What's new in version 4.2 build 2 (September 2, 2008) Fixed: - Link Comics: Column headers for Online Issues list were mixed up - Linking / Updating a comic sometimes changed its Series field - Add Multiple Comics Manually: it wasn't possible to enter comics with negative issue numbers What's new in version 4.2 build 1 (August 27, 2008) - New "Issue Number Display Format" setting in Tools / Options (yes, this lets you bring back "The Space") - Update Comics Automatically: - Update your comics with the current online data fully automatically, IF they are "linked" to our online database - Update Comics Automatically command can now be used on multiple comics in one go - If your selection includes "unlinked" comics, the new Link Comics screen will pop-up automatically - Use the new "Link Comics" screen to link your comics to the entries in the online comic database - Use Tools / Link Comics to show and link all "unlinked" comics - Or use Link and Unlink commands in right-click menu - new "Clz Comic ID" field (read-only) that shows the online ID (tip: add it as a column to see the Link status of your comics) - Edit Comic screen: the Clz Comic ID is shown at the bottom - Edit Comic screen: New button to clear the Clz Comic ID and unlink the issue from the online database - Add Comics Automatically: - Further improvements to the layout and design of the screen - New "Show Owned" option for Issue List - New Releases tab page: - Now uses the real Release Date to show the current weeks new releases (or up to 3 previous weeks if you haven't refreshed for a while) - New 'All Series' entry at the top that lets you select all new issues from one list instead of per series - New "Online Search Settings" for selecting which information you want downloaded from the online database. These apply to both Adding and Updating. (use the Settings button in the Add Comics Automatically screen, top right) - Download Back Cover (Always / Never / Only for Wrap-Around Covers) - Download Issue Ext / Edition - Download Series Group - Download Title / Subtitle / Story Arc / Crossover - Download Creators - Download Characters - Download Plot - New Field "Release Date", indicating the real release date of the comic (as opposed to the Publication/Cover Date) - New Import From Text feature to import CSV files (File / Import From / Text) What's new in version 4.1 build 1 (June 19, 2008) - Add/Update Comics Automatically - completely redesigned and rewritten screen - use one screen to Add new issues and Update existing ones - new "New Releases" tab page that shows recently released issues, mostly based on ComicList.com data (thanks Charles!) - new "Daily Updates" tab page that automatically lists recent online updates for issues in your database - Series Lists can now be sorted on any column, ascending or descending (just click column headers) - Issue Lists can now be sorted on any column, ascending or descending (just click column headers) - Improved overall performance - new: Update issues right from the main screen: just right click an issue and choose Update Automatically - 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) - Standard vs Pro: these features are now PRO-only: (all owners of a v4 Standard license will get a FREE Pro Upgrade) - Filter screen - Saving Column, Sort Order and Folder field sets - Statistics screen - Changing Field Names - User Defined Fields - User Defined Credit Roles - Changes: - Export HTML, Paged by Series First Letter option now allows choosing the Sort Order of items within pages. - Search settings: "Download price data" setting to optionally download price information from database - Main Screen: 'In Collection' status filter now also shown in bottom of screen - Added French language, thanks to Nad Peil, Christopher Tout and Klaus Elsbernd. Fixed: - Sort title generation of person names could result in leading space in first name field - Main screen: - Closing application from Windows taskbar while customizing toolbar caused an Access Violation - When selecting multiple items 'Edit One Comic' was still enabled in right click menu - Clearing the quick search would apply current filter instead of not filtering at all - Loans screen: filter text was cleared when pressing the filter button - Filter screen: - Filtering on Date fields did not work correctly - Several user interface issues in the filter screen - An Anywhere condition could cause an Access Violation in some cases - Edit Comic/Story: - Price fields now only accept valid price values - Characters lists didn't display scrollbar when column sizes exceeded list width - Edit Story screen: tab order was not correct - 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 - Capitalization terms were not loaded and saved correctly - Print screen: some fields weren't printed properly - Update Automatically: using the Update button when no issues were showing caused an Access Violation What's new in version 4.0 build 2 (January 7, 2008) Changes: - Edit Comic screen: Cover Price field moved back to main tab page - Add Automatically: Favorites list is now automatically sorted alphabetically Fixed: - CmC 4 templates: Characters with an URL filled in didn't show up as links - Range Check Error when opening Edit Comic screen - Changes to the order of the Character list didn't get saved - Changing the sort order in the main screen sometimes required two column header clicks - Add Automatically: always genetated sort title even when similar as title What's new in version 4.0 (January 3, 2008) - New database fields: - Crossover - Story Arc - Imprint - new Creator role: Cover Painter - Tags - Last Submission Date (automatically filled when submitting issue data to Collectorz.com) - new