| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.8 | Fixed: Focus of the Song and writer lookup fields now stays on song title or writer last name field with all text selected after performing a lookup. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: Squashed another bug that was disabling the Display Selected Albums menu hotkey. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: Some dynamic lists were failing due to access conflicts with temporary tables used to generate the list. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: In some circumstances, the Remove Composer From Song button remains enabled when there are no composers associated with the song. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: If a composer is edited and the composer is showing in the Related Songs portion of the Songs window, the display will be updated. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: When selecting a song in the Related Songs list of the Songs window, you can now tab out of the list into the Song Title field. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: An obscure case where the edit of an album picks up the label field of a previous album lookup. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: Now sanitizing the File Under Artist field on the Discogs imports. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: The Issue Tags list on the Issues window was not showing the change of the checkbox when the actual checkbox was clicked. It would only show if the row was clicked. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: Deleting an album now also deletes any images associated with the album. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: Backspace delete now correctly resets the Add button for adding personnel to an track. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: Prevent hitting pressing the Get Album button more than once for a Discogs import. |
| 8.8 | Fixed: Escaping out of lookup fields on Import Album window no longer creates error. |
| 8.8 | Changed: Using the Clear Filter on the Albums window toolbar now clears the entries in the Filter window in addition reloading all albums in the album list. |
| 8.8 | Changed: The Albums window will now be set as frontmost after an album is imported from Discogs. |
| 8.8 | Changed: Adding a new popup menu type in the Preferences window will now insert the new type after the selected type in the list instead of adding it at the end of the list and having the user drag and drop to reorder. |
| 8.8 | Changed: The list boxes on the Import JSON window now require a selection. Deleting items will reset the selection to the nearest entry to the deleted entry. |
| 8.7 | Fixed: Instrument popup menu now recognizes Enter or Return key on Windows when selecting an instrument for the personnel entry by using the arrow keys to navigate the menu list. |
| 8.7 | Fixed: Activating the Track Info panel of the Albums window for an album with no tracks was causing an error that would require a force quit of the app. |
| 8.7 | Fixed: Track number for albums with no tracks now start at 1 when entering the first track. |
| 8.7 | Changed: Combined the menu items for importing BC to BC file and importing Discogs into one Import menu which will open a window allowing both selections. |
| 8.7 | Changed: Removed menu item for importing albums from iTunes. The Discogs import is much better and iTunes import only worked if the user knew how to script iTunes to produce an output file. |
| 8.7 | Changed: Change font size for album list on Albums window to use a smaller font. |
| 8.7 | Changed: Discogs import window will now support viewing and/or saving the imported JSON file. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Adding image to album when one or more already exist for the album now displays the recently added image after the add. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: The Display Selected Albums(s) feature now correctly displays the format. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Editing of personnel record now allows editing of only the artist notes field without flagging edit as trying to create a duplicate record. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Addressed problems where changes to database cause problems that interfere with static list generation. Problem is that a list will be generated, but while the list is displayed, a record contained in the list is deleted causing a error when the list is scrolled. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Beyond Category now ignores the drop is a folder (instead of a picture file) if dropped on the Albums window. Dropping a folder was causing an error. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Text Date field on the Tracks tab of the Albums window now auto selects the full text when tabbing into the field. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: The Cancel New and Cancel Edit button on the Playlist window now respond appropriately to the Escape key. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: The Title field on the Playlist window now allows editing. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Dragging tracks to the Playlist window is now prevented if the Playlist window is in edit mode. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: File items Print Selected Albums and Display Selected Items are properly disable if the Albums window is not active. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Description field in Playlist window now allows mouse down during editing. Previously, only the arrow keys and tabbing into the field would work to position the cursor in the field. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Songs window will now check to see if a song is used in an open Import Discogs window before allowing a delete function. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Instrument popup menu on Personnel tab on Albums and Songs/Personnel/Labels window now responds properly to keystrokes when it has focus on Windows. |
