ZOC Terminal – SSH/Telnet-Client and Terminal Emulator – Version History

Fixes:

• Problem when running instances from two different local installations
• Ftp access to SFTP hosts with IPv6 addresses
• Various quirks when using the Find (Ctrl+F) window in scrollback
• REXX ZocWait('^M') was sometimes not found even it appeared in the data stream

Fixes:

• Problems with european umlauts in TN3270 emulation
• Problems creating radio buttons in REXX custom dialogs

Fixes:

• Crash when pressing Esc key in the datastream viewer window (macOS only)
• Cursor positioning quirk in QNX emulation
• Quirk when handling of highlight attribute in VT220, xterm, etc
• Problem with TN3270/Telnet connects via REXX ZocConnect command
• Possible problem with MFA over SSH
• Incorrect progress percentage when sending very large files (Transfer > Send Binary File)

Fixes:

• Some idle actions (e.g. ^Z) actually caused disconnect in TN3270
• Problem with SSH FTP connections when using global ssh keys

Fixes:

• Problem with intermittend SSH port forwarding accept-error message that were not an error
• Some color choice lists did not update when color palette was switched
• Documentation and help file improvements

Fixes:

• Problem with TN3270 PF-keys in unbound state
• Sometimes secure shell options in session profile were not saved
• Ctrl+tab sometimes didn't work to switch tabs (macOS only)

Changes:

• File transfer windows stays open for longer when errors occurred

Fixes:

• Some operating system dependent parts were missing from help file
• Problem with error messages that contained European umlauts e.g. when telnet connects failed
• Colorful tabs mode was broken after v8.08.1

Changes:

• TN3270 option to fill left side with spaces now stops at beginning of line
• TN3270 now again does resets Insert mode on Enter/PF3, etc. (undo change from 8.08.1)

Fixes:

• Output of ongoing slow-scrolling text sometimes stalled
• TN3270 could not login to systems if login screen was unbound

Changes:

• TN3270 now clears selection on PF3/PF8, etc
• TN3270 now resets input-locked when moving the cursor using the mouse
• Less jittery output on some progress bar (e.g. python "pip install xxxx")

Fixes:

• Performance issue with TN3270 screens
• Some TN3270 country codepages did change into another value after editing session profile
• TN3270 destructive backspace went too far when backspacing over the left edge of a field
• Possible TN3270 connection loss when pressing F-key in unbound state
• Pressing Alt+Right in an empty unformatted 3270 screen caused lockup
• TN3270 crashed when entering an EUR currency sign
• Some quirky behavior related cut (ctrl+x) and marking with shift arrows in TN3270
• Sometimes lost options for Telnet/SSL after saving a session profile
• Handling of European umlauts related to keyboard codepage in session profile

New:

• Function to copy ssh public-key to clipboard (Tools menu)

Changes:

• Printer margins can now have up to two decimals
• Max number of lines in scrollback increased to 128000

Fixes:

• Possible crash when starting the program
• Session profile > keyboard sometimes showed wrong content for mapped keys
• Host directory saved names with European umlauts and some special characters incorrectly
• Some TN3270 country codepages did change into another value after editing session profile

Fixes:

• Possible crash when modifying user buttons from a script
• Possible crash when logging in using a ssh-cert
• Possible crash when temp folder is not writable
• Incorrect ssh message about failed login, when it was actually a partial success
• Clicking on a user-button in some cases opened the help window instead

Changes:

• Minor design changes in tabs, pulldown-menus and toolbar

Fixes:

• Help texts were missing a lot of periods at end of sentences
• Status bar items were misaligned when program started with status bar off

Fixes:

• Window colors were all over the place when Windows was set to dark mode (Windows only)

Fixes:

• Wyse emulation bug sometimes caused characters to become invisible
• Host directory AutoLogin learning of TN3270 autologin was broken
• Possible crash with long ssh proxy names

Changes:

• Hostdirectory.zhd.lockusername.txt file now not deleted when host directory is unlocked

Fixes:

• Telnet Keep-Alive setting could not be changed while the connection was active

Fixes:

• Quick-Connect window was broken (macOS only)

Fixes:

• Help system did not work (macOS only)
• Problem with ssh-keys stored in file paths that use unicode characters (Windows only)
• SSH could not handle more than 32 port forwards
• Problem with VT52 print sequences

New:

• Now based on OpenSSH 8.7
• Now based on OpenSSL 3.0.8

Changes:

• Uses less memory per session
• Telnet/SSL "TLS 1.2 only" option will not allow TLS 1.3
• Session profile option for Software-7E1 also translates incoming data to 7-bit
• Session profile options for 7-bit translation will not affect TN3270 data streams

Fixes:

• REXX AskFolderName command did not show the user defined title
• Possible crash with scrollback after dragging tabs into another ZOC window
• Possible crash/assert when loading a session profile with mangled font setting
• Fallback to default font did not work if session profile font was wrong
• MacOS password manager disabled for password entry fields (macOS only)

Changes:

• Now raises max-files limit via setrlimit to 8192 (macOS only)

Fixes:

• Right-click on the empty tabs-bar showed a menu that had some erroneous items
• Script-recording for TN3270 emulation recorded some keystrokes twice
• Shift+ctrl+V (paste) did not work in VTxxx and xterm emulations
• Possible problem when aborting the sending of pasted text on a Linux server
• REXX ZocSend command now waits for the sending of the text to be complete

Changes:

• Terminal->idle-handling options now also appears in the TN3270-limited version of the session profile

Fixes:

• Ctrl+shift+tab (go to previous tab) sometimes did not work
• In TN3270 emulation Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V didn't work with Caps Lock active
• Session profile > Auto-Highlight > Add sometimes crashed (macOS Ventura only)
• Possible crash at startup (macOS with site-license only)

Changes:

• Master pwd options for host-directory and session-profile require program-settings protection also

Fixes:

• Memory leak (GDI resources) which could cause drawing errors when running for days (Windows only)
• TN3270 'Insert' function/key did not work when mapped to Ctrl+I
• Possible crash during startup (Windows only)

Fixes:

• When changing keyboard codepage to Windows/ANSI it always reverted back to Unicode/UTF8
• TN3270 emulation did show letters with AltGr twice (Windows only)
• TN3270 commands in SSCP mode were sent with wrong format byte
• TN3270 sysreq function now properly negotiated in extended mode
• Possible crash on TVI/Wyse emulation with malformed esc-F sequences
• Could not move cursor between local-typing field and terminal area
• Possible crash for REXX commands with missing parameters
• Uninstall for 64-bit version was broken

New:

• TN3270 key mapping and function: Ctrl+Z (Undo) and Ctrl+Shift+Z (Redo)
• TN3270 key mapping and function: Ctrl+End for MoveEOF (end of field)
• TN3270 key mapping: Alt+Left and Alt+Right for MovePrevWord and MoveNextWord

Changes:

• TN3270 key mapping for 'EraseInput' changed from Alt+End to Alt+Del
• TN3270 extended mode now sends TELNET-AO for SysReq and TELNET-IP for Attn
• TN3270 emulation now defaults to codepage IBM-1047 (EBCDIC Latin1)
• TN3270 will no longer move the cursor when terminal is clicked to bring the window to foreground
• When processing a mapped emulation key that is unknown, TN3270 now shows an error message
• When copying text via Enter key, the selection is now always cleared immediately
• Url detection more aggressive removing ')' and ']' at the end, e.g. "(click https://link.html)"

Fixes:

• TN3270 emulation did not erase/overwrite reverse-attribute (e.g. after ISPF EDIT find)
• Ssh sessions with incorrect saved passphrase did not ask for pwd on 2nd attempt
• List of list mapped keys in keyboard profiles did not use a monospaced font
• Pasting text did not clear selection (TN3270 emulation only)
• Copying marked area via enter-key did end scrollback
• Minor quirk with VT emulation related to user defined tab-stops
• Linux/xterm could not send Alt+? combination when Meta-key option was enabled

New:

• Now based on OpenSSH 8.6
• Now also supports the ssh-agent from the OpenSSH for Windows package (Windows only)
• Option for Xterm to make backspace key send ^H instead of ^?/127
• ZOC can now run automatic update as: zoc8060_64.exe /autoupdate (Windows only)

Fixes:

• Could not remap Cmd+"." (macOS only)
• Backspace key produced "^?" output in VI on zOS/USS systems
• Pressing ctrl+letter combinations did produce unwanted control characters in TN3270 screens
• Screen sometimes flashed in stripe-patterns when changing TN3270-model
• Problem selecting the FixedSys 8x15 font (Windows only)
• Possible assert/crash when logging into an FTP server with pubkey authentication
• Incorrect rendering of combination of invisible/underlined/inverse attributes
• Commandline option /FX: was too limited in the number of fonts it accepts (Windows only)
• Some SSL errors were printed as random asian characters instead
• Could not permanently switch off the "comments" column in the host directory

Changes:

