9.20.02 - March 4, 2010

• FIXED: Browse list: Not possible to click on Title Sort column heading to
  change sort order.
• FIXED: Explorer: Problem with COUNT and SUM commands if value > 9999 and thousand separator = space.
• FIXED: Removed flickering in the blue progress status window on Vista and Windows 7.
• FIXED: Database Properties: Record count numbers not right-justified if using Windows 7 or Vista, or XP if "large fonts" were enabled.
• FIXED: Data Server: XSLT processing instructions not read when generating HTML pages.
• Various minor fixes.

9.20.01 - January 8, 2010

• Download from Internet: Options: Added a country flag next to each site.
• Data Entry: Added shortcut to open the Contents Template window: Ctrl+Shift+T.
• Data Entry: Memo: You can now set up a default text color (Tools=>Options=>Memo).
• Explorer: Now always possible to change the personal rating even when no rating was previously set.
• Report: Added two new want list reports.
• Search: Quick search will now search the Barcode field.
• Data Server: Fixed some issues with connecting to a running instance of BookCAT.
• Explorer window opens faster.
• The main window opens faster.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Fixed some issues with querying by LCCN.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Update: Problem if ISBN was converted from ISBN-10 to ISBN-13.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Update: Empty web link saved.
• FIXED: Export: XML: Error if output folder did not exist.
• FIXED: Want List: Title Sort field not used when sorting on title.
• Various minor fixes and enhancements.

9.20 - November 30, 2009

• The setup program now asks if you want to install the updated explorer templates (if you click Yes, the old templates are automatically backed up).
• Download from Internet: Added a new site to query: German National Library.
• Download from Internet: Added a Report Problem button. If some information isn't downloaded correctly, click this button to report any problems to support. BookCAT will prepare an email with the selected sites and a list of the isbn numbers that did not download/were not found.
• Download from Internet: Added a role column in the Author field (just like in the Book Edit window).
• Loan: Send e-mail notifications: Added support for TLS ("Transport Layer Security"). This makes it possible to send e-mail via Gmail. For more information see the FAQ.
• Loan: 'SMTP Server' window: You can now test the setup by clicking the Test button.
• Database: Added the ability to set a main genre. The main genre is shown in bold in the data entry window, and is available via the Main Genre field. You can group on this field, display it in the browse list, include it in reports, search/filter on this field, etc. For more information, see the FAQ.
• Data Entry: Memo: You can now set up a default font for all memo fields under Tools => Options => Memo. This font is used when adding new records, both during manual entry, and when downloading data, and importing data.
• Added shortcuts for OK and Cancel buttons (Alt+O and Alt+C) in all data entry windows (new databases only). To update existing databases you can use this little utility: SetBtnShortcuts.exe.
• Data Entry: When pasting contents titles from the clipboard, the active contents template is now used.
• Data Entry: You can now set a default value for the Cover Price Currency field.
• Data Entry: Add Record Link: You can now select search operator (Is equal to, Contains, or Begins with).
• Data Entry: Add Record Link: The last selected book is automatically selected the next time you open the window.
• Data Entry: Added a Delete button on the toolbar in the main window.
• Browse List: Thumbnails quality is now better if the thumbnail is scaled.
• Browse List: You can now display the contents authors in the list.
• Browse List: You can display the File and Web Link fields in the list.
• Explorer: Setting the personal rating from the explorer is now faster since the page no longer needs to be regenerated.
• Explorer: Added a Ctrl+E shortcut in the Explorer window to edit the current record.
• Explorer: Added a template to display the preview pane to the right in the Want List View.
• Images: Default thumbnail size has been increased from 42x64 to 100x150 (Book table) and 42x42 to 100x100 pixels (Person table). If you would like to update the thumbnail size in an existing database, change the size from the 'Database Setup' window, and choose Tools => Database Maintenance => Regenerate Thumbnails.
• Report: When setting up report groupings you can now force each new group to begin on an odd page. This can be helpful for duplex reports where groups need to be started on the front side of the next page.
• Report: Quality of printed images is now better if the image has been scaled down.
• Report: Archive File: Default file extension changed from "rar" to "crar".
• Report: Changed the default code font in the 'Edit XSL Code' window to "Consolas" (if available).
• Report: Added a new statistics report ("Spending per year").
• Search: Added Genre to the special searches.
• Views: Added a Reset button in the 'List Layouts' window. Click this button to delete all existing layouts, and add the default layouts.
• Views: Added a Reset button in the 'Sort Orders' window.
• Views: Added a Reset button in the 'Filters' window.
• Views: Added a Reset button in the 'Grouping Definitions' window.
• Views: Added a Reset button in the 'Views Setup' window.
• Views: You can now create a custom want list view setup.
• Export: HTML: You can use the code "%date%" to insert the current date into the title.
• Export: HTML: You can define a margin below the heading row and the first row on list pages.
• Export: HTML: You can set up a background color for field data (both list and detail pages).
• Export: HTML: You can now add a custom page footer.
• Export: HTML: Added a new setup ("Overview - Main Genre"). Modified the layout of some of the old setups.
• Export: Text: You can now export the cover filename (external images).
• Export: Homebase: You can now choose the format of the author name.
  Database Setup: You can now use the standard navigation keys (F5-F8) to navigate in the table/field list.
• Data Server: You can now choose to either connect to a running instance, or start a new instance.
• Data Server: New method: GotoRecord: Pass a record id of -1 to only activate a specific view without changing the active record.
• Data Server: New method: Explore. Call this method to explore data in the Explorer window. See the FAQ for more info.
• Data Server: New method: EditRecord. Call this with the table name and record id to edit the record in the standard data entry window.
• Data Server: New method: ActiveRecord. This returns the record id of the active record in the browse list according to the table you specify.
• Data Server: New method: CloseEditWindow. This will close the open data entry window. Any changes are automatically saved.
• Data Server: New method: RefreshView. This refreshes the specified view.
• Data Server: New property: EditWindowOpen. Returns True if a data entry window is open.
• FIXED: Close button in 'Database Properties' and 'Report Properties' windows not visible on Vista and Windows 7.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Problem sorting on the Status column.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Default values for Dimensions fields not used.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Sometimes error when trying to set the default value of numeric fields from the data entry window.
• FIXED: Data Entry: "Range check error" when opening Book Edit window if the Genre table contained an empty element.
• FIXED: Shortcuts for Search => Show Previous/Next did not work.
• FIXED: Report: Problem with bottom margin in label reports.
• FIXED: Search: Global search did not search the Chapters field.
• FIXED: Search: "Access Violation" when closing the 'Select Value' window.
• FIXED: Export: HTML: Memo: Error if memo text contained control characters.
• FIXED: Thumbnail cleared when regenerating thumbnails if link to image file was not valid.
• FIXED: Problem with web links if url contained spaces.
• FIXED: Data Server: Problem with parameters passed by reference.
• More than 50 other smaller enhancements and fixes.

