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Bug fixes

Runtime - Demo mode lasts 2 minutes instead of 120.

Reports - Memory leak due to RTF/PDF report generation - Runtime crash possible after generating several reports.

Template Builder - Web - if there are onClick properties associated with a Frame or Image object with children, then template loading will crash.

New features

Runtime - New disk full alarm management and recording of "Disk full alarm" and "Invalid license alarm" in the alarm history.

WebClient - The OnClick property now allows two actions so you can do an "Apply Changes" and an "Open Template".

I/O drivers - Added new MQTT driver designed to allow publishing and subscribing to topics on MQTT v3.1.1 brokers.

Bug fixes

Runtime - The automatic deletion of the oldest historical files in case of disk full, is not performed on the alarm/Event and user changes histories.

Reports - When each report is generated, a handle remains allocated.

Watchdog - If multiple exceptions are received within a short time frame, the Runtime will slow down significantly.

Performance improvement

Template Builder - MessageBoxes are sometimes covered by the PropertyEditor and Objects tree windows.

Breaking change

Protocol Siemens MPI - Device Ethernet - Fixed the use of PC MPI address, Station address, Rack number and Slot number parameters.

New features

Language and API - Added Winlog language instructions StrToUnsigned() and UnsignedToStr().

I/O drivers - Keyence PLC communication protocol: added string gates management.

Templates and template objects - Chart object: introduced the ability to display in the cursor window the maximum, minimum and delta limits of a box displayed on the graph plot window.

Language and API - Added SetFocus function (TObjFunction(20)) to Edit, Button, CheckBox, RadioButton, ComboBox, FileListBox objects.

Bug fixes

Language and API - Runtime crashes when using the interface APIs to MySQL/MariaDB.

Template Builder - Chart Object: Cursor icon not displayed.

Runtime - In case of multi-session operating system, a copy of Winlog was started for each session.

Dependency upgrade

Language and API - MariaDB Connector/C upgraded to version 3.1.24.

New features

Templates and template objects - Chart object - added "Show unit of measure" property.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - maximum number of lines improved from 10 to 20.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - added "Cursor pointer action" property.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - chart group completely revised, adding the possibility to specify interpolation mode, line width, show points, decimal or logarithmic scale and unit of measure for each single line.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - Cursor window - added possibility to show cursor actual position (analytic), delta between two points (delta) or gradient calculated between two points (gradient).

Templates and template objects - Chart object - Added logarithmic graph management.

Template Builder - ToolTip display near the mouse pointer when object insertion is in progress.

Bug fixes

Runtime - Sometimes it happens that an application doesn't start..

Templates and template objects - Chart object - Online button don't change to "enabled" status if the chart is not started in Online mode.

WebClient - WMF and EMF images are mistakenly converted with black background.

SmartApp - The permissions for changing the value of ports and confirmation of an event are those of the WebClient and not those of the SmartApp.

Templates and template objects - SVG background bitmaps are not resized correctly.

Templates and template objects - If some elements (image file names, template names, comparison strings) contain the ',' (comma) character, they are not handled correctly.

Template Builder - If you add an already existing frame to an "Image" object and do not confirm the overwriting, an error appears.

Performance improvement

Sharing protocol OPC UA Server - Recompilation with updated library

GUI improvement

Templates and template objects - Enhanced the rendering of SVG images.

Dependencies upgrade

Base libraries - PCRE library upgraded to version 8.45.

Base libraries - zlib library upgraded to version 1.3.1.

Language and API - MariaDB Connector/C upgraded to version 3.1.23.

New features

Protocol Modbus RTU - introduction of optional parameter "end of string" on writing string gate.

Protocol Modbus TCP - introduction of optional parameter "end of string" on writing string gate.

Sharing drivers - Added new Modbus master driver. It allows to share gates value over network (Modbus TCP and Modbus UDP) and serial (Modbus RTU) connections.

Project Manager - 'About' dialog box shows the availability of software updates.

I/O drivers - added Keyence Host Link communication protocol.

Bug fixes

WebClient - fix 12h format issue

WebClient - StatusBar: fix text and background color issue on particular cases

WebClient - BarChart: fix axes and scales visualization in particular cases

Gate Builder - If you import gates from an application without shared protocols into an application with shared protocols, the data relating to the shared protocols are not initialized to the default.

WebClient - Compound gates are not drawn in the charts.

Watchdog - On applications with 15 channels it gives false error message.

Templates and template objects - Label object - The TObjGetText(ID) function can cause a crash if there are 2 or more Label objects with the same ID and equal to the one requested by the TObjGetText(ID).

Runtime - In the case of application with sampled gates and no associated protocol, the license is always reported as "Verifying..."

Templates and template objects - XYChart object - Crash if XMin = XMax or YMin = YMax.

Recipes - memory leak in case of importing and executing recipes with gates whose name reaches the maximum length (20 characters).

Virtual keyboard - The 'tiled' mode display of the key background image is ignored.

Virtual keyboard - Foreground image of the virtual keys is drawn in wrong size.

Protocol KNX (Falcon) - 'Routing counter' parameter is not sent correctly in read and write frames.

Gate Builder - importing text from file and from Clipboard loses the last column.

Templates and template objects - Chart object: in the Chart group selection window, if you press the "Help" button, the help opens but it points to a page that does not exist.

Gate Builder - In the "Gates information" window, compound gates are incorrectly counted as "Always" sampled

Language and API - The HistDbGetNextRecord() language statement leaves the file open in some cases.

Runtime - Sometimes the application doesn't end properly.

Performance improvement

Sharing protocol OPC UA Server - complete revision.

Help

Sharing drivers - Help update

Code Builder - updated examples relating to the API/Files section.

New features

Gate Builder, Gates - Event/alarm gates - "Variation" condition added also for numeric or composed reference gates while on the digital ones it was already managed.

Virtual Keyboard Builder - added "Stay pressed" property to Shift key.

Virtual keyboard - Added the "StayPressed" property to Shift keys to allow a behavior similar to a real Shift-lock key.

Template Builder - added possibility to insert PieChart, BarChart and XYChart objects in WebTemplates.

WebClient - Add BarChart, PieChart and XYChart components

Protocol M-Bus - Added "TCP Socket" mode to allow communication through a "transparent" Ethernet/M-Bus gateway.

