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Chrono Tracker Changelog

What's new in Chrono Tracker 3.4.17

Jun 14, 2020
  • New application icons:
  • You can find new icons in main application window, system notification area, about backstage page, etc.
  • Note that these icons do change while there is a running task.
  • Project modification fixed:
  • In some specific scenarios it was impossible to set project nickname back to an empty string.

New in Chrono Tracker 3.4.16 (May 28, 2018)

  • Custom domain for updates // technical:
  • Chrono Tracker updates are published to Azure cloud - now it is a dedicated custom domain files01.quasima.com
  • Updated link Chrono Tracker home page // technical:
  • Updated link to Chrono Tracker home page: https://quasima.com/chronotracker

New in Chrono Tracker 3.4.12 (May 25, 2018)

  • Removed button link to facebook page.

New in Chrono Tracker 2.0.4.0 (Jun 1, 2015)

  • RESET FILTER command for work items list: this new command allows you to reset work items filter. It is available in both main and context menu and has CTRL+R keyboard shortcut.

New in Chrono Tracker 2.0.2.0 (May 30, 2015)

  • Backup & Restore: extension for backup files changed from "mpxbkp" to "qttbkp.
  • Backup & Restore: added "All Files (*.*)" filter for the standard open/save dialog box.
  • Backup & Restore: added an explicit "success" message after database restore.
  • Work Item Registry: update procedure called after task has been renamed assumed that task path is in the first column.
  • Work Items Registry: "Copy Work Item to Clipboard" command did not work.
  • Exception Dialog Box: added "Copy to Clipboard" button to make reporting errors to QTT staff simpler.
  • Tasks Window: task path was not updated after you have renamed a task until you changed the currently selected task.

New in Chrono Tracker 2.0 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • MapleXp has been rebranded and it is now called Quasima Time Tracker.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.15.2 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • One new feature/setting: allows you to always start MapleXp minimized (it takes priority over restoring the last settings if enabled)

New in Chrono Tracker 1.15.1 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • quick tasks can be started directly from the notification area menu

New in Chrono Tracker 1.15.00 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • That improvement is the “New Work Item Continuously” command which is available in the Work Items Registry and which work in context of another selected work item.
  • The new bigger feature are Quick Tasks. You can define up to five (favourite) tasks that will be even easier to start then pinned tasks.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.14.00 (Oct 2, 2012)

  • backup & restore to XML file
  • command line parameters
  • improvements in Copy Task Structure feature
  • improvements in Copy to Clipboard feature
  • fixed bug which prevented using apostrophes in database file name (or in any folders in the path)

New in Chrono Tracker 1.13.00 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • Task structure duplication:
  • This feature allows you to duplicate part of your task structure. Let’s say your task hierarchy is based on projects where each project has such tasks as “preparation”, “analysis”, “consultation”, “development”, “testing”, etc. Now you want to create a new project which is split into same subprojects. MapleXp helps you handle this scenario. First select the task you want to duplicate and choose the Copy Task Structure command. Then select a task which will become a parent of duplicated tasks and choose the Paste Task Structure… command.
  • More controls over formatting of durations:
  • For any place in the application you can decide what format the duration will use.
  • Totals panel for Work Items Registry:
  • The Work Items Registry windows has got a new panel at the bottom which shows totals for the selected work items.
  • Labor value shown for the running task:
  • The value of the running task can be now shown in notification area tooltip and windows 7 taskbar thumbnail.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.12.00 (Aug 3, 2012)

  • organize your tasks using drag & drop
  • in-place rename of tasks
  • period locking in work items registry
  • improvements in Windows 7 taskbar

New in Chrono Tracker 1.11.01 (Jun 13, 2012)

  • application crashed when running on a PC with disabled aero composition
  • customized thumbnail preview was not set when running with elevated priviledges.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.11.00 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • there is an overlay icon show when you are working on a task
  • additional start/stop task buttons are available
  • a customized preview is shown to indicate which task is a current one
  • simplified icon code for tasks windows; hidden tasks were shown so far using 2 kind of gray icons to distinguish tasks that were hidden explicitely from tasks that are hidden as descendants of those; from this version on thay share the same icon
  • i got rid of two third party assemblies (WindowsApiCodePack) that were used to implement taskbar buttons in previous versions; this makes the installation package smaller (~1MB).

