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v-creator 1.3-pre3 has now been released.

This release contains an important SECURITY FIX. This only affects sites setup with the configuration option VC_CRYPTO_METHOD set to OPENSSL, it does not effect sites with VC_CRYPTO_METHOD set to MCRYPT. Using specially crafted encryption strings it is possible for a remote user to run arbitrary commands on the server with permissions of the user PHP scripts run under.... read more

v-creator 1.3-pre2 has now been released.

This release contains a fix which stopped the v-creator form module working correctly due to changes in the ctype_* functions and their return values for PHP 4.4.2-1. It also contains a change to the sessions table due to a varchar MySQL problem found in version 14.7 Distrib 4.1.15.

Other changes of note include performance enhancements and reduced resource usage. Many enhancements to the way sessions are handled (with or without cookies) including improved support for users behind proxies.... read more

v-creator 1.3-pre1 has now been released.

This release contains many tweaks and fixes as well as a couple of large ones.

In summary: Performance enhancements through out. New formatting options added to the text module. Session module bug fixes and better sessions without cookies enabled. The database module generator can now regenerate existing modules. Shorter (30-40%) hashes for HIDE tag. Switched to superglobals instead of using $HTTP_*. Multiple, switchable database backends: MySQL and ODBC implemented. New generic content module and dataSetList module. Multiple user module paths now available.... read more

v-creator 1.2 has now been released.

This is the latest stable release of v-creator. There are no changes from v1.2-pre7. For a full list of changes since v1.1 please see the change log within the download.

v-creator 1.2-pre7 has now been released.

This release contains many minor tweaks and fixes as well as a couple of large one.

In summary: VC_SITE_URL has been deprectaed and replaced by toolkit:getSiteReference. The sequence module has been updated and fixed. The toolkit module now exposes encryption/decryption features for easy inpage use. The example pageDriver has been updated. the |{URL:xxx}| tag now generates HTTP 1.1 compliant redirects. Security enhancements have been made to generated database modules. A new function VCEngine:useModule has been added which when used inplace of PHPs include/required provides cleaner loading and overriding of classes and modules.... read more

v-creator 1.2-pre6 has now been released.

This release is actually a pre5/pre6 release due to forgetting to regenerate the documentation in pre5.

This is a very minor update that contains a fix in the form module for validating decimal input fields and a new function in the text module to automatically convert Microsoft's smart quotes (single and double) to regular quotes.

v-creator 1.2-pre4 has now been released.

This release includes a fix to allow nested tags in the SEC (Security check) tag. The SEC/SEND tags are now handled internally similar to COND/CEND tags allowing better detection of mismatched tags and allowing nested SEC/SEND constructs.

quickExitPath requests are now propagated up from includes using the INCL tag. This is mostly internal process handling but the function setQuickExitPath has been added to the toolkit module. See warnings and advice in the source/reference before using it!

v-creator 1.2-pre3 has now been released.

This release contains some urgent bug fixes to the cache code that was introduced in 1.2-pre2. The effected cache is associated with the handling of sessions and have now been fixed.

v-creator 1.2-pre1 has now been released.

This update provides a substantial improvement in performance over 1.2-pre2. There is also a new utility included called checkConfig which can help detect problems when setting up new projects.

v-creator's INCL (include) tag can now be used to retrieve external URL's. This can be used for example to include external feeds and data.

To aid debugging v-creator now detects and reports more problems with module tags, mismatched LOOP/LEND, COND/CEND and SEC/SEND tags as well as mismatched braces in tagged markup. The log reporting has also been cleaned up and additional information added.... read more

v-creator now has it's own website at http://www.v-creator.com currently there is some information and live example available. Enhanced documentation and tutorials to follow soon!

v-creator 1.2-pre1 has now been released.

This update includes a number of fixes and new functionality. Fixes include better domain validation when checking email addresses, a minor fix to the INCL (include) tag, issue with sequence module with sequence starting from zero and minor other fixes.

New functionality includes: password generator added to the user module, form module can now validate groups of related fields, VC_CURL_URL added to configuration for weird network/firewall setups, selection by date ranges added to postboard module, date module now returns the day of the week and new delete function added to the files module.... read more

v-creator 1.1 has now been released.

There are no changes between v1.1-pre3 and v1.1.

v-creator 1.1-pre3 has now been released.

This fixes a whitespace problem in the form module which effected the lookup and creation of VC_data values. There is also a change to the date module to make handling multiple dates easier by allowing a prefix to be specified for the VC_data values used. Reference documentation has also been regenerated this time around.

v-creator 1.1-pre2 has now been released.

Only 2 minor changes. The sequence module can now have relative start/end points specified. The user module now performs session cleanup at login as sites may not have a logoff or users may not use it. This is mainly a house-keeping issue and keeps the amount of expired session data to a minimum.

If no problems are found this will probably become version 1.1 with no further changes.

v-creator 1.1-pre1 has now been released.

A new sequence module has been added as well as new validation types for the form module.

Fixes include: minor fixes for the form module, aliases used in LOOP tags and a magic quotes fix.

gencon Ltd. are pleased to announce the first stable release of v-creator.