| 8.6 | Fixed: Clicking on empty row in any lookup field dropdown list would cause an exception. |
| 8.6 | Changed: Now distributing Windows version as 64 bit app. Contact Steve Albin if you require a 32 bit version. |
| 8.6 | Changed: Column alignment for track timings in track list on Albums window is set to right. |
| 8.6 | Changed: Modified date column in album list on Albums window has been removed. This allows more space for remaining columns and this info can still be obtained in the List All Albums list. |
| 8.6 | Changed: The Refresh button has been removed from the List All Songs and the Composers, ListTracksForArtist, and ListAlbumsForArtist list window. The overhead for this list makes it impractical to refresh. This feature may be restored in the future. |
| 8.6 | Changed: The menu List All Songs With Composers now has a more correct label - List All Songs And the Composers. Some users were expecting to only get songs that had composers. |
| 8.6 | Changed: Any invalid entry in role or skill field will set the instrument popup to blank. This is a change from only setting the popup to blank if the role or skill field was blank. |
| 8.5.5 | New: Album information can now be displayed dynamically in a separate window. The format is similar to the printed format and can be saved as a web page. The display will handle all selected albums in the Albums window. The display can be done with collective personnel or personnel by track. |
| 8.5.5 | Changed: Selecting multiple tracks in the Albums window will now display the collective personnel for the selected tracks in the track personnel list. Previously, only the personnel of the first selected track would show when multiple tracks were selected. |
| 8.5.4 | New: Help menu has been added with 3 options: View Documentation, Contact Developer, and Check For Update. Internet access is required for all three. |
| 8.5.4 | Fixed: Date format when selecting numeric in the American style now displays a 4 digit year. e.g. instead of 8/27/53, we get 8/27/1953. |
| 8.5.4 | Fixed: Previous fix to allow Windows version to tab into buttons on the Songs/Composer/Labels and Albums window broke tabbing on the Mac version. |
| 8.5.4 | Fixed: Tabbing into the Album Info tab while leaving the album notes in edit mode would prevent changing the selection in the albums list, but no warning was issued to notify user why that was happening. |
| 8.5.4 | Fixed: List Selected Instrument Usage generated from a ctrl-click off the Instruments window was sorting incorrectly when clicking on column headers. |
| 8.5.4 | Fixed: Disable Filter window when editing album notes to prevent switching albums before notes are saved or edit canceled. |
| 8.5.4 | Fixed: Give warning rather than exception when user double clicks on a list entry that no longer has correct pointers due to editing of the target record after the list has been created. |
| 8.5.4 | Fixed: Artist and Label lookup fields will no longer show nav arrows when creating a new album until a selection is made for the respective fields. |
| 8.5.4 | Fixed: Artist and Label lookup field dropdowns will be collapsed if Cancel New or Cancel Edit buttons are pressed on Albums window. |
| 8.5.4 | Changed: New version of Update Notification has been implemented. |
| 8.5.4 | Changed: Show "Are You Sure" warning when Personnel editing tries to create a possible duplicate record. |
| 8.5.4 | Changed: Set Cancel button on Preferences window to respond to Esc key. |
| 8.5.4 | Changed: Set personnel lists on Albums window to scroll to top after a delete in the track personnel list. |
| 8.5.4 | Changed: Double clicking on entry in List Instrument Usage will position on the clicked track for the album. |
| 8.5.4 | Changed: Double clicking on validated song entry in Discogs Import window will open that song record in the Songs window. |
| 8.5.3 | New: Double clicking on a track in the Albums window will display the song record in the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.5.3 | New: Display personnel counts in the header of the collective and track personnel lists in the Albums window.Set Cancel button to respond to Esc key on the Song/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.5.3 | New: Added use of the delete key to remove a composer from a song in the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Enabled use of the forward delete key in the Windows version for removing images from an album. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Shift-tab when cursor is on album list in Albums window now correctly goes to the Edit Album button in Windows app. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Update date played feature to have a specific button to remove a date played. Also, validate date before applying it. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: The Album Filter window now correctly respects selections made in the location filter when creating the album list. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Changing the album star rating was sometime reverting to a previous setting on edit of the album. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Disable star rating when appropriate. Also, resized footprint so ctrl-clicking can only occur when mouse is directly on a star. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Add Cmd-N and Cmd-SHIFT-E (Ctrl-N and Ctrl-SHIFT-E for Windows) to Instruments window for adding and editing records. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Select-All for Album Personnel list on the Import Discogs window is now active. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Labels for active lookup fields on Import Discogs window are now underlined to indicate such. |
