Version 8.1 build 3 (March 5, 2008) Fixed: - Edit Multiple: price fields could not be cleared using F8 - Filter: quick search or filtering could result in Access Violation Version 8.1 build 2 (March 3, 2008) Changes: - several Centurion support improvements Fixed: - Edit Album: - the several price entry boxes looked different from other entry boxes - Tracks Tab: Tracks following a header were skipping a position - Editing multiple tracks only allowed for track items instead of tracks and headers - Print screen: - Printing caused a "Field id 85 has no XML tagname" error when the 'Album.Tags' field was one of the columns to be printed - Print (preview) was looking messed up with MuC 8 template - CueCat support: - EAN-13 barcodes weren't scanned properly - some barcodes were generated with a wrong check digit - Add Automatically: - Price data was still downloaded - Filter: - Filtering on the instrument field gave empty results most of the time - Filter settings weren't saved to User Files Folder setting location but to the MyDocuments folder although they were loaded from the specified location Version 8.1 build 1 (February 4, 2008) New: - Support for Centurion CD carousel devices - Use Storage fields in Edit Disc screen to link your movies to Centurion CD volumes - Music Collector handles Centurion CD disc inserts - Templates: - New MuC8 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 Music Collector 8 template - 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 Album screen (automatically fills barcode field then) - In Collection Status: - New value "On Order" - Filter status is now shown in bottom of main screen - Edit Album screen, Tracks tab: - now allows Edit Multiple Tracks when multiple tracks are selected - now allows removing multiple tracks at once - Export HTML, Paged by Artist First Letter option now allows choosing the Sort Order of items within pages. - new Format icons for SACD and DVD Audio - Add Automatically: Downloading price data from Amazon is now optional (through Search Settings) - Submit to Collectorz.com: now remembers Last Submission Date for each album - Tools / Options: new setting "User Files Folder", for choosing the folder where column, sort and filter settings are saved (defaults to My Documents\Music Collector) Fixed: - 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 - Filter screen: - Filtering on Album.Instrument field caused Access Violation - 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 - Edit Album/Track screens: - Credits lists didn't display scrollbar when column sizes exceeded list width - Price fields now only accept valid price values - Edit Track screen showed Index value in its title, instead of Position - Edit Album screen, Tracks tab: - Fixed: it was possible in some occasions to drag and drop a disc on a header or in between tracks - Fixed: dragging multiple items sometimes reversed their order - Fixed: Header items didn't display all columns - Main screen: - Reassign Index values had no effect while in folder view - Original Release Year could not be used as a Folder field - Changing the sort order sometimes required two column header clicks - Closing application from Windows taskbar while customizing toolbar caused an Access Violation - MuC 8 details view template: when both composer and artist were specified the artist wasn't always showing in the musicians section - Export to iPod: when exporting including status indicator, the lists were not split correctly. - Export to Text: Minimum screen size was too small - Sort title generation of person names could result in leading space in first name field - Loans screen: filter text was cleared when pressing the filter button - Printing: - Some pictures like rating stars were not showing in print out - Owner and location fields were missing - MP3 database import: caused lock file issues in some cases Version 8.0 build 3 (November 19, 2007) Changed: - Edit Album: Tracks tab now has extra columns for Composer and Composition - Edit Album: Tracks tab now remembers column widths - Edit Track: improved layout of classical fields (composition box is wider now) 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 - Names of album items in tree now include composer (when filled in) - Generate Sort Title didn't work when no article (the, a, etc..) was found - Tag field: Folders, Filter and #Used counters did not work correctly - Edit Album / Covers: Edit and Copy button did not get enabled after adding an image - Edit Album / People tab: Slow adding/editing of persons in the Credit List - Edit Album / Tracks tab: when adding tracks manually the Track Position value got "stuck" at 20 - Three part person names (e.g. Barbara Taylor Bradford) got split into First/Last Names incorrectly - Export to iPOD resulted in "Abstract Error" - 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 lock file issues - Edit Studio screen was missing some sub-fields (e.g. URL) - Instrument field was missing from the Person List and Edit Person screens Added: - Portuguese language support, thanks to José Alves Fernandes Version 8.0 build 2 (November 7, 2007) Fixed: - Access Violations when closing Edit Album screen - Access Violations when switching between saved Sort Orders - "Not a valid integer" errors when opening a database with invalid data in TOC field - Studios: Folders, Filter and #Used counters did not work correctly - Ampersand (&) characters in Field Names were visible in some places where they shouldn't be - Improved performance of editing items from picklists (Edit Album/Track) Version 8.0 build 1 (November 6, 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 album and track fields in your filters (e.g. album.artist = madonna AND track.title contains "love") - Use the same filters in Album and Track 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 Album/Track 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. - new Folder field option: "First letter of Artist" (tip: works great in combination with Artist as the 2nd level folder) - Improved performance of Track View - Database changes: - Improvements for classical music: - Artist/Composer field separated into two fields Artist and Composer - new field: Composition with subfields Title, Composer, Key, Opus, Date - new field: Chorus - New field: Subtitle - New field: Original Release Date - New field: Tags - Studio field now allows multiple values - Producer, Engineer, Songwriter, UserCredit 1&2 and Musician fields now use a shared "People" pick list - Improved Edit Album / Tracks tab page: - Drag and drop multiple items in one go - Drag and drop Header items - Easier drag and drop to last position - Track title, artist, length and original position are now shown in separate columns - new "Restore Original Track Order" and "Auto Renumber Tracks" buttons - Edit Album / Edit Track screens: - Improved field layout - Musicians/Credits lists now remember their column widths: - Improved Links tab page: - Add links to websites by dragging & dropping from your browser - Add links to local files (images, movies, playlists) by dragging & dropping - Added images show up in the Details View in the main screen - Easier editing of links and their descriptions - 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, Extras) - Edit Track screen is now resizable - Fixed: "tabbing" to date fields needed an extra tab key press - Add Albums Automatically: - Improved Advanced Mode: tabs at the top have been combined, making it easier to search by Artist/Title AND Barcode in one go - Improved Wizard Mode: - It now takes less steps to add an album - Screen is now resizable, for better previewing of results - new Check Connection button - The purchase price is now being retrieved from Amazon info sources - 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) - Details View Templates: - New CSS Styles system - Template menu now allows selecting various "styles" for each template (using a submenu) - Styles can be created using CSS style sheets - Added several new styles for Full Details Classic template - New Music Collector 8 template, in 3 different styles (blue, black and iTunes) - Improved Loan Management - Print loan lists - Use Flic scanner in Loan Management screen to Loan or Return CDs - Use the Quick Search box to search your Loan History by Title, bar code or Loaner name - New Email and Address fields in the Loaner item - New date selectors in Loan Info screen - Export to HTML: - New Music Collector 8 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 Artist" option - Improved look of In Collection Status images in tree and list - Completely revised and updated Help file (english version only for now) Changed: - Added Indonesian language, thanks to Yohanes Kurniawan 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) Version 7.1 build 5 (May 18, 2007) Fixed: - Error message 'Class TEdit not found' when clicking the Settings button in the Add Album Automatically screen Version 7.1 build 4 (May 15, 2007) Added: -Initial order and selection of infosources is now dynamic, based on country defined in Windows Regional Settings -Amazon UK can now be searched by barcode -Edit Album screen now supports the Collectorz.com barcode scanner to fill the UPC/Barcode field -German language updated to version 7. Special thanks to Klaus Elsbernd. Changed: -Import from text: UPC and TOC fields have been swapped to make import without TOC easier Fixed: - Online update from Album screen did not add new genres or other lookup items Version 7.1 build 3 (December 19, 2006) More changes to file locations: - "System" and "User" Templates can now be placed in two separate locations: - System Templates are back to their old location in: \Program Files\Collectorz.com\Music Collector\Templates\ - User Templates can now be (optionally) placed in a user configurable location (Tools / Options), which defaults to \My Documents\Music Collector\Templates\ - Location of capphrases.txt is now configurable (Tools / Options / Capitalization) and defaults to \My Documents\Music Collector\capphrases.txt Fixed: - Check for update period was not taken into account - Lyrics folder was always created at default location in My Documents - In some cases the main screen layout was reset after minimizing and maximizing the program Version 7.1 build 2 (December 13, 2006) Changed: - Restricted Users can run Music Collector if installed by Administrator - Default folders are not being created anymore if they are not being used - Changed location of Templates folder to \Documents And Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\Music Collector\Templates\ (or \My Documents\Music Collector\Templates\ on Windows 98) - More descriptive error messages for Collectorz.com infosource Fixed: - HTML Export: links to placeholder icons were not correct Version 7.1 build 1 (December 12, 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 to for disabling the "Copy or Link?" prompt - Spanish language support Windows Vista compatibility/compliance: - changed default location of user data (database, backup, images and thumbnails) to: \My Documents\Music Collector\ - changed location of Templates folder to \Documents And Settings\All Users\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Music Collector\Templates\ (or \Windows\All Users\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Music Collector\Templates\ on Windows 98) - changed location of Script and other "temp" files to: \Documents And Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Music Collector\ (or \Windows\Local Settings\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Music Collector\ on Windows 98) - 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) - Minor corrections to German language and update to version 7.0 - Minor corrections to Polish language - Performance problem when loading folder lists in Images View Version 7.0 build 3 (September 14, 2006) Fixed: - Sorting of listfields now works similar to sorting of string fields. - Edit Album, Tracks tab: Access Violation when removing a track - Edit Album tab order OK, Cancel, Next, Previous - Edit Album / Edit Track: after using Next the "Remove Artist" button was disabled - Edit Track: improved layout of Main and Details/Personal tab pages - Edit Lists: When having Auto-Resort switched ON, the focus did not "follow" the edited item. - Edit Lists: using Generate Display Names when First and Last name were empty could clear the Display Name - Search Settings screen: "cannot open file freedbservers.txt" error - Add Automatically: scanning enhanced CDs resulted in a track list that didn't match the TOC - Add Automatically Wizard: scanning a CD multiple times in a row (by using Previous) didn't work correctly - Submit screen: clearer message after submitting (indicating how many have been submitted) Version 7.0 build 2 (September 8, 2006) Changes: - Edit Album: UPC, Sort Title and Title The fields moved to Main tab page - Templates: UPC(Barcode) is shown more prominently now Fixed: - Add Automatically Wizard: "List Index out of bounds" error when Collectorz.com returns no results - Add Automatically Wizard: when using Previous button one could still get to the "CD Scan Results" page - Edit Album: Submit button still submitted to Freedb - Submit screen: column headers didn't match content - Submit screen: "Can Submit" shows clearer msgs now - Submit screen: added columns that show whether a front and/or back cover is present - Submit screen: added check for max image size (500 kb) - Edit Lists: Auto-Resort checkbox had no effect Version 7.0 build 1 (September 6, 2006) New online info source: the Collectorz.com Music Database - replaces freedb info source - based on GPL'ed freedb data merged with the public domain MusicBrainz data - supports searching by Artist/Title - Artist/Title search results now include track lengths - supports searching by Barcode (barcode data not available yet though, please submit your data) - supports cover images (no images available yet though, please submit your data) - new Submit to Collectorz.com feature, to help us build and maintain this database 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 Artist, Edit Genre, etc..) Other changes: - Add Automatically Wizard Mode: CD Scan "search results" are now automatically skipped - Add Automatically Advanced Mode: CD scan "search results" are not shown anymore - some small enhancements to the Compact Preview template Fixed: - AV when clicking on a cover image without a selected item in the list - "format '%s' invalid or incompatible with argument" error when running in French - Export to iPod Notes (PRO only): changed status indicator for wanted from '?' to 'W' - some minor typos in the German language support - many fixes in the French language support Version 6.11 build 5 (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 6.11 build 4 (June 12, 2006) Added: - Language support for Polish and Italian - Help topic about using CD Carousels - Sorting on text fields now takes numbers into account (e.g. 'title 10' sorts after 'title 2' instead of before) Fixed: - 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 - CD Carousel support did not check for errors - Track view: Value of the number of tracks 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 (minor corrections) - Printing and Export to HTML: "Range check error" occurred on some systems Version 6.11 build 3 (May 11, 2006) Added: - Add Album automatically: The entered barcode, artist and title are used if they are not returned by the search Fixed: - Add Album automatically (advanced): Using 'update in queue' inadvertently cleared CD Scan and CD Text results - Export to iPod Notes: Searching for the iPod could give a 'drive not ready' error message - License validation: entering an invalid license did not show an error message Version 6.11 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 6.11 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 and French language support Changed: - Add Albums 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 - Find Available Slot in Album screen: 'not a valid integer value' error appeared when using non-integer slot values - Add Albums Automatically: some header texts were missing in the Preview panel - Submit to freedb: empty error message - Some Dutch details in Browse for Cover for albums - Access Violations in Standard Edition when set to a Language other than English - Access Violation in Preview panel of Add Albums 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 6.10 build 3 (March 16, 2006) Fixed: - Access Violation when program closes on Windows 98 - List Index Out of Bounds when selecting a disc in the tree and editing it via Storage Menu - Storage Slot is now inherited from disk to track level - Printer Setup did not remember options. - Print and Export templates: Rowshading, Report Date and Thumbnails options were not applied correctly in non-english versions. - Customization screen for menus and toolbars was not translated Version 6.10 build 2 (March 9, 2006) Fixed: - Tools|Options|Images: "Scale down images" setting could not be higher than 100 - some english texts were still visible when using Dutch language settings - "invalid character in attribute value" when Exporting to HTML using Gray/Yellow template - Installer did not create Start menu and Desktop shortcuts Version 6.10 build 1 (March 8, 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: - New Disc fields: Storage Device and Storage Slot - Support for DACAL / Ziotech CD Carousel through free downloadable driver Fixed: - Fullsize image window now handles images larger than screen correctly - Improved performance when opening databases from network/external drives - Improved overall performance Changes: - Upgraded to Delphi 2006 Version 6.9 build 14 (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) Version 6.9 build 13 (November 15, 2005) Fixed: - After Edit Album the right-click menu popped up - Add Albums Advanced Mode: the Search button only worked on selected queue item (should work on entire queue) Version 6.9 build 12 (November 11, 2005) Fixed: - Default freedb server is set back to "free.freedb.org" (because of freedb load-balancing requirements) - "Show In Collection Indicators" settings was not saved correctly (happened only on Win98 systems) Version 6.9 build 11 (November 10, 2005) Changed: - Default freedb server is now set to "us.freedb.org" (because of server problems at freedb.freedb.org) - A "default" freedb server list is now included with the program, making it possible to switch freedb servers without downloading the list first - After refreshing the freedb server list the new list is saved for later use (in freedbserverlist.txt) - New setting in Options/Images: Automatically check/update image file paths (OFF by default) - Improved performance when opening databases (with above setting set to OFF) - Layout of Options screen - Removed "Retrieve Full Results while Searching" option (to reduce server load on all online info sources) Fixed: - Access Violation when exiting the program on some systems Version 6.9 build 10 (September 28, 2005) AutoCapitalization enhancements: - Removed single quote from word separator characters Fixed: - Crash upon exit on some systems - freedb submit from edit album screen now uses data from album screen Version 6.9 build 9 (September 19, 2005) AutoCapitalization enhancements: - Added 'First letter only with Exceptions' method - Added "AutoCap as you type" option - Added "AutoCap all Disc/Track Titles" button on Tracks tabpage of Edit Album screen - Bigger and clearer AutoCap button in Edit Album/Track screens - Added "AutoCap Settings" button next to AutoCap button in Edit Album/Track screens - Exception list screen is now resizable and remembers size/position - Inverted the meaning of the "Uppercase first letter at start of Title" checkbox for exception phrases - Fixed: 'First letter only' option did not change the rest of the title to lowercase Version 6.9 build 8 (September 13, 2005) Added: - Added capitalization for title functionality Version 6.9 build 7 (September 12, 2005) Changed: - freedb submit: allowed for submissions without a release year Fixed: - Search|Find CD by scanning: the wrong disk was sometimes found in specific situations - Adding a multi-disk album using multiple Amazon infosources created incorrect disk titles - Online search settings: 'Download covers from' setting was not remembered correctly - Export to HTML: images that do not need processing (eg. scaling) are now copied instead of loaded and saved Version 6.9 build 6 (September 7, 2005) Added: - Add/Update from infosource: queries in the list can be updated by hand or based on search results - freedb submit: added error message if connecting to freedb fails Fixed: - freedb submit: detect collisions on discid within a freedb genre before submitting and allow genre change when this occurs - Add/Update from infosource: disabled popupmenu for lines in the search results that were not actual results Version 6.9 build 5 (September 6, 2005) Added: - Edit album: freedb submit button for submitting all discs Fixed: - freedb submit: Opening this form with no release year does not crash anymore - freedb submit: Updating of freedb entries with revision number zero is now also possible - Removing album: Rare Access Violation when removing albums with open subitems in tree resolved Version 6.9 build 4 (September 2, 2005) Fixed: - Reset to Defaults with small menu icons now does not crash - Edit Album: Browse for cover dialog now also shows *.png files Added: - freedb search: Fall back to music-only tracks search if search including datatracks fails - freedb submit: Option to unlock genre in case of rejected submissions due to discid collisions Version 6.9 build 3 (August 31, 2005) Fixed: - Amazon Classical search on artist+title now returns more results - Submit to freedb: 'List index out of bounds' error on certain disks - Edit Album: On the Tracks tab, initially the Edit Disc button was not enabled - Sometimes multiple disks were created when adding a one-disk album Version 6.9 build 2 (August 30, 2005) Added: -Submit to freedb: add new and revised CDs to the freedb database -New infosources: Classical album support on Amazon sites -Ability to search Amazon DE, CA and JP by barcode (EAN) -Retrieval of multi-disk albums from Amazon Fixed: - Cover images were not exported to html correctly if the filename contained a "#" - Scanning CD when other applications were accessing the CD-ROM drive resulted in an ID of 1 Version 6.9 build 1 (August 23, 2005) Changed: - Replaced CDDB info source with freedb Fixed: - Access Violation after switching filter off and on - Cover-image window disappeared when moving mouse over thumbnails view - Auto-Complete in Artist, Musician, Instrument fields did not work - "List index out of bounds" error when downloading a large batch of barcodes with the Flic scanner - Cancel during Export to HTML did not work - Rare Acccess Violation after editing albums. Version 6.8 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 now faster because Artist/Musician/Instrument lists are now loaded "on demand" (the first time the dropdown list is opened) - Next/Previous in Edit screens is now a lot faster Fixed: - 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" - Edit Track: icons on Credit toolbar were wrong - Details View goes blank while editing in Thumbnails View - In some situations Details View goes blank after adding/editing albums - Printing: Details page did not print artist names if they had a value in their url field Version 6.8 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 - Statistics screen: view switch buttons had wrong graphics - Statistics screen: after switching between views, the field menu duplicated itself - Edit Album / Tracks tabpage: Expand All and Collapse All commands had the same icon - Customize Toolbar: some Tools commands were missing - Edit Album/Track screens now have larger toolbar buttons - Toolbar icons had a slightly "faded" look Version 6.8 build 1 (August 2, 2005) Added: - Flic barcode scanner support: -Add albums to the collection by scanning their UPC codes (works on Amazon US only) -Locate an album 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 Album/Track: 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 6.7 build 5 (May 13, 2005) Fixed: - Edit Album/Track: using Next/Previous is a lot faster now - Access Violation when using Insert key in Credits list of Edit Album/Track screens - Export to HTML: "List index out of bounds" error when no sort fields are specified - Export to HTML: navigation links in index pages were not centered in page - Export to HTML: UP links in Detail Pages not correct when using Single Long List - Edit Album/Track, removed horizontal scrollbars from checklists - Edit Album: changed layout of Main and Details pages to give the Genre and Extra's checklists more space Version 6.7 build 4 (May 3, 2005) Fixed: - Filter screen: Access Violation and 'Class TToolbar not found' error when opening - Statistics screen: Error 'Class TDxBarManager not found' when opening - Edit|Select All did not work in thumbnail view Version 6.7 build 3 (May 2, 2005) Fixed: - Print screen: Printer Setup button had disappeared - Print screen: Selecting fields for track lists did not work correctly - Export to HTML: Access Violation when sorting on text fields other than the Title field - Loan Manager: new loans did not show up as Outstanding because they (erroneously) had a filled Return Date Changes: - Removed All Music Guide info source Version 6.7 build 2 (April 29, 2005) Fixed: - Export to HTML: 'List index out of bounds' error when using list type 'Single Long List' - Printing: Access Violation and error 'Ancestor for groupbox Groupbox1 not found' Version 6.7 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 - CDDB querying: now downloads more Songwriter info (if available at CDDB) Fixed: - Printing and Export to HTML: Report title for custom list reports was truncated when using reserved characters - After Next/Previous in Edit Album/Track screens adding musician items did not work correctly Version 6.6 build 3 (March 9, 2005) Fixed: - rare "Index out of bounds" errors when switching to Thumbnails View - program freezing while using Thumbnails View - Edit Album screen: drag+drop of a back cover overwrote front cover file - After Next/Previous in Edit Album/Track screens it was not possible to edit the first credit/musician item - Images can be made clickable in Details View by adding in template Version 6.6 build 2 (February 24, 2005) Added: - Edit Album 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 Album screen: drag&drop onto the Covers tab didn't work - After repairing thumbnails, refreshing the main screen was very slow Version 6.6 build 1 (February 21, 2005) Added: - New infosources: Amazon France and Amazon Canada - Support for image scanners: -Add cover scans of your albums to your collection quickly -Supports TWAIN and WIA-compatible scanners -Automatically link scanned image to front- or backcover of an album -Optional automatic downscaling of large images -Open image editing software directly from the Edit Album screen -Redesigned Covers tab in the Edit Album screen - New thumbnail view: -Main screen shows thumbnail images of the albums -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 and MP3 menu to Tools menu -Removed Internet main menu and moved items to Help menu -Moved 'Start CD Player' from File to Tools menu -Reorganized View toolbar (replaced List and Icon View buttons with Thumbnail Size slider) Fixed: - tab order in Edit Album / Personal - Hidden ListPro export field 'In Collection (0/1)' was visible in Track View - Access Violation in Add Albums (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 - rare Access Violations in Print, Export to HTML and Export to Text screens, when using Selected Items option Version 6.5 build 3 (January 17, 2005) Fixed: - 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 6.5 build 2 (December 24, 2004) Fixed: - On Windows 98 systems the "Would you like to view the "Getting Started" manual?" message kept appearing each time the program was started - '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 6.5 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 fields for collecting/trading: Condition, Current Value and Quantity - '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) 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 6.4 build 7 (November 22, 2004) Added: - Printing: Support for thumbnail image of the front cover in custom list reports (use "Include thumbnail image" checkbox in Edit screen) - CDDB installation/configuration problems are now automatically detected and repaired Fixed: - Export to HTML: In custom list templates, the Front Cover, Back Cover and Lyrics File fields now link to the file they contain - Cover image files are no longer unnecessarily downloaded when updating records online Version 6.4 build 6 (August 5, 2004) Added: - Add Album Wizard: Removed separate Finish button Changed: - Trial edition now shows reminder in Add screens Fixed: - Automated version check no longer displays network errors - Export to HTML: In custom list templates, the Front Cover, Back Cover and Lyrics File fields now link to the file they contain - Cover image files are no longer unnecessarily downloaded when updating records online Version 6.4 build 5 (July 29, 2004) Added: - When the database format changes, a copy of the collection is saved automatically in the backup folder Fixed: - When using Next/Previous to cycle through records, contents of the Links field was copied to other records if those had fewer links - Add Album (advanced mode): Stopping while adding to collection no longer creates an empty record Version 6.4 build 4 (July 13, 2004) Fixed: - Online search Version 6.4 build 3 (July 12, 2004) Fixed: - Add Album screen : Cuecat scanner did not work - Export to Text: Links field now exports URLs instead of descriptions - After "Edit Multiple" the program now correctly restores the "scroll" position of the list - "conversion message" when importing MP3 Collector files. - performance improvement: faster loading of large collections - performance improvement: navigating in Track View is faster now, especially in No Folder mode - 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. Version 6.4 build 2 (June 30, 2004) Changed - More efficient data retrieval for Amazon info sources Fixed: - Print and Export to HTML: Links field was empty in custom list templates - Data read error when opening collection that has links with no description Version 6.4 build 1 (June 28, 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 albums in the current database - Main screen: Cuecat barcode scanner can be used to select an album - Add Albums (Advanced mode): Option to play a sound after successful barcode scan - new "Links" field in Edit Album, to store a list of website links - Album and Track Display Formats (e.g. for the tree) can now be configured in Preferences 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 Version 6.3 build 5 (June 3, 2004) Changed: - After switching the Filter On or Off, the program now remembers and restores the main screen state - After Adding or Updating Albums by Searching Info Sources, redundant track artists are automatically removed Fixed: - 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 6.3 build 4 (April 23, 2004) Fixed: - Edit Album/Track: When using Next/Previous function via keyboard shortcut, active field was not remembered - Add Track: after Next function, Title field was not active - Edit Track: error message 'cannot focus on disabled window' in certain situations - Filter: Adding a filter field after first deleting one did not work in certain cases - Filter: Filtering on empty field now works correctly - Rating field: inheriting of album values by tracks did not work correctly - after Edit Multiple Tracks the tree and list state were not restored correctly - Edit Album, then Cancel was slow because of unnecessary tree and list refresh - Titlebar of Edit Album screen did not show the Artist name(s) anymore - 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 Version 6.3 build 3 (February 27, 2004) Fixed: - Edit Album/Track screens: date editors had scrollbars - Edit Track screen: Next button was not the default button anymore - Incorrect selection when doing Edit Album on a track in the list Version 6.3 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 Album/Track: Access Violation when deleting the last musician from the Musicians field - Edit Album: 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 - When merging Instruments in the Instrument List screen, the Album, Track and Musician items did not get updated correctly Version 6.3 build 1 (February 23, 2004) Added: - Batch editing: Edit Multiple Albums and Edit Multiple Tracks function; set or clear any field for multiple albums or tracks at a time - Next and Previous buttons in the Edit Album and Edit Track screens, for easy navigation over items in a main screen list - Add Albums (advanced mode): Ability to lock search results to allow adding multiple albums from one search action - Add Albums: new setting to ignore retrieved Genre information - 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 - Setting to automatically size the cover image pop-up window to the size of the selected image - Edit Album/Track: Up/Down buttons for Credits field - Edit Album/Track: Musicians field now has column headers - New Print template; 14 albums per page Changed: - Main screen statusbar now shows total length of albums/discs/tracks in list, both for all items and selected items - 'Find CD by Scanning' feature now automatically selects the correct Disc item (instead of just the Album) Fixed: - HTML Export: Title tags of detail pages are now set to "Artist - Title (Year)" instead of just "Music" - Add Albums: Access Violation screen when viewing results while search was still in progress - 'Show Empty Folders' indicator in menu was not visible under Windows XP - Edit Album/Track: checklist fields (e.g. Genre) are now sorted correctly - Multiple albums getting the same cover image after dragging & dropping covers - Temporary cover image files are now automatically removed when they are no longer needed Version 6.2 build 3 (December 19, 2003) Fixed: - Find CD by Scanning now searches by MSID AND by TOC, so finding CDs added through QCD now works - 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 6.2 build 2 (December 1, 2003) Fixed: - Add Albums: Abstract error when a result is found in CDPLAYER.INI - Add Albums: Wizard kept appearing after closing the Advanced screen with the small "x" in the top right and when using the "Auto Close when Search Queue is empty" setting Version 6.2 build 1 (November 27, 2003) Adding Albums: - new Add Album Wizard screen, add albums by following simple step-by-step instructions of the wizard - existing Add Albums screen is now called Add Albums (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 Fixed: - incorrect "Already in List" errors when adding multiple CDTEXT CDs from the same album Version 6.1 build 3 (November 10, 2003) Added: - 'View Web Page' function in Add Albums screen, to open web page for a specific search result (right click a result to use this feature) Fixed: - Add as Multi-Disc Album did not work correctly when the Search Queue contained other items apart from the selected ones - 'Get cover from' setting in online search screen was not remembered - Loan/Return Item did not work when selecting an album in the tree view - Access Violation in online search screen when foldername for downloaded images contains a & character - sorting of tracks on recording date or release date did not work correctly Version 6.1 build 2 (October 2, 2003) Added: - Loan/Return items now supports multiple-selection - Search Settings: new setting to indicate preferred infosource for downloading cover images - Pressing Ctrl during drag&drop in main screen now adds value for multi-value lookup fields (instead of replacing) Fixed - "Invalid Variant Operation" errors when scanning a CD, on some CD-ROM drives - CDTEXT reading now works on CD-ROM drives that incorrectly report that they are NOT CDTEXT-capable - When adding CDs by scanning, the format was not set to "CD" automatically (instead the default format was used) Changed: - Upgraded to version 2.0.0.13 of the Gracenote CDDB Control DLL's - Upgraded to version 1.0.3.0 of the CDTextReader DLL Version 6.1 build 1 (September 25, 2003) Add Albums by Searching Info Sources: - screen has been redesigned to use a list for the Search Queue, with a tree structure showing the Search Results for the selected search in the Search Queue - "View Result" screen in now integrated into the Add Albums screen - the Search Queue now allows multi-select, which lets you Search, Add and Remove multiple searches at once - easy adding of multi-disc albums, selected multiple searches in the queue, then use the new "Add as multi-disc Album" button - new "Scan CD" option in right mouse menu, to add CD Scan info to existing searches in the Queue (useful in Update mode to add track lengths to existing albums or as an alternative way to add multi-disc albums) - new "Reset Selected" option in right mouse menu, which deletes all Search Results for the selected searches. - choosing results is now done with radio-buttons instead of checkboxes - CD Scan Info Source is now hidden, preventing accidental unchecking Added: - File / Export to Palm / Pocket PC: use ListPro to view exported data on your mobile device (PRO only) - Export to HTML now has an option not to overwrite already existing export files - Recording Date can now also be set at the track level - 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: - No data was retrieved from CDDB in case of multiple matches, when having the program set to retrieve full results when searching. - Changes to instruments of album/track musicians were not saved in some cases. - Parse Track Info screen did not overwrite existing Artist info. Version 6.0 build 2 (August 28, 2003) Fixed: - Access Violation when adding albums that are already in collection, while having the Edit After Add option active. - When opening the Edit Album screen from the Add Albums screen, the Update button was enabled - CDDB Artist/Title was not used for further searching in case of 1 inexact match. - The CD-ROM drive selector did not have immediate effect on the Eject button - Barcode scanning now works better with non-CueCat barcode scanners (you don't need to click Add to Queue anymore) - Stop buttons have a more immediate effect now - "Invalid variant operation" errors when using a CD-ROM drive that does not support CDTEXT reading Added: - keyboard shortcut for Update Albums (Ctrl+U) Version 6.0 build 1 (August 18, 2003) Add Albums by Searching Info Sources: - new Add Albums screen replaces "Add Album by Scan/Query" and "Batch Scan" screens - new online sources: Amazon US/UK/DE/JP - new offline sources: CD Scan, CDTEXT, CDPLAYER.INI - automatically downloads front cover images from the internet - faster CDDB searching - Search by barcode: type a barcode or scan it with a barcode scanner, e.g. CueCat - Search by artist and title (ideal for adding LPs) - import search batches from CSV files - choose CD-ROM drive directly from Add Albums screen. Update Albums by Searching Info Sources: - update your existing albums using the above new features Other Additions: - new Parse Track Info screen for parsing artist and title info from existing track titles (open it from Tracks tab of Edit Album screen) - UPC field - "Not Rated" setting and default value for Rating field - Default values for Packaging and Country fields - Two user-definable Credit fields - Album Artist can now be added as a column in Track Lists - Preferences: Browse screens for Backup and Default Image folders now support network paths Fixed: - Collections could not be opened if backup failed Changed: - Upgraded to version 2.0.0.11 of the Gracenote CDDB Control Version 5.3 build 3 (June 18, 2003) Added: - Select Random feature (press Ctrl+R to select a random item in the list) Fixed: - Quick Search function did not search in some fields - Collections could not be opened if backup failed - Opening .muc datafiles with imported MP3 Collector data could be very slow Version 5.3 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 Version 5.3 build 1 (May 13, 2003) Added: - Optional automatic backup of collection to user-definable folder - Filter can be activated in the Statistics screen - Maintenance function to update broken file links (for cover images, lyrics and audio files) Changed: - Simplified the CDDB registration in the CDDB2 Settings screen - Improved speed and robustness when saving collection to disk Fixed: - Imported thumbnail images were sometimes lost after importing a collection Version 5.2 build 1 (released April 18, 2003) Added: - New Quick Search function - Searches for text in all fields (both albums and tracks) - 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 album view grouping changed to 'No Folders' - Improved default column selection - Upgraded to version 2.0.0.6 of the Gracenote CDDB Control Version 5.1 build 4 (released February 25, 2003) Added: - Export to DJ Intelligence format (see www.djintelligence.com for more info) Version 5.1 build 3 (released February 19, 2003) Fixed: - Release date, Purchase date and Recording date of tracks are now exported and printed correctly - Submit to CDDB: empty Track BPM values where submitted as -1, which caused the Submission to fail - 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 - Gif images showed as a black rectangle in the Edit Album screen and as thumbnails (now really fixed) Version 5.1 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 Album screen and as thumbnails - Track artists were not shown in exported detail HTML pages - Fixed 'Unable to insert line' error in Edit Album/Track screen Version 5.1 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 