Version history for Data Crow
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Changes for v4.2.0 - v4.2.1
- [Fixed]
- - Normal users could not log into Data Crow when starting the Data Crow server client.
- - The installer did not run "As Administrator" in Windows, causing the Program Files
- folder to not be accessible to the installer. Made an investment in a new executable
- builder which does support running in elevated mode (automatically).
- - Imdb.com search was broken. This was mainly caused by the free API turning private.
- I have opted in for the amount of 10 USD a month to keep this service alive
- (http://www.omdbapi.com).
- [Changed]
- - Polish translation has been updated. The translation was done by Ariel Chylek, many
- thanks!
- - OFDB.de has been removed. It was in shambles and was not based on an actual API,
- something which is a bit of a "no no" in terms of both stability and reliability.
- - Removed TheGamesDB, their API is still down unfortunately. I have switched
- this service off for now, hoping to be able to enable it again when it's back.
Changes for v4.1 - v4.2.0
- [Fixed]
- - Navigation to external references is no longer allowed.
- - The server operated in local mode for displaying images. To avoid this, and to keep
- things simple, you now have to supply the IP address used on startup of the server
- (-ip:
). This allows you to specify whether to use the public IP address - (or not).
- - Newly created users were not able to log on. This was only the case if no changes
- were made to the permissions of the user. Newly created users can now always log on,
- regardless of changes made.
- - When -dir: parameter was given to Data Crow and the path contained a space, the
- installation folder is incorrectly determined.
- - Network client did not correctly check for empty required fields.
- The server would fail to save the item, but would fail to notify the client of this
- fact. On restart, the item (not saved) has disappeared from the view.
- - Web UI: same item details shown for different items when navigating between pages
- in the paginator.
- - Web UI: cannot log on with newly created non-administrator user.
- - Web UI: not returned to login page when directly navigating to index.xhtml. No
- data is loaded which is good, but an HTML error is displayed.
- - Imdb.com searches: missing images in search results.
- - Imdb.com searches: year parsing errors, for some records.
- - Moviemeter.nl: was broken completed, reactivated.
- - Amazon.com: access key has been changed for security reasons. After applying additional
- security to the Amazon.com account, the service for previous versions of Data Crow
- became unavailable. With this patch, the service has been restored.
- - Amazon search has not been throttled to 1 item every second to avoid flooding
- the service with request.
- - Tab order for the item form was not loaded correctly, causing the setting to be lost
- after restarting Data Crow.
- - The Quick Search did not work when including %, - or ' in the search string.
- - File URLs in the quick view will now work correctly.
- [Removed]
- - Metacritic.com online search. The search plugin was too error prone and can no
- longer be maintained. This service has been removed.
- - MobyGames online search has been disabled. Awaiting new implementation based on their
- API as currently provided.
- [Changed]
- - Web UI has been improved. The item overview has been changed to a card like
- overview and the item form has also been improved. Many other small improvements have
- been made for you to check out.
- - The online search has been set to only retrieve up to a maximum of 20 items
- at a time.
- - Increased the input size for the Drive Mappings field from 10 to 50.
- [New]
- - Polish translation has been added.
- [Known issues]
- - The GamesDB service is currently offline due to server issues. Service operation
- will be restored soon, after which this online service should be working again.
- (reference: https://www.facebook.com/thegamesdb).
- - Amazon service can still be flooded with requests when Data Crow is used by
- many users at the same time. This service should be re-implemented to use batching
- of item lookups. Awaiting to see if the throttling actually helps first.
Changes for v4.0.15 - v4.0.16
- [New]
- - TheGamesDB.net online service has been implemented.
- - Credentials for the server can now be supplied through the datacrow.credentials file.
- The Server Manual has been updated to explain this further.
- [Fixed]
- - Fixed MobyGames.com; Picture import was not working.
- - MovieMeter.nl was not updated to use the new API. Re-implemented this service.
- - New Item Wizard was closed after notifying an empty field was left empty (loss of data)
- - Update All Problems; error when renumbering.
- - Update All Problems; check box field value was always applied. Will now only be applied
- if checked / value has been set.