| 8.5.3 | Fixed: Tabbing is no longer disabled after clicking on one of next/prev arrows in the label or personnel lookup fields on the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Set Cancel button to respond to Esc key on the Song/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Set New/Edit/Delete buttons to allow focus on Windows version of app. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Moved Add Composer button from the song group box to the composer group box on the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Double clicking an entry in the following lists automatically selects that track in the Albums window. • List Tracks for Song • List Tracks for Person • List Tracks for Composer • List Rated Tracks. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Except for the Albums window, lists of albums no longer include the checkbox column for flagging albums. The non-Albums window lists will have a checkmark to indicate if an album is flagged, but it is not updatable from those lists. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: The name of the List Albums for Song has been changed to List Tracks for Song to better reflect the idea that if an album contains multiple tracks of the same song title, there will be an entry for each one. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Activated use of Esc key for cancel edit when Albums window is in edit mode. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Update and Update Location windows are now modal. (Meaning they block all other actions until closed.) |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Reset tabbing in the Songs/Personnel/Labels window on the Windows version of BC to respect focus on New/Edit/Delete buttons. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Instead of beeping when an attempt is made to add a composer to a song that already has the composer assigned, the button for this action is disabled in that case. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Enable Save button to be default in the Types panel of the Preferences window. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Added column headings to export of list windows to .tsv file. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Refresh the composer list for displayed list in the Songs window if one of the composers has been edited. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Show composers with song in header of window for List Tracks for Song. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Printed album report for Personnel By Track now specifically indicates if a track has no entered personnel instead of leaving the line blank. |
| 8.5.3 | Changed: Added take and timing to the List Tracks for Song and List Tracks for Person lists. |
| 8.5.2 | Changed: Upgrade to latest version of database software. The conversion to this is not backward compatible with previous versions of BC. |
| 8.5.2 | Changed: Reset Albums window controls to accommodate new minimum size of window. Minimum size was changed to accommodate some Windows laptops with smaller monitors. |
| 8.5.2 | Fixed: Bug in Discogs importing that was not properly handling the absence of personnel in JSON file. |
| 8.5.1 | Fixed: After doing a multi select of items in the album list on the Albums window and reverting to a single select, the New Edit and Delete buttons never reactivate. |
| 8.5.1 | Fixed: Set Albums toolbar icons to disabled when window is in edit mode. |
| 8.5.1 | Fixed: Circa flag was not being dynamically updated when doing a multi track update. |
| 8.5.1 | Fixed: Sort of track and side on Tracks for Artist and Tracks for Composer lists now correctly sorts on the Windows version. |
| 8.5.1 | Fixed: Resized columns on the track list of the Albums window no longer revert to original sizing when the Prev or Next icons are used to go to a different album. |
| 8.5.1 | Fixed: The artist name validation in the Import Discogs window for names with apostrophes was setting escape characters twice causing validation to fail. |
| 8.5.1 | Fixed: Import of Discogs albums now removes any duplication qualifiers from the personnel names. e.g (01) |
| 8.5.1 | Fixed: Insure that selected item in album list on Albums window is visible after clicking on list header to sort list. |
| 8.5.1 | Changed: Upgraded the graphics for the Albums window toolbar to improve appearance. |
| 8.5.1 | Changed: Track list in Albums window now used standard ascending and descending order for all columns. |
| 8.5.1 | Changed: Sideman track personnel list in Albums window now retains sort order when another track or album is selected if the sort is ascending or descending by artist name. |
| 8.5.1 | Changed: Discogs Import window now uses a more intuitive method of culling out unwanted personnel entries. |
| 8.5.1 | Changed: Trying to mouse-down into a field that is not enabled on the Albums window now sets focus on the Album Title field instead of doing nothing. |
| 8.5 | Fixed: Disallow typing in Notes field on the Personnel and Labels panel of the Songs/Personnel/Labels window if the window is not in edit mode. |
| 8.5 | Fixed: Tabbing in the Import Discogs window now behaves as expected. |
| 8.5 | Fixed: Sorting is correctly working on personnel and track lists. |
| 8.5 | Fixed: Delete button on Albums window was retaining focus in the Windows version after canceling edits allowing inadvertent requests to delete an album if Return key was pressed. |
| 8.5 | Fixed: Songs/Personnel/Labels window was occasionally allowing fields to get focus when they were read-only and then locking the focus in place. |
| 8.5 | Fixed: Adding or editing types records in the Preferences window was not sanitizing the input text for the SQL. |
| 8.5 | Fixed: Editing or adding types in the Preferences window was not properly checking for duplicate names and abbreviations. |
| 8.5 | Fixed: Typing or pasting into album notes field was being allowed without first pressing the Edit Notes button. |
| 8.5 | Changed: Added Label name and File Artist to display of album information on the Track Info panel. |
| 8.5 | Changed: Double-clicking on an entry in the album list on the Albums window switches the panel display to Track Info. |
| 8.5 | Changed: Mouse down anywhere in the row for format selector or location selector in the Filter window will toggle the checkbox. |
