| 1 | == WarpIN 1.0.19 released == |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Paul Ratcliffe has released WarpIN 1.0.19, the free and GPLed general purpose installer for OS/2 and eComStation. This release includes the following changes: |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Fixes: |
| 6 | |
| 7 | * Fixed a problem with error handling when installing packages to the root directory. Bug 1160. |
| 8 | * Installing an older version of WarpIn left the later version number in the database. Bug 1143. |
| 9 | * The REMOVELINE option of CONFIGSYS processing wasn't expanding the ?:\ macro. Bug 1154. |
| 10 | * It was possible to add the same file to a package more than once due to case sensitive handling. Bug 1170. |
| 11 | * WirexxShowMessage() now supports hex. numbers. Bug 1166. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | New features: |
| 14 | * Added a Preferences dialog item and environment variable for Locked file handling. Bug 1026. |
| 15 | * Added WirexxCancel() function to allow abort of installation from REXX. Bug 1166. |
| 16 | * Added WirexxVarPrompt() to allow prompts for variables from REXX. Bug 1165. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | The installer package is available in the "Download" section. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | == WarpIN 1.0.18 released == |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Paul Ratcliffe has released WarpIN 1.0.18, the free and GPLed general purpose installer for OS/2 and eComStation. This release includes the following changes: |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Fixes: |
| 25 | * On deinstallation, attempts to delete objects which no longer exist do not now cause errors. Bug 1062. |
| 26 | * "wic -g" caused an "Error 2 writing XML document to disk" error. Bug 1129. |
| 27 | * Some icons updated to improve aesthetics. Bug 1056. |
| 28 | * Fixed odd error messages when installing with CONFIG.SYS being write-protected. Bug 1118. |
| 29 | * Split bar removed from right hand package pane. Bug 1058. |
| 30 | * Modifying a self-extracting .EXE corrupted it. Bug 1093. |
| 31 | * Replaced the PM .INI file functions with WarpIN's own to relieve database unreliability on shared memory constrained systems. Bug 1091. |
| 32 | * "BASE" attribute only worked properly on first package specified in the script. Bug 1060. |
| 33 | * Fixed several bugs with Textview controls not showing the text correctly and not scrolling correctly. Bug 1086. |
| 34 | * Script window now not resizable because it didn't update properly. Bug 1137. |
| 35 | * Fixed version number. Bug 1140. |
| 36 | * Fixed exception on main thread when installing WarpIN over itself. Bug 1142. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | New features: |
| 39 | * Added support for Codepage 1208 (UTF-8). Bug 1127. |
| 40 | * "wic -l" now displays the date/time of packed files. Bug 1131. |
| 41 | * Allow Ctrl-Ins to copy text to clipboard from Textview controls. Bug 1116. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | The installer package is available in the "Download" section. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | == WarpIN 1.0.17 released == |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Paul Ratcliffe has released WarpIN 1.0.17, the free and GPLed general purpose installer for OS/2 and eComStation. This release includes the following changes: |
| 48 | |
| 49 | Fixes: |
| 50 | * Now allowing -R parameter to be used with "wic -g" on archives that contain Rexx scripts. Bug 1045. |
| 51 | * Minor installation bug with test.wis and test.cmd. Bug 1049. |
| 52 | * Documented "wic -g". Bug 1048. |
| 53 | * Database can now store packages with several thousand files by splitting the .INI file information into 64K chunks. Bug 1050. |
| 54 | * Installation progress bar behaved erratically due to fix for bug 948. Bug 1046. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | New features: |
| 57 | * URLs in HTML README pages are now passed directly to any applications configured by the Internet Application Integration package rather than only to the default browser. |
| 58 | |
| 59 | The installer package is available in the "Download" section. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | == WarpIN 1.0.16 released == |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Paul Ratcliffe has released WarpIN 1.0.16, the free and GPLed general purpose installer for OS/2 and eComStation. This release includes the following changes: |
| 64 | |
| 65 | Fixes: |
| 66 | * In RUNWIC.CMD, WarpIN path is added to BEGINLIBPATH instead of replacing it. Bug 943. |
| 67 | * Multiple BASE tags are now ignored, with the lowest numbered package taking priority. Bug 947. |
| 68 | * Packages containing 0 bytes worth of files caused a "broken package" error and were not able to be uninstalled. Bug 948. |
| 69 | * Error message "Directory %s could not be removed because there is/are %u directory(ies) and %u file(s) left in it. Remove it manually" often had a directory count of 0 when attempting to delete undeletable files. Bug 1001. |
| 70 | * Changed de-installation order to match opposite of installation order and run De-executes before deleting INI file entries. Bug 1024. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | New features: |
| 73 | * Implemented "wic -p" mode to query whether a specific package ID is already installed. Bug 1017. |
| 74 | * Implemented "wic -g" mode to generate an XML CID file from an archive. Bug 1022. |
| 75 | * Clicking on links in HTML README pages now opens the default browser with the specified URL. Bug 1031. |
| 76 | * Implemented a Packages menu to allow keyboard control of Verify/Deinstall/Remove functions which were previously only available on mouse driven context menus. Bug 1015. |
| 77 | * Added support for Codepage 1386 (IBM Chinese). |
| 78 | |
| 79 | The installer package is available in the "Download" section. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | == WarpIN 1.0.15 released == |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Paul Ratcliffe has released WarpIN 1.0.15, the free and GPLed general purpose installer for OS/2 and eComStation. This release includes the following changes: |
| 84 | |
| 85 | Fixes: |
| 86 | * WarpIN trapped on archives containing files with invalid datestamps. Bug 922. |
| 87 | * De-install dialog appeared after closing the main window in database mode. Bug 923. |
| 88 | * Finally fixed issues with installing in the root directory (I hope). The relevant non-working fixes for bug 625 were removed. Bug 925. |
| 89 | * Added a "Yes to All" button to the Delete Newer File dialog. Bug 933. |
| 90 | * Implemented REXX function WirexxExtract for extracting files from packages at script processing time. Bug 909. |
| 91 | * WarpIN didn't work on Warp 3/early Warp 4 since 1.0.8 due to having static references to UCONV.DLL and LIBUNI.DLL. Bug 936. |
| 92 | * Scripts which were using README pages containing EXTRACTFROMPCK where the file was in a subdirectory didn't delete the temporary directories. Bug 937. |
| 93 | * Support adding packages with no files by specifying NUL as a filename. Bug 938. |
| 94 | |
| 95 | The installer package is available in the "Downloads" section. |