Generations Tree Changelog

What's new in Generations Tree 1.14.0.0

Jan 21, 2024

Added the ability to customize the background image on the chart. In the chart settings, on the "Background" tab, a "Customize.." button has been added to configure the background image. Implemented the ability to configure the size, scale, offset of the background image in relation to the graph and vice versa of the graph in relation to the background image
Implemented the ability to collapse and expand individual “branches” of the tree. Setting up the display of tree branches is done through the “Tree Branches” sidebar, which is located on the right side of the tree viewing screen
Added support for Yandex Maps. Now in the settings you can choose which type of maps to choose: Yandex maps or Google Maps
For a deceased person whose dates of birth and death are unknown, you can now manually specify life expectancy. You can enter an exact or approximate life expectancy or select an option from the list: “Died in childhood”, “Died at a young age”, “Died in old age”, etc.
The mechanism for scaling all types of graphs has been redesigned. Now it is possible to set any graph scale value. A pop-up menu for controlling the scale has been added to the window status bar - selecting from predefined scale values or specifying the exact value of the chart display scale
Added the ability to create a copy of the project. Possible options for creating a copy of the project: the entire project, only selected types, or only selected projects. The function is available by clicking the "Copy" button, which is displayed in the menu "File" - "Open" - "All projects"
Added the ability to configure the transparency of the card background on charts (except for pie charts). For now, you can see this effect only when exporting the graph to SVG graphic format
In the card on the graph, the ability to display the degree of relationship for an ex-wife, ex-husband, stepmother, stepfather, half-siblings, half-siblings has been added
Changed the appearance of the "Date Editor" screen form, added the ability to call the calendar to specify a specific date or date range
In the “Gender” section and in the family card. If the coat of arms is not specified, then the standard coat of arms stencil is displayed
A “Gender” column has been added to the table of persons in the main program window
In the “Family Card” report, if the spouse does not have an avatar photo specified, then the standard stencil on the spouse’s avatar is displayed according to age (or life expectancy)
In the "Search for Person" dialog box, the ability to search by the "Last name at birth" field has been added
Added the ability to customize the sorting of children’s cards in the graphics. The following sorting modes are possible: by date of birth, by entry order, and without sorting
The screen form of the archive card has been changed. Fields related to the archive address are grouped into a separate group "Address"
In the graph window, in the status bar (where the number of persons and the number of families are displayed in the graph), a display of the number of generations displayed in the graph has been added
In the graph window, the status bar now displays information about the fact of moving tree nodes
Changed the "Generations Tree" skin. Now non-editable fields on screen forms are displayed in gray and are visually distinguished from fields in which data editing is available
Added the ability to add several photos/documents to a project at once when selecting the "Create" command in the "Photos and Documents" section
For imprecise dates (approximate, probable, calculated, etc.), the ability to customize the display format has been added. Options include "DATE (PRECISION)", "DATE PRECISION" and "DATE". For example: "About 11/03/1925", "11/03/1925 (about)"
When generating a site, when constructing graphs, the setting of connecting lines that is specified in the selected template is now used. Previously, only black connecting line color was used
when selecting a person when entering father/mother, you can now specify to take into account the birth dates of parents and children. Previously, if a person did not have a date of birth, it was not displayed in the search result because the age of parents and children was checked. This check can now be disabled. On the screen form, a new flag has been added “Take into account the age between parent and child” on the person search form.
In the “Kin” directory and on the clan card, if the clan’s coat of arms is not loaded, then a standard coat of arms stencil is displayed
On the "Event" screen form, the ability to add a new event type has been added. A button with a plus icon has been added next to the "Event Type" field, which opens a form for entering a new event type
After successfully exporting a graph to a graphic or html file, you are now prompted to open the created file for viewing. The displayed dialog box can be disabled
After successfully exporting a project to a GedCom/XML file, you are now prompted to open the folder in which the created GedCom/XML file is located
When importing a gedCom file, the places specified in the GedCom file in the directory of places are laid out in hierarchy using Google geocoding
When exporting a file to gedCom, the person’s avatar photo is now also exported (with the _PRIM Y tag)
Fixed: When exporting a gedcom file, the relative paths of the media files are saved. Previously, the full absolute path was stored. The field for specifying the folder for saving media files has been removed from the export screen form. Now they are saved in a subfolder, which is located in the same folder where the gedcom file itself is located
Fixed: When importing a GedCom file created in the "Tree of Life" program, media files are now imported correctly
Fixed: error in cutting off part of the graph when exporting a graph to a graphic file or HTML format
Fixed: error in building a full tree if some of the people have an unknown gender
Fixed: automatic update of the date and place of marriage registration in the family card after changing the date and place in the “Wedding” event card of any of the spouses
Fixed: "Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window" error when deleting a family from the card view
Fixed: error "Syntax error in the INSERT INTO statement" when adding an event with the "Moving" type (if the places from and where the move was made are not specified)
Fixed: "Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement" error when merging projects
Fixed: "Cannot open file" error when adding a photo to a person, if the file with the photo is located in a folder whose name contains Unicode characters
Fixed: when exporting a graph to an HTML file, the background image is preserved
Fixed: error in displaying old style dates in all tables if the day is not specified. For example, the date “January 1858 according to the old style” is now displayed correctly
Fixed: when adding a document through the document search form, the image preview mode did not work previously
Fixed: "Error field size is not large enough to add value" error when importing a GedCom file when the value in the OCCU tag is longer than 90 characters
Fixed: data was not saved when editing a custom event type in the "Directories" - "Event Types" section
Fixed: error when drawing a tree for the option when a person has several former spouses, who in turn also have several spouses
Fixed: Question marks are displayed in the main window and in the graph window if the person’s name contains Unicode characters
Fixed: The length of the "Link (URL)" field for a source with the "Website" type has been increased. Links open correctly when you click on them in the main program window in the "References-Sources" section
Fixed: Error when exporting a pie chart to SVG and HTML files

