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bookTome Changelog

What's new in 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 bookTome 1.71 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • The major new features that were implemented in this version of bookTome are:
  • 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 bookTome 1.70 (Dec 28, 2009)

  • 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 bookTome 1.63 (Oct 3, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Added star ratings for books,
  • Added support for proxy servers.
  • Bug Fixes and Changes:
  • 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 bookTome 1.62 (Aug 8, 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)

New in bookTome 1.61 (Jun 28, 2009)

  • 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.

New in bookTome 1.60 (Jun 22, 2009)

  • New Features
  • The major new features that were implemented in this version of bookTome are:
  • Introduced a new Portable Edition of the program,
  • Introduced a new Categories section on the side navigation bar,
  • Added ISBN & Category fields to the Wish List.
  • Bug Fixes and Changes
  • The major bug fixes and changes that were implemented in this version of bookTome are:
  • Amazon importing has been updated so that it will continue to work in the future,
  • Amazon importing now uses ISBN-13 as the default ISBN when it is available,
  • ISBNdb now handles the error where the daily request limit has been exceeded correctly,
  • Improved startup time when a large database is being used,
  • Various improvements to the visual display of the Wish List including an option to show headers,
  • Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes.

New in bookTome 1.50 (May 17, 2009)

  • Added Amazon as a Description source for Web Services,
  • Original images can now be viewed by clicking on the cover image,
  • Web Export can now disable or enable various export modules,
  • Web Export can now export an index of authors and author pages,
  • Web Export can now include pre-defined template files (with additional resources to copy) or manually select files,
  • Web Export includes additional variables including support for tags,
  • Searching for blank values is now possible,
  • Added the ability to include author photos in the Edit Author dialog box.
  • Fixed downloading descriptions from Library Thing,
  • Fixed an error that occurred when selecting a book with the Cover Image option disabled,
  • Fixed an error that occurred when rapidly selecting different books,
  • Fixed invalid slashes used in image paths for Web Export,
  • Added icons to the Authors and Series lists,
  • Improved the searching algorithm in the Authors and Series lists,
  • Added an option to auto-select the first match in Amazon importing,
  • Importing from Amazon using just the ISBN in Add/Edit books is now possible,
  • Added a button to view all Read Books to the Reading section,
  • Neatened up the Compact Wish List printed report,
  • Changes to the Tags field are now recorded to the History database,
  • Added the ability to copy the selection to the clipboard in the Wish List,
  • Adding a new series via the Wish List now adds the series to the database,
  • Added a menu item to view the Author Wish List,
  • The & character now appears correctly in the headers, tags menu and edit author dialog,
  • Web Export no longer crashes when there are no books being currently read,
  • Fixed a hang in Tools/Statistics when a category or author was a number,
  • Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes.

New in bookTome 1.40 (Mar 8, 2009)

  • This version of bookTome is a major update. It includes improvements to Tags, Amazon Importing, Wish Lists, Vista integration and various bug fixes and other improvements.

New in bookTome 1.30 (Dec 21, 2008)

  • Searching for tags
  • The binding field will now correctly create new values,
  • The header now shows the correct section when starting in the Tools section,
  • Working/Progress Bar now shows when generating the Database Statistics,
  • Various minor fixes for Author Statistics when running in a blank database,
  • Added a variable for number of books in database to the Web Export function,
  • Searching now removes duplicate matches in all situations, not just when searching in All Fields,
  • Minor other bug fixes, interface and maintenance changes.

New in bookTome 1.20 (Nov 29, 2008)

  • This major release of bookTome improves the user interface, adds additional Amazon sites, backup customization, export and printing improvements and tags support.

New in bookTome 1.10 (Sep 11, 2008)

  • This release of bookTome fixes minor bugs and issues, adds printing support and the ability to export to a website format.