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HTTP module for CAB under STinG/STiK/Iconnect/MintNet
CAB.OVL History
Release V5.68
19. Januar 2000
by
Olivier Booklage
Fixed : Very old bug, cab.ovl crash if a HTTP proxy was defined without semi-colon ":" followed by the port value.
Fixed : FTP bug if no HTTP proxy.
New : Speed increased.
Fixed : HEAD method preserved for redirections ( autosurf ).
Fixed : POST method redirected is now fixed in GET, some redirections and formulars run again.
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.
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
.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.
New : Authentification re-writted .
You can check if your browser version support by
.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.
Fixed : mailto was running only if ftp_proxy was set !!. Thank to
Joel Houplon.
Fixed : Bad user-agent. Thank to Matthias Jaap.
Fixed : mailto: was running just one time :(
New : mailto: a report document is created.
New : support mailto: as link with
application/x-www-form-urlencoded coding. Variables "EMAIL="
and "SMTP_SERVER=" are used under STiK.
New : HTTP header use "Referer:" field for ALL
methods, thank to Pascal Ricard.
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.
Fixed : Memory crash in TCP buffer, thank to Bernd Maedicke.
Fixed : Bug about cookie path, thank to Bernd Maedicke.
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.
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.
Fixed : CAB.OVL crash if STinG is inactive. Thank to Bernd Maedicke.
Fixed : Bad bug about cache, was erased in case of connect fail.
New : Iconnect compatible.
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.
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.
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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.
Fixed : Very bad bug with redirection after a POST method, so many
formulars works now. Thank you to Bernd Maedicke.
Fixed : Bug for logfile ( not closed )
Fixed : Bug for logfile, now one per cession.
Fixed : Bug about if-modified, fixed now ? Ronald ??
Fixed : In case of error or UserBreak, the incomplete file is removed for futurs reloads.
Fixed : Bug about URL with space character ( prohibited ) is now
coded ( "%20" ) so no more file not found or server error.
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.
New : CAB.OVL check CAB internal variable "reload", so
"if-modified" is not send to the server if this flag is set.
Fixed : Problem about file-not-modified ( cache ) Thank to Ronald Andersson.
New : "Host : " is set in header some some servers.
Thank to Bernd Maedicke.
New : Refuse cookie in configuration page do not received OR SEND
any cookie.
Maybe Fixed : Bug in some servers return 'bad request', thank you
to Bernd Maedicke.
Fixed : Stupid bug for protected access ( Authentification ).
Fixed : E_RRESET is no more an error, used for STinG
Server<->Client due TCP_close() bug.
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.
New : decent dialog for cookie acceptation.
Fixed : very bad bug on some formulares, thank you to Joel Houplon.
New : ressource customization.
New : ressource modules/cab_ovl.rsc for futurs translations.
Fixed : some bugs about cookies.
New : Debug informations are on new CAB window.
Fixed : Urgent release, V3.2b destroy memory :(
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" )
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.
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.
New : bell when dialbox.
Fixed : cab crash for HTTP unkown error number.