9.12.01 - June 18, 2009

• FIXED: Download from Internet: "Access violation" when downloading book data if switching from BookCAT to another application and then back.
• FIXED: HTML Export: Problem with top menu if 'Sort by' was not checked
  on the Index tab.
• FIXED: Text Import: Cover art fields not available in import window.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Changes not automatically saved when choosing File=>Use Default Layout.
• FIXED: Fixed a couple of problems with the global search.

9.12 - June 9, 2009

• Database: Want List: Added two new fields: Series and Release No. Note: If you are updating from an older version, open the 'Edit Want List' window and choose 'Use Default Layout' from the File menu to reset the form layout.
• Download from Internet: Web Links field is now updated when doing an update.
• Download from Internet: Hyphen is now not removed when importing a list of LCCN numbers.
• Database Maintenance: Replace Memo Font: In addition to the font name, you can also replace the font size.
• You can now right-click the browse list and choose "Clear Filter" to deactivate the current filter (or simply press Shift+Ctrl+C).
• Explorer: If a memo field contains formatted text, the correct font as specified in the edit window is now always used. Previously the default explorer font was sometimes used (no longer necessary to set the .memofieldfont style in Style.css).
• Explorer: Added the File and Web Links fields to preview pane in the Book View.
• HTML Export: Added a new "Date Include" property for date fields.
• HTML Export: You can now export the File Links field.
• Search: The global search is now faster.
• Added support for Windows 7.
• FIXED: Report: Labels: Bottom label row not always printed.
• FIXED: Explorer: Preview pane not always updated when selecting new book in the Book View.
• FIXED: Data Entry: The left/top position on the Priority field (Want List window) was incorrect under Windows Vista.
• Various minor fixes and enhancements.

9.10.01 - April 30, 2009

• Internet.dll version number now displayed in the About window.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Opening the 'Book Edit' window was slow if the Genre list  contained many items (100+).
• FIXED: Data Entry: Pressing Alt+1 to 9 to select image did not work.
• FIXED: Export: HTML: Problem with 'Overview' export if author name contained an "extended" character.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Update: Existing data cleared if 'Overwrite existing data' was selected and data was not downloaded.

