Version 5.3 build 1 (May 9, 2008) - New Screen Layout setting, offering six different layout configurations of tree, list and details panel - Horizontal Split - Vertical Split - Full Width Details - Full Height Tree - Full Height Details - Simple Layout (hides tree automatically) - Norwegian language support, thanks to Erlend Dahl Fixed: - Spanish National Library info source Version 5.2 build 2 (March 5, 2008) Fixed: - Filter screen: Access Violation when language in French - CueCat support: - some barcodes were generated with a wrong check digit - Filter settings weren't saved to the location specified by the User Files Folder but from the MyDocuments folder although they were loaded from that location - Edit Multiple: price fields could not be cleared using F8 - Templates: - BkC 5 template was missing quantity field - Classic template was missing book title for title bar Version 5.2 build 1 (February 6, 2008) Changes: - Improved CueCat support: - Improved CueCat handling in main screen - Improved CueCat handling in Add Automatically screens - CueCat can now also be used in the Edit Book screen (automatically fills barcode field then) - Templates: - New BkC5 Compact template, for previewing in Add Automatically screens, in Blue and Black styles - New Full Covers templates in Blue and Black styles - New "Gray" style for Book Collector 5 template - Export HTML, Paged by Author First Letter option now allows choosing the Sort Order of items within pages. - In Collection Status: - New value "On Order" - Filter status is now shown in bottom of main screen - Add Automatically: Downloading price data is now optional (through Search Settings) - Tools / Options: new setting "User Files Folder", for choosing the folder where column, sort and filter settings are saved (defaults to My Documents\Book Collector) Fixed: - Filter screen: - Filtering on Price and Current Value fields did not work correctly ("value is invalid" errors) - Filtering on Date fields did not work correctly - Filtering on empty values on picklist fields did not work correctly. - When saving a filter, leading or trailing spaces in values got lost - Several user interface issues in the filter screen - Export to iPod: when exporting including status indicator, the lists were not split correctly. - Sort title generation of person names could result in leading space in first name field - Add Automatically: - Sort Title was always filled in, even when exactly the same as the Title - Wizard Mode: after adding then editing the main screen did not correctly select the added item - Main screen: - Reassign index fields had no effect while in folder view - Changing the sort order sometimes required two column header clicks - Closing application from Windows taskbar while customizing toolbar caused an Access Violation - When selecting multiple items 'Edit Book' was still enabled in right click menu - Edit Book: - Contents tab now remembers column widths - Price fields now only accept valid price values - Characters lists didn't display scrollbar when column sizes exceeded list width - Changes to the order of the Character list didn't get saved - Loans screen: filter text was cleared when pressing the filter button Version 5.1 build 2 (November 19, 2007) Fixed: - Export to HTML: index.html was not created when using "Use main screen setting" under Sort Order - Export to HTML: "Range Check Error" when using "Use main screen setting" under Sort Order - Automatic Sort Titles didn't work correctly for titles already in "Title, The" format - License name that has non-ASCII characters was not removed from lock file correctly causing "Read-Only" situations - Visibility of Loans toolbar was not remember correctly Version 5.1 build 1 (November 15, 2007) - Searching your database: - Completely redesigned Filter screen - Build advanced filters using brackets, AND, OR, NOT, equal, not equal, greater than, less than, contains, starts with, ends with, wildcards - Mix book and section fields in your filters (e.g. book.author = "stephen king" AND section.nrpages < 5) - Use the same filters in Book and Section View, switch back and forth to see the same filter results in both views - Save your filters and activate them directly using the Filter menu on the toolbar - Faster Quick Search - Sorting: - Save your sort order definitions and activate them directly using the Sort Order menu on the toolbar - Simpler Sort Field selection screen, just use checkboxes to select the fields you want. - Sort Titles are now automatically generated from the Title when using Add Automatically - new "Generate Sort Title" button in Edit Book/Section screens - use Tools / Options / Sort Titles to configure recognized articles (the, a, le, la, die, der, das, etc..) - Columns: - Save your column definitions and activate them directly using the Columns menu on the toolbar - Simpler Columns selection screen, just use checkboxes to select the fields you want. - Folder selection: - Save you custom folder field combination and activate them directly from the Folder menu above the tree - Simpler Folder field selection screen, just use checkboxes to select the fields you want. - Automatic Sort Titles - new "Generate Sort Title" button in Edit Book and Edit Section screens - Sort Titles are now automatically generated from the Title when using Add Automatically - use Tools / Options / Sort Titles to configure recognized articles (the, a, le, la, die, der, das, etc..) - Automatic Capitalization of Titles - new AutoCap button next to Title in Edit Book and Edit Section screens - Titles are now automatically capitalized when using Add Automatically - use Tools / Options / Capitalization to configure auto-cap settings and exceptions Fixed: - ISBN was re-formatted after editing causing it to loose dashes - Edit Book / Covers: Edit and Copy button did not get enabled after adding an image - Three part person