Changes for this release:

Version 2.6.75

• ADDED - file save dialog to prompt command
• ADDED - password dialog to prompt command
• ADDED - image object used to manipulate images
• ADDED - read an image from disk in a number of file formats
• ADDED - write an image to disk in a number of file formats
• ADDED - be able to scale an image
• ADDED - be able to resize an image to a specific size
• ADDED - be able to rotate an image
• ADDED - be able to crop an image
• ADDED - be able to flip an image vertically or horizontally
• ADDED - be able to blur and motionBlur the image
• ADDED - be able to sharpen an image
• ADDED - be able to despeckle an image
• ADDED - be able to reduce the noise in an image
• ADDED - be able to a histogram based equalization on an image
• ADDED - be able to emboss an image
• ADDED - be able to add a charcoal effect to an image
• ADDED - be able to add an oilPainting effect to an image
• ADDED - be able to highlight the edges in an image
• ADDED - be able to convert an image to black and white or sepia
• ADDED - be able to make an image look aged
• ADDED - be able to take the negative of an image
• ADDED - be able to roll an image horizontally or vertically
• ADDED - be able to apply a swirl effect to an image
• ADDED - be able to apply a wave effect to images
• ADDED - be able to apply a threshold effect to an image
• ADDED - be able to apply an implode special effect to images
• ADDED - be able to pixelate an image
• ADDED - be able to adjust an images contrast
• ADDED - be able to adjust an images gamma
• ADDED - be able to adjust an images brightness
• ADDED - be able to display an image
• ADDED - be able to convert an image to a binary blob
• ADDED - be able to convert a binary blob to an image
• ADDED - a color object to represent colors
• ADDED - be able to pick a color using its name like red, blue, etc.
• ADDED - be able to get EXIF data from an image
• ADDED - be able to set an image as the desktop background
• ADDED - be able to take a screenshot of the screen or a window
• ADDED - global function that takes the full path to an image and makes it the desktop background
• ADDED - getTopLeft and getBottomRight methods to the Rectangle object
• ADDED - module definitions now allow you to specify images to represent a block, class, trigger etc.
• ADDED - directoryExists function that checks to see if a drive or directory exists
• ADDED - Registry.remove function used to delete registry values or keys
• ADDED - be able to covert blobs to and from base64 encoded strings
• ADDED - load and save binary blobs directly to disk
• ADDED - block that looks at a list of images and automatically rotates them if needed
• ADDED - setting to turn on automatically updating blocks when there is a newer version
• ADDED - popup menu to block button in editor
• ADDED - remove block to new popup menu
• ADDED - update block to new popup menu that will bring the block up to date
• ADDED - update all blocks to new popup menu that will update all blocks in the script
• UPDATED - added a better set of instructions on the wizard and block properties dialog.
• UPDATED - moved all common dialogs into a separate dll to reduce overall size
• UPDATED - the version information so task manager will show a more descriptive title
• UPDATED - changed existing alert function to notify and added a new alert that modal
• UPDATED - changed website link to go directory to Easy Automation page instead of main page
• UPDATED - more than one module xml file can now point at a single module dll
• UPDATED - directory mirror will now fail if he source directory is missing
• UPDATED - sendKeys documentation to include all the virtual key codes
• UPDATED - help to the new website look
• UPDATED - when working with a block the editor now makes sure the block type exists
• FIXED - runScript can not find scripts from sent from the server
• FIXED - stringToKeys is not mapping colon correctly
• FIXED - log statements from modules do not always get passed through to main logger correctly
• FIXED - alerts can fall behind other applications
• FIXED - void objects throw exceptions instead of getting converted to NULL object pointers
• FIXED - description not showing up in script manager
• FIXED - run at startup setting is not working right
• FIXED - ... on directory type fields not working
• FIXED - ... on block selection fields not working
• FIXED - directory mirror fails to remove folders with folders in them
• FIXED - sendKeys can not send the multiply key on the number pad
• FIXED - Information from the Script window breaks if you log an empty string to the log file
• FIXED - Registry.writeInt and Registry.writeString returns values are reversed

Previous releases:

