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Release history

 

01/16/12 - Version 3.036 : Feature: For environments where autodiscovery can not be used due to certain custom configurations. A hidden feature has been added to specify the exchange url manually. To do this, adjust the config.ini file and add a header named [Override] with a setting under that named  ManualURL=https://server.domain/EWS/Exchange.asmx
Note that using this feature will override Autodiscovery and should only be used as a last resort.
Replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe and gcadmin.exe

12/09/11 - Free/Busy viewer Version 1.032- bug fix for category colors not being correct

 

01/13/12 - Version 3.035 : Fix: Dismissing reminder for event items (with a *) did not work.

12/01/11 - Version 3.034 : Fix: Creating recurring item in the group calendar for another user did not work correctly. Replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

10/21/11 - Free/Busy viewer Version 1.031 - more subtle behavior of tooltips

11/01/11 - Version 3.033 : Update: Change in recurring item in the group calendar did not correctly update the user calendar. Replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

07/28/11 - Version 3.032 : Update: Multiple users support when creating item for another user. Syntax: #user1|user2|user3# subject.    Replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

07/14/11 - Free/Busy viewer Version 1.03 - Added category color for bars

07/25/11 - Version 3.031 : Fix. Private items in personal calendar got changed when admin user changed public copy of that item. This no longer happens.  Replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

06/22/11 - Version 3.030 : Fix. Previously custom forms items were ignored. The software now processes them too.  Replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe and gcadmin.exe

07/11/11 - Free/Busy viewer Version 1.02 - Page up / down key scrolls schedule, bar length bug fixed, bar text bug fixed.

06/15/11 - Version 3.029 : Optimization. Recurring items processing speed vastly improved. replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

06/06/11 - Version 3.028 : Bug fix. Recurring items in a series without end date can take a very long time to process. The software seems to be hanging.
 replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

04/06/11 - Version 3.027 : Bug fix. Exchange server version setting from gcadmin console not in all cases used by processing part resulting in incorrect behavior with recurrences and deletes. replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

03/25/11 - Version 3.026 : New functionality added. Previously items in the GroupCalendars were created by the software with a reminder (bell icon).  This has been disabled. However Item created by admin users in the GroupCalendars with a reminder set to them will copy to the user calendars with a reminder.

03/25/11 - Version 3.025 : New functionality added.
- Option to show only the subject of items in the GroupCalendar and hide other properties of the appointment.
- Option to assign a category and thus color to a individual user so all items of that user have the same unique color.
- Option to show only items of type Busy in a particular group calendar.
- Fixed bug that was introduced with version 3.023 where items deleted from personal calendar no longer deleted from groupcalendar.
 Replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe and Gcadmin.exe

03/15/11 - Version 3.023 : Bug fix for issue when meeting organizer is not member of attendees groupcalendars. Meeting did not show in groupcalendar of attendees but only in that of the organizer. Also fixed a CPU spike issue when user email address was typed incorrectly. Replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

03/2/11 - Version 3.022 : Bug fix for issue when adding attachment to items. replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

03/2/11 - Version 3.021 : import routine improved. replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe

02/26/11 - Version 3.020 : Microsoft windows update breaks EGC. To fix, download trial, replace ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe and EGChlp.dll

02/10/11 - Version 3.018 : Bug fix.  ExchangeGroupCalendar_EWS.exe import could not handle non standard Outlook items like created from a BB.

01/29/11 - Exchange Group Calendar 3.0 released

12/22/10 - Exchange Group Calendar 3.0 in beta

 

 

 

 

 

The information below refers to the versions 1 (32 bits for exchange 2000 and 2003) and 2 (64 bits for exchange 2007) of Exchange group calendar.
These versions are end of life.
 

 

definitive versions: 

02/12/2010 - GridView tool update v1.4.25
       Added 365 days view button

11/13/09 - Export tool update v2.2
       Bug fix for incorrect start/end time of recurring items
       Bug fix for multiple errors when reading items

08/24/09 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 1.4.19 for 32-bit Exchange (2000/2003)

Check & fix service executable update. (coming from v1.4.14) rest of the package unchanged.


04/16/09 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 2.0.6 for 64-bit Exchange 2007

        bug fixes

  • Cancellation of a meeting by the organizer would not remove the meeting from the groupcalendar in certain configurations.
  • The use of override settings for a specific groupcalendar could result in use of those settings for another groupcalendar.
10/30/08 - GridView tool update to version 1.4.24

Bug fix: Meeting creation from the grid produced an error on Outlook 2003.
Adjustment: Performance further improved.

