What's new in Snappy Fax 5.59.3.1
Apr 12, 2021
- Includes Several Bug Fixes
- Addressed EOut Of System Resources error when constructing cover page.
New in Snappy Fax 5.59.2.1 (Apr 4, 2021)
- Internet Fax Service processing for FaxAge and SRFax has been split into 2 background threads. One for inbound and the other for outbound. This enhances the throughput since retrieving new incoming faxes does not have to wait on outbound status processing to complete.
- A new option was added to the internet fax services settings – “Do not collect incoming faxes”. If this is selected then the inbound thread is not started and no incoming faxes will be processed.
- The processing of print jobs to the “snappy fax printer” has been enhanced, resulting in improved reliability.
- Automation Jobs were not being marked as completed which resulted in a job being processed repeatedly.
- Outgoing faxes were not being saved to external tif or pdf files.
- Batch Print was executing even though the user clicked the cancel button.
- The select range of pages on the print setup dialog was not being enabled so the user could select.
- Some toolbar buttons were not being enabled at the appropriate time.
- Fixed the problem with painting the data grid indicator row which only occurred if the column order of the grid had been changed.
- Fixed the issue of thumbnail images not being painted in the panel below the data grid.
- Scanner settings like page size, resolution, Show Scanner UI, etc. are now being saved across sessions.
- Dial prefix was not being properly applied.
- Fixed exception being thrown when clearing thumbnail information.
New in Snappy Fax 5.59.1.1 (Mar 22, 2021)
- Added Watch Folder option to automatically retry failed faxes
- The option ‘Auto-Size Thumbnails’ has been deprecated, is always true now
- The option ‘Show Record Count in Navigator’ has been deprecated, is always true now
- Added new Email to Fax option, “Send Status Reply Only if Fax Failed’
- Notable performance improvements in executing certain SQL queries
- Saved Grid Filters were not being properly applied at startup
- The Ribbon can now be minimized by clicking the chevron drop-down button at the right edge of the Quick Bar
- When the Ribbon is minimized, annotation tools are shown in a floating window when the Image Viewer is being shown
- New folders can not be added to the Draft and Scheduled Faxes node in the Navigator
- New button on the mini-toolbar (above the data grid) allows you to lock specific records. Locked records cannot be focused or selected by the user. Requires password entry.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.58.2.2 (Jul 21, 2020)
- Printer Setup option to print specific pages (print range) was not enabled when ‘Use Legacy Printing Code’ option was enabled in general settings
New in Snappy Fax 5.58.2.1 (Jun 28, 2020)
- The new printing methodology did not work for some (seems to be related to HP printer drivers). A new option is now available under settings->general… ‘Use Legacy Printing’, this defaults to true. The same printing method as has been always used is now the default. If you run into instances of and exception ‘No default printer currently selected’, you will want to uncheck this option to enable the new printing method which avoids this exception.
- In settings->print options, print outgoing faxes, the print type selection combo box was not being enabled unless the ‘print confirmation’ checkbox was checked. This issue has been fixed.
- In settings->general, the option ‘Use high speed drawing’ has been removed as there is really no need for this option. There is no perceived difference in drawing speed with or without this option and this is treated as false by default because it offers safety against ‘out of resources’ exceptions.
New in Snappy Fax 5.58.1.1 (Jun 24, 2020)
- Watch folder processing has undergone a number of changes, you will notice the ‘Watch Folder’ data view now contains a toolbar which contains some “convenience” buttons that allow the user to accomplish in one click operations that previously took several. You can also view the fax image, sent fax confirmation or both directly from the Watch Folder view. There is no longer any need to locate the item in the outbox in order to accomplish that. Note that items in the watch data table that were existing before this feature was implemented cannot be processed since there was no way to link the watch data record to the outbox data record. If you select such an item, snappy fax will alert you that there is no link for that record. Other ‘convenience’ buttons allow the user the remove a grouping if the data has been grouped or expand or collapse the grouping view. You can also extract a watch file from the data , create a new watch item from an existing data item or open and/or save the watch file. Note: the watch file being referred to here is the original .pdf, .docx or other supported file type that was dropped in the watch folder. You can also define a new watch folder from this view or delete a previously defined watch folder without the need to access snappy fax’s settings.
- Watch folder items to be processed with email routing are now handled specially by a background thread since no user interaction is needed.
- The Watch Folder view contains a new data grid (lower in pane) which reflects procedures performed when the watch item was processed. This can be useful for troubleshooting.
- Image printing has been enhanced to produce better print quality and the ‘no default printer is currently selected’ has been eliminated. This was a rare and fleeting bug but finally it has been resolved once and for all.
- The ‘move to another’ folder popup menu item (applies to inbox, outbox, archives, etc.) has a ‘New…’ button now which allows the user to create a new folder to move the selected items to. There is no longer a need to first create a new folder and then perform the move operation.
- Fixed a bug which caused the cover page body (message text) on Email to fax items to be improperly formatted.
- The application icon which shows on the taskbar and the large circular button at top left of snappy fax main window will contain a warning symbol if any outbound fax attempt has failed during the session. There is also a new button on the quick bar to allow the user to dismiss the icon and reset it to normal when applicable. This new button is not visible unless the application icon has been set to the warning icon.
- Fixed a bug (SQL parse error) when marking an inbox item as read or unread.
- The method of converting Microsoft Word or Excel documents for fax processing has been changed so that the Snappy Fax printer driver is no longer needed for the conversion process.
- There was a rendering problem with some images that caused a grayscale image to be rendered totally black. This was related to the option ‘Optimize images for better thumbnail appearance’. This option has been eliminated and the image rendering has been improved.
- When loading a multi-page file in the image viewer, the wrong page was being loaded into the single page view.
- On the snappy fax main window you will also notice some ‘convenience’ buttons have been added to the small toolbar above the data records to allow removing grouping, expand or collapse grouping, etc.
- For most data grids there is a new popup menu that can be accessed by right-clicking on the grid’s header. This menu contains items related to grouping, sorting and grid appearance.
- You can now drag and drop a contact record(s) from Outlook’s contact view onto the snappy fax address book maintenance screen to automatically add a new contact(s).
- There has been a lot of other drag and drop functionality added to snappy fax. You can drag an image file from other applications or Windows file explorer and drop them into snappy fax. For example you can drag an image from PaperPort and drop it into snappy fax’s draft window when preparing a fax from PaperPort. You can also drag a snappy fax data item from the outbox or inbox and drop onto the Windows Desktop or Windows Explorer to create a new file. This operation will result in a .pdf file and is governed by the new option in settings->general ‘Drag and Drop File Format’. If this option is unchecked, the .tif file format will be used. Experiment with drag and drop in different areas of snappy fax you will find this very useful.
- There have been a number of bug fixes and code refinements.
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.6.1 (Dec 29, 2019)
- Fixed issues with forwarding incoming faxes to other fax machines
- The outbox display was not refreshed automatically upon sending a fax using faxage or srfax
- Fixed bug in processing Print Driver Override
- Added code to determine if running in VirtualBox
- Tif and Pdf files can now be dragged and dropped onto the inbox or outbox from Windows File Explorer to create new database entries. This is useful if you have tif or pdf files that were created with another fax program and you want to include them in the snappy fax database. Dragging and dropping file from Windows File Explorer onto any other view in snappy fax will load the related file images into the image viewer as before.
- Some minor cosmetic improvements
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.5.3 (Dec 11, 2019)
- Express Setup throws exception when Finish button clicked. Expected global object not yet created.
- An image file might be unexpectedly deleted if a grid refresh occurred in the background when the main window was not the active window. For example, during print preview.
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.5.2 (Dec 11, 2019)
- Fixed bug in saving fax images, if new feature was enabled to not save external (backup) files.
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.5.1 (Nov 30, 2019)
- Fixed bug in forwarding pdf to email
- Fixed issue with deleting record from Watch Folder items table
- Fixed issue with user chosen font on “Prepare fax job” screen not being saved across sessions
- When Snappy Fax is being used with Snappy fax server, it will now retrieve the license from the fax server. No longer a need to apply the license to each and every client on the network.
- Some other tweaks and bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.4.1 (Nov 30, 2019)
- Email to fax bug fix, not processing cover page
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.3.1 (Sep 25, 2019)
- Added a migrator module to assist user in moving snappy fax to another computer. The migrator can be accessed from a new button “Move to another computer” from the Utilities ribbon tab. The migrator will create a migration file (zip format) which will contain all configuration information and data files. Once this file is created, it can be copied to the new computer and then the migrator can be run on the new computer to establish the data files and configuration information there. Important: The migrator does not process any external files saved in .pdf or .tiff format to folders specified in your snappy fax settings-fax file saving options. These files are managed by the user exclusively, if you need to move those files you can do so manually.
- When changing snappy fax’s configuration from use fax server or not use fax server, a restart is no longer required.
- Added a new button on the horizontal toolbar beneath the image area on the image viewer tab, “Open with Associated Windows Application”. This is handy if you want to open the .tif file in the viewer in the default windows application for handling .tif files.
- The options to keep transmission logs is now separated for incoming and outgoing faxes. If you normally don’t experience transmission failures, you can set the options to ‘No Transmission Log’ to save disk space and processing time.
- When a page was cut from the image viewer, the update database image button was not enabled as it should be. Fixed.
- Deleted the FaceBook and Twitter buttons, in reality, there is no need for these
- Other minor bug fixes and tweaks.
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.2.3 (Jul 30, 2019)
- Minor bug fix in settings when connecting to the database server over internet
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.2.2 (Jul 30, 2019)
- Fixed a bug in email to fax feature
- Check for updated version returned an incorrect result when the server was not reachable
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.2.1 (Jul 29, 2019)
- You can now send via Email to Fax to multiple recipients by separating the recipients in the subject line by a “;” like this: John@19009994444;Jim@3456789000 If you need to add a cover page subject after the fax number you only need to do it for one of the recipients, not all of them.
- The installer now skips the printer install phase if it detects that the snappy fax printer is already installed.
- Some XP users were experiencing some cosmetic issues with checkboxes blacked out on the Prepare Fax Job window. This has been fixed.
- Right clicking on a folder in the navigator now selects it first then shows the popup menu.
- Thumb background colors and grid options select on the Grid Layout options form are now “really” applied to all Thumb panels and grids in the application.
- Modem detection method was changed as it was not adequate for virtual machines.
- Mixed resolution incoming faxes are now converted correctly. A mixed resolution fax previously would result in a tif image that looked “squished”.
- Other cosmetic changes, optimizations and bug fixes.
New in Snappy Fax 5.55.1.1 (Jul 1, 2019)
- The Email to Fax feature was enhanced by adding the number of pages to the status reply email that is sent to the user. Also, additional options were added in settings->email to fax to have the fax image itself sent as an attachment in the last status reply email.
- The default Email to fax cover page selected the user was not being loaded properly across application invocations.
- Fixed a bug when authentication was attempted when using SRFax.com
New in Snappy Fax 5.54.2.2 (Jun 29, 2019)
- Fixed field name misspelling. Fast typing talent is not always a blessing.
New in Snappy Fax 5.54.2.1 (Jun 28, 2019)
- Fixed two memory leaks
- Fixed a couple of problems in the Email to fax functionality, which interestingly only occurred if snappy fax was running on an evaluation license. This pointed out the need for our testers to always test as both a virgin user and a licensed user.
- Changed the duration of the startup nag screen displayed during the evaluation period from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
New in Snappy Fax 5.54.1.1 (Jun 27, 2019)
- This new “feature” was driven by a customer request. The customer had a “cloud” server in another country to which he wanted to save his external fax image files over a VPN, which requires the internet, of course. When a fax was received and a save attempt was made, if the internet connection was temporarily down the save failed. There was no provision to later save the item. The same scenario applies if a forwarding to email attempt was made. This called for a new “feature” to plug the hole. In this version a new data table is created to hold the failed items when the failure occurs. A background thread takes care of resolving the failed items when conditions permit (ie internet connection reestablished).
