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Below is a history of Admin Script Editor releases, you are eligible for one year of free updates and may purchase additional years of upgrade eligibility. To see the latest version available to you click here. Need to purchase an additional year of eligibility? Click here. Having trouble downloading the latest? Click here for instructions or contact us and we'll be happy to help!

3.5.3052 - 5/9/2008

  • Misc. Script Formatter fixes
  • Changed behavior of Script Formatter so that text pasted into strings will not be formatted even if 'Adjust indentation on paste' is selected in options

3.5.3051 - 4/29/2008

  • FEATURE: PowerShell Debugging is here!
  • UPDATE:  There are now over 70 templates in Logon Script Builder (LSB) , primarily PowerShell and VBScript
  • UPDATE: Script Deploy now supports the targeting of fully qualified domain names (FQDNs)
  • UPDATE: Modified all ASE standard icons with more colors and increased level of contrast with background
  • FIX: 'Save All' option was broken in the initial 3.2 release and would only save the top-most script in certain situations
  • FIX: A (rare) exception could be thrown by the COM Browser on startup if there were corrupted or invalid COM registrations on the system
  • FIX: AutoIt WMI templates could fail if 'Declare object root' was deselected
  • FIX: Made numerous updates to the Script Formatter
  • Updated Script Formatter rule dialog so that you can selectively disable certain rules from being run (via three-way checkboxes)
  • FIX: Script Deploy runtime was updated to correct a versioning issue
  • BUG: In a specific case, auto-include interpreter might be checked but fail to include the interpreter in the ScriptPackager
  • Added a quick launch directly to the ASE feedback form from both the Help menu and the About Box (via the technical support button)
  • Fixed a couple issues with task list(s) in HTML and Batch languages
  • Added a super convenient 'Buy ASE' menu item to the menu bar (if in trial mode)
  • BUG: An exception would be thrown when accessing JScript keyword help from inside an HTML/HTA document
  • Added version information for Script Forms Designer, Script Deploy, and Logon Script Builder in the main ASE 'About' dialog

3.2.2908 - 12/19/2007

  • Added option to change the background color of the main script document window
  • Recoded the tasks functionality to be more robust
  • Added title to ASE quick launch icon in system tray
  • Fixed a number of issues with the Script Formatter formatting code incorrectly
  • SFD: MSDN help is available via F1 for Native PowerShell forms
  • SFD: Various widget and code output fixes
  • FIX: Selecting Del key in arguments toolbar field would delete text from the active script window
  • FIX: Exception would be thrown when setting 'Reload script sessions' to true in options, launching ASE, not changing any tabs, then adding files to the packager
  • FIX: Mouse scrolling might not work with high-res mice ('detent-less' mice)

3.2.2853 - 10/24/2007

  • NEW: Comprehensive code formatting tool (accessible from Tools -> Code Formatter...)
  • Added script code signing support for both WSH and PowerShell script types (Video is available and features can be configured from Tools -> Options -> Script -> Security)
  • Fixed two SFD bugs involving the ListView control
  • Modified output of native WinForms PowerShell code in SFD for better encapsulation
  • If the ASE site is down the offline version of the start page will be displayed instead of an error
  • FIX: Adding a custom tool and selecting that tool while still in edit mode could cause an exception
  • Fixed an issue where 'Edit with ASE' context menu could intermittently fail on some systems
  • Fixed a bug introduced in the previous version where hitting the up/down arrow could cause the cursor to jump over an empty line
  • Misc. icon fixes
  • Output window changed to use a fixed-pitch font (Courier New) so that item lists will line up properly
  • ScriptCompare updates:
    • Headers over each file with the file name so you won't confuse which file is which
    • 'Copy to clipboard' context menu option. You can now Shift+Click (or Ctrl+Click) to select multiple lines.
    • F3 option is added to move to the next change

