On April 26th Swiftpage released the long awaited service pack to Act! 18, namely Act 18.1. This release offers a significant number of bug fixes, as well as new features and compatibility updates.
The following represents a short list of highlights from this service pack:
Compatibility Updates
Stay current with Act! and get support on the latest technology changes. Significant updates to the Act! Web platform.
- Additional Act! Premium Web components have been upgraded to support Chrome and Internet Explorer 11 (without Compatibility Mode)
High DPI Fix
In recent years new high resolution monitors and laptop displays have created issues for Act! users. The issue was not so much the resolution, as much as the large system fonts (>125%) the operating systems had to be configured with to make these devices display comfortably to the eye.
Unfortunately previous versions of Act! required users to lower the display resolution and the system font size to get Act! to render properly. This issue became more complicated with Microsoft devices such as The Surface Pro 3+ and the new Surface Book, which used a 3:2 aspect ratio, instead of the traditional 16:9. With these devices, reducing the resolution actually created margins on the top & bottom, or on the sides - which actually reduced your visible work space.
Act 18.1 deploys a DPI fixer allowing users to use Act! on any monitor, with any resolution and font size.
Web API
Modern development integration service that allows for meaningful connections to Contacts, Groups, and Activities.
- A link to the Web API installer is now included within the Act! Premium for Web CD Browser
- The Web API installer will automatically launch upon completion of the Act! Premium for Web installation process
Act! Connect View
The Act! Marketplace view has been updated for a new generation of connectivity!
- This is a completely redesigned view with content relevant to new Web API integrations
- Integrations are available for active Act! Premium subscription customers
Favourite Contacts
Easily keep track of the Contacts you communicate with the most.
- The Favourite field has been added to the default Contact Layout as a checkbox
- A new Favourite column is present in the Contact List View and Contact tabs
- A Favourite lookup is included, which can also be set as the default lookup in conjunction with setting the Contact list View as the Startup View
Count of Days from an Activity’s Originally Scheduled Start Date
Do you have a meeting that keeps getting pushed back? How many days have passed since it was originally supposed to happen? Now you know!
- Commentary has been added to the Schedule Activity window to calculate the number of days that have elapsed since an Activity’s original Start Date
French, German, and French-Canadian
This most recent localized version of Act!, including updated translations for French-Canadian.
Downloads
To download the complete Act! 18.1 installation package click on Act! Pro 18.1 or Act! Premium 181. The updates are not available on the Act! download site at the time of this posting, but the full installation packages for Act! Pro, Premium, and Premium for Web can be used to upgrade Act! 18.0 installations. For Act! Premium for Web, we recommend uninstalling 18.0, and then completing a full installation of 18.1.
Defects closed in Act! v18.1
| D-04085 | Web - Relationship details box size is too large, requires scroll bars. | |
| D-03782 | APFW-Dashboard- Deleting the same activity from different browsers doesn’t show a proper error message | |
| D-03913 | Framework error on Exiting Act | |
| D-04161 | APFW - Calendar - mini calendar always uses the server date and time for the mini calendar functions | |
| D-04206 | APFW - Calendar Recap list - Any Calendar view - Recap item link will not open the related activity. | |
| D-04164 | APFW - Cannot tab out of County field when creating a new contact. | |
| D-04193 | APFW - Can't select a contact from the task list if the contact's name is blank. | |
| D-04218 | APFW:An warning message pops up when trying to Send to Act a note, history, or activity. | |
| D-04217 | Scratchpad Web needs branding update | |
| D-04184 | APFW - Activity text colour is not displayed in task list on web. | |
| D-04238 | APFW - Calendar - Any view - Timezone Inconsistencies | |
| D-04146 | APFW - Chrome - Session Timeout does not present "Continue" dialog and creates redirect loop | |
| D-04115 | TS - Define Sync Set button doesn't work when downloaded from Act For Web. | |