Album screen (eg the Genre field) now show the selected values first Fixed: - Edit Track: clicking the Next button caused errormsg when going to the last track (still) - Tracks did not "inherit" album values for Musicians and Credits when printing or exporting to XML or HTML. - CDplayer.ini export: All track titles were exported with a dash "-" in front - Print template 'Full album details (old version)' did not show track images - Print template 'Full album details (old version)' did not show track artist values - Importing another collection created duplicate ID values, causing HTML export problems - Purchase Year and Recording Year columns always displayed as empty - Better support for Asian languages Version 5.0 build 3 (released January 14, 2003) Added: - New example export template "Listing of all available fields" Fixed: - Edit Track: clicking the Next button caused errormsg when going to the last track - Grouping on credit fields did not work correctly (Producer, Engineer, Songwriter) - Exporting to HTML did not use correct relative links for .gif cover images - Exporting to HTML index template did not work correctly if an album had multiple artists - Exporting to HTML created hyperlinks that did not work on Unix webservers Version 5.0 build 2 (released January 9, 2003) Added: - new example print template "print_item_listall.xsl", including all album fields Fixed: - Exporting to HTML sometimes caused a 'Cannot convert UCS-4 to ISO-8859' error - Editing tracks caused a 'Cannot focus on an disabled or invisible window' error when pressing Enter while not on the Main tab - Country field was listed twice in Full Details template - Year field did not show up in most of the templates - Buttons to change, edit or remove artists were disabled in the Edit Album screen - Access Violation during conversion of 4.4 files in some rare cases (related to Soloist field) Version 5.0 build 1 (released January 8, 2003) Added: - new Printing features based on XSL templates. Included templates for: - Album/Track List reports (replaces List Report feature) - Full Album Details (replaces Album Report feature) - CD Covers - new Export to HTML features based on XSL templates: - create HTML lists of your albums, each item linking to a full album 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 - Edit Tracks directly from the main screen (right mouse button menu of list and tree) Database changes: - new Musician list sytem - enter Musician lists for albums, discs, headers and/or tracks - enter a "default" Instrument for each Musician in the global Musician list - override Instrument in Musician List at album/track level - Credit List - enter credit lists for albums, discs, headers and/or tracks - producer, engineer and songwriter are now in a credit list - allows multiple values for each of these fields - songwriter can now also be filled in at album level - new fields: Back Cover Image, Country, Packaging, Extras - Artist field now allows multiple values, at both Album and Track level - Genre field now allows more than 2 genres, easier data entry using checkboxes - Added URL fields to Studio, Orchestra, Label and Store items - Year field changed into a date field allowing "partial dates" - Recording Date and Purchase Date fields now allow "partial date" entry - Mono field renamed to Sound, allows multiple values now - AD field is now picklist field called Spars - added NrTracks and NrDiscs to XML format, for usage in templates Fixed: - Filter screen: using Escape after selecting a dropdown item caused error message - Close button in Statistics and Lookup List screens looked weird under WinXP Version 4.4 build 14 (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 Version 4.4 build 13 (released October 24, 2002) Added: - main screen statusbar now shows number of selected items - support for XP themes Fixed: - tab order in Edit Album screen is more logical now - Shortcut keys did not work for some fields in the Edit Album and Edit Track screens Changes: - Upgraded to version 1.2.0.50 of the Gracenote CDDB Control - Upgraded to Delphi 7 Version 4.4 build 12 (released August 5, 2002) Fixed: - Find CD by Scanning did not work when using multiple folder levels in the tree - 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 100 albums (was 25) Version 4.4 build 11 (released June 12, 2002) Fixed: - Loan information was not shown in XML - removed AutoDropDown feature of lookup field dropdown lists, because it caused all kinds of weird problems when selecting values and creating new values. Version 4.4 build 10 (released June 7, 2002) Fixed: - error messages "Format '%!' invalid ..." during CDDB querying - corrupted caption of progress window during CDDB querying - problems with the selection / creation of lookup values in Edit screens Version 4.4 build 9 (released June 3, 2002) Changes - 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: - 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 Version 4.4 build 8 (released May 7, 2002) Fixed: - Find CD by scanning button had disappeared from the toolbar - Generate button in "Edit Person" screen did produce the correct result in some cases - reverted back to "MS Sans Serif" for the screens, the default system font of the previous build caused more problem than it solved. - after switching to No Folder mode using the new toolbarbutton, the folder state wasn't remembered correctly Version 4.4 build 7 (released April 29, 2002) Added: - New: drop image file on Cover tabpage of Edit Album screen to set Cover image - New: drop image file on Details View in main screen to set Cover image. - New: Display of folder fields above tree - New: No Folders button on toolbar Fixed: - sorting was wrong for titles/names containing foreign characters - screens now use default system font to improve the display of foreign characters Version 4.4 build 6 (released April 11, 2002) Added: - in Lists menu Lookuplists are now grouped and sorted alphabetically Fixed: - During export to ASCII, line breaks consisting of separate CR or LF characters are now recognized. - Access violation when starting the program while it was already running Version 4.4 build 5 (released March 21, 2002) Added: - New "Refresh" command in context menu of Details View, which reloads the XSL template and refreshes the view (very handy when creating your own templates) - XSL error message in Details View now discerns between File not Found errors and errors in the stylesheet itself Fixed: - Filtering on Genre in Track View did not work correctly - Linebreaks in Plot and Notes fields are now preserved in Details view - Loan confirmation message appeared when deleting an album from the tree that was not loaned. Version 4.4 build 4 (released March 15, 2002) Fixed: - Filter: filtering on Format, Year, Genre, Store and Owner did not work - Filter: filtering on Album fields in Track View was not possible in new filter screen - Filter: after removing the last filter field, it was not possible to add new fields - Statistics: screen did not start with current folder field of main screen - Statistics: when switching between Album View and Track View the screen always defaulted to the first field. It now remembers the last field used in both views. - Loan Manager: after editing / removing an album that had been loaned out, opening the Loan Manager caused Access Violations Version 4.4 build 3 (released February 26, 2002) Added: - new command "Save As HTML" in right click menu of Details View - new command "Save As XML" in right click menu of Details View Fixed: - Filter now correctly filters on fields that have multiple values (like Genre) - Custom Folder settings were not remembered correctly for Track View - Upgraded to version 1.2.0.45 of the Gracenote CDDB Control (again, but correctly now) Version 4.4 build 2 (released February 21, 2002) Fixed: - error when closing the program: "MUSICCOLLECTOR caused an invalid page fault in module CDDBCONTROL.DLL", "fixed" by going back to version 1.2.0.42 of the GraceNote CDDB Control - on some systems, the Details View did not show cover when using details.xls - MP3 Collector import: in some situations album tracks were imported in the wrong order Version 4.4 build 1 (released February 20, 2002) HTML Details view - new HTML Details View in bottom right of main screen replaces Cover/Comments panel and the CDDB Browser - Details View is completely configurable by providing your own XSL template - right click Details View to switch between templates - classic.xsl template included (simulates classic Cover/Comments view) New Loan Management features: - new Loans menu and toolbar - use Loan Item and Return Item to register loans - use Manage Loans to open the Loan Manager screen, where you can view Outstanding loans, Overdue Loans or an history of all loans MP3 Collector import - MP3 Collector 1.2 database format is now supported - Location field is now imported into Album Location field - fixed: In Icon View, albums imported from MP3 Collector were showing the cover of one of the other albums Optimized context menus (right mouse button menus) of list and tree - Less often used items have been removed - Menus now only show commands that are applicable on the selected item - New "Manage List" command for collection folders - Redesigned Filter screen - Location field is now a lookup field (a picklist field) - a number of lookup items (e.g. Artist, Producer, etc..) now have URL fields, which can be used for links in the Details View - New "Lists" menu giving direct access to the different lookup lists (replaces Edit Lookup List command) - When the screen is refreshed (after adding, editing or removing albums), the selection and scroll position of the list are remembered now - Upgraded to version 1.2.0.45 of the Gracenote CDDB Control Version 4.3 build 9 (released December 4 2001) Fixed: - problems with version checking when using Sygate Personal firewall - problems with license checking when using Sygate Personal firewall Added - Currency Convertor (Edit Menu) for multiplying all Purchase Prices by a given exchange rate Version 4.3 build 8 (released November 13 2001) Fixed: - when opening a file with a long filename by double clicking it, the "DOS 8.3" filename was displayed Added: - new "Internet" menu with direct links to several sections of the Collectorz.com website - new "Buy" menu (only visible in unlicensed copies) - new "Support" option in Help menu Changes: - Upgraded to version 1.1.0.28 of the Gracenote CDDB Control - Included Gracenote branding in CDDB