What's new in NameBase 3.03
Jul 21, 2006
- Date Reminders! NameBase now reminds you of important dates.
- Instantly view addresses and phone numbers as soon as you locate a record on the Grid. Addresses and phone number are instantly displayed below the Grid on the main NameBase screen. No need to display the View/Edit screen to see this information.
- Changes to the sort order are now saved between sessions. If you like to sort your records by a field other than Last Name, (for example by Organization), NameBase now remembers this sort order each time you start the program.
- Filters can now be saved. Now you can create queries to display custom sets of records, and save these queries for future use.
- New 32-bit program. NameBase is now written using 32-bit code, taking advantage of modern programming tools and better multi-tasking. Because of this change, NameBase version 3 requires a 32-bit Windows operating system like Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT. Windows 3.1 users should stay with version 2.
- New Reports. A new Phone List Report and a new Date Report are included.
- Easier method of rearranging columns on the Grid. Just click the heading of the column you want to move, then click on the new location.
- Pocket-size report: A few people had problems printing the pocket-size report with certain combinations of printers and data. Two different methods of printing this report are now available, and a bug in the page length calculation has been eliminated.
- Another change to the pocket-size report: You can now specify the format you want the names to print; either LastName, FirstName, MiddleName (like Paulick, Michael J.) or else FirstName, MiddleName, LastName (like Michael J. Paulick).
- Change the background color of the main NameBase screen. You can choose any color you want. In addition to aesthetics, this is very helpful if you maintain multiple databases; you can set each one to a different color to avoid confusion.
- Category lists have been left-justified for easier reading, as have field labels on the View/Edit screen.
- There are now 6 phone number fields and 3 user-defined fields.
- The "Printer Setup" option on the File menu now displays the standard Windows Print Setup dialog for switching and setting printers.
- By pressing the Exit button, you can now end the program without an exit confirmation dialog box appearing.
- Tool tips. When the mouse pointer is left on an object for a few seconds, a small box displays tips about using that object.
- The export feature now lets you specify the file name and location of the text files you create.