Column Field: Full Title (automatic combination of Crossover, Story Arc and Title) - new Column Field: All Creators (automatically lists all creator names) - new In Collection Status value "On Order" - Add Comics Automatically: - improved screen layout - new Favorites tab page - Add series to your Favorites list, so you don't have to search for them anymore - Use the Favorites tab to check for new issues - Use the "Show/Hide Issues Already in Database" checkbox to make the Issue List show new issues only - Series of current comic on main screen is now automaticaly selected in Add Automatically screen. - new Comic Collector 4 Compact template for previewing results, in two styles (blue and black) - new Check Connection button - new toolbar icons featuring CC - Edit Comic / Edit Story screens: - Improved field layout - Creator list now remembers its column widths - list of Creator roles is now in a more logical order - Improved Links tab page: - Add Interior Art images. Images show up in Details View in main screen. - Add links to other local files (e.g. movies) by dragging & dropping - Add links to websites by dragging & dropping from your browser - Easier editing of links and their descriptions - Contents tab: now shows Index, Title, Creators and Characters columns - Contents tab now remembers column widths - The "..." buttons next to pick list fields have been removed and replaced by a new [Add ...] command inside the drop down list (tip: use F2 to edit!) - New entry boxes for easier adding of values to check list fields (e.g. Genre) - Edit Story screen is now resizable - Fixed: "tabbing" to date fields needed an extra tab key press - Details View Templates: - new CSS Styles system - Template menu now allows selecting various "styles" for each template (using a submenu) - New styles can be created using CSS style sheets and a simple .csi meta file - new Comic Collector 4 template, in six different styles (blue, black, CC, CC2, Gray and iTunes) - New Full Covers template in Blue, Black and Gray - "Comic Collector Colors" and "Gray/Yellow" are now available as styles for the Full Details Classic template - Searching your database: - Completely redesigned Filter screen - Build advanced filters using brackets, AND, OR, NOT, equal, not equal, greater than, less than, contains, wildcards - 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 Comic/Story screens - use Tools / Options / Sort Titles to configure recognized articles (the, a, le, la, die, der, das, etc..) - Three part person names (e.g. Barbara Taylor Bradford) are now split into First/Last Names correctly - 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 Capitalization of Titles - new AutoCap button next to Title in Edit Comic and Edit Story screens - Titles are now automatically capitalized when using Add Automatically - use Tools / Options / Capitalization to configure auto-cap settings and exceptions - Export to HTML: - New Comic Collector 4 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 Series" option - 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) - Improved Loan Management - Print loan lists - Use the Quick Search box to search your Loan History by Title or Loaner name - New Email and Address fields in the Loaner item - New date selectors in Loan Info screen - Completely revised and updated Help file (english version only for now) Fixed: - Image preview during online search failed if the Windows user account name contained two consecutive spaces - Edit Lists screen now shows user defined field names (only for lists that are not shared by multiple fields) - Added Italian language, thanks to Ivano Modenesi - iPod export was missing files when exporting many items with status indicator split over several files What's new in version 3.3 build 1 (December 21, 2006) Changed/Added: - 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 - Polish language support Vista compatibility/compliance: - changed default location of user data (database, backup, images and thumbnails) to: \My Documents\Comic Collector\ - User Templates can now be (optionally) placed in a user configurable location (Tools / Options), which defaults to \My Documents\Comic Collector\Templates\ - "System" Templates (the ones included with the program) are still in \Comic Collector\Templates\ - changed location of Script and other "temp" files to: \Documents And Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Comic Collector\ - Fixed: program hangs when closing on some Vista systems Fixed: - 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) - Update Comics Automatically: Number of pages was not updated - Update Comics Automatically: Characters were not updated and/or added as needed - Sorting of list fields now works similar to sorting of string fields. - AV when clicking on a cover image without a selected item in the list - Edit Lists: Auto-Resort checkbox had no effect - Edit Lists: When having Auto-Resort switched ON, the focus did not "follow" the edited item. - Performance problem when loading folder lists in Images View - Check for update period was not taken into account What's new in version 3.2 build 1 (August 7, 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 Character, Edit Series, etc..) - Both "Generate" functions for Character items now work correctly according to selected DisplayName setting Changed/Added: - Edit Comic / Contents tabpage: Story List now has a right-click menu with Add/Edit/Remove/Up/Down commands - Edit Comic / Contents tabpage: it is now possible to double click a story item to Edit it - new default Format list (only used when creating new databases) Fixed: - Edit Credit behaviour had changed. Now back to original behaviour. - missing