Version 5.2 build 6 (released April 16, 2012) Improved Quick Search: - Now searches most text fields. Yes, including the Creators and Characters :-). - After a search, the search words are highlited in the Details Panel. - Improved performance: searches are much faster now. - Search happens automatically "as you type", no need to press enter. New: Main Screen: Total/Selected indication in status bar at the bottom. Fixed: - Edit Lists: - used count for Loaned To wasn't calculated properly - it wasn't possible to remove a Loaned To item Version 5.2 build 5 (released March 27, 2012) New: * Re-Designed Loan Manager - Complete re-design of the Loan Manager screen. - Two panel design with separate Outstanding Loans and Loan History panels. - The new Loan Manager is now the central place to return *and* loan comics. Use the switch at the top to switch between separate Loan and Return modes. - Over-due comics are clearly indicated at the top and in red. - Improved barcode scanner support: - Scanners can now be used to return and loan comics. - Batch scanning support (e.g. with the OPN-2001 or CLZ Barry). - Automatic overdue notifications when starting Comic Collector. * Field Names screen: set your own field names for the User Defined fields and rename all other fields to your own liking (Tools / Field Names). * Add Comics Automically: it is now possible to check multiple issues in one go. Just use Shift or Cmd clicking to select issues, then click one checkbox. * Main Screen: - New direct editing of folder items from the right click menu of the tree. - Easier switching between Layouts using Layout Menu. - Improved "remembering" of selection after adding/editing comics - New Keyboard shortcuts: - shift + cmd + N: add new item - cmd + F: quick search - cmd + U: update selected items Fixed: - Add Comics Automatically: - "Add All" button was adding blank comic entries - Searching for a barcode and getting multiple matches now selects NO issues instead of ALL issues. - Searching for barcodes with spaces in them: Add Auto screen now automatically removes the spaces so a result can be found. - Barcode search: "Search selected" wasn't searching all selected barcodes in queue mode - After adding a result adding the same result now gives a "already in collection" message - Main Screen: - Changes to the font size were not remembered for the Details Panel. - The folders in the tree panel were not sorted correctly (case-sensitive). - Edit Lists screen: - Generating sort names wasn't working correctly - Field Defaults: - Condition field shows list entries for "Age" - Import from XML: - Covers with a hash ('#') in the filename weren't imported correctly Version 5.2 build 4 (released January 25, 2012) Fixed: - Add Comics Automatically: - Tabs at the top ("By Title", "By Barcode", "New Releases") weren't working on Leopard (OSX 10.5.8) - The window was automatically closed after clicking "Add Selected" button. Now stays open. - Problems when adding issues that had quotes(") in the "Edition". - Main Screen: - The folders in the folder tree were sorted differently from the list (case sensitive). - Edit Comic Screen: - Details/Contents Tab > Contents: move up/down buttons were not working correctly. - The last focused field in Edit Story screen was not saved after clicking the "OK" button - Edit Lists screen: - Editing a list item, and then adding a new one, resulted in a bug. - Series backdrops were not refreshed in the screen after clicking "Next" & "Previous" buttons. - Series backdrops were cropped. Version 5.2 build 3 (released January 13, 2012): - Update Automatically wasn't working Version 5.2 build 2 (released January 12, 2012): Fixed: - Add Comics Automatically: - Improved the "already in collection" check. - Some comics with specific issue extensions like (.1) couldn't be added. - Series backdrop was downloaded again for every issue in the series. - Collapsing/Expanding of Series in Search Results wasn't working properly. - Preferences / User Templates Folder: crash when selecting a new folder. - Field defaults: Language dropdown was showing the wrong values - Main Screen: - Right click menu for the tree panel was missing. - In folder mode the "[none]" folder wasn't always the top folder in the tree. Version 5.2 build 1 (released January 9, 2012) * New: Backdrops (= background images) for the Details Panel - New Backdrop style for the Comic Collector Vee Five template, that uses the selected Backdrop as the background for the Details Panel. - Series-level Backdrops are now automatically