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At present, the latest version of the package is Venta4Net
2.8.
Registered users of earlier versions of Venta4Net that
obtained their registration keys after May 1, 2010 are entitled
to a free update to the new version. All other registered
Venta4Net users can get version 2.8 with a 50%
discount. To get a discount, please contact
us.
October 25, 2011. Build 2.8.148.415 released
In all versions:
1. Faster processing of schedules containing a large number of records.
2. Fixed a bug that resulted in no fax message being generated after scanning if the PDF format was selected for outgoing fax messages.
3. When editing a quick search field in the Scheduler or the Phonebook, the Delete key worked incorrectly: instead of deleting a character, it generated a record deletion prompt. Fixed.
4. Fixed a bug that resulted in an incorrect operation of the Tall Saver mode.
Some minor bugs fixed.
September 8, 2011. Build 2.8.145.412 released
In all versions:
1. Added a quick search function to the LogBook, Phonebook and Scheduler applications.
2. The PDF format can now be used for both incoming and outgoing faxes (this possibility is disabled when a cover page is used).
3. Added the /grX:<answer name> command line option, where X is the ring type (1, 2, 3 or 4). The option allows you to use different greetings for different ring pattern types.
4. Fixed an error that did not allow users to select port numbers higher than 32.
In Multi-Line versions:
1. The sizes of main application windows are now saved separately for one line and all lines view variants.
Some minor bugs fixed.
August 26, 2011. Build 2.7.143.399 released
1. Fixed the bug that occured when 'Actions after reception' and 'Actions after transmission' rules were created.
2. Fixed the bug that occured in the LogBook when attempting to print a Transmission ticket on the client end PC.
Some minor bugs fixed.
June 15, 2011. Build 2.7.138.394 released
Some minor bugs fixed.
May 31, 2011. Build 2.7.136.392 released
Venta4Net Plus, the extended version of Venta4Net software, is released now along with Venta4Net. In addition to all Venta4Net functions, it is capable of receiving tasks from users by email and sending completion reports back to them. Besides, Venta4Net Plus can also work with clients installed on a terminal server.
In all Venta4Net versions:
1. Improved the stability of the program during long periods of operation under peak loads.
2. Fixed a bug that occurred under undefined conditions and resulted in the denial of access to the journal.
3. If the "Forward by email" action was selected both as an action after reception and an action after transmission, the values of some fields were always identical. Fixed.
4. Some minor bugs fixed.
February 18, 2011. Build 2.6.124.359 released
Some minor bugs fixed.
February 14, 2011. Build 2.6.120.354 released
New functions have been added.
In all versions:
1. The context menu of the Message Manager "tree" now has a "Locate on disk"
item that opens an Explorer window with the selected file.
2. The Scheduler now allows you to export task states while exporting
selections.
3. The Scheduler now allows you to search completed tasks by a date interval.
4. You can now delete records selected from phonebooks from the list of
recipients when scheduling delivery tasks.
5. In some situations, splitting or merging of pages containing recognized
text resulted in an error. The issue has been fixed.
6. When a fax message containing a cover page was re-sent, information from
the "Note" field could disappear. The issue has been fixed.
7. When installing the program, you can now specify whether it should create
shortcuts for all users (as before) or the current user only.
Lots of other minor bugs fixed.
December 14, 2010. Build 2.6.114.342 released
New functions have been added.
In all versions:
1. Added the "Action after transmission" option. Now the program can send an email notification, print the transmitted fax message or launch a third-party application immediately after completing a fax transmission session.
2. The Scheduler now has a new parameter: "Treat tasks terminated with disconnection error (20) as completed successfully". When this option is enabled, such tasks will be moved to the “Completed” group (instead of "Failed") and will be marked with a yellow icon.
3. The software will now prevent the computer from entering the stand-by or hibernation mode if fax delivery is enabled and there are uncompleted tasks in the schedule.
4. The maximum number of operations with a remote control script command has been increased from 64 to 256.
In Multi-Line versions:
1. You can now set up line routing rules for outgoing calls depending on the destination phone number. Therefore, you will be able to automatically assign allowed lines for each scheduled task. For instance, you can use Line 1 for local calls and Line 2 for international calls.
