What's New?

Java-specific improvements

• Cookie support is added; earlier losing authentication cookies could result in "The server returned a wrong size..." error. To set cookies use the Cookie property.

Java-specific improvements

• Now the minimum required version of JRE is 1.5.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the problem with download if files are added using the DownloadFileAdd() method and the FileList is not specified.

General Improvements

• File Downloader now supports non-Internet Explorer browsers, i.e. Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, and Safari for Mac OS.
• Background download mode is available now; use the ShowProgressDialog property to hide the Progress Dialog and download files in background.

Licensing

• Format of license keys has been changed.
• All updates will be available only as a part of a maintenance subscription; for full licensing conditions see the Licensing Information topic.
• Starting from version 7.0.1 you can obtain a trial license key using Request Evaluation Keys tool.

GUI Changes

• The Progress Dialog interface has been changed; see the File Downloader User Interface topic.
• Now you can make your own Progress Dialog; for more information see the Customizing Progress Bar topic.
• You can not customize the Download button anymore, although you can make an HTML button that initiates the download process; for more information see the Customizing Appearance topic.

API Changes

• The ButtonDownloadImageFormat, CacheGuiGraphics, and GuiGraphicsVersion properties are eliminated.
• The ProgressDialogDownloadingFileText, ProgressDialogToText, ProgressDialogTimeLeftText, and ProgressDialogRateText properties are eliminated.
• ... for the full list of API changes see the Upgrading from File Downloader 2.0 topic.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the problem with file list decoding.

Improvements

• Support of HTTP 1.1 chunked transfer encoding.

Improvements

• Support of Windows 7.
• Support of downloading via HTTPS.
• New 303 and 304 error codes were added to the Error event.
• Fixed the problem with download resuming.
• Now encoded URLs are processed properly.
• Now columns in the file list (displayed in the Download Confirmation Dialog) can be removed.
• Fixed the problem with displaying server name in the Download Confirmation Dialog.
• Now total file size is displayed correctly.
• Fixed the problem with File Downloader crash when a log file contains too long strings.
• Now strings from a log file can be copied correctly.

New Features

• Compatibility with Windows Vista (including Internet Explorer 7 Protected Mode).
• Support of automatic download recovery if connection was interrupted. The number of reconnection attempts and the time interval between them can be specified with ReconnectAttemptsCount and ReconnectTimeOut properties, respectively.
• Improved download mechanism.
• Improved GUI.
• The progress of downloading file list is shown by progress bar.
• Download process can be initiated in the script using the Download() method.
• Folder chosen in the Browse for folder dialog by default can be specified with the DefaultDestinationFolder property.
• ...a number of various minor improvements and performance optimizations.

Bug Fixes

• Problem with hang ups during downloads is solved.
• Limitation of the maximum number of file list items is significantly increased.
• Insufficient disk space error is handled correctly.
• Fixed memory leak problems.
• ...a number of various minor bug fixes.

Breaking Changes in API

• The BrowseForFolderDialogMessageText property is renamed to BrowseForFolderDialogText.
• The DownloadCompleteDialogMessageText property is renamed to DownloadCompleteDialogText.
• The DownloadConfirmationDialogMessageText property is renamed to DownloadConfirmationDialogText.
• The DoYouWantToOpenFolderMessage property is renamed to MessageOpenFolderText.
• The FileExistsDialogMessageText property is renamed to FileExistsDialogText.