provided by our online database. (use the Search Settings screen to switch backdrop downloading On/Off) - When Preview Art is available, it is automatically used as the Backdrop. (this is optional, use Tools / Settings to switch on/off) - Set your own series-level Backdrop in Edit Series / Backdrop. - Set your own issue-level Backdrop in Edit Comic / Images / Backdrop. * New: Re-designed toolbar icons and other buttons in main screen and Preference screen. Yes, we finally got rid of the Windows 95 look! * New: Field Defaults screen in Tools menu: Set default values for many fields, which will be automatically set when adding a new comic to your database. * New: Print simple lists: Print button on toolbar, that prints the currently visible comic list in the List Panel. * New: your defined field sets for Folders, Columns and Sort Orders now show up as a menu under the respective buttons, for easy switching between sets. * New: Merge button in the Edit Lists screen, to merge duplicate entries. * New: Incremental Search in the List View, to select a comic by typing. * Improved: More logical layout of the Add Comics Automatically screen. Fixed: - When starting the program on Mac OS X Lion, the main Comic Collector window always appeared behind other windows. - Main screen: - After adding a new comic, the main screen list (either in List, Images or CoverFlow mode), didn't automatically select and scroll to the added comic. - While in Image and Cover Flow mode, selecting a folder in the tree didn't automatically select the first comic in the list. - Many other small problems and cosmetic issues. Version 5.1 build 8 (released November 29, 2011) Added: * Multi-field sorting: - Create more complex sort orders consisting of multiple fields. - Save your created sort field sets for easy switching. * Sync with Connect: new Update Details button, to show details about the updates that will be performed on your items. * After adding/editing comics, the main screen now automatically restores the selection to what it was before the add/edit action. Fixed: * SortTitle is now imported from XML * Sync with Connect: Text values could be overwritten * Toolbar: - missing Sync with Connect button - missing Export to CLZ button Version 5.1 build 7 (released November 7, 2011) Added: - Edit Screen: - Previous tab keyboard shortcut (CMD + SHIFT + [) - Next tab keyboard shortcut (CMD + SHIFT + ]) Fixed: - Converting database fails on 10.5 - Link Screen: - pressing "Enter" didn't update the search criteria - panels didn't have minimum size Version 5.1 build 6 (released November 1, 2011) Fixed: - Screen size and layouts not remembered when quitting program - Edit Story: Creators/Characters disappear when using Next/Previous - In some cases, Add Automatically did not auto-save database Version 5.1 build 5 (released October 28, 2011) Fixed: - Several rare problems with converting database from older versions - User Lookup fields weren't saved correctly Version 5.1 build 4 (released October 27, 2011) Added: - Screen size and layout are saved when changing layout - Folder view is now faster Fixed: - Add Automatically crashes on 10.7 when adding multiple issues - Several sorting and selection issues in List view Version 5.1 build 3 (released October 6, 2011) Fixed: - Sync with Comic Collector Connect: Downloading FROM Connect could result in duplicate entries in your local database. - Update Automatically could overwrite existing data and/or create duplicate entries in creator and character lists. Version 5.1 build 2 (released October 4, 2011) Fixed: - v5.1.1 was not a universal binary, didn't work on PowerPC Macs, now it does. - Sorting of Cover Flow and Images views didn't reflect the sorting of List View - Genres and Nr of Pages fields were not updated by Update Automatically. - Quantity field was not imported from the Windows edition. Version 5.1 build 1 (released October 3, 2011) Added: * Linking Comics: link your local comic entries to the corresponding entries in the Collectorz.com online comic book database. (Having your comic entries linked is essential for Updating Automatically and for uploading to Connect) * Update Comics Automatically: Bring your local comic entries with the current data in the online database (e.g. to get new data that was added online) * Sync with Comic Collector Connect: Publish/Upload your Comic Collector data online. Make changes online and sync them back down to Comic Collector. More about Comic Collector Connect: http://collectorz.com/comic/connect.php Fixed: * Main