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Agent Ransack Changelog

What's new in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3425

Feb 26, 2024
  • Bug fix: Indexing stuck in 'Analyzing' state when error occurs.
  • Bug fix: Anchored text in index search not highlighting correctly.
  • Bug fix: Zoomed text tab not displaying line numbers properly.
  • Other minor changes/fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3420 (Jan 23, 2024)

  • Improved List View scroll speed.
  • New policy DisableCrashReportSending to stop crash reports being sent to Mythicsoft.
  • Bug fix: Expression editor issue handling '(' in regex.
  • Bug fix: Issue with Boolean expressions where only NOT specified.
  • Bug fix: Contents view out of sync with highlighted file when using TAB after rename.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3418 (Nov 22, 2023)

  • Root archive file (eg file.zip) now displays a list of contents in Text Tab.
  • Bug fix: Empty file warning was preventing file from appearing in result.
  • Revert (3416): Removed CET compatible setting due to issues with 3rd party modules.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3416 (Nov 8, 2023)

  • New: DWG (CAD) file format support.
  • New: Word/PDF attachment searching.
  • Bug fix: Hits tab scrolling fix.
  • Bug fix: Crash when launching after Windows update.
  • Note: Windows 7 requires .NET 4.6 or higher for full functionality.
  • Other minor changes/fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3406 (Aug 28, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Image preview sometimes not working with OneDrive.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3405 (Jul 5, 2023)

  • Added 'Last refresh' date to index list.
  • Text tab scrolls right to show more characters after a hit.
  • LastAccessedDate and CreatedDate added to .NET API.
  • Bug fix: Long path support for reading raw data from Office docs.
  • Bug fix: Lite mode report styles incorrectly shown as disabled.
  • Other minor changes/fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3386 (Apr 25, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Expression editor was incorrectly concatenating values.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3385 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • New: Edit history option in History settings.
  • Bug fix: Index settings changes were not being saved if monitoring active.
  • Bug fix: Long running index updates could fail with 'This IndexWriter is closed'.
  • Bug fix: Column widths and views were not restoring properly.
  • Bug fix: PDF/OCR issues when document paths included non-ASCII characters.
  • Other minor changes/fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3367 (Feb 7, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Index searching with column filters was causing focus issue.
  • Bug fix: EXIF reading issues on some images.
  • Bug fix: Possible truncation of text with OCR on PDFs with text.
  • Other minor changes/fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3366 (Feb 2, 2023)

  • New: Bulk Copy now supports copying folders.
  • New: Single-instance mode (Shell Configuration).
  • Improved EXIF details for PNG and JPG files.
  • OCR page orientation detection.
  • Summary keyword report speed improvements.
  • Indexing can support larger documents.
  • Visual Studio 2022 supported as external editor.
  • Bug fix: Occassional index search delays between searches.
  • Bug fix: Docking/undocking window restore issues.
  • Bug fix: Context menu rename was not working.
  • Other minor changes/fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3349 (Nov 16, 2022)

  • Index OCR settings now stored separately per index.
  • Indexing summary added to Messages tab.
  • Bug fix: Intermittent crash with screen reading software.
  • Bug fix: Location filters incorrectly processing back slashes.
  • Bug fix: Index search 'unexpected error' fix.
  • Bug fix: Index monitor not detecting 'offline' location source at startup.
  • Other minor changes/fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3335 (Jul 7, 2022)

  • New columns 'File name length' and 'Path length'.
  • Improved view state restore when switching between searches.
  • Bug fix: Index search highlighting for CN, JP, KR text.
  • Bug fix: EML file encodings for non-ASCII emails.
  • Bug fix: Column filters not working properly during search.
  • Other minor changes/fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3326 (May 23, 2022)

  • New column 'Last Saved By'.
  • Bug fix: Issue installing 32-bit portable version.
  • Bug fix: FR/ES issue with FILELIST.
  • Bug fix: Middle mouse button on tab was closing more than one tab.
  • Bug fix: Compressed archives locked until app closed.
  • Bug fix: Index monitor issue with archives and emails.
  • Bug fix: Phone searching, item selection issue.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3314 (Mar 24, 2022)

