RELEASE NOTES - For past year
Current Release: Version
6.40.0016 Feb 24, 2004 - Feature Release
Features:
1. GSW Telnet Client Software for Pocket PC 2003 class devices is now included.
Of course it has the full features offered in the GSW Telnet Client software for
Pocket PC 2002 devices including International Character support and Automatic
Upgrade of client software.
2. Capability to specify that all child processes started in the session will be
terminated when the session ends. The Graceful
Termination will be attempted first. Use the environment variable
gwtn_job_control.
To Enable:
set gwtn_job_control=y
To disable
set gwtn_job_control=n
The default setting is enabled.
3. Server side banner changed to show support for Windows 2003.
Defect Resolution:
1. Pocket PC 2002 Client setup software sometimes failed to launch the device
side setup, which resulted in failure to install the
software.
Status: FIXED
Release: Version
6.31.0014 Nov 11, 2003 - Feature Release
Features:
1. GS_ADMIN
Sort and reverse sort capabilities on columns via clicking on column titles or
by selecting menu items.
2. GS_ADMIN Command Line Options
Launch GS_ADMIN from the command line or your application. Provides the ability
to launch Monitoring/Shadowing for specific sessions via filters. Also can
terminate one or more sessions.
3. GS_ADMIN
Produce a snapshot of the telnet server status that is sent to a text file.
4. GS_ADMIN
New session status added to gs_admin to assist in identification of situations
when customer's application stops responding.
5. Diagnostic Capabilities
Increased diagnostic capabilities for internal use.
Release: Version 6.31.0010
Sept 26, 2003 - Maintenance Release
1. Special build for Resellers with personalization package.
STATUS: COMPLETE
Release: Version
6.31.0004 Aug 14, 2003 - Maintenance Release
Defect Resolution:
1. Inclusion of international character support feature in version 6.30.0014
introduced a defect in the Session Administrator
which could cause exception in gs_admin.exe on some systems.
This defect did not exist prior to Version 6.30.0014.
STATUS: FIXED
Release: Version
6.31.0003 Aug 05, 2003 - Feature Release
New Features - Major
1. Improved Chinese language support by including the
option to select.
Simplified
Chinese - GB2312 (EUC)
or
Traditional Chinese - BIG5
2. SAPConsole integration. The SAP user name support in the
GS_Admin utility.
NOTE: This feature requires the GSW
Rocket Engine 1.39.0002 or later
3. Added capability to configure up to 100 ports for the
Georgia SoftWorks Telnet Server to listen on.
Launch a different application based on
the port number.
4. The Client Side Bell feature allows to specify the
number of times the bell (beep) will sound.
The registry parameter name is BellCnt.
Defect Resolutions:
1. Traditional Chinese characters were doubled when connecting to a
server with Traditional Chinese version of Windows
installed.
STATUS: FIXED
Release: Version
6.30.0014 May 20, 2003 - Feature Release
New Features - Major
1. Multinational Character Support including Double-Byte
and Unicode characters.
2. Added capability to configure up to 10 ports for the
Georgia SoftWorks Telnet Server to listen on. Launch a different application
based on the port number.
Defect Resolutions:
1. The GSW Client software sometimes failed to initialize properly when
encryption and domain user credentials were specified on the command line.
STATUS: FIXED
Release: Version
6.30.0002 March 27, 2003 - Feature Release
New Features - Major
1. Broadcast a message that is displayed on one or more
active Telnet sessions. Available via the Session Monitor or via a command line
utility that can be used with your favorite scheduler for scheduled broadcasts.
Defect Resolutions:
1. The gs_clnt.exe fails when spaces occur in printer names.
STATUS: FIXED
Release: Version
6.27.0005 March 04, 2003 - Feature/Maintenance Release
New Features:
1. Trailing form-feed character in Passthrough printing has
been made conditional based on the gwtn_ff_in_passthrough login script variable.
The possible values are 'y' and 'n'
For Example:
set
gwtn_ff_in_passthrough=n
Default: Use the form-feed character
(gwtn_ff_in_passthrough=y).
2. Setup program preserves user's changes to txt files in
the telnet server root directory.
Defect Resolutions:
1. The Graceful Termination processing used invalid character code when the
ENTER keyword was used.
STATUS: FIXED
2. If you attempt to do a gs_get on a file that does not exist on the client
machine, a zero byte file was created on the server. This behavior has been
eliminated.
STATUS: FIXED
Release: Version
6.27.0003 Nov 24, 2002 - Feature/Maintenance Release
New Features:
1. Session Suspend logic was modified to always shutdown
and then close the client socket. (Internal Algorithm Improvement).
Defect Resolutions:
1. Session Suspend logic did not cancel all pending socket I/O.
Version
6.27.0002 Nov 15, 2002 - Limited Distribution Release
Features:
1. OEM contact information modified
Defect Resolutions:
1. The following text files were overwritten by setup.
colormap.txt
gs_auto.txt
gs_color.txt
gs_l_ip.txt
gs_l_usr.txt
gs_logon.txt
gs_tinit.txt
gs_xchar.txt
STATUS: FIXED
They are now preserved during setup.
Version
6.27.0001 Nov 15, 2002 - Feature/Maintenance Release
New Features:
1. Support added for the GSW Telnet Client for the Pocket
PC 2002.
