SoftCAT Release History *********************** 5.27 - May 20, 2021 * FIXED: Hyperlinks removed when copying/pasting text in memo fields. * FIXED: Save to Excel file: Sometimes "Invalid color index"-error. 5.26 - December 19, 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. 5.25 - December 7, 2016 * FIXED: Problem with file links when exporting to HTML. 5.24 - April 7, 2016 * Fixed some minor issues. 5.23 - October 5, 2012 * 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. 5.22 - September 28, 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: Import: Problem importing data to Category table. * Various other fixes and enhancements. 5.21 - August 7, 2012 * Report: Better quality output when printing memo fields to PDF files. * 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: Problem searching/filtering on multivalue fields (for example Keywords) with "Is not equal to" operator. * Various other minor fixes. 5.20 - June 20, 2012 * Updated the layout of all explorer templates. * Updated and fine-tuned all standard 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. * Quick Search: Now searches image filename, image notes, file links and web links. * Lookup View: Show Programs command will now show programs linked to *all* selected lookup records. * Pressing F1 will open help file in Report Designer and Form Designer. * FIXED: Error when sorting on the New Program 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. * FIXED: The system tray launcher app was unable to find the database if database was located outside the default database folder. * Fixed a couple of typos in the sample database. * Various other fixes and enhancements. 5.13 - March 22, 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. * Explorer: Added Keyword field to Program View explore pane template. * Export: HTML: Possible to create index based setup without a detail page. * Data Server: Info on lookup tables now included in XML data file for lookup fields. * FIXED: Data Entry: Error when deleting entry in Publisher lookup table. * 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: Export: HTML: Problem creating code based setup if setup name contained a space. * Various other fixes and enhancements. 5.12 - February 16, 2012 * Added support for Windows 8. * Added a 'Copy Serial Number to Clipboard' button in the About window. * 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 Program View is active the search is by title, if the Publisher Lookup View is active the search is by the publisher name, and so on). * Explorer: Updated "list" templates (CategoryList.xsl, KeywordList.xsl, and PublisherList.xsl). * 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. 5.11 - December 30, 2011 * 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. 5.10 - December 10, 2011 * Added a new "Welcome" panel that will appear the first time the program is run (also displayed when you close the open database). * 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 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 SoftCAT 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. * Explorer: Index: On the statistics page, removed the labels to the right of the chart. * Report: Added a new book report grouped by Primary Category. * 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: Update Path: A progress dialog with a Cancel button is now displayed. * Database Maintenance: Status information displayed on the statusbar when using the 'Extract images', 'Load external images' and 'Cleanup image folder' commands. * 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. * Import: When importing links to files (file links and image files), SoftCAT 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 ""). * Updated the internal XML engine resulting in better performance. * Updated the "Working with reports" section in help file. Various other changes. * FIXED: Grid: Row not selected when right-clicking in browse list. * FIXED: Password: Problem turning off 'Login without password' setting. * FIXED: Explorer: Error in preview pane if a memo field contained a control character. * 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: Import Excel: "Access Violation" error when trying to import from file open in Excel. * 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: HTML Export: Program sometimes listed multiple times if filtering on two (or more) fields with the OR operator in an index based setup. * FIXED: Removed a resource leak when converting old database. * Various other fixes and enhancements. 5.01 - October 7, 2011 * Auto-Catalog: Added "Program Files folder" as a new scan option. * Icons: Better quality when resizing large icons. * Use default form layout: Will now automatically remove fields that are hidden (Use property unchecked). * Image field: Added Paste and Resize buttons below the field. * Image field: Added a Center property (which you can change from the Form Designer). When this is checked, the image is centered within the control. * Statistics: Added support for GDI+ which provides better anti-aliasing (edge smoothing) based on ClearType technology. * HTML Export: Added a "Create virtual image" property for image fields on the list page. * Updated the internal XML engine resulting in better performance. * FIXED: Problem resizing left pane in import/export windows. * FIXED: System Tray Launcher: Problem opening database if full path was not specified. * Various other fixes and enhancements. 5.00.01 - September 26, 2011 * FIXED: Password window shown behind the splash window at startup. This made it impossible to enter password. * FIXED: Export: HTML: Problem with upper/lower case characters in top menu. 5.00 - September 23, 2011 * SoftCAT version 5 released. For more information about version 5, visit our web site at: http://www.fnprg.com/softcat/v5/index.html