Changelogs for CATraxx
Current version: v8.10
Changelog for v8.10Audio: Attach: In the 'Attach Audio Files' window you can now specify whether the program should attach audio files to all albums, marked albums (the subset), or the selected albums in the Album View. This is useful, for example, if you have an album on b
Audio: Attach: There is a new 'Exclude folders already in database' option. When this is checked, the program will simply skip all folders that contain audio files already linked to the database. This can greatly speed up the scan process
Audio: Auto-Organize: Instead of selecting whether to process all albums/tracks, the subset, or the selection directly from the menu, you now select this in the 'Audio-Organize Audio Files' window
Audio: Auto-Organize: You can now use only the year part of a date field by adding "_year" after the field name. For example "%album.released_year%"
Audio: Auto-Organize: If the album contains more than 9 discs, two digits are now automatically used for the %disc#% field
Audio: Auto-Organize: The file date is no longer modified by default. If you still want the program to set the file date when renaming files, open the 'Audio File Options' window, click the Misc tab and check the 'Modify file date when renaming file' box
Audio: Read from Tag: There is a new 'Compare dates' setting in the (new) 'Read from Tag' window that will instruct the program to compare the file date against the Tag Read field, and only read data from the tag if the audio file has been modified since
Audio: Write to Tag: There is a new 'Compare dates' setting in the (new) 'Write to tag' window that will instruct the program to compare the Last Modified field against the Tag Write field, and only write data to the tag if you have edited the album/track
Audio: Added a Goto Folder command on the Audio menu in the main window, the Album Edit window and the Track Edit window (you can also use the Ctrl+F2 shortcut)
Query Internet: Cover download: The image dimensions (width and height in pixels) are now shown in the list of available covers
Query Internet: Added amazon.co.jp to the list of available sites (both Vinyl Query and cover download)
Database: Added Genre and Sub-Genre fields to the Playlist table
Database: Added two new fields to the Play History table: User and Computer. When the play history is updated, the Windows user name and the name of the computer the track is played from are now stored in the Play History table
Database: You can now search, filter and group on the Play History (play date), Play History - User and Play History - Computer fields
Data Entry: Set Field Value: You can now specify whether to process all, marked or selected records from the 'Set Field Value' window
Data Entry: Set Track Index window: Increased the width of the Index column
Images: You can now tell the program to use the artist sort name when generating image filenames (for example "Cure, The" instead of "The Cure"). In the 'Options' window, open the Multimedia group, then check the 'Images/Filename - artist sort name' box
Explorer: Set personal rating/genre: The currently 'active' rating/genre is now highlighted on the popup menu
Explorer: Audio Player: Some minor modifications: The songwriter roles are displayed and all names are shown in bold text
Explorer: Original by field is now displayed in the preview pane
Browse list: For date fields that also include the time (Last Modified, Last Played, etc.) you can uncheck the 'Include time' column property if you do not want to show the time (only the actual date)
Report: Added a new album overview report sorted by release year
Report: Added a new statistics report ('Spending per year'). This report will give you an overview of the total price, the average price and the number of albums acquired per year
Report: For date fields that also include the time (Last Modified, Last Played, etc.) you can uncheck the 'Include time' property if you do not want to show the time (only the actual date)
FIXED: Data Entry: Cursor not moved to first field in the data entry window when adding a new record
FIXED: Query Internet: Discogs: Covert art downloaded even when the 'Automatically download cover art' option was unchecked
FIXED: Query Internet: Discogs: Reference number not automatically generated
FIXED: Audio Player: Track Selector: Problem filtering on the Last Played field (same date shown multiple times)
FIXED: Audio Player: Track Selector: Error when filtering on custom fields
FIXED: Audio Player: Track Selector: Window would always stay on top of the main window
FIXED: Playlist Manager View: Problem removing a track from a playlist after rearranging the track order (wrong track removed)
FIXED: Report: Not possible to set 'Show Sort by' property for the Artist field
FIXED: Explorer: Sometime error when setting the personal rating/genre from the explorer
FIXED: Problem displaying Greek characters
FIXED: Help: Clicking help button in the Playlist Status window would crash the program
Various minor fixes and enhancements Changelog for v8.00 Build 2Attach Audio Files: Added a Detach button in the Album Attach window
Added back to 'Download from CDDB' button on the toolbar (shortcut for Tools->Download from CDDB)
Explorer: Artist/Person templates: Moved the Relation, Lineup, Member of, File Links and Web Links fields over to the left column. Moved the image fields above the memo fields in the right column. If you want to use the updated templates, download artistp
