New in 2.9a 1 Voicemail messages deleted using the "0" option can now result in the sound files being deleted from hard disk as well. (Selectable using the VG.INI DelVmFiles option). 2 Reliance on the MM/DD/YY format in the Log file when reading back the Date/Time of a voicemail message was left was removed. A new field entry (Date2) was added to the Log database. New in 2.9 1 Fax entries in .VGS file use different names. 2 Send DDE Command modules inability to permanently select Poke Data fixed. 3 Get Number Sequence module: the Fail path is now taken if the caller does not enter the number. 4 TimeOut=0 early branch bug fixed. Timeout now starts when the file has finished playing. 5 $RV[LAST] Result variable added New in 2.8c 1 TimeOut paths now go down to 0 - immediate transfer from module to module 2 Path Delete bug fixed in the Design environment 3 Fixed bug which prevented specifying TimeOut paths in PIN modules 4 Added the ability to disable the editing various script and config settings while the script is running - stops the user from changing the script or the modem configuration settings 5 Tab order fixed up in many areas New in 2.8 1 Result Variables can be used in more places throughout the script 2 DDE interface expanded to accomodate VG Dialer 3 VG Dialer utility now added to the distributon disks 4 Bug with path selection in the "Record" module fixed. 5 Path editing in Module Information Form improved, 6 Tone Player no longer gives error if there are no tones to be played 7 Voicemail - added "message review" options, allowing the caller to listen to their messages before they are saved in the voicemail box. 8 Silence detection level configuration added, new modem driver file entries added as a result of this. New in 2.7 1 Result Variable assignment bug in the "Play Message" module fixed New in 2.7 Beta 2 1 Send DDE command module. Allows you to Execute or Poke DDE commands. Can be used for passing Caller ID or caller-entered data to other applications. 2 Modem Driver files updated. 3 Timeout bug in the PABX Transfer module fixed. New in 2.7 Beta 1 1 Send Modem Command module expanded. Its functionality has been changed, some scripts may behave differently. Please refer to the Help file for information on new module functionality. 2 Added option for VG to "pop-up" when incoming call is detected, displaying the Caller ID information at the same time. 3 "PABX Transfer" module expanded, new commands added to the modem driver files as a result of expansion. 4 Result Variable Switch module added 5 Result Variable in List module added 6 License File registration method implemented. The license file will enable your already installed Trial VG to become the Standard or the Professional version. 7 Added the IgnoreWhilePlay and IgnoreWhileRec modem driver file entries to stop certain DLE codes from stopping Play/Rec. 8 User now prompted to save unsaved files when exiting VoiceGuide. 9 Some bugs with updating of paths when modules were deleted fixed. 10 $RV[DAY], $RV[DATE], $RV[MONTH] added, allowing for switching based on day, date or month (using the Result Variable Switch module). 11 Time call ended now displayed for all calls, not when the hangup module is reached. New in 2.6c 1 Problems with connecting to slower Alphanumeric paging systems fixed. Added a new configuration screen which allows control over the connection parameters for alphanumeric paging connections. Added the "pagerinit" entry to the modem driver files which is used to specify the initialization string sent to the modem before attempting a data connection with the paging company when delivering alphanumeric messages. (This is in addition to the init string which can be specified in the paging setup) New in 2.6b 1 Numeric Paging problems fixed. 2 Help file updated to reflect the change and some Hot-links fixed up. New in 2.6a 1 Bug which prevented voicemail from being used when certain Country settings were selected was fixed. 2 Distinctive Ringing bug fixed. 3 Log viewer "Need to press stop after Play" problem fixed. 4 Log viewer Record Counter fixed up 5 Distinct Ring Script selection. The Start Module entry can now be left blank. VG will then start at the default start module. 6 Specification of TimeOut paths made more robust. New in 2.6 1 USR modems: the rare error with USR modems not stopping playing correctly fixed. 2 Created new GSM sound files. They are available as a separate file. 3 Compaq driver updated New in 2.6 Beta 5 1 Hangup module no longer plays "Not recorded" if a message has not been specified. 2 Playing of sound files which were located in the subdirectories of the script to which they belong fixed. New in 2.6 Beta 4 1 Calling of Different Scripts based on Distinctive Ring added. 2 "Run Script" module added. This module allows VoiceGuide to effectively run scripts of unlimited size. 3 Memory leakage and reinitialisation bug associated with loading new scripts using DDE "LoadScript" command was fixed. 4 Fixed the bug introduced in Beta 3 which resulted in the sound files not being deleted when the Log database entries were deleted. 5 Demo Scripts expanded. 6 Bug from Beta 3 where VG would not answer calls if there was no Caller ID fixed. New in 2.6 Beta 3 1 Log Viewer interface upgraded, Log Viewer Config added. 2 VoiceGuide now creates Access 2.0 databases for Logs (Jet 2.5). this fixes the "Can't Find DLL" problem experienced by some people. 3 Caller ID enabling now done from the Modem Config menu. 4 Voicemail module Database error messages fixed up 5 Numeric pager is no longer confused by BUSY signals sent by the paging company after the message has been sent. 6 Data Call and Fax Call path types added. 7 ddevgpub.ba_ install problem fixed. 8 Help file significantly re-written. 9 Date and Time readback implemented in the Voicemail module, you can now have the date/time the message was left spoken back to the voicemail box owner over the phone 10 Distinctive Ringing based Voice/Fax/Data switching added. 11 Entries for "Enable Distinctive Ringing" and "Disable Distinctive Ringing" added to the modem driver files. 12 Modem Drivers list file drivers.lst added, drivers no longer listed in VG.INI 13 Module descriptions are now saved differently, fixing the "lost spaces" bug. New in 2.6 Beta 2 1 The "Out of memory" install bug fixed 2 Help file updated New in 2.6 Beta 1 1 DDE interface added, you can now use VG as an Interactive Voice Response server, controllable from other applications. See the Help file for list of DDE commands. Source code (Visual Basic) has been included demonstrating how VG can be controlled by other applications. The new DDE commands make it possible (amongst other things) to use VG for out-dial applications. 2 Call Screening capability added 3 Distinctive Ringing configuration made easier. 4 -hide command line options added: VoiceGuide starts and runs without being visible on screen. 5 -min command line option added: VoiceGuide is started minimized. 6 -sleep command line option added: VoiceGuide starts in SLEEP mode. 7 Added a Call Counter 8 Modem initialization sequences made more robust & faster 9 Professional version now has 50 modules 10 Voicemail : Added confirmation of message copying to other mailboxes 11 Voicemail : The success path is now only taken if a new message was left in the mailbox, otherwise the fail path is taken 12 $CID_XXXX Result Variables can now extract data fields from non-standard Caller ID report strings. (See Help file for more info) 13 Result Variables: _XLATE qualifier added - reads MDMF encoded Caller ID fields. 14 More modules now support Result Variables. 15 User can now set what Caller ID information is shown in the summary window - settable in VG.INI 16 Debug Printout Save command button added 17 Option to only use one set of digits - 'MID' digits. Instead of having to have MID and END sets of digits. 18 New way of generating filenames - no collisions possible. 19 Caller ID related Result Variables now available in the Standard version of VG. 20 The Caller ID popup window now stays visible until the "Hide" button is pressed or until the call ends. Caller ID display inside the window has been improved, the blank lines at the start problem has been fixed. 21 Hot Fax "hang-up" bug fixed 22 Tone Player module fixed