- Another user was somewhat annoyed by the popup alert that shows when a fax is rejected in accordance with junk fax filter configuration. We’ve added an option under settings->fax filter (junk fax) settings to suppress these alerts.
New in Snappy Fax 5.53.3.1 (Jun 21, 2019)
- Created a new settings category “Printer Driver Override”. This should not be used unless you are running in a Citrix environment. The Citrix environment may thwart the normal printer driver processing when printing to the “snappy fax printer”. This option provides a workaround to that problem.
- Fixed non-critical problem with deleting rubber stamps, etc. from annotations.
- On the Image Viewer, annotations can now be deleted by pressing the delete key as well as using the delete button in the annotations ribbon group.
- Fixed a minor problem with the navigator’s folder population at startup.
- Added a check at startup to check the Fax Host configuration entry. If blank, the user is alerted to fix the issue before startup continues. Only applies if using Snappy Fax as a client to the fax server.
- On the “Prepare Fax Job” screen, a check was added if the user types in a non-existent file name when the “Load From File…” button is clicked.
- Fixed the memory used displayed on the About window.
- The default configuration value for use ribbon style (under general settings) has been changed to false. Using the ribbon style might result in a more pleasant display but causes the startup load to be slower.
- Some first-time run behavior was undesirable. If a test fax was being sent then the nag dialog was displayed over the progress view and if receive mode at startup was selected on the express setup screen, starting receive mode was attempted prematurely, before the test fax completed. These issues have been fixed.
New in Snappy Fax 5.53.2.1 (Jun 21, 2019)
- After submitting a fax to the fax server from a watched folder, a flag was not being set properly, causing repeated processing.
New in Snappy Fax 5.53.1.1 (Jun 21, 2019)
- When an image was rotated in the Image Viewer, only the thumbnail was rotated, not the full image display.
- Fixed some layout problems with the Incoming Fax Progress view.
- Added the Email to Fax feature.
New in Snappy Fax 5.52.4.3 (Apr 17, 2019)
- Fixed issue caused by incorrect creation order in startup
New in Snappy Fax 5.52.4.1 (Apr 10, 2019)
- The snappy fax client has been updated to retrieve any outbound faxes that were sent (resubmitted) from the fax server. (Only applies if using fax server software and the fax server must be up to date as the resubmit feature is new in build 3.52.4.1 of the fax server)
- When a fax was being received and a watch item was flagged as 'exit on receive mode' (because it could not be sent at that time), that receive mode was not restarted nor were any further items processed from the watch folder.
- Fixed Mailer body text was not being included in tech data email sent to support
- Fixed Deskew image failed if an image with lzw compression was in viewer
New in Snappy Fax 5.52.3.1 (Apr 9, 2019)
- Relocate Data Files has been totally reworked. The prior version gave the user no way to relocate archives
New in Snappy Fax 5.52.2.3 (Mar 27, 2019)
- Fixed issue updating database on incoming fax.
New in Snappy Fax 5.52.2.1 (Mar 23, 2019)
- Added failover data support and buttons on toolbar to recover to db failover entries
- updated status descriptions for new status codes
- Prior Version Import was broken because QF_ONDEMAND field had been changed
- Fixed automation problem when getting number of address book records from AB that is shared on server
- Added 'Remove Duplicate Records' button to toolbar for local inbox to remove items that might have erroneously been imported more than once. A duplicate record is a record from the same fax number with exactly the same date and time and duration stamp.
- When an item was removed from reject fax filter and enable filter unchecked the items were not correctly updated in the registry
- Problem with imgnavigator, when fullscreen form is active form and you press esc it would leave the imgnavigator open leaving to an access violation error
- Send a test fax from express setup was not working, causing Access Violation error
New in Snappy Fax 5.52.1.2 (Jan 4, 2019)
- When using faxage failed outgoing faxes were not properly updated in the snappy fax outbox
- Setting quick filter failed with exception when selecting last month's faxes or last week's faxes
New in Snappy Fax 5.52.1.1 (Dec 31, 2018)
- Create Sendto context shortcut was broken
- Items in inbox were not being marked as read when using Batch Print selected faxes
- Added a 'Remove Groups' function to address book maintenance
New in Snappy Fax 5.51.341 (Dec 4, 2018)
- Auto import from server was working only if 'use database server' was checked in settings''
New in Snappy Fax 5.51.2.1 (Nov 26, 2018)
- Fixed minor bug in live flowchart processing (when not selected)
New in Snappy Fax 5.51.1.1 (Nov 26, 2018)
- Problems with import inbox data from fax server fixed
- Performance of auto archive operation is much improved
- Fixed issue in saving smtp accounts in email account maintenance
- Fixed issue where receive mode was not being re-engaged after sending a watch folder fax
- "Planned Archive" option implemented (see archive section in settings)
- At startup the user is now alerted if any data table contains more than 30,000 records. While the data tables can hold many more records than that, snappy fax will operate more efficiently if the table sizes are managed so that "planned archive" may be used or simply emptying trash. Users are prone to move records to trash and then forget about then, the trash bin becomes larger and larger and it still occupies space in the data table. It is wise to empty trash periodically.
- Fixed a serious flaw in the 'remove duplicate fax number utility in address book maintenance'
- A few new features added to enhance the user experience :-)
New in Snappy Fax 5.50.1.1 (Sep 28, 2018)
- Exress Setup was updated to include SRFax and FaxAge options
- Allowed sending modems for clients was not being respected in Job Manager
- Thumbnail images for fax records in Archive Views were not being automatically resized
- Modem re-initialization was being forced when certain options were changed and there was not need for reinitialization
- Database server problems have been fixed
- Database engine updated
- Fail Over Data processing updated
New in Snappy Fax 5.49.1.1 (Aug 31, 2018)
- Added options for Use High Speed Drawing and Ribbon Style for main form. This option is unchecked by default, if you check this option it *may* lead to out of resources or out of memory error, it is dependent on graphics card, it is doubtful that using this option will result in any noticeable increase in drawing speed
- Schedule faxes view was not being refreshed when item added
- Fixed a bug in 'Prepare fax job' form which caused Queue Options items to not be properly displayed
- The watch files (copy or rename options) were being saved to the curdir instead of success path
- Added image display option (general) either a> optimize thumbnail appearance or b> optimize large image appearance
- Added new general option "Restore minimized main window on print message". Picky customers want customized behavior, this will cause a minimized window to be shown before a print driver message is processed if checked.
- When trash emptied from server inbox table, the corresponding items in the sfsrecvmemo table were not deleted.
- Grid popup menu item "Batch Print Selected " and "Add this item to address book" had the same shortcut (ctrl+alt+B), changed Batch print shortcut to ctrl+alt+I
- You can now very easily resend only the failed pages in a previous fax transmission by selecting the item in the outbox and then clicking the drop down portion of the "Resend Selected Faxes" button on the outbox ribbon tab. This only operates on the focused item, only one item can be processed at a time.
- Fax transmissions are now tracked in a follow up table and anytime that fax is resent (due to failed pages), the follow up items are grouped with it in the follow up history table. A "View follow up history for selected item (Ctrl+Alt+H) popup menu item has been added to the outbox grid popup menu which will show the original fax transmission and all items that were sent as a followup for that item."
New in Snappy Fax 5.48.2.1 (Jul 25, 2018)
- Alert about installing the snappy fax printer was being shown erroneously (even when printer properly installed)
- Auxillary address book table problem (invalid secondary index) has been resolved, these table are no longer required or used
New in Snappy Fax 5.48.1.1 (Jul 23, 2018)
- Added support for pdf files using JBIG compression
- Added ability to install snappy fax printer includes new button on utilities tab
- Resolved issue causing eOutOfResources exception
- Added license file association for license file, double clicking license file in future will cause it to be installed automatically
- Restart is no longer required after installing license
New in Snappy Fax 5.47.1.1 (Jun 21, 2018)
- The database engine update in last version was rolled back, some users experiencing unexplainable errors most likely due to the update. Rolling their version back resolved the issues.
- New behavior, if the snappy fax main window is minimized and draft mode started (via icon menu), the main form is not shown, only the draft window.
- Data Grid was not being refreshed after edit record
New in Snappy Fax 5.46.1.1 (Jun 15, 2018)
- Fixed issue where some windows would be showing but off screen so the user had the impression that the application was frozen.
- Refactored some code to avoid redundant calls to the database which makes retrieving thumbnail images much faster.
- The $E template token was not being handled correctly in email forwarding
- Resizing fax image no longer causes prep fax phase to fail
- If the user leaves snappy fax with the 'Prepare fax job' window open and unfinished and then goes to another application and prints to the snappy fax printer, all hell breaks loose! :-) This has been fixed and when a user does commits this faux pas he will get a message that the fax operation was not processed. Once the 'Prepare fax job' windows is opened it *must* be completed or cancelled before snappy fax can process another operation.
- Updated pay direct from snappy fax to use TLS 1.2 as required by Paypal credit card gateway
- Pressisng on settings window incorrectly saved any changes instead of cancelling changes.
- Database server has been updated, the tcp/ip processing has been changed to be more reliable.
- Database engine updated to build 445 build 3
New in Snappy Fax 5.45.1.2 (Jun 2, 2018)
- Task Bar Icon was left visible when in tray app mode and application minimized
New in Snappy Fax 5.45.1.1 (May 29, 2018)
- Fixed issue in FmPrepareFaxJob when selecting a global address book.
- When started by command line file, and minimized the window is not forced to appear
- Added property "OmitHeader" to automation object properties
- Minimize on startup works more smoothly now
- Restart is no longer required after change in trayicon behavior setting.
- Made required change for faxage processing, per their mandate effective June 21, 2018
- Added $E to template name for fax error code
- Inter-process communication between snappy fax client and server now improved
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.12.1 (May 3, 2018)
- Fixed issue with background thread leaving dangling session to database server (when using fax server) which caused eventually "max connections exceeded" error to occur
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.11.1 (May 1, 2018)
- If the snappy fax printer has been previously installed, the installer will prompt if you want to skip that part of the installation. You can have it perform the printer install anyway by clicking the No button to that prompt.
- Added some modernization stuff like Taskbar button progress during fax send or receive. Only active if the 'Use Tray application behaviour' option has been unchecked in settings->general
- Improvements to ExcelThread which is used when converting an Excel file to an image to be faxed
- There is no longer a restriction requiring that 'Empty Trash' delete all items in the trash bin. The 'Empty Trash' popup menu item has been split into a submenu allowing only selected items to be deleted or all items in trash.
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.10.1 (Apr 26, 2018)
- Added speaker volume options
- Fixed duplicate sending of delayed emails
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.9.1 (Mar 26, 2018)
- Added $L template token to be used for incoming fax file saving. It will lookup the full name from default address book where the transmitted fax number matches EXACTLY the contents of the 'Transmitted CSID' field (ABT_ALIAS) and use that name in the filename
- Fixed problem with date and time not being exposed when the only valid fax routing method was 'route to fax server'
- Fixed problem when ordering license directly from within snappy fax. The month and year of expiration were allowed to be blank in either which caused an exception.
- When a user printed to snappy fax printer and in draft mode, the rendering was not the same as just printing to printer when not in draftmode.
- other bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.8.1 (Dec 20, 2017)
- Import received faxes from fax server now imports any record with a valid image file, not just 'OK' results
- Fixed issue with previous ifax settings not being retrieved correctly from older version
- Fixed import contacts from .csv file into shared address book created on fax server
- An internal call to start receive mode was being called incorrectly which resulted in aborted transmission in progress or reception in progress.
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.7.1 (Sep 28, 2017)
- A startup message procedure was failing to run causing a few issues including the list of forwarding recipieints to not be loaded
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.6.1 (Aug 30, 2017)
- There were a number of issues with the taskbar icon and window display/positioning on multi-monitor systems
- Added popup menu functionality for image annotations
- At times the install procedure may fail to properly install the snappy fax printer driver, due to windows refusal to temporarily stop the print spooler. If snappy fax detects this it will prompt the user on startup and ask if the user wants to run the printer install now.