| D-04233 | APFW - Navigating to Calendar View logs off user not running on English language Windows OS. | |
| D-04180 | Web - Write Letter generates error when using Act Word Processor | |
| D-04226 | APFW - Chrome mostly - startup preferences aren't honored if you close the browser. | |
| D-04210 | APFW - When "Daily Calendar" is selected as the start-up view , it is displaying monthly view calendar instead of Daily view calendar | |
| D-04188 | Open Database dialog deformed on FR/CF | |
| D-04235 | Blank mail merge fields don't collapse if there are two blanks on the same row. | |
| D-04293 | APFW - When encountering a Notes details field with invalid characters, Web Clients are logged out. | |
| D-04230 | MOBILE - Cannot dial phone number containing country code since it is not preceded by "+" sign | |
| D-04213 | Notifications download message is confusing. | |
| D-04284 | CF - Registration Wizard page 4 has untranslated text. | |
| D-04194 | DE - LC - Exporting calculated fields causes an error in the export wizard. | |
| D-04303 | Create contact while opps tab is open crashes APFW | |
| D-04191 | TS - Dropdown value not saved - Windows | |
| D-03682 | MOBILE - After clearing text in search field, scrolling in any view is disabled on iPhone with iOS 9 | |
| D-04414 | Web - Internal Server Error 500 after upgrade to 18.1 from 18.0 | |
| D-04365 | TS - APFW - No scroll bars when adding an opportunity to companies. | |
| D-04337 | BETA - Web API installation is not localized | |
| D-04324 | CF- LC - Clear Activity View has display issues. | |
| D-04317 | CF display issues -Emarketing View | |
| D-04346 | CF - translation change needed for Include sub Groups on Group List. | |
| D-04319 | APFW - Opportunities - Email button brings in the wrong email address | |
| D-04318 | TS - APFW - Images in a layout get put to the front after upgrading a DB from v17.1 to v18. | |
| D-04353 | German -Scheduler Wizard has two pages with display issues. | |
| D-04359 | BETA - DE - Some Company tabs not translated | |
| D-04336 | DE - Update CD Browser Links. | |
| D-04335 | FR - Update CD Browser Links. | |
| D-04351 | German - Kontakte synchronisieren view has a couple display issues. | |
| D-04374 | BETA - DE - Manage Subscription option uses US redirect | |
| D-04370 | BETA - Lookup of Favourite Contacts locks the Contact Detail view | |
| D-04402 | T/S - APFW - IE only - Can't select item from Alarms dialog list. | |
| D-04349 | TS - Cannot set a default value on selected fields. | |
| D-04345 | TS - Lookup displays correct number, but incorrect groups from a lookup | |
| D-04103 | T/S - APFW - No scroll bar in Alarms window. | |
| D-04338 | BETA - FR - Alarms dialogue 'show/hide more details' text overlaps button | |
| D-04341 | BETA - FR - Scheduling dialogue text to use a banner is truncated | |
| D-04342 | BETA - FR - Open database dialogue buttons are truncated | |
| D-04369 | BETA - DE - Manage Add-ons has untranslated buttons | |
| D-04361 | BETA - DE - Contact Layout 1366 x 768 not translated | |
| D-04356 | German -Sync panel Wizard Home has display issues. | |
| D-04357 | German - Two Remote Create pages have display issues. | |
| D-04355 | German -Update Salutation dialog has display issue. | |
| D-04360 | BETA - DE - Up button when viewing divisions or subgroups is too small for text | |
| D-04404 | Minor upgrade needs to check for slipstreams. | |
| D-04388 | APFW - Can't Log In To Web On German Upgrade | |
| D-04430 | German - Preferences > Act! E-mail Editor button truncation issue. | |
| D-04395 | German - Preferences > Act! E-mail Editor truncation issues. | |
| D-04393 | German - Preferences > Calendar & Activities > Calendar Preferences dupe line issue | |
| D-04394 | German - Preferences > General> Salutation Preferences display issues. | |
| D-04311 | TS - Selecting multiple Companies in Company List view, or Groups in Group List, does not populate contact emails when selecting Write > Email message | |
| D-04166 | Call List - Last updated field is using UTC +7 when using time and now users profile settings | |
| D-04196 | APFW - Cannot multi-select on task list. | |
| D-04220 | TS - Unable to create new layout tab with a name that has already been used. | |
| D-04224 | Win - If the user has not verified their primary AEM email address, Send an Email Campaign will throw an Obj Ref Error, not a friendly message. | |
| D-04189 | French Nav Bar defaults to scrunched up. | |
| D-04237 | New In-product URLs Required for the Act! Connect View | |
