Cobian Backup History
2009-01-22 Version 9.5.1.212
* Fixed a problem with the "Repair permissions" utility
* Fixed an issue when applying "Full permissions" to the program's files
on some operating systems
* Fixed a small memory leak when applying full permissions to the
program's files
* When the user interface was started maximized and protected, you could
close the program without entering the password. Fixed.
* When using zip compression and updating an archive, the number of
compressed files in the log was incorrect. Fixed.
* When using zip compression, the number of checked files in the log was
alwyas zero in some cases. Fixed.
* FAQ updated
* Some corrections done in the english file
* English and spanish help file updated
* Project web address and forum address updated on the UI
* Using indy 10.2.3
* Norwegian language added
* Dutch language updated
* Hungarian language updated
* Turkish language added
* Taiwanese language added
* Italian language updated
* Slovak language updated
* French language updated
* Portuguese-brazil language updated
* Russian languages updated
2008-09-21 Version 9.5.0.201
* Now you can ignore or include junction points in your backup
* Zip files can now archive empty directories
* 7Zip files can now archive
empty directories
* Volume Shadow Copy works now even when impersonating
users. This is done by reverting back to the original user before starting
VSS
* The parametrization occurs now after the impersonation action
* A new
parameter %USERNAME was introduced (gets the user name of the user running
the backup)
* Unchecking "Show all icons" will now also remove the icons
from the main menu
* The start-stop service dialog sets now the focus in the
list of services
* Problem with AV error and system files is solved with zip
compression
* Problem with AV error and very long file names is solved with
zip compression
* The builder tool resets the read only attribute before
making a new distro
* FAQ updated
* Russian language updated
* Dutch
translation updated
* Portuguese-br language updated
* English language
updated
* Swedish language updated
2008-07-03 Version 9.1.1.193
* A bug
has been fixed when the program didn't force a full first backup sometimes
*
French language updated
* English language updated
* Slovak language updated
* Italian language updated
* Taiwanese language updated
* Portuguese-Brazil
language updated
* Portuguese -Pt language added
2008-06-27 Version 9.1.1.192
* An error that prevented the decompressor to run was introduced in the
previous version. Fixed.
* Some typos were corrected in the english language
files
* German language updated
* Portuguese-brazil language updated
2008-06-24
Version 9.1.1.187
* A warning is now logged when a 7zip archive
is splitted with a size > 2GB
* An alternative green tray icon can now be
selected fron the Options-Visuals dialog
* Problem with progress indication
and FileMasks is solved for the ZIP method
* Problem with extracting files
with Exclusion Mask was solved for the ZIP method
* Problem with long
unicode file names was solved for the ZIP method
* Problem with with zero
uncompressed size files was solved for the ZIP method
* Partial portuguese-Brazil
translation added
* Latvian language updated
* Hungarian language added
*
Czech language added
* Italian translation updated
* German language updated
* Russian language updated
* Slovak language updated
* Polish language
updated
* French language updated
* Taiwanese language updated
* Catalan
language updated
* English language updated
* Spanish language updated
*
Swedish language updated
2008-04-22 Version 9.1.1.178
* End of the BETA
period
* The remote client can now cancel any operation on the remote
machine
* The favorite list on the Remote client can now be arranged by
moving its items up and down
* When forcing missed backups, the interface
will now wait for 30 seconds, just to give time for the engine to start
*
Three new parameters added: %APPLICATIONPATH, %DBPATH and %SETTINGSPATH. See
the help file
* Polish language updated
* French language updated
* Russian
language updated
* Latvian language updated
* Italian language updated
*
Slovak language updated
* Taiwanese language updated
* Korean language
updated
* Spanish language updated
* Swedish language updated
* English
language updated
2008-04-07 Version 9.1.1.172 BETA
* If a source was not
present when the task used compression, no error was displayed. Fixed
* The
program re-connects now well when the connection to the FTP server times out
while encrypting or compressing
* English language updated
* Spanish
language updated
* Swedish language updated
* Polish language added
* Korean
language added
* Slovak language added
2008-03-28 Version 9.1.1.169 BETA
*
The default color of the log is now clWindowText and not clBlack
* Problem
with wrong CRC and encrypted splitted Zip64 archive files is solved
*
English file updated
* Swedish language updated
* Help file updated
* The
FAQ has been updated
* Danish language added
* Taiwanese language added
*
Slovak language added
* Italian language updated
* Dutch language updated
*
Latvian language updated
* Russian language updated
2008-03-16 version
9.1.1.166 BETA
* Fixed a bug when the events were not being executed in the
user's desktop space
* French language updated
2008-03-16 version 9.1.1.160
BETA
* Dutch language added
* Latvian language added
* Catalan language
added
* The VSS function is now disabled for 64-bits Vista (see the FAQ)
* A
warning is now displayed in the Setup if ZoneAlarm is installed (see the
FAQ)
* A batch file failed to execute as an event if the parameter contained
a space
* Italian language updated
* Russian language updated
* The update
server has been simplified
* Spanish language updated
* Problem with
multi-volume zip archives and Unicode file names is solved
* Access
violation error when deleting and adding a file with the same name to a zip
archive is fixed
* Problem with high memory consumption when extracting
large archives in the Decompressor is solved
2008-03-10 version 9.1.1.149
BETA
* An utility to repair the permissions of the settings and database
directory is now included
* Some inconsistencies with the component's
version numbers fixed
* Some functions were executing without asking for a
password when the "protect user interface" was active
* The uninstaller
waits now 10 seconds (and not 6 secs) after closing the programs that are
running
* Russian language updated
* Spanish language updated
* Swedish
language updated
* Some options in the remote client were not correctly
translated. Fixed.
* When splitting and no files were compressed, an empty
file was left on the destination. Fixed
* New Vista compatible icons are now
used (thanks to "Blackhold" and "Startling ")
* The FAQ has been updated
*
The help file has been updated
* The interface now adds a leading slash to
the working directory when creating a FTP site
2008-03-05 Version 9.0.0.123
BETA
* Italian language added
* Russian language updated
* German language
updated
* Some dialogs had components which didn't translated to other
languages. Fixed.
* Spanish and english tutorials corrected
* German
tutorial added
* French language updated
* 7zip method with ULTRA
compression didn't work sometimes. ULTRA will work as MAXIMUM until a
reliable solution is found
* The 7zip method would not update the UI when
the first file was a large one. Fixed
* Fixed a bug when adding a directory
to a 7z archive. This was not afecting the program at all but was a
potential problem
2008-03-02 Version 9.0.0.121 BETA
* Russian language added
* French language added
* German language added
* The FTP and SMTP testing
dialog shows now before the test begins
* Changing the SSL type to implicit
changes now the default port of the FTP automatically
* Changing the SSL
type to implicit changes now the default port of the SMTP automatically
*
When checking a 7zip file an error was logged twice. Fixed.
* Using the 7zip
method the program did not check the created files when using splitting.
Fixed.
* If the 7zip chunks are larger than 2Gb, then they are set back to
2Gb
* Three new parameters added: %FNDATENOTIME, %FNTIMENODATE, %FNDATETIME
(see the help file)
* The remote client didn't remember the language to use
correctly
* The first time you run the remote client it now guesses the
language to use based on the language you selected when you installed the
main program
2008-02-24 Version 9.0.0.117 BETA
* Fixed a problem with 7zip
compression. When adding zero files to an archive, the program would hang
sometimes
* Help file updated
2008-02-18 Version 9.0 BETA
* Version 9
released. This is freeware as always but NOT OPEN SOURCE (See my web page)
*
Support for Volume Shadow Copies. You will be able to backup locked files
*
7zip method added. SQX is now gone.
* Pause added to all operations
* An
interface instance closes now all other existing instances
* The update
function can now use SOCKS proxy
* SMTP can now use SOCKS
* SMTP can now use
SSL
* Autostart the interface can now be set for all users or the current
user
* Autostart options are now playing fair with administrator’s rights
*
Start a backup when autostart
* The remote directories are now created from
the top to the root, thus minimizing the risk for Permission problems
*
Downloading files shows now the percent
* FTP operations can now use UTF
transfers is the server support it
* FTP operations use now UNICODE for
local operations
* Zip files can now store file names in UNICODE
* Checking
an archive could sometimes delete the archived files. Fixed.
* Prettier
about boxes
* Icon in task properties for Manual AND ftp where swapped
* IPC
via MMF is now gone
* The update server can now use MSSQL for logs or can
use no logs at all
* Checking archives wrongly displayed Compressing using
the verbose log
* CobDeleter is now an integral part of the UI
* Fixed the
old “Error while connecting to :21:" error
* A brand new, improved help file
and tutorial
* A remote client allows you to control the program from any
other computer using TCP/IP
* Date/Time and Password utilities added
* In
the Update function fails, the next one will be checked after 16 hours and
not after 10 minutes. Enough of server hammering!
* The balloon now appears
exactly near the system tray. Good calculation.
* The uninstall part of the
setup is now truly automatic
* You can change the remote options for the
auto-setup as well
2007-09-27 version 8.4.0.202
* Vista manifests added to
all the executable files. This prevents some problems with Vista
virtualization (the engine and the interface were , in some cases, not
communicating well)
* Chinese- simplified language updated
* Portuguese-br
language updated
* Romanian language added
* French translation updated
*
Russian translation updated
* Some errors in the english tutorial have been
corrected
* Swedish language updated
2007-03-21 Version 8.4.0.198
* The
program is now 100% compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista
* A new
Interprocess communication method using named pipes has been added (for
Vista)
* German 2 translation updated.
2007-03-07 Version 8.3.0.189
*
Fixed a bug that prevented the program to use SMTP servers with
authentication
* Some problems with permissions on Vista running under User
Account Control have been fixed. Note that the program is NOT 100% Vista
compatible yet
* The Update server used to hang if the log file got to big
*
The log file of the update server is now renamed when it's size = 1 GB
* A
buf fixed when detecting Vista
2007-02-15 Version 8.2.0.186
* Fixed a bug
that prevented some directories to be deleted
* A new slovenian translation
has been included
* Hungarian language updated
2007-02-03 Version
8.2.0.179
* HOTFIX, IMPORTANT UPDATE: In very strange cases, whhen
downloading from an FTP site, if some exception was arised and the program
was running as a service, the program could potentially corrupt the System32
directory. FIXED.
* French language updated
* Swedish language added
*
Taiwan language updated
* Portuguese-pt language updated
2007-01-26 Version
8.2.0.173
* This is the LAST version directly updated and distributed by
Luis Cobian. The original author has decided to make the program Open Source
and it's time to other people to take over the development. Thank you a lot
for all these years!
* Fixed a refreshing bug in the standalone decryptor.
*
Russian language updated
* Danish language updated
* Italian language
updated
* Portugese-brazil language updated
* Portugese-Pt language updated
* Indonesian language updated
* Polish language updated
2006-11-16 Version
8.2.0.171
* If the engine or the interface cannot access the temporary
directory, the program will change it automatically and log a warning
* If
the user cancels the backup, and the shutdown flag is set, the program will
NOT shutdown the computer
* The time elapsed for a backup is now shown as
hh:mm:ss
* Fixed a problem when deleting read-only directories
* Dutch
language updated
* German 2 translation updated
* Indonesian language
updated
* Finnish translation added
* The css of the help file works now
fine in Firefox
* French tutorial added
* French help added
* French
language updated
* Portuguese files updated
* Russian translation updated
*
Chinese simplified language added
* Help file updated
2006-08-25 Version
8.1.0.162
* Fixed a problem with the security permissions for the log file
*
The log file lives now in the DB subdirectory.
* The program deletes now
backups which have the "Read only attribute" set
* The color of the progress
bar for the Total percent of the operation has been changed to brown when
active
* Danish language added
* French language updated
* Polish language
updated
* Russian language updated
* Chinese - Traditional language added
2006-08-07 Version 8.0.0.151
* Copying a root directory (C:\, for example)
copied also it's attributes, making the destination hidden. Fixed.
* The
attributes and permissions of a directory are now copied after the contain
was copied.
