Build History:Phone Object

← Phone Object

Please see the Melissa Product Release Notes for updated Build History moving forward:

• https://releasenotes.melissa.com/on-premise-api/phone-object/

Build 17162

Released December 2020

Interface Changes

• None

Functionality Changes

• None

Data File Changes

• Data Update

Build 17090

Released July 2020

Interface Changes

• Global phone Interface fixes

Functionality Changes

• None

Data File Changes

• Data Update

Build 17021

Released May 2020

Interface Changes

• Build Numbers are now 5 digits

Functionality Changes

• None

Data File Changes

• Data Update

Build 2804

Released July 2016

• No changes

Build 2777

Released May 2016

• No changes

Build 2575

Released June 2015

Functionality Changes

• Global Phone Interface
  • Improved multi-threading capability.
  • Bug fix for rare cases of blank results for Canadian phone numbers.

Build 2554

Released April 2015

Functionality Changes

• mdGlobalPhone added National Prefix detection to identify domestic phone numbers

Data File Changes

• Added International Prefixes to mdGlobalPhone.dat

Build 2502

Released January 2015

• No changes

Build 2431

Released September 2014

• No changes

Build 2420

Released August 2014

• No changes

Build 2408

Released July 2014

Interface Changes

• Update made to mdGlobalPhone to improve coding and speed. However, this means fundamental data changes that make the object and data file not backwards compatible. This means you must update both the phone object and data files together.
• The new object will not work with the old data files and the old object will not work with the new data file. This only applies if you are using the mdGlobalPhone interface. mdPhone (US and CA) is not affected.

Functionality Changes

• Improving coding and speed

Data File Changes

• New global phone data structure.

Build 2381

Released June 2014

Interface Changes

• Update made to mdGlobalPhone to improve coding and speed. However, this means fundamental data changes that make the object and data file not backwards compatible. This means you must update both the phone object and data files together.
• The new object will not work with the old data files and the old object will not work with the new data file. This only applies if you are using the mdGlobalPhone interface. mdPhone (US and CA) is not affected.

Functionality Changes

• Improving coding and speed

Data File Changes

• New global phone data structure.

Build 2362

Released May 2014

• No Changes

Build 2288

Released May 2014

• No Changes

Build 2269

Released October 2013

Functionality Changes

• Phone Object Global Interface now goes into Demo mode without a License Key. Only phone numbers in The Netherlands (NL) will validate under demo mode.
• Several minor bug fixes.

Build 2225

Released July 2013

• No Changes

Build 2214

Released July 2013

Interface Changes

• New mdGlobalPhone interface added to the Phone Object library. This is separate and will not interfere with the current mdPhone interface. Please reference the manual for details.

Functionality Changes

• New Global Phone functionality. Please reference the manual for details.

Data File Changes

• Added Global Phone data to the disc.

Build 2149

Release March 2013

Data Quality Suite Global Changes

• Deprecated License Keys - Removed old Grandfather License Keys. If your License Key looks like "12A-23B-123C" rather than "ABdj439=-nd73hBEm2kl1=2nfdHaljksnd" then your License Key will no longer work.

Please contact a Melissa Data sales representative to ensure you have a valid License Key at 1-800-800-6245 x4 or sales@melissdata.com.

• No Change

Build 2057

Released September 2012

Data Quality Suite Global Changes

• Linux Installer - setup.sh has been deprecated. It now points to main_setup.sh
• Sample Code - Added PL/SQL wrappers

Functionality Changes

• Legacy License Keys can no longer be used to initialize the object. The new License Key structure is now required.

Build 1974

Released April 2012

• No Changes

Build 1960

Released March 2012

• No Changes

Build 1895

Released December 2011

• No Changes

Build 1876

Released October 2011

• No Changes

Build 1816

Released July 2011

• No Changes

Build 1766

Released April 2011

• No Changes

Build 1730

Released February 2011

• No Changes

Build 1663

Released September 2010

• No Changes

Build 1609

Released June 2010

• No Changes

Build 1567

Released March 2010

New Functionality

• Added toll free numbers: Phone Object now support lookups for toll free 800, 866, 877, and 888 numbers.

Bug Fix

• Fixed detection of splits in CorrectAreaCode() method: Fixed a bug that prevent the detection of splits when using the CorrectAreaCode() method instead of the Lookup() method.

Build 1472

Released October 2009

New Functionality

• New data files: mdPhone.dat and mdPhone.idx. New data files have been added to Phone Object to enable validation of phone numbers down to the 7 and 10 digit level instead of the 6 digit level it did before.

Interface Change

• New Results Property: The new Results property replaces the Status and Error properties. It also contains information about Exchange Type [land line vs cell vs voip] and Phone Type [residence vs business vs home office]. Please see the manual for all available codes and details.

Build 1461

Released September 2009

New Functionality

• Phone Object can now validate the phone number down to the 7 and 10 digit level instead of the 6 digit level it did before.
• Phone Object can append [land line, cell, or voip] information about the phone number if it is validated to the 7 digit level.
• Phone object can append [home, business, or home office] information about the phone number if it is validated to the 10 digit level.
• All of these new features use a new Results property, which replaces the Status and Error Code properties.

Please reference the guide for more details.

• Two new phone object data files (mdPhone.dat and mdPhone.idx) have been added.

Build 1352

Released August 2008

• Phone Object is now available for multiple platforms ie: Linux, Solaris, HPUX and AIX using shared object technology.
• Phone Object for Windows now ships with a new standard DLL library “mdPhone.dll“ in addition to the COM Object “PhoneObj.dll.“

Build 1189

Released September 2007

• Phone Object now uses mdAddr.dat instead of MP4.dat. The zipnpa.txt file requirement stays the same.

Build 161

Released July 2004

• Fixed multiple matching problem with a tie-breaker algorithm.

• Improved the radius calculations within 15 miles.

Build 160

Released October 2003

• Fixed to replace the invalid area code problem.

Build 153

Released May 2003

• Routine recompile with minor changes