B2Email Plus Release Notes

1. Using Windows variables for locating the temporary directory - useful for installations where the local directly is not known
2. Possibility of using a switch to open the report only, without print/email or archive
3. Message footer can be defined per company using a new session (tccom2emlfot7)
4. Line Spacing: Space between lines is can be defined using a switch per report
5. Font Scaling:  Vertical and Horizontal font scaling can be defined using a switch per report
6. Possibility to skip definition of user profile when sending mode is Outlook or Lotus Notes. Helpful in large installations.
7. Support any type of JPG file in logo, footer and background
8. Using Borders for Signatures: For signatures, a specific bordered area is defined and the signature image is automatically embedded inside the borders, without the need to use scaling for locating the signature in the right place.

Support creation of xls or xlsx files without having Microsoft Office installed on client (For Open Office users)
Support creation of xls and xlsx files on Unix (For Open Office users)

Possibility to use a PDF file for the header, footer and the signature (In addition to JPG files). This way you use a vector graphic file (PDF) instead of a raster logo file (JPG). Vector graphics keep the quality even when you enlarge them.

Possibility to define a border for the signature inside the generated PDF file. So that it does not overlap. Makes it easier to define signatures of different sizes.

Better support for BIDI (Bi-directional) languages.
Support for contextual analysis of characters (like Arabic language)
Support UTF encoding
Improved conversion for Excel Sheets (See B2Win 7.0 for list of features)

B2Email Plus now integrates with B2Win: Report from Baan can go through B2Win smart conversion process and then be sent via B2Email Plus (Available as part of B2Win++ bundle). With this integration, you can send Baan reports as meaningful Excel and Ms-Word documents - in addition to enjoying all other features of B2Win like dynamic filenames and much more.

E-mail sending modes can be defined per user. B2Email can send emails to the outside world using one of the following sending modes: SMTP, Outlook Open, Outlook Auto, Lotus Open and Lotus Auto.

Different users on the same system can have different sending modes, where in previous versions the sending mode has been a system default.

• Possibility to cancel the footer in the email being sent.
  
• Using virtual companies for defining an unlimited number of logos.
  
• When two reports are generated from one session, the subject (The report description) for each report is picked properly and is not confused, as the case was in pervious versions.

General Enhancements

• Request Receipt Feature per run.
• Email Priority added: High, Normal or Low.
• Adding, Viewing and removing attachments is now interactive and gives the look and feel of a Windows Email Application.

• Define groups of recipients and easily send reports to these groups.
  
• PDF files can be any length and width - according to the paper type defined.
  
• Assign a description for each address book - for easier recognition of each address book.
  
• Define a unique B2Email temporary directory per user. This solution is good for heterorganic environments where part of the users have a C: Drive while others work through a Citrix Server.
  
• B2Email will zoom to the sessions delivered with the B2Email package, but is now open to zoom to additional customized sessions you may wish to add.

• Online Help per Language is now supported. Maintained in a text file (and not in the Baan Built-in System for Help). Easy to maintain.
  
• You can now have more than one language supported at the same server installation, including Eastern European, Semitic and Far Eastern Languages, in addition to Western European Languages.
  
• Password for Authentication in tccom2conf5

• The interface is designed in a graphical 3GL script, with colors, icons and advanced human interface features not usually available in 4GL sessions.

 

• "Save Defaults" Option to save the preferred options you wish to run the report with. As an example, Graphic PDF format, A4 Paper, font size 10, Landscape with logo.
  
• Copy2Local Variable defined. Setting this variable to "no" will result in executables and applications not being copied every time B2Email Plus is launched, and by that run faster

• Send reports as body of an email
  
• Email screen shots of Maintain/Display sessions in ASCII, PDF, XML and JPG formats
  
• Browsing for additional files to be mailed using thumbnails
  
• Filtering records in tccom2dis_sup and tccom2dis_cus. Show customers/suppliers who have an email or a fax number and not all customers/suppliers in the system
  
• Easier to define printers in tccom2conf5 - browse for your own default printer
  
• Easier to define logo and signature files in tccom2lgo5 and tccom2conf5 - browse and pick your logo files. System will automatically detect size
  
