What's new in Portable bookTome 1.72
May 29, 2010
- Bug Fixes and Changes:
- Data Management Wizard - Various improvements to CSV importing, including:
- Column headers are no longer case sensitive,
- Invalid rows are now shown in red background rather than red font,
- Added a button to automatically remove entirely blank rows,
- Added a button to jump to the next invalid row,
- Leading and trailing blank spaces in all cells are now automatically removed,
- Fixed the editor not clearing when a new file is loaded,
- Minor other improvements to the Data Management Wizard.
- Common Crashes - Fixed various commonly user reported crashes, including:
- Amazon Importing crashed when Amazon reported a blank Total Items value - now reports no results found correctly,
- Image loading throughout the program when the image being loaded was locked by Windows or another program - now skips the image and assigns a blank image where appropriate,
- Startup panel being defined incorrectly caused the program to not load correctly - now defaults to Browse Books when the setting is incorrect or missing.
- Various - Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes, including:
- Google search links that include the & character are now passed to Google correctly,
- Amazon searches now provide better results when using the & character in the search.
New in Portable bookTome 1.71 (Apr 6, 2010)
- New Features:
- Data Management Wizard - A number of improvements and changes to Web Export, including: Improvements to the included Simple template,
- Added a new included Mobile iPhone template,
- Template files can now contain the default options for the wizard,
- Template files can now use sub-folders for resources,
- Added an option to place book and author files in sub-directories,
- Added a module for exporting the Wish List,
- Added a few additional variables,
- Added the ability to save a new template within the wizard.
- Data Management Wizard - A number of improvements to the Data Management Wizard, including: Reloading & deleting columns within the Export wizard.
- Bug Fixes and Changes:
- The major bug fixes and changes that were implemented in this version of bookTome are:
- Backup Manager - Added an option to ignore the drive letter used for portable installations,
- Check For Updates - Fixed an issue caused by my new hosting provider,
- Crash Reports - Reports are now uploaded via HTTP, avoiding problems with email settings,
- Various - Various user interface changes to ease the transition to the currently under development bookTome 2,
- Tools - Fixed the Enabled Modules option not working correctly,
- Various - Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes.
New in Portable bookTome 1.70 (Jan 12, 2010)
- New Features
- Combined the Authors, Series & Categories tabs into a single Browse Books pane,
- Removed some unneeded options in order to improve the speed of the program,
- Added basic eBook functionality, that can be disabled if not wanted,
- Added an option to automatically clean up the old backups when starting.
- Bug Fixes and Changes:
- Added a link to Google Image & Web Search in the Add/Edit Book window and Author Edit window,
- Added the ability to change the book rating through the right click menu,
- Changed the minimum auto-save time to 3 minutes,
- All remaining known issues with Large Fonts/120dpi have been fixed,
- Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes.
New in Portable bookTome 1.63 (Oct 3, 2009)
- New Features
- The major new features that were implemented in this version of bookTome are:
- Added star ratings for books,
- Added support for proxy servers.
- Bug Fixes and Changes
- The major bug fixes and changes that were implemented in this version of bookTome are:
- Added all countries to the list in the Edit Author dialog box,
- Fixed printed report breaking when the description didn't fit on a single page,
- The book number field is now searchable,
- Continued improvements when running under 120dpi (mostly the navigation bar),
- Added a right click menu item to duplicate a book,
- Added a right click menu item to duplicate a wish list book,
- ISBN details are now correctly transferred when ordering a book from the wish list,
- Added a Wish List button to the bottom navigation toolbar,
- Minor improvements to the Import CSV functionality,
- ISBN & Category from Wish List now able to be exported,
- Display now refreshes correctly after running the Data Management Wizard,
- Fixed status bar drop down menus appearing in an incorrect location,
- Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes.
New in Portable bookTome 1.62 (Aug 10, 2009)
- Added Delete Author, Series & Category to navigation bar right click menus,
- Improved the behavior of the Complete Order button in the Wish List,
- Removed the older, more unreliable method of accessing Amazon,
- Minor user interface changes such as correcting menu colors and icons,
- Added links to Google to the Amazon Web Services dialog,
- Fixed books disappearing from Wish List if the case of the author name differed from what was expected,
- Support for running in Large Fonts (120dpi),
- Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes.
New in Portable bookTome 1.61 (Jun 29, 2009)
- New Features
- The major new features that were implemented in this version of bookTome are:
- There are no new features in this version.
- Bug Fixes and Changes
- The major bug fixes and changes that were implemented in this version of bookTome are:
- Improvements to Amazon Web Services functionality, including:
- More descriptive error messages,
- Amazon result files are no longer removed between searches,
- Option to send results via bookTome server for users with problems,
- Wish List column widths are now saved,
- Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes.