10.12 - December 30, 2011

• Download from Internet: Input focus now automatically set to ISBN/LCCN field when opening the download window.
• Download from Internet: Better error handling when importing ISBN list.
• Now possible to use Search & Replace/Set Field Value to update the Release No field.
• Report: Sub-detail band now prints even when height of Detail band is zero.
• Auto-organize image files: Added support to use only the first value of a multivalue field (add "_f" after the field code).
• Image: Link to file: Image file no longer renamed when dragging file from Windows Explorer to image field.
• Various enhancements to the auto-capitalize feature.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Role column drop-down button not shown if 2 or more authors when editing book data from the download window.
• FIXED: Vertical scrollbar in browse list sometimes hidden after backing up database.
• FIXED: "Template file could not be found" error when clicking Explorer button below contents list in 'Book Edit' window, or choosing Book=>Explore in the 'Contents Edit' window.
• FIXED: Explorer: Problem with Person_Credits.xsl template.
• FIXED: Auto-organize image files: Generated filename sometimes too long ("The field is too small to accept the amount of data" error).
• FIXED: Options: Default multivalue separator was incorrect.
• FIXED: Data Server: Error when opening database after creating new instance.
• Various other minor fixes.

10.11 - December 7, 2011

• Added a new "Welcome" panel that will appear the first time the program is run (also displayed when you close the open database).
• Update Path: A progress dialog with a Cancel button is now displayed.
• Explorer: Index: On the statistics page, removed the labels to the right of the chart.
• Report: Added a new book report grouped by Primary Genre.
• Loan: Check Out Titles: Will not warn you if a borrower has overdue titles.
• Export XML: The "auto-organize" filename pattern is now used when exporting images.
• Export XML: External images now copied to the export folder.
• Database Maintenance: Status information displayed on the statusbar when using the 'Extract images', 'Load external images' and 'Cleanup image folder' commands.
• Auto-Organize Image Files: Existing filename will be used if the filename pattern is empty.
• FIXED: Explorer: Error in preview pane if a memo field contained a control character.
• FIXED: Grid: Row not selected when right-clicking in browse list.
• FIXED: HTML Export: Book sometimes listed multiple times if filtering on two (or more) fields with the OR operator in an index based setup.
• FIXED: Auto-Organize Image Files: "Digit grouping symbol" included when using the ID field in the filename pattern.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Image: Old image file not overwritten when replacing existing image.
• Various other fixes and enhancements.

10.10 - November 23, 2011

• You can now automatically organize external image files into a folder structure and filename format of your choice based on information in the database. To use this feature, choose 'Auto-Organize Image Files' from the Tools menu.
• The folder and filename setup used by the 'Auto-Organize Image Files' function is also automatically used if you have chosen to link to external image files: When you download images from the Internet, when you paste an image into the image field or drag an image from the web browser, and when you use the 'Extract images' feature. To edit this setup, choose Tools=>Options=>Multimedia, then click the 'Images/Filename setup' button.
• If BookCAT is unable to locate external image files because you have moved the files, you can use the new 'Locate Missing Image Files' function available on the Tools menu. This will scan the specified drive/folder and attempt to locate the missing image files.
• Updated the 'Extract images', 'Load external images' and 'Cleanup image folder' functions to support the new features.
• Data Entry: Image: Removed the two separate "Load Image" and "Link to Image" buttons. Instead there is now one button that will use the 'Store images in database/Link to image files" setting (you can now also right-click the image control to change this setting).
• Data Entry: Image: Now possible to manually rename the external image file from the data entry window.
• Data Entry: Image: Added Paste and Resize buttons below the field.
• Data Entry: Image: Added a Center property (changeable from the Form Designer). When this is checked, the image is centered within the control (this is now the default behavior).
• Data Entry: Image: You can now change the background color.
• Data Entry: Use Default Layout: Will now automatically remove fields that are hidden.
• Data Entry: The Clone command is now available on the browse list right-click popup menu.
• Edit Memo: Insert hyperlink: You can now add links to files and folders.
• Loan: Send E-mail Notifications: 'Overdue' is now the first tab.
• Loan: Send E-mail Notifications: All operations are now logged. Click the 'Log File' button to open the latest log file. The log file includes details about all the processed borrowers with information about sent e-mails, borrowers with no e-mail address, and any errors.
• Loan: Send E-mail Notifications: Various issues with setting SMTP server username.
• Loan: Extend Loan Period: You can extend the loan period for the selected book(s) by a specified number of days from both the Book and Loan view.
• Download from Internet: Added a 'Transfer barcode' option. When this is not selected, BookCAT will not convert the ISBN to an EAN barcode and add this to the Barcode field.
• Database Maintenance: Added a 'Update Title Sort' function. This is useful if you have edited the 'Ignore when sorting' list in the Option window, and want to update the Title Sort fields.
• You can now hide the Loan View and Want List View entries on the View menu, in the view bar, and on the toolbar by deactivating these tables in the 'Database Setup' window.
• Log files now automatically deleted after 30 days.
• Total Value: If multiple books are selected in the Book View, only these books will be included in the calculation.
• Statistics: Added support for GDI+ which provides better anti-aliasing (edge smoothing) based on ClearType technology.
• Import: Now possible to import both book and contents data from the same textfile/Excel worksheet.
• Export: Added a 'Open file' button in all export windows. This will open the last file you exported data to.
• HTML Export: Index based setup: The name of the entry selected in the left pane is now displayed at the top of the list page.
• HTML Export: Index based setup: The height of the top pane is now automatically increased when specifying an export title.
• HTML Export: Removed some space after the list page title.
• HTML Export: All temporary .xsl and .css files are now always deleted when the Export window closes.
• HTML Export: Added a 'External CSS files' option. Activate this to store CSS formatting in external files, and share the same CSS file by all generated html files (one file for each page type: index, overview list, list and detail). If this option is not activated, all CSS formatting is stored in the HTML files.
• HTML Export: Added a 'Create virtual image' property for image fields.
• Import: When importing links to files (file links and image files), BookCAT will now look for the file in the import folder if folder is not specified.
• XML: Memo fields: The unformatted plain text is now always included in the xml data file (for example "<Notes_PlainText>").
• Updated the internal XML engine resulting in better performance.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Thumbnail always 42x64 pixels regardless of the size specified in 'Database Setup'.
• FIXED: Password: Problem turning off 'Login without password' setting.
• FIXED: Data entry: Paragraph color sometimes reset when opening the Edit Memo window.
• FIXED: Grid: Not possible to change the 'Create virtual image' column property.
• FIXED: Explorer: Images pasted from a Word document into a memo field would sometimes not display in the explorer.
• FIXED: Search: Problem searching for "#" when using the "Begins with" and "Contains" operators.
• FIXED: HTML Export: Not possible to change the export title of a code based setup.
• FIXED: HTML Export: Problem with upper and lower case characters mixed up in top menu in an index based setup.
• FIXED: Problem resizing left pane in import/export windows.
• FIXED: Removed a resource leak when converting old database.
• Various other fixes and enhancements.

