Revision History
When you
purchase a Handy license you receive free updates for 1 year from the
date of your purchase. If you would like to use a version released
after 1 year you may upgrade at a reduced
rate. To find your purchase date look in Handy under "Help /
About...". The release dates for each version are shown below.
You can download an older version by clicking on the links below.
February 18, 2010 version 4.6:
- Added new "Portable Mode" so Handy
Address Book can be run from a memory stick, allowing you to take
your address book(s) with you
- When an address book is highlighted under the "File / Recent"
menu, the full path to that book is displayed in the status bar
- Updated import template for Palm Desktop to support latest
version of that program
- Bug fix: List view column data could sometimes be
displayed in the wrong columns after re-ordering by drag and drop
- Fixed issue where desktop and start menu shortcuts would not
display the program if it was already running hidden in the tray,
was started by the installation program, and the user had UAC
turned on. Issue specific to Vista and Windows 7.
- Updated for Windows 7 compatibility
- Bug fix: Exporting a .ABK file from a server book would
export a corrupt book
- Bug fix: When opening a corrupt address book file, the
program would show an error, and then exit. Now, it stays
open so you can open a different book.
- Increased default timeouts when communicating with Handy
Address Book Server
- Bug fix: Corrected problem when talking with
Handy
Address Book CGI
- Added the ability to use commas, periods, and space characters
in the quick search feature (only when these do not start the
quick search string)
- Bug fix: Fixed a problem with the quick search feature that
was inadvertently broke with version 4.1 changes
July 7, 2009 version 4.1:
- Significant speed improvements, especially noticeable when
dealing with larger address books. Speed of list view
improved ~100X in some cases.
- Significantly improved speed of opening address books from the
Handy
Address Book Server. Speed improvements of up to 100X on
larger address books.
- Bug fix: Program could crash in some cases where a large
number (but not all) of categories were selected for display
- Encrypt and password protect address books. New option
saves data in an encrypted format, making Handy Address Book
suitable for storing passwords and other sensitive information.
Uses industrial strength AES encryption. See "File /
Options... / Privacy" to enable.
- Added support for Vista x64 versions of Windows
- Added ability to put a "Title" on the List, Details, and
Booklet printouts. The title font, color, and contents can
all be customized. Specify the left/center/right title text
and optionally add in available fields like page number, book
name, etc.
- Added ability to customize footer text when printing List,
Details, and Booklet styles. New "..." button in the Page
Setup dialogs allows you to customize the left/center/right footer
text. Choose from a variety of available fields to insert,
such as the page number, book name, etc.
- Added capability to specify starting row and column when label
printing "displayed" or "selected" addresses. Previously you
could only specify the starting position when printing a single
label.
- Added ability to define new, custom, envelope sizes. See
"File / Page Setup / Envelope Style... / Paper / Size / Custom
Size...".
- User specified Delivery and Return address offset preferences
are now memorized separately for each envelope size
- Added new envelope printing option "Printer Requires Paper
Size Exactly Match Envelope Size" for printers with a paper size
sensor that will only print on exact envelope size specified.
See "File / Page Setup / Envelope Style...".
- Improved task tray icon robustness. If Windows Explorer
crashes, Handy will replace its icon back into the tray.
- Bug fixes:
- Selecting a large number of categories (but not all) for
display could cause the program to crash
- Importing from .ABK files when "Ignore Duplicates" was
selected was not properly filtering duplicates
- Publishing to web could cause program to crash under certain
conditions
- Improved Page Setup dialogs
- Updated Print Preview feature for Vista
- Updated for Vista SP1 compatibility (Print Preview
feature)
January 29, 2008 version 3.7: [download
version 3.7]
(For licensing purposes the release date
of 3.7 remains the same as version 3.5 (November 30, 2007) since this
release is strictly a maintenance release.)
- Bug fix: In some cases when 'publishing' there could be a
permission problem writing temporary files when running under Vista
January 1, 2008 version 3.6: [download
version 3.6]
(For licensing purposes the release date
of 3.6 remains the same as version 3.5 (November 30, 2007) since this
release is strictly a maintenance release.)
- Bug fix: Booklet printing with 1 column per page and page breaks
between alphabet groups would cause the program to hang
- Added ability to specify fonts and colors for the main list view
under "File / Options... / List Display...". Colors
can be set independently between even and odd rows to help make
reading across a row easier.
- Added 'Templates' for saving and recalling multiple list view
settings. Save a new template by right mouse clicking on the
list view header. To restore a previously saved template right
mouse click on the list view header, and choose the template to
restore. [more
info]
- Added option to customize which fields (and their order) are
displayed in the "Find" dialog. Right mouse click on the list
view in this dialog to customize.
- Bug fix: Print Preview or Print with Booklet style when there
was no address selected could crash the program
- Added "File / Properties..." menu command to display various
information on the currently open address book. Also makes
finding and backing up the address book easier.
- Updated for Windows Vista. When opening address books
located in the Program Files area, address book is copied, and
opened from "Documents \ Handy Address Book" area instead. [more
info]
- Installation program adds shortcut on desktop for easier access
- Increased size of allowed text in the "Notes" edit box in the
Address Editor from 32K to 1M (Win2K and later only)
- Improved address formatting for New Zealand addresses
- Added printing options to insert a page break between alphabet
groups for the List, Details, and Booklet printing styles. See
Page Setup dialogs.
- Search results list improved so that multiple selections can be
made using Ctrl and Shift keys. Enables selecting multiple
search results in the main list view.