names (e.g. Barbara Taylor Bradford) got split into First/Last Names incorrectly - License name that has non-ASCII characters was not removed from lock file correctly causing lock file issues Version 5.0 build 5 (August 17, 2007) Fixed: - Missing Full Details Classic Print Template added - Full Details Classic template: clicking an image started associated program instead of just viewing it - Access Violation when using Edit at the end of the Add Wizard Version 5.0 build 4 (August 15, 2007) Templates: - New CSS Styles system now also available for Export and Print templates - New Book Collector 5 template can now also be used for printing - All Full Details Classic styles can now be used for Exporting to HTML Fixed: - National Library of Spain info source updated - Editor credit was not shown in Full Details Classic template - An empty Nr of Pages was listed as -1 in section list in Edit Book screen - "Invalid field" error when dragging and dropping sections in Section View - Loaning a book that has several duplicate entries by scanning barcode did not always loan the right item - Lock File system: concurrent use check now includes Windows user name Version 5.0 build 3 (July 25, 2007) Changes: - Add Automatically screens now remember last used search box - Add Automatically Advanced Mode: Bar code is now automatically cleared after Add to Queue - Read-Only mode: new Tools / Maintenance / Reset Lock File command for resolving lock-file issues - Added Indonesian language, thanks to Yohanes Kurniawan - Updated French language file, thanks to José Rodríguez - Updated Polish language file, thanks to Łukasz Jakubowski - Updated German language file, thanks to Klaus Elsbernd Fixed: - User Defined fields did not show up in Book Collector 5 templates - Tab order of Edit Book screen, main tab page - Edit Multiple Books cleared the Nr of Pages field - Filtering on eBook and Audio files did not work - Loan Management features were available in Standard edition - Incorrect "Read-Only" mode messages after problematic program shutdowns Version 5.0 build 2 (July 16, 2007) Fixed: - Add Automatically Wizard: Access Violation when using Previous button while searching - Conversion issue when upgrading from version 4.6 and older - Template fixes: - Export details now show the book title and author in the page title - Extras field was missing - Publication Date was replaced with the Original Publication Data - Updated French language file, thanks to Valerie - Calendar objects in loan screen were not localized Version 5.0 build 1 (July 10, 2007) Added: - Full ISBN-13 support - Search book info sources using 13-digit ISBNs - Scan 13-digit ISBNs with your Flic bar code scanner - ISBN-13 and ISBN-10 numbers are automatically detected and converted as needed, e.g. for info sources that do not support 13 digit ISBNs yet - Improved Loan Management - Print loan lists - Use Flic scanner in Loan Management screen to Loan or Return books - Use the Quick Search box to search your Loan History by Title, ISBN or Loaner name - New Email and Address fields in the Loaner item - New date selectors in Loan Info screen - Improved network support - New lock file system automatically prevents concurrent editing - When one user is already using a database in Writable mode, subsequent users will automatically open the database in Read-Only mode - in Read-Only all editing features are hidden and disabled, allowing viewing and searching only - Create Read-Only workstations by running a forced Read-Only installation (start the installer with the /readonly command line parameter) - Add Books Automatically: - Improved Advanced Mode: tabs at the top have been combined, making it easier to search by Author/Title AND Barcode in one go - Improved Wizard Mode: - It now takes less steps to add a book - Screen is now resizable, for better previewing of results - Improved layout of Preview panel (Compact Preview template) - new Check Connection button - new info source: Portuguese National Library - improved scripts for better data retrieval from most info sources - Details View Templates (lower right part of main screen): - New CSS Styles system for Details View templates - Template menu now allows selecting various "styles" for each template (using a submenu) - new Template styles can be created using CSS style sheets - New Book Collector 5 template in 3 different styles (blue, black and iTunes) - Improved layout of Full Details Classic template - Added several new styles for Full Details Classic template - Support for e-books and audio books - Add links to e-book and audio book files to your book entries - File links show up in Details View - e-book file field moved to Links tab-page - Edit Book screen enhancements: - Improved layout of fields within tab pages - Screen is now resizable (and remembers its size too) - Improved Links tab page: - Add links to websites by dragging & dropping from your browser - Add links to local files by dragging & dropping - Added images show up in the Details View in the main screen - Add e-book and audio book files to your book entries - Easier editing of links and their descriptions - New Tags fields on Personal tab page, for LibraryThing-style tagging - The "..." buttons next to pick list fields have been removed and replaced by a new [Add ...] command inside the drop down list - New entry boxes for easier adding of values to check list fields (e.g. Genre, Extras) - Now supports the Collectorz.com barcode scanner to fill the ISBN field - Screen title now shows Title and Author, instead of the Title only - Fixed: "tabbing" to date fields needed an extra tab key press - Printing: - Improved layout of Full Details template - New Label printing templates supporting several Avery formats - Edit Story screen: - Improved layout of fields within tab pages - Screen is now resizable (and remembers its size too) - Export to HTML: - New Book Collector v5 Blue and Black detail page templates - Improved look of List and Thumbnails index pages - Improved look of Next/Previous navigation at the top of exported pages - New "Paged by First Letter of Author" option - Many toolbar icons have been improved (smoother edges) - Improved look of In Collection Status images in tree and list - Greek language support - New example database - Completely revised and updated Help file (english version only for now) - Upgraded to Delphi 2007 Fixed: - Image preview during online search failed if the Windows user account name contained two consecutive spaces - Author and Credits did not show up correctly in Preview panel of Add Automatically screen - Online update from Book screen did not add new genres or other lookup items - Edit Lists screen now shows user defined field names (only for lists that are not shared by multiple fields) - Field Selection screens: Author field did not show up in Main group Version 4.8 build 2 (February 19, 2007) Added: - Initial order and selection of infosources is now dynamic, based on country defined in Windows Regional Settings - Croatian language support Fixed: - Edit Lists: header of Last Name columns was missing - Add Books Automatically (wizard mode): error message 'not a valid integer' when typing a barcode with dashes or spaces - Add Books Automatically: error message about file 'itemin.xml' when adding a book to the collection Version 4.8 build 1 (December 20, 2006) Added: - Import from Text feature moved from Add Automatically screen to File / Import From / Text, so that items are imported directly into the database, instead of to the Search Queue. - Edit Lists: new "Merge Selected To" command in right mouse button menu, to allow selection of the merge "destination item" - new "Cover Image Dropping" setting in Tools/Options/Images for disabling the "Copy or Link?" prompt Windows Vista compatibility/compliance: - changed default location of user data (database, backup, images and thumbnails) to: \My Documents\Book Collector\ - User Templates can now be (optionally) placed in a user configurable location (Tools / Options), which defaults to \My Documents\Book Collector\Templates\ - "System" Templates (the ones included with the program) are still in /Book Collector/Templates/ - changed location of Script and other "temp" files to: \Documents And Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Book Collector\ - Fixed: program hangs when closing on some Vista systems Fixed: - Check for update period was not taken into account - Drag and drop of images from FireFox didn't work - Details View did not update correctly after replacing a cover image (e.g. by dragging&dropping) - Searching on Bibliotheque Nationale de France - Sorting of listfields now works similar to sorting of string fields. - Performance problem when loading folder lists in Images View - Minor corrections to Polish language Version 4.7 build 1 (September 18, 2006) Editing Lists: - new right-click menu with Add/Edit/Remove/Merge/Generate commands - simplified Merge system: just multi-select items and choose Merge Selected - "Generate" functions can now be performed in batch on selected items in list (use Generate commands in right-click menu) - new "Auto Re-sort" checkbox on toolbar for enabling/disabling automatic resorting - Last Name column is now actually called "Last Name" (previously it was called "Name") - Next/Previous buttons in all Edit Item screens (e.g. Edit Publisher, Edit Genre, etc..) Added: - All credit roles now share one "person" list - new URL field for Series items (Series with an URL now show up as links in the Details View) - new Alias field for Character items - new Character Name setting in Tools / Options to control how character names are generated/displayed - Add/Update Automatically: List of Characters now updates and adds new characters - Edit Book / Contents tabpage: Section List now has a right-click menu with Add/Edit/Remove/Up/Down commands - Edit Book / Contents tabpage: it is now possible to double click a section item to Edit it - Portuguese language support - Italian language support Fixed: - AV when clicking on a cover image without a selected item in the list - Add/Update Automatically: Number of pages was not updated - Export to iPod Notes (PRO only): changed status indicator for wanted from '?' to 'W' - some minor corrections in the German language support - tab order in Edit Story screen Version 4.6 build 4 (June 13, 2006) Fixed: - Automatic version update failed if another Collectorz.com application also updated automatically recently - Error message "Not a valid integer" when sorting text fields with very large numbers (e.g. barcodes) Version 4.6 build 3 (June 12, 2006) Added: - Polish and Spanish language support - Sorting on text fields now takes numbers into account (e.g. 'title 10' sorts after 'title 2' instead of before) Fixed: - License validation: entering an invalid license did not show an error message - Searching on Amazon Japan with Japanese characters in the title or artist did not work - Automatic version update failed during installation if the automated 'check for update' detected a new version - Progress bar during lengthy operations is no longer visible outside the program - Program icon now looks much better - Contents view: Value of the number of stories in the [None] folder was shown incorrectly in the tree - Loan Manager: returning a loan did not work correctly under certain conditions - Export to HTML placeholder image was not always properly scaled - Update on German and French language support with some minor corrections - Printing and Export to HTML: "Range check error" occurred on some systems Version 4.6 build 2 (May 5, 2006) Fixed: - Windows XP theme support had stopped working - Printing and Export to HTML: "Range check error" occurred on some systems - The automatic update