Name Object Build History
Build 1895 Released 12/11
Build 1876 Released 10/11
Build 1816 Released 07/11
- INTERFACE CHANGES
- StandardizedCompany() method added to SQL sample interface
- FUNCTIONALITY CHANGES
- Fixed various bugs.
- Fixed crash when calling Parse using an invalid license.
- Modified parsing to correctly parse LastName, FirstName when PrimaryNameHint = VeryLikelyFull.
Build 1766 Released 04/11
Build 1730 Released 02/11
- New Features
- New Result Codes
Added new result codes to indicate if the first or last name was
found in our database of actual census names. Please reference the
Name Object manual for more details.
Build 1663 Released 09/10
- New Functionality
- New SetMiddleNameLogic method. You can now control how Name Object
handles middle names when the name contains a hyphen.
- New StandardizeCompany method. You can standardize a company name
using this method.
- The name object data file has been modified. The older Name Object
library will still be able to use the new name object data file, but the
new Name Object library will NOT be able to use the old name object data
file.
Build 1609 Released 06/10
Build 1567 Released 03/10
New Functionality
Interface Change:
New Results property added. A Results property was added, which replaces the StatusCode, ErrorCode, and ChangeCode properties, providing a single source of information about the last name processed and eliminating the need to call multiple properties to determine if a particular name was successfully parsed.
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Changed Functionality
Format of date for GetDatabaseDate(), GetDatabaseExpirationDate(), and GetLicenseExpirationDate() changed.
Name Object II Build 1492 (Released: 12/2009)
A Results property was added, which replaces the StatusCode,
ErrorCode, and ChangeCode properties, providing a single source
of information about the last name processed and eliminating the
need to call multiple properties to determine if a particular
name was successfully parsed.
StatusCode, ErrorCode and ChangeCode are deprecated
Name Object II Build 1451 (Released 8/2009)
- Windows NameObject is now compiled in Visual Studio 2008.
Running setup.exe will ensure the necessary libraries are
installed. However, if you are installing the objects manually,
you may need to install Visual Studio 2008 C++ x86
redistributable, which can be found in extras\redist.
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A 64bit version is now available for Windows, Linux, Solaris,
and AIX. To install, manually copy over the correct library for
you system. Windows libraries are compiled in visual studio
2008. You may need to install Visual Studio 2008 C++ x64
redistributable, which can be found in extras\redist.
Name Object II Build 1378 - Released: 02/15/2009
- Updated
and changed PrimaryNameHint Property to now have the following
input options:
- DefinitelyFull
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VeryLikelyFull
- ProbablyFull
Varying
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ProbablyInverse
-
VeryLikelyInverse
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DefinitelyInverse
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MixedFirstName
-
MixedLastName
Details of these new input options can be found in the Name
Object II Manual.
- Deprecated:
The SecondaryHint Property has been deprecated and is no longer
functional.
Name Object II Build 1352 version 1.0.0.1 - Released: 08/15/2008
- Initial public release
Multi Platform, new version, new interface, incompatible with legacy Name Object. Please refer to product page for details.
- Deprecated Version:
Name Object Build 151 version 2.1.3.0 - Released: 03/15/2005 (Windows)
Name Object (“NameObj.dll”) has been officially replaced with Name Object II (“NameObj2.dll”) released on October 15th, 2008. Existing Name Object installations will continue to work but Melissa Data will not offer support or code fixes after January 1st 2009.
Build 151 version 2.1.3.0 - Released: 03/15/2005
- Updated
name parsing capabilities.
-
Added
‘THE’ to prefix table.
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Removed
‘DIR’ from the suffix table.
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Changed
‘CO’ from all uppercase to mixed case.
-
No
longer replace ‘AND’ with ‘&’ when returning data.
- Fixed
to no match a suffix if there’s no vowel in the suffix string.
- Added
‘STUPID’ to the list of vulgar words supported.
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Parse
"Mike or Ryan Smith" as "Mike or Ryan" in first name and "Smith" in last
name.
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