WinMessenger Changelog
What's new in WinMessenger 2.8
Jul 31, 2009- The program has been divided in two parts service and client that work in separated processes and communicates using COM mechanism. Client and server can be run on different machines. One server can work with many clients and can listen up to 254 NetBIOS Names.
- Received messages can be read by computer immediately after receiving (text to speech feature is used) so it isn't necessary to get in touch with a PC to read a message.
- This version provides a COM server that is accessible from any other .NET applications, JavaScripts and VBScripts. Following examples help developers to add NetBIOS messages functionality to their applications and web pages. It also allows creating .NET, JavaScript, and any other COM supported applications that can send and receive messages from WinMessenger.
- Windows Forms application that uses the WinMessenger service to send and receive messages. Download example
- ASP .NET web application that provides ability to create a web server that allows users to send and receive messages to/from local network. Download example
- JavaScript and VBScript scripts that can be used with Windows Script Host and allows sending messages from command line. Download example
- JavaScript and VBScript scripts that can be used with Windows Script Host and allows receiving messages from command line. Download example
- HTML pages that use client scripts (JavaScript and VBScript) that can be send to web clients by web servers and allow sending NetBIOS messages to users' local network from the Internet Explorer. Download example
- The platform level has risen. Minimum required OS version is Windows 2000.
- This version is distributed as a Windows Installer installation database (.msi file).
- 64 bits version is also available.
New in WinMessenger 2.8 Beta 1 (Jun 6, 2008)
- Setup Wizard now fully supports Terminal Servers, automatically notifies users and closes running instances of WinMessenger.
- WinMessenger now shows all users on all Terminal Servers in the domain.
- On Windows NT4.0/2000/XP and 2003, WinMessenger shows all users from the current domain (with their full names if available).
- WinMessenger now uses the Windows XP format to show computers in the drop-down list, i.e. �This is comment for computer (Computername)�.
- WinMessenger now uses a less obstructive way to inform users about SMB errors.
- This version improves support for Microsoft Active Accessibility.
- Several small improvements in the appearance under Windows XP were made.
- Improved AutoComplete support in systems with Internet Explorer 5.0 or later.