Bug fixes

Templates and template objects - Chart object - sometimes shows false logging holes.

Templates and template objects - Alarms/Events view object - display error in the "To Ack" column.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - sometimes crashes while loading history.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - in some cases the registration hole is not correct.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - restting zoom in online mode traces incorrect lines.

Templates and template objects, Template Builder - XYChart object - Y-axis label not centered.

Template Builder - XYChart object - if the display of the cursor on the right or on the left is set, it is erroneously allowed to set the columns on which to display the values, instead of forcing it to 1.

Template Builder - XYChart object - error if "Legend elements" is set to "Auto".

Templates and template objects - XYChart object - lower X axis oblique text display error.

Templates and template objects - XYChart object - legend display error.

Templates and template objects - XYChart object - sometimes crashes when opening the template containing the object.

Templates and template objects - XYChart object - chart tracing error in "With previous value of the same gate" mode in case of points belonging to the same second.

Language and API - ReportInsertHistoricalAlarmRTF() function: erroneously inserts the TAB also at the end of the last field.

Performance improvements

Templates and template objects, Template Builder - new implementation of the TimeRange property.

WebClient - Chart: fixes and improvements

GUI improvements

Virtual Keyboard Builder - virtual keyboard default pictures have the same style between pressed and not pressed.

Templates and template objects, Template Builder - XYChart object - modified legend view merged with cursor.

New features

Templates and template objects - Added PieChart and BarChart objects, ThermMap object transformed into XYChart.

WebClient - Template: add window style

WebClient - Added "Style" and "Name" properties to the web template.

Bug fixes

SmartApp - Hide footer if events/alarms are not enabled for the user

Sharing protocol OPC UA Server - an error appears if it is shared a gate whose name contains an ASCII character > 127.

Template Builder - An error message appears when inserting the FileListBox object into the template.

New features

Templates and template objects - Added properties to the FileListBox object to allow sorting of folders and navigation only below the initial folder.

Data logs - For ODBC destinations, column types of created tables are no longer fixed, but derived from the DBMS. This ensures full compatibility with Oracle and PostgreSQL.

Protocol KNX (Falcon) - Added support to datatypes 30 and 219 for numeric gates.

Template Builder - Chart object - added opening of the charts definition window by double clicking on the object

Bug fixes

Language and API - Values returned by the Random function are not so random.

WebClient - OnlineView, HistView: fix issue on filter by class

Code Builder - Fixed help MessageBox().

Template Builder - StatusBar object - if the text contains quotes then the template is saved incomplete.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - "Reset Zoom" sometimes doesn't reset the correct Y scale.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - TObjSetPropertyString() of ChartGroupName does not load the Y scale of the newly selected group.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - error displaying cursor coordinates when number of decimal digits of the gate is 0.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - error drawing a digital gate that never changes.

Language and API - Updated help of SMSOpenChannel() instruction.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - buttons are not disabled during remote server selection.

Templates and template objects - Sometimes the server selection window crashes in the Chart, HistoricalView, HistoricalAlarm/EventView and OperatorView objects.

Protocol OPC UA Client - In some cases, some folders and their respective items are not displayed.

WebClient - In web templates the property "Positioning - relative" is saved incorrectly.

Templates and template objects - Chart object: sometimes the charts corresponding to gates that do not change are not displayed.

Reports, Templates and template objects - If a report containing a Chart object is generated more than 255 times without restarting the computer then the message "Too many pages in scheme" appears.

Performance improvements

Templates and template objects - In order to reduce use of system resources, now template objects use shared fonts.

Protocol OPC UA Client - Speeded up the loading of the Item selection window

Gate Builder - Optimization of loading of the items made available by the OPC Client protocols.

Breaking change

Gates - For gates declared to be sampled "in monitor and at startup", the initial read attempt is repeated until a valid response.

New features

WebClient - Historical View, Alarms View, Operator View: add support to "Save as CSV" and "Print"

WebClient - Settings: add "Locale" tab

SmartApp, WebClient - Added support for multiple tabs (or browser windows) connected to the same server.

Bug fixes

WebClient - Gadgets, RadialMeter: fix sectors size when min and max values are different from 0 and 100

WebClient - ChechBox, RadioBtn: fix object visualization when the associated label is empty

WebClient - NeedApply: fix issue raised when confirming the value of two or more components assigned to the same gate

SmartApp - fix issue with big icons on Internet Explorer

Template Builder - Multi-selecting the HMeter object, all the other objects inserted in the multi-selection are moved.

Project Manager - In the table that defines gates of a data log, if you click reorder buttons while editing columns, the table data may be corrupted.

SmartApp, WebClient - Memory leaks serving data to clients.

New features

Protocol Modbus TCP - Added possibility to specify Backup Ip Address to manage redundant Modbus devices.

WebClient - Chart object: "Enable Groups" and "Show Groups Button" properties have been addded.

WebClient - Chart Object - the Combined Interpolation, Autorange properties and all the properties relating to the Legend and the cursor have been added.

SmartApp - Added ability to specify the direction of the Gauge object.

Template Builder - Introduced the possibility of displaying the ID and main properties of each object in the Object Tree window.

Template Builder - Added "Template resizing" function.

Protocol Siemens MPI - Introduced the possibility of reading / writing string gates - format Char [] (DBx.DBCy).

WebClient - Chart groups are no longer statically converted during web publishing. From now on they will reflect changes at runtime.

Bug fixes

Template Builder - Multi-selecting the HMeter object, all the other objects inserted in the multi-selection are moved.

If in Windows the time display is set to 12 hours, in Winlog it is not shown AM or PM.

Templates and template objects - HistoricalView object - in some cases the hour column represents hours on a 12 basis without indicating AM or PM. Now the display has been forced on a 24 hour basis.

WebClient - fix dates when client and server have different time zones

SmartApp Builder - .bmp images are not converted.

SmartApp Builder - On Windows 8.1 you do not see the icons associated with the fonts.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - minor bug fix.

SmartApp Builder - The preview does not work (starting from version 4.0.17)

Template Builder - In zoomed mode, saving the Item Height parameter from the ComboBox is wrong .

