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bugfix: Some internal locking issues solved.
bugfix: Clearing the callhistory contained a locking bug.
bugfix: Stopping the client while a call was still active could sometimes freeze the client.
bugfix: Bug fixes: New User Registration Wizard
bugfix: Minor bugfixes
bugfix: Adding phone numbers could fail for some countries (Russian Federation, Ukraine, Mauritius and some more).

19-02-2014 4.14 Build 745

bugfix: The 'getting started' screen could end up in a deadlock when registering or logging in (build 744 only).

04-02-2014 4.14 Build 744

general: Redesign of "New user Registration" dialog
bugfix: When a signup procedure took too long and the user aborted the procedure, the client remained in state 'connection' and retrying the signup was not possible.
bugfix: The shutdownprocedure has been enhanced.
bugfix: Small VoiceEngine enhancements.

26-08-2013 4.13 Build 737

general: Show message in call history on sound problems on incoming call
general: Minor internal changes
bugfix: Minor fixes
bugfix: Outlook contact loading bugfixed.
bugfix: minor fixes

18-06-2013 4.13 Build 721

general: Some minor fixes
general: Minor bugfixes
general: the reliability of DTMF throughput has been enhanced.
feature: Minor changes
feature: Minor bugfixes.
bugfix: Minor fix
bugfix: After a LiveUpdate of the client on a PC running Windows 8 the client would not go to the foreground when the shortcut (tile) was clicked in the Windows 8 Start screen.
bugfix: Profile fixed delete phonenumber issue
bugfix: minor fix
bugfix: Some minor changes.

19-03-2013 4.12 Build 709

general: Renamed Logon/Log off to Sign in/ Sign out in menu's. Optional to Sign out and forget password.
feature: Adding a # in front of a number will hide caller id.
bugfix: Solved crash in sms screen
bugfix: Solved several bugs
bugfix: Startup crash solved.
bugfix: Audiowizard crash solved
bugfix: minor fix
bugfix: minor fixes
bugfix: Some minor bug fixes.
bugfix: When contact is offline and there's a phonenumber known, the phonenumber is called.
bugfix: When user entered a number to dial without country, it's not handled as contact.
bugfix: Minor changes
bugfix: Memory leak solved in the internal graphics library.
bugfix: In a network with an internet proxy the client could sometimes crash.
bugfix: The client could crash when the wrong time was read from an ntp server.
bugfix: The client could crash when the start of a dns resolution failed.
bugfix: minor bugfixes
bugfix: minor fixes
bugfix: minor fixes

20-12-2012 4.12 Build 689

bugfix: Bugfixes for connectivity

10-12-2012 4.11 Build 688

feature: Security enhancements.
feature: The verification of a phonenumber starts directly after adding the phonenumber
bugfix: minor bugfixes
bugfix: Sms history bug solved.
bugfix: New verification wizard was not always used.

17-10-2012 4.10 Build 681

general: New design for adding and deleting phonenumbers in profile window.
bugfix: When displaying the context-menu the application locked.

11-09-2012 4.10 Build 680

general: Minor changes.
general: The advanced connection system has been enhanced.
general: Advanced connection setup has been enhanced.
general: Enhanced encryption handling.
general: Extra code has been added in the error reporting feature to find errors better.
feature: Minor security enhancements have been implemented.
feature: The VoiceEngine is modified for less processor consumption.
bugfix: several minor bugfixes
bugfix: several small bugfixes
bugfix: Minor fixes
bugfix: P2P calling was not working.
bugfix: The problem report dialog now uses word-wrapping in the 'comment textbox'.
bugfix: Several displaypicture issues solved.
bugfix: Browser links in de client where not formatted correctly.
bugfix: Advanced connection handling contained a time-bug and could crash the client.
bugfix: A small bug in the advanced connection method has been solved.
bugfix: A timer bug has been solved iin the WAN-test.
bugfix: UDP sockets could be closed twice in rare occasions.

10-04-2012 4.9 Build 661

bugfix: A bug in the internal wan-test has been fixed. This wil solve a lot of crashes.