September 2, 2010. Build 2.5.109.332 released
New functions have been added.
1. You can now export search results from the Scheduler.
2. Added a new key - /wa:<time> - specifies whether the program should record a voice answer and sets the maximum recording duration in seconds.
Bug fixes:
1. If the user printed something using the VentaFax printer while the Main application is running, the transmission window was not brought to the foreground, but was hidden behind the window of the calling program.
2. The number of active tasks was displayed incorrectly in the client part during the scheduled delivery.
3. When switching lines on the client side, some fields could still display values for the previous line.
Lots of other minor bug fixed.
August 10, 2010. VentaFax 2.5 released
New functions have been added.
1. The program now supports text recognition (OCR) in fax messages. The feature requires that Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) application (part of MS Office 2003 and MS Office 2007) be installed on the system.
2. Now you can specify keywords in the recognized text of fax messages to be assigned to a specific action in the actions after reception filters.
3. Batch text recognition in fax messages.
4. Possibility to directly convert documents in TXT, RTF and HTML formats to the fax message format.
5. Possibility to manually send scheduled messages.
6. Now you can search records in the schedule by the name of the phonebook.
April 30, 2010. Build 2.3.87.300 released
On the client end it was not possible to delete tasks from the schedule. This has been fixed.
The Message Manager now remembers the dimensions of the text input field when editing faxes.
Now exceptions for the Venta4Net server are added automatically to the Windows firewall configuration during the program installation.
Lots of other minor bug fixed.
March 22, 2010. Venta4Net 2.3 released.
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New functions have been added.
In all versions:
1. Data backup and restore utilities have been added to the program package. Using them, you can, for example, create a backup copy of all program data on one computer and deploy it properly on a new one. The backup utility can be used even if an older version of the program is installed on the old computer.
2. For MS Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), a feature for “transparent” conversion has been added. If such a file is chosen in the program, then its conversion into fax format will now be done without the corresponding application being visibly opened on the screen.
3. Graphics files in the JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, WMF and EMF formats can now be converted within the program itself, without needing to call on the associated applications.
4. A feature for storing settings for multiple SMTP servers has been added, so that users can quickly switch between them when needed. The SMTP server settings have now been moved into another tab, "Mail server - General", instead of "Reception - Automatic – Actions after reception – Mail server".
5. Rules in "Actions after reception" can now be made temporarily inactive. Previously it was necessary to delete them in order to do so.
6. Now it is possible to select one or more tasks in the schedule and with a single click find all entries in phonebooks where the telephone numbers coincide with the numbers for the selected tasks. This can be used to search for "dead" numbers in order to delete them, or conversely, to search for "live" numbers to transfer them into a separate phonebook.
7. Now you can form batch files using the /e: command line option not only in ANSI encoding, as before, but in UTF-8 as well.
8. When launching the program using command line options, you now have the option of specifying multiple files. These files if necessary will be converted and merged into a single fax or voice batch. Additionally, the key /saveas:"filename" has been added, allowing you to set the name for the resulting file.
9. Now the Message Manager buttons for page navigation for multipage faxes are associated with hotkeys (Ctrl+up arrow, Ctrl+down arrow), pressing the Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End key combinations will jump to the first or last page respectively, and the Ctrl-Shift-S combination will open the "Save as..." dialog.
10. A setting for "Disconnect if DTMF # command is detected" has been added to the "Reception - Automatic - DTMF tone control" tab (turned off by default). If you pick up a phone on the same line and press the pound key (#, also called the number sign) when the answering machine is active, then the program will detect the signal and hang up.
September 3,
2009. Venta4Net 2.2 released.
New functions have been added.
In all versions:
1. Now in case of user reauthorization (when the user changes his/her computer) he/she can be assigned the same ID (user number) that was used earlier. In the previous versions of the program the user undergoing reauthorization was always given a new number that made it impossible to access the entries already existing in the user’s log and schedule.
2. It is now possible to create the so-called configurations, i.e. sets of settings for the clients. The user undergoing authorization on the server can be assigned a certain configuration which will be loaded to the client computer. It is convenient when configuring a package with a large number of client workstations: now the bulk standard settings for the clients can be configured directly on the server.