Template Builder - In zoomed mode, by clicking on the squares that delimit the object, the resize does not work correctly.

Performance improvement

Gate Builder - Disabled auto-completion of the text in the gate definition.

New features

SmartApp - Added possibility to configure the active alarms / events counter shown on the main page of the SmartApp

Language and API - SendMail function - added negotiation with mail server for TLS 1.2 support

Protocol Panasonic - Mewtocol - Introduced the possibility of reading / writing string.

Bug fixes

Gates - Gates status template - if a channel that has no gates of that type is selected in the filter, the Runtime closes.

Virtual Keyboard Builder - In template zoomed mode, moving an object using the cursor keys changes its size

Code Builder - Almost all HistDb functions do not point to the correct help.

Template Builder - In template zoomed mode, moving multiple multi-selected objects using the cursor keys changes their alignment.

Template Builder - In template zoomed mode, moving an object using the cursor keys changes its size.

Gate Builder - The Sharing tab is always enabled even if the license does not allow it.

Recipes - If you cancel the recipe import operation, sometimes an error message appears.

Recipes - Closing the recipe template editor always asks if you want to save even if nothing has been changed.

Code Builder - Text in the Preferences window is displayed incomplete.

Language and API - Runtime closes when a subtraction, multiplication or division between strings is performed.

Gate Builder - Copying/pasting gates between two different applications generates an error if one of the two applications has a share protocol enabled and the other does not.

Gates - Writing a numeric gate with a conversion factor incorrectly set to 0->0 and 1->0 causes a crash in the Runtime.

Gate Builder - Numeric and compound gates - added verification of correctness of conversion factor

Templates and template objects - Button, UpDown, Edit, CheckBox, RadioButton and ComboBox objects continue to show the custom cursor even when disabled.

Language and API - StrSubString function - by calling the function with parameter pos <= 0, the Runtime closes.

Performance improvements

Code Builder - Now an error is reported if an assignment is made to a variable using a void function.

Code Builder - Improved syntax checking on expressions

Code Builder - Improved syntax check in case of missing end of statement delimiter (;)

New features

Template Builder - Added "Zoom" function.

Template Builder - StatusBar object - added opening of the "Status configuration" window on double click.

Template Builder - Led object - the double click now opens by default the setting of the On condition

Protocol Modbus TCP - Added "Wait for connection" parameter.

SmartApp - Add Settings panel

WebClient - Add Gadgets items (Sliders, meters, thermometers, etc..)

SmartApp, WebClient - Add "Stay signed in" option in the login forms

Bug fixes

Protocol Modbus TCP - Modified Response Handling routine to discard, within the timeout, all frames that do not have TransactionId congruent with the question.

Protocol OPC UA Client - the download of variables from a server that requires authentication (username and password) does not work.

SmartApp Builder - Button object - ON condition on digital gate always remains set to 1

WebClient - Gauge: fix text contrast in Standard Gauge

Templates and template objects - the RecipeManager object incorrectly shows the two simulated models, used in the TBuilder object.

GUI improvement

SmartApp - Improve layout and items behavior

New features

Protocol Siemens MPI - Introduced the possibility of reading and writing variables DBx.DBWS and DBx.DBDS (swapped = Big Endian).

Language and API - Added plugins of MariaDB Connector/C.

Bug fixes

Templates and template objects - In exceptional cases, when opening the template, Gauge object can cause crash of Runtime.

Protocol Winlog Evo TCP server - doesn't work - needed recompilation

Templates and template objects - Chart object - changing chart group sometimes causes crashes.

Template Builder - Switch objects defined with resource number 2 are not shown.

Templates and template objects - Chart object - "EndUpdate" command, during historical loading, causes crash.

Templates and template objects - RockerSwitch object - the "Button level 2 width" property does not work

Template Builder - VMeter, HMeter, 120Meter, 180Meter, 270 Meter, Thermometer, RockerSwitch and ToggleSwitch objects - "Bevel outer contour" and "Bevel inner contour" properties do not work

Dependency upgrade

Language and API - MariaDB Connector/C upgraded to version 3.1.13.

New features

WebClient - Add support to HistoricalView component.

WebClient - Add Settings panel and Server date and time.

Templates and template objects - Reference to templates can be specified with the full path.

WebClient - Web templates can now be organized into subfolders.

Language and API - Added APIs to interface with MySQL/MariaDB databases.

Language and API - Added APIs to interface with SQLite databases.

Bug fixes

WebClient - Chart: y-axis labels could not be disabled.

WebClient - CheckBox, RadioButton: fix rendering in case of empty label.

WebClient - StatusBar: fix label displayed gate's value.

SmartApp - Event/alarm filters may work incorrectly if a user belongs to more than one group.

Project Manager - Web templates opened by OnDblClick events are not considered for publication.

Data logs - "Mean value" columns are filled with wrong values.

Language and API - Some code analysis errors are meaningless.

Performance improvement

SmartApp Builder - Modified verification of correctness in the definition of alarm display conditions

New features

WebClient - Add support to adaptive template: templates can be defined in order to fit the browser window.

WebClient - Add support to TabSheet, OnlineAlarmsView and OperatorView components.

WebClient - Add support to properties Cursor, OnDblClick and FnKey.

WebClient - Class values in HistoricalEventsView and in OnlineAlarmsView can be filtered by a gate.

Template objects - HistoricalView - introduced the possibility of specifying, in the format for displaying the value, the character "*" instead of the number of decimals to be displayed.

Protocol Mitsubishi Melsec 3E frame - Added new communication protocol for Mitsubishi PLC IQ-R series

Protocol Sartorius balance - Added new communication protocol for Sartorius balance

Template objects - In Runtime, added support for SVG as background images of templates.

Bug fixes

WebClient - Publication of Web Client may fail to export some fonts used in web templates.

Template objects - HistoricalView - the chronological order of the historical records belonging to the same second is reversed.

Protocol Mitsubishi Melsec 1E frame - Numeric gates block reading error in case of Double variables

Protocol Mitsubishi Melsec 1E frame - Error checking numeric gates in block in case of Double variables .

SmartApp - Filters on events/alarms are not working properly.

Sharing protocol OPC UA Server - Writing to a digital gate by an OPC UA client does not work.