• Less jittery cursor position updates in status bar (e.g. during progress bars as in SCP)

Fixes:

• AutoHighlight regexp sometimes failed if an element had a backslash-expression within [] brackets
• AutoHighlight regexp failed if first or last element was a dot (match any char)
• Problem with user buttons when opening a new tab while the mouse hovered over the button (macOS only)

Changes:

• REXX ZocRequestList command now allows up to 50 choices
• Clicking into a field on the status bar when window is not active will only bring it to the front
• SSH passphrases did not handle 8-bit characters (e.g. European umlauts) correctly
• IND$FILE will not ask for file handling (overwrite, etc.) if append-option is selected
• SSH options dialogs structure redesigned
• TN3270 cursor movement keys will automatically reset the keyboard-locked state

Fixes:

• Scp upload on recent versions of Ubuntu and RHEL went to home dir instead of current dir
• Possible problem with certain Windows-Modems when storing a custom configuration for it
• Could not close datastream-viewer window via Cmd+W (macOS only)

Fixes:

• Problem when using "8-bit control codes" option with VT220/VT320/VT420
• Crashed on older versions of macOS (macOS only)
• Problem typing "<" and ">" on Hungarian keyboard (macOS only)
• In some cases the snippets window appeared when moving to an ARM mac (macOS only)

New:

• SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.5
• Host directory allows ssh-login via global keys together with multiple key-files

Fixes:

• Exiting an SSH session got stuck when multiple sessions were open (macOS only)
• Xterm custom colors sometimes had incorrect shade

Fixes:

• Zero-key on numeric keypad did not work (macOS only)
• Exiting an SSH session got stuck when multiple sessions were open (macOS only)
• Xterm custom colors sometimes turned out black
• Xterm custom colors with highlight were too bright

Changes:

• View > Window Elements > Snippets function no longer has a keyboard shortcut

Fixes:

• Possible lockup when using mouse wheel scrolling in tmux
• Possible crash with malformed telnet packet
• Clicking urls enclosed in single quotes like 'https://www.emtec.com/index.html' did not work
• Possible crash when receiving a DC4 character
• Now allows use of quotes around parameters in commandline.ini files
• Fixed some rather outlandish "security" problems (thanks David Leadbeater)

Fixes:

• Various problems with output when codepage 437 was selected
• Possible scroll problem with VT420/VT520 emulation
• VT420/VT520 did not honor line-wrap off setting
• Possible lockup when using mouse wheel scrolling in tmux

Changes:

• SSH connections through jumphost automatically enable ZOC-agent for login key
• ANSI-BBS now shows correct characters (e.g. arrows, card symbols) for ASCII 00h-1Fh

Fixes:

• Possible max buffer size exceeded for stored passwords
• Transparent print data could be lost in VT emulation
• VT220 sending emulation dependent cursor keys now honors application-cursor-key mode
• Global settings > printer: click on "..." button did not allow to enter file name
• TN3270 option to answer replies for SF_QUERY with an OEM_AUX record did not work

Fixes:

• Double click to mark word did not work in TN3270 mode
• Scrollback problem regarding using tmux in combination with zsh

Fixes:

• Possible assert/crash when opening many connections
• Improvements when selecting text (e.g. double click and extending selection)

Fixes:

• Some quirks fixed in WYSE and TVI emulations (attributes, text sending, etc.)
• VT220 error when receiving very large downloadable font
• VT420/VT520 did not log incoming data correctly
• ZOC sometimes froze on combinations of userbar buttons which barely needed to wrap
• Some AltGR key combinations did not work over TeamViewer connections

Fixes:

• SSH keepalive interval was 10 minutes instead of 60 seconds
• SCP did resolve '~' in remote path to local home (macOS only)
• File transfer of 0-byte files was not listed on screen and in calls.log
• In WYSE and TVI emulation some keys (e.g. Enter or Esc) were broken
• Multiple issues with WYSE and TVI (attributes, non spaced attributes, etc.)

