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NCollector Studio Lite Changelog

What's new in NCollector Studio Lite 3.7.0.2917

Jan 12, 2016
  • [BUGFIX] Document rendering not working correctly
  • [BUGFIX] Downloaded images would sometimes be corrupted
  • [BUGFIX] Improved logic for detecting image sizes
  • [BUGFIX] Various UI improvements and fixes

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.6.0.2910 (Nov 8, 2015)

  • [FEATURE] Search for files by url in the files list (only available for new projects)
  • [FEATURE] Improved handling of aborted files (both automatic and manual from the user interface), which should improve general performance
  • [BUGFIX] Bing Images search provider fixed due to changes to the Bing Search service
  • [BUGFIX] Google Images search provider fixed due to changes to the Google Search service

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.5.0.2895 (Apr 11, 2015)

  • [FEATURE] The in-browser downloader has returned (render document before extracting html)
  • [FEATURE] NCollector Studio now understands Shockwave Flash
  • [FEATURE] Improved Google Images Search provider
  • [FEATURE] Use actual filetype more often when generating local filenames
  • [FEATURE] Status added to the downloads list
  • [FEATURE] Use server filename when available
  • [BUGFIX] Settings should now be remembered when upgrading to a new version
  • [BUGFIX] Minor UI improvements and fixes
  • [BUGFIX] Bing Images search provider fixed due to changes to the Bing Search service

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.4.0.2867 (Jan 5, 2015)

  • [FEATURE] Rules no longer apply to first level links, allowing for mass downloading of a set of URLs without worrying about extension filters etc.
  • [FEATURE] Wizard now uses the available width
  • [FEATURE] Minor improvements to prevent duplicates in the various lists in the wizard
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed an issue with extension and mimetype filters

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.3.0.2856 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • [FEATURE] Source addresses can now be entered with range expressions, e.g. http://www.domain.com/page=[001-014] or stepped http://www.domain.com/page=[001-014:5] or lists http://www.domain.com/category=[cat,mouse,dog].
  • [FEATURE] Simple helper for defining the xpath expression for html filters.
  • [BUGFIX] Encoding issue for some sites
  • [BUGFIX] Error when aborting a project
  • [BUGFIX] Dialog sizes would sometimes be wrong

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.2.0.2847 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • [FEATURE] Project setup now support importing multiple URLs by pasting into an import dialog
  • [FEATURE] Bing and Google Images search now support setting "Safe Mode" to exclude explicit content.
  • [FEATURE] Support the base html element, improving the offline browser experience for sites using it.
  • [FEATURE] Updated 3rd party libraries including new and improved embedded browser
  • [FEATURE] Performance improvements
  • [BUGFIX] Google Images search provider fixed
  • [BUGFIX] FTP downloader would sometimes fail

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.1.0.2782 (Jul 11, 2013)

  • [BUGFIX] When mirroring a website, certain files would get status "Failed" with the message "Unable to finalize file".
  • [BUGFIX] UI issue for low resolution displays fixed

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.1.0.2776 (Jun 5, 2013)

  • [BUGFIX] Images would sometimes appear twice in the image viewer.
  • [BUGFIX] A couple of rare crash bugs.

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.1.0.2754 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] JavaScript parser improvements.
  • [FEATURE] Improved ui input validation.
  • [FEATURE] Updated 3rd party libraries including new and improved embedded browser
  • [BUGFIX] When entering a downloadable file (images, videos etc.) as a first level url, it would not handle previous runs correctly causing duplicate files.
  • [BUGFIX] Potential lock issue when using the authentication dialog.
  • [BUGFIX] A couple of potential crash bugs.

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2746 (Apr 29, 2013)

  • [BUGFIX] Translation would occur twice for links resolving to the same local path (redirected urls).
  • [BUGFIX] Potential UI crash when resolved favorite icon is invalid.