Template objects - Fixed OnClick actions of the OnlineView object.

Virtual keyboard - With a keyboard layout other than English or Italian, the character "." is not sent correctly.

Performance improvements

WebClient - Improve tabular components performance in presence of an high number (1000+) of entries.

Gate Builder - Modified verification of correctness of event gates and elimination of autocomplete text in ComboBoxes

Bug fixes

Gate Builder - Minor bug fixed

WebClient - Edit: fix issue on value change

Project Manager - Fixed issue on Project->options window

New features

Sharing protocol OPC UA Server - Added OPC UA Server sharing protocol

WebClient - Chart: enabled "Enable points", "Line width", "interpolation" and "Show reset zoom button" properties

Bug fixes

Project Manager - The data log configuration files are not exported / imported if the check box for exporting / importing reports and data logs is not selected.

WebClient - Fix evaluation of Enable and Access properties

WebClient - Chart: fix loading issue when the Chart object is configured to show future days

WebClient - Edit, Label, StatusBar: fix displayed value in particular circumstances

New features

Licensing - Project Manager can manage the upgrade of the software license.

Language and API - Added GetEvnGateProp() instruction.

Bug fixes

WebClient - Some templates could not be loaded on Chromium-based browsers

SmartApp - Gauge: fix bar width when the unit measure is not defined in pixels

SmartApp - UpDown: in some circumstances, decimals are not correctly displayed

Template Builder - StatusBar object - states with "None" condition are mistakenly deleted

SmartApp Builder - ToggleSwitch and Button objects - if you switch from selecting a digital to a numeric gate, the default condition is not updated.

Template Builder - StatusBar object - non-existent gates are added to the template gates list if there are statusBars with specified a gate to be displayed in the StatusBar text.

Language and API - GetDayOfWeekFromSeconds() instruction returns 7 for Sunday, while, according to the help, it should return 0.

Performance improvements

Licensing - 15 second filter introduced on "Not present "license detection.

New feature

Protocol Modbus RTU, Protocol Modbus TCP - Added reading and writing of two new Double format encodings (Functions 31,32,41,42)

Bug fixes

Template objects - StatusBar: removed BkColor property

SmartApp - Minor bug fix

WebClient - Fix error on loading templates containing 16-bit Unicode characters

WebClient - In some circumstances, "Default" and "None" states of Image and Status bar objects are not correctly handled

Template objects - In some circumstances, "Default" and "None" states of Image and Status bar objects can cause crash of Runtime.

Bug fix

Template objects - AlarmsView, HistAlarmsView, OperatorView objects: multilanguage is not applied to the columns header

New feature

Template objects - Image, StatusBar objects: possibility to specify a "Default" status

Bug fixes

WebClient - Fix bitwise condition evaluation

WebClient - StatusBar: fix horizontal and vertical text alignment

WebClient - Fix reconnection alert issue

Protected project - The runtime license is not considered valid when executing a protected project.

Template Builder - On multi-monitor workstations, some windows appear on a different monitor than the one where the TBuilder main window is located.

Performance improvement

Language and API - SendMail: added possibility to send up to 20 attachments per single email.

New Features

Kernel, TBuilder, Runtime - introduced SVG file support for Led, Switch and BkImage objects

P_Infr80 - added Junkalor communication protocol for Infralyt 80 industrial gas analyzers.

P_MPI (Siemens MPI protocol) - added possibility of communication with PLC S7-200 Smart

Bug Fixes

TBuilder - selecting the static properties of an ActiveX object causes an error.

WebClient - fix visualization of label with %.*f format

SmartApp - bug fixes

Runtime - when the "demo" mode expires, the state of the sampled gates is "OK" instead of "KO"

Performance Improvements

WebClient - improvements for ComboBox, GroupBox, Edit and other objects

Runtime - Pdf report generation updated

GUI Improvement

WebClient - add scroll bars when a template overflows the viewport

New Features

Kernel, TBuilder - add support to SVG images.

WebClient - Add support to SVG images

P_ODBC - added possibility to specify default values in case of records not found during reading. Maximum number of read and write queries increased to 250. Full protocol review and log file messaging.

Bug Fixes

WebClient - Fix Chart default line-width

WebClient - Fix object overflow in template

WebClient - Fix UpDown component height

WebClient - Fix automatic reconnection procedure

Performance Improvement

SmartApp - General improvements

New Features

Runtime, PManager, FCgiSrv, Kernel, WebClient - Added Web Client, a new web interface to interact with Winlog Runtime.

Runtime, PManager, FCgiSrv, Kernel, SmartApp - Released Smart App v2

SABuilder: management of a new SmartApp interface and added possibility to choose new conditions on the states of the objects.

Bug Fixes

TBuilder: in some particular cases, saving the template changes the association of the gates to the objects.

Recipes: an error message appears when the recipe is renamed.

GBuilder: following the creation of a new application, the first time you enter GBuilder the default files of all types of gates are created but with incorrect names.

GUI Improvement

TObjs, TBuilder: added new leds and switches images as resources.

Help

CBuilder: updated help

Bug Fixes

Runtime - in some circumstances the window opened by the InputDialog API terminates Runtime.

TBuilder - in some cases, the multiselection of the objects, incorrectly sets the value of the first object of the selection in the numerical properties.

TBuilder - in Web mode - in the filter classes of the Historical alarms / events view object, it erroneously allows to select also the gates.

TBuilder - VSlider,HSlider,Dial and GearDial objects - Copy/Paste does not work

Performance Improvement

Kernel, CBuilder, GBauilder, TBuilder, KBuilder, SABuilder, MLEditor, Recipes.dll - added control that prevents multiple instances of the same file from opening simultaneously.

Help

TBuilder - help update

New Features

Runtime, TObjs, Recipes, TBuilder, Lernel - introduced the possibility of using RecipeManager as a template object.

TBuilder - new Objects tree window introduced

Bug Fixes

TBuilder - Led and Switch objects - if images other than .bmp are selected, the selection of the transparency color erroneously continues to be enabled.

TBuilder - Switch object - the "Transparent color" property is not loaded correctly.

TBuilder - Edit object - in the web mode the Cursor property is not saved.

