Upgrade OsaSync Lite to version 8.2
share or sync contacts

(With OsaSync PRO: you can share and sync contacts, distribution lists, calendars, tasks, notes and e-mails!)

This download will upgrade your installation of OsaSync Lite to the latest version 8.2.

Make sure you DO have a previous version of OsaSync installed on you system! If you do not have a version of OsaSync installed yet, download the full version from the download page.

Installation instructions

Installing the upgrade is very easy, it won't take more more then a minute per computer!

• Click the download link below and the upgrade will be downloaded to your computer.
• Do NOT uninstall the previous version. Uninstalling removes the support files and registry settings from your system. The upgrade doesn't contain the support files and assumes the registry info is still there.
• Close Outlook if Outlook is still running.
• After the download has completed run the upgrade wizard by clicking the file OsaSyncUpd.exe. The installation wizard will guide you through the installation process.
  Make sure to install OsaSync in the setup wizard's default folder. This will be the same folder as the previous OsaSync installation folder.
• Copy the downloaded file to your other computer(s) running OsaSync and also install the upgrade there.

All configuration settings made by your previous installation will be retained so there is no need to run the OsaSync connection wizard again.

This upgrade is for OsaSync Lite version only! To Upgrade OsaSync PRO click here.

Download OsaSync Lite version upgrade to version 8.2 (2.8 Mb)

OsaSync will run a conversion process if your current version is older then version 7.0!
Please see New in version 7.0 below

Outlook 2000 users: make sure to run in CW mode!

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New in version 8.2 (March 2, 2007)

new functions:

• When OsaSync is started and still busy initializing then some OsaSync menu items like 'checking for changes' are not yet available (grayed out). To make this more clear these menu items names will now be appended with 'initializing...'. These menu items are also not available when OsaSync periodically checks all folders for changes. This will now be visible by the menu item name suffix 'processing...'

solved errors:

• OsaSync logging & error tab on the OsaSync advanced options windows has now been translated in French, Spanish, Italian and German. Due to a problem with our translation agency these translations were not ready when we released version 5.9.
• Outlook 2000: if PDA support was enabled by right-clicking the folder and choosing folder properties; OsaSync tab then this setting wouldn't 'catch'.
• If the contact notes were completely deleted this deletion was not seen by OsaSync so the deletion did not sync.
• Error# 91 in proc: clsContactImp.ImportContact. Object variable or With block variable not set LineNumber: 33. Happened in Outlook 2007 when OsaSync was importing new contacts and reminders are not synced.
• If a contact was open in an window while OsaSync received an update for this same contact then the contact window would be closed and possible changes would be lost. OsaSync will now show a message and postpone the update of the contact until the contact window has been closed.

New in version 8.1 (February 14, 2007)

new functions:

• Enhanced conflict resolution for the contact notes. If the notes on two computers were updated at the same time it was possible that those notes were swapped: computer A got the updated notes field from computer B while B got the updated notes from A. Previous OsaSync versions also checked to prevent this swapping but that check allowed a time difference of 15 minutes and would only signal differences if the notes field on the other computer was updated longer than 15 minutes ago then the update on the current computer. This was useful to prevent incorrect signaling if the computers' time setting was up to 15 minutes apart. Because most computers nowadays sync the time with an internet time server this period of 15 minutes has now been changed to 2 minutes. If you have just updated the contact notes while OsaSync imports the same notes field that was updated more than 120 seconds before your update then OsaSync will show a window on which you have to choose which update you want to use or you can have OsaSync append the notes from the other computer to the current notes so that you can merge the notes manually. If you find the 120 seconds slack period still to long then this can be changed by setting the Windows registry value BodyDiffSec to a smaller value (In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OsaSync).
• Whenever OsaSync encounters an error when OsaSync is processing a contact, OsaSync will also display the name of the contact.
• The location of the log files created by OsaSync has changed. The location \Program files\OsaSync\Log has been changed to \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\OsaSync. On Windows Vista this location is \ProgramData\OsaSync. This change was necessary because Windows Vista doesn't allow applications to create data in a '\Program files' subfolder.
• The OsaSync advanced options page has been enhanced with a tab called Logging and errors. This tab shows the log file folder. Both the logging folder and the vosaddin.log file can be opened directly from this tab. A Create email button facilitates the creation of an email to technical support with the vosaddin.log and sync log files attached.
• When OsaSync wants to import a contact and sees that this contact is already present in the folder then OsaSync will now also present the option to delete the existing contact and to continue the import.
• Syncing or not syncing of reminders for contacts in Outlook 2007 has become more consistent. If 'sync reminders' has been disabled on the OsaSync advanced options page then reminders won't fire for new items created by others. In this way you will only get reminders created by yourself in a common contacts folder.
• The OsaSync advanced options page now has a setting to have OsaSync append folder names of synced folders with '(SY)' in the Outlook folder list. Example: the synced Contacts folder will be shown as 'Contacts (SY)'. By default this option is not set.

solved errors:

• Dismissing a reminder did not sync although the box "Also sync reminder changes" in Advanced Options / Outlook Items Options was checked.
• Outlook being unresponsive when OsaSync was checking for changes. When at least one other synced computer was offline then OsaSync would cause Outlook to be unresponsive for several seconds.
• In peer-to-peer mode the OsaSync options page erroneously displayed 'OsaSync in client-server mode' above the computers list. This off course should have been 'OsaSync in peer-to-peer mode'.
• If 'enable PDA support' was set then a delay could be experienced when outlook was closed.
• When OsaSync was configured for the first time in peer-to-peer mode the CnfComputers.txt file would be created in the c:\ root folder while this had to be the OsaSync_Data folder.
• Several minor tweaks

New in version 8.0.3 (may 4, 2006)

solved errors/problems:

• clsContactImp.UpdateProperty: error# -2147352567.  Error: Property is read-only. This happened when OsaSync tried to update the email display name in Outlook 2000.
• A deleted category or user defined field was not deleted on the synced computers.

