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Version 1.3 introduces the new WinPatch COM component for the Enterprise Edition + Full Source CodeAlso updates help file and documentation for new Web site (http://www.artve.com).

Version 1.2.10 synchronizes all the WinPatch versions—and their respective documentation—for sale through DigiBuy. There were no bug reported or bugs fixed for this version. 

Version 1.2.9 adds new registration ID capability so buyers can download WinPatch immediately when they purchase it from DigiBuy. This version also corrected a bug in the analysis algorithm where in rare cases WinPatch would not create a patch for files that were exactly the same size with only a one byte difference.

Version 1.2.8
updates the ZLib compression component to the latest version of ZLib.

Version 1.2.7 updates WinPatch and the WinPatch help file for our snail mail address and phone number.

Version 1.2.6 updates WinPatch and the WinPatch help file for the new web site name, artistryinsoftware.com.

Version 1.2.5 fixes a bug where WinPatch sometimes skipped files that required a patch, because the files had the exact same 32-bit checksum.  WinPatch now does a byte by byte comparisons to double check each file to qualify each file to be patched.

Version 1.2.4 updates WinPatch and the WinPatch help file for our new address and phone number.

Version 1.2.3 adds information screens to the shareware evaluation version of WinPatch to describe all the WinPatch versions: Personal, Professional, Enterprise, and Enterprise+Source.

Version 1.2.2 adds additional error checking to make sure the file being patched is the correct file.

Version 1.2.1 includes fixes for cleaning up files that sometimes left behind when creating a patch and creating a patch file when all files match and no patch file needs to be created.  Version 1.2.1 also improves the flexibility of using command-line parameters with WpApply.

Version 1.2 adds the following new features:

bulletThe ability to split up patch files into user-defined sizes so patches can be distributed as smaller files on the internet or on diskettes.
bulletWinPatch now performs a full “dress rehersal” before applying a patch. If the user’s PC does not complete the dress rehersal sucessfully, no changes are made to the user’s PC file system and detailed error messages are displayed to isolate the problem.

Version 1.1 adds many new features and defines a new family of WinPatch products. The new features are:

bulletAbility to save and retrieve the setting for a WinPatch project in a WinPatch project file
bulletAbility to remove files from the file system being patched
bulletAbility to exclude files from being patched
bulletAbility to specify default file folder for the patch.

Version 1.0.6 changed the WinPatch apply process to drastically reduce WinPatch memory requirements when applying a patch. When creating patches for very large files, you still must run WinPatch on a PC capable of loading the entire old file and new file into memory. When the patch is applied, however, WinPatch now  uses only a 64K-memory buffer for processing files to be patched.

Version 1.0.5 added more error messages.

Version 1.0.4 fixed a small bug where the “order information” button did not work under all circumstances. More FAQs were added. The documentation and help files were updated to emphasize that WinPatch requires either Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or later.

Version 1.0.3 of WinPatch had several changes and one new feature:

WinPatch added the ability to create a self-extracting patch file. This executable file can be named anything you want. For more details, click here.

The shareware version of WinPatch was changed to make it more flexible so you could test all its features before purchasing it. You could create a patch file and use WpApply to apply it. You could also create a self-extracting patch file.

Until you purchased WinPatch and received a registration ID, the patch file created by WinPatch could only be used on the day you created it as a self-extracting patch file or with WpApply. This was the only restriction in the shareware version of WinPatch. You could still apply the patch file after the first day by using the main WinPatch program.

WinPatch maintained file dates. Previously, files were date-stamped with the date a patch was applied. WinPatch was changed to make sure that when a patch is applied, the dates of files match the dates of the original files.

Version 1.0.2 drastically reduced the size of the WpApply program by more than 100%. WinPatch is a program developed using Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 and MFC 4.2. The new version of WpApply uses the new Microsoft ATL, instead of MFC, to reduce its file size.

Version 1.0.1 was the initial release of WinPatch.

 

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Last modified: January 10, 2008