[MIB Explorer] MIB Explorer 1.7 beta Available for Download

[Frank Fock]

Dear MIB Explorer Users,

MIB Explorer  v1.7 beta is now available for download from
http://www.mibexplorer.com/mibexplorer1.7beta.zip

This version adds snapshot support. Snapshots can be taken
from the browse panel and the mib tree, thus from the whole
agent, sub-trees or a set of sub-trees event from different
targets. A snapshot can be saved to a file and later browsed
with the snapshot browser.
The snapshot browser allows to restore values to a target.
Last but not least, snapshots can be visually compared.

The snapshot area is currently in beta state. It needs more
testing with different scenarios.

All other parts of MIB Explorer 1.7 are ready for release!

KNOWN ISSUES

There seems to be a problem in or with JavaHelp 2.0 in conjunction
with Java 2SE 5. This problem is further investigated...

RELEASE NOTES (BETA)

CHANGES MIB Explorer v1.7beta since 1.6.3:
- Fixed: Display of OCTET-STRING or OID based sub-index
  values was not correct, if those sub-indexes were of
  fixed length.
- Fixed: NullPointerException when adding a trap receiver
  priority without specifying a subtree.
- Added: Snapshots. Snapshots can be used to restore an
  agents state (or a sub-tree state) at a later time and
  to compare two agents or snapshots from a single agent
  at different points in time.
- Added: Added some methods to the PDU and VariableBinding
  script context that improve PDU manipulation capabilities.
- Added: Added selectModules method to the GUI script
  context that allows user selection of MIB modules.
- Improved: SMI parser checks for default values, i.e.
  range checks.
- Added: SMI parser checks for syntax refinements.
- Improved: SMI parser checks for MODULE-COMPLIANCE, and
  AGENT-CAPABILITIES statements.
- Improved: SMI parser error messages.
- Improved: SMI parser performance for MIB modules with
  many object definitions.
- Fixed: MIB module sorting did not recognized import
  dependencies implied by MODULE-COMPLIANCE or AGENT-
  CAPABILITIES statements.
- Fixed: If BITS is imported, now an error is reported by
  the parser.
- Improved: Parse performance for MIB modules with many
  object definitions.

Frank Fock