2005-09-11 Version 2.57.00.122 FIXED: - files and/or directories with names containing spaces weren't found when dropped onto the bfaCS icon from the explorer; the same happened for job files -------- 2005-09-05 Version 2.56.00.430 NEW: - "Options..Configuration..Hide Drives" allows the exclusion of drives in the file browser for people who don't need to see them - "Options..Configuration..Show Configuration File Errors" can suppress error messages if the configuration file cannot be stored; useful if the software runs from readonly devices (like CD-ROMs) - easy way for third party localization by providing a resource file with the name BFACS_XT.SR in the same folder as BFACS.EXE; the new language will then be displayed in the menu CHANGED: - temporary files for clearing empty disk space are now prefixed with '[-]' to allow easier identification in case they didn't get deleted for whatever reason - minor internal (user transparent) changes to prepare the code for the command line version FIXED: - pressing (Esc or) Alt+F4 during regular file processing or clearing empty disk space closed the (progess) window, but left the task running, which made it impossible to close the application and usally left temporary files behind) -------- 2005-03-30 Version 2.55.00.109 NEW: - added Format item to the file browser's popup menu CHANGED: - Blowfish Advanced CS is now officially released under the Apache 2.0 license -------- 2005-03-27 Version 2.54.00.133 NEW: - cipher information now available in "Options..Security..Encryption Algorithm" FIXED: - Force Compression option wasn't documented in the help files - on some Win95/98/Me systems the switch to new folders was delayed by a couple of seconds; this has been fixed - the new solution should also fix some other problems with the automatic browser refresh -------- 2005-02-09 Version 2.53.00.023 NEW: - menu item for Blowfish Advanced CS homepage FIXED: - Job files couldn't be created at all (embarassing, really), also note that versions of bfaCS older than 2.50 cannot process the new ones anymore - the Windows Explorer status bar showed the selected file/folder names in nonprintable characters under WinNT+ (and some misprints also on Win9x/Me) - Edit field in the New Folders dialog didn't offer a horizontal scrollbar -------- 2005-02-06 Version 2.52.00.122 NEW: - Browse (for Folder) dialogs are now in the modern style (wherever available), which mainly means that they are resizable and do support some drag and drop CHANGED: - the installer I used was an old InstallShield Express from 1998, which seems to have caused problems; I purchased the latest version and I hope it now should all work out well; it also saves around 250kB per download - improved wiping: user breaks won't discard data which hasn't been overriden so far (led to truncated files) - more transparency in the Progress dialog: wipe cycle progress is displayed as well as repeated encryption operations in case a file cannot be compressed FIXED: - some minor flicker in the Progress dialog -------- 2005-02-04 Version 2.51.00.203 CHANGED: - destination path is now copied from the Key Input to the Destination dialog FIXED: - the maximized main window, if mazimized, was set back to its original size after any kind of action (encryption, wiping, ...) -------- 2005-02-02 Version 2.50.00.042 NEW: - better compression methods are now available: deflate (ZIP) and the even better (well, in most cases) BZIP2 algorithm; note that such files can't be decrypted by older versions of bfaCS (2.13 and below) or BFA97! - changed the layout of the progress bars in the Progress dialog and the Clear Empty Disk Space dialog - updated control layout in Progress dialog, looks better now IMHO - a regular install/uninstall distribution is now available - Windows Server 2003 and Longhorn get detected (in the About dialog) - support for native Windows XP controls - new option in the Configuration: "Force Compression" avoids startover if files are not compressable - with a slight increase of the output file sizes - Caps Lock warning in the password dialog, implemented as a tip - the Clear Empty Disk Space dialog can be minimized at runtime - all the executables are now shipped in a compressed format, which lets the whole distibution fit on an ancient 720kB floppy disk! CHANGED: - switched password input hiding style to use asterisks - updated extension list of noncompressable files - only one external DLL (bfacslib) is now required to run BFACS.EXE; CryptPak stays internal and has also been updated (cipher cleanup) for the future - Help system has been updated to HTML help, requires the presence of IE to run (only a matter if you have older versions of Windows 95) - Yarrow is the only random number generator now, made more sense - transparent window support have been removed (wasn't stable/good enough) - the license model back is back to commercial, yet the one and only kind is the Personal Edition, so it is and will stay free - and the source stays public, however development is now done with a Delphi 5 Professional FIXED: - Unicode filenames have never been stored (NT wasn't detected correctly) - removed a couple of memory and resource leaks, thanks to MemChk - reencryption sometimes produced new files with readonly/hidden attributes - status bar kept saying "wiping" even after the end of a "work with" cycle -------- 