| 8.4.2 | New: Added Next and Previous arrows to the Albums window toolbar so scrolling to the next or previous album in the displayed list is possible while viewing the Track info panel. |
| 8.4.2 | New: Imports from Discogs.com is now supported. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Orange CD import window will now fit on smaller laptop windows. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: List Selected Instrument Usage now properly activates only when Instrument window is frontmost with an instrument selected. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Pressing escape was not selecting the cancel option in dialog boxes giving a choice of completing an action or cancelling. Instead, it was completing the action. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Added check for incorrect picture type when retrieving image into Track List panel of Albums window. This to prevent exception processing. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Exporting Playlist list now correctly includes all fields. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Instument popup on Albums window and Songs/Personnel/Labels window now works properly with the Windows feature to allow selection via typing and scrolling using arrow keys. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Clicking checkbox in album list displayed in Albums window now updates the Flag checkbox in the upper portion of the Albums window where the general album info is displayed. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Tabbing through fields in Albums About Info panel has been modified to be more accurate and to conform to UI standards for Windows. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Track and Side field on Track Info panel of Albums window now only accept numeric keystrokes. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: It is no longer possible to tab into the album list in the Album Info panel of the Albums window when in edit mode and causing the "must finish edits" error message when editing or adding an album. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Show changes to track rating when updating multiple selected tracks without having to refresh the tracklist manually. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Take type popup on track panel is consistently initialized to the first entry on the popup when no track is selected. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Disallow entry of 0 for Side or Track field of track entries. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: Disallow clicking on album list in Albums window when in Edit Mode. This will prevent changing on album while editing or adding. |
| 8.4.2 | Fixed: The collective personnel in the Track Info panel is updated to reflect the removal of the last usage of a person in the track list. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Enhanced processing of the album list in the Albums window. Sorting now works on all columns. Updates to selected albums now appear immediately in the list. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Added album location as a selection filter to the Album Filter window. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Modified List Tracks by Composer, List Tracks for Person, and List Rated Tracks to include side and track. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Removed timing fields from Playlist window and substituted the TimingDisplay class. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Albums window now prevents switching to the Track Info panel from the Album Info panel while the Album Info panel is in edit mode. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Label text for Playing on Tracks tab of Albums window is now Role. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: All controls in Album Filter window are now disabled when Albums window is in edit mode. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Improvements to Instrument UI. Instrument label is now underlined when lookup mode is enabled. Using the instrument lookup field now selects the lookup in the instrument list. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Popups tab label on the Preferences window now has some padding to the left of the text instead of being smack against the window edge. |
| 8.4.2 | Changed: Views->Album Filter and Filter button in the Albums window toolbar now toggle the hide/show of the Album Filter window. |
| 8.4.1 | Changed: Menu hot keys for New Record have been change to Cmd-N (Mac) or Ctrl-N (Windows) in place of Cmd-SHIFT-N or Ctrl-SHIFT-N |
| 8.4.1 | Changed: Menu hot key of Cmd-SHIFT-N (Mac) or Ctrl-SHIFT-N has been added for New Composer Record. |
| 8.4.1 | Changed: Styled text is no longer accepted for the album notes field. It will automatically be converted to plain text. |
| 8.4.1 | Fixed: Label for Title field on Albums window was not showing underline to indicate lookup field status on initial display of window. |
| 8.4.1 | Fixed: Windows version was crashing on Reindex due to the unusual way Windows handles closing a floating window. |
| 8.4.1 | Fixed: Clicking the instrument popup in the Personnel tab of the Albums window would cause an exception if this was done before the popup was correctly loaded. |
| 8.4.1 | Fixed: Changes made to an instrument record in the Instrument window automatically propagate to the Albums window tracklist tab if the displayed album is showing that instrument. |
| 8.4.1 | Fixed: Dragging a track to the Playlist window now checks to see that a playlist is selected before allowing the drop. |
| 8.4.1 | Fixed: Value field on Albums window was not allowing the mouse pointer to select the field for data entry. |
| 8.4.1 | Fixed: Using default save button when adding or editing personnel would cause spurious beeps on Windows. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: About icon in toolbar now responds regardless of whether DB is open. |
