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Newbie Web Automation 2.6 is the next major release of Newbie that adds a lot more functionality in automating the web browsing experience. New functions include a Newbie Script Wizard, ability to print web pages on the fly, interface with websites using Newbie Forms, inactivity timeout verification, SMS Text Messaging interface to extract and send web data to cell phones and most importantly integration with Newbie Task Manager to schedule script executions.
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Newbie Task Manager - What's New?

Version 1.83

  • Added new Action RunNewbie that executes Newbie Web Automate Scripts.
  • In the action Sleep, it is now possible to setup the time when the computer will be woken up. This option works for Hibernate mode too.
  • In the actions FtpSyncUpload and FtpSyncDownload, options were added for specifying log file names. Log entries contain full FTP commands history.
  • File system monitoring Event can now scan specified folder periodically and find any changes. Old file system monitoring mode still exists and scans specified folder for changes only after receiving special Windows messages. This mode does not work in some cases (with network folders, some removable drives, etc). New monitoring method works in such cases successfully.
  • In Hotkey event, it’s now possible to specify where the hotkey will be sent, including in another application, not only in xStarter. Also, it’s possible to specify an applications list where the hotkey will work.
  • New actions RARPack and RARUnPack. WinRar archiving is now supported.
  • New actions ExportInRegFile and ImportInRegistry.
  • New action to control computer audio device volume SetVolume.
  • New action EmptyRecycleBin.
  • Action's ShowMessage windows now will not be hidden under another windows.
  • In the action DialUp/Connect, new result parameters were added: ClientIP, ServerIP.
  • New function IP_ADDRESSES, returns all IP addresses of the local computer.
  • It’s now possible to disable each task log on the page Task Log.
  • Added new action GetDriveInfo. Also added actions to lock/unlock CD drives LockUnlock.
  • New actions for working with texts, TextLength and TextFormat.
  • New actions NumToDec and DecToNum, they allow to convert numbers between different numeric systems..
  • Fixed problem with second DialUp action in one task.
  • Fixed problems with xStarter working in Windows NT4.
  • Fixed bug with filenames formatting in the Backup action.
  • Fixed bug in DeleteOldBackups action.
  • Additional Tab of each Task now contains an option to stop running Task if it has already executed and has not finished executing.
  • New function RUNNINGTASKSCOUNT returns the number of running Tasks currently running.
  • New action WinAmpControl.
  • New action MathOperation.
  • New action TextReverse.
  • Added option to select printer in Action Print.
  • In all password fields, it's now possible to use Action parameters and functions.
  • Modified Actions Zip, Backup to allow archiving occupied by other process files.
  • New Action to turn monitor on and off: MonitorOn, MonitorOff.
  • New action that read and write to Windows registry: ReadRegistryValue, WriteRegistryValue.
  • New options in Action SendICQMessage to perform authorization.
  • Added new text functions that returns square brackets and braces.
  • In Action AskMessage, added option to close window by Timeout.
  • Action for macro playing has been renamed to PlayMacro.
  • New Action to convert texts WIN<->DOS: AnsiToOem, OemToAnsi.
  • TextLoop statement now works much faster.
  • Fixed errors in Actions Zip, Backup. Now folders are added in the archives with correct structure.
  • Fixed other minor bugs.

