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RGS-CardMaster Changelog

What's new in RGS-CardMaster 7.2.0

Apr 15, 2021
  • Major bug fix: when option 'Automatic Selection in Browse box of Active Record' was enabled:
  • a card was duplicated when changes were made and the name list box was selected, hence
  • overwriting the selected card with the active card. FIXED
  • Now when scrolling the database the name of the card in the drop-down will list automatically. Improves the
  • Location awareness of a card in the database.
  • New: Disable Country/State Field
  • Option can be found in the View-menu "Assign 'Country/State'-field in this Database to" and choose "None"
  • New: Enable/Disable buttons on the main screen is moved to View-menu (instead of Tools-menu)
  • Update URL to work with our new webpage and update with our new e-mail address
  • Bug fix: right-click Copy acted as changes in Database, hence showing dialog unneeded "save changes to
  • Database": fixed
  • Bug fix: when only one card was changed user did not get "confirm Changes to database" when closing CM:
  • Fixed
  • This version will allow updates be performed from our new website and donations (using the older version
  • Will not be able to update automatically)
  • Browse box did not update after changing the Name of a card: fixed
  • New URL: http://rgsavance.epizy.com/

New in RGS-CardMaster 7.1.3 (Aug 28, 2018)

  • Bug fix for Windows 10: new option introduced in v1.7.2 gave in Windows 10 a problem with the "browse fields drop-down list" that collapsed. Fixed Note: Users that do not want to update could solve the problem by disabling the option "Automatic Selection in Browse box of Active Record"

New in RGS-CardMaster 7.1.2 (Jun 11, 2018)

  • New: Automatic Selection in Browse box of Active Record:
  • to update the "browse fields drop-down list" to the active card or in other words; selects the name of the active card in the drop-down list automatically. This improves the location awareness of a card in the database.
  • This option can be enabled or disabled in the 'Browse Fields Setup (Extreme large databases (+5000 cards) can have a small delay when clicking on the browse drop-down list)
  • Bug fix: Pressing the first letter in the 'Browse fields drop-down list" remains focused
  • other minor improvements

New in RGS-CardMaster 7.1.1 (Aug 15, 2016)

  • Pro-edition bug fix: could not add categories (optional only in the pro-edition)

New in RGS-CardMaster 7.1.0 (Aug 3, 2016)

  • Major bug fix: deleting a card erased the assigned category of each card: fixed
  • A new clean install will add the category 'Business' to the already existing category items (or use Reset in Category Setup)
  • Print Preview will show a line when the limit of cards on one sheet is reached
  • Print bugs: sometimes there was a missing usa field-separator (comma) between zip and state: fixed
  • There were several issues when printing in two columns, sometimes wrong state, phone or missing phone etc. and always on the second column: fixed
  • When enabling 'show Fieldnames' then the fieldnames of empty fields were not shown
  • The calculation of the number of cards on a sheet was wrong when printing in two columns: fixed
  • and several other two-column issues fixed (thanks to Marvin Levine for testing all the two-column issues)
  • New in View menu - Enable/disable categories

New in RGS-CardMaster 7.0.3 (Jun 9, 2016)

  • New: Save and Close: this will save your database automatically and close CardMaster in one go!
  • Bug fix in option 'Find Database': sometimes error 53 "Unexpected Error" occurred
  • When closing CardMaster after adding a card the dialog to save the changes appears. When choosing to save the database ('Yes') the database will be saved directly without showing the folder options dialog like you see when using "Save As".
  • Improved Windows 10 compatibility during setup
  • CardMaster now checks for any UAC issues (typical Windows 8 or 10 problems) and informs the user of it (can be turned off)

New in RGS-CardMaster 7.0.2 (Jun 9, 2016)

  • New: Bulk Delete: allows you to delete multiple cards in one go
  • Merge Database has now a confirmation dialog before merging a database
  • bug fix: Inquiry did not look in the name field
  • bug fix pro-edition: the Skip Fields were not all enabled
  • bug fix pro-edition: when Auto Open a database and an error occurred will reset the Auto Load function

New in RGS-CardMaster 7.0.1 (Mar 6, 2015)

  • New: Export to vCard

New in RGS-CardMaster 7.0.0 (Mar 3, 2015)

