Act! v18 Hotfix 2 Available

Posted on by stephen

This post updated 12/15/2015

Within the first week of Act v18 release, there have been two software patches.  As of 12/15/2015 the latest pack is Hotfix 2.  See below (quoted from Act!):

Hotfix 2 for Act! Premium v18.0 is now available. We will be publishing this release on the Download Center on December 11th. We will be making this hotfix available through Act! Update on January 5th, the same date as v18.0.

 

Act! 18.0 HF2 Download    
  Act! 18.0 Hot Fix 2 http://CDN.updates.swiftpage.act.com/updates/act18hf2b.exe  

 

IMPORTANT:

 

  • The 18.0 HF2 patch is automatically installed with any new 18.0 installations.
  • Current Act! 18.0 or 18.0 HF1 customers may want to visit the Download Center to obtain this hotfix or wait for the Act! Update availability date.
  • As we often recommend, web client users may want to set the following Internet Explorer option:
    • Internet Options > General tab > Browsing History, Settings button > Temporary Internet Files tab > Check for newer versions of stored pages: > enable Every time I visit the webpage

                                                                                                                                                      

The following issues are addressed in the hot fix:
D-03965 Fixed a Web Client issue with the Opportunity Views for databases that did not yet contain any Opportunity records.
D-03969 Fixed a redraw issue in the Contact Detail view when navigating through Contact records.
D-03961 The Web client session will no longer end abnormally when creating the first Opportunity in a database.
D-03959 Act! 17.x for Windows customers will now see version 17 related Welcome Page content instead of version 18.
D-03960 Act! 17.x for Web customers will now see version 17 related Welcome Page content instead of version 18.