Version 1.81

  • Program was redesigned to fix problems with regards to showing the program icon in the system tray when launching in Service Mode as preferred by some users.
  • In the case of Terminal Services application, each user logged on will see the program on the System Tray but Tasks will run only in one instance. This will prevent Tasks from running multiple times for multiple users.
  • While program is running on a computer with Terminal Services installed and with a working terminal client connection, the xStarter icon appears on all user’s desktops. If you need to show icon for some users only (e.g. only for Administrators), this can be configured in the program under Preferences.
  • On a Task’s Additional Tab, a new option called “Run on Desktop of the current user” was added. This option specifies a task to be run with desktop interaction of the user whose Action launched this Task. (e.g. if a task was launched on event “Before user logoff” then with this option, it will execute all interactive actions on the desktop of the logged off user). Without this option, task will be executed on the desktop of first logged on user.
  • Action DialUp/Connect with successful connection, returns connection speed.
  • Added event to run tasks on windows deactivation.
  • It’s possible now to specify a Password in the program under Preferences. If a password is specified, it will prompt for the password when the program is called from the System Tray.
  • In the Actions Copy, Move, Synchronize, FtpSyncUpload, FtpSyncDownload, an option called “Include subfolders” was added.
  • In the action RunProcess, an option was added called “Wait until application exits” to wait for the process to finish before proceeding to the next Action to execution.
  • New actions MouseMove and MouseClick, allows for mouse cursor movements and clicks. This is located under the Macro Action.
  • New action ActiveWindowParams, returning parameters of current active window: caption, exe path, etc.
  • If on an action DialConnect that has a connection already established, Action will return Success=True.
  • In the action CheckMail, an option was added called “Convert charsets” to decode message content.
  • Added events that will allow running of tasks Before user logoff/computer shutdown, After Logon/Logoff.
  • Added event that will allow tasks to run on dialup connection/disconnection.
  • Added option to make screenshots in Grayscale format.
  • It’s possible now to specify the option to run the program on Windows Startup/Logon only for the user or for all users under Preferences.
  • Action ShowMessage can now show messages tool tips in the system tray. Additionally, it’s possible to specify timeout after which messages will be hidden automatically.
  • New action SortText allows sorting of text with different options
  • New actions ReadIniValue, WriteIniValue, allows writing and reading of parameters to/from Ini files.
  • New action SeialPortWriteEx with additional parameters to communicate with devices via RS232 port.
  • Actions SearchFiles and SearchFolders now return value Count – number of files or folders found.
  • Fixed problem with CheckMail action, text files in the attachment are now stored as files.
  • Fixed some other minor and major bugs

Version 1.72

  • Dutch language has been updated. 
  • New option to launch tasks by keywords. It's now possible to specify the task name on the commandline parameter. For example: "C:\Program Files\NewbieTM\Newbietm.exe" /run "Examples" 0 /TaskName "Start program"
  • Added option to search text with regular expressions in "greedy" mode.
  • New action WakeUpOnLan allows waking up a computer on the LAN, if they have such an option in their BIOS.
  • New action GetMACAdress return MAC address of computer in local network. Computers must have the active NetBIOS protocol in their network preferences.
  • New action MessageToTCPIPClient allows you to send messages back to computer-sender of message in the TCP/IP Listener. E.g. it's possible to send message back to the telnet session on another computer or in the PHP script on your website.
  • Event TCP/IP Listener now return RemoteIP and RemotePort. After analysis of the values it's possible to permit running of task or not.
  • Event TCP/IP Listener now has the option to listen to packets only on selected IP address of local computer.
  • Action list now can be extended via buttons in the list title. This option allows you to see all action parameters.
  • Action CheckMail now returns values MessFrom and MessTo.
  • Fixed error with enabling/disabling of task with TCP/IP Listener event.
  • Fixed error with variables having the same names.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