Fixed: Attach Audio Files: Auto-attach did not always work when
Attaching files to single album
Fixed: Audio: Enqueue did not work when using WinAmp as player
Fixed: Audio: Write to Tag: FLAC: Track index not written with 2 digits
Fixed: Audio: Write to Tag: FLAC: Release year written to copyright tag
Fixed: Data Entry: Clone: Album fields not cloned
Fixed: Data entry: Lookup tables: "DAORecordset.MoveFirst failed" error message when using the Split function
Fixed: Data entry: "Abstract error" when trying to edit lookup tables from the "Edit Credits" and "Download from CDDB" windows
Fixed: Explorer: Customized explorer options not used the next time the program was run
Fixed: "Could not convert variant of type (Null) in to type (Integer)" error when converting database
Fixed: "Invalid argument to date encode" when converting database
Various minor fixes Changelog for v7.32 Build 5Changelog for v7.32 Build 3New features and bug fixes. More info at http://www.fnprg.com/catraxx/changes.html
Changelog for v7.32 Build 2Changelog for v7.32Data Entry: Copy Track Data: You can now copy track data to multiple tracks in one operation. To do this, activate the Track View, select the tracks you want to update, then choose Copy Track Data from the Track menu
Data Entry: Copy Track Data: Track window: The Copy Track Data
toolbar button will now invoke the template you have linked to
the Ctrl+O shortcut when you click the button (instead of the
default template)
Data Entry: Paste Track List: Track titles are now capitalized
Browse list: Copy to Clipboard: This function will now copy the /selected/ records to the clipboard. To copy /all/ records in the list (as in previous versions), press Ctrl+A before you choose Copy to Clipboard
Explorer: You can now right-click the explorer page and choose Edit XSL Template from the popup menu to edit the explorer template in your favourite editor. The default editor is Notepad. You can set up a custom editor under Tools->Options->External Apps
Explorer: Reissue Date now included in the Album.xsl template
Backup: The statusbar now shows the progress of the backup
operation
Export to XML: The Record ID is now used as filename for images
Database Maintenance: Extract Images: It is now possible to use the record ID as filename instead of title
Sites menu: Added a new entry to search CDCovers.cc. To manually
add this, choose Sites->Edit Menu and add this URL: http://www.allcdcovers.com/search/all/all/%TITLESORT% %ARTIST%
FIXED: Browse list: Quick Find: Did not work on numerical fields
FIXED: Form Designer: Internal component was visible
FIXED: HTML Export: Problem with extended characters in artist name when using the IndexArtistTop template
FIXED: Backup: Sometimes error if backing up a database > 500MB
FIXED: Transfer: Role tables (eg. Artist Role) not available in lookup tables list
Various minor fixes and enhancements Changelog for v7.30.04FIXED: Data entry: AutoCapitalize did not work in Reserve window
FIXED: Explorer: File Links: Clicking file link to lanauch file did not always work
FIXED: Explorer: Artist Lookup View: Error if artist name contained a question mark
FIXED: Copy Track Data: Shortcut not always assigned to correct menu entry
FIXED: Import: Problem importing DEX files created with version 6
FIXED: Various Windows Vista issues
Various minor fixes and enhancements Changelog for v7.30.03 Build 2FIXED: Form Designer: "Access Violation" when adding a lookup field to the form
FIXED: Export HTML: Problem with filenames if filename was based on the record title (album title, artist name, etc.) instead of the record id number (the default behaviour) Changelog for v7.30.03In all message box windows, you can press a key instead of clicking a button to select (for example Y for 'Yes' or R for 'Retry')
Data Entry: Add Media: Title automatically filled in (album title + disc number)
Replace Memo Font: This new function (under Tools->Database Maintenance) will let you replace a memo font with another font (for example change MS Sans Serif to Tahoma). All memo fields inn all tables in the database are updated
Data Server: The new TemplateFolder property will return the full path to the template folder set up under Tools->Explorer Templates
Explorer: All XML data files now contain the full path to the currently open database file
FIXED: Data Entry: AutoComplete did not work property if the ALT key was used
FIXED: Data Entry: Track list not refreshed after using the 'Vinyl Query Update' function
FIXED: Data Entry: Edit Credits: Track list not updated correctly if deleting a person or studio
FIXED: Export to HTML: IndexArtistLeft template: Problems with albums released by more than one artist
FIXED: Export to HTML: 'Preview in browser' did not always work
FIXED: Options: Multimedia players set up under Tools->Options->Multimedia not saved
FIXED: CD Player: Main window not resized correctly if the Windows Task Bar was displayed along the left or top of the screen
Various minor fixes Changelog for v7.30.02 Build 2FIXED: Audio: Enqueue did not work properly
FIXED: Report: DBXsl object: Default font not used