New in Chrono Tracker 1.10.00 (May 5, 2012)

  • task reparenting
  • stop task button in thumbnail

New in Chrono Tracker 1.9.20 (Apr 21, 2012)

  • database encryption and password protection
  • safe mode

New in Chrono Tracker 1.9.00 (Feb 6, 2012)

  • New kind of data stored for individual work items in database:
  • rate per hour
  • flag "invoiced"
  • Changes to the Work Item Registry window:
  • ability to choose which columns should be displayed
  • new available columns: rate & invoiced
  • ability to filter records by flag "invoiced" (3-state)
  • filtering by flag "hidden" enhanced to 3-state
  • Changes to the Task Tree window:
  • ability to filter work items by flag "invoiced" (3-state)
  • filtering by flag "hidden" enhanced to 3-state
  • task visibility control always shown
  • added a readonly box to show path of the current task
  • Changes to the Modify Task dialog box:
  • ability to control how changed task rate should impact rates for existing work items
  • Copy Work Items to Clipboard (command):
  • includes rate & flag "invoiced"
  • two commands in menu: copy with/without header
  • main window flashes to confirm operation
  • Changes to the Export Wizard dialog box:
  • ability to choose new columns to be exported: rate & flag "invoiced"
  • ability to filter exported work items by flag "invoiced"
  • Changes to the Database Conversion wizard:
  • conversion classic-to-express must be extra confirmed due to data loss during such a conversion
  • graphical changes
  • Restore environment (setting):
  • windows are restored any time a database is opened
  • position of child windows is ensured to be completely within main window
  • Settings/Configuration:
  • layout of controls changed due to how "restore environment" now works
  • ability to set format for currencies
  • affected GUI: work item registry, status bar, task create/modify
  • Application toolbar:
  • An icon added for the "MapleXp Configuration" command

New in Chrono Tracker 1.8.9 (Sep 9, 2011)

  • Quit MapleXp command in Windows 7 thumbnail preview
  • Initial focus changed in "Stop & Review" dialog box
  • Changes in application menus (Edit / View)
  • Database conversion demo --> demo allowed.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.8.8 (Aug 29, 2011)

  • Demo Mode - ability to test "classic" features before donating
  • Conversion Wizard - integrated into open command

New in Chrono Tracker 1.8.7 (Aug 1, 2011)

  • A new feature of this release is a "Restart Manager".

New in Chrono Tracker 1.8.6 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • The version merges the two editions (MapleXp Express and MapleXp Classic) into one installation package.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.8.5 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • The version brings improvements in two areas:
  • Message Center - new category of messages added
  • Update Center - automatic background updates

New in Chrono Tracker 1.8.2 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • The main feature of this version is a message center - non-critical exceptions will not go unnoticed anymore.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.7 (Jan 9, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Start task continuously from notification area menu.
  • Task rate feature (requires "gold" license)
  • Improvements:
  • Sharing violation exception (on database open) does not remove the database from the list of recently used databases.
  • Setting to remember last database even if it was closed before application quit.
  • More granular controls for "restore environment" options.
  • Work items registry - filter dates controlled to meet requirement "date-from"

New in Chrono Tracker 1.6 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Final release (non-beta) along with updated documentation

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.9.5 Beta (Aug 26, 2010)

  • Improvements:
  • Current license shown in status bar.
  • Changes:
  • Personal registration not longer required.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.9.1 Beta (Aug 19, 2010)

  • Improvements
  • Hidden task filtering: drop down list replaced with toolbar icons.
  • Task chooser: expand/collapse all context menu commands added.
  • Bug Fixes
  • Restart work item menu command: no 'locked' icon was displayed for unregistered users.
  • Statistics (tasks window): 'include hidden' always enabled if no proper license present.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.9 Beta (Aug 9, 2010)

  • New feature:
  • Hidden tasks. (archiving)
  • Improvements:
  • Tasks can be deleted directly from the "Task Modification" window.
  • Work items can be deleted directly from the "Work Item Modification" window.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.6 Beta (May 18, 2010)

