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April 2021
Edit App 1.0.171, Office Add-in 5.0.0.73, Email Manager 3.2.0.182
Improvements
- Improvements to connectivity management when website token expires | HNS-811
- Upgrade to TLS version for Email Manager and Office Add-In | HNS-863
- New links to the Office Add-in and Edit App from the dashboard button | HO-1383
- Edit App token will expire after 10hours after which logging in again will reconnect with HowNow Online | HH-1391
Resolutions
- Resolved an issue where multiple Edit App instances would be created | HO-1381
June 2020
Email Manager - 3.2.0.174
Resolutions
- Files are now correctly being removed from the temp directory after successful upload to HowNow Online | HNS-541
- Support for 4k monitors updated | HNS-489
- Improved DPI awareness for Email Manager forms | HNS-569
March 2020
Office Add-in - 5.0.0.68
- Documents already saved in HowNow can no longer be saved again using the Office Add-in button | HH-2095
November/December 2018
Office Add-in - 5.0.0.59 & 5.0.0.62
- N/A (Changes in this Release were for HowNow On Premise only and have no effect on the HowNow Online Email Manager Add-in)
November 2018
Edit App - 1.0.135 | File Manager 1.0.0.107
Resolutions
- Made a number of changes to reduce the potential for failed uploads | HO-1142
- Fixed a bug that may cause data integrity issues when changing the Client name whilst the document is opened in the Edit App | HO-1128
- Edit App should now be focused Window after adding a document from the Office Add-in | HNS-473
- Should no longer clear the Files directory when uninstalling | HNS-511
Enhancements
- Added a progress indication whilst documents are uploading to assist users in understanding the timing and process | HNS-532
October 2018
Office Add-in - 5.0.0.38
Enhancements
- Stability and performance enhancements | HNS-519
Edit App - 1.0.128
Enhancements
- Versions (Beta) are now created on editing the document by clicking the Edit button. No longer on every save | HO-1107
- Added a new setting that forces users to select a client | HO-1017
- Edit App should now handle long file names | HNS-467
Email Manager - 3.2.0.148
Resolutions
- Corrected the tab order on the Email Manager profiling form | HNS-465
New Features/Improvements
- Added support for 4k monitors | HNS-489
September 2018
Email Manager - 3.2.0.143
New Features/Improvements
- Changed sorting of the filters to start with numeric filter names first (in descending order) and then the remaining Alpha-Numeric named filters in ascending order. This is so your "year" filters appear at the top and is in a more sensible order | HO-1026
September 2018
Edit App - 1.0.125
Resolutions
- Prevents shutdown whilst uploading large files from the Office Add-in | HNS-444
- Fixed the file name when emailing documents from the HNO website using the Edit App | HNS-435
August 2018
Edit App - 1.0.123
Resolutions
- HowNow Edit will now request to log in when new files are available for upload in the pickup directory if the app is not already signed in | HNS-211
- Clarified the message when cancelling on the profile screen | HNS-297
- Document can now be added at a parent level through the Edit App | HO-975
- Refreshing filters for a team now works | HO-1061
- Fixed the refresh of the filters when changing between teams | HO-1060
- Can now use the characters %, &, # and ` in file names when uploaded via the Edit App | HNS-380
Improvements
- Updated the UI of the profiling forms to have similar consistency across the methods of uploading documents to HNO (Email Manager, Office Add-in and HowNow Online) | HNS-376
- Changed the sorting of the filters to start with numeric filter names first (in descending order) and then the remaining Alpha-Numeric named filters in ascending order. This is so your "year" filters appear at the top and is in a more sensible order | HO-1026
August 2018
Office Add-in - 5.0.0.28
Improvements
- COM Add-ins now added to Trusted Locations | HNS-226
- Now prompts when Edit App is not running (requires version 1.0.123 of the Edit App - release date tbc) | HNS-258
July 2018
Email Manager 3.2.0.140
Resolutions
- HowNow Online Email Manager - High Resolution HotFix | HNS-446
July 2018
Email Manager 3.2.0.138
Improvement
- HowNow Online Email Manager - added Client Code to the Client drop down for quicker client identification | HNS-311
- Client dropdown will now reset after refresh | HNS-291
- Consistency across Add-ins - major changes to look and feel of the profiling box | HNS-376
Data Sync - 1.3.0.44
Improvements
- Upgraded to .net 4.6.2 for improved security | HNS-308
- Last update date is now correctly determined when used on a machine with US Date and Time settings | HNS-354
