Power Search 5

Version 5.0.1

• TLS 1.1 and 1.2 are now supported if .NET 4.5 (or later) is installed on your PC
• Crawler now auto-detects when Windows-1252 codepage is mislabeled as ISO-8859-1
• Minor internal tweaks for Windows 10
• Soft 404 detection is now case insensitive
• JavaScript errors can now be hidden on the Login Wizard
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Scrape Editor to never allow scraping

Version 5.0.0

• Brand new Windows 10 look and feel
• .NET 4.0 is now the required runtime (.NET 2.0 is no longer supported)
• Updated the Scrape Editor so that scripts are not removed automatically
• Updated all internal components to latest versions

Version 4.1.0

• Improved the Scrape Editor accuracy
• Improved the Scrape Editor’s Group function
• Updated some queries in the Query Library
• Improved support for scraping from corporate networks
• Power Search now works with sites that have SSLv3 disabled
• Renamed “Advanced Project Settings” to “Advanced Options”, and changed “Default Project Settings” to “Project Defaults”
• Updated 3rd party components
• Power Search will now work in a FIPS compliant environment

Version 4.0.3

• Various bug fixes to scraper engine
• URL timeouts no longer cause a pop-up window

Version 4.0.2

• Added a checkbox to suppress all script errors in the Scrape Editor (enabled by default)
• Updated Power Search so that .NET 4.0 is the preferred framework if multiple versions of .NET are installed

Version 4.0.1

• Fixed a bug that would prevent the “Edit”, “Group” and “Delete” buttons would not be enabled in the Scrape Editor
• Fixed the render mode of the embedded web browser in the Scrape Editor

Version 4.0.0

• Brand new Point-and-Click interface for web scraping!
• Nested scraping is now possible (allows for more complex data to be extracted from pages)
• Power Search now requires .NET 3.5 or higher
• Projects can be organized into folders
• Changes made to the Default Project Settings now affect all projects.
• Power Search can now be paused and will automatically pause/resume if your PC suspends or hibernates
• New application icon
• Results are now saved with projects
• You can now change the folder to store Project Files in
• Added a command line option that specifies a list of Root URLs to crawl (automatically replaces the Root URL and Additional Root URLs in the project)

Version 3.2.6

• Fixed “Remove HTML” option not sticking in Scrape Editor
• Fixed Scrape Editor browser display not working with some non-Latin character sets
• Fixed minor bug in the Scrape feature that could cause the incorrect field to be scraped in some rare situations

Version 3.2.5

• Minor change to Power Search installer

Version 3.2.4

• Tweaked the Scrape Editor so that “Remove HTML” option is present in both Advanced and Basic modes

Version 3.2.3

• Fixed a bug in the scrape processor that would prevent attributes from being parsed correctly.

Version 3.2.2

• Fixed a bug that would prevent the Scrape Editor from working with some types of tables.

Version 3.2.1

• Fixed a bug that would prevent the Scrape Editor from working if the “Form Wizard” was run from the Passwords & Forms window.

Version 3.2.0

• New “XPath” query type
• Updated main UI: radio buttons replaced by drop-down list (less clutter)
• Various enhancements to scrape editor:
  • Improved site compatibility
  • Added new post-processing options (Remove Text and Regex)
  • Added ability to select an HTML attribute in Advanced Mode
• Updated query library (some new queries, enhanced some older queries for better performance)
• Added new advanced crawler settings
• Added new standard User-Agents for IE9 and FireFox
• Changed XML output, “Result” element is now called “ResultItem”
• Whitespace is now automatically trimmed from scraped text

Version 3.1.5

• Fixed pop-up handling in Scrape Editor (pop-up windows are now opened in the main window)

Version 3.1.4

• Repackaged installer as a standalone exe
• Fixed minor bugs in Scrape Editor interface

Version 3.1.3

• Windows Program Compatibility Assistant no longer appears after running Power Search
• Solved “Unexpected Error” that could occur when using Scrape interface
• Fixed various issues related cookies when crawling

Version 3.1.2

• Enhanced Scrape Editor to make capture of selected text more accurate

Version 3.1.1

• Added ability to save log
• Added log entries when HTTP redirects are detected (for troubleshooting crawl issues)
• Fixed Scrape Editor not working on Windows XP with IE6
• Improved accuracy of “Capture Selection” in Scrape Editor

Version 3.1.0

• New multi-threaded crawler for improved performance
• Added new “Scrape” query mode with point-and-click interface
• Added email notification (and attachment) option
• Added XML export format
• Added option to ignore HTTP protocol prefix when determining unique URLs
• Added option to enable/disable HTTP keep-alive
• Added option to enable/disable HTTP compression

Version 3.0.6

• Fixed scheduler so “Last Result” no longer shows random value while task is still running
• Power Search now remembers previous window location
• Power Search now has context sensitive help
• Fixed bug that could cause Power Search to crash if certain Advanced Query settings are selected

Version 3.0.5

• Fixed Form Wizard not properly catching post data on non-HTTPs sites

Version 3.0.4

• Fixed command-line interface error where “No Query” was reported even when query was configured
• Fixed scheduler so “Last Result” no longer shows random value while task is still running

Version 3.0.3

• Fixed “OK” button on Advanced Project Settings not working in all cases
• Fixed “More Query Options” not always correctly enabled/disabled correctly according to Query Type

Version 3.0.2

• Scheduler now checks password before scheduling task
• “#DATE#” and “#TIME#” placeholders can now be used for output filename
• Fixed “Delete URL” in Excluded Pages always disabled
• Added the option to open CSV file directly after export
• Report settings now stored with project
• Changed Additional Root URL behavior, pages under Additional Root URL paths are now treated as internal.
• Updated “Default Project Settings” page (differentiates itself from “Advanced Project Settings”)
• Added support for Google’s Ajax crawling framework (“_escaped_fragement_”)

Version 3.0.1

• Added option to scheduler to allow tasks to run when user is not logged on
• Excluded pages now works correctly when non standard port is used.
• Changed Additional Root URL behavior, pages under Additional Root URL paths are now treated as internal.
• Updated installer to automatically launch Power Search after installation

Version 3.0.0

• * in Wildcard match type now excludes HTML by default (can be changed in “More Query Options…” window)
• Import Robots.txt now imports “Allow” rules
• Added Export Robots.txt capability
• Robots.txt import now correctly imports “Allow” rules
• Exclusion list now supports “$” character to match end of URLs
• New Windows 7 look and feel
• New easier scheduler interface, allows editing of scheduled tasks and uses wizard interface
• Scheduling tasks no longer requires windows password
• New report engine no longer requires GAC registration
• Runs as 64-bit process on 64-bit versions of Windows
• Now possible to use custom User Agent strings
• Crawler now uses HTTP compression when possible
• Added “Manual Login” option for password protected websites

Version 2.1.0

• Initial Release