Name Object II Build 1378 - Released: 02/15/2009

Updated and changed PrimaryNameHint Property to now have the following input options:

1 DefinitelyFull
2 VeryLikelyFull
3 ProbablyFull
4 Varying
5 ProbablyInverse
6 VeryLikelyInverse
7 DefinitelyInverse
8 MixedFirstName
9 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.

Updated name parsing capabilities.

Added ‘THE’ to prefix table.

Removed ‘DIR’ from the suffix table.

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.

Parse "Mike or Ryan Smith" as "Mike or Ryan" in first name and "Smith" in last name.
 

Removed self initialization

Build 142- Released: 6/10/2003  

Routine recompile with minor changes

Build 140- Released: 05/25/2003     

Fixed master license string capability

 
Build 139- Released: 04/07/2003   

Added master license string capability

Build 137- Released: 02/01/2003   

Fixed casing of PHD to PhD

Build 135- Released: 12/00/2002    

Added Medical Suffixes

Build 134- Released: 8/02/2002     

Returns a space instead of a null character for:
             Status Code Field
             Error Code Field

Build 125- Released: 12/12/1999

Initial public release