Features

• Remote file systems are now sorted automatically.

Features

• Revisited code responsible for log entry selection when navigating.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with line numbering in some parser types.
• Fix for NPE which could occur when no log entry message is set.
• Fixed issue with trying to load a certificate using an invalid path.

Features

• You can now configure an additional plugin directory or network share.
• Added support for custom plugin load directories.
• Allowing plugins is no longer part of the settings management workflow.

Fixes

• Improved error handling when a plugin is removed.
• Fixed issue with editing categories.
• Fixed issue with auto-detecting priority in some generated configurations.

Features

• Application upgraded to Microsoft .Net 4.7.2.
• Added support for using HTTP/S as a remote server.
• Added support for ETW Event Tracing as an add-on.

Features

• Extensive changes to report display and user interaction.
• Report data can now be easilly navigated and drilled into.
• Added new 'Message Template' column which shows a generic version of the Message column.
• Reporting by message now works based on message template.
• Graphing feature is now called Reporting. The keyboard shortcut is CTRL+R.
• Improved pie chart tool tips.
• Improved memory management for binary reader types such as databases.
• Skin clean-up. Significant changes to the 'LogViewPlus' skins.
• Changed default application settings to disable FIPS compliance.
• Permanently removed legacy skins.
• Added support for read-only file system configurations.
• Added application setting to change log level navigation bar size.
• Moved save template command in context menu to improve usability.
• Added ability to rename workspaces in the WorkspaceGrid.
• Updated application settings layout.
• Added command button to date filters to make it easier to set a date range.
• Reports will now update automatically based on view selection.
• Added navigation breadcrumb to reporting window.
• Grouped columns are now sorted by summary by default.
• Added commas to Statistics view.
• Minor toolbar and icon changes.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with tailing log files where the newline is written before the log entry.
• Fixed an issue with using the context menu when selecting multiple items in the LogItemGrid.
• Fixed an issue with automatically opening the last workspace.
• User date settings are now respect when setting date filters.
• Fixed an issue with server timestamps with missing time zone information displaying incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue with acquiring file stream for analysis.
• Fixed an issue with browsing directory monitors.
• Elapsed timestamps are no longer validated when set explicitly.
• Improved error reporting for SMTP notifications.
• Fixed an issue with showing new entries after a session filter refresh.
• Fixed an issue with displaying negative elapsed timespans.
• Fixed an issue with attempting to re-open the same remote file.
• Fixed an issue with configuring DSV files in the ParserWizard.
• Fix for NPE which can occur when opening the log entry context menu before a log file is open.
• Fixed an issue with the UDP service blocking indefinitely when no data is received.
• Fixed an issue with file folder lookup in URI browser.

Features

• Application upgraded to .Net 4.7.2.
• Added support for using HTTP/S as a remote server.
• Added support for ETW Event Tracing as an add-on.
• Upgraded 3rd party components.
• New implementation for settings headers.
• Revisited the initial sizing of the Log File Browser window.
• Home key can now be used to navigate to the top of the view.
• UDP listener will now listen on all local IP addresses for incoming data.
• Refactored plugin assembly loading to be less aggressive.
• Added Source URI to data source properties.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with using the context menu when selecting multiple items in the LogItemGrid.
• Fixed an issue with the history clean up routines regarding missing file systems.
• Fixed issue with server timestamps with missing time zone information displaying incorrectly.
• Refactored directory browsing by string command.
• Fixed issue with browsing directory monitors.
• Improved UDP listener exception handling.
• Fixed issue with attempting to re-open the same remote file.
• Fixed issue with configuring DSV files in the ParserWizard.
• Fixed issue with the UDP service blocking indefinitely when no data is received.
• Fixed issue with file folder lookup in URI browser.
• Minor technical changes and bug fixes.

Features

• All selected items will now be displayed in the Log Entry Box.
• Added support for TGZ files.
• A row prefix can now be set to show log entries before the current selection.
• Added Undo and Redo support to the Parser Wizard.
• ParserWizard will now attempt to resolve custom string column names.
• Added a clean-up routine to the 'check for update' command.
• Improved whitespace processing for XML and JSON elements.
• Templates are now automatically expanded after being applied.
• Rearranged some application settings for clarity.
• Added link to license agreement in the About settings.
• Improved Recent History error handling.
• Compare command will be automatically configured to use WinMerge if installed.
• F8 shortcut will now open the log entry text box contents in a text editor.

