ChangeLog-0.3.8

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This is the changelog for ReactOS™ version 0.3.8 (released whenever), an open-source operating system designed to be binary executable- and device driver-compatible with Microsoft™ Windows NT™ and subsequent Microsoft operating systems such as Windows 2000™ and Windows XP™. ReactOS is written by the ReactOS development team, and the last previous version of ReactOS was version 0.3.7 (released 4 November, 2008).

General

Translations

• Added/Updated Slovak translations (Mario Kacmar, bugs #3834, #3866, #3890, #3934, #3955, #3983, #4005, #4035)

Host Tools

• Fix compiler warnings treated as errors when using GCC 4.3.2 (Dmitry Gorbachev, bug #3849)
• Rearrange "host/typedefs.h" to make it look more logical, fix a wrong definition of INT_PTR and UINT_PTR in this file (Colin Finck)

RBUILD

• Don't decide whether to preprocess .spec files based on Kernel-Mode vs. User-Mode, but on the file extension. Preprocessed files use the .pspec extension now (Colin Finck)
• Removed some checks for uppercased file extensions (Colin Finck)
• Reenable testing on undefined properties, they are treated as being empty now (Colin Finck)

WIDL

• Don't assume that host void* is the same size as target void* (Jeffrey Morlan)

Core

Kernel and Executive (NTOSKRNL)

EX

• Fixed implementation of PsCreateProcessNotifyRoutine (Michael Martin)
• Fixed dereferencing of wrong object in NtCreateProfile, pProcess not Process. (Michael Martin)

MM

• Implement VirtualMemoryInformationClass of MemorySectionName for NtQueryVirtualMemory. (Michael Martin)
• Use volatile with PagesLocked and MdlAddress in MiDoMappedCopy, to prevent bugcheck when code in SEH failed. (Michael Martin, Bug #3674)

Kernel Mode Drivers

FASTFAT

• When allocating a cluster, decrement the AvailableClusters count to keep reported free space consistent (Jeffrey Morlan)
• Fixed bug where extending the size of an already non-empty file would crash if disk space runs out; also optimized that code so it doesn't always have to traverse the entire file (Jeffrey Morlan)

NPFS

• Re-implemented read/write for message type mode. (Michael Martin)
• Fixed bug in NpfsRead that was causing thread to not wake from wait. (Michael Martin)
• Fixed problems with not being able to terminate threads that used pipe functions. (Michael Martin)
• Modified NpfsSetPipeInformation to not allow changing read mode to message mode for byte stream type pipes. (Michael Martin)
• Modified NpfsCreatePipe so that clients for NamedPipes always start off in byte stream mode. (Michael Martin)
• Implemented NpfsPeekPipe. (Michael Martin)

VIDEOPRT

• Add missing assignments to all CallingProcess variables in int10.c. (Michael Martin, Bug #2286)
• Fixed memory corruption in VideoPortInt10 implementation. (Michael Martin, Bug #2286)
• Fixed bug in VideoPortGetAccessRanges, causing the device to not be found on the bus. (Michael Martin, Bug #2286)

Win32™ Personality

Kernel-mode subsystem server (Win32K)

• Fix TransparentBlt in 24bpp mode (Gregor Schneider, bug #1583)
• Fix StretchBlt offset calculation in 8bpp and 16bpp (Gregor Schneider)
• Fix BitBlt MergePaint operation (Gregor Schneider)
• Fix hatched brush color conversion (Gregor Schneider)
• Fix BitBlt coordinate calculation for 1 bit masks (Gregor Schneider, bug #2372)
• Add several PS_NULL, PS_INSIDEFRAME and PS_ALTERNATE brush improvements (Gregor Schneider)
• Fix DrawIcon and DrawIconEx in 32bpp mode (Gregor Schneider)
• Fix returning correct previous windows procedure for SetWindowLong. (Michael Martin, James Tabor)
• Create CallProc for edit controls to match windows behavior. (Michael Martin, James Tabor)

Services

DHCP

• Fixed bug that caused failure to assign ip address if address 255.255.255.255 was received from server. (Michael Martin, Bug #3962)

Win32™ Applications

Command Prompt

• Fix parsing of batch files lacking '\n' character on the last line (Jeffrey Morlan)
• Fix bug where DIR /D wouldn't always show all files (Jeffrey Morlan)
• Implement proper support for multi-line IF blocks, IF /I option, IF CMDEXTVERSION, and generic comparisons (EQU etc); fix IF ERRORLEVEL to do >= check rather than == (Jeffrey Morlan)
• Give an error message when trying to MKDIR a directory that already exists; add support for making multiple directories with one MKDIR command (Jeffrey Morlan, bug #3961)
• Allow the DIR command to be interrupted via Ctrl-C even while in the middle of a directory. (Jeffrey Morlan, bug #3967)
• Allow arguments to MOVE to contain slashes (Víctor Martínez Calvo, bug #4013)
• For MOVE command: only check for options at the beginning of the command line; give error message if too many parameters are given; if no destination is given, default to current directory; fix crash that occurred with certain source filenames; fix memory leaks (Jeffrey Morlan)
• Add support for removing multiple directories with one RMDIR command (Jeffrey Morlan)

Notepad

• Fix the display of Line and Column in the Status Bar and add language resources for this (Carlo Bramini, bug #3702)

Solitaire

• Fix winning infinitely bug by dealing cards again (Lucas Suggs, bug #3288)
• Fix status bar overlay problems (Gregor Schneider, bug #3336, bug #3820)

Win32™ Libraries

MSVCRT

• Add parameter checks to strftime (Daniel Zimmermann, bug #3910)
• Add support for floating point operations in sprintf (Gregor Schneider, bug #1533, bug #3727, bug #3878)
• Update and fix undname, makepath, locale and several mbstring functions for increased compatibility (Gregor Schneider)

SETUPAPI

• Implement SetupDiSetDeviceInstallParamsA. (Michael Martin)

Regression tests

Rosautotest

• Wrote a new tool for running automatic regression tests, superseding our previous syssetup/cmd/dbgprint hack (Colin Finck)

Wcstombs-tests

• Add some tests for WC_NO_BEST_FIT_CHARS, which pass under Windows XP SP3 (Colin Finck)