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ZOC Changelog

What's new in ZOC 8.08.0

Apr 8, 2024
  • NEW: function to copy ssh public-key to clipboard (Tools menu)
  • FIX: possible crash when starting the program
  • FIX: session profile > keyboard sometimes showed wrong content for mapped keys
  • FIX: host directory saved names with European umlauts and some special characters incorrectly
  • FIX: some TN3270 country codepages did change into another value after editing session profile
  • CHG: printer margins can now have up to two decimals
  • CHG: max number of lines in scrollback increased to 128000

New in ZOC 8.07.7 (Mar 6, 2024)

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  • FIX: possible crash when modifying user buttons from a script
  • FIX: possible crash when logging in using a ssh-cert
  • FIX: possible crash when temp folder is not writable
  • FIX: incorrect ssh message about failed login, when it was actually a partial success
  • FIX: clicking on a user-button in some cases opened the help window instead

New in ZOC 8.07.6 (Feb 13, 2024)

  • CHG: minor design changes in tabs, pulldownmenus and toolbar
  • FIX: help texts were missing a lot of periods at end of sentence
  • FIX: status bar items were misaligned when program started with status bar off

New in ZOC 8.07.5 (Jan 10, 2024)

  • FIX: window colors were broken when Windows was set to dark mode (Windows only)

New in ZOC 8.07.4 (Jan 9, 2024)

  • FIX: Wyse emulation bug sometimes caused characters to become invisible
  • FIX: host directory AutoLogin learning of TN3270 autologin was broken
  • FIX: possible crash with long ssh proxy names

New in ZOC 8.07.3 (Dec 5, 2023)

  • FIX: Telnet Keep-Alive setting could not be changed while the connection was active
  • CHG: hostdirectory.zhd.lockusername.txt file now not deleted while host directory is unlocked

New in ZOC 8.07.2 (Oct 30, 2023)

  • FIX: help system did not work (macOS only)
  • FIX: problem with ssh-keys stored in file paths that use unicode characters (Windows only)
  • FIX: SSH could not handle more than 32 port forwards
  • FIX: problem with VT52 print sequences

New in ZOC 8.07.1 (Oct 30, 2023)

  • FIX: help system did not work (macOS only)
  • FIX: problem with ssh-keys stored in file paths that use unicode characters (Windows only)
  • FIX: SSH could not handle more than 32 port forwards
  • FIX: problem with VT52 print sequences

New in ZOC 8.07.0 (Oct 10, 2023)

  • NEW: now based on OpenSSH 8.7
  • NEW: now based on OpenSSL 3.0.8
  • CHG: uses less memory per session
  • CHG: telnet/SSL "TLS 1.2 only" option will not allow TLS 1.3
  • CHG: seesion profile option for Software-7E1 also translates incoming data to 7-bit
  • CHG: session profile options for 7-bit translation will not affect TN3270 data streams
  • FIX: REXX AskFolderName command did not show the user defined title
  • FIX: possible crash with scrollback after dragging tabs into another ZOC window
  • FIX: possible crash/assert when loading a session profile with mangled font setting
  • FIX: fallback to default font did not work if session profile font was wrong
  • FIX: macOS password manager disabled for password entry fields (macOS only)

New in ZOC 8.06.5 (Sep 6, 2023)

  • FIX: right-click on the empty tabs-bar showed a menu that had some erroneous items
  • FIX: script-recording for TN3270 emulation recorded some keystrokes twice
  • FIX: shift+ctrl+V (paste) did not work in VTxxx and xterm emulations
  • FIX: possible problem when aborting the sending of pasted text on a Linux server
  • FIX: REXX ZocSend command now waits for the sending of the text to be complete

New in ZOC 8.06.4 (Jul 31, 2023)

  • CHG: terminal->idle-handling options now also appears in the TN3270-limited version of the session profile
  • FIX: ctrl+shift+tab (go to previous tab) sometimes did not work
  • FIX: in TN3270 emulation Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V didn't work with Caps Lock active
  • FIX: session profile > Auto-Highlight > Add sometimes crashed (macOS Ventura only)
  • FIX: possible crash at startup (macOS with site-license only)

New in ZOC 8.06.3 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • CHG: master pwd options for host-directory and session-profile require program-settings protection also
  • FIX: memory leak (GDI resources) which could cause drawing errors when running for days (Windows only)
  • FIX: TN3270 'Insert' function/key did not work when mapped to Ctrl+I
  • FIX: possible crash during startup (Windows only)

New in ZOC 8.06.2 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • FIX: when changing keyboard codepage to Windows/ANSI it always reverted back to Unicode/UTF8
  • FIX: TN3270 emulation did show letters with AltGr twice (Windows only)
  • FIX: TN3270 commands in SSCP mode were sent with wrong format byte
  • FIX: TN3270 sysreq function now properly negotiated in extended mode
  • FIX: possible crash on TVI/Wyse emulation with malformed esc-F sequences
  • FIX: could not move cursor between local-typing field and terminal area
  • FIX: possible crash for REXX commands with missing parameters
  • FIX: uninstall for 64-bit version was broken

New in ZOC 8.06.1 (Jun 14, 2023)

  • NEW: TN3270 key mapping and function: Ctrl+Z (Undo) and Ctrl+Shift+Z (Redo)
  • NEW: TN3270 key mapping and function: Alt+Enter for MoveBOL (beginning of same line)
  • NEW: TN3270 key mapping and function: Alt+Home for LowerHome (lower/leftmost field)
  • NEW: TN3270 key mapping and function: Ctrl+End for MoveEOF (end of field)
  • NEW: TN3270 key mapping and function: Ctrl+Del for DeleteNextWord
  • NEW: TN3270 key mapping: Alt+Left and Alt+Right for MovePrevWord and MoveNextWord
  • CHG: TN3270 key mapping for 'EraseInput' changed from Alt+End to Alt+Del
  • CHG: TN3270 extended mode now sends TELNET-AO for SysReq and TELNET-IP for Attn
  • CHG: TN3270 emulation now defaults to codepage IBM-1047 (EBCDIC Latin1)
  • CHG: TN3270 will no longer move the cursor when terminal is clicked to bring the window to foreground
  • CHG: when processing a mapped emulation key that is unknown, TN3270 now shows an error message
  • CHG: when copying text via Enter key, the selection is now always cleared immediately
  • CHG: url detection more aggressive removing ')' and ']' at the end, e.g. "(click http://link.html)"
  • FIX: TN3270 emulation did not erase/overwrite reverse-attribute (e.g. after ISPF EDIT find)
  • FIX: ssh sessions with incorrect saved passphrase did not ask for pwd on 2nd attempt
  • FIX: list of list mapped keys in keyboard profiles did not use a monospaced font
  • FIX: pasting text did not clear selection (TN3270 emulation only)
  • FIX: copying marked area via enter-key did end scrollback
  • FIX: minor quirk with VT emulation related to user defined tabs
  • FIX: Linux/xterm could not send Alt+? combination when Meta-key option was enabled

New in ZOC 8.06.0 (May 23, 2023)

  • NEW: now based on OpenSSH 8.6
  • NEW: now supports ssh-agent on Windows (Windows only)
  • NEW: option for Xterm to make backspace key send ^H instead of ^?/127
  • NEW: can now automatically run update by running this command: zoc8060_64.exe /autoupdate (Windows only)
  • FIX: could not remap Cmd+"." (macOS only)
  • FIX: backspace key produced "^?" output in VI on zOS/USS systems
  • FIX: pressing ctrl+letter combinations did produce unwanted control characters in TN3270 screens
  • FIX: screen sometimes flashed in stripe-patterns when changing TN3270-model
  • FIX: problem selecting the FixedSys 8x15 font (Windows only)
  • FIX: possible assert/crash when logging into an FTP server with pubkey authentication
  • FIX: incorrect rendering of combination of invisible/underlined/inverse attributes
  • FIX: commandline option /FX: was too limited in the number of fonts it accepts (Windows only)
  • FIX: some SSL errors were printed as random asian characters instead
  • FIX: could not permanently switch off the "comments" column in the host directory

New in ZOC 8.05.3 (May 3, 2023)

  • CHG: less jittery cursor position updates in status bar (e.g. during progress bars as in SCP)
  • FIX: AutoHighlight regexp sometimes failed if a element had a backslash expression within [] brackets
  • FIX: AutoHighlight regexp failed if first or last element was a dot (match any char)
  • FIX: problem with user buttons when opening a new tab while the mouse hovered over the button (macOS only)

New in ZOC 8.05.2 (Apr 24, 2023)

  • CHG: REXX ZocRequestList command now allows up to 50 choices
  • CHG: clicking into a field on the status bar when window is not active will only bring it to the front
  • CHG: SSH passphrases did not handle 8-bit characters (e.g. European umlauts) correctly
  • CHG: IND$FILE will not ask for file handling (overwrite, etc.) if append-option is selected
  • CHG: SSH options dialogs structure redesigned
  • CHG: TN3270 cursor movement keys will automatically reset the keyboard-locked state
  • FIX: scp upload on recent versions of Ubuntu and RHEL went to home dir instead of current dir
  • FIX: possible problem with certain Windows-Modems when storing a custom configuration for it
  • FIX: could not close datastream-viewer window via Cmd+W (macOS only)

New in ZOC 8.05.1 (Feb 27, 2023)

  • NEW: host directory allows to use login to ssh via global keys and multiple key-files
  • FIX: problem when using "8-bit control codes" option with VT220/VT320/VT420
  • FIX: crashed on older versions of macOS (macOS only)
  • FIX: problem typing "" on Hungarian keyboard (macOS only)
  • FIX: snippets window appearing in some cases when changing to an ARM mac (macOS only)

New in ZOC 8.05.0 (Jan 25, 2023)

  • NEW: SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.5
  • FIX: exiting an SSH session got stuck when multiple sessions were open (macOS only)
  • FIX: Xterm custom colors sometimes had incorrect shade

New in ZOC 8.04.8 (Dec 21, 2022)

  • FIX: Xterm custom colors sometimes turned out black
  • FIX: Xterm custom colors with highlight were too bright
  • FIX: zero-key on keypad did not work (macOS only)
  • FIX: exiting an SSH got stuck when multiple sessions were open (macOS only)

New in ZOC 8.04.7 (Dec 15, 2022)

  • CHG: View > Window Elements > Snippets function no longer has a keyboard shortcut
  • FIX: possible lockup when using mouse wheel scrolling in tmux
  • FIX: possible crash with malformed telnet function
  • FIX: clicking urls enclosed in single quotes like 'http://www.emtec.com/index.html' did not work
  • FIX: possible crash when receiving a DC4 character
  • FIX: now allows use of quotes around parameters in commandline.ini files
  • FIX: fixed some rather outlandish "security" problems (thanks David Leadbeater)

New in ZOC 8.04.6 (Oct 11, 2022)

  • FIX: various problem with output when codepage 437 was selected
  • FIX: possible scroll problem with VT420/VT520 emulation
  • FIX: VT420/VT520 did not honor line-wrap off setting

New in ZOC 8.04.5 (Sep 15, 2022)

  • CHG: SSH connections through jumphost automatically enable ZOC-agent for login key
  • CHG: ANSI-BBS now shows correct characters (e.g. arrows, card symbols) for ASCII 00h-1Fh
  • FIX: possible max buffer size exceeded for stored passwords
  • FIX: transparent print data could be lost in VT emulation
  • FIX: VT220 sending emulation dependent cursor keys now honors cursor-key mode
  • FIX: global settings > printer: click on "..." button did not allow to enter file name
  • FIX: TN3270 option to answer replies for SF_QUERY with an OEM_AUX record did not work

New in ZOC 8.04.4 (Jul 15, 2022)

  • FIX: double click to mark word did not work in TN3270 mode
  • FIX: some scrollback problem regarding using tmux in combination with zsh

New in ZOC 8.04.3 (Jul 6, 2022)

  • FIX: possible assert/crash when opening many connections
  • FIX: improvements when selecting text (e.g. double click and extending selection)

New in ZOC 8.04.2 (May 24, 2022)

  • FIX: some quirks fixed in WYSE and TVI emulations (attributes, text sending, etc.)
  • FIX: VT220 error when receiving very large downloadable font
  • FIX: VT420/VT520 did not log incoming data correctly
  • FIX: ZOC sometimes froze on combinations of userbar buttons which barely needed to wrap
  • FIX: some AltGR key combinations did not work over TeamViewer connections

New in ZOC 8.04.1 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • FIX: SSH keepalive interval was 10 minutes instead of 60 seconds
  • FIX: SCP did resolve '~' in remote path to local home (macOS only)
  • FIX: file transfer of 0-byte files was not listed on screen and in calls.log
  • FIX: in WYSE and TVI emulation some keys (e.g. Enter or Esc) were broken
  • FIX: multiple issues with WYSE and TVI (attributes, non spaced attributes, etc.)

New in ZOC 8.04.0 (Apr 6, 2022)

  • NEW: SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.4
  • NEW: Option for TN3270 to enable support for SF-QUERY OEMAUXDEV
  • CHG: Tandem6530 emulation now handles Linemode differently
  • CHG: SSH created keys now are stored with "n" line endings (Windows only)
  • CHG: now allows longer pathnames for SSH key file in host directory
  • FIX: Shortcut for Tools-menu changed from "o" to "l"
  • FIX: possible crash when sorting host directory sections
  • FIX: possible crash when dragging multiple files between local and remote in FTP window
  • FIX: possible assert message related to scrollback window
  • FIX: kermit sending was slow if remote requested large packets
  • FIX: Passwords/passphrases ("Save to keychain" checkmark) were not remembered in some cases (macOS only)
  • FIX: Problem with some TN3270 applications which were using SF-QUERY
  • FIX: drag and drop to start file transfer was broken (macOS only)

New in ZOC 8.03.4 (Jan 20, 2022)

  • CHG: Tandem 6350 emulation now wraps text to next line when output reaches the right margin
  • FIX: REXX ZocDialog function is now dpi aware
  • FIX: TN3270 standard colors sometimes incorrect for modified fields
  • FIX: half-size fullscreen positioning sometimes did not work (Windows only)
  • FIX: switching half-size fullscreen position with windows-key + cursor now handled dpi changes

New in ZOC 8.03.3 (Dec 27, 2021)

  • NEW: SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.3.
  • CHG: on TN5250 the '+' and '-' keys now act as field-plus/minus when the field is signed-numeric
  • CHG: ftp connections now use MLSD/MLST to retrieve file list
  • FIX: reading SZ string from registry via REXX resulted in a string that had hex 00 as last character
  • FIX: layout of the toolbar host directory button and down-arrow in high-dpi/4K settings
  • FIX: on TN3270 IND$FILE downloads, user could not change/choose a different download file name
  • FIX: when specifying different username/password for ftp server, ftp connections sometimes failed

New in ZOC 8.03.2 (Nov 15, 2021)

  • FIX: userbar folder popup menu used wrong font when moved to another monitor with different dpi setting
  • FIX: scrolling error in Wyse-60 emulation when label-line was turned off
  • FIX: ftp folder contents now read via MLSD/MLST command if the server supports it

New in ZOC 8.03.1 (Oct 5, 2021)

  • NEW: TN3720 now supports mappable key name "BackDel" (destructive backspace)
  • CHG: made REXX command ZocConnect and commandline connect strings more robust against misinterpretation
  • CHG: REXX ZocWait command for some Latin characters now requires waiting for the utf8-representation
  • FIX: crash when started under macOS Monterey Beta 8 (macOS only)
  • FIX: drag-drop files into ZOC window did not work for filenames with unicode characters (macOS only)
  • FIX: REXX waiting for unicode characters (via utf8 character stream) was broken

New in ZOC 8.03.0 (Sep 15, 2021)

  • NEW: SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.2
  • CHG: default attributes for scp upload is now 644
  • FIX: pressing LeftCtrl+Win keys in TN3270 sessions were treated as Enter key
  • FIX: copying in TN3270 sessions with the "fa/space to tabs" option sometimes did not work
  • FIX: some malformed VT220 sequences ignored

New in ZOC 8.02.7 (Aug 4, 2021)

  • FIX: TN3270 sessions with white background sometimes initially started with black background
  • FIX: erroneous characters sent when mapping a key or button with a control sequence of ^(00)
  • FIX: REXX parameters containing a pipe character we sometimes parsed incorrectly
  • FIX: logfile name in status bar was misaligned
  • FIX: paste now works again with ClipX clipboard manager

New in ZOC 8.02.6 (Jun 29, 2021)

  • FIX: renamed tab titles sometimes reverted back to name of host directory session
  • FIX: remote printing sometimes didn't work in vt220/xterm emulations

New in ZOC 8.02.5 (Jun 9, 2021)

  • FIX: scp downloads did ignore file handling options (e.g. did not prompt user)
  • FIX: xmodem download did not honor 'skip' file handling choice
  • FIX: ssh login using key-files failed under Linux Wine

New in ZOC 8.02.4 (May 17, 2021)

  • CHG: VT220 now ignores some VT420 sequences (e.g. write to status line)
  • CHG: 3270 handles fields differently when copying with the "convert space to tab" option
  • FIX: codepage table in session profile missed an entry in (German version only)
  • FIX: quirk with cr/lf when displaying echo while doing transfer -> text-sending
  • FIX: attempting to make connections via Windows/Modems crashed (Windows only)
  • FIX: unicode characters in the 0xFF01 - 0xFF60 region were rendered incorrectly
  • FIX: tabs in the background froze under heavy load in rare cases
  • FIX: bulk password change dialog now has hidden password entry fields
  • FIX: clipboard history paste via key combination Windows+V did not work (Windows only)
  • FIX: cursor position jitter in status line when background tabs received traffic
  • FIX: text in data stream buffer was sometimes garbled on cursor position sequences

New in ZOC 8.02.3 (Apr 12, 2021)

  • CHG: text sending more evenly spaced over time with short character delays
  • FIX: incorrect description and labels for parameters on custom button/keymap actions
  • FIX: possible problem uploading via Y-modem with some remote Y-modem implementations
  • FIX: text sending with large line delay and small char delay was broken
  • FIX: secure shell global keyfiles option to use global keyfiles always was broken

New in ZOC 8.02.2 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • NEW: host directory FTP tab now has a "..." button for the local start folder
  • NEW: session profile > logging now has a "Show logfile folder" button
  • NEW: scrollback now shows double-width/double-height characters
  • FIX: more tweaking of AltGr handling (Windows only)
  • FIX: FTP password field in host directory was readable
  • FIX: scp transfers aborted when there was a timeout in transmission
  • FIX: quirks when marking lines that contain double-width characters
  • FIX: no longer able to paste "e[201~" (was potential security issue, thanks CyberArk Labs)
  • FIX: could not send bar-character within host directory autologin sequence
  • FIX: could not send unicode characters in passwords from a host directory autologin sequence
  • FIX: error message when using the REXX ZocDialog function (macOS only)
  • FIX: password field in quick connect dialog sometimes lost focus on (macOS only)
  • FIX: remembering passwords in keychain did not work (macOS only, regression from v8.02.1)

