Version History

Version 4.2.44 - 30 August 2007

Fixed: Installing HttpWatch on Windows Vista could cause the message "This program may not have installed correctly"

Version 4.2.43 - 30 July 2007

Fixed: The setup program now displays an improved error message if a version 5.x key is entered

Version 4.2.42 - 31 May 2007

Fixed: Invalid HTML characters are now handled correctly by the XML export
Fixed: Corrupted or invalid gzip content with a mime type of application/* could cause the error dialog to display 'Decompress failed - corrupted data - incorrect header check'.

Version 4.2.38 - 22 Mar 2007

Fixed: An access violation could occur when clearing the log with the Summary window displayed

Version 4.2.37 - 19 Mar 2007

New: Plugin.New method now creates a new browser session and a visible IE window
Fixed: Plugin.New method now works correctly with IE 7 Protected Mode on Windows Vista
Fixed: Start-up delays and deadlocks could occur when starting IE 7 either interactively or through the automation interface
Fixed: Shift + Click now creates or modifies text selections in the Stream and Content tabs

Version 4.2.35 - 28 Feb 2007

Fixed: The Content and Stream tabs now work correctly with high resolution mouse wheels

Version 4.2.33 - 26 Feb 2007

Fixed: Certain animated gifs could cause HttpWatch to display a 'divide by zero' error message

Version 4.2.32 - 23 Feb 2007

New: Content tab now displays Adobe Flash content and attributes
New: The sort column is now preserved on the Cookies tab
Fixed: Favorite/Bookmark icons are now displayed correctly in the Content tab
Fixed: A reboot is no longer required when uninstalling HttpWatch

Version 4.2.23 - 25 Jan 2007

Fixed: The IE plugin could fail to open in some situations displaying the error message 'handle not found'
Fixed: Find now works correctly if 'Search All' is selected and the Result and URL check boxes are cleared

Version 4.2.22 - 22 Jan 2007

New: Priority support and maintenance can now be renewed within 90 days of expiration by clicking on the Renew link in Help->About
Fixed: Data values are now sorted correctly on the POST Data tab.

Version 4.2.14 - 11 Jan 2007

Fixed: Improved the display of error messages for compressed content that cannot be expanded

Version 4.2 - 22 Dec 2006

New: Syntax highlighting of XML, HTML, CSS and Javascript content
New: Text windows on Stream and Content tabs now support word wrapping, font selection and line number display.
New: A 'Sent' column has been added to the main data grid to show the number of bytes transmitted to the web server and the 'Size' column has now been renamed to 'Received'
New: Tabs are now grayed if they do not contain any data
New: Performance related data, status codes and errors are now displayed in a Summary window for the whole log or selected items

Version 4.1.26 - 8 Nov 2006

Fixed: HttpWatch now handles SSL renegotiation correctly

Version 4.1.24 - 6 Nov 2006

Fixed: closing IE 7 after using HttpWatch could cause the error 'instruction at 0x61428627 referenced memory at 0xXXXXXXXX. The memory could not be read'

Version 4.1.23 - 26 Oct 2006

New: HttpWatch indicates if time values are local time or GMT
Fixed: plugin now re-opens at the correct height in IE 7

Version 4.1.22 - 20 Oct 2006

New: added instructions for opening HttpWatch in IE 7

Version 4.1.21 - 3 Oct 2006

New: added an 'Automation Overview' page to the online help
Fixed: attempting to use a modified license key could cause the error message 'input value KEY19 was not found'

Version 4.1 - 2 Oct 2006

New: HttpWatch now has a COM based automation interface that can be used to build automated tests and custom reporting functions (see 'Automating HttpWatch' in the online help)
New: the Find dialog allows text to be quickly located anywhere in a log of recorded HTTP requests
New: the HttpWatch plug-in can now be opened in a separate free floating window alongside Internet Explorer
New: new hot keys have been added to control the HttpWatch plug-in, including from IE pop-ups and other windows that have no toolbar. Shift+F2 now opens the HttpWatch window within Internet Explorer. Shift+F3 undocks the HttpWatch window, Shift+F8 closes the window and Shift+F7 toggles the visibility of the HttpWatch window.
New: removed the restriction on the height of the HttpWatch plug-in within the Internet Explorer main window
New: added request size and sent cookie, path, domain and expires fields to the XML export file

Version 4.0.57 - 12 Sep 2006

Fixed: the filter now works correctly with request header conditions

Version 4.0.56 - 04 Aug 2006

New: added /capture=1 flag to install program for compatibility with MSI authoring tools that record setup activity

Version 4.0.55 - 17 Jul 2006

Fixed: data is now copied correctly from sorted grids

Version 4.0.54 - 15 June 2006

Fixed: an 'invalid vector<T> subscript' error could be displayed when exporting chunked content to an XML file

Version 4.0.53 - 8 May 2006

New: log files can be sent directly as an email attachment using the 'Send by Email' menu item in HttpWatch Studio and the plug-in for Internet Explorer
Fixed: an 'invalid vector<T> subscript' error could be displayed when changing the filter method from Hide to Highlight

Version 4.0.52 - 3 May 2006

New: data grids can now be sorted by clicking on a column heading
New: a 'Check for Updates' menu item has been added to the help menu
Fixed: the Ctrl+C keyboard accelerator now works correctly in HttpWatch Studio

Version 4.0.42 - 4 Apr 2006

New: keyboard shortcuts are now available for most actions (e.g. Record, Stop, Save, etc...). For more information please refer to the 'Using keyboard shortcuts' section in the online help
New: UTF-8 encoded text is now displayed in the Content Tab
New: Added 'Next Highlight' and 'Previous Highlight' items on the filter menu to step between highlighted entries in the log
Fixed: changing the filter in some cases did not update the list of entries displayed in the log

Version 4.0.39 - 13 Mar 2006

New: Domain, path and expiration dates are now displayed for cookies being sent in the HTTP request. In previous versions this information was only displayed for cookies received in the HTTP response message.
Fixed: UTF-8 encoded URLs are now supported in HttpWatch

Version 4.0.32 - 13 Feb 2006

New: HttpWatch can now be installed from batch files, on the command line or from automated deployment tools (See 'Silent Install' in the online-help)
New: added gmail.com, google.de and google.fr to list of allowed domains in HttpWatch Basic Edition
Fixed: SSL streams could be truncated in IE 7 Beta 2.
Fixed: an access violation could occur if no item was selected while recording a log file

Version 4.0.26 - 1 Feb 2006

Fixed: HttpWatch now works with IE 7 Beta 2

Version 4.0.25 - 30 Jan 2006

Fixed: user settings are now stored in the correct registry location
Fixed: a trailing line in the license file could cause the error Failed to read line 42 containing ''

Version 4.0 - 23 Jan 2006

New: a standalone log file viewer known as HttpWatch Studio is installed with HttpWatch
New: the filter can hide, highlight or discard items based on a set of filter criteria
New: there is now a free version called HttpWatch Basic Edition that can be used to record log files for viewing in HttpWatch Professional Edition. More detail...
Changed: HttpWatch 4.x requires Windows 2000 (or later) and IE 6 or 7 (Beta 1)