9.22.01 - January 16, 2012

• Download from Internet: Fixed problem with series data download.

9.22 - December 30, 2011

• 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: Vertical scrollbar in browse list sometimes hidden after backing up database.
• FIXED: Auto-organize image files: Generated filename sometimes too long ("The field is too small to accept the amount of data" error).
• FIXED: Data Server: Error when opening database after creating new instance.
• Various other minor fixes.

9.21 - December 15, 2011

• Added a new "Welcome" panel that will appear the first time the program is run (also displayed when you close the open database).
• Faster to populate the field selection list (for example when searching or adding a field to the browse list) if you have many roles in the Crew Role table and 'Create dynamic role fields' is selected in Options.
• Update Path: A progress dialog with a Cancel button is now displayed.
• 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.
• Data Entry: Image: Now possible to manually rename the external image file from the data entry window.
• Auto-Organize Image Files: Added support for using the "sort by" value of a lookup field ("%field_sort%").
• Auto-Organize Image Files: Existing filename will be used if the filename pattern is empty.
• Auto-Organize Image Files: Default image folder now automatically used as "base folder".
• Explorer: Index: On the statistics page, removed the labels to the right of the chart.
• Export XML: The "auto-organize" filename pattern is now used when exporting images.
• Export XML: External images now copied to the export folder.
• 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 videos(s) by  a specified number of days from both the Video and Loan view.
• FIXED: Grid: Row not selected when right-clicking in browse list.
• FIXED: Explorer: Error in preview pane if a memo field contained a control character.
• FIXED: Explorer: Explore command in 'Move/Copy Segment' did not work.
• FIXED: Report: "Access Violation" error when print a report with the Video.Contents Titles field.
• FIXED: HTML Export: Title 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.

9.20 - November 16, 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 CATVids 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: 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.
• You can now display the personal rating image in the Video View list.
• When modifying crew role names it is no longer necessary to restart the program for the new field name to be used.
• 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.
• Loan: Check Out: Now supports barcode lookup if you have multiple copies with same barcode number.
• Explorer: Home Page: Added the video title field as a search field available from the drop-down list.
• Total Value: If multiple videos are selected in the Video View, only these videos 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 video 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/image files/audio files/video files), CATVids 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: Password: Problem turning off "Login without password" setting.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Contents Template: Genre field empty second time the template window was opened.
• 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: Image: Image filename for image #2-9 incorrect in browse list, reports, etc.
• 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: Report: Print to File: Problem printing date fields (year only) to Excel file.
• 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: Import Excel: "Access Violation" error when trying to import from file open in Excel.
• FIXED: Sites menu: Problem with using a field value in the URL if it contained an ampersand ("&") character.
• FIXED: Removed a resource leak when converting old database.
• Various other fixes and enhancements.

9.10.02 - August 23, 2011

• FIXED: Download from Internet: Problem downloading some movie titles.
• FIXED: Linking to a folder from a memo field (Edit=>Insert Hyperlink) did not work.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Incorrect order of buttons below Contents list in 'Video Edit' window.
• FIXED: Data Entry: Last Modified field not updated after editing media titles.

9.10.01 - August 15, 2011

• Video View: Show Segments in Contents View: Will now show the segments on all selected videos (not just the current video).
• FIXED: Leading/Support Role fields: IMDBId number displayed (in brackets) after the name in the browse list and in reports.
• FIXED: Error ("Template file could not be found") when choosing Contents=>Explore in the 'Video Edit' window.
• FIXED: Problem with search if the field value contained an ampersand ("&") character when searching via the Sites menu.

9.10 - August 2, 2011

• Fixed problem trying to activate registration key if registration email was copied from Opera.
• Password: You now set up both master and guest password from the same window. Added a Remove button to remove the current password. Added a 'Log in as guest without password' option. Check this box to add the ability for guests to log in without having to specify a password.
• The Explorer window is now faster to reopen.
• Show Segments in Contents View command now faster.
• Card layout: You can now change the border color, and deselect the highlighting of the selected record.
• Download from Internet: Preview window: Moved the OK/Cancel buttons from the bottom to the upper right corner (buttons were not visible when using a screen with a low vertical resolution).
• Explorer: Pages with a statistical chart now automatically regenerated when the explorer pane is resized.
• Report Designer/Form Designer: You can now edit the text of text labels directly from the popup menu (without having to open the Properties window first).
• Report: Text label: Added support for the following codes: %date_long% - insert the current date using the Long Date Format, %time% - insert the current time using the Short Time Format, %time_long% - insert the current time using the Long Time Format.
• Update Path: Number of records updated now reported.
• 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: File Link and Web Link fields now available for import.
• Loan menu: Moved all loan commands from the Video and Tools menu to the new Loan menu, and changed the shortcut keys.
• Loan: Print receipt: You can now (automatically) print a receipt from the Check Titles In/Out window when checking titles in or out.
• Loan: Check out: Added a "History" button in the Check Titles In/Out window. Click this button to display the selected borrower's loan history.
• Fixed a few spelling errors.
• FIXED: Data entry: Paragraph color sometimes reset when opening the Edit Memo window.
• FIXED: Data entry: Problem with the highlightning of the selected rating in drop-down list when running the program on Windows XP.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Total length not always updated after downlading contents data.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Sometimes "List index out of bounds" error when using a contents template.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Primary Genre not set when using the Update function.
• FIXED: Database maintenance: Capitalize data: Error when using the Marked option.
• 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.

9.02 - May 28, 2011

• Virtual image: Text is now centered vertically.
• Explorer: Added the Record Links field to Video/Contents View explorer pane.
• Explorer: Some minor adjustments to the index template.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: "List index out of bounds (-1)" error when searching by UPC if no match.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: "List index out of bounds (-1)" error when searching with IMDbID number.
• FIXED: Data entry: Selection not shown in Personal Rating drop-down list.
• FIXED: Data entry: Problem pasting RTF formatted text into memo fields.
• FIXED: Form Designer: "List item not found" error when using the 'Auto Update Tab Order' function.
• FIXED: Form Designer: Save/Cancel buttons sometimes enabled even if no changes were made.
• FIXED: Export: HTML: Using "%date%" code in export title did not work.
• FIXED: Select Folder button not visible in 'Extract Images' window.
• Various other minor fixes and enhancements.

9.01.01 - May 24, 2011

• FIXED: Problem with date format if date separator was something else than "/".
• FIXED: "Incorrect length" error when trying to activate registration key on some systems.

9.01 - May 20, 2011

• Now possible to use the mouse wheel to scroll in all drop-down lists.
• Now possible to preview the various menu/toolbar skins without having to close the Options window.
• Updated the help file.
• Some minor adjustments to the explorer templates.
• FIXED: Data entry: Program froze if opening a data entry window from the Explorer window, and then closing the Explorer window before the data entry window.
• FIXED: Card list: New cover art not shown in card list after downloading cover art.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Sometimes "List index out of bounds" error if no match was found.
• FIXED: Download from Internet: Controls incorrectly disabled when downloading from the contents section.
• FIXED: All HTML export templates not included in setup.
• Various other minor fixes and enhancements.

9.00 - April 18, 2011

• CATVids v9 released. Click here for more information about the new version.