Version 1.71

  • Action SearchFolders now has the option "Don't search in subfolders".
  • It's now possible to specify mail Importance, Codepage, ReplyTo in the action SendMail.
  • New functions DayOfWeek and ISODayOfWeek.
  • Fixed error with showing global variables.
  • Fixed error with storing passwords.
  • Fixed other minor bugs.
Version 1.70
  • New action ReplaceText .
  • New actions UpperText and LowerText to convert text in uppercase and lowercase.
  • New actions ExitTask and ExitLoop.
  • Now it's possible to shift tasks inside sections using Drag and Drop operations.
  • A feature has been added to select what actions and statements will be launched in a task. A button on the toolbar called “Enable/disable actions selecting” is now available.
  • You can now use the Else in the If statement condition.
  • Action SynchronizeFolders now contain fields to specify included and excluded files in the synchronization process.
  • Each task now can contain description (Additional Tab) with simple html tags inside.
  • New action FtpCreateFolder .
  • Action FTPDelete now contains option to delete folders from FTP server.
  • Action LaunchedProcessCount can return number of executed processes by specifying the file mask. E.g. it's possible to know how many processes ran with file mask *.exe or win*.exe .
  • In the window “Parameter selection” it's possible now to select variables.
  • In the action CheckMail, it is now possible to select how to save email attachments when files already exist in the directory: overwrite existing, save with unique file name or don't save.
    Action SendMail can now send several files in the attachment. Files can be specified by files list (separated by semicolon) or by files mask (e.g. *.txt;*.doc).
  • Added new action to work with date and time: GetDateTime , GetDateTimeBetween . Using this action, it's possible to delete all files in a specified folder that are 2 weeks old (Deleting/Purging old files).
  • New action UnZip, support file types: zip, gzip, cab.
    In the actions Zip and Backup it's possible now to select compression level.
    Action Zip now supports relative and absolute paths.
  • It's possible now to setup internal task variable from the command line. For example, you can create a task that creates a shortcut on the desktop and in the Target field, add text at the end: - set myvar1="hello1" set var2="hello friend". If any action of this task will contain variable value {MYVAR1}, then this variable will be replaced by value from command line hello1.
  • NTM now has the option in the program Preferences to select the folder where to store sections with tasks and program log files.
  • An option has been added to check file corruption errors during FTP operations – option Check XCRC. This option is supported by a limited number of FTP servers.
  • An error has been fixed in the statement If . Now all comparisons are being processed in the types of compared variables.
  • Fixed error with action FtpSyncUpload, it was not previously coping files in binary mode.
  • Fixed other minor bugs.
Version 1.65
  • Added new actions:
  • SysLogMessage - now it's possible to send messages to SysLog server.
  • NTEventLogMessage action - this action allows you to write your own messages in the NT Event log.
  • MessageViaTCPIP - it is now possible to send some strings to TCP/IP host, e.g. an NTM installed on another network computer or to any other program that can process this data.
  • Now there are new events available by which tasks can be launched: TCP/IP socket listener. With this event it's now possible to run tasks then NTM receives commands or simple strings from another programs, devices, computers. For example: it's now possible to run tasks through commands from your website.
  • All FTP related actions are now added with "Passive mode" option for passive FTP connections.
  • FTPSyncDownload action now contain option "Copy only files created or modified during last N days". It can be useful for coping only recent files.
  • Synchronization action provides a powerful option to "Copy only recent files". It also allows to not copying files in the target folder if files are newer on the source folder. For example It can be used, for synchronizing desktop and laptop computers and not overwriting newer files on the destination location.
  • Also there is a new option to copy only new or modified files in third folder called as “Differences dir”. It can be useful for sending to your customers only modified or new files from the last sent.
  • New fields "CC" and "BCC" in the action SendEmail.
  • Previously NTM action WindowCommand could not close some application windows (e.g. Internet Explorer) due to a Microsoft Windows
    limitation. Now WindowCommand action has an added option to "Terminate application if unable to close window" to overcome this limitation.
  • It's now possible to terminate working task in the UI, to launch only one action from the actions list.
  • This new version now provides function to duplicate any action in the task (but not statement) and Drag&Drop function which can be used to copy action into another tasks.
  • Some bugs fixed.
Version 1.64
  • New actions FtpSyncDownload and FtpSyncUpload added. These actions allow synchronization between ftp and local folders.
  • It's possible now to create comments in tasks with action Comment.
  • New option Substring was added for extracting info from a specified text.
Version 1.63
  • Actions RunProcess, TerminateProcess, ProcessCount now contain option PID, that allows handling via process ID. It terminates the process in the future by this ID, not by process name.
  •  New return parameter ExitCode in action RunProcess. It's possible now to receive process execution status or Batch (.BAT) file working result.
