v2.6.2 Alpha

Enhancements:

• Option to cloak Google Event attendee email addresses.
• Additional info/tip when changing "What" attributes to be synced.
• Handle Outlook and Google calendars being in different timezones.
• Automatically invert category selection when changing between include/exclude.
• New pseudo Outlook category "No category assigned".

Bugfix:

• Detect copied Outlook items and remove OGCS metadata from copy.
• Handle failure to update notification tray icon if not present.

v2.6.1 Alpha

🗒️ This release will require you to reauthorise OGCS to make changes to your Google calendar.
📌 If you are using your own API key, you will need to enable Google+ in your project.

Enhancements:

• If Outlook address book (GAL) blocked by corporate policy, remove OGCS features in order that basic sync works.
• Only access GAL on start-up if user requested sync of meeting attendees (which can trigger Outlook security pop-up).
• Code refactor into new Authenticator class.
• Google authentication no longer needs manual copy+paste of code.
• GoogleAuthorizationCode form removed.
• Replaced deprecated method to retrieve email address from authenticator's account.
• Removed InClickOnceAppMigrator() code (leaving InSquirrelAppMigrator() for a few releases more).
• Update Google Auth libraries to v1.6.0
• Update Google Calendar library to v1.5.0.55

v2.6.0 Beta

💥 This release completes the migration to GitHub.

Enhancements Rolled in from Alphas

• Handle startup errors better when Outlook is too busy to attach to.
• Option to delay start of application upon login.
• Suggest startup delay if Outlook still unresponsive after timeout.
• Option to force all items as private in target calendar.
• Notification bubble help for Outlook security pop-up.
• Push users to wiki for COM errors for known fixes.
• Updated bit.ly links to point to GitHub.
• Added animated logo during installation.
• Added logo to Control Panel > Uninstall Programs.
• Reset settings to default if XML file corrupted.
• Option to provide feedback when uninstalling.
• Uninstalls CodePlex ClickOnce app.
• All references to CodePlex removed.
• Improved management of API keys.

v2.5.3 Alpha

Enhancements:

• Reset settings to default if XML file corrupted.
• Notification bubble help for Outlook security pop-up.
• Handle startup errors better when Outlook is too busy to attach to.
• Suggest startup delay if Outlook still unresponsive after timeout.
• Push users to wiki for COM errors for known fixes.
• Updated bit.ly links to point to GitHub.

Bugfix:

• Handle Outlook calendars with the same name in a mailbox.
• Only set annual recurrence if INTERVAL > 1
• Subject obfuscation failing

v2.5.2 Alpha

Enhancements:

• Option to force all items as private in target calendar.
• Option to delay start of application upon login.
• Added animated logo during installation.
• Added logo to Control Panel > Uninstall Programs.

Bugfix:

• No log file for startup on login / Squirrel start.
• Set a default sync direction on virgin install.

v2.5.1 Alpha

Enhancements:

• First native GitHub release (using Squirrel). 🎉
• Option to provide feedback when uninstalling.
• Uninstalls CodePlex ClickOnce app.
• All references to CodePlex removed.
• Improved management of API keys.

Bug Fixes:

• Continual retry to delete recurring all-day events
• Failure to retrieve master for Google recurring event.
• Saves failing to Google after adding calendar ID to event.
• Cannot find shared Outlook folder.
• Catch failure when checking for update on GitHub.
• DND for reminders.

v2.5.0 Beta

Bugfix Release on CodePlex/ClickOnce

• Pass explicit Squirrel install path (not relative to ClickOnce).
• Determining if annual recurrence is within sync range.
• Refresh dirty cache of master recurring event.
• Reset settings to default calendar if shared calendar not found.
• Convert recurring series end dates in 4500 AD to "no end" date.
• Catch error when checking for GitHub update.
• Adding omitted Squirrel DLL library files.

v2.4.0 Beta

Enhancements Rolled in from Alphas

• Timezone database moved to separate file that auto-updates itself
• Workaround Alexa GMT timezone offset problem.
• Double-click "About" paths to open.
• Donors can hide the splash screen!
• Exclude cancelled Google Events from sync.
• If API quota exhausted, postpone next sync until new quota available (08:00 UTC)
• 3-way sync supported! (Eg, central Google cal syncing to 2 Outlook calendars).
• Now saves entryID, globalID and calendarID for watertight comparison.
• CSV exports now include these extra IDs.
• Added option to use own Google API keys (thanks ixe013).
• Allow sync range >365 days if using personal API keys.
• Handle "Start on startup" error if user doesn't have rights to update registry
• Double-click on tray icon during sync will no longer abort sync.
• Detect if OGCS and Outlook are running at different security elevations (1 as Administrator)
• Alexa timezone issue backported to Outlook 2003.
• Temporarily add forceSave attribute to items that must be saved (eg GUID attributes populated).
• Default to not sync attendees.
• Tooltip warning added for syncing attendees.
• Added ability to sync a shared calendar.
• Improved reporting of calendar items which could not be created/updated in Google.
• Allow single quotes at start/end of email address local-part
• Allow sync of calendar from any Outlook folder/store (instead of just by mail account).
• Progress bar added when retrieving Outlook calendars (can take a while).
• Get exact error message when failed to retrieve refresh token & improved advice.