ISL Light 4.4.2234.59 for Desktop and ISL Light Client 4.4.2234.8 for Mac and Linux (2023-04-25)

General Information

On the 25th of April the following was released:

• ISL Light 4.4.2234.59 for Windows (release_date=2023-04-24, build=b4b84ddca29eb8c7159c5471770c0e858ded0b37, platform=win32,os_version=0x06010000-0x7fffffff)
• ISL Light 4.4.2234.59 for Mac (release_date=2023-04-24, build=b4b84ddca29eb8c7159c5471770c0e858ded0b37, platform=mac, os_version=0x0a0e00-0x1bffff)
• ISL Light 4.4.2234.59 for Linux (release_date=2023-04-24, build=b4b84ddca29eb8c7159c5471770c0e858ded0b37, platform=linux64, os_version=0x030a000000021100-0xffffffffffffffff)
• ISL Light Client 4.4.2234.8 for Mac (release_date=2023-04-24, build=b4b84ddca29eb8c7159c5471770c0e858ded0b37, platform=mac, os_version=0x0a0e00-0x1bffff)
• ISL Light Client 4.4.2234.8 for Linux (release_date=2023-04-24, build=b4b84ddca29eb8c7159c5471770c0e858ded0b37, platform=linux64, os_version=0x030a000000021100-0xffffffffffffffff)

All updates have release date set to 2023-04-24. Your ESS will need to be same or higher to be able to update your server. This release is available to all countries except Japan.

Upgrading to new version

Hosted service users please check Upgrading Hosted Service.

Server license users please check Upgrading Server License.

Improvements

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add additional permission in plist for ISL Light on macOS (SPECIAL) [ISLLIGHT-6227] More

Description

In order to execute Quick Launch command an additional permission was added to ISL Light plist. The additional permission is called NSAppleEvents, which will be shown in Automation section on macOS system preferences.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Upgrade libvpx to 1.12.0 (SPECIAL) [ISLLIGHT-6263] More

Description

Internal library libvpx was updated to version 1.12.0.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Upgrade QT from 5.15.2 to 5.15.8 (SPECIAL) [ISLLIGHT-6264] More

Description

Internal library QT was updated from version 5.15.2 to 5.15.8.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add Quick Launch to Tools (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-5459] More

Description

New feature was introduced in ISL Light. The new feature called Quick Launch enables operators to start commonly used system applications from ISL Light toolbar. The system application available to execute depends on the remote operating system: Windows: Add/Remove Programs, Command Prompt, Control Panel, Device Manager, Disk Management, Display Settings, Event Viewer, File Explorer, Lock Screen, Network Connections, Power Options, Print Management, Registry Editor, Run, System Settings, Task Manager macOS: Applications, Force Quit, Finder, Lock Screen, Activity Monitor, Console, Show Desktop, Disk Utility, Displays, Network, Printers and Scanners, System Information, System Preference, Terminal, Spotflight Search, Utilities Linux: Terminal

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Disable create invite option when user is not owner of session (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6116] More

Description

Invite operator option is now disabled for sessions where the current user is not the session owner.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Use constant invite link (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6144] More

Description

In previous version of ISL Light, when operator used invite additional operator functionality the link was changing based on operator selection in the invite operator dialog. Link generation was redesigned, the link will now remain constant regardless of operator choosing different options in the invite dialog.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Change remote resolution (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6145] More

Description

New feature was added to ISL Light called "Change Screen Resolution", which allows users to optimize the screen resolution of the remote Windows computer to match your monitor(s) resolution. Users can change resolution of remote monitors by opening Change Screen resolution dialog or simply selecting the monitor from Screen resolution menu entry and select the desired resolution. Once the session is completed, the resolution will revert to original state.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Change white color around remote desktop in viewer (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6180] More

Description

When viewing remote desktop, ISL Light used to have a white background surrounding the image. This has been changed to a dark grey background.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Unpin toolbar by default when in full screen (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6185] More

Description

Pining of toolbar when going full screen was redesigned. Previously users who went to full screen had to unpin the toolbar in order to hide it. The new functionality will now unpin the toolbar by default when going to full screen and users who would like to see the toolbar will have to pin it.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add metrics to optimize resolution (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6193] More

Description

Added support for metrics for optimize remote resolution functionality. The metrics will show how many times the functionality is used.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Use new rpc call with schedule check when starting/resuming session (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6196] More

Description

In previous version of ISL Light the users who have set schedule were able to obtain session code, however on client join the session was stopped due to schedule. Checking for schedule was redesigned, the schedule is now checked when operator is obtaining session code or when resuming transferred session. If it falls outside the schedule an error will be shown.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Show who terminated users session (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6220] More

Description

When session was terminated there was missing feedback on who terminated it. The message was redesigned and now shows by whom the session was closed.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Appweblogin local port redirect support (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6229] More

Description

Users using SAML for application login or force web login option could get a blank intermediate screen when grating access to ISL Light from web page. Handling of login was redesigned, the blank intermediate screen will no longer be shown, instead it will display on the original page ( grant login ) whether the login was successful.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Dynamically set menu title to 'Quick Launch' or 'Remote Applications' (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-6235] More

Description

Title menu of Quick Launch is now set dynamically. In case the users have defined the applications which are allowed to run, then the menu item will display Remote applications. In case the applications are not defined it will show the new label of Quick Launch.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Remove checkable/toggle windows in topbar (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-5976] More

Description

In previous versions of ISL Light when users clicked on utility windows ( File manager, eventlog, chat, ... ) the window opened, however if the user continued using the remote desktop , the window got placed behind the remote desktop viewer. Click on the button to open the utility window actually closed it because it was already open, so users had to click on the button again to get it to open. The behavior of utility windows was redesigned. In case the operator would like to open i.e. chat the application will check if chat is already opened. In case it is, it will just put it on top of the application, if it is not, it will open it, eliminating the need to click twice to open a utility window.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Set the correct sourceSize for customizations SVGs (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6025] More