  • Major debugging and total revision!!!
  • New: Category: Assign a card to a category, for example: work, family, friends...whatever you like:
  • Select a category to print only the cards that are assigned to that specific category
  • Set the default focus to the Category- or First Name field
  • Set specific category when adding a new card
  • Edit, remove or add categories (Pro-Edition), Default categories are: None, Family, Work, Friend, Church, Other (new ones can be added)
  • No need for a Category - CardMaster can be set to use with or without a category
  • browse through the database and shows only the cards containing the selected category (Pro)
  • Search in a specific category
  • New: Lookup an address from your database on Google Maps in one click!
  • New: Alphabetical quick jump buttons. Moves you to the card beginning with the character you selected.
  • New: Lost your database? Now there is a tool so you can find a RGS-CardMaster database on whatever drive
  • New: In the Tools-section buttons: Run Skype
  • New: Minimal look = Hide Functions, File and Tools buttons = turning CM in a compact size
  • New in Sort: sort ascending (A...Z, 0...9) or descending (Z...A, 9...0) -- sort on Category
  • New: Disable or enable the button sections: Functions, File, Tools, Browse, Search (Pro-edition feature)
  • New: Hide the Quick Jump A...Z buttons
  • New: Use the First Name field instead of the Last Name Field when using the Quick Jump A..Z Buttons (Pro-edition feature)
  • New: Disable the "...Not Found..." popup dialog when using the Quick Jump buttons (Pro-edition feature)
  • New: Format Cards can now be applied solely to the card fields OR include the format to all other text fields too
  • New: Delete Photo confirmation dialog can now also be turned off
  • New: Backup/Restore button in Tools section
  • New: Print This Card: browse through the cards
  • New in Search: the First- and Last name fields can also be selected to search the field seperatly -- Search only in a selected category (or all categories)
  • New in Inquiry: Filters! Skip the inquiry in the Category-, Names- and Address-fields (and can be combined). Pro-edition can skip ANY field:
  • Show First- and Last name is now separate selectable
  • Show all the contents of the Info-field or partially
  • Enable/disable case sensitive search
  • Only inquire in a selected Category
  • New in Browse Field Setup: List Fields: Category & First Name or Category & Last Name
  • New in Functions-menu: Set all cards to a category: to change all cards to any category in one click
  • Go To Card Nr popup now stays on top and can be accessed until user closes it
  • Go To Card Nr now only allows numeric values in the textbox
  • Deleting a photo from card and disk can now be set for each card during one session
  • Spreadsheet is now located with the file section on the main screen
  • Spreadsheet 'remembers' the column width when user changed it (until the program closes, pro- edition allows it to save)
  • Now a check is made if the automatic backup file is smaller in size then the new one, if so, then a second backup will be made called _2nd.bak
  • Saving a new database on start-up is suggested with no name, else a filename using the current data will suggested as "Database01-12-2015.drg"
  • History list increased.
  • CTRL + Arrow Down allows you to go to the Add-button from within the Info-Field
  • CTRL + Up Arrow allows you to go to the First Name Field if the focus is on the Add-button
  • Automatic open a database can now be selected independent from the last opened database (pro-edition)
  • Bug Fix: Print: Double column printing did not print the correct cards and addresses (pro-edition)
  • Bug Fix: Print: Print preview Single column printing did not show the whole list
  • Bug Fix: the main screen did not relocate to the last used positions (last used left and top position)
  • Bug Fix: program gave error 5xx and crashed when using the arrow keys AND one of the fields were hidden
  • Bug fix: the Search inputfield did not format to the selected color, fontname, type etc.
  • Bug fix: The font list in the option "Format Card Fields" showed hidden system fonts in Windows 8
  • Bug fix: Delete Confirmation Dialog popped up after cmdDelete more then 2 cards. Confirming to disable this did not solve it. Fixed
  • Bug Fix: fixes one card double in spreadsheet view
  • Bug Fix: Printer Error 482 crashed CM when NO printer is installed on the system
  • Bug Fix: Address did not show the two lines at once when a large font was set
  • Bug Fix: Spreadsheet: when user goes to a card (double-click or Go to button), when returning to spreadsheet showed wrong card nr button caption. And several other bug fixes!
  • Bug Fix: Calling Skype did not work under Windows 8
  • Bug fix: the Fax-button did not work. Button now replaced by Google Maps (Fax still functional in the menu!)
  • Bug Fix: Standard assigned Mail program (Outlook) crashed in Windows 8 when running the Mailer or trying to contact using a e-mail address
  • Bug Fix: Format Card Fields sometimes showed a bold font type while it was not
  • Bug Fix: The Case Sensitive option changed after doing an Inquiry
  • Bug Fix: Sort: when sorting a database, next time you cancel a Sort the sort routine was called anyway
  • Bug Fix: URL's in the Info-field using "https://" was not recognised as a URL
  • Bug Fix: no photo's found when opening a database from a remote location where CM isn't installed (for example placing CM on a USB stick and reading a CM-database on a PC where CM isn't installed).
  • Shortcut key F7 added to show Spreadsheet view
  • Calculator: Default Windows calculator is now always used
  • ASCII export format improved, also export to Excell and Word is updated with category and user definable celnames (and other bugs fixed)
  • Auto update now downloads the zip file directly instead of going to the website
  • CaleAg can now be minimized and prevents multiples instances running
  • Several new icons, new splash and 'no photo' image and other cosmetic changes
  • and many many more bug fixes