| 8.4 | New: Added icons to Album window toolbar for Filter and Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.4 | New: Added label notes field to Labels tab in the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.4 | New: Added person notes field to Personnel tab in the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.4 | New: Added related song feature as done in BRIAN so as to track songs that have alternate versions. |
| 8.4 | New: Added song notes field to Songs tab in the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.4 | New: Added writer notes field to Songs tab in the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Adding or editing a person record was not checking for a valid skill field. If the skill field was entered, but not a valid abbreviation, the artist was entered with no skill - which is allowed - but no warning was given to the user. |
| 8.4 | New: Album reports now display arrangers on line with track song after composers and not in the personnel list. |
| 8.4 | New: Album reports now show personnel exceptions when printing using the collective personnel option. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Duplicate checking when editing a song was incorrectly flagging any edit as duplicate and asking for approval. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Editing a song, writer, or person in the Songs/Personnel/Labels window was not correctly refreshing the window with the correct details of edit. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Fixed setting of album release date, buy date and date played to use .value so that NULL value (for blank dates) is correctly recorded. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Import album feature now flags invalid format type. |
| 8.4 | Changed: Import BC Album feature now allows for removing songs and personnel from the import. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Import of album files now correctly adds release date and volumes to imported album record. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Moved ccLabelLookup to be frontmost in the Labels tabpanel so that the drop down list correctly covers the controls below it. |
| 8.4 | Changed: Place cursor in album title field on press of New Album button. |
| 8.4 | Changed: Removed the Covers tab from the Albums window. The albums covers are now displayed on the Tracks tab of the Albums window. |
| 8.4 | Changed: Removed the playlist from the Tracks tab on the Albums window. Adding tracks to a playlist will now be done directly on the Playlist window. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Set all Text fields to disallow styled text. This fixes problems of text corruption when pasting text from a styled text document. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Since introduction of the toolbar for the Albums window, we've been adding tracks without the artist ptr in the Hub record. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Some lookup fields were not correctly responding to the Search Within option. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Text date for tracks was not getting cleared when switching to an album with no tracks. |
| 8.4 | Fixed: Track recording dates were getting entered as Text Dates when importing albums. |
| 8.3 | New: The Edit menu has a new item named Clear Verification Flags. This will clear all the Verification Flags on the Album window to false. |
| 8.3 | New: Added a Refresh button to the list windows for the purpose of refreshing the entries in the case where an album is changed while the list is open. This instead of closing the list window and reopening. |
| 8.3 | Changed: Main menu item Windows has the label changed to Views. |
| 8.3 | Changed: Removed the album filter from the Albums window and made it a separate floating window. Added to the filter is a checklist to filter format types. |
| 8.3 | Changed: Remodeled the Albums window to use "page panels" for the controls. Specific issue information and a more comprehensive album list is contained on the front page of the window while tracks, personnel, cover art and notes are contained on the track info page. Pages are navigated via icons in a common toolbar located at the top of the window. |
| 8.3 | Changed: Updated the lookup field drop down lists used throughout BC to automatically adjust height based on local font size so that there are no truncated rows displayed. |
| 8.3 | Changed: Changed Prefs window to prevent deleting a popup type if it is the last entry for that type. Each popup type MUST have at least one entry. |
| 8.3 | Changed: Changed prefs validation to simply add defaults for any pref that is not set instead of popping open the Prefs window to indicate missing prefs. |
| 8.3 | Changed: Changed the duplicate warning for adding or editing songs to display the duplicate titles in the warning message. |
| 8.3 | Changed: Modified all album lists to show the album verification flag as first column in the list as a clickable checkbox. Clicking the checkbox will update the album record. |
| 8.2 | Fixed: Pressing New Composer button now clears the lookup dropdown list if it is showing. |
| 8.2 | Fixed: Show/Hide button for the album selection list now initializes properly on Windows. |
| 8.2 | Changed: Set the Album Tags list so that if you simply click on the line, it will check or uncheck the box accordingly. |
| 8.1 | Changed: Updated the message dialog routine to place error or warning messages on top of window generating the condition for the message rather than centered on the screen. |
| 8.1 | Fixed: Corrected the tabbing through fields in the Personnel pane of the Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 8.1 | Fixed: Newly created writers had their name indexes set to blank in the Writers table. |
| 8.1 | Fixed: Prevent changing of selected album in Albums window of there are unsaved notes changes. |
| 8.0 | New: Upgraded schema of database. PLEASE NOTE:Upon using this version with a database from a previous version of BC, the database will be converted to the new version 8 schema. Once converted, the database will not be compatible with any previous versions of Beyond Category. Please make sure you have a backup of your database before trying the new version. |