screen: - Right clicking in the list, then "Edit" sometimes edited the wrong comic. - In some cases, created custom Column Sets were not saved. - Preference setting "When double-clicking a comic in the list" was not correctly applied in Images and Cover Flow views. - "In Place" editing of Rating from Details Panel didn't work. - Details Panel wasn't refreshed after changing a cover image. - Dragging a cover to the Details Panel didn't work. * Add Comics Automatically: - Added comics weren't turning blue to indicate their new Collection Status. - The Preview Panel wasn't always updating correctly when selecting an item. - After adding, the added search result remained checked. * Edit Comic screen: - The Auto-complete feature in drop down fields didn't work. - In some cases it was not possible to edit First/Last Name of Characters. - In Edit Multiple mode the Next and Previous buttons were still visible. * Edit List screen: Unable to edit items after having re-sorted the list. * View License Info screen: Now allows upgrading from Standard to Pro edition. Version 5.0 build 7 (released June 10, 2011) * Fixed: - Export to CLZ Comics failed on OS X 10.5 (and on 10.7) - Various problems on OS X Lion (10.7) Version 5.0 build 6 (released May 31, 2011) * Fixed: - Export to CLZ Comics: crashes when updating an existing mobile database - Add Automatically: after a barcode search, sometimes the wrong issue was auto-selected - OS X 10.5: Rare crashes on start-up - Crashes in Edit List screen when opening it from the menu (as opposed to the toolbar) - Using Save As to save to the same file could corrupt the database file - CMD + A (Select All) didn't work in most panels, lists and edit boxes - The Help button in the Custom Folders screen didn't work - Preferences: Start value of Auto increment index was not saved correctly - Details View: clicking a local file link didn't open the file in some cases Version 5.0 build 5 (released May 27, 2011) * Fixed: - When browsing through the tree panel with the keyboard cursor keys, the tree didn't auto-scroll - It wasn't possible to add "Read It" as a column - Crash when changing column order of main screen list. - Add/Edit Comic: Adding characters could results in empty character entries - Find Cover Image: panels didn't have a minimum size - Images with illegal characters didn't display - Add Automatically: Barcode queue didn't auto-scroll when adding barcodes - Add Automatically: Barcode box now automatically gets the keyboard focus - Disabled some inappropriate menu options when right clicking on a folder in main view Version 5.0 build 4 (released May 25, 2011) * Fixed: - Cover date was incorrectly listed in main screen column as "Publication date" - Partial cover/release dates (without day part) were displayed incorrectly in list - Minimum size of list columns was too wide (e.g. for Issue Number field) - It was not possible to use Delete key to remove comics - Add Auto: Not possible to use Delete key (CMD+BACKSPACE) to remove barcode search from queue - When System Prefs / Number of Recent items was set to 0, the program did not remember last open database (or even crashed on some systems) - When deleting the comic, the Preview Art didn't get removed from database container - Cmd+W incorrectly closed the entire application instead of just closing the document - When closing the last document, the program was (incorrectly) closed too - OS X 10.5: Creating a new database still resulted in a crash Version 5.0 build 3 (released May 24, 2011) * Fixed: - Add Comics Automatically: when using a license name with a special character all searches returned "No Matches Found" - Last open database was not remembered when quitting app with cmd+Q - Edit Comic screen: When clicking Cancel, it always asked "are you sure?", even when no changes were made - Find Cover Image: Crash when click Crop without a crop area selected - Several issues on OS X 10.5: - Menu Buy / Enter License Info did not open License screen - Menu Comic Collector / Preferences did not open Preferences screen - Trial version start-up screen did not show up - Crash when opening a new database - Find Cover Image screen did not open Version 1.0 build 2 (released May 20, 2011): * Fixed: - License keys starting with a "0" digit didn't work - Add Comics Automatically: - Some licensed users got "No Matches Found" after a while. - Expired trial users also got "No Matches Found", while they should have gotten a "Trial expired" message. Version 5.0.1 (released May 19, 2011) * initial release