 

05/20/09 - Export tool update v2.1
        Custom field delimiter is now selectable.
        Bug fix for users wrongly selecting sub calendar as root folder.

05/20/09 - Export tool update v2.0
Completely new data reading engine, Faster and Better

04/16/09 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 1.4.19 for 32-bit Exchange (2000/2003)

bug fixes 

  • Cancellation of a meeting by the organizer would not remove the meeting from the groupcalendar in certain configurations.
  • The use of override settings for a specific groupcalendar could result in use of those settings for another groupcalendar.

 

05/20/09 - Export tool update 1.40
Completely new build, new functionality and options

08/28/08 - Export tool update to version 1.30 (new version due before may '09)
Adjustment: Outlook field "location" added to the exported fields.

 

10/15/08 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 1.4.18 for 32-bit Exchange (2000/2003)

bug fixes 

  • Addresses a number of internal improvements and small issues.
  • Nokia synchronization software issue fixed. Appointments created on the Nokia will now show in the groupcalendar.


02/02/09 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 2.0.5 for 64-bit Exchange 2007

        bug fixes

  • Recompiled version. Microsoft pushed some dot net framework updates which required a recompile.

 

09/26/08 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 2.0.4 for 64-bit Exchange 2007

        bug fixes

  • Body and Subject rules (text replacement feature) did not work correctly
  • Version number displayed incorrectly in logs and admin console
  • Duplication of EGC_Init items after running an import (causing duplication of user names in grid view)

 

08/25/08 - GridView tool update to version 1.4.23

Adjustment: To speed up the loading of group calendar content it is now possible to restrict the number of future and past days that will be displayed.

07/18/08 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 1.4.17 for 32-bit Exchange (2000/2003)

New Feature :  Added support for deleting items in the group calendar and have those items deleted from the user's personal calendar
                      This functionality is switched off by default. To enable this functionality do the following:

  • Open config.ini in the exchange groupcalendar directory on the server
  • Under [IncludeItemsOfType] add a new line with AllowDelete=TRUE
  • To use this functionality, add the character string #X# to an item in a 2-way sync enabled groupcalendar and it will delete from the user calendar.

 

08/25/08 - GridView tool update to version 1.4.22

Adjustment: Overlapping bars are now better visible + day names added to week view.

 

08/04/08 - 64 bit version 2.03 update

New Feature :  Added support for deleting items in the group calendar and have those items deleted from the user's personal calendar
                      This functionality is switched off by default. To enable this functionality do the following:

  • Open config.ini in the exchange groupcalendar directory on the server
  • Under [IncludeItemsOfType] add a new line with AllowDelete=TRUE
  • To use this functionality, add the character string #X# to an item in a 2-way sync enabled groupcalendar and it will delete from the user calendar.
     

08/15/08 - GridView tool update to version 1.4.20

    Bug Fix: Meetings not listed for all attendees.

08/11/08 - GridView tool update:  to version 1.4.19

    New Feature : Added "Delete appointment" button to support the new functionality in the current EGC versions.

07/07/08 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 2.0.2 for 64-bit Exchange 2007

  • Bug fix: 1: Switching multiple users ON in step 3 would produce incorrect information that the gridview tool needs to display all members of a groupcalendar.
                2: GroupCalendar members configured for multiple groupcalendars could be showing items in other calendars than expected/configured.

 

12/07/07 - Exchange GroupCalendar Version 1.4.16 for 32-bit Exchange (2000/2003)
      
Fixes : 

  • Fix in step 2 of gcadmin.exe; listing user of a calendar might not display all users that are connected to it.
  • New setting in config.ini for users where recurring items often produce duplicates in the groupcalendar.
    [RecurTuning]
    Value=0
    Increase the value from 0 to 15 in steps of 2 until the problem is over.
  • Fix for Entourage items that have an empty subject in the groupcalendar

 

07/01/08 -2.0.0

  • 64-bits version updated (v 2.0.1); bug fixes

 

06/28/08 -2.0.0

  • 64-bits release (v 2.0.0)

 

 09/19/07 - 1.4.15

Fixes : 

  • Creating an item in the groupcalendar for more than one user did not apply the label color to all users but only the first user.
  • User names with comma like O'Neil were not processed correctly in the Public to Personal functionality.
  • GCadmin.exe crashed in step #2 when the account that started the tool did not have sufficient permissions in user calendars or when users were in a child domain.