New in version 8.0.2 (April 13, 2006)

solved errors/problems:

• Email display name fields for contact items did not sync properly.

New in version 8.0.1 (February 19, 2006)

new functions:

• New folder resynchronization wizard.
  If a folder has become out-of-sync it is now very easy to repair this. The new folder resynchronization wizard will guide you through all necessary steps. The resync wizard is similar to the 'prepare folders for synchronization' wizard but adds a few extra's:
  - You can choose to have OsaSync delete all contacts on the target computers. If so, OsaSync will first backup the folder contents to a backup folder.
  - Duplicate contacts can be removed prior to the creation of sync data.
  - If there are still many unprocessed OsaSync files from a previous synchronization attempt then the wizard will offer the possibility to delete those files
  With this new wizard it's a snap to get your folders back in sync again! To run this wizard choose OsaSync - Synced folder - Resynchronize...
• Syncing support for contact attachments. If you attach a file to a contact item this attachment is now also synced.
• Syncing support for the contact picture (Outlook 2003)
• Syncing support for the links in contacts and appointments
• The OsaSync synchronized folder properties can be accessed faster by clicking OsaSync - Synced folder - Properties.... In the Synced folder menu you can also directly add a computer by clicking the Add computer menu item or stopping the synchronization of the folder by clicking Stop synchronization.
• The OsaSync peer-to-peer configuration wizard has been enhanced to make it easier to set the same OsaSync_Data folder on both configured computers.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 438 in proc: clsContact.CreateContactMsgData or in clsCntProc.SetPropsInNamedProps:. Object doesn't support this property or method (error in version 5.7 for outlook XP only)

New in version 7.3.3 (January 9, 2006)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 438 in proc: ctlFolder.Doactions. Object doesn't support this property or method. This error occurred in the OsaSync connection wizard and was introduced in version 7.3.2.

New in version 7.3.2 (January 7, 2006)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 13 in proc: clsFolderMonitor.CreateNewFldID. Type mismatch. Could happen when a folder was synced.
• When a folder was prepared for syncing in advanced mode and the folder was set to be Read-Only on the target pc then this Read-Only indication was not set on the target PC. So the folder on the target PC not Read-Only.
• When a contacts address field spans multiple lines then this could result in OsaSync continuously generating update files for the synced computer.

New in version 7.3.1  (November 21, 2005)

solved errors/problems:

• The sharing menu item 'Share with computername' would remain greyed out so sharing was not possible if OsaSync was configured to share with only one other computer.

New in version 7.3  (November 14, 2005)

new functions:

• It was already possible to protect OsaSync options with a password by setting an option on the OsaSync advanced options page. The ability to run the OsaSync connection wizard and the possibility to prepare folders for synchronisation are now also protected by this password. Setting the password will prevent inexperienced users by accidentally stopping a folder sync or by changing the configured computers.
• If a folder was deleted on a synced computer then OsaSync would always ask for confirmation before it deleted this folder on the other computers. This question is now optional: a checkbox 'Ask for confirmation before deleting folders' is added to the advanced options page, tab all items.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 438 in proc: clsCreateSyncData.InitCreateForFolder. Object doesn't support this property or method. This error happened when a folder that is already synced is resynced in advanced mode.
• There were a few scenario's in which OsaSync could pop up a window asking you for a choice while these windows were lacking the option 'Apply the same choice to all other items'. That could result in the necessarily to click the the OK button for each item when OsaSync was processing several items. Now all windows have been updated with the 'Apply the same choice.. ' checkbox.

New in version 7.2.1  (November 3, 2005)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 91, Object variable or With block variable not set in Procedure: clsFolder.moOISubFlds_FolderChange

New in version 7.2  (October 25, 2005)

new functions:

• Installation of OsaSync:  it's NOT necessary anymore to install OsaSync on a shared folder or disk. OsaSync can now be installed in the Programs Files folders like any other program. The configuration wizard has been extended with a step in which the OsaSync_Data folder has to be specified. This OsaSync_Data folder has to exist on a share.
• The OsaSyncNew and OsaSyncChanged categories are now disabled by default. To have OsaSync assign these categories to new or changed items it's now necessary to explicitly enabled this on the OsaSync advanced options page, tab All items.
• The Compare process has been removed from the OsaSync menu and is now only accessible from the Exceptional produces tab on the OsaSync advanced options window. It is not possible anymore to run the compare process for all folders at once. Also the possibility to schedule the compare process has been removed.
  The reason for these changes is that automatic syncing has become so reliable (thanks to the new syncing mechanism implemented in version 7.0) that it will be rarely necessary to compare folders. If for some reason a folder has become out of sync then resyncing the folder (by rerunning the Prepare folders for synchronization wizard) is the best the way to repair this. Only for email folders with a large number of emails running the compare process is a better way to get the folders back in sync (because the email folder compare process only creates compare data for the missing emails and not for all emails so it runs faster then resyncing the folder).
  By relocating the compare process to the exceptional procedures OsaSync has become simpler for novice users. Quite a few people had the impression that running the compare process was necessary to have OsaSync synchronize.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 2076377093 (or another number) in proc: clsProtocolProc.pmsgRenameFolder. You don't have appropriate permission to perform this operation.