Version 2.5.59 Free Version

• ADDED - binaryToNumber() converts a string of zeros and ones to number
• ADDED - BinaryBlob class for working with binary data
• ADDED - FileBinary class can now read and write BinaryBlob objects
• ADDED - SerialSession class used to work with serial ports
• ADDED - getScripts() that gets the collection of scripts on the computer
• ADDED - getRunningScript() to get the currently running script
• ADDED - more error logging everywhere
• ADDED - global function isWhitespace
• ADDED - new block that gets weather information
• ADDED - new block speak items in list
• ADDED - new block rename files using a pattern
• ADDED - new trigger - drive space low, fires when running out of space
• ADDED - new trigger - power event, when plugged, unplugged, or battery low
• ADDED - new trigger - program starting or ending
• ADDED - log file rotation that creates a new log file each day
• ADDED - setting for how long to keep old log files
• ADDED - version number of editor that last saved a script to script file
• ADDED - script manager will kill any runaway scripts when started up
• ADDED - all scripts have a unique id that never changes
• ADDED - global md5 function to take the md5 of a string
• ADDED - BinaryBlob.md5 property that returns the md5 of a binary blob
• ADDED - encryption and decryption of strings
• ADDED - encryption and decryption of files
• ADDED - encryption and decryption of binary blobs
• ADDED - blowfish encryption engine
• ADDED - edit a scripts properties from script manager
• ADDED - global function setSetting that can set an Easy Automation setting
• ADDED - Script.isEncrypted, Script.hasPassword, Script.id methods
• ADDED - silent update setting, update will automatically install if available
• ADDED - registry class for reading and writing values in the registry
• ADDED - script manager should monitor script and auto-restart it on error
• ADDED - script runner can run encrypted scripts and scripts with passwords
• ADDED - global installLicense(), getLicenseType() functions
• ADDED - global checkForUpdate() that will check to see if an update is available
• ADDED - Progress class uses to display a progress dialog
• ADDED - script manager now shows the properties of the selected script
• ADDED - disable scripts to keep them from auto-running
• ADDED - setting to control max ram available to scripts
• REMOVED - GetJSRectangle, GetJSWindow, etc. replaced with CreateObject
• REMOVED - email notification from logger
• UPDATED - Script object functions into properties like getName is now just name
• UPDATED - Script object toString function provides file name of script
• UPDATED - Script object to no longer be a global object
• UPDATED - which errors are fatal and which will just get logged
• UPDATED - global functions so they will run slightly faster
• UPDATED - null now converts to 0.0 for numbers and 0 for integers
• UPDATED - audio features to all be in a contained module now
• UPDATED - first script save uses logical name of script as default file name
• UPDATED - each script now logs to its own logfile based on the scripts name
• UPDATED - reduced most log statements to debug level from info level
• UPDATED - converted all log times from UTC to local time
• UPDATED - removed extra line from mirror finished email
• UPDATED - automatically redirect of non-http request to https port
• FIXED - invalid parameter types not sending error messages and stopping script
• FIXED - automatic update fails on windows 7 with account control turned on
• FIXED - run a script, close the script window, stop the script and it will crash
• FIXED - the HTTPSession post() method garbles the form values
• FIXED - can not add new block if the users module directory does not exist
• FIXED - editing existing trigger can erase called method
• FIXED - deadlock caused by interaction between script list and update thread

Version 2.5.59 Registered Version

• ADDED - web interface to script manager to allow remote interaction
• ADDED - iPhone / Android friendly web interface pages
• ADDED - start and stop scripts from a web interface
• ADDED - enable and disable scripts from a web interface
• ADDED - see individual computers log files from web interface
• ADDED - designate a script manager as the script server
• ADDED - see consolidated message log on script server
• ADDED - change settings using the web interface
• ADDED - send e-mails from the script server on alerts in message log
• ADDED - create groups of computers and be able to push scripts to them
• ADDED - password protection of scripts
• ADDED - script encryption
• ADDED - create customized installers for easy rollout of application
• ADDED - System.scriptRun to allow you to pass a password to the script