New in ZOC 8.02.1 (Mar 11, 2021)

  • CHG: shift+mousewheel now always starts scrollback
  • FIX: for some connections the colors of tabs did not always match the color of the host directory icon
  • FIX: cloning a session did not always open the new session in the tab next to the current one
  • FIX: ssh login failed if a password with unicode characters was passed on the command line
  • FIX: unexpected behavior with clone/reconnect depending on host directory "window" settings
  • FIX: log file was horribly wrong when data was received with ANSI emulation
  • FIX: xterm mouse support (modes 1003, etc.) was mostly broken
  • FIX: stored ssh passwords/passphrases were sometimes flushed too early
  • FIX: AltGr key combinations sometimes did not work as expected
  • FIX: OSC-52 sequence did not accept unicode characters

New in ZOC 8.02.0 (Feb 24, 2021)

  • NEW: if local echo is on, hex-dump in terminal now also shows typed characters.
  • CHG: max size of data stream viewer now 32MB
  • CHG: ssh now no longer sets QOS flag for IP packets
  • FIX: crashed when saving data stream viewer and then clicked cancel
  • FIX: crashed when editing session profile while learning REXX script
  • FIX: program settings > master password: keyboard idle protection was broken
  • FIX: problem setting up ZOC on macOS and Windows to use a common config file folder
  • FIX: log file was sometimes missing data when ZOC was set to ANSI emulation
  • FIX: did display garbage characters in VT420 with some versions of soft font data
  • FIX: VT420 positioning within vertical scroll area was wrong
  • FIX: delays for text sending sometimes did not work (esp. for short texts)
  • FIX: clarified warnings when closing tab/window with or without active connection

New in ZOC 8.01.8 (Jan 19, 2021)

  • FIX: various glitches related to handling of the hex 7F (DEL) character
  • FIX: TN3270 option to move cursor when pasting should have been on by default
  • FIX: window flashed on first start when master-password was set
  • FIX: character conversion problem with less common Latin charsets

New in ZOC 8.01.7 (Dec 23, 2020)

  • CHG: allows to set higher values to rows/columns in session profile > layout
  • FIX: serial ports did sometimes not appear in port-scan (macOS with M1)
  • FIX: ssh password entry in terminal was broken

New in ZOC 8.01.6 (Dec 20, 2020)

  • CHG: filter text content in host directory dialog is no longer case sensitive
  • CHG: performance improvements on screen output at low jump-scroll settings
  • FIX: program left stalled print jobs when receiving duplicate ^T in Wyse emulation
  • FIX: sometimes did not correctly process quick successions of transparent-print on/off in Wyse
  • FIX: bug when sending text from REXX script in Wyse and Tandem emulation
  • FIX: quirk in VT220 emulation in relation to double width/height lines and screen erasing
  • FIX: telnet connections did sometimes block main window when reverse-dns lookup took too long
  • FIX: userbar sometimes appeared empty (Windows only)

New in ZOC 8.01.5 (Dec 7, 2020)

  • CHG: pressing the Ctrl key during copy operations appends the text to clipboard (except ctrl+C or ctr+Ins)
  • FIX: editing keyboard map resulted in entries which were forced to NumLock ON
  • FIX: problem marking text locally with shift under xterm in some mouse aware remote programs (tmux, mc, etc)
  • FIX: scp upload did got stuck near the end when transferring very large files
  • FIX: assert message when using FTP on folder which contained links

New in ZOC 8.01.4 (Dec 2, 2020)

  • CHG: SCP downloads now do not redirect special files to alternate download folder
  • FIX: possible crash/assert regarding userbar items when loading session profile
  • FIX: option for extra pixel border (Program Setting > Window) did size the window incorrectly
  • FIX: lines were missing in logfile when large bursts of input were received
  • FIX: screen redraw problem on debian-10 with tmux

New in ZOC 8.01.3 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • NEW: option in WYSE emulation for Del key to send DEL (hex 7F) instead of 'esc W'
  • NEW: option in VT220/Xterm emulation for ignore printer related commands
  • NEW: option to include lines in scrollback if they were deleted on screen through esc[K sequences
  • NEW: can now scroll using mousewheel while marking text in scrollback
  • FIX: some Apple Silicon (M1 processor) glitches fixed
  • FIX: closing the port scan window (serial/direct) through the red close button crashed

New in ZOC 8.01.2 (Nov 17, 2020)

  • FIX: url highlighting did not work in scrollback window, url clicking worked with misplayed mouse too
  • FIX: sometimes imported program password from ZOC7 when the password was not actually used
  • FIX: possible error about missing symbol CIPHER_CTX_reset after installation
  • FIX: possible crash when loading session profiles from ZOC7
  • FIX: possible crash when REXX script sends data
  • FIX: toolbar was embedded in window title bar (macOS only)

New in ZOC 8.01.1 (Nov 5, 2020)

  • NEW: TN3270 and TN5250 under macOS now supports left/right ctrl keys as Enter and Reset
  • NEW: Tools menu now has a menu entry to start zoc-agent.exe
  • CHG: TN5250 cursor position in status line is now 1-based
  • CHG: TN5250 now doesn't treat normal + and - key as Field+ and Field-
  • CHG: scrollback as window menu item is always enabled, brings existing scrollback window to front
  • FIX: there was a delay for telnet connects to hosts which did not have a reverse lookup for the hostname
  • FIX: mouse right-click in "Scrollback as Window" switched to main window and did show incorrect menu
  • FIX: session profile function keys did not load correctly from session file
  • FIX: import user buttons into a session profile sometimes crashed
  • FIX: edit session profile crashed when using limited TN3270 gui
  • FIX: clipboard alt-insert was broken
  • FIX: problem remapping ctrl-alt-q
  • FIX: menu template creation via /CREATEMENUTEMPLATE was broken

New in ZOC 8.01.0 (Oct 27, 2020)

  • ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND EMULATIONS:
  • NEW: added new emulation VT420
  • NEW: added new emulation VT520
  • NEW: added new emulation HP 2645
  • NEW: added new emulation Tandem 6530
  • NEW: FTP/SFTP client (see host directory entries and Transfer-menu)
  • SESSION PROFILE:
  • NEW: terminal font is now dpi scale dependent (scales correctly when changing between HD and 4K monitors)
  • NEW: option to define multiple color profiles and to assign them to session profiles
  • NEW: background color can be also specified for highlight, underline and blinking attributes
  • NEW: built-in support for the "Solarized" color scheme (choose in session profile > colors)
  • NEW: more default color schemes (Linux Console, macOS Terminal, Putty, Rxvt, Ubuntu, ANSI-BBS, VGA, Xterm)
  • NEW: auto-highlight can now define multiple words in one entry
  • NEW: auto-highlight patterns can now end with a pattern character
  • NEW: auto-highlight now offers experimental regexp matching
  • NEW: auto-highlight now has a 'clone' function
  • NEW: auto-highlight and auto-action can now be set for the same text
  • PROGRAM SETTINGS:
  • NEW: can now protect the program using an smartcard or usb-plug (e.g. Yubikey) instead of password
  • NEW: when setting a ZOC master password or key, it will be used to encrypt the host directory and the stored passwords
  • NEW: while asking for the master password/key, the screen content will be hidden
  • NEW: mouse wheel can now be used to browse through tabs
  • NEW: new program settings page for local typing
  • NEW: option to close scrollback view after pressing cursor up/down keys
  • NEW: option to trim trailing blanks from all lines in block selection
  • NEW: option to trim trailing blanks from the last line of a selection
  • NEW: option to use the Enter key to copy marked text into clipboard (like Windows Shell)
  • NEW: option to set number of recent scripts in Script menu
  • HOST DIRECTORY:
  • NEW: host directory password bulk-change function (via more-button)
  • NEW: host directory import function is now able to replace a host directory with new one
  • NEW: host directory import function is now able to selectively import from section or folders
  • NEW: host directory export function is now able to export individual entries
  • NEW: host directory better naming when cloning an entry multiple times
  • NEW: host directory search button added to sections edit dialog
  • NEW: host directory is now able to show session profile, device and emulation per entry
  • NEW: host directory now contains an entry field to filter the above list host entries
  • NEW: when switching tabs in host directory, the previously opened folder per tab is restored
  • SSH CONNECTIONS:
  • NEW: SSH zoc-agent program for Windows
  • NEW: SSH commandline ssh-add and ssh-keygen programs for Windows
  • NEW: SSH support for Kerberos/GGSAPI authentication
  • NEW: SSH support for Windows Certificate Store (e.g. CAC smartcards, USB plug in IDs)
  • NEW: SSH global login keys can now hold more than three entries
  • NEW: SSH shows encryption/cipher in connect message
  • NEW: SSH has new option to show verbose debug output
  • NEW: SSH now handles password-change requests
  • NEW: SSH has now improved performance when handling floods of agent-authentication requests
  • NEW: SSH now shows comparison of server and client auth-methods in debug info
  • NEW: SSH X11 now supports trusted X11 forwarding on macOS
  • CHG: SSH connections via protocol "Secure-Shell V1" no longer supported
  • NEW: telnet now also supports connections via SOCKS5 proxy
  • NEW: telnet now also supports connections via http proxy
  • NEW: telnet/SSL now also allows to set advanced telnet options (e.g. CR conversion)
  • XTERM EMULATION:
  • NEW: Xterm emulation now supports VPR (vertical position relative)
  • NEW: Xterm emulation now supports CNL and CPL (cursor previous/next line)
  • NEW: Xterm emulation now supports HPA and HPR (horizontal pos. absolute/relative)
  • NEW: Xterm emulation now supports SL and SR (shift columns left/right)
  • NEW: Xterm emulation now supports window/icon title save/restore
  • NEW: Xterm emulation handles DECCARA and DECRARA sequences
  • NEW: Xterm emulation handles DECCRA, DECRQPSR and DECCIR sequence
  • NEW: Xterm emulation handles DECSERA, DECERA and DECFRA sequences
  • NEW: Xterm emulation handles REP sequence (repeat previous character)
  • NEW: Xterm emulation now supports mouse mode 1001 (mouse report with highlight)
  • NEW: Xterm emulation and sends mouse-clicks with ctrl-key to remote VI with se mouse=a active
  • NEW: Xterm emulation new option to prevent emulation from stealing mouse events
  • NEW: Xterm emulation now supports clipboard write via OSC-52 protocol
  • NEW: Xterm emulation now supports xterm-new, vt220 and rxvt function key handling
  • NEW: Xterm now has option to send qualifiers (ctrl,shift,alt) for left/right/up/down/end/pageup/pagedown
  • TN3270 EMULATION:
  • NEW: TN3270 emulation has an advanced option to not store the session progress in scrollback
  • NEW: TN3270 emulation has a new option to send page up/down (PF7/PF8) via scroll-wheel
  • NEW: TN3270 emulation left strg key can now to mapped to Reset, Enter and Nothing
  • NEW: TN3270 has an own color page in session profile dialog, if interface is simplified for TN3270
  • NEW: TN3270 emulation has a new color-scheme dialog for standard mode, including custom scheme editing
  • NEW: TN3270 IND$FILE transfer can now use custom name for the IND$FILE program
  • NEW: TN3270 now supports SSCP-LU mode
  • NEW: TN3270 now selects all screen with Ctrl+A
  • NEW: TN3270 when pressing Del key on a marked area, all fields in the marked area will be cleared
  • TN5250 EMULATION:
  • NEW: TN5250 emulation now moves cusor with double speed when pressing shift+left and shift+right
  • NEW: TN5250 emulation now has an option to mark with keyboard (shift-key and arrow keys)
  • NEW: TN5250 emulation now stops pasting at the end of screen
  • NEW: TN5250 emulation now offers a "continue pasting" funtion
  • NEW: TN5250 EraseEOF key
  • VT EMULATIONS:
  • NEW: VT emulations now support DECRQM (request mode)
  • NEW: VT emulations now support DECRQSS
  • NEW: VT emulations now support DECSCL
  • NEW: VT emulations now support "DCS ... ST" based sequences
  • WYSE EMULATION:
  • NEW: Wyse emulation now supports screen on/off command
  • NEW: Wyse emulation now supports block mode
  • NEW: Wyse emulation can show custom messages on status line
  • NEW: Wyse emulation supports fkeys up to F16
  • NEW: Wyse emulation now supports directional custom f-key defintion
  • NEW: Wyse emulation shows status on status line (e.g. "INS", "BLK", "CAPS", etc.)
  • NEW: Wyse emulation handles more control sequences (pagination, data sending, printing, debug-mode)
  • NEW: Wyse emulation option to toggle Insert key between insert mode and "ich1"
  • NEW: Wyse 50 emulation now supports prot-mode display attributes (in non character-attribute modes)
  • KERMIT FILE TRANSFER:
  • NEW: kermit file transfer upload now offers filesize to receiver
  • NEW: kermit file transfer upload now offers filemodtime to receiver
  • NEW: kermit file transfer receive now handles filemodtime from receiver and supports ZOCs "File Handling" options
  • REXX SCRIPTING:
  • NEW: added REXX command ZocDdeClient to access other software (e.g. read from Excel via DDE)
  • NEW: REXX command ZocGlobalStore now supports an in-memory "VOLATILE" store
  • NEW: REXX command ZocDialog with subcommand "SET" to programatically fill dialog elements
  • NEW: REXX command ZocDialog with new dialog element type "LISTBOX"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocCommand now has new sub-command "SETMARKEDAREA"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocRegistry now has new sub-command "TEST"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocRegistry can now read/write registry entries of type REG_BINARY
  • NEW: REXX command ZocGetInfo now has new sub-command "MARKEDAREA"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocGetInfo now has new sub-command "TN3270FIELDATTR"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocString now has new sub-commands "LOAD" and "SAVE"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocString now has new sub-commands "UTF8-ENCODE" and "UTF8-DECODE"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocString now has new sub-commands "AES256-ENCRYPT" and "AES256-DECRYPT"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocDeviceControl for Serial/Direct has new sub-command "FINDUSBPORT"
  • NETTERM-COMPATIBLE SPECIAL SEQUENCES:
  • NEW: support for NetTerm PRINT/17 command
  • NEW: support for NetTerm-like PRINTDEL/17 command
  • NEW: support for NetTerm-like DELETE/17 command
  • NEW: support for NetTerm-like DRAGDROPNOTIFY/206 and SENDDRAGGEDFILES/206 commands
  • SUPPORT LIBRARIES:
  • NEW: SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.1
  • NEW: all encryption now based on OpenSSL 1.1.0g
  • NEW: REXX interpreter now based on Regina REXX 3.9.2
  • MISCELLANEOUS:
  • NEW: now also supports complete ISO charsets ISO 8859-1 to ISO 8859-16
  • NEW: now allows upload of folders (nonrecursive) via drag-drop of folder into terminal window
  • NEW: warning when pasting multiple lines of text into the terminal
  • NEW: under Windows-10 ZOC can be selected as the Windows default application for SSH:// and TELNET:// urls
  • NEW: %TEMP% can now be used as a placeholder for the temp dir (e.g. when specifiying program folder locations)
  • NEW: reconnect now also works if a connection was not successful (e.g. wifi was not available after laptop wakeup etc.)
  • NEW: %COMPUTERNAME% and %USERNAME% can now be used as a placeholder for the ENQ reply string
  • NEW: script recording now records commands to copy marked text on screen
  • NEW: option in SERIAL/DIRECT to show active com port in status bar
  • NEW: zoom font via Ctr+Plus Ctrl+Minus keys in datastream window
  • NEW: text/binary upload dialog now shows cps and time remaining
  • NEW: option for logging to append number to filename if file exists
  • NEW: mouse middle button click on tab closes tab
  • NEW: warning when pasting large amount of text into terminal
  • NEW: TTY emulation now beeps when receiving a BEL
  • NEW: better support for unicode filenames
  • NEW: ability to completely reconfigure the main menu (via admin.ini file in the program folder)
  • NEW: scanning for serial ports (serial/modem or serial/direct) can now be aborted
  • NEW: Alt-F search dialog remembers last search strings in a dropdown box
  • NEW: menu shortcut for the last run REXX script added
  • NEW: support for macOS dark mode
  • CHANGES (FUNCTIONS THAT WILL DIFFER FROM ZOC v7):
  • CHG: Copy-Screen function no longer shares the same shortcut with Copy-Selection
  • CHG: mouse wheel action now default to "smart"
  • CHG: application language now depends on Windows display language instead of location
  • CHG: increased length of user button title
  • CHG: increased length of host directory info field
  • CHG: even more performance improvement for scp file transfers
  • CHG: screen lock with password now blanks terminal screen until unlock
  • CHG: telnet global options and ping-option removed
  • CHG: telnet options 'no-lookup' and 'keepalive' are now session based (no longer global)
  • CHG: option for interpretation of control codes in local typing moved from session profile to program settings
  • CHG: logging now logs backspace characters to file instead of erasing previous characters from logfile
  • CHG: SSH global keys no longer have a separate option in quick-connect and host directory entry
  • CHG: opening a new tab with clone-session will place the tab right next to the original tab
  • FIX: problems aborting massive SSH using ctrl+C
  • FIX: ssh keyboard interactive login window shows long (multiline) questions correctly

New in ZOC 7.26.4 (Oct 19, 2020)

  • FIX: host directory login name %USERNAMEUPR% was filled with lowercase characters instead
  • FIX: esc-key to stop pasting of long texts did not work
  • FIX: ssh connections got stuck when exiting sessions through a proxy on some cisco devices
  • FIX: ssh with some multi-line challenge/response requests were shown with incorrect cr-lf

New in ZOC 7.26.3 (Sep 16, 2020)

  • CHG: fonts now offer heights which are big enough to fill at least 25 lines in full screen
  • CHG: print-screen function in TN3270 now excludes status line
  • CHG: search dialog now opens centered over parent monitor
  • FIX: using the local-typing line in TN3270 emulation resulted in disconnect
  • FIX: Al+T (new tab) did not work in TN5250 emulation
  • FIX: TN3270 problem with convert fields-to-tabs option when doing using print screen function

New in ZOC 7.26.2 (Aug 17, 2020)

  • FIX: Alt-C shortcut did not work in tabs thumbnails mode
  • FIX: Yubikey did not work as pkcs#11 login method (Windows only)
  • FIX: timestamp options for logfiles did not work
  • FIX: TELNET/SSL showed error message instead of displaying clear text data like [DISCONNECT]
  • FIX: TN3270 option to show null characters as dots did not work in some cases
  • FIX: possible crash when clicking outside the data stream viewer
  • CHG: TN3270 Ctrl+A now marks whole screen
  • CHG: Wyse-60 shift function keys are now based on 12 f-keys keyboard, not 16

New in ZOC 7.26.1 (Aug 4, 2020)

