What's new in Active Desktop Calendar 7.96 Build 111123
Nov 29, 2011
- Note description tooltip on the desktop
- If you let the mouse pointer hover over a desktop note for which you entered both subject and description, then you will get the description show up as a tooltip. Of course, this works only if desktop interactivity is enabled.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.95 Build 110509 (May 9, 2011)
- Desktop Layout Picker
- This new feature allows you to quickly change calendar appearance on the desktop.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.94 Build 101215 (Dec 17, 2010)
- Support for Outlook 2010:
- Outlook data layer is now improved with support for Outlook 2010.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.93 Build 100615 (Jun 16, 2010)
- Several bug fixes and six new calendar icon sets:
- Apart from fixing some minor bugs this version comes with six new calendar icon sets for your desktop: football, handyman, winter and three simple varieties named dark, gold and light.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.92 Build 100421 (Apr 23, 2010)
- The program got five new calendar icon sets for your desktop: soccer, tennis, glass balls, glass squares and summer.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.9 Build 100226 (Mar 2, 2010)
- "Set Tasks Title" option
- This new option allows you to change the title for the tasks section in the Notes/Tasks Bar on the desktop. The default title is "Tasks" and you can now make it anything else you want. The option is available in the "Settings - Notes/Tasks Bar" dialog box.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.89 Build 100102 (Jan 26, 2010)
- "Jump Through Time" option
- New option named Jump Through Time allows you to go forward or backward through time for the specified number of days or weeks. The option is available in the Notes menu or in the context menu that you get by right-clicking a date cell in the main calendar.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.88 Build 091217 (Dec 17, 2009)
- Support for secure HTTPS connection protocol
- When connecting to web based iCal calendars you can now access corresponding ICS files that are hosted on secured web sites (in other words web locations that require secure HTTPS connection protocol).
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.87 Build 091020 (Oct 21, 2009)
- When you enter an address for a contact you will be able to click the Google Map button to launch your web browser and get the address search result directly in Google Maps. Pay attention that this option uses the street (first line only!), zip code, city and country information to compose a query for Google Maps.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.86 Build 091002 (Oct 5, 2009)
- Windows 7 handles desktop background pictures differently than other versions of Windows and that made troubles for older versions of Active Desktop Calendar. This should now work ok with all five picture position options supported, but you should be aware that you will not be able to take advantage of the desktop picture changer available in Windows 7 because it stops working by itself as soon as the background picture is updated.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.85 Build 090917 (Sep 17, 2009)
- When printing notes through the Print Notes/Tasks option you can now control whether notes will be printed with both start and end times included, or with only start times as it was the case before.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.84 Build 090831 (Aug 31, 2009)
- Options to save and load color schemes for Notes View are available on the Notes View Color Scheme dialog box. To open this dialog box look for the color scheme button just left of the calendar navigation toolbar in the Notes View.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.83 Build 090813 (Aug 14, 2009)
- Options to save and load settings for the card view in contacts are available on the Settings – Contacts dialog box within the Card View Options frame.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.82 (Jul 28, 2009)
- Options to save and load settings for text version of the desktop calendar are available on the Settings – Calendar Text/Icons dialog box within the Text Options frame
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.79 Build 090624 (Jun 24, 2009)
- Hiding Toolbar and Shortcuts Bar in Notes View
- Two new options in the View menu allow you to hide the Toolbar and/or Shortcuts Bar in Notes View so more space is left for the calendar.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.78 Build 090605 (Jun 8, 2009)
- Copy Note to Task:
- This option is available in Notes menu and when you right click a note in Notes View. It allows you to quickly make a new task from an existing note.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.77 Build 090521 (May 21, 2009)
- Copy Task to Note
- This option is available in Tasks menu and when you right click a task in Tasks View. It allows you to quickly make a new note from an existing task.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.76 Build 090410 (May 4, 2009)
- New option named Calculate Days Between allows you to find out how many days there are between two given dates. You can choose the calculation that includes or excludes end date from the count. The result includes the information about the number of weeks and how many working days and weekend days exist in the selected period.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.75 Build 090408 (Apr 15, 2009)
- When you open Notes View in the program pay attention to the title and status bars. In the title bar you will find the week number information for the current date (e.g. Week 14 of 52) and in the status bar the week number for the selected date
