Weevil 2.11.0

Code named "Sucker for Pain", this version was released on March 2nd, 2025.

What's New?

• Improved user experience:
  • Font size is now configurable. #251
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for:
    • Ctrl+Shift+M for displaying user comments #376
    • Ctrl+Shift+P for displaying pinned records #344
    • Ctrl+Shift+R for displaying regions of interest #344
  • Regions of Interest (ROI) can be used to define a subset of the log file. #375
  • The title bar only displays the name of the open file, thus making it easier to find the desired Weevil application in the Windows task bar.
  • Reorganized menu to follow standard convention (File, Edit, View, etc.) #344
  • Removed Flagged column in order to maximize visual real-estate. #344
  • Visual indicator now shows when a record has been truncated. #491
  • Launch Weevil from anywhere by pressing Ctrl+Shift+W #310
• Added support for running Weevil headless.
  • Command-line (CLI) filtering. #156 #295
  • PowerShell filtering. #155 #294
• Addressed technical debt.
  • Improved how the application is tested. #325 #450 #191
    • Requirements have been written in a standardized EARS syntax. #362 #413
    • Functional tests have been written in "plain English" using Gherkin syntax. #191
  • Replaced the obsolete Microsoft installer with the latest WiX installer. #310
  • Weevil has a more "fluent" like API. #377
  • FluentAssertions dependency is now pinned to version 7 #475
  • Updated to the latest dependencies (including .NET Core 9). #336 #391 #392 #452

Bug Fixes

• Various

Documentation

1. Requirements verified by:
   • automated scenarios
   • manual tests
2. installation guide
3. help guide

Weevil 2.10.0

Code named "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", this version was released on July 27th, 2022.

What's New?

• Dashboard:
  • New insight automatically notifies user when records are out of order. #307
  • Insight can be copied directly from the dashboard, thus making it easier to share information. #288
• Microsoft's .NET Framework has been replaced by .NET Core for improved performance. #293
• More intuitive New Release notification message. #290
• The name of the open file is now displayed in the Weevil's title bar. #285
• Third-party NuGet packages have been updated to the latest version. #272
• Performance metrics (e.g. RAM available, RAM used, etc.) are now visible in the About dialog. #277
• Analyst can now capture file level thoughts in a new Remarks field. #148

Bug Fixes

• Save Raw
  • Selected records are now saved with the same encoding as the original file. #315
  • If only 1 record is selected then Weevil will assume the user intended to save all records. #315
• MainWindowViewModel is no longer instantiated twice. #277

For more information, please see:

• installation guide
• help guide

Weevil 2.9.0

Code named "Can't Hold Us", this version was released on March 6th, 2022.

What's New?

• Line graphs can be created using a regular expression named group to extract data from a log file. #159
  • Using the RegEx101 online utility, you can practice capturing data. In this example, you can use a named group to detect the word Never in a paragraph.
    • (?<NamedGroup>Never)
• The Detect Time Gap analysis tool has been renamed to Measure Elapsed Time. #256
• The analysis tools now supports detecting rising & falling edges in both ascending/descending order. #244
• Exception call stacks no longer include file paths, which helps to reduce visual noise so that the analyst can focus on the relevant details. #237
  • The user still has the choice to see the original call stack by using the copy raw feature.
• The Find operation now supports case insensitive searches. #235

Bug Fixes

• Compressed files (*.zip) can be easily opened by dragging them on to the Weevil application window. This feature had stopped working in an earlier release. #266

For more information, please see:

• installation guide
• help guide

Weevil 2.8.1

Released on December 1st, 2021.

What's New?

• @ContentLength>32 moniker supports identifying records longer than the given length (e.g. 32 characters) #226
• @IsMultiline moniker supports identifying records that span multiple lines (e.g. an exception callstack) #227

Bug Fixes

• None

For more information, please see:

• installation guide
• help guide

Weevil 2.8.0

Code named "Sunrise", this version was released on November 22th, 2021.

