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This page contains the latest VentaFax version news. We strongly recommend that you keep an eye on new releases and to update your version of VentaFax on a regular basis. Should any problems with the VentaFax package arise, first make sure you're using the program's latest version. Chances are the problems you've encountered have been corrected in newer versions.
At present, the latest version of the package is VentaFax
6.0.
April 07, 2008. VentaFax 6.0 released New functions have been added. In all versions: 1. Windows Vista and Vista x64 are fully supported. 2. The graphical interface of the main VentaFax application has been significantly redesigned. 3. The interface of the Message Wizard has been reworked. Now the screens of the Wizard feature additional tips and explanations. 4. The Message Manager now allows you to rotate all the pages in a received fax message by 180 degrees at once; 5. Actions after reception now include sending e-mail notifications using servers that require Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) – for instance, gmail.com. In Business versions: 1. A new action after reception has been added: "Launch a program". In Multi-Line versions: 1. The Log Book now allows you to create transmission/reception reports for several selected lines (as opposed to a single line or all lines in the previous versions).
May 17, 2007. VentaFax 5.8 released New functions have been added. In all versions: 1. Windows XP x64 and Server 2003 x64 support added. 2. French interface localization file included in the installation archive. 3. Now you can see the ACT! Contacts list as one of Ventafax phone books. 4. A new feature allows you to start recording your conversation automatically right after the connection has been established when dialing a number without sending a message. 5. A new parameter allows you to interrupt an answering machine greeting by receiving the "*" tone. 6. A new parameter enables you to generate the "*" tone command
before sending a fax or a voice message. Many answering machines (and
now the new version of VentaFax as well) interrupt the answering machine
greeting upon receiving this command. 8. Now you can save a multi-page fax message from the Message Manager in the TIFF format both as a single multi-page file and several single-page files. 9. In Message Manager, you can now convert a fax message in draft quality (204*98 dpi) to the standard resolution (204*196 dpi). In Business versions: 1. Added the ability to filter by the "red" list. When scheduling, the numbers on the red list will be omitted. 2. The transmission ticket can now include a thumbnail of the first page of the fax message. In Multi-Line versions: 1. The Message Manager now shows a single inbox folder, if it is the
same for all lines. August 9, 2006. VentaFax 5.71 released New functions have been added. In all versions: 1. It is now possible to edit not only cover pages but also fax headers. Create your own trademark header, and it will be easy for your recipients to pick out your fax from among a multitude of others. 2. Now the header can also be used for faxes transmitted by e-mail. 3. The ability to automatically or manually sort personal folders has been added to Message Manager. 4. A new “Sender” field (for outgoing faxes) has been added to the Log Book. 5. If you often use a telephone calling card when dialing a number, now you can easily change the card by clicking on the Card image in the main application display. 6. New command line options /cp: and /ntX: have been introduced, enabling you to specify a cover page and accompanying text comments. 7. A command line option /ms[-] has been introduced. Launching the program with this option puts the program into ‘transmission with manually-established connection’ mode. After launching with such an option any printing to the VENTAFAX printer will result in fax transmission, as with fax transmission in manual mode without dialing a number, but without the display of additional dialog windows. 8. A new command line option /pr: has been added which establishes starting priority for tasks entered in the schedule. 9. It is now possible to use not only digits (telephone numbers) but also text when filtering lists. In this case the entered text will be compared against the Caller ID Name of the incoming call. 10. A new “Pages” field has been introduced to the Scheduler, which displays the number of transmitted pages of a fax (disabled by default). In Multi-Line versions: 1. Easy line-selection capability when transmitting in automatic mode
has been added to the Message Wizard. January 12, 2006. VentaFax 5.7 (Build 26) released New features All versions: 1. The sending and receiving of color faxes is now supported (in Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server). 2. A fax sent by e-mail can be automatically converted into PDF format. 3. Photographic halftones mode is now available when generating a black-and-white fax. 4. With Message Manager you can now create and edit color faxes and cover pages. 5. The list of formats for fax conversion has been expanded in Message Manager. Now faxes can be converted into JPEG, GIF and PNG formats. 6. In Log Book, archive names now use date interval notation based on first and last records entered (previously archive date notation was used). 7. Now with just one click you can copy the contents of the Windows Address Book (WAB) into the VentaFax Phonebook. Business versions: 1. Automatic conversion of incoming faxes into PDF format has been added. July 25, 2005. VentaFax 5.61 (Build 25) released New features All versions: 1. E-mail notification of an incoming call can now be sent even if the caller has left no message. 2. Program settings can now be saved and restored by means of profiles. A new command line option has been added: /pfl:"filename.pfl". Starting the program with this option changes the current settings to those saved in the profile. 