Version History
The All-New Version 4
Version 4 is now available on the Downloads page.
The version 4 update is a free for purchases after Oct 1st, 2007, but you will most likely need a new registration code.
Older licenses will be eligible for an upgrade at 50% of the regular price.
To obtain your new registration code or see your upgrading options, please install version 4
and click on the "Show Upgrading Options" button on the Ordering tab sheet in the software.
Version 4 can be installed over an existing installation and the profiles will be retained.
You may want to make a copy of your SuperFlexibleSynchronizerPRO.ini file in case you need
to switch back to version 3 (even though most profiles will port back without a problem).
New Features
Completely redesigned GUI.
The Profile Overview is now the main screen with a toolbar and a context menu.
New Synchronization Preview Features:
- Collapse folders and show their statistics.
- Collapse All = F11, Expand All = F12.
- Discontiguous selection using Ctrl and Shift.
- Improved visual appearance and additional menu items.
- Low memory usage even with millions of files due to collapsed folders.
New Restore Wizard, with the ability to use the database cache for the source, as well as a target date for the restore.
Three choices of schedulers: internal, background, service.
Background scheduler and service more seamlessly integrated.
Browse FTP and other online storage sites for folders.
Folder hierarchy displayed when selecting subfolders for FTP and other sites.
Renamed or moved folders are now recognized on the folder level rather than moving each file.
Exact Mirror Mode now has a "Configure" dialog with two sub-options.
Redesigned Scheduling settings in the profiles.
The database can now store an unlimited number of files without causing any memory issues.
One SmartTracking or Caching Database can now be shared among several profiles.
The database can now store infinitely long paths (both ANSI and Unicode).
New ZIP-Compatible AES Encryption (256-bit).
New checkbox: Auto-Start Background Scheduler With Windows Login.
Scheduler tab sheet shows running parallel profiles even when service scheduler is stopped.
Finding Moved Files is now blazingly fast.
An idle time for the scheduler after startup or login can be specified.
New options for fine-tuning WebDAV communication, including alias handling.
Files to be deleted are now deleted before new files are copied to avoid running out of space on the target disk.
The registration code is now stored in the INI file so that it is easy to carry the program around on a memory stick without having to enter the code on each computer.
French, Spanish and Portuguese translations are expected in February or March, a Macintosh version in March or April.
Detailed version history
v4.20:
Copy several files simultaneously. The number of parallel copied files is specified on the Files tab sheet in the profiles.
This feature is not available when using ZIP Packages or Partial File Updating.
Import and Export Selected Profiles
SmartTracking can now delete files directly and no longer forces you to use a folder for deleted files.
SSH authentication made more failsafe. New Advanced SSH Settings dialog available on the Security tab sheet of the Internet dialog.
Details about conflicts are now written to the log file.
WebDAV automatically adjusts for some sites, for example it now works with the box.net service without changing any settings.
SmartTracking no longer deletes folders when the last file has been deleted.
Added new /MASK= command line parameter.
New setting on the Files->More tab sheet: "Preserve Last Access Time Stamp On Source".
Other improvements and bug fixes.
v4.14b:
Fixes setting timestamps via FTP which has been broken in the last few builds.
Folder deletion via WebDAV should now work with all WebDAV servers.
The Remote Service's unzip function is now Unicode-enabled.
v4.14a:
Fixes a possible error message when running more than one profile via command line, as well as
the tray icon missing when running profile via command line.
v4.14:
Fixes the tray icon occasionally missing when using the service scheduler.
Fixes the "target date for restore" being ignored by the Restore Wizard.
Minor UI improvements.
v4.13d:
First Spanish Release.
Fixed an error when the service is stopped while monitoring the network (Schedule->Monitoring).
v4.13c:
Added a button to the toolbar that appears when the INI file is read-only. It invokes File->Enable Editing, which has been improved.
Coarser progress reporting when copying with Windows API copying function.
Fixed an AV when downloading with Partial File Updating, when using the Remote Service to generate checksums.
v4.13b:
Fixes new bug in 4.13a on systems without volume shadowing: unnecessary message about a VSS error code, plus service won't start.
On the welcome screen, the scheduler button is now labeled according to the current scheduler state (running or not running).
v4.13a:
Fixed some dialogs on Windows with large system fonts.
Fixed an AV error message that could occur with the /RUN= option (not /RUNX=).
Added $MAINUSERNAME and $MAINUSERPROFILE which refer to the user that started the program even if
a profile uses "Run As User..." to run as a different user.
v4.13:
Fixed a problem where zipping could fail occasionally when profiles were run in parallel and a profile completed
while another profile was zipping a file.
Fixed a problem where Partial File Updating would not create a database unless some other database-related setting
was used (such as Cache Destination File List). Existing databases were updated fine, but if a database did not
exist for a profile, Partial File Updating would not work.
v4.12d:
Fixed the Auto-Resume feature when copying directly from FTP to FTP.
v4.12c:
Fixed the setting "Folder Masks" which sometimes did not stick.
v4.12b:
Fixed the setting "Run monthly". More detailed error logging in case zipping fails.
v4.12a:
File shares without security descriptor are now processed (previously they were being ignored).
Since v4.12, FTP will now automatically try both passive and active mode if it can't get a directory listing.
In v4.12a, this mechanism was fine-tuned so that the new attempts are not triggered by empty directories.
v4.12:
Fixes a problem where the database would cut off very long paths when Partial File Updating was used.
Some improvements related to mirroring file shares.
v4.11:
Fixes occasional error messages when the scheduler runs as a service 24/7 without interruption. The service will now automatically
restart itself after 24 hours, or after 50 jobs have run. This is a matter of 1-2 seconds and will not have any side effects.
Adds replacement of disallowed characters on the Internet Protocol Settings dialog, tab sheet Advanced. Currently, there is only
one supported disallowed character, which is the colon. Some FTP servers may store filenames with colons. These can be replaced
with the division sign when downloading.
Fixes FTP problems with the special y character with two points, as in the name Queensrÿche.
Zipping and encryption now works with long paths (>252 characters).
Fixes additional minor issues.
v4.10:
Adds new features to handle a special problem with Sharepoint synchronization. When Microsoft Office documents are copied to a Sharepoint folder,
the server may add some tags to the file, thereby changing its file size. Two alternative solutions are available to handle this situation:
a) copy modified files back immediately
On the Special tab sheet, you can use the new setting "If the Destination Machine Modifies Received Files, Changing Their Sizes Upon Reception,
Then Copy Such Updated Files Back", or
b) use SmartTracking
on SmartTracking->Options, check "Detect Unchanged Files" for the SharePoint side and check "Also Ignore File Sizes Being Modified By Server Immediately After Upload".
The two options can be combined.
Additional changes:
improved handling of SSH errors with error messages rather than numbers and bug fixes.
v4.04-4.09:
- various issues addressed
v4.03:
- adds CPU selection in the Program Settings
v4.01/4.02:
- various bugs fixed (mostly in the user interface)