| D-04290 | Per Andrew change text color in navbar for better contrast | |
| D-04066 | APFW - Timeless activities not displayed in calendar view. | |
| D-04292 | APFW- Chrome - Add selected to Company/Group/Delete selected contact do not function. | |
| D-04354 | German - Registration Wizard Info page has display issue. | |
| D-04363 | BETA - DE - Preferences dialogue has a number of truncations | |
| D-04371 | BETA - DE - Calendar preferences contains Monday twice | |
| D-04364 | BETA - DE - Truncation in various menu options | |
| D-04386 | German - Calendar preferences needs a redesign or verbiage change. | |
| D-04197 | CF - Registration Wizard text is deformed. Multiple pages. | |
| D-04195 | CF - Wrong "states" show up in the Registration drop down. | |
| D-04198 | CF - Registration Wizard activating message box is not translated. | |
| D-03946 | APFW - 'Enter' Characters in memo fields are replaced with |n-+r| | |
| D-04222 | APFW - When encountering a details field with invalid characters, Web Clients are logged out. | |
| D-04232 | LC - CF - New database form needs more space for verbiage. | |
| D-03338 | APFW: Chrome: Unable to close the dialog box using cancel button in Advanced Query | |
| D-02613 | TS - "Remote Database Sync Status by User" module in Administrative Dashboard is broken | |
| D-04111 | APFW - Notes Tab - Unable to see the Attachments column, even after adding it in customized columns | |
| D-04139 | APFW - Opportunity List view - Select Users dialog does not auto-refresh Opps list after making changes and clicking OK | |
| D-04014 | APFW - Administrative Dashboard User Status Component returns no information. | |
| D-04157 | APFW - Field Text Font Color is not Represented Correctly | |
| D-04033 | TS - User cannot rename Yes or No field in Act for Web( or Windows) | |
| D-04011 | APFW - IE - Yes/No fields removed from layout after editing | |
| D-03957 | Hosted Licensing - Hosted trigger needs to be added to identify a Hosted install. | |
| D-04294 | Web - "Always show Country Code in phone field" ALWAYS shows country code. | |
| D-04053 | APFW - IE 11 - Cancelling Copy Field doesn't cancel | |
| D-04056 | Update Act! Manifest to correct DPI Scaling issue | |
| D-03808 | APFW - Chrome - Duplicate Popup Checker is in Loop | |
| D-04006 | APFW - IE11 - Cannot save change in Opportunity Stage. | |
| D-04075 | APFW - Companies List View - Export to excel returns an object reference error | |
| D-04077 | APFW - Chrome - Look-up - Ok/ Cancel buttons -Advanced query unable to click or cancel after loading saved queries. | |
| D-04078 | APFW - Chrome - Look-up - Ok/ Cancel buttons -Advanced query unable to click or cancel after clicking preview | |
| D-03997 | APFW - Chrome for Mac - Companies View - Opportunities Tab - Clicking on an existing opportunity link does not take you to the opportunity detail view. | |
| D-03996 | APFW - Chrome for Mac - Companies view - Activities Tab - No auto refresh after clicking ok on a new activity fwhen done from the Follow up button. | |
| D-03970 | APFW - Opportunities - Detail view - Page does not Auto refresh after deleting the last opportunity from the Opportunity detail view. | |
| D-04047 | Editing a Tab Name in the Layout Designer Deletes All Fields on the Tab | |
| D-03989 | Customer Report - clicking any schedule item from Company Detail view results in error. | |
| D-04026 | Contact Edit>Replace command fails when APFW service run in secure mode. | |
| D-04042 | Disable New Secondary Contact menu item in the Contacts menu when on Contact List | |
| D-04012 | Create a remote with criteria and user cannot log in. | |
| D-04061 | APFW - Object Reference error when doing Export To Excel from companies list view. | |
| D-04062 | APFW - Contacts tab in companies not always displaying the correct contacts | |
| D-03859 | APFW - Chrome - Duplicate Popup Checker Not Functioning in Chrome | |
| D-04130 | APFW - Type Filter in all History Tabs and View resets to None when used | |
| D-03809 | APFW - Chrome - Groups - Detailed view - "Recipients Exceeded" warning dialog does not appear in Chrome. | |
| D-04074 | APFW - Email mail merge server details not displaying. | |
| D-04051 | Web - Navigation Button changes don't stick | |
| D-03981 | APFW - Chrome - Mac - Top menu does not use global font settings. | |
| D-04083 | In product URL's for Web Client Welcome Page is not programmatically changed to match the major version | |
| D-03980 | APFW - Calendars - Time zone Displays the Log on screen when using custom virtual directories. | |