| 8.0 | New: Added Name suffix field for artist name records. |
| 8.0 | New: Added a preference for the track list column order in the Albums window. |
| 8.0 | New: Created index fields for first name and last name fields of Artists and composer tables. |
| 8.0 | New: Added file artist and release year to the Albums For Person list. |
| 8.0 | New: Added release year to the All Albums List. |
| 8.0 | New: Added album title to Instrument Usage list. |
| 8.0 | New: Added a contextual menu to access the Instrument Usage list from the Instruments window. |
| 8.0 | Fixed: Changed Albums for Song list column headed Leader to File Artist. |
| 8.0 | Fixed: All iterations of minutes and seconds in timing now include leading zero if the number is a single digit. |
| 8.0 | Fixed: Sorting of names can now be properly done if the suffix field is used for names containing things like "Jr". Previously the Jr suffix in a name was stored in the last name field which would throw off the correct sort. |
| 8.0 | Fixed: Pressing the New Album button in the Albums window now correctly clears all the fields shown in the window. |
| 8.0 | Fixed: Bug in Instrument window was causing loss of sort order. |
| 7.23 | Fixed: Use of Title field as lookup in Albums window is now enabled for the Windows version of BC. Windows version of BC was preventing the use of the album title field on the Albums window from acting as lookup. |
| 7.22 | New: Added new date field to albums window to notate the last update of an album. Not just the album record, but any record that directly effects the individual album. |
| 7.22 | New: Added contextual menu to Albums window to select one or more albums and change the location setting. |
| 7.22 | New: Added contextual menu to album list for setting date played to selected albums. |
| 7.22 | New: Added display of date played, record added date, and record modified date to bottom of Albums window. |
| 7.22 | New: Added contextual menus for all lookup fields and lists where appropriate. |
| 7.22 | Changed: Preferences window is upgraded to make the date format choices simpler. Date format choices are reduced to only format and a separate locale preference is used to make any date format choice respond to American or European style dates. |
| 7.22 | Changed: Albums window now dynamically updates the display of last updated date |
| 7.22 | Changed: Changed album title field to be lookup for individual albums. |
| 7.22 | Changed: Modified alternating background color on html album list to use light shades of grey instead of green. |
| 7.22 | Changed: Adding a new album that does not match the set filter in the Albums window now erases the filter and selects the album in the filter list. |
| 7.22 | Fixed: Added a routine to the Post Open processing of the database to look for performance date fields that are spaces and replace them with NULL. The space fields were getting displayed as 1/1/1900. |
| 7.22 | Fixed: Buy date and release date were not being saved when adding an album, but were being saved when editing. The edit routine was using a convert routine to change the DateTime to Date. I added that to the add routine in VC_Albums. |
| 7.22 | Fixed: Importing BC album was not checking for valid album format and allowing load even if not valid causing an exception. |
| 7.22 | Fixed: OCD imports no longer crash if performance dates are not included in XML. This was a change in OCD_UpdateDB.AddTracks. The DateTime parameter was being converted to Date unnecessarily and nil Date can't be converted to DateTime. |
| 7.22 | Fixed: Made change to date entry for entering the year. Previously, any two digit year less than 25 was added as 20nn and 20 or greater was added as 24nn. The cutoff for deciding the century is now current year + 2. This change applies to date fields on Sessions, Issues, Report Notes, and Report Generator windows. |
| 7.22 | Fixed: Album title field on Albums window now has text auto-selected when it gets focus. |
| 7.22 | Fixed: Prevent OutOfBounds exception when tabbing out of album title lookup field when there are no selections in the drop down list. |
| 7.21 | New: Implemented new error reporting that will support sending email reports when an error occurs. |
| 7.21 | New: Added 3 more date format preferences for reports that support using year as the leading element. i.e. yyyy-mm-dd |
| 7.21 | Changed: Preference window now updates preferences as they are changed without the need for the Save button. |
| 7.21 | Changed: Reworked preferences for window location placement to take into account anomalies with different OS platforms. |
| 7.21 | Changed: Changed window placement prefs so that list browsers and display windows of the same type will be placed at an offset |
| 7.21 | Changed: Track list on Albums window now uses date format from preferences for recording date column. |
| 7.21 | Changed: Delete Local Preferences checkbox is removed and replaced with a button that activates the feature. |
| 7.21 | Fixed: Trying to add an album via the OCD import will warn if there are default preferences not set that are required for the album. Previously, it would crash. |
| 7.21 | Fixed: Beyond Category will issue a warning message, rather than crash, when there is a request to print an album with no album selected on the Albums window. |
| 7.20 | Fixed: Album entry in list on Import Albums From Orange CD turns black from red on successful import. |
| 7.20 | New: Added menubar to Import Albums from Orange CD window. This applies to Windows OS only. |
| 7.20 | New: Verify all Appearance Preferences are valid before allowing save of preferences in Appearance tab. |
| 7.20 | New: Added check when starting app to see that all Appearance Preferences are valid. If not, display Prefs window with warning. |
| 7.20 | Changed: Modified storage location of preferences file. Now storing prefs in the dedicated folder within the Application Support folder (Mac) or AppData folder in Windows. |
