WebShot Changelog

What's new in WebShot 1.9.3.0

Jun 22, 2013
  • Added /processes command line parameter
  • Fixed valid characters being removed from filenames

New in WebShot 1.9.2.0 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Fixed crash in IE 10

New in WebShot 1.9.1.0 (Oct 11, 2012)

  • Fixed /bwidth & /bheight when using chromium
  • Fixed some DLL definitions

New in WebShot 1.9.0.0 (Oct 10, 2012)

  • Fixed assert bug in /crop parameter
  • Updated cef to 1.1180.832, chromium 23.0.1271.18
  • Compiled with Visual Studio 2010

New in WebShot 1.8.9.1 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • Added chromium support with new chromium binaries
  • Added /bprint parameter for chromium only
  • Added /bshow parameter to show the browser window
  • Fixed bug loading headers strings

New in WebShot 1.8.8.0 (Sep 2, 2011)

  • Fixed detecting redirect
  • Fixed importing large url list into gui hangs
  • Fixed rare crash issue closing gui

New in WebShot 1.8.7.0 (Jul 29, 2011)

  • Updated the gui
  • Fixed bug in /waitimgloop not working
  • Added redirect url to csv output

New in WebShot 1.8.6.0 (May 17, 2011)

  • Fixed bugs and dll callback definition

New in WebShot 1.8.5.0 (May 13, 2011)

  • Fixed bug in /crop parameter
  • Added noapp command line switch

New in WebShot 1.8.4.0 (May 11, 2011)

  • Added 64-bit executables
  • Fixed problems with the server dll not working

New in WebShot 1.8.2.1 (Apr 7, 2011)

  • Fixed crash bug caused by redirection on windows xp machines
  • Fixed problems with using /postdata parameter

New in WebShot 1.8.2.0 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Fixed crash bug caused by redirection on windows XP machines
  • Fixed problems with using /postdata parameter

New in WebShot 1.8.1.0 (Mar 7, 2011)

  • Fixed high cpu usage while processing sites with frames
  • Added ability to specify cmdparams via gui batch file

New in WebShot 1.8.0.0 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • Improvements to page size determination

New in WebShot 1.79 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Fixed scrollbars showing up on certain pages
  • Fixed javascript loading on certain pages
  • Fixed saving of window position in GUI

New in WebShot 1.7.8.0 (Sep 3, 2010)

  • Fixed loading of swf that returned application/octet-stream
  • Fixed error dialog when printing status of url with %

New in WebShot 1.7.7.0 (Sep 3, 2010)

  • Added /crop command line parameter
  • Added grayscale option to gui interface

New in WebShot 1.7.6.0 (Jul 26, 2010)

  • Fixed bug in positioning of watermark image
  • Fixed file download window popup when nav to exe

New in WebShot 1.7.5.0 (May 9, 2010)

  • Fixed flash streaming on certain pages

New in WebShot 1.7.4.0 (Apr 16, 2010)

  • Added /waitimgloop to take multiple captures per page

New in WebShot 1.7.3.0 (Apr 16, 2010)

  • Fixed certain pages that would hang indefinately
  • Fixed detection of meta redirects
  • Updated VB code example

New in WebShot 1.7.2.0 (Jan 31, 2010)

  • Fixed file download popup if redirected
  • Fixed xml automation not saving properly
  • Fixed %l not printing the correct time
  • Improved detection of flash/embedded websites
  • Added max image size /xwidth and /xheight
  • Added -ignoreerr flag to capture on nav err

New in WebShot 1.7.1.0 (Sep 6, 2009)

  • Fixed crash with pdf urls

New in WebShot 1.7.0.0 (Jun 10, 2009)

  • Fixed random hangs when exiting
  • Fixed random browser creation errors
  • Fixed crash with framed websites

New in WebShot 1.6.9.0 (Jun 5, 2009)

  • Fixed xml based sites not loading
  • Fixed /links now gets links from frames
  • Fixed /links link position is relative to image
  • Fixed /links works properly with -nosave
  • Added unicode support

New in WebShot 1.6.8.0 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • Fixed javascript leak in certain pages such as eBay

New in WebShot 1.6.7.0 (Feb 26, 2009)

  • Fixed /threads not capturing certain sites

New in WebShot 1.6.6.0 (Feb 6, 2009)

  • Added %u output mask for the page's title

New in WebShot 1.6.5.0 (Dec 17, 2008)

  • Added ability to dump links to a file /link
  • Added ability to specify the debug filename
  • Fixed not printing to STDOUT properly

New in WebShot 1.6.4.0 (Nov 24, 2008)

  • Fixed redirection and related bugs

New in WebShot 1.6.3.2 (Nov 17, 2008)

  • Fixed get redirect url & count not working in server dll
  • Fixed bug in url redirection loop detection
  • Fixed possible crash with zero byte xml automation file
  • Fixed adobe flash player script hang dialog popup
  • Added automation option to respond to all message boxes

New in WebShot 1.61 (Jun 22, 2008)

  • Fixed http authenticate not working on certain sites
  • Fixed tab control not updating options when pressing start
  • Fixed compatability with Windows 2000 server
  • Fixed some php com get functions not returning values
  • Fixed gui button repainting bug

New in WebShot 1.60 (Jun 10, 2008)

