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Remind-Me Changelog

What's new in Remind-Me 10.6

May 2, 2024
  • Several Google Sync related updates: Reliability improvements, updated supported target .NET framework (4.6.2), and the latest Google API libraries (Google sync module: 27)

New in Remind-Me 10.5 (Sep 2, 2023)

  • Fixed bug where the new "..." button in the Find dialog box was not being displayed for large or extra large dialog box sizes
  • Added a new option to automatically notify you when there is a new version available. You can control if and how often checks are performed at "File / Options... / Promptes / New Version Check:".

New in Remind-Me 10.4 (Aug 30, 2023)

  • Added the ability to filter the Find results by acknowledgment status (whether or not the event has been completed). See the new "..." button in the Find dialog. You can choose to display both acknowledged and un-acknowledged, only acknowledged, or only un-acknowledged events.
  • Added a wildcard search string (*) to the Find dialog box to list all events within the specified date range
  • Improved remembering of initial window position by remembering the window state (restored or maximized) instead of just the size
  • The default time duration of an event now defaults to the duration of the most recently added/edited event, instead of always 30 minutes. This way, if you commonly work with events of the same duration it makes it easier to add new events. When creating a new event by double clicking on the Day or Week calendars, the duration defaults to the time grid size (which is adjustable under Display options).
  • Added more information/detail in the "Detailed" sync log
  • Minor display improvements
  • Fixed bug in Google Sync where if you changed the start/end time of a repeating event the changes wouldn't sync to Google
  • Updated Google API library to latest version (Google sync module: 26)

New in Remind-Me 10.3 (Jul 21, 2023)

  • Improved setup program to add an option to launch program once complete
  • Fixed issue with duplicate exceptions causing errors when syncing with Google
  • Fixed issue with exceptions without parents causing an error when syncing with Google
  • Updated Google API library to latest version (API: 1.61, Google sync module: 25)

New in Remind-Me 10.2 (Nov 21, 2022)

  • Fixed bug where tray icon tooltip that shows upcoming events would sometimes not be updated

New in Remind-Me 10.1 (Nov 9, 2022)

  • Added a new option to modify the display of Remind-Me's icons whenever the Alarm List is open. Useful to help know that alarms are being shown, in case the Alarm List is behind another window. The main program's icon has a bright red dot added and the background color of the task tray icon can be red, green, blue, or yellow. See "File / Options... / Other / Tray Icon Colored When Alarms are Open" to enable/disable this feature and select the desired icon background color.
  • Increased the maximum SMTP password size from 63 to 255 characters
  • The down arrow in the calendar views (indicating more events) is now scaled larger with larger day of month font size. Previously the size was set to a maximum, and didn't scale with larger fonts.
  • When importing a .ics file that contains only 1 event, the calendar display is moved to the next occurrence of that event if the option "File / Options... / Other / Move Selected Calendar Date When Adding Events" is checked
  • Eliminated button to make Remind-Me the iCalendar (*.ics file and webcal protocol) handler, as this feature is now disabled by Windows. Added documentation on how to change through Windows. Button was located at: "File / Options... / Import / Make Remind-Me Default Handler".
  • Updated Google API library to latest version (API: 1.57, Google sync module: 24)

New in Remind-Me 10.0 (Feb 16, 2022)

  • Updated for Windows 11 compatibility
  • Added multiple monitor support. Dialog boxes are displayed centered on the monitor where Remind-Me is located, except the Alarm List dialog which is always displayed on the Primary monitor.
  • Improved the centering of dialog boxes when displayed, so they are always fully visible
  • Resizable dialog boxes have their position/size on the screen memorized, so when you recall that dialog the next time, it is initialized to the same position/size. Includes Alarm List, Find, Category Filter, and Choose Columns to Display dialogs.
  • Added the ability to export the whole calendar database to a standard iCalendar (*.ics) file. See "File / Options... / Import / Export Entire Calendar to iCalendar (*.ics) File..."
  • Improved the event copy feature so that it can copy events that do not have any remaining un-acknowledged occurrences
  • Updated Google API library to latest version (API: 1.55, Google sync module: 23)
  • Fixed an issue with exporting iCalendar (*.ics) files to a file. It was ignoring the user-selected path, and saving them to the last path instead.

