PNotes.NET Changelog

What's new in PNotes.NET 3.8.2.2

Nov 19, 2021
  • New features:
  • Added option to restart application automatically after background synchronization
  • StopAfter setting added to global schedule settings: Preferences—>Schedule (suggested by Peter L. Albert)
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Calendar on DateTimePicker does not change the first day of week accordingly to user settings (discovered by Leopoldus)
  • Notes loaded from another location do not go through the encryption process if program uses password and encryption, as a result they become unreadable next time the program starts.
  • Scheduled notes lose Topmost state when are popping up (discovered by Sussi Petkova)
  • Calendars at “Adjust schedule” dialog “remember” date/time value after very first appearance.
  • Error occurs while trying to import GMail contacts
  • Line spacing is set incorrectly (discovered by JM)

New in PNotes.NET 3.8.1.2 (May 5, 2019)

  • New features:
  • “Rename/Change group” window is now resizable (suggested by Peter L. Albert)
  • New OneDrive plugin (please, remove the old one before installation)
  • Fixed bugs:
  • “Hide note after sending” setting does nothing (discovered by Leandro Martín Drudi)
  • Errors on options sending (discovered by Leandro Martín Drudi)
  • Error on saving duplicated note (discovered by Peter L. Albert)
  • The schedule dialog box allows saving some schedule types when no values are set for required fields, such as days, weeks, etc (discovered by Peter L. Albert)
  • The schedule is not saved if the user changes properties without change of schedule type (discovered by Peter L. Albert)

New in PNotes.NET 3.7.0.4 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Added option to restart application automatically after background synchronization
  • New versions of plugins to support TLS 1.1 and 1.2
  • .NET Framework 4.5
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Calendar on DateTimePicker does not change the first day of week accordingly to user settings (discovered by Leopoldus)
  • Notes loaded from another location do not go through the encryption process if program uses password and encryption, as a result they become unreadable next time the program starts
  • Scheduled notes lose Topmost state when are popping up (discovered by Sussi Petkova)
  • Calendars at “Adjust schedule” dialog “remember” date/time value after very first appearance
  • Previously selected font for notes group is not applied on bullets/numbering in new notes (discovered by Hilsen Jørn)
  • Error occurs while trying to import GMail contacts
  • When user edits subgroup in deep level at Control Panel, the group is removed from its parent and inserted under “All groups” level
  • Applying “Standard view” on “General” group at Control Panel converts group’s name to “General” instead of localized name even if translated language file is used

New in PNotes.NET 3.6.0.5 (Oct 19, 2017)

  • New features:
  • Ability to perform scheduled synchronization
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Date/time boxes disappear when schedule dialog box is opening for “Multiple alerts” schedule type
  • Calendar on DateTimePicker does not change the first day of week accordingly to user settings
  • Preview pane in Control panel doesn't show note’s content if the note is not saved
  • IP address control does not work properly when last number in address is one digit number
  • Log file entry is missing after unsuccessful note’s delivering to another computer
  • Encryption is not possible for note in Control Panel if the note is hidden
  • If Preferences window is open and minimized, pressing corresponding button on Control Panel does not restore it
  • Sound is not playing while hiding note
  • No default name when saving note containing only images (discovered by Sergey Hristov)
  • “Save As Text File” does not save line breaks
  • SkyDrive plugin finally renamed into OneDrive
  • Program freezes when user chooses any schedule type for note, checks “Hide note until notification” and press OK
  • Lower part of Advanced settings on “Adjust schedule” dialog is not visible when display text size is set to be larger than default
  • When user hides the menu item under submenu which has the one subitem, this item is still shown as thin line
  • When following three options is checked: “Automatically adjust note’s height depending on its content”, “Roll/unroll note by double click on caption”, “Fit to caption when rolled” – note’s height doubles after each unrolling
  • Improper docking notes behavior when display text size is set to be larger than default

New in PNotes.NET 3.5.0.2 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • New features:
  • Added options to switch between Ignore/Match case in Control Panel’s Quick Search
  • Added option to store undelivered notes on local network server when recipient's computer is switched off or PNotes.NET is not running (experimental). In order to be able to do that you should download and install PNExchangeService on one of your local network’s computers and configure settings at Preferences → Network
  • Added option to set user-defined first day of week instead of day defined by program’s UI language (Preferences → Schedule)
  • Added auto switch to right-to-left UI direction when user change UI language to one of right-to-left languages (Hebrew, Arabic etc)
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Exception is thrown while saving note, if backup copies deepness is set to value more than 9

