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Version history for Collectorz.com Music Collector

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Changes for v9.3.2 - v9.3.3

Templates: Tracks below headers couldn't be played from the details view
Fast mouse clicks in the main screen could hang the program
Details view template: track position was at wrong location
Synchronize with Music Collector Connect: albums with multiple artists could falsely cause mismatches
Invalid characters in XML could cause export to CLZ Music to fail

Changes for v9.3.1 - v9.3.2

Added:
New installer system
CD Trustee Import: Artist First Name, Artist Last Name and Artist The fields are now imported. When all are empty the Artist Sort Name will be imported.
Fixed:
It wasn't possible to play a header audio file
Some audio file links weren't properly exported

Changes for v9.2.6 - v9.3.1

Added:
Import from CD Trustee CSV format
Fixed:
Add Albums Automatically:
Preview wasn't showing properly when a user template was active in main screen's details view
Scanning in multi-disc albums still could result in "Already in queue" message
When the track artist is equal to the album artist the track artist will be left empty
Statistisc:
Stats weren't refreshed when changing databases
Printing of statistics wasn't showing the title
View in 3D settings wasn't stored
Printing:
Rating wasn't printed
Edit Album:
Subtrack composer wasn't showing in track list
.flv now recognized as movie

Changes for v9.2.5 - v9.2.6

Main Screen Stats:
3D View of stats view wasn't showing properly
Switching between track view and album view wasn't regenerating the stats
Synchronize with Music Collector Connect: some user databases resulted in "Format '%d' incompatible with argument" errors.
Templates:
Images header was too small

Changes for v9.2.3 - v9.2.5

Fixed:
A debug version was released instead of a release version causing errors like "cannot create d:\test2.html"
Pie Charts: Several changes to avoid overlapping labels
Cosmetic: one line labels, longer label "legs", smaller margins, etc..
Grouping: Pie parts smaller than 3% are now added to the "Other" pie part
Export to CLZ Music mobile apps:
Better error handling for exporting over Wi-Fi
Included direct FAQ links for each specific problem that may occur
Sync with Connect:
New: "Update Details" button that pops up a report of the reasons why entries are listed as Updates. This should help to resolve problems with entries that keep popping up as Updates.
Fixed:
Details View: Link to lyrics file wasn't working

Changes for v9.2.2 - v9.2.3

Improved: Stats in main screen
"Pie Chart" and "Bar Chart" tabs are now integrated into one "Statistics" tab.
New: Lock button to lock tab to "Details" (for users who don't like the stats).
Statistics screen is now fully integrated in main screen, including all view settings (field selection, pie/bar, sorting, color style, 3D, print).
New: Lock button to lock field and pie/bar to your favorite settings.
"old" Tools / Statistics screen is replaced by Tools / Database Totals.
Fixed:
Edit Album / Track List did not adhere to font size changes.
Field lists: Two rating fields were showing
Edit Multiple: editing multiple albums would always clear the rating
Templates:
Right click menu in details view was missing "Find Cover" option
Playing a disc in a multi-disc album would always play the first disc
Some layout issues with the compact classic template
Add Automatically:
Scanning in multi-disc albums could result in "Already in queue" message
Find Cover: Selected cover image wouldn't show in Preview panel
The space bar can now be used to check or uncheck a result
Synchronize with Music Collector Connect:
Line breaks in Plots did not sync correctly (also resulting in the same albums appearing as updates with every sync)
Artist sort names weren't synchronized for updates.
Add Music Files:
Improved sorting of files in "Add Music Files As New Album" and "Link Music Files To Existing Albums" screens
Some .wav files weren't scanned properly
When adding music files to existing albums track times were overwritten

Changes for v9.2.1 - v9.2.2

Fixed:
FreedbID was cleared when linking
Opening a database created with a version prior to v7 resulted in an error
Options Screen: "Show Collection Status indicator in list" check box had disappeared
Add Automatically: added albums weren't always linked
Synchronize with Music Collector Connect: synchronization could change the order of discs in multi-disc albums