3. There is a new option ion the client partend making it possible to run the program at Windows startup, in minimized mode as well (parameter "Load automatically on Windows startup" on the "Miscellaneous - General" tab).
4. Now it is possible to activate confirmation of user actions in manual mode for reception and transmission separately ("Fax - General" tab).
5. The program can now automatically check for updates.
6. Now you can scan pages and merge them with a previously selected
fax message when preparing a new one. In earlier version, a new fax
message was always created after scanning.
7. The "Send notification to another telephone number" option
has been added to the "Actions after reception" list. It allows
you to send a receipt notification to the specified phone number.
8. The "Send notification to the sender’s telephone number"
option has been added to the "Actions after reception" list.
It allows you to send a receipt notification to the sender’s number
identified using Caller ID.
9. An ability has been added to play text files in the TTS mode in
remote control sessions.
10. The operation of several program features has been optimized.
November 14,
2008. Venta4Net 2.1 released.
New functions have been added.
In all versions:
1. Added an ability to create user categories with specific
rights.
2. Log archives are now available on the client system.
3. Added an ability to configure successful transmission
receipts.
4. If you are using a distinctive ring service, you can
now specify the ring pattern to be assigned to a specific
action in the actions after reception filters.
5. German interface localization
files included in the installation archive.
6. Interface improvements in the Message Wizard
and the Transmission Window.
7. Added separate numbering of incoming faxes and voice
messages.
8. Added options for ignoring some fields in Caller ID
June 04, 2008.
Venta4Net 2.0 released.
New functions have been added.
In all versions:
1. Windows Vista and Vista
x64 are fully supported.
2. The interface of the Message Wizard has been reworked.
Now the screens of the Wizard feature additional tips and
explanations.
3. The Message Manager now allows you to rotate
all the pages in a received fax message by 180 degrees at
once;
4. Actions after reception now include sending e-mail notifications
using servers that require Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) –
for instance, gmail.com;
5. A new action after reception has been added: "Launch
a program".
6. The software now features a mechanism of automatic updates
of the client part whenever the server part is updated.
This feature will work when new versions are installed over
version 2.0 and above. If version 2.x is installed over
1.x, automatic updates of the client part will not function.
In Multi-Line versions:
1. While assigning a line to a group of users, you can
now specify whether the line should be used for sending,
receiving or both.
2. The Log Book now allows you to create transmission/reception
reports for several selected lines (as opposed to a single
line or all lines in the previous versions).
May 30, 2007.
Venta4Net 1.8 released.
New functions have been added.
In all versions:
1. Windows XP x64 and Server 2003 x64 support added.
2. Users can now be grouped.
3. French, Spanish and Italian
interface localization files included in the installation
archive.
4. A new right - "Server control" - has been
added.
5. Now it's possible to email a fax in the PDF format from
the client end.
6. Users can now create postponed tasks in the schedule
for those clients that have the right to create non-postponed
tasks.
7. Now you can see the ACT! Contacts list as one of Venta4Net
phonebooks.
8. A new feature allows you to start recording your conversation
automatically right after the connection has been established
when dialing a number without sending a message.
9. A new setting allows you to interrupt an answering machine
greeting by receiving the "*" tone.
10. A new setting enables you to generate the "*"
tone command before sending a fax or a voice message. Many
answering machines (and now the new version of Venta4Net
as well) interrupt the answering machine greeting upon receiving
this command.
11. The Message Manager allows you to merge several faxes
into one.
12. Now you can save a multi-page fax message from the
Message Manager in the TIFF format both as a single multi-page
file and several single-page files.
13. In the Message Manager, you can now convert a fax message
in draft quality (204x98 dpi) to the standard resolution
(204x196 dpi).
14. The transmission ticket can now include a thumbnail
of the first page of the fax message.
In Multi-Line versions:
1. It is now possible to assign lines to groups of users.
2. The Message Manager now shows a single inbox folder,
if it is the same for all lines.
August 16,
2006. Venta4Net 1.61 released.
New functions have been added.