 

04/27/07 - 1.4.14

Fixes : 
  • After disconnecting users from a groupcalendar (in step 2 of gcadmin.exe) and when creating an item for all group members using #*# subject, the disconnected users (that no longer were a member of the groupcalendar) still got that group appointment published to their personal calendar.
  • The EGC check and fix service identified the organizer of GroupCalendar items as being different from the original item in the user calendar causing a reprocessing of those items. Putting an extra load on the server while there was no need for that.
  • Private Meetings with multiple attendees now no longer disclose the attendees names.


New Features :

For the Public to Personal functionality: Event scheduling; this is how it works

Create an item in the groupcalendar with #*# subject and it creates the item in the personal calendar of all groupcalendar members.
In the groupcalendar it shows only one item with [*] subject. When one of the groupcalendar members changes the item in the personal calendar the group item does not change along however it shows [*] ~!!!~ subject to indicate that one of the members is out of sync.. It logs the change in the body text of the group item.
The administrative person can reschedule/change the Event item in the group calendar and it will move / re sync in all user calendars.
The subject will reset back to [*] subject because now all group items are in sync again.
The event can be deleted from all user calendars by adding the special character string #X# to the subject of the item in the groupcalendar.

2 New INI settings:

For large active directory environments it is now possible to boost performance of active directory queries and lowering the load on the domain controllers by defining the root OU.
Example :
The top domain level may be OPUSFLOW.COM but all GroupCalendar users are located in DC Netherlands
In that case you change the following config.ini section


[RootDSE]
UsesThisRoot=DC=opusflow,DC=com


into


[RootDSE]
UsesThisRoot=DC=Netherlands,DC=opusflow,DC=com


Another new setting is

UsewideProxyAddressSearch=YES
When you set this to NO, the search for a user in the active directory will be based on the faster "MAIL" property of the user and not on the ProxyAddress property.
This also lowers CPU usage and boosts performance. After changing the two settings you should do some testing to make sure that everything still works correctly in your environment.

 

03/19/07 - 1.4.013

- Bug fix for public to personal items. No reminders were set on items in the personal calendar. Fixed behavior is that when the delegate sets no reminder for the public item, the personal item will have a reminder at 15 minutes before the start of the appointment.

03/28/07 Grid view updated to version 1.4 ; performance improved 300% / Outlook security warnings fixed.

03/10/07 - 1.4.012

- Bug fix for public to personal items. When created in the public calendar with OWA, items will move to the personal calendar but will not show in the group calendar.

 

02/19/07 -1.40.01


Changes:
- Create items for other users in the group calendar (*)
- Support for custom forms and custom fields (**)
- minor improvements in gcadmin.exe

(*) syntax:   #jack|jane# this is a test.  or #*# this is a test (an item for all users)
(**) You can put this in the config.ini file in c:\exchange group calendar

[CustomFieldNames]
FieldName-1=MyFirstCustomField
DefaultValue-1=just testing
FieldName-2=testing
DefaultValue-2=hello there

etc to max 20 fields

how it works is:
It evaluates the messageclass of the item in the user calendars. If it it a non default form, it checks the config.ini
From there it learns what field names you want to show in the group calendar item.
If the fields are empty and you specified a default value, it writes that as the value


01/15/07 - 1.34.4

- Fixed an issue with empty items in the groupcalendar. The items have an identical start /end time
  and no details. (occur after update of a meeting with OL2003)
- Check & Fix service update for incorrect processing of non consolidated meetings.

To install;
- Stop the check & fix serivce and run the executable from the zip file logged in as Administrator.
- Start the service

 

12/06/06 - 1.34.3

- Fixed an issue with duplicating appointments when the consolidation option is not switched on.

09/30/06 - 1.34.2

- Fixed an issue in the "Check&Fix" server service, which caused it to stop running. 

09/22/06 - 1.34.1

- some small improvements in server service, com+ component and gcadmin tool.

