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Visual Guard - Version 5.1

		Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition

New features in VG 5.1

	Automatic Migration of the VGServer		X
	The deployment tool now supports PowerBuilder Applications		X
	A VGWebConfig section has been added in the web.config file to allow the customization of website security	X	X

Several Bug fixes and enhancements of Visual Guard 5.0		X	X

Visual Guard - Version 5. 0

		Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition

New features in VG 5.0

	API for Action, Permission, Permission Set, Deployment, Active Directory, Event log, Documentation, and more.	X	X
	The internal working has been changed. Now, Visual Guard uses a new communication mode that allows the support of Microsoft Azure.	X	X
	Visual Guard supports Microsoft Azure.	X	X
	VGServer can be used on Read and Write mode.		X
	New identity module to allow you to add new Identity types in Visual-Guard.	X	X
	Visual Guard supports PowerBuilder applications in Native Mode.		X
	Visual Guard supports IIS integrated mode.		X

New features in WinConsole

	New window for user administration.	X	X
	The Win Console can connect to VGServer.	X	X
	The Win Console uses the API of Visual Guard (All actions provide by the Win Console, can be reproduced in your application).	X	X

New features in Web Console

	Permission sets module		X
	Auditing module		X
	Documentation module		X
	System Modules: a new module can be added in the Web Console in order to add additional functionalities		X

End of life notifications starting from Visual Guard 6

File mode
Authentication based upon Database User.

Supported Versions:
Visual Guard 5
Visual Guard 3.3.1

Visual Guard - Version 3.3.1212.03

		Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition

WinConsole

	Added: Support of IIS Integrated Mode	X	X
	Fixed: Security issue about shared role	X	X
	Enhanced: loading time of the repository optimized	X	X

Web Portal

	Added: Support of MVC3		X

Visual Guard - Version 3.3.1012.20

			Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition

New Features in VG 3.3.1

	ASP MVC		X	X
		New dlls for the ASP MVC to add new functionalities.
	Adding a new property in an application is an Anonymous System Role		X	X

For more information click here: Visual Guard Web Server.

See Also

Visual Guard - Version 3.3.1008.4

			Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition

New Application: Visual Guard Web Portal
	Manage web portal details (name, url and other user-related settings)			X
	Customize user interface with logo			X
	Customize web portal description on home page			X
	Custom button control to redirect to web portal or another web application			X
	New VG permission added to secure the web portal			X
	Manage multiple websites with the same system			X

New Features in VG Win Console 3.3

	Identity Federation: Partial support through ADFS Server 2.0			X
		Manage ADFS Servers includes:
		- Listing ADFS servers
		- Creating, updating and deleting ADFS servers
	New type of user supported in the VG Repository: Federated User			X
		Manage federated users for a particular ADFS server, added through the ADFS server tab
	Supported Authentication Modes:
		Federated authentication has been added to the list of supported authenitcation modes		X
	Manage web portals in repository
		List of web portals		X
		Remove selected web portal		X
		Assign selected web portal to an application entity		X
	New Attributes of VG Groups
		Data1, data2 and data3 have been added to VG Groups		X
	New permissions for ADFS and web portal have been added			X
	Supports applications created in the .NET Framework 4.0			X

Visual Guard Web Console

	Dashboard
		Status of Dashboard gadget saved in cookies to store its state. User will find the same UI upon return		X
	Users
		Search user by group and its descendants in the Manage Users screen		X
		Mixed mode authentication. Users can now log into the VG WebConsole with a Windows account		X
		"Unapprove" feature added on Manage Users screen		X
	Groups
		New VG Group Attributes: Data1, Data2 and Data3		X
	Misc.
		Integrated "Help Manual" in Start Menu		X
		VG Web Console checks customer license key by asking for credentials		X
		Support for .NET Framework 4.0		X

For more information click here: Visual Guard Web Server.

