Version history for ComicRack
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Changes for v0.9.175 - v0.9.176
- NEW: Optional side panel in comic browser to show all group headers
- NEW: Option in preferences to force all stacks in a list to the same layout
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible failed installation of plugins during restart
- BUGFIX: Fixed setting invalid temp path in comicrack.ini
- BUGFIX: Fixed display of custom values in multi comic dialog
Changes for v0.9.173-174 - v0.9.175
- NEW: Quick Rating dialog with Twitter support like in the mobile versions
- NEW: Added sorting by Story Arc to device syncing
- NEW: Option to adjust the width for exported double pages
- NEW: Option to keep the original image file names in exported/converted comics
- NEW: You can now also drag&drop selected books into library folders and create a list there (and not only on the top level)
- NEW: Designer/Query button in Smartlist Editor to switch between the two editing modes
- NEW: Dropping a book onto a folder while pressing Alt will insert a Series based smartlist instead of a reading list
- NEW: Dropping a book onto a smartlist will add a Series based query entry to the smartlist
- NEW: Dropping a stack onto a folder while pressing Alt will insert a smartlist based on the stack criteria
- NEW: Dropping a stack onto a smartlist will add a stack based query entry to the smartlist
- NEW: Dropping a Search Browser entry into the library browser will now create/add a smartlist entry (Alt modifies to create a reading list)
- NEW: Quick Search for Library lists
- NEW: Added WifiSyncReceiveTimeout, WifiSyncSendTimeout, WifiSyncConnectionTimeout, WifiSyncConnectionRetries values to ComicRack.ini
- CHANGE: Removed the "Custom" prefix for custom field headers in detail mode
- CHANGE: Sorting folder now uses the same sorting as in lists (ignoring the, etc.)
- CHANGE: Activated copies will recheck state once a month
- CHANGE: Name parser now understands YYYY/MM constructs
- CHANGE: Current changes are now used as defaults for new sync settings
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible exceptions when detecting devices
- BUGFIX: Fixed parsing "four covers" in file name
- BUGFIX: Fixed reordering of devices in sync dialog
Changes for v0.9.172 - v0.9.173-174
- NEW: Quick Rating dialog with Twitter support like in the mobile versions
- NEW: Added sorting by Story Arc to device syncing
- NEW: Option to adjust the width for exported double pages
- NEW: Option to keep the original image file names in exported/converted comics
- NEW: You can now also drag&drop selected books into library folders and create a list there (and not only on the top level)
- NEW: Designer/Query button in Smartlist Editor to switch between the two editing modes
- NEW: Dropping a book onto a folder while pressing Alt will insert a Series based smartlist instead of a reading list
- NEW: Dropping a book onto a smartlist will add a Series based query entry to the smartlist
- NEW: Dropping a stack onto a folder while pressing Alt will insert a smartlist based on the stack criteria
- NEW: Dropping a stack onto a smartlist will add a stack based query entry to the smartlist
- NEW: Dropping a Search Browser entry into the library browser will now create/add a smartlist entry (Alt modifies to create a reading list)
- NEW: Quick Search for Library lists
- CHANGE: Removed the "Custom" prefix for custom field headers in detail mode
- CHANGE: Sorting folder now uses the same sorting as in lists (ignoring the, etc.)
