BlackBerry AtHoc

desktop app for Windows

What’s new in this release?

7.4 – December 2022

Desktop app crash
: An issue was fixed where the desktop app crashed when multiple users were logged in, and individual desktop client instances were trying to write a log at same time where one instance already locked the logger session and the other was attempting to write to the log.
Pop-up timeout
: A timer that checks the status of alerts and automatically closes alert pop-up notifications for ended alerts was added.

7.3 – May 2022

Branding updates
: The following BlackBerry branding updates were made for the desktop app:
The desktop app is installed in the "BlackBerry" folder.
The Windows Start menu displays the desktop app as "
BlackBerry AtHoc
Desktop Notifier."
In C:\Program files\, the folder name is "
BlackBerry AtHoc
Desktop Notifier."
In C:\ProgramData\, the folder name is "
BlackBerry AtHoc
Desktop Notifier."
In Add/Remove Programs, the publisher is "BlackBerry."
When the desktop app is not connected, when hovering-over the icon, "
BlackBerry AtHoc
Desktop Notifier" is displayed.
When the desktop app is connected, when hovering-over the icon, "
BlackBerry AtHoc
Desktop Notifier -
organization-name
" is displayed.
Failover improvement
: The desktop app was updated so that failover URL values are returned to the desktop client as part of GetUpdate. Previously, updated failover URL values were downloaded to the client as part of the base URL call. If an operator updated the failover URL, the change was not downloaded to the client until a client machine was restarted, went offline and then back online, or a session became invalid.
Multiple browser sessions
: The desktop app no longer launches a new browser window in incognito mode. When multiple desktop app editions are running on the same computer, you must close the browser window for one edition before you can launch a browser window with a different desktop app edition.
Self Service menu items
: A new "Access My Profile" menu item was added. This menu item opens the My Profile page in Self Service in read-only mode. The "Access My Profile" menu item appears in the system tray by default.
508 compliance
: The About menu option screen was updated to improve screen reader capabilities on the About and System Information tabs.

7.2 – December 2021

Support for multiple certificates
: Support was added for multiple certificates for CAC authentication. This enables users in multiple-user environments to authenticate on a shared computer.
Support for multiple desktop client editions
: Support was added for multiple client editions on the same computer.  When requesting a new desktop app, there are now multiple editions available for
BlackBerry AtHoc
and
BlackBerry Alert
. Multiple editions can run on the same computer and can point to different organizations on the same 
BlackBerry AtHoc
system or on different systems. Multiple instances of the same edition on the same computer are not supported.
The following client editions are available:
BlackBerry Alert
: 0_BlackBerryAlert
BlackBerry AtHoc
: 1_BlackBerryAtHoc
BlackBerry AtHoc
Alt: 2_BlackBerryAtHocAlt
BlackBerry AtHoc
Aux: 3_BlackBerryAtHocAux

7.1 – June 2021

Internet Explorer dependency removed
: The desktop app 7.1 for Windows is no longer restricted to using only Internet Explorer and can now also be used with Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox. The desktop app now uses the user-defined system default browser when:
Self Service or any other URL is launched from the desktop app menu.
A desktop alert is delivered to a browser. Deep links in a desktop alert to Self Service or the live map also open in the user's system default browser.

7.0 – June 2021

BlackBerry AtHoc
release
:
BlackBerry AtHoc
desktop app release 7.0 or later is compatible only with
BlackBerry AtHoc
release 7.14 or later release.
Registration process
: After installing the Windows desktop app, if the Defer to Self Service authentication method is configured, users are redirected to Self Service to generate a registration code to complete the registration process and connect.
Update from previous desktop app versions
: Users cannot upgrade to
BlackBerry AtHoc
desktop app version 7.0 from previous 6.x releases. Users must uninstall any existing 6.x desktop app clients before installing 7.0.
Localization
: The About screen and its tabs are fully localized.
C++ client migrated to C#
: The desktop client was updated from using C++ technology to using the C# language. This update enables support for .net framework 4.5 and later releases and simplifies creating the desktop client MSI.
508 compliance
: 508 compliance improvements were made in the following areas:
Screen readers (for delivered alert content, response options, and desktop app contents)
Color contrast ratio
Mouse navigation
Keyboard navigation