WebLink Release History

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SR Research WebLink Release History
Last Updated 14th October 2025

Version 2.4.1 Released 14th October 2025

• Added Questionnaire components:
  • Supported Text, Slider Scale, Text Input, Multiple Choice, Likert Scale, and Dropdown List
    
  • Added a Rich Text Format (RTF) editor in the Library Manager to create question/text or answer/label files
    
  • Added support for Mandatory Response
    
• Improved calibration/validation, and accuracy checks:
  • Supported calibration targets using a video clip with audio or an image file
    
  • Added three types of Target Transitions: Jump, Duration-Based Move, and Velocity-Based Move
    
• Component enhancements:
  • Added "Maintain Aspect Ratio" option for the Image and Video components
    
  • Added a "Continue" button to all components except External Video and Scene Camera
    
• Experiment authoring improvements:
  • Added support for exporting selected nodes to an Excel file and importing nodes into an experiment
    
  • Added "Save Component Properties as Default" to the Edit menu and right-click context menu
    
  • Added ability to edit property values across multiple selected components
    
• Configuration updates:
  • Added options for timestamp printing in Record Live Video
    
  • Added a "Host TTL" option to the TTL device list in Experiment Configuration
    
  • Added a "Reset Experiment Configuration to Default" button
    
  • Added Session Name Prefix for automatic session name generation
    
  • Added support for setting a default selection for Option-type Participant Properties
    
• Additional Updates:
  • Added example experiments to demonstrate the use of components
    
  • Improved handling of display scaling, high-resolution displays, dual-monitor setups, and secondary monitor placement
    
  • Bug fixes and performance improvements for the browser extensions
    

Version 2.3.1 Released 8th April 2024

• Updated the accompanying Participant Camera Plugin application to capture live video and audio when running an experiment through SR Research Experiment Builder
  
• Added "Codec for Video Output" option in the Experiment Configuration
  
• Other general bug fixes and improvements related to video saving
  
• Added "Page Zoom Level" control for both Firefox and Google Chrome extensions
  
• Added "Page Capture Optimization" for Chrome extension
  
• Other browser extension improvements for Google Chrome and Firefox
  
• Added options to configure hotkey settings
  

Version 2.2.161

• Version 2.2 of WebLink runs on Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11
  
• General bug fixes and improvements for the Firefox and Chrome extensions
  
• Added “Run Browser in Kiosk Mode” option to Firefox and Chrome extensions
  
• Added “Reload Page on Tab Selection” option to Firefox and Chrome extension
  
• Added “Allow access to file URL” option to the Chrome extension
  
• Added a message to log application/window focus change for the Screen Recording component
  
• Allowed to open a WebLink project by double clicking on the .wle file
  
• Bug fixes for EDF file transfer from the Host PC
  

Version 2.2.49

• Improved PDF handling
  
• Fixed file transfer issue with 5.15
  
• Added tooltips to the component tab
  
• Published new chrome extension
  

Version 2.2.1(64-bit Windows 10 only)

• Added installer check for missing Windows Media Feature pack related files
  
• Supported listening to external messages/commands through a socket connection
  
• Supported online sample streaming using UDP/TCP protocols
  
• Supported fixation as a participant response method
  
• Supported grouping multiple components into one eye tracker recording trial
  
• Added stimulus randomization in Repetition Sequence, implemented several randomization types, supported trial blocking and run-length control by user variables
  
• Supported randomizing the presentation order of Components in the Timeline
  
• Added options to serialize keyboard and mouse events logged to the EDF file
  
• Re-implemented Google Chrome extension by using Manifest V3
  
• Added audio playback option to all Components
  
• Added Editing Mode to support fillable PDF files
  
• Supported internal links in PDF files
  
• Supported linking verification output errors/warnings to the fields they refer to
  
• Added logging of the current Display PC time in the EyeLink data file
  
• Added option to mute live audio during experiment runtime
  

Version 2.1.1 April, 19th, 2021

• Added Scene Camera Component
  
• Added PDF Component
  
• Added Chrome browser extension to the Webpage Component
  
• Added “Track Connected Monitor” and “Track External Device” options to the Experiment Configuration
  
• Added “Adjust Tracking Area”, “Auto-Detect Tracking Area”, “Adjust Calibration Grid”, “Auto-Detect Calibration Grid”, “Show Control Panel” tabs to the Preview window of the External Video Component when tracking external device option is used.
  
• Added “Use custom target locations”, “Use Absolution location”, “Custom target locations” options to Camera Setup Component
  
• Added “Export options”, “Target Index position”, “Target Index Color” to Camera Setup Component
  
• Added “Rotation and Flipping” option to External Video Component
  
• Added Remote Live Preview option in the Experiment Configuration; added WebLink Remote Preview.exe to the application folder
  
• Added automatic logging of EyeLink commands sent from the application
  
• Added command line option to run the experiment
  
• Added “Verify” button to the Application Toolbar
  
• Added “Verification Output” tab to the main Preview Window
  
• Added Space, Enter, ESC key to the list of supported hotkeys
  
• Added “Use Existing Screen Settings from Host Software” option in Experiment Configuration, and allow users to configure Screen Settings (Width, Height, Eye to Screen Distance, and Camera to Screen Distance).
  
• Added option to start Preview in full screen and hotkeys to toggle the presentation options.
  

Version 1.1.218

• Updated the HASP driver bundled with the installer
  
• Improved the Subject Camera Plugin application
  
• Fixed bugs with the Firefox extension activation
  

Version 1.1.1

• Initial release