German "splash" file - missing German help file - many small issues in the multi-language support - Export to iPod Notes (PRO only): changed status indicator for wanted from '?' to 'W' - Add Automatically: Access Violation when adding a credit with a non-existing role What's new in version 3.1 build 2 (July 21, 2006) Fixed: - Edit Multiple cleared the Nr of Pages field - Tools / Options / Images / "Scale down ..." box didn't allow typing - Details View : problems with hard returns in Plot/Notes fields - Nr of Pages didn't show up in any of the templates (View, Print or Export) - Edit Comic: Access Violation when clicking Edit Credit right after removing the last credit entry - Template "Comic Collector Colors": the color of Series link in the header was not correct - Add Automatically: Series with the word "by" in the Series name did not show up correctly in the Series list - Add Automatically: Wraparound Cover values did not get downloaded from the online database What's new in version 3.1 build 1 (July 20, 2006) Added: - 5 new Credit roles: Plotter, Scripter, Layouts, Painter and Editor-In-Chief - 3 new user definable Credit roles: User Role 1-3 (rename using Tools / Field Names) - All credit roles now share one "person" list - new Alias field for Character items - new Character Name setting in Tools / Options to control how character names are generated/displayed - Character items that have an URL now show up as links in the Details View - new Wraparound Cover checkbox in Edit Comic screen (Covers tab), check this to make the Details View show back and front cover side-to-side - new URL field for Series items (Series that have an URL now show up as links in the Details View) - Layout enhancements of View templates have now also been implemented in Print and Export templates - German language support Fixed: - Submit screen didn't remember its position - Add Multiple Manually screen was too narrow - Update Automatically screen : Matching "123/156" text was too narrow - Add/Edit Story screen: Credits and Character toolbar were not locked in place - Printing: some field values (e.g. Title and Subtitle) were not shown in printed lists - Add/Edit Comic screen: screen caption did not show the item's information - Edit Multiple on Quantity field didn't work correctly - In the Details View the Plot area showed the Notes, not the Plot - Update Automatically: now also automatically matches issues on their internal ComicID - Update Automatically: Access Violation when updating comics with an empty Series field - many minor issues in the multi-language support What's new in version 3.0 build 1 (June 22, 2006) New: the Collectorz.com online comic database: - Add Comics Automatically feature (add comics by downloading all data and covers from the online comic database) - Update Comics Automatically feature (update your existing entries using the online comic database) - Submit to Collectorz.com Comic Database feature: help us improve the online database, by submitting your data and images 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 Other changes and additions: - Export to iPod Notes (PRO only): export your list to the Notes section of your iPod - new Folder "Preset": Series First Letter / Series (see View / Folders menu) - Enhanced layout of included templates ("CmC Colors" and "Gray/Yellow"), plus added Plot and Stories - new "Compact Preview" template (for previewing online database results) - Automatic update option in Check For Update screen, which downloads and installs the latest version automatically - Sorting on text fields now takes numbers into account (e.g. 'issue 10' sorts after 'issue 2' instead of before) - Export to HTML uses placeholder image as a thumbnail if cover images are not available - new example database Fixed: - Fullsize image window now handles images larger than screen correctly - 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 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 - 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 - Improved performance when opening databases from network/external drives - Improved overall performance What's new in version 2.10 build 7 (January 27, 2006) Changed: - Dropdown lists of year fields are now sorted in descending order - Now generates better looking thumbnails (use Tools / Maintenance / Repair Thumbnails to update yours) What's new in version 2.10 build 6 (January 13, 2006) Changed: - Layout of Options screen Fixed: - Improved startup time by removing demodatabase specific checks - Reset to Defaults with small menu icons now does not crash. - Edit Comic: Browse for cover dialog now also shows *.png files - Export to HTML: images that do not need processing (eg. scaling) are now copied instead of loaded and saved - Removed 'Initialize Flic scanner' from Tools menu, because Flic scanner is not supported (yet) - some errors in the Help file - Add/Edit Comic: rare freezes when clicking Add Credit button What's new in version 2.10 build 5 (August 30, 2005) 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 "#" What's new in version 2.10 build 4 (August 23, 2005) Fixed: - Access Violation after switching filter off and on - Cancel during Export to HTML did not work - Cover-image window disappeared when moving mouse over thumbnails view - Help menu had a "Initialize Flic scanner" command, which does not apply to Comic Collector What's new in version 2.10 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: - Next/Previous in Edit Comic screen is a lot faster Fixed: - Toolbars in Edit Comic 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" - Choosing Edit Credit while an empty row is selected caused Access Violation - Details View goes blank while