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Wake On LAN Ex Changelog

What's new in Wake On LAN Ex 3.34

Sep 10, 2022
  • Added additional languages for Auto-Discovery support: Deutsch, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
  • Updated dependencies.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.33 (Mar 5, 2020)

  • Read-Only indicator for address books; see Settings - Interface. [more]
  • Notification customisation; see Settings - Interface. [more]
  • Command-line support was broken. [more]
  • Restoring a back-up gave an error. [more]
  • Improvements and fixes to accent colour and customisation. [more]
  • Notification display interval wasn't being honoured. [more]
  • Help is now correctly shown if license couldn't be loaded. [more]

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.31 (Jan 26, 2020)

  • Instrumentation update rate to Settings - Network. [more]
  • Potential crash when opening the column editor. [more]
  • Show help if license couldn't be loaded. [more]
  • Lightened bottom panel in dialogs if Windows theme is dark.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.30 (Jan 3, 2020)

  • WoLEX 3.30 and above now requires .Microsoft .NET 4.8.
  • AutoSizeLastColumn and AutoSizeLastColumnPadding to Settings - Advanced.
  • Icon Style to Settings - Interface.
  • Additional codes to Device Editor - Frontend.
  • Crash with certain malformed MAC IDs.
  • Frontend code item was incorrectly inserting %connectionstatus.
  • License plugin is no longer just ignored if broken due to breaking changes / being outdated; user is now notified.
  • Huge, far-reaching rewrites to underlying dependencies - please report any issues, however minor.
  • Significant number of "code correctness" changes to WoLEX and its dependencies.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.20 (Nov 12, 2018)

  • Added: Additional keyboard mnemonics.
  • Fixed: Rare crash at startup and when using the column editor.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.19 (Nov 5, 2018)

  • Crash at startup.
  • Completely rewritten update checker.
  • Completely rewritten error handler.
  • Completely rewritten logging window.
  • Additional error checking when processing automation MacId files.
  • Updated various dependencies.
  • Various interface tweaks.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.18 (Aug 10, 2018)

  • SAMBA Network Access waking no-longer locks the UI.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.17 (Jul 27, 2018)

  • WoLEX 3.17 and above now requires .Microsoft .NET 4.7.2.
  • Wake Via SAMBA Network Access to Device Editor - General. [more]
  • Number of Devices to Settings - Enterprise - Stagger Wake-up. [more]
  • StaggerScopes to Settings - Advanced.
  • Potential fix for crash when the Status column was hidden when performing an action.
  • Device Editor locks-up briefly when opened. [more]
  • Various interface changes and fixes.
  • Added link to WoLEX Sub-Reddit in the About window.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.16 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Added:
  • ShutdownCommand to Settings - Advanced.
  • Fixed:
  • Main window shrinking in size under some circumstances (see workaround here).
  • Scrollbar appearing when restoring the main window from the systray.
  • Rare crash when opening the Address Book Manager.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.15 (Oct 30, 2017)

  • Added: Enhanced tooltips.
  • Added: Remaining tooltips for controls that didn't have them.
  • Other: Interface fixes and improvements.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.14 (Sep 19, 2017)

  • Additional keyboard shortcuts to the main window.
  • Log window shrinking each time it's opened.
  • Some control tab ordering were incorrect.
  • Performance improvements to interface drawing.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.13 (Sep 7, 2017)

  • Window sub-item to the main window's View menu item.
  • Various internal code and interface improvements.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.12 (Aug 27, 2017)

  • Show Minimise to System Tray button wasn't working.
  • Clicking on the Documentation link in the Settings window resulted in two pages being opened.
  • Main window wasn't easily resizable if no address book was set.
  • Restoring the main window from the systray caused it to increase in size.
  • Potential crash at start-up / shutdown.
  • Various internal code and interface improvements.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.11 (Jul 26, 2017)

  • Backup & Restore wasn't correctly backing-up Address Books

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.10 (Jul 13, 2017)

  • Buffalo TeraStation to the Device Editor - Ports menu.
  • Updated installer was being downloaded as a .zip instead of an executable.
  • Some URLs were pointing to the old WoLEX site.
  • Performance improvements to the loading/saving of settings.
  • Various code improvements.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.09 (Jul 11, 2017)

  • Port wasn't being used.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.08 (Jun 18, 2017)

  • Extremes of dark or light accent colouring is disallowed to keep the interface usable.
  • Improvements to Auto-Discovery.
  • General interface improvements.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.07 (Jun 11, 2017)

  • Get Host Names button to the top of the Auto-Discovery window.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.06 (Jun 9, 2017)