3. The Caller ID window has been redesigned. 4. Message Manager's performance with a large number of messages has been greatly improved. 5. When you stamp a document using the Message Manager, the coordinates of the last stamp are now saved. 6. Fax descriptions can now be edited in the Message Manager. 7. In the Log Book, a new mode has been added - Filtering records created with the automatic registration of telephone calls. 8. A feature enabling simultaneous change of the first digits of phone numbers has been added to the Phonebook application. Multi-line versions: 1. Special icons are now added to the buttons of telephone lines with scheduled delivery enabled. May 16, 2005. VentaFax 5.6 (Build 24) released Added new features. All Versions: 1. A Text-To-Speech (TTS) translation support is added. Now you can use text files for announcements and voice messages. In addition, more caller information can be pronounced upon the caller's phone number delivery. For example, you can hear the caller's name, if the one can be found in a phone book. 2. A SAY operation is added to the list of answering machine remote control basic operations. It is used to pronounce a text in TTS mode. 3. Several answering machine remote control scripts that employ TTS mode are added. 4. A duplicate search feature is added to the Phone Book. Now you can find entries with the same phone or fax numbers. 5. Now it is possible to filter the Log Book reports by type of call as well. 6. The Message Manager's built-in editor allows inserting a text with any selected zoom factor, not only with 1:1 zoom factor, as in earlier versions. 7. The Message Manager now allows sorting the file list in reversed order and saves the size and position of this list. 8. Opening the Message Manager from the Transmission window now opens the page displayed in the Transmission window and not the first page, as in earlier versions. December 28, 2004. VentaFax 5.54 (Build 23) Released Added new features. All Versions: 1. If the document's filename contains two # characters, the characters between them are interpreted as the receiving fax phone number. For example, printing the FAX#2128506#.DOC file on the VentaFax virtual printer opens the Message Wizard (or the message transmission window) with the 2128506 number pasted to the Number field. The same operation with the FAX#1(800)3245490#.DOC file places "1" in the Country code filed, "800" in the Area Code field and "3245490" in the Number field. 2. The limitation on the Note field length in the cover page templates is removed. 3. Several errors are fixed, including the MS Outlook Address Book read error that resulted in the "Interface not supported" message. November 1, 2004. VentaFax 5.53 (Build 22) Released Added new features. All Versions: 1. Several new voice command sets are introduced. 2. New call registration parameters are added that enable independent displaying and pronunciation of identified phone numbers separately for incoming and outgoing calls. 3. A new "Print" action is added to the list of possible actions after reception. It provides a selective print-out of faxes (in the Business versions only). 4. Now you can copy the data from the MS Outlook Address Book to a VentaFax phone book at a single click of the mouse. 5. A new "Do not convert telephone number" parameter is added to the "Transmission - Dialing" tab. It is useful when you operate via a mobile phone. 6. A new parameter is added to the answering machine remote control scripts for managing the telephone line silence detection. 7. Now the program can automatically adjust the DRON/DROF time frames according to each ring type timing when using the distinctive ring services. Furthermore, now you can set the minimum pause between the successive rings (in a number of cases it influences the correct detection of the type of a call). 8. Added new LogBook filtering criterion: incoming call type (ring pattern). The Multi-Line Versions: 1. A new /LINE= command line option is added to specify the number of the telephone line which parameters are to be changed. September 7, 2004. VentaFax 5.52 (Build 21) Released Added new features. All Versions: 1. Now you can easily add a stamp, your signature, logo, seal or any other image to facsimile documents you send. 2. In the Message Manager, you can now save a document after rotating a page on 180 degrees. 3. MS Outlook Address Book now loads faster. 4. Expanded modem diagnostics procedure. Besides modem voice functions, distinctive ring support and Caller ID capability are now detected during the diagnostics phase. Juny 8, 2004. VentaFax 5.5 (Build 19) Released Added new features. All Versions: 1. Added support of V.34 fax (Super G3) protocol that provides facsimile message reception and transmission rate up to 33600 bps. To establish a V.34 fax connection, both receiving and transmitting side must support this mode. By now, modems that support the V.34 fax protocol (not to be confused with the V.34 data transfer protocol) have not gained wide acceptance. 2. Added new feature: now the program can automatically switch the number of rings the modem answers on according to the selected time mask. 3. Now you can not only add, but also overlay the information header on the page to be transmitted. In this case the page length does not increase. 4. Added support of scanners with automatic paper feeding mechanism. 5. Now the facsimile message to be transmitted can consist of the cover page only. 6. The Log Book: added new facsimile message preview instrument (the "View - Fax Preview" menu). 7. Added new feature: typing-in the name of the received facsimile message when printing received faxes automatically. 8. Now each phone book entry can contain the priority information. For example, if you create the mailing list from such a phone book, the higher priority tasks are delivered first. 