- CHANGE: Activated copies will recheck state once a month
- CHANGE: Name parser now understands YYYY/MM constructs
- CHANGE: Current changes are now used as defaults for new sync settings
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible exceptions when detecting devices
- BUGFIX: Fixed parsing "four covers" in file name
- BUGFIX: Fixed reordering of devices in sync dialog
Changes for v0.9.171 - v0.9.172
- NEW: Setting the quality to 0 for WebP will switch to the lossless compressor
- BUGFIX: Fixed non working quality slider for WebP
- BUGFIX: Revert of original counter bugfix, as it broke all kinds of other counters
- BUGFIX: Implemented new counter bugfix
- BUGFIX: Recompiled Google's WebP libraries to remove msvctr100 dependency
- BUGFIX: Fixed conversion of WebP to Jpeg
- BUGFIX: Fixed initial setup for MS SQL server
- BUGFIX: Fixed sync of WebP Comics to devices not supporting WebP
Changes for v0.9.170 - v0.9.171
- NEW: Added WebP support for viewer/converter/sync
- NEW: If device supports it, webp is used for optimized sync (30% less space with better image quality)
- NEW: SyncWebP and SyncOptimizedWebP setting comicrack.ini to turn WebP for sycning on/off (default is on for optimized sync)
- NEW: Paired devices can now initiate a sync even if they're manually setup (needs CRA 1.77+, CRIOS 1.0.6+)
- NEW: Added new advanced setting to manually enter wireless ip address and test them (alternative to editing comicrack.ini)
- NEW: Speed up of comic export/conversion through parallelization (can be controlled with ParallelConversions in ComicRack.ini)
- BUGFIX: Fixed slow updates of the sql database
- BUGFIX: Fixed counter display in devices dialog
Changes for v0.9.169 - v0.9.170
- NEW: SyncResampling setting in ComicRack.ini
- NEW: Option in Preferences/Behavior/Application to set default value for checked field
- NEW: Network folders are now sorted (can be turned off in ComicRack.ini with SortNetworkFolders)
- NEW: Added autocomplete to custom values in Multi Comics Dialog
- BUGFIX: If data source connection failes on start up no changes are saved to the local db part
- BUGFIX: Reading comicrack.ini files from alternate configurations (-ac)
- BUGFIX: Fixed default cover image for fileless entries
- BUGFIX: Explicitly closing the sql database when shutting down
- BUGFIX: Fixed paste of custom values in Multi Comic Dialog
Changes for v0.9.168 - v0.9.169
- NEW: Implemented a way for mobile devices to detect if CRW is available (CRA 1.76+)
- NEW: Added Scan Information to Tile display
- CHANGE: Sync optimization now defauls to no sharpening
- CHANGE: Some layout optimizations
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible exception when opening empty comic list with the "Open..." command
Changes for v0.9.167 - v0.9.168
- CHANGE: Sync now keeps at least 128 MB free on devices (defined in ComicRack.ini)
- CHANGE: Changed grouping of custom values to use a name grouper
- CHANGE: Sorting custom values now correctly handles numbers
- BUGFIX: Fixed Wireless device detection on Windows XP
- BUGFIX: Fixed deselecting "Only show selected" in Device Editor
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible setting of page type to wrong page in reader with keyboard shortcuts
Changes for v0.9.165 - v0.9.167
- NEW: New hook to run scripts on shutdown (with option to cancel shutdown)
- NEW: Added Flick Left/Right for Windows 8
- CHANGE: Better Matcher Selector in Smartlist Editor
- CHANGE: Needs CRA 1.74+ for sync
- BUGFIX: Fixed thumbnail updates in the database (bug had all kinds of ugly side-effects)
Changes for v0.9.163 - v0.9.165
- NEW: Support for shared database (MSSQL and MySQL supported)
- NEW: Added support for custom book values with API support
- NEW: Added new compression engine SharpZip
- CHANGE: ComicRack.ini has new settings to choose the engine for each file type (CbzUses, CbrUses, Cb7Uses, CbtUses)
- BUGFIX: Added Frequent jumplist for Windows 7+
- BUGFIX: Fixed the Alternate Series setting for syncing
- BUGFIX: "Released" no longer displays the time
- BUGFIX: Added missing "Opening Database" message to the splash screen
- BUGFIX: Faster initial update of smartlist live counters (if caching disabled)
- BUGFIX: Fixed Smartlist User Scripts (like "All books starting with...")
