123 Synchronizer 2011
Edition Product Update List
How to check whether you
have the latest version
Each update has a
version number. To check whether you have the latest update,
click on Help->About 123 Synchronizer on 123 Synchronizer 2011
and there is a version number listed. If the version number is
the same, then it is ok. If not and you are affected by any of
the issues fixed on the update, download the executable from our
web site, uninstall your current version of 123 Sync 2011 and
install the new version.
On the later
updates of all your licensing and
settings should be the same.
Checking your
version number
The version number of the
software that you are running is listed on the Help->About
screen of 123 Sync.
Downloading
Updates
Currently, in
order to install an update, you need to do the following:
- Download the
evaluation from our site.
Click here to
download.
- Uninstall
your current version
- Install the
downloaded evaluation version. Your license will be
maintained and none of your settings are modified if the
update is minor. If the update is medium, your setting may
be erased and you will need to re-open your database and
redo your settings. If the update is Major, you will need to
purchase an upgrade. A major upgrade is when you go from V11
to V12, for example.
Releases
August 20th, 2011: Update 13.8.1.40
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue when scheduling multiple Act! Users from
Smartphones to a single calendar item. It used to create a
calendar item for each user. It now creates a single item
and adds the users as participants of the meeting.
- Fixed an issue related to Microsoft's Messaging
libraries not saving created items when they should. Fixed.
Everything now gets saved appropriately.
May 20th, 2011:
Update V13.8.1.38
- Bug Fixes
- Cleared Items:
Act!, unfortunately, reports back
activities that have been cleared as non-cleared. We've
added a little bit of logic to this so that items don't get
converted uncessessarily.
-
Updates. When updating, an error
occurs when selecting a user in 123 Sync. This is now fixed.
Selecting a user from a previous sync setting works just
fine.
May 11th, 2011:
Update V13.8.1.37
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Enhancements:
- Bug Fixes
-
Windows Service Component Fix:
Fixed an issue on the 123
Sync Windows Service when it ran at intervals too close. The
exit routines were not exiting properly and the service
hung. It works great now!
April 28th, 2011:
Update V13.8.1.35
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Enhancements:
-
Quick Sync Options buttons:
Added the quick options buttons for
the User sync options so that a user can simply click on a
button and set/reset the directions of synchronization.
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Support for alpha phone
numbers. We added the support of alphabetic
characters on the phone number. A phone number now can have
any type of characters possible.
-
Bug Fixes:
April 14th, 2011:
Update V13.8.1.30
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Enhancements:
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Custom users:
Added the capability of Avatars to
custom users so you can add 123 Custom Users that will login
as a user but sync as another. Hence, you can even sync
Inactive users.
-
Alarm Filters.
Added the capability to filter alarms so that only alarms
that are before a particular data are synched. The benefit
of this enhancement is that old alarms are then ignored.
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Custom User Creation.
Improved the capability of custom user creation/deletion
within 123 Sync.
March 24th, 2011:
Update V13.8.1.25
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Bug Fixes:
-
Contact Folder Selection:
When selecting a contact folder
on an incorrect exchange settings, the contact folder could
not be reset. It can now.
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Index File Fix.
In a few installations, the indexing reported an error due
to a large named being saved for indexing. Fixed.
-
Windows Service Fix.
The Windows Service was not firing at regular intervals on
Exchange 2003 with Windows Server 2003. Fixed. It now works
fine.
-
Multiple Scheduling from independent users to the same
Act! Activity.
In some installations we have multiple iPhones scheduling
the same Meeting. The result was the creation of duplicates
in Act! and in Outlook. Fixed. No duplicates created.
(Server implementations are just a beauty!).
-
Country Code reset when re-installing 123 Sync.
By default, when re-installing 123 Sync, the country code
was being set to 1. This was causing problems in countries
with a different country code. Now, the country code is
maintained to whatever the previous setting was.
March 4th, 2011:
Update V13.8.1.20
February 28th,
2011: Update V13.8.1.19
February 15th,
2011: Update V13.8.1.18
Release 13.8.0.18 is primarily a release to fix issues with the
Server component of 123 Sync. Since the last release, we have
been re-enforcing 123 Sync when running it as a server and
different exchange configurations.
December 29th,
2010: Update V13.7.0.22
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Who should install this version:
Anyone
running the Windows Services Component of 123 Sync.