  • FIX: Wyse set-protect-inverse used dim-inverse instead of highlight-inverse
  • FIX: REXX scripts could potentially block ZOC when running commands in very tight loops
  • FIX: REXX ZocRespond command was broken
  • FIX: REXX script with multiple ZocDownload commands failed (macOS only)
  • FIX: ZOC internal agent could not forward a certificate private key twice

New in ZOC 7.26.0 (Jul 23, 2020)

  • NEW: screen output speed improvements (e.g. Linux "ls -R" command)
  • NEW: Wyse now supports screen on/off sequences
  • CHG: toolbar customization now disabled when Standard.ztb file is read-only
  • FIX: flashing in tack test works in Wyse/TVI
  • FIX: input length for SSH user names extended to 96 characters (up from 64)
  • FIX: input length for quick-connect connectto filed was limited to 82 characters
  • FIX: SSH remote to local forwarding was broken

New in ZOC 7.25.8 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • FIX: importing selected entries of a ZOC host directory failed for very huge host directories
  • FIX: when typing text while making a connection ZOC no longer beeps when sound-beep is set to "ignore"
  • FIX: possible crash when resizing to narrow window size with large number of userbar buttons
  • FIX: sometimes executed wrong script when chossing from the list of recent REXX scripts

New in ZOC 7.25.7 (May 8, 2020)

  • FIX: could not paste into TN5250 emulation using ctrl+V
  • FIX: telnet sometimes sent "IAC DO BINARY" even when in pure-tcp-sock mode
  • FIX: IND$FILE transfer was broken (regression from 7.25.6)

New in ZOC 7.25.6 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • CHG: alarm beeps (e.g. when ZOC is busy making a connection) now flash window if beeps are disabled
  • FIX: when scanning for ports, serial devices sometimes did not show the port's description
  • FIX: problem with TVI and local echo
  • FIX: command-n did not work with all windows minimized (macOS only)
  • FIX: sometimes new logfiles were generated with content of only "Connecting to..."
  • FIX: some fonts were not available in TN3270 mode (TN3270 reduced GUI mode)
  • FIX: script recording in TN3270 sometimes recorded ZocWait "^Z^Z" instead of 2x ZocWait "^Z"

New in ZOC 7.25.5 (Mar 9, 2020)

  • FIX: leftmost characters were sometimes truncated when ZOC was in fullscreen mode

New in ZOC 7.25.4 (Mar 3, 2020)

  • FIX: sometimes window got smaller and smaller when switching between tabs using different fonts
  • FIX: scrolling down in the internal scrollback while showing search results did not exit scrollback mode
  • FIX: various bugs when searching text in external scrollback window fixed

New in ZOC 7.25.3 (Feb 18, 2020)

  • FIX: sometimes mouse move events were not reported after bringing ZOC window to front (macOS only)
  • FIX: some display cosmetics while selecting words using mouse double click
  • FIX: problem in host directory when a section had a name of only one character
  • FIX: quirks when using TN3270 IND$FILE with conflicting parameters
  • FIX: keyboard profiles window to show mappings had font that was not DPI aware

New in ZOC 7.25.2 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • FIX: problem with OSC-52 sequences of excessive length
  • FIX: sometimes incorrect choice was shown in the selection of the secure shell agent mode (macOS only)
  • CHG: secure shell debug output now shows all pubkeys that are candidates for login
  • FIX: double click was handled twice (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.25.1 (Jan 9, 2020)

  • FIX: printer font selection dialog sometimes crashed (macOS only)
  • FIX: now works with PKCS#11 files that an .so extension (macOS only)
  • FIX: now works with PKCS#11 files that are not cryptographically signed (macOS only)
  • FIX: window size sometimes shrunk after program restart when using small toolbar size (macOS only)
  • FIX: agent forwarding did not work when using ssh keys in OPENSSH format (not RSA format)

New in ZOC 7.25.0 (Dec 16, 2019)

  • NEW: XTERM now support VPR/CNL/CPL sequences
  • FIX: possible crash with undefined font
  • FIX: recent scripts menu sometimes showed full 8.3 path name
  • FIX: ZOC handles key translation table files (.ztr) with empty lines more gracefully
  • FIX: SSH X11 forwarding sometimes did not work under macOS Catalina
  • FIX: possible assert message after file transfer

New in ZOC 7.24.7 (Dec 4, 2019)

  • FIX: two concurrent tabs waiting for ssh username input resulted in a beachball (macOS only)
  • FIX: prevent macOS to offer window tabbing in Window menu when using multiple ZOC windows (macOS only)
  • FIX: multiple Tile Window Left/Right entries in Window menu fixed (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.24.6 (Nov 13, 2019)

  • FIX: small toolbar icons is now the default setting (macOS only)
  • FIX: switching between dialog controls using tab/shift tab was broken (macOS only)
  • FIX: possible crash when editing user-buttons and keyboard-mappings

New in ZOC 7.24.4 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • FIX: local shell asked for password in macOS 10.15 (macOS only)
  • FIX: X11 forwarding was broken on some macOS 10.15 installations (macOS only)
  • FIX: online help system references to the global help system improved (macOS only)
  • FIX: closing the phonebook search dialog did not activate the listview (macOS only)
  • FIX: "PDF Preview" and "Save To PDF" etc. did not work in printer dialog (macOS only)
  • FIX: fixed a problem when using text replacement applications like Typinator etc. (macOS only)
  • FIX: telnet accept connections sometimes crashed
  • FIX: comment column in host directory could not be disabled
  • FIX: possible hang when closing a background tab with an active ssh session

New in ZOC 7.24.1 (Sep 4, 2019)

  • NEW: socks5 proxy now supports IPv6 addresses
  • CHG: socks5 proxy is now always used to resolve domain names
  • CHG: ZOC now ignores OSC-52 sequences (e.g. when deleting a line in emacs)
  • FIX: cancelling an scp file upload kept the file locked until zoc was closed
  • FIX: possible misalignment of window parts when DECCOLM sequence was processed
  • FIX: ZOC window height did shrink weith every start when toolbar was disabled (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.24.0 (Aug 5, 2019)

  • NEW: performance improvements for scp file transfers
  • NEW: ssh tunnels editor now allows to save tunnels outside the default ssh files folder
  • CHG: help system shows better startup page for first ZOC start
  • CHG: shortened timeouts for zmodem ZFIN negotiation
  • FIX: default help menu now shows correct startup page (macOS only)
  • FIX: Wyse 60 emulation showed incorrect glyphs for 8-bit characters
  • FIX: socks5 crash fixed when domain name resolution was not successful
  • FIX: socks5 proxy authentication failed when using an email address as username
  • FIX: on proxy connections where host name can not be resolved locally, name is now passed on to proxy
  • FIX: downloaded files had garbled file extension when being auto-renamed

New in ZOC 7.23.7 (Jun 27, 2019)

  • FIX: icon alignment in userbar
  • FIX: possible crash at startup after closing in maximized mode (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.23.6 (Jun 19, 2019)

  • FIX: icons were missing on macOS 10.15 Catalina beta 1 (macOS only)
  • FIX: possible crash when closing in fullscreen mode (macOS only)
  • FIX: closing ZOC with zoomed window resulted in fullscreen mode on next start (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.23.5 (Jun 12, 2019)

  • CHG: remember normal window position even when ZOC is closed in maximized mode
  • FIX: possible crash when using Windows/Modem connection with no modems available
  • FIX: possible scenario where ZOC goes into consuming 100% CPU and GBs of RAM (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.23.4 (May 14, 2019)

  • CHG: xterm emulation now only handles DECCOLM sequence if enabled by special xterm sequence
  • CHG: URL detection inside terminal text improved
  • FIX: better error message when zmodem upload file could not be opened
  • FIX: could not upload files that were opened in another program (e.g. Excel)
  • FIX: possible crash during entry of ssh password or passphrase (Windows only)
  • FIX: vt emulations ignored DECSLPP control sequence

New in ZOC 7.23.3 (Apr 11, 2019)

  • CHG: reconnect now also works if the first connect was not successful (e.g. network problems)
  • FIX: ascii and hex trace logging sometimes showed ingoing and outgoing data in wrong order
  • FIX: ssh connection to a hostname which could not be DNS-resolved did not print proper error message
  • FIX: /RUN was not executed from the command line when combined with /CONNECT and /TABBED
  • FIX: license server was broken

New in ZOC 7.23.2 (Mar 27, 2019)

  • CHG: pressing ^C in ssh-password entry with 'show prompts in terminal' option, now aborts input
  • CHG: toolbar/statusbar/userbar adjust themselves better to different dpi-scaling settings (Windows only)
  • FIX: pasting via Shift+Ins did not work during scrollback (Windows only)
  • FIX: searching in host directory and then using shift-arrow to select more entries sometimes did not work
  • FIX: using transparency showed ghost-text when switching tabs with scrollback active (macOS only)
  • FIX: window-order got corrupted/locked when creating an icon-shortcut from host directory entry (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.23.1 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • FIX: password prompts were skipped when ssh-option 'show prompts in terminal' was set (regression 7.22.1)

New in ZOC 7.23.0 (Mar 14, 2019)

  • NEW: now based on openssh 7.5
  • NEW: better TN3270 and TN5250 script recording (special keys will now show as ZocSendEmulationKey calls)
  • FIX: TN3270 sessions stalled when ZOC accepted a DDE connections during the session
  • FIX: vt220 DECSET was broken when multiple parameters were sent in one sequence
  • FIX: could not run under Windows XP/2003 (regression from v7.22.7, Windows only)
  • FIX: REXX event scripts (zocevent.zrx, zocxfer.zrx) could not issue ADDRESS CMD commands
  • FIX: documentation issues with REXX event scripts (zocevent.zrx, zocxfer.zrx)

New in ZOC 7.22.7 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • CHG: hostnames in quick connection and host directory can now be up to 128 characters long
  • FIX: garbage characters from xterm termcap query shown during VI sessions

New in ZOC 7.22.6 (Feb 14, 2019)

  • CHG: ANSI emulation now replies to primary DA request with a "44;206" number to identify ZOC
  • CHG: ANSI emulation now replies to secondary DA request with "206;versionnumberstring;1" to identify ZOC
  • CHG: XTERM/VTxx emulations now repliy to secondary DA request with "model;206;0" to identify ZOC
  • FIX: failed to start under macOS 10.10 Yosemity (macOS only)
  • FIX: ANSI transparent printing wasn't really transparent
  • FIX: load default session profile if the session profile referenced in a host directory entry does not exist
  • FIX: single line based clipboard mark and paste did not work when alternate mark mode was enabled
  • FIX: incorrect error message when telnet-bind failed

New in ZOC 7.22.5 (Feb 5, 2019)

  • FIX: resizing problem when doing an TN3270 connection on some dual-monitor systems
  • FIX: flashing in tack test works in VTxxx/XTERM emulations
  • FIX: VT520 and XTERM now support HPA/HPR sequences

New in ZOC 7.22.4 (Jan 15, 2019)

  • FIX: possible assert message and crash when rewrapping screen content during resize
  • FIX: incorrect error message on SSH connections when connection was refused (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.22.3 (Dec 20, 2018)

  • FIX: could not set terminal to 24-lines when Wyse emulation was active and free sizing was allowed
  • FIX: remote host used incorrect terminal size when Wyse or TVI emulation with status line was used
  • FIX: for ssh-sessions zoc-agent did not forward SSH keys if they werre in cert-format
  • FIX: TN3270 paste-continue sometimes continued at wrong point and sent part of data twice
  • FIX: problem when switching between tabs which had different keyboard profiles
  • FIX: auto-highlight and auto-action didn't work when connection was made from REXX script
  • FIX: TVI950 crashed during the 'tack' test (using insert mode in some situations)
  • FIX: dragging a tab to other window did reset online-timer

New in ZOC 7.22.2 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • FIX: possible crash when aborting SSH connect
  • FIX: phonebook sometimes openend with a blank page
  • FIX: could not send ^U character (Windows only)

New in ZOC 7.22.1 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • FIX: Zmodem ignored received filemod time (showing "Received weird timestamp" instead)
  • FIX: kermit upload/download crashed with zero length files
  • FIX: Ctrl+Shift+6 didn't send the Cisco break (Ctrl+^, Hex 1E)
  • FIX: ZocSessionTab("CLOSETAB") did not work
  • FIX: empty userbar folders always showed one (wrong) entry
  • FIX: telnet did show wrong IP for incoming connections
  • FIX: skipping a kermit download crashed when receiving from an old kermit implementation
  • FIX: possible crash when starting fixed (huge number of user buttons)
  • FIX: better handling of ssh-keys in openssh-format
  • FIX: options menu jump to "File Handling" did not work
  • FIX: save-as button in the quick-connect dialog was sometimes incorrectly disabled
  • FIX: ssh password prompts in terminal was broken (macOS only)
  • FIX: Session Options dialog crash under Retina resolution fixed (macOS only)
  • FIX: data-stream-viewer scroll bug under Retina resolution fixed (macOS only)
  • FIX: data-stream-viewer now handles tab characters correctly
  • FIX: IP4 addresses sometimes incorrectly resolved

New in ZOC 7.22.0 (Dec 5, 2018)

  • NEW: now based on OpenSSH v7.4
  • NEW: kermit transfer now supports skipping files (e.g. if receiver reports file-collision)
  • NEW: output/scroll speed improvement (e.g. on Linux "ls -R" command)
  • NEW: ZOC can be selected as the Windows default application for ssh and telnet url connections (Windows)
  • NEW: can close tab by clicking it using middle mouse button
  • CGH: Wyse emulation Ins key now reverts back to insert-mode (from insert-1char, undo change from v7.20.2)
  • CGH: ssh now also accepts RSA keys generated by SecureNetTerm (which have different key header)
  • FIX: bug with user-buttons when trying to add a new entry inside a folder
  • FIX: possible internal-error message when connection to a serial port failed
  • FIX: too few screen updates when processing huge amounts of screen data (macOS ony)
  • FIX: clear command inside a tmux session sometimes did not clear screen correctly
  • FIX: heavy scrolling looked weird, when scroll-jumps option was set to "kangaroo" (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.21.2 (Nov 1, 2018)

  • CHG: Ctrl+= now also zooms font
  • CHG: user button max length increased
  • CHG: host directory memo/info field max length increased
  • FIX: the session timer stopped when dragging a tab onto the desktop (and thus into its own window)
  • FIX: possible growth in memory usage when leaving a connected session unattended (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.21.1 (Oct 17, 2018)

  • CHG: increased write timeouts for serial communication
  • CHG: xterm now supports switch to 132 columns, reports itself as vt220 featured
  • FIX: Cmd+C did not work in datastream browser (macOS only)
  • FIX: for drag-drop uploads via SCP, the delete-file-after-transfer checkmark did not work
  • FIX: printer dialog crashed when opened a second time on Mojave (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.21.0 (Oct 15, 2018)

  • NEW: now based on OpenSSH v7.3
  • NEW: session profile > window > option to show/hide logging
  • FIX: font selection dialog crashed after selecting a different font (macOS only)
  • FIX: possible crash in Avatar0+ emulation (when receiving malformed scroll region)

New in ZOC 7.20.4 (Oct 15, 2018)

  • FIX: quirk where VT emulation sometimes did not switch back to 80 columns from 132 columns
  • FIX: could not type some alt-combinations, e.g. alt+shift+4 for british-pound sign (macOS only)
  • FIX: in VT emulations, if alt-as-meta was enabled, alt+ctrl-combinations were not sent (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.20.3 (Aug 27, 2018)

  • CHG: if middle or right mouse button is set to extend selection, then shift-left-mouse doesn't extend anymore
  • FIX: in vt/xterm/linux emulations "Alt as Meta key" option was broken (macOS only)
  • FIX: various issues with xterm emulation and remote mouse aware programs (like VI with se mouse=a active)
  • FIX: bug in TN3270 when inserting a character at the last position of a line in ISPF editor
  • FIX: host directory entries in File-menu did not work

New in ZOC 7.20.2 (Aug 13, 2018)

  • FIX: ssh.exe crashed when called with no parameters
  • FIX: sent wrong codes for F-keys when vt100/vt220/xterm/etc was switched to 8-bit mode
  • FIX: printer setting was sometimes empty when changing languages
  • FIX: inconsistent character width with some fonts and sizes (e.g. Consolas 11x24)
  • FIX: agent-forwarding did not work without saved passphrase
  • FIX: emulation xterm: visual mouse marking did not fully work in VIM
  • FIX: emulation xterm: problem parsing 256-color sequences
  • FIX: emulation Wyse 50: ignored F9-F12
  • FIX: emulation Wyse: did not send key Ins and Del correctly

New in ZOC 7.20.0 (Jul 17, 2018)

  • NEW: scrollable thumbnail views
  • NEW: session profile > colors > global color table: better dialog
  • CHG: SSH now prefers ssh-rsa over ssh-dss for kex
  • FIX: send text file/send binary file did update dialog progress too often

New in ZOC 7.19.3 (Jul 9, 2018)

  • FIX: triple click in session window and scrollback was broken (macOS only)
  • FIX: SSH agent sometimes stalled after serving wave of agent requests
  • FIX: REXX command ZocDialog failed when a dropdown dialog element was longer than 250 bytes

New in ZOC 7.19.2 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • FIX: some keyboard shortcuts (e.g. for close-tab) were wrong or broken (regression 7.19.1, macOS only).