| 7.19 | New: Implemented search for album list in Orange CD import window. |
| 7.19 | New: Implemented instrument menu on Orange CD import window. |
| 7.19 | Fixed: Albums preferences for window location has been corrected. Adding the DB name to the title bar was interfering with the preferences key for the window. |
| 7.19 | Fixed: Orange CD album load for Nil release date no longer causes exception. There was a mismatch in function calls for Date and DateTime. |
| 7.18 | New: Complete redesign of Orange CD import. |
| 7.18 | New: Added feature to song lookup fields to allow using the search string to search for titles within the song name. |
| 7.18 | Fixed: When updating tracks info or personnel with multiple track selections, the tracks will stay selected after the update is completed. |
| 7.18 | Fixed: Take Type popup will no longer try to set itself to the take of the track selected when there is no track selected. |
| 7.18 | Fixed: SQL for instrument lookups now properly escape apostrophes. |
| 7.18 | Changed: iTunes XML now converted to JSON for import to BC. This is only available for Mac using AppleScript export on iTunes. |
| 7.18 | Changed: Value field on Albums window will now format currency according to the settings of the host computer. New field will display spaces instead of $0.00 if there is no value entered. |
| 7.18 | Changed: Turned off use of focus ring for all fields. |
| 7.17 | Changed: Added New Record to the Edit Menu using the menu key code shortcut of Cmd-Shift-N (Ctrl-Shift-N for Windows). This will press the New button for the active window that has that feature without having to move hand off keyboard. |
| 7.17 | New: Added menu bar to Preferences window. This only effects Windows version. |
| 7.17 | Fixed: Fixed the mutex checking to correctly prevent two simultaneous executions of BC. |
| 7.17 | Changed: Disallow moving off an album in the Albums window if the notes tab is under edit. This was causing lost work by clearing changes without saving. |
| 7.17 | New: Adding or editing a person record now warns if the name is duplicate even if the skill field is different. |
| 7.17 | New: Adding or editing a label record now warns if the name is duplicate even if the cc field is different. |
| 7.17 | Fixed: Clear skill field when entering new person in Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 7.17 | Fixed: Clear country code field when entering new label in Songs/Personnel/Labels window. |
| 7.17 | New: Added country code to the lookup list for label lookup fields. |
| 7.16 | New: Added album format to the single album reports. |
| 7.16 | New: Added a feature to export the track lists of playlists into a .tsv (tab-delimited) file for use with Excel. |
| 7.16 | New: Changed the export feature in the lists windows to use .tsv as the file extension. |
| 7.16 | New: Added list to display tracks using a selected instrument. |
| 7.16 | New: Added new list for All Songs to include composers. |
| 7.16 | New: Updated the check for new version to remove auto install and instead direct users to website download page. |
| 7.16 | Fixed: Addded track rating stars to fields that should be shown/hidden for song lookup in Tracks tab on Albums window. |
| 7.16 | Fixed: Remove the underline from the Title field label in the Albums window. It is no longer a lookup field. |
| 7.16 | Fixed: Fixed bug in displaying dates in list routines. Bad SQL looking for text dates was causing the field to always be blank. |
| 7.16 | Fixed: Fixed error log report file name so it correctly has the program name as part of the file name. |
| 7.16 | Fixed: Fixed bug where blank text dates were being overlooked in list routines because the field was not returning NULL. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Removed use of focus ring for listboxes on Albums window. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Removed use of focus ring for listboxes on Report List window. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Changed the Print button on the Playlists window to actually print the playlist rather than write it to a file for printing. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Removed the Print and Export buttons from the Playlist and Lists window and replaced them with menu items under the File menu. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Added skill field to the All Personnel list. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Changed SQL keyword from LIKE to ILIKE when searching for embedded strings. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Updated Songs Used on Album list to include track timing and recording date. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Modified lookup fields to react better when artist not found. If dropdown is empty because lookup failed, the New or Edit button can be pressed. No longer have to erase the field first to clear the dropdown list. |
| 7.16 | Updated: Consolidated "are you sure" dialogs so they behave in a consistent manner. |
| 7.15 | Reintroduced feature to import and export album data between BC users. |
| 7.15 | Fixed album reporting. When selecting report with Personnel by Track, it would only show personnel if people were different, not if same people were playing a different instrument. |
| 7.15 | Enhanced the UI for drag and drop between personnel lists and tracklist to playlist. |
| 7.14 | Fixed bug in album list report. Access of database cursor had a mismatched field count causing nilObject Exception. |
| 7.14 | Fixed the album tags list so it can be scrolled with the mouse when the Albums window is not in edit mode. |
| 7.14 | Removed vestiges of old version checker. |
| 7.13 | Fixed date validation to account for a leap year. |
| 7.13 | Upgraded version update checker to be more robust and include ability to download and install new version. |
| 7.12 | Support removing a all stars from a rating via contextual menu. (right-click) |
| 7.12 | Add a star rating for Albums. |
