Release Notes

01-09-2008 4.2 Build 516

• general: The verification of a Caller ID has had some cosmetic changes.
• general: There are some new manners to start the verification of a Caller ID.
• general: After a correct verification, the phonenumber used in the verification is automatic set as Caller ID.
• general: Some functional changes made in the profile screen

30-07-2008 4.2 Build 513

• bugfix: By pressing TAB when modifying the numbers in your profile it could be possible that a number was wrongly indicated to be verified.

29-07-2008 4.2 Build 512

• general: Redesigned profile screen. Caller ID settings with verification functionality moved to profile screen.
• general: Redesigned phone number verification wizard.
• general: The layout of the existing user logon screen was changed a bit.
• general: Various typo's corrected.
• general: The callerid is displayed in the titlebar when the client is logged on.
• general: The sms icon in the contact list has changed.
• general: All dialogs and screens will now default to the center of the client. Some screens will remember their position.
• general: In some dialogs the banners have been removed.
• general: Various textual changes in the 'getting started' wizard.
• general: The sound that is played when a chatwindow is invisible on an incoming chat message has been changed.
• general: The button 'My Phonenumber' has been removed from the SMS tab.
• general: Minor textual changes have been applied.
• general: All textboxes that represent a field with a limited character count will now stop accepting characters when the limit has been reached.
• general: Phone-to-phone contacts are sorted on contactname instead of on contacttype and contactname.
• general: When searching for a contact takes a long time, you can stop the search by clicking the stop search button and refine your search criteria.
• general: By default, the 'outlook contact viewer' is now disabled.
• general: Implemented voice engine v5.19
• general: When tabs are switched, the dialstring in the lower combo will be erased.
• general: The 'add contact' dialog has had a small cosmetic modification.
• general: The birthdate entry has been enhanced.
• general: The string 'reset counters' has been replaced by 'Remove from most used list'.
• general: VoiceEngine 4.15 has been implemented.
• feature: Hot plugging a USB sound device during ringback is now possible.
• feature: The menu item 'Log Off' has been added to the file menu.
• feature: When during a call only 1 minute is left due to insufficient credits, a sound is played.
• feature: When multiple mobile numbers are available, the user will be asked which one to use when clicking the envelope in the contact list.
• feature: When the sms tab is activated focus will be set on the recipient box. When the recipient box is already filled, the focus will be set to the message box.
• feature: A captcha has been added to the 'create new account' screen.
• feature: The language editor will now display the file that is currently being edited.
• feature: The language editor will indicate if the current file is dirty. This is done by placing an asterisk in the title bar.
• feature: The language editor will not discard any changes without warning the user.
• feature: Both columns in the language editor are sortable.
• feature: Large multiline strings can now be translated with the language editor.
• feature: The dashboard now displays a tooltip.
• feature: The startup parameter -status:away has been added.
• feature: The startup parameter -status:notavailable has been added.
• feature: The startup parameter -status:busy has been added.
• feature: The startup parameter -status:appearoffline has been added.
• feature: The startup parameter -logonsilent has been added.
• feature: When a user enters the wrong username/password combination too often the user will be locked out of the system. A warning will be displayed before the lock-out. The lock-duration will be displayed.
• feature: Better VU meters have been implemented.
• feature: A 'Getting Started Wizard' has been created. New users will be prompted automatically.
