Release History
Version
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Release Date |
Changes
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| PTFB Pro v4.6 | 8th Jiune 2013 | - "Fire only if window belongs to program" is
now editable - Now restores foreground window prior to recording screen macro - Update for IE10 to recognize more object types - Updates to Help file |
| PTFB Pro v4.5.4 | 26th March 2013 | - Updated Installer |
| PTFB Pro v4.5.2 | 15th Nov 2012 | - Bug fix: stability improvement for advanced target recognition. |
| PTFB Pro v4.5.1 | 2nd Nov 2012 | - Bug fix: on some systems v4.5 introduced drawing refresh problems and instability. |
| PTFB Pro v4.5 | 26th Oct 2012 | -PTFB Pro has now been adapted to work better on high DPI (dots per inch) Windows Vista / 7 / 8 systems. This includes enhanced visuals and where necessary, coordinate conversions. Operation on standard DPI systems is unchanged. |
| PTFB Pro v4.4 | 13th Sept 2012 | - Added: ProgMon items
now have the ability to restart a program/process that has become
a "cpu hog". - Fix: Button keyboard shortcuts (as opposed to hotkeys) no longer have effect when main window is hidden/minimized. - Fix: ProgMon items now correctly handle multiple instances of the target process. - Fix: Stopped potential crash when updating from shared file. |
| PTFB Pro v4.3 | 30th June 2012 | - Added automatic "Check for newer version" option
(Options -> Configure -> General) - Extended workstation fail-safe relock upper limit to 300 secs (5 mins) - OK button now default in item properties - Fixed: occasional first-use failure of advanced target recognition on some apps when creating a single press item. - Fix: increased time between remote desktop kickoff and target action to reduce chance of failure. |
| PTFB Pro v4.2.4 | 8th June 2012 | - Fixed: fatal error connected to advanced target recognition for certain targets. |
| PTFB Pro v4.2.3 | 15th May 2012 | - Now recognizes & handles German
Outlook Security Dialog - Fix: single press items for system tray balloons now execute notifications correctly. |
| PTFB Pro v4.2.2 | 9th April 2012 | - Fix: Duplicate item now works correctly on items
from a shared file. - Fix: Hotkey triggers involving right ctrl key now handled correctly - Updated installer. |
| PTFB Pro v4.2.1 | 9th February 2012 | - Added ability for ProgMon to restart non-responsive
app only when the app has been found to be not responding a given number
of times (consecutively) - Updated installer. |
| PTFB Pro v4.2 | 12th October 2011 | - Added ability to limit items to fire only on foreground
windows (those with focus). - Added ability to temporarily enable an item from within a macro - Added "cycle" option to Switch To Prog macro action - Minor user interface improvements. - Changes/Additions to the Help file. - Note that the file format has changed with this release. |
| PTFB Pro v4.1.5 | 11th August 2011 | - Updated target recognition for current versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox. - Internal changes to help with software conflicts on some systems. - Minor user interface improvements. - Changes/Additions to the Help file. |
| PTFB Pro v4.1.4 | 14th April 2011 | - Fixed fatal error on some PCs when creating window
restore items. - Installer update |
| PTFB Pro v4.1.3 | 21st March 2011 | - MinimizeToTray is now optional, to help new users
who aren't familiar with system tray icon hiding under Windows 7. - Installer update - Minor cosmetic changes |
| PTFB Pro v4.1.2 | 28th February 2011 | - The hotkey controls in Options -> Hotkeys were incorrectly disabled during the trial. This has been corrected. |
| PTFB Pro v4.1.1 | 9th February 2011 | - Under certain circumstances the previous version of
PTFB Pro (4.1) could consume a large amount of cpu when waiting for
new targets to trigger. This has now been resolved. - This version is once again compatible with Windows 2000 (though the new technology is not available in this old OS) |
| PTFB Pro v4.1 | 22nd December 2010 | This release enables PTFB Pro to use a new technology in Windows 7 onwards, enabling it to find targets in non-standard screens and even some browsers. Users of Windows XP and later can also benefit from this new version because the new technology is available to some older OSes via Windows Update. Consequently, this new version of PTFB Pro is highly recommended for users of Windows XP onwards. Users of Windows 2000 should stay with the previous version (4.0.0.1) |
| PTFB Pro v4.0.0.1 | 8th September 2010 |
- Assorted cosmetic tweaks and fixes. - Change to the default delay for screenshots (up from 0 to 1/10 sec) |
| PTFB Pro v4 | 23rd June 2010 |
Added "Window Restore" item
to automatically resize/reposition windows for programs that either
don't do this themselves,
or do it incorrectly.