Version 2.3.18

• ADDED - trigger when network connections are plugged or unplugged
• ADDED - trigger when media is inserted or removed from the computer
• ADDED - trigger when devices are added or removed from the computer
• ADDED - new block that returns a list of running processes
• ADDED - new block that lets the user choose an item form a list
• ADDED - new block that takes a list and runs a program on each item in the list
• ADDED - new script wizard that allows you to run commands on the computer via the web
• ADDED - new script wizard that runs an application over a collection of files
• UPDATED - better error messages for triggers with bad conditions
• UPDATED - blocks that work with files will now prompt the user for the file name if needed
• UPDATED - System.listProcesses so it would show processes from other users (if possible)
• UPDATED - System.killProcess so it would kill processes from other users (if possible)
• UPDATED - changed the prompt seperator from , to |
• UPDATED - script wizard that mirrors directory now can choose to mirror subdirectories or not
• UPDATED - prompt now has type 'folder' that will prompt the user to pick a folder
• UPDATED - renamed 'act as webserver' to 'share files via the web'
• UPDATED - script wizard 'share files via the web' to now prompt for the root if not given
• UPDATED - script wizard 'share files via the web' now automatically generates index pages
• UPDATED - script wizard 'share files via the web' to have optional user name and password
• UPDATED - script wizard 'mirror files' to prompt the user for the directories if not given
• UPDATED - block 'Get list of files in a folder' has been updated to ask for the folder if not provided
• UPDATED - block 'Copy a list of files' to prompt the user for the destination if it is not provided
• UPDATED - block 'Move a list of files' to prompt the user for the destination if it is not provided
• FIXED - in options choose hotkey dialog if you click ok without choosing a hotkey it will crash
• FIXED - when a new file is created in the editor it doesnt close the untitled file like open does
• FIXED - script manager window can get lost while you edit scripts
• FIXED - back to back service control calls can fail
• FIXED - script manager window can open behind other windows
• FIXED - on Windows XP scripts are not correctly marked as running
• FIXED - script wizard that mirrors directory email changes function is broken
• FIXED - When web page is request is not handling requests right
• FIXED - Connection.writePage was not setting the MIME type correctly
• FIXED - Connection.userName and Connection.password can cause crashes
• FIXED - SSL certificate setting path is wrong

Version 2.2.58

• Added script templates when creating a new script
• Added script blocks (chunks of scripts that can work together)
• Added user defined script blocks so users can create their own wizards
• Added classes tab to tool window and moved all class information to that tab
• Added error message when trying to use unavailable object in free version
• Added HTTPSession class and removed httpRequest()
• Added support to Connection for 401 and 403 responses
• Added support to Connection to handle basic authentication
• Added support to Connection to get request headers
• Added support to web page trigger for SSL
• Added support to HTTPSession for username and password protected sites
• Added support to HTTPSession for using post instead of get
• Added support to HTTPSession for cookies
• Added support to HTTPSession for SSL (https connection)
• Added FTPSession class to handle working with ftp servers
• Added TelnetSession class to handle working with telnet servers
• Added System.listProcesses() to get the list of running processes on the machine
• Added System.killProcess() to kill a process on the machine
• Added System.runScript() to allow a script to run another script
• Added SSL to internal web server controller
• Added username and password protection to internal web server controller
• Added syntax highlighting for true, false and null
• Added a Script object and moved global script functions under it
• Added new option property type application that lets user pick from list of applications
• Added new option property type template that lets user pick a template
• Added support for options that must be filled in
• Added Service class to get the status, start and stop services
• Added getRootDirectory to get the root of a collection of files or directories
• Added a block to get a list of files
• Added a block to copy a lists of files
• Added a block to display lists of items
• Added sections in templates to preserve user code
• Added internationalization support
• Added System.windowsDirectory, System.systemDirectroy, System.tempDirectroy, and System.myDocumentsDirectory
• Added new Prompt type "file" that will open a file picker dialog
• Added new Prompt type "ok" that will show a message box with an ok button
• Added Window.postMessage which does what sendMessage does but without blocking
• Added ability to pass parameters to scripts
• Added global functions addDirectory and removeDirectory
• Added script wizard that creates scripts to mirror directories on events
• Changed free version to allow all non-corporate functions to work
• Changed tool window to a blocks window
• Changed module metadata so it all comes from one file now (faster load times)
• Changed File.copyTo() to allow you to easily move a file to a new directory
• Changed Check Server wizard so you can now check via ping, telnet, http get, or ftp download
• Changed all trigger calls to be part of the Trigger class, removed global functions triggerX
• Changed application recording to now create blocks that can be reused instead of entire scripts
• Changed wizards and triggers to be special types of blocks
• Changed triggers to now run functions or the entire script
• Changed scripts so script data is no longer displayed in the editor
• Changed script fold points so they are now remembered after you reopen a saved script
• Changed findWindow calls to look more than one level deep
• Changed the stop recording from a right mouse on the indicator to a hotkey
• Changed the way special keys like CTRL, ALT and SHIFT are recorded
• Changed selection background color
• Fixed bugs in template expansion
• Fixed a bug where float values did not get handled correctly
• Fixed a bug in the prompt call where choice type dialogs did not always return the users choice
• Fixed a bug where getting the filename portion of a path failed if there was no path
• Fixed a crash in the script manager when it scans for new scripts
• Fixed script running status takes to long to update
• Fixed the flakiness of the email sender
• Fixed new scripts added to script directory don't show up in script list
• Fixed window.close no longer blocks if the other application is busy
• Fixed setMinLogLevel script command
• Fixed of a line in the logfile is to long it will not show up in the output section of the editor
• Fixed a problem in window.text property
• Fixed should not be able to edit a wizard in a script that is running
• Removed template included in templates since you can now have a template as a variable type
• Removed list of scripts from script manager menu and added new script list dialog