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.7.0 (May 2, 2013)

  • New: Two column printing!! (Pro Edition) set column spacing and layout
  • New: Change font size of the return address
  • Set the font of the return address to bold or regular thanks to Alan Burnham for testing this
  • Bug: automatic checking for updates did not work properly: fixed
  • New menu View: Items in the Options menu related to the view of the card and screen are moved to menu 'View'
  • Bug: The caption of the Search-button was difficult to read, fixed
  • New: Hide fields. You can hide fields from the card which you do not use or need
  • In the manual: instructions on how to run CardMaster under Linux (using Wine). Thanks to Paul Hysen.
  • When running CardMaster under Linux (using Wine) then you could not register to Pro-Edition: fixed

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.6.0 (Apr 25, 2013)

  • New: Now also the "Last Name" field can be changed! (Pro-Edition only)
  • New: When deleting multiple cards you'll get the possibility to turn off the Delete confirmation dialog
  • Bug: after searching, the text "record" appeared behind the Card logo text: fixed
  • Change: You can add a card even if the last name isn't entered, as long as at least one of the two name fields are used
  • Bug: in "Auto capitalize text in fields": the first- and lastname fields remained enabled even if disabled: fixed
  • New: In Extra menu (Pro-Edition) you can now change the 'no photo' logo/image with ease (browse for any image).
  • Bug: Spreadsheet view error "run-time error 5 and 6148" crashed the program when some of the functions were used: fixed
  • New: Print spreadsheet (Pro-edition allows extra settings for printing the spreadsheet: maximum columns and rows. Font bold etc...)
  • Automatically Check for Updates

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.5.0 (Jan 25, 2013)

  • Larger screen, larger effective card area
  • Several major cosmetic changes
  • Brand new calculator
  • New in Print Options: Real-time preview of the card layout!
  • Browse extended with step forward 5 cards and back 5 cards'Print This Card' now extended with text alignments
  • Run menu now called Tools
  • Right-click skin opens menu to change skin etc.
  • Some print bugs fixed
  • Users can now also Disable fax
  • Manual reviewed

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.4.0 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • Printing options enhanced with:
  • - Vertical printing on envelopes/labels
  • - 17 types of envelopes for you to choose from (and user definable)
  • - Right Side printing for Envelopes AND you can specify how far right on the envelope needs to be printed
  • - Change the position (left margin) of the address on the envelope
  • - Enable Auto Page Feed on printers
  • Several print related bugs solved
  • Some installation issues solved
  • Error trapping improved
  • Failed to open manual in Windows 98/95 versions: fixed
  • '"User Program not found" error when running default User Program: fixed

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.3.5 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • bug fix: Backup- and Restore options did not remember the last used backup folder hence using the CardMaster folder as a default backup instead: fixed, together with other minor backup and restore issues!!
  • Bug fix: Print window: ‘Include Return Address’ button did not work. Fixed
  • Installation program update (parent path is used instead of Program Files) and Uninstall is included.

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.3.4 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • Bug fix in Export functions: exporting to Ms-Word, CSV-file, and in Old versions of CardMaster; filtered the address-field wrongly causing possible compatibility problems. Fixed
  • Bug fix in Spreadsheet View: the 2nd line of the address wasn't displayed: fixed
  • Bug Fix Merging database: the 2nd line of the address was shown but on the same line: fixed
  • Bug fix: The Start-menu of RGS-CardMaster showed an old help-file instead of the new PDF-manual: fixed
  • Print Window options: extra selectable font sizes, border around selected color for ease, additional Style of manner (titles)
  • Included CSV2DRG Database converter/importer: Import your existing contacts from other programs using Excel/DBase CSV-files!