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.5.2 (Aug 23, 2017)
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.5.1 (Aug 22, 2017)
- Real time printing option has been restored and now works properly. When receiving a fax, each page will be printed after it has been received instead of waiting until the fax session completes.
- Fixed problem where CanProcess field in watch table was set to false when a fax failed transmission for normal reasons like no answer, etc. This prevented 'retry the item' from popup menu from exceuting.
- Added feature to watch popup menu to save an existing watch table item back to the watch folder for new processing, user can change the file name if desired before it is saved.
- Fixed problem some users with multiple monitors were having at program startup
- Fixed that annoying bug where the ribbon tab inbox buttons were not showing after startup (was only happening when using fax server)
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.4.1 (Jul 30, 2017)
- Prior version internet fax service information was being incorrectly mapped
- Scheduled faxes were incorrectly being recorded as On demand only
- Implemented a workaround to situations where windows incorrectly shows two modems with identical monikers and different com ports
- Fixed Watch folder processing problem
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.3.1 (Jul 20, 2017)
- The search panel functionality has been restored to the 'Prepare Fax Job' Screen, users wanted to keep this as it was!
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.3.1 (Jul 20, 2017)
- The search panel functionality has been restored to the 'Prepare Fax Job' Screen, users wanted to keep this as it was!
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.2.1 (Jul 20, 2017)
- on Prepare Fax Job screen, the select from group functionality was broken
New in Snappy Fax 5.44.1.1 (Jul 18, 2017)
- Added support for SRFax internet fax service
- Added delayed sending fax via email (customer request)
- Fixed SQL Parsing problem in Server Update Manager
- GetOutlookVersion function updated to check for Outlook 2016
- Fixed a bug in iFaxThread which caused premature thread exit
- Some minor tweaks to fax engine
- Some other cosmetic and minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.43.4.2 (Apr 9, 2017)
- Fixed memory leak in iFax thread
- Code changes to not stop fax receive mode if fax routing for outbound fax is other than Normal (by modem)
- In iFaxThread was not including items with 'pending' in the result column, which may have resulted in those not getting ultimate transmit status code
New in Snappy Fax 5.43.3.1 (Mar 22, 2017)
New in Snappy Fax 5.43.2.1 (Feb 2, 2017)
- Resend fax from local outbox was failing under some circumstances
New in Snappy Fax 5.43.1.1 (Jan 25, 2017)
- Added option to designate folder location of cover page template files
- Resend fax can now be executed from fax server logs->outbox view
New in Snappy Fax 5.42.3.1 (Jan 12, 2017)
- Fixed issue when adding a new address book
- Added option 'never check for updates'
- Added option to define an alternate cover page to be used when resending faxes to the same recipient(s). For example, you may want to send a cover page with "2nd Request" stamped on it or other message.
- Added popup menu item to "Resend selected fax with cover page change". The Resend selected faxes button on the ribbon bar is now a split button, if the drop down part is clicked the 'Resend selected fax with cover page change' option can be executed."
New in Snappy Fax 5.42.2.1 (Dec 31, 2016)
- Fixed issue with resending fax when configured to use fax server and NOT use database server
- Fixed some DEFAULT_CHARSET issues for international languages
- Fixed problem updating fax image from server when updating submissions
New in Snappy Fax 5.42.1.1 (Dec 31, 2016)
- Grid mode options have been deprecated, grid mode is never used in data grids now
New in Snappy Fax 5.41.2.1 (Dec 30, 2016)
- Fixed issue with resending fax when configured to use fax server and NOT use database server
- Fixed some DEFAULT_CHARSET issues for international languages
- Fixed problem updating fax image from server when updating submissions
New in Snappy Fax 5.41.1.1 (Dec 6, 2016)
- Fixed automatic archive processing
- Fixed missing conditional in installer script that prevented a desktop icon from being created (standard edition only)
- Added workaround in fax engine for Zoom model 3095 firmware bug
- Fixed intermittent problem saving external fax files
- Update database engine to newest release
- Fixed memory leak when creating new folder in navigation pane
- Move to another folder functionality was enabled for archived fax folders but the supporting logic to implement was missing
- Docx file types can now be processed natively even if Microsoft Word is not installed. Note: .doc file type is not supported, only .docx.
- Added a popup menu item "Add selected item to address book"
- The fax draft window now has two new buttons, one to show or hide the snappy fax main window. The listmode button exposes a list, the user can drag and drop file names from windows explorer into the list and the execute the list all at once.
New in Snappy Fax 5.40.3.2 (Oct 28, 2016)
- Fixed bug which caused no data to display in fax server inbox
New in Snappy Fax 5.40.3.1 (Oct 27, 2016)
- Significant improvements in the fax engine's handling of class 1 including retraining, etc.
New in Snappy Fax 5.40.2.1 (Oct 25, 2016)
New in Snappy Fax 5.40.1.1 (Oct 5, 2016)
- Watched folder processing has been revamped, a database table is now used to store all watch folder items/files. This eliminates the problems associated with referencing file in disk folders and possible duplicate file name conflicts.
- The navigation pane popup menu now contains a new item 'Refresh Server folders' which can be used to refresh the fax server logs subfolder items.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.39.4.2 (Aug 30, 2016)
- Fixed illegal format character bug
New in Snappy Fax 5.39.4.1 (Aug 29, 2016)
- Fixed another issue which might cause watch folder files to be processed more than once
- Fixed bogus message regarding fax sending privileges on server
- Print preview for server inbox and outbox items was not retrieving confirmation/receipt correctly
- Distribute to email was not examining the select column and was sending to all recipients
- Can now send from local inbox 'distribute to email' as can be done from server inbox. Difference in this and forwarding (manually via button) is that it is not automatic, it presents dialog where user can add email address etc
- Added option in settings->fax server interface "Only import faxes marked for me". This used in conjuction with new popup menu item "check out to client" (in client) or same procedure in fax server to mark faxes as 'belonging' to a particular workstation will cause client to only import items with "checked out by" field equal to client's computer name
- Fixed a number of bugs where an incorrect remotehost value was being assigned to access the database server
New in Snappy Fax 5.39.3.10 (Aug 16, 2016)
- When watched folder items processed using iFax (FaxAge) the items were not being deleted from the waiting folder
New in Snappy Fax 5.39.3.4 (Aug 13, 2016)
- Fixed a potential deadlock situation when processing watch folders
New in Snappy Fax 5.39.3.1 (Aug 9, 2016)
- If the _R fax routing method indicated in watch file name, it will be forced to _I in cases where no modem is installed or configured *and* faxage credentials are configured. This primarily for benefit of PK Compounding software users.
- Added 'internet fax service' to drop down list of forced fax routing choices in settings->fax options
- Some 1 page faxes show pages equal to 0 in display grid. The database entries are fixed and recording of page count fixed.
- Watch file processing tweaks
- The fax engine will now ignore modem ERROR responses that result from the modem receiving improperly formatted HDLC frames which result from line noise or static or loose connections on phone cord or damaged phone cords. Ignoring this condition does not mean a session that would have failed will succeed because this condition indicates line problems which need to be addressed.
New in Snappy Fax 5.39.2.1 (Jul 19, 2016)
- Implemented workaround for flaw in printer driver which caused incorrect image to be passed to snappy fax
New in Snappy Fax 5.39.1.1 (Jul 18, 2016)
- A few users were experiencing problems with proper operation of the printer driver
- Fixed problem with reverse runover on fax pages using class 2
- Fixed problem with image conversion using internet fax service (faxage)
- Fixed problem when sending watch faxes via 'I' routing method
- Fixed small memory leak
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.38.1.1 (Jul 4, 2016)
- Start up time (when using fax server) dramatically improved
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.11.1 (Apr 7, 2016)
- Popup menu function 'move to another folder' was not handling archived items correctly
- New fax error code added 'remote does not support high resolution'
- Minor tweak to fax engine to handle non compliant modems that do not hang up the phone line when DTR is dropped
- Some changes to fax server interace dictated by situations where faxage is being used by fax server
- added 'softweare updates' settings category with three update alternatives: Update automatically at startup, ask before update, do not install update
- Error logging information was not being enumerated correctly when tech data generated
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.10.1 (Mar 15, 2016)
- Minor bug fixes
- Waiting Watch folder jobs are now copied from temp folder to main folder at startup so they can resume sending
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.9.1 (Mar 15, 2016)
- Fixed bug introduced in last update AV when selecting ribbon tab
- Fax engine tweaks
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.8.1 (Mar 3, 2016)
- Fixed issue with previously updated fax server submission being duplicated on items that had been moved to an archive
- The tech data file generated to be saved/sent to tech support is now compressed to zip format
- When 'show tabs' option was in effect, it resulted it some unwanted behavior when navigating tabs
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.7.2 (Feb 29, 2016)
- Got rid of the annoying status message popping up when it should not
- Update Thread (server submissions) was refactored to improve efficiency
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.7.1 (Feb 27, 2016)
- Fixed issue with installer not creating spooler output directory, this cause print operations with snappy fax printer to fail
- Fixed issue with updating item from fax server that were submitted by other clients
- Snappy fax window was not being forced to foreground when printing from other application
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.6.1 (Feb 4, 2016)
- Fixed problem when accessing main screen via remote desktop
- Fixed intermittent problem converting fax draft image to fax format
- Added company column/field when importing contacts from Outlook
- Fixed issue with Prepare fax job screen not being forced to foreground
- Fixed problem causing 'Prep fax failed' during fax preparation
- Added popup menu item 'Move to another folder', to allow move to folder without necessity of drag and drop
- Tweaks/fixes in fax engine
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.5.3 (Feb 4, 2016)
- Minor bug fix
- A few additional optimizations in access to fax server files over internet
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.5.1 (Jan 13, 2016)
- Fixed issue with processing watch files
- Added support for .docm files
- Fixed I/O exception when logging to audit log
- Implemented some optimizations when accessing fax server database via the database server.
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.4.5 (Nov 30, 2015)
- Previous fix for problem with multiple emf files was incomplete
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.4.4 (Nov 30, 2015)
- Fixed problem with multiple emf file not being processed correctly
- Fixed problem with version compare causing auto update problem
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.4.1 (Nov 25, 2015)
- Fixed parsing error which caused 'Print Operation Failed'
- Fixed but in 'Import Selected faxes' from fax server
- Processing certain file types (.doc,.docx.xls,.xlsx, etc) sent from File Explorer's send to context menu was not workingn properly
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.3.2 (Nov 22, 2015)
- Fixed bogus message at start up regarding not supported client by fax server
- If printer driver fails to produce expected tif file then it is created from the emf file rather than fail the operation.
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.3.1 (Nov 20, 2015)
- A previous change to the fax engine had to be rolled back, some modems respond "ERROR" instead of the expected "NO CARRIER" which is not compliant with the class1 protocol.
- Fixed problem with 'no answer' result when remote did not answer within 20 seconds
- Special transmit rule for a specified contact was not being processed correctly.