- - Update All Problems; with auto numbering enabled, the same value was applied to all.
- Auto numbering fields have been removed from the update all dialog.
- - The -userdir: parameter was not checked on it's format; \ or / is now appended
- if missing.
- - Right-click menu for child records (such as Sort, Launch File and Update All)
- was incorrectly executing the commands against the main record.
- - Maintain tabs; on removal of a tab the tabs was still being diplayed in the list.
- - Checkboxes, with their initial value, always caused the item to be marked as changed.
- - Stop button was not enabled when the Mass Update task was started.
- [Changed]
- - Updated the Brazilian translation; thanks ever so much Gustavo Rezende!
- - Corrected the Portuguese translation; thanks ever so much Pedro!
- - The custom label field in the General Field Settings is now represented as an
- editable text field to avoid confusion.
- - The Multiplayer? field of the game module has been replaced by two checkbox field
- "Multiplayer Game" and "Cooperative Multiplayer". This removes the Yes/No field.
- For existing installations the field is disabled (not removed).
Changes for v4.0.14 - v4.0.15
- Changed
- º Boosted traffic between client<>server. Implemented JSON-IO to limit data send.
- º Data Crow Server can now initialize the data folder.
- º Server communication has been encrypted (simple encryption, nothing fancy).
- º Server communication is now compressed.
- Fixed
- º Older installation can have duplicated module files starting with .#. These will now be ignored when starting Data Crow.
- º Find & Replace had an error when trying to apply the replacements.
Changes for v4.0.13 - v4.0.14
- Improvements for client-server installations.
Changes for v4.0.12 - v4.0.13
- Fixes the issue where the images are not saved after using the online update.
Changes for v4.0.11 - v4.0.12
- This release contains two fixes and the Portuguese help files
Changes for v4.0.10 - v4.0.11
- [Fixed]
- - Security fix; regardless of the field security settings fields were still shown to
- users.
- - Fixed an issue with non US-ASCII filenames; backup process failed.
- - Issue with custom reference fields linked to the music album module. These always
- showed up as a "Record Label" module.
- - Item importer; child items on update of existing items failed. Trying to update an
- existing music album would not update the music tracks.
- - Parent key cannot be NULL exception when trying to save a music album after updating
- it with an online service.
- [Changed]
- - Discogs.com has been removed due to the restrictive authentication flow.
Changes for v4.0.9 - v4.0.10
- - Fixed an upgrade issues for the Audio CD and Music Album merge. The error occurred in case online services were never used and the columns SERVICE and SERVICEURL were therefore missing.
- - Fixed an upgrade issue for the Audio CD and and Music Album merge. The error occurred in case the new tables already exists due to a faulty earlier upgrade or because the user installed version 4.0 on top of version 3.12.5. Now, Data Crow will delete empty tables required for the new Music Album module. If they contain records, the upgrade will fail.
- - The module wizard did not handle special characters correctly.
- - Tabs containing special characters were not stored and retrieved correctly.
Changes for v4.0.8 - v4.0.9
- [Fixed]
- - Problem resolved for report creation; report not created. Was reported fixed in version 4.0.8 but was still failing for some. The functionality has been tested and has been confirmed to solve the issue.
- - After a module has been created and a field has been marked as descriptive the view still shows empty labels.
- [Changed]
- - The upgrade will now silently copy missing reports and translations to the user folder. Existing files will no longer be overwritten.
- - Added additional report types; Word Document (DOCX), Excel Document (XLSX), Excel Document 97-2003 (XLS).
- - Added titles to the various message and question boxes.
- - Added nicer descriptions for the report types.
- - Added various tool tips for the define field dialog (create module wizard).
Changes for v4.0.7 - v4.0.8
- Maintenance release. Note that a new version of the Create Report manual has been released as well, fully updated with the changes of Data Crow 4.0.7.
- [Fixed]
- - GUID (internal ID) shown for Contact Person in the loan history of the Loan Information panel.
- - Problem resolved for report creation. This was an old issue which was hard to simulate. An additional check has been added to check whether the file is accessible.
- - Not all fields can be added to the Item Report.