Changes for v9.1.7 - v9.2.1

New: Synchronize with Music Collector Connect:
What is Music Collector Connect? See http://connect.collectorz.com/music
Use the new Connect / Synchronize menu to upload your collection to Music Collector Connect and host your collection on Collectorz.com servers
Then share your collection with friends, by just giving them a web-link
Browse your online collection from any online mobile device, including iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry, Nokia phones, PDAs, etc..
Manage your collection (add or edit albums) using just a web-browser, from any Windows, Mac or Linux computer.
Download changes you made online back to your local Music Collector database.
Sign up for a trial account here: http://connect.collectorz.com/music/freetrial
New: Find Cover Image screen
Find missing cover images online and add them to your database with just a few clicks. The screen shows results from Google Images, based on artist, title and barcode.
Easily tweak the Google search keywords yourself using Artist, Title and barcode checkboxes. (sometimes removing the barcode from the search gives better results).
Built-in Crop tool to remove unwanted borders.
Get to the Find Cover Image screen :
by clicking the new "No Cover" placeholder image in Details View
right from Preview in the Add Albums Automatically screen, when no cover is found in the Collectorz.com online music database.
from the right-click menu on any album entry in the main screen
from the Images tab in the Edit Album screen
New: Collection Statistics integrated in main screen
When no album is selected, the Details View panel now shows collection statistics based on the current Folder field (e.g. by Artist, or by Genre).
Switch between Bar Chart or Pie Chart (or Album Details) with tabs on the right
Navigate to a folder (e.g. Artist = "Rolling Stone") by clicking on a bar or pie part
Open Statistics screen by clicking the new "More Stats" button
Improved Statistics screen
Improved look of all charts
View Stats as Bar Chart or Pie Chart
Choose from 8 different color sets
Toggle 3D View On/Off
View settings (Color, 3D) are automatically applied to main screen charts
New toolbar icons
Improved Wish List functionality
Quickly check your Wish List using tabs at the bottom of the main screen: All / Collection / Wish List
Add albums to your Wish List right from the Add Albums Automatically screen
Right click an album to "Move to Wish List" / "Move to Collection"
Edit Album: clearer separation of Collection Status values into "Collection" and "Wish List" groups
Updated terminology for the Collection Status values
Revamped icons for all Collection Status values
Improved My Rating functionality
Redesigned rating stars
Click My Rating stars in Details View to modify rating in a small pop up
Group albums into My Rating folders on main screen
Edit Album: My Rating slider is now on Main tab
Improved Images View in main screen
Removal of titles under images results in cleaner layout (titles are still shown on mouse-over)
Reduced spacing between image thumbs
New placeholder image for albums without cover images
New placeholder image for albums with a missing thumbnail image
Improved: Export to CLZ Music:
Now supports CLZ Music HD app for iPad (app coming soon)
Now supports CLZ Music app for Android (app coming soon)
New: Export to File option, for transferring data to the mobile app over USB. (Currently only supported in the iPad and Android apps. Of course, the upcoming update for the CLZ Music iPhone app will support it too).
New setting:
Tools / Options / Auto-Select first album in list
Fixed:
Add Automatically: CD-TEXT/CDPlayer.ini results were always used *and* given priority, even when not selected. Not anymore...
Font size problems in Details View when using IE9 beta

Changes for v9.1.6 - v9.1.7

Fixes related to the new Details View rendering:
Access Violations after adding or editing albums

Changes for v9.1.4 - v9.1.5

Fixed:
Add/Link Music Files: In some situations, each found music file would be put into a separate album
Add Albums Automatically:
Add as Multi-Disc Album button only worked after searching all queue items
Access Violations after failed barcode searches
Edit Track: Track length could not be higher than 99:99
Printing: Single Long List option did not work
Link Music Files To Existing Album: rearranging tracks by drag and drop wasn't working properly
New:
The Details View panel is now rendered using an embedded Internet Explorer control.

Changes for v9.1.3 - v9.1.4

Add Albums Automatically: For exact match search results (on CD-ID or barcode) the single result is now automatically checked, selected and previewed.
Add/Link Music Files:
Improved automatic grouping of files into albums, especially for situations where multiple albums are in the same folder.
Further improvements to the performance of folder scanning

Changes for v9.1.2 - v9.1.3

Add Automatically:
Clearer indication of front and back cover in the covers column of search results
Fixed:
error "Class TDropFileTarget not found" could occur on some places like adding/editing loan info or links
Failed barcode searches: after scanning the CD and submitting the popup could keep appearing