In all versions:
1. It is now possible to edit not only cover pages but
also fax headers. Create your own trademark header, and
it will be easy for your recipients to pick out your fax
from among a multitude of others.
2. Now the header can also be used for faxes transmitted
by e-mail.
3. The ability to automatically or manually sort personal
folders has been added to Message Manager.
4. A new “Sender” field (for outgoing faxes)
has been added to the Log Book.
5. If you often use a telephone calling card when dialing
a number, now you can easily change the card by clicking
on the Card image in the main application display.
6. New command line options /cp: and /ntX: have been introduced,
enabling you to specify a cover page and accompanying text
comments.
7. A command line option /ms[-] has been introduced. Launching
the program with this option puts the program into ‘transmission
with manually-established connection’ mode. After launching
with such an option any printing to the VENTAFAX printer
will result in fax transmission, as with fax transmission
in manual mode without dialing a number, but without the
display of additional dialog windows.
8. A new command line option /pr: has been added which
establishes starting priority for tasks entered in the schedule.
9. It is now possible to use not only digits (telephone
numbers) but also text when filtering lists. In this case
the entered text will be compared against the Caller ID
Name of the incoming call.
10. A new “Pages” field has been introduced to
the Scheduler, which displays the number of transmitted
pages of a fax (disabled by default).
In Multi-Line versions:
1. Easy line-selection capability when transmitting in
automatic mode has been added to the Message Wizard.
March 15, 2006.
Venta4Net 1.6 Released.
Added new features.
1. Sending and receiving color
faxes are now supported (in Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server).
2. Automatic conversion of incoming faxes into PDF
format has been added
3. Spanish interface localization
file included in the installation archive.
4. A fax sent by email can be automatically converted into
PDF format.
5. The “Photographic halftones” mode is now available
when generating a black and white fax.
6. A new feature has been added to Message Manager: you
can now create and edit color faxes and cover pages.
7. In Message Manager, the list of formats for fax conversion
is expanded. Now faxes can be converted into JPEG, GIF and
PNG formats.
8. In Log Book, archive names now use the date interval
notation based on first and last records entered (previously
the archive date notation was used).
9. Now with just one click you can copy the contents of
Windows Address Book (WAB) into the VentaFax Phone Book.
June 18 2005.
Venta4Net 1.51 Released.
Added new features.
1. A user can be given the rights under which his or her
tasks will be scheduled with the "put off" status.
For such task to be performed, a user with certain rights
must change its status.
2. An animated System Tray icon displaying the task transmission
process at the client end is introduced.
3. An indication of connected users is added.
4. A Text-To-Speech (TTS)
translation support is added. Now you can use text files
for announcements and voice messages. In addition, more
caller information can be pronounced upon the caller's phone
number delivery. For example, you can hear the caller's
name, if the one can be found in a phone book.
5. A SAY operation is added to the list of answering machine
remote control basic operations. It is used to pronounce
a text in TTS mode.
6. Several answering machine remote control scripts that
employ TTS mode are added.
7. The limitation on the Note field length in the cover
page templates is removed.
8. Now an email notification of an incoming call can be
sent even if the caller has left no message.
9. Program settings can now be saved and restored by means
of profiles. A new command line option is added: /pfl:"filename.pfl".
Starting the program with this option changes the current
settings to those saved in the profile.
10. A duplicate search feature is added to the Phone Book.
Now you can find entries with the same phone or fax numbers.
11. A simultaneous change of first digits of prone numbers
feature is added to the Phone Book application.
12. Now it is possible to filter the Log Book reports by
type of call as well.
13. Fax description can now be edited in the Message Manager.
14. Now when you stamp a document by means of the Message
Manager, the coordinates of the last stamp are saved.
15. The Message Manager's built-in editor allows inserting
a text with any selected zoom factor, not only with 1:1
zoom factor, as in earlier versions.
16. The Message Manager now allows sorting the file list
in reversed order and saves the size and position of this
list.
17. Opening the Message Manager from the Transmission window
now opens the page displayed in the Transmission window
and not the first page, as in earlier versions.
October 21
2004. Venta4Net 1.42 Released.
Added new features.