New in ZOC 7.19.1 (Jun 19, 2018)

  • FIX: VT emulations processed "esc % @" incorrectly
  • FIX: on areas that were invisible, mouse highlighting also became invisible
  • FIX: REXX ZocDeviceControl "SETDTR on/off" did set DTR signal incorrectly (inverse)

New in ZOC 7.19.0 (Jun 10, 2018)

  • NEW: now based on OpenSSH 7.2
  • NEW: Xterm now supports r-g-b color controls ( "esc [ 38 ; 2 ; ;; m" )
  • NEW: Xterm now understands VT520 cursor appearance controls ( "esc [ pn SP q" )
  • NEW: option in session profile > trace/debug to write hex-dump to data stream viewer
  • NEW: option in session profile > trace/debug to write ascii-trace to data stream viewer
  • NEW: option in session profile > trace/debug to choose format for ascii-trace
  • NEW: option in session profile > trace/debug to write low-level trace file (e.g. telnet with IAC)
  • FIX: unreadable error message when ssh host-key and ip changed

New in ZOC 7.18.4 (May 29, 2018)

  • CHG: shorter initial timeouts on Ymodem downloads
  • FIX: zoc-agent did not forward login key files in certificate format (keys signed with user CA)
  • FIX: 3270 and 5250 function keys did not work when used together with the cmd key (macOS only)
  • FIX: dragging a tab onto a monitor on the left side of the main monitor created window with wrong size

New in ZOC 7.18.3 (May 11, 2018)

  • FIX: problem connecting to serial ports (regression from 7.18.2)

New in ZOC 7.18.2 (May 7, 2018)

  • FIX: in host directory the enter-key did not go into folders
  • FIX: in host directory the alt+right/left jumped two tabs instead of one (macOS only)
  • FIX: could not use the "C64 Pro Mono" font (those were the days!) (macOS only)
  • FIX: problem with concurrent telnet connections when a bind-address with IP was given
  • FIX: serial settings were ignored when connecting to a com port with colon appended (e.g. "COM1:")
  • FIX: problem on systems with multiple monitors that had different dpi settings (e.g. 4K, Windows only)

New in ZOC 7.18.0 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • NEW: font zooming (ctrl+plus/minus keys or ctrl+mousewheel)
  • NEW: the scan button to search serial ports, list now shows user friendly names for COM ports
  • NEW: can now stop a script by clicking on the word "REXX" in the status bar
  • NEW: REXX command ZocSessionTab now has new sub-command "ISCONNECTED"
  • NEW: can now stop script-recording by clicking on the word "Recording" in the status bar
  • NEW: option in program settings > mouse to define word delimiters for double click
  • NEW: allows half-screen placement (Windows only)
  • NEW: option for TN3270 to allow entry of alpha characters in numeric fields
  • NEW: option in session profile > window to show/hide the logfile in the status bar

New in ZOC 7.17.7 (Mar 15, 2018)

  • FIX: right-clicking multiple selected address book entries did remove selection (macOS only)
  • FIX: right-click on tab -> "reconnect all disconnected tabs" did not work (macOS only)
  • FIX: right-click on tab -> "send-to-all-tabs did not work" (macOS only)
  • FIX: VTxxx emulations did not home cursor when switching DECOM mode
  • FIX: VTxxx emulations DECSC/DECRC sequence quirks with active DECOM mode
  • FIX: VTxxx emulations DSR sequence did not report relative cursor position when DECOM was active
  • FIX: possible crash when reordering user buttons that had lots of text in them

New in ZOC 7.17.6 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • FIX: possible crash when running an empty REXX script
  • FIX: Wyse/Televideo box-drawing sequences were broken
  • FIX: host directory import function was broken (macOS only)
  • FIX: cmd+1 to cmd+n shortcuts did not switch tabs in 3270 and 5250 (macOS only)
  • FIX: Televideo 955 did not correctly reset character attributes when receiving ^Z
  • FIX: window did sometimes jump when an emulation changed the number of rows/columns

New in ZOC 7.17.5 (Feb 21, 2018)

  • CHG: tabs-thumbnail view now shows disconnected tabs with gray title
  • CHG: can now execute REXX script, that were saved by Notepad in UTF8 format (starting with BOM character)
  • CHG: some entries added to tab's right-click menu (close all disconnected, etc.)
  • CHG: right-click menu on statusbar redesigned (removed program setttings, added 'configure...')
  • FIX: some REXX calls for ZocCommand gave an error message although there was no error
  • FIX: TN3270 home key did not go to the first input field, if that field was in row1/col2
  • FIX: opening a session with VT220 after a session with TN3270 sometimes resulted in wrong foreground color

New in ZOC 7.17.4 (Feb 8, 2018)

  • CHG: REXX dialogs now show up with input focus on the first suitable field
  • CHG: some fonts with enforced ligatures (e.g. Ayuthaya) no longer offered (macOS only)
  • FIX: mouse whell scrolling did not work in Alt-B scrollback browser
  • FIX: ssh agent forwarding did not work when connecting through a ssh-jumpserver
  • FIX: serial connections were not terminated when the usb/serial plug was removed

New in ZOC 7.17.3 (Jan 25, 2018)

  • FIX: possible screen corruption in TN3270 when session profile > terminal > CR/LF option was active
  • FIX: possible assert error when initiating a TN3270 session that used different session profile
  • FIX: quirk when loading session profile that resized terminal and switched to TN3270
  • FIX: switching tabs while the internal scrollback buffer was visible did not hide the scrollback buffer view

New in ZOC 7.17.2 (Jan 12, 2018)

  • FIX: possible crash when opening another instance through double click on the progam icon (Windows only)
  • NEW: REXX command ZocDialog now has a new element RADIOBUTTON
  • NEW: REXX command ZocDialog now has a new element EDITPASSWORD (hidden input field)
  • NEW: REXX command ZocDialog can now set CHECKBOX items initially active (checked)

New in ZOC 7.17.0 (Jan 10, 2018)

  • NEW: Alt+A toggles the "Send to all" checkmark in Local Typing
  • NEW: program settings > folder > log can now contain placeholders for date/time (like logfile names)
  • NEW: dropping rexx script (*.zrx) file into terminal area will start the script
  • NEW: performance optimization when scrolling in data-stream-viewer (Alt+B)
  • NEW: option in session profile > auto-highlight to search for trigger text in non case-sensitive mode
  • NEW: option in session profile > auto-highlight to search for trigger text with placeholders
  • NEW: REXX command ZocGetScreen now has a few abbreviations: "ALL", "LEFTOFCURSOR", "CURRENTLINE"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocSetHostEntry now accepts parameter "##NEW##" to create a new entry
  • NEW: REXX command ZocCommand now has new sub-command "SAVESESSIONPROFILE"
  • NEW: REXX command ZocString has new sub-commands "TAB" and "TABCOUNT"
  • NEW: debug hex-mode now visually highlights control characters on screen
  • NEW: debug hex-mode now displays graphical representation of control characters (e.g. HT for 08)
  • NEW: Wyse emulation now renders all graphics and control characters (e.g. in wyse debug mode)

New in ZOC 7.16.4 (Jan 3, 2018)

  • FIX: possible loss of keyboard focus (macOS only)
  • FIX: possible crash when switching tabs (macOS only)
  • FIX: could not type $ sign on Swedish keyboard (macOS only)
  • FIX: in SSH auth via keyboard-interactive, the password field did not have focus (macOS only)
  • FIX: problem when providing preconfigured ValuesMain.zini file in newuserprofile (Windows only)

New in ZOC 7.16.3 (Dec 12, 2017)

  • FIX: ESC key did not close dialogs (macOS only)
  • FIX: middle mouse button did not work (macOS only)
  • FIX: possible crash when opening a new session/tab (macOS only)
  • FIX: keyboard shortcut Alt+Cmd+C did not close local typing (macOS only)
  • FIX: shifted keys appeared unshifted when caps lock was enabled (macOS only)
  • FIX: when activating local-typing, the entry field did not have input focus (macOS only)
  • FIX: quirk when interpreting the command for a printer post processor (macOS only)
  • FIX: when starting with TN3270 emulation active, the 3270 status line was b/w
  • FIX: host-director or quick-connect was shown on startup even if disabled in admin.ini

New in ZOC 7.16.2 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • FIX: user keyboard mappings that performed menu functions did not work (macOS only)
  • FIX: scroll wheel now scrolls more smoothly (macOS only)
  • FIX: quirk when custom newuserprofile contains a ValuesMain.zini file
  • CHG: right-click on a tab now shows "Local typing" or "Send to all tabs" entry in a less confusing way
  • CHG: marking/copying a line with triple-click now puts final CR/LF into clipboard
  • CHG: better screen updates whne resizing ZOC window while running Linux "top" in local shell

New in ZOC 7.16.1 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • FIX: checkbox for option to use enter-key to reconnect after a disconnect was missing
  • FIX: telnet/ssl advanced options reverted back to default when session profile was saved
  • FIX: selecting session profile > transfer > kermit crashed (macOS only)
  • CHG: removed telnet option for SGA negotiation because SGA is telnet mandatory anyway
  • CHG: minimum required version now macOS 10.7 Lion (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.16.0 (Nov 14, 2017)

  • NEW: option in program settings > disconnect to use enter-key to reconnect after a disconnect
  • NEW: mouse buttons (middle/right) can now be configured to extend selection
  • NEW: mouse buttons option to send Enter on left mouse button double-click
  • NEW: performance improvements for SCP uploads over LAN and fast networks
  • NEW: performance improvements for Zmodem file transfer
  • NEW: telnet/SSL now also allows to set advanced telnet options (e.g. CR conversion)
  • NEW: xterm emulation now also handles bracketed paste mode ( ESC [ ? 2004 l/h )
  • NEW: added "send-to-all-tabs" (local typing) to right-click menu on tabs bar
  • NEW: support for codepage 949 (Korean)
  • CHG: macOS version now based on Cocoa-64-Bit (macOS only)
  • CHG: ssh connections now transmit zoc-version in ssh client string
  • CHG: shift+backspace added as alternative for insert key on TN3270 and TN5250
  • FIX: on newer MacBook Pro, the Options > Keyboard Profiles dialog showed wrong keyboard (macOS only)
  • FIX: quirk with Reconnect function on host directory entries configured to open new window
  • FIX: better detection of keyboard type (large/small) for keyboard-profiles dialog (macOS only)

New in ZOC 7.15.6 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • FIX: most dialog fonts were botched (regression from 7.15.5, Windows only)

New in ZOC 7.15.5 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • CHG: max number of tabs increased to 256
  • FIX: possible crash receiving malformed vt220 sequence
  • FIX: screen refresh problem with vt220 "esc 8" sequence
  • FIX: sometimes screen updates with blinking text were ignored
  • FIX: some dialog elements were clipped

New in ZOC 7.15.4 (Sep 13, 2017)

  • FIX: text sending delay was not used when pasting clipboard with length of exactly two characters
  • FIX: dde-execute requests from some dde client applications failed (Windows only)
  • FIX: sometimes sent bad reply in response to dde-requests with CF_UNICODETEXT format (Windows only)

New in ZOC 7.15.3 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • CHG: host directory folders now can have longer names (up to 64 chars)
  • FIX: changing emulation options via session profile sometimes did not immediately take effect
  • FIX: screen corruption problem using nano on CentOS with xterm emulation

New in ZOC 7.15.2 (Jul 25, 2017)

  • FIX: could not swich tabs via Alt+1-9 when caps-lock was on
  • FIX: opening of host directory with many entry had unnecessary delay
  • FIX: sorting on last column in host directory sorts "xxx connections" in correct numeric order
  • FIX: in rare combination of settings, font size was ignored when loading another session profile
  • FIX: password field was ignored when importing host directory entries from CSV-file

New in ZOC 7.15.1 (Jul 11, 2017)

  • FIX: backspace in ANSI emulation moved cursor to the right instead of left
  • FIX: possible assert-error message when editing user buttons

New in ZOC 7.15.0 (Jul 4, 2017)

  • NEW: now displays hollow cursor when window loses focus
  • NEW: functions to import/export a full configuration with all settings
  • NEW: admin.ini option CleanRegistryAtExit to delete registry for portable installations
  • NEW: SSH can now designate remote subsystem (equivalent to 'openssh ... -s subsys')
  • NEW: can press alt+enter in the local-typing line now doesn't send final cr/lf
  • NEW: telnet can now connect through SOCKS5 proxy with authentication
  • NEW: TN3270 now has mappable keys MoveNextWord and MovePrevWord
  • NEW: REXX new command ZocSetCursorPos (move cusor on TN3270 emulation screen)
  • NEW: option for Kermit to send 'kermit -r' command to remote shell before upload
  • NEW: DEC-like keyboard shortcuts to send control characters (Ctrl+2 through Ctrl+8)
  • NEW: send text/binary file now allows change of send delay during transfer
  • NEW: serial/direct more robust in situations with ambigous connect destination
  • NEW: data-stream-viewer now auto-scrolls when viewing end of data while new data arrives
  • CHG: REXX ZocConnect command no longer interprets control characters in the connect string
  • CHG: VT100/VT102 no longer accepts set/reset-mode-commands from VT220 (e.g. show/hide cursor)
  • CHG: ssh no longer translates terminal types to lowercase
  • FIX: problem copying text from TN3270 screen, when option to show null characters was enabled
  • FIX: problem with setting communication options for host directory entries in some rare cases
  • FIX: problem with Wyse emulation and caps-lock for some keys (regression from 7.14.2, Mac OS only)

New in ZOC 7.14.5 (Jun 14, 2017)

  • FIX: transmission errors occurred when uploading larger files via zmodem
  • FIX: ssh connections with jumpserver proxy as user:pass@proxy:port did not use proxy password
  • FIX: better error messages on failed HTTP proxy connects

New in ZOC 7.14.4 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • CHG: telnet option start-with-local-echo now only turns echo on (but will not turn it off, if not set)
  • FIX: program did not recognize some fixed-width fonts as suitable for ZOC (Windows only)
  • FIX: TN3270 problem with rare combination of field attributes (modified, cs=APL)
  • FIX: TN3270 did not shox small-box character in narrow fonts
  • FIX: various quirks in TVI and Wyse emulations (tab, backtab, wrapping at screen borders, etc.)
  • FIX: problem with scrolling when accessing ZOC through remote desktop from a Mac
  • FIX: possible crash with extreme key repeat speeds

New in ZOC 7.14.3 (May 22, 2017)

  • FIX: view > data stream buffer > save/load/editor was broken (regression from 7.14.2)
  • FIX: incorrect handling of REXX command ZocDelay when no duration parameter was given
  • FIX: minor issues when dragging tabs from one window into another
  • FIX: tn3270 field-mark function did not work correctly

New in ZOC 7.14.2 (May 11, 2017)

  • CHG: TN3270 dynamic terminal now defaults to 160x62
  • FIX: possible crash when sending binary file to terminal output (e.g. via linux cat)
  • FIX: problem when importing user buttons from one session profile into another
  • FIX: vt220 did not reply to primary DA request (regression from 7.13.2)
  • FIX: auto-highlight feature was broken (regression from 7.13.1)

New in ZOC 7.14.1 (May 4, 2017)

  • CHG: default cursor blink rate now 500ms
  • FIX: starting VI on some systems turned local echo on

New in ZOC 7.14.0 (May 3, 2017)

  • NEW: host directory with unlimited size (no longer requires change of admin.ini)
  • NEW: host directory folder names can now contain unicode characters
  • NEW: REXX ZocMath function has new subfunctions: BITAND, BITOR, BITXOR
  • NEW: REXX DeviceControl new commands for serial connections: SETRTS and SETDTR
  • NEW: serial/direct now also shows vendor/product names for serial ports (macOS only)
  • NEW: serial/direct better handling of connections (bad desination parameters, e.g. 'localhos')
  • NEW: program settings option to allow/prevent window title change via xterm emulation
  • NEW: program settings option "clear selection after clipboard-copy"
  • NEW: performance improvements for SCP uploads over LAN and fast networks
  • NEW: telnet/ssl now shows tls version in status bar
  • CHG: xterm emulation now defaults to xterm-256color
  • CHG: now allows ctrl+tab to switch between tabs when in local-typing
  • CHG: file transfer progress bar now has a more flat look on modern operating systems
  • CHG: no longer offers ssh kex method [email protected] (problems with some older hardware)
  • CHG: stream-capture-viewer now called data-stream-viewer (in View menu)
  • FIX: various minor quirks with data-stream-viewer, e.g. scrollbar not always updating, etc.
  • FIX: copying text to clipboard via ^C copied the text twice when auto-copy option was enabled
  • FIX: in tn3270 emulation copy paste via ^C and ^V was ignored
  • FIX: command line parameter /O: was sometimes ignored when passed together with /TABBED
  • FIX: tn3270 emulation problem when running Omegamon on the host
  • FIX: error message (assert) when using ssh-keygen from File menu
  • FIX: ssh keepalive options did set only TCP-KEEPALIVE but did not send null-packets

New in ZOC 7.13.3 (Apr 27, 2017)

  • FIX: on very first start after install, a message box with "0" popped up

New in ZOC 7.13.2 (Apr 25, 2017)

  • CHG: speed improvements when selecting/copying hundreds of host directory entries (ctrl+a)
  • CHG: VT220 emulation now defaults to original DEC f-keys
  • FIX: VT220 emulation skipped the next sequence when receiving ESC[~
  • FIX: VT220 alt-as-metakey option could not be set
  • FIX: possible crash after failed or aborted SSH connection attempts
  • FIX: port setting for proxy in ssh connections was ignored
  • FIX: keyboard quirks with ctrl-combinations (e.g. Ctrl+] did not work on UK/US keyboards)
  • FIX: problem with host directory font in configurations shared between Windows and macOS
  • FIX: modem connect attempts with unknown COM port sometimes blocked further input
  • FIX: local typing sometimes sent functional keys (e.g. ^C / Copy) to terminal

New in ZOC 7.13.1 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • CHG: logfile name will get session name for ^+ placeholder earlier (beginning with connection attempt)
  • CHG: right-click in terminal now shows edit-menu (copy/paste/etc)
  • CHG: traffic indication for background tabs will now fade out slowly from red to black
  • FIX: emulation Wyse now correctly converts input to 7-bit
  • FIX: autostarted file transfer via Zmodem while Xmodem was selected did not work
  • FIX: control characters (e.g. Ctrl+P) were sent twice when pressed with Shift
  • FIX: extending selection via shift-click sometimes modified the wrong end
  • FIX: incorrect error message when ssh private-key was stored in unknown format
  • FIX: when scrolling back, right and middle mouse button did not perform configured action
  • FIX: some keyboard combinations with ctrl (e.g. ctrl+Pos1 or ctrl-numpad) could not be remapped
  • FIX: some TVI emulation sequences were not processed correctly (text to statusline, end printing)

New in ZOC 7.13.0 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • NEW: SSH now based on OpenSSH 7.0
  • NEW: SSH can now use keys from putty-agent (Windows only)
  • NEW: SSH can now use keys from ssh-agent (macOS only)
  • NEW: SSH select cipher chacha-poly20 as explicit cipher for connection
  • NEW: SSH option to show debug messages
  • NEW: TVI emulation now also handles sub-type TVI-955
  • NEW: now supports codepage 850 (session profile > layout)
  • NEW: TN3270 option to move cursor after paste
  • NEW: REXX can now use ZocWait to wait for text bits appearing in TN3270 screen
  • NEW: xterm now correctly supports esc[2m (attrib clear highlight)
  • NEW: option to ignore digits in Alt-key-as-Meta-key handling (allows quick tab switching via Alt-1, etc.)
  • NEW: commandline option /FORCEASIANFONTS and /FORCENOASIANFONTS
  • NEW: slightly quicker startup and tab-creation
  • CHG: re-enabled "diffie-hellman-group1-sha1" as ssh kex method of last resort (undo change from v7.12.3)
  • CHG: reverted default behavior to Alt=Meta (digits not being ignored, undo change from v7.12.3)
  • CHG: no longer offering Asian fonts when system language is English or German
  • FIX: possible crash with malformed TVI-950 sequence
  • FIX: ssh login message reported RSA login keys as DSA
  • FIX: when opening additional windows from the taskbar, the new window opened in background (Windows only)

New in ZOC 7.12.3 (Mar 28, 2017)

