Version history for Collectorz.com Movie Collector

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Changes from v5.6.1 to v5.6.2

• Vista 64: Using the Images tab caused 'List Index out of bounds' error and Access Violations
• Vista 64: Details View templates did not show CSS background images
• For some movie file types, the play links in the Details View didn't work
• Corrupted user settings XML files could cause Range Check Error and Access Violations
• SendIt.com script stopped working due to their website changes
• My Movies import problems related to the encoding of special characters
• Movie Collector: various problems when there were duplicate Index values in the database.

Changes from v5.5.3 to v5.6.1

• Movie Collector MCE improvements:
• Vista only:
• Choose between two themes: Black and Vista Blue (use Tools / Options / MCE in Movie Collector)
• Movie Details page: Select cover to make it flip around and show the Back Cover
• Improved mouse support
• XP:
• Now also includes movie links to play movies directly
• Standard vs Pro: these features are now PRO-only: (all owners of a v5 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 v5.5.2 to v5.5.3

• Movie Collector MCE:
• When multiple movie files are linked to a movie, the Play button in MCE now lets you select a file
• Several performance improvements, especially noticable on large collections
• Fixed: data loading issues on Vista 64
• Fixed:
• Main Screen:
• Sizes of classic sceen layout weren't always restored correctly after start up
• Tree behaviour could be mixed up in some layouts after start up
• The button on the splitter between Details and List made the splitter go up instead of down
• Edit Movie: Capitalization and Sort options causes Access Violation
• DVD Profiler import: actor names and other credit names weren't always imported correctly
• My Movies import: File locations weren't always imported correctly

Changes from v5.4.4 to v5.5.2

• New Movie Collector MCE viewer for Media Center (created by Brian Baskerville of mcezone.com) (Note: some features are only available under Vista)
• cool new look and feel in several different views (Large Covers, Thumbnails and Titles)
• search by Title, Genre or Rating right from the MCE viewer
• use the on screen keyboard to find movies starting with a specific letter order your movie list by Title, Year or a Custom order (defined in Movie Collector in Tools / Options / Media Center)
• Define a Filter for MCE data in Tools / Options / Media Center
• No exporting to MCE necessary, the MCE viewer always uses an up-to-date data set
• 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
• Classic Layout (the pre v5.5 layout)
• Improvements to the multi-disc and TV series / episodes support
• Movie items are now shown in the tree panel, so that they can be expanded to show their details
• Expand a movie item to see its Disc items.
• For TV series, expand a Disc items to see the episodes on that disc
• Select a Disc item in the tree panel to view its episodes in the List panel, including their Sequence Number, Title, First-Air Date, Plot, etc...
• New icons and Detail View logos for Betamax and CED formats
• Import data from My Movies
• Islandic language support, thanks to Gunnar Magnusson
• Fixed:
• Edit Multiple: price fields could not be cleared using F8

Changes from v5.4.3 to v5.4.4

• Changes:
• several Centurion support improvements
• Fixed:
• Filter settings weren't saved

Changes from v5.4.2 to v5.4.3

• Edit Movie:
• the several price entry boxes still looked different from other entry boxes
• Submitting Movies:
• Submissions didn't arrive at collectorz anymore
• Main Screen:
• prices were shown even when 0 or empty
• CueCat support:
• EAN-13 barcodes weren't scanned properly
• some barcodes were generated with a wrong check digit

Changes from v5.4.1 to v5.4.2

• Fixed:
• Add advanced screen:
• right clicking an item in the search queue showed some options in the screen greyed out when they shouldn't be
• when selecting a searched movie from the queue it did not show the corresponding result
• Main screen:
• with some templates the details screen didn't always show the personal details box in the upper right corner
• Ziotek storage device: ejecting a disc would always eject the disc in slot 1
• Edit Movie:
• the several price entry boxes looked different from other entry boxes
• clicking the update button could bring up a 'Hotkey is already registered' message'