- BUGFIX: Updated missing Wiki links
Changes for v0.9.162 - v0.9.163
- * CHANGE: Better 3D cover rendering for ultra wide covers
- * CHANGE: Relased does no longer display the time
- * CHANGE: Empty "is" clause for date matchers now works as expected
- * CHANGE: Faster response to sync requests if paired with multiple devices
- * CHANGE: Faster initial search for devices
- * CHANGE: Pairing dialog no longer shows already paired devices
- * BUGFIX: Fixed some thumbnail size issues in browser with ultrawide
- covers
- * BUGFIX: Fixed pasting of device sync settings
- * BUGFIX: Multipe running ComicRack instances in different user accounts can now wireless sync at same time
Changes for v0.9.161 - v0.9.162
- NEW: Added Week Smartlist matcher
- NEW: Added "Series: Last Released" property
- NEW: Progress dialog now shows detailed information during sync
- NEW: Option in Preferences to display all cover thumbnails in the browser with same size
- NEW: Reader Tabs can now be closed with a middle click
- CHANGE: Needs CRA versions 1.68+ for synchronization
- CHANGE: Better 3D books rendering if book has double cover
- CHANGE: Expression matcher no longer breaks early on error
- CHANGE: Remapped default open eComic shortcuts to correctly handle the shift modifier (open in new tab)
- CHANGE: Most date matchers now ignore the time part
- BUGFIX: Fixed some smartlist caching issues
- BUGFIX: Fixed some wrong entries in publisher icons
- BUGFIX: Fixed sorting problems on multi processor machines
- BUGFIX: Fixed list values in the search browser
- BUGFIX: Fixed handling empty values for numeric matchers
- BUGFIX: OK button is now disabled in the text based smartlist editor if there's an error in the definition
Changes for v0.9.160 - v0.9.161
- NEW: Added Released Date to Catalog fields
- NEW: Added UseNativeCbz setting in ComicRack.ini to toggle between native and 7Zip based CBZ support
- NEW: Option in Devices Dialog to only show the selected lists
- NEW: You can now copy sync setups between paired devices
- CHANGE: Added Time is now always editable (and not only for fileless entries)
- CHANGE: Added day to default caption format
- CHANGE: Format strings now support all fields (DefaultCaptionFormat etc.)
- CHANGE: Book Dialog overview no longer shows dates not set (opened etc.)
- CHANGE: During sync the Win7+ Task icon now shows the Device icon
- CHANGE: Switched Published Grouper to default Date Grouper
- CHANGE: Some visual tweaks
- CHANGE: Some code hardening
- BUGFIX: Group sorting for Published
- BUGFIX: Selecting Unspecified in Search Browser did not work as expected
- BUGFIX: Fixed Autonumber script error for numbers greater 100
- BUGFIX: Fixed Apply button in listlayout editor
Changes for v0.9.159 - v0.9.160
- NEW: Added Day field for published date
- NEW: Added Week of Year column to browser
- NEW: Collapsed/Expanded states of Groups are now remembered
- CHANGE: Changes in duplicate matcher to always handle month/year
- CHANGE: Updated Publisher Icons
- BUGFIX: Expanded Cover Detail View mode did only work in English/German
- BUGFIX: Fixed sort order for combined stacking/grouping
- BUGFIX: Changed "Is bigger" to "Is Greater" in query syntax
- BUGFIX: Missing numeric spinner for Month column in browser
- BUGFIX: Better handling of number spinners in the browser
- BUGFIX: Fixed inline editing of Format, Main Character, Scan Information, Series Group and Story Arc in detail view
- BUGFIX: Fixed Apply button in Book Dialog
- BUGFIX: Fixed Workspace storage
- BUGFIX: Some code hardening
Changes for v0.9.158 - v0.9.159
- * NEW: Apply button in Comic Book Dialog
- * NEW: You can now enter Smartlist query expressions in the Quicksearch text field
- * NEW: New Expanded Cover Detail View mode (turned on by moving Cover column left/right most in detail list)
- * NEW: Items can now be reordered in the Workspaces/List Layouts/List Columns with the Mouse (additionally to the up/down buttons)
- * NEW: Up to three Stacking/Grouping criteria can be combined by selecting the type in the menu while pressing Ctrl
- * CHANGE: Import reading list now supports selecting multiple files
- * CHANGE: Adjustments in "Fit columns"
- * CHANGE: Some visual and size tweaks to group headers
- * CHANGE: Fixed hires mouse wheel scrolling (if supported by mouse)
- * BUGFIX: Fixed escaping of '"', '[' and ']' in the smart list query language parsers
- * BUGFIX: Some missing translations
Changes for v0.9.157 - v0.9.158
- bug fix release
Changes for v0.9.156 - v0.9.157
- NEW: Books can now be removed from Smart Lists (reset is in smart list editor)
- NEW: Added new Publisher Icons
- NEW: Option to cancel wireless syncs from the device
- NEW: New command in Comic Dialog to order pages by different criteria
- NEW: Publisher Icons can now be extended with an applicable year range (see Publisher.zip DC Icon)
- NEW: New setting in export to rotate double pages by 90°
- NEW: Setting in Advanced Preferences to limit the system memory ComicRack is using
- NEW: Implemented a query language (like SQL) for Smartlists.
