DataToolbar Release History

Build 2.1.6, Released 2012-02-02

Release Enhancements

  • This release fixes ocassional errors that happen when JavaScript code is invoked by the program

DataToolbar Release History

Build 2.1.4, Released 2012-01-10

Release Enhancements

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Improved handling of large HTML pages

Build 2.1.3 (Stable release), Released 2012-01-03

Release Enhancements

  • Bug fixes
  • Improved elements selection

Build 2.1.2 Beta, Released 2011-11-13

Release Enhancements and new features:

  • Standalone version of DataTool web data extraction software
  • Task scheduling
  • Data extraction from popup windows
  • Improved stability, speed and memory usage

 

Build 2.0.4, Released 2011-08-31

Bug fixes:

  • Opening Details page in a hidden window does not work correctly on some sites

 

Build 2.0.2, Released 2011-08-15

Bug fixes:

  • "Add More Data Rows" wipes out previous data

 

Build 2.0.1, Released 2011-08-11

Release Enhancements and new features:

  • Improved loading time that meets strict IE 9 requirements
  • 64-bit Internet Explorer support
  • Data fields reordering when editing data fields list
  • New navigation option for pages that use partial updates
  • New option to open Details page in a separate hidden window. The option eliminates "go back" navigation and a master list refresh

Build 1.7.4, Released 2011-07-22

Release Enhancements and new features:

  • Data extraction from INPUT and SELECT elements
  • Paging using page numbers when paging control does not have dedicated "Next element"
  • DataTool window is better integrated with Internet Explorer window. Minimising Explorer or switching to another program hides DataTool window
  • Selecting elements with right click does not trigger a context menu
  • New JavaScript extraction engine

Build 1.6.4, Released 2011-04-05

Bug fixes:

  • Navigation bugs introduced in version 1.6.3 that caused paging to fail on some web sites

Build 1.6.3, Released 2011-03-21

Release Enhancements:

  • This build fixes "Folder not found" error caused by a bug in .Net XML serialization
  • Internal data format changes from XML to JSON

Build 1.6.2, Released 2011-03-15

Highlights of new features include the following:

  • Advanced column editing and selection options
    • Easy navigation between child and parent HTML elements
    • Changing default capture type. For example, capturing an URL instead of a text
    • Viewing and selecting inner images of an element. That allows easy selection of an obstructed image
    • Filtering content using regular expressions
  • New web browsing modes that allow the wizard to run as a standalone program outside of the Internet Explorer

Release Enhancements

This release has a new improved crawling engine that is more stable and significantly faster than version 1.5.X


Build 1.5.5, Released 2010-12-21

Release Enhancements:

  • Bug fixes
  • Paging logic improvements

Build 1.5.3, Released 2010-12-14

Release Enhancements:

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Activation changes

Build 1.5.1, Released 2010-12-06

Release Enhancements:

  • New Product Price. Just $20
  • New Free Edition
  • Bug fixes and user interface improvements

Build 1.4.11, Released 2010-11-28

Release Enhancements:

  • Minor bug fixes and paging improvements

Build 1.4.10, Released 2010-11-23

Highlights of new features include the following:

  • Web scraping data tags and settings can be exported and imported from the Options screen.
  • Elements selection. An obstructing element on a web page can be hidden by ALT+Click. Useful when some images are shielded by other elements.
  • Support of social networks

Release Enhancements

  • This update changes scrapes persistence logic. Data tags are not erased anymore when the program cannot find them on the open page. All changes to the project are controlled by the user
  • This update improves crawling logic for projects with Details pages access eliminating unexpected stops
  • This update improves downloading performance for projects with Details pages
  • With this update Data Collection screen gets separate page counters for master and details pages
  • Fixed bug that affected toolbar button resizing
  • Improved memory management

Build 1.4.8, Released 2010-11-15

Highlights of new features include the following:

  • A new option to save original links associated with the text and images.
  • The Data Scraping wizard can be called from the Internet Explorer Tools menu when DataToolbar is disabled