15-03-2012 4.9 Build 660

general: A new version of the base framework has been implemented. Stability has been improved.
general: An updated version of the voiceengine has been included in the application.
general: A better noise canceler has been implemented.
general: Improved VoiceEngine
general: Improved VoiceEngine
general: New VoiceEngine version 7.07 with improved noise cancelling.
feature: Multi-part sms is now possible.
bugfix: Fixed reading file error in restore contacts from archive.
bugfix: The VoiceEngine contained a bug that could crash the application while in a call. Bad connections suffered from this bug the most.
bugfix: The function GetProcessIdOfThread was used in build 652. However this function is not supported on WindowsXP. A workaround has been created.
bugfix: History sms popup size now works with multipart sms.
bugfix: A few crashes have been removed.

25-08-2011 4.8 Build 645

bugfix: Fixed connection bugs
bugfix: The client deadlocked on incoming calls.

27-07-2011 4.8 Build 641

bugfix: Some minor issues in the network testfunctions have been fixed.
bugfix: A bug in the wan measurement system has been fixed.

05-07-2011 4.8 Build 636

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

15-12-2010 4.7 Build 629

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

04-10-2010 4.6 Build 596

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

04-10-2010 4.6 Build 595

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

15-07-2010 4.5 Build 579

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

12-07-2010 4.5 Build 575

general: Country code +47 (Norway) has been assigned to Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
general: Country code +672 (Norfolk Island) has been assigned to Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
general: If call fails because of invalid phone number format; an explaining message with example will appear.
general: The close button has been removed from the liveupdate balloon. Hopefully this change will trigger people to update to the latest version more quickly.
feature: A better internet connection test has been implemented. This will result in better connections to our servers and therefore better call quality.
bugfix: The client could sometimes crash when exited.
bugfix: The client could crash because of a stack overflow in the trace function. The CStrings have been made static in these functions.
bugfix: New voice engine 6.11 implemented, with better receive concealment and smoother TCP handling.
bugfix: A small memory leak was introduced in version 4.05 build 570. This leak has been removed.
bugfix: When a voip server was put in maintenance, the client did not reroute to another server automatically.
bugfix: When the connection switched from TCP to UDP, the connection could occasionally drop again after a few seconds.
bugfix: Phonenumber settings could get lost when phone number verification was started.
bugfix: When a computer resumed from standby, the client would try to logon, even if no username or password is available. Now it only logs on when it is set to automatically logon.
bugfix: When a name was entered in the 'suggested username page' the correct radiobutton was not automatically selected.
bugfix: The 'next' button in the suggestion screen was not always correctly disabled and enabled.
bugfix: On Windows 7 the bandwidth test did not work.
bugfix: In a previous version the login credentials where not remembered by default. This has been changed back so that they will be remembered by default.
bugfix: Previous version 4.04 build 556 did not start on Windows 2000.
bugfix: The client could accidentally logoff while trying to connect a peer to peer session. This only occurred on specific router combinations.
bugfix: New incoming calls will not interfere with existing calls. In earlier versions the sound delay could increase when a new call was received during a call.
bugfix: Fixed the 'username / password incorrect' bug.

12-11-2009 4.4 Build 550

general: Some urls to webpages changed.
bugfix: When the client auto-reconnected it would sometimes wrongly state 'Username/Password' incorrect.
bugfix: In some cases, an error message 'The Parameter is Incorrect' occurred. After this message, normal calls where not possible. This issue has been solved.
bugfix: re-login after resume of computer sleep was not working.
bugfix: When verify was executed after a phone type change in the profile screen, the client could hang.

09-07-2009 4.3 Build 543

general: New voice engine 6.10, The adaption speed of the echo canceler has been improved, also CPU usage is reduced.
general: The logoff procedure has been changed and is much faster now.
general: Some textual and visual changes in dialogs.
feature: Missed calls while offline implemented.
feature: User can now choose for country at register new user.
feature: One minute before credit runs out, a sound will be played and a message will be displayed with a warning to inform that the user is almost out of credit.
bugfix: Some import contact functions were not working properly.
bugfix: Some getting started wizard issues solved.
bugfix: Logon after sleep could take a while.
bugfix: Fixed the volume control in the active screen.
bugfix: Peer 2 Peer connections where not always correctly setup because the private ip address was not detected properly.
bugfix: VoiceEngine 6.09 implemented. Fixed a memoryallocation bug which could sometimes crash the program due to heapcorruption.
bugfix: Presentation restricted flag was not set correctly in the profile if changes where made in the call settings option screen.
bugfix: The configuration of the VoiceEngine was not cached correctly.

