This application is for free usage and is provided on an AS IS basis with no obligations and/or responsibilities and/or liabilities.
We would like to have your comments and will try to help when it is requested - if we can.

Current Version:

2.0.5 from 30/9/2005

Requirements:

The system was tested on Windows XP. Should essentially work on any WIndows 9X and on.
Make sure that you can open LinkedIn with MS IE without having to enter a password.
Some of the current version tools use MS Outlook. Avoid using them, if you don't use MS Outlook.

Installation:

1. Unzip the files into a directory
2. Run the Setup.exe program
3. Make sure the the LInnn.mdb database file is at the same folder as the LIContactsMan.exe file

Usage:

1. Start the application by running the LIContactsMan.exe
2. The first thing to do is to Build your Contacts DB and Requests. Press the buttons.
3. Sometimes, on the first try, the system does not find more then 1 page. If that happens - press the button again... or let me know.
4. You'll have to run the application occasionally in order to update/refresh your Contacts and Requests table.
5. After your contacts have been extracted you can use the selections and Emails lists building. When to Compressed mode is on - all the Emails are concatenated. When it is off - each address takes one line.

Comments:

The DB is not protected, so you can see the structure - don't change it using MS Access or the application may not work.
This is NOT an MS Access application.

Don't change the default URL of your contacts - unless you have a reason !!!!

Support:

For support and good relations - LinkedIn to me....

https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=264576

and register at the support forum:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MngLinkedIn/

Payment: (read it again...)

We request that if (and ONLY IF) you like the application, you should make a post about the application at one of your Networking site - or Email 10 of your colleagues and tell them about it and about the MyLinkedInPowerForum.... In short - pass it forward... >>>> THAT GOES FOR EACH NEW VERSION !!!!

While the software is free, the following would be appreciated:

- Endorsements to the developer... ME
- Any donation over 20 dollars is most welcome. That can be sent directly to Mega AS Consulting Ltd address.

Mega AS Consulting Ltd.

Our Company has developed the CAT (Cellular Authentication Token) and eAuthentication service for protection against password stealing. All web sites should protect their end users. Our CAT OTP is a FREE token for registered end users and the eAuthentication is a monthly low charge service to authenticate end users using OTP when logging to any web site.

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Updates from version 1.0.0
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- Additional safety pins and error handling.

- Updated version of VB

- New option of exporting Emails into a file. This option is useful in the case of more the 2000 addresses as the Text Box on the window has a limited capacity to show addresses. The file has no limit.

- New option that works with Windows Outlook. The option exports the addresses into an Outlook Email
- New Application Icon - hope you like it.

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Updates from version 1.0.2
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- Double click on any person at the Contacts table, and the LinkedIn Profile page opens

- A new option to Import the LinkedIn contacts into your Outlook Address Book.

- A new option to locate all Emails from/to the selected LinkedIn contacts in your Outlook

- New Log.TXT file to log your activity

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Updates from version 1.0.3
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- Face lifting !!! New GUI and Tool tips. Use the new Toolbars and Menus. Icons Toolbar has "tool tips" that explain what they do.
There is also a new Help page - that adds a little more ... to the confusion...

- New Clear Log option
- Show Statistics by Country
- Show Statistics by Industry

- Export addresses and details of selected contacts to a CSV to be imported into Address books (not Outlook...)

- New personalized Email sending. You can now edit using HTML a letter to your selected contacts, and automatically add a personal reference like: Dear name or Hi name etc. You can preview your letter.

- New Contacts Emails Management window - works only with Outlook. Currently it allows you to search for Emails sent to any group of your selected contacts. You can decide which Outlook folders to search. Emails that are found are listed and can be opened by double click.

- New Endorsements Management tool. You select a person at the Contacts Table tab and open the Endorsement Management window by pressing the Endorse Button (or selecting the Endorse option at the Tools Menu. Once the Window is opened you can:

- See all your saved past endorsements
- Select any of the them to reuse the text (Dbl Click on the row at the Endorsements Table.)
- Select any of the person's Job places for endorsement
- Go directly to the LinkedIn Endorsement page for that person's job. The system Automatically copies the Endorsement text into the clipper so you can point to the Endorsement field at the LinkedIn page and just paste it. All is done for you.
- You can save your new Endorsement for later retrieval
- New About's pages with additional information.
- Safer code.

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Updates from version 2.0.1
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- Google a contact to find more information about your close relations...

- Open your own LinkedIn profile

- Clear selection new button. To clear the last selection.

- Fixed a refresh problem after Building the DB. The Selection List where not updated.

- Fixed a too long company name

- Set a contact status - Active = -1 (True) in Active = 0 (False) This is used to avoid sending Emails to people who do not want to receive Emails or people you don't want to send Emails to.

- New Number Of Contacts field. The data is updated when building the DB.

- Fix to personalized Emails. Missing header.

- Added bottom header to Emails mentioning that the Email was generated at the LIContactsMan system.

- New tool bar option, under contacts - Grade your Contact. Give your contact a personal grade.

- New option at the Contacts selection interface - Sort your contacts. This simplifies the interface. People who know SQL can actually make smart selections anyway.

- New option to select the exported file names using a dialog. It is used when you export addresses to Text file and/or for exporting the contacts details to a CSV file.

- When building the DB there is a new option for full data refresh or import only new contacts from LinkedIn.