New in PNotes.NET 3.4.0.2 (Oct 18, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Lower panel at Preferences dialog, which include some asterisk (*) warnings, hides scrollable parts of window – removed and since now settings with asterisk will show warning tooltip (suggested by Timor Gruber)
  • “Apply” button at Preferences dialog will change its IsEnable state dynamically, according to changes in settings (suggested by Timor Gruber)
  • Return to default settings at Preferences dialog will include (optional) default settings for groups
  • When program starts for the very first time (without previous installations) new note will appear on user’s screen with brief description of the program (suggested by Timor Gruber)
  • Special groups at Control Panel will be sorted alphabetically
  • Added filter to system voices in order to prevent using of disabled voices
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Exception is thrown when user select notes group at Preferences dialog
  • Preview for notes group is not drawn properly at Preferences dialog
  • Skins are scaled incorrectly on high-density monitors with large DPI
  • When user empties notes Panel and then move one or more notes to Panel again – notes thumbnails animation on Panel works incorrectly
  • Function “Centralize” at Control Panel works incorrectly on high-density monitors with large DPI

New in PNotes.NET 3.3.0.3 (Aug 26, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Added option to export all notes as single report to PDF file, TIF image, Word document, RTF document or text file using various options and filters (Backup/Synchronization->Export All Notes). Choose “Configure Report” in order to define the fields shown.
  • –exp command line switch added for performing notes export from command line
  • Added option to save links to other notes by right click on note’s text area and choosing Insert->Link To Other Note
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Local synchronization crashes on some systems with different numbers formatting rules.
  • Only date is inserted into note after clicking on Insert->Date/time

New in PNotes.NET 3.2.0.4 (Aug 26, 2016)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Verticall scroll bar settings are not saved

New in PNotes.NET 3.2.0.3 (Nov 27, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Added optional vertical toolbar to preview text box at Control Panel
  • Option to save a desktop shortcut to note and show note by double clicking on it
  • Option to start the program by note’s desktop shortcut if program is not currently running
  • Options to delete desktop shortcuts on program exit and restore them on program start
  • Option to close note after desktop shortcut creation
  • Option to set delay of automatic notes panel appearance
  • Process of downloading spelling dictionaries is automated
  • Search in notes settings will be saved automatically
  • Option to delete separate note(s) from Recycle Bin instead of emptying it totally
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Font family combo box is not displayed at the right place
  • Horizontal scroll bar is not shown on note when “Show scrollbars” is selected
  • Fonts scaling on High DPI monitors
  • Skins are shown corrupted when “Automatically adjust note’s height” is checked
  • Synchronization fails if note’s name contains quotation mark
  • Exception is thrown when no MS Office installation found

New in PNotes.NET 3.1.0.3 (Aug 12, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Checking whether contacts are logged on
  • Option to set default font size for group
  • Added “Now” button to DateTimePicker control
  • Option to view all previously defined hot keys - at hot keys dialog
  • Option to switch off animation at notes Panel
  • Option for received note to be always on top
  • About button to Control Panel
  • Option to import contacts for SMTP mail from IBM Notes
  • Added sample text to skin preview
  • New -config -confignonetwork command line parameter for themes directory
  • Option for updating/downloading new themes
  • New PNotesNETShortcutManager
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Note with transparency remains opaque when focus moves to window which does not belong to PNotes
  • Menus text color is not shown properly on Windows 7 with classic color scheme
  • Hot key does not work for “Unroll Note”
  • Control Panel is not shown when "Show 'Incoming' group after click on notification message" is checked
  • When program starts from shortcut the log file is created in shortcut directory instead of program directory
  • Settings for single click on system tray icon don’t work properly
  • Line breaks are included in new note’s name while saving

New in PNotes.NET 3.0.1 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Program was rewritten using WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) technology instead of WinForms. That means more visual effects, more customization, more possibilities.
  • Added option to organize notes in Mac-like docked panel (Preferences->Behavior->Show notes panel)
  • Added -l command line switch for loading note(s)
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Improved and fixed synchronization (local and via cloud plugins)
  • Fixed many small (and not) bugs

