CATVids Release History
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9.45 - Jan 31, 2024

* Fixed download issue.

9.44 - Nov 21, 2023

* Fixed download issue.

9.43 - Jan 31, 2023

* Download TV-series: Added the ability to search by year in addition to season no.

9.42 - Nov 24, 2022

* Various fixes.
 
9.41 - Sep 13, 2021

* FIXED: Timeout when downloading data.

9.40 - May 20, 2021

* FIXED: Hyperlinks removed when copying/pasting text in memo fields.

9.39 - October 13, 2020

* FIXED: Save to Excel file: Sometimes "Invalid color index"-error.
* FIXED: Menu entries on Loan menu enabled when database was closed.
* Various other fixes and enhancements. 

9.38 - December 3, 2019

* FIXED: Links in explorer did not work if negative record ID.
* FIXED: News feed on explorer home page now works again.
* Various minor fixes.
 
9.37 - April 20, 2018

* FIXED: Problems downloading series data from IMDb.

9.36 - December 7, 2016

* FIXED: Problem with file links when exporting to HTML.
 
9.35 - April 7, 2016

* Fixed some minor issues.

9.34 - March 18, 2016

* FIXED: Problem downloading from Amazon.

9.33 - October 5, 2012

* Export: HTML: Added support for exporting Want List data.
* Export: HTML: Compact: Added a 'Cell spacing' property for the menu page to
  set the spacing between menu items.
* Export: HTML: Compact: "All" link can now be displayed either after the last letter, 
  or on a separate row at the bottom of the menu (as in the previous version).
* Export: HTML: Compact: You can now specify which font to use for the overview
  list (both for the page title, and the list contents). In addition, you can 
  set the text alignment, and vertical padding (space between the items in the list).
* Export: HTML: Compact: Overview list now displays the menu selection as the
  page title.     

9.32 - October 1, 2012

* Export: HTML: Added support for a compact and frameless layout better suited for exports 
  you intend to use on mobile devices. This will create a simple overview menu (based on 
  the first letter of the selected data field) on the index page. Clicking one of the menu 
  letters will open a new page with an overview list based on your menu selection. When you 
  make a selection in the overview list, another page is opened that will show the records 
  according to your selection. Click the back link to go back to the previous page, or 
  the home link to go back to the index/home page.
* Export: HTML: Updated the default setups to reflect the new explorer layout.  
* Export: HTML: All formatting now controlled by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).     
* Export: HTML: 'External CSS files' option now selected by default for new setups.
* Report: Width of left pane in the 'Print Preview' window now saved.
* FIXED: Data Entry: Problem entering/displaying dates on some systems.
* FIXED: Loan: Send email: Message encoding not set to UTF-8.
* Various other fixes and enhancements. 

9.31 - August 7, 2012

* Report: Better quality output when printing memo fields to PDF files.
* Report: Bar Code field: 'Print number' property no longer checked by default.
* Loan: Check Out: Added more fields to search for borrower (including E-mail, and Custom 1-4).
* Loan: Explorer: Number of reserved titles now displayed on the index page (hyperlinked).
* FIXED: Problem with 'View Image' window position/size if Windows taskbar was displayed along 
  the left edge of the screen.
* FIXED: Some issues with creating custom browse views.
* FIXED: Report: Text labels: Multiline text not displayed correctly in the 'Report Designer' window.
* FIXED: Report: Problem printing labels on some systems (rightmost label column not printed).  
* FIXED: Report: Formatted memo text not printed to PDF files.
* FIXED: Problem printing chart from Statistics window.
* FIXED: Fixed some issues with the explorer templates.
* FIXED: Sometimes error message when downloading cover art.
* Various other minor fixes. 
 
