RELEASE HISTORY

Version 5.8.4 (April 2024)

Simplified management of display group request items.
Save execution data of multiple basic request tabs to external file.
New toolbar actions in create request body and build URL windows.
Plenty of minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 5.8.3 (February 2024)

Save complete basic request execution data to an external file.
Toggle active status for multiple project request items.
Tab menu improvements in basic request window.
Support for sample tabs in basic request window.
Other minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 5.8.2 (January 2024)

Redesigned window for creating request body.
Simplified removal of request item from display group.
Improved performance with displaying JSON data.
Plenty of minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 5.8.1 (November 2023)

Set selected text as parameter value in basic request and execution windows.
Include or exclude request headers and body lines in basic request window.
Improvements with updating existing project from OpenAPI data.
Other improvements and fixes.

Version 5.8 (October 2023)

Support for single-value project parameters in basic request window.
Improved window for managing parameter values during the execution.
Various UI improvements in basic request window.
New help topics on using project parameters.
Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

Version 5.7.5 (September 2023)

Support for separate request item list sort order for each project.
Additional application options to customize navigation tabs.
Additional application options to customize OpenAPI data handling.
Application option to select last active request item when opening projects.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

Version 5.7.4 (July 2023)

cURL support in basic request window.
Review existing project item data in the OpenAPI window.
Manage execution order of a single display group items.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

Version 5.7.3 (May 2023)

Update existing project items from OpenAPI data.
Additional OpenAPI customization options.
Execution order management improvements.
Plenty of minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 5.7.2 (April 2023)

Significantly updated online documentation.
Simplified authentication support.
Improved display and execution group management.
Additional execution options.
Other improvements and fixes.

Version 5.7.1 (March 2023)

Disable basic request tab for execution.
Improved project creation in basic request window.
Simplified UI for defining chaining items.
Plenty of minor UI changes and fixes.

Version 5.7 (February 2023)

Easier access to recent projects and execution files.
UI improvements in basic request window.
Enhanced OAuth support.
Ability to save project to disk with advanced options.
Application option to specify WebView2 working folder.
Additional application options for pretty viewers.
Many minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 5.6.2 (January 2023)

Add new request item to the specific display group.
Locate desired display group in the main window.
Support for renaming basic request tabs.
WebView2 used for rendering HTML content.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

Version 5.6.1 (December 2022)

Support for manually specifying authorization code or access token.
New look of request item list in the basic request window.
Improved execution of selected request items in the main window.
Other UI improvements and fixes.

Version 5.6 (November 2022)

Support for display groups in the main window.
Simplified procedure for adding request items to the execution group.
Ability to save project with the desired encoding.
Improvements to creating project from OpenAPI data.
Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

Version 5.5.4 (October 2022)

Switch to plain execution directly in the execution window.
Support for sample upload data.
Additional options to customize created cURL commands.
Many UI enhancements and fixes.

Version 5.5.3 (September 2022)

Application options to customize OpenAPI data handling.
Execute created cURL commands in a command prompt.
Additional options to customize created cURL commands.
UI improvements in build request body and parse OpenAPI windows.
Other minor UI and performance improvements.

Version 5.5.2 (August 2022)

Revamped window for creating project from OpenAPI data.
Enhanced global data management.
Improved window for creating curl commands.
Other UI improvements and fixes.

Version 5.5.1 (July 2022)

Additional options when creating cURL requests.
Improved application options management.
Enhanced functionality for excluding elements when uploading data.
Other minor fixes and improvements.

Version 5.5 (June 2022)

Create cURL requests from project request items.
Improved connection proxy management.
Set default project execution timeout value in application options.
Simplified access to sample project inside the application.
Improvements to command-line interface onboarding.
Other minor fixes and enhancements.

Version 5.4.2 (April 2022)

Significantly improved cookie management.
Major UI improvements of request item properties.
Open request item as basic request with multiple global URL values.

Version 5.4.1 (March 2022)

New command line parameters for customizing PDF execution reports.
Various improvements with managing execution groups.
Other minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 5.4 (February 2022)

Status bar with various execution data added to the execution window.
Runtime upgraded to .NET 4.8 with support for TLS 1.3.
Application option to ensure that current item is always visible during the execution.
Ability to open project request items in basic request window with context menu.
Simplified menus for execution options in the main window.
Various UI enhancements in execution and basic request windows.