  • CHG: Xterm emulation no longer interprets DECCOLM sequence
  • CHG: VT220/Xterm/etc emulations 'Alt key as Meta key' option no longer blocks Alt+1 to Alt9
  • CHG: VT220/Xterm/etc emulations with 'Alt key as Meta key' enabled, esc is no longer sent twice
  • CHG: local typing is now no longer a session-profile setting (enable/disable from View menu)
  • FIX: could not enter passwords that contained unicode (non-latin-1) characters
  • FIX: could not select ssh cipher chacha-poly20 as explicit cipher for connection
  • FIX: clicking into local-typing box, sometimes started text selection in terminal
  • FIX: soft-shift-lock option (Session Profile > Terminal) was broken (macOS only)
  • FIX: support-id from some legacy licenses was not shown in product information window
  • FIX: action "map as nothing" (e.g. in keyboard profiles) did send garbage text instead
  • FIX: ssh login message reported RSA login keys as ED25519
  • FIX: agent forwarding did not work with ECDSA and ED25519 keys
  • FIX: new window through icon click did open in the background when a window was already open
  • FIX: tab title was sometimes not correctly updates on 2nd connection

New in ZOC 7.12.2 (Mar 1, 2017)

  • CHG: some values that were stored in registry/plist are now stored in files (OptionsValues*.zini)
  • FIX: color descriptions in auto-highlight page (session profile) were swapped
  • FIX: command line parameter /TITLE: was ignored in most cases
  • FIX: possible crash on SSH password entry (^C with non-popup password prompts)
  • FIX: xterm emulation support for aixterm colors ( esc[90m etc.) was broken
  • FIX: REXX ZocUpload "ASCII" command didn't interpret numeric parameters correctly
  • FIX: quirky behavior when showing/hiding the Local Typing field via menu

New in ZOC 7.12.1 (Feb 8, 2017)

  • FIX: Wy-50 did not correctly support modes with page or line attribs
  • FIX: SSH agent forwarding was broken (again)

New in ZOC 7.12.0 (Feb 1, 2017)

  • NEW: SSH now basedon OpenSSH 6.8
  • NEW: SSH proxy type "jumpserver"
  • NEW: SSH can now create ECDSA and ED25519 keys from key-gen dialog (File-menu > Generate Key)
  • NEW: SSH now offers command line ssh-keygen.exe in c:program...zoc7 (Windows only)
  • NEW: auto-highlight now offers blinking and underline
  • NEW: telnet/SSL now supports client certificates
  • NEW: Local Shell option to set/not set LCTYPE=UTF-8 (macOS only)
  • NEW: option to limit GUI to TN3270-relevant features (program settings > features)
  • NEW: option to let mouse wheel move cursor (program settings > mouse)
  • NEW: increased max number of host directory sections (now 100)
  • FIX: under obscure conditions TN3270 sometimes did not show host's welcome screen
  • FIX: internal error message was shown when adding more host directory sections than supported

New in ZOC 7.11.3 (Jan 25, 2017)

  • CHG: help window no longer forced on top of main window (Windows only)
  • CHG: cosmetic changes in SSH dialogs (e.g. tunnel profile manager)
  • FIX: ssh-agent forwarding was broken

New in ZOC 7.11.2 (Jan 10, 2017)

  • CHG: changed internal behavior of ZocDelay REXX command to allow shorter delays
  • CHG: TN3270 options reorganized (some were moved to "advanced")
  • CHG: TN3270 now defaults to rectangular text selection (use alt-key to switch to stream)
  • CHG: TN3270 now ignores session profile layout mode that would change number of rows/columns
  • CHG: TN3270 now shows terminal border color in TN3270 background color (not session profile bgnd color)
  • CHG: terminal border (program settings > window) no longer shown in maximized window
  • CHG: text selection (via mouse) can now also be initiated by clicking on the terminal border

New in ZOC 7.11.1 (Dec 7, 2016)

  • FIX: quirk in tn3270 paste-continue function (sometimes leading spaces where lost)
  • FIX: possible crash when opening session profile (Mac OS X only)

New in ZOC 7.11.0 (Dec 5, 2016)

  • NEW: SSH now supports id_ed25519 keys
  • NEW: SSH now also able to connect via http proxies (e.g. squid)
  • NEW: SSH now also able to connect via socks5 proxies (e.g. web-anonymizers)
  • NEW: function to continue pasting when last pasting was blocked (TN3270 only)
  • NEW: rexx command zocgetinfo now can retrieve CURRENTLOGFILENAMEANDPATH
  • CHG: removed some obscure and outdated clipboard options and functions (e.g. quoted pasting)
  • FIX: commandline parameter for window position was sometimes ignored

New in ZOC 7.10.4 (Nov 23, 2016)

  • CHG: will no longer load standard session profile after failed connect attempts
  • FIX: quirk with button order when editing user button inside userbar folder
  • FIX: problem importing entries from host directory files with many folders
  • FIX: situation where OK button didn't appear after Zmodem receive from buggy senders
  • FIX: possible crash with complex folder structures in host directory

New in ZOC 7.10.3 (Nov 11, 2016)

  • FIX: fixed font size and host directory entries on first install
  • FIX: visual quirk when editing user buttons via right-click
  • CHG: clipboard copy now smarter with regard to line-endings and trailing space

New in ZOC 7.10.2 (Nov 7, 2016)

  • NEW: ssh now supports id_ed25519 keys
  • FIX: possible crash after ssh session (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: ssh X11 forwarding was broken (Mac OS X Sierra only)
  • FIX: program settings > mouse > wheel speed setting had no effect (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: quirk when sharing configuration files between Windows and macOS

New in ZOC 7.10.1 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • FIX: possible assert message when starting.

New in ZOC 7.10.0 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • NEW: kermit file transfer now supports RLE compression
  • NEW: ssh now based on openssh 6.6
  • NEW: REXX command ZocGetInfo now has subcommand "OWNIP" (returns computer's IP4 address)
  • NEW: REXX command ZocGetInfo now has subcommand "CURRENTDEVICE" (returns active communication method)
  • NEW: REXX command ZocGetInfo now has subcommand "CURRENTEMULATION" (returns active emulation)
  • NEW: REXX command ZocFilename now has subcommand WRITEACCESS
  • NEW: REXX command ZocString now has subcommands MIME-ENCODE and MIME-DECODE
  • CHG: dimming of colors in scrollback on black background now more subtle
  • FIX: some file transfers could not be aborted (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible assert-error message when connecting many entries at once
  • FIX: clicking an URL sometimes left a marked cell on screen
  • FIX: possible crash during kermit transfer (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible crash during TN5250 session

New in ZOC 7.09.5 (Oct 14, 2016)

  • FIX: ssh connect through proxy was broken in 7.09.4.

New in ZOC 7.09.4 (Oct 14, 2016)

  • FIX: possible crash after file transfer
  • FIX: possible crash in sshsession.exe after ssh connect failed

New in ZOC 7.09.3 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • FIX: recording host directory autologin sometimes recorded junk
  • FIX: kermit file transfer problem when custom quote character was chosen
  • FIX: possible crash when setting user buttons to very long values
  • FIX: quirk in ansi emulation (reverse-off sequence)
  • FIX: kermit session negotiation quirks

New in ZOC 7.09.2 (Sep 16, 2016)

  • NEW: button to clear Quick-Connect history (program settings > quick connect)
  • FIX: REXX could not read back the choice from dropdown lists in ZocDialog command
  • FIX: history in Quick-Connect dialog was still limited to eight items
  • FIX: problem with ansi emulation (esc[K sometimes used the wrong color to clear the area)
  • FIX: ssh password prompt was not preset with username

New in ZOC 7.09.0 (Aug 9, 2016)

  • NEW: option to disable hyperlink/URLs highlighting (session profile > terminal)
  • NEW: option to allow use of control codes in local typing line (session profile > advanced)
  • NEW: option for max number of history entries in quick-connect dialog (program settings > quick connect)
  • NEW: on MacBook now shows keyboard profile dialog that matches the actual keyboard layout (Mac OS X only)
  • NEW: macro %TABNAME% for use in print header (program settings > printer)
  • NEW: button to show logfiles folder in session profile > debug/trace
  • CHG: local typing now defaults to not interpret control characters (e.g. ^A or ^^)
  • CHG: ssh now based on openssh 6.4
  • FIX: ^-key on Mac keyboard could not be remapped (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: quirk in ANSI BBS emulation, sometimes showing wrong characters in the last column
  • FIX: bbs login via IEMSI was broken or crashed in some cases

New in ZOC 7.08.1 (Jul 20, 2016)

  • CHG: now allows longer "DisabledMenuItems" setting in admin.ini
  • FIX: quirk with lognames containing "^+" placeholder

New in ZOC 7.08.0 (Jun 20, 2016)

  • NEW: TN3270 option to use Ctrl-X to cut text from screen
  • NEW: ssh advanced options window now offers more ciphers for explicit selection
  • NEW: telnet advanced option to control CR/LF conversion
  • NEW: function to import user buttons from other session profiles
  • NEW: xterm now supports mouse reporting mode 1006 (SGR style)
  • NEW: new option to create new logfiles when placeholders for its filename change
  • NEW: now supports Hebrew code page (CP 1255)
  • CHG: with xterm window and icion title sequences, icon-title now takes precedence when naming tabs
  • CHG: telnet internal CR/LF conversion handling (this may break some borderline use cases)
  • FIX: connecting to a host from host directory while recording REXX script resulted in broken script
  • FIX: keyboard remapping was broken (Windows only)

New in ZOC 7.07.5 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • FIX: better handling of dpi-scaled displays (Windows only)
  • FIX: possible crash when stopping REXX script while scripts running in other tabs
  • FIX: problem when creating a new user-button inside a user-buttons folder
  • FIX: quirks with translation of CR character through telnet
  • FIX: keyboard doorway mode was broken

New in ZOC 7.07.4 (May 3, 2016)

  • NEW: now supports Hebrew code page (CP 1255)
  • FIX: unnecessary delay at startup when checking for updates was disabled
  • FIX: scanning for serial ports did not detect port above COM9

New in ZOC 7.07.3 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • FIX: right clicking on host directory section tab, opened options instead of sections dialog
  • FIX: host directory import could exceed max number of host directory sections
  • FIX: possible crash when path to file for Save-Screen function was too long
  • FIX: possible login problems with SSH when password contained unicode characters
  • FIX: file transfer file-size and time-remaining was wrong for files > 4GB
  • FIX: possible login problem when SSH-password contained unicode characters

New in ZOC 7.07.2 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • CHG: when right-mouse is set to send enter, the cursor will be moved to the mouse location on TN3270/5250
  • CHG: REXX command ZocDialog now allows more dropdown lists and groupboxes

New in ZOC 7.07.1 (Dec 8, 2015)

  • FIX: DDE requests from tcl shell did not work
  • FIX: file transfer progress bar was not updated for background tabs
  • FIX: missing documentation about ssh pkcs#11 smart-card login

New in ZOC 7.07.0 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • NEW: now supports id_ecdsa (elliptic curve) key pairs for ssh public-key login
  • NEW: editing multiple host directory entries can now also change authfile setting
  • NEW: option to always choose destination printer (Program-Settings>Printer)
  • NEW: %USERNAME% macro in placeholder can now be part of the name (e.g. "USR_%USERNAME%")
  • NEW: commandline parameter /STANDALONE (Windows only)
  • NEW: check-now button in Program-Settings>Updates
  • NEW: pkcs#11 smart-card support for SSH
  • NEW: progress bar in taskbar symbol
  • NEW: SSH code now based on OpenSSH 6.2
  • FIX: possible crash when asking for ssh passphrase

New in ZOC 7.06.1 (Oct 17, 2015)

  • CHG: TN3270 alternate keyboard shortcut for Ins key is now Shift+Del
  • FIX: REXX ZocSetLogfileName did not work (the old ZocSetLogname did work though)
  • FIX: TN3270 did not buffer enter key when waiting for system reply
  • FIX: TN3270 LUNAME was not always passed to the remote system
  • FIX: crashed when closing with debug/trace hex-mode active
  • FIX: SCP sometimes stalled after transer

New in ZOC 7.06.0 (Sep 1, 2015)

  • NEW: better REXX recording of File-menu > Quick Connect (REXX commands now set correct options)
  • NEW: REXX recording now generates ZocSetSessionOption commands when user edits session profile
  • NEW: REXX recording now generates ZocSetProgramOption commands when user changes program settings
  • NEW: REXX command ZocFilename now has subcommand ISFOLDER
  • NEW: TN3270 IND$FILE transfer can now be initiated from REXX
  • FIX: xterm emulation now handles alt+left and alt+right key combination
  • FIX: some dialogs cut off when screen scaling changed
  • FIX: TVI9xx option to hide attributes did revert to off after setting it

New in ZOC 7.05.5 (Aug 21, 2015)

  • FIX: file transfer cancel button did not work
  • FIX: ZOC refused to start under Mac OS X El Capitan Beta (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: ZOC showed funny icon in lower right corner (Mac OS X only)

New in ZOC 7.05.4 (Aug 18, 2015)

  • FIX: keyboard mappings could not be undone in some situations
  • FIX: TN3270 screen problem when using terminal type with dynamic size

New in ZOC 7.05.3 (Aug 14, 2015)

  • FIX: sometimes had intermittend disconnects on some TN3270 hosts
  • FIX: better error messages when some startup confirguration files were missing
  • FIX: inconsistent marking when double clicking on a delimiting character (e.g. space)
  • FIX: dragging a tab to a new window sometimes reset session profile to standard
  • FIX: dragging a tab to a new window did reset the keymap profile to standard
  • FIX: TN3270 mouse click did not position cursor when click was on the last row

New in ZOC 7.05.2 (Jul 23, 2015)

  • CHG: all DLLs of the program are now also code signed (Windows only)
  • FIX: password prompt for SSH keyboard-interactive login was wrong
  • FIX: when login failed, ssh public key authentication was incorrectly reported as PKCS#11

New in ZOC 7.05.1 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • CHG: host directory settings (sections and options) are now two separate dialogs
  • CHG: xterm icon title request now changes tab title (requires option from program settings > tabs)
  • CHG: telnet also binds socket for outgoing connections to the IP address configured for incoming connections
  • FIX: double clicking two different words in short order resulted in a triple click

New in ZOC 7.05.0 (Jul 2, 2015)

  • NEW: new Telnet/SSL option to force connection using security protocol TLS 1.2
  • NEW: support for font codepage 1256/iso-8859-6 (ISO-8859-6 Latin-Arabic)
  • NEW: REXX command ZocNotify now has a parameter to control the duration
  • NEW: REXX command ZocSetEmulation now has an optional second parameter to control the initial settings
  • NEW: REXX command ZocMessageBox can now create line breaks using "^M" in message text
  • CHG: change in behavior and timeouts when software update checks fail
  • FIX: Telnet/SSL support for TLS 1.2 was broken (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible ASSERT error when opening Quick-Connect dialog
  • FIX: key combination Ctrl+V was ignored

New in ZOC 7.04.2 (Jun 24, 2015)

  • CHG: ssh now uses current version of openssl rather than the outdated version from the OS (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: import of SecureCRT host directory now also imports entries in subfolders
  • FIX: text in ssh keyboard-interactive prompt was sometimes cut off

New in ZOC 7.04.1 (Jun 1, 2015)

  • CHG: file-open and file-save-as dialogs now contain an all documents selector (Mac OS X only)
  • CHG: SCP file transfer now doesn't use 'q' option when calling remote 'scp' program
  • FIX: REXX command ZocSetSessionOption to change "ActiveDevice" didn't always work as expected
  • FIX: SSH X11 forwarding was broken (Mac OS X Yosemite only)

New in ZOC 7.04.0 (May 26, 2015)

  • NEW: option to copy/paste via Shift+Ctrl+C/V
  • NEW: option to delete stored passwords when last window is closed
  • NEW: option for dragging files onto the terminal window (Session Profile > Advanced)
  • NEW: REXX recording now creates ZocConnect command for File-menu > Quick Connect
  • FIX: problem using mouse clicks in Midnight Commander for linux
  • FIX: problem running on system with changed Windows desktop scheme (system font Segoe UI Semibold)
  • FIX: connecting to multiple hosts opened new tabs in semi random order (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible crash when editing host directory entries (long connect-to fields)
  • FIX: REXX ZocGetScreen command always returned at least 256 bytes of screen data
  • FIX: Options-menu>Session-Profile>Advanced menu entry did not work

New in ZOC 7.03.0 (May 18, 2015)

  • NEW: option to automatically check for updates (program settings)
  • NEW: TN5250 option for column separator (TN5250 options)
  • NEW: telnet option for terminal-speed (telnet options)
  • NEW: now remembers the window position of the Find-In-Scrollback dialog
  • CHG: more memory efficient storage of data in the scrollback buffer
  • FIX: could not open new window when any window had a dialog open (e.g. host directory or options)
  • FIX: possible problem initiating TN3270 connection (connect stalled with Hercules emulator)
  • FIX: options, profile, autohighlight menu entry did not work
  • FIX: creating new Auto-Highlight entry and then clicking Cancel, left an empty entry
  • FIX: editing Auto-Highlight entry failed (German only)

New in ZOC 7.02.1 (May 8, 2015)

  • FIX: VT100 didn't print characters from codes 128-160 in ASCII mode
  • FIX: visual glitches when using transparency and resizing window (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible crash when resizing window while in scrollback (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: problem logging with SSH to Debian, when password-prompts-in-terminal option was on
  • FIX: sometimes opened dialog windows in wrong position on multi-monitor desktops
  • FIX: calling zoc.exe with /TABBED opened a new tab and a new window
  • FIX: calling zoc.exe sometimes didn't find other process to open window in
  • FIX: error parsing ssh://-urls when a username was already given in the url-link
  • FIX: VT110, VT220 etc. didn't clear screen when receiving esc-c
  • FIX: possible crash when starting with /TABBED command

New in ZOC 7.02 (May 5, 2015)

  • NEW: easier to understand dialog to create/edit user buttons
  • NEW: should now allow to open more concurrent ssh sessions
  • CHG: keyboard shortcut for menu function 'Find Cursor' did not work
  • FIX: possible crashes after moving a tab to a new window and then closing the originating window
  • FIX: possible crash when typing certain key-combinations after 3270 keyboard was blocked
  • FIX: possible assert-error message after deleting all user buttons from a session profile
  • FIX: wrong info/warning about folder-creation when actually creating a user button (not folder)
  • FIX: mixed/confused options when running two ZOC which were installed in different places
  • FIX: right click on user button did not bring up "Customize" menu (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: option to include current date in logfile timestamps was ignroed
  • FIX: dragging a tab out as a new window should not automatically show host directory
  • FIX: now correctly reads/imports older zoc6 host directory (file transfer setting)
  • FIX: inconsistency when copying text from screen with a scrollback-as-window active

New in ZOC 7.01.0 (Apr 24, 2015)

