XMLmotor Changelog

What's new in XMLmotor 11.00

May 28, 2015
  • Barebones release of version 11. New features/tasks will be added in 11.01-11.09.
  • Version 11 now uses Java 8 (version 10 used java 6)
  • FTP module now uses Commons .NET library version 3.3
  • FTP-J module now uses JScape FTP library version 9.2.1
  • SFTP module now uses Maverick SSH library version 1.6.8
  • SFTP-J module now uses JScape SSH/SFTP library version 9.2.1
  • Fixed Password Manager bug. While editing passwords, the encrypted passwords were displayed instead of password itself.
  • Directory Loop task - Added new variable ::CurrentDirectoryName
  • Variable Extract task - Added new variable ::ValueLast
  • Schedule Table - Schedule comments were cleared out if schedule was edited and re-saved.
  • Schedule bug - Schedule could not be renamed to a title if that title or folder existed in tasks directory.
  • FTP and SFTP browsers - fixed bug where log/debug area could not be dragged and expanded past the vertical toolbars.

New in XMLmotor 10.25 (Dec 29, 2014)

  • Version 10.23 and 10.24 shipped with wrong build of TaskAccountTask.exe , i.e. TaskAccount task would fail in 10.23 and 10.24
  • Task and Schedule Treelists on the left panel now implement sorting. The Treelists sorted correctly by default on windows, mac, but not on some linux systems.
  • Script Task - Example Scripts button failed to launch correct example files on some systems.
  • When deleting a task, it also deletes its schedule now. Previously, it only deleted its variables and tasklogs, but not its schedule.
  • FTP (Commons Library) - added support for Netware and AS400
  • Windows installers now shows the version correctly as 10.25.0.0 instead of 10.0.0.0
  • FTP (Commons), FTP-J (JScape), SFTP-J (JScape) and SFTP (Maverick) browsers improved.
  • Windows Service Module will only open once on startup for the first time the software is opened.

New in XMLmotor 10.23 (Dec 29, 2014)

  • New feature added to export/import tasks, schedules, variables, logs and settings selectively. Tasks and schedules are copied or overwritten while Profiles are merged.
  • BUGFIX: Schedule list on left did not render correctly on some systems.

New in XMLmotor 10.22 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Command Task - Updated to support format for commandline. Java 1.6.45 and later do not support commandline arguments with embedded quotes normally used to enclose file paths containing spaces.
  • Unix Service menuitem added in Engine menu. Creates automizeservice or jasftpservice etc... for use in /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d
  • SFTP-J browser - Clicking on the connect button did not bring up profiles window.
  • ArrayLoop and CSVLoop Bugifx: loop by row added quotes and newline to end of row string.

New in XMLmotor 10.21 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Encryption keystore - Keystore Tab - Settings Button - User interface Default shell command was incorrect on windows. (sh -c instead of cmd /c)

New in XMLmotor 10.20 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • New Product ZipKrypt released. Automates AES256 Winzip compatible encryption + zip technology.

New in XMLmotor 10.19 (Aug 4, 2014)

  • Task Sequence user interface bug fix - Moving steps up/down, Move to step, and Drag and Drop of steps failed if Task sequence contained same task title in multiple steps.
  • Email module bug fix: javamail TLS properties not correctly set. It would default back to SSL/465 on certain servers like gmail and still work. On other servers like office365 it would fail.

New in XMLmotor 10.18 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • Email check task now supports SSL/TLS.

New in XMLmotor 10.17 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Email module bug fix: HTML email added into version 10.13 caused new lines to disappear. New option added to allow user to select plain text or html.
  • FTP browser improvements: Browser would hang on long connections and transfers.

New in XMLmotor 10.16 (Apr 28, 2014)

  • SFTP module bugfix - updated 3rd libraryto 1.4.51 but did not update 3rd party subscription key.

New in XMLmotor 10.15 (Apr 22, 2014)

  • Database SQL and Database Stored Procedure tasks - option added to allow user to specify column separator.
  • Mac Service menuitem added in Engine menu. Creates com.hitek.[program].service.plist for use in /Library/LaunchDaemons
  • FTP-J and SFTP-J modules - now uses JScape library version 9.2.0 - Mar 31, 2014
  • SFTP module - now uses Maverick library version 1.4.51 - Mar 31, 2014.
  • Encryption module now uses GNUPG 1.4.16 on windows. To get 1.4.16, use the full windows installer (not patch update). This version supports IDEA algorithm.
  • FTP-J command task adds response variables for standard ftp commands issued.

New in XMLmotor 10.14 (Apr 22, 2014)

  • Deleting task will now allow option to delete its corresponding variable file and task log.
  • User Variable Window improved. Allows user to add, edit, or delete user variables from the window itself.
  • Scheduling BUGFIX: For one user, we found that next schedule time calculated is earlier than current time, causing schedule to be suspended. In this situation, schedule module will wait 15 seconds and recalculate next schedule time again.
  • BUGFIX: Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Word macro tasks did not allow dynamic variables to be used for the document or database.
  • New Reports menu added - Tasks, Schedules and Profiles configurations.

New in XMLmotor 10.13 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • BUGFIX: Schedule Information Window active and recent schedules list are empty on some systems from 10.09-10.12. Bug introduced with scheduler improvements done in version 10.09.
  • BUGFIX: EmailLogs task did not attach task logs if 'task' was used in the Attach Logs field.
  • Email task now supports sending HTML mail.
  • Performance Improvement: Task Sequence user interface and Task Sequence task slowed down considerably when user has large amount of tasks (>1000).

New in XMLmotor 10.12 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Task To Run /nowait feature introduced in 10.10 resulted in Email notifications not being sent for tasks launched by 'default' and 'run in sequence |' options.
  • FTP (commons) module now supports FTPS (i.e. FTP over SSL/TLS).

New in XMLmotor 10.11 (Jan 10, 2014)

  • New Installers which include the files to support the XML libraries.
  • XMLmotor and Automize Enterprise - XSL Transform task added.
  • XMLmotor and Automize Enterprise - XML XPath task added.
  • XMLmotor and Automize Enterprise - XML XPath Loop task added.