Download:
Newest Version: 2012-11-23_Setup_TeleTerr-v0.8.8.exe
Some basic instructions (courtesy of G. Cordis):
2011-05-04_Tele-Terr_Instructions_v0.7: (PDF) (ODT)
Beta/Test Version Download: (none)
Please Note:
1) VISTA / WINDOWS 7 USERS
There is a known problem running Teleterr on Vista and Windows 7. It will cause various failures because the program does not have permission to write files in it's own install directory if it is located in "Program Files". One workaround is to ALWAYS run Teleterr with administrator privileges (right click the icon and select "Run As Administrator"). Another possible but untested workaround is to install the program to "C:\Teleterr". I have not yet decided what the permanent solution will be.
2) The addresses.com site will not produce results when used without house numbers (e.g. for streets names only in a gated community). It does work with apartments and condos since they have a street number.
Example of Right Click search data:
Example of Right Click territory list:
Recent History/Changelog:
TeleTerr v0.8.8 - 2012-Nov-23
- Several website changed their protocols / formats:
- fixed whitepages.com
- fixed addresses.com
- fixed usps lookup
- The usps2.whitepages.com website changed its format causing an infinite
loop. The parser has been adjusted to work with the new layout.
TeleTerr v0.8.6 - 2011-Sep-24
- Adjust the search URL for usps2.whitepages.com because it was performing
a "neighbor" search and returning addresses not specifically asked for.
TeleTerr v0.8.5 - 2011-Aug-07
- Add {%StreetAddress%} field as an option for the report template.
Using this placeholder provides a shorter address line that does
not include City, State, and Zip. (Requested by Ryan R.)
TeleTerr v0.8.4 - 2011-Aug-07
- Fix addresses.com URL format and search algorithm
(At present, this site only works when a house number is provided)
TeleTerr v0.8.3 - 2011-May-07
- Thanks to G. Cordis for reporting whitepages.com issue. The parser has
been updated to deal with HTML changes on the site.
TeleTerr v0.8.2 - 2011-Apr-06
- Thanks to G. Cordis for reporting a problem with whitepages.com.
Fixed the parsing of contact names.
TeleTerr v0.8.1 - 2011-Jan-27
- Thanks to E. Rivera for reporting a problem with the query.
- Fix whitepages.com search - InitialSearchURL changed
- Fix addresses.com search - Now we have to support two possible data formats
- Added a phone number filter - 3 settings: normal, report contains
only contacts with a phone, report contains only contacts without a phone
TeleTerr v0.8.0 - 2010-Jun-09
- Increase Street field (kbmStreet) to 50 characters.
TeleTerr v0.7.9 - 2010-Jun-09
- Removed "www.whitepages.com (Nationwide version)". That version of
the search now forwards to their main search engine which is the same
as the USPS version.
- Increased the field size for "Alternate Name(s)" from 50 to 100 characters
TeleTerr v0.7.8 - 2010-May-08
- Martin P. reported a problem with duplicate entries not being handled
properly. This seems to be an internal bug outside of my code. I
have worked around it by enabling the "Street" table to show updates
during duplicate processing. Disable street and resident grid during
processing.
- Enable "street" table to show updates during a query in case the bug
mentioned above was having any effect during a territory query.
- Remove a debug output that was left in the duplcate handling code.
TeleTerr v0.7.7 - 2010-Feb-26
- Release version - no changes since beta.
TeleTerr v0.7.7 BETA - 2010-Feb-16
- Now we create a mutex which the installer checks for. If Teleterr is
running when the installer is launched, the installer will issue a
warning to shut down the program before continuing. (Thanks to Cris H.
for the suggestion)
- Fixed address entry form from displaying a trailing dash after a 5-digit zip.
- Increased field sizes for SearchData table. Now, house number can hold
up to 20 characters, and StreetName up to 50 characters.
- whitepages.com USPS html results structure was changed. Had to adjust
parsing code to make it work again.
- Improved duplicate checking. In addition to phone number duplicates,
exact duplicates are checked for and removed.
- Change name of whitepages.com secondary search to USPS version.
- Set whitepages.com (USPS version) to enabled by default. Although mostly
the same as the whitepages (Nationwide) search, it does return a few
results that are different. (Thanks to Danlee F. for feedback that prompted
another look)
- Disable controls during queries and duplicate processing to improve
performance.