| 7.12 | Modified the Ratings list window with a radio button to support lists for tracks or albums. |
| 7.12 | Added new menu item under lists for selecting Albums Rating List. |
| 7.11 | Implemented star rating for album tracks. |
| 7.11 | Implemented new window - Ratings - to allow select of ratings for listing tracks. |
| 7.11 | Implemented use of showing Text Date, if used, wherever date is displayed in track lists. |
| 7.11 | Added "are you sure" nag for changing multiple tracks. This can be bypassed by pressing the shift key while pressing the change button. |
| 7.11 | Fixed the issue where full display of cover image was opening under the Albums window. (This is only working for the Mac version. More investigation for Windows version needed.) |
| 7.10 | Added take type to album report. |
| 7.10 | Fixed album cover drop to correctly handle drop of image directly from a web page. |
| 7.10 | Fixed placement of "Drop File Here" label so it disappears after adding an album cover. |
| 7.10 | Fixed display of full picture to display correctly when double clicking on album cover. |
| 7.10 | Now support printing of list windows. |
| 7.10 | Changed the instrument list of Instrument window to allow sorting of the columns. |
| 7.10 | Changed position of the cancel button on the Notes panel to be at the far left. |
| 7.9 | Updated Prefs window to handle American or European style dates. |
| 7.9 | Update Orange CD import to add leading 0 to minutes. |
| 7.9 | Fix date display in album reports. Now use Prefs window to set format. |
| 7.9 | Modified List Tracks by Artist list to include instruments played. |
| 7.9 | Modified DateEntry class to properly handle tabbing through dates when using European dates. |
| 7.9 | Fixed SQL for printing album report when printing a selection of genres. |
| 7.8 | Added new list - Tracks by Composer |
| 7.8 | Modified Tracks by Person list to include album file artist, track timing and performance date. |
| 7.8 | Changed export feature of lists to append .txt to the file name. |
| 7.7 | The file name of the opened database is displayed in the menu bar of the Albums window. |
| 7.7 | Added code to the printing of multiple albums so that if the album can't be completely printed on the remainder of a page, it will break to a new page. |
| 7.7 | Album print reports no longer print empty parens where there are no composers entered for a song. |
| 7.7 | Some users of starter database had a corrupted schema for the Playlists. A routine on database open has been added to look for and fix this issue. |
| 7.6 | Fixed display of artist with last name only so that the leading space is trimmed. |
| 7.6 | Fixed instrument popup so it refreshes after adding or editing an instrument without having to close and reopen the Albums window. |
| 7.6 | Added feature for importing Orange CD albums. |
| 7.5 | Fixed version check to work on startup |
| 7.5 | Fixed sql for playlists list on Albums window so playlists with no tracks will show up. |
| 7.5 | Fixed the Take type popup on the Albums window to refresh itself on mouse down. |
| 7.4 | Fixed problem where popup preference updates would cause exception. |
| 7.3 | Added feature to song lookup field so it will show composers in the dropdown selection. |
| 7.3 | Fixed bug where track performance text date was getting entered in tracklist date column regardless if it was blank. |
| 7.3 | Update date formatter module to default to short date is no preference is set. |
| 7.3 | Fixed the tabbing in the Albums window so tabbing out of the year field will now go to text date field. |
| 7.2 | Fixed Windows installer to accommodate removal of 64 bit dlls that were conflicting with the 32 bit release. |
| 7.2 | Fixed bugs in lookup fields that were introduced by changes in the new compiler. |
| 7.1 | Added sorting of the album and track personnel by instrument or name by clicking the header of the column. |
| 7.1 | Enhanced functionality of multi-track editing. |
| 7.1 | Added new list - Playlists |
| 7.1 | Modified tracklist of Albums window to include medley indicator using a checkmark |
| 7.1 | Widened Albums window so as to allow for a wider tracklist |
| 7.1 | Save column widths of Album window tracklist |
| 7.0 | Reorganized project and uploaded changes from version 6.7 that never made it to the public version. No user functionality added. |
| 6.7 | Printing of albums can now be done on multiple albums as selected in the albums selection list on the Albums window. |
| 6.7 | Removed lists for Albums by Date Last Updates, Albums by Date Added. Instead, allow dynamic sorting by these fields in the generic Complete Album List. |
| 6.7 | Fixed tabbing through ImportAlbum fields. |
| 6.7 | Fixed ImportAlbum so that label field is mandatory before allowing load. |
| 6.7 | Implemented ComposerList class for Songs window that will allow reordering of composers |
| 6.7 | Cleaned up tabbing in controls for Albums window. |
| 6.7 | Label field is now required when adding or editing album. |
| 6.7 | Added record updated and record created time stamps to all tables. Also updated all VC cursors to update these fields where appropriate. |
| 6.7 | Add Person to Track button will be disabled if no track is selected. |
| 6.7 | On change of tabpanel to personnel in Albums window, clear track personnel if no track selected. This includes for album with no tracks. Previously, the list was populated with last album personnel. |
| 6.7 | New menu item for dump/reload of database. This can be used to fix various data corruptions. |
| 6.6 | Upgraded database software to new version. |
| 6.5 | Fixed problem with newly added personnel and writer names breaking their index. |
| 6.5 | Added pref to remember Auto-fill ax checkbox. |
| 6.4 | New lists: Songs Used on Album, Personnel Used on Album, Albums by Last Update, Albums by Added. |
| 6.3 | Various small bug fixes. |
| 6.0 | Several updates not detailed including: • New database schema. • No longer allow creation of new DB - must use starter DB • Drag and drop implemented for moving personnel and tracks • Added cover image ability to Albums window |