What's New?

• Navigate between filter results...
  • Find: Search for text in filter results. (#118)
  • GoTo: Jump to a specific timestamp. (#119)
  • GoTo: Jump to a specific line number. (#150)
  • Flagged Records: Quickly navigate between records of interest. (#211)
  • Record Comments: Navigate between records that have a user comment. (#212)
• Clear content between selected records. (#209)
• Includes a Regular Expression tool that can be used to check syntax. (#186)
• Keyboard focus is now set to the TextBox when an input dialog is displayed. (#166)
• Better handling of long log entries (e.g. 2,000,000 characters) (#200)

Bug Fixes

• Focus was not properly set after clicking include/exclude ComboBox. (#182)
• Improved performance by using the default MaxDegreeOfParallelism. (#161)

For more information, please refer to:

• installation guide

Weevil 2.7.0

Code named "Keep on Looking", this version was released on May 22th, 2021.

What's New?

• A status bar light bulb, and accompanying dashboard has been added to provide insight about the open file. (#20, #117)
• Updated NuGet package dependencies to the latest version. (#111)
• A "Detect Rising Edge" Analyzer has been added. (#113)
• A new XML notification message is now used to notify users about new Weevil releases. (#117)
• The status bar tool tips are now more intuitive (#117)
• Copy+Shift+C operation will result in the following placeholder --:--:-- being used when no timestamp is available. (#117)
• Weevil now captures basic hardware information (e.g. CPU & RAM) to facilitate troubleshooting production issues (#125)
• CPU & RAM details are now fully visible in About dialog. (#117)
• @Elapsed moniker now has a default value of 3 seconds (#135)
• The existing @Elapsed moniker has now been exposed as an Analyzer and dashboard Insight (#135)
• A full "Garbage Collection" can now be triggered using Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12 to help release RAM back to the OS. (#22)
• User has the option to copy either the raw record, or a "friendly" version that has a simplified .NET call stack. (#134)
• Weevil now monitors the responsiveness of it's own user interface. (#110)

Bug Fixes

• The status bar now reflects the number of flagged Records post-analysis (#116) (#121)
• The menu no longer remains disabled when: you view the context menu before loading a file (#139)
• Fixed: static aliases do not resolve properly when multiple aliases start with the same text. (#98)

For more information, please refer to:

• installation guide

Weevil 2.6.1

Released on March 27th, 2021

What's New?

• The "New Release" notification now includes a "Download" hyperlink.

Bug Fixes

• Static aliases do not resolve properly when multiple aliases start with the same text. (#98)

For more information, please refer to:

• installation guide

Weevil 2.6.0

Code named "Over and Over", this version was released on March 15th, 2021.

What's New?

• "Filtered" results are now visible after a Clear() operation (#78)
• Can now see the progress bar during Reload(), so that I know the application is responding to my request. (#77)
• Simplified Weevil's context menu. (#89)
• If Record content includes a .NET callstack, the callstack will be automatically simplified to a more readable form. (#88)
• Case-insensitive filtering is now supported. (#57)

Bug Fixes

• Filter history stopped working after log file Reload(). (#76)
• Exceptionally long content (e.g. a base64 encoded image) is now automatically truncated and a midline eclipse will be added to the end of the line. (#87)
• Previously an exception thrown when switching between different types of log files. (#85)

For more information, please refer to:

• installation guide

Weevil 2.5.2

Released on March 7th, 2021

What's New?

• No new features.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a record selection bug that resulted in unexpected results during Clear Before & After operation. (#66)
• The TotalRecordCount in the status bar now shows the correct value. (#62)
• Added the missing NLog configuration that was preventing Weevil from writing to it's own log file. (#64)

For more information, please refer to:

• installation guide

Weevil 2.5.1

Released on March 4th, 2021

What's New?

• No new features.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an unexpected validation error that prevented a record from being unpinned. (#58)

  • Value could not be converted.

For more information, please refer to:

• installation guide