See Also

Visual Guard - Version 3.2.912.01

			Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition

New Features
	Runtime
		- Creation of customized roles for VG administrators	X	X
		- Groups added	X	X
		- Creation of an application in another technology (Java, PB, etc.) added	X	X
		- New system of permissions in Visual Guard added	X	X
		- Security APIs added	X	X

WebConsole

	Added	Group Management	X	X
	Added	On-line Help	X	X
	Added	Search Field	X	X

WinConsole

	Added	Creation of an application in another technology	X	X
	Added	Creation of customized roles	X	X

VGServer

	Added	New help for Public Mode	X	X
	Added	Support for Groups	X	X

Visual Guard - Version 3.1.912.08

			Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition

New Features

	VG Web Console 2.0
		- You can create windows User account in the web console 2.0, - Oracle Database supported, - Windows 64 bit supported.		X

Console

	Fixed	Error in samples	X	X

Runtime

	Added	Support of VG Server Public mode	X	X
	Added	New methods in API	X	X

Visual Guard - Version 3.1.911.5

			Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition

New Features

	New module: VG Server - V2
		It allows an application to communicate with the repository. It is delivered with a specific administration console. The VG Server is used in the following situations: - Complex architecture (the application cannot connect directly with the repository), - Applications developed with technologies other that .NET or PowerBuilder. It is available for any technologies (Java, C++, Delphi…) capable of SOAP calls or HTTP Requests.		X

Console

	Fixed	Error on the Deployment tool for a Oracle database.	X	X

WebConsole

	Added	Module of creation of Windows user Account		X

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Visual Guard - Version 3.0.908.10

			Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition
New Features


	New module: VG Server - V1
		VG Server is a new key module of Visual Guard security solution. It consists in a group of web services, that you install on your server to expose some access control services for your applications. This module allows securing .Net applications that cannot directly access the VG repository (applications designed to be used in Extranet or Intranet). VG Server can be called to: - Authenticate users with username/password combination - Retrieve roles and permissions granted to a user Then, VG Runtime adapts the behavior of the application to the user. [read more]		X

	New module: VG Server - V2 is coming soon
		It will be available for any technologies (Java, C++, Delphi…) capable of SOAP calls or HTTP Requests.		X

	New module: VG Web Console - 1.0
		The VG Web Console provides user administration features for: - Managing user accounts (CRUD operation) - Managing roles (CRUD operation) The Web console is designed to be used with only an access to the Internet for remote Identity management [read more]		X

	New module: VG Web Console - 2.0 is coming soon
		The web console is being entirely redesigned to be user administrator oriented [see a preview]

	New APIs
		New APIs were created to extend the number of methods.	X	X

Console

	Added	New VG System roles:	X	X
		Restricted Developer: The developer with this role can administer the applications for which he is a "Membership Manager". Developer Deployer: The developer with this role can deploy all applications. Restricted Developer Deployer: The developer with this role can deploy only applications for which he is a “Membership Manager".

Runtime

	Added	support of VG Server.		X

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.8.812.19

New Features

OFFLINE MODE
Allows users to run an application secured by Visual Guard, although the VG Repository is not accessible.
User permissions are cached in an off-line store and updated when the application logs again in to the VG repository.

DEPLOYEMENT OF THE PARAMETERS OF REPOSITORY

Allows to deploy only the parameters of a repository if necessary.

Console

Fixed: The user icon for type of user (Windows, VG or DB) should display in right panel

Fixed: The link 'Click here for more information about the language used in expression' for the Add Expression is not working

Fixed: When you select VGExpression node, Filter button is not active.

Fixed: The links from 'Security Action Creation wizard' is not working

Fixed: 'Granted Users' Property of Role from right panel is not updated.

Fixed: The Shared Role icon is not same in right and left panel.

Runtime

Fixed: The application took a lot time to run with offline mode.

Fixed: Offline Mode is not working for Database user

Fixed: Offline Mode is not working for File repository.

Fixed: In the offline mode the authentication mode is not verified at the time of login to the application.

Fixed: Offline mode is not working for Database user.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.7.810.14

Console

Fixed: A SerializationException is thrown while creating a property action with a value based on a type specific to the application.

Fixed: A NullReferenceException is thrown when editing 'property' action on Component.

Fixed: VG crashes when refreshing the repository whose content is deleted but repository is present in the Console.

Webform

Fixed: MasterPage of a MasterPage is not secured automatically.