- Fix some bugs in the whitepages.com (USPS) parsing code
- Sometimes the whitepages.com (USPS) query is cut off by the server
with an "oops!, your search has expired...". In order to deal with
this, I have done the following:
1) Add an error message in the log that the query was cut short
2) Change the search engine order to query whitepages.com (USPS) before
whitepages.com Nationwide.
3) Slow down the query with a 300ms delay for each contact.
- Changed the names of the search engine labels. This will leave some
orphaned entries in the teleterr.ini file, but they won't affect anything.
This change will also enable all the search engines, so you should check
your settings if you want any search engines disabled.
TeleTerr v0.7.6 - 2010-Feb-05
- There is a known problem running Teleterr on Vista (and possibly
Windows 7). It will cause various failures because the program
does not have permission to write files in it's own install directory
if it is located in "Program Files". One workaround is to ALWAYS
run Teleterr with administrator privileges (right click the icon and
select "Run As Administrator"). Another possible but untested work
around is to install the program to "C:\Teleterr". I have not yet
decided what the permanent solution will be.
- Fixed problem with querying when the territory database is new
(i.e. has no records).
- Fixed a problem with 5 digit zip codes being queried with a '-' on the end
(SearchBug did not like this and would not return results)
- Make sure SearchBug always uses a 5-digit zip for queries even when a 10
digit zip is provided.
- Adjusted the zip code settext and gettext to better validate the format.
- The error message for a duplicate territory number is now more clear.
TeleTerr v0.7.5 - 2010-Feb-01
- Really fix the address form. It was not behaving when editing
the first record of an empty table.
- Fix a problem with whitepages.com parsing when no phone number given.
NOTE: This was giving incorrect phone numbers to residents with no number
in the database and was causing errors in the duplicate processing.
- Fix a problem with parsing middle names/initials with whitepages.com
- Fix and improve whitepages.com Nationwide parsing.
- NOTE: Due to parsing errors, I thought the whitepages.com databases were
giving different results. With the parsing fixed, I see that they
return the same results. I have defaulted to turning one of them
off since it just produces duplicates.
- Improve web update check. Now we also check the filename version number
in addition to the filename date.
TeleTerr v0.7.4 - 2010-Jan-31 (BETA)
- Fix a problem opening a territory report
(The html file was not launching properly in the browser on some systems)
- Added an update status form to display the progress of checking for program
updates at launch.
- Add a setting to enable/disable the automatic pop-up of the address entry
form. When disabled, it won't automatically pop-up every time you insert
a record, but you can still get to the form by using the "..."
button or double clicking in the address field of the search terms.
- Fixed the problem with the address form not closing properly.
- The address form now allows a blank zip (in case you don't know it yet)
- Thanks to Cris H., Tony A., and Erick E. for providing feedback.
TeleTerr v0.7.3 - 2010-Jan-23
- Validate street name text before loading Address Entry form
- Fixed a "null" exception when creating a new territory
TeleTerr v0.7.2 - 2010-Jan-23
- Added a new program icon (thanks to Shane Avery)
- Fixed name of CVS files to CSV (automatic rename if old ones are found)
- Tweaks to the form, controls, and column sizing
- Make tab control taller
- Make main form width a minimum of 800
- Add an Address Form to guide and validate the entry of
search term addresses
- Fixed zip code display problem
TeleTerr v0.7.1 - 2010-Jan-21
- Added automatic update checking. It will now notify if an updated
program is available.
- Use auto date extraction for main form caption.
- Create an installer EXE
TeleTerr v0.7.0 - 2009-Dec-30
- Popup Menu Changes - Added USPS address checker and Bing maps
- Main Menu Changes
Remove Debug menu
Change "About" to "Help"
Added website link to Help menu
Add a "Settings" menu item
Add a "Manual Process Duplicates" menu item
- Add INI file with persistent main form position and state
- Add a settings form with user configurable
duplicates removal, filtering, and search engine selection
- Add Searchbug.com engine
- Fix error in duplicate processing
- Add Whitepages.com standard search
- Add a query status window
- Allow aborting of a search
- Add addresses.com search
Email me:
wayne (att) systemdesignworks (ddott) com