History made by Hoepping Elektronik Design

Version History 

If you have a problem, download the newest version, even if your bug is not listed among the bugs fixed. We can only debug the latest version

• 4.32, Date 26.10.2006
  • Update: Drag&Drop of emails from Outlook to hed.dress.

• 4.31, Date 23.09.2006
  • Update: Export for serial letter did not work in Version 4.30. This is fixed now.

• 4.30, Date 09.08.2006
  • Update: Function keys F6/F7/F8/F9 did not function as intended.

• 4.29, Date 23.07.2006
  • Update: Printing with MS Word 2003 without annoying security messageboxes.

• 4.25, Date 12.04.2006
  • Update: When a person is changed hed.dress will update the last-changed date of the address.
  • Additional debug messages concerning synchronization
  • Additional debug messages concerning languages and character code pages..

• 4.24, Date 11.04.2006
  • Support for Spanish language. Most text messages have been translated. If you are interested in the support of the Spanish language, let me know.
  • Update: New form for sending packages using DHL.
  • Update: Support of groups in the Follow-Up window.
  • Update: When searching in text fields, leading or trailing blank ' ' will be ignored.

• 4.20, Date 07.01.2006
  • Important: Database Version 8. This software can be used with database version 5 or newer. But the new features implemented in the last 2 years require that the database is converted. To have your database converted, contact Paul Hoepping, email info@hed.de .
  • New: You can search for the salutation (Mr., Mrs, ...).
  • New: Improved window for country codes. The list of all countries can be imported.
  • Bugfix: Report creation/change date was changed by the synchronization process..

• 4.09d, Date 05.12.2005
  • Bugfix: Granting of an address to another user now also set the corresponding user group.
  • Improved interpretation of Outlook MSG-files.

• 4.09b, Date 13.11.2005
  • Bug Fix: Setting/Resetting of Checkbox-Fields could fail for the addresses in the search result if there was a large number of addresses in the result set.
  • Added: Import into the field Addressline2 of the Person.
  • Added: More error information and debug output if archiving of a Microsoft Outlook email fails.

• 4.08e, Date 11.09.2005
  • Changed installation procedure: During setup the write access is granted for everyone for the hed.dress program folder. This is necessary for Windows XP SP2 since ordinary users do not have write access in "C:\program files". hed.dress stores its data base files in this directory.
  • Changed installation procedure: HHUPD.EXE  is no longer included in the setup. This Microsoft software updates the Windows help system on machines that have Windows 98 installed without any updates since 1998. I do not think, that there are still machines around that require this update. Installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or newer will update the help system in the same way.

• 4.08c, Date 17.07.2005
  • Update hed.form: previously, the form printer created a directory "Logs" on the desktop.
  • Update Export function: The correct file extension .CSV or .TXT will be appended to the file name
  • Update: The formatting of addresses has been adjusted to the current DIN standard.
  • Update: Correction of a couple of German language spelling mistakes

• 4.08, Date 25.06.2005
  • Added: Support for Wonrd 2003. Word is used for printing.
  • Bugfix email archive: Email containing the Euro-character € in UTF-8 character coding

• 4.05, Date 06.02.2005
  • Bugfix email archive: Interpretation of email addresses containing ' or German language Umlaut characters.
  • Bugfix: sort order of print-outs. Use database repair function after installation of this update.

• 4.05, Date 15.01.2005
  • New German language user manual (Adobe PDF).
  • Storage of email attachments
  • Bugfix: Error message when a user cannot be created
  • Bugfix: Error message when a file cannot be attached to a report.

• 4.04, Date 07.11.2004
  • Update: A few minor changes and bug fixes.

• 4.03, Date 26.09.2004
  • Update: A few minor changes and bug fixes.

• 4.02, Date 30.08.2004
  • Update: A few minor changes and bug fixes.

• 4.02, Date 10.08.2004
  • New: emails can be dragged from Outlook Express and Outlook to hed.dress. hed.dress will archive these mails.
  • Update: Application of user's privileges when accessing addresses from the follow-up window..

• 4.01, Date 04.07.2004
  • Update: A port number can be specified when connecting to an email POP3 server. This is used for the email archivation feature.
  • Update: Printing of emails has been fixed.
  • Update: When hed.dress is closed and reopened, the window size is saved and restored.

• 4.00, Date 24.06.2004
  • New: Email archivation. hed.dress has now a system for archivation of emails. By analyzing the email addresses in the emails, hed.dress can link the emails to the appropriate contacts in the database. To use this, older hed.dress databases must be upraded. Contact info@hed.de to arrange for the (free) upgrade..
  • Update: hed.dress Synchronisation. This upgrade fixes problems of Windows 98 machines in the network.

