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

                           CAB.OVL History

                            Release V5.68
                           19. Januar 2000

                                  by

                           Olivier Booklage




1  V5.68
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Fixed : Very old bug, cab.ovl crash if a HTTP proxy was defined
without semi-colon ":" followed by the port value.



2  V5.67
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Fixed : FTP bug if no HTTP proxy.

New : Speed increased.



3  V5.66
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Fixed : HEAD method preserved for redirections ( autosurf ).



4  V5.65
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Fixed : POST method redirected is now fixed in GET, some redirections
and formulars run again.



5  V5.64
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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.



6  V5.63
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New : Subject in mailto URL can be transmitted by "?" behind address.
EG: "mailto:obooklage@free.fr?Test from cab.ovl documentation".

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.



7  V5.62
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New : Authentification re-writted .

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.



8  V5.61
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Fixed : mailto was running only if ftp_proxy was set !!. Thank to Joel
Houplon.

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



9  V5.60
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Fixed : mailto: was running just one time :(

New : mailto: a report document is created.



10  V5.59
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New : support mailto: as link with application/x-www-form-urlencoded
coding. Variables "EMAIL=" and "SMTP_SERVER=" are used under STiK.



11  V5.58
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New : HTTP header use "Referer:" field for *ALL* methods, thank to
Pascal Ricard.



12  V5.57
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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.



13  V5.56
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Fixed : Memory crash in TCP buffer, thank to Bernd Maedicke.

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



14  V5.55
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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.



15  V5.54
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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.



16  V5.53
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Fixed : CAB.OVL crash if STinG is inactive. Thank to Bernd Maedicke.



17  V5.52
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Fixed : Bad bug about cache, was erased in case of connect fail.

New : Iconnect compatible.



18  V5.50-51
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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.



19  V5.4
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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.



20  V5.3
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New : Including '/internal-gopher' images for CAB version 2.51 and
above.

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.



21  V5.2
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Fixed : Very bad bug with redirection after a POST method, so many
formulars works now. Thank you to Bernd Maedicke.



22  V5.1
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Fixed : Bug for logfile ( not closed )

Fixed : Bug for logfile, now one per cession.



23  V5.0
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Fixed : Bug about if-modified, fixed now ? Ronald ??

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



24  V4.9
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Fixed : Bug about URL with space character ( prohibited ) is now coded
( "%20" ) so no more file not found or server error.



25  V4.8
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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.



26  V4.7
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New : CAB.OVL check CAB internal variable "reload", so "if-modified"
is not send to the server if this flag is set.



27  V4.6
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Fixed : Problem about file-not-modified ( cache ) Thank to Ronald
Andersson.



28  V4.5
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New : "Host : " is set in header some some servers. Thank to Bernd
Maedicke.



29  V4.4
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New : Refuse cookie in configuration page do not received OR SEND any
cookie.



30  V4.3
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Maybe Fixed : Bug in some servers return 'bad request', thank you to
Bernd Maedicke.



31  V4.2
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Fixed : Stupid bug for protected access ( Authentification ).
Fixed : E_RRESET is no more an error, used for STinG Server<->Client
due TCP_close() bug.



32  V3.9-4.1
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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.



33  V3.8
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New : decent dialog for cookie acceptation.



34  V3.7
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Fixed : very bad bug on some formulares, thank you to Joel Houplon.



35  V3.6
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New : ressource customization.



36  V3.5
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New : ressource modules/cab_ovl.rsc for futurs translations.
Fixed : some bugs about cookies.



37  V3.4
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New : Debug informations are on new CAB window.



38  V3.3
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Fixed : Urgent release, V3.2b destroy memory :(



39  V3.2
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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" )



40  V3.1
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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.



41  V3.0
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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.



42  V2.9
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New : bell when dialbox.
Fixed : cab crash for HTTP unkown error number.



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