Release Notes

12-11-2009 4.4 Build 550

• general: Some urls to webpages changed.
• bugfix: When the client auto-reconnected it would sometimes wrongly state 'Username/Password' incorrect.
• bugfix: In some cases, an error message 'The Parameter is Incorrect' occurred. After this message, normal calls where not possible. This issue has been solved.
• bugfix: re-login after resume of computer sleep was not working.
• bugfix: When verify was executed after a phone type change in the profile screen, the client could hang.

25-06-2009 4.3 Build 543

• general: New voice engine 6.10, The adaption speed of the echo canceler has been improved, also CPU usage is reduced.
• general: The logoff procedure has been changed and is much faster now.
• general: Some textual and visual changes in dialogs.
• feature: Missed calls while offline implemented.
• feature: User can now choose for country at register new user.
• feature: One minute before credit runs out, a sound will be played and a message will be displayed with a warning to inform that the user is almost out of credit.
• bugfix: Some import contact functions were not working properly.
• bugfix: Some getting started wizard issues solved.
• bugfix: Logon after sleep could take a while.
• bugfix: Fixed the volume control in the active screen.
• bugfix: Peer 2 Peer connections where not always correctly setup because the private ip address was not detected properly.
• bugfix: VoiceEngine 6.09 implemented. Fixed a memoryallocation bug which could sometimes crash the program due to heapcorruption.
• bugfix: Presentation restricted flag was not set correctly in the profile if changes where made in the call settings option screen.
• bugfix: The configuration of the VoiceEngine was not cached correctly.

02-12-2008 4.2 Build 533

• general: The software is signed with a new Verisign certificate.
• general: VoiceEngine 6.07 has been implemented.
• 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
• 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.
• feature: Cleanup profile phonenumber types if not used.
• feature: When saving language files, the .lang extension will always automatically be added to the filename.
• feature: When invalid version popup is shown, an 'update now' button is added on the messagebox.
• 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.
• bugfix: Introduced voice-engine 6.08. Fixed issues with selecting sounddevices on languages that use non-ascii character sets.
• bugfix: The client could crash when it received a specific server message.
• bugfix: In some rare cases the client consumed 100 % of the processor time.
• bugfix: At relogon the password was not set correct.
• bugfix: Client could crash in close when modify contact dialog was still open en visible.
• bugfix: Some untranslatable issues repaired.
• bugfix: The 'phone-2-phone' icon overlapped the number-type-icon in the contactlist. This has been fixed.
• bugfix: Some translate problems fixed.
• bugfix: Numberplan change: +0 is not accepted. except when it starts with +00x (and x <> 0).
• bugfix: By pressing TAB when modifying the numbers in your profile it could be possible that a number was wrongly indicated to be verified.
• 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.

03-01-2008 4.2 Build 488

• 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: 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: 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.
• 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 Initial Release