09/13/06 - 1.34

- New: Clean-Up button in step #2 to remove all items of a user from a selected groupcalendar
- User name display settings form fixed: deleting the number in the fields produced an error.
- Bug fix for error message in gcadmin.exe about accessing the registry and problems with duplicates in the groupcalendar on systems with that error.
- German translation for gcadmin.exe added
- New component, server service, added. optional install. The service compares the user calendar with the group calendar and corrects problems.
- Private items, when changed on two way sync enabled groupcalendars, no longer replicate back to the user calendar.
- User label color in step #2. Reset option added.
- Bug fix when you have set a color for a user in step #2 and the you add that user to another groupcalendar, the color is removed.. 
- Functionality added to keep the logfiles under 1 MB and archive them. (some users forget to turn off logging and the log files grow huge)
- Duplicate listings of users in step #2 or #3 of gcadmin.exe fixed
- Added some functionality to improve processing speed for users in an Active Directory child domain.
- Import functionality fixed. It now imports all recurring items when a date range has been selected.

- New Client tool, Grid View

 

06/09/06 - 1.33 

  • Fix: When consolidation option was not ticked in the general configuration form, still only one item would be visible for a multi attendee meeting.
  • Fix: Items created in OWA with the Reminder checkbox unticked did not show on the GroupCalendar
  • New option: The description field is no longer the only configuration placeholder. Custom Attribute 1 to 15 can now be used to store config info in the active directory.

05/02/06 - 1.32.01 

  • bug fix for error (line 182) in errorlog 

3/28/06 - 1.32

  • Use of underscore and hyphens again possible in GroupCalendar names.
  • New two-way-replication feature for selected GroupCalendars
  • New option to assign a label color to a specific user
  • New option to filter the Active Directory list from a selected root folder
  • New option to format user names in appointments based on all available name parts.

 

01/11/06 - 1.31.2

  • bug fix for the use of a forward slash ( / ) in the subject of appointments.

 

12/17/05 - 1.31.1

  • bug fix for non functional rule to change label color based on words in the subject of an appointment.

 

11/04/05 - 1.31

  • Bug fix for consolidation functionality. Consolidation of multi attendee meeting items into one item did not work as expected. Sometimes it worked sometimes multiple items showed up.
  • Added a setting to show or hide the attendee status (accepted/declined/no response). The new setting can be configured by (again) ticking the 'consolidate' option box in 'general configuration' of step #1.
  • Added a silent registration routine to register the ExchGC.dll after upgrading to a new version.
  • Added support for Entourage clients. Now Windows Outlook and Mac Entourage users can use the same Exchange group calendar.

10/20/05 - 1.30.1

  • Hot Fix for Issues reported by clients with regards to duplicated meeting requests and cancelled appointments.

     

09/26/05 - 1.30

  • Report functionality. Different reports are now available to get a better overview what the exact configuration is per calendar and user.
  • Fixed duplicate (and worse) display in GroupCalendars of recurring items for BlackBerry and PDA users
  • We added a new executable tool to the website to generate excel or html exports from the GroupCalendars
  • We added 10 new settings that can convert the items in the public folders depending on properties of the item in the personal calendar like changing color / changing or hiding text / process categories / hide private items... and more! 
  • Every groupcalenar now can have its own sub-set of unique settings or use the general settings defined for all calendars
  • Fix for the user name display of private items to also use parentises like normal items do.
  • We improved administration with regards to connecting / disconnecting multiple users to/from one or more calendars. (this used to be one user at a time)
  • We added an import tool to import existing calendar items with the gcadmin tool without the need to do that on the workstations
  • We added balloon help for all options in the gcadmin tool
  • Consolidation of meetings is now possible.. one item in the Groupcalendar for one meeting with multiple attendees. (this used to be one item per attendee)
  • Admin tool interface language support for : English, French, Spanish, Norsk, Dutch, Dansk, Italian (*)

(*) We offer a free license to anyone who translates the software into a not yet supported language.

 

 

06/08/05 - 1.29

  • Added another noise list feature to general settings in step #1. A list of keywords can now be specified to exclude appointments from the GroupCalendar if the categories contains one of the defined words.
  • Added (security) groups to the GCADMIN manager tool. Now it is possible to select users based on OU, CN or Group membership.
  • Fixed bug for Exchange 2003. A copy of an existing appointment would not behave correctly in previous versions.
  • Improved processing speed.

05/30/05 - 1.28

  • Added a noise list feature to general settings in step #1. A list of keywords can now be specified to exclude appointments from the GroupCalendar if the subject contains one of the defined words.

05/18/05 - 1.27

  • Fix for administration of user domains (child domains) with only users and no Exchange server.

03/30/05 - 1.26

  • New setting in Step #1 - General Settings
    This setting prevents the body text of appointments to display in the GroupCalendars.
  • Improved active directory lookup functionality for Step#3 to switch users on or off if the alias is not the same as the email address.

 

02/17/05- 1.25

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