WinForm

Fixed: VGSecurityManager.LoadAnomymousSecurity(WindowsIdentity) does not use the specified identity.

Fixed: VGMembership.CreateUser does not take into account the mustChangePasswordAtNextLogon parameter.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.7.809.26

Runtime

Changed: Visual Guard no longer locks an account after the last grace logon (when the password has expired). Visual Guard sets the MustChangeAtNextLogon option to true for this account and the authentication process fails. If you use the method VGSecurityManager.Authenticate or VGSecurityManager.ValidateUser in your code, you have to check whether this modification is compatible with your code.
For more information, read: Authentication Process Modification

Added: A new VGMembership.FindUserByLastName method is added. This method returns a collection of users where the last name matches the specified last name.

Added: A new constructor of VGLogEntry is added to support unnamed properties as format item (like in string.Format method) in the message.

Fixed: VGRoles.UpdateRole always throws a security exception

Fixed: VG adds a 'Successfull Logon Attempt' entry to the event log when the logon fails with 'MustChangePasswordAtNextLogon' status

Fixed: AmbigousMatchException is thrown when 'Properties' action is executed at runtime.

Winform

Improved: VGLoginForm takes into account the new authentication process.

Fixed: Error messages are not cleared in VGChangePasswordForm

Oracle

Improved: Improved performance when modified data is saved on Oracle

Console

Added: A new event (ID 20013) is added to the event log when the Username of an account is modified.

Added: A new event (ID 40023) is added to the event log when the name of an application is modified.

Added: A new event (ID 40024) is added to the event log when the name of a role is modified.

Added: A new event (ID 40025) is added to the event log when the name of a permission is modified.

Added: A new event (ID 40026) is added to the event log when the name of a permission set is modified.

Added: A new event (ID 40027) is added to the event log when the permission set of a role is modified.

Added: A new event (ID 40028) is added to the event log when a permission is granted to a permission set.

Added: A new event (ID 40029) is added to the event log when a permission is revoked from a permission set.

Added: A new event (ID 40030) is added to the event log when a permission set is granted to a permission set.

Added: A new event (ID 40031) is added to the event log when a permission set is revoked from a permission set.

Improved: The password policy dialog box is redesigned to improve the display.

Improved: The Security Action Wizard is redesigned to help to edit 'Properties' actions.

Improved: It is now possible to filter the content of the 'Component' tree view when editing a 'Properties' action.

Improved: It is now possible to create a 'Properties' action to modify properties of non-component object.

Improved: It is now possible to Maximize/Restore the 'Event Viewer' dialog box.

Improved: A new command line argument '-R' is added to the Visual Guard console and disallow to edit the list of repositories

Improved: a new command line argument '-M' is added to the Visual Guard console and allows to launch multiple instance of the console

Improved: It is now possible to duplicate a Permission Set.

Improved: The text of the event 4015 (Permission modified) contains now information indicating when an action is removed, added or modified.

Improved: When a property of repository, application, role, user, permission or permission set is modified in the console, Visual Guard records the old value and the new value in the text of log events.

Improved: Improved performance during the refresh of data.

Changed: By default only one instance of the Visual Guard console can be launched at same time.

Fixed: In Edit the password policy window, fields should restore to the old value when blank value is entered in a numeric field.

Fixed: Two unhandled exceptions occur when the new created version is removed from the console.

Fixed: 'Is' operator generates an invalid message when the right hand operand is not a type.

Fixed: the 'Last Modification' property of an item in console displays the date in UTC not in Local mode.

Fixed: the 'MustChangePasswordAtNextLogon' option is set to false after changing the password even if the option is true in dialog box.

Fixed: AmbigousMatchException is thrown when 'Properties' action is executed at runtime.

Fixed: Event Viewer does not sort properly the list of events by date for Oracle repository.

Fixed: The 'Other Assemblies' property is not duplicated while creating a 'New version' of an application.

Fixed: List of permission is not always in alphabetic order in 'Change Permission' Dialog box.

Sample

The sample application is improved to demonstrate how to use of Visual Guard in WCF context.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.7.806.18

Runtime

Fixed: A RoleMemberAdded is generated in the event log when the property of a user is modified in the console

Fixed: An exception is raised when calling VGMembershipUser.RevokeMembershipPermission method

Fixed: the event InvalidLogonAttempt is not added to event log when the user is not authorized to access to the application.