New:

• SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.4
• Option for TN3270 to enable support for SF-QUERY OEMAUXDEV

Changes:

• Tandem6530 emulation now handles Linemode differently
• SSH created keys now are stored with "\n" line endings (Windows only)
• Now allows longer pathnames for SSH key file in host directory

Fixes:

• Shortcut for Tools-menu changed from "o" to "l"
• Possible crash when sorting host directory sections
• Possible crash when dragging multiple files between local and remote in FTP window
• Possible assert message related to scrollback window
• Kermit sending was slow if remote requested large packets
• Passwords/passphrases ("Save to keychain" checkmark) were not remembered in some cases (macOS only)
• Problem with some TN3270 applications which were using SF-QUERY
• Drag and drop to start file transfer was broken (macOS only)

Changes:

• Tandem 6350 emulation now wraps text to next line when output reaches the right margin

Fixes:

• REXX ZocDialog function is now dpi aware
• TN3270 standard colors sometimes incorrect for modified fields
• Half-size fullscreen positioning sometimes did not work (Windows only)
• Switching half-size fullscreen position with windows-key + cursor now handled dpi changes

New:

• SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.3

Changes:

• On TN5250 the '+' and '-' keys now act as field-plus/minus when the field is signed-numeric
• Ftp connections now use MLSD/MLST to retrieve file list

Fixes:

• Reading SZ string from registry via REXX resulted in a string that had hex 00 as last character
• Layout of the toolbar host directory button and down-arrow in high-dpi/4K settings
• On TN3270 IND$FILE downloads, user could not change/choose a different download file name
• When specifying different username/password for ftp server, ftp connections sometimes failed

Fixes:

• Userbar folder popup menu used wrong font when moved to another monitor with different dpi setting
• Scrolling error in Wyse-60 emulation when label-line was turned off
• Ftp folder contents now read via MLSD/MLST command if the server supports it
• Additional empty lines in REXX receive buffer and logging

New:

• TN3720 now supports mappable key name "BackDel" (destructive backspace)

Changes:

• Made REXX command ZocConnect and commandline connect strings more robust against misinterpretation
• REXX ZocWait command for some Latin characters now requires waiting for the utf8-representation

Fixes:

• Crash when started under macOS Monterey Beta 8 (macOS only)
• Drag-drop files into ZOC window did not work for filenames with unicode characters (macOS only)
• REXX waiting for unicode characters (via utf8 character stream) was broken

New:

• SSH now based on OpenSSH 8.2

Changes:

• Default attributes for scp upload is now 644
• Minimum OS requirement for macOS now 10.9 (Mavericks)

Fixes:

• Pressing LeftCtrl+Win keys in TN3270 sessions were treated as Enter key
• Copying in TN3270 sessions with the "fa/space to tabs" option sometimes did not work
• Some malformed VT220 sequences ignored

Fixes:

• TN3270 sessions with white background sometimes initially started with black background
• Erroneous characters sent when mapping a key or button with a control sequence of ^(00)
• REXX parameters containing a pipe character we sometimes parsed incorrectly
• Logfile name in status bar was misaligned
• Paste now works again with ClipX clipboard manager

Fixes:

• Renamed tab titles sometimes reverted back to name of host directory session
• Remote printing sometimes didn't work in vt220/xterm emulations

Fixes:

• Scp downloads did ignore file handling options (e.g. did not prompt user)
• Xmodem download did not honor 'skip' file handling choice
• Ssh login using key-files failed under Linux Wine

Changes:

• VT220 now ignores some VT420 sequences (e.g. write to status line)
• 3270 handles fields differently when copying with the "convert space to tab" option

Fixes:

• Codepage table in session profile missed an entry in (German version only)
• Quirk with cr/lf when displaying echo while doing transfer -> text-sending
• Attempting to make connections via Windows/Modems crashed (Windows only)
• Unicode characters in the 0xFF01 - 0xFF60 region were rendered incorrectly
• Tabs in the background froze under heavy load in rare cases
• Bulk password change dialog now has hidden password entry fields
• Clipboard history paste via key combination Windows+V did not work (Windows only)
• Cursor position jitter in status line when background tabs received traffic
• Text in data stream buffer was sometimes garbled on cursor position sequences

Changes:

• Text sending more evenly spaced over time with short character delays

Fixes:

• Incorrect description and labels for parameters on custom button/keymap actions
• Possible problem uploading via Y-modem with some remote Y-modem implementations
• Text sending with large line delay and small char delay was broken
• Secure shell global keyfiles option to use global keyfiles always was broken

Fixes:

• More tweaking of AltGr handling (Windows only)
• FTP password field in host directory was readable
• Scp transfers aborted when there was a timeout in transmission
• Quirks when marking lines that contain double-width characters
• No longer able to paste "\e[201~" (was potential security issue, thanks CyberArk Labs)
• Could not send bar-character within host directory autologin sequence
• Could not send unicode characters in passwords from a host directory autologin sequence
• Error message when using the REXX ZocDialog function (macOS only)
• Password field in quick connect dialog sometimes lost focus on (macOS only)
• Remembering passwords in keychain did not work (macOS only, regression from v8.02.1)

