Outlook Patch for Build 8.0.0.1003 (February 26, 2009)

Amicus Attorney 2008 Small Firm Edition

This Patch resolves several issues related to Outlook Contacts & Calendar Synchronization.

Issue 17260: If duplicate Contacts or Events exist, re-synchronizing the Link will cause the creation of additional duplicates in Outlook.
Issue 17679: Events created by other Team Members and assigned to you might not be exchanged to Outlook.
Issue 18125: If an Outlook Task without Start or Due dates is exchanged to Amicus, an Amicus To Do with Priority "Someday" is created. However, if you subsequently assign a Start date to the Task in Outlook and exchange to Amicus, the Amicus To Do is not assigned the Start date and Priority from Outlook.
Issue 18126: To Do's with Priority "Someday" are not exchanged to Outlook.
Issue 18170: Records in Amicus and Outlook are considered to be matching records based on the criteria you select in the Outlook - Conflicts tab of your Preferences. However, if you select Telephone Number for Contact matching, or Recipients for Event matching, expected matches might not be detected and duplicate records might be created in Amicus or Outlook during initialization or exchanges. After application of the patch, Telephone Number and Recipients will no longer be used as match criteria, regardless of your Preference settings.
Issue 18881a: During initialization or re-synchronization with Outlook, duplicate Contacts or Events might be created.
Issue 18881b: During initialization or re-synchronization with Outlook, repeated "Amicus Attorney-Outlook exchange failed: Outlook appears not to be running" messages might inappropriately appear.
Issue 15593: If you edit an Appointment in Amicus, changing its start time and setting it to repeat, those changes might not be exchanged to Outlook.
Issue 19529: If Outlook Link synchronization is set to occur "On command", and a new Appointment created in Outlook is synchronized to Amicus and then changed into a To Do in Amicus, subsequent synchronization adds the To Do to Outlook but does not delete the Appointment from Outlook.
Issue 19739: Setting Outlook Link synchronization to occur automatically ("Real-time") might cause database bloating and CPU resource issues at your computer.
Issue 19945: Upon re-synchronization with Outlook, duplicate To Do's might be created.
Issue 20252: If Outlook Link synchronization is set to occur "On command", and another user has added or edited an Event in an Outlook shared calendar, that change might not exchange to your Amicus.
Issue 20268: An Appointment created for you by another Team Member in Amicus might not exchange to your Outlook.

AUDIENCE

Recommended for all users who have enabled Outlook Synchronization. Suitable for those who are currently running:

  • 8.0.0 Build 8.0.0.1003

To check your Build Number in Amicus Administrator, go to Help > About Amicus Attorney.

TIPS ON DOWNLOADING & UPDATING

  • Choose a temporary location on your hard drive. Do not download directly into your existing Amicus Attorney folder.
  • Do not change the name of the download file.
  • Before you click on the download link, make sure that it is appropriate to your version and edition of Amicus Attorney.
  • If you experience any errors during the extraction process, do not attempt to install. The file may have become corrupted during download. Delete the downloaded file from your machine and download the update again.
  • The instructions assume that your Amicus Attorney has been installed to its default folders. If you have installed the program to a different location, then use that location in the following instructions.

INSTALLING THE PATCH

Updating Amicus Administrator

  1. Click the link below and download the file SFE800.110.zip.
  2. Double-click the file and extract its contents to a temporary location. The 4 extracted files are: AAOutlook.dll, AAOutlookSynch.dll, AAOutlookSynchXP.dll, and AAOutlookXP.dll.
  3. Ensure that all Team Members have exited from their Amicus Attorney Offices.
  4. If integrating with Amicus Accounting or any third-party products that link with Amicus, ensure that all Team Members have exited from those applications.
  5. Ensure that all Team Members have a logged-out status in Amicus Administrator.
  6. Exit from Amicus Administrator.
  7. Copy the extracted file AAOutlookSynch.dll to the following folder, replacing the prior version: \Amicus\Amicus Attorney 2008 SFE Team\AMICUS
  8. Copy the extracted files AAOutlook.dll, AAOutlookSynch.dll, AAOutlookSynchXP.dll and AAOutlookXP.dll to the following folder, replacing the prior versions: \Amicus\Amicus Attorney 2008 SFE Team\INSTALL\TEAM\BASECODE
  9. If you have a Split Install, copy the extracted files AAOutlook.dll and AAOutlookSynch.dll to the following folder on the computer where Amicus Administrator is installed, replacing the prior versions: \Amicus\Amicus Administrator 2008 SFE
     

Updating Team Member Workstations

  1. Ensure that the Team Member has exited Amicus Attorney and, if used, Amicus Accounting.
  2. Ensure that Amicus Administrator is running at the Server.
  3. Log onto the computer as a user with Windows "Administrators" or "Power Users" Group rights and shut down all running programs, including the Palm HotSync Manager if applicable.
  4. In Windows Explorer, go to the mapped network drive and open the \Amicus\Amicus Attorney 2008 SFE Team\INSTALL folder.
  5. Double-click on Setup.exe. Or, if running under Windows Vista, right-click on Setup.exe and choose "Run as administrator".
  6. Select the "Update Amicus Attorney" option and then complete the dialogs as instructed.
  7. When the update is complete, click Finish. When prompted to start Amicus Attorney, click Yes.

Determining whether the Patch has been applied

  • Check by viewing the Properties of AAOutlook.dll - its File version is updated to 9.0.0.1102.

AFTER APPLYING THE PATCH

Although the patch will prevent Outlook Sync from creating new duplicate items in Outlook or Amicus, it does not remove any that currently exist. If you have existing duplicates, we recommend that you:

  1. Manually remove duplicates from both Amicus and Outlook.
  2. Or, remove duplicates from the application that has the fewest duplicates and clear out all items from the other application. Then re-initialize the Outlook Link.

TIP: If configured for Real-time Sync, disable Outlook Synchronization while removing duplicates.

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