9.10 - April 24, 2009

• HTML Export: The HTML Export module has been completely rewritten. Instead of having to manually edit xsl templates, you can now easily set up everything from within the program without having to even look at the xsl templates! Screenshot.
• Download from Internet: When an updated dll file is available the file is now automatically downloaded and installed. You no longer have to download the setup file, close BookCAT, install the updated dll and finally restart BookCAT to continue downloading book data.
• Download from Internet: You can now select multiple books in the list. Useful if you want to delete more than one book, or set the status to "Manual Entry" for multiple books.
• Download from Internet: If you manually edit a book, the status is now automatically set to "Manual Entry".
• Download from Internet: You can view the full size cover art from the download window (right-click and choose View, or double-click).
• Download from Internet: Options: You can now select whether LCCN and LC Call # should be downloaded.
• Database: Increased the length of the Publisher field to 150 characters.
• Images: For images stored externally, you can now right-click the image field and choose Goto Folder to go to the folder the image file is located.
• File Links: You can now right-click and choose Goto Folder to go to the folder the file is located.
• When entering data in date fields, you can now press "Y" to automatically select the year part of the field, "M" to select the month part and "D" to select the day part. This will speed up the data entry process.
• Memo fields are now available in the Contents Template window.
• Explorer: Changed the Back/Forward shortcuts to Alt+Left/Right.
• Explorer: Added shortcuts to close/open the preview pane: Alt+Up and Alt+Down (also available on the View menu).
• Explorer: Added "CMD:GOTORECORD" command.
• Quick Locate: Works faster when typing directly into the browse list.
• Added a shortcut to clear the current quick search (Ctrl+Shift+F12).
• Added a shortcut to open the 'Search and Replace' window: Ctrl+L.
• Report: You can now add a "%filter%" code to text labels in order to print the current filter (will include both field, operator and value).
• You can reset the form layout from the data entry window without having to open the Form Designer (File->Use Default Layout).
• Redesigned the Page Setup, Print Report and Edit Sort Order windows.
• As long as you don't edit the Sites menu, the entries on the Sites menu will now always default to the standard sites (previously added to the menu the first time you ran SoftCAT). In the 'Edit Sites Menu' you can now click the Reset button to reset the menu to show the default sites.
• As long as you don't manually edit the Report menu, the program will now automatically scan the Reports folder and dynamically add all reports to the menu. This means that you don't have to manually add the report to the menu when you create a new report (just make sure you save it in the appropriate folder in the Reports folder). In the 'Edit Report Menu' you can now click the Reset button to reset the menu (rescan the Reports folder).
• As long as you don't manually edit the Search menu, the program will now automatically scan the Search folder and dynamically add all saved searches to the menu. This means that you don't have to manually add the search to the menu (just make sure you save it in the Search folder). In the 'Edit Search Menu' you can now click the Reset button to reset the menu (rescan the Search folder).
• Data Server: Added a GotoRecord method. Call this method to select a record in the browse list. The correct view is automatically activated. For more information, please see the FAQ.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Book: Custom 19 not cloned when cloning a book.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Want List: Clone did not work.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Update: Doing an update with the LCCN did not always work.
• FIXED: Explorer: When setting the personal rating from a recordset list page, the current page is now kept active.
• FIXED: Explorer: "Invalid floating point" error when opeing the Explorer View.
• FIXED: Report Designer: "Book labels" not available in the New Report window.
• FIXED: Various problems with this capitalization feature
• FIXED: Fixed some problems with generating sort name.
• FIXED: Database Maintenance: Replace memo font did not always work.
• FIXED: Setup: Problem registering data server on some systems.
• FIXED: Data Server: Would not start if not logged in as administrator.
• Various other fixes and enhancements.

9.01 - November 26, 2008

• Data Entry: Genre: Selected genres are now shown first in the list.
• Data Entry: Image: When removing a link to an external image file you now have the option to also delete the image file.
• You can now edit the default text ("Yes" and "No") for check box fields displayed in the explorer, reports, grouping list, etc: Tools->Options->Miscellaneous->'Text checkbox fields'.
• Added a button to clear the selected field in the grouping, filter and search windows, and to clear the active grouping definition and active filter in the main window.
• Grid: You can now globally disable alternate row coloring (Tools->Options->Miscellaneous->'Disable alternate row coloring').
• Capitalization: Various enchancements.
• Updated help file.
• FIXED: Problem with 'Find by Barcode' function.
• FIXED: Opening the 'Book Edit' window was slow if the Genre list contained many genres.
• FIXED: Sometimes error when trying to add links to other books.
• FIXED: Problem grouping on Author Role field.
• FIXED: Problem with duplicate records in browse list if subset was active when editing records.
• FIXED: Print List: 'Hide grouping fields' setting didn't work.
• Various other fixes and enhancements.

9.00 - October 29, 2008

• BookCAT v9 released. Click here for an overview of the new features.