New in Remind-Me 9.2 (May 26, 2020)

  • Added a new option to remember your preference for snooze time in the alarm window. See "File / Options... / Prompts / Default Snooze Time". You can select a sepecific time or <Last Snooze Time>.
  • Improved the "Find" dialog. Added an option to find "Occurrences", so if an event repeats multiple times in the find date range, it is listed once for each occurrence, instead of just once per event.
  • Improved the "Find" dialog. Added an option to only search in comments
  • Updated Google API library to latest version (API: 1.45.0, Google sync module: 21)
  • The month/year drop-down controls on the calendar views could sometimes be sized incorrectly (too small) on high resolution displays
  • Fixed the command to make Remind-Me the default iCalendar handler under "File / Options... / Import". It stopped working under Windows 10.
  • Added links to the "About..." and "Register..." dialog boxes to make upgrading an old license easier

New in Remind-Me 9.1 (Feb 13, 2019)

  • Changed default font for month calendar view event/day to Tahoma 10. Was previously Arial 8.
  • Improved default colors on month calendar view to make day of month and month/year header more readable

New in Remind-Me 9.0 (Feb 5, 2019)

  • Added support for high resolution (DPI) displays, so the display is always crips/clear for any resolution. Previously the window could be scaled by Windows when the display scale was >100%, causing a blurred appearance.
  • Updated quality of displayed images throughout the program for improved appearance
  • Added option to choose different toolbar button sizes. See "File / Options... / Toolbar / Button Size". Button sizes can be <Automatic>, Tiny, Small, Medium, or Large.
  • Added support for hyperlinks in event comments. Entering text with a URL protocol (http://, https://, or file:// for example) will automatically be shown as a link so you can double click on the linked text to open that address in the associated application. For example, web addresses will be opened with a web browser.
  • Improved toolbar display in Print Preview window, so it doesn't flicker when scrolling through pages
  • Updated Google API library to latest version (API: 1.38.0, Google sync module: 20)
  • Added product release date in About... dialog
  • Dropped support for XP and Vista. Supported versions of Windows are 7, 8, and 10.
  • Removed Gmail OAuth2 e-mail sending method. Google is disabling access to the required sensitive scope. Updated instructions on how to use an "App password" or enable "Less secure app access" when using Gmail's SMTP server.
  • Bug fix: The "Show tooltips" option was not working on the toolbar. The tooltip was never being displayed.

New in Remind-Me 8.8 (Apr 28, 2018)

  • Improved the toolbar by making it user-adjustable. You can now add/remove buttons for a variety of commonly used commands. You can also control the appearance of the button, including whether text labels are shown on the buttons. Right mouse click on the toolbar and choose "Customize..." or select "File / Options... / Toolbar".
  • Added an option to control the initial default selection when deleting a recurring event. Choose between single occurrence or all occurrences. See "File / Options... / Prompts / Delete Recurring Prompt Defaults to "All Occurrences"".
  • Added ability to print the Find results list
  • Added optional new List view field "Next Age" to show the age they will be on their next birthday or anniversary. Previously, only "Current Age" was available as an option. Now both are available choices.
  • Added a new color choice for the drop-down arrow used when displaying "More" events for the day. Under "File / Options... / Colors", see the custom color choice "More Events" Down Arrow.
  • Improved several dialog displays to include the icon in title bar for better association/appearance. (Alarm List, Find, Category Filter, and View List Columns dialogs)
  • Added more detail in the Google Sync debug log, including a link to each event, so in the case of problems it is easier to identify/find the problematic event
  • Changed message box text that asks whether to delete a specific occurrence or the whole event to format the date using the Windows short date format, instead of being hard coded to month/day/year format.
  • Fixed "Desktop Wallpaper" feature, so that it updates as soon as display preferences are changed that affect the month calendar display. Also updates for the option "Options... / Display / Draw X Over Past Days" whenever a new X is drawn.
  • Right mouse clicking on day of week labels and choosing "Week Starts On..." would bring up the wrong options dialog page. Corrected to bring up the "Display" tab.