Changes from v5.3.2 to v5.4.1

• Changes:
• Support for Centurion CD carousel devices
• - Use Storage fields in Edit Movie screen to link your movies to Centurion CD volumes
• - Movie Collector handles Centurion CD disc inserts
• Improved TV Series / Episode support:
• - new Episode / Air Date field
• - new Episode / Running Time field
• Templates:
• - New MvC5 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 Movie Collector 5 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 Movie screen (automatically fills barcode field then)
• In Collection Status:
• - New value "On Order"
• - Filter status is now shown in bottom of main screen
• Export HTML, Paged by Title First Letter option now allows choosing the Sort Order of items within pages.
• Add Automatically: Downloading price data is now optional (through Search Settings)
• Submit to Collectorz.com: now remembers Last Submission Date for each movie
• Tools / Options: new setting "User Files Folder", for choosing the folder where column, sort and filter settings are saved (defaults to My Documents\Movie Collector)
• Fixed:
• Filter screen:
• - 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
• Export to iPod: when exporting including status indicator, the lists were not split correctly.
• DVD Profiler import: Purchase price was not correctly imported
• Sort title generation of person names could result in leading space in first name field
• 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
• - DVDFr script stopped working due to their website changes
• - Gay DVD Empire scripts stopped working due to their website changes
• Main screen:
• - Reassign index fields had no effect while in folder view
• - Changing the sort order sometimes required two column header clicks
• - Closing application from Windows taskbar while customizing toolbar caused an Access Violation
• - When selecting multiple items 'Edit Movie' was still enabled in right click menu
• Loans screen: filter text was cleared when pressing the filter button
• Edit Movie screen:
• - Price fields now only accept valid price values
• - Crew lists didn't display scrollbar when column sizes exceeded list width
• Printing:
• - Some pictures like rating stars were not showing in print out
• Templates: Classic Details View templates were always showing Storage header even if none were specified.
• Windows Media Center: when exporting to a folder the index.html was missing in some cases
• Edit Lists : fields of Box Sets were not counted in "used" count

Changes from v5.3.1 to v5.3.2

• Added:
• AutoCap feature for Episode Titles (in Add/Edit Episode screen)
• 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
• Import Other Database: Storage device values were not imported
• 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 "Read-Only" situations

Changes from v5.2.5 to v5.3.1

• Searching your database:
• Completely redesigned Filter screen
• Build advanced filters using brackets, AND, OR, NOT, equal, not equal, greater than, less than, contains, wildcards
• 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.
• 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.
• Automatic Sort Titles
• new "Generate Sort Title" button in Edit Movie screen
• Sort Titles are now automatically generated from the Title when using Add Automatically
• use Tools / Options / Sort Titles to configure recognized articles (the, a, le, la, die, der, das, etc..)
• Automatic Capitalization of Titles
• new AutoCap button next to Title in Edit Movie screen
• Titles are now automatically capitalized when using Add Automatically
• use Tools / Options / Capitalization to configure auto-cap settings and exceptions
• Fixed:
• Edit Lists: Auto-Resort checkbox was shown at the wrong position when using a small screen
• Three part person names (e.g. Barbara Taylor Bradford) got split into First/Last Names incorrectly
• Edit Movie / Covers: Edit and Copy button did not get enabled after adding an image
• Adult DVD Empire search

Changes from v5.2.4 to v5.2.5

• Missing Full Details Classic Print Template added
• Size of covers in Classic View Template fixed
• Rating stars were white instead of yellow in Classis View Template
• Access Violation when using Edit at the end of the Add Wizard

Changes from v5.2.3 to v5.2.4

• New CSS Styles system now also available for Export and Print templates
• New Movie Collector 5 template can now also be used for printing
• All Full Details Classic styles can now be used for Exporting to HTML
• Add Automatically:
• DVD Empire: search results now include HD-DVD and BluRay releases
• Gay DVD Empire" results are now sorted by (search) rank
• All Amazon sources: the cover price is now retrieved and put into the purchase price field.
• Norwegian language support, thanks to Erlend Øfstaas
• Rare Access Violations after adding a new movie using the Add Wizard
• Adding an episode to a disc reversed the modifications to the current disc
• Manage List Screen: the auto resort checkbox sometimes appeared in the wrong location
• Lock File system: concurrent use check now includes Windows user name
• Updated French language file to verison 5.2.3, thanks to Cyrille Maurice

