Ascendis Caller ID 3.0

Ascendis Caller ID works with your telephone company's caller identification service to track and announce phone calls.

Main Features:

-Automatically hang up on specific or unknown callers.

- Hear who's calling (by speech synthesis or custom sounds) before you answer the phone.

- See who called while you were away, or get notified of phone calls by email. You can even monitor phone calls at home from work, or vice-versa.

-See who's calling from any computer on a network, as long as one computer has a modem.

v3.0 [Nov 5, 2011]
- Repair Database command now optimizes too
- installs empty and initial database CIDDB files in data folder too for ease
of access
- increased default main window width
- fixed problem importing version 1 database
- added commands to import version 1 settings and version 2 settings and
database
- improved importing settings and database from previous versions
- fixed potential exception on some machines when printing call notes
- fixed rare exception on some machines when using the Run command in actions
- fixed problem where minimizing display panel all the way and then exiting
Ascendis Caller ID prevented the display panel from being restored
- don't let user select a Ring action that hangs up
- warn user when choosing a Ring action other than "Ring" or "Do Nothing"
- increased default size of Line Monitor window
- added automatic backups (on by default; see File -> "Auto Backup Database..."
for configuration)
- improved handling of unexpected TAPI error codes
- trap TAPI error when getting system's country code and default to "1"
- new actions now use {SpeakName} instead of {Name} in default speak text
- "Empty Database.ciddb" is now literally empty -- no records exist in any of
the lists
- now installs "Initial Database.ciddb" into Ascendis Caller ID Program Files
folder -- this contains the database as it appears on first install
- added "Speak Name" and "Speak Name and Number" actions (these will only
appear for new installations; if you want to add these simple actions to
an existing installation, import "Standard Actions.xml" from the Program
Files folder using File -> Import -> Actions)
- the "Default" action now speaks the phone number only if the caller is not a
contact and the number is not the same as the name (this change will only
appear for new installations)
- when a contact is deleted, recompute the name fields for the phone numbers
assigned to the contact from the raw caller id name (as would happen when the
call is first received) -- fixes problem with names "sticking" to a phone
number after a contact is deleted
- fixed race condition with scripts that could cause logged errors
- trap errors during database updates and restore database
- default to XML file type in export dialogs
- added option to disable Whozz Calling? device memory call download (in
Options window, Devices page, Whozz Calling? subpage, Options)
- include US area codes in Locations list (existing customers can import
"US Area Code Locations.xml" from the Ascendis Caller ID Program Files
folder)
- support importing Locations from XML files
- support overwriting Locations when importing from XML files (hold down
CONTROL key when selecting Import -> Locations command)
- added CountryCode column to Locations table (this allows locations for
multiple countries in the same Locations list)
- added DWS script function GetDataFolder
- Location window: widened latitude and longitude fields; use spin edit for
timezone
- contacts window: increased drop down height of Label combo box on Extras page
- added "All users share same settings" option in Options window, Advanced page
(when checked, settings are stored in common ini file)
- gracefully handle problems writing to line monitor log
- added mute toolbar button (duplicates functionality of "Disable sound
(including speech) in all actions" checkbox on Sound page of Options window)
- when tray icon is clicked while Options window or another modal window is
open, bring app to foreground and appropriate window to front
- added program font setting (Options window, General page) (see size note in
item below)
- use current system window title font (note that in some windows a smaller
size of the selected font will be used if the selected size is too big for
the window)
- in Options -> Devices -> Whozz Calling? -> "Enable Whozz Calling? device on:",
added option to scan for more serial ports (initially only 16 serial ports
are scanned)
- added "Notes" column to available columns in the contacts list
- use activation codes instead of old registration method. Customers who
purchased Ascendis Caller ID on or after May 1, 2010 can get a free activation
code by using the following form:
http://ascendis.com/callerid/upgrade_v2_to_v3_free_form.php
If your email address has changed since your purchase, the free upgrade will
fail. In that case, please submit a support request. Please include your
registered email address in the request.
http://ascendis.com/callerid/support_form.php
- don't use or free db accessors created from main thread while executing
scripts (fixes potential exceptions)
- fixed problem with some modems under TAPI when they only report the phone
number which, within certain timing constraints, could result in a call being
reported as two calls, one with correct phone number and one unknown
- fixed EOverflow exception when speaking through USB sound device for one user
- fixed potential problem with configured volume not respected around speech
- removed SAPI4 speech support (as a consequence of other speech fixes)
- reduced period of time after user interacts with call list during which
program will not automatically select new call from 10 seconds to 3
- improved Whozz Calling? initialization when device is busy when we start
- Whozz Calling 2: erase memory while downloaded calls are being processed
- workaround divide-by-zero exception that can occur under Windows Vista when
speaking synchronously (SpeakWait command)
- added SpeakWait command to DWS scripts (it waits for speech to finish before
returning) (SpeakWait is only compatible with SAPI5 voices)
- fixed problem downloading Whozz Calling? 2 memory calls when number of calls