TBuilder - in Web mode the "Options" property of the Chart object and HistAlarmsView mistakenly allows you to select 4 types of time ranges while in reality it must always be forced to "Normal"

TBuilder - UpDown, Edit, Switch, RadioButton, ComboBox, CheckBox objects - in Web mode the "Enable" property is not saved.

TBuilder - the Gate property of the Edit object mistakenly allows you to select compound and event / alarm gates.

Runtime - Chart object - autorange does not work properly (from release 3.02.20)

Runtime - GetTranslatedText API is not recognized.

New Features

TBuilder, TObjs - FileListBox object - added possibility to show files sorted according to alphabetical order, size or date of last modification.

Runtime, TObjs - AlarmView object - added possibility to read from code the Class1 and Class2 properties.

Runtime, TObjs - HistoricalView object - added possibility to read and write some properties from code. The properties that can be written and read are: StartDateTime, EndDateTime, TimeRange and RecordFrequency.

Runtime, TObjs - OperatorView object - added possibility to read and write some properties from code. The properties that can be written and read are: StartDateTime, EndDateTime, TimeRange.

Runtime, TObjs - HistAlarmsView object - added possibility to read and write some properties from code. The properties that can be written and read are: StartDateTime, EndDateTime, TimeRange, Class1 and Class2.

Runtime, TObjs - Chart object - added possibility to read and write some properties from code. Properties that can be written and read: ChartGroupName, StartDateTime, EndDateTime, TimeRange, AutoRange, Curve1Max ... Curve10Max and Curve1Min ... Curve10Min.

Bug Fixes

Runtime, TObjs - WebBrowser object - pages are not rendered correctly.

Runtime - in multi-language applications, in the event / alarm history, exclusion and inclusion record messages are not displayed correctly.

Runtime, TObjs - the keyboard shortcuts Shift + F5 (Window | Cascade) and Shift + F4 (Window | Tile) do not work. The items in the Edit menu (Undo, Cut, Copy and Paste) do not interact with the template objects.

Recipes, Runtime, PManager: corrected the positioning of the recipe management window.

TBuilder - when loading a WebTemplate containing a ComboBox object the program crashes.

TObjs - in case of an error in validating the contents of an Edit object, a MessageBox of warning is shown without text.

Runtime, TObjs - the navigation using the TAB key between the objects of a TabControl is not correct.

TBuilder - when loading a WebTemplate containing a CheckBox object the program crashes.

Smart App - button object do not correctly send OFF value

Performance Improvement

TBuilder - speeded up template loading

New Features

Runtime, L_Api - added new API GetActualSeconds().

Runtime, L_Api - added new API RecipeDelete().

Runtime, L_Api - Added API GetTranslatedText.

MLEditor - introduced possibility to add lines of text with the relative translations

Bug Fixes

CBuilder - Cut/copy/paste operations are not allowed in Find/Replace dialogs.

Runtime - Runtime hangs running a project that has no gates.

GBuilder - loading and exporting large files generates an "Out of Memory" error.

Runtime - In CSV export of historical events/alarms, column separator between first and second column is missing.

Runtime - Occasionally Runtime shows an error message box during PC automatic shutdown.

GBuilder - if I select more than one gate with the same sampling mode, it is never detected the same and must be re-entered manually.

Runtime - Historical event/alarm view does not show entries generated with Winlog versions prior to 3.

Recorder - the .DAT files of the composite gates are not generated.

TBuilder - changing the "Keyboard" property causes error.

Bug Fixes

Runtime - PDF report content may be incorrectly sized if display zoom is different from 100%.

Runtime - Pressing Tab, Enter or Escape key in Edit template object causes play a system sound.

GUI Improvement

Runtime - In Gates status Window, removed flicker that may appear if gates change frequently.

Bug Fixes

Runtime - the application crashes if it is multi-language and the number of lines of the multi-language file is higher than 16384.

Runtime - In templates TAB navigation order is not always respected.

Runtime - sometimes Chart object hangs during the historical file scan (from release 3.02.15).

TBuilder - is not possible to select any ActiveX object.

PManager - it is not possible to set up a periodic report with a period of 24:00:00.

New Feature

Communication protocol DMX - Implementation of the DMX protocol with SIUDI interface.

Bug Fixes

TBuilder - SimpleKey, FunctionKey, ShiftKey, SpecialKey objects: it must not be possible to paste objects inside them.

TBuilder - SimpleKey, FunctionKey, ShiftKey, SpecialKey objects: "Image position" property remains enabled even if the image is not present. "9 Patch Editor" window: Pixel fields A, B, C, D are not filtered - they should only accept positive numbers.

TBuilder - Undo after copying / pasting a Key object causes crashes.

TBuilder - the first time you open TBuilder after the first installation of WInlog, the PropertyEditor has a too large horizontal size and covers part of the Template.

Performance Improvements

Recipes - optimized gates search routine

Recorder - historical files saving optimization.

Bug Fixes

Recorder - fix compatibility issue with the latest Windows 10 updates.

VirtKbdr - In some circumstances, virtual keys are not able to produce Shift+key letter.

VirtKbdr - In virtual keyboards created with a version prior to 3, background images are not drawn when key is pressed.

PManager - Export to device library does not copy recipe model files.

GUI Improvements

TBuilder - in objects properties, image file names are displayed without the path if they belong to the application Bitmap folder.

Runtime - Startup and shutdown of the internal server has been improved.

Runtime - At program exit, an opened virtual keyboard will be closed automatically.

PManager - In Configuration | Options dialog, a warning appears if user enable web access but Java Web Client and/or Smart app have not been published.

PManager - In Configuration | Options dialog, conflicting or already used TCP port are shown in red color font.

Upgrade

lighttpd - Upgraded to version 1.4.49-1.

New Feature

Winlog Lite operating time in DEMO mode changed from 15 to 60 minutes.

Bug Fix

P_MPI - (Siemens MPI Protocol) - it is not possible to set a Timeout different from 1000 ms

Bug Fix

Runtime - objects Historical view, Devices view, Alarms/Events view, Historical Alarms/Events view, Operator view, Report view : if they are displayed in a template, when the template is closed Winlog crashes.

Bug Fixes

P_MdbTCP (Modbus TCP Protocol) - after 65535 messages the communication status becomes KO.

TBuilder - "pasting" an object, carried out immediately after a property modification in case of Docked PropertyEditor, does not work.

Runtime - Historical View object: the display format %.*lf (which is not allowed) incorrectly displays 0.000000 instead of %.*lf.

Runtime - Historical View object: minor errors were corrected which could have caused a malfunction in the case of a display format equal to the maximum permissible size (ie 20 characters).

New Features

Communication protocol BACnet - Implementation of the BACnet protocol. Are supported all properties that the result of which is one of the following Datatypes: Boolean, Unsigned Integer, Signed Integer, Real, Double, Octet String,Character String (ANSI_X3_4 and ISO_8859_1 formats are supported), Bit String, Enumerated, BACnetObjectIdentifier. COV function (Change of value) supported. The following structured properties are supported: DateList (library object BACnet_Property_DateList), EffectivePeriod (library object BACnet_Property_EffectivePeriod), ExceptionSchedule (library object BACnet_Property_ExceptionSchedule), WeeklySchedule (library object BACnet_Property_WeeklySchedule)

Runtime, L_Api - Winlog code - introduced TObjGetLButtonDown () and TObjGetLButtonUp () functions.

Bug Fixes

Java WebClient - bugfix on template refresh and Switch object.

Communication protocol P_ODBC (ODBC client) - reading string gates block does not work.

Gates whose name contains non-ASCII characters may be not saved in DAT reports, or may be served incorrectly to a smart app.

In DAT reports created with a version prior to 3, Project Manager manages incorrectly gates whose name contains non-ASCII characters.

Runtime - Chart object in a report - if a curve of the chart is associated with a gate that does not change, the tracing of the curve is incomplete.

Recipes - Fixed some incompatibilities with non-occidental charset.

CBuilder - Changes due to TAB key press cannot be undone.

Runtime - Periodic reports are not generated.

Recipes - in some cases an incorrect gate description is displayed at runtime.

TBuilder - when the PropertyEditor is docked, the cursor and delete keys do not work on the object selected in the Template.

TBuilder - when the PropertyEditor is docked, CTRL X, CTRL C, CTRL V no longer works.

Runtime - reports with "Periodic" creation frequency are not created.

GUI Improvement

TBuilder - there is a slight fliccker in the PropertyEditor window when loading Templates with many objects

New Features

Runtime, TObjs, TBuilder, Java WebClient - TabOrder management uncorrelated with the order in which the objects are created in the template.

Runtime, TObjs, TBuilder, Java WebClient - added "Items font" property to AlarmsView, HistAlarmsView, OperatorView, DevicesView, HistoricalView, ReportView objects.

TBuilder - added Undo and Redo functions.

Bug Fixes

TObjs - StatusBar object don't show any status (bug introduced from release 3.02.09)

TBuilder - minor bugfix on WebBrowser, Gauge and Chart objects.

TBuilder - WMF image file importing from Symbol Factory doesn't work correctly.

TBuilder - BkBitmap transparency does not work correctly

TBuilder - the "Paste" function remains enabled even if there are multiple multi-selected objects.

Help - PlaySound() function shows an example for the Play() function.

Runtime, Kernel - Winlog language - If you initialize a variable without writing the value (int foo =;), the syntax check does not report an error, but execution causes Runtime to crash.

Protocols guide - Modbus - String gates : functions 35,37,45,47 are described in an inverted manner.

Runtime - Winlog language - TemplateRecipe() does not work.

SABuilder - sometimes when exiting the program it does not display the message "There are unsaved changes": it depends on which fields have been modified.

Kernel - Image selection window - if there is no images in the project, the "Paste" icon will not be enabled even if there is an image in the clipboard.

MLEditor - CSV file importing does not work correctly - Only the first column of the file is imported. The texts of the base column are also imported even if they have been modified.

Kernel, Runtime, TBuilder - can not add gates to a charts group of a password protected project.

GUI Improvements

TBuilder - In the multi-selection of the objects it is no longer mandatory to select the first element with the SHIFT key and objects can be deleted from the selection by clicking them.

TBuilder - Property Editor window dockable.

TBuilder - minor Graphic User Interface improvement.

GBuilder - "Import from clipboard" and "Import from text file" - set as default the "Insert at cursor position" instead of "Replace all."

Kernel - charts groups selection window improvement - The "Copy" function proposes the name of the source file as the default name.

Kernel - charts groups selection window improvement - Double clicking on a charts group makes the selection of the charts group even if called by TemplateBuilder and not only by Runtime.

Kernel - charts groups selection window improvement - The "Rename" function proposes the name of the source file as the default name.

New Features

Runtime, L_Api - added a new parameter to the AddUser() API that allow to specifiy if the user is enabled to access from remote through Java Web Client and Smart app.

Tutondo communication protocol - implemented A protocol.

Runtime, L_Api - Winlog Language - introduced the ability to pass variables by reference in user-defined functions.

Bug Fixes

VirtKbdr - Predefined label of special keys is not displayed.

VirtKbdr - Special key 'Close' does not close the keyboard.

Runtime - In the lower alarm bar, the red background is not drawn if message text is blank.

PManager - Renaming items issue. Operation is not handled correctly if you change only the case of characters.

PManager - Unable to run Java clients when default template name contains non-ASCII characters.

Runtime - In templates, few symbolic color names are misinterpreted.

Java WebClient - bugfix on "Class 2" filter of HistView object.

Java WebClient - bugfix on objects enabling related to the access group.

Java WebClient - bugfix on digital gate writing on Switch and CheckBox objects.

Runtime-Winlog code - bugfix on StrSubString() Api.

Runtime-Winlog code - bugfix on StrSubString() Api.

Communication protocol OMRON FINS UDP - If a variable is requested to an invalid address and the PLC responds with the corresponding error code, no communication error is reported.

Runtime - TemplateCloseByName() Api function sometimes closes also the Supervisor->Status->Gates page.