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2733 (Apr 24, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] Embedded fonts found in css (font-face) are now downloaded and translated.
  • [FEATURE] JavaScript parser improvements.
  • [FEATURE] Better default settings for projects.
  • [FEATURE] Usability and help text improvements.
  • [BUGFIX] Domain restrictions did not work correctly with many segments.
  • [BUGFIX] Disabled the "Allow document rendering" option in this version because it was too unstable. It will be re-added in the next version.

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2721 Beta 10 (Apr 1, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] NCollector Studio 3.0 will now automatically convert/import NCollector Studio 2.0 projects.
  • [FEATURE] Adjusted the Bing Images search provider to work with the new site.
  • [BUGFIX] UI incrementing current item count twice for html pages when using the "Allow document rendering" option.
  • [BUGFIX] Resetting search provider configuration when restarting a search project (in case of changes to the search provider).

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2719 Beta 9 (Mar 14, 2013)

  • [BUGFIX] Prevent application crash when translating offline projects when a file is opened elsewhere.

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2714 Beta 8 (Mar 12, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] Javascript parser improvements.
  • [BUGFIX] Embedded browser updated and fixed potential application crash when using the "Allow document rendering" option.
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed potential crash when translating for offline browsing.
  • [BUGFIX] Minor issue with the resulting css when translating embedded css for offline browsing.

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2711 Beta 7 (Feb 22, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] Performance improvements when translating offline projects
  • [BUGFIX] Generating download paths improved to prevent different urls resolving to the same path
  • [BUGFIX] Minor bug when editing allowed domain restriction
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed a problem with combinations of different keyword filters
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed a problem with domain restriction rule when all rules are Exclude rules
  • [BUGFIX] Prevented a couple of rare crashes

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2692 Beta 6 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] When html translator is configured to remove JavaScript, the noscript tags are enabled
  • [FEATURE] img attributes "data-src" and "data-original" are now parsed and translated fixing lazy-loading images on most sites
  • [FEATURE] Target folder will now contain the internal browser cache
  • [BUGFIX] Clicking edit on an html filter would not set the Enabled For property
  • [BUGFIX] Css parser didn't handle attributes with data:>;base64 correctly
  • [BUGFIX] Data uris no longer returned as an external reference
  • [BUGFIX] JavaScript parser now ignores comments
  • [BUGFIX] The anchor part (fragment) of resolved links are removed before adding to download queue - this should prevent a lot of unnecessary downloads and fixes problem with cross page anchor links in offline mode
  • [BUGFIX] Prevent html files being handled as embedded (in the rare case a link appears to be something else)
  • [BUGFIX] Embedded links on last level wasn't parsed as they should (to potentially find other embedded links)

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2687 Beta 5 (Feb 14, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] The ability to specify if html filters should apply to embedded, external or all links.
  • [BUGFIX] Tuning of the javascript parser - was returning all links as embedded causing too many links downloaded
  • [BUGFIX] Enable for embedded checkbox for domain restrictions was not applied
  • [BUGFIX] Stability improvements for the in-browser downloader
  • [BUGFIX] Rare crash when minimizing application

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2682 Beta 4 (Feb 12, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] Installer improvements
  • [BUGFIX] Lite version level and pages were too restricted for search provider projects
  • [BUGFIX] Crash when downloader does not return a mimetype
  • [BUGFIX] Rare crash when resolving absolute urls

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2679 Beta 3 (Jan 29, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] Search providers can now be given multiple search phrases
  • [FEATURE] Improved wizard validation
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed an issue with the minimum and maxium image dimensions rule
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed an issue causing some files to resolve to the same download location when using flat folder structure

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2670 Beta 2 (Jan 18, 2013)

  • [BUGFIX] Potential crash prevented when modifying existing search project
  • [BUGFIX] Bug relating to the automatically added domain restrictions
  • [BUGFIX] Some summary information was not shown for simple search projects

New in NCollector Studio Lite 3.0.0.2666 Beta 1 (Jan 18, 2013)

