Official news: MyChat 7.7 — messenger for enterprise collaboration

 

Released: 08.21.2019

Development history

 

[+] new feature;

[*] fixed bug or improved feature;

[-] fixed.

 

MyChat Client

 

[+] console commands get bugs, get logs and get logs today for getting ZIP archives with logs;

[+] (API URI) added a command mychat://quit for stopping the application work;

[+] (macOS, Linux) added a tool for managing the server — "Admin";

 

[*] autosave for messages drafts every 30 seconds (if an OS freezes or power goes off);

[*] you can open the Help page when a network error occurs in the first run wizard;

[*]  if you change a user's authorization type to paswordless, the connection performs even if you specify a password, and the account type changes automatically after connection;

[*] if an error occurs that deals with wrong settings or issues with accessing MyChat internal services, a browser opens on the Help page with explanations of what to do is such a situation;

[*]  improved application start on slow computers with a small amount of RAM (Intel Celeron, Intel Core 2 Duo, and lower);

[*] in the window for an incoming call, autofocus is no longer placed on the cancel button to avoid accidental cancellations if a person is typing on the keyboard;

[*] if you choose a server in the accounts manager, you immediately switch to it;

[*] logging the process of blocking/unblocking in Windows session;

[*] deleting special links in a message text using Backspace;

[*] after inserting the draft with text to the message input window, the cursor automatically moves at the end of the text;

[*] messages about MyChat Client errors are sent on your server and stored in the folder "C:\ProgramData\MyChat Server\errors\clients\";

[*] removed setting for autoscrolling text (Ctrl+Alt+A) from a context menu in conferences and private dialogues;

 

[-] error when receiving delayed files from FTP server, if the option "Files", "Accept files from users in the contact list without asking" in on. Fixed;

[-] when inserting a text from the clipboard in a multicast message window using Ctrl+V and Shift+Ins, the text duplicates twice. Fixed;

[-] error ID #D2F20000 when launching MyChat Client repeatedly without completing the work of the first run wizard;

[-] processing an error if there are files for a client on built-in FTP server that disabled or unavailable due to technical reasons;

[-] error ID #F8840000 unable to open database;

[-] error ID #20D60000 unable to open database;

[-] error when starting the application, if the repeat start performs in an overloaded system, terminal server, and slow CPU (or virtual machine);

[-] error ID #EE4F0000 ESQLiteError database is locked;

[-] error ID #94BA0000 ESQLiteError database is locked;

[-] error ID #BC570000 when updating from older versions (higher then 6.1.0);

[-] sometimes, after exiting a suspend mode, MyChat does not connect to the server. Fixed;

[-] fixed error ID# 1C630000, "ESQLiteError, no such column: name";

[-] rendering error of deleted messages: empty entries displayed in history after opening a dialogue. Fixed;

[-] when typing a message, and a text is too long that it goes to a new line , the cursor moves at the beginning of the text. Fixed;

[-] sometimes MyChat Client does not connect to the server after being in a suspend mode. Fixed;

[-] error ID #A5FC0000 occurs sometimes after updating from previous versions. It deals with history database conversion. Fixed;

 

MyChat Server

 

[+] (GUI) the option in the main menu for switching on/off Autorun for MyChat Server with Windows;

[+] (Admin) ability to select all tree-like list elements; invert and remove selection for all entries in the context menu in the contact list management;

 

[*] (Admin) in FTP settings, added control for matching paths for a private and public directory;

[*] when creating a user, you can specify an authorization type: basic or passwordless. Users with domain authorization can be added only via domain import;

[*] automatic restart of the built-in TURN server if an administrator restarts the WEB server for some reason;

[*] (Admin) added editing for IP addresses in filters;

[*] improved control for repeated start of MyChat Server;

[*] if an error occurs on the server, the system asks the Administrator to send a bug report to developers and opens Explorer with the folder where errors logs are located;

 

[-] (Admin) in logs viewer, if timestamps match to milliseconds, the sorting displays incorrectly. Fixed;

[-] fixed issue when you could add addresses divided by commas in IP filters;

[-] error ID #00B6372C, ESQLiteError, "unable to open database file" when starting the server and connecting system logs databases;

[-] error ID #48060000, ESQLiteError, "database is locked" after restarting the server;

[-] once a day the statistics of sent messages, traffic, etc. in the server GUI resets to zero. Fixed;

[-] (Admin) error when renaming a group of users. Fixed;

[-] (Admin) when activating a user profile on MyChat Server, his nickname's letters change to lower case. Fixed;

[-] error ID #7F2B0000 occurs sometimes after deleting users in Admin Panel. Fixed;

[-] (Admin) a group can't be deleted in the common contact list if it has users or subgroups. Fixed;

[-] (Admin) groups can't be selected in the common contacts list which makes impossible to delete or rename them. Fixed.