Version 1.0.1.1 Released

Jerome Crea — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:12:58 -0000

Notes:
NetZup v1.0.1.1 Released.

NEW: Use the EXEONLY package to upgrade from 1.0.0.9 to
1.0.1.1, or if you already have the prerequisites of
the .NET Framework 2.0 and Windows Installer 3.1.

See the change log for most of the major items (and some
not-so-major ones) that were updated. There have been many
updates since the last release, so I'm sure I've missed a
few items that should have made the change log.

Thanks for checking out NetZup. If you have time, please
remember to send in or post any feedback!

- Jerome
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Changes:
NetZup 1.0.0.9 -> 1.0.1.1 Change Log

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Form1:
* tweaked refresh cancellation logic. uses cancelling and
runningFullRefresh globals instead of a single "running"
global variable

* dlgResults form (confirm to add ## hosts) is now called
only when frmAddHosts has items in alItemsToAdd and is
about to close

Form1.frmAddHostsHandler:
* sped up code *considerably* for larger datasets by using
hashtables :)

Form1.frmAddHostsHandler:
* Moved and cleaned up node-population code from Form1 to
frmAddHosts
* node info to add is obtained from public arraylist in
frmAddHosts.alItemsToAdd

Form1.cbxAdHoc_SelectedIndexChanged:
* updated to work correctly if dlgAdHocWMIQuery is cancelled

Form1.EnqueueRefreshSingleItem:
* cleanup to queuing refresh item queuing --
EnqueueRefreshSingleItem does all setup of refresh options
and queuing of RefreshSingleItem routine to the .NET threadpool

Form1.RefreshSelectedItemsHandler:
* prompt for a full refresh if no items were selected and
F5 (Refresh) is pressed
* only items that are updated by a "full refresh" change
the displayed count of processed items

Form1.AutoResizeColumns:
* consolidated listview column resizing into this sub --
finds best resize width by resizing to header, then to
contents, and choosing the larger width of the two

Form1.MainEventDispatcher:
* Since all controls updated by these events are on the
main form, MainEventDispatcher switches context to main
form's thread once initially, instead of each event having
to check the controls they handle and handle their own context switching

Form1.btnRefresh.Click:
* moved "Cancel" text change and disabling of main form's
search option controls to MainEvent(MAINEVENTENUM.lv1Refresh, ...)

Form1.QuitToolStripMenuItem_Click:
* moved save data to Form1_FormClosing (so data is saved if
user hits the close box instead of using the menu)
* choice to save list results on quit, or abort a quit event

Form1.RefreshSelectedItemsToolStripMenuItem_Click:
* Removed. RefreshSelectedItemsHandler() now directly handles
RefreshSelectedItemsToolStripMenuItem.Click

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frmAddHosts:
* added alternate "AD Browser Authentication" fields to
Add Hosts by Active Directory tab
* shouldn't unexpectantly crash if unable to find a domain controller

frmAddHosts.RefreshADSearchRoot:
* Bugfix: If alternate credentials supplied and connecting to
domain controller where current workstation is not a member
of that domain no longer crashes.

frmAddHosts.OK_Button_Click:
* added AD search filter validation to form. Reserved chars
in the search field such as "(", ")", "&", "|" etc. will
no longer cause unexpected behaviour.

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dlgAdHocWMIQuery.SaveInitialValues and dlgAdHocWMIQuery.RestoreInitialValues:
* added so that cancelling a WMI query correctly leaves
previous values unchanged. Values remembered on Dialog1_Load()

dlgAdHocWMIQuery.dlgAdHocWMIQuery_FormClosing:
* If DialogResult isn't OK, the initial values are restored

dlgAdHocWMIQuery.txtManagementPath:
* Removed. separated ManagementPath text box to txtNamespace
and txtManagementClass

dlgAdHocWMIQuery.OK_Button_Click:
* If incomplete or no values are specified, notify the user
and don't close the form

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RemoteInfoClass.vb:
* Cleaned up many "non-CLS compliant" warnings

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frmRemoteProcess:
frmRemoteProcess.frmRemoteProcess_FormClosing and frmRemoteProcess.btnClose_Click():
* added confirmation to close distribution monitor window

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added close/maximize/minimize boxes and additional handlers to most forms

NetZup 1.0.0.9 Initial Public Release

Jerome Crea — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:20:15 -0000

NetZup is a GUI-based workstation management assistant for Windows 2000 and XP clients, originally developed using VB.NET 2005 as an alternative to commercial enterprise workstation management tools (such as SMS, Tivoli, etc).

Since NetZup relies primarily on native WMI and remote registry calls, it requires no additional client workstation software.

Initial release includes support for:

Remote software distribution
+ directory and command to execute sent to remote hosts
+ asynchronous remote process progress indication via WMI events and polling
+ bandwidth saver: optional directory compression (self-extracting CAB) before data transfer begins

AdHoc software inventories of selected hosts
+ results can be filtered and exported via copy

AdHoc WMI queries with namespace browser (most classes fully supported)
+ pull serial numbers via BIOS, search for running services
+ results can be filtered

Display last known user and current logged on user(s)
+ resolution for AD user sAMAccount->CN (NT logon name to user's full name)

Initial node list population by Active Directory OUs, subnets, or a manual list
+ filtering by subnet, online status, or DNS name resolution
+ list of nodes preserved across execution instances
+ node list searchable and individual columns exportable via copy

Contextual menu integration for easy UNC share browsing and pulling msinfo32 status

Project at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/netzup/
Screenshots at: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=161382

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