2006-08-07 Version 8.0.0.149
* The caption of the Select
directory dialog has been fixed
* The date/time of the mail send by the
program is now correctly set.
* Tahoma is now the default font for the
interface
* The default color of the hints is now the system default
*
Portugese (Portugal) version added
* Polish language added
* The catalonian
and portugese files have been renamed to exclude the accents in the file
names (there are problems in some chinese systems with this)
* Czech
language updated
* Italian language added
* Hungarian language added
*
Alternative german language added
* French language updated
* German
language updated
* Indonesian language added
* Dutch language files updated
* Dutch help file added
2006-06-27 Version 8.0.0.146
* I'm off to Mallorca
for a couple of weeks of vacation. Will be back in the middle of July.
Please use ONLY the support forum for questions. They will be answered when
I come back.
* The program now correctly copies the attributes of the
directories as well
* The Copy NTFS permissions is now set to false by
default for new installations
* Using include masks with several sources in
compressed backups resulted in the program backing up more files than it was
needed. Fixed.
* Hungarian language updated
* Portuguese language updated
*
French language updated
2006-06-26 Version 8.0.0.142
* The zip operation
now correctly uses the temporary directory
* The user interface remembers
now the last used directory
* Some controls have been better centered
* The
decryptor warns now if the destination and the source are the same
* Russian
language updated
* Dutch tutorial added
* Portuguese language updated
2006-06-22 Version 8.0.0.138
* The masks logic has been re-visited. Better
masks support
* Decrypting files restores now the time stamp and the
attributes of the original file
* A new parameter %COMPUTERNAMENOSPACES has
been added
* Some cosmetical fixes done
* Dutch language updated
* Some
errors in the help file have been fixed
* Portuguese language updated
2006-06-20 Version 8.0.0.136
* The Services' window remembers now the
position
* The backup properties dialog uses now the Show grid setting
* A
"Find Next" button has been added to the Translator tool.
* The conditions
to copy open files when possibly are now less restrictive.
* Some menu items
were not translated correctly. Fixed.
* Selecting all the text in the log
tab sets now the focus to the log area first.
* Some changes done in the
authentication mechanism for SMTP
* The width of some controls has been
adjusted to fit the Russian translation
* Russian translation added
*
Slovenian language added
* Portuguese language added
* Catalonian language
added
2006-06-20 Version 8.0.0.134
* A new option was added to show the grid
lines for the lists
* The default log font has been changed to Courier New
*
A warning is now shown in the installer for the translators
* Some changes
done in the english and spanish translation
* Hungarian translator added
2006-06-15 Version 8.0.0.132
* The task properties dialog displayed the
wrong text for inclusion masks
* French translation updated
* The event "Add
pause" displayed the wrong caption
* Trying to update a split archive gave
of course an error. Now the program forces a full backup instead.
* The
Cancel and OK button on the task properties never was translated. Fixed.
2006-06-14 Version 8.0.0.129
* Fixed a bug with the "Save list as" menu
*
Some changes done in the Spanish translation
* You can now copy from the
program's browser
* French translation updated
* A partially done Czech
language translation added
2006-06-12 Version 8.0.0.126
* Fixed a problem
with permissions with the main list
* Fixed a problem with permissions with
the update ini file
* Non-critical errors are not shown in the total error
count
* French translation added
* German translation added
* Dutch
translation added
2006-06-07 Version 8.0.0.121
* The program now imports
lists from previous versions with FTP sources or destinations correctly
2006-06-05 Version 8.0.0.118
* Installing the service under a local account
resulted in a "No mapping" error. Fixed
* The ExecuteAndWait event was not
working well when the program was working as a service. Fixed.
* The program
was ignoring the setting "Mail if errors only". Fixed
* If the backspace key
was pressed on the internal browser, 2 characters were removed. Fixed
* Some
grammatical errors in the tutorial have been corrected.
* The program shows
now the update information in a better way
2006-06-02 Version 8.0.0.109
*
More functionality added to the mask logic
2006-06-01 Version 8.0.0.108
*
The exclusions/inclusions mask were not working at all. The basic
functionality has been fixed. More to come in this field.
* The error No
argument for format '%s' was shown while a download failed. Fixed.
* The
program now copies the permissions of the directories as well
2006-05-31
Version 8.0.0.105
* The program had sometimes problems detecting UNC
directories. Fixed
* The program now assigns Full Control for all users to
the DB and Settings subdirectory. Needed for multiuser access.
* backing up
a whole drive like C:\ resulted in an invalid directory name. Fixed
* The
toolbar buttons are now displayed as 32x32 buttons and not as 48x48
2006-05-30 Version 8.0.0.99
* The FTP test works could not create a test
with timestamps in the file name. Fixed
* The setup program now correctly
installs the UI manifest
* The visual XP style works now correctly
* The
archive comment was not correctly translated
2006-05-29 Version 8 BLACK MOON BETA is out!
The program uses now Unicode functions whenever it can. Using compression and FTP will use ANSI functions, of course because of limitations on those formats or the FTP protocol. If you don't use compression or FTP, the program will always handle your file names as Unicode. The program uses now memory mapped files for inter-process communication. All the TCP communication used in older versions has been eliminated. A new method of encryption has been added: RSA-Rijndael, which uses a 256-bit Rijndael encryption with a random key that is itself encrypted used a 1024-bit RSA asymmetric key. Sensitive settings as passwords are now stored in the ini file using strong encryption The program is now a "green" application. All the files are stored in ini files. The only part that used the registry is the service, which, for obvious reasons must be installed using the registry. A green application, of course is not necessarily a good thing, but some people (often for "religious" reasons) seem to think that this is a good thing. Oh, well... A feature allows you now you execute individual tasks under different user accounts. The task will then try to impersonate the user and execute the task under that account. The 256 characters path limit is now GONE thanks to Unicode. The file and paths names can now be up to 32000 characters long. Now you can close programs using also their class names. Better SQX error handling. Full service control from the Option dialog. The mirroring effect that you got while compressing AND overwriting has been thankfully eliminated. LOTS of bugs fixed A better user interface. FTP transfers of larger files (> 2 GB are now supported)
2006-04-18 Version 7.6.0.351
* Some very important
changes in the encryption methods have been done. In the pass, some problems
could arise if you were encrypting files with a size of 2GB or larger. This
is now fixed. For compatibility with the new method introduced in Black
Moon, the encryption is now done using unicode passphrases. Of course, the
decryptor has been updated to handle the new and the obsolete methods.