- Added keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + S) for selecting which
address/email/phone field is being edited in the Address Editor
dialog
- Changed default location for new user's address book from
installation folder to "My Documents \ Handy Address Book"
- Bug fix: "Browse..." buttons were not working under Windows 98
- Bug fix - Program could crash when a contact had a category
assignment manually entered that had categories longer than 15
characters
- Updated for Windows Vista:
- Fixed several compatibility/display problems under Vista
- Added support for Vista's "Default Programs" feature. Use
Default Programs to assign Handy to be the default program for
vCards (*.vcf) and Handy Address Book files (*.abk).
- Handy is now supported on Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003,
and Vista.
- Improved note printing by adding optional word wrap. When
"File / Options... / Options / Word Wrap Notes" option is on, notes
longer than one line will be word wrapped when printing Booklet and
Details styles.
- Bug fixes:
- Program could crash when importing certain files
-
When a contact was assigned to a single category, the category
assignment could not be removed using the "Categories..." dialog
- New "Booklet" printing style
- Printing option to print all, only even, or only odd pages.
Helpful for doing 2 sided printing.
- Printing option to print multiple copies at once
- Ability to define your own custom labels for printing
- Option to choose which fields are printed with the envelope
printing style
- Store multiple return addresses for the envelope printing style
- Export field order and selection status are now memorized and
initialized as defaults for subsequent exports
- Minor bug fixes and online help updates
- Word Wrap option for the Notes
field in the address editor and in the details view
- Alphabet filter option to filter
on Name, Company, or either one
- New installation program
- Improved import wizard by displaying a progress bar during
import
- Minor bug fixes and online help updates
- Removed option to overwrite an
address book that couldn't be opened because it was created with a
future version of Handy. (Attempting to help prevent
accidental data loss.)
- Improved appearance of installation
program
- Bug fixes:
- When using
shared
address books the "File / New..." command was not initiating a
logon, so if you weren't already logged on the shared option was
always disabled.
- Program could crash under some
circumstances when
publishing to the web
- Networkable (shared) address books.
You can now optionally share address books among multiple users.
Assign varying levels of permissions for different users. Each
user can have None, View, Add, Edit, or Admin permissions. In
order to share address books you must be using the new Handy Server.
This is an optional separate program, that also enables you to work with your
address books using a web browser. You can have full access to
your address books through either Handy or a web browser when using
the Handy Server. For more information on how to share address
books visit the
Handy
Address Book Server web site, read an
overview,
or jump straight to the
live demo.
- Added support for
maps.google.com
as a map server. See "File / Options.. / Maps" to choose your
desired map server.
- Label printing improvements:
- Added option to specify offset from left edge. Useful for
labels that have decorations.
- Customize which fields, and
their order, are printed on the labels.
- Added a "Call Log" to track called
numbers. See "Actions / Dial Phone / View Call Log...".
- The number of selected and displayed
addresses is shown in the status bar.
- List view font is now
user-adjustable. Right mouse click on the list, and choose "List
Font...".
- When text is selected in the Details
window the copy command copies the selected text instead of the
whole address.
- Added right mouse menu to Notes/Web
fields in the Address Editor for Cut, Copy, Paste, and Select All.
- Added option to automatically
disconnect modem after X seconds when making a phone call.
- Added "Prevent Splitting Address
Across A Page" option for the "Details" printing style.
- Categories are now stored within
each address book, rather than globally for all address books.
- Improved appearance; uses Windows XP
themes for display when available.
- Added the following choices for
display in the List view or for List printing:
- Default Street
-
Home Street
- Business Street
- Other Street
-
Default City
- Home City
- Business City
- Other
City
- Default State/Province
- Home State/Province
-
Business State/Province
- Other State/Province
-
Default ZIP/Postal Code
- Home ZIP/Postal Code
-
Business ZIP/Postal Code
- Other ZIP/Postal Code
-
Default Country/Region
- Home Country/Region
-
Business Country/Region
- Other Country/Region
- Last
Modified
- Created
- Modified By
- Imported contacts without a
specified country/region default to user's own country instead of
blank.
- Bug fix: When using category
filtering the "Enter" key stopped working to bring up an address in
the editor.
- Bug fix: Sometimes the "Paper
Source" combo box would not be initialized in the Page Setup
dialogs.
- Other minor improvements...
- Bug fix: Program could crash when
editing the Speed Dial list.
- Bug fix: Selecting/Unselecting many
addresses could cause menus to disappear.
- Bug fix: When importing, the last
field on each line was getting imported with a carriage return.
June 30, 2004 version 1.4:
- Removed our email addresses from
documentation, replaced with link to online contact form:
www.beiley.com/contact.html. Attempting to address spam
problems.
- Address book files (*.abk) are
associated with Handy during install. Can now open an address
book file by just double clicking on it.
- Address book files can now be opened
from the command line.
- Bug fix: Program could crash when
exporting addresses with long notes.
- Bug fix: Program could crash when
displaying long notes in List.
- Bug fix: Names with commas wouldn't
stay as assigned to name pieces.
February 8, 2004 version 1.3:
- The Alphabet Bar now scrolls when
the window is too small to display the full alphabet.
- Added option to control behavior of
main window's "close" button. Choose between having program
hide to tray or exit. See "File / Options... / Options / Close
Button Hides Program To Tray".
- Customize field labels for Mailing
Addresses, Phone Numbers, E-mail, and the Custom fields. See "File /
Options... / Labels".
January 4, 2004 version 1.2:
- Bug Fix: List style printing would
skip addresses under some conditions.
- Bug Fix: Restart sometimes required
after entering registration password in order to enter >30
addresses.
December 13, 2003 version 1.1:
- Improved error message when no
location is defined in Windows. Gives instructions to go into
Control Panel / Phone and Modem Options and create a new location.
December 1, 2003 version 1.0 Initial
Release
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