- Settings are now stored in the registry to make updating to new version easier for future installations | HNS-395
Improvements
- Xero Contact Sync is now fully implemented | HNS-308
December 2017
Edit App - 1.0.108
Resolutions
- Client list now pre-loads after signing in to the Edit App | HNS-296
- Back end changes required for faster caching of Client data | HNS-294
- Client code now visible from clients drop down when profiling | HNS-288
December 2017
Email Manager - 3.2.0.115
Resolutions
- Filters will show all available Filters when a Team is not selected | HNS-290
November 2017
Office Add-in - 5.0.0.19
Resolutions
- Office Add-in prompting to replace locally saved file | HNS-210
November 2017
Edit App - 1.0.102 Beta
Resolutions
- Improve UI experience when profiling - specifically Client long file names | HNS-287
October 2017
Email Manager - 3.2.0.112
Resolutions
- HowNow Online Login box clears both fields when wrong credentials are entered | HNS-240
- Update applied to remove reliance on Outlook features that Microsoft removed in the latest update | HNS-265
Enhancements
- Update Add-in Express Version for further compatibility | HNS-270
September 2017
Edit App 1.0.98
Enhancements
- Status can now be added via the new drop down in the Profiling box when adding a new document | HNS-151
- Changes made to the tab order in the Edit App when using the Office Add-in | HNS-242
September 2017
Email Manager - 3.2.0.110
Enhancements
- HowNow Online Login box updated with new formatting
August 2017
Email Manager - 3.2.0.108
Enhancements
- When saving emails to HowNow Online, Client, Team and Filter details will be cached for 6 hours to improve filing speed
August 2017
Edit App - 1.0.96
New Feature
- Added the ability to email a document from the documents grid
July 2017
Office Add-in 5.0.0.18
New Feature
- Clients connected to HowNow Online can use the Office Add-in to save documents and templates into HowNow Online (requires the latest HowNow Edit App version 1.0.88 or greater)
Resolutions
- The user is warned against re-adding documents or templates that already reside in HowNow Online
- Prevent the Add-in button from greying out when adding a new document after editing a document that was already filed.
Edit App 1.0.89.0
Feature
- Added support for HowNow Office Add-in
Improvement
- Added additional automatic re-connection logic to help keep the Edit App connected when used with less robust internet connections.
- Changed the handling of invalid lock state to try and automatically regain a lock for the user and if not allow the user to save a copy of the file
Change
- Removed automatic unlocking of office files in favour for manual unlocking when required by the user
- Changed the order in which the filter drops down when profiling to Client, Team then Filter - from top down
June 2017
Email Manager - 3.2.0.103
Resolutions
- Disable the refresh buttons while the new values are being retrieved from HNO
- Make saving to a top level filters unavailable
- Optimise searching in Profiling box
June - Beta - HowNow Edit App version 1.0.83.0
This is a new version of the Edit App that is being released as a Beta version to correct issues where documents are not being saved back correctly to HowNow Online.
These issues are occurring because the files are instantly trying to unlock as soon as the document is closed and due to different versions of office/windows handling the closing process in different ways we are unable to provide a solution that will reliably work with all environments. For this reason we have introduced a 24 hour wait on the automatic unlocking of documents.
Users are still able to manually unlock the file once it has been saved and synced back up to HowNow Online.
These are the steps they should follow:
- Edit the file using normal edit button icon within HowNow Online
- Edit/Work on the document and save using the Microsoft Office Save button (on every save the document will be saved to HowNow Online)
- Close the document in Microsoft Office - the document will still be locked in HowNow Online
- Click on the padlock icon in HowNow Online to manually unlock the file for editing OR if you forget to unlock the file it will automatically be unlocked after 24 hours
This version will automatically backup a file if it is noticed that you are editing a document that is unlocked but you have a previous version of it in your local editing folder. You can browse to the local editing folder to find the backup files if needed - C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\HowNow\Edit\Files\[Client]\backups
Version 1.0.83.0 has been released to selected clients reporting issues at this stage as a Beta application.