Version 5.3 (January 2022)

Create new request items in basic request window from OpenAPI data.
Change request item active status from the main window context menu.
Basic request window layout improvements.
New application options and improved options window.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

Version 5.2 (November 2021)

Trial changes for Professional Edition (time limit removed).
Major performance improvements when generating PDF reports.
Ability to embed selected font in PDF report document.
Support for inserting global header value in basic request window.
Manage some execution options directly in the main window.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

Version 5.1 (September 2021)

New icon style for better display under different system themes.
Ability to validate response JSON data as an array or an object.
Support for creating PDF reports during command line execution.
Additional improvements to command line interface (plain execution and overwrite parameters).
Manage various execution options directly from the execution window.
Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

Version 5.0.2 (August 2021)

Support for customizing font colors in pretty viewers (options window).
Some menus and toolbars rearranged for a better user experience.
Icon improvements and other minor UI changes and fixes.

Version 5.0.1 (July 2021)

GUI improvements to fully respect selected operating system theme.
Request item excluded from execution displayed in disabled font color.
Other minor UI improvements.

Version 5.0 (June 2021)

New SVG icons for better high-DPI rendering.
Many user interface improvements for better experience on high DPI displays.
Ability to play sound when execution batch completes.
Improved procedure for creating new project in the basic request window.
Upgrade to Microsoft .NET 4.7.
Upgrade to the latest version of third-party components.
Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

Version 4.8.1 (March 2021)

Simplified request item opening in basic request window.
Easier management of global URL data in the main window.
Support for additional conversion functions.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

Version 4.8 (January 2021)

Apply conversion expression with multiple functions to parameter or chaining items.
Support for additional conversion functions.
Generate random parameter value from the list of values.
Support for random and increasing time parameters.
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 4.7.4 (November 2020)

URL builder for creating execution address in basic request window.
Open request items as basic request with the specific global URL in the main window.
Context sensitive double click in the main window list (execution order and execution count).
Other minor UI improvements and changes.

Version 4.7.3 (August 2020)

Ability to validate a custom logical validation expression.
New functions with parameters and chaining items.
Minor fixes and improvements.

Version 4.7.2 (August 2020)

Change timeout and delay in the execution window.
Create new global URL data for the specific environment in the execution window.
Support for additional parameter date formats.
Many UI enhancements and new version of OpenAPI.NET library.

Version 4.7.1 (June 2020)

Support for random parameters of type Guid.
New functions with parameters and chaining items.
Many UI enhancements, including new environment font and improved settings.
New version of OpenAPI.NET library.

Version 4.7 (May 2020)

Support for parameters that generate random values.
Obtain parameter data from file with JSONPath or XPATH expression.
Ability to save project file in compact form for smaller file size.
Improved JSONPath/XPath error handling during validation and chaining.
Updated UI for managing project parameters.
Various minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 4.6.2 (March 2020)

Ability to define default value for project chaining.
Application option to specify default content type for request data.
Open existing project file from disk in the welcome window.
Improved UI for application options & other minor improvements.

Version 4.6.1 (November 2019)

Separate button for inserting dynamic data in the corresponding field.
Select request items for PDF export inside the export window.
Execution start time added to execution results and execution report.
Other minor UI improvements.

Version 4.6 (October 2019)

Ability to insert global URL data value in selected field in basic request window.
Support for sorting request item list in basic request window.
Execute selected group directly in the manage execution groups window.
Include/exclude all parameters in query string builder.
Close selected tab with the middle mouse button.
New context menu in request item execution list.
Minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 4.5.1 (July 2019)

Select global URL and global query string directly in the execution window.
Support for query string builder with request item URL property.
Minor UI improvements and fixes.

Version 4.5 (June 2019)

Select and open desired recent project in welcome window.
Separate window for user-friendly query string building.
Menu options to quickly increase or decrease item execution order.
Improved request body viewer in execution window.
UI and performance improvements when parsing OpenAPI data.
Various minor UI improvements.

Version 4.4.1 (May 2019)

New version of OpenAPI.NET package included.
Separate button for switching word wrapping setting for multiline fields.
Improved access to some online help topics.
Various UI improvements and fixes.

Version 4.4 (April 2019)

Override automatically determined request item execution count by manually specifying execution count value.
Open corresponding online help topic from currently active window.
Reverse request item execution order when using multiple parameters with multiple values.
Support for indentation guide lines in pretty data viewers.
List of relevant request items displayed when creating new execution group from the main window.
Various UI and performance improvements.

Version 4.3 (February 2019)

Update existing HttpMaster project from OpenAPI data.
Support for version 3 when parsing OpenAPI data.
Support for YAML data format when parsing OpenAPI data.
Ability to use project parameter value in basic request window.
Use obtained authorization code or access token in basic request window.
New menus in action button to HTML encode/decode selected data.
Plenty of minor fixes and improvements.