Fixed: All modified properties of VGMembershipUser are reset after calling ResetPassword, ChangePassword,Unlock methods.

Improved: 2 new events MembershipPermissionRevoked and MembershipPermissionGranted are now generated by the console or when using Membership API

WebService

Fixed: When VG is used with WCF services hosted by ASP.Net, it cannot find configuration files and raises a 'Unable to find valid Visual Guard configuration' exception.

Console

Fixed: Not getting any property in the Generate Configuration file window.

Fixed: The message "<my file> already exists. Do you want to replace it" is displayed twice when exporting event log

Fixed: A 'strange' node is added after removing the last sub nodes of an item in the tree view. When clicking on this node, an unhandled exception is raised.

Fixed: In the documentation generated by the console, lists of applications, users, permissions and roles are not properly sorted

Improved: The first and last name of the user is now displayed in the Event Viewer.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.7.805.27

Runtime

Fixed: When the password option 'Lock account after x grace login' is enabled, VGSecurityManager.Authenticate locks out the account during the last grace login.

Fixed: When the password policy allows only 1 grace logins, the account is locked out just after the logon attempt.

Fixed: An error occurs when 'Properties' action are executed on subfields of a field at runtime. Visual Guard throws 'VGInvalidActionException' exception

Fixed: After creating a new account with membership API, VGSecurityManager.Authenticate returns sometimes 'UserAccountNotYetAvailable' in place of 'Success'

Fixed: the username is case sensitive during authentication process against database repository

Fixed: string concatenation with null value throw NullReferenceException exception when one of its operand is null. Now the concatenation returns an empty string as the standard .net concatenation.

Fixed: includeWindowsGroups parameter of VGSecurityRuntime.CreateRuntimeForXXX is not taken into account

Fixed: In some cases Username and Roles are not valid in value assigned by an action based on Visual Guard expression

Fixed: VGMembershipUser.RevokeMembershipPermission method throws an exception when it is called and the user does not have the Membership Permission for the application.

Improved: It is now possible to use the namespace of the object provided as context of evaluation as default namespace in Visual Guard expression.

Added: A new log event 'NotEnoughPrivileges' is generated when a user try to access to Membership API and does not have enough privileges.

Added: A new log event ' AccountUnlocked' is generated when a user unlock an account.

Added: A new log event 'NotEnoughPrivileges' is generated when a user try to access to Membership API and does not have enough privileges.

Added: A new log event ' MembershipPermissionGranted' is generated when Membership permission is granted to a user.

Added: A new log event ' MembershipPermissionRevoked ' is generated when Membership permission is revoked from a user.

ASP.NET

Fixed: InvalidOperationException Exception is raised while using membership API in a website when the repository is based on SQLServer

WINFORM

Fixed: VGChangedPassword allows reusing an old password even if the password policy does not allow to reuse old password

Fixed: VGLoginForm allows to change the password when the user is not authorized to access to the application and the password is required to change at first logon.

Added: 'Password' property is added to VGLoginForm and allows getting and setting the current password.

ORACLE

Fixed: an ORA-00942 error occurs when the install.sql script is executed manually on Oracle

Fixed: an ORA-00942 error occurs when a log event is written in Oracle repository.

Fixed: An ORA-1003 error occurs when intall.sql script is executed manullay by using Oracle 10 Express Edition console

SQL Server

Fixed: Unable to manually execute twice install.sql script on SQLServer

Console

Fixed: In repository creation wizard, the option Database authentication is not available for the default administrator

Fixed: when End date is modified by using the calendar, the console raises an unhandled exception.

Fixed: In some cases it is not possible to delete permission folders in repository based on Oracle.

Fixed: In some cases it is not possible to write in event log in repository based on Oracle.

Fixed: An exception is raised during the creation of SQLServer repository with database account as administrator.

