April 25th, 2012· New MSI-based installer
· SSL libraries are now included so email alerts can more easily use STARTTLS SMTP servers
· Overhaul of final destination ping method, which should make it more reliable when route changes frequently
· Added link to the knowledge base from the Help menu. If you've not checked out the knowledge base, you should
· INIFILE setting would still use local profile settings if it existed, so running multiple instances with different settings would sometimes not work as expected
· Improved shutdown logic when multiple instances are shut down simultaneously, all trying to write to the same file
· "Attach Collected Data to Email" and "Include Text in Email" options not saving correctly in some cases
· Alert status for final destination now shows on final row of trace graph when unreachable
· Auto-Save now defaults to save to your "My Documents" folder instead of the PingPlotter install path. This can be overridden by specifying a full path
· Auto save now creates more than one level of directories, allowing $year\$month\$day\$dest style nesting
· Sending an alert test email would sometimes cause an error if done without first tracing to a target
· Auto-save image didn't always show the latest data if focus changes
· pp2 file association is now done in the installer instead of application
· Updated grid drawing to show a ? for the last hop on unreachable targets
· Fixed a variety of other bugs and small improvements
July 14th, 2010· Timeouts sort as high latency in the summary graph, instead of low latency (min/max/avg).
· Floating your mouse over the time graph now shows statistics about that data point.
· Time graphs now show grid lines.
· Time graphs paint a bit faster with some video cards.
· Faster startup/shutdown when there are lots of named configurations.
· Removing an alert from a target wouldn't always be saved correctly.
· Gmail's SMTP server now works again (a change in GMail's logic broke STARTTLS SMTP delivery).
· Fixed problem where an alert email might contain a lot more history than you'd want/expect.
· Testing alert emails could lock up PingPlotter in some scenarios.
· File -> Export... command now always prompts for a filename on export, rather than using a default that's probably in the wrong place.
· PRO ONLY - Fixed web interface on IE8 to paint latency/min/max lines.
· PRO ONLY - Minor web GUI tweaks.
July 14th, 2010· Made some changes to be less likely to be falsely detected as a virus/trojan/"nefarious" by AVG/ClamAV/etc.
· Can now graph minimim and maximum values on time graph, in addition to the average latency.
· Fixed minor issue with running from a USB drive on some old OSes.
· PRO ONLY - Fixed problem loading workspaces with undocked windows.
· PRO ONLY - Fixed problem when right-clicking in summary graph and accessing alert capabilities.
September 29th, 2008· Added a "Don't Fragment" flag to allow PingPlotter to help with MTU size troubleshooting.
· TCP Traceroute is now more robust. Packet sequence numbers was also changed to make it better supported by servers.
· PRO ONLY - Workspaces have been enhanced in several ways, including the ability to save collected data and auto-save/reload.
· PingPlotter would sometimes freeze when a float-over tooltip was visible and a certain part of the PingPlotter user interface was clicked at just the right time.
· Alert system enhancements.
November 19th, 2007· PingPlotter can now be run from a USB drive and license information (and other data) is stored on the USB drive instead of the system registry.
· Better support for Windows Vista. See below for a detailed list of improvements.
· New UDP packet type can target a specific UDP port rather than using "unix-style" ports 33434 and up. This allows tracing directly to a UDP server (certain UDP servers only). For this release, we've included 3 types - Echo, UDP DNS, and IAX (Asterisk VoIP) ping.
· Focus indicator is much better.
· PL% and ms are displayed on graph scale (and descriptions expand for taller graphs).
· Mouse scroll wheel scrolls forward / backwards in time.
· Depressing the wheel and scrolling zooms in and out (with the "zoom" happening at the point of the mouse cursor).
· New alert option to not show the alert indicator on the main graph (for logging alerts that always log).
· EMail alerts can use SMTP STARTTLS secure connections - this allows use of GMail SMTP servers. See our knowledge base article on configuring this for instructions.
· New help file format (now uses HTML help instead of WinHelp) - easier to read, plus lots of new and updated text.
· PingPlotter can minimize when "X" is hit on the upper right (instead of closing / prompting for close).
· PingPlotter can create an email (using MAPI) including a screenshot or data.
· ALT-Tab works better in non-standard task / windows managers, or in Windows Vista.
· Cascade / Tile / Move / Size commands now work from the taskbar right-click menu.
· Install is now code-signed, so running the installer correctly shows "Nessoft, LLC" instead of "Unknown Publisher".
· Improvements in a number of areas when running large fonts.
· If ICMP.DLL wasn't available on the system, PingPlotter would crash with a cryptic message on startup.
· The "Maximum samples in memory" setting now defaults to 250,000 instead of unlimited (running for weeks won't run you out of memory now).
Improved Windows Vista compatibility:
· With 64 bit Vista, you no longer need to disable DEP for PingPlotter.
· Now tells Windows Vista that it knows about Vista, which makes directory handling better (especially of the Program Files directory, which is read-only under Vista).
· Uses new Windows Open / Save dialogs.
· Help now works, including F1 tooltips.
· Uses Vista font type / sizes.
· Installer is now Vista-aware, making permission elevations better and upgrades smoother.
· Note: The UDP packet type still does not work completely under Vista.
· New error handling system makes it easier for us to help you if you get an error.
· Lots of route changes takes less CPU to handle, and route changes are more stable to work with when collecting data from a route that is changing a lot.
· Upgraded to latest component versions for a number of third party components, plus the latest compiler versions.
· New install system.
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