Changes for v9.0.4 - v9.1.1

Adding / Linking Music Files:
Re-design of Add/Link Music Files screen:
Automatic grouping of found music files in into albums
Modify album grouping by dragging/dropping files
Add multiple (or all) found albums in in one go
Use checkboxes to select which albums to add (or use Select All box)
Re-order files by dragging and dropping
Choose Link Selection to link to an existing album in your database
New Expand All / Collapse All buttons to expand / collapse album tree
Sort the album list by clicking the column headers
Optimized performance of file scanning and screen refreshes
Direct access to Filename Parsing settings (yellow gears button top right)
Full support for .M4A files
Read M4A meta tags (inc cover art) and file info (size, bitrate, length, etc...)
Update M4A meta tags from database information
Improved support for cover images in ID3v2 tags (now also supports updating)
Fixed: When adding music files, the Disc title wasn't filled in
Add Albums Automatically:
New "Format" column in list of search results
New pop-up for failed barcode searches, requesting the full Artist and Title information for our online database. Help us recognize more barcodes.
Search Settings: new "Include Links" setting to select which web-links you want included in your album entries (select from five Amazon sites)
Fixed: Multiple errors and "hangs" that could occur when navigating the lists very quickly, especially while the program was searching.
Fixed: The automatic selection of the first search results could cause updates to the Artist/Title of your search queue entry.
Fixed:
Export to iPhone: problems detecting your device, after updating Bonjour
Edit lists: When switching language the Persons List's name wasn't translated properly

Changes for v9.0.3 - v9.0.4

Added:
Add Albums Automatically: Search results can now be sorted
Re-scanning a CD is now possible using Re-Scan CD button in Edit Disc screen.
Fixed:
Add Albums Automatically:
When adding, the result of the CD scan (track lengths, CDTEXT and/or CDPlayer.ini data) was not used, only downloaded data was used.
Add as Multi-Disc album didn't open Edit Album screen when "edit album after add" was checked
Add as Multi-Disc album caused skipping of Index numbers
Edit Search Criteria could result in "List Index out of Bounds" error.
Update Albums Automatically
Help, Settings, Close and Check Connection buttons were not visible.
Scan CD command didn't work in some cases.
Caption wasn't consistently called "Update Albums Automatically"
When updating or linking a multi-disc album it would always update or link the first disc only.
Auto Capitalization was re-applied on existing data.
Edit Album:
Link Music Files: In some cases, files were missing from the file list.
Writing File Tags: progress bar could disappear behind main window.
Writing File Tags: Changed or added values were not written to file tags.
Scanning barcodes caused strange behaviour after using next or previous
When adding a playlist file by using the "Add PlayList" button and then allow automatic linking of the music files, the full filepath was missing.
Add/Link Music Files:
Mouse wheel scrolling didn't work on music files list
Hide Linked Files didn't work correctly in some cases.
Scan Folder: progress bar could disappear behind main window.
Improved the initial order of files for multi-disc albums
Track indexes of [no file] entries wasn't numbering correctly.
Writing File Tags:
Album level Conductor and Orchestra values were not written to tags
Album Artist field wasn't written to ID3v2 TPE2 field
Main Screen:
Sorting and filtering on Clz AlbumID and Clz Disc ID fields did not work.
Export to ListPro : Genre was listed in the Artist column.
Export to iPod Notes : Genre folder were used instead of Artist folders.

Changes for v9.0.2 - v9.0.3

Add Albums automatically:
CDTEXT and CDPlayer.ini results are now visible in the Queue, the Search Result list and the Preview Panel.
It is now possible to add the scan result without searching online, or when the online search returned no results.
Added Alt+A keyboard shortcut for Auto Scan checkbox.
Edit Search Criteria could give a "List index out of bounds error"
Search settings: Player.ini and CDTEXT checkboxes didn't work.
Rare server error when searching for CDs
Edit Album:
Tracks tab: Play icon not showing for subtracks
Tracks tab: Audio files could not be dropped on subtracks
Links tab: errors when dropping files or folders other than playlist files
Vee Nine Compact template did not show track artists