Version 4.2 (October 2018)

Ability to create new execution group directly in the main window.
Option to add bookmarks when creating PDF report with execution data.
Support for adding custom report title and page footer when creating PDF report with execution data.
Exclude request header or request body data item in basic request window with comment (double slash).
New menus in action button to escape/unescape regular expression data.
Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

Version 4.1 (August 2018)

New menus in action button for inserting authorization code and access token variables.
Pick file or working directory with standard dialog when entering pre/post execution actions.
Change column visibility in request item list (main window).
Word wrap application setting now also applies to request headers, request cookies, and request body.
Ad-hoc word wrap switching supported in text field's action button.
Action button available with regular expression field in chaining definition.
Change width of request item list in basic request window.
Numerous minor usability improvements.

Version 4.0 (June 2018)

Support for obtaining authorization code and access token from external authentication providers.
Specify pre-execution and post-execution action for request item.
Improvements with request item status code validation.
Ability to stop execution batch on validation failure.
Application setting for auto-indenting text in request data field.
Additional execution options available in the main window.
HttpMaster now requires .NET 4.6 or later for improved user experience on high-dpi displays.
HttpMaster documentation available online.
Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

Version 3.9.6 (April 2018)

Set active global URL or active global query string in basic request window.
'Insert GUID' command supported with actions button.
Minor UI improvements and various fixes.

Version 3.9.5 (March 2018)

Improvements with entering request body (select pretty viewer, automatic indent, etc.).
Improved display of sent and received cookies in 'Cookies' tab.
Ability to rewrite received cookie domain when resending it.
Various UI improvements.

Version 3.9.4 (January 2018)

Ability to manage list of recent project files and recent execution data files.
Additional HTTP options supported in basic request window.
Action to quickly insert standard HTTP header in request headers field.
Various UI improvements.

Version 3.9.3 (December 2017)

Advanced options (match case, whole word, wrap around) available when searching execution data.
Ability to open request body data in a separate window for enhanced editing.
New action button in request item properties for quick access to execution actions.
Support for creating XML body from OpenAPI (Swagger) data.

Version 3.9.2 (November 2017)

Create new HttpMaster project by importing OpenAPI (Swagger) data.
Minor UI improvements.

Version 3.9.1 (September 2017)

Significantly improved input field for specifying request body.
Menu options for pretty formatting XML or JSON request body.
Support for relative Windows paths when uploading or reading disk files.
Ability to extract multiple parameter values with regular expression from disk file.
Various minor improvements and fixes.

Version 3.9 (July 2017)

HttpMaster is now dpi-aware application; user interface is automatically adapted for high DPI displays.
Revamped icons for better user experience and improved high DPI rendering.
Option to specify URL encoding behavior on each defined parameter/chaining.
Support for executing request items from the particular execution group in command line interface.
Various bug fixes and minor improvements.

Version 3.8.1 (June 2017)

Menu options to execute request items without storing execution data (pure execution).
Ability to select output content type (XML, JSON, etc.) when building request data for posting.
Change timeout value in basic request window.
Various UI and feature improvements.

Version 3.8 (April 2017)

Improved functionality for building request body for posting data.
Ability to specify initial value for parameters with manually provided value.
Option to stop execution if data for the chaining cannot be obtained or is empty.
Option to stop execution if validation of request item fails.
Duplicate selected execution group.
Ability to compact XML/JSON when exporting execution results.
Various fixes and minor improvements.

Version 3.7 (January 2017)

Support for conditional execution of request items in the execution group.
New parameter type that prompts user for the value before the execution.
Support for code folding (outlining) and line numbers in pretty data viewers.
New pretty viewer for displaying CSS data.
Simplified action to open additional request items inside basic request window.
Open all items from selected execution group in basic request window.
Ability to specify description for every project request item.

Version 3.6 (November 2016)

Introduction of new viewers for pretty response data display powered by ScintillaNET.
New pretty viewer for display of HTML response data.
Export execution results to XML or JSON file (also supported with command line interface).
Ability to apply function to generated or obtained parameter value.
Specify multiple values for global URL or query string for easier switching between these global values.
Improved application options window with couple of new settings.
Advanced request item properties now also available in Express Edition.

Version 3.5.1 (October 2016)

Advanced configuration of request headers now also available in Express Edition.
Display group membership info for particular request item.
Buttons to quickly add default success/error status codes to the selected project validation.
Various fixes and minor improvements.