New in version 7.1 (August 11, 2005)

new functions:

• OsaSync top level folder management has been improved: if you work with many .pst files (= top level folders) then it's now possible to select a top level folder to INCLUDE for OsaSync. All other folders are then excluded. If folders from only one .pst file are synced then explicitly including this .pst file is more easy then excluding all others. OsaSync default is to exclude the selected folders and this can be changed by setting a checkmark on the advanced options page to include instead of to exclude folders.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 13 in proc: clsFolder.IsFldRenamed. Type mismatch
• Error# 91 in proc: clsFolder.SetHiddenMsgValue

New in version 7.0.3 (July 25, 2005)

solved errors/problems:

• Folder renaming was not always successfully synced.
• Folder becoming unsynced: If more then 15 contacts were selected and moved to another folder then OsaSync could evaluate this event erroneously as the copying of the folder and OsaSync marks a copied folder always as being unsynced. This has been solved by implementing a more robust mechanism for detecting the moving and/or copying of outlook folders.

New in version 7.0.2 (July 13, 2005)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 91 in proc: clsFldMon.SetFldToBeMonitored.
• Error# -196609 in proc: clsFldDelItmsWrap.GetChangedItmsAfterErr.
• Error# 91 in proc: clsFoldermonitor.SyncFldInitOnThis. Could happen when all top level folders are excluded for osasync.
• Error# 438 in proc: clsFoldermonitor.pmsgMoveItem. Happened when a contact item was moved from one folder to another.
• Advanced mode syncing: folders were not marked for syncing on the target computers.

New in version 7.0.1 (July 1, 2005)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 91 in proc: clsFolderMonitor.CreateWrapperForFld. Could happen when an Outlook 2003 search folder was selected.
• Error# 1245708559 in proc: clsFolderMonitor.CreateFldWrappersInit. The operation failed. If a .pst file could not be opened by Outlook.
• Error# 281 in proc: clsFldDelItmsWrap.GetChangedItems. IMAPITable::Restrict() returned MAPI_E_EXTENDED_ERROR
• Error# 91 in proc: clsExplorer.EnableFldButtons. Object variable or With block variable not set
• Error# 483970100 in proc: clsFldDelItmsWrap.GetChangedItems. The requested resource was not found

New in version 7.0 (June 22, 2005)

important:
When you start this new version for the first time then OsaSync will run a CONVERSION process . OsaSync now uses a new mechanism for detecting changes (see below) and in order to be able to work with this new mechanism OsaSync will copy all properties of contacts to hidden properties. This conversion can take some time depending on the number of synced folders and the speed of your computer.

OsaSync will also create a computers configuration file that lists all your configured computers. This file will be created in the \OsaSync\Data folder and is called CnfComputers.txt. For each computer a  computer ID is created and OsaSync will rename some OsaSync Windows registry keys from computer name to computer ID.

new functions:

• Most work has been spent in changing an architectural aspect of OsaSync. OsaSync used to depend heavily on Outlook events in order to find out what was changed by the user. This event driven model has been abandoned and is now replaced by another mechanism: OsaSync now stores the existing state of each item in invisible properties and compares the old properties to the new properties in order to find out what has changed. This mechanism makes the change detection more robust then the previous event-driven mechanism. We expect this mechanism to be so robust that it will become very unlikely to detect changes during a folder compare process. If so, we intend to remove the compare mechanism altogether from OsaSync in a future version.

• A Duplicate Items Remover (accessible via the exceptional procedures tab on the OsaSync advanced options window). If you have folders with duplicate items then you can have them removed by OsaSync to a subfolder called OsaSync_Duplicate_Items.

• Syncing of the follow-up flag for contact items.
• Contacts can be marked unread by OsaSync when they are imported or changed by OsaSync (setting on the OsaSync advanced options page; items tab). When changed contacts are marked unread it's possible to see at a glance with contacts have been changed by others. Use a table view to see the unread contacts.
• Outlook will now start faster then it did with the previous OsaSync version. OsaSync initialization used to block Outlook from being responsive. This has been changed so that the initialization will now take place in the background so that Outlook is responsive. During this initialization period the major OsaSync functions (like checking for changes on other computers) are not yet available and are greyed-out until initialization is ready.
• OsaSync has become independent of computer names so it is now more easy to change a computer name.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 91 in proc: clsContactImp.AskIfCreateNewCnt. Object variable or With block variable not set
• Several other bug fixes and tweaks

New in version 6.2.2 (2005, February 17)

solved errors/problems:

• error# 52 in clsRemdataprocessor.CompDataEnd

New in version 6.2 (2005, January 4)

new functions:

• OsaSync now also supports the French, German, Italian and Spanish languages. OsaSync adapts the Outlook language if it's one of these languages.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 6 in proc: clsFolder.moOlItems_ItemChange. Overflow

New in version 6.1.1 (December 21)

solved errors/problems:

• While running the OsaSync connection wizard it was not possible to get past the step 'Select folder' because the wizard was still looking for the file 'VaitaOutlookSharing.dll'. while this file had been renamed to 'OsaSyncLite.dll'. This has now been corrected so the wizard now looks for 'OsaSyncLite.dll'

New in version 6.1 (December 16)

• Starting from this version 6.1, OsaSync Lite has become FREEWARE. All previous checks on computer names and licence codes have been removed. A restriction has been added to work with 4 computers maximum.
  