New in Generations Tree 1.12.0.0 (Dec 10, 2021)

The algorithm of the Gedcom file import module has been redesigned - the speed of importing large files has been increased. Implemented a unified screen form for importing GedCom files and importing projects and archive copies of the "Generation Tree"
The ability to create an archive copy of the project has been implemented. Expansion of the "Export" and "Import" display forms in terms of adding the ability to create an archive copy of a project and restore from an archive copy.
Prompt to create an archive copy when exiting the program
New report "Family Book"
New report "Questionnaire/Questionnaire"
When creating a new project, the name of the project database file and the name of the folder for storing documents are automatically generated
When you select the main menu command "File - Open folder with documents", a folder on the disk now opens, in which documents and photos of the current project are located
In the chart, added the display of non-blooded family ties in the chart card - "Son-in-law", "Daughter-in-law"
The length of the "Page or URL" field on the "Link to source" screen has been extended
On the screen form of the program settings added the ability to select the directory in which new projects are saved by default
Fixed: in the main window, going beyond the boundaries of the field "Full name of person"
Fixed: labels at the "Background image" field are cut off in the settings form
Fixed: When importing projects prepared in the "Generation Tree", links to documents in the project are automatically corrected after importing it. The links indicate the new location of files and documents
Fixed: If the original document or image file is missing on disk, then when opening the document card, no error occurs now
Fixed: fixed a bug where sometimes the background image for the tree graph was not selected
Fixed: an error occurred when choosing the "Print" command of any type of chart
Fixed: the borders of a chart that had manual movement of nodes after it was saved to a graphic file are cut off
Fixed: error on the screen form of viewing a photo, if you press any key
Fixed: if "Random color for all lines" is selected in the chart settings on the "Lines" tab, then there was an error in drawing some lines connecting cards
Fixed: when adding a photo / document in the "Persons", "Families" and "Events" sections, the bug with updating the title has been fixed and the speed of adding a photo has been increased / document
Fixed: the error was fixed when adding a quote from a source for an event and a document from the main program window

New in Generations Tree 1.11.0.0 (Aug 8, 2021)