Version 7.4.5.349
* Support for the new Live update service (v2) has been
added
* When the source of a backup contained a large number of files, and
several tasks started at the same time, those tasks were ignored because the
program was busy counting files. FIXED.
* Esperanto translation added
*
Russian language updated
* A NEW portuguese-brazilian translation has been
added
* Italian translation updated
2006-03-29 Version 7.4.5.348
* The
ShutDown procedure displayed the "It's safe to shutdown Windows" screen.
Should be fixed now.
* Check the program homepage for info about Cobian
Backup Black Moon
2006-02-28. Version 7.4.5.347
* No more updates will be
done for version 7. The new version "Black Moon', unicode only will be the
next release.
* Italian help file updated
* Italian language updated
*
Russian language updated
* Deutsch language updated 2005-12-13 Version
7.4.5.343
* A test button has been added to test the SMTP and FTP settings
*
Now you can pass the source, directory or Task name as parameters to an
Execute or Execute and wait event (see help file under Tasks)
* Now you can
reorder the events by right-clicking on some event and choosing Move up or
Move down
* Bug with creating multi-volume archive larger than 4Gb is fixed
* Help file and some tooltips have been updated
* Czech language updated
*
Hungarian language updated
* Swedish language added
* German language
updated
* Hungarian language updated
* The FAQ has been updated
2005-11-28
Version 7.4.5.335
* The program can now copy NTFS permissions (unchecked by
default)
* The program can now automatically convert mapped drives into UNC
paths
* The problem when the program erroneously reports "The archive
doesn't contain any files and has been deleted" is hopefully fixed
* The "Autoexecute
missed backups" ignores now the disabled tasks.
* Catalan language updated
*
The "Close program" event gives you now a possibility to forcibly close an
application with unsaved data or to kill it.
2005-11-23 Version 7.4.0.323
*
AT LAST, a service can now stop and start programs in the visible desktop.
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
* Spanish language updated
* Euskera (vasque) language
added
* The "Do not reset archive attributes" is now a Task setting, not a
global option
* The decompressor can now ignore the log messages that don't
contain errors
* The decompressor clears now the log before an operation
begins
* Italian translation updated
2005-11-16 Version 7.3.0.310
* Now you
can check the CRC of the files copied WITHOUT compression. This makes the
backup 3 times slower but much reliable.
* The autostart for the user
interface as a service can now be controlled from the options dialog
* The
restart/shutdown events works now as a service even when no user is logged
on
* The restart/shutdown events ask now if you want to close applications
which contain unsaved data
* The restart/shutdown function works now fine in
Windows 9x
* The setup program shows now a warning about Zone Alarm
* Fixed
a bug when saving a list with another name. The task ID is now correctly
changed, preventing the 2 lists to use the same task history
* French help
file updated.
* Hungarian language updated.
* Hungarian help file added
*
Dutch language and FAQ updated
* French language updated
* German language
updated
* Czech language updated
* A bug in the application caption is fixed
* The list of ASCII FTP extensions has been updated
2005-11-02 version
7.1.1.298
* Bug with adding more than 65535 files to an archive smaller than
4Gb is fixed
* Hungarian translation updated
* A new option has been added
to start the missed backups without warning
* The parameter -bu can now be
passed to the user interface (cobui.exe). This way, -bu will even work with
services
* Fixed a problem with the Start menu icons in Windows 95/98/ME
*
German translation updated.
* Slovakian language added, thanks to Rasto
Cyprich
2005-10-18 Version 7.1.0.287
* The decompressor remembers now the
working directory between sessions
* The decrypting tool remembers now the
working directories between sessions
* The setup program correctly create
the icons now when installing for the current user
* The FAQ has been
updated 2005-10-12 Version 7.1.0.284
* Fixed a bug when zipping directories
which contain some exception list. If the mask was of type SOMEDIR\
*.
* no
files at all where included even files outside SOMEDIR. Fixed.
* Dutch FAQ
updated 2005-10-05 Version 7.1.0.278
* The 2Gb limit for
encrypting/decrypting operations has been eliminated.
* The bug that
prevented the program to decrypt files of size larger than 2Gb has been
fixed.
* Korean language updated
* French translation updated
* The
catalonian traduccion has been updated.
* Czech language updated.
*
Norwegian language updated.
* One german translation has been updated.
* At
last, an unified french translation has been added. All the other french
translations are now substituted by this one.
2005-08-26 Version 7.0.1.275
*
When the main window is protected by a password, there was an exception if
the user doubleclicked the tray icon more than twice. Fixed.
* Dutch FAQ
updated
* Fixed a bug when closing programs in a before or after backup
event.
* Italian translation updated
* The decrypting tool clears now the
log memo before decrypting
* Now you get a warning and error when you try to
encrypt/decrypt a file larger than 2 GB
2005-08-03 Version 7.0.0.270
* The
installer can now work automatically without any user input. An utility to
create the setup script can be downloaded from my site.
* A bug in the
installer always created the icons even when the user checked this option
off.
* When aborting a job that has the shutdown box checked, the program
shuted down the PC anyway. Fixed.
* Pressing Escape or Enter closes now the
About box
* A bug in Delphi caused that some existing files were reported as
"not found". Fixed (hopefully).
* A second italian translation has been
included, thanks to Matteo Lanzoni
* A very incomplete hungarian translation
has been added. Thanks to Manhiszvanna
* When deleting backup files, a
message was shown about the user aborting the operation. Fixed
* Italian
language file updated
* Chosing No compression sets now the Split property
to "No split"
* A hidden registry setting to control the cache of the
password has been added
* When a new task is created, the "Task name" edit
box has now the focus
2005-08-03 Version 7.0.0.256 BETA
* Some users had
weird installation errors. I have somewhat modified the setup program to
prevent errors while writing to the system temporary directory.