Fixed: Visual Guard does not properly refresh all items after the modification of an item

Fixed: Visual Guard console does not detect modification for ASP.NEt 2.0 website when .svc or soap files are modified

Fixed: Find Functionality is not working Properly

Fixed: An unhandled exception 'Cannot be less than zero' is raised while creating or editing action.

Fixed: a RoleMemberAdded is added to the log each time an account property is modified and the account is a member of 'Membership Manager' role.

Improved: A new option allows unlocking the account in Change Password dialog box when the account is locked out

Improved: It is not possible to provide 'Other Assemblies' by using relative path.

Improved: Edit Configuration file allows to edit multiple repository configurations in one configuration file.

Improved: The text of the message generated in the log event contains now the name of the modified property and its new value (for repository settings and user accounts).

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.7.802.29

Support of WCF Services

Visual Guard .Net can now be integrated in application hosting WCF Services. Visual Guard .Net allows authentication based on Windows account or User/Password and authorization access to WCF Services.

Support of Windows Vista

The installation process is improved and complies with the standards recommended by Windows Vista.

Support of WPF Components

It is now possible to create action on WPF Components.

Support of applications loading assemblies dynamically

It is now possible to secure applications loading assemblies dynamically (like applications using the Microsoft CAB framework). You can indicate the list of the assemblies in the property 'Other Assemblies' of the application in the console.

Security actions

Visual Guard .Net language

Visual Guard .Net provides a new language allowing to create complex expressions. This language supports the getting and setting properties, method invocation, instantiation of object, logical and arithmetic operators. This new language can be used to add a condition to a security action or calculate dynamically the value of a property.
For instance, it is possible to create an action disabling the 'Delete' button when the sales order displayed in a form is an order for a client of a country and it is not shipped.

SalesOrder.Customer.Country == ' USA ' and SalesOrder.ShippedDate != System.DateTime.MinValue

It is also possible to use this expression to calculate the value of a property. The following example allows to modify the Filter of a DataView. If the filter already contains a filter expression, Visual Guard adds the clause "Country = ' USA '" at the end of the expression otherwise it sets the filter with this clause.

#CurrentValue.Length == 0?'Country = '' USA ''':string.Format('({0}) and 'Country = '' USA ''', #CurrentValue)

Modification of argument of the event raising a security action

Visual Guard .Net now allows to modify the property of the argument of the event raising a security action. For instance, it is possible to change the Cancel property of the Closing event when the action is executed on this event.

Visual Guard Console

Auditing/Logging feature

It is now possible to filter the list of event by using a date range. Visual Guard .Net now provides the description of all predefined Visual Guard .Net events. This list of description can be edited. It is possible to change standard description or add a description for custom events. It is now possible to clean up the events of a repository older than a date (e.g. is it possible to delete all events older than 6 month).

New 'Auditor' Roles

2 new roles are added to the Visual Guard .Net console: Auditor and Restricted Auditor. These roles allow to access a repository in read only mode. An auditor can consult the content of the repository, generate a report or consult the event log but it can't grant permission or administrate users of the repository. Restricted Auditor has the same rights as Auditor but can consult only a restricted list of application.

ASP.Net

Visual Guard .Net allows to check Visual Guard .Net permission for all ASP.Net component based on role (LoginView, SiteMap with Security Trimming, URL authorization mechanism). You just have to prefix the name of the permission by the '%' character in place of the name of role. For example, the following Authorization section of web.config file indicates that only user with the permission "Allow to edit and delete employee" can access the content of the folder containing the web.config

< authorization >

< allow roles = " %\Employees\Allow to edit and delete employee " />

< deny users = " * " />

</ authorization >

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.6.709.16

Visual Guard Runtime

Visual Guard now supports Logging/Auditing features. It is now possible to log user activities (invalid logon attempt, locked account, password modification attempt, repository item modifications...). It is also possible to log custom events for your application in the repository log.

Improved performance and scalability in ASP.Net environment.

Concurrency access management is improved.

Visual Guard Membership API now supports the creation of role.

A new event 'DefaultRuntimeInitialized' is added to the VGSecurityManager class. This event can be used to change the default security settings of the application.

New methods 'CreateRuntimeForFile', 'CreateRuntimeForOracle', 'CreateRuntimeForSQLServer' are added to the VGSecurityRuntime class. These methods allow to specify security settings (database connection string, supported authentication mode,...) without using Visual Guard configuration files.