A new algorithm for plotting graphs such as "Full tree", "Direct ancestors and descendants" and "Direct relatives of brothers and sisters".
The new algorithm implements the following features:
If a person has several spouses, then when building a tree, cards are fully displayed for them (previously, cards were displayed as a stack)
The "Full tree" graph displays foster parents and foster children
The graph has become more compact in width
On all charts, except for the pie chart, the ability to customize the displayed fields in the card has been added. A new tab "Card - Content" has been added to the "Tree settings" screen form
On all charts, except for the pie chart, the ability to customize the style of the connecting line between divorced spouses and spouses in an unofficial marriage has been added
On all charts, except for the pie chart, the ability to display the degree of affinity has been added
On all charts, except for the pie chart, the ability to hide or highlight the card of the person from whom the tree is being built is added
Now the location of the cards on the chart is remembered after moving the cards the next time the chart is displayed
Added the ability to select an option for displaying the color of connecting lines between cards: a single color for all cards, a random color for one family and a random color for all lines
Added a new stencil for displaying photos on the card - "Rectangle with rounded corners"
In the design mode, after the completion of moving the card, a mechanism for auto-aligning the card to the grid is implemented
Added a new template for building the Kivils website (the author of the template is https://github.com/kivils)
Before generating the site, added the ability to select a template for building a graph
Added hot keys (shortCut) for the main command buttons: for example, "add" -F2, "edit" - F4, "delete" - Ctrl + Del, "open" - Ctrl + O, "save as .." - Ctrl + S
The screen form of the source has been redesigned. Added the field type of source, depending on the type of source, the composition of the fields of the source property changes. Possible source types are "Book-Manuscript", "Web Site", "Oral Story" and "Other"
In the main window of the program, in the "Persons" section, the layout of the card of the current person, which is displayed at the bottom of the program, has been redesigned. The information is displayed more compactly and you can go to a specific property or event when you click on the link.
Changed default avatars for man and woman. Added new avatars for boy / girl and grandfather / grandmother. The default avatar appearance now depends on the person's age.
The size of areas and the location of controls on the main program window and main screen forms now depends on the user's screen resolution
The fields "Age", "Life expectancy" have been added to the report "Person's card", the layout of the events table in this report has been changed
Added Ukrainian language of the program interface
In the program settings ("Appearance" section) added the ability to select the style of tabs on the main program window: "Text and Icon", "Text Only" and "Icon Only"
In the program settings (section "Appearance") added the ability to select a background image in the header of the main window and the tree display window
Fixed: minor errors when generating the site
Fixed: looping error when building a pie chart (from Larionova Natalia)
Fixed: js error when moving "console" nodes is not defined (from Natalia Larionov)
Fixed: No argument for format '% s' when working with a language other than Russian
Fixed: the date of death was not displayed on all charts, for persons with a surname at birth and if the photo is not displayed
Fixed: description was not saved when editing the Notes field in the author's card (menu item "File" - "Info" - "Information about the author")
Old bugs fixed, new ones added :-)

New in Generations Tree 1.10.0.0 (May 11, 2020)

Added the ability to paginate graphs
Added the ability to mark twins among siblings with an indication of the type: identical or multi-identical
Added export of graphics to an interactive HTML file. In this case, when you click on the person’s card in the chart, a pop-up window with the person’s card is displayed
Option to display the directory in the form of a map has been added to the directory of places. On the map you can display the places of events for a specific person (if the dates are indicated for the events, that is, the ability to visually display the person’s “life path”) or display on the map of events according to the selected type
Help system is connected to the program (context help is called up by pressing F1). Help file GT.chm, online help is available at https://generatree.com/ru/help/index.htm
A new column “Number of years of marriage” has been added to the table of families family duration until the death of one of the spouses or before the divorce
A new column "Age at the time of the event" has been added to the event table, which displays the age of the main participant at the time of the event
Foster parents and foster children are correctly entered and edited. There is no way to display foster parents on the chart, only foster children can be displayed. All reports have added information about adopted children / parents
On the screen form for viewing graphs, an information header has been added which displays the type of graph and the name of the person from whom the graph is built. In the program settings, you can configure the display of this header. The title on the chart itself is hidden. Added flag to control the display of this header in the chart settings
In the "Families" section, when viewing the list of families in the form of cards, the layout of the family card itself was changed - a photo of both spouses is displayed, the "Number of years of marriage" field is added, the remaining fields are re-arranged
In the "Events" section, when viewing the list of events in the form of cards, the layout of the event card was changed
In the "Events" section of the event table in the "Event Type" column, an icon display for the main event types is added
When viewing the list of objects (person, family, event, etc.) in the form of a card, the current selected card is highlighted in blue and bold
On the tree view screen, the order of the groups of templates is changed when viewing them in the template gallery
Fixed: display EF tree settings for screens with low resolution (height resolution less than 768)
Fixed: when changing the program language, the data on the "Family" tab in the "Persons" section is now correctly updated
Fixed: updating tables of persons and families when entering or editing events of the "Divorce" type
Fixed: error "qryQuery: Field 'FAM_ID' not found"

New in Generations Tree 1.8.0.0 (Mar 27, 2020)

New opportunities:
When displaying all types of trees except the type "butterfly" and a pie chart, the ability to drag tree nodes has been added.
The fact table on the person’s card has been reworked. The facts are now called the "Personal data" of the person, they are not displayed in the form of a table, but as separate fields on the screen form. Added menu for choosing whether to display personal data on the person’s EF card. Added new personal data, deleted unnecessary. Added categories of personal data and the ability to sort to display personal data.
a title is added in the main window of the program, the current section of the program and the current object in the section are displayed in the cator. In the program settings, you can control the display of the title (hide - show)
the font of controls in all windows of the program is changed. Font size can be adjusted in the program settings (new section "Interface")
When displaying any type of "tree" if the information does not fit in the person’s card, it is truncated.
When deleting a project, an additional warning is displayed to delete the folder with the project documents.
In the report "Person Card" in the "Family" section, information is added on whether the spouses are divorced or not
In the reports “Upstream List” and “Downstream List” added information on whether the spouses are divorced or not
The tab "Names of the person" on the main window and in the card of the person is hidden in the standard mode of the program
When a person is deleted, the text of the information message is expanded which also displays information about the number of connected families, events and documents.
When deleting an event, the text of the information message is expanded. When you delete the "Birth" event, it is proposed to delete the person. When you delete the "Wedding" event, it is proposed to delete the family.
For the event of the type "Wedding" two new fields "Priest" and "Temple" were added
The widowhood event has been added (the opportunity is valid for new projects)
Changed the name of the type of marriage from "Unofficial" to "Unregistered"
The transition to the configuration of Personal Information of the person from the EF card of the person has been implemented.
Implemented the transition to the event card “Birth”, “Death”, “Funeral” from the screen of the Person
Edited the standard color scheme of the program. On the application button in the Ribbon toolbar, instead of the application icon, the inscription "FILE" is displayed
Changed the layout of the birth table. The output of the description and image of the coat of arms is added to the table
The layout of the Repositories table has been changed (output of the repository description has been added).
Implemented viewing photos in the form of a slide show (with the ability to adjust the interval and transition effect)
Date / place of marriage and date / place of divorce are added to the main table of families
The column "Additional Information" has been added to all event tables, in which the values of additional fields for the event are displayed in a list.
Auto-wrap words in the "comment" fields for any object. Ability to disable word wrap
The "Comment" field for a person is renamed to "Biography"
The display of the printed form of the person’s card has been improved.
In the "Documents" section of the main program window, the buttons "Photos", "Audio / Video" and "Documents" are added to filter the displayed media content
In the "Documents" section of the main program window, the ability to view photos and documents is added not only in relation to albums, but also in relation to persons.
When you enter your daughter, the father's last name is inserted in the "Last name at birth" field. If the Last name at birth and Last name are the same, then in the "Full name of the person" field they are not duplicated. The algorithm for determining the last name in the feminine, based on the male last name, has been improved.
Bugfix: the number of documents in the header of the navigation panel is correctly calculated when creating or deleting a document
Fixed: if in the document card we add (or delete) a selection of a related object, it is successfully saved
A mistake was made when building a tree if the family was introduced as follows: entering a man, then entering a wife, then a daughter with an undefined father is indicated for the wife.
Fixed: If a father is selected for the daughter, then after the selection the window of the family property was erroneously displayed.
Fixed: A woman with two children was brought in without a father, then a new spouse is added for the woman. After the establishment of the spouse for each child, a confirmation is asked whether the spouse is entered by the father of the child. Previously, there was one confirmation for all children.
Fixed: If for the deceased person whose dates of death and burial are indicated, put the flag “alive”, now the date / place of death and burial is correctly cleared and the corresponding events are deleted
Fixed: If the parameters of the family indicate that the couple married, then an event of the type "Wedding" is correctly created
Fixed: when deleting a spouse, an event of the type "Wedding" is correctly deleted
Fixed: if the event "Divorce" is manually created, then the participants "Former husband" and "Former wife" are selected from the list of established persons, taking into account gender
Bugfix: the list of events from the "Events" section is correctly updated if the event was deleted in the "Persons" - "Events" section
Bug fixed: Could not convert variant of type (Null) into type (Int64)
Bug fixed: Cannot create file C:Users\DocumentsGTProjects when creating a new project
Bug fixed: Could not convert variant of type (Null) into type (Integer) in the date editor
Bug fixed: Invalid argument to date encode while saving a person’s card