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Kith and Kin Pro Changelog

What's new in Kith and Kin Pro 3.3.0

Sep 14, 2019
  • Minor upgrade
  • Increases the length of the Repositories table "Web site" field to 256 characters. You can now store longer URLs in this field.
  • Adds layer indicators to the person and family forms. You can right-click on the layer name(s) to switch layers.
  • Adds zooming the Tree Area by using the "+" and "-" keys.
  • Adds animation to the information button on the error/info popup dialog when additional information or help is hidden.
  • Fixes a problem on the person form which prevented the person layers (PLayers) table being updated correctly.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.7 (Jan 5, 2019)

  • Bug-fix release:
  • Fixes spurious "http://" in URLs which already have "https://" when exporting Web pages.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.6 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • Bug-fix release
  • Fixes Tree Layout PDF feature of Export Web Pages. Now only works with online pages due to limitations in the Adobe PDF Reader.
  • Fixes capitalisation in Netherlands regional file strings.
  • Telephone support no longer available.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.5 (Aug 5, 2016)

  • Fixes crash when importing badly formatted GEDCOM file.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.4 (Sep 2, 2015)

  • Family rectangles omitted the wife's name when both spouses' full names exceeded 100 characters.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.3 (Aug 10, 2015)

  • Bug-fix release
  • Reduces the risk of DBISAM error #11013 caused when anti-virus software incorrectly denies access to temporary files.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.2 (Feb 13, 2014)

  • Bug-fix release
  • Fixes SQL query errors when using a previous query which split field names over two lines.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.1 (Apr 2, 2013)

  • Bug-fix release
  • Prevents a blank regional string for "Surnames beginning with (none)".
  • Clearing the database root folder box when selecting a database caused an error.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.0 (Mar 16, 2012)

  • Web page exporting can now include the Tree Layout as a hotlinked PDF file.
  • Using "File | Import from file" in the notes editor now displays a warning.
  • Using "Edit | Select families" could result in multiple selections of the same family rectangle.
  • Fixed the corrupted display in the layers box of the status bar.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.1.3 (Aug 9, 2011)

  • Prevents database names with leading/trailing spaces.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.1.2 (Feb 23, 2011)

  • Fixes the "List index out of bounds" error when exporting a GEDCOM file.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.1.1 (Feb 23, 2011)

  • "Visit Web site" button added to repository in sources form.
  • Several problems fixed in Family/Source/SQL querying.
  • GEDCOM export did not include a source where births/deaths/marriages had date but no place data. Fixed.
  • Printed Tree Layout formatting fixed when including only surnames and dates.
  • Web Export - improved indexing of surnames. Now regional language dependant.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.1.0 (May 3, 2010)

  • Minor upgrade
  • Instant backup feature added.
  • Option to scroll Tree Area to selected layer added.
  • New Background Layer displays families not on any other layer.
  • "Right-click | Switch to layer" on families in Person Data form added.
  • Upload database to SpanSoft Support feature added.
  • Layer selection window is now sizeable.
  • Select Source Document list did not show Repository's Ref data. Fixed.
  • Database conversion utility failed if no BDE installed. Fixed.
  • Changing "Options | Preferences | Options | Text file delimiter" required a restart. Fixed.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.7 (Mar 8, 2010)

  • Bug-fix release:
  • Person and family selection lists now retain the selected record.
  • Improved the appearance of some dialogs on systems using non-standard DPI settings.
  • The "Cascade" function now starts aligning open forms at the top-left of the Tree Area.
  • Opening some pictures from the search results list did not set the width and height fields correctly. Fixed.
  • The file date in exported GEDCOM headers now conforms to GEDCOM format.
  • Dropping a file onto the Kith and Kin Pro icon removed the name of the last-used database. Fixed.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.6 (Oct 4, 2009)

  • Bug-fix release
  • Improved the appearance of some dialogs on systems using "Large fonts" (DPI setting).
  • Importing a text file into Customise Timeline ignored the last line. Fixed.
  • Up-to-date timelines for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and USA included.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.5 (Sep 2, 2009)