New Feature

Runtime, L_Api - introducing new Winlog language functions for reading historical files. New API functions are : HistDbClose(), HistDbGetCmpValue(), HistDbGetDayOfMonth(), HistDbGetDigValue(), HistDbGetHour(), HistDbGetMinute(), HistDbGetMonth(), HistDbGetNextRecord(), HistDbGetNumValue(), HistDbGetPrevRecord(), HistDbGetSecond(), HistDbGetStrValue(), HistDbGetTimeStamp(), HistDbGetYear(), HistDbIsCommunicationKo(), HistDbOpenCmp(,,,,,,,), HistDbOpenDig(,,,,,,,), HistDbOpenNum(,,,,,,,), HistDbOpenStr(,,,,,,,)

Bug Fixes

Bsl - with the W-Net / PcLog + key sampling is never enabled (so you can not test the application).

Bsl - with the "W-Net/PcLog+" key sampling is never enabled (so you can not test the application).

SABuilder - the Del key does not work in the Edit fields.

SABuilder - characters can be entered in the numeric Edit.

ABuilder - if templates are in subdirectories, they are not duplicated.

GBuilder - characters not allowed in Gate ID field: It would be forbidden to use \ e ", in reality it is not blocked.

GBuilder - characters not allowed in Gate ID field: It would be forbidden to use \ e ", in reality it is not blocked.

Communication protocol Modbus TCP - Bug on reading numeric gates blocks containing function 37 or 47.

GUI Improvements

GBuilder - when importing from file, there is no list of allowed extensions when the search / opening file appears.

GBuilder - when exporting on text file, there is no list of allowed extensions when the saving file window appears.

GBuilder - when importing from file, there is no list of allowed extensions when the search / opening file window appears.

SABuilder - Introduced confirmation request for initialization.

New Features

FCgiSrv - Added CGI services to display and manage online alarms and events.

Smart App - The "Alarms and events" view is now available. It makes it possible to monitor the active alarms and events status, and to perform actions like exclude, include and acknowledgment.

Smart App - Add the Gauge item.

Smart App - Add the Button item.

Bug Fixes

Recorder - Start and exit Winlog records are always inserted in english language.

Runtime - In PDF report conversion, page orientation options are inverted.

Performance Improvement

Smart App - Performance improvements and bug fixes.

GUI Improvements

SABuilder - "N-States" object has been renamed as "N-States switch"

SABuilder - "StatusBar" object has been renamed as "N-States label".

New Feature

Runtime, L_Api, CBuilder - added GetUserInactivityTime API that returns the number of seconds of user inactivity within the entire session.

Bug Fixes

FCgiSrv - Multiple client authentication without logout may cause crash of request handler thread.

TObjs - Template object Gauge does not remove communication error overlay until value change.

Runtime - The print of some windows (Alarm/event view, Chart, Thermal map, Device view, Alarm/event log, Data log, User log), embedded in template, causes hang of Winlog.

GUI Improvement

TObjs - Template object EditBox no longer waits for a gate sample before show the content.

Bug Fixes

TBuilder - Template objects multiselection, done by the mouse, has been modified in order to correct a graph problem introduced by the monthly quality rollup of December 2016 for Windows security. The codes of the updates that cause the malfunction are the following: KB3207752 for Windows 7, KB3205401 for Windows 8.1 and KB3206632 for Windows 10.

SABuilder - in case of use of UpDown or Slider object, minimum and maximum values are always forced to 0.

Help

SABuilder - help guide updated.

Bug Fixes

TBuilder - the single pasted item is not selected, as it does when pasting multiple items.

SABuilder - If the Awesome font is not installed on your system, SABuilder can not use it even if it is temporarily installed by PManager.

TBuilder - If between the multi selected objects there is a bitmap or a TabSheet, the Copy / Paste is not working properly.

FCgiSrv - if the TCP port of the HTTP server is different from 80, the JNLP file generated for the '/webclient/get-jnlpfile.cgi' request is invalid.

GBuilder - If gates imported from files or clipboard have a single mistake (for example name too long), it is not provided the error message.

GBuilder - In case of importing gates from file or clipboard erroneously you prompted to save before loading gates.

P_OPC - If the OPC server does not provide the properties of the item selected the use of the item is not allowed.

TBuilder - Can only be open on the primary monitor; if it is moved on the desktop that belongs to a possible second monitor but left the main, that is, with negative coordinates, the mouse is not pointing properly objects but is confined to the first monitor.

Runtime - Chart object - In case of OnLine=true and Autorange = Common and with a large amount of points to be plotted, the Chart crashes immediately after the shift operation.

Runtime - Chart object - With a large amount of points to be plotted, the liberation of the memory after the template closing or Runtime closing lasts several seconds.

Runtime - Chart object - In case of graphic Online, during the shift phase is shown for 1 second a tracing of a segment of a curve in a wrong position.

Runtime - in some circumstances, alarm bar shows events instead of alarms.

VclREdit - During report creation (PDF or TXT), Runtime crashes if destination directory does not exist. Now destination directory is created automatically.

Runtime - Shutdown record in event and alarm log is wrong (it is the same as startup record).

Kernel, Runtime - Syntax checking does not recognize empty expressions used as function call parameter.

Runtime - Runtime crashes in case of syntax checking error "variable not defined".

TBuilder - TBuilder can only open the template on the primary monitor; if it is moved on the desktop that belongs to a possible second monitor, the mouse is not pointing properly objects but is forced in the first monitor.

TBuilder - Open a template on a screen with resolution smaller than the template size (that was previously created on a larger screen resolution display), forces the template size to the display resolution it is opened with.

Bsl - Event gate with activation condition referred to a digital gate changing from 1->0 does not work correctly.

TBuilder - HMeter - Italian version: "Show reset zoom button" is displayed instead of "Posizione scala orizzontale".

TBuilder - 120Meter: Access group does not work correctly.

TBuilder - Property editor: if an integer property is deleted during changes, it is set to the minimum -32768 instead of 0.

TBuilder - Property editor: Integer properties are not correctly displayed after changes.

GBuilder - Text file importing with bad row terminator cause program hanging.

Kernel - Code syntax checking generates always a "No message available" error.

Runtime - Columns of HistoricalView template object have wrong width, different from the ones specified in the template file.

Kernel, LTReg - Unable to register a software license specifying user/company name including double quote (") character.

Runtime - In Report view window, View and Template buttons are enabled for DAT Reports.

Runtime - The print of some windows (Alarm/event view, Chart, Thermal map, Device view, Alarm/event log, Data log, User log) causes hang of Winlog.