- - _Persist fields could be selected for the Quick View.
- - Server didn't have the library jacksum added to the class path which caused failures for file hashing.
- [Changed]
- - The item exported now ignores system fields. Additionally the importer now only tries to match an item on import by ID in case the match and merge option has been checked.
- - The Create Report manual has been updated.
Changes for v4.0.6 - v4.0.7
- [New]
- - The old reporting engine has been removed. This version now features full support for Jasper Reports (http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jaspersoft-studio). The main benefits of this switch is that it is no longer required to created separate reports (XLST scripting files) for PDF and HTML reports. The reports of JasperReports can be saved as PDF, RTF and HTML. Additionally you can use the free Jaspersoft Studio Software to create reports, graphically. This brings a lot more power to the reporting capabilities of Data Crow. Data Crow generates the reports on the exported XML files.
- [Changed]
- - Apache Fop and Avalon Framework (discontinued) have been dropped from this release.
- - Icons for message and question boxes have been changed, making use of Java 7 features.
- [Fixed]
- - Error on startup when the images were supposed to be migrated to the new location.
- - NullPointerException when importing files which already are registered in the system.
- - Fixed an issue with saving child items.
- - Removed defective library which caused image import errors.
- - Item Importer bug has been fixed which could cause field values not to be imported
- correctly.
- - Still some numbering inconsistencies for music tracks.
Changes for v4.0.5 - v4.0.6
- [Fixed]
- - A NullPointerException for the item import has been fixed.
- - Potential NullPointerException in case a query fails.
- - Logging panel was registered too late in the startup process; missing messages.
- - A bug has been fixed where the module importer consumed too much memory. This occurred for larger module exports holding an x number of large images. As an added benefit it works now much faster.
- - Server startup error; modules could not be loaded.
- - Record label list is now sorted by name.
- - Fixed an issue where the quick filter bar is shown underneath the toolbar. The quick filter is now placed directly on the toolbar itself. The setting [toggle quick filter] has now been removed.
- - The Drive Manager functionality was broken.
- - Resource Editor save issues.
- - File Tree panel inconsistencies have been resolved.
- - New Item Wizard - pictures not saved for newly saved items.
- - Create Multiple Items lacked the option to save.
- [Changed]
- - The help (F1) has been updated to explain the Quick Search functionality.
- - The German translation has been updated; thanks to Ralf Geiss!
- - On startup after any upgrade you'll be asked whether you want to use the new translation files.
- - File tree panel now shows folder icon for folders which are present on the file system.
- - Splash screen was shown quite late in the startup process.
Changes for v4.0.4 - v4.0.5
- [Fixed]
- - Data Crow hangs in case there are unsaved changes in the table view on exiting.
- - In rare cases the grouping pane showed zero items while x number of items are present.
- - CSV and XML import issues have been fixed.
- - Module naming inconsistencies which caused the alter module wizard to fail for
- various modules, such as the book and container module.
- - Items with ID's created before 2006 were not shown anymore in the tree views when
- clicking on a node.
- - Behind the scenes, the view was loaded twice on the initial startup.
- - Retrieve Audio CD now adds the retrieved CD information to the overview.
- - Required field check failure; items were not check upon required fields.
- [Changed]
- - Record label module; name is now required and checked for uniqueness. Note that
- custom Record Label settings will be reset to accommodate for this minor change.
Changes for v4.0.3 - v4.0.4
- [Changed]
- - Improved Error Handling for recovery. When the database load fails due to inconsistencies Data Crow would in the past just show the user login page. Now, Data Crow will rename the database, show the correct error and close Data Crow. On a next start Data Crow is started with a clean new database. The user can now restore the last backup. The faulty database does still exists and can be send by email to analyze and fix if possible.
- - Improved the handling of user folders; You can now switch between user folders without copying the data over from the existing folder. The option to copy the data has been made an option from the user folder selection dialog.
- - Improved handling of old databases; it was always the idea for users to perform an restore of existing backup in the latest version. Most users however upgrade directly which is actually almost enforced by Data Crow. Data Crow will now warn the user in case the old database requires a different upgrade path, such as first upgrading to version 3.12.5. Data Crow will not allow the user to continue to avoid database corruption.