A new event 'SecurityLoaded' is added to the VGHttpModule class. This event is raised after loading the security of the current user in ASP.Net environment.

A new property VGMembershipUser.MustChangePasswordAtNexLogon is added and allows to force the user to change password at next logon.

A new value VGAuthenticationState.MustChangePasswordAtNextLogon is added and allows to indicate that the authentication process has failed because the user must change his password at next logon.

A new flag VGAuthenticationStatus.MustChangePasswordAtNextLogon is added and allows to indicate that the authentication process has failed because the user must change his password at next logon.

Fix: the trace file generated by default is now located in the system's temporary folder. In previous versions, the default trace file was generated in the folder of the Novalys.VisualGuard.Secutiry.dll and caused problem in web application.

Fix: the arguments firstName and lastName are not taken into account when the method VGMembership.CreateUser(string username, string password, string email, string passwordQuestion, string passwordAnswer, bool isApproved, string comment, string firstName, string lastName, out VGMembershipCreateStatus status) is used to create a new user.

Fix: VGMembershipUser.UnlockUser does not unlock the user when the property RequiresUniqueEmail is not set to true. Fix: the arguments firstName and lastName are not taken into account when the method VGMembership.CreateUser(string username, string password, string email, string passwordQuestion, string passwordAnswer, bool isApproved, string comment, string firstName, string lastName, out VGMembershipCreateStatus status) is used to create a new user.

Fix: VGMembershipUser.IsApproved is not updated when the property RequiresUniqueEmail is not set to true.

Fix: VGMembershipUser.IsDirty is not updated after calling the method VGMembership.Update.

Fix: the VGMembership.FindUsersByName and VGMembership.FindUsersByMail method returns sometimes an incomplete result for Oracle and SQLServer.

Fix: the method VGMembership.AddWindowsAccount throw an invalid exception when the repository license allows Windows Account.

Fix: the method VGMembership.UpdateUser allows to modify the email of a user with a duplicate email.

Fix: the property VGMembership.MaxInvalidPasswordAttempt returns an invalid value.

Fix: the event VGMembershipProvider.ValidatingPassword passes the old password as arg in place of the new password.

Visual Guard Console

All user activities (item creation, deletion or modification) are logged in the log of the repository.

It is now possible for a master administrator to display the events log of a repository and clear this log.

It is now possible to force the user to change the password at next logon.

It is now possible to specify that the deployment process will refresh the content of an application or will replace the content of an application. When the option is set to 'Refresh', the process keeps all the items of the application in the target repository and replaces existing items by the items of the source repository and adds new items. When the option is set to 'Replace', the process deletes all items of the application in the target repository before deploying the items of the source application.

Performances are improved during the initial loading of data.

A new role 'Restricted User Administrator' is added to the Visual Guard console. This role has same permissions as 'User Administrator' role but allows to manage only the applications for which the user is a member of 'Membership manager' role.

The 'Select Windows Accounts' dialog box keeps its last setting after closing the dialog box.

Fix: The option 'Clear All' of the log view does not remove the items from the list.

Fix: The password answer stored in the repository is not valid during the creation of a Visual Guard account.

Fix: The list of classes used as targets in the security action designer does not display all assemblies referenced by the main assembly.

Fix: In some cases it is possible to assign more than one permission sets to a role.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.5.708.06

Visual Guard Console

The 'Property action' creation wizard allows to add a condition on a security action. Before executing a security action , Visual Guard evaluates the value of the condition and executes the action only when the value is true.

Performance improved during the loading of big repository.

It is now possible to enable anonymous session and default role in the application creation wizard.

A new property "Membership Permission Enabled" allows to enable Membership permission in an application.

A new special role "Membership Manager" allows to grant to a user the permission to use Membership API in the application.

Fix: The stored procedure 'vg_GetDatabaseAccounts' returns the error 'Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI" and "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" in the equal to operation' when the master database and the Visual Guard database do not use the same collation

Visual Guard Runtime

It is now possible to change the value of a permission argument at runtime. The property VGIPermissionAttribute.Value allows to change this value.