- Added an option to use 24 hour time format in data grids
- Some temporary files were not being deleted after processing
- The firewall port was not being displayed correctly when tech data generated
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.2.1 (Nov 9, 2015)
- Automation edition - autojob id was not being updated properly when submit to server completed
- New updates are now downloaded in the background and user prompted for install
- Use tray application behavior default is now unchecked. This confuses some users who are not familiar with tray icons and how to use them
- Fixed intermittent issue when connecting to fax server database
- If forwarding to email is selected in options but no recipients selected, the user is now prompted at startup to fix the issue
- Recipient list on outgoing fax progress window is now enabled during processing
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.1.2 (Sep 15, 2015)
New in Snappy Fax 5.37.1.1 (Sep 15, 2015)
- Password box now limits entry to 10 characters which is max allowed for passwords
- Fixed issue with form position and state retention
- Fixed problem on 'Prepare fax job' screen with disabled cover page check box
- Added funtionality to allow user to split long fax transmissions into separate sessions, useful where poor line conditions will not allow success when a fax contains many pages
- Fixed reverse image problem with pdf processing (some pdfs)
New in Snappy Fax 5.36.2.1 (Aug 17, 2015)
- Fix application manifest causing "unthemed" appearance in controls
- Automation Edition: The autojobid was not being saved when fax routing was set to 'S'
New in Snappy Fax 5.36.1.1 (Aug 14, 2015)
- Minor bug fix in fax engine
- Cover page memo box on 'Prepare fax job' screen was not auto wrapping
New in Snappy Fax 5.35.1.1 (Aug 4, 2015)
- When server using is using FaxAge snappy fax client was incorrectly showing incoming faxes in violation of server's privileges granted to the client
- Fixed bug which caused an exception when junk fax table updated
- Check for updates was generating incorrect download url (Automation edition only)
- Processing Word documents, now attempts to disable auto-run Macros in Word
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.34.1.1 (Jul 15, 2015)
- When a Shared Address Book was selected as the primary address book, the choice was not being saved across sessions
- Error Correction Mode is now available/supported for class 2 and class 2.0
- The 'Do you want to replace the image in the image viewer ' prompt is now only displayed if the user has annotated the image and not burned in the annotations.
- Right click on image in image viewer advances to next page (hold shift key, click to previous page) for multi-page images
- Check for updates was downloading the wrong version when running under Windows Server 2012, Server 2012 requires the Windows 8/10 version of snappy fax
- Now the 'Include page data in log' option will always true
- Installer changed to fix problem with desktop icon always being created regardless of whether checkbox was checked.
- Installer now has option to install for 'All Users' or 'Just me'. All Users will place desktop icon on all users desktops.
New in Snappy Fax 5.33.1.1 (Jun 22, 2015)
- Change to printer driver interface to fix issue that was being experienced by a very limited number of windows 8 users
New in Snappy Fax 5.32.1.1 (Jun 16, 2015)
- Fixed grid focus record problem
- After move to trash of a grid item, the nearest item to the one deleted is focused instead of focusing oldest item in grid
- Update to pdf processing library
- When a fax image is changed in the image viewer (rotated, annotated, etc), the item was not being properly saved when the update database image button was clicked.
- tweaks to the fax engine for modems that could not handle training properly
New in Snappy Fax 5.31.1.1 (May 28, 2015)
- Fixed some behavioral problems with data grids
- Fixed reentrancy problem with fax engine
New in Snappy Fax 5.30.3.3 (May 15, 2015)
- Added 'Fax Job status' button no ribbon tab for fax server->outbox view, use it to view listing of all fax jobs submitted to fax server and their status
- Fixed a critical bug which kept valid address books from being enumerated properly
- Fixed some unwarranted grid behavior when leaving inbox data grid and returning to it, the correct record was not being brought to focus.
- Some data views were not being updated immediately upon change
- Got rid of an unneeded 'snappy fax must be restarted' situation after settings change
New in Snappy Fax 5.30.3.1 (May 11, 2015)
- Added expand;collapse group buttons useful for grouped datab grids on new toolbar above grid
- Changed max of batch fax pause delay to 60
- For automation edition added three properties 1) sendfaxasap 2) datetosend 3) timetosend for use when needing to schedule a fax (using fax server) for a particular date and time
- Some data views were not being updated immediately upon change
- Got rid of an unneeded 'snappy fax must be restarted' situation after settings change
New in Snappy Fax 5.30.2.1 (Apr 14, 2015)
- Added buttons for 'Purchase Now','Facebook','Twitter'
- changed modem detection logic to accommodate for older modems that do not install expected registry entries
- Added workaround for modems that reply in incorrect format with class 2 page end
New in Snappy Fax 5.30.1.1 (Apr 4, 2015)
- Can now use .png image as signature file
- Signature is now painted transparently on fax
- After user change com port setting, faxmodule did not reassign comnumber before start receive or transmit
- Added 'Font...' button associated with cover page memo on 'Prepare fax job' screen to allow changing font of cover page memo
New in Snappy Fax 5.29.2.1 (Mar 9, 2015)
- Fixed improperly handling of 'busy' fax transmission attempts
New in Snappy Fax 5.29.1.1 (Mar 9, 2015)
- Resolved issue where saved fax image was other than the one actually sent
New in Snappy Fax 5.28.2.1 (Mar 3, 2015)
- Fixed bug 'extract image failed' when generating thumbnail previews from server data
New in Snappy Fax 5.28.1.1 (Mar 2, 2015)
- User will now be alerted when double clicking on database item if he is about to replace an image already loaded into the image viewer
- Junk fax rejects were not being added to database
- User is now prevented from blanking out fax number (editing) in list of selected recpients on preparefaxjob window
New in Snappy Fax 3.27.4.1 (Jan 21, 2015)
- Fixed crash on attempt to create a new scheduled fax
- Fixed problem in opening Excel file directly
- Fixed problem with image printer not respecting print selected pages
- Snappy fax may have been blocking windows shutdown in some situations
New in Snappy Fax 3.27.3.1 (Jan 9, 2015)
- Now saving last font name, size and styles used in cover designer and applying those to newly created objeccts.
- Status can now be printed on server outbox image if local status print option set
- Print select box (image, confirmation or both) not presented on faxes sent via other than Normal as no receipt blob will exist for those records
- Receive mode was not being restarted after sending watch fax.
- Previous version was built with old database component version causing incorrect item display
New in Snappy Fax 5.27.2.1 (Jan 5, 2015)
- When sending queued faxes the sender information was not being populated onto the cover page
- Drawing/Rendering of the cover page has been changed so that no resampling is required which lead to image degradation
- Fax Routing via email was broken
- In Cover Page Designer, the view is now forced to scroll to top after loading template
- In Cover Page Designer, the initial view after 'test cover page' did not correctly fit image to page
New in Snappy Fax 5.27.1.1 (Jan 3, 2015)
- Duplex printing is now supported
- Fixed unnecessary resetting of modem if receive mode on during settings change.
- Added new general option 'Apply data grid filters only to currently selected navigation folder'. If this option is checked, any filter applied to data grids (inbox, outbox, etc.) will only apply to the current folder. Filter criteria for any other folders in the same view will remain unchanged. If this option is not selected then the filter criteria will apply to all folders within the same view.
- Added new general option 'Apply data grid grouping only to currently selected navigation folder'. If this option is checked, any grouping applied to data grids (inbox, outbox, etc.) will only apply to the current folder. Grouping criteria for any other folders in the same view will remain unchanged. If this option is not selected then the grouping criteria will apply to all folders within the same view.
- Fixed issue with Auto Import not working
New in Snappy Fax 5.26.1.1 (Dec 22, 2014)
- Fixed issue in legacy component (adfaxcvt) using invalid working directory
- Fixed some petty issues in Prepare fax job screen
- Added new popup menu option for local inbox popup menu (right click on inbox data grid), 'Clear Import Status'. This will clear the status of all previously imported faxes which is useful if , for whatever reason, you need to re-import incoming faxes from the fax server.
- Fixed some memory leak and pointer issues
New in Snappy Fax 5.25.1.2 (Dec 4, 2014)
- Fixed issue with accessing archive data
- Fixed issue with duplicate loading of fax routing descriptions on Prepare Fax job screen
- Fixed 'Access Denied' problem when converting to low resolution
New in Snappy Fax 5.25.1.1 (Dec 3, 2014)
- Line noise tolerance option has been deprecated
- Fixed problem with reentrancy in fax engine
- Fax engine tweaks for better handling of RTN (retrain negative), session will no longer fail but instead will be retrained and page retransmitted.
- Interprocess communication between server and clients has changed to be compatible with client sessions running in terminal services. Note: be sure to update the fax server software if using snappy fax and snappy fax server
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.24.1.2 (Dec 3, 2014)
- Class 1 training sessions now are handled in a different manner which will make session failure due to noisy phone line much less likely to occur.
New in Snappy Fax 5.24.1.1 (Nov 10, 2014)
- Fixed problem in printing logic where options selection not properly followed
- Fixed problem where repair of address book table caused exception
- Fixed problem with cover page rendering on some screen resolutions
- Fixed problem with fax header not being properly populated with name and company name
New in Snappy Fax 5.23.1.2 (Oct 20, 2014)
- Addressed issued with fax image not printing full page
- Fix problem with some scanner images not converting correctly
- Fax engine tweaks
New in Snappy Fax 5.22.1.2 (Oct 13, 2014)
- Inter-Process communication with fax server is disable if DNS loookup hostname to ip address fails
- Minor fax engine tweaks
New in Snappy Fax 5.22.1.1 (Oct 6, 2014)
- Receipt of RTN frame from remote fax not longer causes session abort, retraining is performed and the fax session will continue depending on the remote fax response
- Server data path was not being verified in settings validation
- Additional ipc (inter-process communication) messages have been implemented between fax server and client to indicate the state of the underlying data in the fax server's database. If the client user is not currently working in that view, the data grid is refreshed automatically upon receive of this message from the server. If the user is working in that view, a label 'Data changed [refresh view]' will appear to let the user know that the data needs to be refreshed using the 'Refresh view ' button on the ribbon bar.
New in Snappy Fax 5.21.1.1 (Sep 30, 2014)
- Added Fax Resolution to settings->fax options. The default is standard resolution. Previously, high resolution was always used but after further study it appears that there is a positive benefit using standard resolution, fax files are smaller, transmission times shorter and for most faxes the quality should not suffer.
New in Snappy Fax 5.20.1.2 (Sep 23, 2014)
- Import Address book now includes the 'Notes' field
- When using with fax server, checked out records can now be checked in by another client if given admin privileges in fax server permissions
- The Prepare Fax Job window is now only created once and not on each invocation so that loading of very large address books will be less degrading
New in Snappy Fax 5.18.1.1 (Sep 6, 2014)
- Fixed issue in Mass Edit fax numbers
- Email subject was not being handled properly in watch processing
- fax engine tweaks
New in Snappy Fax 5.17.3.1 (Jun 18, 2014)
- Fixed issues in publish to web functionality
- Use Tapi' option has been deprecated
- File naming template now allows $N token for incoming fax files
- Fixed problem with grid customization (disappearing column) in Prepare Fax Job screen
- Fixed problem with panel sizing/positioning on Prepare Fax Job screen
New in Snappy Fax 5.17.1.1 (Apr 24, 2014)
- Database Engine was rolled back to prior version
- Check for updates will not allow downloading and installing even if the current version is the latest version. This is useful if , for example, an error occurred installing the printer driver
- Fixed Divide by zero error
- fax engine minor tweaks
New in Snappy Fax 5.16.1.1 (Apr 16, 2014)
- Database Engine was updated to newer version
- Cover page rendering problem resolved
- Fixed issue with processing .txt files with Automation Server edition
- Fixed eTiffOpen error occurring with some tiff files
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.8.1 (Mar 28, 2014)
- Fax header was not always constructing header line properly
- Fax engine changes to accommodate fax modems that would not disconnect the phone line when DTR dropped
- Fixed problem with some tiff format that was problematic for some third party tif processors
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.7.1 (Mar 11, 2014)
- When fax class was set to 'Detect' in settings, the users baud rate selection was not respected
- Fixed additional issue with watch folder processing
- Fixed problem importing sent faxes from version 4 data files
- Fax engine tweaks related to toggle DTR to reset modem
- Fixed problem with all images not being copied to draft pane when scanning from platen on some scanners
- Automation Server edition, added new method to get status of fax based on autojobid
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.6.1 (Feb 17, 2014)
- Changed resampling filter to provide clearer resampled images
- When sending fax image via email routing, the company, group, memo and bill code fields were not being saved to the outbox
- update to pdf library to handle jpeg2000 compression
- Tiff resolution tag was not being stored properly in tiff files, causing FaxAge to fail converting the image for fax
- Fixed intermittent problem with background processing of incoming faxes from fax server
- Fixed problem with column hiding on drag to group panel
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.5.1 (Feb 7, 2014)
- Added Preset Fax Profiles feature as it existed in Version 4
- Fixed the issue with some users experiencing an exception being thrown when adding a contact to the address book
- Fixed 'Session name already exists' exception
- Additional changes/bug fixes to watch fax processing
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.4.1 (Feb 1, 2014)
- Fixed issues with watched folder functionality
- Use Tapi no longer the default
- On Prepare fax job screen, column widths are now adjustable and layout is saved across invocations
- Importing Outlook contacts now correctly imported into the currently selected address book instead of always to the default address book
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.3.2 (Jan 24, 2014)
- PDF conversion library updated to fix problem converting some pdf files
- Fax class 2, 2.0 and 2.1 suffered from a slight scaling problem
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.3.1 (Jan 22, 2014)
- Fixed a glaring problem in 'Prepare Fax Job' screen, the list of selected fax recipients was not being cleared between invocations leaving the possibility that, if the user did not clear the previous selections, the fax would be sent to an unintended recpients.
