Supporting Apps - HowNow Online

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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:


  1. Edit the file using normal edit button icon within HowNow Online
  2. Edit/Work on the document and save using the Microsoft Office Save button (on every save the document will be saved to HowNow Online)
  3. Close the document in Microsoft Office - the document will still be locked in HowNow Online
  4. 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. 




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