Version 2.0.11

• added XMLParser and XMLElement to make XML parsing easy
• added Template class to make it easy to format messages
• added simple way to use templates to define wizards in extensions
• added syntax checks to make sure the right parameters are passed when newing classes
• added wizards for all triggers to make creating triggers easier
• added read-only to the tabs of read only scripts
• added wizard to generate script that will make sure servers are running by pinging them
• added wizard to create a simple web server
• moved all template based wizards into external xml files
• modified Options... dialog to make it easier to use
• fixed high cpu usage with file change trigger
• fixed file change trigger can stop working after a while
• fixed file change trigger can miss a file rename
• fixed crash caused by trying to start a trigger with a trigger type that doesnt exist
• fixed email body not sent with email sometimes
• fixed Connection.url does not have protocol, port, and web server name on it
• fixed Connection.writeFile does not return 404 if the file does not exist
• fixed Connection.writeFile does not set the mime type correctly
• fixed "On a specific date and time" trigger will error out if there is extra space in the repeat pattern

Version 1.9.9

• split File object into File (for manipulating files) and FileText (for reading and writing text files)
• added FileBinary object for reading and writing binary files
• added an Email object for sending emails
• added WebUtils.ping()
• added support to email ERROR and FATAL log statements to an address
• renamed WebUtils.HTTPGet to webUtils.httpGet
• improve documentation of all File objects
• internal webserver is now off by default
• fixed crash on XP in script runner

Version 1.8.24

• default log files names are now more easily recognized as easy automation log files
• updated installer verbage
• added the date and time to all log statements6
• changed the drag and drop code for the triggers to drop template code instead of running a wizard
• updated documentation for all triggers
• reduced CPU usage while waiting on triggers
• added WebUtils class to contain utilities to work with web based entities
• added WebUtils.HTTPGet to download a file via an http get call
• added a web request trigger
• added Connection class to allow working with connections from the request trigger
• added check for update menu item to script manager
• added number of paramter check to all function calls
• added web interface to script manager that can start and stop scripts
• changed the scripts in the editor to be read-only while the script is running
• Fixed hooks dll on vista by allowing it to run with admin privlege
• Fixed replace not getting grayed out in editor when document is read only
• Fixed bug in pattern matching code for file change triggers
• Fixed Audio.play not returning the right value
• Fixed first time the editor is started up the tool window is to narrow
• Fixed "Run application on event" ok is disabled when editing existing wizard code
• Fixed after first install temp files are left in root directory
• Fixed installer doesn't ask for admin privledges
• Fixed crash bug in script error reporter
• Fixed bug in hotkey trigger when multiple keys are specified
• Fixed stange message when ctrl+s is hit while a script is running in the editor

