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InLoox PM Changelog

What's new in InLoox PM 8.1.1 Build 3784

Aug 14, 2014
  • Dashboards - choose from diagram options and data sources
  • Work packages & team tasks
  • Agile project management with Kanban - all team members can view the status of a project in real time
  • Better overview with the project list
  • Project search
  • Print assistant
  • Better usability - edit information directly in the context-sensitive side panel
  • Speed up your project work - dynamically reload new data and immediately see changes without leaving the project.
  • Approval workflow - team members can submit project requests and have them approved by their supervisor.
  • Auto notifications on changes made to the project plan, time tracking entries or project documents.
  • Reminder
  • Document
  • Lists
  • Planning snapshot
  • Project groups
  • Timeline
  • Additional information directly in the Gantt chart
  • Optimized Mind Mapping
  • Team and department workload
  • Re-assign work packages
  • Time tracking

New in InLoox PM 7.5.0 (Mar 14, 2013)

  • Your projects on your server or hosted in the Cloud
  • T1he update offers even more flexibility and options. You can choose whether you'd like to install InLoox PM for Outlook on your company's server or whether you prefer taking advantage of our SaaS solution. For the first time, the Outlook-integrated project software is available as a hosted service in the Cloud. This makes InLoox PM a tailor-made solution for small teams, freelancers and everyone who wants to start their own project platform without effort.
  • Stay on top of changes to your projects with the new timeline
  • One of the new features in InLoox PM 7.5 is the comprehensive timeline. Important changes to your projects are listed chronologically; you're on top of the latest state of your project status in no time, e.g. after a vacation.
  • More updates:
  • There are even more improvements that make managing projects with InLoox PM 7.5 even more comfortable and efficient and that allow for a greater customization. Here's an overview of the most exciting updates
  • You can now decide which team members should receive notifications about changes to the project.
  • Now, you can reset your projects' sequence numbers as required. This allows you to reset a project's number to 1 at the beginning of a new year.
  • Team members using the hosted InLoox PM version, can receive reminder e-mails for upcoming activities for which they are responsible - if they want to.
  • Project managers can now mark planning elements as done with only one click from within the list of work packages.
  • InLoox PM 7.5 for Outlook is available for free to all customers of InLoox PM 7 for Outlook.

New in InLoox PM 7.0.3 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixed issue in budget migration from Version 6 to Version 7
  • Fixed locking issue in budget section if two or more users are accessing the budget
  • Fixed issue which sent out notifications when opening the resource overview
  • Fixed issue where users were not able to filter by skills in the Contact-Dialog (Outlook 2003)
  • Planning lag will no longer be lost when exporting to MS Project 2010
  • Document folder will now be updated automatically

New in InLoox PM 7.0.2 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • It is now possible to add multiple license keys during the installation
  • Planning templates can now be imported via Drag&Drop
  • The tracked time can now be booked while closing Outlook
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed issue during the update of a MySQL database
  • Fixed issue which caused the activities to be set at the project start after an upgrade from version 6 to version 7
  • Performance and memory usage have been improved
  • Fixed issue which prevented the outlook process from being terminated
  • Fixed issue which caused incorrect times from the stop watch
  • Fixed issue which caused that nothing is displayed within the resource overview