* When the
user protects the interface with a password, the password's cache will now
expire when the interface minimizes
* Checking NAT fast track checks now
also IPv6 extensions
2005-08-03 Version 7.0.0.251 BETA
* Dutch help file
added thanks to Frans van der Kolk
* In windows XP, a modal form sometimes
was placed behind the main form. Fixed.
* Fixed an error with the AM/PM time
format. The user interface didn't accept it.
* German translation updated
*
A partial korean translation was added
* The FAQ has been revisited
2005-06-30 Version 7.0.0.243 BETA
* The engine worked painfully slow when no
interface was available. Fixed.
* The decrypting plugin was corrupted in the
last version. Fixed.
* A dutch version has been added. Thanks to Frans van
der Kolk
* Three french translations have been updated.
* Greman translation
updated
2005-06-30 Version 7.0.0.241 BETA
* The last version introduced some
FTP problems when downloading, so I have rolled back some changes.
* Another
german translation has been added.
* Czech language updated.
2005-06-29
Version 7.0.0.235 BETA
* The engine doesn't use the Borland memory manager
anymore (it sucks when zipping huge numbers of files)
* The "range check
error" when using FTP transfers should be solved now (hopfully)
* In some
machines, SSL transfers didn't work at all. Fixed.
* The installation
program distributes the SSL libraries now
* Spanish translation updated
*
French translation updated
* German translation updated
2005-06-27 Version
7.0.0.230 BETA
* A bug in the decompresor has been fixed. The right string
for Number of files is now shown.
* The user interface shows now only those
tasks properties that are relevant to the selected task.
* The czech
translation by Sulc Miroslav has been completed
* Two french language files
have been updated.
2005-06-23 Version 7.0.0.227 BETA
* If the After backup
events contains a Shutdown command, the backup history operations were not
completly executed. Fixed.
* The uninstalling program waits now 3 seconds
before attempting to delete the engine
* The backup history stored the wrong
file name when using zip files with advanced naming
* Another french
translation added (thanks to Jérôme Lacambra)
* Portuguese language updated
(Thank you to Clayton Schirmer)
* Spanish language files updated
* In the
backup properties dialog, double clicking in a local file or directory
source or destination will now execute the fire or open the directory.
* The
list of the backup history scrolls down automatically to show the last added
backup.
* Polish version added (Thanks to Tomasz Muszyñski)
* A french
translation has been updated
* A partial czech translatiob by Sulc Miroslav
has been added
2005-06-17 version 7.0.0.223 BETA
* When making an
incremental compressed backup, and there is no need to compress any file,
the program no longer shows the error "Couldn't find the compressed file".
*
The final help file in french has been added (thanks to Emmanuel Brillot)
*
When selecting the events "Execute" or "Execute and wait", the caption of
the window was wrongly changed
2005-06-16 version 7.0.0.220
* A bug has been
fixed: Splitting a compressed incremental or differential backup always
resulted in a full backup.
* Some small fixes in the help file
* The "Low
priority copy thread" was too slow. This has been fixed.
* Fixed a bug. When
downloading and compressing a non existing FTP directory, the current
directory was wrongly zipped instead.
2005-06-15 Version 7.0.0.214 BETA
*
Partial help translation (thanks to Emmanuel Brillot)
* Norwegian
translation added (many thanks to Tarje Olderheim)
* Italian help file added
(thanks to Fernando Sannazzaro)
* Italian help file updated
2005-06-14
Version 7.0.0.213 BETA
* Spanish language file updated
* The translator has
now a search function
* The translator checks now that the number of
parameters are equal in every side
* Some updates have been done in the
french language files.
2005-06-13 Version 7.0.0.211 BETA
* One french
translation has been updated
* The disabled buttons in the decompression
tool look now OK.
* The remote backup tool has now a main menu
* Fixed a bug
when displaying the task's properties in the remote backup tool
* The remote
backup tool will not accept an empty password
* The user interface warns now
if the task name contains one of the following characteres:
/,\,
*,?,|,:,",<,>
* Fixed the application icon for the CobBU.exe program
* A
catalonian translation has been included, thanks to Pep Isern
* Some
reorganization has been done in the Options dialog
* The FAQ has been
updated
2005-06-12 Version 7.0.0.206 BETA
* Fixed a "Range check error" when
downloaing files in some computers with High resolution Performance counters
* Fixed a bug when giving names to downloaded archives
* The tooltip of the
application in the tray iocon will now show the name of the task that is
being processed
* Ctrl+Z added as an alternative shortcut to show the
interface
* Pointing to the name of the list in the status bar shows now the
full path to the list
005-06-10 Version 7.0.0.202 BETA
* Fixed the
exception "Format '%s' invalid or incompatible with argument" when
compressing (introduced in the last build)
* Changing to a FTP remote
directory that doesn't exists doesn't log an error now if the directory can
be succesfully created
2005-06-09 Version 7.0.0.200 BETA
* A new option has
been added to turn on/off the "first backup is full" feature
* The message
"TLS is not available on the server. Trying to continue without TLS..." is
not shown anymore, and it's not longer considered an error
* The interface
to the Registry plugin was fixed
* The program logs now all the operations
made with the source file's attributes
* A global shortcut can now be used
to open the interface. Windows key + C is the default, but you can change
that in the Options.
* The interface of the After backup plugin has been
changed
* Fixed the behavior of the plugin window in the user interface
*
Title meta tag of the help files have been fixed
* Fixed a bug in the about
box. Clicking on the panel caused some labels to dissapear
* Copyright date
fixed on the help file
* Changing the language translates not the "Active"
or "Inactive" words in the status bar
2005-06-07 Version 7.0.0.180 BETA
*
French translation by Laurent Poulette added
* Another French translation by
Emmanuelle Brillot added
* Another french translation by Philippe Rangeard
added
* Italian translation by Fernando Sannazzaro added
* The Tasks tab is
now correctly translated
* The "Engine no found" error is now ignored the
first time
* Spelling errors fixed
* In the properties list box, the date
AND time of the backup is now shown
* Some log strings are fixed
* Tab order
in the Connect dialog of the remote tool fixed
* The Clear button in the
Remote tool is now correctly tranlated
* The Password dialog in the Remote
tool had 2 Cancel buttons. Corrected.