  All existing OsaSync Lite customers will be upgraded to OsaSync PRO for free! They  will receive an e-mail from Vaita with a new registration code for OsaSync PRO.

New in version 6.0.4 (December 6)

solved errors/problems:

• If the 'prepare folders for synchronization' wizard was run in advanced mode and a computer was added to the list of synced computers (so the folder was already synced) this caused problems because OsaSync recreated the OsaSync ID's of all items in the folder. This caused the folder to become out-of-sync with the computers on which the folder was already synced.

New in version 6.0.3 (November 26)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 91 in proc: ctlFTPfolders.SetCaptions. Could happen when the connection wizard was started from the OsaSync options page
• Error# 91 in proc: clsExplorer.ToggleMenuButtons
• Several customers expressed there confusion with regards to the OsaSync licence key and the subscription key. In order to make this subject more simple we stop working with a separate subscription key and add the subscription date to the regular OsaSync licence key. From now it doesn't matter if you buy your initial licence; if you extend your licence or if you renew your subscription. In all cases you receive the same licence key. If you reinstall OsaSync you now only need to paste the last licence key you received from us, so there's no need anymore to paste a separate subscription key.

New in version 6.0.2 (November 22)

solved errors/problems:

• The OsaSync registration window now has only one input box for licence keys. There was some confusion about which code (or key) had to be pasted in which input box. We start using the term 'licence key' for each encrypted code you receive from us regardless if the code is for a subscription renewal or for a new OsaSync licence.
  We also dropped the term 'upgrade' because it was used ambiguous in OsaSync. 'Check for updates on other computers' has been changed to 'check for changes on other computers'. 'Upgrade licence' has been changed to 'Extend licence' and 'Upgrade OsaSync' is now only used to get a new OsaSync version.
• In a certain scenario a new contact could be created twice on the other computers.

New in version 6.0.1 (November 12)

solved errors/problems:

• Error 91 in proc: clsManager.moInspectors_NewInspector. Happened when opening a distribution list in a synced folder.

New in version 6.0 (October 25)

new functions:

• When a folder is synchronized it is not necessary anymore to manually merge contacts from other computers into the 'source' folder. OsaSync will do merging.
• A compare data expiration date can now be set on the OsaSync advanced options window. If compare data is created and the other computer comes back online when the expiration date has expired then the compare data will not be processed but will be deleted. Older compare data is not so useful anymore because several new changes can have been made since the compare data was created. This expiration date now defaults to 7 days.
• Compare data can now be created for a selected range of computers. The OsaSync menu has been enhanced with the option Create compare data for this folder with selected computers.
• It is now possible to sync a folder that is already synced with an extra computer from the OsaSync tab on the folder properties window (right-click on a folder and choosing properties).
• The prepare folders for synchronization wizard has a new option to synchronize folders in enhanced mode. Using enhanced mode it is possible to sync several large folders much faster then when using normal mode. Enhanced mode however requires manual copying of the .pst file(s) so this mode can only be used when your  Outlook and OsaSync setup enables the initial use of the same .pst file.
• New layout of the OsaSync advanced options page: a tabbed dialog with three tabs is used in order to present options more structured.
• Excluding top level folders for OsaSync can now be done by simply selecting  folders from a list instead of having to type folder names.

solved errors/problems:

• The progress windows shown by OsaSync used to get the focus. The active window would loose it's focus thereby interrupting your work. Progress windows don't get focus anymore in this version.
• If a new contact is created and closed without saving OsaSync does not create upgrade files anymore.
• Several other tweaks

New in version 5.7.2  (June 22)

solved errors/problems:

• Read-Only folders: if while running the synchronization wizard a folder was configured Read-Only on some but not on all computers then it was possible that the configuration of Read-Only computers did not succeed completely.
• Read-Only folders: if an item is added in a Read-Only folder OsaSync will show a message and delete the item.
• OsaSync by default sets the OsaSyncNew or OsaSyncChanged category when an item is imported after being updated on another computer. Some users indicated there dislike of this feature so it is now optional: you can disable the use of these categories on the OsaSync advanced options page.
• If Outlook is connected to an Exchange server OsaSync will by default ignore the top level folder 'Public Folders'. This makes it possible to sync folders from the users mailbox although these mailboxes (there top level folder names) are different on each users machine. Note: this is only possible when there are no other top level folders other then the public folders and the users mailbox.

New in version 5.7 (June 7)

new functions:

• Compare: It's now also possible to create compare data for a selected folder and all it's subfolders. This process will also detect if there is a folder that's synced on this computer while it's not synced on the other computer or vice versa.
• Moving, copying or deleting a selection of more then 15 items at once (a bulk) has become more solid. If two or more bulk operations were performed fast after one another OsaSync could 'miss' one of these bulk operations.
• OsaSync will now mark an item when it imports its changes from another computer as being new or changed. OsaSync adds the category "OsaSyncNew" when it's a new item and "OsaSyncChanged" when it's a change to an existing item. This enables you to quickly see which items have been added or changed by OsaSync by applying a view with the category field. If an item marked with "OsaSyncNew" or "OsaSyncChanged" is changed by you the marker will disappear on your computer and appear on the other computers after this change has been imported on those computers.
  When you remove the "OsaSyncNew" or "OsaSyncChanged" category when you are finished reviewing the updates, it will not be recognized as a change, so nothing will happen on the other computers.
• OsaSync Options can be password protected. If you want to prevent an inexperienced user from changing OsaSync options you can check the box 'Enable password protection for OsaSync options' on the OsaSync advanced options window. You will have to specify a password which will be asked for whenever an option is changed (except for options concerning the display of progress windows and the enabling of extended logging).
• Compare process options have been arranged more clearly on three tabbed dialogs on the compare options window.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 13 in clsProtocolProc.GetHighestTxTSeqNr or in clsProtocolProc.CreateFileName: type mismatch.

