Really Effective

TICK v1.00 probably the ultimate freeware dial up enhancer for Windows featuring logging, on screen display, tools and more has now been released. Changes in this version include:

• Added – ? help option to all configuration screens
• Added – No Mail tray icon
• Added – A couple more Call Log – Other Statistics entries
• Added – Ability to Show / Hide tray icon
• Added – Additional Other Statistics to Call log
• Added – Applications can be specified via Connectoid Name
• Added – Apply discount to Connection Charge option + related options
• Added – Apply discount to Maximum Charge option + related options
• Added – Apply Option Changes button to Tools
• Added – Auto Disconnect at a specific Date/Time
• Added – Auto Disconnect depending on connection speed
• Added – Auto disconnect when a specific cost is reached
• Added – Auto disconnect when the minimum period has expired
• Added – Auto Recovery of Connect Speed and Connectoid Name
• Added – Auto Window delay facilities
• Added – Auto Window delay facilities, one for standard windows and one for stalled windows
• Added – Auto Window Options ta
• Added – Auto Windows – Insert/Properties, list of currently opened windows are now displayed in the Window Title control (N.B. title must also include microsoft or netscape)
• Added – Basic Windows NT4/2000 compatibility
• Added – Beep at New Mail Notification
• Added – Better detection of data transfer capabilities
• Added – Calculate option to Call Log administration menu
• Added – Call Length parameters to Time Bands and Further Details for more flexible costings
• Added – Call Log import option
• Added – Call Log now indicates if call finished via Auto Disconnect (Discon)
• Added – Cancel button and corresponding functionality to Tools
• Added – Character Shape option
• Added – Character Size option for digital display
• Added – Check for mail messages at connection
• Added – Check for update default menu item option
• Added – Check for update tray menu item
• Added – Check For Updates To TICK option
• Added – Closed Stalled Windows option (popup browser windows which do nothing because server is down/slow)
• Added – Colour and Decimal Place settings for Show Data Transferred Option
• Added – Compact Call Log At Startup option
• Added – Complete support for charge bands spanning across midnight (no need for two separate entries anymore)
• Added – Configurable default tray menu double click event
• Added – Configurable pause specifying the period between when a connection is detected and before any defined applications/tools are processed
• Added – Configurable tray icon hint (i.e. Connect Speed, IP Address, Cost, Time etc)
• Added – Confirmation when you select a pre-defined rate in Charge Bands
• Added – Connect Speed colour option
• Added – Connect speed to Call Log further details
• Added – Connect Speed to Show in Digital Display options
• Added – Connection charge to charge band options
• Added – Context Sensitive Help
• Added – Create debug log file button to Options screen
• Added – Debug logging functionality
• Added – Debug logging option
• Added – Decimal Place and Colours ta
• Added – Details of call to tray icon tip popup
• Added – Dial Up Connection used to Call Log further details
• Added – Different call charges can be specified for each Dial Up Connection
• Added – Digital display option so after a resolution change digital display now resets to top left to allow reposition
• Added – Disable Common Control and Dial Up Networking Statistic Registry Checks option
• Added – Disconnect after free minutes expired option
• Added – Disconnect After X Minutes (available in Options – Miscellaneous)
• Added – Disconnect after X minutes of no activity
• Added – Display current IP Address to tray menu
• Added – Double click new mail tray icon to launch mail application
• Added – Each application can have an independent delay
• Added – Exit TICK When Hanging Up Connection option
• Added – Export of Usage and Statistics in Call Log
• Added – Facilities to control Digital Display (always on, always off, on only when connected)
• Added – Facilities to specify Browser and Stalled windows titles
• Added – Flash icon whilst connected option
• Added – Free Minutes (available in Options – Costs – Charge Bands)
• Added – Free registration
• Added – Further details popup menu to Auto Window Log
• Added – Further details popup menu to Call Log
• Added – Handshaking Adjustment to Costs – Further Detail
• Added – Hang Up to tray popup menu
• Added – I do not get charged for calls to the Internet option
• Added – If new mail messages found execute mail application to Tools – POP3
• Added – Intelligent Last Updated option to Web Notification
• Added – Italian predefined charge bands
• Added – Log now distinguishes between up to three different Dial Up Connections displaying a tab for each connection
• Added – Log/Options/Tools windows are now fully resizable
• Added – Logging of Data Transferred
• Added – Mail Application command line parameters option to POP3
• Added – Maximum Charge + related options
• Added – Missing $ symbol in the Digital Character set
• Added – Monthly totals to Call Log Statistics
• Added – More Auto Window defaults (click Defaults to update)
• Added – More validation on % Discount / Minimum Cost / Cost Adjuster fields
