ASP.NET ViewState Helper Change Log

v1.4.5 ~ February 18, 2011

• Fixed: Renamed the EXE file to "ASP.NET VSH.exe" so that it can be pinned to the Windows 7 Taskbar and Start Menu, you'll still need to manually rename the shortcut if you want to pin it
• Fixed: Improved performance and memory usage
• Fixed: Stability improvements

v1.4.4 ~ October 22, 2010

• Fixed: Font scaling issues have been resolved
• Fixed: Main page list no longer flickers when being resized

v1.4.3 ~ July 24, 2010

• Changed: Main window now remembers it's location between launches
• Fixed: Small type conversion bugs, and other minor issues
• Fixed: Improved updater
• Fixed: Intermittent Proxy setting issues are now fixed

v1.4.1 ~ September 19, 2009

• Changed: Added an "Assembly Search Paths" setting, to resolve missing assembly issues

v1.4.0 ~ September 5, 2009

• Changed: Added Firefox compatibility
• Changed: Added Internet Explorer x64 compatibility
• Changed: ViewState window textboxes now use the "Courier New" font to make them easier to read
• Changed: 3 Auto-Check modes: "Disabled", "Check on URL Change" or "Check on URL or HTML Content Change"
• Changed: No longer disables auto-checking after 5 consecutive failures

v1.3.3 ~ June 21, 2009

• Changed: Both the installer and uninstaller are now digitally signed for better Windows Vista and Windows 7 compatibility
• Fixed: Better "Com class factory" and "Interface not registered" error handling, and can recover from the failures to continue auto-checking

v1.3.2 ~ March 19, 2009

• Changed: Shows a better error message when the required PIA components aren't installed
• Fixed: Spelling mistake in the "About" window

v1.3.1 ~ March 16, 2009

• Changed: Shows number of ViewState chunks in list (if ViewState is chunked)
• Changed: Added an auto-update checker (can be disabled if not wanted)
• Fixed: Works with x64 versions of Windows
• Fixed: Button tooltip descriptions
• Fixed: ViewState decoder window resizing issues

v1.2 ~ December 19, 2008

• Added more error information when ViewState decoding fails (usually as a result of a missing library)
• Fixed some minor Internet Explorer polling issues

v1.1 ~ March 13, 2008

• Added support for chunked ViewState parsing
• Reduced memory usage
• Fixed a bug with Internet Explorer polling

v1.0 ~ December 4, 2007

• Posted updated builds with an installer and zipped version

v0.6 ~ April 23, 2007

• Removed the 32k character limit on the manual ViewState input box
• Now supplying x86 and x64 builds for people running 64 bit versions of Windows

v0.5 ~ February 28, 2007

• ViewState decoder window is now re-sizable
• ViewState decoder window has been re-arranged to allow for better viewing
• Now processes pages located inside frames
• The markup size is now more accurate in relation to the pagesize and viewstate size
• Removed the "Only check when URL changes" option, as it is the only option now
• Added a "Check Now" option, to force a page check
• Huge speed improvements while processing pages

v0.4 ~ February 23, 2007

• Changed the way Internet Explorer is monitored to reduce the number of missed updates
• Included 3 new debug stats at the bottom of the screen: # of windows checked, # of those that are IE, # of the IE windows that have been processed

v0.3 ~ February 21, 2007

• Testing with Windows Vista is complete and works perfectly
• Added a "Manual ViewState Decoding" option to decode a copied and pasted ViewState
• Fixed a few ViewState decoding problems
• Simplified the menu system for easier access to program features
• Added improved error messages for diagnosing problems with things like ViewState decoding and Internet Explorer hooking

v0.2 ~ January 30, 2007

• First public version