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.74 Build 090320 (Mar 24, 2009)
- Share Outlook data layer; Disable sharing
- Replicate (to share) option in the Layers dialog box is now extended to allow sharing the Outlook layer. You will also be able to disable replication for any layer you share through another new option named Disable sharing.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.73 Build 090305 (Mar 6, 2009)
- Showing pictures in the Card View for contacts
- The option named "Show pictures in card view" is available in the Settings – Contacts dialog box. If enabled, the program will add pictures of contacts to the Card View.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.72 Build 090217 (Feb 18, 2009)
- Underline dates with notes in text calendars
- In text calendars dates with notes are displayed in bold letters. Now you can have additional marking and have those dates underlined as well. The option is available in the Settings – Calendar Marking dialog box.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.7 Build 090202 (Feb 3, 2009)
- Automatic calendar pop-up at specified time
- Typically this option is useful when you keep your computer running all the time, but would still like to have the calendar view show up on the screen automatically every morning. The option is available in the Settings - General dialog box under Automation.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.69 Build 090116 (Jan 17, 2009)
- Automatic ADC shutdown at specified time
- Now you can schedule automatic ADC shutdown. Option is available in Settings - General dialog box.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.68 Build 081225 (Dec 29, 2008)
- Including location info for Outlook appointments - If you are using Outlook layer in the program you can now get the location displayed together with the subject on your desktop for Outlook appointments that have that piece of information. The option is available in Settings – Notes/Tasks Options dialog box.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.67 Build 081209 (Dec 11, 2008)
- Selecting a view for Show View on Start option
- Show Notes View on Start option is now replaced with the set of similarly named options that allow you to choose any of four available views to show up automatically when the program starts. To access these options right click on the program's date icon in the taskbar, choose Notes View and click on the View menu.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.65 Build 081105 (Nov 10, 2008)
- Printing the list of notes and tasks in color
- The option for printing calendar data in color is now extended to the list of notes and tasks. To print the list of notes and tasks in color just look for the checkbox labeled "Print in color" on the Print Notes/Tasks dialog box and enable it.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.6 (080911) (Sep 18, 2008)
- Version 7.6 (080911)
- Known bugs fixed and the program's platform updated so that native 64-bit version is from now also available.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.55 (Jul 16, 2008)
- Allows you to set text color for an entire layer so all notes from that layer are displayed in the same color automatically.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.53 (Jul 1, 2008)
- Version 7.53 allows you to change the text color separately for each note in the calendar.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.52 Build 080603 (Jun 11, 2008)
- Improves Notes Week View with an option to show five days instead of seven in a smaller window.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.48 Build 080417 (Apr 21, 2008)
- Version 7.48 allows opening Day View directly from the desktop.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.46 Build 080327 (Apr 1, 2008)
- Filtering information shown in Day View
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.27 Build 071019 (Nov 3, 2007)
- Includes replicate wallpaper option for dual monitor configurations.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.25 Build 071008 (Oct 9, 2007)
- Version 7.25 brings extended desktop interactivity through additional options available on right-click.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.22 Build 070912 (Sep 17, 2007)
- Option to turn on or off showing end-time information for notes displayed in Notes/Tasks bar on the desktop.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.1 Build 070601 (Jun 4, 2007)
- Version 7.1 includes preset calendars with holidays for 22 countries around the world.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 7.0 (May 15, 2007)
- Version 7.0 brings improvement to the program's built-in backup system and allows deleting all done tasks at once.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 6.7 (Feb 23, 2007)
- Show Notes View on Start - With this option enabled the program will bring up Notes View automatically each time it starts. To access the option right click on the program's date icon in the taskbar, choose Notes View and click on the View menu.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 6.4 (Oct 23, 2006)
- reads any web based iCal calendar through direct connection with its ICS file
New in Active Desktop Calendar 6.3 (Sep 20, 2006)
- adds a feature for printing contacts that can either print a single contact with all its details or all contacts in two preformatted templates
New in Active Desktop Calendar 6.1 (Jun 7, 2006)
- can integrate with Google calendar and show its data on the desktop.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 5.99b (Apr 14, 2006)
- Version 5.99b supports iCal format for importing and exporting calendar data.
New in Active Desktop Calendar 5.99a (Mar 14, 2006)
- Version 5.99a can calculate age in a note subject/text (useful for birthdays and anniversaries).