| D-03813 | APFW - Task List - No Option To Export to Excel | |
| D-03888 | APFW - Preferences - Cleared Activity Display in Grey Not Functioning As Designed | |
| D-03829 | Emarketing - Call List Detail Window - Resizing the entire Call list tab does not resize the detail window and no scroll bar appears. | |
| D-03871 | Wrong error message is displayed when license is invalid. | |
| D-03967 | APFW - Opportunities - No opportunities in Database dialog missing when going from any view other than opportunities list view to the Opportunities detail view. | |
| D-04084 | In product URL's for Windows Welcome Page is not programmatically changed to match the major version | |
| D-04155 | Act! Update - Subscription enabled clients do not check for version updates | |
| D-03998 | APFW - Chrome - When creating a new note, shows multiple fonts as default. | |
| D-04110 | APFW - Unable to open sub folders via Write>Other Document From Template. | |
| D-04127 | Protexis version needs to be 79, not 60 as it is currently. | |
| D-04049 | Windows - Navigation Button changes don't stick | |
| D-04073 | APFW - Edit List Values only appearing on ID/Status drop down. | |
| D-04136 | APFW - Chrome - with Act! word processing, Write Edit Template is broken. | |
| D-04135 | APFW - Chrome - with Act! word processing, Write New Document is broken. | |
| D-04137 | APFW - Chrome - with Act! word processing, get 404 Not found when trying to use Mail Merge | |
| D-04134 | APFW - Chrome - with Act! word processing, Write Letter gets in a download loop. | |
| D-04038 | APFW - Chrome - Restore non Microsoft office Email and Act! word processing functionality that was removed. | |
| D-04081 | Modification to Story B-06953 - Scheduled FOR, not Scheduled ON. | |
| D-04104 | Chrome - Newly re-enabled Email menu items don't do anything. | |
| D-04040 | Contacts> Attach broken -Cant attach document from contact list view | |
| D-04007 | Field Triggers - activity series give object reference error. | |
| D-04001 | E-mail Document button on Documents tab produces error | |
| D-04041 | APFW - List View - Attaching file via Contact> Attach menu Returns error and blanks out list view | |
| D-03982 | APFW - Sort dialogue box drop down lists empty. | |
| D-04065 | Using Tag/Untag All while in Tag mode disables Lookup Selected and Omit Selected. | |
| D-04143 | APFW - Cannot reschedule an activity series via Chrome. | |
| D-04158 | APFW - Does not delete a recurring activity series when using Chrome. | |
| D-04144 | APFW - Does not delete a complete activity series when using Chrome. | |
| D-04160 | APFW - Schedule Activity Dialog - Dialog pulling server time instead of client time. | |
| D-04152 | Edit List Values control is wrong UI except for ID/Status. | |
| D-04132 | APFW - Today button on calendar takes you to the wrong date. | |
| D-04177 | TS - Unable to edit recurring activities end date | |
| D-04054 | APFW - Chrome - Act Word processor - unable to use the ACT! word processor in Chrome - Remove the Popup message | |
| D-04089 | APFW- Chrome - Contacts Detail View - Activities tab - No refresh after new activity is created from the Activities Tab | |
| D-03993 | APFW - Chrome - Mac - pop up dialogs are opening maximized and in a new tab | |
| D-03984 | Contact email address does not populate TO: address when Main Toolbar Email command is used. | |
| D-04036 | Focus is lost when adding a new Contact and doing any save action | |
| D-04063 | APFW - Browse user able to attempt creating a new record | |
| D-04094 | Icons shown while creating a custom command are not displayed on toolbar. | |
| D-04181 | Change filestreams in licensing to be more friendly in large hosted environments | |
| D-04185 | Navbar customisations are lost after closing and reopening Act on Windows 10 PC's. | |
| D-04310 | Preferences - Admin - Notes and History - "Allow history creation for e-mails sent from a user of this database" should be set to off by default. | |
| D-04312 | Certification - Web - Readme in application dir is the old one. | |
| D-04314 | TS - APFW - Lookup Other Fields does not return results. | |
| D-04377 | BETA - DE - Splitter bar in opportunity Detail View is corrupted | |
| D-04381 | LC -Wrong Act! Emarketing Dashboard is displayed. | |
| D-04400 | German - Outlook Synchronization Contact setup truncation issues. | |
| D-04399 | German - Outlook Synchronization Calendar setup truncation issues. | |
| D-04396 | German - Preferences >Communication truncation issues. |
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