------------------- - Automatic CAPTCHA decoding may fail if the Internet cache is full. - The RunProject.exe utility does not return an exit code. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.19 --------------------------------------------------------- - Regex tramsformation does not work correctly in version 2 agents when using extracted data in the regex. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.18 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Ok and Cancel buttons may not be vissible on the Export Data screen on some computer configurations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.17 --------------------------------------------------------- - The File name transformation button is not visible for Image and File content. - The option "Redirect on meta refresh" does not always work correctly. - Invalid file names are sometimes generated for images and files. NEW IN RELEASE 2.89.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - File download on form submit now works with the WebBrowser agent. - File name transformation now works in screen shots. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - Alternative content elements for images and files don't work properly. - The template list count option does not work properly in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - CAPTCHA functionality does not work with version 2 agents. NEW IN RELEASE 2.89.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Basic Windows authentication is now supported. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - Email links are extracted incorrectly. - "Next page" pagination does not stop in WebCrawler mode when reaching an invalid next page link. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Email links are not displayed correctly in the Capture window. - The "Default data extractor" drop down box on the "Run Project" screen does not work correctly. - Minor updates to the proxy configuration screen. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper follows popup URLs even when it's a blank URL. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Text may disappear from buttons on some Windows installations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error navigating in the designer in Web Crawler mode when the Web Crawler is set to Fast or BackwardCompatibility. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The default IE context menu is sometimes shown in design mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Web pages are not always loaded correctly with the Web Crawler agent in WebBrowsercompatibility mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error excluding a FormSubmit template from export data. - An empty row is generated if no data is extracted for a start URL. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper may stop executing JavaScript on a website if a JavaScript error occurs on the website. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Web Browser agent may not always load a web page correctly if the previous page contains multiple frames and the project has been configured not to wait for all frames. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Projects don't run correctly in Web Browser mode when the browser is not visible. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - A script error window is sometimes shown while running a project. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - An event doesn't fire correctly if JQuery is used on a website, but the event is not a JQeury event. NEW IN RELEASE 2.89.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New Web Crawler parser "WebBrowserCompatibility". This parser is now the default Web Crawler parser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.89.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The software may freeze on some websites when using a text filter. - Pagination does not always work correctly after a FormSubmit template when using the WebCrawler agent. - Default form field values are not always selected correctly when submitting forms using the WebCrawler agent. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.88.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The software throws an error when a sub-frame cannot be loaded. The software should instead ignore such errors similar to normal IE behaviour. NEW IN RELEASE 2.88.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - SQL Server Compact is no longer available as internal database. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.88.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The software may in rare cases consume too much memory when exporting data, causing an "Out of memory" error. - Exporting the last segment of an empty table causes an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - The startup webpage keeps loading when starting a new project. - The Video link on the startup webpage does not work. - Files and images are stored in BLOB fields when exporting data to MySQL, and BLOB fields can only store very small files. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The template option "Save method" can now be set to MainTable, which will add new data rows to the main project table. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The MySQL.NET adapter included with Visual Web Ripper does not work properly with the latest version of MySQL. - An error may occur when using the filter option on DT/DL HTML tags. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Page timeout is set too low and many pages cannot load in the designer. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Multiple templates with the same name may be added to a project when copying templates. This will cause errors when running the project, since all templates must have unique names. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The web browser loses it's session causing most logins to fail. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Resizing of the main editor window does not work as intended. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project editor does not render properly if Windows font size is set to more than 100%. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The default IE context menu is displayed in the editor and hides the custom context menu. NEW IN RELEASE 2.87.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Proxy servers with user authentication now works in the Web Browser agent - Websites using an invalid SSL certificate can now be loaded in the web browser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.87.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some times the web browser fails to load a new page and uses the previous page instead. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error when using the option "Extract text" on optional link templates. - Error loading some pages where sub-frames fail to load. - Minor user interface corrections. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The user interface does not render correctly on all computers. - Long project names may cause errors when running a project. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The user interface does not render correctly on all computers. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper may hang when processing a FormSubmit template in WebCrawler mode with mutiple threads. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Project fails to run after having been renamed directly in the file system. - Table denormalization sometimes causes an error. - Duplicate check on export data fails in some rare scenarios. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error running a project where FormField content has been set to a specific FormSubmit template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to set FixedValue content. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Exclude template" does not work properly with version 2 agents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error when opening the web browser emulation screen. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template option "Duplicate check at end" can be used to choose if duplicate check should be made before or after sub-templates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.86.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error checking for duplicates when using MySQL as internal database. - Status progress message is incorrect when using the XPath SPAN method for a PageArea template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - If a FormSubmit template fails a single time, all submits are cancelled. - Some errors are not correctly logged as errors. - The template option "Click to get URL" does not work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "span" XPath method does not always work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error adding a content element without a selection. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Project Data" tab is missing in Project Options. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some downloaded file paths are not added to the extracted data in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Form input scripts are not always executed correctly in design mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The form field HTML element is null in Form Input scripts. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Setting the "Default data extractor" option in project options does not work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unpredictable errors in the Visual Web Ripper editor when an enabled input data source is inaccessible. NEW IN RELEASE 2.85.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Web browser emulation version is now set to Internet Explorer 9 on software install. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.85.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some events don't fire properly, especially when using IE9 emulation. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.84.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Browser emulation is set for the currnet user instead of the entire machine. NEW IN RELEASE 2.84.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Web browser emulation version is no longer set during software install, but can be set manually after the software has been installed. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Alternative Image content selections cause errors. - The project editor does not use proxies from the project proxy list. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - A missing form field causes a failure even when the form field is optional. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Retry errors on resume" does not work. - A missing form field does not generate an error entry. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to set the "Page load delay" options properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - When using the option "Restart web browser", the web browser is not visible after a restart. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error "Object not set to an instance of an object" when processing an image tag without a source property. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The debug window makes a sound while a project is running. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error message is not always shown in the debug window when failing to download a file. - Vertial scroll bar does not work properly in the debug window. NEW IN RELEASE 2.83.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template options "Max. retries" and "Delay between retries" can be used to retry page loads. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Famesets are not loaded correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error using duplicate checks on export data. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.83.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Single selection templates sometimes appear to be list templates in the project designer. - Multiple single selection templates can cause data export to fail. - Error using SQL Server as internal database. - "Out of memory" error when exporting large amount of data to XML. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Expanding and limiting a list does not always work. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Loading input files can be very slow. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - HTML tags containing Unicode properties are not parsed correctly by the fast web crawler parser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Version 2 agents don't always process Redirect and Group templates correctly. - Empty rows are sometimes added to data export when using Version 2 agents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The design row index on an input data source only works on project input data sources. - An error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" may occur when loading a webpage. - Settings on the "Run Project" screen are not saved properly. - Project connection options are not saved correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The debug window makes a sound while running a project. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some links may not work correctly in WebCrawler mode if a website redirects links. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error running projects in WebCrawler mode. - Error activating the software on new computers. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.82.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The software sometimes crash on older versions of Windows in particular Windows 2003. - Links on the Visual web Ripper homepage don't work BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.81.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Webpages opening in new windows are not always cought. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.81.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Memory leak in 2.81.0. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.81.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Webpages opening in new windows are not always cought. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.80.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - JavaScript is not injected correctly when running projects from the commandline or the scheduler. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.80.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Clicking the Help button on the project process window causes an error. - The resume button on the project process window does not turn gray when a project has completed. NEW IN RELEASE 2.80.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper now uses partial page load by default. - Some options that had little or no effect on page processing have been removed. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.80.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Project files are saved without the .rip extension. - Clicking the "Start new project" toolbar button causes an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.79.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - No wait message is displayed while waiting for data extrator agent to start. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.79.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper may become unstable and crash on some websites. - Visual Web Ripper is set to modify browser behavior by default, which causes memory leaks on older versions of Windows. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.79.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Exporting data can take a long time when using a SQLite internal database. - Some instability issues have been fixed. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.78.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Incorrect online updater version included with the full installer package. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.78.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error when duplicate check is set on content in non-list templates. - Error "Unexpected error: Index was out of range...". - Error viewing extracted data when running a project using the Agent. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.78.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error "Error creating internal database" may occur when using a FormSubmit template without associated FormField content. NEW IN RELEASE 2.78.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Redirect to modal dialogs" allows the web browser to redirect to the content of a modal dialog window. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.78.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Exported CSV files are invalid when exporting into multiple files. NEW IN RELEASE 2.78.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - New Advanced option "Action JavaScript" can be used to execute custom JavaScript instead of firing events when performing an action. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.78.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Setting data values using the API may cause an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.78.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Fast HTML parser does not recognise all character encodings. - Dynamic link PageNavigation templates don't always work proeprly with the WebCrawler agent. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.78.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - C# and VB.NET scripts always reference System.Web.dll which is not part of the .NET4 Client Profile, and therefore cause a script compile error if the full version of .NET4 is not installed. NEW IN RELEASE 2.78.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - New export targets "Excel 2003" and "Excel 2007/2010". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.78.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The fast WebCrawler HTML parser does not always handle script tags correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.78.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper now uses .NET v4. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - PageNavigation templates are not always processed. - Internal data is not always converted to external data correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Condition scripts don't work properly on templates. - Unable to access link template text in scripts. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - Proxy server configuration is set system wide when running a project using the WebBrowser agent. - Visual Web Ripper may sometimes try to write data to invalid database tables instead of recreating the tables. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Using a reserved name as content name causes an error at runtime instead of design time. - The project option "Save extracted images and documents to disk" does not work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error occurs when an image element is defined in a template, but not found on the webpage. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some JavaScript events are not fired correctly when the WebBrowser runs in IE9 emulation mode. Visual Web Ripper now uses IE8 emulation mode instead. A full reinstall is required for this change to take effect. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to set export file paths. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error when viewing project error data. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error exporting data to MySQL databases. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error exporting data to XML. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - PageNavigation templates on a dynamic list of links don't work with version 2 agents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error "Object not set to an instance of a reference" may occur in some rare situations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error exporting data in some situations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error exporting data to CSV. - Error refreshing data on the Data Inspector screen when running a project using teh "Run Agent" toolbar button. - The file extension is added twice to downloaded files. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.77.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error exporting data to a database. - Error refreshing data on the Data Inspector screen. - Incorrect help file references. NEW IN RELEASE 2.77.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New data extractor agents. The old agents are still included for backward compatibillity. Please see the help file for more information about the new data extractor agents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.76.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - A corrupt license file does not result in a prompt for a new serial key. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.76.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Warning 1010 when running a project using the Agent. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.76.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper connects to the wrong licensing server. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.76.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper always shows the version is up-to-date. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.76.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error entering empty values for Input Parameters. - The software keeps asking for a new serial key every time some computers is rebooted. NEW IN RELEASE 2.76.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper now uses the Windows Task Scheduler instead of a build-in scheduler. A complete reinstall is required for this version. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.76.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not display a correct error message when trying to update a version of Visual Web Ripper that cannot be updated to the latest version. NEW IN RELEASE 2.75.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper now runs in IE9 rendering mode if IE9 is installed (requires complete reinstall of Visual Web Ripper). BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.75.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error "Invalid license information" when running a project in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.75.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Missing file makes it impossible to activate the software. NEW IN RELEASE 2.75.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New licensing system. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.75.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error entering empty values for Input Parameters. - The Scheduler screen cannot be resized causing some issues on low resolution screens. - Grid buttons are missing text on some computers. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.24 --------------------------------------------------------- - The trial version stops with warning 1010 when running projects. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.23 --------------------------------------------------------- - The trial startup screen may block access to the software if using a very low resolution. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.22 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Save in parent table" option applies only to Excel and CSV output, but is applied to all output formats. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.21 --------------------------------------------------------- - Starting two projects at the exact same time may cause one project to fail because of a licensing error. - The XPath function "text()" is not implemented. - Checking for existence of an attribute in XPath does not work. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.20 --------------------------------------------------------- - FixedValue content elements may cause an error in the Visual Web Ripper editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.19 --------------------------------------------------------- - Webpages that incorrectly starts with two HTML tags are processed incorrcetly by the HTML parser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.18 --------------------------------------------------------- - NextPage navigation does not resume correctly the second time a project is resumed. - JavaScript may cause the Web Browser to hang, and the Stop button will then be unable to stop a project. A new Terminate button will force a project to stop even when the Web Browser hangs. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.17 --------------------------------------------------------- - Internal data is not saved when running a project to the end. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - Internal data is not saved when running a project to the end. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - Proxy servers in WebBrowser mode does not take effect immediately. - When testing proxy servers in Project Options, the status always shows green, even when a proxy server is inaccessible. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Resuming a project that saves data to a database will result in a "Duplicate key" error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - When running a project using the Agent, the "Run Time" label is not positioned correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper removes frames when it should only remove Flash in some situations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - When running a project using the Agent, the "Run Time" label is not positioned correctly. - The "Custom" button is not visible on the "Destination Data Source" screen. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error exporting data to a database if the project contains a RepeatParent template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some webpages cannot load in WebCrawler mode because they contain text termination characters. - It is not possible to open a RepeatParent template with a specific selected link. - RepeatParent templates don't work properly in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Stop button does not work correctly in WebBrowser mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Rendering issues on the Action options tab. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Text is missing on some buttons in the project editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project editor may crash in WebCrawler mode when navigating to a URL that doesn't exist. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to extract data in InternetExplorer mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - GUI issues in the Visual Web Ripper project editor, especially when using a default Windows font size larger than 100%. - Custom scripts may throw an error when using "Multi-threaded downloads" in WebBrowser mode. - CSV string data is not encoded correctly. - Error "Parameter value is invalid" when using the Visual Web Ripper project editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler HTML parser sometimes parses tags incorrectly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - File missing in online update package. NEW IN RELEASE 2.74.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project property CustomUserAgent can be used to set the user agent in WebBrowser mode. - New content capture type "Flash". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.74.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Downloaded flash files have an incorrect extension. - Unable to select Flash objects because they are being removed in design mode. - Visual Web Ripper will fail to load a website if it needs to download a certificate beofore it can access the website. NEW IN RELEASE 2.73.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Visual Web Ripper application and APIs no longer target .NET version v4, but is back to target .NET v2 NEW IN RELEASE 2.72.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Visual Web Ripper application and all APIs are now using .NET version 4. Applications using the Visual Web Ripper API must target .NET version 4. - All selection XPaths are now relative to the page HTML element instead of the BODY element. This allows selection of elements above the BODY element, such as the HEAD element. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.72.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The correct file extension is not always used when downloading files. - PageAttribute elements always work on the main web frame and not the selected web frame. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.71.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The element count for Page Area selections are often wrong. - An input data source with zero columns causes an error when opening the project options screen. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.71.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Referer header is not set correctly when downloading files and images. This causes some downloads to fail. NEW IN RELEASE 2.71.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Two new page transformations. ReplaceHTML and InsertHTML can be used to easily replace or insert HTML into a web page. - HTML syntax coloring. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.71.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Saving a content element after a page transformation sometimes clears the selection XPath of the content element. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - The XPath Span method does not work on PageArea templates that are not defined as a list. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Incorrect XPath behaviour in WebBcroser mode when using // inside a predicate. - Error setting the option "Max capture text length". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper may not continue extraction correctly when using the Group FormField option. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Web page frames are not available in the project editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Help windows now open up as top most Windows. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Opening help or support menus sometimes causes an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Project upgrade error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebBrowserCompatibility parser is unstable and has been disabled. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebBrowserCompatibility parser crashes. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Projects running in WebCrawler mode are now upgraded to use the BackwardCompability parser by default. - The WebBrowserCompatibility and Fast parsers now removes scripts by default. NEW IN RELEASE 2.70.