• Integrate B2Email Plus with Baan Hot Link 4.0. Email all linked documents of a certain entity in one click
  
• Print any file format from within B2Email Plus. Use the Print Icon to directly print to the default printer and press the "Print" button to open the printer dialog box
  
• Pick Paper Orientation/Font size from within the B2Email Device

• Possibility to use Lotus Notes from local client to send Reports
  
• Allow Multi-Select of records in Display Customer, Display Supplier, Display Employee, and Display General Address Book
  
• Possibility to use Outlook in Interactive or Automatic Mode to send Reports
  
• Ability to scroll to the right in tccom2dis_log, to see long lines
  
• Ability to define different paper Types: Letter, Legal or A4

• Ability to use 3 email/fax address books that are stored in tccom010 and tccom020
  
• Improvements with the reading of b2email.ini : Comments and flexibility in order
  
• A new licensing mechanism that gives licensed servers a grace period of 14 days when the security key changes, to obtain a new key from NAZDAQ

• Support 100 Address books per customer / supplier and not only 10. You can lock the address books so that users will not have access only to their own address book
  
• Define a printer per user to be the default for Printing
  
• Extended Support for Eastern European and Asian fonts and encoding
  
• Fix bug in RTF format related to Service Pack 14 of Baan 4c4

• Send email from client, Baan NT server or Baan Unix Server.
  
• blat is not installed on client or NT server's registry
  
• Possibility to use Outlook as your mailer instead of SMTP sending
  
• Request Receipt option added

• Fix bug in HTML conversion - The new version generates native HTML and does not take it from stpconv
  
• Fix Bug in BWPrint - Default font comes from report layout
  
• Possibility for generating names based on report name, date and time
  
• Possibility for writing all produced files into a certain directory for archiving / interfacing
  
• Fine tuning of Enriched PDF - Default font comes from report layout

• Sign on PDF documents - on left or on right
  
• Mail-My-Boss Option added, the same style like "mail-me"
  
• Force files with the font size/page length combination you wish. Totally flexable.
  
• Possibility to use Logos that have been defined for a different company.
  
• Sendmail version available, for Baan 4b and Baan 4c with an ASCII interface, and for cron jobs.

• Possibility to zoom to tccom010 and tccom020 to get email or fax data
  
• (You can use any field you wish to define email address)
  
• This is in addition to 10 address books.
  
• Enriched PDF added. Make PDF documents with same font size as in Baan.
  
• Save Deafults Option Enabled
  
• A session that allows every user to see a log of emails he sent
  
• Preview Reports before they are sent
  
• Felxable font size. Determined in b2email.ini file

File Browser
You have the ability to browse your Local PC and attach an external attachment to the output from Baan.

Zip
You can zip the output that is being mailed from Baan for fast and secure transmissions.

B2Email Plus logo positioning in PDF files was redesigned to allow accurate alignment

XML format :
This new version includes an option to produce XML files from Baan output.
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a method for putting structured data into a text file that follows standard guidelines and can be read by a variety of applications

Interface with RightFax
You can send faxes with B2Email through RightFax, one of the most popular Fax applications, in addition to through Fax ASP service (Email to Fax). This new version integrates with RightFax Business Server 8.0 through its SMTP support.

"Mail-Me" option added to B2Email Plus 3.0

Email reports to yourself with just one click!

• Email or Fax any document.
• To, CC and BCC options with multiple emails or fax numbers in each option.
• Possibility for 10 Customer and 10 Supplier B2Email Address Books.
• Possibility to electronically sign PDF documents.
• Supports HTML format, in addition to PDF, RTF, CSV, TXT and BW Print Formats.
• Much Easier to maintain and display the Supplier and Customer Address Books.
  

Nazdaq releases B2Email Plus 2.5 This new version supports sending Baan reports by email using two additional formats: PDF (For Acrobat Reader) and CSV (For Excel), in addition to RTF (For Word), TXT (ASCII) and BW (For BWPrint)

It also includes two new sessions for maintaining the customer and supplier email address, better error handling, Full name display in "From" emails, easier work with Global Address book and much more.

Nazdaq releases B2Email Plus 2.0, a utility for sending Baan reports by Email to customers, suppliers, employees and others in a global address book.