Instant ASP Enhancements and Fixes

This document contains a list of fixes and enhancements made to Instant ASP since version 1.0.5.


Fixes and enhancements for 2.1.01

  1. iASP full supports Apache2.0.
  2. The NextRecordset method has been fixed.

Fixes and enhancements for 2.1

  1. The VBScript and JScript pre-compiler's performance has been improved greatly.
  2. The Session.Abondon and Session.OnEnd methods are completely support now.
  3. The Server.Transfer and Server.Execute mothods have been fixed.
  4. The Request.TotalBytesRead method now works as expected.
  5. Fixed some bugs about Internationalization issues.
  6. Issues about File Access Object have been fixed.(e.g. DriveLetter,DBCompareMode,ParentFolder...)
  7. Issues about the Command Object of ADO have been fixed.(e.g Type,CreateParameter Execute...)
  8. Issues about the Connection Object of ADO have been fixed.(e.g Transaction,Execute...)
  9. Issues about the Recordset Object of ADO have been fixed.
  10. Issues about the Field Object of ADO have been fixed.
  11. DB connection pooling connections are now getting reused from pool.
  12. iASPNNTP can now handle errors correctly.
  13. Issues with Cdonts Session Object have been fixed.

Fixes and enhancements for 2.0

  1. Documentation has been extensively reformatted and edited.
  2. The Instant ASP pre-compiler is now included by default.
  3. The Instant ASP Custom Components are included by default.
  4. The EJB/CORBA connectors are included by default.
  5. The Fast ADO connectors are included by default.
  6. iASP now fully support the Tomcat servlet interface as well as BEA Weblogic 6.0.
  7. Tenon Intersystems iTools is fully supported on MacOS X. For more details on iTools, please see http://www.tenon.com.
  8. Escape functions in VBScript are now properly supported.
  9. The Request.Binaryread method is now fully supported.
  10. Issues with the byte data functions, such as MidB, LeftB, and RightB have been fixed.
  11. Cookie expiration dates now work as expected.
  12. General ADO connector timestamp field issues have been fixed.
  13. Fast ADO connectors have been enhanced.
  14. iASP_Upload now handles uploading BLOB data to a database correctly.
  15. The TargetFrame property of the AdRotater component now works as expected.
  16. The RequestObject' QueryString collection now works as expected.
  17. The TextStream object's ReadLine method now works as expected.
  18. Local class variables are now released properly.
  19. Class module array fields now work as expected.
  20. A variety of pre-compiler issues have been fixed.
  21. @Transaction is now supported
  22. The <%@ language=XXX lcid=12312 %> syntax is now supported
  23. CDO NewMail now supports authorization
  24. The Connector Wizard has been updated to support the latest versions of Apache
  25. Include files prepended with "../" now work as expected.
  26. A variety of JScript and VBScript interpreter issues have been fixed.
  27. Several Regular Expression issues have been fixed.

Fixes and enhancements for 1.0.9

  1. Execute and ExecuteGlobal issues have been fixed.
  2. ChrB and AscB issues have been fixed.
  3. Issues with the Connector wizard issue on Novell have been addressed.
  4. Compatibility issues with the Sambar web server have been addressed.
  5. Full support for load-balancing has been added to the Enterprise Edition.
  6. Support for the iPlanet web server has been added to the connector wizard.
  7. Fixed a connector wizard issue when configuring for Apache Jserv.
  8. Server variables now function as expected when using Apache Jserv.
  9. Cookies now function as expected when using Apache Jserv.
  10. The Enterprise Edition pre-compiler now fully supports Apache Jserv.
  11. Support added for Apache 1.3.11 and Apache 1.3.12 on FreeBSD.
  12. Fixed a variety of minor issues with regular expressions, Error Collections and other elements.

Fixes and enhancements for 1.0.8

  1. The overall performance of iASP has been increased approximately 5 percent.
  2. iASP is completely compatible with JDK 1.3.
  3. Support added for the Microsoft XML Document Object Model.
  4. An ODBC.INI interface, similar to the ODBC manager, enables a DSN to be registered on any platform.
  5. Resolved some lingering Xitami compatibility issues.
  6. Resolved some VBScript class module issues.
  7. The VBScript line connector symbol now works correctly.
  8. Compatibility issues with Cobalt Qube2 resolved.
  9. Filter property support has been added to all ADO connectors.
  10. Resolved issues with the RegExp object.
  11. Resolved miscellaneous JScript operator issues.
  12. Pre-compiler command option issues addressed.
  13. Full VBScript and JScript syntax support is available from JavaBeans
  14. Integrated RJAX ADODB into iASP, so that users can use RJAX ADODB to connect MS Access/MS SQL Server from any platform without any code changes. (available only with R-JAX 2.0 or higher)

Fixes and enhancements for 1.0.7

The following fixes and enhancements have been made to iASP in version 1.0.7:

  1. Fixed a bug that prevented correct substitution of spaces in URLs with %2C.
  2. Support for stored procedures added.
  3. JScript functions can now write out included HTML correctly.
  4. Pages generated with DrumBeat were generating errors, seemingly at random. That behavior has been fixed.
  5. Full support for the iASP pre-compiler
  6. The performance of the For loop statement has improved.
  7. Full EJB/CORBA connector support in both interpreter and pre-compiler.
  8. Additional ASP 3.0 features are now supported in both the pre-compiler and the interpreter.
  9. 9.Special path/file name characters such as ' ','~', '-' are now supported by the pre-compiler.
  10. The JScript interpreter's performance has been improved.
  11. A problem with the iASP_Exec component timing out has been fixed.
  12. iASP will now shutdown correctly when paired with the Xitami web server .
  13. Fixed a bug in response.write on the S/390.
  14. Fixed a sendmail problem with the STMPsvg.Mailer component.
  15. Two additional OS/web server combinations are now supported: BSDI/Apache and Sparc Linux/Apache

Fixes and enhancements for 1.0.6

1.0.6 was only a minor maintenance release that fixed the packaging of the iASP components in the 1.0.5 release.


Fixes and enhancements for 1.0.5

This update provides new ADO fast connectors for the following databases and database servers: Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, MySQL, and Cloudscape. These ADO fast connectors are iASP add-on features that can be purchased from Halcyon Software upon request. For more information, please contact sales@halcyonsoft.com.

Remote Console Applet (formerly Server Manager Applet) has been greatly enhanced with support for applications, advanced security, as well as license information and management.

The following issues have been addressed with this release:

  1. Pre-Compiler support for the JSDK 2.0.
  2. Pre-Compiler support for Apache JServ
  3. Pre-Compiler support for VBScript 5.0
  4. Pre-Compiler support for JScript 5.0
  5. Support for IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 2.0 and 3.0 for NT4.0.
  6. ASP files can now be converted to Java using the asp2java command
  7. iASP application setting with command line support
  8. iASP JServ auto-configuration support.
  9. Support for the IBM Document Object Model (DOM)
  10. Apache 1.3.11 and 1.3.12 support.
  11. Minor cookie issue fixed
  12. Added support for the AUTH_PASSWORD, AUTH_TYPE, AUTH_USER server variables
  13. Fixed MySql executeQuery problem
  14. 5 percent performance improvement
  15. Fixed a DB2 stored procedure call problem.
  16. Fixed the Postgres BOOL problem.

In addition to above lists, a large number of issues were resolved in all areas especially with the VBScript and JScript functions and ADO features.


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