The properties VGMembershipUser.PasswordExpirationDate, VGMembershipUser.IsPasswordExpired and VGMembershipUser.GraceLoginRemaining are added and allow to check the state of the password of an user.

The properties VGMembershipUser.FirstName, VGMembership.LastName are added and allow to get or set the first name and the last name of a membership user.

A new property VGIPrincipal.MembershipPermission is added and allows to check whether the user can use Membership API in the application.

A new event VGSecurity.ValidatingPassword is added and allows to cancel the password modification when the password is not valid.

The method VGMembership.CreateUser allows now to specify the first name and the last name.

Improved performance for VGMemberShip API

Improved support of generic types

Fix: The values of UserName, UserId, RoleName are not valid when security action expressions are used in web application context.

Fix: The value of formatted expressions used in security action expression is not automatically converted.

Fix: The id of permissions of a new version of an application is not valid. The id is not equal to the id of the original version of the permission.

Fix: the security of Master Pages is not automatically loaded.

Fix: the security actions defined on class based on generic type are never executed.

Installation

Fix: the Visual Guard shortcuts launch an installation process when the installation is done by an administrator and the Visual Guard program is launched by another user.

The installation can now be launched by a 'Power User'.

Visual Guard can now be used by all type of users (not only Administrator or Power User)

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.5.705.30

Visual Guard Console

Fix the problem of Secured assembly loading when the same application is loaded for two different repositories in the same time.

A "Deploy Application" option is added in the menu of the applications.

It is now allowed to request a license key for a repository via the web.

Fix the problem of crash when the name of an item is modified in the treeview and the item has been modified by another user

A new property "AllowsToRenameUsers" is added to repositories. This property allows a master administrator to disable the ability to change the name of the user in the console.

A new property "UseUpdateMethod" is added to repositories. This property allows a master administrator to indicate if a user is delete then insert when a user is renamed or if the update method is used.

Allows to indicate the name of the Oracle database schema in which the repository tables will be created.

A new option in the deployment wizard allows to grant roles of a new version of an application in same manner as roles are granted to in the previous version.

Fix a problem of crash during the disconnection of a repository

Visual Guard Runtime

Fix the problem of the value VGAuthenticationState.IsPasswordSecure when a password is expired

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.5.704.23

Visual Guard Console

Allows to deploy the repository or the application in another repository or to generate deployment files.
Allows to create multiple versions of an application in a same repository.
Allows to add more than one Windows account at the same time.
Display a warning in the log view when the Visual Guard configuration file must be regenerated for an application.
Fix a problem that occurs when the password policy is changed.
Fix a problem that occurs during the creation of tables containing the repository in Oracle
Fix a problem that occurs during the creation of tables containing the repository in SQLServer
Fix a problem that occurs when the path of the WebSite project is modified.
Fix a problem that occurs during the verification of unique email of Visual Guard account when Windows accounts already exist in the repository.

Visual Guard Runtime

New API allowing to deploy a repository or an application by program.

New command line tool (vg_deployment.exe) allowing to deploy a repository or an application.

Membership API allows to create and delete Windows Account.

New parameter allowing to define the number of seconds before expiration of an item in a cache.

ASP .NET

Performances are improved during the loading of the security for ASP.Net application.

Fix a crash (OutOfMemory exception) when Windows authentication is used

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.1.702.19

Runtime Visual Guard

Allows to specify the name of the schema containing database objects for Oracle repository

Console Visual Guard

Allows to select more than one Windows account in the "Windows Account creation" dialog box.

Fix a problem with search in big repositories.
Performance improved during the navigation in big repositories.
Fix a problem of repository creation in Oracle database

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.1.701.10

Runtime Visual Guard

"Properties Action" can now use parameters defined in permissions. For example, it is possible to create a permission with a parameter "Country" and create an action using this parameter to filter data in the application.
New property "VGSecurityManager.GenerateDebugInformation" allowing to indicate if debug information are generated for "Script Action".
All messages are now translated in French.

ASP.Net

The permission cache is improved.

Sample & Documentation

The ASP.Net sample is fully rewritten.

New roles and permissions are created. These roles allow to display application data only for a country.