New in Remind-Me 8.7 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug where Google sync could fail when Detailed logging was enabled

New in Remind-Me 8.6 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • Made several of the dialog boxes re-sizable. This includes the Find, Category Filter, and List View Columns dialog boxes.
  • Added "File / Properties…" command to display information on currently opened data file. This includes the data file location, number of total/displayed events, the number of each type of event, size of file, date last modified, etc.
  • Added an option in the Find dialog to search either all or just the displayed events. Displayed events are controlled by the choices under the top level "Include" menu, where you can filter by event type or category.
  • Added startup check to ensure window is not completely positioned off the screen
  • Disabled the "Delete" keyboard shortcut when the "List" view isn't displayed. Previously that keyboard shortcut worked even when the List view was not displayed, causing confusion.
  • Google Sync improvements. Updated to latest API library for improved reliability (Google Sync 17)
  • Improved robustness of Google Overwrites Remind-Me sync type. (Ignore "deleted" events, which were causing crashing before) (Google Sync 17)

New in Remind-Me 8.5 (Apr 24, 2017)

  • Improved options for sending email reminders. Added support for OAuth 2.0 authentication when using Gmail's SMTP mail server. Prevents having to enable "Allow Less Secure Apps" in Google account, or getting an application specific password and turning on 2-step authentication. See the new "Use Modern Security Protocol (OAuth 2.0)" option in the "E-Mail Configuration" dialog. This option is only available when the mail server is set to smtp.gmail.com. For more details, see the "Special Notes for Sending with Gmail" in the online help.
  • Display option added to control formatting of timed events in calendar views. Can have the time/event shown on 2 lines as it was previously, or compacted onto a single line. Single line choice gives several format options for how to display the time. See "File / Options... / Display / Timed Event Display Format".
  • On the "Display" tab in the "Event Information" dialog, when you un-check "Use Default" for either the foreground or background colors the color selector is displayed. Previously you also had to press the "Select..." button before the color selector would be displayed. Same logic applies when setting colors for a category.
  • Google Sync improvements. Updated to latest API library for improved reliability (Google Sync 16)

New in Remind-Me 8.1 (Dec 28, 2015)

  • Updated for Outlook 2016 support when syncing with Outlook

New in Remind-Me 8.0 (Aug 17, 2015)

  • Updated for Windows 10. Supported operating systems now include Windows XP through Windows 10 (32 and 64 bit).
  • Fixed bug in "Help / Contents…" page not displaying initially
  • Improved ICS import to be more flexible for slightly illegal file formats

New in Remind-Me 7.8 (Mar 9, 2015)

  • Fixed a small memory leak upon program exit
  • Improved robustness of parsing license key. Some email clients were inserting line feeds in the middle of the license which caused problems reading the license.
  • Improved robustness of the setup program

New in Remind-Me 7.7 (Nov 29, 2014)

  • Google Sync improvement: Improved reliability when deleting events from Google
  • Google Sync bug fix: In some cases events added to Google calendar very near when a sync was being done could be skipped on the next sync
  • Bug fix: License key would not be remembered when running in Portable mode

New in Remind-Me 7.6 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • Google Sync improvements: Improved error messages and implemented a variety of improvements to improve robustness of syncing
  • Google Sync improvement: Made it easier to request new access code for syncing to Google. Helpful when access was granted to a different Google account than desired. Changing the email account name, applying, and changing it back will cause a new access code to be requested.

New in Remind-Me 7.5 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • Google Sync improvements: Improved error messages and implemented a variety of improvements to improve robustness of syncing

New in Remind-Me 7.4 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • Updated website links to all use HTTPS
  • Google Sync improvement: Updated authentication method to use Google recommended OAuth2. Offers improved security, as only permissions necessary for syncing with calendar is granted, and it is not necessary to enter your Google password. You no longer need to leave "Access for less secure apps" enabled in your Google account's security settings.
  • Google Sync improvement: Updated to use Google's newest interface (APIv3). Prior sync used APIv2, which will be deprecated by Google on November 17, 2014.