2002-08-05 Version 2.13.00.001 NEW: - bfaCS compiles now completely with freeware, Borland Delphi 6 (Personal Edition) and the Borland C/C++ Compiler 5.5 (BCC55) CHANGED: - bundled with now with the latest CryptPak 4.06 FIXES: - icon in "Yes No All Cancel" (YNAC) message box was not opaque - Rename Dialog and (YNAC) message box could not be made transparent - task bar icon menu was not inactive during Decryption work - triple-DES bug in the key setup (WARNING: files encrypted with triple-DES of older versions will _not_ decrypt with this fix anymore, reencryption is recommended) -------- 2001-04-03 Version 2.12.00.011 NEW: - transparent windows (Windows 2000 and higher, not every control could be made transparent yet, I hope for better support in Windows XP or Delphi 6) - recognizes Windows 2000/Me/XP - includes the latest CryptPak DLL 4.02 FIXES: - crashed during the execution of programs and documents in the browser - problems and/or (internal) exceptions with multiple folder creation CHANGES: - the software reads out its version number directly form the EXE file and now uses the standard x.xx.xx.xxx format - browser in details mode allows now row selection -------- 2000-11-02 Version 2.11.101 FIXES: - shortcut CTRL+V for viewing now works (changed CTRL+N to select encrypted files) - update of help files (addresses, added credits to the menu) CHANGES: - new CryptPak API (uses now Yarrow internally) 2000-04-03 Version 2.10.204 FIXES: - it was possible to shutdown the program via the system tray during a disk clear process - list in the about box was not readonly - increase of performance of the file browser and the job report CHANGES: - Blowfish Advanced CS is now freeware/open source! -------- 2000-03-02 Version 2.09.077 NEW: - popup menu contains now entries for the most common operations FIXES: - popup menu didn't support help requests - minor internal changes -------- 2000-02-09 Version 2.08.048 FIXES: - program is now able to clear unlimited disk space, even on FAT32 - the mouse cursor still stuck as an hour glass - maximized main window was still resized by the progress window -------- 2000-02-08 Version 2.07.027 FIXES: - the mouse cursor stuck as an hour glass occasionally - maximized main window was resized by the progress window (weird Delphi!) - minor bug in the wiping routine caused problems on non-disk volumes - internal error fixed (access violations sometimes during shutdown) -------- 2000-01-31 Version 2.06.008 FIXES: - key disks could not be read at all, heavy bug and thus a quick fix is essential (thanks Lasse, for the hint) - the overwrite warning dialog for moving files just showed an OK button instead of Yes/All/No/Cancel -------- 2000-01-30 Version 2.05.017 FIXES: - i/o problem after the end of a disk clear process - auto confirmation didn't work if a new charater was not entered at the end of the current password - new folders are now placed directly after already existing folders - wipe loop boxes appeared sometimes unnecessarily in the progress dialog - the caption of the icon in the tray icon was not remaned properly if an action was started e.g. out of the Windows shell - weak keys now lead to an automatic retry, not an error - file wiping goes now through all caches and buffers CHANGES: - the source code of Blowfish Advanced CS is available for review purposes -------- 1999-12-06 Version 2.04.066 FIXES: - due to changes in Delphi 5 the favorites and work files entries were accidentially equipped with shortcuts, unacceptable flaw and thus worth to patch straightaway - the history stored equal paths unnecessarily multiple times -------- 1999-12-05 Version 2.03.103 FIXES: - multiple renaming was implemented but locked by the GUI - disk clearing hung in special situations at the end of the process (but was able to be interrupted) - the job report items could be edited - 100% processor load with the auto refresh turned on (on a pure network paths and only under Windows NT4) - some minor flaws in the string resources and the help files NEW: - history buttons [<] and [>] -------- 1999-11-14 Version 2.02.456 NEW: - colored progress display - runs in the system tray now FIXES: - although a key was cached the enabling switch was deactivated in the key input dialog sometimes - progress dialog: problems showing the filenames (unnecessary cut offs) - disk clearing: cleared size wasn't shown correctly (fixed also a minor i/o problem) - nasty bug: program couldn't exit when a viewed file was removed manually - if the program was active during a windows shutdown it was terminated the hard way (no configuration saved, no viewed files wiped. etc.) -------- 1999-11-08 Version 2.01.355 FIXES: - nonexisting paths led to jobfile abortion without any message - fixed problems when browsing the network - the password input box was selected when setting the focus to it via the key shortcut - browser items were editable - auto confirmation and some other options weren't stored in a jobfile - slow refresh on paths with many files - the never expire switch for the key cache didn't work every time - checking of correct value ranges in the options dialog was buggy - no compression types: check for the extension was case sensitive - corrections in the help files CHANGES: - the update button for registry settings will be (initially) deactivated -------- 1999-11-01 Version 2.00.360 (First Release)