screens and About screen Version 4.3 build 7 (released September 10 2001) Fixed: - Access Violation when using No Folders in Track View Version 4.3 build 6 (released September 6 2001) Fixed: - Track length editing resulted in 00:00 length when using a time separator other than ":" (e.g. on Italian OS) - using an OR-filter did not work in combination with folders in the tree (only worked when using "No Folders") Version 4.3 build 5 (released August 9 2001) Changed: - updated to support the new MP3 Collector 1.1 database format - now uses the new MP3 Collector Album Artist field for the Music Collector Album Artist Version 4.3 build 4 (released June 27 2001) Changed: - Performance enhancement: opening/selecting a tree folder is much faster now - updated "Buying a License" page (Help Menu) Version 4.3 build 3 (released June 9 2001) fixed problems: - Access violation when importing MP3 Collector database with filled Composer fields - Access Violation in Edit Lookup List screen when switching between lists - Merging Genres in Edit Lookup List screen did not work correctly - missing tooltips in main screen - version info of of setup.exe still said "4.1" Version 4.3 build 2 (released June 6 2001) - fixed: filtering on Genre caused Access Violations - fixed: Access Violation when converting from 4.2 databases with corrupted Genre values - fixed: "Error Starting Program: MuC.exe is linked to missing export..." message when running 4.3 on systems with a VERY old version of WININET.DLL Version 4.3 (released June 5 2001) New: - new Import MP3 Collection feature allows importing of Mp3 Collector database into Music Collector (this feature replaces the MP3 Explorer screen) - Tree on main screen now allows multiple levels of folders for grouping, e.g. first on Genre, then on Artist - List on main screen now allows selecting multiple items, so now you can: - remove multiple albums in one action - drag & drop multiple albums between folders - Print Current List has been replaced by Print Selected Items for more flexibility - Export Current List has been replaced by Export Selected Items for more flexibility - the sorting of the albums in the tree now follows the sorting of movies in the list - Preferences, Field Defaults and Field Names menu items have been moved to new Settings Menu - drag & drop now also works in Track View - removed banners from CDDB Music Browser - Label and Label Number can now be entered for tracks too - Automatic check for updates, configurable in Preferences screen - added "*" as a possible Artist/Title separator in the CDDB2 Info screen - Reports: "This report has been created with ..." footer is only included by unlicensed copies - Export to HTML: "This report has been created with ..." footer is now optional (but only in licensed copies) Fixed problems: - Window positions were not remembered correctly when using multiple monitors - Access Violations caused by items in tree with LONG (> 250 characters) captions - value inheriting did not work correctly for the Rating field Version 4.2 (released 09/02/2001) - CDDB Batch Scanning and Querying: - new "Quick and Direct" method for adding CDs to your collection as Albums - added Index column to allow sorting of the CDs in the order they were entered - added State column which shows the state of the CD entry (Scanned, Exact CDDB Match, Added to Collection, etc...) - removed ID column, which was pretty useless - added Select All button on toolbar - other user interface enhancements - Lookup List system - new "Merge" function in Edit Lookup List screen, for automatically merging multiple items into one item - fixed: having multiple lookup items with the same Sort Name could cause Album or Track values to change to another item after editing - fixed: multiple lookup items with the same Sort Name were indistinguishable in the dropdown lists of the Edit screens. These items now have their Display Name between brackets. - Export to HTML: - added dynamic HTML Preview, showing a preview of the output using the current settings - added Sort Fields button, for easier sorting of the exported list - Export to ASCII: - added dynamic preview of the output using the current settings - added Sort Fields button, for easier sorting of the exported list - new Replace Line Breaks option, to fix invalid CSV output when exporting Notes that contain line breaks - Added "Check for Update" feature in Help menu - Changed: new album icons - Fixed: aspect ratio of thumbnails was incorrect for rectangular cover images (tip: use the Repair Thumbnails function to fix your thumbnails - Fixed: after "Duplicate Album" the Nr Tracks field showed "0" Version 4.1.1 (released 12/12/2000) - Edit Lookup List screen now remembers the selected list - Fixed problems: - Batch Scanning: on some CD/DVD-ROM drives the program froze when using the Auto Add feature, so we added a "Safe" method for detecting CD changes (this method requires Auto Insert Notification to be ON !!) - Album Covers: when adding covers from the Base Cover Folder, the program still used full paths in some cases - Filter screen: Clear Filter did not clear the Length fields - Import From Other Collection: albums with the same Artist and Title were "automagically" removed - CDDB TOC was not cleared when using the Clear Disc IDs button - the 4.1 build had the wrong version of the HTML docs - Upgraded to version 1.1.0.28 of the CDDB Control - Upgraded to QuickReports 3.0.7 Version 4.1 (released 05/11/2000) - Year is now a lookup field, allowing the use of Year as a folder in the main screen - Auto indexing: - Optional auto-incrementing Album Index fields (see Preferences) - "Re-Assign Album Index fields" function (see Edit Menu) - List Reports: - the Print List screen now allows re-sorting of the list before printing (Sort Fields button) - new "Hide Repeating Sort Values" option, to hide repeating values in the sort fields - Field Selection screen: - fields are now sorted alphabetically - now allows the use of album fields in track lists (e.g. Format, Label, Store) - Filtering: - filter on album fields in Track View (e.g. Format, Label, Store) - Year, Format, Genre, Owner and Store fields now allow the selection of multiple filter values - CDDB Music Browser: - now integrated in bottom right of main screen, showing info about currently selected album - now shows more info - Fixed bugs: - the Import Other Collection (merge) feature caused Access Violations and lost Genre values - sometimes an album's artist could automatically change to another artist after saving and reloading a database - sorting on the Genre column only used the primary genre, never the secondary genre - Edit Lookup List screen, "list index out of bounds" when removing multiple lookup items - Upgraded to version 1.1.0.26 of the CDDB Control Version 4.0.2 (released 13/09/2000) - Fixed problems: - Edit Lookup Lists: removing Genres caused crashes - Export/Print All Albums/Tracks functions were unsorted, now using current Album/Track sort order - Filter: filtering on date fields did not work at all - Filter: Clear Filter button did not clear date filters - Sorting on Title did not use the Sort Title field - it was not possible to run multiple Collectorz.com programs simultaneously - typo in sales email address - Cosmetic problems: - the root of the tree had a plus sign before it, taking up valuable screen space - the list had an empty space before the icon in the first column - dragging from the list to tree dragged entire row, which could be slow, now it only shows a drag cursor - Upgraded to version 1.1.0.25 of the CDDB Control Version 4.0.1 (released 16/08/2000) - Changed: new demo database - Fixed problems: - CDDB Submit: genre retrieval problems - CDDB Batch: batch list did not preserve extra CDDB2 data between sessions - CDDB Control: Installer now checks if CddbControl.DLL is in use, to prevent installation problems - CDDB querying: "network unreachable" messages - Database conversion: "not a valid KIC database" errors when trying to convert KiC 3.0 database files - Cover pictures did not appear in Album reports - Track screen: when using Next/Previous the Genre boxes were not updated correctly - Field Defaults were not applied when manually adding new album using "Add New" - "Invalid Field" msgs when changing Track Songwriter while in Track View - Edit Lookup Lists screen: incremental search didn't work anymore - "Short Sort Names" setting (Preferences) did not work for all situations (e.g. the main screen list) - Using Genre as the folder field in Track View produced incorrect results - the Cancel button in the Edit Track screen did not Cancel changes - Playing MP3 files from the MP3 Explorer did not work - the Fields Selection screen did not allow Index and ID as columns for track lists - after editing an album, the selected item in the list jumped back to the first item - Track screen: the Clear IDs button did not work - the track fields Songwriter and Track Lookup1 did not "inherit" their parent's values - CDDB Querying: "Insert" keyboard shortcut for "Add Album by Scanning and Querying" did not work - CDDB Info screen: initially the Cancel button was selected instead of the Scan button - the order of items in the lookup field dropdown lists wasn't always correct - DisplayName generation was incorrect when Lastname, Firstname AND The were all filled - Field Defaults screen: tab order was incorrect Version 4.0 (released 05/08/2000) - Main screen: - better refreshing of the tree after changes - after dragging and dropping albums, the same folder stays selected now - Enhancement to the Lookup List system: - Edit Lookup Lists screen: opening a lookup list is MUCH faster - Edit Lookup Lists screen: select unused entries is MUCH faster - Edit Lookup Lists screen: new "Used" column that shows the number of Albums and/or Tracks that use a lookup item - Album/Track screens: direct editing of lookup items (using small '...' buttons on the right of lookup fields) - Main screen: direct editing of lookup items ("Edit Lookup Item" options in popup menus of tree and list) - Main screen: extra [None] folder, holding items that don't have a value for the selected folder field - Main screen: new "Show Empty Folders" button, to show or hide empty folders in the tree - Main screen: in Track View empty folders are hidden like in Album View (unless Show Empty Folders is selected) - new Preference setting "Show Sort Names for Lookup Items" - fixed: after editing an album or track the value of a lookup field could switch to another item with the same name - CDDB: - Batch screen now remembers column widths - Batch screen list can now be sorted on all columns - "Find CD by Scanning" function now also selects specific disc instead of only the album - Cover and Lyrics files - files are not copied to the Cover or Lyrics folder anymore - MuC stores relative paths when using files in a selected "base folder" (see Preferences) or in one of its subfolders - MuC stores full paths when using files outside the selected "base folder" - Statistics: - charts showing the distribution of albums and tracks over lookup items - Filter: - added filter on Secondary Genre - track filtering is faster - Genre and Secondary genre fields are now merged into one Genre field allowing multiple values (max 2) - Export: - reintroduced "Export Current List to CDValet" - reintroduced "Export Current List to CDPLAYER.INI" - Field Names are now saved per database - Fixed: - Filter screen: Price and Rating fields did not allow keyboard input - Upgraded to version 1.1.0.22 of the CDDB Control Version 3.2.2 (released 1/7/2000) - added "Repair Cover Thumbnails" feature in File menu - fixed: MP3 Explorer gave "list index out of bounds" on some mp3 files Version 3.2.1 (released 20/5/2000) - added Auto Update support for the CDDB Control - upgraded to version 1.19 of the CDDB Control - Fixed: - CDDB: when querying for a compilation CD the track artists were not always retrieved correctly. - CDDB: registering with CDDB was not possible from behind a firewall - CDDB: registering with CDDB was not possible without having the Tahoma font installed (CDDB Control 1.18 problem) - CDDB: in some situations "Faircom" error msgs appeared on startup, causing all CDDB features to stop working - CDDB: during querying the progressbar was updated incorrectly in the cases of multiple matches - One-word sortnames of lookup-items got lost during the conversion from 3.1 databases - Sort Title of albums and tracks did not get used when Sorting on Title - "In Collection" indicators in tree had vanished - when rescanning/querying a CD from the Album screen, the field defaults where re-applied - after closing the Music Browser a useless "done" message was displayed Version 3.2 (released 7/4/2000) - CDDB support: - KiC Music is now CDDB2 Enabled, which means that more info can be retrieved: - Album and Track Titles now include extra Sort Title and "The" fields - Artist information now includes Full Name, First Name, Last Name and "The" - separate fields for Track Artist and Track Title - Genre and Secondary Genre fields, genres selected from over 252 genre choices - other new fields: Year, Label, BPM and Notes - CDDB Music Browser, CDDB Status and About CDDB Control commands in CDDB menu - Querying: Extra button to view all available CDDB info through default CDDB2 UI - Batch Querying: added "Auto Mode": batch scan without touching mouse or keyboard between CDs - Submissions: screen is now resizable and has the same layout as CDDB Info screen - Submissions: review/edit/add info before actual submission through default CDDB2 UI - enhanced Lookup List system - Sort and Display Name have been replaced by DisplayName, FirstName, LastName and "The" fields - Edit Lookup Lists screen now remembers its position - current database name is now shown in title bar - Fixed (minor problems) - opening the album screen for albums with lots of disks/tracks could be very slow - Print List: Switching off Row Shading sometimes caused the entire report to be shaded - Fixed (major problems) - importing from CDPLAYER.INI didn't work if the ini-file contained non-CD sections like '[OptionSettings]' - Album Report: printing of cover images stopped working when a "cover-less" album was encountered - MP3 Explorer: Artist, Title and Album fields had spaces in them after creating KiC albums from MP3's - empty items could appear in lookup lists after editting tracks from the Album screen Version 3.1 (released 26/11/99) - Drag and Drop in main screen: - drag albums between folders to automatically change the corresponding lookup field (e.g. dragging an album from the Rock folder to the Metal folder changes its Genre field from Rock to Metal) - drag discs between albums - MP3 Explorer: the Track Index field of the MP3 ID3 tag is now used for the Track Position field - Fixed (major problems): - CDDB Querying: CDDB data was not retrieved for CDs that resulted in one inexact match - on some systems the creation of the .kic file association resulted in registry problems - Main screen: wrong data values were shown in list after change the column order - Main screen: toolbar problems on computers using "Large Fonts" - Album screen problems on computers using "Large Fonts" (dropdown buttons of lookup fields were missing) - in some situations it was possible to get multiple lookup items with the same Sort Name - MP3 Explorer: ID3 tags were not read correctly in some cases - MP3 Explorer: performance problems after having used the MP3 Explorer screen - Fixed (minor problems): - when Scanning/Querying from the Album screen, the CDDB info screen had an "Add Album" button instead of a "Update Disc" button - MP3 Explorer: counting/scanning is now automatically cancelled when closing the MP3 Explorer screen - Access Violations on computers that have no CD-ROM drive (e.g. notebooks) - when right clicking an empty album in the tree the "Remove Album" menu item was disabled, making it impossible to remove empty albums Version 3.0.2 (released 31/10/99) - Fixed (major problems): - CDValet export sometimes exported incorrect track titles - CDDB Querying, Ext Disc Data never got used for the Album Comments - CDDB Querying, didn't work if Windows login name contained ampersand (&) - CDDB Submit, submitting Discs with headers caused "List index out of bounds" - Printing, printing was always done using the first printer tray, now the default tray is used - After running KiC Tool, KIC files were associated with KiC Tool instead of KiC Music - date editors had all kinds of problems, they have been replaced by the standard Windows date editors now - Fixed (minor problems): - CDDB Querying, wrong warning message when Scanning/Querying from the Album screen - CDDB Querying, wrong status message when one inexact match was found - tab order in Filter screen - Album screen, leaving the Album Index field empty caused an error message - Column headers of lists sometimes didn't get drawn correctly (happened in main and print screens) - Added: Printing, Print Preview screen now closes automatically after printing from there - Added: Filter screen, disabled fields are now clearly grayed out - upgraded to Delphi 5.0 Version 3.0.1 (released 14/10/99) - Fixed: Album Screen, Track tab, the Nr Tracks counter did not get updated - Fixed: MP3 Explorer, when creating an Album each MP3 file was added twice - Fixed: when using the email links the mail Subject said "KiC" instead of "KiC Music" Version 3.0 (released 12/10/99) - Program name changed to KiC Music, to create namespace for other KiC collection managers - Database: - KiC Music doesn't need the Borland Database Engine anymore, causing the smaller size of the installer - database is a "one file database" instead of a database folder containing multiple files - database files are smaller - opening a database (and startup) is faster - it's now possible to start KiC Music by double clicking a .KIC database file - KiC Music doesn't need SKY32V3C.DLL anymore - new demo database - new Audio File field for tracks - Main screen: - better toolbar icons - toolbar is now user configurable - added print menu-button to toolbar - incremental searching in the list on the current sort field - play audio file that is associated with current track - CDDB support: - added Batch scanning/querying - removed support for remote querying using the CDDBP protocol, only HTPP is supported now - removed Local CDDB support - improved support for all kinds of CDDB track title formats - CDDB submitting is now done using HTTP instead SMTP (email) - MP3 support: - new MP3 Explorer screen lets your browse your computer and CD-ROM for MP3 files, showing all tag info - create Albums from folders containing MP3 files, using the MP3 tag info to fill Album and Track fields - Field Selection (Columns) screen: - when dragging fields to the selected field list, they are inserted where you drop them, instead of being appended at the end - selected fields can now be reordered using drag and drop - screen is now resizable - screen size and column widths are now remembered - Edit Lookup Lists screen: - new buttonbar - now allows the selection of multiple items - replaced Clean Up function with "Select Unused" - when trying to remove items that are still used, KiC tells you in which album - screen size and column widths are now remembered - Refreshing the list after editing an item is faster - Edit Album screen - screen is now resizable, making the track list easier to use - track list tab-page now has a toolbar, making more room for long track names - Filters - it's now possible to filter on ALL fields - new "range" filters for number and date fields - Printing - preview screen now remembers its size and position - new "Row Shading" option in List Reports - Album report: - select which fields to show for albums - choose between Columnar or Tabular layout for album fields - Show/Hide Album Name Headers - Show/Hide Cover and Comments - Starting each album on a new page is now optional - Fixed: track list sometimes showed wrong icons - Import/Export - CDPLAYER.INI import/export is not limited to a 64k CDPLAYER.INI file anymore - CDValet export now includes Track Artist in CDValet track titles where needed - CDValet import now splits CDValet track title into Artist and Title where possible - ASCII export now has it's own setup screen - ASCII eport now exports field names on first row (optional) - HTML export now has it's own setup screen - HTML export: border is now optional - Documentation - improved manual - updated FAQ list - removed documentation in non-english languages Version 2.2.06 (released 22/3/99) - fixed: dragging columns caused incorrect column headers and even AV's Version 2.2.05 (released 28/2/99) - fixed: KiC crashed on Win98 systems with STB Velocity 128 (or similar) video cards - fixed: CDValet import inserted an extra space in front of each Album and Track Title - upgraded to QuickReports 3.0.4 Version 2.2.04 (released 30/1/99) - added: support for MS Deluxe CD Player (import and export) - MS CD Player import now uses the MS ID to check for duplicates - CDValet import now uses the MS ID to check for duplicates - added: CDValet import now imports extended information to Comments fields - fixed: CDValet import couldn't handle long titles - fixed: MS CD Player export did not work correctly for albums containing headers - added: ID and AlbumID fields can now be added as columns and export fields - fixed: albums could not be grouped on Engineer - fixed: Edit Lookup List screen didn't show the item count initially - fixed: the Duplicate Album button had the wrong image - fixed: sorting on Rating still didn't work correctly - fixed: in some situations it was possible to get multiple lookup items with the same SortName - fixed: sometimes the column settings did not get remembered between sessions Version 2.2.03 (released 18/11/98) - fixed: installation folder now defaults to previous 2.2 install folder, NOT the 2.1 folder - fixed: changing the field name of a visible column caused strange results - fixed: KiC did not remember the default value for the Owner field - fixed: the Field Definition screen now checks for duplicate field names - removed: MS Backup support - enhanced: Field Definition screen, it's now resizable and allows sorting of the list - enhanced: Edit Lookup List screen, it's now resizable and allows sorting of the list Version 2.2.02 (released 05/11/98) - fixed: image on Edit Lookup Lists button was not right - fixed: maximizing the main screen didn't work correctly on some systems - fixed: Access Violations caused by very small widths of the main screen list Version 2.2.01 (released 02/11/98) - fixed: included full (instead of partial) BDE installation - fixed: track grouping on "Track Lookup1" didn't work - fixed: the title of the manuals now say 2.2 instead of 2.1 :) - added Clear IDs button in Track screen to clear MS CD ID and CDDB ID (for formats other than CDs) Version 2.2 (released 01/11/98) - enhanced performance of main screen - added: a small arrow in the column headers shows the sort field and direction - added: the column order can now be changed by dragging the column headers (in main and report screens) - added extra toolbar buttons for often used functions - updated toolbar button graphics - New "Grouping On/Off" checkbox makes it easier to set Grouping to [None] - CDDB: added Proxy Authentication support for querying using the HTTP protocol - CDDB: CDROM drive selection - CDDB: configurable Track Title Splitting (on dash, on slash, reversed) - CDDB: Scan/Query screen is resizable and remembers column widths - CDDB: during querying a progress bar is shown - CDDB: queries can now be cancelled - new recognized format strings "33" and "45" - now using Format Sort Name to recognize Format, to let users specify their own name in Display Name and still let the format be recognized - enhanced manual Track Length editing - added "Header" column for track lists - added "Disc Index" column for track lists - added Album Field: Rare - added Track Fields: Live, Lyrics - added: "Generate" buttons in the edit screen for lookup items for auto-generating sort- and display names - new Filter fields : Rare, Header Title - new Default field : Genre - Lyrics are shown in main screen when a track is selected in the "tree" - changed: Album covers are now stored as separate image files instead of inside the database - changed: Album field "In Collection" is now a checkbox - changed: increased the width of the New/Open Folder screen to account for longer database paths - Kic now shows a "wait cursor" during sorting - fixed: grouping tracks by Songwriter didn't work - fixed: "TLookupList.Edit : Lookup record not found" error after adding album from CDDB - fixed: Sorting tracks on Rating didn't work - fixed: Export All functions were "unsorted", they now use the current sorting - fixed: When scanning enhanced CDs (CD Extra), incorrect track times were found - fixed: when filtering only the sort names were checked for the given filter string - fixed: grouping went wrong when multiple lookupitems existed with the same display name - upgraded to Delphi 4.02 - upgraded to BDE 5.0 - upgraded to QuickReports 2.0k Version 2.1 (released 25/04/98) - CDDB: remote server querying by CDDBP and HTTP protocols - CDDB: submissions - CDDB: choosing between multiple matches, for both local and remote querying - CDDB: optional use of CDDB Ext. Disc Data and CDDB Ext. Track Data for KiC Comments fields - CDDB: Optional use of CDDB Category for KiC Genre field - separate "Sort name" and "Display name" for lookup fields (e.g. "Bowie, David" and "David Bowie") - Album icons are now different for each format - Help files and .doc manuals replaced by HTML manuals - new Track fields: BPM and Rating - Format is now a lookup field like Artist, so you can define your own formats - Edit Lookup Lists screen now shows Nr of items in statusbar - Clean Up button in Edit Lookup Lists screen, which removes all un-used items from a list - new "Week starts on.. Sunday/Monday" setting in Prefs screen, used for date field calendars - added "Print Selected Album as Album Report", to print just one album - easier manual entry of track length in Track screen - Index values are always shown with two digits now - database name is now shown in titlebar of main screen - Album Name is now shown in titlebar of Add/Edit Album screen - Import KiC 2 open dialogs now remember the last import database folder - All other open dialogs now default to the KiC folder instead of 'C:\' - Find CD by scanning doesn't say "Place CD in CD-ROM drive and click Ok" anymore - fixed: "random" Access Violations after previewing from Print screens (thanks John!) - fixed: Open Folder dialog didn't show removable disks - fixed: Local CDDB querying didn't work when CDDB folder contained non-CDDB files or folders - fixed: in the Browse screen, the Cover and Comments fields were not "Read Only" - fixed: "printer index out of range" when printing under NT4 - fixed: paper size did not get set correctly when printing - fixed: tray (output bin) did not get set correctly when printing - fixed: sometimes lookup list items could not be removed, even though they were not used - fixed: after editing an album the main screen did not reflect changes in the Comments field directly - upgraded to BDE 4.51 - upgraded to QuickReports 2.0j Version 2.01 (released 01/11/97) - Report Preview screen has been redesigned - date fields (Recording date and Purchase date) in Album screen have been enhanced - Thumbnail view is quicker and takes less memory - the disc title is now always filled with the album title automatically - two new Album fields in Track Fields dialogs: Album Index and Album Title - InCollection now always defaults to Yes when importing CDs - Analogue/Digital now always defaults to DDD when importing CDs - items in "tree" are now sorted the same as the "list" - added German manual and help file - added Dutch manual and help file - Fixed: Access violations caused by automatic cover thumbnail generation - Fixed: Album report: the cover picture did not get printed on some printers - Fixed: Album report: sometimes empty pages got printed - Fixed: after changing a cover the main screen did not update correctly - Fixed: after duplicating an album the main screen did not update correctly - Fixed: CDValet import: after encountering an invalid entry the import did not continue, now it just skips the invalid entry Version 2.0 (released 10/08/97) - new Explorer-like main screen, grouping album/tracks on all lookup fields - list, group, sort, filter and print individual tracks, independent of albums - sort on any field by clicking on the column headers, ascending and descending - define your own sort order, consisting of multiple fields - thumbnails of cover pics are used as album icons - cover and comments fields are shown within the main screen - more flexible Browse screen, choose which fields to show - quick CD entry with new "Add CD by scanning" function - new album fields: Index, In Collection, separate Producer and Engineer fields, 4 user defined fields - new track fields: lots... + 2 user defined fields - previous button in track screen - lookup fields now add new items automatically - lookup lists maintenance in one screen - field names can be changed - set field defaults - local CDDB support, scan a CD and KiC2 finds the titles in the CDDB - CDValet cd player support, importing and exporting - export to delimited text files - export to HTML tables - statistics screen - backup function using MS Backup - support for non-English Help files Version 1.2e? (released 22/04/97) - Fixed: Bug that corrupted the database in some cases, resulting in data loss. - Fixed: In 1.2d Print Selected Album did not work for album without a cover pic. - Fixed: In the Print List screen, previewing while the columns window was open, caused all columns to appear multiple times. Version 1.2d? (released 13/04/97) - Added some formats to the Format list (CD-ROM, DVD, MiniDisc, 7-inch, 10-inch, 12-inch) - Added Length field to Columns window - Added "Import other KiC 1.2 database" function - Fixed: Format list in Filter screen now has all possible formats - Fixed: Editing albums while a filter is active now works correctly. - Fixed: The two extra Artist and Title columns in the Browse View tracklist are now gone. - Fixed: The Comments field on the Print Selected Album report now resizes correctly. - Fixed: The Cover pictures on the Print Selected Album report are printed correctly now. Version 1.2? (released 24/12/96) - Print List: fully user definable list reports - Print Selected Album - GIF, JPG and PCX support added for cover pictures - User configurable columns on main screen list view - New fields : Format, Location and Rating - added date selection calendars for date fields - creating new databases and switching between databases - fixed the scan bug that appeared on some systems - lots of cosmetic changes Version 1.1? (released 10/07/96) - new fields for classical CDs - new fields for recording info - new fields for purchase info - new Number field - support for compilation CDs (artist field per track) - multidisc CD support - 3 level track list - descending sort orders - lots of new filters - find by Number function - Global Search function - Browse view resize with width of screen - column layout of cd-list and track-list get saved - changed report layouts and added one report - CD menu for adding, editing and removing CDs - real Windows 95 help system including "What's This" help - known 1.0 problems fixed Version 1.0 was released 13/05/96