- - Quick filter is now a search all field; it will search for text and numbers in all applicable and search enabled fields at once. On the quick filter bar I have now also placed an icon to quickly open the advanced filter dialog. With this change the quick filter bar is simpler to use whereas the advanced filter dialog can be used to create filters of a high complexity (and remember, these can be saved for re-use). Note; it is not possible to use regex expressions in the quick filter (not supported by the underlying HSQL database).
- - Added Find & Replace to the Filter menu.
- - Upgraded HSQLDB (http://hsqldb.org/) to the latest version (2.3.2).
- - Added a "Create Support Package" menu item to the help menu. Creates a zip file
- containing all files needed for identifying and resolving problems.
Changes for v4.0.2 - v4.0.3
- A small but important bug fix was required. The bug causes a startup error, introduced by the 4.0.2 version released yesterday. I've fixed 2 additional upgrade issues which occurred for some users.
- [Fixed]
- - Error message; full control needed for the install directory. This message was intended for the server installation only. The client doesn't need this anymore with this version.
- - Upgrade error in case the old images folder contains sub-directories.
- - Fixed an error for the Audio CD and the Music Album merge.
Changes for v4.0.1 - v4.0.2
- [Fixed]
- - Performance issue for network clients has been fixed.
- - No message box in case of a warning when deleting or saving an item (only message
- in the log file).
- - New Item Wizard did not close after saving and view was not updated.
- - Right-click in view, create report, added all items instead of the selected items.
- - Error when creating report, invalid path for fonts, report was created though.
- An empty fonts folder will now be created by the installer.
- - CSV import was no longer available.
- - NullPointerException after entering wrong username / password.
- - A faulty library has been removed. The library caused issues with the tree panels
- such as incorrect item counts or even preventing loading the items at all.
- - Server could not run headless.
- - Create multiple for music tracks did not show the track number field.
- - Create multiple for music tracks; NullPointerException when adding tracks.
- - Custom modules were not loaded.
- - Patch applied for #625, thanks (StringUtils.normalize2; invalid characters)
- [Changed]
- - Server no longer requires the file importers, synchronizers and online services to
- be present (architectural change).
- - TrueZip upgraded to the latest version (from 7.7.1 to 7.7.6).
- - Image sizes have been increased as well as the quality of the thumbnails. Storage
- size will increase by approximately 20% due to this change.
- - The wwwroot folder will be removed from the user folder. You might be asked to remove
- it manually in case it was not fully successful.
- - Additional error handling for faulty modules.
- - Changed the font size and color for the help files for better reading.
- - Upgrade of the metadata-extractor library to the latest version.
- https://drewnoakes.com/code/exif/
Changes for v3.12.5 - v4.0.1
- [Fixed]
- Better error handling in case of duplication in the mapping tables for the upgrade.
- Performance bug in the quick view has been fixed.
- Query Panel did not show error messages
- Properties overview did not refresh after deleting an item.
- User mode was not applied, only after a restart.
- Errors due to existing module upgrade files. I have implemented fail safes to make sure these are skipped and Data Crow is started.
- [Changed]
- On upgrading the Audio CD's are merged into the Music Album module. I have now assigned storage medium 'Audio CD' to these merged Audio CD's.
Changes for v3.12.4 - v3.12.5
- [Fixed]
- Ratings again shown as boxes in the quick view. Fixed - for now and ever.
- File Importer issues fixed where items were not added to the view (but became visible after a restart). Rare occurrence.
- Module settings for Software table view caused columns to show multiple times. Default setting has been fixed.
- Deletion no longer allowed from Media module. Enabling this would cause deletion in general to go a lot slower.
- Category was no longer processed correctly for the Softpedia online search.
- [Changed]
- After an import the view will now always refresh instead of adding the items one by one immediately after they have been processed. This improves speed and just works a
- better.
- Removed setting "Add directly" from file import; Data Crow will now always add items directly.
Changes for v3.12.3 - v3.12.4
- [Fixed]
- Error in the "Copy Module Wizard".