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - New content type "Screen" can be used to take a screenshot of a specific element on webpage. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Extracted text is not HTML decoded in fast WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.70.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler does not always read web pages correctly. - The WebCrawler parsers accept invalid attribute names. NEW IN RELEASE 2.70.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler can now run in three different modes. WebBrowserCompatibility, Fast or BackwardCompatibility. - The project editor now runs smoother in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project editor cuts off long captured text used as script input. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - FixedValue content elements don't accept data values from input data sources associated with specific templates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Web browsers with modified behaviour don't run in a single Window when using the option "View Browser". NEW IN RELEASE 2.69.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - All web browsers now run in a single Window when using the option "View Browser". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - Redirect templates don't work correctly with lookup data sources. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - An alternative Image content element doesn't work if the main content element uses Content Transformation. NEW IN RELEASE 2.69.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Synch with database keys". - The Visual Web Ripper support website is now accessible from within Visual Web Ripper. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error may occur when exporting data to a database when the project has a Link template that uses the option "Extract text" and also contains a PageNavigation template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Running a project with mutiple start URLs may sometimes cause an error when also exporting data periodically. NEW IN RELEASE 2.69.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The input data source file path is now automatically set to the default project folder when the specified file path is not found and the file is found in the default project folder. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Start URL option "Feed URLs from input data source" is always reset. NEW IN RELEASE 2.69.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Exclude Start URL table". NEW IN RELEASE 2.69.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The XPath SPAN methods now always stop when they reach the following list element. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Start URL input data column drop down is always disabled. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler does not correctly recognise XML documents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Link transformation doesn't work for PageNavigation templates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Cache timer" project option does not work when set to more than 1 hour. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The current input data row is not parsed to scripts. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - All scripts throw an error if an input data source is not enabled. NEW IN RELEASE 2.69.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - An Input Data Source can now be defined for Group templates. - An Input Data Source defined for a Group or Form template is now available in all subtemplates. API CHANGES IN RELEASE 2.69.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The property WrProject.DataConfiguration.InputDataSource has been moved to WrProject.Template.InputDataSource. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.69.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The template option "Exclude template" has no effect on XMl output. - The API may throw an error similar to "Unable to find assembly..." - Some JavaScript causes unexpected behaviour in WebCralwer mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.19 --------------------------------------------------------- - The online updater downloads the third party decaptcher.dll file which is recognised as an unwanted file by some virus scanners. The file should only be available as a separate optional download. This issue was not fixed properly in v2.68.14 as announced. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.18 --------------------------------------------------------- - The default Blocked URL has been removed, since it causes problems for some websites. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.17 --------------------------------------------------------- - The content of drop down boxes with many entries are not displayed correctly in the project editor. - Page loads are displayed incorrectly when resuming a project. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper sometimes incorrectly reports an error when processing a Back template inside an optional template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper may crash while navigating in the project editor. NEW IN RELEASE 2.68.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - New methods to load a CSV file in the ScriptUtils module. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - The online updater downloads the third party decaptcher.dll file which is recognised as an unwanted file by some virus scanners. The file should only be available as a separate download. NEW IN RELEASE 2.68.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Blocked URLs" can be used to prevent Visual Web Ripper from navigating specific URLs, including iframe URLs. - It is now always possible to Continue data extraction if a data extract exists, even when Visual Web Ripper has marked the data extract as complete. If the data extract is marked as complete, the icon on the Continue button will be gray. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - When using the option "Export data & clear memory" Visual Web Ripper still keeps too much data in memory. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper may crash while removing Flash objects from some websites. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Pressing the pause button in WebCrawler mode causes an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler hangs after running for a long time. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Running a project in the Agent causes the Agent to crash at startup. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project editor thows an error "Invalid URL..." when entering the URL address box. - If the start URL fails to load, Visual Web Ripper will keep trying to load the URL in an infinite loop. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project editor may fail to navigate to a new web page. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Restart project" option has been replaced with a "Resume" button. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The agent is unable to run a project that is not located in the default project folder. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error "Value must be within minimum and maximum" may occur for some projects when run from the project editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Extracted data in not saved correctly in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - A project does not restart when it's unable to continue with the existing data extract, but instead displays a somewhat cryptic error message. NEW IN RELEASE 2.68.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Data extraction can now continue from where it was last stopped. The Continue option only works in WebBrowser mode. - A data extraction project can now Automatically restart the data extraction agent in WebBrowser mode. This will free leaked memory in cases where a website leaks memory in Internet Explorer. - A data extraction project can now save data with specified intervals without having to export the data. The intervals are set using the "Data row cache" option. This option no longer forces data to be exported unless the option "Export data & clear memory" is set. The intervals can also be set as time intervals. - The data extraction progress bar is now an indication of the actual progress instead of an estimate based on previous data extractions. - Visual Web Ripper now makes a better attempt at removing Flash objects in WebBrowser mode. Flash objects can sometimes cause Internet Explorer to crash if they are not removed during processing. - The project log path can not be set using the API. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.68.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Clean HTML" option removes JavaScript tags, but leaves encoded JavaScript in the extract content. - The "Clean HTML" option removes DL, DT and DD tags. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.67.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler collector fails when page encoding is specified in a certain way. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.67.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - If a data extraction project fails or is stopped at a certain moment, it can cause data output to get corrupted. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.67.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - The 3rd party file decaptcher.dll has been removed from the installer because some virus software categorises the file as unwanted software. NEW IN RELEASE 2.67.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - New option "Pause when elements missing" can be used in web browser mode to pause processing if a template or content element is not found. - New toolbar button "Reset browser session" can be used to reset a website session while designing a project. NEW IN RELEASE 2.67.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Save full local path" can be set to false in order to only save the file name of downloaded files. - The "Line breaks" option has been improved. NEW IN RELEASE 2.67.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - New database helper methods in the script utility class. NEW IN RELEASE 2.67.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - New option "Allow auto redirect" for image and file content. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.67.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not wait for elements when moving back using a back template containing sub-templates. NEW IN RELEASE 2.67.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Input Transformation can now always be applied to FormField elements even when they have the option "Iterate list values". - New template option "restart browser session" can be used to emulate restarting the web browser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.67.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Sub-elements can be added to a Selection template in the designer. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.67.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Selection filters are not always applied correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.67.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error setting the "CAPTCHA element" option. - No proper error message when using a CAPTCHA element name that doesn't exist. NEW IN RELEASE 2.67.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The selection XPath is now optimized in a slightly different way, resulting in shorter XPaths. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.67.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Missing support file in the 2.67.0 release. NEW IN RELEASE 2.67.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - CAPTCHA scripts can be used to automatically call a decaptcher service to decode CAPTCHA images. - Scripts are now compiled with the /unsafe option allowing unsafe code in scripts. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.66.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error saving data to databases in some situation where a PageNavigation templates is placed within a list template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.66.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some complex project data is not denormalized properly. - Incorrect column names when processing a form in WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.65.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - A template name is now displayed with disabled text if the template is disabled or the template is not saved to output. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.65.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Wait for frame name" is not available for templates. - The "Random time delay" options don't work for standard click actions. - Wait elements dont't always work correctly when moving back to a PageArea template. NEW IN RELEASE 2.64.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - The support key is now automatically suplied when opening the manual from within Visual Web Ripper. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.64.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - The LinkArea options "Start Index" and "Count" cannot be set higher than 100. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.64.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error saving data to a database when the project contains form templates and data is not being de-normalized. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.64.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error saving data to a database when the project contains form templates and data is not being de-normalized. NEW IN RELEASE 2.64.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template option "Repeat first element" can be used on list templates to repeat the first list element as long as it exists. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.64.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The template option "Navigate back" is ignored when moving back to a group template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.64.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler HTML parser is unable to parse some HTML attributes properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.64.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not navigate back when returning to a PageArea template in the designer. - The option "AJAX in page areas" does not work for FormSubmit templates. NEW IN RELEASE 2.64.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - New context menu "Copy XPath Node to Clipboard" in the Tree View Browser. NEW IN RELEASE 2.64.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - New AJAX option "Reselect AJAX check element" can be used to force Visual Web Ripper top reselect an AJAX check element while waiting for an AJAX action to complete. This is required if a check element selection changes as a result of the AJAX action. NEW IN RELEASE 2.64.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - When getting or setting a column value in a row using the API, Visual Web Ripper will automatically look for the column in parent rows if the column name doesn't exist in the current data row. NEW IN RELEASE 2.64.