Changes for v9.0.1 - v9.0.2

Vee Nine template:
Added new Play button at the Disc level
Added new "White" style, with black text on a while background
Improved the display of Header entries in the track table
Export to HTML: changed font sizes to better match the View template
Export to HMTL: Layout now displays correctly in Chrome and Opera.
Fixed: Play All button did not work on configurations with non-default User Files Folder.
Fixed: Play All button did not show up when all tracks were under Header items.
Add / Link Music Files screen:
New "Hide Linked Files" checkbox to make the File list only show music files that are not linked to your database yet.
New Title Search box for finding an existing album more easily. This search box is automatically filled based on the selected music files.
Music File Tag, Header & Filename reading:
Now reads Album Artist from the TPE2 field in ID3v2 tags (commonly used this way by iTunes, Windows Media Player and other taggers).
Parsing meta-data from Folder Name and Filename can now be switched off in Tools / Options / Filename Parsing.
Fixed: In Tools/Options/Filename Parsing, the up/down buttons did not work
Fixed: Artist data from ID3v2 TPE2 field was put in Orchestra field.
Fixed: Rating wasn't read from tags correctly.
Fixed: File Access Denied error when on read-only files (e.g. on CD or DVD)
Link Music Files To Existing Album:
New: When there are fewer music files than album tracks, the file list will have extra dummy "no file" entries that you can move between actual files. Useful when your set of music files for the album is not complete.
Fixed: Re-Ordering Files had no effect on the actual track linking.
Fixed: When linking files to multi-disc albums, the files were only linked or added to the first disc.
Fixed: Incorrect linking on albums with Header entries.
Fixed: vertical scrollbar of album track listing did not work.
Fixed: Artist and Title labels at the top were too narrow for translations.
Edit Album: The automatic file linking when adding a Playlist on the Links tab is now optional (confirmation message).
Add Music Files As New Album:
Fixed: Re-Ordering Files had no effect on the actual track order
Fixed: In some cases, the file list did now display the artist anymore
Fixed: Artist and Title labels at the top were too narrow for translations.
Add Automatically:
Search Queue did not display the found Artist and Title after successful CDID or Barcode search.
"List Index out of Bounds" error when using Add Anyway with a Filter active in the main screen.
In some cases, barcode searches returned too many results
Amazon entries without tracks resulted in an Album with no discs either.
Editing Albums and Tracks
Edit Album: Confusing behaviour when batch editing personal ratings.
Edit Album: Read/Write Tags buttons were disabled when all audio files were linked to tracks under Header entries.
Edit Album/Track: First add/edit action on Credits was very slow.
Edit Track: Performance problems for tracks with linked audio files.
Edit Track: Refresh button for Lyrics files was misaligned.
Other fixes:
Main Screen: empty Columns and Sort Order pop ups in some situations.
Barcode scanners needed to be "initialized" each time the program starts.

Changes for v8.7.1 - v9.0.1

Catalog and Tag music files (MP3, WMA, FLAC, APE, OGG, etc..):
New "Add / Link Music Files" screen, that lets you:
- Choose then Scan a Folder with Music Files
- Add selected Music Files as a new Album in your database, automatically using meta-tag data (including ID3v2 cover images).
- or: Link selected Music Files to an existing album in your database
New "Update File Tags" command to update meta-tags (e.g. ID3) in batch, using data and images from your Music Collector database
Edit Album / Tracks tab:
- Drag & Drop music files on tracks to link as Music File
- Drag & Drop playlist files to link all files to tracks automatically
New Play commands in menu, on toolbar and in Details View (template), for playing tracks and albums.
Supported audio formats: MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, APE, Flac and WAV.
Supported tag formats: ID3v1, ID3v2, Vorbis, WMA and APE
Improved Add Albums Automatically screen:
Search Results from Collectorz.com and Amazon are now presented in one optimized list, nicely ordered by relevancy and quality.
Results are automatically merged where possible, e.g. enriching a Collectorz.com result with an Amazon cover, or adding Collectorz.com track lengths to Amazon results.
The new screen makes it much easier and quicker to add albums, and thus replaces both the Wizard and Advanced Mode screen: Just search, select the best result from the list (usually at the top), then click Add.
Hide / Show Search Queue button to switch between "Search Now" and "Add to Queue" mode.
Select and add multiple results from one search result. (e.g.: search for "Metallica", select 5 CDs and click Add to "Add 'Em All").
Edit searches in Queue with new Edit Search Criteria screen (right-click menu). This replaces the confusing Update in Queue system.
New "Add Anyway" button to add an album anyway when no results are found, automatically using the Barcode or Artist, Title you already entered.
New multi-column Search Results panel, with separate Artist, Title, #Tracks and Cover Yes/No columns.
Search by barcode or TOC: after searching, the top (and best) search result is now automatically selected, checked and shown in the Preview Panel, so you only have to hit Add Checked to add the album to your database.
Queue Mode: You can now double-click a queue entry to "Search Selected"
Search Queue can now be sorted by clicking the column headers
Improved Collectorz.com source:
Now searches Amazon automatically, server-side, adding matching Amazon entries to the search results, ordering the full list by relevancy and quality.
Search by CDID: Collectorz.com result will automatically be "enriched" with cover image and data from matching Amazon result. Amazon results will automatically be completed with track lengths from Collectorz.com entry.
Search by Barcode: results from Collectorz.com and Amazon will automatically be merged into one result with full data, track lengths and cover image.
Search by Author/Title: Improved results because of better "fuzzy matching" and by ordering results based on how close they match your search criteria.
New "Vee Nine" Template for Details View and Export to HTML
Improved layout
Larger cover images
Full width track listing
New Play buttons per track
New big Play button to play the entire album
New look for rating stars
3 cool looking styles (Blue, Black, Orange)
New "Vee Nine Compact" Template for Preview Panel in Add Automatically screen
Fixed:
Personal Ratings are now consistent with other Collectorz.com software (1-10)
Export to Clz Music for iPhone / iPod Touch: Update didn't work in some cases and could result in an incorrect collection on the device