- Memory leak fixed
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.2.2 (Jan 20, 2014)
- Fixed issue in Address Book Maintenance, when applying a group to multiple selections
- Fixed issue in Address Book Maintenance, when using the 'Select...' button to assign a group to an individial contact record
- Fixed issue with Table_AddressBookAux not being created automatically
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.2.1 (Jan 20, 2014)
- Fixed bug when selecting from address groups on 'Prepare Fax Job' screen
- Fixed bug when inserting new contact by checking the box on 'Prepare Fax Job' screen
- Implemented much improved loading times for remote address books
New in Snappy Fax 5.15.1.1 (Jan 18, 2014)
- Edit grid record can now be applied to multiple selected records
- Added option under settings->modem settings->line properties to show a caller id popup window with caller id information if desired
- Improved address book load time for very large address books loaded across the network
- File saving to formatted file name with illegal file name characters in remote's calling station id has been fixed
- When using fax age the 'delete message' option was not respected
- Added 'Quick Add Contact' button option to 'Address Book' button on 'Tools & Accounts' ribbon tab
- Tweaks to fax engine
- Help File updated
New in Snappy Fax 5.14.1.1 (Dec 28, 2013)
- Added support for differing DRON resonses by different modems when distinctive ring feature is enabled
- Import of Outlook contacts no longer fails on problem translating phone number to non-canonical format, the phone number will be shown as '???????' so the user can later fix.
New in Snappy Fax 5.13.1.1 (Dec 9, 2013)
- Caller ID is now supported
- Distinctive Ring is now supported
- Problem with small image sizes from printer driver has been resolved, note: you must have the 'small image handling' option in settings->fax options set to 'Stretch'
- Problem with class 2 modem not answering call is resolved
- Fax Search now also works for server inbox view
New in Snappy Fax 5.12.2.1 (Nov 26, 2013)
- Database server functionality has been rolled back due to problems with VPN's and other issues
- The default print quality of the snappy fax printer had been changed to 300 dpi due to problems with Windows 8 and Microsoft Word, this change caused other issues with other applications so the change has been rolled back as well. When printing from Microsoft word under Windows 8, use the printer properties dialog to change the print quality to 300 by 300.
New in Snappy Fax 5.12.1.6 (Nov 25, 2013)
- Fixed Auto import from server issue
New in Snappy Fax 5.12.1.5 (Nov 22, 2013)
- Fixed issues in Distribute Emails (client to server functionality)
- Change remote ping interval to keep db server from disconnecting
New in Snappy Fax 5.12.1.4 (Nov 22, 2013)
- Minor tweaks and bug fixes re: database server (client only)
New in Snappy Fax 5.12.1.3 (Nov 20, 2013)
New in Snappy Fax 5.12.1.2 (Nov 19, 2013)
- Fixed "Failed to set data for Use WMF..." error
New in Snappy Fax 5.12.1.2 (Nov 19, 2013)
- Fixed "Failed to set data for Use WMF..." error
New in Snappy Fax 5.12.1.1 (Nov 19, 2013)
- Automation Server edition introduced
- Legal Size Faxes now print on legal size paper, if printer has two paper trays
- Cover page quality is now greatly enhanced
- Fixed bug in 'Receive Manual Fax'
- Added a 'Memo' field to fax server's incoming fax log in snappy fax client along with a button on the ribbon bar and context menu item to edit the memo field
- Print Quality of snappy fax printer now defaults to 300 by 300 dpi. Under Windows 8, the default of 200 by 200 was causing wrong size images when printing from Microsoft Word.
- Added option under settings->fax options "Suppress Fax Headers (never use fax headers)"
- Fixed font problems in rubber stamp make/edit
- Date and time formatting in data grids now respects Windows regional settings
- Selective forwarding of fax to email now accepts a blank pattern
- Added procedure at startup to launch the printing agent if not already running
- When configured as client, snappy fax now uses database server if the latest version of fax server is installed, otherwise reverts to Windows file sharing as previously used
- Fixed problems in internet fax processing when FaxAge was being used
- Snappy fax was not detecting modems installed on com port greater than com40
- Added 'Use Tapi' option which is now the default for modem/com port handling. This removes a sometimes difficult choice for new users to make at initial setup.
- Made some changes to the fax engine to cope with some ill behaved modems
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.3.2 (Jul 4, 2013)
- Fixed bug in import incoming faxes from server procedure
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.3.1 (Jun 18, 2013)
- When 'never use grid mode' option in effect, minimum number of data records to load is now 5,000 instead of 1,000
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.2.10 (May 16, 2013)
- Additional "tweaks" to fax engine to accommodate certain ill-behaved receivers
- Added feature to distribute to email, incoming faxes from fax server. Reference new button 'Distribute to email...' and popup menu item for server inbox
- Added Support for UnityFax service.
- Fixed bug in sending faxes via internet fax service with some services
- Forward to other fax machines was not working, fixed in this build
- Fixed problem with some windows suddenly showing off screen, leading user to believe the application was hung.
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.2.5 (May 2, 2013)
- Fixed problem with fatal timeouts occurring at fax page end, when using class 1
- Added support for GreenFax internet fax service
- pdf conversion library updated
- Fixed problem with foreign language character sets
- Fixed problem a few users were having with cover page drawing. Cover page drawing is now much faster.
- Fax engine was not properly handling transmission speeds of 12000 baud
- Fixed problem with current archive selection (drop down list) not working properly
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.1.15 (May 2, 2013)
- The 'feature' of holding down the ctrl key while clicking the 'Print' button to print to the default printer without print preview was not working properly
- The issue where if one fax item in a multi-recipient batch fails, all subsequent items would fail also, has been addressed. Hopefully this is a permanent fix.
- Added .lic, .txt to browse filter on registration screen.
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.1.10 (May 2, 2013)
- We have deferred to users who feel they "must" open the license file. The license file sent is now a .txt file that can be opened in notepad and you can now (if you must) copy the contents of the license file to the clipboard and paste into snappy fax's 'Apply License' dialog. The license string is approximately 288 characters, you can still apply in the same manner as before but be warned if you choose to open the license file and copy and paste , any extra characters you copy from the license file contents will cause the license to read as invalid. You must copy and paste the license string only, nothing more, nothing less.
- Failure notification subject was using same tern 'outgoing' for both incoming and outgoing failure notifications.
- Splitter positions are now saved and restored across sessions.
- When internet fax routing was used on 'Prepare fax job' screen, the '+' button was not operative.
- Added support for FaxAge internet fax service
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.1.3 (Mar 15, 2013)
- Saving the license file from some mail readers cause an invisible carriage return and line feed character to be appended, causing the license to be thought invalid in snappy fax
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.1.2 (Mar 15, 2013)
- There was a problem installing language and dictionary files in standard or limited user accounts, this has been fixed
- Email account (smtp server) authentication method had gotten corrupted during the process of moving hard coded strings to a translation repository so that translation to other languages could be effected.
New in Snappy Fax 5.10.1.1 (Mar 13, 2013)
- Added foreign language support for:
- Catalan
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Added support for the following internet fax services:
- Fax87
- MetroFax
- RapidFax
- SmartFax
- The old licensing model has been replaced, users were getting premature trial expirations, invalid license results in far too many instances. Starting with build 5.10, a new license will be needed to license this and future builds. We have sent a new license to every licensed user before publishing build 5.10.
- Fixed some font issues in data grid displays
- Removed the annoying alert window that covered the buttons on the Prepare fax screen
- When a submitted job to the fax server is deleted from the client, the related outbox entries in the client outbox are also deleted, after user confirmation. This avoids the user having to manually move to trash if he wants to dispose of the outbox entries.
- The drawing of the first page thumbnail on email confirmations was fixed
- Fixed: The "test" button was positioned outside the window bounds on the email accounts maintenance window
- Fixed some behavior problems with splitters
- Added option (general) 'Autosize Image Thumbnails'. This has always been the default behavior. If this option is unchecked then the image thumbnails below the data grids can be sized manually.
- A minimum 'abort timer interval' of 5 minutes is now enforced. Users incorrectly would reduce this value to 1 minute which would cause fax sessions to fail unexpectedly.
- Fixed an invalid prompt 'fax number is missing' on the import address book from file screen.
- A new alert window now shows (lower right on screen) when an outgoing fax job failed to let the user know that he must deal with a failed fax attempt. The window will stay on screen until closed by the user. There is an 'Options' link at the bottom right of the window, click the link to change the option to show or never show this alert.
- 'Place in user queue for later delivery' fax routing method is no longer added to the list of available fax routing methods when the desktop/client is configured as a client to the fax server. This routing method is not applicable in this context and it confused some users.
- Very large images produced by other applications when printing to the 'snappy fax printer' are now scaled to fax size before sending. One notable example, is Excel. It defaults to 2400 dpi print quality which causes the printer driver to produce a huge image resulting in the right side of the image being cut off when faxing.
- In settings->modem settings-Line properties, if the user selects 'Pulse dialing', it must be confirmed before the setting will be accepted. Pulse dialing is almost universally obsolete and some users would change this setting thinking it might help connection problems when effectively it made connections impossible.
- Update to database engine
New in Snappy Fax 5.8.1.3 (Feb 4, 2013)
- Fixed problem in settings with validation of internet fax options.
- Fixed problem with SQL statement when sending image via email
- It is now safe the 'quit anyway' when a background archive or import process is active when shutting down snappy fax
- Minor Cosmetic changes
New in Snappy Fax 5.8.1.1 (Jan 30, 2013)
- Introduce new "iFax" feature, you can now interface snappy fax to your efax or myfax account for sending and receiving faxes. Additional internet fax services will be supportd soon
- Fixed 'internal error' in licensing module on some Windows 8 systems
- Forwarding faxes to email was not working unless save to external file options were also in effect
New in Snappy Fax 5.7.2.5 (Jan 27, 2013)
- Fixed problem with some very small fonts on some displays
- Fixed "Field rGUID is of an unknown type" issue when sending fax image via email. (Forwarding faxes to email was not affected)
New in Snappy Fax 5.7.2.1 (Jan 25, 2013)
- Fixed problem installing license
- Added separate zip code field in import address book procedure, Winfax exports zip code to separate field in csv file
New in Snappy Fax 5.7.1.1 (Jan 14, 2013)
- Added Live Spell Checking to Cover page memo
- Fixed issues with Outlook interface if Outlook is installed but not configured
- Added 'Merge Data' on Utilities ribbon tab, which can be used to merge two snappy fax databases
- Relocate Data files - added feature to change location without actually copying or deleting any files (ie repoint to other existing snappy fax database)
- Redimensioned screens to be more "friendly" with smaller monitors and lower monitor resolutions
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.6.1 (Dec 5, 2012)
- Tweaks and bug fixes to watch folder processing
- Fixed problem with date/time schedule faxes not being processed
- Fixed problem with printing of fax images that have width greater than length, document was being improperly printing in landscape mode
- When double clicking on an item in the inbox log, the item was still being listed in bold font because the display was not being refreshed
- The 'Selected Recipients' list on the 'Prepare Fax Job' screen can now be edited directly
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.5.3 (Nov 7, 2012)
- Fixed problem with data grid display not being updated immediately after move to archive
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.5.1 (Nov 6, 2012)
- Fixed Access Violation in email maintenance
- Added feature to print blank cover page for use with standalone fax machines
- Added support for number of copies greater than 1 when printing fax images
- Fixed problem that occurs when Outlook rejects call, exception 'call rejected by callee'
- Added feature (button) 'Populate "From" Field' in inbox to retrieve contact name from selected address book
- Fixed problem with Edit Record (grid popup menu) for inbox or outbox when using other than the default address book
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.4.3 (Oct 24, 2012)
- Only Outlook 2007 and higher support sending email from a specific account, snappy fax now checks the Outlook version when attempting to use this feature to avoid exception being thrown
- Image viewer was not properly respecting the security measure option to blank viewer after sending fax, the image viewer was being blanked when it should not have been
- Snappy fax now prevents the user from unchecking the 'Show group panel' checkbox in Grid layout options, if a grid is currently grouped. Doing so results in no way to ungroup the grid
- Grouping and filtering options of a grid are no longer saved across sessions. Users tend to forget there was a filter in effect when they open snappy fax next time, wonder what happened to their data and this results in unneeded requests for tech support.