Description

Users sometimes experienced an issue when a SVG image was used for a customization of ISL Light the image would not be displayed correctly. The functionality was redesigned and the issue is no longer reproducible.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Resize the customization images correctly so that they are fully visible (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6030] More

Description

Users sometimes experienced an issue where images in customized ISL Light were not displayed correctly. The functionality was redesigned and the issue is no longer reproducible.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Utility windows are not closed after the session gets terminated by the server (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6101] More

Description

Users experienced an issue where utility windows (File manager, Eventlog, Display transfers, Chat and System Information) would not be closed when the session was terminated by the server. The utility windows were redesigned and will now correctly be closed after a session is terminated.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - System info shows wrong version and os name for Big Sur and newer (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6182] More

Description

When connected to a remote computer and checking the System information, the operating system version displayed was incorrect on newer macOS computers ( Big Sur, Monterey ). Checking for macOS version was redesigned, and now the correct version should be displayed even when connecting to newer macOS machines.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Wrong text type in Share My Screen dialog (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6203] More

Description

Users could experience issue with text not being correctly displayed when clicking on Share my screen. The text showed html tags for bolding the text instead of actually bolding the text. Handling of text format was redesigned, the bold text is now correctly displayed.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - center Registration welcome text (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6204] More

Description

The text after sign-up was not centered (it was too low). We've redesigned the text label and the text is now centered.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Last online does not always show the correct value (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6212] More

Description

In Computers tab each computer has Last online timestamp displayed. An issue was discovered where the timestamp would sometimes be specified as *Never*. The functionality was redesigned, and the issue is no longer reproducible.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add missing Accessible name to ListElement in ComboBox (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6213] More

Description

ISL Light sometimes requires user input in the form of a ComboBox, where user is prompted to select a value from a list of allowed options. Some of the accessibility metadata was missing for allowed options thus making it harder to use ComboBox with screen readers. Accessibility metadata has been added to all ComboBox items.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Installation reports "libxcb-util.so.1" not found on Debian Jessie (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6214] More

Description

During installation of ISL Light on Debian 8 (Debian Jessie), the installation process reported that 3 libraries are missing (libxcb-util1, libxcb-render-util0, libxcb-xinerama0), which caused the installation to fail. The installation process was redesigned and the needed libraries are supplied with ISL Light.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - EOS dialog title displayed incorrectly (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6218] More

Description

EOS dialog had some invisible text to determine the version of EOS which was displayed on session end when using ISL Light. The text overlapped other elements in the EOS dialog. The text is now hidden.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Connecting to older version of ISL AlwaysOn machine showed remote resolution functionality (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6224] More

Description

Users who connected to an older version of ISL AlwaysOn had Change remote resolution functionality enabled even though it does not support it. Functionality for displaying the Change remote resolution functionality was redesigned, ISL Light now checks if remote computer is capable of this functionality and enables/disables the option based on that capability check.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Using $[HOSTNAME] in session recording template will cause no recording to be created and no error shown (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6231] More

Description

Users sometimes experienced an issue where session recording did not work correctly when using customized session recording template. In case the recording filename used system environment variable ( $[HOSTNAME] ). The issue was that hostname includes "\" character which is not supported as filename. The "\" character is now replaced with "_". Using $[HOSTNAME] in recording filename will now record the session and correctly create the recording file.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Remote monitors are not shown in change resolution modal (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6233] More

Description

Users experienced an issue where the screen resolution window would incorrectly not show the remote computer's displays. The screen resolution functionality was redesigned and will now correctly show all remote displays.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Background does not get removed when connected to macOS (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6241] More

Description

When connecting to macOS machine, the background did not get removed. Handling of background removal functionality was redesigned and now desktop background is removed at start of session and then restored after the session has ended.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Disable Quick Launch actions when remote control is disabled (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6250] More

Description

Operators could execute Quick Launch actions even if remote user did not allow control of his device. Handling of revoked control was redesigned, operators will not be able to execute Quick Launch actions if control of remote computer is not granted.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Quick Launch does not open correct panel on macOS 13 (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6251] More

Description

Certain commands in Quick Launch did not work when connected to macOS 13. The issue was that handling of system command was changed on macOS 13. The functionality for Quick Launch was adapted so it checks which operating system version of macOS is used on remote side and the different calls are then executed based on the version.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Add Quick Launch menu to overflow menu (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6252] More

Description

Quick Launch menu was not present in the additional dropdown menu which is created if window is too small to show all controls from the toolbar. Quick Launch was added to the menu.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Disable QuickLaunch in overflow menu when GUI feature for control is disabled (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6255] More

Description

Users could execute Quick Launch commands even if the control of computers was disabled using GUI features. The issue was that in case the window is too small to fit all controls from toolbar, a menu with controls is created and in that menu the Quick Launch commands were not disabled. This functionality was redesigned, users will not be able to execute Quick Launch commands if GUI feature for control is disabled.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Pointer image size is too small on macOS (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6261] More

Description

When users connected to macOS machine and used pointer tool, the pointer image on macOS was too small due to incorrect height and width assignment. Displaying of pointer image on macOS was redesigned and is now correctly displayed.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v4 - Fix background remove crash (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-6262] More

Description

In some cases when removing background on macOS computer once operator established the connection, the screen sharing process crashed. Issue was that background removal process tried to access a resource that did not have enough permissions for. Removing background was redesigned, in case the required resource is not available, it will not remove background.

The defect was fixed.