10.02.01 - September 26, 2011

• FIXED: Download from Internet: Downloading data from BIBSYS did not work.
• FIXED: Report: Print to File: Problem printing date fields (year only) to Excel file.

10.02 - September 13, 2011

• Loan: Check Out: Now supports barcode lookup if you have multiple copies with same barcode number.
• You can now hide the Contents, Loan and Want List View buttons on the toolbar, and in the view bar, by deactivating these tables in the 'Database Setup' window.
• Download from Internet: Download now automatically stops if five consecutive errors occurred.
• Memo: Now possible to link to a folder from memo fields.
• Book View: Show Sections in Contents View: Will now show the sections on all selected books (not just the current book).
• Book View: Show Sections in Contents View command is now faster.
• Rearranged menu items on the Tools menu.
• Import: Text: RTF formatting codes automatically removed when importing text into memo fields.
• Import: Image: If drive/folder is not specified, the program now automatically looks for the image file in the same folder as the import file.
• Updated the "Working with reports" section in help file.
• FIXED: Problem with search if the field value contained an ampersand ("&") character when searching via the Sites menu.
• FIXED: Image field: "Stream Read Error" if external image file was missing.
• FIXED: Image: Image filename for image #2-9 incorrect in browse list, reports, etc.
• FIXED: Export HTML: Error when grouping on the Title field.
• FIXED: Import Excel: "Access Violation" error when trying to import from file open in Excel.
• FIXED: Import Excel: Help button opened incorrect help page.
• FIXED: Views setup: "List item not found" error when editing Book View setups.
• FIXED: Save database template: Loan View customization not saved.
• FIXED: Setup: Export HTML: Old .hed files not renamed to .exp_html.
• Various other fixes and enhancements.

10.01 - July 22, 2011

• Fixed problem trying to activate registration key if registration email was copied from Opera.
• Now much faster to open the Book Edit window if the Genere field contains many genres.
• BookCAT now automatically checks for the availability of a new internet dll file before downloading data from the main window.
• Download from Internet: Added an option to automatically open the Book Edit window after new books have been transferred to the database (in the Download window, click the Options button, then check the 'Open Book Edit window' box).
• Download from Internet: Update: Cover art not downloaded when 'Overwrite existing data' was selected if cover art field already contained an image .
• Import: Text: Now automatically detects the byte order mark (BOM) and encodes the text correctly.
• Import: Text: Select File window now shows both .csv and .txt files by default.
• Import: Text/Excel: Main Author field now available for import.
• Import: Text/Excel: File Link and Web Link fields now available for import.
• Explorer: Lookup View Series: Now also links to "Original Series".
• FIXED: Error when using the Tools=>Regenerate Reference No function.
• FIXED: New genre added by right-clicking and choosing Add not visible in genre list before the Book Edit window was reopened.
• FIXED: Loan: Check out: When checking out a single book, new records were added to the Borrower table for each character you typed in the Borrower field. To remove these (unused) records, open the Borrower Lookup View, select Show Unused Records, press Ctrl+A to select all records in the list, then press Ctrl+D to delete.
• FIXED: Import: Text/Excel: Multiple authors not split up.
• FIXED: Import: Text: Help button did not work.
• FIXED: Import: Text/Excel: Internal AuthorSort field not always updated.
• FIXED: Export HTML: Problem with top menu in index based exports.
• FIXED: Extract images: Problem with auto-generated filename if Author field was empty.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Update: If cover art stored externally, last selected image folder not remembered.
• FIXED: Buttons below Rating Image field in the Edit Personal Rating window did not use the button size setting as specified in Options.
• Various other fixes and enhancements.

10.00.01 - July 6, 2011

• FIXED: Not possible to download data if database contained more than 40 books.
• FIXED: Sometimes black background in Book View if "status color coding" was enabled.

10.00 - July 6, 2011

• BookCAT v10 released. Click here for more information about the new version.