Release notes for KiXtart 2001 (version 4.20) Fixes/enhancements in 4.20: - Enhanced tokenizing engine - Join() now takes a 3rd parameter: the number of elements of the array to join - Added AScan() - Added IIf() - Added recursion ('/s') to COPY and DEL - Added MOVE command (to move and/or rename files or directories) - Enhanced error-reporting, now includes the scriptname and a line-number - COLOR now supports variables as input - Fixed @PRODUCTSUITE so that it returns an integer - Fixed SETM to update the correct environment - Console attribute is now correctly reset in all situations Fixes/enhancements in 4.12: - Enhanced setting/putting of attributes via COM automation - Enhanced SET to set variables in the master environment on Windows 9x - KiXtart now properly resets the console colour attibutes upon exit - Fixed @RAS on Windows NT and Windows 2000 (was broken in 4.11) - Removed memory leak in script handler - Enhanced @CPU for Mobile Pentium III - Improved performance and security of KXRPC *** *** *** *** *** *** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** *** *** *** *** *** KIX32.EXE and KX95.DLL of this release are downward compatible with previous releases of KXRPC.EXE. KXRPC.EXE of this release is not downward compatible with previous releases of KIX32.EXE or KX95.DLL. As such, you MUST upgrade all clients (KIX.32.EXE and KX95.DLL) -before- upgrading KXRPC.EXE. *** *** *** *** *** *** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** *** *** *** *** *** Fixes/enhancements in 4.11: - Added support for multi-dimension arrays - Added support for arrays with zero elements - Added function to retrieve a free file handle: FreeFileHandle - Enhanced @CPU on Pentium 4 - No longer create a console when empty strings are output - WriteValue now creates a key if it does not yet exist - MD now supports creation of multiple directory levels - Removed superfluous ',' in FormatNumber - Changed support for default properties of COM objects such that they can only be read within expressions. See the manual for full details. Fixes/enhancements in 4.10: - Added support for floating point math, including math functions: Abs, Int, Fix, Round, Cstr, CInt, CDbl, FormatNumber - Added mod operator - Added @LOGONMODE, @CPU, @MHZ, @SCRIPTNAME - Enhanced Sleep command to accept milliseconds - Enhanced KX32.DLL to load KX16.DLL in same directory - Added restore of console attributes after runtime error - Fixed Exception error when enumerating WinInstaller objects - Variable with zero-length name ('$') is no longer resolved when used inside strings. - Added NoVarsInStrings option. If this option is ON, variables inside strings are not resolved. - Added EXPLICIT option. If EXPLICIT is ON, all variables must be explicitly declared before they can be used. - Ingroup now supports multiple arguments. - Added Join function - Added IsDeclared function - Added the ability to use default properties of COM objects - No longer logs errors concerning @ADDRESS - Added handling of situation where KiX32 runs in the LocalSystem security context. - KXRPC client side is now downward compatible (with pre-4.x versions of KXRPC) - Added commandline argument (/r) to change the KXRPC search order Fixes in 4.02: - Added workaround for 'Failed to set DACL' error on Windows NT 4.0. - Changed default script-extension search order to .KIX, followed by .SCR. - Fixed performance issue in UBound(), VarType(), VarTypeName(). - Enhanced SidToName() to drop prefix of wellknown/builtin SIDs. - 'Close' menu option of console is now removed (rather than grayed), unless run in debug mode or run outside the logonsequence. - Added a 'token-cache' on Windows NT/2000/XP. The token-cache stores SID-to-groupname mappings, and speeds up the overall startup process. The token-cache is automatically created the first time KiXtart is run. Changes to a user's groupmembership are automatically handled by KiXtart during or after the next logon. Important: if you *rename* an existing group, that change will not be visible to KiXtart until the next time the token-cache is refreshed. The token-cache is automatically refreshed in full every 30 days. A refresh of the token-cache can be forced using the new '/f' commandline switch. "KIX32 /f" Optionally, you can include a date, indicating how old the cache must be for it to be refreshed: "KIX32 /f:2001/12/31" Fixes in 4.01: - Fixed incorrect errorcode after retrieving network information. Below is a list of known issues with this release. Please see KiX2001.doc for full details on Kixtart commands and functions. 1) If output has been redirected to a file, the output of any scriptcommands entered in the debugger is redirected to the file and not displayed on the console. 2) KX32, KX16 and KX95.DLL are fully compatible with the most recent versions that shipped with KiXtart 95. As such, there is no need to replace these files. Please report any issues with this release to one of the KiXtart discussion forums on the Internet: http://www.brainbuzz.com http://www.kixtart.org http://www.scriptlogic.com/kixtart If your issue can not be resolved on the forums, please email full details on the problem, configuration and script(s) involved to kixtart2001@hotmail.com. Note that KiXtart 2001 is provided to you as CareWare. Please see the manual for full details on the KiXtart CareWare distribution policy.