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.4.1 (Oct 15, 2012)
- Fixed the problem a few users were having with the grid layouts not being saved and restored properly across sessions
- Using Outlook as snappy fax email account was not respecting the account selected, it was always using the default Outlook profile
- Added progress display when updating server submittions manually
- Printing cover page in cover designer failed to show preview and prompt for destination printer
- Fixed bug in Submission progress window when submitting to fax server
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.3.5 (Oct 8, 2012)
- Fixed issue with "out of memory" when loading cover page image
- Fixed issue with image printing of LZW compressed tif files
- Fixed issued with scheduled fax processing
- You can now select to use Outlook for sending email or forwarding faxes to email in snappy fax's email account setup
- Database Engine Update
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.3.1 (Oct 3, 2012)
- Updated Printer Driver
- A progress window is now display reflecting the status of jobs being submitted to the fax server so users can monitor directly the submit process
- If a submission to the fax server fails a record will still be written to the local outbox reflecting 'Submit Failed' in the result column
- Added option under fax options 'Force Default Fax Routing to', use this option if you want to force the routing to a specific routing method or the last routing method used on the 'Prepare Fax Job' screen. Note that if this option is set to something non-sensible it will not be enforced, for example, if set the 'submit to server' and the desktop/client is not configured as a client to the fax server, it will not be enforced.
- Changed the compression method for pdf files
- Improved the 'Remove address book' function (button) on the address book maintenance screen
- Fixed problem with deleting navigation folders if other folders with a like name exist
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.2.5 (Sep 10, 2012)
- Implemented workaround for Windows 7 bug which caused date and time fields to not display with format specified in Control Panel Regional settings
- Fixed problem with modems that support class 1 only but report it as class 1.0
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.2.1 (Sep 10, 2012)
- Updated snappy fax printer driver implemented
- Changes to achieve Windows 8 compatibility
- Fixed problem in watched folder processing, if a conversion error occurred, the entire watch folder processing was stalled
- Delete archive was incorrectly allowing the default archive to be deleted
- Some versions of Excel rendered printed output to snappy fax printer at 2400 dpi which on some computers would fail completely or at least produce a huge output file. When opening Excel documents from within snappy fax (Image Viewer), the dpi is forced to 300 dpi now.
- command line faxes are now being scaled to fax page size
- When template was being used for naming external saved fax image file, resulting filename contained illegal characters
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.1.8 (Aug 21, 2012)
- Fixed the error "an outgoing call cannot be made since the application is dispatching an input-synchronous call" which occurred after a print to the snappy fax printer was made and then the user attempted to select recipients from the Outlook contacts.
- Search functionality added on the 'Prepare Fax Job' screen on the panel where recipients are selected from Outlook contacts. Note: the 'Add Selected', 'Add All' functionality for the search results list is provided by a popup menu, right click on that section as there are no buttons provided on the search results pane.
- When items were moved to trash, it appeared to fail because the data grid was not immediately updated. This has been fixed.
- Fixed a minor bug which caused a dbisam.lck item to appear on the desktop
- Fixed bugs in Send and Receive Manual Fax.
- Made some minor adjustments to port handling on behalf of LSI modems which are slow to open their port.
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.1.2 (Aug 21, 2012)
- LSI modems could not cope with a change in the fax engine that was made to adhere strictly to T.30, this change made in 5.6.1.1 was rolled back
New in Snappy Fax 5.6.1.1 (Aug 21, 2012)
- Many 'under the hood' changes to com port handling
- Fixed some multi-threading issues
- Fixed bugs in Express Setup
- Fixed a problem where the uninstaller would not first check for a running instance. The uninstall would appear to succeed but would, in fact fail leaving snappy fax behind.
- Added some additional data grid popup menu items corresponding to buttons on the ribbon bars
- The address book short list report now includes the regular phone number of the contact record
New in Snappy Fax 5.5.1.1 (Jul 9, 2012)
- Fixed problem of incorrect number of records being displayed when a data grid was filtered
- Added three additional parameters for sending a fax via the command line.
- The items above for command line parameters now also apply to watched folder file names and the same rules apply
- Additional option to printing options with regard to printing confirmations for sent faxes. You can select to always print, print only if fax was successful or only print if transmission attempt failed.
- Added support for Open Office Text Document files (*.odt) and Open Office Spreadsheet Document files(*.ods). These files can be processed automatically using the 'Open Files as Image' button on the Image Viewer ribbon bar.
- Update to Database Engine
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.4.2.5 (Jun 18, 2012)
- Fixed issue with automatic fax forwarding to email which affected some users (depending on configuration)
- Added button to address book maintenance toolbar to mass edit fax numbers for selected contacts
New in Snappy Fax 5.4.1.6 (Jun 11, 2012)
- Adding recipients to list with '+' button on 'Prepare fax job' screen when routing method was set to Scheduled was not working.
- Fixed bug in Edit Record when using with Outbox
- Removed limit on number of watch folders
- A watch file name of only one part (no underscores) is now treated as fax number with routing set according to whether desktop/client is configured as client or desktop and assuming no cover page to be processed. Example: 18006667777.pdf will be considered fax number of 18006667777, no recipient name, routing = S if configured as client, R otherwise and N for the cover page part.
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.4.1.1 (May 17, 2012)
- Address Maintenance screen can now be accessed from 'Prepare Fax Job' screen by clicking newly added button
- Fixed minor bug in command line fax processing
- Improved speed of fax encryption algorithm
- File naming templates introduced to allow user to specify file name when saving fax files to external files. The template can be specified in Settings-> Fax Options->Saving Fax Files. If templates are in use the template will also be used to name file attachments when email forwarding is in force.
- Outbox Grid display was not automatically refreshing when jobs were submitted to server
- When editing a grid record via 'Edit Record' from popup menu, the 'From' field is automatically focused and the resulting confirmation dialog has been eliminated
- Fixed bug in Send Manual Fax
- Fixed issue of not being able to print confirmation for views other than the current data view (example: from archives)
- Status column of watch folder view was not being updated when a watch file could not be processed
- The raw fax file (apf file) is now being saved to the database as well as the tif rendering
- Added 'Save apf file' to popup menu for inbox data grid
- A 'Mirror' fax file is now created as a fax is received to server as a fail point recovery in the event of a file write error (disk error, etc) when saving the incoming fax image (apf file)
- The Splitter panel on the 'Prepare Fax Job' screen will now retain its position across invocations
- Added 'Print in Real Time' option to settings->printing options. If selected, incoming fax pages will begin printing after each page is received as opposed to waiting for the entire fax to be received before beginning the print job
- Incoming Fax Progress window now includes a display of the incoming fax pages as they are received
- The image viewer's zoom level is now saved and restored across sessions, so that the user's last choice is used at startup for the next session
- When using an 'Accept' junk fax filter and no entries are added to the accept list, the Accept filter is negated. User is now prompted about this condition when settings are saved.
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.3.1 (Apr 4, 2012)
- Added $Y as a replaceable token in the email subject of forwarded faxes to email.
- Fixed problem with importing .csv files to address book when the .csv file was already open in Excel (for example).
- The 'imported by' field in the fax server's data table was not always being updated properly
- Added feature to save the default annotation font on the annotation properties dialog
- Rearranged the 'prepare fax job' screen to eliminate the need to resize some of the panels
- A modal dialog is now displayed to the user if a sumbit operation to the fax server fails
- Fixed issue with images printing at their original size rather than stretching to full page, this caused the image to look as if it had been reduced in size.
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.50 (Feb 22, 2012)
- Resolved conflict with starting receive mode at launch time and beginning of processing existing files in watch folders
- 'failed to connect to remote fax' fax fail description has been changed to 'No fax frames detected (Voice Call ?)'. The original description leads the user to believe the call is known to be a fax call, when the opposite is true, the likely cause is that since no fax tones could be detected by the modem, the call is a voice call.
- When sending to multiple recipients on fax resend, recipients were populated more than once in the job list on the outgoing fax progress screen. Only one fax was actually sent, but the recipient list was populated incorrectly
- Added some wait logic before transmit retries to give the fax engine time to sync with the main thread
- Improved image handling and scaling. Images are now saved at fax resolution (200 by 200)
- Improved image printing.
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.43 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Added option to scale fax image to size when processed from watch folder
- Move to trash on server logs is now allowed on checked out items if checked out by client moving to trash
- Report selector - date now defaults to current date
- Modem reset is now done at low level in the fax engine to avoid possible port access problems
- Fixed some bugs in sending scheduled faxes
- Calling card useage, modem s8 register was not always being modified when needed
- Adjusted some report fields
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.32 (Dec 22, 2011)
- Fixed Access Violation when sending cover page only fax
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.30 (Dec 19, 2011)
- Database Engine updated
- Added company name field to reports
- Fixed problem with Hebrew Character set on fax header
- Database was not being updated when receiving 'manual fax'
- Address book maintenance - fixed problem with edit not allowed when search returned exactly one result
- Address book maintenance - fixed problem with saving record changes when pasted from clipboard
- Fixed Watch folder processing when not using fax server routing
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.16 (Oct 10, 2011)
- Fax class selection was being validated in settings when inapplicable, ie configured as client to fax server
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.15 (Oct 10, 2011)
- Fixed problem with receiving faxes after a fax has been sent
- Cut page in image viewer was removing the page 'visually' but not from the image file
- Options 'Show main form on receive' was incorrectly showing the main form after a reception failure
- Aborting an outgoing fax session with multiple recipients will no longer cause an outbox record to be written for all remaining recipients, as there could literally be hundreds of remaining recipients in the session. This results in a very long update procedure and leads the user to believe the application has hung.
- Fixed access violation in rubber stamp dialog when user clicks the edit button but no stamps have been defined
- Accessing settings was causing further watch folder processing to be suspended
- Size of 'Prepare Fax Job' screen has been reduced to make it more manageable on monitors with lower resolutions
- Status information on the incoming and outgoing fax progress windows is now saved to a 'call audit log' file, which can be accessed by right clicking on the outbox or inbox and selecting 'View Call Audit Log' from the popup menu.
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.6 (Sep 26, 2011)
- Auto update was misidentifying windows 2000 causing wrong update file to be downloaded
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.5 (Sep 23, 2011)
- Serious memory leak in converting pdf file to tif images is fixed
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.2.1 (Sep 16, 2011)
- Fixed erratic modem behavior causing receive mode init error, modem not answering, etc.