3.1.2791 - 8/30/07

  • Script Form Designer: Added native WinForms PowerShell support! 
  • Script Form Designer: Various property and method fixes
  • Script Form Designer: Properties for a single object could sometimes be inserted in incorrect locations when modifying an existing SFD script
  • Script Form Designer: Added option so that default script type (COM or .NET) can now be set instead of being hard-coded
  • Script Form Designer: Script Form Designer region block now fully collapsed after insertion
  • Added navigation bar to web pages in ASE (from custom links or help menu, etc.)
  • Added support for ADM/ADMX files
  • FIX: Error would pop up if using 'Save As...' and selecting an already open file
  • FIX: 'Create Region Block' context menu was adding incorrect text for some script types
  • FIX: ScriptTip current argument (bolded) could fail on methods with many arguments
  • Improved handling of invalid filename being specified in ScriptBit Manager
  • WMI wizard is now functional in HTML and HTA scripts (only in the script sections)
  • FIX: Line modification mark ranges could become corrupt in a certain scenario
  • FIX: Typing at the end of the line in word wrap mode could sometimes inappropriately scroll the text horizontally
  • FIX: In a certain scenario line wrapping would occur at the 4th column whether column widths were enforced or not
  • Updated drag/drop so that when the mouse is dragging text and is near the edge of the script window, it will scroll
  • Updated the Find and Replace so that they reselect the original selected text when 'Search in Selection' is used and the search passes the start offset
  • FIX: Making a document modification that would expand a collapsed node might not update the vertical scrollbar maximum correctly
  • Updated Replace All so that the selected text is reselected when 'Search in Selection' is used
  • FIX: When Whitespace line terminators were visible, a line end glyph was being drawn at the end of the document
  • Changed auto-hidden tool windows so that when a drag operation occurs over a tab, it does not slide open
  • Dragged toolbars will be forced on top of other undocked dockable toolbars
  • Fixed a couple toolbar default icons
  • Changed 'Additional Files' window to include horizontal scrollbar and tooltip text
  • Updated code to better handle single-instancing on Windows Vista
  • Added 'Remove all type libraries' option in the COM Browser context menu

3.0.2725 - 6/20/2007

  • PowerShell support for Script Form Designer (SFD) is here!
  • Imagelist now functional in SFD
  • Internal function ScriptTip would display during function creation
  • If specified ScriptBit folder contains no other folders then default language folders are created automatically when ScriptBit Manager is launched
  • ScriptBits Toolwindow and ScriptBit insertion hotkeys are now updated immediately after changing the ScriptBit path in options
  • QuickLaunch now loads previous session's scripts if the option is enabled
  • Modified packager defaults for PowerShell and Batch
  • Modified PowerShell default to fix an issue with Vista script execution

3.0.2719 - 6/13/2007

  • FIX: AutoIt scripts wouldn't properly render in ASE under a specific condition
  • Added 'Trim trailing whitespace' option to the Edit -> Advanced menu
  • Various LogonScriptBuilder (LSB) fixes
  • Script Packager: added support for auto-registration
  • Context menu added to output text windows
  • FIX: ADSI and XML wizards did not dim the looping 'i' variable which caused script errors if 'option explicit' was specified
  • FIX: Language options 'Redirect Output' and 'Execute via Shell' could sometimes both be enabled
  • Updated the language option panel behavior
  • Enabled COM Browser search functionality
  • FIX: ScriptBits would not always properly display in multi-language script types (HTML, WSF, etc.)
  • FIX: ScriptSense in WSF files broken due to language transition error
  • Scripts can no longer be closed if a debugger session is active
  • If there is no text selected, 'Quick Find' will find the previously searched text
  • FIX: On Vista, an activation prompt could appear after each launch even if you had already activated

3.0.2695 - 5/19/2007

  • FIX: Active Debugger not working on certain systems
  • FIX: File association issue where uninstalling ASE could result in orphaned associations
  • FIX: Uninstaller could produce errors/unintended results when ASE was running during uninstallation
  • FIX: Batch file configuration now set properly by default. (If you had installed 3.0.2693 you can fix this by adding /c to the parameters for Batch language in the options dialog or downloading the fix from the website)

3.0.2693 - 5/17/2007 (Initial 3.0 release)

  • Database Wizard - Creates script code for reading, updating and inserting records into any ODBC data source
  • ADSI Wizard - Creates script code for reading/modifying an Active Directory (AD) store
  • Script Forms Designer - Create advanced Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) from a script (You've got to try this one!)
  • Logon Script Builder - Drag/drop method of creating logon scripts with no coding
  • Script Deploy - Deploy your scripts throughout your enterprise
  • Script Compare - Shows differences between any two scripts (or any two files)
  • New ScriptBit implementation that allows multiple fields to be updated in the script itself
  • Ridiculous Level of Interface Customization (RLIC)
  • Integrated Active Debugger for VBScript
  • Many ScriptPackager enhancements, including auto-registration of COM and .NET dlls and auto-inclusion of interpreter
  • Tabbed Output window
  • New start page containing scripting information, recent files and account information
  • Added more support for 'production' scripts with change log and timestamp backups
  • Syntax checking: unclosed string detection
  • Smart tags for ProgIDs and strings containing file paths
  • Significant PowerShell support - All wizards and code generators support PowerShell
  • Event Messages DLL added so that messages written by ASE and/or the ASE Packager are easier to understand

 

 

 

 

 


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