FIXED: Data Entry: Cancel button: "Changes will not be saved" message box displayed when changes had already been saved Changelog for v7.30.00Upgraded development system to Delphi 2006 and replaced a couple of the 3rd party libraries. This gives a nice performance boost of up to 30-40%, especially everything involving XML and XSL (explorer module, export to HTML and export to XML)
CATraxx now fully supports Windows Vista
Added support for ClearType text rendering
Updated menu/toolbar system. You can change the theming under Tools->Options->Misc->Menu/toolbar theme. The default theme is "Office 2003". If you would like to use the same theme as in the previous version, select "Office XP"
CATraxx can now act as an OLE Automation Server (power users only!). By calling two methods you can generate XML and HTML files respectively. For more information, please see the FAQ
Data Entry: Copy Track Data: You can now specify which fields that are copied. You can set up multiple "copy templates" in the Options window. In the 'Track Edit' window, all templates are available from either the Track menu or the toolbar
Data Entry: Copy Track Data window: You can now select list layout and sort order from the drop-down lists above the track list
Data Entry: Edit Credits window: Added a splitter control so you can resize the width of the lists
Data Entry: Lookup View: You can now update the 'Sort by' field for all selected records (choose Update 'Sort by' from the Lookup menu). In name tables (Borrower, Owner and Person) the Name field is reversed (Lastname, Firstname). In all other tables, the
Data Entry: Artist Lookup View: You can now batch update artist lineups. Select the artists you want to update, then choose 'Build Lineup' from the Lookup menu
Sort order: Changed the layout of the Edit Sort Order window
Browse list: Right-click menu/Save XML: If multiple records are selected, all the selected records are exported
Search: Added Search and Cancel buttons in the Simple Search and Advanced Search windows
Audio: Options: You can now specify that the audio player should start minimized
Explorer: Options: You can now specify print margins
Explorer: In all explorer pages you can now right-click and choose
Save XML from the popup menu to save the XML data that is the basis of the document to a file (useful if you are creating your own explorer templates)
Explorer: Explorer window not longer hidden when you click the Edit button to edit the current record
Export to HTML: Changed the table colors
Report: DBMulti field: You can now include memo fields
Report: DBXsl field: Included templates to print awards and nominations
FIXED: Add CD - Query CDDB: Not possible to select from menu/toolbar in the 'Album Edit' window after adding first CD from the main window (problem went away if you closed the window and then reopened it)
FIXED: Data Entry: ALT GR key did not work in multivalue lists
FIXED: Data Entry: Clone Track: Web Winks field not cloned
FIXED: Audio: FLAC: Write tag: Changes not written to file
FIXED: Export to HTML: Problem with index templates if artist name contained ">"
FIXED: Export to HTML: Problem with external image file names
FIXED: Report: DBMulti field: 3 pixel margin removed
Various minor fixes and enhancements Changelog for v7.21.04Changelog for v7.11.01IPod Notes export
Improved internet query Changelog for v7.21.04Changelog for v7.21.02Changelog for v7.21.01Fixed: Audio: Scan Folder: Album artist not set
Fixed: Edit Credits: Problem selecting tracks Changelog for v7.20.05FIXED: Access Violation error when creating a new group in a report
FIXED: Access Violation error when creating a new, or editing an existing, grouping definition Changelog for v7.20.04FIXED: CDDB Control: OLE error 82FA001B on some systems
FIXED: "List index out of bounds" error if selecting a custom view with a
Filter when a Quick Filter was active Changelog for v7.20.02Changelog for v7.10Changelog for v7.00.03FIXED: Problem deleting lookup items linked to single value lookup fields (Format, Genere, etc.)
FIXED: CD Player Sites menu out of sync with customized CATraxx Sites menu Changelog for v7.00.01Memo Editor: Added a shortcut for the 'Paste Plain Text' command: Shift+Ctrl+V
When cloning a record, the new record is now marked
Print to File window: Added a 'View file when finished' check box
Report: Memo fields: Added a 'Plain Text' property
CD Player: Player does not go to the first track when using the Refresh command unless you have inserted a new cd
FIXED: Access Violation error at startup under Windows 98
FIXED: Access Violation error when closing the Album, Artist, or Person data entry window by clicking the Cancel button or pressing ESC
FIXED: Default value for the Studio field should be "Recording Location", not "Recorded at"
FIXED: Access Violation error when transferring albums from the 'Download from CDDB' window
FIXED: Scrollbars shown in 'Export to HTML' window when using "Large Fonts"
FIXED: Edit Credits: Track list reset when using the "Move to Guest Musican/Band Member" function
FIXED: Artist field hidden from data entry windows when convering a v5 database
FIXED: Order of musicians incorrect after converting a v6 database. For more information, see http://www.fnprg.com/catraxx/faq/convmusicianorder.htm
FIXED: Report: Problem printing memo fields to PDF, HTML and RTF files
FIXED: Export to HTML: Artist links did not work if artist name contained a double quotation mark (")
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