- NEW: Added Copy/Paste support for Smartllists and the new query language
- NEW: Added simple text based Smartlist editor (press ctrl while clicking "Edit")
- NEW: Reordering of devices in the Device Dialog with drag & drop
- CHANGE: New dialog for removing books
- CHANGE: For synching Android Client 1.67 and up is required
- CHANGE: Switched CBZ handling to the SevenZip engine (higher compatibility)
- CHANGE: Moved the Gauge settings from the Library view to the Library Settings in Preferences
- CHANGE: Better description for collapsed smartlist groups
- CHANGE: Rewrote selection/focus display of items
- CHANGE: First line in detail groups is always gray
- CHANGE: Better drawing of checkboxes in lists
- BUGFIX: Fixed USB syncing on Windows 8
- BUGFIX: Fixed sorting of Stacks by Rating/Community Rating/Read Percentage
- BUGFIX: Fixed Shift+Ctrl Mouse selection in lists
- BUGFIX: Fixed update problems in preview
- BUGFIX: Fixed updates of Opened Time/Last Page when Track Current Page option is turned off
- BUGFIX: Fixed sorting of special Number values (-1, .1, 1/2, 1A, etc.)
- BUGFIX: Collapsing groups in the smartlist editor no longer jumps to the top
- BUGFIX: Fixed limiting Smartlists. Till refresh always the same items are returned
- BUGFIX: Fixed handling of Windows 8 and high DPI settings
- BUGFIX: Fixed cache for Temporary list after restart
Changes for v0.9.155 - v0.9.156
- NEW: Sync overlay icon for lists
- NEW: "Sync with..." context menu command in library browser to quickly change syncing for a list
- NEW: Added "Add to List" command to the folder view for books already in the library
- NEW: Added "Track current Page" command in Reading Menu to turn on/off tracking of current pages when reading
- NEW: Groups in Smartlist Editor can be collapsed
- NEW: Create page thumbnails for portable devices (can be turned off in ComicRack.ini)
- CHANGE: New "PageCachingDelay" setting in ComicRack.ini to set the delay for page caching
- CHANGE: Custom List backgrounds now use the 3D cover view
- CHANGE: For wireless sync needs ComicRack for Android 1.64+
- BUGFIX: Smartlist editor no longer jumps back to the top when adding/removing rules
- BUGFIX: "Clear Internet cache" did not work
- BUGFIX: Fixed alternating line background in list details view
Changes for v0.9.154 - v0.9.155
- CHANGE: For syncing Android Client 1.63 and up is required
- BUGFIX: Fixed missing Main Character/Series Group/Story Arc in the Search Browser
- BUGFIX: Fixed missing autocomplete for Series Group/Story Arc in Multiple Comics Dialog
- BUGFIX: Fixed error syncing empty smart lists
- BUGFIX: Fixed crash when switching away from a script in the Smartlist Editor
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible crash in splash dialog
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible crash when opening the page context menu
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible crash in page animation
- BUGFIX: Fixed handling of memory caches > 2 GB
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible crash in disk cache
- BUGFIX: Hardened cleaning up of memory caches
- BUGFIX: Hardened wireless sync communication
- BUGFIX: Hardened Clipboard handling
Changes for v0.9.153 - v0.9.154
- NEW: Added new script hook to execute scripts during startup (see sample scripts)
- NEW: Added script commands ComicRack.Application.Restart()/ScanFolders()/SynchronizeDevices()
- NEW: Option to keep last read eComic from series on device during sync ("But keep last read")
- NEW: SyncKeepLastRead setting in ComicRack.ini
- NEW: When exporting Reading Lists from Smart Lists you now can select to export as single entries (and not smart list)
- NEW: Scripts can now set/get/delete custom values for books with book.SetCustomValue(key,value)/GetCustomValue(key)/DeleteCustomValue(key)
- CHANGE: Redesign of sync options (may not be compatible in all cases with old settings)