1. Several new voice command sets are introduced.
2. A new "Print" action is added to the list
of possible actions after reception. It provides a selective
print-out of faxes.
3. MS Outlook Address Book now loads faster.
4. Now you can copy the data from the MS Outlook Address
Book to a Venta4Net phone book at a single click of the
mouse.
5. A new "Do not convert telephone number" parameter
is added to the "Transmission - Dialing" tab.
It is useful when you operate via a mobile phone.
6. A new parameter is added to the answering machine remote
control scripts for managing the telephone line silence
detection.
7. Expanded modem diagnostics procedure. Besides modem
voice functions, distinctive ring support and Caller ID
capability are now detected during the diagnostics phase.
8. Now the program can automatically adjust the DRON/DROF
time frames according to each ring type timing when using
the distinctive ring services. Furthermore, now you can
set the minimum pause between the successive rings (in a
number of cases it influences the correct detection of the
type of a call).
9. New call registration parameters are added that enable
independent displaying and pronunciation of identified phone
numbers separately for incoming and outgoing calls.
The Multi-Line Versions:
1. A new /LINE= command line option is added to specify
the number of the telephone line which parameters are to
be changed.
August 6 2004.
Venta4Net 1.4 Released.
Added new features.
1. Now you can easily add a stamp, your signature, logo,
seal or any other image to facsimile documents you send.
2. In the Message Manager, you can now save a document
after rotating a page on 180 degrees.
June 4 2004.
Venta4Net 1.3 Released.
Added new features.
1. Added support of V.34 fax (Super
G3) protocol that provides facsimile message
reception and transmission rate up to 33600 bps. To establish
a V.34 fax connection, both receiving and transmitting side
must support this mode. By now, modems that support the
V.34 fax protocol (not to be confused with the V.34 data
transfer protocol) have not gained wide acceptance.
2. Added new feature: now the program can automatically
switch the number of rings the modem answers on according
to the selected time mask.
3. Now you can not only add, but also overlay the information
header on the page to be transmitted. In this case the page
length does not increase.
4. Added support of scanners with automatic paper feeding
mechanism.
5. Now the facsimile message to be transmitted can consist
of the cover page only.
6. The Log Book: added new facsimile message preview instrument
(the "View - Fax Preview" menu).
7. Added new feature: typing-in the name of the received
facsimile message when printing received faxes automatically.
8. Now each phone book entry can contain the priority information.
For example, if you create the mailing list from such a
phone book, the higher priority tasks are delivered first.
9. The syntax of answering machine remote control script
language is significantly expanded. Added usage of variables
and conditions.
10. Received messages can be redirected to the specified
telephone number.
11. Added new feature: recording voice answers when transmitting
facsimile messages.
March 15 2004.
Venta4Net 1.2 Released.
Added new features.
1. Now you can transmit a facsimile message
with the cover page.
2. The Message Manager: added cover page creation and editing
feature.
3. Besides two-line fax header, one of the single-line
headers can be used.
4. Added new feature: setting the minimum and maximum duration
of signal and pause for various ring patterns. The only
modems that this feature concerns are those that transmit
ring pattern information in the form of the time frame (DRON/DROF).
5. Added new option: the "new message" attribute
can be altered in the Log Book.
6. The Message Manager: added current page transmission
feature.
7. Now remote control scripts can be applied not only to
incoming calls, but also to outgoing calls. To do that,
you need to select a script file (*.VFA) as the file intended
for sending out (for example, by scheduling the task for
automated delivery).
October 27
2003. Venta4Net 1.1 Released.
Added new features:
All versions
1. Date and Fax ID (CSI) can be added to a received message
name. The caller's phone number can also be added if it
was delivered.
2. Added Agere modems support.
3. Added new %Name and %NP operators to the "Action
After Reception" option (in the "Subject"
and "Message body" fields). The %Name operator
substitutes the caller's name found in a directory on the
identified phone number. The %NP operator substituted the
caller's name or phone number if the name is absent.
4. Various types of answer can now be set for each type
of call in the Distinctive Ring mode.
August 7 2003.
Now Venta4Net family includes
multi-line program versions.
July 25 2003. Venta4Net 1.0
Released.
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