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template type "Group" can be used to group content and templates. - Templates are now processed in the order in which they are listed in the Captured Elements window. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.64.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error occurs when deleting the last template or content element in the Captured Elements window. NEW IN RELEASE 2.63.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Captured Elements" window now supports drag-and-drop. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Captured Elements" window no longer scrolls to the top when saving a content element. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler does not select the most appropriate body tag when a HTMl document has multiple body tags. NEW IN RELEASE 2.63.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Word-wrap is now available in the Capture editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Delay after action" does not work correctly when using multiple events. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - "Dynamic list of links" page navigation does not work properly in WebCrawler mode. - The condition action CancelDataTable does not work correctly in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Using the "Row cache size" option can cause primary key violations when saving data to a database. - Using the "Row cache size" option may in rare cases cause database tables to be re-created during processing. - A project will fail to load if a custom output folder has ben set to a drive that doesn't exist. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Buttonless submit" has been renamed to "Auto submit", so it matches the name in the manual. -When changing the output folders, the raw data file is still being written to the default output folder. NEW IN RELEASE 2.63.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Load frames" can now be set on individual templates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Link transformation is not applied to the start URL in design mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Pure text pages, such as pages retrieved from JASON requests, fail to load in WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.63.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - A script can now be used as Input Data Source. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.63.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The template option "Click to get new URL" is now set to false by default. - The option "Form submit links" does not work in design mode. - The content capture of multiple elements are listed incorrcetly when designing a project in WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.62.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - New XPath attribute @root-node-position. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.62.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The OleDB connection string is not saved correctly when configuring a shared database connection. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.62.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to change the condition fail action for content elements. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.62.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Invalid URLs causes an error in WebBrowser mode. In WebCrawler mode the current template will be cancelled. NEW IN RELEASE 2.62.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - New content option "All paragraphs". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.62.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Automatic software upgrade doesn't always work properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.62.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper may in rare circumstances insert extracted values into the wrong columns in a database table. NEW IN RELEASE 2.62.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "AJAX before page load" is n ow available for FormField content. - Visual Web Ripper now waits for any full page loads to complete after waiting for an AJAX callback. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.62.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Nested page area templates can cause errors in WebBrowser mode. - Page transformation does not work correctly if Visual Web Ripper Navigates back to a PageArea template. - Page transformation does not always work correctly in WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.62.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Help buttons in Visual Web Ripper now links to the online manual. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.62.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The error "Invalid license information" occurs when running a project from the command-line or when using the scheduler. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.19 --------------------------------------------------------- - New FormField option "Check select values". - New FormField option "Form values required". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.18 --------------------------------------------------------- - Using a lookup data source for form elements does not always work correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.17 --------------------------------------------------------- - The HTML page attribute now always return the unprocessed HTML in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.17 --------------------------------------------------------- - The advanced option Windows block the view of script editors. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - A random time delay can now be inserted between all page loads. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - The web browser cancel button is not always active in Visual Web Ripper. - AJAX events sometime complete too early. - Default template sort order is not always set correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error denormalizing data output from some projects. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project owner settings can now be saved without having to save the Scheduler settings. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error denormalizing data output from some complex projects. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - The FormSubmit option Direct URL can now be a relative URL. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - The browser stop button is unavailable while loading frame documents. - Start and count options are not working on FormField content for Direct URL forms. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - The link template option "Extract text" will now extract the alt text of an image if the link contains an image instead of text. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Content names starting with the character # causes an error when saving extracted data. The character # is now no longer allowed in names. - The AJAX option "No wait in design mode" has been removed, since AJAX actions can now be cancelled by clicking the browser stop button. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Output file encoding is set to Unicode by default, but correct CSV encoding is ASCII. The option "Output file encoding" is now obsolete, and CSV file encoding should be set in the Destination Data Source screen. The default encoding is ASCII. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - New page transformation type "CustomOuterHtml" works on the outer HTML of a selection instead of the inner HTML. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - XML encoding information causes an error in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Form field events attached through JavaScript is sometimes not fired by Visual Web Ripper. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error submitting forms with multiple input values in WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The current activation key is now displayed on the About box. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - XML output files are encoded using Windows Unicode instead of UTF-8. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler option "Download file on submit" does not work if the web request does not redirected to the downloadable file after submit. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Visual Web Ripper API is sometimes unable to find the software installation folder when used in an external application. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - New toolbar button "View extracted data". - Additonal log information about navigation errors in WebBrowser mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The current project settings are not always used in design mode. - WebCrawler UserAgent header updated to IE8. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Using the option "Form field group" can cause an infinite loop. NEW IN RELEASE 2.61.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New option "Form field group" can be used to group radio buttons or check boxes together. Grouped form fields will be iterated like values in a drop down box. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.61.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error may occur when using the API to get empty values from a data table. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.60.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - File URLs are not saved in parent tables when setting the option "Save in parent table". NEW IN RELEASE 2.60.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The RemoveContent page transformation will now remove the entire selected HTML element and not just the inner content. NEW IN RELEASE 2.60.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Allow unsafe header parsing" can be reset to disallow incorrect response headers in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.60.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - An incorrect XPath is generated when using the Span feature on PageArea templates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.60.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Recursive link templates don't work correctly in design mode. - Some minor GUI bug fixes. NEW IN RELEASE 2.60.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New FormField option "Multiple input fields" and "Multiple input fields reset value" can be used to iterate through a list of radio or checkbox form fields without the need of an Input Data Source. These options work only for standard forms in WebBrowser mode. - New option "Wait for page load during AJAX" can be reset to tell Visual Web Ripper not to wait for a web page to load completely during AJAX actions. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.59.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project option "Remove Flash" has no affect. NEW IN RELEASE 2.59.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - New Page Transformation "RemoveContent" can be used to easily remove unstable Flash from a web page. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.59.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Span XPath method does not always work correctly. - Cookies are not always set correctly in WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.58.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Load default cookie" can be used in WebCrawler mode to load the default cookie for the start URL. This option is set to true by default. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.58.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Saving extracted data to a OleDb data destination sometimes cause an error. - When saving extracted data to a database, empty tables are not always being generated if a data table contains no data. - When saving extracted data to a database, the initial truncating of database tables does not always work. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.57.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error waiting for content elements in child PageArea templates. NEW IN RELEASE 2.57.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template option "Parse WebCrawler HTML". This option can be used to optimize processing in WebCrawler mode if you only need access to the raw HTML. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.57.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - WebCrawler mode does not spawn multiple threads if single link templates are within PageArea list templates. - When the start URLs are supplied by an Input Data source, the URL from the current design index is not used as start URL in the Visual Designer. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.57.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error saving extracted data to an OleDB data source. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.57.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some AJAX actions don't work properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.57.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Loading" panel keeps flashing when browsing in navigation mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.57.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The API method WrDataRow.GetColumnValue(string) always return an empty string for some projects. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.57.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - A large list of static start URLs can cause the user interface to freeze. NEW IN RELEASE 2.57.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Project input parameters can now be defined. Input parameters can be used in all scripts. - A custom project initialization script can be used to set project properties before the project is run. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.56.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some scripts using the depricated method ContainsColumn(string, string) fail. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.56.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some scripts fail because column names are now case sensitive. Column names have now been made case insensitive again. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.56.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some scripts using the depricated method AddColumn(string, string, string) fail. NEW IN RELEASE 2.56.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - When ordering data columns by name, any column count part of the name is now ordered numerically. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.56.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Data columns are sometimes included in output when they shoudn't be. This fix required changes to the internal data structures, and existing extracted data may become invalid after upgrading to this version. NEW IN RELEASE 2.55.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Wait is optional" now applies to all links in a list unless the option "Optional wait applies only to first link in a list" is set. NEW IN RELEASE 2.54.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Data columns can now be saved in parent tables. The save mode can be MultipleColumns or SingleColumn. If the save mode is MultipleColumns, each data row in a table will generate an extra column in the parent table. If the save mode is SingleColumn, values in all data rows will be concatenated and saved in one extra column in the parent table. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.53.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error writing extracted data to some OleDB providers. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.53.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The OleDB connector depends on schema information, but not all OleDB providers support schema information. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.53.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Images with capital letters extensions are not downloaded correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.53.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Visit each page once only" now works slightly different for PageNavigation templates of type "List of links". Visual Web Ripper will now look at the inner text of a link element and only proceed if it has not already followed a link with the same inner text. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.53.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - A new session is not created for each start URL in WebCrawler mode. This causes problems on a very few websites. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.53.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The template option "Insert empty rows" causes an error when denormalizing output data. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.53.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Page transformations are not always applied correctly in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.53.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Selection XPaths are constructed incorrectly causing numerous issues. NEW IN RELEASE 2.53.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Improvements to the way Visual Web Ripper injects JavaScripts. - New project option "Load Frames" can be reset to prevent iframes from loading in WebBrowser mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.53.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Quotes are added to column names when writing data to Oracle through OleDb. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error processing next page area in a list after skipping a link template in the page area. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error selecting elements within a page area. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error processing templates within a page area. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error selecting content within a page area. NEW IN RELEASE 2.52.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - A charset can now be specified when using a MySql data source. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Selection templates don't work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Local file URLs are not allowed as start URLs. - New option "Transfer session to WebCrawler" can be reset to start a new session when switching from WebBrowser to WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.52.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - New toolbar button "Select Outside Page Area" allows selections outside the active page area. Content selected outside the active page area will be repeated for each page area in a list. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - The row span option does not work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error editing elements with a non-existing selection. - Error selecting the page area root element in a page area template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The online updater does not work. A complete re-install is required to fix this problem. NEW IN RELEASE 2.52.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - New XPath axis "root" can be used to reference the current page area, or the document root if not operating within a page area. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Table denormalization does not always work in WebCrawler mode. - The option "Use HTML as regex input" does not always work correctly in design mode. - The Cpature window shows elements within a page area list in the wrong order. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - When denormalizing table TH elements, additional TD elements are inserted instead of TH elements. - An error occurs when using a column header filter if the header text contains quotes. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Work sheets are now added in the correct order when saving output data to Excel. - The filter option "Must contain this element" does not always work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Select form fields do not behave correctly if all values have been set specifically to empty string. - Selecting HTML elements with attribute values containing quotes can cause errors. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Normalizing specific tables causes all child tables to also be normalized. - Normalizing specific tables can cause errors if some data rows don't have child data. Help file update for the Redirect template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.52.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The online updater is not signed with the Sequentum code signing certificate. NEW IN RELEASE 2.52.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New option "Refresh after page load" refreshes a web page completely after it has been loaded by the web browser. - A redirect template can now redirect to a list of URLs read from a lookup data source. - Visual Web Ripper is now signed with the Sequentum code signing certificate. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.51.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Page loads and wait conditions cannot always be cancelled when designing projects. - The "Denormalize data" option does not always denormalize data when it should. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.51.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Condition script options are not available in the Advanced options tab for Content. - Optional link template within page area templates don't always work. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.51.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Text filters on text containing the character ' may not work for all languages. NEW IN RELEASE 2.51.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler collector can now load documents without a body tag. - The WebCrawler collector now recognises XML documents, and does not apply XHTML rules to such documents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.51.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Limit and Expand selection options don't always work properly on manual list selections. - Relative file URLs are not converted into absolute URLs if they are constructed by content transformation. NEW IN RELEASE 2.51.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Element" options tab is now named "Misc". - The "More" options tab is now named "Advanced". - The "Condition" options tab has been removed and condition options are now only available in the "Advanced" options tab. - The "More" project options tab is now named "Advanced". - The "Data" project options tab has been removed and data options are now only available in the "Advanced" options tab. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.51.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not support embedded images, and an error sometimes occur when selecting an embedded image in the designer. NEW IN RELEASE 2.50.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Ignore page load status codes" can be used to accommodate a few websites that use status code in an unusual way. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.50.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler collector sometimes tries to access data collected by threads that have not completed. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.50.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not transfer cookies correctly from the WebBrowser collector to the WEbCrawler collector. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.50.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper cannot be activated on some computer configurations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.50.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper fails to return to the form URL when a form submit fails. - Visual Web Ripper does not allow re-entering default proxy configuration. - Duplicate data is never removed from XML output. NEW IN RELEASE 2.50.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The PageNavigation template option "Link Area" is now called "List of links" and must select a list of links and not a link area. - The PageNavigation template option "Continuing Link Area" is now called "Dynamic list of links" and must select a list of links and not a link area. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.49.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The page load delay option does not work when a page is loaded in a new browser. - No parent templates are available after opening the Move/Copy Content Window. - An error "Object not set to an instance of an object" may occur in the Mode/Copy template Window. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.49.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The start URL is set incorrectly in version 2.49.5. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.49.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper fails to load a web page at all when any sub-frames fail to load. - When navigating a website in the project designer in navigation mode the start URL does not change. - Some web sites block click events on some elements making it impossible to click to select elements in the project designer. NEW IN RELEASE 2.49.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Position and size of most designer Windows are now retained between sessions. - Data view screens are now floating Windows, so they can stay open while modifying a project. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.49.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Web sites opening new browser Windows are not always processed correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.49.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Continuing page navigation templates don't always work when they should. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.49.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper sometimes navigates back from AJAX templates when it shouldn't. - Back templates containing sub-templates don't always work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.49.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Transformation content elements appear in output data. NEW IN RELEASE 2.49.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New content type "Transformation" can be used to transform a web page before any other content elements or templates are applied. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.48.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - URLs with anchors sometimes confuses Visual Web Ripper resulting in extra unnecessary page loads. - Content and template names using the character "#" to indicate an alternative selection don't cause an error when the primary element does not exist. - The visual designer does not indicate that a page is loading while sub-frames are loading. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.48.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Visual Web Ripper designer crashes after a while if a selected sub-frame never loads completely. - Flat format data is not saved correctly to databases. NEW IN RELEASE 2.48.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - New option "Fixed file extension" can be used to set a fixed file extension on downloaded images and files. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.48.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The processing status window does not indicate that a page is loading when Visual Web Ripper navigates back to a previous page. - Visual Web Ripper may crash if an image cannot be saved correctly to disk. NEW IN RELEASE 2.48.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Data is now converted into a flat format before the post-processing step, unless setting the post-processing option "Process raw data". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.47.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Missing file in the update package. NEW IN RELEASE 2.47.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The web browser collector now downloads files in separate threads by default, which can increase performance significantly for some projects. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.47.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Strip invalid XML" is not always applied to extracted text. - Some links opening new windows are not handled correctly. - Some page load errors are not recognised by Visual Web Ripper, which could result in missing data without any errors. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.47.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Text Filter context menu does not work well for HTML definition lists. - Text filter markings may change position depending on which web page is open, which is confusing. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.47.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper navigates back in design mode when the option "Navigate back" is reset. - In design mode, content transformation is applied to multiple elements when a single element is selected within a page area list. NEW IN RELEASE 2.47.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Proxy information is now written to the debug window. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.47.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Javascritps are not overridden in all required frames after opening a page navigation template. NEW IN RELEASE 2.47.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Improved performance when designing a project in WebCrawler mode. - Content elements selecting more than one web element will now extract data from all elements concatenated. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.47.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The XPATH ancestor axis is not implemented. - A delay occurs when editing a content element in some projects targeting websites using frames. - The project start URL does not change after switching to navigation mode and then navigating to a specific page. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.46.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error saving extracted data to a database after renaming a project. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.46.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not ask for proxy login when the software is being registered, and instead throws a connection error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.46.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - It is not possible to set a drop down design value if the value has trailing white spaces. NEW IN RELEASE 2.46.