option did not close the program if the trial splash screen was showing Version 4.6 build 1 (May 2, 2006) Added: - Export to iPod Notes (PRO only): export your list to the Notes section of your iPod - Automatic update option in Check For Update screen, which downloads and installs the latest version automatically - German, French and Hungarian language support Changed: - Add Books Automatically (advanced): Updating an entry in the search queue now clears its search results - Export to HTML uses placeholder image as a thumbnail if cover images are not available Fixed: - some usability issues in the Add Automatically Advanced Mode screen - Edit Lists: Year fields were not available for selection in the menu - Add Books Automatically: some header texts were missing in the Preview panel - Access Violation in Preview panel of Add Books screen when using an Image folder that has special characters in it - Printing and Export to HTML: Text fields now show HTML tags correctly in list reports (e.g. the tag is shown as bold text) - Export to HTML: Range check error under certain specific conditions - Export to Text: Access Violation when attempting to export zero selected items - Quick Search did not work after having done a Filter earlier using the "EXCEPT" option Version 4.5 build 1 (March 22, 2006) Multi language support: - All menus, screen texts, help file and installer can now be translated - Switch language using Tools / Language (only Dutch is available now, more coming soon) - Users can translate into other languages using free downloadable language editor Added: - Add/Update from infosource: queries in the list can be updated by hand or based on search results Changed: - Layout of Options screen - Dropdown lists of year fields are now sorted in descending order - Now generates better looking thumbnails (use Tools / Maintenance / Repair Thumbnails to update yours) - Upgraded to Delphi 2006 Fixed: - Export to HTML: images that do not need processing (eg. scaling) are now copied instead of loaded and saved - Improved startup time by removing demodatabase specific checks - Fullsize image window now handles images larger than screen correctly Version 4.4 build 7 (September 9, 2005) Fixed: - Add/Update from infosource: disabled popupmenu for lines in the search results that were not actual results - Reset to Defaults with small menu icons now does not crash - Library of Congress online search - Reset to Defaults with small menu icons now does not crash. - Edit Book: Browse for cover dialog now also shows *.png files Version 4.4 build 6 (August 31, 2005) Fixed: - Amazon infosources could not be searched by ISBN Version 4.4 build 5 (August 30, 2005) Changed: - Amazon infosources now retrieve more info Fixed: - Customize menu: View->Folder button did not have the dropdown menu attached to it after adding it to a toolbar - Cover images were not displayed if the filename contained special characters - Cover images were not exported to html correctly if the filename contained a "#" Version 4.4 build 4 (August 23, 2005) Fixed: - Online search: Powell's did not return any results - Access Violation after switching filter off and on - Cancel during Export to HTML did not work - Auto-Complete in Author field did not work - Cover-image window disappeared when moving mouse over thumbnails view - "List index out of bounds" error when downloading a large batch of barcodes with the Flic scanner Version 4.4 build 3 (August 12, 2005) Added: - Right-clicking on list header now pops up a menu with the Sort Order and Columns commands Performance enhancements: - Opening Edit screen is faster because Author list is now loaded "on demand" (the first time the dropdown list is opened) - Next/Previous in Edit Book screen is a lot faster Fixed: - Toolbars in Edit Book screen now use large icons - All separate In Collection Status command were visible in Customize screen, instead of the button itself - Access Violation when starting the program after having set the toolbar to "small icons" - Details View goes blank while editing in Thumbnails View - in some situations Details View goes blank after adding/editing books - Characters field was missing from view, export and print templates - Printing: Details page did not print author names if they had a value in their url field Version 4.4 build 2 (August 4, 2005) Fixed: - After customizing the toolbar, the Buy Now button kept reappearing, even in licensed editions - Adding the "Details View template" command to the toolbar did not work - In some situations, choosing a different Details View template cleared the templates menu - Problems clearing the Quick Search box on the toolbar (text kept reappearing) - Details View: html tags showed up in Notes/Plot fields - Statistics screen: view switch buttons had wrong graphics - Statistics screen: after switching between views, the field menu duplicated itself - Toolbar icons had a slightly "faded" look Version 4.4 build 1 (August 2, 2005) Added: - Flic barcode scanner support: -Add books to the collection by scanning their ISBN codes -Locate a book in the collection by scanning its barcode -Cordless scanning for up to 500 barcodes -Laser scanner for high scanning speed and accuracy -Fully integrated support, no drivers necessary - New toolbars and toolbar icons -Main screen toolbar is fully user-configurable (via View|Toolbars|Customize); add any menu function you want to the toolbar -New graphic design helps clarify the function of each toolbar button -Choice of large and small size buttons - Main screen changes: -Folder selector integrated into the tree panel -Thumbnail slider moved to the thumbnail view panel -Collection Status filter added to the Search menu -Displays the number of items contained in each tree folder (can be enabled/disabled via Tools|Options) - Redesigned Help file, with better index and topic structure - Edit Book: Pressing the F4 key in a date field sets it to today Fixed: - Details View: cover images with filenames containing special characters are now shown correctly - Export to HTML / Printing: error if report title contained '#' or filename of image filenames contained special characters such as '&' or '#' Version 4.3 build 3 (May 13, 2005) Fixed: - Edit Book: using Next/Previous is a lot faster now - Access Violation when using Insert key in Credits list of Edit Book screen - Export to HTML: "List index out of bounds" error when no sort fields are specified - Loan Manager: new loans did not show up as Outstanding because they (erroneously) had a filled Return Date - Export to HTML: Access Violation when sorting on text fields other than the Title field - Export to HTML: UP links in Detail Pages not correct when using Single Long List - Edit Book: removed horizontal scrollbars from checklists Version 4.3 build 2 (April 29, 2005) Fixed: - Export to HTML: 'List index out of bounds' error when using list type 'Single Long List' Version 4.3 build 1 (April 28, 2005) Added: -Printing: -New Thumbnail layout to create index pages with cover thumbnails -Options to change font color and thumbnail background color -Repeating column headers on each page for list reports (when specifying a fixed number of records per page) -Support for user-definable headers and footers (inc. page numbers and date variables) -Big performance improvement for large lists -Export to HTML: -Ability to split index into multiple pages, instead of one (very) long page -Navigation through both index and details pages with First, Last, Next and Previous links -Navigation through index pages with direct page number links or "alphabet links" -New Thumbnail layout to create index pages with cover thumbnails -Options to change font color, background color and thumbnail background color -Repeating column headers on each page for list reports (when specifying a fixed number of records per page) -Support for user-definable headers and footers (inc. page numbers and date variables) -Index page filename can now be specified -Big performance improvement for large lists Fixed: - Coverprice is now retrieved correctly from infosources with different decimal separator - Printing and Export to HTML: Report title for custom list reports was truncated when using reserved characters Version 4.2 build 3 (March 9, 2005) Fixed: - rare "Index out of bounds" errors when switching to Thumbnails View - program freezing while using Thumbnails View - Edit Book screen: drag+drop of a back cover overwrote front cover file - After Next/Previous in Edit Book screen it was not possible to edit the first credit item - Images can be made clickable in Details View by adding in template Version 4.2 build 2 (February 24, 2005) ======================================= Added: - Edit Book screen now remembers the widths of the columns in the Links list - Thumbnail folder is now configurable via Tools|Options|Folders - Option to configure thumbnail viewer performance Fixed: - Edit Book screen: drag&drop onto the Covers tab didn't work - After repairing thumbnails, refreshing the main screen was very slow Version 4.2 build 1 (February 21, 2005) ======================================= Added: - New infosource: Amazon Canada - Support for image scanners: -Add cover scans of your books to your collection quickly -Supports TWAIN and WIA-compatible scanners -Automatically link scanned image to front- or backcover of a book -Optional automatic downscaling of large images -Open image editing software directly from the Edit Book screen -Redesigned Covers tab in the Edit Book screen - New thumbnail view: -Main screen shows thumbnail images of the books -Thumbnails are resizable on-the-fly -Thumbnail files are generated and maintained automatically -Faster database loading and (much) smaller collection filesize -Replaces icon/thumbnail view -Used in Details View for better performance and quality -HTML export creates thumbnails of higher quality Changed: -Reorganized main menu: -Moved Lists menu to Tools menu -Removed Internet main menu and moved items to Help menu -Reorganized View toolbar (replaced List and Icon View buttons with Thumbnail Size slider) Fixed: - Hidden ListPro export field 'In Collection (0/1)' was visible in Contents View - 'Collection Status' field did not show correct value in Contents View - Access Violation in Add Books (advanced) screen when removing or resetting search queue entries - Export to Text: Custom sort order was not remembered - Export to HTML: File references to local paths now work correctly in Firefox - Collection Status icon in tree was incorrect for values Wanted and For Sale - rare Access Violations in Print, Export to HTML and Export to Text screens, when using Selected Items option Version 4.1 build 3 (January 17, 2005) ======================================= Fixed: - View and Loans toolbars overlapped in default layout, hiding the Collection Status button - Quantity value is only shown in Details View if it's more than one - Filtering on empty multi-valued fields (eg Genre) now works correctly Version 4.1 build 2 (December 24, 2004) ======================================= Fixed: - 'Repair Thumbnails' function had disappeared from the Tools menu - The 'Last Modified' field is now exported correctly to HTML and XML - The 'Collection Status' field now shows correct values in the Filter screen - Incremental search on Title field now uses the value of the Title Sort field Version 4.1 build 1 (December 21, 2004) ======================================= Added: - New field: Last Modified, a timestamp field which is updated automatically when a record is changed This can be used to select recent changes and additions for printing or exporting. - New field: Quantity, to store the number of copies of a book in the collection - 'Collection Status' field with four values (In Collection, Not In Collection, Wanted, For Sale) to better support wishlists and for sale lists (replaces the 'In Collection' field) - New toolbar button on the View toolbar to quickly show items with a specific collection status (if this button is not shown correctly, use View\Toolbar\Reset Toolbar) - Printing: Support for thumbnail images of the front cover in custom list reports Menu changes: - 'Settings' menu has been renamed to Tools - 'Preferences' is now called 'Options' - 'Maintenance' functions have been moved to Tools menu - 'Statistics' feature has been moved to Tools menu Version 4.0 build 3 (October 5, 2004) ======================================= Fixed: - Print and Export to HTML: Online Template Gallery links went to an incorrect webpage - Export to HTML: In custom list templates, the Front Cover, Back Cover and eBook File fields now link to the file they contain - Cover image files are no longer unnecessarily downloaded when updating records online - Barnes & Noble search Version 4.0 build 2 (August 3, 2004) ======================================= Added: - Add Book Wizard: Removed separate Finish button Changed: - Trial edition now shows reminder in Add screens Fixed: - Value of 'Read It' field was not shown in Contents view - Add Books (advanced mode): Stopping while adding to collection no longer creates an empty record - Automated version check no longer displays network errors - Print and Export to HTML: Online Template Gallery links went to an incorrect webpage - Export to HTML: In custom list templates, the Front Cover, Back Cover and eBook File fields now link to the file they contain - Cover image files are no longer unnecessarily downloaded when updating records online Version 4.0 build 1 (July 26, 2004) ======================================= New Infosources: - National Libraries of Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, and France - Casa del Libro (Spanish) Added: - New field: Links, to store a list of website links (replaces URL field) - New field: Subject, to store a list of subjects of the book - When the database format changes, a copy of the collection is saved automatically in the backup folder Fixed: - Program shuts down faster because file association is no longer created every time - Amazon search has more efficient data retrieval - Faster loading of large collections - After "Edit Multiple" the program now correctly restores the "scroll" position of the list - Search Results panel of Add screen (Wizard en Advanced Mode) is now "inactive" while the program is busy downloading, preventing problems like the "HTTP Component is busy" errors. - Add Contents: 'Next' button is now available Version 3.3 build 1 (June 22, 2004) ======================================= Added: - Print, Export to Text and Export to HTML: Sort order from main screen can be used, besides defining a custom sort order - Main screen: Quick Search highlights the location of the search term in Details View - Main screen: Statusbar shows the total number of books in the current database - Main screen: Cuecat barcode scanner can be used in main screen to select a book - Add Books (Advanced mode): Option to play a sound after successful barcode scan Fixed: - Add Books: URL field is retrieved again from Amazon sites - improved error handling for missing files, especially on empty removable drives like zip or cd-drives Version 3.2 build 3 (June 3, 2004) ======================================= Changed: - After switching the Filter On or Off, the program now remembers and restores the main screen state Fixed: - Edit Book: When using Next/Previous function via keyboard shortcut, active field was not remembered - Edit Book: After using Next/Previous, the last checked Genre was shown as unchecked - Filter: Adding a filter field after first deleting one did not work in certain cases - Filter: Filtering on empty field now works correctly - Edit Book, then Cancel was slow because of unnecessary tree and list refresh - Print: Last page of the preview screen now shows a message when the preview does not include all records - Add Books (Advanced mode): Import now converts EANs to ISBN codes - Manage Lookup Lists: Sort field and sort order are now remembered - internet connection problems ("http component busy" errors and hang ups) on systems with missing or corrupted protocol file (in most cases caused by the QHost trojan) - improved error handling for other low level connection problems Version 3.2 build 2 (February 26, 2004) ======================================= Added: - New option in Filter screen to show all records except those selected by the filter (NOT filter) Fixed: - Edit Book: after using Next/Previous buttons, the Add Credit dropdown list got duplicate entries - Printing and Export to HTML: A number of fields were empty in custom list templates if 'Show Sortnames for lookup items' setting was enabled Version 3.2 build 1 (February 23, 2004) ======================================= Added: - Batch editing: Edit Multiple Books function: set or clear any field for multiple books at a time - Next and Previous buttons in the Edit Book screen, for easy navigation over items in a main screen list - Add Books (advanced mode): Ability to lock search results to allow adding multiple books from one search action - Printing: in the Custom List Templates the Font size is now configurable - Exporting: in the Custom List Templates the Font size is now configurable - Setting "Show Sort Names for Lookup Items" is now also used when printing or exporting with a custom list template - Preferences: Option to enable/disable the 'In Collection' indicator in the main screen - Setting to automatically size the cover image pop-up window to the size of the selected image - Edit Book/Contents: Up/Down buttons for Credits and Characters fields Fixed: - Add Books: Access Violation when viewing results while search