  • [FEATURE] Abort/Resume: The ability to resume an aborted or failed project
  • [FEATURE] Preview mode: Execute a project without downloading files locally
  • [FEATURE] Wizard option: Maximum number of downloaded files
  • [FEATURE] Wizard option: Target specific regions of an html page (paid version only)
  • [FEATURE] Wizard option: Per url authentication (when a single project targets multiple source urls)
  • [FEATURE] Wizard option: Extension filters applied to specific levels or level ranges
  • [FEATURE] Wizard option: More granular control over the different parsers and translators
  • [FEATURE] Wizard option: Custom domain restrictions, optionally applied to specific levels or level ranges
  • [FEATURE] Abort reason: View a description of why a specific url failed by hovering the item in the "Files" list
  • [FEATURE] Major performance improvements, especially for large projects
  • [FEATURE] Lots and lots of minor improvements and tweaks
  • [CHANGE] Console: Configuration should now be done using a configuration file for easier maintainance (paid version only)
  • [LITE] Increased page limit to 20 pages
  • [LITE] Lite version now includes keyword filtering

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2558 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • [BUGFIX] Fixed a couple of issues with Http Authentication
  • [BUGFIX] A couple of rare potential crashes prevented

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2382 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [FEATURE] Added Back and Forward buttons to the embedded browser (offline browser projects)
  • [BUGFIX] When encountering a file with an unknown mimetype the download would be aborted incorrectly
  • [BUGFIX] Rss content didn't get the correct extension
  • [BUGFIX] Console application was not working correctly

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2374 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [FEATURE] The application will now handle different screen resolutions better
  • [BUGFIX] A couple of minor changes and bugfixes

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2369 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [FEATURE] Filtering on status in the Files list
  • [BUGFIX] Application crashes when selecting "Remove From Library" when no project is selected
  • [BUGFIX] After running a project the second time, the links database would contain some invalid data

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2345 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [FEATURE] Tuned the Google Images provider for improved performance
  • [FEATURE] Html report now only generated on demand
  • [FEATURE] Link to the online project library
  • [BUGFIX] A couple of potential crashes prevented
  • [BUGFIX] Switched to an inmemory database for the link queue - the filebased approach seems to cause too many issues
  • [IMPORTANT] You might need to browse to your license file again after installing this version

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2334 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [BUGFIX] A couple of rare potential crashes prevented

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2331 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [BUGFIX] Project file extension (.wrp) now properly associated with NCollector Studio during installation

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2320 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [FEATURE] Big improvement in memory usage, which should allow larger projects to run without the OutOfMemory exceptions some users have been reporting
  • [FEATURE] User agent is now configured on a per project basis
  • [FEATURE] Better defaults used when starting the different modes
  • [FEATURE] Improved summary page
  • [BUGFIX] An issue during shutdown when a spider is running fixed
  • [IMPORTANT] Projects executed with previous beta builds must be run again to populate the library

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2288 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [FEATURE] Initial support in the core engine for targetting specific elements in a page - used by the included search providers for improved performance and results
  • [BUGFIX] Urls resolved incorrectly when the source page contains a redirect, e.g. www.site.com -> site.com
  • [MINOR] Updated third party dependencies

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2285 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [FEATURE] Http Authentication support allowing the user to choose between basic http authentication or cookie authentication by logging in interactively

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2281 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [BUGFIX] A couple of potential crashes fixed

New in NCollector Studio Lite 2.0.0.2262 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • [FEATURE] Integrated library and end report with image gallery, integrated browser and more
  • [FEATURE] Allow rendering of page before parsing for javascript intensive sites
  • [FEATURE] Light weight javascript parser to extract links from javascript code
  • [FEATURE] Home screen with preconfigured setup for common use cases
  • [FEATURE] Option to remove javascript from end result
  • [FEATURE] Option to remove frames (which often contains ads) from end result
  • [FEATURE] More powerful keywords engine, by allowing regular expressions and the ability to specify the level it should be applied to
  • [FEATURE] Bing Images search provider included
  • [FEATURE] Lots of core improvements allowing you to find more files
  • [FEATURE] Abort individual downloader from UI
  • [FEATURE] Metro based UI
  • [FEATURE] Free Lite version
  • [BUGFIX] Mirror project would sometimes change the file extension
  • [BUGFIX] Bugfixes making the application more stable