* The "Use icons in tabs" checkbox is
now correctly translated.
* The error shown when the program failed to set
the attributes are now verbose only
* If a "Before backup" plugin returns a
negative number, the task will be ignored
* The remote backup properties
show now the right strings
* The last used addresses of the remote backup
work OK now
* Fixed a "problem" (caused by Windows) when an archive contains
both a long and a short file name
2005-06-03 Version 7.0.0.177 BETA
* If the
main copy method failed, it wrongly reported that "it couldn't delete a
directory". Fixed.
* Fixed a problem when copying or encrypting read only
files.
2005-06-02 Version 7.0.0.175 BETA
* The "Add task" popup menu will
now be inactive if some task is selected
* Some spelling errors fixed
*
Fixed the problem with the access violation when deleting backups 2
005-06-01
Version 7.0.0.154 BETA is out
* Fixed a bug when zipping open files
*
Spanish version added
* Fixed some small bugs
2005-05-16 Version 6.0 ALFA released. This is only a very primitive alfa version with lots of non functioning things
2005-05-15 Version 7 is Out
* Differential backups
* Now
you can backup FROM a FTP server
* You can even backup from FTP to FTP
* The
log file is now shown in real time
* SSL is now supported for FTP
* SQX
compression is added
* A better and faster ZIP method is now used (zip64)
2005-01-28 Version 6.1.1.264
* Now you can use the program as a scheduler.
Just add the source
*DUMMY_SOURCE
* using the "Add manually" button
* A new
memory manager is used now to solve the Out of memory issue when compressing
large archives
* A bug has been fixed with encryption and incremental
backup. Encrypted backup respect now the archive attribute.
2005-01-14
Version 6.1.1.260
* Now you can split your files to a custom size
* An
alternative french translation has been added
* English and swedish language
has been corrected.
* The values for the split size have been changed. No
problems fitting the media now, hopefully.
* The english help file has been
corrected.
2004-12-16 Version 6.1.0.254
* Now you can have BOTH "Exclude
files" AND "Include only" some files
* When zipping and uploading to an FTP
the counter of the files used to show the real number +1. Fixed.
* When
zipping several subtasks, the "root" of the zip will now be the parent
directory of the first item. If you are updating existing files you could
have duplicate items now because of this change. Delete your zip and make a
whole backup first to be sure.
* A bug has been fixed when using "including"
masks into a zip file.
* French language updated
* If the temporary
directory doesn't exists, the program will now attempt to create it
* A bug
has been fixed when sending the log to multiple recipients.
2004-12-08
Version 6.0.2.235
* You can now directly edit a source or destination line
by double clicking on it.
* A new hidden setting has been introduced. You
can now turn on/off the checking for the validity of the input in the source
or destination box.
* The setup program is now 100% written by me
* Fixed a
bug when dragging and dropping a folder in the Exclude dialog
* Before
uploading a file, the program checks once more if a time out occurred on the
server.
* A bug has been fixed with non classical incremental FTP backup. It
will now copy when the incremental flag is not set.
2004-12-01 Version
6.0.2.224
* The new unzipper can now be invoked from the Tools menu
* When
splitting zip files AND sending them to a FTP, the file names will now be
created correctly
* The unzip utility has been updated to handle the changes
on the archives file name.
* A possible problem when checking the validity
of the resulting file names has been fixed
* A bug has been fixed on the CRC
checking procedure.
* A bug caused by the 3rd part zipping components has
been fixed with a work around. File names that contained double extensions
got cropped when splitting archives
* Added a hidden option to eliminate
white spaces on dates in the file name. This is useful if your FTP server
does have problems with spaces
* Some 3rd part components have been
substituted by my own ones
* Slovak help file available as a download
* The
setup program now creates a shortcut to the unzipper
* Serbian language (latin)
has been added
* A new improved unzipper has been included. Now you can
select the files to unzip.
* Alternative Prortuguese (BR) language added
*
German ,Dutch and Czech languages updated
* Finish language added
* When
using the abomination "Individual zipped subtasks" the "Kepp x copies" will
have no effect now.
* Romanian language updated
2004-11-16 Version 6.0.2.209
* The user interface now shows the right size for large files > 4 GB
* The
user interface uses now the API message box function when possible.
* The
setup program doesn't use any 3d-part components anymore, the early crashes
were caused by the use of a bad 3rd part component
* The date/times values
are now independent of the regional settings. The list will be converted to
a new format
* Slovak language updated
* Portuguese (Brazil) language added
2004-11-11 Version 6.0.1.202
* Now you can right click to the tasks and
choose Disable to disable/enable dem. No need to open a task only for this
*
The installer's behavior has been modified a little
* The uninstaller will
now respect the extra plugins and languages installed after the setup
*
Fixed a bug when the engine would freeze in service mode while compressing
afile open exclusively be another application.
* Dutch language added
*
Czech language added
* Portuguese language added
* Nonsense language added
*
Swedish language added
* A plugin (CobLazy) was created. Available from the
website but NOT in the distro
2004-10-05 Version 6.0.0.194
* Exclusions list
logics has been rewritten
* If the log file was empty, an exception would
happen when displaying the log file. Fixed.
* The directory size now shows
th RIGHT size
* Romanian language added
* Fixed a bug with the DateTime
picker
* A totally new setup program was build
2004-10-01 Version 6.0.0.187
* VERSION 6.0 RELEASED
*
* It's all new. Period.
