Portable bookTome Changelog

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.