Changes from v5.2.2 to v5.2.3

• Change:
• Add Automatically: screens now remember last used search box
• Add Automatically Advanced Mode: Bar code is now automatically cleared after Add to Queue
• Read-Only mode: new Tools / Maintenance / Reset Lock File command for resolving lock-file issues
• Fixed:
• Dropping Box Set covers in the Edit Box Set screen did not work correctly.
• Loan Management features were available in Standard edition
• Incorrect "Read-Only" mode messages after problematic program shutdowns

Changes from v5.2.1 to v5.2.2

• Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window error in edit movie screen

Changes from v5.1.2 to v5.2.1

• 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)
• Improved Loan Management
• Print loan lists
• Use Flic scanner in Loan Management screen to Loan or Return movies
• 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
• Edit Movie screen
• New Tags fields on Personal tab page
• New entry boxes for easier adding of values to check list fields (e.g. Genre, Extras)
• Full Help File in German (thanks Klaus!)
• Updated Croation language file to version 5, thanks to Cedomir
• Updated German language file to version 5, thanks to Klaus
• Updated Greek language file to version 5, thanks to NASKO
• Upgraded to Delphi 2007
• Fixed:
• Edit Movie: Several problems when using the Update and Submit buttons
• Edit Movie: List Index out of bounds error when choosing Cancel, then No on the Yes/No question panel
• Add Automatically: Movie credits did not show up in Preview panel
• Disc (Extra) features were not being retrieved properly from info sources
• Quick search was not searching in discs and episodes
• Add Automatically Wizard: Access Violation when using Previous button while searching
• Buttons on covers-tab were not enabled properly when adding a cover
• In some cases Format icon did not follow Format changes directly

Changes from v5.1.1 to v5.1.2

• Added:
• Edit Movie screen: horizontal splitter in Episodes / Features tab page
• Fixed:
• Database conversion: several problems converting existing Storage Slot data
• "Invalid pointer operation" when closing the Add Movie Manually screen using the "X"
• "Opening in Read-Only Mode" errors
• Episodes in Details View: Disc headers are now only shown when there are episodes on multiple discs
• Box Sets: when scanning images the front and back covers got saved under the same filename
• several localization issues

Changes from v5.0.2 to v5.1.1

• Added / Changed:
• Multi-Disc support:
• Use the new Episodes & Features tab page to create Disc items for each disc in a multi-disc DVD set
• Enter Episode lists per disc
• Enter Standard Features and Extra Features per disc
• Improved carousel support: now enter Storage Device and Slot per disc
• Automatic Episode numbering
• Improved View, Export and Print template to show episodes, features and storage data per disc
• Enhanced Box Set support
• Box Set item now has extra fields for Front cover, Back Cover, Release Date, Barcode, Purchase Date, Price, Store, Condition, Current Value and Notes
• All Box Set fields are now shown in a special Box Set bar at the top of the Details View (in both Movie Collector 5 and Classic templates)
• new Box Set List button on toolbar for direct access to the Box Set List screen
• new Movie fields on Edition tab page: Distributor and Extras
• Edit Movie screen now supports the Collectorz.com barcode scanner to fill the Barcode field
• Windows Media Center: it is now possible to link to .VOB files or .IFO files (DVD rips) in the movie links section and play them from Windows Media Center
• Improved look of In Collection Status images in tree and list
• Fixed:
• Edit Movie: Incorrect "Are you sure?" message when cancelling without having made any changes
• Edit Movie: [Add/Edit] command disappeared from drop down list after using F2
• Export to HTML: Crew did not appear in version 5 export templates
• Details View: Templates with multiple stylesheets were not detected in user templates directory