02-12-2008 4.2 Build 533

general: The software is signed with a new Verisign certificate.
general: VoiceEngine 6.07 has been implemented.
general: The verification of a Caller ID has had some cosmetic changes.
general: There are some new manners to start the verification of a Caller ID.
general: After a correct verification, the phonenumber used in the verification is automatic set as Caller ID.
general: Some functional changes made in the profile screen
general: Redesigned profile screen. Caller ID settings with verification functionality moved to profile screen.
general: Redesigned phone number verification wizard.
general: The layout of the existing user logon screen was changed a bit.
general: Various typo's corrected.
general: The callerid is displayed in the titlebar when the client is logged on.
general: The sms icon in the contact list has changed.
general: All dialogs and screens will now default to the center of the client. Some screens will remember their position.
general: In some dialogs the banners have been removed.
feature: Cleanup profile phonenumber types if not used.
feature: When saving language files, the .lang extension will always automatically be added to the filename.
feature: When invalid version popup is shown, an 'update now' button is added on the messagebox.
feature: Hot plugging a USB sound device during ringback is now possible.
feature: The menu item 'Log Off' has been added to the file menu.
feature: When during a call only 1 minute is left due to insufficient credits, a sound is played.
feature: When multiple mobile numbers are available, the user will be asked which one to use when clicking the envelope in the contact list.
feature: When the sms tab is activated focus will be set on the recipient box. When the recipient box is already filled, the focus will be set to the message box.
feature: A captcha has been added to the 'create new account' screen.
feature: The language editor will now display the file that is currently being edited.
feature: The language editor will indicate if the current file is dirty. This is done by placing an asterisk in the title bar.
feature: The language editor will not discard any changes without warning the user.
feature: Both columns in the language editor are sortable.
feature: Large multiline strings can now be translated with the language editor.
feature: The dashboard now displays a tooltip.
bugfix: Introduced voice-engine 6.08. Fixed issues with selecting sounddevices on languages that use non-ascii character sets.
bugfix: The client could crash when it received a specific server message.
bugfix: In some rare cases the client consumed 100 % of the processor time.
bugfix: At relogon the password was not set correct.
bugfix: Client could crash in close when modify contact dialog was still open en visible.
bugfix: Some untranslatable issues repaired.
bugfix: The 'phone-2-phone' icon overlapped the number-type-icon in the contactlist. This has been fixed.
bugfix: Some translate problems fixed.
bugfix: Numberplan change: +0 is not accepted. except when it starts with +00x (and x <> 0).
bugfix: By pressing TAB when modifying the numbers in your profile it could be possible that a number was wrongly indicated to be verified.
bugfix: Starting a peer-to-peer call to a SIP-client would result in a wrong notification that the other party is using an old client version and the call would be terminated.
bugfix: When a USB sounddevice would be unplugged and replugged, it could occur that ringback would never be played again.
bugfix: When changing the caller id, this was not reflected in the title of the client.
bugfix: Conferencing would not work most of the time.
bugfix: The statusbar in the chatwindow did not size correctly.
bugfix: When calling a free destination, the client could crash on connection.
bugfix: When pressing the escape or return key in the SMS screen, the SMS screen would disappear.
bugfix: Various bug fixes in the language editor.
bugfix: Some voipapi changes made compatible with earlier releases.
bugfix: The client could crash when it was exited with chat dialogs open.
bugfix: White spaces at the beginning of lines where trimmed in the language editor. Therefore they where not correctly translatable.
bugfix: A memory leak in the html drawer has been solved.
bugfix: The language version is now also stored in the language file.