• Added – Multiple include/exclude (using shift key) to Web Notification
• Added – New Digital Display with better look and configuration facilities
• Added – New GUI on Log and Option screens
• Added – New startup screen
• Added – Number Of Characters option for digital display
• Added – Option to close launched applications at disconnection
• Added – Option to configure Intelligence being switched to Off after resolution change
• Added – Option to specify priority of application (idle, normal, high)
• Added – Other Statistics tab to Log screen
• Added – Password Database to Tools
• Added – Pixel Spacing option for clearer digital display
• Added – Popup menu for Auto Disconnect tray icon
• Added – Popup menu for New Mail tray icon
• Added – Print facilities to Call Log
• Added – Proxy Authentication (User Name / Password) options to Web Notification
• Added – Reset to popup menu in Tools – Web Notification
• Added – Sensitivity tab
• Added – Setup routine option to add TICK to startup group
• Added – Show Data Transferred Option
• Added – Shut Down / Restart options after standard disconnect
• Added – Shut Down or Restart/Reboot option after Auto Disconnect
• Added – Sorting on Password Database column headers
• Added – Support for D.T.R. and Data logging for Win95 systems with DUN v1.3 update installed. (See FAQ page for further information)
• Added – Support for up to 50 connectoids
• Added – Sweden (Telia) predefined phone rates
• Added – Tools screen with Ping/Finger/POP3 functionality
• Added – Transmit / Receive LED’s to digital display (for everyone who hides their taskbar)
• Added – Transmit and Receive Lights colour now user configurable
• Added – Web Notification Tool (Favourites folder users only), including recursive processing for sites using frames
• Added – Windows Me / Millennium support (untested)
• Correction – New Auto Disconnect form replacing tray icon countdown (present since v0.45)
• Fixed – All POP3 accounts specified in Tools
• Fixed – Auto Disconnect facilities can be used more than once per dial up session
• Fixed – Auto Disconnect should now move to the top most window when activated
• Fixed – Better international date/time handling solving EConvert/Illegal Operation errors
• Fixed – Better international decimal number handling solving EConvert/Illegal Operation errors
• Fixed – Call Log reset
• Fixed – Character Size Small [1x1]
• Fixed – Configuration screens now have taskbar icon
• Fixed – Data transfer related routines now available in NT/Win2K
• Fixed – Date/Time handling now more international friendly
• Fixed – Digital display receiving focus causing other windows/menus to loose their focus
• Fixed – Digital Display sizing problems
• Fixed – Digital display sometimes not displaying on top of other windows
• Fixed – Disconnect after X minutes now remembers setting after disconnection instead of resetting to zero
• Fixed – Display hanging for several seconds on some setups at random intervals
• Fixed – Divide By Zero Error when displaying Log screen on some setups
• Fixed – Duplicate default entries in Costs and Applications
• Fixed – ERR appearing in Call Log statistics
• Fixed – Error when attempting to Finger/POP3/Ping before the current Finger/POP3/Ping had completed
• Fixed – Error when opening logs with date in dd.mmm.yy and other formats
• Fixed – Export call log outputting ERROR instead of RCVRD
• Fixed – Formatting of Currency / Real values for some countries (for example, when decimal places = 0)
• Fixed – General Protection Fault if more than five dial up networking connectoids are defined
• Fixed – General Protection Fault if no connectoids are defined and try to display log screen
• Fixed – General Protection Fault on some setups when accessing tray icon menu or at shutdown
• Fixed – High CPU usage
• Fixed – If digital display is positioned off the screen it now resets to top left to allow reposition
• Fixed – Inserting a Call Log adjuste
• Fixed – Intermittent problems with the Auto Disconnect on Idle option
• Fixed – International Date / Time issues (fixes – 0: is an invalid integer value + MANY others)
• Fixed – Invalid integer value entering charge bands on some international setups
• Fixed – Invalid integer value errors when opening logs
• Fixed – IP Address default menu item
• Fixed – Log tabs captions not updating correctly
• Fixed – Min/max charge wave sounds repeating
• Fixed – Numerous Date conversion issues
• Fixed – Numerous minor problems
• Fixed – Numerous miscellaneous minor bugs and validation issues
• Fixed – Occurrence of not a valid integer when hanging up
• Fixed – Occurrences of 12:nn:nn instead of 00:nn:nn appearing in Call Logs
• Fixed – Only one About screen can be opened at a time
• Fixed – POP3 are checked when using Check For Mail item from tray menu
• Fixed – Print Log Detail (now prints all entries not just four records)
• Fixed – Problem with Auto Disconnect not resetting to 10 seconds
• Fixed – Problems entering/updating/deleting Applications/Costs on some setups
• Fixed – Projected Number Of Calls – Other Statistics
• Fixed – Range check and other exception problems at startup
• Fixed – Range check error at startup with more than 25 connectoids
• Fixed – Range check errors when excluding sites in Web Notification
• Fixed – Real number entry / conversion for countries which use , instead of .
