poivy

feature: Inserted new menu item 'Contacts'. All contacts related menu items moved to this menu.
feature: Renamed menu item 'File' to 'Account'. Close is removed from this menu.
bugfix: Minor Bug fixes
bugfix: Fixed potential crash in shutdown sequence.
bugfix: Calls could get disturbed when an incoming call was received during an active call.
bugfix: Fixed potential crash in Bandwidth test procedure.
bugfix: An internal bug in the connection system has been solved.
bugfix: There was a bug in the background drawing functions that could cause clients to crash.

20-12-2010 4.7 Build 629

general: An non working test menu item has been removed from the view.
general: Internal connection methods have been slightly enhanced resulting in faster connects.
general: Vtp connection method has been made less dependent on backend server status.
general: Minor internal changes.
general: On a specific connection method peer-to-peer calls where not possible. Users are now notified when this happens.
general: The internet re-check timer has been adjusted to ensure faster connect times.
general: The internal internet check has been slightly enhanced.
general: A new and faster connect method has been implemented.
general: tcp.connectionserver.label.tld is now used in stead of connectiontcp1.label.tld and connectiontcp2.label.tld
general: When the client was started minimized or invisible notification dialogs where not displayed correctly. Now the client will be restored.
general: When a restricted user tries to perform a LiveUpdate, a proper error message is displayed.
general: The new liveupdate screens are now translatable.
feature: When the setup is started, the running client will be stopped.
feature: The client will first check the internet connection before proceeding to connect to the voip network.
feature: The LiveUpdate system has been enhanced. When checking for new versions an overview of new files is presented.
bugfix: Modified vtp connection timeout
bugfix: On one specific connection method it was impossible to receive voip-in calls.
bugfix: When a logon failed due to a wrong password, the client would reconnect with the wrong method.
bugfix: Very often the client would not select the optimal connection method.
bugfix: In rare cases the client could crash while connecting.
bugfix: When the connection was lost during a call and the client was exited, the client could sometimes crash.
bugfix: Conference calls where virtually impossible due to internal locking problems.
bugfix: The client could end up in a connection state where it could not logon anymore. Restarting the app was the only solution to be able to logon again.
bugfix: When the client would download updates after checking for updates, the progress icon was not displayed.
bugfix: On rare occasions the client could go in an infinite reconnect loop.
bugfix: The LiveUpdate screen had a faulty black background on Windows XP.
bugfix: It was impossible to update the client from a restricted user account in Windows 7.
bugfix: After a LiveUpdate it took too long before the application restarted.
bugfix: Communication layer could fail resulting in failure to logon or other communication failure.
bugfix: Because Outlook contacts can not be deleted from the contact list, the DEL key is ignored for this type of contacts.
bugfix: When making a phone-2-phone call with the client, the callduration was not displayed.
bugfix: When re-displaying the 'register new user' screen, the captcha was not displayed.
bugfix: When a call was ended focus could be removed from an active chat window.
bugfix: The history screen did not show the displayname of peer-2-peer contacts.
bugfix: Voice Engine 7.04 implemented. Now can play speaker/mic samplerates of 88200,176400 and 192000 samples/sec under vista and higher. Fixed a problem when changing devices.

05-10-2010 4.6 Build 596

bugfix: Some internal addresses where wrong, this has been corrected.