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.3.3c (Jul 24, 2012)

  • Error 53 in print-window when RGSCardMasterPrint.ini is missing: fixed (thanks Ivan)

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.3.3b (Jul 24, 2012)

  • Bug Fix: Remember print settings; In the Print-window: On some systems not all Print settings could be saved hence failed to restore last settings. Fixed! (Thanks Ivan Casten)

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.3.3 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • New: Prevent Duplicate Cards; Enabling this option will let you choose to remove or keep the duplicate card during input.
  • Print setup: some labels where truncated under Windows 7: fixed
  • Registered URL way bug fixed
  • Some minor bug fixes

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.3.2 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • New: Choose which fields to capitalize the first letter automatically! Saves time when adding addresses
  • New: Copy a card from one database to another. This will allow you to copy cards across databases, hence the new menu "Insert Card (Functions)"
  • New: Next to URL's E-mails are also detected in the Info-field by double-clicking it, hence your mailer will be opened to allow you to mail instantly.
  • Duplicate a card
  • Copy options reviewed and improved
  • Fix accidental overwrite of an existing database that was in the file history when having an new database
  • Some speed optimization

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.3.1 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Spreadsheet-view: when clicking outside the grid Run-time error 6148 occurred and CardMaster terminates: fixed
  • CM now remembers which format the data is in (encrypted or unencrypted) and default to that format when saving.
  • Print related capabilities and fixes:
  • Sheet settings enabled in tractor feed, also entering maximum cards 0 will act as infinite cards
  • New option: Do not print items if the line is totally blank (Empty fields are not printed)
  • PDF Manual improved navigation and overview

New in RGS-CardMaster 6.1.5 (Jun 16, 2010)

  • New: The name of the "First name" field can be changed (pro-edition)
  • New: real-time scroll through the database via the scrollbar making it easier to browse
  • New in Inquiry: selectable field o inquire; Inquire Info-Field only (and not just
  • all fields) save the inquiry results
  • New: quick save F12 shows progress during save (so the user can see it has been saved)
  • bug fix: when auto-loading database (MRUDs) then F12 or Save As gave new database" instead of the opened database filename
  • bug fix: unable to use the right-click context menu when selecting text in the first- & lastname fields
  • Import ready (module for importing Excel/DBase CSV-files to be coded in the near future)
  • Several cosmetic changes, improvements and debugging
  • CaLeAg v1.1: New: Find; find any text in the calendar. Today button did not refresh display; fixed

New in RGS-CardMaster 5.1 (Nov 23, 2007)

  • Easy setup of external programs (Fax, e-mailer, user program) with build-in browser and optional command switches
  • Address field length increased (40 characters instead of 35)
  • Checking of invalid input characters in input fields
  • Spreadsheet view increased
  • More browse fields selections: fax lastname, tel lastname, zip lastname and email lastname
  • Field browser setup: sort
  • Sort on address
  • Exit/quit RGS-CardMaster gives optional Cancel to allow users to return to the database instead of quitting if wanted
  • Some input fields maximum storage are extended
  • Fax program and user program(s) can be in any path now
  • User selectable e-mail program
  • Copy cel contents to clipboard in sheet view
  • Improved error trapping
  • Several minor improvements and intensive debugging
  • All versions can be updated without data loss. All previous versions of CardMaster databases ARE compatible with 5.1

New in RGS-CardMaster 5.0.6 (Nov 14, 2007)

  • Bug fix of maximum storage of cards (was limited to 4500): fixed
  • Build-in Calendar had some issues do to some world regions time schedule which did not always gave the correct date. Now replaced by windows default date/time dialog Microsoft
  • The 'hide cards icon/button' did not cover the card input fields: fixed
  • Free edition additions: 5.0.6b fixed problem with registered version and free edition

New in RGS-CardMaster 5.0.5 (Jul 27, 2007)

  • As of v5.0.x re-compiled
  • Spreadsheet view gave an error when contents of database was larger then the view of the sheet on screen: fixed
  • Selected database card when opening spreadsheet view did not always highlighted the corresponding row: fixed
  • Clicking on a record in Spreadsheet view which contains a larger number of records then viewable on screen could return an Run-time error �6148�: fixed
  • spreadsheet view icon now not Excel related
  • Spreadsheet view now shows more then one line of the info-field
  • MRUD last used file is stored in the File menu for fast access
  • No confirmation dialog will be shown after entering the CORRECT password (database is opened immediately)
  • Extra Pro Edition option in Pro-Edition's Extra menu -> Automatically open last used database at start-up
  • Export MS-word mailmerge: now you can select the fields you want to export!
  • Export MS-word mailmerge: now also US-style layout if applicable
  • Program was hiding a part of the screen at the bottom @ default first run: fixed
  • NL version also re-compiled and a few minor bug fixes
  • Other minor changes and bug fixes