editing in Thumbnails View - in some situations Details View goes blank after adding/editing comics - Printing: Details page did not print people's names if they had a value in their url field What's new in version 2.10 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 field - "Ancestor for "ilToolbar not found" error when opening Statistics screen - 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 What's new in version 2.10 build 1 (August 2, 2005) Added: - 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 Comic: 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 '#' What's new in version 2.9 build 3 (May 13, 2005) Fixed: - Edit Comic: using Next/Previous is a lot faster now - Access Violation when using Insert key in Credits list of Edit Comic screen - Export to HTML: "List index out of bounds" error when no sort fields are specified - Print: "Mismatched end tag ..." error when using Thumbnail Layout - Export to HTML: UP links in Detail Pages not correct when using Single Long List What's new in version 2.9 build 2 (May 2, 2005) Fixed: - 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 What's new in version 2.9 build 2 (April 29, 2005) Fixed: - Export to HTML: 'List index out of bounds' error when using list type 'Single Long List' What's new in version 2.9 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: - Printing and Export to HTML: Report title for custom list reports was truncated when using reserved characters What's new in version 2.8 build 3 (March 9, 2005) Fixed: - rare "Index out of bounds" errors when switching to Thumbnails View - program freezing while using Thumbnails View - Edit Comic screen: drag+drop of a back cover overwrote front cover file - After Next/Previous in Edit Comic screen it was not possible to edit the first credit item - Images can be made clickable in Details View by adding in template What's new in version 2.8 build 2 (February 24, 2005) Added: - Edit Comic 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 Comic screen: drag&drop onto the Covers tab didn't work - After repairing thumbnails, refreshing the main screen was very slow What's new in version 2.8 build 1 (February 21, 2005) Added: - Support for image scanners: -Add cover scans of your comics to your collection quickly -Supports TWAIN and WIA-compatible scanners -Automatically link scanned image to front- or backcover of a comic -Optional automatic downscaling of large images -Open image editing software directly from the Edit Comic screen -Redesigned Covers tab in the Edit Comic screen - New thumbnail view: -Main screen shows thumbnail images of the comics -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 - 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 - Collection Status field was visible in 'Add Multiple Comics' screen - rare Access Violations in Print, Export to HTML and Export to Text screens, when using Selected Items option What's new in version 2.7 build 3 (January 17, 2005) Fixed: - Quantity field was missing in the Details View - Filtering on empty multi-valued fields (eg Genre) now works correctly What's new in version 2.7 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 What's new in version 2.7 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. - '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 Fixed: - Export to HTML: In custom list templates, the Front Cover and Back Cover fields now link to the file they contain What's new in version 2.6 build 3 (August 5, 2004) Added: - When the database format changes, a copy of the collection is saved automatically in the backup folder Changed: - Trial edition now shows reminder in Add screens Fixed: - Add Contents: 'Next' button is now available - When using Next/Previous to cycle through records, contents of the Links field was copied to other records if those had fewer links - Automated version check no longer displays network errors - Export to HTML: In custom list templates, the Front Cover and Back Cover fields now link to the file they contain What's new in version 2.6 build 2 (July 9, 2004) Fixed: - some values did not get saved correctly (mainly the newest values in picklists) What's new in version 2.6 build 1 (July 8, 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 comics in the current database - "Links" field, to store a list of website links (replaces URL field) Fixed: - improved error handling for missing files, especially on empty removable drives like zip or cd-drives - Program shuts down faster because file association is no longer created every time - Faster loading of large collections - After "Edit Multiple" the program now correctly restores the "scroll" position of the list What's new in version 2.5 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 Comic: When using Next/Previous function via keyboard shortcut, active field was not remembered - Filter: Adding a filter field after first deleting one did not work in certain cases - Filter: Filtering on empty field now works correctly - Edit Comic, 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 - 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 cause by the QHost trojan) - improved error handling for other low level connection problems What's new in version 2.5 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 Comic: 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 What's new in version 2.5 build 1 (February 23, 2004) Added: - Batch editing: Edit Multiple Comics function: set or clear any field for multiple comics at a time - Next and Previous buttons in the Edit Comic screen, for easy navigation over items in a main screen list - 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 - Field Defaults: new values for publisher, series, age, color