New in version 5.6 (May 7)

new functions:

• When a computer is not available OsaSync shows a message. You can now indicate that you don't want to see these messages anymore.
• The optional progress windows shown when OsaSync imports updates from other computers can now be displayed minimized in the Windows taskbar so the popping up of the progress windows doesn't interrupt anymore.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 9 in proc: clsFoldermonitor.pmsgSyncFldBegin. Subscript out of range
• OsaSync also checked for duplicate contacts in non-synced folders.
• OsaSync sometimes wrote temporary data into the OsaSync application installation folder. This resulted in errors when the user doesn't have write/modify access rights in this folder. Temporary data is now written in the system TEMP folder (Note: the user should still have create-, write-, modify access rights in the OsaSync\LOG folder).

New in version 5.5.2  (March 12)

solved errors/problems:

• After installation of Office XP SP3 the Outlook security dialog was triggered when a contact item or an appointment was selected. This version doesn't trigger this warning anymore.
• Error# 6 in proc: clsFolder.moOlItems_ItemChange. Overflow
• The compare process can now be run when the folder is empty (in order to see if the other computers do have items in the folder)

New in version 5.5 (February 27)

new functions:

• Extensive checks have been added to make sure no DUPLICATE OsaSync ID's can exists in the same folder. Warnings have also been added in case a contact is added to a folder and OsaSync sees that this contact is already in the folder. You will have to explicitly allow the adding of duplicate contacts or choose to have them deleted by OsaSync. OsaSync recognizes a contact as being the same if the following properties are the same:
  full name; company name and email address
• When OsaSync is importing updates from other computers it now shows a progress window. Whether you want to see this window or not every time OsaSync processes update files can be set on the OsaSync options page.
  We recommend to keep this window visible and to limit your changes in synced folders during the time this window is visible. During the time OsaSync is processing updates it is possible OsaSync misses a manual change made by you (e.g. you move a contact from or to a synced folder) so it's best to wait until OsaSync has finished processing the update files.
• If it's necessary to remove OsaSync ID's from a folder you can now select this folder instead of having to remove ID's from all folders.
• By default if you move a contact from a synced folder to a non-synced folder, OsaSync will also move this contact on the synced computers and create the non-synced folder if necessary. You can now change this behavior to contacts becoming deleted on the synced computers instead of being moved by a setting on the OsaSync advanced options page.
• If a contact is deleted on another computer from a synced folder it will also be deleted on your computer. This happens by default without notification. You can now have OsaSync ask you for confirmation before it deletes a contact.

solved errors/problems:

• When OsaSync was looking in a folder if a contact (or contact  ID) is already present this could take some time especially in folders with a large number of contacts. The speed of this lookup process has now been increased dramatically.
• Several errors

New in version 5.4.5 (January 29)

solved errors/problems:

• error# 436, Object doesn't support this property or method while running the connection wizard in the Logon step

New in version 5.4.2 (November 28)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# '9', subscript out of range, when opening the OsaSync Advanced Options page.
• An update to the Contacts notes field was sometimes not synced. This could happen if the notes update was the only update to the Contact.
• Creation of synchronization data has been changed in order to prevent Outlook from freezing during the 'prepare folders for syncing' process.
• If 3 or more computers are synced an extra check is added to make sure all computers are marked for syncing with each other correctly.
• Small but nasty bug that could result in updates being 'missed' by OsaSync.

New in version 5.4 (November 21)

new functions:

• The default value for running the compare process has been set to NOT run automatically. The previous default setting was: run every 7 days.

solved errors/problems:

• In some scenario's duplicates contacts could be created. Before OsaSync imports a contact it will now first check if the contact is not yet there. OsaSync will use the full name, company name and email address to see if the Contact is already present. If the folder already contains the contact then OsaSync will not import the contact again but only match the OsaSync ID (= the 'vaSCid' field)
• Extra checks are also added to make sure no contacts can be imported with the same OsaSync ID
• If a new Contact was created and it was marked Private while 'do not sync private items' was set on the OsaSync Advanced options page the contact was still synced.
• In some scenario's not all User-Defined Fields on a custom Contacts form were synced correctly. Some fields could be missed.
• When OsaSync was ready with comparing data received from other computers, the timer to automatically check for changes on other computers was not enabled again. No updates were processed until the next restart of Outlook or until 'check for changes' was clicked in the OsaSync menu.
• When you run the 'prepare folder for syncing' process or create compare data the corresponding computers will postpone importing this data before all data has been received. This prevents the scenario that the importing computer could import data faster then the source computer could generate the data and therefore end up with incomplete data.
• several other minor enhancements.

New in version 5.3.3 (August 28)

solved errors/problems:

• OsaSync now also 'catches' updates to  Contact categories made by moving a contact in a view by category. This was previously not recognized so this update wasn't synced to the other computers.
• Error# 0 or 91 in proc: clsCreateCmpData.CreateNextFile. Could occur when compare data was created for a Calendar folder.

New in version 5.3.2 (August 15)

solved errors/problems:

• error# 91, Object variable or With block variable not set. Procedure: clsFldMon.Process2FldsChanged.