in memory was more than system could process fast enough
- trap and log exceptions when repositioning contacts list after changing a
contact (rare, but one user encountered it)
- automatically disable detail mode for Whozz Calling? devices reporting too
many on-hook messages (as can happen when too many phone devices are
connected while device is using voltage detection)
- fixed potential exception when deleting all contacts
- fixed exception when deleting last (or all) calls
- Repair Database command: fixed handling of two phone records that resolve to
the same "match" phone number
- Delete Duplicate Calls command: ignore milliseconds when comparing calls --
this fixes problem where calls imported from exported files (which don't
include milliseconds) were not recognized as duplicates
- trap and report exceptions when exporting
- fixed potential startup problem (reported by one user)
- show hourglass cursor when rebuilding contacts list
- fixed bug where an action that deleted a call could try to delete the call
more than once, although subsequent attempts would fail
- added message type descriptor to Activity Log entries
- added "Find in Contacts" command to calls and calls report lists right-click
menu
- fixed problem where dates in grids were occasionally displayed in wrong format
- fixed exception when editing, changing, and saving a contact while viewing
the contact list
- fixed polling case with multiple calls from same phone number where phone
number already existed on client
- minor changes to "Item Toolbar" items' visibility / state / position for
consistency
- trap exceptions when getting window handle to bring app to top on new call
- "Show or Add in Outlook" action now specifies CompanyName field in Outlook
contact and files phone number according to the phone number description in
the Ascendis Caller ID contact if one exists (to add the new Outlook actions
to an existing database, hold down the CONTROL key while selecting File ->
Import -> Actions, then choose the "Outlook Actions.xml" file in the Ascendis
Caller ID program folder)
- hide many context menu items when multiple calls or contacts are selected
- added "Dial Phone" toolbar button for Calls, Calls Report, and Contacts lists
- added "Perform Action" to call context menu
- gracefully handle modems that return unexpected voice compressor syntax (like
MultiTech Systems MT5634ZPX-PCI)
- use display name in popup notification window instead of first name last
name
- improved outgoing call information detection for TAPI devices
- doubled amount of Line Monitor data kept while running
- fix for problems displaying images in display panel on some systems
- attempted fix for rare exception on shutdown when using YAC
- made Status page the default page when showing the Network form
- increased default modem call timeout to 30 seconds in direct mode (this can
avoid phantom "No Caller Information" call after valid caller id capture on
slow systems; we recommend direct-mode modem users increase the value manually
since the new default won't override existing settings)
- use configured modem call timeout in direct mode
- reduced possibility of modem call timing out in direct mode because modem
message had been received but not yet processed (resulting in a single call
being interpreted as two calls)
- Options window, Network page, Web/TiVo server sub-page: disable web root
controls unless web server is enabled; added help clarifying web root setting
- fixed problem where system dialogs (font, color, etc) could be hidden behind
other windows when switching back to Ascendis Caller ID or when call is
received
- added Print button to Find windows
- Outlook actions now look for caller in contact folder and subfolders
- Edit Action window: select all text in script memo (Advanced actions) when
CTRL A is pressed in it
- fixed bug where COM methods in advanced scripts could fail because COM
library wasn't initialized
- added INCLUDE_ACTION directive to DWS scripts
- when deleting a contact, use display name, first name last name, or company
in confirmation as needed
- added DWS script functions ContactCount, PhoneCount
- fixed problem deleting data files in uninstaller when requested to do so
- added HTML call notification window (select in Options window, Notification
page; right-click on notification window (use Preview if desired) for
configuration options) (NOTE: this uses a built-in HTML control, and not
the Internet Explorer, Mozilla, or other browser engine. JavaScript is not
supported, and CSS support is limited.)
- added CallInfo fields PictureHeight, PictureWidth
- added script commands GetSettingBool, GetSettingStr
- made script function "CallCount" thread safe
- don't used cached web page if html template was subsequently modified
- reopen devices when resuming after sleep
- default to '0.0.0.0' in network settings server bind addresses
- fixed problem printing single call
- update call duration in calls list during call (for Whozz Calling? and other
devices that track call duration)
- log messages when a second instance is started
- added date format info to Technical Support Report
- track and note changes in date format in Activity Log
- reduce font size of progress bar in status bar (used for report progress) to
better fit some displays
- don't change the display panel to show an outgoing call if an incoming call is
in progress
- don't change the display panel to a different existing call when the status of
the call changes
- added option to only display contact window for known contacts when "Open
contact window for each call" is enabled in Options/Notification
- trap rare exceptions when displaying a message and attempt to display using
alternate methods
- Rebuild Phones command: filter non-numeric characters from phone numbers not
containing letters as is done when calls are first received (the Rebuild
Phones command is normally hidden; to see it hold down the control and shift
keys while clicking the File menu)
- network log: added line separator commands to button bar context menu
- dynamically widen "active calls" pane of status bar if needed
- added "Calls for this Contact" and "Calls for this Number" reports (right-
click on call or contact in Calls, Calls Report, and Contact lists to access)