- Ratings not displayed (depending on font settings) in the quick view panel.
- Mobygames.com service was not working correctly after update of their site.
- Cannot create new person-modules.
- Upgrade error fixed for older versions.
- Spelling errors (lend/lent)
- CSV item importer could result in errors.
- IMDB.com service down. Switched to http://www.omdbapi.com for now.
- [Changed]
- Rating star images have been changed.
- Added ISBN 10 and ISBN 13 fields to the quick filter.
- The Mobygames.com online search has been rewritten completely.
Changes for v3.12.2 - v3.12.3
- [Fixed]
- Alter module wizard: change field; maximum length always defaulted to 255.
- Potential issue for Template Name and Default field. These could conflict with the normal fields of the module.
- Exported field order is now the same each time.
- Item matching on import is now also done on the "key fields".
Changes for v3.12.1 - v3.12.2
- [Changed]
- - Updated German translation: big thanks to Ralf Geiß!
- - Template default and name have been moved to the "Template Properties" tab.
- [Fixed]
- - Changes not saved using the quick filter on resource editor.
- - Filter not saved when value is empty.
- - Template not applied to items retrieved by the online search.
- - Templates overview settings incorrect
Changes for v3.11.1 - v3.12
- [New]
- - The property items overview (found in the Administration menu) gained a new tool:
- delete unassigned items. This will remove all properties not assigned to any other item
- For example a category not used in software items will be removed.
- - Another new tool for the properties module is the merge functionality.
- Having many categories (for example) which actually have the same meaning? Merge them
- all into one property. All references to the properties will be corrected
- (without duplication, of course).
- - The Resource Editor now has find and replace functionality.
- [Changed]
- - The screen is now much cleaner and it makes the application look simpler.
- - The file associations setting now also allows parameters to be defined.
- - New items tab has been removed.
- - Online Search will now directly save the item instead of adding the item to the
- "new" tab.
- - Chart tab has been removed. You can open the new charts dialog from the tools menu
- as well as from the tool bar.
- - Create Multiple Items tool has been added (as a replacement for the new items tab).
- - Item importer will open the new items dialog to lists the imported items before saving
- them.
- - The module bar has been changed. Labels have been removed. Additionally the select
- module section has been improved. Selecting a sub module will highlight it on the
- main module panel.
- - Improved startup time by building forms on demand instead of on startup (where
- possible) - 4.9 seconds on an almost empty database in 3.12 against 6.0 seconds on
- the same database with version 3.11.1.
- - ISBNdb.com has been changed and the information is of limited use now to Data Crow.
- This service has been disabled.
- - Help has been updated to reflect all of the above (press F1 once in a while just for
- the sake of using it).
- - The Find and Replace utility now also allows you to change one reference with another.
- - Update all now refreshed the overview after updating the items (instead of updating
- one by one).
- [Fixed]
- - On startup Data Crow tried to modify files in the installation folder, causing problems
- for Windows platforms. Data Crow can now be launched without administrator permissions.
- - Applying settings such as the language change was only properly applied after a restart.
- - Sort order of persons has been fixed (always sorts on complete name now, takes care of
- rewritten names).
- - Screen parts resized ever so slightly and ever so annoyingly.
- - Could not really tell which module was selected.
- - Fix for launching files from the Quick View Panel.
- - Column order for tables not correctly applied.
Changes for v3.11 - v3.11.1
- [Fixed]
- - Logger not initialized error message on prompt / console.
- - File launcher fixes (for all platforms).
- - Indicated "run as administrator" for the data crow executable and the setup executables
- - Column names in the database are no longer allowed to start with a digit. The
- module wizards have been updated accordingly.
- - Still a Log4j not initialized message at the command prompt, argh.., fixed forever!
- - Imdb.com not working.
- [Changed]
- - Paths for files linked to items are now handled a bit differently;
- a) if the file is located in the Data Crow installation directory a relative filename
- is used.
- b) if you are using drive mappings across Windows / Linux the backslashes and slashes
- will be corrected as well.
- The original filename is stored unmodified(!)
- - the user folder selector now checks for:
- a) existing folder selected, containing files (continue y/n).
