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Version 2.5
Version 2.4
Version 2.3
Version 2.2

Version 2.1
Version 2.0
Version 1.4
Version 1.3

Version 1.2
Version 1.0a
Version 1.0

Changes In Version 2.5 (April 21, 2008)

New features:
		Improved Find Checkouts and Find By Status behavior
		Ability to copy History items to clipboard
		Ability to copy main view items to clipboard
		Option to minimize FtpVC to the system tray
		Remembering user options in Find Checkouts and Find By Status dialogs
		Option for comments to be required for actions where comments are available
		Ability to hide the folder view and the navigation bar
		Windows Vista support
Bug fixes:
		Some timestamps were not shown correctly under regional settings other then English (US)
		Removed infinite looping when double-clicked on a local-only directory if the latter was not visible in the tree
		Proper support for Unix symbolic links
Improvements:
		Improved SMTP support
		Much faster compression algorithm

Changes In Version 2.4 (October 14, 2006)

New features:
		Ability to roll back a file to one of its previous versions
		CRC and version number added to the file properties dialog
		Option to add empty directories when doing a recursive add
		Ability to specify arguments for the external diff tool
		Ability to set local file time to a revision (version) time
Bug fixes:
		Local file caching
Improvements:
		True-color toolbar with small and large buttons
		All executables are now digitally signed by a certificate of authenticity

Changes In Version 2.3 (March 28, 2005)

New features:
		Ability to show local-only files
		Ability to assign multiple labels to a single file version
		File locking for making version control safe in multi-user environment
		Ability to set up custom file viewer
		Ability to set local file time to a revision (version) time
		'Make writable' option in Get dialog
		XP look under XP and higher
		Ability to show/hide output pane
Bug fixes:
		Auto-refresh during file transfer could cause a crash
		Blank subdirectories prevented recursive view to be fully filled
		Ignoring stubs in root directory
		GET may retrieve cached version if used without refresh
Improvements:
		Improved Refresh behavior

Changes In Version 2.2 (May 10, 2003)

New features:
		Labels
		Filtered history with multiple file support
		E-mail subscription to version control events for a specific file
		Support for SMTP servers with authentication
		Ability to clone projects
		Option to use filters when adding files
		Back, Forward buttons
Bug fixes:
		Bugs in Find Checkouts and Find By Status
		Bugs in recursive Delete
Improvements:
		When an unchanged file is checked in, the operation is treated as Undo Check out
		Ability to minimize FtpVC when files are transferred
		Much faster recursive functionality
		Much faster directory listings

Changes In Version 2.1 (June 9, 2002)

New features:
		Fast status updates (stub files will be renamed and will not be backwards compatible with pre-2.1 versions)
		recover version info when attaching a file
		Option to save log to file
		Manual and automatic reconnection to FTP server
		Include and exclude filters for file names
		Find checkouts
		Find by status
		"Go" bar
		Forcing loading options and settings if files forceloadoptions.txt or forceloadsettings.txt exist in the FTP server root directory
		View filters for the file list
		Option to compress files on the server
		Caching of temporary files for better performance
		Forcing check-out of files checked out by other user
		User-defined file double-click actions
		Options for local file timestamps for Check Out, Get and Undo Check Out
		Optional dialogs for version control operations

Changes In Version 2.0 (August 20, 2001)

New features:
		History of files (with option to store previous versions)
		Option to use Windows user name to login to FtpVC
		View files
		Option to back up local files
		Option to enable/disable multiple checkouts
		Option to allow check-outs without replacing local files
		Option to store remote FtpVC files (stubs, previous versions) in a selected remote subdirectory relative to each remote directory
		Customizable toolbar
		Ability to automatically update project options and FtpVC settings as soon as the FTP connection is established
Improvements:
		New encryption algorithm

Changes In Version 1.4 (January 17, 2001)

New features:
		Auto-refresh (status of files is automatically refreshed at a specified interval)
		Windows® Explorer menu for local files on a right-mouse click
		Option to notify mailing list on Add operation
		Option to show subdirectories recursively
Bug fixes:
		Warning is issued on second check-out

Changes In Version 1.3 (February 22, 1999)

New features:
		E-mail check-in notifications to a mailing list
		Support for passive FTP
		Support for ports other than 21
		List of file extensions for ASCII transfer
		"Keep checked out" option for Check In
		"Replace local file(s)" option for Undo Check Out
		Multiple projects
		Checksums are used to show status of files and avoid unnecessary file transfers
Improvements:
		Integration with ExamDiff 1.6

Changes In Version 1.2 (May 16, 1998)

New features:
		Keeping FTP connection alive
		Refresh selected files and refresh without status update
		Integrated visual file difference which allows to compare file on the server with its local version
		More informative file transfer dialogs
		Choice not to download same or newer files while getting them from the server
		Persistent screen layout
Bug fixes:
		Failed to read files and directory names with blanks in names
		Failed to set initial directory when absolute path was used

Changes In Version 1.0a (September 25, 1997)

New features:
		File Type Manager in the Put Dialog
		More robust status checking (by a check of the stub file immediately preceding any version control operation)
		Reverse sort after a second click on any file view column
		"Smart" local dir default for Get and Check Out (guesses if it could offer a sub-dir of the local dir)
		Check Out takes the current comment as a suggested comment (helps to keep old comments in absence of file history). For a multiple selection the comment is taken from the first file item
Bug fixes:
		Save Password option in the Define Connection dialog sometimes failed
		Check In or Undo Check Out option applied to a directory in the tree view caused an erroneous message
		Double-click on a directory item in the file view sometimes caused an infinite loop if "/" was a current directory in the tree view

The first version of FtpVC (1.0) was released on July 17, 1997.

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