New demo displaying how to integrate Visual Giard in an application.

Console Visual Guard

It is now possible to look for an item in a repository.

Generation of a technical documentation for a repository (format PDF.

Take into account the ASP.Net WebApplication projects (the new type of project supported in VS2005 SP1).

Performance improved for secured application data loading.

The problem of reloading ASP.Net secured application data is fixed.

New toolbar and menu with office 2003 style.

It is now possible to check the security action of one permission.

"Properties Action" wizard is improved. It is now possible to display only modified properties and a new field displays all modifications.

The GUI is now translated in French.

The contextual help is improved.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 2.0.60915

Runtime Visual Guard

Support of Oracle 8i or higher to store a repository.

Support of MS SQLServer 2000 or higher to store a repository.

Support of authentication based on Windows Account.

Support of authentication based on Database Account.

Support of Shared Roles. Shared roles allow to share a role between multiple applications defined in the same repository.

New event VGSecurityManager.CheckVersion. This event allows to check if the version of permissions stored in the repository are compatible with the application.

ASP.Net

Performance improved for authentication and authorization process.

New event VGHttpModule.PermissionLoading. This event allows to filter roles granted to a user during the authorization process.

New event VGHttpModule.Initialized. This event allows to change the default configuration file.

Windows Form

Take into account the new authentication mode (Windows, Visual Guard and database).

Console Visual Guard

Take into account the new repository types (SQLServer and Oracle).

Take into account the new authentication mode (Windows, Visual Guard and database).

Take into account the Shared Roles.

You can now duplicate a permission with all its actions.

You can now delete the default Master administrator.

The console now generates by default the configuration file in the 'Bin' directory for ASP.Net 2.0 applications

The problem of refresh during concurrency data update is fixed.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 1.2.60601

ASP.Net

Full Support of .Net 2.0

Fully compatible with Membership API

Windows Form

Full Support of .Net 2.0

New Membership API allowing to create or edit users and to grant roles.

Console Visual Guard

The password policy editor has been redesigned to simplify the edition of the policy.

You can now specify an email address and a password question/answer for a user.

It is possible to configure a repository to require a unique email address for each user.

It is possible to configure a repository to require a password question/answer for each user.

It is possible to configure a repository to allow users to reset their passwords by randomly regenerating a new password.

It is possible to define a default role for an application. This default role will be granted by default to each new user.

Performance improved during the loading of data for large repository.

Runtime Visual Guard

Support of password reset feature (this feature allows ASP.Net application to replace the current password for a user by a new, randomly generated password).

Support of Password Question and Answer feature.

New Membership API. This API allows to directly create or edit users and to grant roles in your application. These API are similar to ASP.Net Membership API but are enabled for all types of applications supported by Visual Guard (Winform, WebForm, .Net 1.1, .Net 2.0).

The support of concurrent access for repositories based on files is improved.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 1.1.60426

ASP.Net

The installation of the Web sample application is improved and fixes the problem of permission on the repository.

The messages displayed when an error occurs during the access to the repository or the configuration file are improved.

Console Visual Guard

The problem of refresh during concurrency data update is fixed.

You can now edit the default name of the repository.

The deletion of the repository requires now a password confirmation.

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Visual Guard .NET - Version 1.1.60329

ASP.Net

Full Support of ASP.Net application.

Integration is easier by using Web.config file configuration.

Compatibility with Forms, Windows and Passport authentication module.

Compatibility with URL authorization module.

Console Visual Guard
You can now:

Edit the password policy in the Visual Guard console (Select a repository item, right-click and choose the option "Edit password policy..."). The password policy allows you to check: the number of days a password is valid, the strength of the password, the number of consecutive bad login allowed, etc.- Edit the user used as anonymous account by the application (Select an application item and change the value of the property "Anonymous user").

Grant a role to a list of users directly from the role (Select the role item, right-click then choose the option "Edit granted users list...").

Windows Form

Support of the anonymous session in the default Visual Guard Login form (Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.WinForm.VGLoginForm class).

Runtime Visual Guard

Improvement of performance to dynamic script compilation.

Support of anonymous sessions allowing to use the application without authentication.

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