  • Adding or editing a parent did not correctly redraw their spouse's link line in the Tree Area. Fixed.
  • Adding more than one object to a person or family caused a "Duplicate key" error. Fixed.
  • Database engine update to V4.28 build 6.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.4 (Sep 2, 2009)

  • Database | Merge. Source references from the incoming database were not linked to the correct records. Fixed.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.3 (Jun 17, 2009)

  • Web pages export. Some thumbnail descriptions were truncated in the gallery page. Fixed.
  • PDF file export. The font changed when text crossed page breaks. Fixed.
  • V3 Database Conversion utility displayed a "Timestamp error" when converting databases with invalid data. Fixed.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.2 (Jun 17, 2009)

  • Tab labels not showing under Vista 64-bit. Fixed.
  • Change dates were not shown in "Tools | Records modified". Fixed.
  • Problems displaying some windows on multiple-monitor systems fixed.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.1 (May 18, 2009)

  • Bug-fix release
  • Added scroll bar to all multi-line text edit boxes (person/family/source/document/repository).
  • Changed the default timeline import file type from .tml to .txt
  • Fixed potential freezing of some "File | Database | Merge" operations.
  • Fixed the Help button in PDF export dialog.
  • Changing the contents of a multi-line text edit box and then opening the Notes Editor did not preserve the changes. Fixed.
  • "Tools | Show relationship" gave the error "Field 'Description' not found". Fixed.
  • Conversion utility - added error logging.
  • Conversion utility - fixed "Invalid database" error on Vista PCs.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.0 (May 11, 2009)

  • Added Adobe PDF file export for all reports.
  • Added Soundex and Metaphone searches. This allows users to search for similar sounding surnames.
  • Added Soundex and Metaphone code calculator.
  • Families can be arranged into selectable "Layers". This allows the user to "grey out" all families except the ones he wants to work on.
  • Simplified the Search Window. As well as the V2 SQL queries, users will be able to carry out much simpler searches.
  • Function to save SQL queries to file added.
  • Several different picture records can link to the same image file.
  • Pictures can be arranged into an order defined by the user.
  • Pictures can be added to source references and source documents.
  • Drag and drop pictures from Windows added.
  • Option to exclude picture files from database copying.
  • Web page export uses a CSS stylesheet. This makes the Web pages much easier to customise.
  • Supplied with several pre-defined stylesheets.
  • Living people can be excluded from Web page export.
  • Multiple timelines are now possible and timeline management is handled within Kith and Kin Pro.
  • Fields "Email" and "Web site" added to the source repositories table.
  • The person/family data form picklist popup entries are saved between sessions.
  • Importing a GEDCOM file from a different program now produces an acceptable tree on the screen.
  • Option to add the same single source reference to every person/family imported from a GEDCOM file.
  • The notes editor window can now be used for all multi-line database fields.
  • Click the middle mouse button in the Tree Area to return to 100% zoom centered on the mouse.
  • Option to automaticaly re-use P and F codes.
  • Option to reopen databases at the last viewed position.
  • Added a function to create a "clean" new database - ie. one without the current user-defined fields.
  • Column widths in person and family selection forms are preserved between sessions.
  • Options to include full names and marriage dates in the family rectangles.
  • New status bar shows zoom %, current layer and current family selection.
  • The "Tree Layout" report now adjusts the font size to fit the scaling.
  • The program shut-down has been speeded up.
  • The unsupported Borland Database Engine has been replaced with a new engine.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 2.14 (Nov 4, 2008)

  • Bug-fix release
  • The default Database Root Folder is now C:KKProData to be more Vista-friendly. Existing installations are not affected.
  • Lower-case surnames are now allowed for aliases.
  • The GEDCOM import function did not resolve @@ back to @ when they appeared in notes.

New in Kith and Kin Pro 2.02 (Dec 7, 2006)

  • Bug fixes