-
Windows Service Management
Enhancements: Added interface
to activate debugging information to the Windows Service
component of 123 Sync 2011.
-
Enhancements/Bugs fixed:
-
User Defined
Number Fields in Outlook not being synched.
With Outlook 2010 32-bit, a more
stringent type checking is enabled and we had to modify 123
Sync 2011 to abide to those rules. The previous result was
that any user defined property (of type number) in Outlook
coming from Act! would result in an empty field in Outlook.
Fixed. Number fields can be synched both ways between Act!
and Outlook 2003 and above.
-
Modifications to
MyRecord not being synched back from Outlook (Only on with
V13.x of Act! that we know...). Fixed.
Any modification
made to the MyRecord item in Outlook sync back to Act!
December 7th,
2010: Update V13.7.0.19
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Who should install this version:
Anyone
running the Windows Services Component of 123 Sync.
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Windows Service improvements with better
logging and error reporting.
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Enhanced the Services manager with better log viewing.
-
Enhancements/Bugs fixed:
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RTF parsing
improvements for Windows Services.
. The Windows Services component
was hanging up due to parsing issues with Microsoft's
Framework. Fixed.
-
Enhanced 1st
time sync with Calendar with duplicate reduction strategies.
November 30, 2010:
Update V13.7.0.14
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Windows Service improvement with better
logging (only for Server Configurations).
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Support for Act! build 13.1.
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Speed improvement on History processing for Body Text.
If you use history filtering,
you can improve the history processing by a factor of 5X or
more. In one test case, it brought the sync down from 11 minutes
to 2.
-
Due to requests from our resellers, we have added a 3-User
server license.
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Expanded version for Windows Service Support.
You can now run 123 Sync as a Windows Service from Act! 2008 through 2011.
-
Enhancements/Bugs fixed:
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Body Text
Formatting. As an
enhancement, we added HTML formatting to the body text in
Outlook i.e. bold, underline, etc.. Unfortunately, when this
data is transferred to the iPhones connected to an Exchange
server and back, the formatting turns into a single line.
Hence, formatting now is done with Text only.
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Alarms and Activities in Outlook.
By default, Outlook activities are created with a 1-minute
alarm. This, unfortunately, causes problems with smartphone.
Hence, by default, 123 Sync now creates all Outlook
activities with alarms disabled unless indicated to sync
alarms (in the activities settings).
November 18, 2010:
Update V13.7.0.10
- Improvements:
- Added
improved messaging from the Windows Service process.
Awesome!
- Rewrote the
history/notes creation mechanism for speed and reliability.
- Bug Fixes
- 192 bug.
On
some installations, 123 Sync was adding the 192 as the
country code. That has been fixed. Also, if you are having
the same problem and 123 Sync did an update from Outlook to
Act!, you may need to fix your Act! database. For
instructions, view the following
YouTube Video.
- Ignore
Convert Alarms was not ignoring all alarms.
Fixed. If the
Convert Alarms is unchecked, all alarm settings for calendar
and tasks is ignored in BOTH Outlook and in Act!.
- Phone
Extension being added to the Act! Phone number.
Fixed.
- Windows
Service not starting.
On new installations, the windows
service was not starting. Fixed.
- Summary of
V13.7.0.9:
This is a landmark
version of 123 Sync, stable, full featured and with Server
capabilities unmatched by any other product. Current users of
this version are over 10 sites with 15 User configurations or
more. Windows Service capability enables 123 Sync to run fast.
Bugs in Act! phone number routines have caused havoc with 123
Sync to such an extent that we had to rewrite our phone number
routines. In addition,
November 10, 2010:
Update V13.7.0.4
- Enhancements
- Added
support of Windows Services for Server Configurations.
You can
now run our windows services process in the background. Once
setup, you can sync in the background with full Windows
Services support
- Added the
capability of running 123 Sync without Outlook.
You can now run
123 Sync without having Outlook installed on the machine.
Just install the CDO/Mapi libraries from Microsoft and
everything then runs great, including connecting to
Exchange.
- Fixed and
enhanced Country Code management.
Act! has a bug on the country
code management and if you change country codes frequently,
our fix will make it easier for you.
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Clearing of Tasks. When a
task is cleared, it is also marked as completed.