Changes from v5.0.1 to v5.0.2

• Access Violation after closing the Edit Movie screen (happened only on some system configurations)
• "Abstract Error" when scanning a barcode directly from the main screen
• When using Next/Previous to add Links to multiple movies, the links were all added to the first movie only.
• Export to HTML:
• - descending sort order did not work
• - Custom list template appeared in Saved Template List
• - Include Thumbnail Column setting in saved templates did not work correctly
• Loans:
• - Returning a loan did not work
• - Main screen was not refreshed after using the Manage Loans screen
• When adding the "Episodes" field to a printed list, the column showed no values
• Storage / Eject command was missing from right click menu in Images View
• Windows Media Center export did not work when there was an ampersand (&) in the Windows username
• Movie Collector 5 template:
• - Original Title was missing
• - IMDb Rating was missing
• - for movie entries without cast or crew, the Personal Details overlapped the "floating" box on the right
• several localization issues (thanks Klaus!)

Changes from v4.11.1 to v5.0.1

• Support for Episodes of TV Series
• List episode titles and plots of TV Series on new "Episodes" tab page in Edit Movie screen
• Download episode titles from the Collectorz.com info source automatically
• Episode list shows up in Details View on main screen
• Support for Box Sets
• new Box Set field in Edit Movie screen
• show your movies grouped by Box Set in the main screen.
• Add links to movie files (DivX, Xvid, WMV, etc...)
• Use the improved Links tab page to add movie files by dragging and dropping
• Start your movie player by clicking the link in the Details panel in the main screen
• Windows Media Center support:
• Browse your Movie Collector database through Windows Media Center
• Start linked movie files directly
• Add Movies Automatically:
• Improved Advanced Mode: tabs at the top have been combined, making it easier to search by Title AND Barcode in one go
• Improved Wizard Mode:
• It now takes less steps to add a movie
• Screen is now resizable, for better previewing of results
• Filter Collectorz.com search results:
• show editions of a particular Region only (e.g. Region 1 only)
• show editions that have a Cover only
• or just hide all editions and list movie entries only
• Amazon UK can now be searched by barcode
• new Check Connection button
• Initial order and selection of info sources is now dynamic, based on country defined in Windows - Regional Settings
• 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 template
• New Movie Collector 5 template, in 3 different styles (blue, black and iTunes)
• New toolbar icons
• New design for add/edit/remove and loan buttons
• Many existing icons have been improved (smoother edges)
• Edit Movie screen enhancements:
• Improved layout of fields within tab pages
• Screen is now resizable (and remembers its size too)
• Column widths of Cast and Crew lists are now remembered
• Improved Links tab page:
• Add links to websites by dragging & dropping from your browser
• Add links to local files 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
• Fixed: "tabbing" to date fields needed an extra tab key press
• Storage Slot data can now also be set as : 1 or 3-8 or 3,5,6,7,9
• Export to HTML:
• New Movie Collector v5 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 Title" option
• Completely revised and updated Help file (english version only for now)
• Fixed:
• Minor corrections to Danish translation (Wizard mode)
• Image preview during online search failed if the Windows user account name contained two consecutive spaces
• Online update from Edit Movie screen did not add new genres or other lookup items
• Edit Lists screen now shows user defined field names (only for lists that are not shared by multiple fields)
• Import from DVD Profiler 3.0 did not work

Changes from v4.10.6 to v4.11.1

• 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
• Language support for Slovenian, Swedish, Greek, Russian and Danish
• Windows Vista compatibility/compliance:
• changed default location of user data (database, backup, images and thumbnails) to: \My Documents\Movie Collector\
• User Templates can now be (optionally) placed in a user configurable location (Tools / Options), which defaults to \My Documents\Movie Collector\Templates\
• "System" Templates (the ones included with the program) are still in /Movie Collector/Templates/
• changed location of Script and other "temp" files to: \Documents And Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Collectorz.com\Movie 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)
• DVD Profiler import did not read the genre field
• Performance problem when loading folder lists in Images View
• Minor corrections to Polish language

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