  • GENERAL USER INTERFACE:
  • NEW: allows to drag tabs into other zoc-windows or separate window
  • NEW: thumbnails view can now show "local typing" (via View menu) to send commands to all sessions
  • NEW: thumbnails view shows online/offline state of sessions
  • NEW: triple click now marks whole line (only if double-click is set to "copy/mark word")
  • NEW: user button bar now can have drop down lists (folders)
  • NEW: feature to find the cursor (temporary highlighting of cursor location via View menu)
  • NEW: auto-hightlight feature (predefined text bits get color highlighted when received)
  • NEW: function to copy tab name to clipboard (tab right click menu)
  • NEW: recorder for REXX scripts now also records other functions (upload, download, logfile, etc.)
  • NEW: support for xterm UTF8 mouse reporting mode
  • OPTIONS AND SETTINGS:
  • NEW: option to add extra pixel border around terminal area (Program Settings > Window)
  • NEW: option to stretch fonts freely to fit terminal to window (session profile > layout) (Windows only)
  • NEW: option to choose color for the border around the terminal when the window is maximized (Program Settings)
  • NEW: option for VT220 to send control codes in 8-bit mode
  • NEW: option to not remove trailing spaces when copying text (Program Settings > Clipboard)
  • NEW: option to suppress summary (list of files) after file transfer in terminal
  • NEW: option to make rectangular text-selection the default behavior (program settings > clipboard)
  • NEW: option to disable/enable security relevant extended emulation sequences (session profile > advanced)
  • NEW: option to disable SSH "keyboard-interactive" authentication
  • NEW: option to include date in time stamps for logfile (Session Profile > Logfile)
  • NEW: option for Windows Modems communication to pick random modem from pool
  • NEW: option to show plain SSH password prompts inside the terminal (like Putty)
  • NEW: program settings option for action to initiate with mouse wheel
  • NEW: max number of responses (ZocRespond command) increased to 64
  • NEW: separate options pages for text sending and trace options in session profile
  • NEW: increased max number of auto replies
  • NEW: increased max number of user buttons
  • NEW: new auto-action option (action) to play sound file
  • NEW: action for keyboard-remapping "do nothing" (e.g. to neutralize menu shortcuts)
  • NEW: can now move up/down multiple user buttons in user buttons config dialog
  • HOST DIRECTORY:
  • NEW: more icon choices for host directory entries
  • NEW: ctrl+f activates Find-function in host directory
  • NEW: search in the host directory can now also locate entries in all sections
  • NEW: search in the host directory can now also search through other folders
  • NEW: function to export whole host directory file
  • NEW: alt+left/right key moves between host directory sections (Mac OS X only)
  • NEW: when navigating into subfolders, host directory shows full folder path in dialog title
  • CONNECTIVITY:
  • NEW: new and reordered SSH cipher modes to match more modern standards
  • NEW: allows remote ssh to use authentication-agent concurrently (e.g. multiple background scp)
  • NEW: rlogin now prompts for username when connecting with username set to "?"
  • NEW: better error message for some failed rlogin situations
  • NEW: telnet now has an option to force IP v4 connections
  • NEW: telnet now shows IP address of incoming connections
  • NEW: telnet now allows binding of outgoing connections to specific IP address
  • NEW: is now more robust against faulty shutdowns of telnet/SSL connections
  • NEW: ability to set specific serial configuration options for Windows Modem connections
  • NEW: serial ports scan now detects com ports up to COM36 (Windows only)
  • NEW: serial communication updates available ports always (without need to restart)
  • NEW: SSL/crypto now based on OpenSSL 1.0.1g
  • NEW: SSH security now based on OpenSSH 6.1
  • TN3270:
  • NEW: TN3270 Enter key can now also be used to Reset keyboard from locked state
  • NEW: option for TN3270 to use shift+arrows to mark text
  • NEW: option for TN3270 to use left Ctrl key as Enter
  • NEW: new possible key mapping "MoveEOF" for TN3270 emulation
  • NEW: now blocks less menu functions while a connection attempt is in progress
  • NEW: also writes current date to logfiles time markers (when time marks are enabled)
  • NEW: better conversion of emulation cursor control codes into logfile formatting
  • NEW: adds host name to calls.log disconnect messages
  • NEW: TN3270 now supports Turkish input
  • FIX: TN3270 PA1-PA3 (Alt+1/2/3) did not work (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: TN3270 didn't accept space character in numeric fields
  • REXX SCRIPTING:
  • NEW: new ZocDialog command allows creation of user defined dialog windows
  • NEW: new and better scripting samples (ZocScriptingSamples.zip)
  • NEW: new REXX command ZocSetEmulation
  • NEW: new REXX command ZocGetInfo("LASTDOWNLOADEDFILE")
  • NEW: new REXX command ZocEventSemaphore
  • NEW: new REXX command ZocShellOpen
  • NEW: new REXX event for zocevent.zrx: 'PREDISCONNECT'
  • NEW: added subcommand "SAVEPROGRAMSETTINGS" for REXX command ZocCommand
  • NEW: added subcommand "LOADGLOBALCOLORS" for REXX command ZocCommand
  • NEW: REXX command ZocSessionTabs now has new subcommand "CLOSETAB"
  • NEW: REXX ZocGetScreen command no longer limited in maximum returned length
  • NEW: REXX interpreter now based on Regina V3.7
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocAskP to ZocAskPassword
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocAutoConnect to ZocConnectHostdirEntry
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocCls to ZocClearScreen
  • CHG: renamed REXX command Exec to ZocShellExec
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocGetFilename to ZocAskFilename
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocGetFilenames to ZocAskFilenames
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocGetFolderName to ZocAskFolderName
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocMsgBox to ZocMessageBox
  • FIX: REXX ZocDownload command using Kermit did download to wrong folder
  • MISCELLANEOUS:
  • NEW: zmodem now supports download of files larger than 2GB
  • NEW: ZOC now detects more types of internet links for screen clicking (e.g. w/o http prefix)
  • NEW: dialog to show keyboard mappings now has more room to show data and vertical scroll bar
  • NEW: additional placeholders for print spool file post-processor
  • NEW: ascii trace is now stored in an easier to read format
  • NEW: ascii trace now contains real date/time and lines are marked with timer relative to that
  • NEW: placeholder %USERNAMELWR% and %USERNAMEUPR% for lowercase and uppercase usernames
  • NEW: fixed: over slow connections SCP transfers sometimes didn't start or stopped midway
  • NEW: added sequences for better compatibility with legacy NetTerm based host applications
  • NEW: remote server can now open http:// and https:// pages and ftp:// urls locally
  • NEW: remote server can now open files with program based on associated file extension
  • NEW: remote server can now temporarily change upload and download folders
  • NEW: internet telnet URLs can now also specfiy title for the new session
  • NEW: support for new Mac OS X Mavericks full screen mode (Mac OS X only)
  • NEW: TN5250 session name can contain ctrl-characters (e.g. to create unique names)
  • MISC BUG FIXES:
  • FIX: some ctrl-key combinations (e.g. Ctrl+Shift+6) did not work on all keyboard layouts
  • FIX: now correctly displays overly long SSH login challenge strings
  • FIX: options quirk when REXX ZocConnect fails on SSH connections
  • FIX: Admin.ini DisableStoredPasswords setting now also affects Quick-Connect and Save-As
  • FIX: possible crash when closing external scrollback window
  • FIX: possible crash when many TAPI modems/devices were installed
  • FIX: some characters with low ascii codes (below 0x20) were not displayed in QNX
  • FIX: possible crash when using split-chat win extremely large windows
  • FIX: list of windows in Window menu (Mac OS) was only correct for the first window
  • FIX: password to lock program could be entered without regards to upper/lower case
  • FIX: inconsistency with marking multiple host dir entries+folder and clicking Edit
  • FIX: quirk when loading new session while using a custom global-color-table

New in ZOC 6.65 (Apr 2, 2015)

  • FIX: possible crash when using a huge number of SSH port forwards

New in ZOC 6.64 (Feb 3, 2015)

  • FIX: possible crash when making a connection fails

New in ZOC 6.63 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • FIX: screen leftovers when making a rectuangular selection after a stream selection
  • FIX: pressing Ctrl+C could break a TN3270 session in some cases
  • FIX: buffered input in TN3270 sometimes remained invisible until next key typed
  • FIX: TN3270 did not update cursor pos in status line when cursor was moved using the mouse
  • FIX: pressing AltGr+2 for "@" on a finnish keyboard resulted in "2@" on TN3270
  • FIX: didn't allow extended zoc specific esc sequences when Wyse emulation was active
  • FIX: possible crash in Wyse emulation, when host is using Wyse screen switching feature

New in ZOC 6.62 (Dec 11, 2014)

  • FIX: TN3270 error when starting SPUFI application
  • FIX: TN3270 error when starting QMF application

New in ZOC 6.61 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • FIX: possible font-related crash when starting ZOC (Mac OS X Yosemite only)
  • FIX: problem with SSH X11-forwarding (Mac OS X Yosemite only)
  • FIX: data in ascii-trace (zoctrace.txt) now better aligned
  • FIX: ZocGetInfo("LOGNAME") was broken

New in ZOC 6.60 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • NEW: supports NetTerm like option to post-process spool files after printing
  • NEW: supports NetTerm compatible escape special sequences (program execution, etc.)
  • FIX: problem connecting at once to two SSH hosts with no username
  • FIX: could not switch tabs while a connection attempt was in progress
  • FIX: possible crash at startup
  • FIX: problem with sizing the address book
  • FIX: wasn't able to connect via rlogin (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: no longer generates warning 'CoreText performance note' in syslog (Mac OS X 10.9 only)

New in ZOC 6.59 (Jul 10, 2014)

  • CHG: zocevent.zrx now added 'PREDISCONNECT' event
  • FIX: possible assert error downloading large files

New in ZOC 6.58 (Jun 11, 2014)

  • FIX: possible error "getnameinfo failed" on ssh connections (Windows only)
  • FIX: possible crash with Zmodem downloads

New in ZOC 6.57 (May 7, 2014)

  • FIX: problem with config-folder location in shared network installs (Windows only)
  • FIX: unnecessary 1-2 sec delay when making SSH connections
  • FIX: fix for possible heartbleed vulnerability (now based on OpenSSL 1.0.1g)
  • FIX: possible crash when using SSH agent authentification
  • FIX: Adobe font "Source-Code-Pro" was not recognized/used (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: display quirks with high-dpi displays (Windows 8.1 only)

New in ZOC 6.56 (Apr 9, 2014)

  • FIX: handling of Insert key when a PC keyboard was connected to a Mac (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: visual glitches when resizing screen while tab-thumbnail view was showing
  • FIX: REXX command ZocGetScreen did not work reliably with TN3270 emulation
  • FIX: REXX command ZocSessionTabs SETBLINKING was broken

New in ZOC 6.55 (Mar 13, 2014)

  • FIX: problem running tmux on unix with xterm emulation
  • FIX: now longer accepts xterm mouse mode activation in non-xterm emulations
  • FIX: possible crash when closing tabs
  • FIX: possible crash when entering scrollback on sessions with more than 512 columns

New in ZOC 6.54 (Feb 5, 2014)

  • FIX: drag drop of filenames into terminal window did not work (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: sometimes showed gray "***err" instead of tabs (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: text did not go to scrollback on some cases in Wyse emulation
  • FIX: possible scroll wheel related crash fixed

New in ZOC 6.53 (Jan 8, 2014)

  • FIX: possible crash in Wyse emulation
  • FIX: REXX script ZocConnect command with format "Telnet!host:port" did not work
  • FIX: bogus "Error running background process for SSH" (Mac OS X only)

New in ZOC 6.51 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • NEW: keywords for window title %ZOCORHOST% and %ZOCVERORHOST%
  • NEW: can now pass pathname placeholders when calling the editor
  • FIX: text-sending/pasting bug sometimes ignored end of line delay
  • CHG: format change in storing working folder location (internal)
  • CHG: less border around the terminal window
  • FIX: crashed when asking to add new ssh host to known_hosts file
  • FIX: tiny memory leak fixed
  • FIX: tab title intermittendly changed to last host's prompt
  • FIX: possible problem with upcoming MacOS 10.9 (Mac OS X only)

New in ZOC 6.50 (Sep 4, 2013)

  • FIX: possible crash when exiting
  • FIX: problem with using zoc for telnet/ssh urls with /TABBED parameter
  • FIX: possible crash when closing importing ASCII host directory
  • FIX: error when starting apple-script with no ZOC window open (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible crash when closing scrollback while find-dialog was still open
  • FIX: ssh connection fallback to ssh v1 servers did not work unless forced to v1
  • FIX: ironed out some graphical glitches (window borders etc.)

New in ZOC 6.49 (Jul 2, 2013)

  • CHG: failed reconnect attempt no longer clears reconnect data
  • CHG: some minor grahical changes (borders, etc.) in the main window
  • CHG: internally now using openssl v1.0.1e (Windows only)
  • CHG: host directory entries created from Quick Connect dialog now get
  • different settings
  • FIX: possible error/crash in TN5250 emulation
  • FIX: scripting command ZocWait() was broken when called from AppleScript
  • FIX: possible screen output of internal error message from sshsession

New in ZOC 6.48 (May 7, 2013)

  • NEW: support for Mac OS X full screen mode (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: shift+backspace disconnected session in TN5250 emulation
  • FIX: some internal modernization of code. Now requires Mac OS 10.6 (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: cyrillic character with code FFh was not displayed in VT220/Xterm/etc.
  • FIX: possible screen glitches with ANSI-SCO reverse text
  • FIX: attempt to fix occasional beachball related to clipboard (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: local shell did not accept alternate command line (Mac OS X only)

New in ZOC 6.47 (Mar 13, 2013)

  • NEW: config dialog can move up/down multiple user buttons
  • NEW: alt+left/right key moves between host directory sections (Mac OS X only)
  • NEW: ctrl+f activates Find-function in host directory
  • CHG: REXX script command ZocGlobal is now guarded against concurrent access
  • FIX: problem when doing pass-through printing using Cyrillic-DOS codepage
  • FIX: did not work with google two-pass authentication method

New in ZOC 6.46 (Feb 6, 2013)

  • NEW: option to show scriptable ssh password prompts inside the terminal
  • NEW: TN5250 session name can now contain control characters
  • CHG: will no longer periodically check clipboard format when in background
  • CHG: better error message when telnet connection fails
  • CHG: better error message when ZocExec can't run a program
  • FIX: possible crash with REXX ZocScreen command and negative coordinates
  • FIX: initial window placement problem on multiple vertically placed monitors
  • FIX: logging data wasn't always flushed to file while writing
  • FIX: crash when uploading more than 64 files via scp
  • FIX: possible crash when closing with pending ssh connection attempt
  • FIX: possible special character appeared instead of space char in vt220
  • FIX: possible additional "4i5i" string appeared on QNX printouts
  • FIX: telnet option to send enter as CR/NUL was ignored
  • FIX: could not paste text which was copied in VNC/screen sharing app (Mac OS only)
  • FIX: option to send single line selections was broken (German version only)
  • FIX: SSH password entry with 8-bit characters failed
  • FIX: tvi950 did not interpret sequence for graph characters correctly
  • FIX: possible crash with malformed host directory entries

New in ZOC 6.45 (Nov 14, 2012)

  • mode for right mouse button could not be changed
  • obscure bug with mouse marking occasionally going wild (Mac OS X only)
  • could not enter login usernames longer than 32 chars
  • problem with help showing "topics missing" error (Mac OS X only)
  • possible assert error when resizing screen
  • problem sending EURO sign in vt220 with utf8 disabled
  • problem with ANSI SCO and scrolling in some specific cases
  • minor problem detecting URLs on screen for mouse highlighting
  • CHG: changed some internal names in host directory file

New in ZOC 6.44 (Oct 9, 2012)

  • NEW: now allows to set non standard baud rates for serial/modem connections
  • NEW: option in program settings for mouse scroll wheel speed
  • CHG: audit-logname can now contain placeholders
  • FIX: problem with program password dialog for idle situations (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: problem when using some bold fonts as terminal font (Mac OS X only)

New in ZOC 6.43 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • FIX: input of some characters and key repeat was broken (Mac OS X only)
  • CHG: behavior of program settings -> clipboard -> immediately paste single line

New in ZOC 6.42 (Sep 12, 2012)

  • NEW: lognames (session profile, host dir) can now contain folders with placeholders
  • NEW: editing multiple host directory entries can now change session profile setting
  • NEW: transfer menu now has command to open download folder
  • NEW: ssh now supports old ssh-v1 DES cipher
  • CHG: connect dialogs now allow choice from more than 128 session profiles
  • CHG: internally now using the more modern CoreText font system (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: tabs in host directory missing with some color schemes (Windows XP only)
  • FIX: session profile selection lost when using Edit button in quick connect
  • FIX: possible crash with ZocGetScreen REXX command
  • FIX: disabled some dialogs when running with /U commandline parameter
  • FIX: problem opening more than 64 sessions
  • FIX: shift+F1 key was wrong in Wyse emulation
  • FIX: command ZocUpload("ZMODEM" , "") locked up rexx processor
  • FIX: possible assert-error when opening program settings dialog
  • FIX: button for adv. raw printing options was sometimes missing in program settings
  • FIX: host directory glitches (copy/paste and edit changing sections)
  • FIX: scp transfers larger than 4GB
  • FIX: progress bar missed last block on Ymodem downloads
  • FIX: crash when logging in to ssh sites with huge host banners

New in ZOC 6.41 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • NEW: copy/paste function for host directory entries
  • CHG: prepared for crisp rendering on upcoming retina displays (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: crash when opening more than 64 sessions
  • FIX: quirk with leading space characters in fields of the Quick Conenct dialog

New in ZOC 6.40 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • NEW: new option for Wyse emulation to suppress cursor appearance controls
  • CHG: ANSI/BBS and Avatar now by default enforce usage of IBM/DOS codepage
  • CHG: tabs display slightly changed (disconnected tabs in background more gray, etc.)
  • CHG: dialogs now using system dialog font (Windows Vista/Win7 only)
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocSetDevParm to ZocSetDeviceOpts
  • CHG: vt220 based emulations now suppresses output of characters below hex 20
  • FIX: problem where local shell sometimes required login (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: on errors the REXX ZocUpload command also returned "##OK##"
  • FIX: learning REXX scripts had a 128 char limit per sent data
  • FIX: quirk with SSH error messages on cyrillic systems (Windows only)
  • FIX: possible crash in SSH key generator (incorrect save path)
  • FIX: Wyse emulation could lose cusor (permanently hidden)
  • FIX: tn3270 pasting text into fields where typing text would auto-skip to next
  • FIX: stray character in vt220 in some editors

New in ZOC 6.38 (Apr 12, 2012)