  • Added waitdocfl document wait value for pages with flash
  • Added PHP COM scriptablity for server dll
  • Fixed bug in watermark when not specifying opacity
  • Fixed bug in redirection loop detection
  • Fixed bug and improved color quantization methods

New in WebShot 1.58 (Mar 13, 2008)

  • Fixed gif palette selection with single color images
  • Fixed xml configuration not loading correctly
  • Fixed crash bug with particular frame enabled sites
  • Improved page size determination for frames
  • Improved automation to auto-select single button msgs

New in WebShot 1.57 (Feb 1, 2008)

  • Added ability to watermark images
  • Fixed issue where timeout wouldn't occur immediately
  • Fixed problem with certain urls not redirecting properly

New in WebShot 1.56 (Jan 4, 2008)

  • Added message box automation via xml
  • Fixed capturing of particular https sites
  • Fixed debug output of errornous urls
  • Improved batch mode performance and reliability
  • Improved gif image quality using color quantization

New in WebShot 1.55 (Dec 6, 2007)

  • Fixed debug mutex creation bug on non-english windows
  • Fixed web browser not going into silent mode
  • Fixed async pluggable protocol with https sites
  • Fixed rare case when certain flash objects don't load

New in WebShot 1.54 (Nov 28, 2007)

  • Fixed multi-threaded async pluggable protocol
  • Compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

New in WebShot 1.53 (Nov 23, 2007)

  • Fixed window.external javascript bug
  • Fixed javascript animation not loading

New in WebShot 1.52 (Nov 20, 2007)

  • Improved redirection detection via response headers
  • Fixed navigate away from this page message box
  • Fixed timeout parameter not working
  • Added dll functions for retrieving response headers

New in WebShot 1.51 (Nov 9, 2007)

  • Fixed command line parsing for encoder parameter
  • Fixed gui dialog opening offscreen if 2nd monitor off
  • Fixed pg height detection w/ min browser height (Thx Chad!)

New in WebShot 1.50 (Oct 6, 2007)

  • Fixed print error dialog popup (window.print)
  • Fixed certain ajax pages not loading properly
  • Fixed batch file not processing last url
  • Fixed document complete firing multiple times

New in WebShot 1.49 (Sep 20, 2007)

  • Added username, password, and useragent parameters
  • Added detection of ITimerService hangs
  • Added xml configuration options
  • Changed debug file logging is off by default
  • Fixed http security client authorization needed
  • Improved automatic page size determination

New in WebShot 1.48 (Aug 27, 2007)

  • Fixed IE 6 slowly running script dialog
  • Fixed IE 6 & 7 window trying to close dialog
  • Added http code retrieval methods in external dll
  • Added clear cache methods in external dll
  • Added option to disable saving of images

New in WebShot 1.47 (Aug 22, 2007)

  • Fixed url parameter not working properly
  • Fixed page timeout capture attempt failures
  • Improved batch mode performance
  • Reduced batch mode memory usage

New in WebShot 1.46 (Aug 21, 2007)

  • Added postdata command line parameter
  • Fixed registry handle leak

New in WebShot 1.45 (Aug 15, 2007)

  • Added doxygen html help file for dll
  • Added headers parameter for custom http headers
  • Added screenshot attempting after page timeout
  • Fixed choose a digital certificate dialog

New in WebShot 1.44 (Aug 3, 2007)

  • Fixed page title on csv output

New in WebShot 1.43 (Jul 23, 2007)

  • Added meta keywords and description debug logging
  • Added -noscripts and -noactivex flag
  • Added workaround for flash and IE 6 hanging
  • Fixed html parameter appending extra period
  • Fixed html parameter not creating required folder
  • Fixed another command line parsing bug

New in WebShot 1.40 (Jul 5, 2007)

  • Added dll capture callback for custom bitmap handling
  • Fixed trapping of stop running script dialog
  • Fixed multi-threaded bitmap related issues

New in WebShot 1.39 (Jun 29, 2007)

  • Added output filename masking to /html parameter
  • Added alternative masking symbol ? instead of %
  • Fixed gdi plus handle leak

New in WebShot 1.38 (Jun 26, 2007)

  • Added nodebug command line flag
  • Fixed bitmap buffer overlapping with multiple instances

New in WebShot 1.36 (Jun 11, 2007)

  • Added /html option to save out main html to file
  • Added server dll document complete callback
  • Added server dll meta tag retrieval functions
  • Updated timer handling

New in WebShot 1.35 (May 23, 2007)

  • Added /grayscale option for intentional grayscaling

New in WebShot 1.34 (Apr 23, 2007)

  • Fixed iframe margin injection bug
  • Added /waitimg parameter to wait before image is captured
  • Added /csv parameter for outputting results in csv file

New in WebShot 1.33 (Mar 26, 2007)

  • Fixed timestamp output filename masking, changed %tl to %l
  • Fixed issues with timers causing web browser control to hang
  • Fixed problem loading executable due to manifest file

New in WebShot 1.32 (Mar 19, 2007)

  • Fixed bug in retrieving of dom element's children
  • Fixed hang when using bwidth/bheight with waitdoc
  • Fixed hang on specific html pages with flash
  • Added multiple threading support to command line batch mode
  • Added time related output masking parameters %tl %t
  • Added user agent configurability (See below)
  • Added /redirectmax to specify maximum redirects
  • Updated gui with windows theming support

New in WebShot 1.30 (Jan 3, 2007)

  • Fixed problems with meta redirect hanging