• 3.52, Date 28.03.2004
  • Update: Synchronization with Windows Address Book (WAB) nows also works with the "real" Microsoft Outlook.
  • Update: The German language manual as PDF-file has been updated. Sorry, the English language manual is unchanged.

• 3.52, Date 17.02.2004
  • New: Now, you can set the date of creation of a report. Previously, you could not change the preset date of a newly created report.
  • Update: The German language manual as PDF-file has been updated extensively. Sorry, the English language manual is unchanged.

• 3.51, Date 17.01.2004
  • Update: The Verisign code signing certificate has been renewed
  • Update: The character sequence "\n" was interpreted as a line feed. Files beginning with a "n" could not be linked to a report. Problem fixed.
  • Update: WAB synchronization was not working with old databases. Problem fixed. But we recommend that you contact us anyway: info@hed.de
  • New: 2 more fields available for import of data from other products.

• 3.50, Date 14.12.2003
  • New: hed.dress can now synchronize with the Windows Address Book (WAB).
  • Update: hed.dress now sets the archive flag of the database file. Backup software uses this flag to decide, if a files needs to be updated in a hard disk backup.

• 3.11, Date 28.09.2003
  • Update: Printing with MS Word did not work if the database field "Report Type" was renamed. Problem fixed.
  • Form printing using hed.form did not work if the company name of the address was blank. Problem fixed.
  • Generating reports aftern an export for serial letter did not work. Problem fixed..

• 3.10, Date 17.09.2003
  • Bugfix in window Follow Up.
  • The form printer hed.form now saves the bank account number for parcels to be paid in cash.

• 3.10, Date 30.08.2003
  • New database field: person-related second address line.

• 3.10, Date 13.08.2003
  • Small change in the Follow-Up window.

• 3.10, Date 19.06.2003
  • New: Form printing using a configurable form printing application: hed.form. With hed.form you can print just about any form. Includes template for "Freeway Paketmarke" of the German Postal Service.
  • Extended: The search function has been extended to include more fields: region and birthdate.

• 3.09, Date 30.05.2003
  • A few minor bug fixes and improvements.

• 3.08, Date 05.05.2003
  • New: Printing for Follow-Up.
  • Minor bug fixes.

• 3.06, Date 12.04.2003
  • Export for serial letter now export all address and person data.
  • Minor bug fixes.
  • Correction of some spelling mistakes.

• 3.05, Date 29.03.2003
  • Service Release with a couple of minor changes in the user interface. Makes the software even more beautiful !

• 3.02, Date 02.02.2003
  • Service Release with a couple of minor bug fixes.

• 3.01, Date 26.01.2003
  • New printing functions
  • Extended search now allows to search for every data field and to build complex search conditions
  • Notes for users of previous versions:
    - Version 1.00 to 1.08: Contact us by email, your database file must be converted
    - Version 2.00 to 2.11: Contact us by email, your database file should be converted
    - Version 2.12 to 2.18: You can simply download and install the software.

• 2.18, Date 01.11.2002
  • Service release.

• 2.17, Date 10.06.2002
  • When deleting a person you can now chose whether to delete the reports referencing this person.
  • Flexible system for setting / resetting the status flags of addresses.
  • Various, general improvements
  • Improvements when synchronization is done via a Linux Samba server.

• 2.15, Date 30.08.2002
  • A great number of new function - too many to list them here!

• 2.02, Date 20.04.2002
  • Progress report while importing or exporting data
  • After exporting for serial letter you can add a report to the exported addresses. Now you can also assign a report type.
  • Reassignment of persons to addresses. Now you can "move" a person from one address to another address.
  • When hed.dress is started, the input focus is in the password field. This saves you a mouse click before entering the password.
  • Various other improvements.

• 2.00, Date 17.03.2002
  • User-assignable fields. You can rename these fields and use them as you find appropriate for your needs.
  • Renaming of fields: Most fields can now be renamed. This can be useful to adapt hed.dress to specific your requirements. 
  • Additional fields to store credit card information and bank account information.
  • The German language windows help and manual was updated. Sorry, updating the English language windows help and manual will take a bit longer.

• 1.08, Date 20.01.2002
  • Sorting for fields business type und rank adjustable.
  • Files may be linked to or imported into a report.
  • When you terminate hed.dress, non-administrators get a MessageBox "Do you really want to ..."
  • A report text may be included in a new follow-up
  • Again, improvements in connection with Novel file servers.
  • Some new restrictions for non-administrators

• 1.04, Date 02.12.2001
  • Update: Synchronization on W98 clients in connection with Novel file server..

• 1.03, Date 18.11.2001
  • New: Synchronization with Palm PDA can be used without license.
  • New: Import function for .CSV-files..

• 0.8, Date 20.08.2000
  • First version available to the public