2. Support added for the GSW SuperSSL
3. Improved Performance for 'Passthrough' printing. The
data block size was increased to 500.
4. The logic of the Inactivity Timeout was changed to disallow transition to the
Suspended state even if the Session Saver was configured.
Defect Resolutions:
1. SCO Emulation: Resolved conflict between BACK-TAB and SHIFT-F2.
SHIFT-F2 is now assigned to: ESC [ 1 2 z
and
BACK-TAB remains assigned to: ESC [ z
Status: FIXED
Release: Version
6.26.0005 July 18, 2002 - Feature/Maintenance Release
New Features:
1. Improved Handling of Keyboard Input for 8-bit terminal
emulations. SS3 and CSI sequences are always properly recognized.
Especially useful with INTERMEC devices.
Defect Resolution:
1. Inclusion of GSW Client Automatic Upgrade Feature in version 6.26.0003
introduced a bug in the Session Saver when used with the GSW
Telnet
Client. This bug did not exist prior to Version 6.26.0003
Status: FIXED
Release: Version
6.26.0003 June 18, 2002 - Feature Release
New Features:
NOTE: Customers
Using the GSW Telnet CLIENT:
The following features require versions 6.26
or higher of both the
GSW Telnet Server and the GSW Telnet
Client. It is NOT backward
compatible. Please upgrade the Client and Server. If
you are not using the Georgia SoftWorks Telnet
Client then there there are no related version compatibility
requirements.
1. GSW Client Automatic Upgrade!
Allows the GSW Telnet Client to automatically be upgraded to the
current version upon connection.
2. -z command line parameter for GSW Client to disable Automatic Update.
Release: Version
6.24.0002 May 08, 2002 - Feature Release
New Features:
1. Increased capacity to provide an even greater number of
sessions with minimal impact to the operating system. Easily obtain hundreds of
sessions with a moderate system. Excellent for RF Systems.
2. Internal interface enhancements with Rocket Terminal
Engine.
Release: Version
6.23.0006 February 05, 2002 - Feature Release
New Features:
1. Support added for printing labels on portable printers
using SAPConsole.
2. Character translation table for 3rd party telnet
clients.
3. Configurable terminal initialization string support
added.
4. Added support for the default F5 key mapping of Symbol
RF Terminals.
5. Support for the Georgia SoftWorks Rocket Terminal
Engine.
Version 6.23.0005 - January 24, 2002 - Limited Distribution
Features 1,2,4,5 above.
Release: Version
6.22.0001 September 14,
2001 - Feature Release
New Features:
1. Modifications to better interface with Symbol's Wavelink Telnet Client Protocol.
Defect Resolution
1. Slow Connect Time -
In certain cases on high use systems, slow connect times were observed.
Status: FIXED
Release Version
6.21.0002 August 8,
2001 - Feature Release
New Features:
1. Execute Commands on Client from within the telnet session!
A new utility called gs_exec is included in the telnet server installation directory. The syntax is:
gs_exec client_side_command_line
Example:
gs_put d:\xfer\file1.doc c:\received\file1.doc
gs_exec winword c:\received\file1.doc
gs_get c:\received\file1.doc d:\xfer\file1.doc
This will transfer the document file1.doc to the local computer, run the MS Word editor to edit the
document, and then transfer the document back to the server.
A command-line option /scmddelay was added to the client software gs_clnt.exe to modify the time for how long the results of the client side commands are displayed in the gs_clnt.exe window. The defaults is 2000[ms].
Release:
Version 6.20.0000
April 17,
2001- Feature Release
New Features:
1. Autologon feature implemented for GSW Client.
Obtain full telnet capability without performing the registration process. Use
the Floating License to quickly move the telnet server to a different machine.
The next feature is especially useful for ASP customers!
2. Logon Limitations
Limit the number of sessions allowed by
a specific User ID.
Limit the number of times a specific User Id can be logged on
via telnet..
Limit the number of sessions allowed
from a specific IP Address.
Limit the number of logons that can occur from a specific IP
Address.
3. IP Addresses can be specified as ranges and wild cards
can be used.
When using the gs_logon.txt and gs_auto,txt files IP
address ranges and wildcard characters can be used.
Release:
Version 6.19.0001 - March 07, 2001
- Maintenance
Release
Defect Resolution
1. Session Saver
In certain cases Automatic Reconnect could perform invalid reconnect
when the AUTO_BY_USER_AND_IP option is chosen.
Status: FIXED
Release:
Version 6.19.0000 - February 12, 2001
New Features-
1. Added optional Floating License (hardware Key)
Obtain full telnet capability without performing the registration process. Use
the Floating License to quickly move the telnet server to a different machine.
Release:
Version 6.18.0001 - January 10, 2001
New Features-
File Transfer in both directions is now complete with the
addition of the GS_GET utility.
1. File transfer capability from Client to Server.
A new utility called GS_Get is included in the telnet server installation directory. The syntax is:
GS_GET <source_file_path> <destination_file_path>
For example:
gs_get c\books\dealers.doc d:\corba\hints\dealers.doc
This will transfer the file c:\books\dealers.doc from the client computer and save it as
d:\corba\hints\delears.doc on the server.
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