Changes for v8.6.1 - v8.7.1

Export to Clz Music for iPhone / iPod Touch:
Support for Clz Music 1.1
New "Update" option, for exporting updates only (as opposed to exporting the entire database every time)
New "Intended Changes" screen for viewing and selecting updates.
Extra exported data:
- Catalog Number
- Notes
Fixed: in some cases updates of cover images didn't get exported.
Fixed:
Printing: loaner email and address values weren't printed

Changes for v8.5.1 - v8.6.1

Export to iPhone / iPod Touch
Browse your music collection on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new Clz Music app
Available in Apple AppStore for $9.99 (search the AppStore for "clz music")
Use File | Export to iPhone / iPod Touch to transfer your data to the Clz Music app (Requires Wi-Fi connection on your iPhone or iPod Touch, connecting to the same local network (LAN) that your Windows computer is in.)
Fixed:
Various problems when using the CueCat in "Search Now" mode
Templates: Personal templates weren't restored correctly causing the application to show no template at all
Print Screen: track composition wasn't printed
Add Albums Automatically: it is now possible to add duplicate multi-disc albums using the already existing "Add as Multi-Disc Album" functionality
Languages:
Added updated German language support, thanks Klaus Elsbernd!

Changes for v8.4.2 - v8.5.1

Screen Fonts:
Music Collector screens look much better, because they now use the Windows system font (Segui on Vista, Tahoma on XP)
Don't like it? Then use Tools/ Options / Screen Font to choose your own font for all screens.
Want larger fonts for your lists? Just use Ctrl-PLUS and Ctrl-MINUS to increase/decrease the main screen font size (or View / Font Size).
Fixed:
Opticon scanner was not detected correctly on some systems
Templates:
Music Collector 8 Details template wasn't showing background when composition was filled in
Music Collector 8 Details Grey template: search term hilite was black on black
Edit Album:
Duplicate entries in lookup list weren't handled properly
Languages:
Added updated German language support, thanks Klaus Elsbernd!

Changes for v8.4.1 - v8.4.2

Fixed:
Import from MP3 Collector caused an Access Violation

Changes for v8.3.1 - v8.4.1

Printing:
New Print screen with improved layout, making it more logical and easier to use, especially when printing simple lists
Improved support for barcode scanners
Added support for the Opticon OPN-2001 laser scanner
Improved support for the Microvision Flic laser scanner
Improved support for the CueCat scanner
Fixed:
Filter screen and presets were not available in read-only mode
Artist First Letter was not showing properly in exports and printed reports
Add Automatically: "Update Query From Result" could cause an Access Violation in some cases

Changes for v8.2.2 - v8.3.1

Standard vs Pro: these features are now PRO-only: (all owners of a v8 Standard license will get a FREE Pro Upgrade)
Filter screen
Saving Column, Sort Order and Folder field sets
Statistics screen
Changing Field Names
User Defined Fields
User Defined Credit Roles
Fixed:
Main Screen: Clearing the quick search would apply current filter instead of not filtering at all
Filter Screen: An Anywhere condition could cause an Access Violation in some cases

Changes for v8.1.3 - v8.2.2

New Screen Layout setting, offering six different layout configurations of tree, list and details panel. Horizontal Split, Vertical Split, Full Width Details, Full Height Tree, Full Height Details, Simple Layout (hides tree automatically)
Format can now also be set at the Disc level
Albums and Tracks Composer fields now automatically inherit Composition.Composer values
Storage Device information can now be added as a column in Album lists
Fixed:
Import from CDPLAYER.INI: index and defaults weren't assigned correctly to imported albums
Edit Album: Track couldn't be dragged in front of a header when the header was the first in the track list
Templates: Composers / Artists with URLs didn't always show a clickable link. Personal Rating was not using half-star indications