New in InLoox PM 7.0.1 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • User Interface:
  • The complete user interface has been redesigned inspired by the Outlook 2010 Ribbon Design
  • Each dialog has been redesigned and is now scaleable
  • Project note history has been implemented
  • Users are now able to leave comments (RTF) in projects. Value, Date and author will be tracked
  • RichText has been implemented in
  • Mindmap Node description
  • Activity description
  • Time Tracking description
  • Document description
  • Budget position description
  • Project note history
  • Custom fields are now acting like standard-program fields and are more user-optimized
  • Planning section:
  • Backwards planning has been implemented
  • The contact selection while adding a new resource has been improved. A quick selection containing all contacts who are related to the project (such as project manager or team) has been implemented
  • The complete overall allocation of a resource within the start and the end of an activity is now visible in the planning dialog
  • Planning elements can now be colored in every color of the RGB spectrum
  • Custom calendars has been implemented
  • Custom multiple working times for each day has been implemented
  • The following dependencies are now available
  • Start to Start
  • Start to End
  • End to Start
  • End to End
  • The following constraints are now available
  • Start on
  • End on
  • As soon as possible
  • As late as possible
  • No later than
  • No earlier than
  • Undo-Redo function for the planning section has been implemented
  • Lag is now calculated and displayed
  • Overlapping of planning elements has been implemented
  • Planning elements can now be edited directly inline
  • The planning can now be filtered, sorted and grouped by various attributes
  • The visual display of the constraints within the planning dialog has been improved
  • The display of the available activities is has now the same look as the planning
  • The display of the already constrained elements has been improved with more information about the element itself
  • Document overview:
  • Document preview
  • A preview of the selected document has been implemented. The preview can be displayed right to the document list to the bottom of the document list and can be deactivated
  • Outlook recipient (To, CC, BCC) has been added to the document list
  • Documents (incl. Multi selection) can now be send by email directly from the document overview
  • Document links
  • Documents can now be linked to the following project elements
  • Mindmap elements
  • Planning elements
  • Time tracking elements:
  • Documents can be link 1:n to every kind of the above elements
  • Time tracking using the stop watch
  • A stop watch has been integrated in the work package list and the task section of Windows
  • The tracked time can been booked directly on a project without opening it
  • The display of the activities within the time tracking dialog has been matched the planning for a better overview
  • Creating new folders within the project structure has been improved
  • The dialog for creating folders has been completely redesigned. It now shows the complete folder tree
  • Folders can be created and or renamed here
  • The resource overview is now completely integrated in Outlook as a view. No modal window will be opened anymore
  • Email templates are now customizable
  • Following properties of email templates can now be customized
  • BCC
  • Subject
  • It’s possible to choose from project information (such as Project Manager or Team) and free text
  • The latest version of the report designer has been implemented
  • The Skill-Management System has been implemented
  • It’s now possible to create skills in the InLoox-Options and assign skills to contacts (Contact 1:n skills)
  • Contacts can now be filtered by the assigned skills in the contact selection dialog
  • Multi selection and multi edit has been implemented in the following sections
  • Planning section
  • Time tracking section
  • Budget section:
  • Documents section
  • The resource overview start from within the project has been redesigned inspired by the Outlook 2010 Ribbon Design
  • Microsoft Project 2010 support has been implemented
  • MySQL 5.5 support has been implemented
  • Budget overview:
  • The budget section came under a complete redesign
  • Planned expenses do now have an own list in the budget
  • Purchase price and selling price are now generally available in the budget positions
  • All currently selected positions can now be billed via one button
  • Budget positions do now have their own context sensitive ribbon tab

New in InLoox PM 6.7.2 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Context menu available for planning page
  • Custom fields available in all lists
  • Improvements:
  • Refresh of InLoox working times at web session start
  • IndexOutOfRange exception fixed
  • Problems when saving custom fields fixed
  • Description fields style error fixed

New in InLoox PM 6.7.1 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • InLoox contact management added
  • New global view of InLoox address books and InLoox contacts
  • Use of InLoox contacts in all resource pickers
  • Inloox contact authentication, logon as InLoox user
  • Resolve LDAP contacts in all resource pickers
  • Description fields now with unlimited length under Oracle
  • Help user interface now available
  • Added function "delete resource" from planning element
  • Improvements:
  • Better input of values in user defined fields
  • Fixed issue with loading and saving wrong data in user defined fields of type date
  • Message if automatic progress calculation is deactivated
  • Messege when trying to load old/corrupt panning templates
  • Fixed issue of planning dialog diplaying the dependencs section
  • Critical path is now calculated correctly and the button is toggled correctly
  • Fix permission bugs
  • Budget / position locking fixed
  • Position amount and sum digits corrected
  • Teamviewer support for Windows and Mac added
  • Added menu bar to main page
  • Multi language support on logon page
  • MySql database support available

New in InLoox PM 6.6 (Feb 10, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Enhancements for upcoming InLoox Web App
  • New license management from version 6.6 on - existing contracts correspond to the license model "Machine licensing" according to the price list as purchased (now supports machine licenses and additionally user, web and universal licenses)
  • Resolve contacts form LDAP address books
  • Improvements:
  • Changed loading on Outlook start to prevent problems which might occur due to timing on Outlook 2010
  • Added division to report fields
  • Fixed issue with upgrading oracle database from earlier version
  • Updated remote support tools
  • Removed error with Outlook 2003 mail form (Attempted to divide by zero)
  • New style for search 2003

New in InLoox PM 6.5.2 (Sep 21, 2010)

  • Improvements:
  • "Message: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt." error fixed
  • Bug based on the Microsoft KB2293428 security update solved
  • Missing ribbon translation added
  • Oracle database update error from InLoox version 5.6.x to InLoox version 6.5.x fixed
  • Outlook update contact error fixed
  • Ribbon quick tips added

New in InLoox PM 6.5.1 (Sep 21, 2010)

