· For the most part a bugfix upon the 3.7 version but contains new online services as well.
· This version delivers a huge set of new module builder tools.
· Most importantly, it is now very easy to share your custom-made module (including its items) with other users.
· Furthermore, you can now use any other module as a template when creating a new one.
· There are many other new features such as file operations (move, delete, and locate), a new online service (ISBNdb.com), and ISBN parsing from PDF documents.
· A maintenance release. Small fixes for the online services and a small improvement to the module wizards.
· The Web module has been updated and added to the main package.
· Several other improvements have been made such as adding language and country fields to most modules.
· Several improvements have been made to the online search functionality, such as better ISBN recognition for book searches.
· The Web module has been updated and has been added to the main package.
· Several other improvements have been made, such as adding general language and country fields to most modules.
· A small maintenance release to fix the locked database message.
· This release contains many minor fixes and small improvements, but also something new: from now on, you can choose to be notified of new releases.
· This is a maintenance release.
· The IMDB search has been optimized, and the CSV import has been improved.
Fixed:
· File tree view sometimes showed an incorrect path structure.
· Building a new chart will no longer lock the GUI.
· Building the File System Tree will no longer lock the GUI.
· Deleted items were not removed from the file tree view.
· New items were not added to the file tree view.
· Software Import in combination with an online service sometimes failed (rare occurrence).
· The grouping pane sometimes failed to add an item (rare occurrence).
· Several mistakes in the Dutch translation.
Changed:
· The File Structure tree now shows the correct file system structure and indicates whether the file or directory actually exists.
· 'Locale Settings' has been renamed to 'Regional Settings'.
Fixed:
· Mass Update did not use the overwrite field settings correctly. Additionally values were cleared.
· Changed labels for fields caused the sorting dialog to stop working correctly; empty field shown in the field selection.
· Drive Manager File Synchronizer was not working correctly. The matching process has been improved.
Changed:
· Mass Update: A new option is available "Use original service settings". When enabled the original settings as stored in the item. Only items having service information set will be updated. This was, somewhat, the default behavior in the past which caused confusion. By default this option is "off".
· Code review: Synchronize (mass update) classes have been simplified.
· File Import: the dialog now shows the volume names as well as the drive letters.
· Drive Manager: changes have been made to improve the performance dramatically.
Fixed:
· File importer sometimes fails when removing words from the filename.
· The File Types dialog for the File Import dialog was too small and didn't have a title.
Changed:
· Book file import now reads the first page of a PDF and sets this as the front picture.
· The image importer now also supports SVG files. Note that for existing installations you will have to add the SVG extensions to the File Types filter of the import dialog.
· Added a cancel button to the quick filter bar.
· Improved mass update, customizable item form tabs and allows you to change fields using the module wizard.
· A couple of important fixes are contained in this patch.
· The errors after upgrading to Java 1.6.0 Update 12 have also been fixed.
· This patch fixes the online services for the book module.
· Changes have been made to the saving mechanism for new items, which should fix the NullPointerExceptions some people experienced (unconfirmed fix).
· The German translation has been updated.
· PDF reporting was fixed, as well as the module creation wizard.
· This release contains improvements for adding images to items and the music album importer.
· This release fixes the reporting functionality and contains fixes for other minor problems.
· [New]
· French translation, with many thanks too Pierre-Yves DANTEC!
· [Fixed]
· NullpointerException when closing the user form.
· Help cannot be shown.
· Service information is not set.
· [Changed]
· Data Crow will now try to determine the installation directory itself. If this fails it will fall back on the DATACROW_HOME environment variable or on the -dir: parameter. The environment variable and -dir: parameter overrule this behavior (if supplied, these will be used instead). Many users had problems with specifying the environment variable and this changed is meant to take the pain away.
· This version contains bugfixes for platform security issues. Data Crow did not detect whether the folder and file permissions were set correctly. This could result in loss of data, as information could not be written to the database. On startup, Data Crow will check these files for their permissions and report back to the user in case of problems.
· The code has been reviewed and many small improvements have been made. As a result of this, this version uses less memory and has once again an improved start up time.
· I have been working quite hard to get the code documented. The emphasis for this release is again.. quality! I was quite happy with the stability of the 3.4.3 version but not with the amount of fixes needed to get there.
· Please note that a new version of the web module is available (version 1.2). This module needs to be installed on top of Data Crow in order for the web module to be available.
· I would like to thank Klaus Lassleben for his German translation of the labels!
· [New]
· Multiple languages support. The language can be selected in the locale settings from the settings menu.
· New languages can now be created from within the resource editor. Fields and modules can now also be translated from within this form.
· German language has been added (created by Klaus Lassleben).
· Dutch language has been added.
· [Fixed]
· [2334235] Over due bug. Loan administration shows items with a due date for the next year as overdue.
· [2338017] Missing horizontal scroll bar. The quick view does not have a vertical scroll bar.
· [2392326]Locked out of Database after creating a backup.
· Nothing happens when selecting 'launch file' after adding a new file launcher field to a module (in this case the music album module).
· Music Album and Audio CD report (Black&White) did not generated successfully.
· Users created using the item wizard cannot log into Data Crow. The wizard will now start the item form itself.
· A check has been added to see whether Data Crow does have write permission on the database files.
· When the item form asks "there are unsaved changes" and you answer "no: on the question if you are sure you want to close the form it's closed anyway.
· Cannot translate module names + field names using the resource editor.
· Cannot translate settings.
· Removed most of the not used messages and labels.
· Hardcoded labels and messages.
· Descriptive setting was not remembered (field settings). Bug in the version check caused the settings to be converted on each startup.
· [Changed]
· The web server can now be started from the command line without starting the Data Crow application. The parameter to use is: -webserver. The server can be brought down gracefully using the CTR-C command (as displayed in the console).
· The display format for person names can now be set using the settings dialog. (Settings > General Settings > 'Default display format for the persons name').
· UTF8 support for resources (labels, messages, etc).
· [Components]
· Updated Jetty to the latest version (6.1.14)
· Updated FOP from Apache to version 0.95 (Libraries used for report generation).
· HSQL DB has been upgraded to version 1.8.0.10
· This release contains, for the most part, bugfixes and some minor changes.
· This version of Data Crow improves the online search capabilities and the Data Crow framework as a whole.
· Bugs have been fixed and minor improvements made where needed.
· This release has an overview dialog for all loans.
· A due date has been added.
· The item form now shows, in a separate tab, the related items.
· A loan functionality fix.
· Improved overall performance.
· Startup time has been reduced dramatically, as well as the online search (for large databases).
· The upgrade process has been streamlined.
· Locations have been converted to container objects.