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - RepeatParent template type. This template type can be used to recursive hierarchies of categories on a website. - Xpath transformation script type. This script can be used to transform a selection xpath. - "Navigate back" template option can be reset to prevent Visual Web Ripper from navigating back to the previous web page when moving to the parent template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.46.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some page navigation templates don't work correctly in WebCrawler mode. - A bug in a 3rd party software causes Visual Web Ripper to expire. This problem was not solved properly in v2.45.15 and v2.45.16. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - Link templates don't work properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - The software cannot start. An error message saying that SmartAssembly has expired occurs. This problem is casued by a bug in SmartAssembly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - The toolbar button "Keep loading web page until manual stop" does not always work. - The toolbar button "Navigate in browser" does not always work correctly. - Frames that are added and removed dynamically on a web page can cause errors in design mode. - Some flash objects are not removed during page load potentially causing the web browser to crash. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - The HTML parser used by the WebCrawler collector ignores line feeds instead of converting them into white spaces. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Missing dll in installer package causing upgrades from very old versions to fail. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Missing MySql data connector dll in installer package. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not always suppress javascript alerts. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: format" occurs when running a project. NEW IN RELEASE 2.45.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Link transformation can now be applied to start URLs. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper connot download a file if the file URL redirects. - Drop downs with only text options are not set correctly. - Some websites with a very rare layout corrupts the Visual Web Ripper GUI. NEW IN RELEASE 2.45.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The last found page area is now carried through optional templates. - New template option "Click on link to get URL for new browser" can be used to click on a link to get the URL for a new browser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The correct frame is not set in the editor for content elements. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Potential licensing issues. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error occurs if the main table name is different from the project name. NEW IN RELEASE 2.45.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Remove Flash". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error may occur when using template names that are invalid database object names (this bug was not fixed properly in 2.45.2). BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error may occur when using template names that are invalid database object names. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error somtimes occur when editing a content or template element. NEW IN RELEASE 2.45.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Support for nested frame sets and nested iframes. - XML output format has changed slightly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.45.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - AJAX actions may not complete successfully. - Links using "javascript:;" as dummy link don't fire the onclick event correctly. - A clicked element disappear when a selection returns no elements, making it difficult to adjust a selection. - Errro saving output in XML format. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.44.2 --------------------------------------------------------- -
  • HTML tags don't convert properly into line breaks when using the line break content option. NEW IN RELEASE 2.44.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - New content option "Download Without Session Info" can be used to download files without sending session info to the web server. NEW IN RELEASE 2.44.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Internal data structures have changes to allow varying number of data columns. Data extracted with previous versions of Visual Web Ripper CANNOT be loaded with this version of the software, so you need to re-extract all data after upgrading to this version. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.43.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some help buttons are positioned incorrectly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.43.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Dialog buttons are sometimes positioned incorrectly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.43.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Projects can be set to expire at a specified date. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.43.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Help file updates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.43.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Project browser options are not available. - AJAX actions sometimes cause Visual Web Ripper to crash. NEW IN RELEASE 2.43.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Proxies configured in Visual Web Ripper now works in WebBrowser and IE collector mode. However, proxy authentication is not supported in WebBrowser and IE mode. - New option to set the number of page loads before switching to the next proxy. - New project option "Page load delay" can be used to add a small delay after a page is loaded. If no custom page load delay is specified, a one second delay is automatically added if the target website contains Flash. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.43.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Data output from projects containing alternative content and templates is not always correct. - It is difficult to design projects for websites that are using a timer to partly refresh web pages. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.42.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler collector can end up in an infinite loop when processing page navigations if the target website stops responding. - Links on startup page don't work. - Help file updates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.42.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Potential licensing issue. NEW IN RELEASE 2.42.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Internal data structures have been optimized to reduce the memory usage required to hold cached data. Data extracted with previous versions of Visual Web Ripper CANNOT be loaded with this version of the software, so you need to re-extract all data after upgrading to this version. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.41.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Nested page area templates can cause Visual Web Ripper to crash. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.41.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper always return a status message that not all data was collected after running a project, even when no error occured and all data was collected successfully. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.41.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - CSV output headers are always converted to upper casing. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.41.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - CSV output files are named slightly incorrectly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.41.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some performance optimization in the designer when selecting long HTML fields. NEW IN RELEASE 2.41.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New regex command line_breaks replaces some common html tags with line breaks. This command must be called before strip_html to work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.41.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Wait is optional" option does not work for FormSubmit templates. - Resetting the template option "Save template" has no affect when flattening data. - Converting existing data does not execute post-processing scripts. - The "Required template" option sometimes shows as reset, even when it is actually set. NEW IN RELEASE 2.40.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template option "Exclude template" can be used to exclude a single template from the data output. For example, this can be used to exclude page navigation tables from data output without having to "flatten data". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.40.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Make line breaks" option does not generate double line breaks. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.40.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error may occur when executing scripts (error loading Microsoft.mshtml.dll). - Unable to stop 2nd processing browser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.40.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - A missing assembly causes an error on some systems. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.40.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The editor does not detect mouse events on some systems, making it impossible to design projects. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.40.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Opening a 2nd processing browser in InternetExplorer mode causes Visual Web Ripper to hang (work extremely slow). NEW IN RELEASE 2.40.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Many internal structural changes to set up the software for future enhancements. - The scheduling folder is now obsolete. Projects placed in the scheduling folder will be ignored. Projects must now be actively scheduled on a computer. Current scheduled projects must be re-scheduled. - The scheduler can now run projects with seconds intervals. - Visual Web Ripper can now be used by multiple users on the same computer. Each user must have a separate license. - The API assemblies are simplified and only two assembly references are usually required. - New project option "Hide selection styles" hides all Visual Web Ripper styles in the browser. Some Web sites may function incorrectly when custom styles are applied (this is very rare). BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.40.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper always replaces data in MySQL even when the option "Add to existing data" is set to true. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.35.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - The script database utility class throws an error for MySql and OleDb. - Unassigned selection templates interfere with new selections. NEW IN RELEASE 2.35.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template option "Recursive" can be used on link templates to open the same template recursively as long as the template selection exists. - A memory leak may occur in the browser control when setting browser behaviour in project options. The memory leak has not been fixed, but the browser behaviour options are now turned off by default. NEW IN RELEASE 2.35.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Help file updates. - The "Delay after action" can now be set on the start template in project options. NEW IN RELEASE 2.35.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - New XPATH attribute @tag-text will return the inner text of a HTML element excluding the inner text of child elements. - Custom XPATH functions now get the current HTML element in the function arguments. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.35.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The template option "New browser" does not work properly in InternetExplorer mode. - Javascript overrides are not injected into frame documents. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.35.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Flattening data" option does not always work when using alternative templates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.35.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper cancels a form template if a form field doesn't exist after a previous form field's postback. Visual Web Ripper should instead continue with the next input value combination. NEW IN RELEASE 2.35.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Reduce memory usage" can be sued to reduce memory usage by the WebBRowser collector. NEW IN RELEASE 2.35.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - New content option "Empty duplicate check" can be used to specify if empty values are considered equal in a duplicate check. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.35.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Form submits that open a new Window causes an error in Visual Web Ripper. NEW IN RELEASE 2.35.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template/content option "Pause when missing". This option causes Visual Web Ripper to pause if a required element is missing when the processing browser is visible. This allows manual interaction with the web browser before continuing and can be used in scenarios such as when a CAPCHA page appear. NEW IN RELEASE 2.35.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New poject options to change web browser behaviour. These options can be used to increase data extraction performce and stabillity in WebBrowser mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.35.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper may crash when running in WebBrowser mode while extracting data from some websites containing Flash object. NEW IN RELEASE 2.34.25 --------------------------------------------------------- - New option "Dealy after action" can be used to wait for a certain number of milliseconds after an action, such as a click on a link. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.24 --------------------------------------------------------- - The content option "Redirect link" does not redirect on meta refresh tags. A new option "Redirect on meta refresh" is now available in the More options tab. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.23 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not move back after completing a page navigation template in WebBrowser mode. This bug can seriously interupt normal processing in many projects. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.22 --------------------------------------------------------- - Projects with optional form templates sometimes generate incorrect data output. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.21 --------------------------------------------------------- - Setting the "Flatten data" option sometimes result in empty data output. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.20 --------------------------------------------------------- - Page area templates that are not defined as a list can sometimes cause errors in output data. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.19 --------------------------------------------------------- - Mutiple page navigation templates sometimes result in incorrect data output. - The scheduler email notification always indicates an error may have occured even when no errors occured. - If the browser zoom level changes there is no way to change it back to default (CTRL +/- can now be used to change zoom level). BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.18 --------------------------------------------------------- - The path optimizer generates incorrect paths in some rare scenarious. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.17 --------------------------------------------------------- - The change in 2.34.16 has been reverted since it casued problems in many other scenarious. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - The path optimizer generates incorrect paths in some rare scenarious. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - The Visual Web Ripper online updater downloads a wrong version of MySQL .NET connector. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper fails to create new tables in MySQL if the tables already existed, but was later deleted. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - XPATHs functions with a non-existing XPATH as argument throws an error, but should just result in an empty selection. - Visual Web Ripper now uses the latest version of MySql .NET connector (v6.2.2) - Visual Web Ripper fails to create new tables in MySQL if the tables already existed, but was later deleted. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Duplicate actions are not always recognised correctly in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - The post-processing database helper API does not save text data in SQL Server in the correct format. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error setting OleDb input data source. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error dialog with no content pops up when compiling content scripts in the editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - If a scheduled project is terminated while running, the project status stays as running and the project cannot be edited. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper will sometimes generate incorrect output data when flattening data if some data is missing. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Several errors in the More options Window. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to select a specific design link if the link template is a sub-template of a page area template. - custom Javascript overrides are not injected into web pages if default Javascript overrides are not injected. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error saving data to databases when two content elements in different templates have the same name. This error only occurs in some rare circumstances. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some cookies cause errors in WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.34.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - New option "Redirect on meta refresh" can be used to change default behaviour when the web browser encounters a refresh meta tag. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Wrong page numbers when Using navigation sets in WebBrowser mode (combination of page area and next navigation). NEW IN RELEASE 2.34.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New data output options "Replace existing data" and "Add to existing data". - Some options moved from the project options Window to the destination data source options Window. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.34.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to select suitable wait elements for form fields with AJAX actions. - Selecting a template as an AJAX wait element does not always work. - The content script type does not work correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.18 --------------------------------------------------------- - New page attribute "Timestamp". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.17 --------------------------------------------------------- - Page numbers are incorrectly saved to output when flattening data in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error submitting forms where some form fields have less values than a specified start index. - The Copy/Move template Window doers not always populate parent template drop down. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - Minor WebCrawler parser update. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Improvements to the "Make line breaks" option. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper no longer opens up in a dialog style Window, which was causing some problems in 3rd party appliacations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper sometimes fail to load a webpage if the "Partial page load" option has been set. - An error sometimes occur when selecting an empty input box. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - CSV output sometime contains an empty column with no values. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - New form field option "Design time value" can be used to easily set the input value used at design time. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - When extracting text from a link template, the text is also incorrectly saved for any following page navigation template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Optional form fields don't empty the output data entry when the form field is not found. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - New Capture type option "Siblings" can be used to include a specified number of HTML element siblings in HTML content. - Events can now be specified for all template and form field actions. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - The web browser cookie is not always set correctly when downloading files in WebBrowser mode. This can cause issues especially with CAPTCHA images. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Partial page load for entire project" applies the "Partial page load" option to all templates in the project. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Interactive document timeout". NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Minor user interface updates. NEW IN RELEASE 2.33.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - User interface updates. - Help file updates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Redirect templates don't always work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Setting the option "New web browser" opens a new web browser, but doesn't close the browser window again when running in debug mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The duplicate action "CancelDataTable" does not cancel page navigations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.33.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper now locates frames by name rather than index. This solves some issues related to frames being created dynamically. Frame index is still used when a frame has no name or ID. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.32.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - File downloads do not redirect when required. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.32.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper freezes in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.32.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Using an OleDb destination data source causes an error if the database tables already exist. NEW IN RELEASE 2.32.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - New duplicate data option "Minimum CancelDataRow checks". NEW IN RELEASE 2.32.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New features for detecting duplicate data. Duplicate reference data is now saved to disk, so data already extracted in previous project runs can be ignored. When Visual Web Ripper detects duplicate data it can cancel the current data row or it can cancel the entire data table. This behaviour can be fixed, or a special script can be used to decide if Visual Web Ripper should be cancelling the current data row or the data table. - A condition script can now be set to cancel an element, a data row or an entire data table. Previously, a condition script could be set to cancel a template, but that description did not always match what actually happened. NEW IN RELEASE 2.31.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - The visual editor now styles a maximum of 500 elements to increase performance for very large web pages. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - If scheduling is turned from on to off in a project and the project exists in the Schedule folder, the project is deleted instead of the scheduled version of the project. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not add correct key columns to flat data output if some templates has been set to not flatten data. NEW IN RELEASE 2.31.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - New filter "Must contain column header" can be used to select a table column with a specified header text. This is useful when the number of table columns varies. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - It is not possible to set a design value for "Select" form fields. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Potential memory leak when using "Continuous page area" templates in WebCrawler mode. - The template option "Extract text" does not work correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.31.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Output folder for files and images can now be specified. - Output folders can now be specified in project preferences making it easier to set custom output folders when saving to a database. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - The option "Save file URL" does not work correctly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Xpath wildcards don't always work. - Incorrect HTML syntax resulting in empty tag names causes xpath errors. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Saving data can sometimes cause an error if template names contain blank spaces. - Saving data to flat format can sometimes cause an error. -The script content type has no associated help files. NEW IN RELEASE 2.31.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - New content type "Script" can be used to execute a script anywhere within a template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - When cancelling a content or template in the editor, the name and type don't change back to the original values. - An error sometimes occur when navigating in InternetExplorer mode. - Visual Web Ripper sometimes wait forever for pages to load. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Upgraded projects don't work correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.31.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - New option "Form submit links" uses form submits when following a links. only applicable in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Cookies are not set when submitting forms in WebCrawler mode. - WebCrawler HTML parser updates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The online updater does not install the new script editor correctly causing numerous errors. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Extracting link text from link templates does not always work in WebBrowser mode. - Several issues adding assembly references in the new script editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.31.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Non-repeating page area templates are processed even when the selection does not exist. NEW IN RELEASE 2.31.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Improved script editor. NEW IN RELEASE 2.31.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Primary keys, page numbers and start URL are now excluded from data output by default when flattening data. - Form field values are no longer extracted by default. Form field text is still extracted by default. - File and image URLs are no longer extracted by default when downloading files, and the file path column is now named the same as the content name. New option "Sort order" can be used to order output data columns. NEW IN RELEASE 2.30.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - New form field option "Optional". If a form field is optional, the form is submitted even if the form field is not found. NEW IN RELEASE 2.30.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - New list feature "Skip last row count" can be used to skip a number of items at the bottom of a list. This option is similar to the "Start index" option, but works at the bottom of a list. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.30.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - All values in a drop down box are cancelled if the drop down box fails to fire an event. Visual web Ripper should move to the next value in the drop down box. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.30.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Xpath preceding-sibling axis is not supported. - Xpath count function is not supported. NEW IN RELEASE 2.30.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - New form field option "Always fire events" fires form field events even when the form field value has not changed. - The option "Optional wait" is now available for form fields. This option has the same effect as the corresponding action option. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.30.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The web crawler collector does not always redirect when required. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.30.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The web crawler collector converts relative links on secure web sites to unsecure links, causing data extraction to fail. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.30.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - The new script option "Use HTML as regex input" is always applied to regex scripts. NEW IN RELEASE 2.30.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - New script option "Use HTML as regex input". When this option is set, the raw HTML of an element is used as regex transformation input instead of the extracted content. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.30.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The script editor sometimes causes the Visual Web Ripper application to crash or throw an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.30.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Save template" option is sometimes automatically reset. NEW IN RELEASE 2.30.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Extracted data from one content element can now be used in a regex script for another element in the same template. The syntax is {$COLUMN_NAME} where COLUMN_NAME is the name of the content element. NEW IN RELEASE 2.30.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The expand and limit toolbar buttons now work on lists created using the context menu list feature. - The "Partial page load" option can now be set on start URLs. - The "Partial page load" timeout now starts from when a webpage enters "interactive" mode instead of from start of page load. - Licensing changes. These changes apply to new customers only. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.30.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Text filters containing the character "'" does not work properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.29.