This release is fully qualified on Windows 2016 Server and Windows 2019 Server. It has a new help in standard HTML format and adds support for TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3.
The Professional Edition is available for download and evaluation from our 'Resources' area. It can also be purchased on-line from our web-shop.
This is a significant release of Glink. It demonstrates once again G&R's continuing commitment to development on new hardware and operating system platforms and timely delivery of state of the art products to our customers.
It introduces:
Windows 2016 Server qualification
Windows 2019 Server qualification
Windows 10 qualification
New Help in HTML format
Support has been added for TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 (requires equivalent support in the Windows OS)
New script command FRDTEXT has been added to eliminate the 255-character limit for FRDLINE
New script variable $TURN indicates whether Glink has the turn (1 = turn, 0 = not turn)
Minor improvements and corrections
Glink information pages | Product sheet | Brochure Release 8.6 highlights
New Windows platforms
Windows 2016 Server, Windows 2019 Server and Windows 10 qualification
This release has been qualified on Windows 2016 Server, Windows 2019 Server and Windows 10 and is certified under the Microsoft "Windows 10 Compatible" logo program.
New Help
The help files for all components of Glink have been upgraded from the old Windows help format to the more standard HTML help (.chm files).
Secure connections
Support has been added for TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 (requires equivalent support in the Windows OS).
Script FRDTEXT command
A new FRDTEXT command has been added to eliminate the 255-character limit for FRDLINE.
Script $TURN
A $TURN variable indicates whether Glink has the turn (1 = turn, 0 = not turn)