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.