04-10-2010 4.6 Build 595

general: Minor internal settings change.
general: The internal webconfig loader has been rewritten.
feature: voice verify new style added
feature: On an incoming P2P call a user can initiate a chat with the other party by pressing the right mouse button on the taskbar-notify-window.
bugfix: The Mapi interface to display outlook contacts did not always load correctly.
bugfix: On some occasions the audio device wizard would crash.
bugfix: Voice engine 7.03 implemented, handles crash that would occur on some sounddevice like "remote sound" that uses large frame buffering.
bugfix: When entering very long usernames in the logon screen the client would not respond anymore and logonprocedure had to be manually terminated.
bugfix: Registering a new account did not work from the startup wizard. This bug was accidentally introduced in version 4.6 build 590.
bugfix: The audiolevels during a conference were not always displayed properly.
bugfix: The kernel has been enhanced on several places increasing stability of the application.
bugfix: VoiceEngine 7.02 was implemented, fixed a bug where the noise cancellation resulted in degeneration of the speech signal.
bugfix: New voice engine v7.01 inplemented. Improved voice quality under noisy sound conditions, better sound quality under slow internet conditions.
bugfix: Two possible deadlocks have been fixed.
bugfix: On some occasions it was impossible to start subsequent peer-to-peer calls because the UDP connecton was broken by the first call.
bugfix: A possible deadlock has been solved.

15-07-2010 4.5 Build 579

bugfix: The new internet connectiontest introduced in build 563 has been disabled because it caused problems for users behind a proxy server.

12-07-2010 4.5 Build 575

general: Country code +47 (Norway) has been assigned to Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
general: Country code +672 (Norfolk Island) has been assigned to Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
general: If call fails because of invalid phone number format; an explaining message with example will appear.
general: The close button has been removed from the liveupdate balloon. Hopefully this change will trigger people to update to the latest version more quickly.
bugfix: The client could sometimes crash when exited.
bugfix: The client could crash because of a stack overflow in the trace function. The CStrings have been made static in these functions.
bugfix: New voice engine 6.11 implemented, with better receive concealment and smoother TCP handling.
bugfix: A small memory leak was introduced in version 4.05 build 570. This leak has been removed.
bugfix: When a voip server was put in maintenance, the client did not reroute to another server automatically.
bugfix: When the connection switched from TCP to UDP, the connection could occasionally drop again after a few seconds.
bugfix: Phonenumber settings could get lost when phone number verification was started.

10-05-2010 4.5 Build 563

feature: A better internet connection test has been implemented. This will result in better connections to our servers and therefore better call quality.
bugfix: When a computer resumed from standby, the client would try to logon, even if no username or password is available. Now it only logs on when it is set to automatically logon.
bugfix: When a name was entered in the 'suggested username page' the correct radiobutton was not automatically selected.
bugfix: The 'next' button in the suggestion screen was not always correctly disabled and enabled.
bugfix: On Windows 7 the bandwidth test did not work.
bugfix: In a previous version the login credentials where not remembered by default. This has been changed back so that they will be remembered by default.
bugfix: Previous version 4.04 build 556 did not start on Windows 2000.
bugfix: The client could accidentally logoff while trying to connect a peer to peer session. This only occurred on specific router combinations.
bugfix: New incoming calls will not interfere with existing calls. In earlier versions the sound delay could increase when a new call was received during a call.
bugfix: Fixed the 'username / password incorrect' bug.

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.

08-07-2009 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.
general: The software is signed with a new Verisign certificate.
general: VoiceEngine 6.07 has been implemented.
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.
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.

26-09-2008 4.2 Build 523

bugfix: At relogon the password was not set correct.

24-09-2008 4.2 Build 521

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.
general: Various textual changes in the 'getting started' wizard.
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.
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.
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.
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.

06-12-2007 4.2 Build 485

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: 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: 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.

13-04-2007 3.2 Build 438

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
feature: Auto-account-login has been enabled.
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: fullrow select for checkbox in phonebook on directcall/sms tab and contacts import dialogs.
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.'

Release Notes

22-08-2011 4.8 Build 645

05-07-2011 4.8 Build 636

20-12-2010 4.7 Build 629

05-10-2010 4.6 Build 596

04-10-2010 4.6 Build 595

15-07-2010 4.5 Build 579

12-07-2010 4.5 Build 575

10-05-2010 4.5 Build 563

12-11-2009 4.4 Build 550

08-07-2009 4.3 Build 543

26-09-2008 4.2 Build 523

24-09-2008 4.2 Build 521

06-12-2007 4.2 Build 485

13-04-2007 3.2 Build 438

12-04-2007 3.2 Build 437

01-03-2007 3.2 Build 428 Initial Release