New in version 5.3.1 (August 13)

solved errors/problems:

• error# 91, Object variable not set or error# 424, Object required in proc:  clsFoldermonitor.pmsgMoveOrCopyFolder
• In some scenario's moving a folder could be 'missed' by OsaSync resulting in the folder not being moved on the synced computers. Improvements have been made to reduce this chance.
• Error# 91 in proc: clsFldDelItmsWrap.moDeletedItems_ItemAdd. Object variable or With block variable not set. Happened when there were no synced folders yet.
• This update includes a small utility called OsaMonitoring that checks every minute if OsaSync is still running and warns if this is not the case. See the FAQ What is OsaMonitoring for details.
• The way OsaSync processes update files on other computer has been improved. It will now be possible to continue working when a large number of files is being processed. This improvement also strongly reduces the chance of Outlook freezing or running out of memory during the import of synchronization data for folders with many contacts.

New in version 5.3 (August 4)

new functions:

Enhancements to the folder comparing process:

• All options related to folder comparing are moved to a separate window 'Compare folder options'. This window is accessible during the compare process.
• New option for the compare process: 'update the property on this computer if it hasn't changed since the last compare run'. OsaSync will automatically apply the properties of the item on the OTHER computer by updating the item on THIS computer if:
  a) the item has been changed on the OTHER computer on a later time then on the current computer AND
  b) the item on the CURRENT computer hasn't been changed since the last time when the folder was compared.
  In this case it is certain that the differences are caused by a change on the OTHER computer.
• It is now REALLY possible to continue working while OsaSync is creating compare data or when it is processing compare data received from another computer. Comparing takes place in the background and doesn't block Outlook as it used to do in previous versions.
• If the comparing process detects a difference and prompts you with a window to make a choice it is now still possible to access Outlook and continue working. Previously you had to close this window in order to be able to do anything else in Outlook.

solved errors/problems:

• The FileAs field for contacts could be different on the destination computers as on the source computer after synchronization. This resulted in a different listing of the contact items when the contact view is sorted on the FileAs field.
• error# 91: in proc: clsExplorer.moOLExpl_FolderSwitch, Object variable or With block variable not set. Happened when selecting the 'My Documents' or 'My Computer' icon in the Outlook bar.
• Error# 91 in proc: clsFldDelItmsWrap.moDeletedItems_ItemAdd. Object variable or With block variable not set. Happened when deleting an e-mail.
• Problem during first time synchronization with more then one other computers:
  When there are no folders already synced and the first time a folder is synced to more then one computer then this folder is not marked on the other computers as being synced with all other computers. So if you sync a folder on computer A with computer B and C then B doesn't mark this folder as being synced with C and C doesn't mark it as synced with B. This error doesn't occur when there is at least one folder already synced when the 'prepare folders for synchronization' is started.

New in version 5.2.1 (June 27)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 6 in proc: clsManager.GetRemoteData. Overflow.
• Error# 424 in proc: AddinGlobals:CleanUpGlobals. Object required. Could occur if a contact inspector window remained open for some time.
• Error#: 424: Procedure: AddinGlobals:CleanUpGlobals. Object Required. Occurred when Outlooks closes and there are no synchronized folders.

New in version 5.2 (June 26)

In this Upgrade OsaSync will run a one time only conversion process. Starting Outlook can take a few minutes because of this process.

new functions:

• Enhanced PDA/cell phone support:
  OsaSync will now automatically recognize all changes made on your PDA while you sync with the PDA and copy them to all other computers. All items new, updated or deleted on your PDA will be added, updated or deleted on the computers synced with OsaSync. The manual procedure 'Copy PDA changes' has become obsolete.
  Read more about this new PDA support and how to enable OsaSync for PDA support on the FAQ page.
• When OsaSync is comparing contacts and finds a difference it is now possible to see all contact properties for both contacts in one window. This makes it more easy to see what has been changed and to choose which property has to be used.

solved errors/problems:

• using some user defined fields other then the 'vaSCid' field. These other user defined fields have been removed so if you are working with a custom form and you have added the 'vaSCid' field to this form then one-off items will not be created anymore.

New in version 5.1.1 (June 11)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 53 in proc: clsContactProcessor.ImportBody. File not found

New in version 5.1 (May 22)

new functions

• If OsaSync runs in Local Mode it will display 'OsaSync - LM' in the Outlook menu. OsaSync runs in Local Mode when OsaSync has been configured in Client-Server mode and when the server is not available (e.g.: when you travel with your laptop). In Local Mode it is not possible to synchronize or compare folders.
• You can now create a new contact by copying and pasting an existing contact into the same folder and then change only certain properties like the contacts name. OsaSync now recognizes this and assigns a new unique contact ID (= the 'vaSCid' field) to the copied contact.
• The Advanced Options window now adds the possibility to specify the name of a top level folder to be excluded by OsaSync. When OsaSync starts it iterates all folders in all top level folders. Some top level folders like 'WinFax Fax Logs' produce errors when OsaSync reads it's contents. Other folders that can produce problems are HTTP mailboxes like hotmail. An excluded folder will not cause problems but its sub folders cannot be synced anymore.
• While syncing contacts the contact notes field now retains formatting with bold. italic, colors etc. Formatting was lost in previous versions.
• If the same contact notes field is updated on two disconnected computers OsaSync will now recognize this and prompt you to ask which update you want to use. You can also choose to append the update from the other computer to the existing notes field which enables you to merge the changes manually.
• If OsaSync is setup in Client-Server mode then the 'check for changes on other computers' time can now be set to a minimum of 1 minute (this used to be 5 minutes).

solved errors/problems:

• If two instances of Outlook were started this could result in an error when one instance was being closed.
• In some scenario's copying or moving a contact could be missed by OsaSync. Copying and moving items has been improved so items will also be copied or moved on the other computers.