  • Improvements:
  • Pie chart widget labels added
  • Project delete with role permission possible
  • Mind map node dialog save selected symbol
  • Outlook 2000/2002/XP support added
  • Outlook 2007 missing tool bars added
  • Ribbon menu buttons localized
  • Bug fixed: "Message: The width and height of the Rectancle {X=0,Y=0,Width=0,Height=19} could not be 0 (null)."
  • Exchange offline availability added

New in InLoox PM 6.5 (Sep 21, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Full support for Microsoft Outlook 2010, 32 bit and 64 bit versions
  • Updates report designer with an improved PDF export, new barcode types and a user-friendly print control, which enables simultaneous output to different devices and formats
  • “Performed by” column is available in budget position time entries
  • Improvements:
  • Faster MS-Exchange contact resolution using minimum privileges
  • Updated report engine, designer translations and added new data field (DurationWorkingHours)
  • Reports optimized
  • Fixed handling of deleted cost groups in planning and planning templates
  • Changed InLoox Personal Edition database to improve performance and support 64 bit systems
  • Improved InLoox Server installation for MySQL and Oracle database systems
  • Removed special characters from subject when adding e-mails to documents
  • Fixed null value exceptions with Oracle databases

New in InLoox PM 6.0.4 (Jun 18, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Overwriting planning and mind map templates
  • Create new folders from the documents page
  • Improvements:
  • Improved performance of project lists and time recording lists
  • Improvement of caching of new emails
  • Garbage collection on closing a project
  • View of all posts billed fixed in project list
  • Recursion while adding new contact groups to a project
  • Error in Drag & Drop in reports fixed
  • All folders on document page displayed
  • Error in dependencies when importing a template corrected
  • Bug fixed: Com object separated from RCW client
  • Bug fixed: Invalid Index (Exception at HRESULT: 0x8002000B (DISP_E_BADINDEX))
  • Bug in shifting planning elements fixed
  • Example data in reporting added

New in InLoox PM 6.0.3 (Jun 18, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Dynamic loading of the InLoox add-in. Outlook starts without delay
  • Support for lower resolutions, e.g. for netbooks
  • New Russian localization
  • Exported project plan now contains WBS code
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed bug with contacts in reports
  • Calendar week numbering is now according to Microsoft Outlook
  • Improved migration from InLoox 5
  • Notify resources if removed from the plan
  • Removed unnecessary notification of resources
  • Information is shown if document path length exceeds the system limit
  • Drag&Drop import of reports
  • Fixed loading of planning templates with custom fields

New in InLoox PM 6.0.2 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • New feature: Tray Icon information if no database connection is available
  • New feature: Document link in planning element now directly points to project document folder, if available
  • New feature: All windows are shown on main monitor if second monitor is deactivated
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Fixed calculation of revenue in project list
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Booking of recurring appointments
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Parts of the time entry dialog can be faded out
  • Improvement/Bugfix: The category column is now also shown in the list of archived projects
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Deletion of budget positions using multi selection
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Added project number and name to sub containers in report generator
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Synchronization of planning element with calendar
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Save button in ribbon quick access area
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Documents can be directly saved to sub folders using “Add Element”
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Improvement on document loading
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Enhanced handling of special characters
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Migration on Oracle DB
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Compute project progress, after migration
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Fixed wrong calendar weeks
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Fixed showing interchanged role in contact quick access area (Customer/Partner)
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Improvements with upgrade of InLoox 5
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Client number can be changed
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Display of custom fields

New in InLoox PM 5.6.9 (Aug 28, 2009)

  • New feature: Contact information dialog in project for contacts which are no more available in Outlook
  • New feature: Add new activity from global activity list (customer project)
  • New feature: Own action access and own action modify permission (customer project)
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Activity budget positions could be modified with special permission set
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Budget overview is refreshed if activities are booked through "Add Element"

New in InLoox PM 5.6.7 (Jun 15, 2009)

  • New feature: Multi selection in resource overview shows workload of selected resources
  • New feature: "Project customer" and "Project priority" as new column in work package list available
  • New feature: Modified planning notification dialog, dialog shows transmitted emails
  • New feature: Day of week is shown in the timeline of the planning area
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Problem with adding new activity without budget permissions solved
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Permission issue in documents solved

New in InLoox PM 5.6.5 (Apr 9, 2009)

  • New feature: Print of the resources overview and resources load available
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Working time and working hours per day are correctly transfer with the MPX export
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Modified work package list authorization
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Error while closing Outlook with opened project fixed
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Incorrect sorting of planning items fixed
  • Improvement/Bugfix: “Statment from WorkpackageList (STRG+ALT+F2)” error message fixed
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Error when closing modified Sharepoint-Server documents fixed
  • Improvement/Bugfix: Error with negation of the filter in the project list fixed