  • Changes:
  • License file format changed.
  • Only private licenses handled.
  • Improvements:
  • Only database filename shown in status bar. Full path available in tooltip.
  • Present setting for "time quantum" shown in status bar.
  • Controls in the summary panel in the Tasks window replaced with a single list control.
  • Fixes:
  • The "Review Workitem" dialog was not shown after it has been decided to register a "too short" work item.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.5 Beta (May 4, 2010)

  • New Feature:
  • MapleXp is available as both native and 32-bit .NET image.
  • Improvement:
  • MapleXp can run agains all version of SQL CE 3.5 (RTM/SP1/SP2).
  • Changes:
  • The work items windows has two columns to show durations: exact and with time quantum.
  • The tasks windows has two panels to show total time: exact and with time quantum.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.4.1 Beta (Apr 20, 2010)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Option "never show in task bar" hasn't worked since version 1.5.
  • Recently used databases were incorrectly loaded from configuration.
  • Changes:
  • Main form title set to plain "MapleXp One".

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.4.0 Beta (Apr 19, 2010)

  • New feature:
  • Command to restart work item.
  • Improvements:
  • Time threshold setting for warning before starting tasks continuously.
  • Time threshold setting for warning before restarting work item.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.3.1 Beta (Jan 18, 2010)

  • Notification balloons, if enabled, appeared every 30 secs not at the set interval

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.3 Beta (Jan 18, 2010)

  • Expand All/Collapse All commands in task tree.
  • Multiline task descriptions.
  • Multiline work item descriptions.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5.2 Beta (Dec 21, 2009)

  • Command to start task continuously.
  • Duplicate Work Item Today command.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.5 Beta (Oct 26, 2009)

  • News:
  • Licensing model introduced for MapleXp.
  • Improvements:
  • The "container" flag to mark task that can be used only for grouping purposes

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.10.2 (Jun 14, 2009)

  • Application settings such as windows positions were not saved correctly if MapleXp quited as result of user logoff or computer shutdown.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.10.1 (Jun 4, 2009)

  • Bug Fixes
  • Wrong icon (stop) displayed in the dialog box shown after export has been successfully accomplished.
  • Settings dialog box would crash depending on the installed language packages of the .net framework and selected date/time format.
  • Some of antivirus software reported a false positive for MapleXp installer.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.10 (May 28, 2009)

  • New:
  • German translation.
  • Improvements:
  • Works with SQL Compact 3.5 with and without SP1. (previous version required SP1)
  • Task & Summary windows combined into one window.
  • "Stop task" and "Stop & Review Task" commands added to the task hierarchy menu. (both main and context menu)

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.9 (Mar 5, 2009)

  • "Active tasks" renamed to "Pinned tasks" to avoid confusion.
  • New icons for the task hierarchy control (regular/pinned/running).
  • Notification area task menu: check box is put next to a task only if the task is running.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.8.1 (Jan 24, 2009)

  • Fixes:
  • Context menu in the notification area crashed application in some scenarios

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.8 (Jan 19, 2009)

  • Improvements:
  • Tasks & Summary: task creation time can be shown in the status bar. (optionally)
  • Summary: simplified view - information on task removed. (available in the status bar)
  • New Features:
  • Work Items: new command "Duplicate Work Item"

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.7 (Oct 1, 2008)

  • Improvements:
  • Export settings are saved and restored between sessions.
  • Small donation reminder window added.
  • New Features:
  • "Copy Work Items to Clipboard" command copies currently displayed work items to the Clipboard where from this data can be pasted into a spreadsheet or other application.
  • "Start Same Task" command (available for work items) starts a new job for the same task and with the same description as the selected work items.
  • Fixes:
  • If the "minimalize on close" option was on and the close button was clicked the main application window was indeed minimalized but also database connection was closed.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.6 (Aug 15, 2008)

  • Work items; total time shown in status bar.
  • Work items; sorting by task name.
  • Option to minimize main application window (instead of quitting application) when the close button is clicked.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.5 (Jul 22, 2008)

  • Work Items window displays number of records in the status bar.
  • Work Items window has now capability of filtering records by task name and/or by comment.
  • New work items can be now created with todays date or on the same day as the selected record on the list.
  • The tasks window has no status bar any more. Status information is displayed now on the status bar of the main application window.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.4 (Jun 25, 2008)