Added "Stay on top" submenu to keep chosen windows on top of others. Can now disconnect minimized or otherwise inactive remote desktop (RDP) window in order to keep handling targets. Can now temporarily unlock a locked workstation to keep handling targets even on Vista and Win 7, both 32 & 64 bit. Run Now available for all selected items, and added "Run All In Tab" to execute multiple items one after the other. Can now export items to, and automatically (re)load items from, a shared file. Improved email notifications - can now send via Googlemail. Now operates on tooltip balloons on 64 bit systems as well as 32-bit. Numerous usablity tweaks suggested by our customers. |
| PTFB Pro v3.6.0.3 | 12th Aug 2009 |
Changes to resolve possible incompatibility with some installations of Vista Business Edition |
| PTFB Pro v3.6.0.2 | 29th June 2009 |
- Can now use read
only flag to prevent overwriting of PTFBPro3.dat file. This can
be useful if one "master file" is
being used by multiple installations of PTFB Pro. |
| PTFB Pro v3.6.0.1 | 18th Mar 2009 |
- Updated to cope with another variant of the Outlook
2007 Security Dialog. |
| PTFB Pro v3.6 | 26th Feb 2009 |
- New: option to trigger target after no mouse/keyboard
activity has occurred for X minutes. |
| PTFB Pro v3.5.2 | 22nd August 2008 |
- New: Import Targets From File (Options menu). Allows
you to import one or more items from any existing PTFB Pro .dat/.cfg
file. Available only to licensed users. - Improvements to efficiency, particularly for ProgMon items. - Updated installer. |
| PTFB Pro v3.5.1.1 | 23rd April 2008 |
Fix memory consumption problem on some PCs. ProgMon no longer acknowledges 16-bit apps. |
| PTFB Pro v3.5.1 | 17th April 2008 |
- Items can now be marked to trigger
only "Once
per session" (Item properties -> Triggers page) - Fix: Now correctly recognizes Outlook 2007 security dialog. - Fix: Reset button in Set Data Folder now restores the default folder location |
| PTFB Pro v3.5 | 14th Feb 2008 |
- PTFB Pro can now play a sound when an item fires,
as well as writing to a log, sending an email and running a command
line. |
| PTFB Pro v3.4.1 | 27th Nov 2007 |
- ProgMon launch operations can now specify a starting
directory for the target program |
| PTFB Pro v3.4 | 18th Sep 2007 |
- New Macro item: Program Monitor (ProgMon). This item keeps watch for a particular program and can either launch it automatically if it isn't running OR kill it if it is running. To create a ProgMon item, click the right hand side of the Macro button and choose New ProgMon Macro from the resulting menu. Note: Not available when running on Win9x |
| PTFB Pro v3.3.6 | 31st July 2007 |
- Fix: Forced Delay macro item was broken under W2k/XP in a previous release, it's now fixed. |
| PTFB Pro v3.3.5 | 4th July 2007 |
- Fix: stopped infinite loop if time is deleted
on trigger page. |
| PTFB Pro v3.3.4 | 16th Apr 2007 |
- Initial and repeat delays can now be set to tenths
of a second. |
| PTFB Pro v3.3.3 | 8th Mar 2007 |
- New command line option: /RELOAD causes reload
of all targets from data file. |
| PTFB Pro v3.3.2 | 18th Jan 2007 |
- Changes to single press and macro playback to
correct occasional problems occurring when switching between targets. |
| PTFB Pro v3.3.1 | 13th Dec 2006 |
- Fixes for incompatiblity problems with some Computer Associates products. PestPatrol and AOL Safety & Security Center may still be affected. Please check the forums for details and workarounds. - Added option to restore previous active window after a single-press or macro has completed. This option is labelled "Restore Active Window" and is located on the General page of each macro/press item's property screen. |
| PTFB Pro v3.3 | 25th October 2006 |
- Windows Vista support (based on RC2) |
| PTFB Pro v3.2 | 16th Sept 2006 |
- Repeat option has been extended to cover all triggers.
Can now repeat indefinitely, for a limited time or for a specific
number of times |
| PTFB Pro v3.1.2 | 10th Aug 2006 |
- Added new "Switch To Program" macro
action (Misc section on Edit page) |
| PTFB Pro v3.1.1 | 15th June 2006 |
- Provisional support for Windows Vista |
| PTFB Pro v3.1 | 1st May 2006 |
- Added ability to enter a comment for each target.
The comment is shown in the tooltips for each item |
| PTFB Pro v3.0.1 | 2nd Mar 2006 |
- Added "Force CapsLock" macro
item to ensure correct capitalization - Added option to hide PTFB Pro window while choosing target - see Config screen - Various cosmetic and usability tweaks |
| PTFB Pro v3.0 | 11th Jan 2006 |
- Separate initial and repeat delays for both single
presses and macros (sequences) - Ability to edit macros and insert custom commands (e.g. run command line, run other macro) - Window-less macros (operate on entire screen) - Greater speed range for macro playback (1/4 speed through to maximum possible) - New triggering options: 1. when target window appears (as before, but now with ability to confine actions to certain days/hours) 2. repeating day/time schedule (like Windows scheduler) 3. your own choice of hotkey 4. command line (an external program can tell PTFB to run a macro on demand) -Option to conceal macro contents from prying eyes -New items take a snapshot of the original target window, so you can always refresh you memory! - Ability to operate on minimized windows - Ability to handle multiple on-screen instances of the same target |
| PTFB Pro v2.4.4.0 | 3rd Nov 2005 |
- Simplified and improved handling
of Outlook security dialogs to overcome interference of some security
suites.
- Improved inbuilt Help. - Updated installer - auto-start is no longer on by default |
| PTFB Pro v2.4.3.0 | 20th Sept 2005 |
- Updated list to display hotkey for
single-press targets.
- Updated installer |
| PTFB Pro v2.4.2.0 | 5th Aug 2005 |
- Reverts to old pressing technique
for targets that remain obscured.
- "Fire only for application" now uses case-free matching |
| PTFB Pro v2.4.1.0 | 6th July 2005 |
- Can now disable tooltips for the
main list.
- Can now use PTFB Pro hotkey to toggle between enabled/disabled state - Press delay (if any) now shown in Info column of main list - Single press hotkey now accepts return, space and escape keys |
| PTFB Pro v2.4.0.0 | 27th May 2005 |
Added a service component to allow
pressing of all targets when the
computer is locked or running a locking screensaver. Please consult the Help for details. |
| PTFB Pro v2.3.1.0 | 18th April 2005 |
Further improvements to handling of
Outlook security dialogs. Now
capable of immediately dismissing all current (English language) variants of the dialogs. Note - users of Office 2000 SP3 are advised to disable the Office Assistant. |
| PTFB Pro v2.3.0.0 | 4th April 2005 |
- Added option to forcibly enable
a button before it is pressed. This is
primarily for Outlook users, as it enables the Outlook mail confirmation dialog to be dismissed immediately - no more 5 second wait! - Can now choose whether the target list should be sorted automatically, or allow custom ordering by drag and drop. - Improved button recognition to include check boxes, option (radio) buttons and disabled buttons - Improved handling of the tray icon reduces cpu load and should eliminate interference with tooltip display on slow or heavily loaded computers running W2K |
| PTFB Pro v2.2.0.0 | 11th Feb 2005 |
- Added direct control over window
type checking, to cope with windows
that have different types (class names) each time their owning program is run. This will help PTFB Pro correctly identify windows of programs developed using the Microsoft Foundation Classes (among others). - Added new option to use size to help identify a window, following user requests. - Info page on target properties now shows main window type and size in addition to window contents. - Changed default response speed for new installations to maximum. - Fixed drawing issues under Windows Server 2003, and XP using the classic (Windows 2000) style. - Fixed fatal error with certain invalid regular expressions. |
| PTFB Pro v2.1.1.0 | 12th Jan 2005 |
Resolves issue with control display when using Windows
2000 display schemes.
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| PTFB Pro v2.1.0.0 | 9th Dec 2004 |
Adds ability to change defaults for many settings,
including
auto-repeat, application-lock, playback speed; Several cosmetic tweaks |
| PTFB Pro v2.0.0.2 | 15th Oct 2004 |
Installer includes latest version of gdiplus.dll
from Microsoft to counter jpeg vulnerability (Microsoft Security
Bulletin MS04-028)
Cosmetic tweak to Target Properties General page |
| PTFB Pro v2.0.0.1 | 13th Sept 2004 |
Minor Release. Fixes bug that prevents logging
and emails when no screenshot required.
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PTFB Pro v2.0.0.0
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8th Sept 2004 |
First Public Release of professional version
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