and condition fields - Setting to automatically size the cover image pop-up window to the size of the selected image - Edit Comic/Contents: Up/Down buttons for Credits and Characters fields Fixed: - 'Show Empty Folders' indicator in menu was not visible under Windows XP - Edit Comic: checklist fields (e.g. Genre) are now sorted correctly - Multiple comics getting the same cover image after dragging & dropping covers What's new in version 2.4 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 What's new in version 2.4 build 1 (November 18, 2003) Added: - Export to Palm / Pocket PC: use ListPro to view exported data on your mobile device (Pro Edition only) - 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 - Default value for the Location field - Loan/Return items now supports multiple-selection - Pressing Ctrl during drag&drop in main screen now adds value for multi-value lookup fields (instead of replacing) - 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 Fixed: - Quick Search function did not search in some fields - Collections could not be opened if backup failed What's new in 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 under Win98/ME What's new in 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 value for Purchase Date field - 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 What's new in version 2.2 build 1 (April 18, 2003) Added: - New Quick Search function - Searches for text in all fields (both comic 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: -Default grouping changed to 'No Folders' Fixed: - Issue and Quantity fields were empty in Contents view - Add Multiple Comics toolbar icon had disappeared What's new in version 2.1 build 3 (released February 19, 2003) Added: - Total and average cover price statistics Fixed: - Added user-defined fields to default view template - Clicking cover image in details view no longer showed the full-size image - Totals in stats screen did not take quantity field into account - 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 Comic screen and as thumbnails - Fixed 'Unable to insert line' error in Edit Comic 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 Comic screen (eg the Genre field) now show the selected values first Fixed: - Importing another collection created duplicate ID values, causing HTML export problems - 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 What's new in version 2.0 build 1 (released January 8, 2003) Added: - new Printing features based on XSL templates. Included templates for: - Comic List reports (replaces List Report feature) - Full Comic Details - new Export to HTML features based on XSL templates: - create HTML lists of your comics, each item linking to a full comic 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 Fixed: - 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 1.2 build 2 (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 - "Range Check Error" when adding multiple comics, none of which were in collection - Shortcut keys did not work for some fields in the Edit Comic screen - The Index field always showed 0 in Contents view Added: - support for XP themes Changes: - Upgraded to Delphi 7 What's new in version 1.2 build 1 (released September 10, 2002) Fields: - "Issue Nr" now accepts zero and negative numbers - new "Issue Ext" field, for entering alphanumeric Issue specifications - new display-only "Issue" field that combines "Issue Nr" and "Issue Ext" - new "Quantity" field - new Credit role: Separator - new Credit role: Cover Inker - new Credit role: Cover Colorist - new Credit role: Cover Penciler - new Credit role: Cover Separator - Cover Designer field is now called Cover Artist Pick lists: - example values for Condition pick list are now sorted in a logical order - new example values for Publisher pick list - new example values for Genre pick list (note: the above pick list changes only apply when creating new databases) Fixed: - Incorrect Used value in Manage Lookup List screen for some fields What's new in version 1.1 build 1 (released August 19, 2002) Added: - new "Add Multiple Comics" screen, which lets you add entire series of comic books in one go. Just set the range of issues you want to add (e.g. issue 5 to 57) - new Edition field on Details tabpage of Add/Edit Comic screen - Notes and Character fields are now shown in the Details view - Ability to directly edit the details of Credits and Characters in the Edit Comic screen - main screen statusbar now shows number of selected items - Starting value for auto-incrementing Index field can now be set in Preferences screen Fixed: - Lookuplist group 'Details' was shown as 'Personal' - 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 - after edit actions, the scroll position of the list is now always remembered correctly - The Edit Comic screen did not size correctly with large fonts - Sorting and grouping on Genre in Contents view caused Access Violation - menu bar nows looks ok in Windows XP (it had a white background in previous builds) - Custom Folder settings of Content View were not remembered between sessions - To avoid confusion, the Filter is now always reset to "off" when starting the program Changed restrictions of evaluation version: - evaluation copies are now limited to 100 comics (was 25) What's new in version 1.0 build 3 (released May 7, 2002) Fixed: - Details view did not show Series in header - Details view did not show customized field names for credits - 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) Fixed: - sorting was wrong for titles/names containing foreign characters - installer had Music Collector logo instead of Comic Collector logo Version 1.0 was released April 22, 2002