• feature: An 'echo123' service has been implemented.
• feature: A proper dashboard has been created. The dashboard can be activated through the view menu. It features a basic and an advanced view, selectable through the right mouse menu.
• feature: When a similar audio device is plugged in it will automatically be selected.
• feature: New field 'Area code' is available from the Tools -> CallSettings menu. When country and area code are entered correctly, short dialing is possible for phone numbers within the same region.
• feature: Voice Engine 6.0: Internal architecture changed, added support for on the fly codec changes
• feature: When filtering the contactsview, the filter will also be applied to the username in stead of the displayname only.
• feature: Button added in own profile to change display picture.
• feature: Display picture added in caption of own profile dialog.
• feature: When add, rename or modify a contact it's now possible to use the company field without first, middle, last name.
• feature: The Tools->Options->Connection dialog shows detailed connection status information.
• feature: When the other party returns a SIP error, the error will be displayed with the call.
• feature: Under the help menu, a 'what is new' item has been added. This invokes a webpage that contains the complete version history.
• feature: Outlook contacts can now be viewed in the client without importing them. Changes in outlook will be transferred to the client in real time.
• feature: The displayname of the profile and contacts has been seperated in firstname, middlename and lastname.
• feature: In search dialog there's an indicator so you can see the search is still in progress.
• bugfix: Starting a peer-to-peer call to a SIP-client would result in a wrong notification that the other party is using an old client version and the call would be terminated.
• bugfix: When a USB sounddevice would be unplugged and replugged, it could occur that ringback would never be played again.
• bugfix: When changing the caller id, this was not reflected in the title of the client.
• bugfix: Conferencing would not work most of the time.
• bugfix: The statusbar in the chatwindow did not size correctly.
• bugfix: When calling a free destination, the client could crash on connection.
• bugfix: When pressing the escape or return key in the SMS screen, the SMS screen would disappear.
• bugfix: Various bug fixes in the language editor.
• bugfix: Some voipapi changes made compatible with earlier releases.
• bugfix: The client could crash when it was exited with chat dialogs open.
• bugfix: White spaces at the beginning of lines where trimmed in the language editor. Therefore they where not correctly translatable.
• bugfix: A memory leak in the html drawer has been solved.
• bugfix: The language version is now also stored in the language file.
• bugfix: It was impossible to remove displaypictures.
• bugfix: When entering a username in the suggestions screen on the getting started wizard the client would crash.
• bugfix: Closing the 'Getting Started' wizard while a testcall was still active would crash the client.
• bugfix: RTP handling bug solved.
• bugfix: When a phone-2-phone call is doubleclicked from the history-view a new phone-2-phone call will be started with the a and b number from the history.
• bugfix: A resource leak has been removed.
• bugfix: The autologon link was not working.
• bugfix: Included voice-engine 6.01, modified packethandling to improve soundquality in lowlatency receive environments.
• bugfix: Due to bugs in the import/export functions of the language editor the functionality has been changed. Import/export from excel has been replaced by CSV import/export.
• bugfix: When the most-used-list was disabled, the selection of contacts could be wrong after a contact search.
• bugfix: One some NAT routers P2P calls to people that where 'busy' would timeout in stead of giving the correct 'busy' message.
• bugfix: The character '–' (hex: 96) has been added to the readability characters. This means that phonenumbers with this character are recognized as valid phonenumbers.