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Exchange Compatibility. We
tested running 123 Sync on Exchange 2003 and 2007 without
Outlook installed and it worked great!!!!!
October 15, 2010:
Update V13.6.0.0
- Enhancements
- Added 3
methodologies to schedule calendar/tasks to individual
contacts from Outlook or from any Smartphone.
We added the
capability so that users can schedule calendar events from
Outlook/Exchange/Smartphone to any contact in the database
by using the recipients, links or embedded text in the
Calendar details. Now, you can schedule any calendar event
to any contact in your database right from your Blackberry,
iPhone or whatever smartphone.
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Strengthened the synching of Recurring Events from Outlook
to Act!.
We found that
some recurring events coming from Outlook are incompatible
with the Act! recurring events mechanism. We added
additional checks to these events so that synching will go
well. If you schedule a lot of recurring events from Outlook
to Act!, you must install 13.6
- Issues Fixed
- Clearing
of Calendar Events by simply adding text (Cleared) to
subject line fixed.
This option was
disabled with V13.5 and it has now been restituted..
September 14,
2010: Update V13.5.0.24 -
- Enhancements
- Enhanced
Outlook Body Text display.
We enhanced the
way text is displayed in Outlook to Arial 10 with all the
major text heanding bolded. Very cool! Much easier to read!
- Outlook
HTML code enhancements.
Now, when data comes to the Outlook body text, all HTML
links are available for clicking.
-
Activities Subject Line Enhancements.
When an activity
is scheduled with Multiple Contacts, all the contacts names
are entered on the activity subject line.
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Activities Contact Details Enhancements.
The contacts details for all users are listed for activities
scheduled with multiple users so that you can see everyone
that is scheduled for the meeting.
- Time Zone
Enhancements:
Added
options to set time zone offsets when synchronizing with
Act! or Exchange databases that reside in a different
timezone. The update mechanism was being affected when
servers were at a different timezone from the location from
where sync was being performed.
Now,
no matter where your database resides, your sync will always
work.
- Issues Fixed
- Contact
Sync Time was being reset when modifications were made to
user settings.
The sync times
are now properly kept.
- Update
Enhancements in Exchange.
Extra checking has been added when updating contacts from
Outlook so that only actual updates are used.
- Act! 9.x
Fix.
When synchronizing Act! 9.x databases, all the contacts were
not being retrieved due to an bug in Act!'s sdk. A
workaround has been created and it now works fine.
- Tasks not
coming over.
In some installations, the tasks were not coming over due to
an issue with our indexing mechanism. Fixed
- Reopening
of folders not working on Large Exchange installations.
On large installations, when running 123 Sync and the
folders were being reopened to check for deleted items, the
reopen process failed with an error causing the software to
skip the checking for deletion. Fixed.
August 30th, 2010:
Minor Release V13.5.0.10 -
NEW!!!!
V13.5 is a minor
release that requires users to re-select the database and redo
all the settings for 123 Sync. Too many modifications were made
to the indexing databases that it is better to start fresh with
a new set of settings. This is one of the most exciting releases
we've had this year (other than V13). The software now syncs at
about 50x faster on subsequent syncs with more reliability and
functionality.
- Enhancements
- Speed
increases over 50x faster on consequent syncs.
Yes, using some
AI techniques, we've managed to reduce the time it takes to
do a sync by a multiple factors. In some cases, the software
runs 100x faster than it used to after the 5th to 6th sync.
- Enhanced
and Faster Group Sync
- Trip
Switches:
In case
Outlook/Exchange fails, 123 Sync trips and will not make any
removal of items.
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Multi-User Linking for Outlook Calendar/Tasks.
Full support for
multi-user linking and synchronization between Act! and
Outlook/Exchange.
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Multi-User Subject and Contact Generation.
When activities are scheduled with multiple contacts, all
the contact names are listed on the subject line of the
activity. In addition, all the contacts details are listed
on the body text of the activities.
- And many
more enhancements.
July 23th, 2010:
Update V13.2.0.15
- Enhancements
- Changed the
creation of phone numbers in the activities subject line and
body to also have the formatting that is default for the
contacts.
- Added extra
logic for Exchange installations so that synching of
Activities goes faster.
- Issues Fixed
- When 123
Sync was called in the background, it executed even if a
sync was already in progress. On certain configurations, you
could have 2 or more background syncs going at the same
time. Although not much happened to the sync, a large number
of errors were being generated. This has now been fixed.