  • NEW: TN3270 IND$FILE now supports DCB parameter for uploads
  • NEW: TN3270 now supports lightpen function
  • NEW: option (session profile -> terminal) for cursor crosshair
  • NEW: REXX ZocDownload command now also supports SCP downloads
  • CHG: host directory default size now 1024 items
  • CHG: allows to store the admin.ini file as ~/.zoc6_admin.ini
  • FIX: dialog to save desktop shortcuts for connections did not show icons
  • FIX: problem with QNX4 and printing
  • FIX: some emulations enabled local echo after returning from unix editors
  • FIX: obscure problem with 3rd party app that does SendKey to ZOC
  • FIX: possible beachball during file transfers
  • FIX: errors/problems with apple scripting and 3270 emulation

New in ZOC 6.37 (Mar 6, 2012)

  • NEW: ssh now has option for remote command
  • CHG: allows to add parameters to editor field in program settings
  • FIX: minor quirk in Wyse 60 emulation
  • FIX: possible assert during ascii/text upload (Mac OS only)
  • FIX: file transfer "open folder" button did not work after SCP downloads
  • FIX: problem aborting SSH connections that are in progress through SOCKS4
  • FIX: can now copy marked text in TN3270 emulation via Ctrl+C
  • FIX: possible bug with mouse-marking when window is placed on 2nd monitor
  • FIX: shift+backspace disconnected 3270 sessions
  • FIX: shift+ctrl+f9 crashed the program (Windows only)
  • FIX: serial ports could be opened multiple times (Mac OS only)

New in ZOC 6.36 (Jan 31, 2012)

  • NEW: option for wyse emulation to allow any screen size
  • NEW: option for host directory entries (window) to open depending on ctrl/alt
  • FIX: TVI emulation was sometimes lost highlight attribute when scrolling
  • FIX: possible crash when closing with more than 64 Windows modems (Windows only)
  • FIX: recording scripts with more than 64 entries
  • FIX: recording scripts for tn3270 was broken
  • FIX: possible crash when tn5250 switches between 80 and 132 columns
  • FIX: tn5250 emulation sometimes had cursor in wrong place

New in ZOC 6.35 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • NEW: option (program settings) to not start scrollback by mouse wheel
  • FIX: possible problem pasting text into Microsoft apps (Mac OS only)
  • FIX: possible crash when closing the program
  • FIX: ssh could not login with non-7bit or unicode characters in passwords
  • FIX: possible assert error after zmodem file transfer
  • FIX: shift+Enter was ignored in Local Typing field (Mac OS only)
  • FIX: option for using ctrl+V to paste did not work in 3270 emulation
  • FIX: possible crash uploading 0-byte file

New in ZOC 6.34 (Nov 17, 2011)

  • CHG: ctrl+f in host directory now brings up search dialog
  • FIX: possible crash when scrolling
  • FIX: possible error importing old hostdirectories
  • FIX: quirk in VT220 (when sending f-keys with eightbit-CSI)
  • FIX: TN3270 did not allow to enter comma in numeric fields
  • FIX: crash when trying to open more than 64 tabs
  • FIX: minor quirk in SSH username/password dialog

New in ZOC 6.33 (Sep 8, 2011)

  • NEW: support for KOI8-R codepage
  • FIX: mouse wheel did not work in host directory list (Mac OS only)
  • FIX: possible crash when editing SSH tunnels
  • FIX: double click to mark word now wraps around line ends
  • FIX: minor quirk with "send quoted" function
  • FIX: minor quirk with special characters in passwords in REXX ZocConnect command
  • FIX: possible SCP upload problem (truncated file) over DSL connections
  • FIX: mouse moves sometimes were ignored/stuck (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: urls were truncated if they contained a "#" character
  • FIX: host directory item's script was not called when doing a reconnect

New in ZOC 6.32 (Aug 10, 2011)

  • NEW: complete support of OS X Lion (Mac OS only)
  • NEW: support for copy/pasting parts of forms in 3270 emulation
  • CHG: ssh now does not enforce file permission on private key files
  • CHG: ssh now has more relaxed RSA modulus size requirement
  • CHG: increased length of auto-login field in host directory
  • FIX: REXX ZocGetFoldername ignored startupdir parameter
  • FIX: session profile for TN3270 had bad key mappings
  • FIX: ssh tunnels with priviledged ports (Windows only)
  • FIX: memory leaks stuffed (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: error with ssh connect and known_host option enabled (Windows only)
  • FIX: quirk when cancelling program-password in 2nd window (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: quirk when closing tab while logoff-sound is playing (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: quirk with file transfers over serial cables without CD signal
  • FIX: ssh crash when disconnecting while connection was made but not yet logged in
  • CHG: changed ssh options dialog (moved some options to advanced)

New in ZOC 6.31 (Jul 6, 2011)

  • NEW: new SSH engine; now based on OpenSSH 5.6
  • NEW: tested/fixed with latest Mac OS X Lion beta (Mac OS X only)
  • CHG: color handling of QNX emulation more consistent with session profile colors
  • CHG: dropped support of PPC processors (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: GDDM error message ADM0088 with 3270 emulation
  • FIX: quirk with xmodem over serial connections without RTS/CTS
  • FIX: quirk with moving entries in host directory to different section
  • FIX: REXX ZocTerminate did not return exit code to calling process
  • FIX: "remember password" checkbox did not work in ssh kbd-interactive (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: minor quirk with Wyse emulation

New in ZOC 6.30 (Jun 7, 2011)

  • NEW: support for IPv6 in telnet and SSH
  • NEW: communication named pipe (unix domain sockets) (Mac OS X only)
  • NEW: when busy tn3270 now buffers keyboard input
  • FIX: increased max length of entry in Local Typing field to 512.
  • FIX: quirk when switching folders/sections in host directory
  • FIX: receving SYN or ETB characters in Xterm did overwrite chars on screen
  • FIX: typing a key in tn3270 did not clear mouse-marked area on screen

New in ZOC 6.29 (May 10, 2011)

  • FIX: various minor quirks with Wyse emulation
  • FIX: possible font-panic message fixed
  • FIX: possible stray crash fixed
  • FIX: TN5250 did not process recorded macros correctly
  • NEW: /MOUSEPOS command line parameter
  • FIX: minor quirk using the ssh.exe command line toy
  • FIX: focus problem starting ascii-transfer from REXX

New in ZOC 6.28 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • NEW: option in program setting to turn off auto-copy of selected text
  • NEW: session profile option to set color for marked text
  • NEW: placeholder %HOSTRAW% for the window title
  • FIX: problem when pasting into the local typing field (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: problem when cloning host directory entries and changing their section
  • FIX: beachball after evaluation period was long over due (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible hang with local shell (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: did not automatically switch to German (Windows7/x64 only)
  • FIX: zmodem file info on screen sometimes wrapped to next line
  • FIX: zmodem crashed when receiver skipped file

New in ZOC 6.27 (Nov 23, 2010)

  • CHG: when connecting SSH now explicitely sets transfer speed for remote stty
  • FIX: crash when closing program while SSH was still in authentication phase
  • FIX: glitch when marking text and moving the mouse outside the window
  • FIX: bug when writing to some serial usb/rs232 controllers
  • FIX: marking line with double click did copy one character of the next line
  • FIX: running apps with parameters from a user button was broken (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: running shell commands from a user button was broken (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: session profiles dialog had a useless "General" section

New in ZOC 6.26 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • FIX: quirk with keyboard profiles (last entry sometimes duplicated)
  • FIX: loading session profile with empty com-port scans for free one (Windows only)
  • FIX: free font "Anonymous Pro" was not offered in font dialogs (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible crash with output of double width unicode characters at screen bottom
  • FIX: error "ssh_rsa_verify: n too small" on some cisco routers
  • FIX: possible (low probability) crash in programsettings dialog
  • FIX: problem using TextExpander.app with ZOC (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: still possibly truncated texts when copying to clipboard (Wyse emulation)
  • FIX: showed internal error when using scrollback-in-window function
  • FIX: minor problem with 3270 emulation (some fields sent excess traling chars)
  • FIX: url hover with urls containing a "+" or "%" character
  • FIX: mapping keys to menu items did not work (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: low probability crash when closing a tab
  • FIX: TN3270 home key was incorrect in ISPF editor in split screen mode

New in ZOC 6.25 (Aug 3, 2010)

  • NEW: subcommands "DESKTOPSIZE" and "VERSIONEX" for REXX ZocGetInfo function
  • NEW: subcommands "SESSIONPROFILEPATH" for REXX ZocGetInfo function
  • NEW: subcommands "STOP and "RESUME" for REXX ZocSetTimer function
  • NEW: subcommand "MOVE:," for REXX command ZocWindowState
  • NEW: SSH login with username of %USERNAM% or $(USERNAME) uses system username
  • CHG: renamed REXX command ZocSaveOpts to ZocSaveSessionProfile
  • CHG: less buffering on Zmodem uploads (fixes problems over slow connections)
  • CHG: minor speed-up when starting the program
  • FIX: possibly truncated texts when copying to clipboard (Wyse emulation)
  • FIX: url hovering did not include urls with "=" characters
  • FIX: REXX ZocMsgBox function did wrap strings.
  • FIX: REXX Registry read function sometimes returned string with trailing zero
  • FIX: minor dialog quirk in SSH keyboard-interactive prompt
  • FIX: typing a letter in host directory list to jump to entry with that name
  • FIX: quirk with storing global SSH and Telnet options
  • FIX: low probability crash in TN5250 (input fields of exactly 256 bytes length)
  • FIX: low probability host directory related crash

New in ZOC 6.24 (Jul 5, 2010)

  • 07.05.10 NEW: http and ftp urls can now be clicked to launch browser
  • 07.05.10 NEW: new option to redirect print output to file (program settings, printer)
  • 09.05.10 NEW: host directory now also remembers when multiple entries were selected
  • 10.05.10 NEW: option (in program settings) to suppress the 'Copied to clipboard' message
  • 14.05.10 NEW: various changes to allow a portable installation (Windows only)
  • 15.05.10 NEW: Ctrl+a (Cmd+a on the Mac) selects all entries in the host directory
  • 15.05.10 NEW: quick-select entries in host directory by typing the first letter (Mac OS X only)
  • 19.06.10 NEW: option (program settings) for progams like vi/scree/mc/etc. to not write to scrollback
  • 23.06.10 NEW: TVI emulation now supports switching between 80/132 character mode
  • 10.05.10 CHG: telnet and SSH now store global options in a file in the Options folder
  • 13.05.10 CHG: icon for folders in host directory now more system like (Mac OS X only)
  • 17.05.10 CHG: now doesn't triple-beep after file transfer if no EOT sound file choosen
  • 20.05.10 CHG: using gcc4.0 again in order to allow running on PPC G3 Macs (Mac OS X only)
  • 20.05.10 CHG: dimmed colors for scrollback with black background now more prominent
  • 01.07.10 CHG: now using crypto and ssl libraries from openssl-1.0.0a
  • 05.07.10 CHG: xterm now accepts 256 color codes even if 256-color option is disabled
  • 01.07.10 FIX: opening stream browser (alt+b) did hang on some machines
  • 25.06.10 FIX: possible crash when switching pages in session profile
  • 24.06.10 FIX: excess tn5250 key buffering (problem typing while system busy)
  • 21.06.10 FIX: slight misbehavior in telnet (TTYPE negotiation, RFC1091)
  • 16.06.10 FIX: cursor was lost when closing the local typing bar using Alt+C
  • 11.06.10 FIX: erratic behavior when changing font for host directory (Windows only)
  • 27.05.10 FIX: possible crash with malformed xterm control sequence
  • 24.05.10 FIX: dropping files on the terminal window crashed (Windows only)
  • 24.05.10 FIX: could not navigate folders in choose-file dialogs (Mac OS X only)
  • 20.05.10 FIX: in scroll back could not mark text down to the last line
  • 18.05.10 FIX: possible crash with text output
  • 18.05.10 FIX: incorrect font sizes for some fonts (Windows only)
  • 18.05.10 FIX: possible problem starting up Zmodem transfers with some hosts
  • 14.05.10 FIX: communication for "Windows/Modem" was broken (Windows only)
  • 13.05.10 FIX: two low probability crashes when closing a session or the app
  • 12.05.10 FIX: host directory did not always open in the folder where it was closed
  • 10.05.10 FIX: using 'Move To' in host directory did not work for whole folders
  • 10.05.10 FIX: internal error when using 5250 emulation
  • 10.05.10 FIX: problem pasting text which was copied in myEclipse (Mac OS X only)

New in ZOC 6.23 (May 4, 2010)

  • NEW: improvements for tabs handling (horizontal scrolling)
  • NEW: ATT4410 emulation
  • NEW: REXX subcommand "GETINDEXBYNAME" for ZocSessionTabs command
  • NEW: REXX subcommand "NEWSESION" extended to connect to host directory entries
  • CHG: tabs which are offline now have a dimmed flattened color icon
  • FIX: error "bind failed" after incoming telnet connection (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: drawing glitch with colorful tabs (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: stream capture positioning and scrolling now more precise
  • FIX: REXX ZocMsgBox added some garbage characters to the message

New in ZOC 6.22 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • NEW: support for CJK characters/Unicode in terminal and GUI
  • NEW: about 10% speed improvement with screen output (ls -R or similar)
  • NEW: supporting Asian fonts (MS Mincho, MS Gothic, GuilimChe, etc.) (Windows only)
  • NEW: REXX command ZocGetFoldername (display a dialog to choose a folder)
  • NEW: option for mouse handling to allow doubleclick to copy whole line
  • NEW: better version of action assist dialog (keyboard mapping, user buttons, etc.)
  • NEW: host directory import for ZOC v6 host directory files
  • NEW: connection method Serial/Direct for console and serial port devices
  • NEW: editing multiple host directory entries can now change username
  • NEW: four more icon colors for host directory entries
  • NEW: text on screen now wraps to the nextline when window is resized
  • NEW: quicker startup from the second start on (Mac OS X only)
  • CHG: desktop links made from host directory now have ZOC icon (Mac OS X only)
  • CHG: toolbar menu for host directory icon now shows all entries (Windows only)
  • CHG: search in scrollback now wraps around the ends
  • FIX: intermittend termination using SSH with dynamic port fwd (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: calls with ssh urls (/ssh://192.168.1.1 or ssh://192.168.1.1) were broken
  • FIX: on first start after download, window did open in the background (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: problem remembering passwords of more then 63 characters length
  • FIX: problem with keyspan usb/serial adaptor and dropped DTR signal (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: convert line graphics poor man's line drawing when printing
  • FIX: possible screen corruption when switching to 132 columns mode in Wyse emulation
  • FIX: could not enter multiple lines of text in host dir memo field (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible crash at startup
  • FIX: possible empty line between lines when pasting to to other apps (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: possible assert message when closing telnet connection (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: mapping the menu function "Close Tab" to a key could cause a crash
  • FIX: copy unicode from ZOC window when character was not part of current codepage
  • FIX: problem when launching ZOC to handle SSH://urls from web browser(Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: problem in Quick Connect when ssh address had trailing space character
  • FIX: output in hex trace mode was not logged to printer correctly
  • FIX: could not paste unicode characters from clipboard sometimes
  • FIX: paste (no line breaks) did sometimes send line breaks (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: for QNX emulation the division key on the numeric keypad was wrong
  • FIX: files were sometimes unavailable in file selection dialogs (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: quirk with reloading session profiles when making connections from REXX
  • FIX: up key was ignored after using a remapped Ctrl+Alt+up key combination

New in ZOC 6.21 (Feb 18, 2010)

  • Now supports IND$FILE file transfer protocol.
  • NEW: can now disable scrollback by setting number of lines to zero.
  • NEW: ssh tunneling now allows address:port on local side of the tunnel too.
  • NEW: 'open folder' button in transfer dialog now preselects the file.
  • CHG: menu shortcuts for local-typing and paste-quoted changed (OS X only).
  • FIX: possible internal error msg when opening new tab with com port.
  • FIX: problem with SSH forwarding for priviledged ports (Windows only).
  • FIX: traffic indicator for background tabs was broken.
  • FIX: SeaLink file transfer protocol was broken.
  • FIX: TN5250 did not handle eastern european (latin2) code sets correctly.
  • FIX: TN5250 user buttons with 5250 keys did not work.
  • FIX: TN3270 host sometimes did not answer to input cause of wrong 12-/14-bit coding.
  • FIX: internal error for adv. options button in SSH (OS X German only).
  • FIX: character translation via translation profiles was broken.
  • FIX: problem with accepting incoming telnet connections after a TN3270 session.
  • FIX: allow selection without automatically selecting first character of last line.

New in ZOC 6.20 (Feb 2, 2010)

  • NEW: SSH now suppots aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr and aes256-ctr ciphers
  • NEW: TN3270 now allows to remap colors individually
  • NEW: TN3270 support for oversize screens (IBM-DYNAMIC) added
  • NEW: TN3270 now has new and more complete character sets
  • NEW: TN3270 now offers more model variants (3278, 3278-E, 329)
  • NEW: behavior of pasting text into TN3270 now compatible with PCOMM/x3270
  • NEW: option to set printer margins (program settings, printer)
  • NEW: init/termination sequence for raw printing (program settings, printer)
  • CHG: TN3270 now shows cursor position 1-based (top left corner now 1/1)
  • CHG: increased max number of parameters for REXX ZocWaitMux command
  • FIX: TN3270 had a bunch of detail problems and quirks fixed
  • FIX: some combinations of Ctrl+Shift+Digit could not be remapped (Windows only)
  • FIX: inbound CR/LF translation could mess up TN3270/5250 data stream
  • FIX: some REXX syntax errors crashed ZOC
  • FIX: option settings for SCP and Sealink did not stick
  • FIX: key profiles could not override menu shortcuts in 2nd level submenus
  • FIX: better error messages for some Windows-Modem problems (Windows only)
  • FIX: possible internal error when sizing the window to more than 512 columns
  • FIX: key combo Cmd+Q did quit program and bypassed all safety prompts (OS X only)
  • FIX: in quick connect dialog, the Save As, Hostdirectory function did not work
  • FIX: text was anti aliased in a different way than Terminal.app (OS X only)
  • FIX: display of asian character sets (OS X only)
  • FIX: entering scrollback via scrollbar sometimes jumped too far up

New in ZOC 6.19 (Dec 2, 2009)

  • NEW: option for tabs (program settings) to control the close button.
  • NEW: option in session profile to specify keyboard codepage.
  • FIX: problem in folder (program settings) dialog (German OS X only).
  • FIX: default setting for download folder was wrong (OS X only).
  • FIX: REXX ZocShell and ZocExec commands were broken (OS X only).
  • FIX: problem with print screen function, line graphics causing form feeds.
  • FIX: problem (hang) after exiting SSH session when authentication failed.
  • FIX: REXX ZocUpload command reported all files as not existant (OS X only).

