Virtual Port Monitor 6.0
List of changes and revisions
- Build 40 [2022-11-04]
- Fixed an issue where output subdirectory options were not storing the output file in the subdirectory.
- Build 39 [2021-09-17]
- Fixed an issue with the the socket print server failing to restart after a system network change (DHCP renewal, adapter removal, etc.).
- Fixed an issue with the Line Printer Utility displaying an error if the default settings file does not exist.
- Build 38 [2021-07-29]
- Fixed an issue that occured with the build 35 distribution, which used an outdated install script.
- Added Line Printer utility to the distribution.
- Fixed an issue with Raster Utility loading settings from the command line.
- Changed the behavior of Raster Utility such that command line switches are not ignored if a settings file is specified.
- Build 37 [2021-07-16]
- Extended the configuration dialog maximum password length to 255 characters.
- Build 36 [2021-03-19]
- Fixed an issue introduced in build 35 with storing and retrieving user credentials.
- Build 35 [2021-03-17]
- Added Raster Utility to the distribution.
- Add Launcher to the distribution.
- Updated the IPP server and DNS-SD TXT records to further support the URF raster format.
- Added an option to override the output file extension based on IPP MIME type.
- Improved the debug report to include all top-level windows in screen capture images.
- Added an offline registration option for systems that are not connected to the internet.
- Other minor improvements.
- Build 34 [2020-12-23]
- Downgraded the installer to work with Windows XP, Server 2003, and Server 2008. As a result, the aforementioned security patch is no longer required.
- Added support for Windows XP, Server 2003, and Server 2008.
- Fixed an issue with loading / creating the user profile when a security context is specified.
- Fixed an issue where selecting the post-print application using the browse button would erase the first parameter of the command line.
- Added a feature to the browse for application dialog, to select the current application in the tree view.
- Added a feature to the browse for directory dialog, to select the current output directory in the tree view.
- Updated the Output Folder link in the dashboard application to open an existing explorer window if available.
- Build 33 installer update [2020-12-09]
- Updated the installer to fix an issue with Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 freezing at startup. These versions require security patch kb2533623 to be installed.
- Build 33 [2020-11-12]
- Fixed an issue with a rare race condition occuring when the MDNS server was restarted.
- Added a legacy printer list for printer selection.
- Removed the PrintStress utility from the distribution. It can be downloaded from the "FTP Area".
- Other minor improvements.
- Build 32 [2020-09-08]
- Fixed an issue where a crash would occur when the configuration dialog was closed when the help window is open.
- Fixed an issue where DOS LPT port redirection would be cleared if the spooler closed the port.
- Added a filter to eliminate network and direct printers from the printers list on the Forwarding page of the configuration dialog.
- Restructured the configuration dialog to improve UI flow.
- Updated the help file.
- Other minor improvements.
- Build 31 [2020-09-04]
- Eliminated the print spooler requirement for DOS printer ports by redirecting directly to the Alphatronics service.
- Build 30 [2020-08-27]
- Fixed an issue with MDNS and IGMP registration.
- Fixed an issue with MDNS, IPP, and Android printing.
- Other minor improvements.
- Build 29 [2020-08-13]
- Fixed an issue where the service may fail to start due to a failed binary integrity check.
- Other minor improvements.
- Build 28 [2020-07-14]
- Added IPP.
- Added AirPrint.
- Added network change detection for DHCP lease renewal or network interface change or removal.
- Refactored MDNS to announce, un-announce, and reduce replies by filtering out items identified in the answer section.
- Fixed an issue with IPv6 address formatting.
- Fixed a deadlock issue with the Dashboard application.
- Build 27 [2020-05-07]
- Fixed Printer Forwarding.
- Build 26 [2020-05-05]
- Eliminated unnecessary items the TXT record for MDNS pdl_datastream.
- Fixed a memory leak in the MDNS responder.
- Fixed a syntax error in the printer driver.
- Build 25 [2020-04-10]
- Added MDNS functionality.
- Added Printer-MIB functionality to the SNMP Responder, which is used by MacOS clients.
- Fixed an issue with SNMP Get-Next requests. "Walking" the MIB array when in stand-alone mode now works properly.
- Fixed an issue with SNMP re-initialization when individual bindings are selected.
- Eliminated temporary IPv6 addresses from the TCP/IP Printing bindings selection list.
- Fixed a memory leak that occurred in the service when the SNMP printer list was populated.
- Other minor improvements.
- Build 24 [2020-02-21]
- Fixed an issue with re-initializing TCP/IP Printing after port configuration.
- Fixed an issue with the dialog displaying selected individual TCP/IP bindings.
- Build 23 [2020-02-17]
- Fixed an issue in the Dashboard application with detecting the currently installed version in locales that use the comma as the decimal separator.
- Build 22 [2020-02-13]
- Fixed an issue with recovery from sleep mode and resuming from a paused state.
- Added improvements to the Dashboard application for refreshing status and resuming the service from a paused state.
- Build 21 [2019-12-23]
- Fixed a buffer overrun issue when calling LookupAccountName.
- Build 20 [2019-11-24]
- Fixed an issue in the port monitor DLL where newer Windows builds call ClosePort/OpenPort multiple times in the same session.
- Build 19 [2019-11-22]
- Fixed an issue with the built-in SNMP responder when 2 network paths exist for the same network (Ethernet and WiFi, for example).
- Fixed the Color PS printer driver hardware ID.
- Added additional drivers to the list of available SNMP printers from the DriverStore folder.
- Build 18 [2019-11-14]
- Fixed an issue with TCP/IP Print Server startup and an issue with recovering from sleep mode.
- New installations would fail to set the SNMP extension handler if the SNMP service is installed.
- Build 17 [2019-11-07]
- Fixed an issue with the installer detecting the currently installed version.
- Other minor fixes.
- Build 16 [2019-10-16]
- Fixed a display issue with the Debug Report command line.
- Build 15 [2019-10-14]
- Initial Release for version 6.0.