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- Release Notes File Information:
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- Release Notes File for PageGate Version 3.16
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- Changes: (since version 3.15)
- New setup program - smaller and faster
- problem with NotePager Net not updating status logs fixed
- problem with too many users accessing database error fixed
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- Changes: (since version 3.14)
- A memory leak was fixed in pagegate.exe when running on Windows9x
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- Changes: (since version 3.13)
- This version uses the newly released MS Jet Database engine v4.0 sp4
- Problem with on-call groups fixed
- NotePager Net's 'Use these setting for all local users' setting works
- Improved automatic database rebuild routines
- Message count report format improved
- Problem with PG Monitor becoming perminately minimized fixed
- Problem in schedule when using multiple dialers fixed
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- Changes: (since version 3.12)
- Problem fixed where NotePager Net sometimes did not retain the prog buttons
- Problem fixed where full name group list web pages didn't update correctly
- Problem fixed causing NotePager Net to give an error on the initial run
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- Changes: (since version 3.11)
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- New Feature in NotePager Net GUI Client: The administrator can now
- disable various capabilities of NotePager Net to simplify the
- interface (i.e. Spell Check, Pre-Programmed messages, etc.)
- Problem fixed in GetMail causing collection loop
- Problem fixed in Scheduler in repeating messages
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- Changes: (since version 3.10)
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- Problem fixed where the cleanup routine was dropping leading zeros in the
- registration key information
- Problem fixed where only the first 5 recipients were shown in NotePager
- Net's local recipient list screen
- Memory leak in PageGate.exe fixed
- Problem fixed not allowing administrators to add new recipients
- Problem fixed where modem in use error was not displayed correctly
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- Changes: (since version 3.07)
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- General
- PageGate is now fully Windows 2000 compatible
- PageGate's database has been upgraded to be compatible MS Access 2000
- NotePager Net (GUI) client:
- local recipient lists can be stored in a shared folder
- on a workstation, program settings can be saved for all users or just
- a single user
- smaller fonts can be used in the recipient pick lists
- EMail
- messages sent as an attachment inside another mail message are accepted
- Web
- full names can be shown on group-list web pages
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- Changes: (since version 3.06)
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- New version of the jet database engine used (v4.0) to resolve
- intermittant database corruption problems
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- Changes: (since version 3.05)
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- Added new options when canceling messages from PG Admin
- Readme and Release notes files can be viewed prior to install
- Cosmetic fixes to PG Admin, PG Monitor and installation programs
- Added to troubleshooting and faq sections of the help file
- Minor bug fixes
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- Changes: (since version 2.09)
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- Many new features and enhancements (almost a total rewrite)
- New object oriented Admin user interface with many new features
- Application runs as a NT and 9x system service
- 16 concurrent dialers supported with enhanced logic and throughput
- Any dialer can support a direct connection or dedicated carrier
- Init string and dialing prefix settable at dialer level
- Supports running NotePager Net (GUI) client from shared network drive
- Supports messages up to 2000 characters in length
- NotePager Net (GUI) client support Ad-Hoc paging
- Improved sendpage.exe and webgate.exe
- Real-time monitoring program that can be run remotely over LAN/WAN/WWW
- The Ascii interface (GetAscii) has been greatly enhanced enabling it
- to scan multiple locations for input files and accept files without
- user information inside the file.
- Network bandwith use by all modules has been reduced
- Three levels of password protection has been added
- Formatting characters can be optionally removed from messages
- Many more updates, improvements, and new features
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- Changes: (since version 2.07)
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- Users of the GUI interface (NotePager Net) can now use shared network
- user lists as their local user lists
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- Microsoft Jet database engine has been upgraded to the latest version
- (version 3.51)
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- Significantly reduced processor utilization during modem connections
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- Changes: (since version 2.06)
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- Sending messages to numeric pagers using touch tones is now
- supported
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- The bandwith usage of the GUI interface (NotePager Net) has been
- reduced
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- Users of the GUI interface (NotePager Net) can be restricted to
- their local userlist only
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- The domain name added to the 'from' field of messages forwarded via
- email is now settable. The default is 'mydomain'
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- Fixed problem where mail accounts are not always added correctly
- when there are a large number of mail accounts in MDaemon.
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- 'Excessive database retries' error messages have been resolved
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- New Features: (since version 2.05)
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- Scheduling of multiple dialers has been rewritten and given to the
- sched program. This will increase the dialer's efficiency and
- decrease duplicate dialing.
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- A new version of the web CGI program (webgate.exe) is included. It
- supports drop-down lists on web pages generated by PageGate
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- Improved error handling to compensate for some bugs in the Microsoft
- Jet database engine
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- New Features: (since version 2.04)
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- Resolved 'Warning - excessive database errors' problem
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- Resolved random 'error 5' on startup of NotePager Net
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- New Features: (since version 1.4)
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- Test messages can be sent from within PageGate's Admin program
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- All pending messages for a user can be cancelled
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- PageGate's settings, carriers, users, and groups can be imported/
- exported from within PageGate's Admin program
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- Seperate detailed logs are kept for each dialer
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- The number of retries, and the retry interval for each carrier is
- settable
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- Support for direct cable connection to paging terminals
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- Support for carriers that require a password
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- Support for pulse dialing
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- Settable notification code for numeric pagers
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- On-call groups supported
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- Long messages are broken up into several smaller messages
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- *** Here are some important file name changes in PageGate ***
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- File Name Changes: (since version 1.4)
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- PageGate's main database file has been changed from pgedb.mdb to
- pagegate.mdb. It usually resides in the PageGate program directory.
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- The mailbox format file (.mbf) used with the Mdaemon mail server has
- been changed from notepage.mbf to pagegate.mbf. It resides in the
- \mdaemon\app directory
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- The web interface's cgi program's name has changed from web2mail.exe
- to webgate.exe. It may reside in the \inetpub\cgi-bin directory or
- any other directory you setup.
-
- All of the above should be handled automaticaly by PageGate upgrade
- routine.
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- NotePager Net's executeable file has changed from NotePagerNet.exe
- to NPNet.exe.
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- The new sendpage program for the commandline/ascii interface is
- sendpage.exe. It's syntax is displayed if it is run without any
- commandline options.
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- Anyone that is updating the database directly should be sure to take
- notice of the name change. In addition PageGate now uses
- Microsoft's latest database engine (the files are part of the
- download and automatically installed). This may be a problem if you
- application is written to use an older version of MS Access.
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- Upgrade Information:
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- If you are upgrading from an earlier version of PageGate, please use
- the following procedure:
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- 1) Make a full backup of your installation!!!
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- 2) Uninstall the old version of PageGate by using the 'Add/Remove
- Programs' option in the Windows control panel. This will
- uninstall the program files, but will leave the data files
- intact.
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- 3) Install PageGate Version 2 using the instructions above. Be
- sure to specify the same installation directory for version 2
- that was used by the earlier version of PageGate.
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- 4) Run pgadmin.exe (PageGate's Admin program) from PageGate's
- program directory. This will upgrade PageGate's database file
- without starting the other modules.
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- 5) Quit out of PageGate and then start it as usual.
-