Version	Date
4.1.1	2010-06-04
4.1	2010-04-27
4.0.4	2010-02-22
4.0.3	2010-01-22
4.0.2	2009-09-02
4.0.1	2009-08-19
4.0	2009-06-03 W P
3.5.3	2008-04-04
3.5.2	2008-01-24
3.5.1	2008-01-09
3.5	2007-11-27 W
3.4.4	2006-10-03
3.4.3	2006-08-12
3.4.2	2006-06-05
3.4.1	2006-05-25
3.3.1	2005-07-09
3.3	2005-06-28

PureLoad 4.0 - Change Log

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PureLoad 4.0 includes new features as well as minor improvements and bug fixes.

New Features

Server Monitoring

This is the first PureLoad release with support for server monitoring. The monitoring support is based on an agent-less solution using secure shell (SSH) targeting UNIX systems.

Features include:

Standard resources to monitor CPU, Memory etc. on UNIX servers
Scriptable resources, using scripting and standard OS commands
Monitoring results reported using table format or line graphs

Memory Management

Reported information compacted, when running test for a long time. I.e console will not run out of memory for longer tests (many hours or days)
Huge improvements in memory usage for large scenarios, both in console and on the worker side

Failed Tasks

View over failed tasks improved (now includes both table view and graphical chart)
Failed information can now be exported, both separately and using "Export All" wizard
Failed information now included in comparer data

Comparer Tool

Support to show exported failed information
Includes support for exported monitor results
Improved memory usage, when loading large result sets

Tasks

All tasks can be controlled to not report any results
HtmlXPathExtractTask: new task to support extract using XPath for HTML results
New task: VerifyTask that supports more advanced conditions
New Tasks: IPPool Tasks that allow using pools of IP addresses

Minor Improvements

Result trees preserves state during updates
When using persistent data, less disk space is used. A lot less disk space required if "show thread information" is deselected
Custom tasks in extensions directory always loaded by default
All graphical views now use the same start time
Improved support for Mac Look and Feel on Mac OS X
Counter Data Source, now supports formatted output
View distribution for multiple scenarios
Made it easier to add sequences, using the Task chooser dialog
Time stamps added to debug window messages
Console: Calculation of tasks/sec and transaktion/sek in time slot info. now based on poll intervall
Manager: Manager displays message each time naming can't be contacted
Console: Add confirmation indicating that "Report worker threads" enabled when starting execution
New SSH tasks to support SCP and exec

Bugs fixed

Console: fixed issue where GUI locked (for a long time) when communcation with worker manager failed
Console: Exceptions when selecting "Time slot graph" and no data (yet) available
Console: Progress bar shows 0% (after a while) during a long test execution (more than 24 hours)
Console: large failed task result information truncated
Console: Copy-paste bug, when sequences of tasks, including task nodes, selected
Http Tasks: Pre-emptive digest auth. doesn't work
Naming Server: setting "remote.host" to handle server behind NAT doesn't always work
Persistent storage: we need to be able to control where persistent files are saved
Worker Manager: error adding worker, when execution already running (if persistence used)
Console: File Export menu items only enabled in Results view
Console: "Open Recent" File menu item disabled, even if execution stopped
Console: Worker tree in result summary view not always updated
Console: Tool properties not always applied
Recorder: HTTP Recorder does not record User Agent
XmlXPathExtractTask: Returned value for list of nodes inpossible to parse
Console: Strange Sort order when exporting to excel
MailSendTask: Attachments using paths to a file doesn't work
Console: error when exporting more than 255 columns to Excel
Console: Export-comparer data should be default in export wizard