  • New option added "Keep files created at last N days" in Action DeleteOldBackups. This retains the last N days of backup.
  • New Action ExcelMacro that allows execution of Microsoft Excel Macros. You only need to specify .xls filename and macro name.
  • In the Task Configuration window, when Log tab active and while execution of current task log is enabled, the screen will refresh in auto mode. It's possible not to refresh on-screen log using the F5 Key.
  • It's now possible to work with global and local variables. You can set variable value using Action SetVariable and use this value in another (or current) task via constructor {VarName}. For example, in task Task1 you create new variable
    SetVariable: MyVar1='abc'
    and in task Task2 use value of this variable:
    ShowMessage: 'Hello {MyVar1}'
  • Action FTPDelete has been added. Action FTPDownload now return Success=True only if file size on FTP Server is equal to file size of local downloaded file.
  • All FTP actions have been modified to allow you to connect and work with FTP Server thru a Firewall or Proxy Server. Also, an option has been added to allow connection to FTP server using encrypted SSL/TLS connection. For establishing such connection, you will need additional library OpenSSL:
    http://ftp.newbielabs.com/openssl-0.9.7f-win32.zip
  • Fixed bug related to all Complex Time Format. Preferences were discarded if task was disabled via menu in Windows tray. Also there was a problem with starting task in Sunday.
  • Fixed bug in action WindowCommand with option Close when window is not closed, but minimized.
  • Some bugs fixed.
Version 1.62
  • New actions for working with Clipboard have been added. It's now possible to use action CopyText for writing any text or internal variable value into the Clipboard. Action Paste has also been added for inserting clipboard contents into currently active window. Use TextFromClipboard action to extract clipboard contents.
  •  Action CheckMail now contain options for saving email attachments into specified folder.
  • Action LPR has been added for sending files to network printers.
  • Has been added actions for file's groups processing. With action FirstLastFile it's possible now to find first or last file in specified folder by file size, modification date/time, file name, etc. Action FileNames can be useful for extracting file name parts, for example, file folder, disk, short name, etc. Action SearchFolders can also be used for file processing.
  • The program have been improved to allow exporting/importing tasks and task logs. A function also exists to export full information about task options into HTML file.
  • Some modifications have been made in the file system trigger. It's now possible to specify task execution only when the size of new files have changed for some period of time. This modification can be useful for monitoring new files that were transferred to the current computer via the FTP protocol.
  • Some bugs fixed.
Version 1.61
  •  New actions for moving files have been added.
  • Action SendKey can not contain additional command for changing keyboard layout. So, it's possible now to send text in your own language.
    E.g. {LNG EN}Hello {LNG DE}Gruß
  • New trigger: SerialPort event. With this event it's possible now to launch NTM tasks by Serial port (RS-232) commands. Also in actions can be parsed readed from serial port string {ComEvent.String}.
  • Action SendMail now contain option for storing sended messages in EML or MSG files. This files can be opened then by different email programs.
  • Now NTM tasks logs are stored in separate log-files.
  • New languages available in NTM: French, Hungarian, Hebrew.
  • Some bugs fixed.
Version 1.60
  • New option: SearchFiles. With this action it's possible to search files in specified folder and exclude files from search results by masks.
  • New actions for playing audio files have been added, so you can now play WAV, MP3 files and also Windows system sounds.
  • Now you can directly use the results from SearchFile as input parameters for other actions. For example if SearchFile found the string "c:\log.txt;c:\also_log.txt”, this could be used to delete, backup etc all files within the search results string.
  • Some file and archive actions now contain the option to Exclude Files. For example, using the mask facility you can exclude "*.exe;*.txt". These files will be not processed by this action.
  • New action: FileProperties. This action checks the main properties of a specified file or folder. Can be used to perform file operations only with files what satisfy some conditions (e.g. if size of file more than 2Mb or file is read-only). If this action returns Success=False then the file will not be processed.
  • New action: HTML2Text. With this option it's possible to convert webpages or html files into plain text. It's possible now to create a Webpage trigger with this option, e.g. show a notification only when some webpage changes was founded. Or it's possible to track internet availability if Ping is not possible (e.g. beyond any Firewall).
  • New action: ScreenShot. It's possible to create screenshots of full screen or active window or screen region (by coordinates). Screenshots can be saved as BMP or JPG files. Action can be used, for example, by webmasters (for screenshotting and publishing of webpages) and system administrators (users can make screenshots with program errors by hotkey and send them to system administrator by email).
  • Some improvements to task configurator. Now actions can change their position via Drag&Drop operations. Main program windows now remember their state and position after closing.
  • Now with even more examples to guide you.
  • Some bugs fixed.