New in PNotes.NET 2.0.2 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Menus management dialog works incorrectly

New in PNotes.NET 2.0.1 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Multiple alerts schedule type
  • Time zone selection for alerts
  • Option to autosize note's height accordingly to its contents
  • Option to toggle on-screen keyboard and magnifier
  • Two additional parameters added to -cn command line switch: new note name (second parameter), note's tags, separated by comma (third parameter)

New in PNotes.NET 1.9.1 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Invalid positioning and exceptions when Windows task bar is located at the left or at the top of screen
  • Invalid positioning with multiple screens when one of screens has negative coordinates
  • Exception after importing notes from old PNotes edition
  • Error on inserting image/smilie into note when skins are used
  • New features:
  • Paragraphs indent
  • Free drawing

New in PNotes.NET 1.8.1 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Rolling/unrolling has deteriorated after update to 1.8

New in PNotes.NET 1.8 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Groups disappear after dragging on other group at Control Panel
  • If program works on two screens and one of screens is unplugged, notes from this screen do not appear on remaining screen
  • New notes pinned to another window appear at the most left corner of the screen instead of their real position
  • Standard groups' names are not changed when user changes program language
  • Control Pane does not remember columns sorting order after closing
  • Some menu items at Control Panel do not get values from English language file
  • New features:
  • Option to encrypt note's text, making it absolutely unreadable - for security freaks
  • Option to resize note from any side, not just by sizing grip in the right lower corner
  • Option to centralize notes if they have accidentally lost position

New in PNotes.NET 1.7 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Crash after attempt to close skinnable note
  • Wrong count of backups is shown at Control Panel under some circumstances
  • Changing of note's schedule does not affect the note's icon at Control Panel
  • Note's caption font is not affected after changing
  • Some fonts are drawn incorrectly on note's caption and font choosing combo box
  • New features:
  • Added option to send notes by mail using SMTP profile instead of standard e-mail client program (see Preferences->Network->SMTP mail tab)
  • Added option to load contacts data from MS Outlook and GMail for further using by SMTP mailing
  • Search in notes now can be performed using regular expressions as well
  • Added option to reorder menus
  • Added superscript and subscript formatting options
  • Added option to insert special symbols into note's text - for formulas, equations and schemes
  • Added option to arrange line and paragraph spacing
  • Added option to sort note's text by paragraphs
  • Added option to change font for windows and menus
  • Added option to hide splash screen from program settings, not just by running program with -nosplash command line switch
  • Added option to clear all note's formatting by one click
  • Added option to remove main program window from windows list
  • Added option to restore autosaved notes (after incorrect program termination) automatically, without user prompt
  • Improvements in skins operations
  • The program does not depend more by VC++ 2010 Runtime

New in PNotes.NET 1.6 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • New note still does not become top-most
  • Unhandled exception is thrown when spell checking is set to "Automatic" and user makes right-click on empty note
  • Program fails to load some notes after changing its UI language - currently selected language locale was used for parsing dates instead of default en-US locale. All language files are absolutely OK.
  • Untranslated items
  • New features:
  • Ability to add customizable tables
  • Prompt to insert file dragged onto note as object, content or link
  • Option to automatically add smilies while typing ':)' or ':('

New in PNotes.NET 1.5 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Click or double click on empty notes list at Control Panel results in program crash
  • Enable state of "Empty Recycle Bin" button/menu item does not match current Recycle Bin state
  • Even if "New note always on top" option is checked, new notes does not become top-most
  • The functionality of "Do not show notes in the list of opened windows" option does not work
  • New features:
  • Ability to set hot keys for bullets/numbering menu items
  • Displaying hot keys in note's toolbar tooltips
  • Option to choose initial note's position
  • Option to prompt for password on attempt to save as text file/print/send password protected note
  • Option to pin notes to windows using wild-cards

New in PNotes.NET 1.4 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Notes do not accept TAB key
  • Built-in rich edit shortcuts are missing for bold, italic, underline and strike-through font styles
  • Sending new note (which has not been saved yet) via local network raises exception
  • Saving note fails if note's name includes apostrophe "'" character
  • New features:
  • Added "-nosplash" command line switch, preventing splash screen appearance
  • Today, if user tries to start the program when it's already running - nothing happens. Since now an attempt to launch additional instance of the program will perform the same action as after double click on system tray icon.