New in version 5.0 (April 28)

new functions

• New folder synchronization wizard. This wizard takes you step by step through the prepare folders for synchronization process. See the updated Getting Started page for details.
• A folder can now be marked as Read-Only on a target computer during the synchronization process. In this way syncing works one-way only: from the source to the target computer. The user on the target computer can only view the contents of the folder but not make any changes.
• The new synchronization wizard syncs one folder at a time but experienced users can change this to multiple folders at once by checking a box on the OsaSync advanced options page.
  Note: this is not recommended.
• The 'Prepare folders for synchronization' process can now be disabled by setting a checkmark on the advanced options page. Disabling this process can prevent a user from accidentally syncing a folder again if the folder syncing preparation process has already run.

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 234 in proc: clsComputer.ReadFromRegistry. Error calling API function. This error occurred when Outlook was started while there are very much contact folders synced.
• Error# 438 in proc: clsContactProcessor.CompareCntProperties. Object doesn't support this property or method
• When working with more then one top level folder (= more .pst files) the deletion of items and folders on the synced computers did ONLY WORK IN ONE TOP LEVEL FOLDER. Items or folders being deleted in one of the other .pst files did NOT get deleted on the synced computers. This has been solved so now all items and folders in all .pst files will be deleted on the other computers as well.
• Syncing subfolders of a folder that had been assigned an alternative folder name on the other computers was not handled correctly.
• If the property 'Contact found on other computer' on the advanced options page was checked it was not checked anymore on the next startup.

New in version 4.0.2 (April 2)

solved errors/problems:

• When comparing contacts OsaSync could prompt you saying that a contact had a business address on one computer and not on the other computer while this is not the true; the contact doesn't have a business address on both computers.

New in version 4.0.1  (March 28)

• Error# 91 in proc: clsFolderMonitor.ProcessFldAdd. Object variable or With block variable not set. Could happen when a new folder is created in a synced folder
• Error# 424 in proc: clsExplorer.DisableMenu. Object required
• If a new contact was created while the selected folder was not a contacts folder and the contact was moved into a synced folder from the inspector menu 'File - Move to folder', this new contact was not synced.

New in version 4.0  (February 20)

new functions; solved problem

• The 'prepare folders for synchronization' process as well as the 'Create compare data' process has been revised in order to speed up the creation of data files when syncing or comparing with two or more other computers. When a large folder was synced with several other computers this process could run a long time and sometimes cause Outlook to freeze up.
• Importing synchronization data files runs faster.

New in version 3.10.2 (February 13)

solved errors/problems:

• Error number 13 Procedure: clsInterface.AcceptOCXparams. This error could occur on clicking the 'synchronize this folder...' button on the OsaSync tab of a folder property page.
• Some applications like ActiveSync (for the PocketPc) initialize Outlook 'behind the screens'. If the Outlook process is already running in the background and you start Outlook manually OsaSync would not start. This update adds a workaround for this.
• Outlook becoming unstable and behaving strange on Windows XP. Examples of strange behavior:
  The ESC or DEL key does not respond; the preview pane doesn't work; Outlook item edit windows cannot be closed; Run time error 91 when Outlook closes; Outlook doesn't want to restart; etc.

New in version 3.10.1 (February 4)

solved errors/problems:

• Changes to a private contact were not updated on the other computers although 'Do NOT sync items marked as private' was not checked.
• When a contacts address was cut and pasted into another address type (e.g. business address was deleted and home address created) the old address was not deleted on the other computers.
• In some cases a licence key related problem could occur resulting in error# 13 in clsManager.testlicence.

New in version 3.10 (January 31)

new functions

• Syncing of contacts and appointments marked as 'private' has been made optional. In version 2.1 the feature has been added to NOT sync items marked as private. This has now been made  optional depending on the setting 'Do NOT sync items marked as private' on the OsaSync advanced options window. By default private items ARE synced now.

New in version 3.9 (January 23)

new functions

• A new function has been added: 'Copy PDA changes for this folder' and 'Copy PDA changes for all folders'. You can use this function to quickly copy those contacts that have been changed by the PDA or cell phone syncing software to the other synced computers. The difference with the compare process is that copying the changes made by your PDA syncing software copies only those contacts that have been changed in the last x minutes while the compare process creates compare data for ALL contacts. Read more on the differences with comparing on the FAQ page.

New in version 3.8.1 (January 17)

solved errors/problems:

• A serious bug in versions 3.8 and 3..7.3 can cause several errors including:
  - A folder not being synced anymore.
  - When comparing folders OsaSync prompted for the 'personal folders' folder as not found.

New in version 3.8 (January 13)

new functions

• Contacts marked as 'private' (check box in the right corner of the contact edit window) are now NOT synced anymore. This makes it possible to exclude some contacts in a synchronized folder from being synced.

solved errors/problems:

• If your regional settings have a dot as the date separator character OsaSync ran into trouble on updating the Birthday or Anniversary of a contact.
• On changing a contacts email address the Outlook security warning was shown.

New in version 3.7.3 (January 8)

new functions

• The options window now has the setting 'Check when Outlook starts'. Selecting this will make OsaSync check for changes on other computers immediately when Outlook starts and not wait until the period set for checking has elapsed.

solved errors/problems:

• A contact category could be duplicated on the other machine after assigning a new category to a group of selected contacts.

• OsaSync did not reliably distinguish between the Contact items Home and Business address fields.