Version 3.5 (September 2016)

New validation type to check for number of string occurrences in a response body.
Global chaining support; obtain chaining data only once and use it as a global value for all subsequent requests.
New parameter type to obtain string value from a disk file.
Simplified UI for project parameter management.
'Field actions' button now supports converting selected text with desired hash algorithm.
Change font size and type for request and response data display.
Change order of execution groups with drag and drop.
Hide particular column in the main window and ability to reset main window column sizes.
Menu option to select all items in the main window and execution window.
Building request body from an existing HTML contents now available in Express Edition.

Version 3.4 (June 2016)

Support for execution groups.
Ability to specify and store authentication credentials in project properties.
'Manage Execution Credentials' menu option available in the main application window.
Option 'Validate each value line separately' supported for all applicable text validation types.
Option 'Validate each line as regular expression' available for all validation types that support separate lines.
Full authentication support now available in Express edition.
Manage execution order with drag & drop now available in Express Edition.
Cookie improvements (correct handling of 'Cookie' header).

Version 3.3 (April 2016)

New validation type to validate response body with XPath or JSONPath expression.
New chaining type to extract value from the response body with XPath or JSONPath expression.
Ability to apply function to the obtained chaining value.
Support for any HTTP method (verb).
Improved status code validation type with the ability to specify custom status code.
Option to upload selected file as Base64 string.
Improved welcome window.
Search functionality now included in Express Edition.

Version 3.2 (February 2016)

Wizard for user-friendly construction of commands for command line interface.
Support for validations in basic request window.
Ability to use encrypted passwords in command line interface.
Advanced project request settings now available in Express Edition.
Toolbar and keyboard support in 'Manage execution order' window.
Menu option to reload project file from disk.
Application setting to display warning message if project from the previous HttpMaster version is opened.
Column widths in main window are now preserved between application restarts.
Ability to uninstall license key.

Version 3.1 (December 2015)

Display a list of request items that use particular parameter, validation, or chaining.
Menu option to display and reopen recently opened execution files (hmex files).
Ability to specify which received cookies should be sent with the next request.
Option to validate each row value separately for particular project validation.
Option to exclude particular request item when executing selected or all items.
Application setting to support international (non-ASCII) domain names.
Content type 'application/soap+xml' displayed with XML viewer by default.
Option to display and insert valid logical operators in validation expression.
'Copy URL' and 'Open in browser' actions from execution data toolbar now available in Express Edition.

Version 3.0 (September 2015)

Support for request chaining (use data from previous request with the next request).
Command line interface to automate HttpMaster project execution.
Save complete execution data to external file (hmex extension).
Open saved hmex files, including those created with command line interface.
Include/exclude request item from command line execution.
Support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 security protocols.
Menu option to apply changes to multiple project request items simultaneously.
Pause/resume execution of items now available in Express Edition.
Open only successful/failed item executions now available in Express Edition.
Toggle visibility of upper/lower pane in execution window now available in Express Edition.
'How to' section available in HttpMaster help.

Version 2.7.1 (July 2015)

Support for context menu in execution window with the most common actions available.
Project option to skip certificate validation.
Ability to open project item as basic request now available in Express Edition (main window support only).
Various minor UI fixes and improvements.

Version 2.7 (May 2015)

Support for upload type 'multipart form data'.
Ability to use parameters with request headers.
Option to switch to 'Text view' when entering validation expressions.
Ability to align execution order values with the current sort order.
Support for 'file' input type when building request body from HTML.
'Available actions' buttons now supported in Express Edition.
Support for 'Text Viewer' when viewing response data.
Application setting to specify disk location for temporary execution data.
Ability to reset saved sizes and positions for all application windows.

Version 2.6.1 (April 2015)

UI improvements and fixes regarding high DPI displays.

Version 2.6 (March 2015)

Option to specify fixed execution order index for each request item.
Authentication support in basic request window.
Ability to manage authentication data in execution window separately from the project authentication data settings.
Create PDF report with execution data in basic request window.
Create PDF report with execution data for single execution in execution window.
Toggle visibility of execution list pane and execution data pane in execution window.
Toggle visibility of request data pane and execution data pane in basic request window.
Option to send data in segments added to basic request window.
Project setting to specify time delay for the first request in execution batch.
Application setting to specify default execution order type.
Option to select non-default response data viewer now available in Express Edition.

Version 2.5 (December 2014)

Basic request feature for quick execution of simple internet requests now included in Express Edition.
Ability to validate response body with regular expression.
Option to specify time delay between two consecutive requests.
Introduction of 'Welcome window' for quick access to the most common HttpMaster actions.
Ability to open multiple request items as basic request.
New validation type 'Response body is valid XML'.
New validation type 'Response body is valid JSON'.
'Match case' option with 'Response header value' validation and 'Response URL value' validation.
Ability to close selected tab with double click.
Option to clear list of recent projects.