Changes for v8.1.2 - v8.1.3

Changes:
several Centurion support improvements
Fixed:
Edit Album:
- the several price entry boxes looked different from other entry boxes
- Tracks Tab: Tracks following a header were skipping a position
- Editing multiple tracks only allowed for track items instead of tracks and headers
Print screen:
- Printing caused a "Field id 85 has no XML tagname" error when the 'Album.Tags' field was one of the columns to be printed
- Print (preview) was looking messed up with MuC 8 template
CueCat support:
- EAN-13 barcodes weren't scanned properly
- some barcodes were generated with a wrong check digit
Add Automatically:
- Price data was still downloaded
Filter:
- Filtering on the instrument field gave empty results most of the time
- Filter settings weren't saved to User Files Folder setting location but to the MyDocuments folder although they were loaded from the specified location

Changes for v8.1.1 - v8.1.2

Changes:
several Centurion support improvements
Fixed:
Edit Album:
- the several price entry boxes looked different from other entry boxes
- Tracks Tab: Tracks following a header were skipping a position
- Editing multiple tracks only allowed for track items instead of tracks and headers
Print screen:
- Printing caused a "Field id 85 has no XML tagname" error when the 'Album.Tags' field was one of the columns to be printed
- Print (preview) was looking messed up with MuC 8 template
CueCat support:
- EAN-13 barcodes weren't scanned properly
- some barcodes were generated with a wrong check digit
Add Automatically:
- Price data was still downloaded
Filter:
- Filtering on the instrument field gave empty results most of the time
- Filter settings weren't saved to User Files Folder setting location but to the MyDocuments folder although they were loaded from the specified location

Changes for v8.0.3 - v8.1.1

New:
Support for Centurion CD carousel devices
- Use Storage fields in Edit Disc screen to link your movies to Centurion CD volumes
- Music Collector handles Centurion CD disc inserts
Templates:
- New MuC8 Compact template, for previewing in Add Automatically screens, in Blue and Black styles
- New Full Covers templates in Blue and Black styles
- New "Gray" style for Music Collector 8 template
Improved CueCat support:
- Improved CueCat handling in main screen
- Improved CueCat handling in Add Automatically screens
- CueCat can now also be used in the Edit Album screen (automatically fills barcode field then)
In Collection Status:
- New value "On Order"
- Filter status is now shown in bottom of main screen
Edit Album screen, Tracks tab:
- now allows Edit Multiple Tracks when multiple tracks are selected
- now allows removing multiple tracks at once
Export HTML, Paged by Artist First Letter option now allows choosing the Sort Order of items within pages.
new Format icons for SACD and DVD Audio
Add Automatically: Downloading price data from Amazon is now optional (through Search Settings)
Submit to Collectorz.com: now remembers Last Submission Date for each album
Tools / Options: new setting "User Files Folder", for choosing the folder where column, sort and filter settings are saved (defaults to My Documents\Music Collector)
Fixed:
Add Automatically:
- Sort Title was always filled in, even when exactly the same as the Title
- Wizard Mode: after adding then editing the main screen did not correctly select the added item
Filter screen:
- Filtering on Album.Instrument field caused Access Violation
- Filtering on Price and Current Value fields did not work correctly ("value is invalid" errors)
- Filtering on Date fields did not work correctly
- Filtering on empty values on picklist fields did not work correctly.
- When saving a filter, leading or trailing spaces in values got lost
- Several user interface issues in the filter screen
Edit Album/Track screens:
- Credits lists didn't display scrollbar when column sizes exceeded list width
- Price fields now only accept valid price values
- Edit Track screen showed Index value in its title, instead of Position
- Edit Album screen, Tracks tab:
- Fixed: it was possible in some occasions to drag and drop a disc on a header or in between tracks
- Fixed: dragging multiple items sometimes reversed their order
- Fixed: Header items didn't display all columns
Main screen:
- Reassign Index values had no effect while in folder view
- Original Release Year could not be used as a Folder field
- Changing the sort order sometimes required two column header clicks
- Closing application from Windows taskbar while customizing toolbar caused an Access Violation
- MuC 8 details view template: when both composer and artist were specified the artist wasn't always showing in the musicians section
Export to iPod: when exporting including status indicator, the lists were not split correctly.
Export to Text: Minimum screen size was too small
Sort title generation of person names could result in leading space in first name field
Loans screen: filter text was cleared when pressing the filter button
Printing:
- Some pictures like rating stars were not showing in print out
- Owner and location fields were missing
MP3 database import: caused lock file issues in some cases