VirtKbdr - Winlog windows loose focus when virtual keys are pressed on a capacitive multitouch screen.

Kernel - FTPConnect: connection was always done with encrypted protocol.

PManager - in some circumstances, at the creation of a new project, the folder "Web template" is not shown in the project tree.

Performance Improvement

P_MDBTCP - Introduced management of Modbus Exceptions list so that it will not wait for timeout and made the reconnection if the device responds with error code.

GUI Improvements

Kernel - ImageSelection - update texts and minor features.

PManager - english language updated.

PManager - texts Italian / English modified.

Runtime, TObjs, TcpSrv - UI internalization is now performed using an external text file.

Recorder - UI internalization is now performed using an external text file.

GBuilder - "Import from text file" window has been modified.

GBuilder - "Export to text file" window has been modified.

TBuilder - Image selection form has been modified and improved.

PManager - In the "Images" folder, files of unsupported image format are no longer shown. Furthermore file extension is not editable.

New Features

Runtime, CBuilder - add Winlog language function SetEvnGateExcludedStatus().

Runtime, CBuilder - add Winlog language function GetEvnGateSignificantStatus().

Runtime, CBuilder - add Winlog language function GetEvnGateExcludedStatus().

Help

PManager - help updated.

Upgrades

Kernel - OpenSSL library upgraded to version 1.0.2j

LightTPD - upgraded to version 1.4.39-1.

Bug Fixes

Runtime - Chart: resource leak fixed.

Runtime - Resource leak fixed.

Bug Fixes

DataRecorder - DataRecorder can append records more frequently than programmed.

CBuilder, TBuilder, GBuilder, Kernel - Fixed some incompatibilities with non-occidental charset.

TBuilder - if an UpDown object is multi selected and immediately after a Label object is multi selected too, it shows an error message.

Runtime - In some circumstances, user specifications are not read correctly from previous versions projects (< 3.01).

Kernel - Software license may not work if Window user has limited Registry rights.

Recorder - There is a bug in deregistration procedure from recording process list. Sometimes, this prevents Runtime from closing successfully.

VirtKbdr - Image files in common Winlog Bitmaps directory are not loaded.

VirtKbdr - Bug causes flickering and repeated failures when a virtual keyboard is linked to an EditBox.

Performance Improvement

CBuilder - Editor: improvement on "Home" key press.

GUI Improvements

GBuilder - "Export text files" option has been modified.

GBuilder - "Import from clipboard" and "Import from file" options have been added.

GBuilder - "Import Text File" option has been deleted.

KBuilder - "Functions Key", "Special Key", "Shift key" - "Text to show" property: if property "Foreground" is different from "Text label" then "Text to show" is disabled.

KBuilder - "Functions Key", "Special key" - Changed property name "Text properties to send" to "Key to send".

KBuilder - "Simple Key", "Key Functions", "Special Key", "Shift key" - If during file loading, the object appears to have NOT defined the property "Image position" then it is initialized to "Filled" for compatibility with versions 2.7, whereas if the button is added, "Image position" is initialized to "Centered".

KBuilder - "Functions Key", "Special Key", "Shift key" - "Foreground image" property: if property "Foreground" is different from "Custom" then "Foreground image" is disabled.

Bug Fix

Data Recorder - when it accumulates a slight delay in saving files, due to an endless Sleep, Data Recorder stops to update the report file.

Bug Fixes

Java Web Client - Bitmap: error on OnClick event enabling.

Runtime - HistoricalView: "Save CSV" option does not work correctly - the exported CSV file does not fill the Date Time column.

Bug Fixes

TBuilder - AlarmHistView: changes to the property "Columns - Use custom columns" do not enable the "Save" icon.

Runtime - Chart: in case of reading DBF historical files, any incorrect record at the end of the file is filtered to prevent the display of an incorrect registration hole.

TBuilder - if template contains one of the following objects: HistoricalView, ThermMap, DevView, AlarmsView, HistAlarmsView, OperatorView then an error message or an hang status appear at the closing of the TBuilder.

Runtime - Template objects do not update state on enabling/disabling devices.

GUI Improvements

Runtime - Chart: all background buttons are disabled during the historical file loading phase.

Runtime - Chart: analytical cursor visualization is disabled during the historical file loading.

Runtime - Chart: all background buttons are disabled on Groups,Time range or Aspect windows opening.

TBuilder - if a Bitmap, a MetaFile or a Gauge object contains an image file that no longer exists, you see the outline of the frame in order to understand that there is something wrong.

Help

CBuilder - Updated ChartSetTimeRange() guide.

Updated OMRON FINS protocol guide.

Bug Fixes

Sentinel W-R/S1 license key is not recognized correctly.

Runtime - Gate properties dialogs do not filter invalid gate values inserted by user.

Runtime - Gate Status Window does not update correctly gate values and gate status icons.

Runtime - Gate Status Window does not update correctly numeric gate values when user changes format (decimal/hexadecimal/binary).

TBuilder - if template contains one of the following objects: VSlider, HSlider, Dial or GearDial then an error message or an hang status appear at the closing of the TBuilder.

CBuilder - Pressing "backspace" key does not delete the selected characters.

Help

GBuilder - Numeric and Compound gates: conversion factor updated.

Bug Fixes

TBuilder - when an object is pasted in a TabSheet objects, its coordinates are not moved to (+5,+5) respect to the source object.

ABuilder - The creation of a new application using a devices which has a template containing one or more StatusBar objects and the selection of an application language different from the default, makes TBuilder crash.

Runtime - Chart: if is set the property "Show Legend Window" equals to "Bottom" then the vertical scale axis is not correctly displayed.

Runtime - Chart: if a Chart object is contained into a TabSheet object then the online drawing does not work.

TBuilder - Multiselecting an object different from Chart and the adding a Chart object in the multiselection, make TBuilder crash.

TBuilder - Multiselecting one ore more ActiveX objects their sizes change incorrectly.

TBuilder - if a Label, GroupBox, CheckBox, RadioButton or StatusBar is inserted in a Bitmap object and their background color is vlBtnFace, on the next template loading the background color displayed is black.

Bug Fix

Runtime - if the application have more that seven .DAT report models, then Runtime displays an error message about memory sharing.