- CHANGE: Synching limited lists now interleaves by sort order
- CHANGE: Synched lists now default to "sort by series"
- CHANGE: Removed "Reverse" option for synching
- CHANGE: For synching Android Client 1.62 and up is required
- BUGFIX: Fixed missing translations in Script Preferences
- BUGFIX: Fixed localization when scroll groups where toggled to tab groups in dialogs
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible crash when scripts delayed startup process
- BUGFIX: Fixed adding own smartlists to quick open
- BUGFIX: Fixed saving of SeriesGroup & StoryArc in files
- BUGFIX: Fixed performance issues when smartlist caching is turned on
- BUGFIX: Fixed '&' display at various places
- BUGFIX: Fixed various spelling mistakes in the german language pack
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible exception when stepping through a list history with deleted lists
- BUGFIX: Fixed encoding for "Export comic list" script
- BUGFIX: Fixed missing icon for "Temporary Folder" in duplicate list command
- BUGFIX: Fixed enabling of list settings in device dialog
Changes for v0.9.152 - v0.9.153
- NEW: Duplicate list command now has a drop down list of the folders the duplicated list should be stored in
- CHANGE: Limit by Series now sorts first by number, then by series
- CHANGE: Limit by Alternate Series now sorts first by alternate number, then by alternate series
- CHANGE: Duplicate list command now tries to find a good name for the new list
- CHANGE: Comic Open Dialogs now generally remember the last filter selection
- BUGFIX: Fixed proposed name of backup file
- BUGFIX: Menu alphabetizer works with accents and umlauts
- BUGFIX: Setup now correctly detects .NET 4 client profile installation and installs the full version
Changes for v0.9.151 - v0.9.152
- NEW: Sync lists can now be limited by book count or size (size is only estimate when optimized or webcomic)
- CHANGE: Needs at least ComicRack for Android 1.55 or up
- BUGFIX: Fixed sending progress info during wireless sync
- BUGFIX: Fixed handling of missing files during wireless sync (locked transfer)
- BUGFIX: Fixed quicksearch support for the new meta data introduced in 0.9.151
- BUGFIX: Some layout adjustments in the comic book dialog
Changes for v0.9.150 - v0.9.151
- NEW: Added Story Arc, Series Group, Main Character and Review meta data
- NEW: Implemented data and check update from sync client
- CHANGE: Updated 7z to version 9.20
- CHANGE: Updated ZipSharp to 0.86
- CHANGE: Keep wireless sync client alive during long conversions (WebComics)
- BUGFIX: Fixed "+" and "!" modifier with webcomics (broke Freak Angels.cbw)
Changes for v0.9.148 - v0.9.150
- NEW: Commands in sync dialog to select/deselect all lists in a folder
- CHANGE: Added name of the book to sync conversion errors
- CHANGE: ComicRack now works without KB2533523 installed
- CHANGE: New SyncQueueLength setting in ComicRack.ini (defaults to 50)
- CHANGE: New SyncWifiTimeout setting in ComicRack.ini (defaults to 60)
- CHANGE: Better "Open Random" function (better randomization, each book only once in open sequence)
- CHANGE: Much faster wireless protocol (needs Android version 1.43+)
- BUGFIX: Fixed menu commands for toggling sidebar and small preview
- BUGFIX: Fixed various sync issues
- BUGFIX: Sync conversion now honors the temp folder setting in ComicRack.ini
- BUGFIX: Added missing help references for sync dialogs
- BUGFIX: Fixed possible lock when opening books
- BUGFIX: Fixed Search Browser selection still active when closing Search Browser
- BUGFIX: Fixed entries in Search Browser when selecting empty list
- BUGFIX: Fixed selection drawing in Search Browser
Changes for v0.9.147 - v0.9.148
- CHANGES: Better version control of the Android Client
- BUGFIX: Fixed loading of JPEG images in 32 bit mode with non standard EXIF-chunks
- BUGFIX: Fixed initial position of Tasks Window