Changes for v8.0.2 - v8.0.3

Changed:
Edit Album: Tracks tab now has extra columns for Composer and Composition
Edit Album: Tracks tab now remembers column widths
Edit Track: improved layout of classical fields (composition box is wider now)
Fixed:
Export to HTML: index.html was not created when using "Use main screen setting" under Sort Order
Export to HTML: "Range Check Error" when using "Use main screen setting" under Sort Order
Names of album items in tree now include composer (when filled in)
Generate Sort Title didn't work when no article (the, a, etc..) was found
Tag field: Folders, Filter and #Used counters did not work correctly
Edit Album / Covers: Edit and Copy button did not get enabled after adding an image
Edit Album / People tab: Slow adding/editing of persons in the Credit List
Edit Album / Tracks tab: when adding tracks manually the Track Position value got "stuck" at 20
Three part person names (e.g. Barbara Taylor Bradford) got split into First/Last Names incorrectly
Export to iPOD resulted in "Abstract Error"
Automatic Sort Titles didn't work correctly for titles already in "Title, The" format
License name that has non-ASCII characters was not removed from lock file correctly causing lock file issues
Edit Studio screen was missing some sub-fields (e.g. URL)
Instrument field was missing from the Person List and Edit Person screens
Added:
Portuguese language support, thanks to José Alves Fernandes

Changes for v8.0.1 - v8.0.2

Access Violations when closing Edit Album screen
Access Violations when switching between saved Sort Orders
"Not a valid integer" errors when opening a database with invalid data in TOC field
Studios: Folders, Filter and #Used counters did not work correctly
Ampersand (&) characters in Field Names were visible in some places where they shouldn't be
Improved performance of editing items from picklists (Edit Album/Track)

Changes for v7.1.5 - v8.0.1

Searching your database:
Completely redesigned Filter screen
Build advanced filters using brackets, AND, OR, NOT, equal, not equal, greater than, less than, contains, regexp
Mix album and track fields in your filters (e.g. album.artist = madonna AND track.title contains "love")
Use the same filters in Album and Track View, switch back and forth to see the same filter results in both views
Save your filters and activate them directly using the Filter menu on the toolbar
Faster Quick Search
Sorting:
Save your sort order definitions and activate them directly using the Sort Order menu on the toolbar
Simpler Sort Field selection screen, just use checkboxes to select the fields you want.
Sort Titles are now automatically generated from the Title when using Add Automatically
new "Generate Sort Title" button in Edit Album/Track screens
use Tools / Options / Sort Titles to configure recognized articles (the, a, le, la, die, der, das, etc..)
Columns:
Save your column definitions and activate them directly using the Columns menu on the toolbar
Simpler Columns selection screen, just use checkboxes to select the fields you want.
Folder selection:
Save you custom folder field combination and activate them directly from the Folder menu above the tree
Simpler Folder field selection screen, just use checkboxes to select the fields you want.
new Folder field option: "First letter of Artist" (tip: works great in combination with Artist as the 2nd level folder)
Improved performance of Track View
Database changes:
Improvements for classical music:
Artist/Composer field separated into two fields Artist and Composer
new field: Composition with subfields Title, Composer, Key, Opus, Date
new field: Chorus
New field: Subtitle
New field: Original Release Date
New field: Tags
Studio field now allows multiple values
Producer, Engineer, Songwriter, UserCredit 1&2 and Musician fields now use a shared "People" pick list
Improved Edit Album / Tracks tab page:
Drag and drop multiple items in one go
Drag and drop Header items
Easier drag and drop to last position
Track title, artist, length and original position are now shown in separate columns
new "Restore Original Track Order" and "Auto Renumber Tracks" buttons
Edit Album / Edit Track screens:
Improved field layout
Musicians/Credits lists now remember their column widths:
Improved Links tab page:
Add links to websites by dragging & dropping from your browser
Add links to local files (images, movies, playlists) by dragging & dropping
Added images show up in the Details View in the main screen
Easier editing of links and their descriptions
The "..." buttons next to pick list fields have been removed and replaced by
a new [Add ...] command inside the drop down list (tip: use F2 to edit!)
New entry boxes for easier adding of values to check list fields (e.g. Genre, Extras)
Edit Track screen is now resizable
Fixed: "tabbing" to date fields needed an extra tab key press
Add Albums Automatically:
Improved Advanced Mode: tabs at the top have been combined,
making it easier to search by Artist/Title AND Barcode in one go
Improved Wizard Mode:
It now takes less steps to add an album
Screen is now resizable, for better previewing of results
new Check Connection button
The purchase price is now being retrieved from Amazon info sources
Improved network support
New lock file system automatically prevents concurrent editing
When one user is already using a database in Writable mode, subsequent users
will automatically open the database in Read-Only mode
in Read-Only all editing features are hidden and disabled, allowing viewing and searching only
Create Read-Only workstations by running a forced Read-Only installation
(start the installer with the /readonly command line parameter)
Details View Templates:
New CSS Styles system
Template menu now allows selecting various "styles" for each template (using a submenu)
Styles can be created using CSS style sheets
Added several new styles for Full Details Classic template
New Music Collector 8 template, in 3 different styles (blue, black and iTunes)
Improved Loan Management
Print loan lists
Use Flic scanner in Loan Management screen to Loan or Return CDs
Use the Quick Search box to search your Loan History by Title, bar code or Loaner name
New Email and Address fields in the Loaner item
New date selectors in Loan Info screen
Export to HTML:
New Music Collector 8 Blue and Black detail page templates
Improved look of List and Thumbnails index pages
Improved look of Next/Previous navigation at the top of exported pages
New "Paged by First Letter of Artist" option
Improved look of In Collection Status images in tree and list
Completely revised and updated Help file (english version only for now)
Changed:
Added Indonesian language, thanks to Yohanes Kurniawan
Fixed:
Image preview during online search failed if the Windows user account name contained two consecutive spaces
Edit Lists screen now shows user defined field names (only for lists that are not shared by multiple fields)

