Version History

Version 5.3.19 - 28 Jul 2008

Fixed: An access violation could occur when HttpWatch was first opened

Version 5.3.17 - 28 Jul 2008

Fixed: Redirection URL was not reported correctly with SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Fixed: Removed invalid characters from XML export that could cause errors in some XML parsers

Version 5.3.14 - 9 Jul 2008

Fixed: Long file names were truncated when exporting from the Content and Stream tabs

Version 5.3.13 - 2 Jul 2008

Fixed: The Basic Edition saved the Received column value for both the Sent and Received columns. However, the values were displayed correctly if the log file was opened in the Professional Edition
Fixed: The background color of the summary window caption was corrupted after a theme change on Windows XP

Version 5.3.12 - 27 Jun 2008

Fixed: In some situations, timing values were incorrectly displayed when moving log files between different types of PC

Version 5.3.11 - 09 Jun 2008

Improved: The speed at which new requests are added to the main request grid has been improved.

Version 5.3.10 - 06 Jun 2008

Fixed: Export on the Content tab created zero length files with IE 7 and IE 8 Beta 1 in Protected Mode on Windows Vista

Version 5.3.9 - 22 Apr 2008

Fixed: The Filter, Options, Print and About windows could not be opened in IE 8 Protected Mode on Windows Vista if the HttpWatch window was not undocked

Version 5.3.8 - 14 Mar 2008

Fixed: The Filter, Find and Summary menu items were always disabled in HttpWatch Studio

Version 5.3.7 - 12 Mar 2008

New: Printing support has been added to HttpWatch Studio and the plug-in for Internet Explorer
New: Printed output can be reviewed and configured for different printers using the Print Preview window
Improved: Increased speed of display updates when new requests are recorded
Fixed: Grouping by page now works correctly with IE 8 Beta 1
Fixed: Cache Expiration and Last Modified dates are now displayed correctly when daylight savings is enabled
Fixed: Removed port number suffix from ClientIP and ServerIP automation properties

Version 5.2.17 - 04 Feb 2008

Fixed: A "subscript of of range" error could be displayed when copying a row in the request grid, if the log was cleared with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Del

Version 5.2.16 - 21 Jan 2008

Fixed: The error "Failed to save report file - Cached entry cannot be saved" was occasionally displayed when recording and saving at the same time

Version 5.2.14 - 7 Jan 2008

Fixed: An error is no longer displayed when clearing the cache for an invalid URL
Fixed: An access violation could occur when closing IE if another plugin was monitoring HTTP traffic

Version 5.2.13 - 10 Dec 2007

Fixed: Added on-line help for Tools menu items
Fixed: Plugin object now works correctly with automation clients compiled against HttpWatch version 5.1 or earlier
Fixed: Improved error handling for cache and cookie clearing commands

Version 5.2.12 - 05 Dec 2007

New: Added Tools menu and Options dialog
New: Automatic recording and saving of log files for non-technical users or for support purposes is now supported. See Tools->Options->Recording in the plugin for more details
New: HttpWatch can be configured for record when the plugin window is opened and to stop recording when it is closed. See Tools->Options->Recording in the plugin for more details
New: The log file can be automatically cleared when recording is started
New: The use of shortcut keys in IE can be disabled if they clash with the shortcut keys used by web applications
New: Added menu items for clearing the browser cache on the plugin Tools menu
New: Added menu items for clearing cookies on the plugin Tools menu
New: Cookie and Cache clearing is now supported through the automation API
New: Automated recording and saving can be configured through the automation API
Improved: HttpWatch now has a smaller memory footprint and improved performance when recording large numbers of requests
Fixed: Time charts were not scaled correctly in some cases with 304 responses
Fixed: The Elapsed Time value was not displayed correctly in the summary window when two non-overlapping requests were selected
Fixed: Double clicking on a result code in the Summary window now selects the first instance in the requests grid
Fixed: Out of memory error when viewing textual content that has thousands of sequential tab characters

Version 5.1.23 - 07 Nov 2007

New: Improved file handling in IE 7 Protected Mode on Vista. Files can now be saved outside the Temporary Internet Files folder when Protected Mode is active
New: HttpWatch Studio no longer uses file virtualization on Windows Vista and will attempt to save files in the selected location
Fixed: A compatibility warning is no longer displayed by HttpWatch Studio when running on Windows Vista if the Adobe Flash player is not installed
Fixed: An access violation could occur when opening an embedded PowerPoint presentation in Internet Explorer
Fixed: HTML could be incorrectly treated as Flash content when loading some version 4 log files

Version 5.1.22 - 30 Oct 2007

New: Added 'image/png' as a filtering option
Fixed: Grid column widths and text window font changes were not saved in version 5.1.21
Fixed: The Content tab is now grayed if the HTTP response message contains no content
Fixed: In some cases there could be a small discrepancy between the elapsed time displayed in the page summary window and the elapsed time displayed for a page group in the main request grid.

Version 5.1.21 - 22 Oct 2007

New: International characters can now be used in the Find and Filter dialogs
New: International characters are now displayed correctly in Headers and Cookies
New: International characters can now be used in HttpWatch log file names
Fixed: The last international character in a selection was not copied to the clipboard on the Content Tab
Fixed: The first use of the automation function Controller.New could fail on Windows Vista

Version 5.1.5 - 4 Oct 2007

New: Content window now detects commonly used encoding schemes for Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean and Russian content. The detect encoding can be overridden using the Encoding context menu item
New: Page groups, query strings and POST parameters now display international characters
New: Page grouping information is now available using the automation API and XML/CSV export
New: Response and Request streams can now be accessed as byte arrays through the automation API
New: Summary information is now available through the automation interface
New: Added a Chunks property to the automation Content class
New: XML export file now uses UTF8 encoding
Changed: The Summary tag in the XML export has been renamed to Overview
Changed: The Size tag in the XML export has been renamed to Received
New: Added a Sent tag in the XML export to show the number of bytes sent to the web server
New: Added a 'text/javascript' option to the Content type list on the filter dialog
New: The content window now shows the number of selected characters
Fixed: Log files loaded with the automation can now be exported and saved
Fixed: Hidden log entries were not saved correctly if a log file was saved with an active filter

Version 5.0.14 - 24 Sep 2007

Fixed: The Sent column could incorrectly display zero bytes in HttpWatch Studio Basic Edition
Fixed: Log files opened through the automation interface can now be saved and exported
Fixed: Filtering by content type now works correctly with 304 responses

Version 5.0.13 - 17 Sep 2007

Fixed: Removing the Time Chart column after sorting by URL could cause the error message 'invalid vector subscript' to be displayed

Version 5.0.12 - 30 Aug 2007

Fixed: The correct value for Wait time is now displayed when the server returns '100 Continue'
Fixed: Installing HttpWatch on Windows Vista could cause the message "This program may not have installed correctly"

Version 5.0.11 - 7 Aug 2007

Fixed: Some licenses that qualified for a free upgrade to version 5 were not accepted by the version 5.0 setup program

Version 5.0 - 6 Aug 2007

New: HTTP requests are now grouped by page. Requests occurring after a page has loaded (e.g. Ajax requests) are separately grouped
New: Real-time page level summaries are now displayed and dynamically updated when a page group is selected or collapsed
New: Real-time page level time charts show the relative timings of HTTP requests
New: Request level time charts show detailed timings within a request; including DNS lookups, TCP connects, etc
New: The use of page grouping and time charts can be controlled using menu items on the View menu
New: HttpWatch log files are now up to 75% smaller