- b) moving from one location to another (move files y/n).
- c) root folder not allowed as a Data Crow user folder.
- - Readme.txt added for the installer (which setup executable to use..)
- - Readme.txt of Data Crow updated.
Changes for v3.10.2 - v3.11
- [New]
- - iCalendar export for the loan administration (Tools > iCalendar Loan Export)
- - New online search (TheMovieDB.org). This online search supports searching for movie
- information in multiple languages.
- - Tag words functionality has been added to all top modules. Easily add and remove
- tags to items. Tags are the same across all modules. Auto-completion while typing
- is supported to re-use existing tags.
- [Fixed]
- - Various potential resource leaks have been discovered and fixed.
- - Potential errors in video parser have been fixed.
- - Changed the backup process to ignore any "non-DataCrow" files.
- - Number of pages returned from Google Books was incorrect (103 was shown as 10).
- - Setup executable files now available for both the 32bit and the 64bit Java version.
- - Issue with the CD reader "Executable name has embedded quote, split the arguments java"
- has been fixed.
- [Changed]
- - Added parameter "port:" to specify the port to be used by the web server on start up.
- - In case the user folder is cleaned Data Crow will re-initialize the folder.
- - Added the option to change the user folder on startup. You can hide this question on
- next runs. The option is always available from the settings menu.
- - For new users only - font size increased from 11 to 12. Note that you can change the
- font and its size yourself from within Settings > Settings > Font.
- - Newly supported file types for the file importer are now configured automatically.
- - jAudioTagger library update from 2.0 to 2.2.
- - Filter error when filtering on the due date from / to in the loan administration.
- - Various small improvements to the loan administration panel such as a cancel button
- for the current search action.
- - Allow multiple items to be returned from the loan administration overview (right-click,
- select Loan Administration).
- - Lending containers will now also lend all its item. Same applies for returning an
- container.
Changes for v3.10.1 - v3.10.2
- [Fixed]
- - 64 bit JRE not detected by executable of Data Crow
- - Incorrect Font when saving settings (while not having changed the font settings)
- - Issue with web application where read only user only sees ID values for drop downs.
- - Issue with extracting ISBN information from PDF files (old libraries updated to current
- versions - thanks Gene!).
Changes for v3.10.0 - v3.10.1
- [Fixed]
- - Image not saved when updated through an online service.
- - Saving the field settings for property modules also changes the quick view settings of
- the currently active module
- - Table view shows the same column multiple times.
- - Mass Update does not save images.
Changes for v3.9.26 - v3.10.0
- [Fixed]
- - No ShortCut created by the installer for Windows 64bit version.
- - The log file is created initially in an incorrect location.
- - Create multiple not working for any non music track modules.
- - Issue where images are not always imported for items part of the imported main module.
- - Container sometimes can't be saved.
- - Loan shows incorrect period in case no due date has been set.
- - Loan text shows "item is due on null" in case the due date is empty.
- - Size of the help screen was not remembered.
- - Resizing the settings view caused the application to crash.
- - Date operators for the filter were not correct for dates.
- - Passwords always needed to be entered in upper case after changing it. Now it
- works correctly, case-sensitive, for NEW passwords.
- - The horizontal setting for the Quick Fields Setting did only work when working in the
- English language.
- - Picture not shown on the Data Crow item after starting Data Crow for the very first
- time on Linux systems.
- - "Is Filled" and "Is Empty" operators for filters on multi-reference fields were
- not correct.
- - Saving from the web client could go wrong. Fixed.
- [Changed]
- - I have made a lot of improvements to the help text (F1). I have added links in there,
- pointing to the detailed help text where necessary, have added a lot of additional
- information in general, screenshots, etc. This was 24+ hours of work, so you better
- read all of it!
- - Updated the German Translation. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/inventarverwalt/
- - Removed the filter operator 'Equal' and 'Not Equal To' for multi-reference fields;
- already covered with contains and does not contain.
- - The Item Importer now has a setting to disable the item merging.
- - I have added a Settings menu to the property item views. From here you can make changes
- to the item form layout and adjust the field settings. This was the only part of
- Data Crow where you could not make modifications.