9. The syntax of answering machine remote control script language is significantly expanded. Added usage of variables and conditions. The Business Versions: 1. Received messages can be redirected to the specified telephone number. 2. Added new feature: playing individual greeting announcements when delivering messages. 3. Added new feature: recording voice answers when transmitting facsimile messages. January 12, 2004. VentaFax 5.4 (Build 18) Released Added new features: All versions 1. Now you can transmit a facsimile message with the cover page. 2. The Message Manager: added cover page creation and editing feature. 3. Besides two-line fax header, one of the single-line headers can be used. 4. Added new feature: setting the minimum and maximum duration of signal and pause for various ring patterns. The only modems that this feature concerns are those that transmit ring pattern information in the form of the time frame (DRON/DROF). 5. Added new option: the "new message" attribute can be altered in the Log Book. 6. The Message Manager: added current page transmission feature. 7. Now remote control scripts can be applied not only to incoming calls, but also to outgoing calls. To do that, you need to select a script file (*.VFA) as the file intended for sending out (for example, by scheduling the task for automated delivery). 8. Both time and day of the week of message reception are pronounced
when playing back messages in a remote message retrieval session. October 16, 2003. VentaFax 5.3 (Build 17) Released Now VentaFax family includes multi-line program versions. Added new features: All versions 1. Spanish and Italian interface localization files included in the installation archive. Thanks to Dalik Garmiza (spanish) and Antonio Del Bello (italian). 2. Date and Fax ID (CSI) can be added to a received message name. In voice versions the caller's phone number can also be added if it was delivered. 3. Added Agere modems support. 4. The "Incoming call…" window, when enabled, does not become active. Now this window can be minimized. The program remembers its last state. When minimized, the caller's phone number is displayed in the window titlebar. 5. In case if the caller's phone number is found in a directory, both his name and organization are displayed. 6. Added new /recon and /recoff command line options. Starting the program with the former option starts the conversation recording, starting the program with the latter option stops the recording. 7. Added new %Name and %NP operators to the "Action After Reception" option (in the "Subject" and "Message body" fields). The %Name operator substitutes the caller's name found in a directory on the identified phone number. The %NP operator substituted the caller's name or phone number if the name is absent. 8. Added audible indication of the "voice-like signal detected" event. By default, this feature is disabled. The Business version 1. Various types of answer can now be set for each type of call in the Distinctive Ring mode. 2. Added "Put into the specified folder" action to the "Action
After Reception" list. May 16, 2003. VentaFax 5.3 (Build 16) Released Added new features: The Business Version 1. Added automated schedule purge feature to keep the schedule from expanding indefinitely. All Versions 1. Added plug-in support. The package now includes the informer.dll demo plug-in together with its source code. In the Home versions of VentaFax, the plug-in functionality is limited and is intended for test purposes only. 2. Added automatic registration of telephone calls mode. The snoop mode (connection to the telephone line without going off hook, supported by certain modems only) allows automatic conversation recording and identification of phone numbers dialed on telephone extensions. 3. Added logbook backup feature. 4. The Windows Address Book is now accessible both for reading and writing. 5. The MS Outlook address book can now be displayed as the VentaFax directory in read-only mode. 6. The Message Manager now allows deletion of selected pages in multipage documents. 7. Added new remote control script sample file 2MAILBOX.VFA that allows creating of two or more voice mailboxes. 8. If your addressee has several phone numbers you can list them all separated with semicolons, for example, 1234567;1234568. The program dials 1234567 first, and if the number is busy, it then dials 1234568. This feature works with regular phone number dialing and with message transmission, including scheduled delivery. Repeat dialing mode must be enabled. 9. Added new /sa and /sm command line options. These modifiers force the program to send out the message with or without dialing the phone number by the modem, respectively. 10. Added GTW V.92 Voice Modem support. 11. Added parameters that adjust the duration of tones in tone mode and flash duration in voice mode. 12. Added parameter that disables real-time message review until answering machine announcement playback is completed. November 26, 2002. VentaFax 5.2 (Build 14) Released Added new features: 1. Added automatic notification of incoming messages by email feature (the Reception - Automatic - Actions After Reception tab). In the Home version, only the notification on received messages can be sent. In the Business version the message file itself can be forwarded. In the Home version, notifications are sent of every message received. In the Business version various filtering criteria can be used and different notification rules can be set. For example, you can forward incoming facsimile messages to one address and incoming voice messages to another. 2. Added Windows XP Themes support. 3. Added new "Zoom page width" fax zoom factor in the Message manager. 4. Added new /as[-] command line option. Starting the VentaFax with this option forces the program to schedule tasks automatically. When the program is loaded with this option, printing of any file on the VENTAFAX printer will create a new task in the schedule. Other task parameters (to, phone number, time mask) are set by means of corresponding command line options. This option is designed for system programmers for joint using of VentaFax with other programs. 5. You can now specify files of any type in the command line options when scheduling tasks. Non-facsimile and non-sound files will be converted to fax format prior to scheduling. Batch files also may contain links to files of arbitrary types. As a result, the syntax of file-specifying /f: option was extended. In the absence of any filename, the previous file will be used. Thus, if the non-facsimile file was specified in the previous line of the batch file, the name of the pre-converted file will be used. This innovation speeds up the scheduling of multiple tasks. 6. Added new /aa- command line option for disabling the adaptive answer mode and /aaf, /aad, /aa1 and /aa2 options for disabling one of the adaptive answer types (fax, data, adaptive modem answer (type 1 or type 2)). 7. Added new "Send by Email" button in the "Modem - Interacting with Modem - Modem Activity Logging" tab. This button opens the new message creation window of your default mail program with the modem log file already attached. 8. Added new options to the "If Page Doesn't Fit Paper Size Then" parameter group in the "Printing - General" tab. This allows more flexibility of printing the facsimile documents. 9. Recording of a voice message in the auto-answer mode now stops not only on busy signal detection, but also on detection of silence in the telephone line. This is useful for telephony switches that do not play short tones in the line after the caller hangs up. 10. Added the GSM sound compression format (the "Voice - General" tab). GSM sound files are twice as little as the ADPCM format files. August 6, 2002. VentaFax 5.1 (Build 10) Released Added new features: The Business Version 1. The Log Book: you can now set new reports for "protected" messages received, one report per each personal mailbox (see SET_PROTECTED <number> operation description in The Answering Machine Remote Control Script Editor/Basic Operations section of the VentaFax Help). All Versions 1. Added Self-Mode support for USR Message modem series. Voice and/or
facsimile messages received by such a modem in the Self-Mode can be
automatically downloaded to a computer both on VentaFax loading and
by clicking a special button. Self-Mode modem operation parameters can
be specified in the special tab. For example, you can upload an answering
machine greeting announcement, memory overflow announcement, etc to
a modem. Cathy Shine 7. Opening the delivery time mask editing window now starts with a
time mask selected for a given scheduled delivery task. Earlier the
first time mask in the list had been displayed first, thus causing some
confusion. May 29, 2002. VentaFax 5.1 (Build 9) Released Added new features: 1. Added "Send via Email" function. This starts the default
email program and opens "New Message" window with message
file already attached. February 14, 2002. VentaFax 5.0 Released New in Version 5.0 as Compared to Previous Version (v.4.43) User Interface The first thing that will strike a user of VentaFax v.4.xx is a significant
change in the Main Application window design. First, the fax machine
image has been upgraded. Besides a contemporary look, it now contains
an answering machine control panel. Second, in addition to the conventional
button toolbar, the text menu and application tree were added to a left
part of the main window. Not only it provides fast access to any application
included in the package, but also allows selecting files for loading
in those applications, for example, a recipient phone book. By the way, you can change the Main Application window appearance by
means of the skin mechanism provided. The other VentaFax applications' control elements have been upgraded
in a similar way. 32-bit Version This is the first true 32-bit VentaFax version. In particular, in means
that the program cannot run under MS Windows 3.1 and 3.11, as well as
in Win16 window of OS/2 platforms. Also, we made no efforts to provide
compatibility with Win32S extension for 16-bit Windows versions. The
program has been tested under Windows 95 (OSR2), 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000
and XP platforms. Apart from conventional advantages like the use of "long"
file and folder names, transition to 32-bit version provides faster
operation of serial ports drivers, which was critical in the previous
versions. For example, the use of some modems voice functions with 16-bit
port drivers under Windows NT and Windows 2000 limited the sound playback
quality. 32-bit Windows Telephony API Now the program can be configured in such a way that modem would be
accessed as a device described in Windows configuration instead of direct
serial port access (although the latter option is still available).
In particular, this means that the program, when in auto-answer mode,
would not occupy the modem port. Thus, the modem would remain accessible
to other applications. The other effect of using TAPI is an opportunity to avoid duplication
between general Windows settings and VentaFax settings. Specifically,
VentaFax now uses "telephony location" (actually, the user's
country code and area code) stored in Windows settings, including current
dialing type settings (tone or pulse) and calling cards information. New Application - the VentaFax Script Editor The new application is a specialized text editor that provides a convenient environment for development of VentaFax DTMF-signals remote control scripts. Some Changes in VentaFax Applications
Changes in Home Version Added scheduled delivery option. Unlike Business version, the number of delivery tasks in Home version cannot exceed 3. This is insufficient for mass deliveries, of course, though quite enough to send several faxes at a specified time.
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