New in ZOC 6.18 (Nov 4, 2009)

  • CHG: new host directory entries now do not have the quick access flag set.
  • CHG: now allows keymap profiles to override menu shortcuts (OS X only).
  • FIX: stored passwords for QuickConnect dialog sometimes got lost .
  • CHG: vertical font spacing increased to match Apple Terminal (OS X only).
  • FIX: lines sometimes overlapped when using TrueType fonts (OS X only).
  • FIX: possible assert message when starting (OS X only).
  • FIX: possible hang after failed SSH sessions under very specific timing.
  • FIX: possible crash under rare circumstances.
  • FIX: some menu events (e.g. "Next Tab") could not be mapped to keys.

New in ZOC 6.17 (Oct 20, 2009)

  • CHG: slightly different graphics for session tabs
  • CHG: redesigned TN3270 color schemes
  • FIX: shift F1-F4 were broken in MC using Xterm emulation
  • FIX: internal error msg "hbmmem, ...." on some machines (Windows only)
  • NEW: supports Xterm sequences to define Backspace and Del key behavior
  • CHG: in many cases Xmodem/Ymodem uploads now start quicker
  • FIX: possible crashing (key table overflow and bad records) with TN5250
  • FIX: file transfer showed no name and filesize -1 after ymodem uploads
  • FIX: Xterm save/restore screen feature (e.g. after VI or MC) was broken

New in ZOC 6.16 (Oct 13, 2009)

  • NEW: now supporting Xterm-256colors (via option in Xterm emulation options)
  • CHG: changed key names for Xterm emulation from XT-F1 to XF1, etc.
  • CHG: changed default colors back from v6.15 towards ANSI stdandard colors
  • CHG: Xterm now reports itself as TERM=xterm rather than TERM=xterm-color
  • CHG: key codes sent Home/End keys on Xterm not compatible with xterm terminfo
  • CHG: 'Clear' key on numeric keypad now sends Esc for VTxxx/Xterm/Linux (Mac OS X only)
  • CHG: now offers fonts up to 40 pixel size
  • FIX: now shows no crashdump requester with /U option (Windows only)
  • FIX: Xterm now handles keys Home/End correctly in cursor mode
  • FIX: session profile's Save button was not disabled for read-only files
  • FIX: possible assert when encountering malformed fonts (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: close icon was missing when hovering over inactive tabs (Mac OS X only)
  • FIX: system console had "kCGErrorIllegalArgument" entries from ZOC (Mac OS X only)

New in ZOC 6.15 (Oct 6, 2009)

  • NEW: single mouseclicks now move cursor in TN3270.
  • NEW: line graphics for TN3270.
  • NEW: options (advanced SSH options) to offer agent-forwarding for login keys.
  • NEW: host directory can now navigate folders with keyboard.
  • NEW: added button in file transfer dialog to show download folder.
  • NEW: option (program settings, mouse) to configure middle mouse button.
  • NEW: commandline.ini files also loaded from ~/.zoc6_commandline (OS X only).
  • CHG: SSH keepalive option defaults to off.
  • CHG: changed tones of the 16 base colors for visibility on light/dark background.
  • CHG: default download folder now goes to ~/Downloads (OS X only).
  • CHG: SSH now warns when trying to log in with invalid key file formats.
  • FIX: when switching tabs, keyboard focus sometimes remained in the hidden tab.
  • FIX: visual errors when switching to another tab from scrollback (Mac OS X ony).
  • FIX: TN3270 did not have a mapping for the Insert key (Mac OS X ony).
  • FIX: mapping of the genuine F13-F19 keys (alu keyboard) was borked (OS X only).
  • FIX: graphical glitches with maximized window (OS X only).
  • FIX: dialogs sometimes opened with window parts off screen (OS X only).
  • FIX: option for destructive backspace in TN3270 dialog did not stick.
  • FIX: error message when using a printer which was set to raw print (OS X only).
  • FIX: sometimes lost the 'extended' setting for the 3270 emulation.
  • FIX: sometime got stuck when logging in with an IBM-3279/E.
  • FIX: opening tabs was slow when running a new version for the first time.
  • FIX: errors when starting for user who was not administrator (OS X only).
  • FIX: created empty logfiles when opening a new tab.
  • FIX: cursor position sometimes getting out of sync when resizing the screen.
  • FIX: possible low probability crash fixed when ending ssh session.
  • FIX: vt emulation sequence to end printing was ignored in one specific case.
  • FIX: telnet connect to some types of unix/linux hosts was broken.
  • FIX: could not type enter/newline in host directory autologin field (OS X only).
  • FIX: minor glitch with Zmodem downland and when download folder does not exist.
  • FIX: better handling of shift vs. caps-lock (bug introduced in v6.14).
  • FIX: f-keys and cursor keys were ignored in ANSI emulation with caps-lock on.
  • FIX: possible crash on importing malformed files to host directory.

New in ZOC 6.14 (Sep 10, 2009)

  • FIX: error message fMemoryBitmap appeared under Snow Leopard (OS X only)
  • NEW: nicer graphics for the notification window (e.g. when start/stop logging)
  • NEW: added more visuals (shadows) for the session tabs (OS X only)
  • NEW: TN3270 option to set the session's LU id
  • CHG: changed mouse-highlighting of user buttons to match Mac style (OS X only)
  • NEW: keep-alive option for SSH connections (advanced SSH options)
  • NEW: option to rename tabs when an Xterm window title sequence was received
  • FIX: some error messages on SSH were sometimes lost
  • CHG: changed default colors for new installations
  • FIX: quirky behavior with Find function in scrollback
  • FIX: possible crash with scrolling in Avatar/0+ emulation
  • CHG: minor visual adjustment for status bar under Leopard (OS X only)
  • FIX: possible crash while initiating a new connection
  • FIX: some internal debug key conbinations could not be used in kbd profiles
  • FIX: possible crash with TN5250 emulation
  • FIX: xterm f-keys were sent incorrectly with alpha-lock on (OS X only)
  • FIX: xterm Alt-as-metakey option was broken with most letters (OS X only)
  • FIX: minor inconsistency with device options in Quick Connect dialog
  • FIX: not always turned on/off logging when changing session profiles
  • FIX: internal error when loading host directory file from ZOC V4
  • FIX: text in Local Typing field was sent prefixed with extra CR

New in ZOC 6.13 (Aug 5, 2009)

  • NEW: REXX command ZocLoadTranslationProfile.
  • CHG: REXX renamed command ZocLoadOpts to ZocLoadSessionProfile.
  • CHG: REXX renamed command ZocLoadKeyfile to ZocLoadKeyboardProfile.
  • NEW: new option wyse emulation to start with label line off.
  • NEW: option for xterm to send f-keys as vt220/rxvt codes.
  • FIX: problem with using backspace in the Local Typing field.
  • FIX: possible random characters appearing with telnet.
  • CHG: speeding up text output while pasting text into the session.
  • FIX: possible crash with LOGIT enabled (introduced only in betas after 6.12).
  • FIX: possible crash when switching host directory folders.
  • FIX: another possible beachball when pasting long text (OSX only).
  • FIX: possible internal error/crash while dragging tabs.
  • FIX: possible beachball situation with local shells (OS X only).
  • FIX: don't crash when trying to SCP upload a nonexisting file.
  • FIX: possible problem with logfile after using Reconnect.
  • FIX: fixed broken double width/double height characters in VT emulations.
  • FIX: fixed delayed changing of the log name after connecting.
  • FIX: function Send Text File over serial device sometimes repeated a warning.

New in ZOC 6.12 (Jul 1, 2009)

  • NEW: QNX emulation now allows to output with non-IBM/DOS codepages
  • FIX: redrawing quirk in local typing bar with colorful tabs
  • FIX: Linux and Xterm did not accept Meta key combination Alt+?
  • FIX: editing of multiple host directory entries was broken
  • FIX: sometimes showed internal error about fBitmapContext (OS X Snow Leopard only)
  • FIX: spurious SSH error mesage (shutdown failed)
  • FIX: eating system resources when running in Windows locked desktop (Windows only)
  • FIX: some memory lost when changing number of max lines in scrollback
  • FIX: crash when scolling past the bottom with Find dialog open
  • FIX: better error message for telnet socket creation errors
  • FIX: screen contents sometimes lost when vt swtiches between 80 and 132 columns
  • FIX: last entry for the recent script files in REXX menu was ignored
  • FIX: change to terminal-features-query (ESC-Z) for VT100
  • FIX: problem remapping Enter, Return, Ctrl+Enter, Tab, Ctrl+Tab (Windows only)
  • NEW: keep-alive for telnet (global telnet options)
  • FIX: entry 'move to' was sometimes missing from popup menu in host directory
  • FIX: key '5' on numeric keypad did not work (OS X only)
  • FIX: fingerprints for SSH2 connections (you may get prompted for host keys again)
  • FIX: could not do SSH login from host dir if device was "(same as session profile)"
  • FIX: new host directory entries were not created in the current folder
  • FIX: graphical quirk in the local typing bar with colorful tabs (Windows only)

New in ZOC 6.11 (May 26, 2009)

  • FIX: key shift+tab did not work in Wyse emulations
  • NEW: REXX subcommand "COMPUTERNAME" for ZocGetInfo()
  • FIX: subtypes for Wyse/TVI emulation could not be set.
  • FIX: crashed when pressing a key (letter, etc.) in scrollback.
  • FIX: multi-file zmodem upload sent wrong total size.

New in ZOC 6.10 (May 18, 2009)

  • NEW: option (Program Settings, Misc) to show cursor position 1-based.
  • NEW: telnet option for SOCKS4 proxy (via Telnet 'Configure...' button).
  • NEW: SSH option for SOCKS4 proxy (via SSH 'Configure...' button).
  • NEW: layout option (session profile) to render fonts with antialising.
  • NEW: now supports folders and subfolders within host directory sections.
  • NEW: REXX command ZocFilename("GETVOLUMELABEL", ...).
  • NEW: REXX ZocUpload command now supports multiple files.
  • NEW: option to draw cursor in user defined color.
  • NEW: first attempt to support extended colors on TN3270.
  • BETA: VERS 6.09 (internal only).
  • FIX: cursor style restore failed for htop and mc under Linux.
  • FIX: possible crash when using File, New Window.
  • FIX: possible crash when starting.
  • FIX: quirk with lognames and ^+ placeholder (use session name for log name).
  • FIX: better error messages for some SSH connection problems.
  • FIX: wrong background color in 'Configure...' dialogs (OS X Leopard only).
  • FIX: cursor style changed after cursor store/restore operation.
  • FIX: TN3270 minor screen redraw glitches.
  • FIX: possible crash when pasting large chunks from the clipboard.
  • FIX: could not login if an SSH password contained a double quote character.
  • FIX: error in host directory when doing 'mark due' in folder.
  • FIX: moving an entry to the last folder of a host directory section failed.
  • FIX: possible crash when leaving scrollback while find dialog was open.
  • FIX: problem with 3270/5250 misaligned fields on screen.
  • FIX: problem with 3270/5250 not unlocking the keyboard on receiving screens.
  • FIX: crash when loading version (version 608d Windows only).
  • CHG: host directory file format changed (internal).
  • FIX: possible crash when loading bad options files.
  • FIX: quirks with Xterm emulation and meta key in MC (Alt+Tab, Alt+Enter).
  • FIX: unexpected condition error when using EREXX.DLL (Windows only).
  • FIX: using REXX ZocGetScreen after a ZocWait sometimes returned nothing .
  • FIX: possible crash when remote host sets window title to a very long string.
  • CHG: internal storage of host directory changed for less memory consumption.
  • FIX: problem initiating a scrollback through tracking the scrollbar (OS X only).
  • FIX: paging through scrollback via scrollbar skipped two pages (OS X only).
  • FIX: lines which wrapped around the end now not broken when put to clipboard.
  • FIX: host directory call stats were wrong (Mac OS X PPC only).
  • FIX: possible crash on startup running on machine with long computer name.

New in ZOC 6.08 (Apr 17, 2009)

  • CHG: price change with U.S. and European distributor.
  • FIX: cd-valid opt in serial/modem in session profile did not stick (OS X only).
  • FIX: save-as button for serial/modem AT commands was broken (OS X only).
  • FIX: possibly lost the main window in multi monitor setup (OS X only).
  • FIX: ssh.exe and telnet.exe were linked with msvcr80.dll instead of megadodo.dll.
  • FIX: possible crash when switching away from TN5250 emulation.
  • NEW: using a questionmark as SSH username will show a username prompt.
  • FIX: tabs opened in background always started as 80x25.
  • FIX: possible assert msg when closing tabs through 'Send to all tabs'.

New in ZOC 6.07 (Mar 25, 2009)

  • NEW: imrpovements with scrollback searc (now also searches active screen, etc.).
  • FIX: switching sections in host directory when having many sections (OS X only).
  • FIX: terminal size in status bar did not update while window was sized (OS X only).
  • FIX: keypad in application keyboard did not work correctly with vt220 (OS X only).
  • FIX: possible crash on startup.
  • FIX: quirk when editing session profiles from Quick Connect window.
  • FIX: problem loading the standard.ztr file from incorrect location.
  • FIX: 'Prevent quit when online' option in program settings dialog (OS X only).

New in ZOC 6.06 (Mar 11, 2009)

  • FIX: possible hangup via modem before/after file transfers.
  • FIX: problem switching to modem parameters different from 8N1 (OS X only).
  • FIX: possible error about unused variable (Windows only).
  • CHG: SSH now also uses supplied password to auth via keyboard-interactive.
  • FIX: problem with some characters on Linux/VT220 emulation and DOS codepages.
  • FIX: problem with disabled menu items with multiple windows (OS X only).
  • FIX: could not access context menus using a single-button mouse (OS X only).
  • FIX: small graphical glitch in tabs' close buttons (OS X only).
  • FIX: possible crash on malformed xterm sequence.
  • FIX: some safety promts when closing program were inconsistent with multiple tabs.
  • FIX: quirk with radio buttons on layout page in session profiles (Windows only).
  • FIX: possible crash on startup when using Wyse emulation as default.
  • NEW: a few extra items when right-clicking the empty area on the tabs bar.
  • FIX: zmodem download statistic showed wrong value after transfer finished.
  • NEW: special control code ^8 now also includes a counter for tabs.
  • NEW: added checkbox to Local Typing to send output to all tabs.
  • CHG: upper limit for scrollback now 64000 lines.
  • NEW: command in Edit menu to write scrollback to clipboard.
  • NEW: command in Logging menu to open the logfiles folder.
  • FIX: incorrect or missing colors when doing a ls command on Linux.
  • FIX: various quirks with case sensitive file systems (OS X only).

New in ZOC 6.05 (Feb 17, 2009)

  • FIX: ssh v1 sessions did not process input/output (OS X only).
  • FIX: zoom in/zoom-out (maximize) did not work correctly (OS X only).
  • CHG: changed shortcut for scrollback find to Cmd+F (OS X only).
  • CHG: the field to enter the path for SCP download is now editable.
  • FIX: Zmodem resume was broken.
  • NEW: streamlined host directory csv-import and help for the import function.
  • FIX: possible error message when switching windows with host directory open (OSX only).
  • FIX: could not select text to copy to clipboard in 5250 emulation .
  • CHG: changed shortcut for Clear Screen to Alt+Y/Cmd+Y (all platforms).
  • FIX: crashed when saving Program Settings (Mac OS X PPC only).
  • FIX: 5250 emulation processed mouse moves as mouse clicks.
  • FIX: Tab switching (Cmd+1-Cmd+9) did not work (OS X only).

New in ZOC 6.04 (Jan 29, 2009)

  • NEW: file dialogs for text and binary-send now open preset to the last folder.
  • NEW: option (Program Settings) to choose action to perform when opening new tab.
  • NEW: added right-click menu for the tabsbar.
  • NEW: handle telnet: and ssh: url queries (OS X only).
  • NEW: option to access tabs via Alt+1-Alt+9 (Cmd+x for OS X) (Program Settings, Tabs).
  • NEW: added a few more handcrafted unicode graphics characters .
  • NEW: xterm now supports advanced mouse modes (required for newer MC implementations).
  • FIX: telnet ^C resulted in stray character on screen (OOB incorrectly processed).
  • FIX: bad session profile when quick connecting with "(current session profile)".
  • CHG: use colorful tabs also when no tabs shown but when session has a specific color.
  • CHG: trace files (session profile, logging) now stored in Log folder.
  • CHG: Xterm now ignores mouse events if shift,ctrl or alt is pressed.
  • FIX: possible error 'osys_win32.cpp line 1429' on file transfers .
  • FIX: download dialogs sometimes had 'delete after transfer' enabled.
  • FIX: some big-endian vs. little-endian problems (OS X PPC only).
  • FIX: help text for REXX ZocSessionTab "SWITCHTO" was missing.
  • FIX: fixed wrong descriptions in shortcut table (helpfile).
  • CHG: login script in host directory now stored without path.

New in ZOC 6.03 (Jan 22, 2009)

  • FIX: problem writing log files (OS X Leopard only).
  • FIX: changed shortcut for Clear Screen from Cmd+# to Alt+# (OS X only).
  • FIX: double clicking the empty part of the tabbar area opens a new empty tab.
  • FIX: X11 forwarding did not work under Leopard (OS X only).
  • FIX: possible crash when aborting xyz-modem downloads.
  • FIX: problem with REXX ZocSend and 8-bit characters.
  • FIX: character translation dialog was broken in various ways.
  • FIX: some inconsistencies of keymap profiles with Mac keyboards (OS X only).
  • FIX: problem loading keymap/translation files from shared folder.
  • FIX: some vt emulation engine improvements using vttest.
  • FIX: added some more characters from 437 codepage for midnight commander (OS X only).
  • FIX: xterm screen restore after midnight commander did not work.
  • FIX: redraw errors when sizing the window with dynamic font size.
  • FIX: clicking on the active tab did not bring window to the foreground (Windows only).
  • FIX: telnet accept port was always reset to 10023.
  • FIX: double click on word in scrollback did not give proper visual feedback.
  • FIX: Unexpected condition when serial device was removed.
  • NEW: REXX ZocSessionTab command now with new subcommand "SWITCHTO".
  • NEW: xterm now also supports mouse clicks (left button only) and mouse wheel events.
  • FIX: speed up zmodem upload when started manually or by script.

New in ZOC 6.02 (Jan 13, 2009)

  • NEW: option for TVI emulations to allow arbitrary screen size
  • FIX: opening new tab from connection to serial port resulted in warning
  • FIX: various help text issues (missing items, clarification, OS X specifics)
  • FIX: session profiles with uppercase extension (.ZOC) sometimes ignored (OS X only)
  • FIX: about dialog clipped text in lower box (OS X only)
  • FIX: possible "unexpected condition" saying numfonts

New in ZOC 6.01 (Jan 8, 2009)

  • FIX: possible crash when closing tabs while thumbnails open.
  • FIX: scp was broken when filenames/directories included space characters.
  • FIX: possible lockup or assert when flashing the session for beep (OS X).
  • FIX: Possible buffer overrun in recording REXX (OS X).
  • FIX: Alt+W did not close Scrollback and Stream-Capture windows (OS X).