was still in progress - 'Show Empty Folders' indicator in menu was not visible under Windows XP - Edit Book: checklist fields (e.g. Genre) are now sorted correctly - Multiple books getting the same cover image after dragging & dropping covers - Temporary cover image files are now automatically removed when they are no longer needed Version 3.1 build 2 (December 18, 2003) ==================================== Fixed: - Loan Management: sorting was incorrect after returning/editing/removing a Loan item - Program reverted back to example database after restarting program (under specific conditions) - Export to Text: sometimes an Access Violation occurred when no items were selected Version 3.1 build 1 (December 2, 2003) ==================================== Adding Books: - new Add Book Wizard screen, add books by following simple step-by-step instructions of the wizard - existing Add Books screen is now called Add Books (Advanced Mode) - new "Compact Preview" template for previewing results - clearer user interface for selecting and unselecting results - removed the "retrieved" state images of the result icons because of the added confusion - easier previewing by double clicking a result Added: - Default value for the Location field Version 3.0 build 2 (November 14, 2003) ==================================== Fixed: - Installer did not create Start menu shortcuts Added - 'View Web Page' function in Add Books screen, to open web page for a specific search result Version 3.0 build 1 (October 30, 2003) ==================================== New online search screen: - New info sources: Powell's and Barnes & Noble - Search Queue: create a list of books to search in one go - Import function: load CSV file into Search Queue - Batch updating of books already in collection - Option to indicate preferred infosource for cover images - Viewing of search results is integrated into the Search screen Added: - Select Random feature (press Ctrl+R to select a random item in the list) - Condition items now have a "sortname" field, which allows correct sorting on Condition - Preferences: Browse screens for Backup and Default Image folders now support network paths - Export to HTML now has an option not to overwrite already existing exported files - Pressing Ctrl during drag&drop in main screen now adds value for multi-value lookup fields (instead of replacing) - Loan/Return items now supports multiple-selection - Reset to Defaults command in Settings menu - Added add/remove/up/down buttons in field selection screens - Loan Management screen now remembers column widths and sort order - New field "eBook File" for linking to ebooks - Print template; 10 books per pages (Pro edition only) - Export to Palm / Pocket PC: use ListPro to view exported data on your mobile device (Pro edition only) Fixed: - Quick Search function did not search in some fields - Collections could not be opened if backup failed Version 2.3 build 2 (May 16, 2003) ==================================== Fixed: - Export to Text: list was not sorted, unless one used the Sort Order screen once. - Thumbnail images disappeared after saving under certain conditions - Backup of read-only collections is now possible - Solved 'Parameter is incorrect' error during saving - Updating external file links did not work on Win98/ME Version 2.3 build 1 (May 13, 2003) ==================================== Added: - Optional automatic backup of collection to user-definable folder - Filter can be activated in the Statistics screen - Default values for Reading Date, Purchase Date and Read It fields - Maintenance function to update broken file links (for cover images) Fixed: - Improved speed and robustness when saving collection to disk - Imported thumbnail images were sometimes lost after importing a collection Version 2.2 build 1 (released April 18, 2003) ==================================== Added: - New Quick Search function - Searches for text in all fields (both book and contents) - Easy to use, no need to create a filter - Accessible directly from the toolbar - Supports regular expressions - Main toolbar for easy access to often-used functions - Getting Started Help file - New template: "Full Details, Gray/Yellow" for details view and HTML export Changed: - Improved default column selection Fixed: - Book thumbnail was not created in some cases after online query What's new in version 2.1 build 4 (released March 20, 2003) Fixed: - Sorting on Original publication date did not work - Library of Congress querying - Amazon UK querying What's new in version 2.1 build 3 (released February 19, 2003) Fixed: - Added user-defined fields to default view template - Clicking cover image in details view no longer showed the full-size image - Special characters (like &) in report title caused 'String expected' error in generated print and export templates - Access Violation when switching to and from No Folder mode in Contents View What's new in version 2.1 build 2 (released February 11, 2003) Fixed: - Template Generator: when choosing "Save in Template list" the file was always saved as print_item_mylist.xsl, ignoring the entered filename. - Gif images showed as a black rectangle in the Edit Book screen and as thumbnails - Details view showed Loaned To value twice - Fixed 'Unable to insert line' error in Edit Book screen What's new in version 2.1 build 1 (released February 5, 2003) Added: - Custom list template generator for printing and exporting to HTML - Quickly create custom list reports and exports without XML/XSL knowledge - Include configurable report title, creation date, row shading, and font - Save generated template for later reuse - Checklists in the Edit Book screen (eg the Genre field) now show the selected values first - Total and average cover price statistics Fixed: - Importing another collection created duplicate ID values, causing HTML export problems - Original Publication Year