  • Attempted fix for UI corruption on older versions of Windows (eg. 7).
  • Minor fixes to the Backup & Restore window.
  • The Auto-Discovery window should no longer sometimes freeze WoLEX instead of opening.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.05 (Jun 7, 2017)

  • Customisation of the Copy MAC and Copy IP fields from the Auto Discovery window to Settings - Advanced.
  • Tabs along the top of the Device Editor can now be used to drag the window.
  • Interface accent colour could sometimes be the wrong colour.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.04 (May 13, 2017)

  • Active Instrumentation menu to the Instrumentation panel at the bottom of the main window, if shown.
  • Minor interface changes and fixes.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.03 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Added:
  • Read Only property to the Address Book Manager.
  • Fixed:
  • Back-up error on first run.
  • Some keyboard shortcuts were invoked twice when pressed.
  • Updated Settings window checkboxes to be more visually appropriate.
  • Minor interface changes and fixes.
  • Other:
  • Wake On LAN Ex now requires version 4.6.2 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.02 (Mar 26, 2017)

  • Ctrl+W Action to Settings - Interface.
  • Wake-Up, Log-Off, Restart, Shutdown to Settings - Interface - Device Double-Click Action.
  • Device Editor: Test Frontend moved from menu to label.
  • Iconset changed to a flat-style to better integrate with the interface.
  • Minor interface changes and fixes.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.01 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • If you have a license, it'll need to be updated for the SecureOn feature.
  • Send Wake Via IP / Broadcast option to Device Editor - Network tab.
  • Support for SecureOn for Home and Enterprise editions to the Device Editor - Network tab.
  • Send Multiple Wake-Up Messages option to Device Editor - Network tab.
  • Being unable to edit the 5th device in the Free edition.
  • Moved Windows Username/Password fields to Instrumentation tab within Device Editor.
  • General interface improvements.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 3.00.2.0 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • Complete rewrite of Wake On LAN Ex.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 2.10 (May 5, 2010)

  • Added: Limited skinning functionality.
  • Fixed: Port wasn't be used.
  • Other: Faster startup.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 2.09 (Jan 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: MacID now checks for a 17 char ID rather that the incorrect 16 in v2.08.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 2.08 (Jan 26, 2010)

  • Added: Check and warning message for non-writable settings path.
  • Added: Configurable Escape key setting to the Settings window.
  • Added: Introductory message if there are no address book entries (eg. first run).
  • Fixed: Pings sometimes stalling indefinitely.
  • Other: Main and About window interface changes.
  • Other: Changed the way key detection works in the address book.
  • Other: PingAddressBookEntriesThreads is now 6 by default on all OSes, including XP.
  • Other: Ping threads priority changed from Normal to BelowNormal.
  • Other: Error handling improvements.
  • Other: Removed BiQubic.Suite.Controls.dll dependency.
  • Other: Removed BiQubic.Suite.Core.dll dependency.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 2.07 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Added: Actions and Custom Actions in address book context menu. Using this
  • menu will apply actions to selected entries as opposed to checkmarked entries like how the Send Action menu works.
  • Added: Screen outofbounds checking and repositioning at startup, along with
  • DoNotRepositionWindow option to the Settings window.
  • Fixed: Multiple exceptions upon startup if Columns.xml couldn't be saved in AppData.
  • Other: PingAddressBookEntriesThreads is now set to 3 by default in Windows XP.
  • Other: Address book is saved immediately upon an entry being edited.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 2.06 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Added: OnOnline, OnOffline, and OnError events to the edit entry window.
  • Added: Confirmation when deleting address book entries.
  • Added: More keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+N: add entry, Enter: edit, Del: delete).

New in Wake On LAN Ex 2.05 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Fixed: Crash upon startup if there are no address book entries and pinging is enabled.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 2.01 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Added: Minimise to System Tray to the main window.
  • Added: Column sorting.
  • Added: "Select ..." item to the address book context menu.
  • Added: Keyboard shortcuts (see menus). Escape now minimises WoLEX.
  • Added: DefautAction and MessageType to the Settings window.
  • Added: StartWithWindows and StartMinimised to the Settings window.
  • Added: "minimise" / "minimize" commandline parameter support.
  • Fixed: Potential crash with invalid MAC IDs.
  • Other: Improved interface; replaced buttons with a toolbar; etc.
  • Other: PingAddressBookEntriesTimeOut is now expressed in milliseconds.
  • Other: Various minor changes.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 2.00 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Added: Included pad_file.xml with distribution.
  • Other: Updated all graphics and some interface elements.
  • Other: Improved update checker.
  • Other: Minor changes and additions.

New in Wake On LAN Ex 0.96 (Sep 4, 2007)

  • Added: Port setting.
  • Fixed: Broadcast Address was being ignored.
  • Other: Very minor GUI changes