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Picture Attachments Wizard

Version 1.1.0.12

System Requirements

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Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002 (XP) or 2003

Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional / Windows Server 2003

*Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, ME or 2000 is NOT supported.
*Installation on non-English versions of Windows XP is NOT supported.

Installation

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Depending on which version of the program you downloaded, you need certain rights in Windows to install this software. The name of the .msi installation file denotes the version you have:

Multi-user mode:
Picture_Attachments_Wizard_1.1.0.12_(multi-user).msi

This mode requires that you must be a member of the Administrators group in Windows. Otherwise, you will not have the necessary permissions to properly install the software. It will appear that the installation succeeds without error, but the add-in connection keys for Outlook will not be created properly in the registry.

Single-user mode:
Picture_Attachments_Wizard_1.1.0.12.msi

This mode requires that you must be a member of the Power Users or Administrators groups in Windows. Otherwise, you will not have the necessary permissions to install the software.

To install Picture Attachments Wizard, ensure that Outlook is closed and double-click on the .msi file and follow the instructions.

Note: All versions before 1.1.0.5 (but after 1.0) were only available as single-user installations.

Uninstalling

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To remove Picture Attachments Wizard, ensure that Outlook is closed and then uninstall the Add-In by locating the Picture Attachments Wizard entry in Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and clicking 'Remove'.

Support & Help

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For product support and online documentation, please visit our web site:

Collaborative Innovations

http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca

Version History since 1.1.0.1

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1.1.0.2

Wasn't checking supported extensions properly when determining if a message had "one or more picture attachments"

Cosmetic changes and better error handling for some scenarios

1.1.0.3

Clicking cancel when browsing to change default folder cleared existing path on Export Attachments and Settings screens

Custom toolbars now remember position and size and are properly cleaned up

E-mail windows now remember their previous window state (Normal/restored or maximized)

Cached images were not getting deleted after a slideshow launched from the Explorer toolbar

Messages without attachments incorrectly displayed toolbar, ignoring choice on Settings screen

1.1.0.4

Added Subject line of selected e-mail to caption of Wizard form

Fixed bug loading image info into Task Pane if image data cannot be read

Corrected application version number format on About screen

Now storing version number in registry

Better error handling for calls that use the Microsoft Scripting Runtime Library, which could be disabled by anti-virus script blocking functions

New browse for folder dialog that's resizable and allows for creating folders

Checks for fully downloaded messages in Exchange environments; attachments were not being retrieved if only the header had been downloaded and an error was returned

Can now detect IrfanView and Nero PhotoSnap Viewer as installed image viewers/editors

Corrected issue when attachment preview is enabled for new e-mails, whereby if replying to an e-mail that contained an embedded image and clicking send (without adding any attachments), the Wizard will auto-load to display the embedded image

Main Outlook toolbar now shows/hides according to choice in Settings screen

1.1.0.5

Corrected issue (FOR SURE THIS TIME!) when attachment preview is enabled for new e-mails, whereby if replying to an e-mail that contained an embedded image and clicking send (without adding any attachments), the Wizard will auto-load to display the embedded image

Now saving customizations to toolbar buttons (style and caption)

1.1.0.6 (now supports Terminal Server and both multi-user/multi-profile installations, as well as single user installs)

Moved temporary picture files folder from <drive>:\Program Files\Collaborative Innovations\Picture Attachments Wizard\Temporary Picture Files to <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Collaborative Innovations\Picture Attachments Wizard\Temporary Picture Files

Fixed issue where the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Collaborative Innovations\Picture Attachments Wizard\Settings registry key wasn't being created when another Windows user or another Outlook profile used the Wizard, basically causing it not to work at all

Setting the default folder for saving attachments to the My Pictures folder does not work on Windows 2003; reverting to My Documents folder (unless My Pictures actually exists)

If "Hide extensions for known file types" was checked for Windows Explorer, some image viewers would not open the selected image in the Wizard

Internet Explorer was not getting detected as an installed browser (worked correctly in previous versions)

1.1.0.7 Number (x/y) in "From Digital Camera: x/y" task pane title could be hidden if more than 10 picture attachments were in the e-mail; will now read “x/y from Digital Camera”
  Title bar caption in Wizard screen did not account for e-mail subject lines that are very long; now only the first portion of the subject line is captured up to the limit (89 chars) available
1.1.0.8 Now silently handling error messages when reading invalid EXIF or file property data on certain attachments (appears to be some issues with images created in Adobe PhotoShop 7.0)
  Added support for processing image attachments in Post items
  New option for detecting inline HTML images (preview/do not preview)
  Option to preview attachments in new e-mails is now disabled by default

1.1.0.9

Post items with at least one image attachment and one non-image attachment would report no images when clicking the Wizard or Slide Show button from the Post item window
 

Fixed non-maximized message window when Auto Display was set to Wizard and Orientation was "On top"
 

Now maximizing a tiled message window when the Wizard form is closed

1.1.0.10

Unreleased version

1.1.0.11

No more errors when attaching a file if Outlook is configured to use Word as the e-mail editor
 

Support for Internet Explorer 7 as an attachment viewer when using the Wizard
 

Now handling duplicate attachments with the same name by appending _1 to the file name
 

Fixed issues where nothing happened when clicking on �Open All Pictures� or �Open Selected Pictures� in the Wizard
 

Revised keyboard accelerators (used to activate button with the ALT key) on the Outlook toolbar:

- "Settings"
- "Quick-save Only Picture Attachments in Selected Messages to Default Directory"
- " Save All Attachments in Selected Messages To..."
1.1.0.12

Files with an '&' in the name caused an error when selecting it in the Wizard screen.  Due to a bug in the control that displays the file information in the left task pane, these characters are now removed from the file name in the details box only.