• bugfix: In the search dialog the male/female box, the first item text < do not specify > was replaced with male.
• bugfix: New VoiceEngine implemented.
• bugfix: Display picture path was not created correctly under vista.
• bugfix: Calls that where already ended could still be added to a conference. This caused the client to crash.
• bugfix: The display picture memory was not managed correctly. This could result in a crash.
• bugfix: Due to a bug, the main connection could be closed when p2p connections where aborted.
• bugfix: In the caller id tab of the optionsscreen, the voip-in number could be preceded by a double '+' character.
• bugfix: Voice Engine 5.21: Vista only problem, when a speakerdevice was selected which had a native samplerate of 8khz and a p2p call was started the device could not be used. This issue has been fixed now.
• bugfix: When an audio device is removed and no audio devices are available anymore during a call, the call will be ended.
• bugfix: When no audiodevices are present, the volume slider will be disabled.
• bugfix: When the other party of a peer-to-peer call was unable to accept the call due to system errors, the call would stay in the connecting state rather then being aborted.
• bugfix: Audio device changes where not detected on Vista systems.
• bugfix: When the shift button was pressed during startup to prevent autologon, the client would not come to the foreground.
• bugfix: Menu items that are only usefull when the client is logged on are now disabled when the client is not online.
• bugfix: Phonebook contacts are visible when phonenumber is smaller than 8 digits.
• bugfix: Add pstn contact dialog disapear after adding contact.
• bugfix: When dialing a username with 2 digits or more (without '00') in the dial editbox, the client dialed only the digits in the username.
• bugfix: The volume slider did not work correctly. It only worked one way; from system to client.
• bugfix: Switching audiodevices resulted in unpredictable volume slider behaviour.
• bugfix: Non-contacts in the 'Most used contacts' list could not be called by clicking the Phone2Phone icon.
• bugfix: Included voice engine v5.20. Resolved problem that, with Vista, the volume slider was not working. (since version v5.18). Because of same bug mic auto volume control was not working either.
• bugfix: The client could take back focus when a call was ended, even if the focus was already changed by the user.
• bugfix: When performing a computer to computer call via the contextmenu of a sip contact, a connection would not be established.
• bugfix: When an error occured in the load or start function of the MapiInterface, the client would not disable the outlook feature.
• bugfix: The rename contacts option was not working in vista.
• bugfix: Message when user comes online was not displayed anymore.
• bugfix: v5.19 fixes a problem when running two clients under Vista on the same machine would result in hanging both clients and requiring a reboot to recover from this situation.
• bugfix: v5.19 Fixes a bug in the implementation of Com-control handling, causing random crashes and other odd behaviour of the client.
• bugfix: The tab-order of the problem report dialog has been corrected.
• bugfix: The LiveUpdate function is now Vista compatible.
• bugfix: Addcontact p2p was not visible in windows classic modus.
• bugfix: A bug has been solved in the proxy detection handler. This bug could crash the client.
• bugfix: Implemented voice engine 5.17. Fixes client possible hanging while changing speakerdevice during a call. (Vista not affected)
• bugfix: The help-key (F1) now acts the same as the Help menu.
• bugfix: Auto phonebook will now disapear when you added the contact.
• bugfix: The manual LiveUpdate is now async.
• bugfix: When hovering from an empty contact area to the directcall icon, no tooltip was displayed.
• bugfix: Outlook 2002 contacts would not be displayed.
• bugfix: Multiselect contacts, send sms was not working.
• bugfix: Due to a floating variable in the taskbar window the client could crash.