- Dialing modifiers were not being handled correctly for submissions to fax server
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.1.15 (Sep 16, 2011)
- Fix timing issues that crept into last build
- A few other bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.1.8 (Sep 7, 2011)
- Load file as image was not processing .jpg, .bmp, .dcx and .pcx files
- Fixed image thumbnail on the fax confirmation page which was too large, covering the text of the confirmation
- Fixed version updater download so that the SG3 version would download the correct version
- Fixed problem when user double clicked the receive mode button
New in Snappy Fax 5.3.1.1 (Sep 4, 2011)
- Introduction of G3 edition to support high speed fax class 2.1
- User name and company name entries in settings->general are now shown on confirmation page
- All save to tif and pdf file operations now use compression
- Fixed problem with import contacts from Outlook, name column sorting was inadvertently disabled
- Adjusted size of 'Prepare Fax Job' window
- Address book listing on 'Prepare Fax Job' screen is now automatically refreshed to ensure that contact entries made by other network users are included
- Fixed problem with some images being incorrectly inverted in Draft mode window
- Save to file from Image Viewer default file type is now pdf
- Added 'Extra Com Port Delay' option to cause com port open / close procedures to wait for extra delay
- Fixed problem with call waiting disable code not being applied when applicable
- Fixed problem when using the 'update database image' button on horizontal toolbar in image viewer, corrected page count
- Added 'Small image handling' option to allow user to choose full page, actual size, etc.
- Navigator font can now be changed, right click select 'Change Font'
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 5.2.1.146 (Jul 5, 2011)
- Interval to wait on redial if busy was not being respected
- Added 'Receive Manual Fax' menu item to tray icon's menu.
- Fixed display issues with ribbon and drawing of the non-client area of main window
- Added check for valid com port setting before attempting to receive manual fax
- Fixed bug in Address Book Maintenance where editing was disabled after importing an address book
- Fixed bug in Address Book Maintenance, importing to address book was importing into the default address book rather than the currently selected address book
- Added 'Line noise tolerance' option in settings->modem settings->advanced. Use this option if you want to ignore noisy phone line conditions when receiving faxes. Note: this is somewhat experimental and may affect your image quality if you have a noisy phone line. The best resolution is to have your phone service provider clean up your noisy line condition.
- Added 'Play Sound on ring' in settings->modem settings->Actions
- Fixed bug when deleting an archive, the archive deleted was not removed from the list of archives available for subsequent selection
- Fixed problem when entering beginningn or ending dates (with keystrokes) in the fax forwarding options
- Added Contact 'address' column on Address Book Maintenance and Prepare Fax Job Screens
- Fixed problem with failed scheduled faxes perpetually being retried
- When fax routing 'remote submit' was selected from Prepare fax job screen, clicking the '+' button did not add the recipient to the list
- Fax Reports: added report ordered by recipient
- In settings->general added option: 'Include recipient's fax on header'. An Australian user has pointed out that this is now required by government regulation in Australia
- Fixed problem added additional smtp servers in email account maintenance
- Added support for Implicit SSL authentication in email module
New in Snappy Fax 5.2.1.115 (Jun 6, 2011)
- Fixed navigation issues
- Fixed data refresh issue after receiving a fax
- Added Fax search button to quick bar. You can now search inbox and outbox, including archives on contents of certain data fields.
New in Snappy Fax 5.2.1.101 (May 30, 2011)
- Added option to only connect to fax server's database when needed, ie when viewing server logs. This option will be useful for those trying to manage a limited number of concurrent connections to a non-server Windows computer hosting the fax serve software.
- Receive Manual Fax bugs fixed
- Fixed report print bug, error in SQL statement
- Landscape pdf's now handled properly
- Fixed bug in submit to server when specific date and time were selected
- Company field was not being updated in server table when submitting job to fax server
- Batch Print printer dialog was defaulting to snappy fax printer instead of system default printer
- Added 'Auto fit' option to Grid Layout Options
- Fixed bug where grid row selected font did not respect font selected in Grid Layout Options
- Remote Submit bug fixes
- Printing fax now permits selection of fax image only, confirmation page only or both
- Pressing Esc will now close print preview window
- Added 'Edit Record' popup menu item for data grids. Fields can no longer be directly edited in the grid, edit record must be used
- Import to address book from csv or tab delimited file now accommodates 'Group' field
- Increased the field size of the memo field in inbox and outbox from 60 to 250 characters.
- The installer will now not allow the install to continue if the software is running
- PDF library updated to correctly handle certain pdf's that were not rendering correctly
- Added additional sorting capability to address book listing
- When sending tech data from 'Technical Support', use is now presented with a dialog to enable typing in a mail body
- On address book maintenance screen, added a new button to allow user to completely remove an entire address book
- Printing an image from Word or Excel will not NOT append the image to an existing image in the image viewer, draft mode must be used to do this
New in Snappy Fax 5.2.1.53 (Mar 16, 2011)
- Cover Page Memo box now supports right click, copy, paste context menu
- Fixed: Company name field was not being updated to outbox data when submitting fax job to fax server
- Added: Multi-line text annotation tool to Image Viewer
- Added: Selected row color option to Grid Layout Options
- Rubber Stamp annotation tool now supports multi-line text
- Fixed: Page Count on fax page was incorrect in certain circumstances
- Fixed: Memo Field and Bill Code field were not being updated to the outbox data table
- Fixed: Image Thumb pattern was not being restored properly on next startup
- Added: Toolbar button to Address Book Maintenance screen to allow selection of and importing from version 4 address book
- Fixed: Modem silence portion of modem init string was not being applied properly when certain modem types selected
- Added: Procedure to detect and attempt repair of corrupt data file at startup
- Fixed: Detection of Windows version was not properly detecting Windows 2003 and 2008 server
- Added: Move to another archive feature, allowing user to easily move records from one archive to another
- Added: user can now create a new archive 'on the fly' when moving records to an archive or when moving records from one archive to another. Dialog now contains 'Create New Archive' button.
- Process of submitting outgoing fax jobs to the fax server now handled in background thread to allow user to continue working while submitting a large number of jobs.
- Fixed: Receive Manual fax button was not functioning
- Fixed: Date and Time format in data grids now use local system settings
- Fixed: bug reporting 'the fax server software does not appear to be running', in error
- Fixed: Scheduled faxes set for a specific data and time were not being removed from the Queue
- Fixed: Improved resolution of cover page
- Added: Option in general relative to very large datasets
- Performance improvements at startup and during navigation from one folder to another when large datasets are involved
New in Snappy Fax 4.35.2.3 (Oct 12, 2010)
- Fixed command line fax problem
- Fixed problem with auto update status of fax jobs submitted to fax server
- Landscape mode is now detected automatically for documents printed to snappy fax printer
New in Snappy Fax 4.35.2.2 (May 15, 2010)
- Fixed problem where BLOB (image) field was not updated when updating outgoing faxes submitted to the fax server. "Blob Field Is Null" Error. An additional context menu (popup menu) item has been added when right clicking on the outgoing fax log "Update Image from fax server". This menu item can be used to retrieve the fax image from the fax server for an item with a null BLOB field caused by this bug in previous versions.
- The description in the 'routing' column was incorrectly showing 'manual fax' instead of 'network fax server' for items processed using the fax server software.
- Fixed problem converting certain pdf files to an image.
- A minor change was made to the fax engine to accommodate non-compliant modems that responded with 'OK' rather than 'CONNECT' as specified by the Group3 fax protocol at certain stages of negotiating session parameters with the remote fax.
New in Snappy Fax 4.35.1.2 (Jan 25, 2010)
- Fixed intermittent 'blob size is null' error on outgoing faxes
- Import from server can now include partially received faxes eventhough the entire fax session was not successful.
- Fixed erratic behavior when dragging fax log items to other folders or to trash folder
- Other miscellaneous cosmetic and bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 4.35.1.1 (Nov 17, 2009)
- Build 4.34.x had a timing issue whereby the modem port might be reported as 'already' open. This issue should now be resolved
New in Snappy Fax 4.34.1.3 (Nov 9, 2009)
- Fixed problem with modem port not being closed in some situations
New in Snappy Fax 4.34.1.2 (Nov 4, 2009)
- Fixed bug in build 4.34.1.1 when starting receive mode
New in Snappy Fax 4.34.1.1 (Nov 3, 2009)
- Fixed problem with errors that occurred if a document was printed to the 'snappy fax printer' when snappy fax was not already running. The printer driver would start snappy fax but upon launch exceptions would be thrown and the file would not be processed.
- Support for .docx, .xlsx and .pdf files were added to drag and drop and 'send to' Explorer context menu functionality.
- Added command line option. You can now send a fax by starting snappy fax with command line arguments. Example: sf4.exe "Mr. Smith" "18008889999" "c:my documentsquote.pdf" "R" "Y" "cover subject"
- The last two arguments are optional, use "Y" if you want to send a cover page using the default template, followed by a subject. If there is a space in any argument (example the recipient name), it must be enclosed in double quotes.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 4.33.1.1 (Oct 7, 2009)
- The Scan Manager has been changed slightly to eliminate some confusion and to fix a minor bug whereby the 'Append to current image' checkbox on the Scan Manager window was not always enabled. If there is an existing image in the main window's image viewer at the time a scan operation is started then snappy fax will assume that you DO NOT want to append your scanned images to the image in the image viewer when you finish the scanning operation. That is the 'append to current image' checkbox on the Scan Manager window will be UNCHECKED by default. If you DO want to append the scanned images to the image that is already loaded in the main window's image viewer then you MUST check that checkbox on the Scan Manager window or else the image in the image viewer will be discarded and only the images you scanned will be loaded in the image viewer on the main window.
- Previously the default was to have the checkbox checked and this has caused users to inadvertedly leave it checked and that resulted in the fax containing the original image in the viewer plus the scanned images which was not always desired. Watch folder processing now supports .docx and .xlsx file types
- The Print | Print Current Image menu item was not always properly enabled eventhough the related toolbar button was
- Capture Mode has been slightly changed, the procedure is the same except the individual entries in the sent fax log are no longer created and then deleted when capture mode is turned off. This results in a more efficient capture mode operation.
- Tiff files using LZW compression are now supported
- Add option to general options 'Enable Codesite debug mode'. Do not use this option unless you are asked to do so by tech support or you or just plain curious :-). It creates debug logs that assist in tracking down stubborn issues that are not easily reproduced.
- The PDF rendering has been improved and should correctly render pdf files that could not be correctly rendered in previous versions.
- Fixed problem with right to left reading languages (such as Hebrew and Arabic) as it pertains to the cover page memo object on the 'Prepare Fax' screen.
- Fixed an obscure bug in processing scheduled Queued faxes (does not apply to on demand items)
New in Snappy Fax 4.32.1.1 (Aug 21, 2009)
- Windows 7 compatible printer driver is deployed in this release. The issues experienced in build 4.30.x with the driver have been resolved
- The issue of duplicate incoming faxes being imported from the fax server have been resolved. The entire code base related to auto import of incoming faxes has been rewritten and with the addition of support routines in the fax server, this issue should be finally resolved.
- There was an issue with client using the fax server, if a client workstation had global privileges for outgoing faxes, it could not see faxes that had already been updated by the submitting workstation, this issue is fixed.
- Added a new option to settings->modem ... 'Use Software Flow Control', using this option might help resolve some issues with modems that do not properly implement hardware flow control
- Processing Excel files using the 'Excel' button on the main window's toolbar was broken, this has been fixed.
- Minor code changes forced by Windows 7
- Many miscellaneous minor bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 4.31.2.3 (Jul 29, 2009)
- Receive mode was being shut down unexpectedly after sending fax then starting receive mode
New in Snappy Fax 4.31.2.2 (Jul 15, 2009)
- Fixed exception being thrown at shutdown 'DIContainer handler in use during destruction'
- Fixed exception being thrown when opening window to fax server incoming faxes
New in Snappy Fax 4.31.2.1 (Jun 21, 2009)
- When sending a fax via email and using Outlook's contacts, the fax number was being added to the selected recipient list instead of the email address of the intended recipient.
- Fullscreen viewing from the server import window was broken
- Snappy fax will now scan for valid modem com ports up to com 40, previously it only scanned to com 25. One user reported his modem was installed on com 40.
- Fixed bugs in print preview window
- Snappy fax was preventing system shutdown if it was running.
