Re: [ros-dev] New WS2.2 Binary

[James Marjie]

Alex Ionescu wrote:
>   Hi,
>  
>  It turns out there was another big bug that I released the binary with, 
>  related to a recent untested RAS Auto-dial feature, which made the DLL 
>  crash almost instantly in most programs.
>  
>  I've fixed the build and this time did some extensive testing to avoid 
>  having another bad release. I've tested, with success, IE6, Filezilla, 
>  Firefox, Thundebird, Outlook Express, MIRC. As well, I'm happy to report 
>  that MSN Messenger 7.5 and Azureus also work fine on my system, so add 
>  those 2 apps to known working.
>  
>  I'm still interested in Opera, other P2P clients, Chat clients, IRC 
>  clients and Mozilla itself.
>  
>  Thanks again!
>  
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>  
>  Changelog:
>  
>  Revision: 27
>  Author:
>  Date: 1:23:52 PM, October 30, 2005
>  Message:
>  - Fix regressions/bugs in last patch:
>   * Fix Query validation checks
>   * Fix Query signature not being set anywhere
>  - Fix DLL_THREAD_DETACH leaking into DLL_PROCESS_DETACH due to missing 
>  break; statement.
>  ----
>  
>  Revision: 26
>  Author:
>  Date: 1:35:21 AM, October 30, 2005
>  Message:
>  - Major refactoring of NS Query Object:
>   * Remove active calls field and operations
>   * Add RefCount member and provide referencing/dereferencing mechanisms
>   * Implement WsNqValidateAndReference for validation and referencing
>   * Add preliminary special support for providers supporting NSPIoctl
>   * Rewrite most of WsNqLookupServiceNext to work with more optimized 
>  semantics and NSPIoctl support.
>   * Fixed some potential locking/race issues.
>  ----
>  
>  Revision: 25
>  Author:
>  Date: 11:03:00 PM, October 29, 2005
>  Message:
>  - Fix WsRasLoadHelperDll:
>   * Do proper check for initialization
>   * Actually save the loaded DLL handle after loading the DLL, instead of 
>  failing
>  - Make the NS Query object initalizer set TryAgain to TRUE so that RAS 
>  Auto-Dial will function normally.
>  ----
>  
>  Alex Ionescu wrote:
>  
> >   Hello again,
> >
> >  I recently noticed a large regression in this release which made it
> >  almost unusable in most applications. I apologize for the oversight, and
> >  I've included a fixed binary, which also fixes some name resolution bugs.
> >
> >  Best regards,
> >  Alex Ionescu
> >  
>  
>  
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Alex,

	I take that this DLL is to be tested on Windows XP only or should it 
work on 2000 as well?

James M.