Changes for v7.1.4 - v7.1.5

Error message 'Class TEdit not found' when clicking the Settings button in the Add Album Automatically screen

Changes for v7.1.3 - v7.1.4

Initial order and selection of infosources is now dynamic, based on country defined in Windows Regional Settings
Amazon UK can now be searched by barcode
Edit Album screen now supports the Collectorz.com barcode scanner to fill the UPC/Barcode field
German language updated to version 7. Special thanks to Klaus Elsbernd.
Import from text: UPC and TOC fields have been swapped to make import without TOC easier
Online update from Album screen did not add new genres or other lookup items

Changes for v7.1.2 - v7.1.3

More changes to file locations:
"System" and "User" Templates can now be placed in two separate locations:
System Templates are back to their old location in: \Program Files\Collectorz.com\Music Collector\Templates\
User Templates can now be (optionally) placed in a user configurable location (Tools / Options), which defaults to \My Documents\Music Collector\Templates\
Location of capphrases.txt is now configurable (Tools / Options / Capitalization) and defaults to \My Documents\Music Collector\capphrases.txt
Fixed:
Lyrics folder was always created at default location in My Documents
In some cases the main screen layout was reset after minimizing and maximizing the program

Changes for v7.1.1 - v7.1.2

Changed:
Restricted Users can run Music Collector if installed by Administrator
Default folders are not being created anymore if they are not being used
Changed location of Templates folder to
\Documents And Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\Music Collector\Templates\
(or \My Documents\Music Collector\Templates\ on Windows 98)
More descriptive error messages for Collectorz.com infosource
Fixed:
HTML Export: links to placeholder icons were not correct

Changes for v7.0.3 - v7.1.1

Added:
Import from Text feature moved from Add Automatically screen to File / Import From / Text, so that items are imported directly into the database, instead of to the Search Queue.
Edit Lists: new "Merge Selected To" command in right mouse button menu, to allow selection of the merge "destination item"
new "Cover Image Dropping" setting in Tools/Options/Images to for disabling the "Copy or Link?" prompt
Spanish language support
Windows Vista compatibility/compliance:
changed default location of user data (database, backup, images and thumbnails) to:
\My Documents\Music Collector\
changed location of Templates folder to
\Documents And Settings\All Users\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Music Collector\Templates\
changed location of Script and other "temp" files to:
\Documents And Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Music Collector\
Fixed: program hangs when closing on some Vista systems
Fixed:
Drag and drop of images from FireFox didn't work
Details View did not update correctly after replacing a cover image (e.g. by dragging&dropping)
Minor corrections to German language and update to version 7.0
Minor corrections to Polish language
Performance problem when loading folder lists in Images View