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Help file update. NEW IN RELEASE 2.29.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Excluded values can now be specified for form select fields. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.29.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The browser context menu does not work when the website has disabled the context menu. - A page area template cannot be marked as optional. - A missing required element does not always cause the current data row to be deleted. - The visual designer does not always use the input data row set as design row. The designer sometimes selects form field values that are not within the specified range. NEW IN RELEASE 2.29.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Content transformation is now always available in the "more" options tab. NEW IN RELEASE 2.29.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper can now handle captcha forms. A window will appear when a captcha entry is required. The window will display the capcha image and a user must then manually enter the captcha code in order for Visual Web Ripper to proceed. - new toolbar button "No page loads" allows projects to be edited without loading any web pages. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.29.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The editor throws an error when moving back to a page area template and the the page area template is the first template in a project. - The WebCrawler XPath parser does not decode some HTML characters correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.29.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The scheduler now uses the RunProject.exe utility to run projects. This means projects run in thier own process and can run concurrently. - The RunProject utility now uses the email settings specified in the scheduler window. The email settings can be configured without turning on scheduling, allowing the use of custom schedulers while still taking advantage of the standard emailing features. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - The data source destination option "Clear output folder" incorrectly takes effect even when a database data source is selected. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - The online updater sometimes fail without displaying an error message. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some links opening a new named window don't work correctly in Visual Web Ripper. - Some form fields are not set correctly in the designer. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - Sometimes old selections are not cleared when opening a template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - The WebCrawler collector is sometimes failing when trying to set cookies. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - The toolbar button "Continue loading until manual stop" does not work. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - An incorrect data row is passed to scripts related to navigation templates. NEW IN RELEASE 2.28.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - New project option "Inject javascript before page load" can be used to turn off injection of standard Visual Web Ripper javascripts. Some web pages cannot load properly with the injected javascripts. NEW IN RELEASE 2.28.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - New form template feature "Download file on submit" can be used to download a file as a result of a form submit. This feature has no effect in WebBrowser mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Cookies are not always set correctly in WebCrawler mode. NEW IN RELEASE 2.28.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - New content option "Strip invalid XML" removes invalid XML characters from extracted content. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.28.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - The project option "Truncate existing database tables before saving data to a database" has no effect. Tables are always being truncated. - Primary keys are not always generated correctly which can cause primary key violations when inserting data into database tables. - The option "Data row cache" has no effect in WebCrawler mode. - Data conversion error messages are not always displayed in the GUI. NEW IN RELEASE 2.28.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New toolbar button "Load webpage until manual stop" will keep loading a webpage until the stop button is clicked. This allows loading of webpages that reloads after a time delay. - The WebCrawler HTML parser no longer converts empty HTML tags to XHTML. This should make it easier to make content transformations, but it may break some existing transformations. NEW IN RELEASE 2.27.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - New condition option "Cancel entire template (keep data row)" can be used to cancel a template but keep data that has already been extracted for the template. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.27.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Not all input data rows are processed. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.27.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper is unable to navigate links with certain onClick and HREF combinations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.27.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The new option "Do not flatten template" sometimes causes an error when viewing data. NEW IN RELEASE 2.27.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - New window to monitor element values. This can be used to watch how element values change during AJAX actions. - New template option "Do not flatten template" can be used to make sure specific template data is saved in a separate table even when the flatten data option is set to true. NEW IN RELEASE 2.27.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Rarely used options are now displayed in a separate option panel. NEW IN RELEASE 2.27.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template and content option "Search all frames" will search for template or content xpaths in all frames, except the main document frame. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.27.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Page area templates using row span don't always display correctly in the editor. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.19 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error running file transformation scritps in C# and VB.NET. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.18 --------------------------------------------------------- - File name transformation script can be used to rename file and image content. - Updated introduction video. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.17 --------------------------------------------------------- - The data project methods RowCount and ChildTableRows now remove deleted rows from data tables before returning. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.16 --------------------------------------------------------- - Dupplicate checks now work across a whole data table. - New Utility class "ScriptUtility" can be used in scripts. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.15 --------------------------------------------------------- - Minor corrections to the WebCrawler HTML parser. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.14 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper will sometimes remove the first data column from data output if the project option "Include start URL in data output" is not selected. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.13 --------------------------------------------------------- - Software activation does not work correctly for some non-english languages. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper is not set to save start URL by default. - Output folder is not reset to default folder when switching from file output to database output. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.11 --------------------------------------------------------- - Minor bug fixes. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.10 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper can now download and update the software automatically. You no longer have to uninstall your old version and then download and install the new version NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - New AJAX option "Stay in page area after AJAX call". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.9 --------------------------------------------------------- - Page navigation and back templates do not pick up a default wait element if no wait element is specified. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.8 --------------------------------------------------------- - New element attribute "position" returns the position an HTML tag. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.7 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper is crashing when upgrading a project. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Syntax errors in default wait script. - Help file updates. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Unable to save a new project. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - If a project needs to be upgraded, then this will automatically occur when the project is run. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The flatten data option sometimes does not flatten the data properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - Not all required parameters were parsed to condition scrtipts. - Sometimes error windows pop up when using the script editor. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - CTRL can now be used to select elements in the browser instead of using the left mouse button. This can be used to prevent javascripts from executing when clicking on elements in the browser. - SHIFT+ALT should now be used to activate the browser context menu in cases where the website has disabled the context menu. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The comment part of a form input value would sometimes be removed. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Input data transformation scripts can be used to transform form input values or generate new form input values. - CTRL+ALT can be used to activate the browser context menu in cases where the website has disabled the context menu. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Some OnClick events don't fire correctly. NEW IN RELEASE 2.26.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New improved script editor with intellisence. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.26.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The flatten data option sometimes cause an error. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.25.6 --------------------------------------------------------- - Incorrect software activation. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.25.5 --------------------------------------------------------- - Software activation does not work correctly for some non-english languages. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.25.4 --------------------------------------------------------- - The following error sometimes occur when running a project "Access denied to file ...". NEW IN RELEASE 2.25.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The browser option "Show selection borders" now only colors borders and the main selected element. Child elements are not colored which makes this selection mode much faster. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.25.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Error saving extracted data to XML. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.25.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Switching between browser and web crawler mode causes a memory leak resulting in an "Out of memory" error when extracting data from large websites. NEW IN RELEASE 2.25.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - New template option "Cache" is now vailable for list templates and form templates. The cache option specifies the number of elements to process before writing data to the data destination. - New project option "Cache". The cache option specifies the number of input data rows or start URLs to process before writing data to the data destination. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.25.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The following error may occur when extracting page attributes or fixed values: "Unexpected error: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index". BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.24.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - The scheduler window always show the scheduler interval as 1 no matter what value has actually been saved. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.24.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - A few users are encountering the error "Object synchronization method was called from an unsynchronized block of code". NEW IN RELEASE 2.24.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - The "Save content" option now works slightly differently. If this option is unticked data will still be extracted and stored in memory, but it will not we saved to the destination data source. This allows data to be available for scripting without having to save the data to the destination data source. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.23.3 --------------------------------------------------------- - The new post-processing script feature did not work properly. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.23.2 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper does not change the start URL when using the Visual Web Ripper browser to navigate to the start URL. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.23.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Help file updates. NEW IN RELEASE 2.23.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Custom xpath functions. - Post-processing scripts. - Data can now be saved to a destination data source between each input data entry or start URL. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.23.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Next page navigation does not work correctly in WebCrawler mode. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.22.1 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper was relying on functionality in .NET 2 SP2, and would crash if none of the following framework versions were available 3.5 SP1, 3.0 SP2, 2.0 SP2. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.22.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper can now extract new data to a database without having to truncate the data tables to avoid primary key violations. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.22.0 --------------------------------------------------------- - Visual Web Ripper sometimes stop execution because the software has not been properly activated. BUG FIXES IN RELEASE 2.21.12 --------------------------------------------------------- - An error sometimes appear when switching to web crawler mode in the visual designer. - The web crawler collector sometimes does not extract any data when a HTML document starts with