Photo Collector 2 has arrived!

We are happy to announce the arrival of this new major version of Photo Collector. It brings new features and enhancements of existing features. And it looks better too! Just scroll down this page to get an impression of all additions and changes.

Upgrading to v2

If you already own an earlier version of Photo Collector (Standard or Pro), you can upgrade to the PRO version 2 for only $24.95, a 50% discount. Just enter your license key in the box on the right and click Upgrade Now.
(if you came here from our upgrade notification email or from the v2 trial edition the key will be filled in automatically)

So, what's new in Photo Collector 2?

New Screen Layout setting

Offering six different layout configurations of tree, list and details panel

• Horizontal Split
• Vertical Split
• Full Width Details
• Full Height Tree
• Full Height Details
• Classic Layout (the pre v2.0 layout)

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 template
• New Photo Collector 2 template, in 3 different styles (blue, black and Gray)
• CSS Styles system also available for Export and Print templates

Screen Fonts

• Photo Collector screens look much better, because they now use the Windows system font (Segui on Vista, Tahoma on XP)
• Don't like it? Then use Tools / Options / Screen Font to choose your own font for all screens.
• Want larger fonts for your lists? Just use Ctrl-PLUS and Ctrl-MINUS to increase/decrease the main screen font size (or View / Font Size).

Edit Photo Properties screen

• Screen is now resizable (and remembers its size too)
• 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. Subject, Category)
• Improved Links tab page:
  • Add links to websites by dragging & dropping from your browser
  • Add links to local files by dragging & dropping
  • Easier editing of links and their descriptions

Printing

• New Print screen with improved layout, making it more logical and easier to use, especially when printing simple lists

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
• 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.

Columns

• Save your column definitions and activate them directly using the Columns menu on the toolbar
• Simpler Columns selection screen, just use checkboxes to select the fields you want.

Folder selection

• Save you custom folder field combination and activate them directly from the Folder menu above the tree
• Simpler Folder field selection screen, just use checkboxes to select the fields you want.

Automatic Capitalization of Caption

• New AutoCap button next to Caption in Edit Photo Properties screen
• Use Tools / Options / Capitalization to configure auto-cap settings and exceptions

Export to HTML

• New Photo Collector v2 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 Title" option; also allows choosing the Sort Order of items within pages.

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)
• Read-Only mode: new Tools / Maintenance / Reset Lock File command for resolving lock-file issues

New online manual

• The included Windows Help manual has been replaced by an online manual, on the Collectorz.com website, viewable in your favorite web browser. Check the new Photo Collector manual
• The complete contents of the manual will be rewritten to make it more useful and easier to understand. This is a work in progress though.