- Changing the schedule of a queued fax via the context menu was not respecting all changes to the timed schedule.
New in Snappy Fax 4.31.1.1 (Jun 10, 2009)
- The new printer driver deployed starting with 4.30.x has been removed. This new driver was deployed in order to obtain Windows 7 compatibility and for most users it worked fine. But for a sufficient number of other users in became a 'science experiment gone horribly wrong'. We have no choice but to rollback to the previous driver which was so dependable across the user board but still is not compatible with Windows 7. We should have Windows 7 compatibility very soon with the legacy driver that has been in use with Snappy fax version 4 since its inception up until build 4.30. Build 4.31.1.1 will uninstall the problem driver and re-deploy the legacy driver. In addition the installer will now properly install the correct driver version on either Windows 32bit or Windows 64bit platforms from a single installation file. There is no longer a need for a separate download for each platform. Many users do not know whether they are using 32 or 64 bit Windows and it is not immediately obvious which version they have. The installer will detect the platform and install the correct driver for that version of Windows. The installation file is sf4setup.exe targeted for both Win 32 and Win 64 Platforms.
- Drag and Drop files from Windows explorer to the image view in snappy fax was inadvertedly broken, this has been fixed.
- When using Windows Explorer's 'Send to' context menu, an existing image in the image viewer in snappy fax would be discarded even if the user responded correctly to the prompt regarding appending the 'send to' image to the existing image. This has been fixed.
New in Snappy Fax 4.30.2.2 (Jun 8, 2009)
- The confirmation that prints for outgoing faxes (if that option is selected) now includes a graphic of the first "real" page in the fax in a reduced size. By "real" page we mean that the cover page is not shown but rather the first page in the document other than the cover page. If the fax only contains a cover page then it is shown on the confirmation (acknowledgement).
- The system tray icon's hint did not always reflect the true state of receive mode.
- Files submitted via the Third Party Interface with upper case file names were not being properly processed.
- The edit handler on the cover page designer was broken, text objects could not be edited using the F2 key.
New in Snappy Fax 4.30.2.1 (Jun 3, 2009)
- There was a bug in the new printer driver that cause some users to experience problems with other applications shutting down due to DEP errors. Another user reported problems with snappy fax preventing system shutdown, this also is believed to have been caused by a bug in the printer driver. The printer driver developer has resolved these issues and a new driver is included in this build.
- Live update was changed to accommodate the fact that one download file will now install on either 32 or 64bit Windows platforms
New in Snappy Fax 4.30.1.2 (Jun 2, 2009)
- Changed location of print output files from %localappdata% to %userappdata% which may have effected some Vista 32bit users adversely and we needed to maintain consistency with the storage location of other snappy fax files.
New in Snappy Fax 4.30.1.1 (May 31, 2009)
- This version is tagged build 4.30 to distance it from prior versions because a new virtual printer driver is now being deployed with snappy fax. The new virtual printer driver has the following benefits:
- Is compatible with Windows 7
- Faster image rendering with improved image quality
- Compatible with all versions of QuickBooks and Quicken
- The printer driver installer will install on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows which eliminates the need for a separate download file depending on target platform.
New in Snappy Fax 4.26.5.1 (Mar 2, 2009)
- Fixed problem with duplicate selected recipients when using 'select all' or 'select all in group'
New in Snappy Fax 4.26.3.1 (Feb 18, 2009)
- Fixed problem with exception being thrown when fax is cancelled and logging is active
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
New in Snappy Fax 4.26.2.1 (Jan 9, 2009)
- Fixed issue with taskbar icon showing on startup if minimze on startup option in effect
- Docking state of fax progress windows are now preserved across sessions
- Silent mode options have been restored
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes.
New in Snappy Fax 4.26.1.1 (Dec 28, 2008)
- All known issues with scanning using WIA scanner drives have been resolved.
- Fixed 'port in use' exception being thrown in settings when testing validity of supported fax class option.
- Fixed font not being displayed in bold for incoming log items which have not been read
- Added 'Merge Address Books' feature on address book maintenance screen
- Navigation thumbnails have been added to print preview and fax preview screens
- Drag and Drop image file onto image view was clearing the current image instead of appending to the current image
- Auto printing of incoming fax images has been moved to a secondary thread which serves to restart fax receive mode much quicker. Previously receive mode was not restarted until the printing operation had completed and when long faxes were involved, receive mode might not be restarted soon enough to catch the next incoming call
- On the 'Prepare Fax' screen, when selecting large number of recipients using 'Select all in group' was very slow, this has been resolved
- Fixed problem with progress dialog covering the OK dialog after emptying trash. This gave the user the impression that the application was frozen
- Fixed problem with progress dialog covering information dialog when submitting faxes to fax server. This gave the user the impressiopn that the application was frozen
- Items will now be imported from the fax server even if the session result was not 'OK' as long as there is an image in the BLOB field for that record. ie, even if the session did not complete it will be imported if there is any image data present
- Fax progress windows are now docked to the main window in a separate tab page which facilitates minimizing Snappy Fax. While a fax session is in progress, simply minimize the main window. If the progress window is undocked by the user and snappy fax's main window is minimized during an active fax session, the progress window will be re-docked before minimizing
- Forwarding to email and printing of incoming faxes will now be performed if any image data is present even if the session did not have an OK result
- Options will now allow a com port selection and save it even if a modem name selection is not made on the modem settings screen
- The splitter position on the 'Prepare Fax' window is now saved and restored across invocations to prevent the user from having to continually move it down to expose more address book entries
- On the 'Prepare Fax' screen, on first invocation, the top node in the address book listing is now focused automatically
- A new option 'Modem driver supports EventWord' has been added to the modem settings window. The default is true. This is true of nearly all modem drivers but this option may be unchecked if a modem driver does not support this feature. If this option is unchecked then Windows API calls will be made instead of examining the EventWord to processing incoming modem data. Some USR modem drivers do not use the EventWord, there may be others and we do not currently have a list of those that do not. Unchecking this option should not have an adverse effect when using modems that do support EventWord processing but you should contact technical support with a description of the problem you are having before unchecking this option. A symptom indicating the propriety of unchecking this option might be a failure of the fax engine in receiving page data from a remote sender
New in Snappy Fax 4.25.1.1 (Dec 2, 2008)
- The Scan Manager has been completely rewritten from the ground up and includes additional features, rotate, despeckle and handles multiple scan sessions.
- An attempt to enter duplicate email accounts with the same 'Name' field no longer throws an exception.
- There was a problem with security passwords, it has been fixed
- Fixed 'Floating point div by zero' exception when painting preview thumbnails
- Fixed problem where a form may be displayed off screen if screen resolution is reduced between sessions
- Fixed problem of printing progress window 'sticking' on some systems
- Fixed problem of server's trash bin items being listed as available for import in snappy fax client
- Validation of required email account information is now performed before a new email account can be saved.
New in Snappy Fax 4.24.1.1 (Nov 18, 2008)
- Minor changes to the fax engine in build 4.23 have been rolled back as they were producing undesireable side-effects and less stability than the model used in prior builds.
New in Snappy Fax 4.23.1.2 (Nov 13, 2008)
- Fixed bug in com port polling routine when 'Find port' was used either in settings or express setup. This only affects first time installers
New in Snappy Fax 4.23.1.1 (Nov 12, 2008)
- Fixed problem with extremely slow loading image thumbnails on some 64bit Vista systems.
- Fixed problem with rubber stamp annotation tool Fixed
- A recipient name is no longer required in order to add to the selected recipients on the 'Prepare Fax' screen
- Fixed problem with ctrl-del (move to trash) not working after folders were changed in the navigation pane.
- Fixed problem with modem's com port being left open after faxing cover only fax
- An 'Imported By' column has been added to the import from server screen so the user can see what other workstations may have already imported faxes Added
- Fixed live update annoyance showing an update available when it was the same build number.
New in Snappy Fax 4.22.1.2 (Oct 8, 2008)
- There was a small scanner glitch introduced in 4.21.1.1, fixed here. 'Fax from scanner' did not proceed on to 'Prepare Fax' screen and multi-page scanning from flatbed scanners was broken.
New in Snappy Fax 4.22.1.1 (Sep 25, 2008)
- Fixed additional bugs in scanning function.
- Fixed problem with Live Update incorrectly downloading the 32bit installer when running on 64bit Windows operating systems.
New in Snappy Fax 4.21.1.2 (Sep 1, 2008)
- There was a small scanner glitch introduced in 4.21.1.1, fixed here. 'Fax from scanner' did not proceed on to 'Prepare Fax' screen and multi-page scanning from flatbed scanners was broken.
New in Snappy Fax 4.21.1.1 (Aug 28, 2008)
- Fixed: There was a problem scanning using the automatic document feeder and other issues with Canon scanners. The scanner interface has been changed, note that the 'use advanced scanning' option is now ignored as the scanning operation is all handled from the same interface in snappy fax.
- Added: The right click menu (popup menu) for the navigation pane tree view now contains a new item 'Change font', if you wish to change the font for the navigation pane. This 'change font' menu item has also been added to the popup menu for the fax logs so that the font can be changed there as well.
- Fixed: When using 'Remote Submit' fax routing method on the 'Prepare Fax' Screen, the fax number did not include any dial out prefix or suffix to be used.
- Fixed: When choosing the 'Use Passive Call Handling' option, the receive mode button was left in an enabled state. When this option is in effect, receive mode is effectively always on and the button is now disabled to prevent the user from attempting to start receive mode when it is already on.
- Added cover page templates for 1680 pixel resolution to the distribution file
- Added: When using 'cover only fax' the dial out suffix was not being appended to the phone number
New in Snappy Fax 4.19.2.1 (Jun 4, 2008)
- Fixed problem in settings caused by OpenPictureDialog
- Fixed problem with Passive Call Handling
- The address book grid on the 'Prepare Fax' screen was not anchored at the bottom to cause it to expand if the window size was expanded.
New in Snappy Fax 4.19.1.1 (May 5, 2008)
- Fixed problem with certain archive manager options not being correctly saved
- When the computer name was overriden in settings, the name was not being correctly used when a fax job was submitted to the fax server.
- When a remote fax device signals it intends to disconnect by sending a DCN frame, the result that will appear in the fax log will now show 'Remote Sent DCN' instead of 'cancel requested'.
- Resending a cover page only fax from the context menu did not work
- Additional thread messages are now provided from the background threads for auto archiving and auto backup
- Fixed problem with dial out suffix not being correctly assigned
- Now using a bound data grid on the 'Prepare Fax' screen to provide much faster loading of recipient data. This will not be noticeable unless a very large address book is in use.
- The out of memory exception that some users experience was finally reproduced and this should be fixed in this build.
- The 'OK' didn't show well in the logs' 'result' column so the font color is now white when an item is selected so that it will stand out from the green band color.
New in Snappy Fax 4.18.1.1 (Mar 18, 2008)
- Fixed a rather serious bug when sending a regular fax to multiple recipients. The actual fax was being sent to all recipients but the image file was only stored to the database for the first recipient in the batch.
- Thumbnails were not being cleared when the image was cleared if the 'clear current image after sending fax' option was in effect. If the user then clicked on a thumb, an exception was raised.
- Fax header was not being properly constructed when faxes were sent via the watch folder(s).
- Other miscellaneous minor bug fixes.
New in Snappy Fax 4.17.1.1 (Feb 29, 2008)
- Fixed problem of wrong cover page image being stored with outgoing fax log entry This only happened if certain events occurred in a specific order.
- Reset image button was not being enabled after append images operation
- When using Word or Excel button, eventhough prompted the image not appended to an existing image in the image viewer.
- Queued fax images are now stored as tif files and not converting for preview is now required when viewing. This also has a nice side benefit of streamlining the sending of queued faxes
- The Schedule Queued fax form is now sizeable
- Added an alert to the user if the 'fax current image' button is clicked while still in capture mode
- Update server submissions was not correctly filtering on selected client or all when displaying outgoing faxes