9.30 - June 27, 2012

* Updated the layout of all explorer templates.
* Updated and fine-tuned all standard reports. NOTE: Since old reports are not
  overwritten by SETUP, you will have to delete the old report files in the
  Report folder if you want to install the new updated reports. 
* Print List: Various enhancements to layout of generated report.
* Updated to latest version of the report engine.
* Report: Added a 'Prevent orphans' setting for groups. When this setting is 
  activated, group headers that would appear at the bottom of a page without 
  corresponding detail, will be moved to the top of the next page. Group footers 
  that would print alone at the top of a page, will have the last detail of the 
  prior page moved to the top of the page, followed by the group footer.
* Report: Added an outline list in the 'Print Preview' window. This list shows
  the values of the first report group, and allows you to quickly go to a specific page.   
* Report: Printing to PDF creates smaller PDF files (better image compression).
* Report: Better quality output when printing to HTML. All report pages are now 
  generated in one single HTML file.
* Report: More accurate positioning of report objects when printing to MS Word file.  
* Report: Print to File: Better support for printing to Excel files. No longer "Excel 
  found unreadable content" error when opening file in Excel 2007/10.
* Report: Added a "If empty" property for memo fields.
* Data Entry: Better support for pasting data into time fields.
* Data Entry: Various enhancements to the auto-capitalize feature.   
* Quick Search: Now searches image filename, image notes, file links and web links.
* Lookup View: Show Videos/Segments command will now show videos/segments linked to 
  *all* selected lookup records.    
* Pressing F1 will open help file in Report Designer and Form Designer.
* FIXED: Problem searching/filtering on multivalue fields (for example Keywords)
  with "Is not equal to" operator.
* FIXED: Audio/Video Type: Field value would not display in browse list and in reports.  
* FIXED: Error when sorting on the New Video field.
* FIXED: Print List: Width of last column not set correctly when 'Adjust columns to fit 
  page width' was selected.
* FIXED: Report: Problem setting width of text labels from Properties window.  
* FIXED: Report: Selected font not always used when printing a DBXsl field ("Times Roman"
  used instead). 
* FIXED: Search: Show Previous/Next commands did not work if quick search was active.
* FIXED: Problem with dates if date separator was set to space in Windows Control Panel.
* FIXED: Problem with TWAIN image scanning if more than 3 scanner devices installed.
* Various other fixes and enhancements.

9.24 - March 23, 2012

* Implemented a new registration key/license file format. If you purchase the program
  after April 2, you must update to this version before you activate your registration key.  
  NOTE: Existing licenses will continue to work as before!
* Form Designer: Right-clicking and choosing Paste will now paste control(s) on clipboard
  where you right-clicked.
* Report Designer: Right-clicking and choosing Paste will now paste report object(s) on 
  clipboard where you right-clicked.
* Data Server: Info on lookup tables now included in XML data file for lookup fields.
* FIXED: Explorer: Strings with Unicode characters not displayed correctly on some systems.  
* FIXED: Search/Replace: Problem with empty fields and 'Match any part of field' & 
  'Match whole words only' settings.
* FIXED: Report: Not possible to rotate barcode field.  
* FIXED: Loan: Email: "Too many messages for this session" error.   
* FIXED: Loan: Email: Error if borrower name contained a comma. 
* FIXED: Export: HTML: Problem creating code based setup if setup name contained a space.
* Various other fixes and enhancements.

9.23 - February 23, 2012

* Added support for Windows 8.
* Sites menu: Added a new field code: "%SEARCH%". This is used by, for example, the
  "Search Google" menu entry. The field value to search by is set according to the 
  active view (for example, if the Video View is active the search is by title, 
  if the Person Lookup View is active the search is by name, and so on).
* Sites menu: Added the Sites menu to the 'Want List Edit' window. 
* Added a 'Copy Serial Number to Clipboard' button in the About window.
* Download from Internet: Better error handling if a timeout occurs.
* Explorer: Updated "list" templates (BorrowerList.xsl, PersonList.xsl, etc.).
* Contents View: 'Show Video(s) in Video View' command now processes all selected records.
* Loan: Check Titles Out window: Moved Date Borrowed/Date Due fields up above Borrower field.
* Export: "Auto-organize images" filename setup used when exporting internal images.
* FIXED: Edit Sort Order: Name of selected field not displayed if the first field in 
  the drop-down list was selected.
* FIXED: Print List: Stretch property not set for image fields.
* FIXED: Report: Stretch property always set when printing to the screen, or to a file.  
* FIXED: Export: Fixed some issues with image fields.
* FIXED: Internet.dll file date/time reset when downloading update.
* Various other fixes and enhancements.

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 highlighting 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 version 9 released. For more information about version 9, 
visit our web site at: http://www.fnprg.com/catvids/v9/index.html