17-04-2007 3.2 Build 439

• bugfix: When the numbertype of a contact changes the little icon was not updated properly.
• bugfix: The 'most used contact list' could end up in an endless loop.
• bugfix: The function that supplied the VoiceEngine configuration data contained a bug andcaused frequent crashes.
• bugfix: In some occasions the client got an 'activate' message very early during startup. This could cause a crash.

12-04-2007 3.2 Build 437

• general: Directcall setup on start tab removed
• general: When dialpad activated, the phonenr input is no longer cleared.
• feature: Auto-account-login has been enabled.
• feature: fullrow select for checkbox in phonebook on directcall/sms tab and contacts import dialogs.
• feature: When a user logs on on another computer, a taskbar popup will be shown in stead of the standard messagebox.
• feature: Help button on directcall tab
• feature: Phonebook implemented in directcall tab
• feature: The number of items in the most used list can be configured through the options page.
• feature: The profile dialog has been split into two parts; private info and public info.
• feature: Now duplicate contacts can be used as long as they are of different type. A contact 'piet' can appear twice; once as P2P contact and once as VoipOut contact.
• feature: When modifying contacts, the phonenumbers will be checked.
• feature: When adding contacts, the phonenumbers will be checked.
• feature: Phone numbers entered in the profile are now checked on their validity. They will be stored in international format.
• feature: Fixed phone number verification is enabled.
• feature: A call button has been added to the chat dialog.
• feature: It is now possible to remove obsolete files from the client directory through LiveUpdate.
• feature: The language can now be selected from the setup.
• feature: Phoneverify for fixed phonenumbers is possible now in the optionmenu at caller id section.
• feature: When only a setup charge is available for a call, this will be displayed better in the active calls tab.
• feature: The tooltip of the quality control is now delayed with 500 ms.
• feature: When a p2p contact is offline but pstn numbers are available for that contact, the icon will be green indicating the contact can be reached by normal phoneline.
• feature: The contactlist now supports searching. By entering a string in the searchbox the contact list will be filtered.
• feature: When 'more info' is clicked on the tooltip of the quality control, the actual quality of the active call is sent as a parameter to the webserver.
• feature: VoiceEngine 5.11 implemented.
• feature: A tooltip has been added to the quality control.
• feature: It's now possible to verify fixed phonelines for callerid usage.
• feature: The text 'The sms was successfully delivered' has been changed to 'The sms was successfully sent'. This has been done because we have no idea wether it was actually delivered.
• feature: A quality control icon has been added to the statusbar. When the bar is fully green, the conversation should be ok.
• bugfix: When searchbar in the contactlist was empty after searching. The mostusedcontact group was visible again. (When mostusedcontact group was disabled).
• bugfix: When 1 call is missed, the notification text would state '1 calls'. This has been changed to 'one call'.
• bugfix: MostUsedContactList could contain double contactnames.
• bugfix: When the first character was entered in the searchbar on the contacts tab, a sound would be heard.
• bugfix: It was impossible to select text in the searchbox on the contacts tab with the mouse.
• bugfix: Some changes for most used contacts. sms is also counted.
• bugfix: Voipapi always removed leading '+'. since new numberingplan this resulted in not properly working of the api for international calls.
• bugfix: Due to the numberplan implementation, email adresses with two or more '.' characters in it resulted in an 'empty number' message.
• bugfix: When the first number entry for a contact was not entered, double clicking the contact would restult in an 'empty number' messagebox.
• bugfix: Infotext in tell-a-friend screen changed.
• bugfix: Checking on sms 'to' (receipients) field for valid numbers improved.
• bugfix: When a call is made and another call is already active, the user is prompted to create a conference. If the user waits long with the response, the first call can already be disconnected -> Crash.
• bugfix: A minor cosmetic change has been applied.
• bugfix: When fixed phoneverify is possible the following text was still visible in the option menu(callerid): 'Currently only mobile numbers can be verified.'
• bugfix: The 'most used' list could not be enabled and disabled from the options dialog.
• bugfix: The 'call' button on the chat dialog was resized wrongly.
• bugfix: Various languages where not sent along correctly when clicking the account hyperlinks.
• bugfix: When verify failed in the option menu, the callerid was always set to voipinnr/nocallerid. After an verify the callerid is set to verified number, even when cancel is pressed.
• bugfix: When an sms is sent, the name will be looked up in the contact list and placed in the history tab.
• bugfix: VoiceEngine: During a call usb sound devices could not be removed. The call would remain in the active call list forever until the client was killed.
• bugfix: When starting a conference and the new conference partner was a P2P contact, the new partner would not always be added to the conference.
• bugfix: When the sortmode of the contacts tab was set on 'status sort', the sort function did not sort pstn contact above voip contacts.
• bugfix: When a contactname was searched by phonenumber, additional numbers added to voipcontacts where not used in the search process.
• bugfix: Directcall-tab: at 'your phone number' pulldown, only first verified number was displayed.
• bugfix: On a LiveUpdate, the newly started client will wait 18 seconds for the old client to stop. This used to be 8 seconds and was sometimes too short.
• bugfix: Phonenumbers will be selected as callerid after verifying.
• bugfix: In some occasions it was not possible to view the messagehistory of a chat because the xsl sheet would be corrupted at the end.
• bugfix: Sms-tab: after sending sms, the radiobutton is set back to "now".
• bugfix: Volume slider is Vista proof.

22-12-2006 3.0 Build 404 Initial Release