July 8th, 2010:
Update V13.2.0.11
- Enhancements
- Added
support for Act! 2011
- Added timing
information to the processing log
- Issues Fixed
- Depending on
the settings of the tasks sync, calendar items would not be
removed in Act! when removed in Outlook. All is now fixed.
June 14th, 2010:
Update V13.2.0.8
- Issues Fixed
For Exchange Server Configuration ONLY
- On Exchange
configurations where 123 Sync accesses Exchange via the
Exchange Connector (not the Outlook Profile), an issue arose
that new Exchange items were not being brought over to Act!.
For examples, new Exchange calendars were not being brought
over to Act!. This has now been fixed. This issue does not
arise if you are running using Outlook profiles or the
client version of 123 Sync.
June 14th, 2010:
Update V13.2.0.7
- Enhancements
(MAJOR) - If installed from any previous releases, you will need
to redo your settings. The license for 2011 will be ok, but your
settings have to be reselected/redone.
- Multi-Dominant
synchronization implemented. You can now individually
specify for Contacts, Calendar and Tasks which database is
dominant. For example, you can specify that Act! is dominant
for Contacts sync while Outlook is dominant for Calendar and
Tasks.
- Added the option of not
updating Outlook. We have seen in some installations that
users just do not want ANY updates to go from Act! to
Outlook. Well, you can now implement that with another
option in the synchronization settings.
- Issues Fixed
- Fixed an
issue with Client installations where the Username and the
login names were different. The login was failing when
synchronizing. It is now fixed. This was not an issue with
the server installations.
- Fixed server
issue where the software would not allow users to uncheck
users from the server configuration.
- Outlook
Tasks, when created from Outlook to Act! were being created
in Act! 1-day off. This was due an Act! bug and it is now
fixed.
May 18th, 2010:
Update V13.1.0.5
- Enhancements
(MAJOR) - If installed from any previous releases, you will need
to redo your settings. The license for 2011 will be ok, but your
settings have to be reselected/redone.
- When running
in Windows, you no longer need Outlook to connect with
Exchange Mailboxes (Server Configuration Only). As long as
you have Exchange configured locally and CDO/Mapi installed
and configured, just selecting the mailbox Username and
Servername will connect you with the Exchange mailbox.
- For Client
(Single User Configuration), you still need Outlook as your
transport.
- Outlook
client, Exchange CDO/Mapi Client and Exchange Native are
supported transparently via a drop-down option. As long as
CDO/Mapi is configured on the server, our software will
work. Outlook multi-folder support is still available.
- Each user in
the Server Availability list can either be configured as an
Outlook Client or as an Exchange-Direct user.
- Client user
focus added so that if you are running 123 Sync as a single
client, you do not see all the other users listed on your
selection. This option only becomes active once the client
license is activated.
- Issues Fixed
- Monthly
Recurring events with the parameters day, weekday or weekend
day were not being brought over from Outlook to Act!
properly. Fixed.
- A glitch
appeared on the improvements of single user access to Act!
where the software would loose the settings for the user.
Fixed.
- On Exchange
and on local .pst files, when overwriting an existing
contact, in some instances, a Save error would be generated.
Fixed.
- Private flag
was not being transferred from Outlook to Act! when set.
Fixed.
- Other
- We have been performing
extensive test on Exchange (first with Exchange 2003 and
then with Exchange 2007) with stunning results. We have even
configured a client machine with CDO/Mapi and the software
synchronizes great with any of the configurations with
tried.
May 5th, 2010:
Update V13.0.0.12
- Issues Fixed
- The new Addresses feature
was not saving the remap properly. It now saves and works
well.
- MailingAddress map was
overwriting the mailing address fields in Outlook causing
unexpected results on the Outlook form, in some cases,
having the Outlook form overwrite/remove the address when
edited in Outlook. This feature has been removed and the
address feature works well now.
- When ID/Status was mapped to
Categories, it updated Act! constantly. Fixed.
April 15th, 2010:
Update V13.0.0.5
- Issues Fixed
- Fixed an issue with the new
release's background scheduler not starting properly. It now
works.
April 9th, 2010:
Update V13.0.0.4
If you do not
have V13.0.0.4, you should download it now from our web site.
New release with
lots of server functionality enhancements and enhanced client
group sync.