New in Remind-Me 7.3 (Jun 20, 2014)

  • Added word wrap option for event comments. See "File / Options… / Prompts / Word Wrap Comments". When enabled, comments are word wrapped in the event editor, and also when printing event details.
  • Miscellaneous Google sync improvements:
  • Improved robustness of adding events to Google (added exponential backoff retries)
  • Improved syncing certain monthly repeating events with Google so they are editable in Google without warning of a repeat frequency that can't be edited
  • New advanced option for the Google sync: "All Day Reminder Reference Time". Can be set to either 5pm or Midnight. Notifications for all day events are supposed to be relative to 5pm the prior day, but for some users they are relative to midnight instead. For example, a 9 hour advance notification comes up at 3pm, not the desired 8am. If all day event reminders are coming 7 hours later than expected, change this option to Midnight. See "File / Options... / Sync / Advanced...".
  • New advanced option for the Google sync: "Skip syncing events with a repeat frequency that cannot be edited with Google". When this option is turned on only events with a repeat pattern editable by Google's web based calendar interface will by synced from Remind-Me to Google. Meant to help with some mobile devices that do not support certain more advanced repeat frequencies. See "File / Options... / Sync / Advanced...".
  • Added 2 new email mail merge fields and to get the beginning and ending parts of the name field. Determines the beginning/end from space characters. Meant to help get the first or last name only.
  • Bug fix: Keyboard shortcuts would not always work, depending on which window had the input focus

New in Remind-Me 7.2 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • Miscellaneous Google sync improvements
  • Bug fix: In some cases when importing icalendar (*.ICS) files the time zone information could be incorrectly determined, causing the time of an importing event to be wrong
  • Bug fix: The new event default alarm hour would sometimes not be remembered and used
  • Bug fix: Under 64 bit operating systems when the Sound Recorder program was located in the System32 folder, requesting an audio file be attached to an email would fail to launch Sound Recorder

New in Remind-Me 7.1 (May 10, 2013)

  • Bug fix: In the version that syncs with Outlook the commands under the older "Tools" menu were not available in Outlook 2013. Created as new buttons under the ADD-INS tab.

New in Remind-Me 7.0 (May 10, 2013)

  • Updated for Windows 8 compatibility
  • Added new "Portable Mode" so Remind-Me can be run from a memory stick, allowing you to take your calendar with you
  • Improved calendar printing options. Any of the day/week/month/year calendar views can now be printed for any desired date range. Previously, only the calendar covering the currently selected date could be printed.
  • Improved pasting flexibility in calendar views. Can now copy event from one date, and paste it onto another date using right mouse menu on calendar views.
  • Added option to print Alarm List contents in detail. Right mouse click in alarm list to select "Print / Print All".
  • Clicking on Remind-Me icon in task tray toggles between hidden/restore instead of always just restoring
  • Add keyboard shortcuts "Ctrl + P" for print command and "Ctlr + H" for hide command
  • Some text in the New Event Default Options dialog was partially cut off for the "Notify At Startup" default option
  • Added sync module number to About… dialog
  • Added support for Outlook 2013 when syncing with Outlook
  • Bug fix: E-mail reminders to multiple recipients would fail when using a mail server that required SSL

New in Remind-Me 6.3 (Jun 22, 2012)

  • Google Sync reliability improvement. In some cases a Google Overwrites Remind-Me type sync could fail.
  • Improved keyboard shortcuts to eliminate conflicts in the Event Editor dialog
  • Bug fix: In some cases you could get stuck in the Options... dialog when turning on the Google Sync feature
  • Bug fix: Desktop wallpaper would not always display events

New in Remind-Me 6.2 (Jun 22, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Version 6.1 could crash when opening data files created with versions of Remind-Me before 6.0

New in Remind-Me 6.1 (Jun 22, 2012)

  • Improved error reporting in the Google Sync add-on
  • Added "(Google Sync in Progress...)" to title bar while a Google sync is in progress
  • Added ability to control advanced details of time zone information in iCalendar exports
  • Bug fix: Invalid exceptions (dates in a recurring event where the occurrence was deleted) would cause the Google sync to fail
  • Bug fix: Repeating timed events synced to Google would sometimes be displayed incorrectly on Google calendar

New in Remind-Me 6.0 (Jun 22, 2012)

  • Synchronize Remind-Me with your Google calendar and thus your smartphone.
  • Outlook 2010 syncing support
  • Added "Last Modified" and "Created" date/time to list of available fields for sorting/displaying in List view
  • Bug fixes relating to iCalendar file (*.ics) format

New in Remind-Me 5.3 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Calendar subscriptions added. You can now subscribe to any number of calendars on the internet. Each subscribed calendar is placed onto your Remind-Me calendar in a category name you specify. Subscribed calendars are automatically updated daily. Many calendars are available on sites such as iCalShare.com. To subscribe to a calendar either manually enter calendar address in Remind-Me at "File / Options... / Subscribe", or click on a webcal:// URL within your web browser.