• Fixed – Reduced CPU usage whilst connected with costs enabled by 75%
• Fixed – Removed Win9xVersion message in Win9X/ME
• Fixed – Setup routine to automatically remove v0.99/a files correctly
• Fixed – Several typos in the Help
• Fixed – Shortcut to Startup folder on some setups
• Fixed – Slow display of Logs screen on Win2K setups
• Fixed – Slow display of Options screen on Win2K setups
• Fixed – Support for 640×480 resolution users
• Fixed – Time in digital display starting from 12:00:00
• Fixed – Tray menu items now correctly enable/disable
• Fixed – Updating/Deleting Password Database entries
• Fixed – URL Location Folder setting is now used when populating Web Notification items
• Fixed – Various errors when more than 25 connectoids are defined
• Fixed – Web Notification date checking sometimes incorrectly flagging updated
• Fixed – Web Notification downloading page if size constraint was disabled
• Fixed – Y2K issues with machines which default to two digit short date years
• Moved – Options – Tools to Tools – Options
• Moved – Disconnect options to own tab
• Optimised – Executable
• Optimized – Call / Auto Window log display – now even faste
• Removed – Add TICK to Startup Group option from application
• Removed – Character shape option
• Removed – Check for update configuration option
• Removed – Check for Update option
• Removed – Fixed expiry date
• Removed – NT/Win2K data transfer routines due to compatibility issues
• Removed – Setup routine to reduce file size by approximately 50%
• Rewrote – Auto Window engine now many times more accurate and reliable
• Updated – About screen so more consistent with Windows applications
• Updated – Auto Disconnect now countdowns in tray area (click to stop)
• Updated – BT Predefined Call Costs 1.5p to 1.49p
• Updated – Call Log renamed from log.bin to call_log.bin
• Updated – Changed Log display ready for costing features update
• Updated – Changing Character Size or Number of Characters no longer requires a restart
• Updated – Cost options ready for costing features update (global connectoid selection)
• Updated – Help file
• Updated – Help file with new features
• Updated – Help file with uninstall information and notes
• Updated – Increased Application Execution Delay maximum range to thirty seconds
• Updated – Increased Applications to 15 entries
• Updated – Increased Charge Bands and Further Details to 25 entries
• Updated – Increased number of excludes in Web Notification from 50 to 100
• Updated – Insert – Charge Bands so days can be spanned e.g. 18:00 – 08:00 (still split to two entries)
• Updated – Insert Charge Bands now allows cyclic hours, minutes and seconds
• Updated – Install/Uninstall scripts
• Updated – Interface for viewing Application details
• Updated – Interface for viewing Cost/Charge details
• Updated – Log Export now uses separate columns for dates and times
• Updated – Maximum number of Applications to 60
• Updated – Maximum number of password database entries increased to 50
• Updated – Print Log Detail now uses separate columns for start date and time
• Updated – Setup routine so registry keys are uninstalled
• Updated – Sound features to include playing of Wave files and/or internal speaker on call events
• Updated – Time show option can now be unchecked
• Updated – Twenty five connectoids instead of three or five are now recognised throughout system
• Updated – Web Notification to include better error trapping

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Tags: Closed Source, Freeware, Live, Software, Windows

This entry was posted on 8th September 2001 at 00:00.
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