* Support for Zip64 for huge
zip files
* Zip files can be splitted now
* Strong encrypting procedures to
secure your backups. Uses Blowfish (128-bit), Rijndael (128-bit) or DES
(64-bit)
* The user can change the font of the user interface
* A plugin
architecture was developed and the "Decrypting" plugin was created
* The
interprocess communication is done using TCP/IP
* Remote control is now
posible using TCP/IP
* Backup one source to multiple destination
* Local and
FTP backup
* 3 methods of copying files for more reliability
* Everything is
coded from scratch
* Avanced users can modify almost every detail of the
backup process
2004-01-09 No new version
* Finish traslation added as a
separate download from my site
* Spanish help file added as a separate
download from my site
* Fixed dutch translation as a separate download from
my site
* Romanian translation added as a separate download from my site
*
Added danish translation as a separate download from my site
2003-09-23
Version 5.2.1.0
* Fixed an "Index out of bounds" error on the new Select
folder dialog
* A quick fix to eliminate the bug when compressing files with
accented characteres in the file name (a more complete fix for this problem
comes in future versions) 2003-09-11 Version 5.2.0.0
* Now you can store
files in the zip archive using the OEM codepage for compatibility with
WinZip and other programs
* Now you can select whole directories in the
exclusion list
* New hungarian translation included (full)
* Fixed a bug on
drag and drop in the properties dialog box
* A debug mode was introduced.
*
Fixed the error: ZipMsgXX.res is probably not linked to the executable
2003-09-06 Version 5.1.4.0
* Some more changes introduced into the Copy
procedure. Hopefully the "Invalid window handle" error will be gone now.
2003-08-23 Version 5.1.3.0
* Fixed a bug in the Copy procedure.
2003-08-23
Version 5.1.2.0
* The old zip method has been dropped and completly replaced
by the new one
* A new improved german translation is done
* Portuguese-pt
translation added
* Hungarian translation added (somewhat incomplete, but
usable)
2003-08-10 Version 5.1.1.0
* Encrypt procedure for the new zip
method fixed 2003-08-10 Version 5.1.0.0
* An alternative zip method has been
implemented using the INFOZIP libraries. Hopefully all zip and CRC problems
will be gone now. (Note that this is NOT the default compression method. You
need to select it from the options)
* German translation added
* Chech
language added.
2003-07-26 Version 5.0.3.0
* FTP transfers uses now the
inclusion/exclusion list
* All the elements on the interface use the default
charset
* Lithuanian translation included
2003-07-13 Version 5.0.2.0
* You
can now select multiple directories for the source file. An alternative
"standard" dialog is also included due to problems of the new dialog on
double-byte systems
* A new type of "dummy" source has been added(Pressing
Ctrl-Alt-D on the source edit box)
* Fixed an error in the converting
utility. When converting a list from version 4 to 5 an inclusion list was
converted as an exclusion
* I'm back using the old copy method and not using
streams anymore: too much problems
* Some changes has been made on the
english, swedish, french and italian translations
* Dutch translation added
2003-07-04 Version 5.0.1.0
* The select folder dialog was giving a lot of
problems on chinese and other double-byte systems, so I am back into the
standard select folder dialog.To select multiple directories you must now
use drag'n'drop from the explorer.
* Drag'n'drop is now supported directly
into the New backup window and not only into the main window.
* If the
source contains more than one item and you are compressing, the zip file
will now always store absolute paths.
* A bug in the installer has been
fixed when setting the autostart keys on the registry
* The program now
correctly re-writes read-only files
* The program copies now the file
attributes 2003-06-26 Version 5.0
* The backup engine has been rewrited from
scrach
* User interface has been partially re-designed
* A main menu has
been added for users without mouse
* The password for the user interface is
now cached in memory 1 minute
* Multi-language support
* The program no
longer hangs if the current list doesn't exists
* Support for backup to a
FTP server
* A backup item can now contain multiple files/directories
*
Incremental backups are now possible on zip files
* Fixed a bug when
selecting shortcuts
* Fixed a bug on the exclude/include dialog box
* Some
SMTP servers verifies by the sender e-mail {Normally the from address will
be the same of the destination e.mail but if the user writes an address as
the SenderName, use THIS as the SenderAddress}
* The copy procedure has been
COMPLETLY rewrited, using streams now
* The incremental procedure uses the
Archive bit now and not the timestamp of the file
* Now you can give the
backup items a name
* Help file converted to HTML format
* The backup list
is now executed in a sequencial way and not at the same time on different
threads
* On the Before-After backup events you can now enter pauses
* A new
kind of backup (manual) has been introduced
* A timer event will NOT start
now at time=0
* The select folder dialog allows multiselection now
* The
installation program uses now a modified version of Inno Setup
* An utility
to convert backup lists from version 3 and 4 to version 5 has been included
* An utility to translate thr ptogram has been included
* The setup utility
grants now privileges to logon as a service to the user if the program is
installed as a service
* A bug fixed with zipped files. When zipping a big
file (>700 Mb) the zip file would become corrupted sometimes. This has been
fixed.
2002-11-26 Version 4.1.9.0
* A bug fixed. The "store absolute paths"
option works OK now.
* The SMTP password is hidden now on the user
interface.
2002-11-15 Version 4.1.8.0
* The day "Wednesday" is now correctly
displayed on the grid.
* When one or more items on the grid where deleted,
the number of files and size were not updated. Fixed.
* The grid shows now
the number of files and the total size to backup, considering the
exclude/include list. 2002-11-06 Version 4.1.7.0
* When calculating the
total file sizes, the user interface doesn't lock now. The calculating code
runs in another thread now.
2002-11-05 Version 4.1.6.0
* On XP multiple
instances cannot be started now with "fast user switch".
* Hopefully a bug
has been fixed on the service-interface interprocess communication
* The
"Low priority" option for copy thread has been re-written
* The progress
bars indicate now when one big file is beeng zipped or copied by changing
the caption. This way the user gets the picture that something is going on.
2002-10-30 Version 4.1.5.0
* A REAL command line utility has now been
included (cobline.exe). If you want to do a manual backup from the command
line, use this program (cobline.exe) and NOT CobBU.exe. The arguments are
the name of the list to backup (using quotes if the name contains spaces)
and and optional /q to close the program when it executes. Example:
cobline.exe "c:\Cobian Backup\MainList.lst" /Q If you don't write a file
name, you will be prompted to enter one (don't use quotes this time, if you
are prompted by the program). This command line utility creates a separated
log file (logline.txt).
2002-10-28 Version 4.1.0.0
* Added a function to
"clone" backup items on the list. (right click on any item)
* Live update
writes now to the log file. A new version is logged as "error" to get your
attention
* Now it is possible to change the priority of the copying
threads. Sometimes when executing several backup threads, the performance of
the system will go down. If you don't mind a longer backup time, change the
priority to Low. The default value is Normal.
