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Version 7.1.6 (released on 2009-12-7)- Big files (over 2 GB) metadata are now properly handled- More control has been added to file path naming conventions on Windows - A bug that could occur when recovering single files in 'delta' mode has been fixed - Configuration storage has been refactored and simplified - 'Check' and 'Merge' features have been improved - Better 'Configuration import' window - 'Search' feature enhancements - Minor user interface enhancements. CAUTION : This version includes major modifications of Areca's backup configuration format. Version 7.1.5 (released on 2009-8-24)- More secured configuration backup (Areca makes sure that the XML backup file is correctly written on the backup location)- Command-line output in console has been reactivated - Bugfix when forcing 'full backup' mode on delta targets - Areca can now handle <null> extended attribute values - Progress bars enhancements - Post-processors enhancements. Version 7.1.4 (released on 2009-8-2)- Drag and Drop in sources configuration window- Bugfix when recovering a specific version of a file (the latest version was always recovered) - Minor enhancements. Version 7.1.3 (released on 2009-7-12)- Regular expression filter bug fix- Minor XML configuration bug fix - Recovery bug fix. Version 7.1.2 (released on 2009-6-12)- New regular expression filters options- Backup report enhancements - Post processors enhancements - Minor bugfixes. Version 7.1.1 (released on 2009-5-26)- Ability to view files contained in your archives using the default applications configured on your system- Post-backup actions enhancements - Minor other enhancements. Version 7.1 (released on 2009-4-21)- Minor error messages enhancements- Named pipes are now properly handled by Areca - Better 'Check Archive' feature. Version 7.0.9 (released on 2009-4-3)- Synchronous backup mode available from command-line interface- The 256 characters limit on file path is disabled if the Java version is over 1.6 - Enhanced FTP connexions management. Version 7.0.8 (released on 2009-3-21)- Logical view bug fix- Image backups bug fix. Version 7.0.7 (released on 2009-3-17)- Regex file filter bug fix- Added 'encrypt file names' to the 'missing encryption data' window - File handle cleanup. Version 7.0.6 (released on 2009-3-7)- Delta backup bug fix.Version 7.0.5 (released on 2009-3-5)- ACL serialization bug fix in Java 1.5- Minor recovery bug fix. Version 7.0 (released on 2009-2-15)- ACL and extended attributes support for Linux- New 'archive check' feature - Heavy memory management refactoring. CAUTION : this version is NOT backward compatible with previous versions of Areca. Version 6.1 (released on 2008-12-2)- Backup pause implementation- Plugin API enhancement - Configurable compression level - Encryption refactoring CAUTION : This refactoring is NOT backward-compatible. This means that this new version will NOT be able to read archives encrypted with previous versions of Areca. Version 6.0.7 (released on 2008-4-28)- log bug fix.Version 6.0.6 (released on 2008-4-27)- Various bug fixes.Version 6.0.5 (released on 2008-4-10)- Log bug fix.Version 6.0.4 (released on 2008-4-9)- Archive trace backward-compatibility bug fix.Version 6.0.3 (released on 2008-4-8)- Zip Bugfix.Version 6.0.2 (released on 2008-4-7)- Bugfixes- Archive trace storage refactoring - translation updates. Version 6.0.1 (released on 2008-3-30)- Minor bugfixes- Minor encryption and log enhancements. Version 6.0 (released on 2008-3-26)- Delta storage implementation- Chinese (traditional), Swedish and Danish translations - Minor bugfixes and enhancements. Version 5.5.7 (released on 2008-1-25)- Minor bugfixes- Japanese, Chinese and Spanish translations. Version 5.5.6 (released on 2008-1-15)- Filename size checks were added- Minor enhancements. Version 5.5.5 (released on 2008-1-13)- Encryption bug fix- Zip64 bug fix - Minor enhancements. Version 5.5.4 (released on 2007-12-20)- Recovery bug fix.Version 5.5.3 (released on 2007-12-2)- Full and differential backups support.Version 5.5.2 (released on 2007-11-9)- Compression enhancements- Hungarian translation - Minor bugfixes. Version 5.5.1 (released on 2007-10-27)- Recovery optimization- Backup strategy wizard. Version 5.5 (released on 2007-10-14)- Merge processor enhancements- New delete processor - Encryption enhancements - Bug Fixes. Version 5.4 (released on 2007-10-8)- Pre-processors- Filter enhancements - Minor bug fixes. Version 5.3.5 (released on 2007-9-21)- Mail send processor enhancement- Minor bug fixes. Version 5.3.4 (released on 2007-9-14)- External decompression tool- GUI enhancements - Java properties override feature. Version 5.3.3 (released on 2007-9-1)- FTP data cache- Some bug fixes. Version 5.3.2 (released on 2007-8-24)- External decryption tool- New archive merge option. Version 5.3.1 (released on 2007-8-19)- Faster file copy- Zip options enhancements - Filters enhancements - Multiple source directories support. Version 5.3 (released on 2007-8-11)- Dutch and Italian translation- Zip split support - Symbolic links support. Version 5.2.1 (released on 2007-7-22)- Permission management bug fix- Post-processors enhancements - Locked file filter enhancements - FTP enhancements. Version 5.2 (released on 2007-6-27)- Zip64 bug fix- Russian translation - Mail reports enhancements - Shell script dynamic parameters. Version 5.1 (released on 2007-6-17)- Better multithreading management- User interface enhancements (Archive's files edition feature & improved target deletion). Version 5.0.2 (released on 2007-6-5)- Bug fix : directories starting with '#' were not processed properly.Version 5.0.1 (released on 2007-5-30)- UTF-8 is used for all metadata files- Backup shortcut implementation - Search-Window enhancements. Version 5.0 (released on 2007-5-12)- Graphical user interface refactoring (SWT is used instead of Swing).Version 4.5.2 (released on 2007-5-1)- Some bug fixes- Target duplication feature. Version 4.5.1 (released on 2007-4-29)- FTPs (implicit/explicit SSL/TLS) support.Version 4.5 (released on 2007-4-11)- Zip64 compression- FTP support - Improved archives controls - XML configuration backup - Log window. Version 4.2.3 (released on 2007-3-7)- Some more bug fixes.Version 4.2.2 (released on 2007-3-6)- Various bug fixes.Version 4.2.1 (released on 2007-3-3)- Memory optimizations and improved controls on zip32 archive size.Version 4.2 (released on 2007-2-7)- File attributes recovery (date & permissions)- Authenticated SMTP support - Encrypted targets bug fix. Version 4.1.7 (released on 2007-2-4)- Merge bug fix.Version 4.1.6 (released on 2007-1-30)- Memory optimizations- Recovery enhancement (File last modification date is now preserved). Version 4.1.5 (released on 2006-12-1)- Stronger encryption- Some bug fixes (shell post-processors). Version 4.1 (released on 2006-11-22)- Search feature- Toolbar - Minor enhancements & Bug fixes. Version 4.0.5 (released on 2006-11-10)- Mail encoding bug fix- Workspace backup feature. Version 4.0 (released on 2006-11-4)- Post-processors and user preferences- Various optimizations. Version 3.5.1 (released on 2006-10-21)- Minor ZIP bug fix (This bug occurred on empty archives).Version 3.5 (released on 2006-10-10)- New file filters- Major archive medium refactoring. Version 3.4 (released on 2006-9-12)- Empty directory tracking- Archive mediums refactoring - File size & date filters. Version 3.3.1 (released on 2006-9-9)- Internationalization bug fix.Version 3.3 (released on 2006-9-7)- Internationalization (by Stephane Brunel), UTF8 support and various improvements.Version 3.2.7 (released on 2006-8-30)- Backup simulation bug fix.Version 3.2.6 (released on 2006-8-28)- Command line interface improvements - Backup pre-check improvements.Version 3.2.5 (released on 2006-8-24)- Command line interface bug fix.Version 3.2.4 (released on 2006-8-4)- Added AES encryption algorithm- Minor GUI enhancements. Version 3.2.3 (released on 2006-8-2)- Minor bug fix.Version 3.2.2 (released on 2006-7-27)- Added a check module for new releases.Version 3.2.1 (released on 2006-7-20)- Target history enhancement.Version 3.2 (released on 2006-7-18)- Implemented process cancellation- added target Indicators. Version 3.1.5 (released on 2006-7-12)- Added Java version check on startup and minor GUI enhancements.Version 3.1.4 (released on 2006-7-8)- Support for deep directories encryption on Windows (Windows limits paths length to 256 characters).Version 3.1.3 (released on 2006-7-6)- Added references to the project's home page.Version 3.1.2 (released on 2006-7-2)- Minor GUI correction (the 'Help' window didn't open correctly under Windows 2000.)Version 3.1.1 (released on 2006-6-12)- Incremental storage mediums now check that the data have really changed before backup.Version 3.1 (released on 2006-5-21)- Archive encryption implementation.Version 3.0 (released on 2006-5-7)- Backup simulation and single file recovery implementation.Version 2.7 (released on 2006-4-15)- Archive merge enhancement- Archive deletion implementation. Version 2.6 (released on 2006-3-22)- Archive detail window.Version 2.5 (released on 2006-3-9)- Commit / Rollback implementation for backups and merges.Version 2.4 (released on 2006-2-6)- Regex filters implementation.Version 2.3.1 (released on 2006-1-2)- Backup monitoring enhancement.Version 2.3 (released on 2005-12-18)- Backup / Merge / Recover pre-check improvements.Version 2.2.1 (released on 2005-12-8)- Log history management.Version 2.2 (released on 2005-10-11)- Manifest implementation.Version 2.1.2 (released on 2005-7-23)- Context menus implementation.Version 2.1.1 (released on 2005-7-13)- History improvement.Version 2.1 (released on 2005-7-11)- Minor GUI enhancements. ('about' and 'help' dialogs)Version 2.0 (released on 2005-7-3)- Group / Target edition windows.Version 1.2.2 (released on 2005-6-21)- Minor GUI enhancements.Version 1.2.1 (released on 2005-6-6)- History implementation.Version 1.2 (released on 2005-6-1)- New storage mediums- XML processing improvement. Version 1.1 (released on 2005-5-15)- GUI implementationVersion 1.0 (released on 2005-5-1)- Backup engine implementation. |