column always displayed as empty - Better support for Asian languages What's new in version 2.0 build 2 (released January 14, 2003) Added: - New example print and export templates "Listing of all available fields" Fixed: - Exporting to HTML sometimes caused a 'Cannot convert UCS-4 to ISO-8859' error - Exporting to HTML did not use correct relative links for .gif cover images - Exporting to HTML created hyperlinks that did not work on Unix webservers - Updated Amazon.fr querying What's new in version 2.0 build 1 (released January 8, 2003) Added: - new Printing features based on XSL templates. Included templates for: - Book List reports (replaces List Report feature) - Full Book Details - new Export to HTML features based on XSL templates: - create HTML lists of your books, each item linking to a full book detail page - automatic creation and inclusion of cover thumbnails - new Export to XML feature - easier selection of Details View template, right click Details View for a list of available templates - Automatic updating of online query scripts Fixed: - Updated Library of Congress querying - Using Cancel in Edit Section screen DID save the changes - Filter screen: using Escape after selecting a dropdown item caused error message - using Edit Credit when credit list is empty causes Access Violation - Close button in Statistics and Lookup List screens looked weird under WinXP - Frequency list shows zeroes in the Used column for all frequencies. It also allows removal of items that are still in use. What's new in version 1.1 build 6 (released November 26, 2002) Fixed: - Fixed all kinds of compatibility problems that occurred on some systems - Improved overall performance: both when starting and during use - Shortcut keys did not work for some fields in the Edit Book screen - The Index field always showed 0 in Contents view - Updated Boeknet querying - Issue Number field label was not shown in Details view Changes: - Upgraded to Delphi 7 What's new in version 1.1 build 5 (released October 17, 2002) Fixed: - Online querying can now be aborted at any time with the 'Stop search' button - Sorting on Library of Congress classification did not work - Renamed the 'LCCN' field to 'LoC Classification' - LoC querying: improved retrieval of publisher field - LoC querying: URL field was filled incorrectly - Incorrect 'Used' value in Manage Lookup List screen for some fields - Modified Cuecat and other barcode scanners now work in Online Query screen - Amazon US querying is faster and more reliable - Updated Amazon.fr querying What's new in version 1.1 build 4 (released August 27, 2002) Added: - main screen statusbar now shows number of selected items Fixed: - Amazon US querying did not work for some ISBN numbers - Amazon US querying sometimes found results only after multiple tries - Amazon US querying did not fill the Format field correctly - Amazon UK querying sometimes did not work consistently - Amazon Germany querying did not fill the Format field correctly - Library of Congress querying sometimes did not retrieve the Author - Custom Folder settings of Content View were not remembered between sessions What's new in version 1.1 build 3 (released August 6, 2002) Fixed: - Improved cover retrieval from Amazon sites - Sorting and grouping on Genre in Contents view caused Access Violation - Updated Amazon.co.uk querying - menu bar nows looks ok in Windows XP (it had a white background in previous builds) Changed restrictions of evaluation version: - evaluation copies are now limited to 50 books (was 25) What's new in version 1.1 build 2 (released June 13, 2002) Fixed: - Batch querying stopped when two ISBNs could not be found online - User Lookup 2 field had incorrect XML tag, causing problems in templates - Original Publication Date field was not shown in the details view - Access Violation when filtering on Editor, Cover Designer or Translator - You could not tab out of the Author, Credits and Character edit grids - Amazon.de and Amazon.fr querying by ISBN - The Edit Book screen did not size correctly with large fonts - When selecting a book by scanning the ISBN when it was hidden by an active filter, the wrong book was opened for editing What's new in version 1.1 build 1 (released May 31, 2002) Added: - Improved batch functionality for online querying; add books while keeping the Online Query screen active. Most useful when querying by author. - Batch online query by ISBN; allows a list of ISBNs to by added/updated in one go - Ability to directly edit the details of Authors, Credits and Characters - Return Date and Loan Notes can now be renamed and selected as column fields - Loan Item and Manage Loans screens now use user-renamed field names - Loan information is now shown in the Details view - To avoid confusion, the Filter is now always reset to "off" when starting the program - Starting value for auto-incrementing Index field can now be set in Preferences screen Fixed: - Lookuplist group 'Details' was shown as 'Personal' - Updated Amazon.de querying - Updated Amazon.com querying - after edit actions, the scroll position of the list is now always remembered correctly - Access Violation when grouping on Author in certain conditions What's new in version 1.0 build 3 (released May 7, 2002) Added: - Tree now displays the author of books after the title Fixed: - Amazon.fr query on ISBN did not work anymore - Purchase Year was shown as empty when it was not - Generate button in "Edit Person" screen did produce the correct result in some cases - after switching to No Folder mode using the new toolbarbutton, the folder state wasn't remembered correctly What's new in version 1.0 build 2 (released April 23, 2002) Added: - Proxy button in Online Query screen Fixed: - Amazon.de querying now retrieves details correctly - sorting was wrong for titles/names containing foreign characters Version 1.0 was released April 22, 2002