CHARON on Windows - Charon Log Monitor - Release Notes

Version: 1.6 - Published: 18 Jan 2023 

18-Jan-23 V1.6

• Copyright update
• Check for Charon version updated (post vs pre-4.8)

14-Nov-22 V1.5

• GUI: added 'show password' button in email settings tab (mouse click and hold to view it)
• SVC: added a mechanism to avoid sending alert if the last error is the same as the previous one for HASP error.log file
• GUI: added selection of favorite log file viewer (right-click menu): Charon Log File Viewer (default), notepad++ (if installed) or Windows Notepad

18-Oct-22 V1.4

• GUI: changed status from 'Dead' to 'Inactive' and previous 'Inactive' to 'Service not running'
• SVC: in case a child monitoring process falls in Failed status, it is automatically restarted (process killed for example)
• SVC: at start, service recovery options are checked and forced to auto-restart in case of failure
• GUI: added progress bar during service removal operation
• GUI: service log file continuous view is limited to the latest 120 lines. To view full log file, click the 'Open log file' button
• SVC: custom script output is sent to the service log file
• GUI: added a popup when testing custom script to tell users to check the service log file for results
• Added option to monitor HASP error log file (must be enabled from the Sentinel Admin Control Center)
• GUI: settings splitted in 2 tabpages for ease of reading
• GUI: added option to enable/disable Charon Virtual Machine Manager at logon via right-click. For Windows 10 & 11, only disable is possible (to clean StartUp folder), enable has no effect
• GUI: mnemonic keys added to left blue buttons (press ALT to see then ALT+button to execute)
• SVC: alert emails now contain the Charon product name (emulator) and version
• GUI: removed gmail preset for email settings, kept only Office
• GUI: if CharonLogViewer.exe is installed, it is used to open Charon virtual machines log files
• GUI: when configuring email settings for the 1st time, if 'Charon License Expiration check' utility email is configured, user is prompted to copy settings
• SVC: forced TLS1.2 if used to solve some problems when sending email (seen on Windows 2012R2 and 2016)
• GUI: adding Stromasys support email addresses in the email recipients list is not allowed

17-Jun-22 V1.3

• SVC: added loop/sleep to check service stop request more often
• SVC: forced to be single instance only (in the installer)
• Installer will now install and start the service, solving a problem during upgrades
• GUI: virtual machine log details and counters are no more shown if the log file is not monitored
• GUI: minor display bugs corrected

14-Jun-22 V1.2

• GUI: check added before starting a virtual machine to ensure the emulator executable file is present
• SVC: added counter for information alert too in case they need to be suspended
• GUI: added 'information' alerts state if suspended
• GUI: solved a bug when re-enabling suspended alerts: counters were not reset for the virtual machine so one new message was suspending alerts

24-May-22 V1.1

• GUI: bug solved: log overwrite mode alert was not always displayed

• GUI: typo in tooltip for the 'Ignore Hardware specifications warning' option

• SVC: added check on emulator .exe file existence in case an antivirus software decided to put it in quarantine

02-May-22 V1.0

• First release