Changes:

• Shift+mousewheel now always starts scrollback

Fixes:

• For some connections the colors of tabs did not always match the color of the host directory icon
• Cloning a session did not always open the new session in the tab next to the current one
• Ssh login failed if a password with unicode characters was passed on the command line
• Unexpected behavior with clone/reconnect depending on host directory "window" settings
• Log file was horribly wrong when data was received with ANSI emulation
• Xterm mouse support (modes 1003, etc.) was mostly broken
• Stored ssh passwords/passphrases were sometimes flushed too early
• AltGr key combinations sometimes did not work as expected
• OSC-52 sequence did not accept unicode characters

New:

• If local echo is on, hex-dump in terminal now also shows typed characters
• Host directory FTP tab now has a "..." button for the local start folder
• Session profile > logging now has a "Show logfile folder" button
• Scrollback now shows double-width/double-height characters

Changes:

• Max size of data stream viewer now 32MB
• Ssh now no longer sets QOS flag for IP packets

Fixes:

• Crashed when saving data stream viewer and then clicked cancel
• Crashed when editing session profile while learning REXX script
• Program settings > master password: keyboard idle protection was broken
• Problem setting up ZOC on macOS and Windows to use a common config file folder
• Log file was sometimes missing data when ZOC was set to ANSI emulation
• Did display garbage characters in VT420 with some versions of soft font data
• VT420 positioning within vertical scroll area was wrong
• Delays for text sending sometimes did not work (esp. for short texts)
• Clarified warnings when closing tab/window with or without active connection

Fixes:

• Various glitches related to handling of the hex 7F (DEL) character
• TN3270 option to move cursor when pasting should have been on by default
• Window flashed on first start when master-password was set
• Character conversion problem with less common Latin charsets

Changes:

• Allows to set higher values to rows/columns in session profile>layout

Fixes:

• Serial ports did sometimes not appear in port-scan (macOS with M1)
• Ssh password entry in terminal was broken

Changes:

• Filter text content in host directory dialog is no longer case sensitive
• Performance improvements on screen output at low jump-scroll settings

Fixes:

• Program left stalled print jobs when receiving duplicate ^T in Wyse emulation
• Sometimes did not correctly process quick successions of transparent-print on/off in Wyse
• Bug when sending text from REXX script in Wyse and Tandem emulation
• Quirk in VT220 emulation in relation to double width/height lines and screen erasing
• Telnet connections did sometimes block main window when reverse-dns lookup took too long
• Userbar sometimes appeared empty (Windows only)

Changes:

• Pressing the Ctrl key during copy operations appends the text to clipboard (except ctrl+C or ctr+Ins)

Fixes:

• Editing keyboard map resulted in entries which were forced to NumLock ON
• Problem marking text locally with shift under xterm in some mouse aware remote programs (tmux, mc, etc)
• Scp upload did got stuck near the end when transferring very large files
• Assert message when using FTP on folder which contained links

Changes:

• SCP downloads now does not redirect special files to alternate download folder

Fixes:

• Possible crash/assert regarding userbar items when loading session profile
• Option for extra pixel border (Program Setting > Window) did size the window incorrectly
• Lines were missing in logfile when large bursts of input were received
• Screen redraw problem on debian-10 with tmux

Fixes:

• Some Apple Silicon (M1 processor) glitches fixed
• Closing the port scan window (serial/direct) through the red close button crashed

Fixes:

• Url highlighting did not work in scrollback window, url clicking worked with misplayed mouse too
• Sometimes imported program password from ZOC7 when the password was not actually used
• Possible error about missing symbol CIPHER_CTX_reset after installation
• Possible crash when loading session profiles from ZOC7
• Possible crash when REXX script sends data
• Toolbar was embedded in window title bar (macOS only)

Changes:

• TN5250 cursor position in status line is now 1-based
• TN5250 now doesn't treat normal + and - key as Field+ and Field-
• Scrollback as window menu item is always enabled, brings existing scrollback window to front

Fixes:

• There was a delay for telnet connects to hosts which did not have a reverse lookup for the hostname
• Mouse right-click in "Scrollback as Window" switched to main window and did show incorrect menu
• Session profile function keys did not load correctly from session file
• Import user buttons into a session profile sometimes crashed
• Edit session profile crashed when using limited TN3270 gui
• Clipboard alt-insert was broken
• Problem remapping ctrl-alt-q
• Menu template creation via /CREATEMENUTEMPLATE was broken