  • List of work items is populated much faster (many times) than in previous versions.
  • Export; export periods can be selected from a predefined list.
  • Export; after you have clicked "selected task" option you are automatically moved to another screen to select tasks.
  • Export; number of selected task is shown next to the "selected task" radio button

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.3.1 (Mar 25, 2008)

  • Tasks start with a blank description.
  • Setting for the Statistics window: "use days - number of hours to be considered 1 day" allows for a user defined value

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.3 (Mar 17, 2008)

  • Tasks' active flag can be changed directly from the menu. (including context menu)
  • Description of a running task cannot be changed any longer in the Task Controller window.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.2.1 (Feb 29, 2008)

  • Application crashed when any top level task was started and MapleXp notification icon was visible.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.2.0 (Feb 25, 2008)

  • Task are always identified by their full names.
  • The task path column removed from export; now task names are always fully qualified

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4.1 (Jan 8, 2008)

  • In work items window task paths are displayed instead of bare task names.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.4 (Dec 27, 2007)

  • MapleXp uses now Microsoft SQL Compact Edition 3.5 engine as it database instead of Microsoft Access. (current databases can be converted to the new format)
  • Fixed: Export: all task were always exported even if the user's choice was a set of tasks.
  • Improvement: MapleXp windows have new look - Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 native.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.3.3 (Sep 14, 2007)

  • New Features: support for Chinese
  • Fixes: in some advanced scenarios the Settings dialog box crashed when non-english language was selected for formatting dates and application interface
  • Fixes: some date time pickers used to open a calendar when clicked instead of having up/down arrows for settings the time
  • Fixes: MapleXp icon was missing in Windows Alt Tab dialog box
  • Improvements: choice of application language in the settings dialog box- it is possible to choose "use system default"
  • Improvements: change log contents is shown in the language selected for help

New in Chrono Tracker 1.3.2 (Aug 15, 2007)

  • in the MapleXp menu, the tick at the Task Controller command didn't work correctly
  • in Windows 98/ME application crashed in the Export Wizard when user tried to export selected tasks
  • some dialog boxes had their minimize and maximize buttons enabled
  • state of MapleXp windows wasn't correctly maintained when the application button was shown or hidden in Windows taskbar. (windows weren't opened after application restart, application title contained duplicated names of child windows etc)

New in Chrono Tracker 1.3 Final (Aug 1, 2007)

  • JobPad; active tasks in combo box sorted
  • Notification area; submenu with active tasks sorted
  • Notification area; tooltip; path identification applied
  • Updated help files

New in Chrono Tracker 1.2 Final (Apr 4, 2007)

  • Updated manuals and help files

New in Chrono Tracker 1.2 Beta 1 (Mar 30, 2007)

  • This version of MapleXp runs on Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and has been prepared to be used with Windows Vista (both 32 and 64 bit)
  • A new format of configuration file is used; application will start with default settings.

New in Chrono Tracker 1.1.1 (Mar 26, 2007)

  • In some scenarios application menu bar disappeared after restoring from the notification area.
  • In some scenarios when using notification area menu application crashed with the message "Windows API procedure "ShowContextMenu" failed. Win32 error code is 0."

New in Chrono Tracker 1.1 (Jan 27, 2007)

  • Individual work items can be reassigned to other tasks
  • List of recently used databases
  • Improvements: settings; choice of application language is now restricted to languages for which respective language packs have been installed
  • Improvements: settings; help language; a warning is displayed if help system is not installed for the selected language

New in Chrono Tracker 0.9.8 Beta (Nov 8, 2006)

  • Added Export wizard
  • Added time quantum of 6 minutes
  • Added icons to distinguish archival and non-archival projects
  • Added icons to distinguish active and non-active tasks
  • Corrected language of the message about a successful export
  • Behaviour of balloons in Windows 2000 corrected

New in Chrono Tracker 0.9 (Jun 25, 2006)

  • HtmlHelp system and PDF manuals updated
  • change log list didn't display the text "you have the most recent version of software installed" when appropriate
  • date time pickers used the wrong formats for dates (dependent on installed version of Windows instead of on user choice of application language