13-12-2007 4.2 Build 487

general: Various textual changes in the 'getting started' wizard.
general: The sound that is played when a chatwindow is invisible on an incoming chat message has been changed.
general: The button 'My Phonenumber' has been removed from the SMS tab.
general: Minor textual changes have been applied.
feature: The startup parameter -status:away has been added.
feature: The startup parameter -status:notavailable has been added.
feature: The startup parameter -status:busy has been added.
feature: The startup parameter -status:appearoffline has been added.
feature: The startup parameter -logonsilent has been added.
feature: When a user enters the wrong username/password combination too often the user will be locked out of the system. A warning will be displayed before the lock-out. The lock-duration will be displayed.
feature: Better VU meters have been implemented.
feature: A 'Getting Started Wizard' has been created. New users will be prompted automatically.
feature: An 'echo123' service has been implemented.
feature: A proper dashboard has been created. The dashboard can be activated through the view menu. It features a basic and an advanced view, selectable through the right mouse menu.
feature: When a similar audio device is plugged in it will automatically be selected.
feature: New field 'Area code' is available from the Tools -> CallSettings menu. When country and area code are entered correctly, short dialing is possible for phone numbers within the same region.
feature: Voice Engine 6.0: Internal architecture changed, added support for on the fly codec changes
feature: When filtering the contactsview, the filter will also be applied to the username in stead of the displayname only.
feature: Button added in own profile to change display picture.
feature: Display picture added in caption of own profile dialog.
bugfix: It was impossible to remove displaypictures.
bugfix: When entering a username in the suggestions screen on the getting started wizard the client would crash.
bugfix: Closing the 'Getting Started' wizard while a testcall was still active would crash the client.
bugfix: RTP handling bug solved.
bugfix: When a phone-2-phone call is doubleclicked from the history-view a new phone-2-phone call will be started with the a and b number from the history.
bugfix: A resource leak has been removed.
bugfix: The autologon link was not working.
bugfix: Included voice-engine 6.01, modified packethandling to improve soundquality in lowlatency receive environments.
bugfix: Due to bugs in the import/export functions of the language editor the functionality has been changed. Import/export from excel has been replaced by CSV import/export.
bugfix: When the most-used-list was disabled, the selection of contacts could be wrong after a contact search.
bugfix: One some NAT routers P2P calls to people that where 'busy' would timeout in stead of giving the correct 'busy' message.
bugfix: The character '–' (hex: 96) has been added to the readability characters. This means that phonenumbers with this character are recognized as valid phonenumbers.
bugfix: In the search dialog the male/female box, the first item text < do not specify > was replaced with male.
bugfix: New VoiceEngine implemented.
bugfix: Display picture path was not created correctly under vista.
bugfix: Calls that where already ended could still be added to a conference. This caused the client to crash.
bugfix: The display picture memory was not managed correctly. This could result in a crash.
bugfix: Due to a bug, the main connection could be closed when p2p connections where aborted.
bugfix: In the caller id tab of the optionsscreen, the voip-in number could be preceded by a double '+' character.
bugfix: Voice Engine 5.21: Vista only problem, when a speakerdevice was selected which had a native samplerate of 8khz and a p2p call was started the device could not be used. This issue has been fixed now.
bugfix: When an audio device is removed and no audio devices are available anymore during a call, the call will be ended.
bugfix: When no audiodevices are present, the volume slider will be disabled.
bugfix: When the other party of a peer-to-peer call was unable to accept the call due to system errors, the call would stay in the connecting state rather then being aborted.
bugfix: Audio device changes where not detected on Vista systems.
bugfix: When the shift button was pressed during startup to prevent autologon, the client would not come to the foreground.
bugfix: Menu items that are only usefull when the client is logged on are now disabled when the client is not online.

Release Notes

14-01-2015 4.14 Build 759

14-01-2015 4.14 Build 759 Initial Release

19-02-2014 4.14 Build 745

04-02-2014 4.14 Build 744

26-08-2013 4.13 Build 737

18-06-2013 4.13 Build 721

19-03-2013 4.12 Build 709

20-12-2012 4.12 Build 689

10-12-2012 4.11 Build 688

17-10-2012 4.10 Build 681

11-09-2012 4.10 Build 680

10-04-2012 4.9 Build 661

15-03-2012 4.9 Build 660

25-08-2011 4.8 Build 645

27-07-2011 4.8 Build 641

05-07-2011 4.8 Build 636

15-12-2010 4.7 Build 629

04-10-2010 4.6 Build 596

04-10-2010 4.6 Build 595

15-07-2010 4.5 Build 579

12-07-2010 4.5 Build 575

12-11-2009 4.4 Build 550

09-07-2009 4.3 Build 543

02-12-2008 4.2 Build 533

13-12-2007 4.2 Build 487

03-07-2007 4.0 Build 461 Initial Release