Personal Knowbase Reader Changelog

What's new in Personal Knowbase Reader 4.1.3

• Maintenance release. Fixes cosmetic bugs related to 2 situations:
• (1) using Personal Knowbase on a multiple-monitor computer setup, and
• (2) using a relatively unusual Windows Short Date format.
• If you use a single monitor and use a default all-numeric Short Date format, you should see no difference from this update.
• 1) Multiple-Monitor Support
• Various screen elements appeared on the primary monitor when Personal Knowbase was running from a secondary monitor. These pop-ups now appear on the same monitor as the main PK screen.
• Note that if a dialog box's position is remembered between PK sessions (such as the Keywords for Article dialog box), then that dialog will appear on whichever monitor it last appeared on.
• The pop-ups fixed include:
• The color picker drop-down for Text Color and Highlight Text,
• Pop-ups for long keywords in the Index Window and various dialog boxes showing keyword lists,
• Pop-ups for long keyword groups names in the Index Window and dialog boxes showing keyword groups,
• Pop-ups for full attachment names in the Article Properties dialog box, and
• Pop-ups for long path names in the Preferences dialog box (Files tab).
• Windows "Short Date" Format Parsing:
• Personal Knowbase uses the Windows "Short Date" format as the basis for displaying all dates in the program. When the Short Date format includes non-numeric or unusual customized formats, dates were displayed incorrectly throughout PK. If you use one of the common Short Date setting options using only numbers for day, month, and year, you are unlikely to have noticed any problems.
• However, the dates displayed incorrectly if you use a Short Date format which:
• Includes the alphabetic codes: ddd, dddd, mmm, or mmmm,
• Lacks delimiters (for example: yyyymmdd), or
• Omits the day, month, or year.
• Due to difficulty in parsing such date formats, PK now uses 2 date formats: one for date display and another for date entry and editing.
• The "display date" is always your specified Windows Short Date format. This is used where dates are shown but cannot be edited. This includes the Index Window, the Reminders dialog box, the results of the Insert Date command, the Article Properties "Created" and "Modified" dates, and all exported and printed dates. If your date format includes alphabetic day-of-the-week or month, it uses your Windows language setting.
• The "edit date" is used for display in any locations where you can manually enter or edit dates. It is based on your specified Short Date format. The year, month, and day, appear in the same order as your date format, with these exceptions:
• The edit format always include year, month, and day, even when they are not included in the specified Short Date format. If year, month, or day is missing, it is inserted at the end.
• The dates are always numeric. For example, if you use "mmm" in your format, and you want to get "Dec", you need to enter "12".
• When entering dates, omit any day-of-the-week ("ddd" or "dddd") portion. The day of the week will be determined for you.
• When entering dates, if any portion (year, month, or day) is not entered, it defaults to the current year, month, or day.
• If your date format uses multiple delimiters, date entry fields show only the first delimiter appearing in your format. You may enter a date using any delimiter; extras will be ignored. For example, the format "mmm d, yyyy" includes 2 delimiters (space and comma), but only the space will be displayed in places where dates are entered.
• This "edit date" is shown anywhere you can enter or edit dates, including the Article Window, the Article Properties "Date" field, and dialog boxes allowing date entry, including Find, Replace, Build Query, Index Report Setup, and Edit Reminder.
• There are 2 exceptions where, although date editing is not allowed, the "edit date" is used for display due to space considerations: the Check for Duplicate Articles report and the Manage Query dialog box.