- - Better initial settings for the item forms of the property modules.
- - Added a filter field to the property maintenance overviews.
- - Improvement made for multi-reference fields item selector
Changes for v3.9.25 - v3.9.26
- [Fixed]
- - Fixed an issue with the -userdir: parameter; relatives paths could not be used.
- The setting would always revert back to the installation dir which is not allowed to
- be used.
- - Module Exporter error for exporting items from related modules.
- - Module Exporter exports all items assigned to containers. This is faulty since the main
- items are already exported. Container items should not be treated as normal children.
- - XSD fix for the Item Export (it was not fully correct).
- - Java 7 denies creating backups in the root folder of any drive. I have added a
- message, preventing the root folder to be selected. Hopefully I find a real fix for this.
- The issue is with TrueZip. They have a newer version but that would force all users to
- start using Java 7, while I still want to support Java 6 as well.
- [Changed]
- - Added a restart message after the module has been imported successfully.
- - When the system is upgraded the system will now also check whether there are new
- reports and/or resource (language) files available in the installation folder. If so,
- Data Crow will ask if it is okay to copy the files over from the installation folder
- to the user folder.
- - Loan Administration would open very slowly in case you have many loans outstanding.
- Items are now loaded in a separate process and the progress is shown in the
- progress bar.
- - Same as above, but then also for the lend items tab of the contact person.
- - Settings are now stored per client. On startup a Unique ID for your system is generated
- and stored in the datacrow.properties file. The existing system settings are used as
- a template for these new settings files. This allows multiple client to work in the
- same Data Crow user folder while not being effected by the settings done by other users.
- The module settings are still shared though.
- - For Windows systems the default font has been changed to "Arial Unicode MS" for
- foreign character support. This only applies to new installations.
- - The Expert Form has been replaced by the Database Editor tool. This one now only has
- the SQL queries panel.
- - The log form has been expanded to include system information (moved from the expert
- form).
- - Removed some borders from the main screen.
- - Changed some of the default settings, for new users, mostly for colors and the
- default look and feel.
- - Small improvement to the file structure tree panel.
Changes for v3.9.21 - v3.9.22
- Quite an important bug fix release. I have added fixes for the upgrade and am really hoping to have solved all the issues now. It will check on startup if anything has gone wrong.. Let me know if you are still having issues (or also if you are not :). Other smaller fixes have been added as well.
Changes for v3.9.20 - v3.9.21
- [Fixed]
- - Minor fixes for the restore process.
- - Fix for the HSQL upgrade.
- - Ratings from IMDB.com were no longer retrieved.
- [Changed]
- - Various small optimizations.
- - Updated the German translation - thanks to Norman Weimar
- - Prevent users from selecting the installation folder as the user folder. The user
- folder is and was meant to separate the installation folder from the user folder.
- Mostly because the OS these days add additional security to the installation folders
- not allowing ordinary users to change files. You can still select a folder inside
- off the Data Crow installation folder.
Changes for v3.9.19 - v3.9.20
- This release contains a fix for the backup and restore process.
Changes for v3.9.18 - v3.9.19
- [Fixed]
- - Users can now safely upgrade from version 3.8.16 and early; without losing of pictures.
- - Small uses during upgrades in general such as an empty log form shown after 3 or more
- upgrade scripts.
- - Title rewriter and name rewriter work again. There was an issue after the upgrade
- of the database engine.
- [Changed]
- - It is not possible to specify the user directory relative to the Data Crow installation
- folder. Start the name with a dot (.) to make the path relative to the installation
- folder; ./data or .\data. This only works for the -userdir: parameter.
- - The File Importer now allows the online search to always pick the first result.
Changes for v3.9.17 - v3.9.18
- A fix for the backup and restore functionality.
Changes for v3.9.16 - v3.9.17
- Added an option to use multiple instances of Data Crow.
Changes for v3.9.15 - v3.9.16
- A fix for the failed upgrades as well as a new feature.
Changes for v3.9.7 - v3.9.8
- Contains various bug fixes
Changes for v3.9.6 - v3.9.7
- Contains various bug fixes