Below is a list of changes and additions to Phone Object.

Build 1609 Released 06/10

• No Changes

Build 1567 Released 03/2010

• New functionality has been added to Phone Object:
  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 10/2009

• New functionality has been added to Phone Object:
  
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.

• New functionality has been added to Phone Object:
  
• 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.

• 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.“

• Fixed multiple matching problem with a tie-breaker algorithm.
  
  
• Improved the radius calculations within 15 miles.

Fixed to replace the invalid area code problem.

Build 153 Released 05/15/03

Routine recompile with minor changes