Version History

Tcl Windows API extension version history

DESCRIPTION

Summarizes the list of changes for each version of TWAPI.

Version 3.0 Beta

• Note the list of IMCOMPATIBLE CHANGES at the end of this section.
• Added support for 64-bit versions of Windows.
• Added support for loading into multiple interpreters and multithreading.
• Added single-file DLL distribution that replaces the Tclkit format distribution.
• Added support for named pipe channels and impersonate_namedpipe_client.
• COM support has been reworked and enhanced to include script level access to interfaces and type libraries.
• Added synchronization commands.
• Added shell_execute.
• Added command for manipulating Windows resources.
• Added UAC related commands get_process_elevation, get_process_integrity and, set_process_integrity and, virtualized_process, set_process_virtualization, get_token_elevation, get_token_integrity and set_token_integrity, get_token_integrity_policy and set_token_integrity_policy, get_token_virtualization and, set_token_virtualization, get_token_linked_token.
• Added options -virtualized, -integrity and -elevation to get_process_info.
• Enhanced enumeration of users and groups to support incremental mode of retrieval and to optionally include more account detail.
• Enhanced get_shares and get_client_shares to optionally return additional details.
• Added wow64_process.
• Added get_pid_from_handle.
• get_os_info enhanced to support newer operating systems and configurations.
• Added eventlog_monitor_start for asynchronous notification of event log modifications. Enhanced formatting of event log messages to automatically retrieve parameter message file references.
• Added flash_window.
• Added SDDL support through security_descriptor_to_sddl and sddl_to_security_descriptor.
• Added new_restricted_dacl.
• Added process_in_administrators.
• Added -hprocess and -hthread options to get_process_token and get_thread_token respectively.
• Added the -attributes option to get_global_group_info.
• Added -append option to register_hotkey to allow multiple scripts to register for the same hotkey.
• Renamed try to trap and aliased it to prevent conflicts with Tcl 8.6 try.
• Added debuglog command to log debug and trace messages.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE Removed the commands lock_scm_db, unlock_scm_db and query_scm_db_lock_status as they have no effect on Vista and later systems and were rarely used on older machines as well.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE The format of the data returned by commands that return the status of Windows services has changed.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE Removed the command get_mapped_share_info which was deprecated in favor of get_client_share_info in previous releases.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE The format of the lists returned by get_dependent_service_status and get_multiple_service_status has changed to make access simpler and faster.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE The format of the appended arguments to the callback invoked via begin_filesystem_monitor has changed.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE The format of expiration time of user accounts as returned by get_user_account_info has changed as have the formats accepted by set_user_account_info and set_user_expiration.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE This version supports Windows XP or later versions of Windows and version 8.5 or later of Tcl. It has also been tested on Windows 2000 and Tcl 8.4 but any bugs specific to these platforms will not be fixed.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE This version does not support the twapi_desktop and twapi_server package subsets of TWAPI and does not provide a Tclkit format distribution.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE The command set_user_priv_level and the -priv option to the get_user_account_info, set_user_account_info and new_user commands have been removed as their use was unsuitable for domain environments. Use specific group membership instead to control privileges.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE set_console_input_mode and set_console_output_mode are deprecated. Use modify_console_input_mode and modify_console_output_mode instead.

Version 2.2

• Added commands comobj_object, progid_to_clsid, and clsid_to_progid.
• Device notifications significantly enhanced. New commands start_device_notifier and stop_device_notifier for handling device event notifications. "INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE" Commands start_device_change_monitor and stop_device_change_monitor are no longer available.
• Support for Tcl-based Windows services enhanced to handle additional control signals and system events.
• Added GetSystemMetrics and GetSystemWow64Directory, but no Tcl wrappers.

Version 2.1

• Built desktop and server specific TWAPI packages containing a subset of the TWAPI commands with a smaller footprint. Reduced footprint of full TWAPI package as well.
• Added recycle_file.
• Added error notifications to begin_filesystem_monitor.
• Added options -foundcodepage, -foundlangid and -datetime to get_file_version_resource.
• Added Wow64EnableWow64FsRedirection, Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection, and Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection.
• Added new formats to get_current_user.
• Added SHChangeNotify, CryptAcquireContext, CryptReleaseContext, and CryptGenRandom. No Tcl wrappers for these.

Version 2.0

• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE Windows NT 4.0 is no longer a supported platform.
• Added support for distribution as a single file Tcl module for Tcl 8.5.
• Added support for Tcl-based Windows services.
• Added Microsoft Windows Installer interface support.
• Added SSPI support (experimental).
• Added Power Management module.
• Added start_device_change_monitor and stop_device_change_monitor.
• Added start_clipboard_monitor and stop_clipboard_monitor.
• Added -patterns option to begin_filesystem_monitor.
• Added get_priority_class, set_priority_class, get_thread_relative_priority and set_thread_relative_priority.
• Added commands get_outgoing_interface, get_route and get_routing_table.
• Added commands get_display_devices, get_display_monitors, get_display_monitor_from_window, get_display_monitor_from_point, get_display_monitor_from_rect, get_display_monitor_info.
• Added commands find_physical_disks and get_physical_disk_info.
• Added create_file.
• Added device_ioctl.
• Added -extents option to get_volume_info.
• Added -isnull subcommand to COM objects.
• Added get_input_idle_time.
• Added large_system_time_to_timelist and timelist_to_large_system_time.
• Added -modulename, -modulepath, -bindtime options to get_tcp_connections and get_udp_connections. Modified -matchremoteaddr and -matchlocaladdr options to allow DNS names and accept multiple addresses.
• Added -messageonlywindow option to find_windows.
• Added options -noexist and -noaccess to get_thread_info. INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE The command no longer raises an exception if a thread does not exist or cannot be accessed.
• Additional performance optimizations.

Version 1.1

• Added enhanced Windows task scheduler interface.
• Added commands find_lm_sessions, end_lm_sessions, get_lm_session_info and find_lm_connections dealing with Lan Manager sessions and connections.
• Added commands find_lm_open_files, close_lm_open_file and get_lm_open_file_info dealing with files opened in Lan Manager sessions.
• Added find_domain_controller command.
• Added get_file_times and set_file_times dealing with file timestamps.
• Enhanced get_process_info and get_thread_info return additional process and thread information.
• Enhanced get_processor_info to return additional processor information.
• Enhanced get_memory_info to return additional swap file information.
• Replaced Windows performance counter calls with native Win32 calls resulting in almost two orders of magnitude better performance in retrieving process, thread and system information.
• Added get_system_time.
• Added secs_since_1970_to_large_system_time.
• Added variant_time_to_timelist and timelist_to_variant_time.
• Added -handle option to get_resource_security_descriptor and options -handle, -unprotect_dacl and -unprotect_sacl to set_resource_security_descriptor.
• Added -logonsession option to get_process_ids.
• Include process id and attribute information (if available) in data returned by get_service_status and get_multiple_service_status.
• INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE Changed default value of new_share option -secd.
• Bug fixes.

Version 1.0

First official release.

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