Version 2.4 (September 2014)

Significantly improved automatic building of request body from an existing HTML content - see 'Features' for more information.
Ability to export execution data to Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf).
Option to open particular request item as basic request.
Ability to simultaneously open execution data view of multiple executed items.
Improved drag and drop of request items in execution window.
Request data encoding information available in execution data view.
Correct handling of JPEG orientation metadata in response viewer.

Version 2.3 (June 2014)

Ability to specify proxy data, including authentication.
New validation type to validate response URL value.
Option to specify HTTP headers inside request item to override global project headers.
Support for HTTP protocol version and request encoding in basic internet request.
Ability to open completed execution as basic request.
New look of HTTP status code validation type and ability to reset HTTP status codes to default.
'Available actions' button next to the HTTP header field in basic request window.
Application setting to automatically word wrap text in execution window.
'Word wrap' menu option added to context menu available in execution window.
Double-click project file name in status bar to open its location in Windows Explorer.

Version 2.2 (February 2014)

Option to upload disk files in request item (includes parameter support and ability to browse file system for specific file).
Ability to specify which project HTTP headers should be included with particular request item.
Support for PATCH HTTP method.
Option to obtain HTML content from disk file when automatically creating request body.
New validation type to validate response HTTP header value.
Ability to upload disk files with basic request.
Ability to specify HTTP headers with basic request.
Setting to check for updates at application startup.
Comma-separated failed executions displayed in execution window ('Most recent error' column).
Several minor UX improvements.

Version 2.1 (November 2013)

Support for HTML 5 input types when automatically creating request body from existing HTML content.
Support for gif images in response viewer.
Ability to specify custom decimal symbol and custom digit grouping symbol with numeric parameters.
New validation type to validate response body size.
New validation type to validate request duration.
'Associated actions' button for various input fields.
Ability to clear previous search phrases in execution result toolbar.
Last used parameter automatically selected when project is opened.
Last used validation automatically selected when project is opened.
'Rename parameter' button.
'Rename validation' button.
'Rename request item' menu.
'Copy URL to Clipboard' menu.

Version 2.0 (September 2013)

Introduction of Professional Edition.
Advanced support for validation of response data.
Support for authenticated internet requests.
Ability to build request body from an existing HTML content and automatically create parameters.
URL encode/decode utility.
Project wizard for creating new projects.
Option to disable monitoring and storage of request/response data for faster execution.
Ability to pause and resume execution of request items.
Search for particular phrase in execution data.
View response body with a custom response viewer.
View only successful/failed executions in execution window.
Export response body to an external file and optionally open it with an associated application.
Execute request URL in default web browser.
Copy request URL to clipboard.
Include/exclude project headers for the particular request item.
Exclude particular request item from authentication.
Include response cookies received with the previous request with the current request.
Enable/disable URL encoding of parameter values for particular request item or use project setting value.
Duplicate selected request tab in basic request window.
Improved parameters toolbar in project properties (highlight unused parameters, delete unused parameters).
Number of successful/failed executions in execution window.
'Copy' and 'Select All' contextual menus in execution results.

Version 1.2 (July 2013)

Images (JPEG, PNG) supported in 'Response viewer'.
JSON supported in 'Response viewer'.
Additional encodings supported (us-ascii, GB2312, Shift-JIS).
Option to automatically open last opened project when HttpMaster starts (available in application settings).
Option to ignore timeout value with basic internet request.
Splitter location in execution window remembered while HttpMaster is opened.
Close context menu now also available on 'Request items' tab (ability to close other tabs).
Additional keyboard shortcuts (duplicate item, duplicate parameter, close project).

Version 1.1 (May 2013)

View response cookies with execution results.
Rename request item directly in the list of request items.
'Window' menu implemented in main window for faster switching between opened request items.
Reorder tabs (via drag and drop) in main window, execution window, and basic request window.
Change execution order of request items in execution window via drag and drop.
Time values included in columns 'Create date' and 'Change date' in the main window.
Recently selected project properties tab remembered while the project is opened.
Status bar displays disk location of the currently opened project.
When naming parameter it is no longer mandatory to start its name with 'dp' prefix.
Automatically connect new parameters with request item properties (search for parameter name inside request item properties).
Additional keyboard shortcuts (open request item with Enter key, 'Save Project As' menu option).
List of parameters in project properties is now sorted alphabetically.
Improved descriptions of URL type options (request item properties).
Relaxed validation of request item URL to enable more sophisticated use of parameters.
Sample project available (can be obtained via 'Download Sample Project' menu option or here).
'Send Feedback' menu option.

Version 1.0 (April 2013)

First release.