Fixes

• Fixed a major issue with XML log entries containing data in CDATA sections.
• Fixed issue with interactive authentication when using certificates.
• Fixed issue with pasting file paths with quotes into the file browser.
• Delete key should not close views when in auto-filter mode.
• Improved error handling when exporting settings.
• Refactored back and forward navigation.
• Fixed an issue with syntax highlighting involving complex characters.
• Fixed issue with date detection which cause the Date column to remain hidden.
• Fixed issue with pretty printing XML comments.

New Features

• Added UDP support.
• Added Syslog support.
• Added interactive authentication support for SFTP and SCP connections.
• Added support for CLEF / Serilog message template parsing.
• Revisited all database access routines. Improved Oracle and MySql support.
• Improved database error reporting.
• ParserWizard can now automatically detect numeric timestamps.
• Added support for working with bookmarks as a batch based on grid selection.
• Added advanced element argument parsing for future extensibility.
• Removed an unused remote file progress report from the file browser.
• Added the ability to automatically detect and sort columns by IP address.
• LogViewPlus will no longer automatically create a global highlights for a column search.
• Double-clicking will now expand a tree node if possible. Otherwise, the edit or merge dialogs will be shown.
• Explore Directory will now default to the Log Explorer unless the CTRL key is pressed.
• Server configuration dialogs now use a spin edit to restrict port numbers.
• Improved sorting of large numeric values.
• Improved date time auto-detection.
• Improved invalid settings check at start-up.
• LogViewPlus will now cache network share lookups.
• F3 now toggles the find panel in the log entry grid.
• If multiple rows are selected, Copy Cell now copies all column values.
• Added ability to delete multiple highlights at the same time.
• Improved Windows Event Log exception handling.
• Local log levels can now be applied to databases.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with opening files from the command line.
• Fixed an issue with FTP downloads when reading multiple files from the same server.
• Plugin dependencies will now be loaded automatically on start-up.
• Fixed an issue with double click opening data stores.
• Fixed issue with multi-patterns that contain more than 255 strings.
• Fixed an issue with download verification after an update check.
• Added check for null table values to DatabaseReader.
• Navigation bar no longer shows auto-scroll icon if log file does not support tail.
• Fixed issue with trying to execute an operation while a file is being loaded.
• Fixed issue with merging files after drag-drop.
• Fixed issue attempting to run file analysis on a file which does not exist.
• Removed exception for unknown file system types.
• Fixed issue with opening files with spaces in the file path.
• Fixed issue with changing column mappings for database types.
• Fix for issue with blank log entry message for complex multi-symbol messages.
• Save option is now disabled when an invalid configuration is detected.
• Fixed issue with archives appearing in the workspace after all files have been closed.
• Fixed issue with Parser Wizard date button incorrectly disabling.
• Fixed issue with checking properties on a missing file.
• Fixed issue with resizing file system columns.
• Fixed an issue with using trial extension registration codes.
• Data source match results are now reset after selection change.
• Fixed an out of range exception that could occur in the ParserWizard.
• Fixed an issue with workspace loading file duplication.
• Fixed an issue with listing local network shares.
• Fixed issue with using the return key in the ParserWizard.
• Modified disposable implementation on log file readers.
• Lots of minor technical changes and bug fixes.

Features

• Added new ILogViewer.FindLogEntry API (see sample code).

Features

• New 'merge' prompt when dragging and droping files into LogViewPlus.
• Cut operations can now be cancelled with the ESC key.
• Usability improvements to file search execution.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with installation file not found.
• Fixed issue with visual indication of cut operation.

Features

• Improved log file format auto-detection.
• Parsed dates will not be assumed to be in the past if a year is not provided.
• Time offset dialog expanded to allow for a full date offset.
• Log files with a time offset now display an indicator icon.
• Improved performance when reading files from a remote share.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with merge files losing grid settings on view change.
• Fixed issue with directory monitor settings not picking up directory change.

Features

• If a year is not specified in the date format, LogViewPlus will assume it is in the past.
• Added configuration option to ignore time zones when provided.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with directory monitor merge tracking.

Features

• Added support for parsing time zones by abbreviation. For example GMT or PST.
• Directory monitors can now be configured to just search the root directory.
• An icon will now be displayed next to filters which contain notes.
• Up / down commands when reordering settings are now centered vertically.
• Exploring to the directory of a file will now select the file in Explorer.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with automatic directory selection in the file browser.
• Fix for issue with hyperlink color mismatch.
• Improved checking of floating window visibility.

Features

• ESC can now be used to cancel a pending log file open operation.
• Added 'open in text editor' link to ParserWizard sample page.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with transfer reporting sometimes getting out of sync.
• Fix for issue with overrunning maximum JSON length.
• Fixed issue with infrequent database disconnects.

