HTTP module for CAB under STinG/STiK/Iconnect/MintNet

CAB.OVL History

Release V5.68
19. Januar 2000

by
Olivier Booklage



V5.68

Fixed : Very old bug, cab.ovl crash if a HTTP proxy was defined without semi-colon ":" followed by the port value.


V5.67

Fixed : FTP bug if no HTTP proxy.

New : Speed increased.


V5.66

Fixed : HEAD method preserved for redirections ( autosurf ).


V5.65

Fixed : POST method redirected is now fixed in GET, some redirections and formulars run again.


V5.64

Fixed : V5.63 crash with CABDLOAD :( . Thank you to Joel Houplon.

Fixed : For cache problem, errors are often "Can not write the cache file" for any reason . Thank you to Joel Houplon.


V5.63

New : Subject in mailto URL can be transmitted by "?" behind address. EG: "mailto:obooklage@free.fr?Test from cab.ovl documentation".

You can check if your browser version support by

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New : mailto can be used under IConnect. Thank to Juergen Koneczny.

Neu : deutschesprachige RSC-Datei und Anleitung, Dank an Harald Placke.

Fixed : Bug in case of root redirection as http://www.mysite/pub to http://www.mysite/pub/ because CAB refuse (right) to handle a new filename. Maybe solve M&N Freeman's bug ?. Thank you to John Banbury.


V5.62

New : Authentification re-writted .

You can check if your browser version support by

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New : No more alert for http header forgetted. Thank to Bernd Maedicke.

New : Internal "tried be" non-blocking resolver.

New : Data speed in turbo mode under IConnect.

New : http and ftp proxies can be used under IConnect.

New : Stop button and Esc key can be used under IConnect. Thank to Ari Laine.

Not Fixed: mailto can not be used under IConnect, but do not crash CAB. Thank to Harald Placke.


V5.61

Fixed : mailto was running only if ftp_proxy was set !!. Thank to Joel Houplon.

Fixed : Bad user-agent. Thank to Matthias Jaap.


V5.60

Fixed : mailto: was running just one time :(

New : mailto: a report document is created.


V5.59

New : support mailto: as link with application/x-www-form-urlencoded coding. Variables "EMAIL=" and "SMTP_SERVER=" are used under STiK.


V5.58

New : HTTP header use "Referer:" field for ALL methods, thank to Pascal Ricard.


V5.57

New : HTTP header use "Referer:" field for POST method, so some forms run (tested with my homepage).

NEU : deutschesprachige RSC-Datei und Anleitung, Dank an Harald Placke.


V5.56

Fixed : Memory crash in TCP buffer, thank to Bernd Maedicke.

Fixed : Bug about cookie path, thank to Bernd Maedicke.


V5.55

New : Turbo mode is directly implemented, so you do not need to set it in config.

New : In config SETUP a "use CAB" choice is added for let CAB to manage cookies.

Fixed : Bad bug about cookie transmission between CAB and OVL.

Fixed : No data comming indication for header in CAB info bar.
so "receiving data xxxx/xxxx" is only for real datas. This way increase net speed is case of redirection.


V5.54

Near Fixed: No more 0 bytes/sec during download.

New : The module check hotlist can be used for scanning changed documents.

New : In config SETUP a turbo mode is added. Increase data flow for medium documents.


V5.53

Fixed : CAB.OVL crash if STinG is inactive. Thank to Bernd Maedicke.


V5.52

Fixed : Bad bug about cache, was erased in case of connect fail.

New : Iconnect compatible.


V5.50-51

New : Speed about read datas optimized, you must (?) have a download speed fastest as old versions.

New : Some very bad servers do not send HTTP "legal" header.In this case an alert is displayed, raw data loaded but you must contact the administrator for this protocol default.

New : Limited alerts, so 'use form alert' is no more supported.

New : In case of SERVER ERROR ( not cab.ovl ), a HTML document with original server's text is created and show, so 'debug button' is no more supported.

Fixed : Bad bug about authentification: server with WWW-Authenticate header line, and without proxy. Thank you to Joel Houplon.


V5.4

New : Setup allow to be OFFLINE if you request a permanent network. Is this case a alert is show, and read cab cache is forced. Thank to Derryck Croker.


V5.3

New : Including '/internal-gopher' images for CAB version 2.51 and above.

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[image back] [image menu] [image binary] [image picture] [image index] [image movie] [image sound] [image text] [image unknown]

New : Setup allow to be OFFLINE if you request a permanent network. Is this case a alert is show, and read cab cache is forced. Thank to Derryck Croker.

New : Including '/internal-gopher' images for CAB version 2.51 and above.


V5.2

Fixed : Very bad bug with redirection after a POST method, so many formulars works now. Thank you to Bernd Maedicke.


V5.1

Fixed : Bug for logfile ( not closed )

Fixed : Bug for logfile, now one per cession.


V5.0

Fixed : Bug about if-modified, fixed now ? Ronald ??

Fixed : In case of error or UserBreak, the incomplete file is removed for futurs reloads.


V4.9

Fixed : Bug about URL with space character ( prohibited ) is now coded ( "%20" ) so no more file not found or server error.


V4.8

New : CAB.OVL do not send "if-modified" for date under 1971 ! passed by CAB, so request complete file is forced.

Fixed : Some problems fixed with cookies and servers as multimania.


V4.7

New : CAB.OVL check CAB internal variable "reload", so "if-modified" is not send to the server if this flag is set.


V4.6

Fixed : Problem about file-not-modified ( cache ) Thank to Ronald Andersson.


V4.5

New : "Host : " is set in header some some servers. Thank to Bernd Maedicke.


V4.4

New : Refuse cookie in configuration page do not received OR SEND any cookie.


V4.3

Maybe Fixed : Bug in some servers return 'bad request', thank you to Bernd Maedicke.


V4.2

Fixed : Stupid bug for protected access ( Authentification ).
Fixed : E_RRESET is no more an error, used for STinG Server<->Client due TCP_close() bug.


V3.9-4.1

Fixed : bad error form if no data is comming.
Fixed : default button in alerts is no more supported.
Fixed : no alerts if configuration is set as.


V3.8

New : decent dialog for cookie acceptation.


V3.7

Fixed : very bad bug on some formulares, thank you to Joel Houplon.


V3.6

New : ressource customization.


V3.5

New : ressource modules/cab_ovl.rsc for futurs translations.
Fixed : some bugs about cookies.


V3.4

New : Debug informations are on new CAB window.


V3.3

Fixed : Urgent release, V3.2b destroy memory :(


V3.2

New : Try to call ST-GUIDE after write the debug.txt file.
New : Window-dialog topped for CAB window topped.
Fixed : Debug option re-writed (bombs).
Fixed : Relative location allowed ( eg: "Location: path/dummy/index.html" )


V3.1

New : Dialbox in windows by Jacques Delavoix.
New : Try to be RFC2109 compliant about cookie, but some servers are not :(
Fixed : Crash in debug mode for long cookie value.


V3.0

New : Please, for version old 2.8 of fast cab.ovl, remove your module/cookie.set file.
Fixed : in case of HTTP error, you can really retry.


V2.9

New : bell when dialbox.
Fixed : cab crash for HTTP unkown error number.


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