New in Remind-Me 5.2 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Added option to display month calendar as desktop wallpaper. See "File / Options... / Other / Show Calendar as Desktop Wallpaper".
  • Tray icon tooltip displays alarms due today. Hover your mouse over Remind-Me's icon in the tray to see this quick list of alarms for today.
  • Added option to include event start time in the alarm list. See "File / Options... / Other / Alarm List Shows Start Time in Name".
  • Fixed task tray icon to update more reliably when Windows comes out of hibernation
  • Fixed issue where desktop icon would sometimes not display the window if it was already running and hidden, and started by the setup program
  • Bug fix: List view columns could display data in wrong order after columns were re-ordered with drag/drop

New in Remind-Me 5.1 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Updated for Windows 7 compatibility
  • Added ability to customize Alarm List font. Right mouse click on the alarm list to change.
  • Bug fix: Forward/Backward buttons in month view could sometimes skip a month when current day didn't exist in next/last month
  • Bug fix: When setting "time grid" under File / Options... / Other to 60 minutes the change was ignored
  • Bug fix: Program could crash under certain circumstances

New in Remind-Me 5.0 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • New "Day" and "Week" calendar views. Shows timed events on a time grid for viewing a daily schedule. Easily modify events using the mouse by clicking/dragging.
  • New "Day" and "Week" printing choices
  • Added "Category" support. Events can be assigned to any number of user-definable categories. Categories can be assigned color display options to easily identify which events belong in which categories. Category filter enables only displaying events from selected categories. Imported iCalendar (*.ics) files can be assigned to a category for easy filtering.
  • Improved event editor, making "Comments" section much larger
  • Added support for sending email through mail servers that require a secure connection (SSL)
  • Improved toolbar. Added "Find", "Day", "Week", and "Filter" buttons. Existing buttons made more colorful.
  • Improved "Print" dialog to allow selection of the printer, and show selected printer's status
  • Tasks now support a much wider variety of commands. Enter a document name, program, or URL.
  • Improved robustness of task tray icon. If Windows Explorer crashes, Remind-Me will replace its icon in the notification area (task tray) when Windows Explorer re-starts.
  • Bug fix relating to importing iCalendar files. When certain fields were 'folded' Remind-Me would fail to import this event.

New in Remind-Me 4.8 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Improved Print Preview feature for Vista compatibility

New in Remind-Me 4.7 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Updated Print Preview feature for Vista SP1 compatibility
  • Accessibility improvements:
  • Tab key moves keyboard focus between List and calendar windows
  • Improved tab order on Alarm List dialog
  • Space key toggles acknowledged state on selected event in Alarm List dialog

New in Remind-Me 4.6 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Alarm List dialog can now be re-sized
  • Alarm List dialog size and position preference memorized/restored automatically
  • Alarm List dialog can be maximized
  • Bug fix - Email reminders being sent via SMTP mail server would fail under Vista when User Account Control (UAC) was on

New in Remind-Me 4.5 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Vertical and horizontal scroll bars are displayed on the "Comments" edit box when needed
  • Setup program now adds a shortcut on the Desktop (in addition to Start menu)
  • One Outlook add-in now works for all supported Outlook versions. (Eliminated version that was only for Outlook 2007.)
  • Added category filtering for Outlook conduit. See "Tools / Remind-Me Options... / Category filter..." from within Outlook.
  • Windows Vista compatibility improvement (runs with permissions of regular Vista application)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Acknowledging an event with no alarms from the calendar view would not always work
  • Browse/Backup/Restore commands would not display under Windows 98
  • Outlook syncing to non-default calendar would fail to remove events deleted in Outlook

New in Remind-Me 4.4 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Bug fix - Program could crash when selecting an event with a large amount of notes

New in Remind-Me 4.3 (Mar 29, 2007)

  • New Backup and Restore menu commands. See "File / Backup..." and "File / Restore...".
  • Added support for using Windows Vista's "Default Programs" to assign Remind-Me as the default handler for iCalendar (*.ics) files
  • Eliminated "flickering" in the status bar when running under Vista
  • Bug fix - List view sorting wasn't always sorting properly if the list view columns had been changed from the default order