  • New column 'Last Saved By'.
  • Bug fix: Issue installing 32-bit portable version.
  • Bug fix: FR/ES issue with FILELIST.
  • Bug fix: Middle mouse button on tab was closing more than one tab.
  • Bug fix: Compressed archives locked until app closed.
  • Bug fix: Index monitor issue with archives and emails.
  • Bug fix: Phone searching, item selection issue.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3307 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • New columns Folder Depth, Product Version, File Version.
  • Improved filtering and sorting of 'complex' columns like Owner and Product Version.
  • Fixed issue exporting parent PST emails to a folder.
  • Fixed issue with indexing MSG files with ZIP attachments.
  • Fixed issue with searching open Word documents in Lite version.
  • Accessibility improvements with Hits tab.
  • New policy option to switch off crash reporting.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3304 (Feb 24, 2022)

  • New columns Folder Depth, Product Version, File Version.
  • Improved filtering and sorting of 'complex' columns like Owner and Product Version.
  • Fixed issue exporting parent PST emails to a folder.
  • Fixed issue with indexing MSG files with ZIP attachments.
  • Fixed issue with searching open Word documents in Lite version.
  • Accessibility improvements with Hits tab.
  • New policy option to switch off crash reporting.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3294 (Feb 8, 2022)

  • Accessiblity issue with File List fixed.
  • LIKE now working with index searches.
  • Improved index memory management for very large files.
  • DE language updates.
  • Restored sorting defaults for size and dates.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3289 (Jan 20, 2022)

  • Drop down list history issue fix.
  • Spinning wait cursor on 'more' context menu fix.
  • FR language updates.
  • Index real-time monitor fixes.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3283 (Dec 31, 2021)

  • Possible crash when scrolling through thousands of results.
  • Search performance fix.
  • Search stats not always updated properly.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3278 (Dec 16, 2021)

  • Installer issue updating previous installation fixed.
  • Help file localization improvements
  • Increased size of some dialog fields.

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3277 (Dec 12, 2021)

  • Full Release Announcement
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) functionality
  • New visual themes (including a Dark theme)
  • Improved indexing functionality
  • Automatic index update scheduler
  • Index groups
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes

New in Agent Ransack 2022 Build 3276 (Dec 11, 2021)

  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) functionality
  • New visual themes (including a Dark theme)
  • Improved indexing functionality
  • Automatic index update scheduler
  • Index groups
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes
  • Full Release Announcement [https://blog.mythicsoft.com/version-2022-release]

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2951 (Nov 20, 2020)

  • Reduced background CPU usage when idle
  • Improved parsing of MBOX/EML date time format.
  • Improved SearchTask recovery if 3rd party IFilter causes problems.
  • Bug fix: "A required resource was unavailable" error when lots of search terms (> 10,000) specified.
  • Bug fix: Relative date/time searching issues with FR/ES/NL languages.
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2947 (Aug 19, 2020)

  • Additional installer flags /regdetails /langfile /ui
  • Bug fix: Exporting index based searches much faster if content not required.
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2946 (May 30, 2020)

  • Japanese translation (beta).
  • Bug fix: Keyword summary report not displaying empty keywords properly.
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2944 (Jan 30, 2020)

  • Bug fix: OneDrive folders not searching properly.
  • Bug fix: Numeric column filters not working with '<' directive.
  • Bug fix: UI sometimes becomes unresponsive when using Index Searching and column filters.
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2941 (Jan 21, 2020)

  • Bug fix: Index searching reporting errors with some queries
  • Bug fix: Portable device searching not filtering sub folders correctly
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2936 (Nov 20, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Printing issue

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2935 (Nov 19, 2019)

  • Minor error logging change

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2934 (Nov 18, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Missing installation files for Win 10

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2933 (Nov 15, 2019)

  • Folders are now sorted ahead of files.
  • Bug fix: LIKE not highlighting correctly for Index searches
  • Bug fix: Environment variables not working with Lite version
  • Bug fix: Shell Integration configuration issues, ie settings were not showing correctly in the user interface
  • Bug fix: .NET library exception.
  • Various language updates.

New in Agent Ransack 2019 Build 2928 (Sep 17, 2019)

  • Announcement: Agent Ransack 2019
  • High DPI support
  • Faster file list loading, especially with ‘sticky’ sort.
  • Improved PDF searching
  • Updated language files
  • Dedicated portable installer
  • Freely available MSI files for unattended installations
  • Pro mode option
  • and many small fixes

New in Agent Ransack 2016 Build 867 (Mar 3, 2017)

  • Moved to SHA-256 code signing
  • Various minor bug fixes.

New in Agent Ransack 2016 Build 865 (Nov 6, 2016)

  • Bug fix: Fixes in French translation
  • Bug fix: Crash when changing criteria type during search.
  • Bug fix: Rare crash when search had finished.

New in Agent Ransack 2016 Build 864 (Nov 6, 2016)

  • Improvements to French translation
  • Bug fix: Invalid context menu entry
  • Bug fix: Registration code expiration issue

New in Agent Ransack 2016 Build 863 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Bug fix: Registration code issue

New in Agent Ransack 2016 Build 862 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Tabbed Searching
  • Keyword color highlighting
  • Search warnings/errors
  • Search threads monitoring window
  • Boolean support on File Name criteria
  • Full IFilter support
  • Agent Ransack icon that works well for dark backgrounds
  • Exclude folders
  • Faster searching
  • UTF-8 auto detection
  • Improved date/time parsing
  • Bug fix: Installation issues
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes

New in Agent Ransack 2014 Build 828 (Nov 25, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Include file name in content searching could not be switched OFF.

New in Agent Ransack 2014 Build 825 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Accepting single-quotes in XML UTF declaration.

New in Agent Ransack 2014 Build 822 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Missing installation file for x64.

New in Agent Ransack 2014 Build 821 (Jun 24, 2014)

  • Search engine upgrade.
  • Bug fix: *.* not matching ALL items.
  • Bug fix: Browse for folder not including current path.

New in Agent Ransack 2014 Build 820 (Mar 13, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Installation issues on some computers (installer was leaving just a single InstallIssue.txt file).
  • Bug fix: Double-click column header divider to auto size.
  • Bug fix: Registration code crash.
  • Windows 8.x related minor fixes/improvements.

New in Agent Ransack 2014 Build 819 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Closing app when minimized causes problems when re-starting.
  • Other minor fixes/improvements.

New in Agent Ransack 2014 Build 816 (Jan 8, 2014)

  • Browse for folders limit bug.
  • Updated help file.

New in Agent Ransack 2010 Build 762 (Jul 14, 2010)

  • Added thread configuration option to switch off multi-threading.
  • Fix: Focus issue with Ctrl + A on file list.
  • Fix: PDF not working on some machines.
  • Fix: Crash in Basic view if search with containing text checked but no text entered.
  • Wizard labels needed resizing.

New in Agent Ransack 2010 Build 759 (Jul 14, 2010)

  • Boolean expressions (AND, OR, NOT).
  • Supports popular office formats including Office 2007 and OpenOffice.
  • Available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
  • 'FileLocator Lite' alternative branding for corporate environments.
  • New context menu features, such as Explore Here.
  • More robust.
  • Modernization of the User Interface.

New in Agent Ransack 1.7.3 build 332 (Jan 30, 2007)

  • Copy acting as Cut on certain versions of Windows 98 (thanks to Kasauli for reporting bug and testing fix).
  • Executable unnecessarily linked against oleacc.dll (Win 95/NT does not install this Active Accessibility support DLL).
  • WinXP shell extension bug fix.