ISL Light 4.0.4 + Desktop plugin 1.4.14 for Windows (2016-11-28)

General Information

On 28th of November the following was released:

• ISL Light Desk 4.0.4 for Windows (release_date=2016-11-25, revision=49099, platform=win32,os_version=0x5010000-0x7fffffff)
• ISL Light Client 4.0.4 for Windows (release_date=2016-11-25, revision=49099, platform=win32,os_version=0x5010000-0x7fffffff)
• Desktop Control plugin 1.4.14 for Windows (release_date=2016-11-25,revision=49099,platform=win32)

All updates have release date set to 2016-11-25. 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 v3 - Lock desktop after session has ended (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-3591] More

Description

ISL Light Desk and ISL Light Client now support the option to lock desktop after session has ended. In order to enable this option the following command line parameter has to be used:
--on-disconnect "main?lock=true"
Above parameter requires also --auto-close parameter in order for the functionality to work.

ISL Light - Desktop v3 - Alter viewer GUI window while in "waiting for client" state (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-3733] More

Description

New customization implemented to enable users to show minimal GUI while waiting for clients to join a session. In order to apply this customization users have to apply command line arguments to ISL Light application:
--on-load "customization?use_support_session_flow=false"
The above parameter will only work when the following parameters are also supplied:
--get-code
--username --password OR --web-login

ISL Light - Desktop v3 - Connecting to my desktop should display notification (FEATURE) [ISLLIGHT-3746] More

Description

When users connected to own machine, they didn't get any notifications that they are connection on own computer. With new version, users will be asked if they want to connect to own computer.

ISL Light - Desktop v3 - ISSC server broken connection (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-3727] More

Description

If user started ISL Light Desk or Client with parameters to start streaming with enabled admin mode and the process was started under system user account, then ISL Light showed ISSC error when it started streaming. Process of enabling admin mode was redesigned, starting ISL Light streaming with admin mode under system user account should no longer show any ISSC errors.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v3 - Desk side does not update button to close desktop streaming (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-3745] More

Description

When operator started viewing remote desktop using ISL Light Desk the button Start did not change to Stop viewing even though the remote computer was already streaming its desktop. The behavior of the button was changed, when operator is viewing remote desktop the button changes from Start to Stop.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v3 - Streaming of desktop stops when key is pressed in cmd line win2k8 (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-3783] More

Description

When users tried to input a character into command prompt when connected to remote machine running Windows 2008, the process of desktop streaming crashed and session went into inactive state. Desktop streaming functionality was redesigned, so streaming shouldn't stop and session should not go to inactive state if user enters a character into command prompt.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v3 - ISL Light Client will crash on Win10 running Trend Micro (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-4230] More

Description

Users with installed Trend Micro security products experienced inability to start ISL Online remote support tools. The reason was ISL Lights improper handling of hooking to the same API as Trend Micro products, which resulted in ISL Light application crash. Hooking is now handled in such way, that no access violation occurs.

The defect was fixed.

ISL Light - Desktop v3 - Viewer is able to view a bigger part of the remote desktop than what has been set through cmdline arguments (DEFECT) [ISLLIGHT-4249] More

Description

If streaming from specific monitor was set through command line parameters (--on-connect "desktop?show&monitor=<monitor_id>"), user in control could still choose other view region options (e.g. other monitors in multi-monitor setup). This was redesigned, so the viewer is only able to see the region (monitor) set through command line parameters.

The defect was fixed.