New in version 3.7.2 (December 17)

solved errors/problems:

• The compare process did not update the other computers. This happened for several contact item fields.
• The compare process prompted to make a choice when the country field for a contact was filled on one computer while it is empty on the other. In this version the country field is only compared if the fields on both computers are not empty. Outlook on one computer can fill out the country field by itself while on the other computer it doesn't resulting in a 'different' address field on both machines. OsaSync now ignores this 'difference'.

New in version 3.7.1 (December 12)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 91 in proc: clsFoldermonitor.SyncFldInitSameAsOther. Object variable or With block variable not set. If you have encountered this error re-sync the folder!
• In a synced folder in which no single item had been added or changed yet manually, an update received from another computer could fail because OsaSync could not find the item to update.

New in version 3.7 (December 10)

new functions

• A synchronized folder now can have a different folder name on the other computer(s), e.g. 'Contacts' on one computer can be named 'John's contacts' on the other computer.
• The folder list on the synchronization window now displays the full Outlook folder path.
• The OsaSync folderID's are not stored anymore in the folder description. When Outlook is started the fist time after this upgrade has been installed all folderID's will be converted and Outlook has to be restarted.
• OsaSync will not create folderID's anymore for all folders but only for the synced folders (and the synced folder parent folder). This makes it possible to use OsaSync in Outlook configured as an Microsoft Exchange client (although some caveats can still be there).

solved errors/problems:

• Several issues related to synchronization have been solved. In general the syncing mechanism has been improved to make it more reliable and robust.
• error# 91 in proc: clsFolderMonitor.SetSyncFolderID. Error occured on syncing a folder that doesn't exist yet on the other computer
• If a new contact was created from the Outlook menu while the contacts folder was not yet selected is was possible that OsaSync did not create an update data file, so the new contact was not synced with the other computers.

New in version 3.6.7 (November 21)

solved errors/problems:

• Creating a new contact in phone list view by typing in the 'click here to add a new contact' field was not recognized and didn't result in the contact being copied to the other computers
• Error: -448790801 in  clsFolderMonitor.GetAllFolders. This error occurred when Outlook can not open a .pst file. This can happen when the referenced .pst file resides on a network share and you start Outlook while not being connected to the network.

New in version 3.6.6 (November 7)

solved errors/problems:

• Error in clsExplorer.moOLExpl_SelectionChange: 'The Explorer has been closed...'
• The scheduling of compare data did not work properly. The scheduled process would never start.
• If OsaSync receives a contact from a synced folder on another computer and the folder isn't synced on the receiving computer, OsaSync will ask if the item has to be imported and if the folder should be marked as being synced.
• When adding a single category to a contact this category was duplicated on the receiving computer
• Error 438 in clsFolderMonitor.GetFolderID

New in version 3.6.5 (November 2)

solved errors/problems:

• Some errors related to the Dutch version. Also some corrections to texts displayed on OsaSync windows in the Dutch version.

New in version 3.6.4 (November 1)

new functions

• The logfiles 'vosaddin.log', 'sync.log' and 'voswiz.log' are renamed to include the computer name. E.g. when your computer name is 'LaptopJohn' the vosaddin.log file is renamed to 'LaptopJohn_vosaddin.log'.

solved errors/problems:

• After a certain scenario the OsaSync options window was not shown after clicking 'Options...' in the OsaSync menu.
• The setting 'check for changes every ... minutes' on the OsaSync options page now has a minimum value of 5 minutes. 

New in version 3.6.3 (October 28)

solved errors/problems:

• During installation of version 3.6.2. on Windows 98/ME the following error can occur:
  C:\OsaSync\vaMoreUtils.dll
  Unable to register the DLL/OCX: LoadLibrary failed: Code 11
  An attempt to load a program with an incorrect format.

New in version 3.6.2 (October 20)

new functions

• The OsaSync menu item 'Synchronize folders...' has been renamed to 'Prepare folders for synchronization...' in order to make it more clear that this procedure only has to run once for each folder. If synchronization runs for a folder already prepared OsaSync asks for confirmation.

New in version 3.6.1 (October 14)

solved errors/problems:

• Error# 91 in proc: frmTimers.tmrRemData_Timer.
• Error# 91 in proc: clsManager.GetRemoteData
• Error# 91 in proc: clsManager.moExplorers_NewExplorer

New in version 3.6 (October 11)

new functions

• OsaSync now asks for your permission before deleting a synchronized folder as a result of the same folder having been deleted on another computer.
• OsaSync now also asks permission before deleting more then 15 contacts as a result of a bulk delete on another computer.
• The message shown after choosing 'check for changes on other computers' from the OsaSync menu now shows a link to an explanation in the faq page if OsaSync was unable to connect to another computer.

solved errors/problems:

• Serious bug in OsaSync versions 3.4.1; 3.4.2; 3.4.3 and 3.5:
  After changing a value on the OsaSync options page OsaSync STOPS processing changes to contacts.
• error 91 in clsFolderMonitor.IsSynced. Could occur when Outlook deletes a contact during a copy or move to a folder already containing the same contact.

New in version 3.5 (October 8)

new functions

• OsaSync help has been extended to include a Getting started tutorial. This tutorial describes the installation, configuration and synchronization of the contacts folder in detail with a step-by-step example. You can also read this tutorial online on the getting started page.

solved errors/problems:

• Error no. 91, object variable or with block not set in clsManger.moDeletedItems_ItemAdd procedure. This happened on a computer without any synced folders after deleting an email from the inbox.

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