Version history Collectorz.com Music Collector

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Changes from 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 from 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 from 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 from 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 from 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 from 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 from 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 from 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 from v7.1.4 -> v7.1.5

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

Changes from 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 from 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 from 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 from 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

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