* The "Day of the Week" combo
box is now a drop down list.
2002-10-15 Version 4.0.0.0 A new major version
of Cobian backup if out.
* The program engine has been re-written from
scratch.
* Two new events has been added to every backup : a "Before backup"
event and an "After backup". These events are useful if you need to
automatically close some program before the backup and open it again after
the backup.Please, read the help file for more information about some
problems when using this feature as a service.
* Every backup item has now
it's own unique ID
* The program checks now if a file is in use by another
program BEFORE it tries to copy it. This way you will no longer get a
destination file with 0 bytes in it.
* You can now sort the items in the
list view by Name, Size, Source, Attributes, Kind or Destination.
* The
exclude/include list accepts now wildcards (ex:
*.doc, cob?.ex?, etc)
* The
log book's engine is much more robust now
* The inter-process communication
between the engine and the user interface works MUCH better now.
* Two
progress bars show now the status of the zipping and copying operations.
*
The program can now schedule Windows restart-shutdown events.
* Better
looking user interface
* An emergency "Abort backup" function added
(experimental)
* Multi-language support added for future translations.
2002-07-07 Version 3.9.2.0
* The "information window" has been substituted
by a new status bar.
* Help file updated 2002-07-07 Version 3.9.1.0
* All
the icons in the user interface has been replaced in favor of better looking
ones.
* The password for zip files and for the user interface are now two
separated options
* A bug has been fixed when selecting multiple files on a
new event
* The list view shows now only one field for the attributes: Zip,
Overwrite, Incremental and Include subdirectories.
* About box style changed
to a standard one
2002-06-27 Version 3.9.0.5
* The source code has been
cleaned up and optimized a bit more
* A new button added to create an empty
list
2002-06-26 Version 3.9.0.3
* A new option is available to store the
absolute path of the files in the zip
* Fixed an intermitent bug when
storing the coordinates of the user interface into the ini file
2002-06-26
Version 3.9.0.2
* Some optimizations done
* Ini file for the backup progress
window is now a separated file
* The total number of files and the total
size is now correctly calculated
* A new item ID has been introduced for
future use
* A bug has been fixed when adding multiple files at the same
time
* Some visual changes in the option dialog 2002-06-24 Version 3.9.9.1
*
A special way to handle eventual exceptions added to the user interface.
2002-06-19 Version 3.9.0.0
* A new fonster shows the status of all active
threads (everything that is going when backing up)
* The status bar shows
now the total size of the set and the total number of files to backup
* A
bug fixed (a Quit message was posted to the engine before the exit
confirmation)
* NO MAJOR UPDATES OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE DONE.
2002-06-19
Version 3.8.7.6
* Fixed an issue with incremental backups. Newer files could
be replaced by older ones. 2002-06-17 Version 3.8.7.5 released
* A new
button (Delete log file) added.
* Now you can set the time when the log file
will be mailed. You are no more restricted to 22:00. 2002-05-07 Version
3.8.7.0
* The user interface remerber now the last position and the columns
width
* Now you can manually backup separate items. There is no need to
manually backup all the items at once.
* The destination and source edit box
can be manually editet by double clicking.
2002-05-02 Version 3.8.6.6 Fixed
another problem with date conversions. Hopefully it works now on all systems
2002-04-29 Version 3.8.6.4 Fixed a problem when Windows uses the date format
DD-MMM-YYY (ex: 23-DEC-02). 2002-04-24 Version 3.8.6.3
* A bug fixed. When
the program tried to copy a file and failed a dialog box was shown. This is
now fixed.
* The installation program gives a warning if an old version is
found on your system
2002-04-24 Version 3.8.6.2 released
* Support for
Windows XP themes
* Uses standard Windows colors now (by request)
* Supports
drag'n'drop from Windows Explorer
* You can now select multiple files from
the "Open File" dialog box
* The program remember your last destination
folder
* The zip procedures support now OEM conversion (PKZIP compatible)
*
Installation program works MUCH better now.
* When running as an
application, the program supports parameters now. The parameters are: /backupnow
-backups the active list /nogui - don't show the user interface filename (no
/ is allowed. If the file name contains spaces, use ")-loads the list
filename Exemple: CobBU.exe "c:\cobian backup\mainlist.lst" /backupnow
2002-04-17 Version 3.8.5.1 released
* Incremental backup implemented
* Now
you can add a mask to exclude/include certain extensions
* I don't use
CopyFile anymore. I use SHFileOperation to backup files and directories.
2002-03-21 Version 3.7.0.1 released
* Live update added
* A bug fixed when
zipping files
* The zipping thread was nearly completly re-writted
* A new
enhanced ini file is created now for new features
* Double click bug fixed
in the list view
2002-03-19 Version 3.6.0.2 released
* Fixed a nasty bug
when backuping a root directory (ex j:\)
* A toolbutton to show the log file
added to the interface
* Borland Delphi 6 is shown in the about box now
* A
warning is shown when a backup is going on and the user click on Backup Now
* Log file information is much clear now
* Installation program logics
changed .
2002-02-03 Version 3.5.0.1 released
* Added an animated icon to
the tray interface, indicating when a backup is going on
* When trying to
quit the program and a backup is going on, a warning will be diplayed
2002-01-28 Version 3.0.0.25
* Fixed Access violation while running in
Windows Millenium.
* The timer thread could not be terminated while
sleeping. When the user try to run multiple instances, itbring the interface
to the front and doen't show the old message box "Application already
running".
* This file "history.txt" was added.
2002-01-18 Version 3.0.0.21
*
Button "Backup now" added. Fixed a access violation in Windows Millenium
with the SelectDirectory function.
* Fixed a bug in the installation program
when uninstalling the service
*
* 2002-01-06 Cobian Backup 3.0 released.
*
*
2001-09-12 CobBackUp 2.0.0.18 released. Some bugs fixed.
*
* 2001-08-14
CobBackup 2.0 released
*
* 2000-11-04 CobBackup 1.0 released