Version 1.7.25

• "Create Typing Shortcuts" wizard has been replace with newer version
• "When a Certain Phrase is Typed" trigger now only triggers on end of words (spaces, tabs, newlines)
• "When a Certain Phrase is Typed" trigger now allows for triggering on any typed word
• returnValue in global.exit( returnValue ) is now an optional paramter
• Added a new menu to script manager to let you change the name and description of a script
• Added a new menu to script manager to let you create shortcuts that will run scripts
• Added GetSetting and SetSetting to IApplication so modules have settings
• Added Global.escapeForFile() and Global.unescapeForFile() that take a string and encode it for a text file
• Added Global.getSetting() call so scripts can access settings
• Added a new System class to contain system type routines
• Added System.shutdown(), System.logoff(), System.reboot() to allow scripts to restart the machine
• Added System.createShortcut() that will create desktop shortcuts
• Moved Global.runProgram() and Global.waitForExit to new System object
• Added a new Audio class to contain audio playing routines
• Added Audio.say() that will do text to speech on a string
• Added Audio.play() that will play wav files
• Fixed System.waitForExit was ignoring the timeout value
• Fixed editing script header removes line after header block
• Fixed yet another bug with autoindent of {}
• Fixed can't drag and drop classes from tool palette
• Fixed debug setting showing in options dialog with no name
• Fixed file.readAll crash
• Fixed crash in Global.log() with strings that contain %
• Fixed Global.sleep() uses to much CPU

Version 1.6.26

• fixed a bug with the hot key trigger condition parsing
• fixed a bug with editing existing wizards from the script manager

Version 1.6.25

• Added fold points for wizard generated code
• Added buttons in the margin on the editor to activate wizards
• Added button in margin to edit script header information
• Added "Run Application on Event" wizard
• Added create, update, delete, rename filters to file trigger and "When a File Changes" trigger
• Added popup "getting started" notification the first time the manager runs
• Fixed a bug that kept windows from recording correctly if the title changed in response to the user typing something
• Added menu to script manager to configure script's auto-run
• Added menu to manager to create script without opening the editor
• Added menu to manager to edit scripts with wizards if a wizard created the script
• Changed existing menus on script manager to make them easier to understand
• Fixed manager application so only one can be run at a time
• Reorganized and simplified the help
• Added setScriptRunAtStartup() method
• Renamed getScriptAutomatic() to getScriptRunAtStartup()
• Changed alert() command to create moveable notifications
• Added functions to IApplication to allow extensions to share information
• Added parameter to RunWizard extension call that now passes in and out wizard parameters

Version 1.5.37

• Added settings to File Trigger for event consolidation
• Added "Script Tools" palette to make script creation even easier
• Added support for extensions
• Added getFiles function to find files in a directory
• Added getDirectories function to find directories
• Added md5 property to File object
• Added length property to File object
• Added creation time, last updated time, and last accessed time properties to File object
• Added date property to File object
• Added copy method to File object
• Added wizard to clone file changes
• Added brace matching highlighting for [], {} and ()
• Added a sample extension
• Moved Help to main menu bar
• Removed Wizards button and made play and record buttons larger
• Fixed "release" license does not provide feedback when it fails
• Fixed startup takes a long time if no internet connection is available
• Fixed lists so you can highlight them by clicking name or value
• Fixed passing function to alert causes crash
• Fixed log statements sometimes stop showing the output window
• Fixed strings quoted with single quotes are not getting highlighted
• Fixed automatic tab of closing } puts it in the wrong location
• Fixed folding can get off when you edit a file
• Fixed find doesn't always scroll the found text into view

Version 1.1.22

• add wizard to map keys from one key to another
• add global sendKeys that sends keystrokes to whatever window had focus
• added activationData for hotkey trigger which is the key combination that triggered it
• change hotkey trigger to now accept more than one key combination that will trigger it
• fixed hotkeys that include "alt" are not being detected correctly
• fixed sendKeys method so it will now block the keypress watcher
• fixed sometimes you have to click on license twice to get it to take the license
• fixed uneditable options in options dialog
• fixed crash in file trigger
• fixed replace typed text wizard to accept Enter keys now

Version 1.1.12

• added File object to scripting language
• added trigger that watches for file changes
• added wizard to create file triggers
• added support for windows XP
• added sendMessage function to Window object
• improved logging in all applications
• changed window trigger to trigger if window name matchs pattern
• changed options dialog to filter options based on application showing it
• fixed install issues on clean machines
• fixed about box message for third party application
• fixed currentTrigger documentation
• fixed if autorun is off installer shouldn't make manager run on start up
• fixed "typing" type triggers should ignore characters typed from the script

Version 1.0.65

• initial release