Features

• Refreshing a remote log file will now re-download the file from source.
• Added setting to control whether log entries are sorted on load.
• Revisited filter selection after log file refresh and reload.
• Reorganized close options. Added "Close Source Files" command for merge files.
• Point in time filters are now configured using the selected log entry as a default.
• Parsing from clipboard is now a command on the Workspace menu (CTRL+ALT+V).
• Improved server fingerprint reporting.

Fixes

• Fix for memory exception which could occur when displaying large XML files.
• Fixed an issue with encoding sample log entries before testing.
• Fixed issue with using drag drop to open a directory.
• Improved session filter naming.

Features

• Parser Wizard revisited to be more user friendly.
• Consolidated parse analysis and reporting when opening unknown log files.
• Added new 'By Value' filter available in the column header context menu.
• Message column can now be renamed.
• Improved support for JSON arrays.
• Introduced stricter requirements around "may have spaces" warning messages.
• Minor changes to behaviour when an old version of LogViewPlus is detected.
• Added new shortcuts for Parser Wizard (CTRL+PW) and Parser Editor (CTRL+PE).
• Changed 'How to Videos' presentation.
• Parsing status message can now truncate errors.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with numeric column sorting.
• Fixed issue with log level icon lookup with custom log levels.
• Fixed possible issue that could occur when cancelling a SFTP transfer.
• Fix for a possible deadlock which could occur when opening multiple files.
• Fix for a possible deadlock which could occur when opening invalid files.
• Fixed an issue with multi-threaded list access.
• Fixed a NPE which could occur when automatically opening a workspace.
• Allocated more space for arguments in the log file properties window.
• Fix for issue with maintaining column state when changing views.
• Fix for NPE when trying to load a null URI.
• Minor technical changes and bug fixes.

Features

• You can now directly open Zip, Tar, and Gz (GZip) files.

Fixes

• Fix for converting a JSON array to a string.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with exporting Commands.
• Fixed minor issue with bookmark icons.

Features

• Clipboard data can now be parsed as a new log file.
• Improved performance when loading EVTX files.
• Exclude and Instant filters are now column specific.
• Modified the Export Bookmark format to include bookmark notes.
• Plugins can now be loaded from the AppData or AllUsersProfile directory.
• Cleaned up Directory Monitor form.
• Improved Windows Event log messages.

Fixes

• Fixed major issue with directory monitor merge files.
• Fixed multi-threaded issue with updating bookmarks.

Features

• Added support for parser specific log levels.
• Refactored log levels filter view. Added link to documentation.

Fixes

• Fix for possible null reference exception when browsing files.
• Improved error handling for deprecated filter type.

Features

• Added ability to directly access Windows Event Logs.
• Reworked the workspace workflow. Added a 'Save Workspace' command.
• Grid row height is now calculated based on the largest column value and widest column.
• Simplified database open options.
• Upgraded 3rd party libraries.
• %S conversion specifier can now read multi-line strings.
• Improved redirects to check_key.aspx on failed registration.
• Reworked the file menu to (hopefully) be a little more intuitive.
• Minor improvements to auto-update check.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with newline parsing when not using the %newline element.
• Fixed issue with LogViewPlus incorrectly reporting that a workspace is invalid.
• Application settings code clean-up.
• Fixed issue with column sort order changing when view changes.
• Fixed issue with settings form update when cancelling changes.
• Minor technical changes and bug fixes.

Features

• %S columns in LogViewPlus will now word wrap in the log entry grid.
• Simplified registration of LogViewPlus when behind a proxy server.
• Improved file system view on machines with high DPI settings.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with browsing a directory from the recent history menu.
• Fixed minor issues with commands being disabled during multi-selection.
• Fixed issue with modifying database field types.
• Fixed issue with saving file system settings.
• Fixed issue with occasional bookmark lookup failure on first attempt.
• Fixed issue with instant text searches on metadata columns.
• Minor technical changes and bug fixes.

Features

• Temporary grid view changes now work globally for all grids.
• File paths used in commands can now contain double quotes.
• Workspace and template lists are now sorted alphabetically.
• Double clicking in logger or thread filter dialog will now create the selected filter.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with bookmark navigation in merged files.
• Fixed issue with pressing the Delete key while renaming a filter.
• Fixed issue with saving search filter highlight settings.
• Fixed issue where deleting a highlight deleted the view.
• Fixed issue with empty data in Log4XmlParser.
• Fix for NullPointerException which could occur in file system column click.
• Minor technical changes and bug fixes.