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Data Crow Changelog

What's new in Data Crow 4.0.16

Jun 1, 2015
  • 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 field of the game module has been replaced by two checkbox field "Multiplayer Game" and "Cooperative Multiplayer".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).

New in Data Crow 4.0.15 (Jan 23, 2015)

  • Changed:
  • Boosted traffic between clientserver. Implemented JSON-IO to limit data send.
  • Data Crow Server can now initialize the data folder.
  • Server communication has been encrypted (simple encryption, nothing fancy).
  • Server communication is now compressed.
  • Fixed:
  • Older installation can have duplicated module files starting with .#. These will now be ignored when starting Data Crow.
  • Find & Replace had an error when trying to apply the replacements.

New in Data Crow 4.0.14 (Jan 14, 2015)

  • Data Crow server performance has been improved. Performance is still not optimal but has been increased but approximately 25%. Images are now served by Jetty, which will also be used for hosting the web application (version 4.1). Additionally the connection between client and server is reused (as it should be) instead of established on each request.

New in Data Crow 4.0.13 (Jan 6, 2015)

  • Issue with online search; images not saved.

New in Data Crow 4.0.12 (Jan 5, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • User fields not visible on the form.
  • Conversion from single reference to multi-reference could fail in case of invalid entries in the database.
  • New:
  • Portuguese help files, major thanks to Pedro (pmraps)!

New in Data Crow 4.0.11 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 4.0.10 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • Fixed:
  • 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.

New in Data Crow 4.0.9 (Aug 28, 2014)

  • 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).

New in Data Crow 4.0.8 (Aug 26, 2014)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 4.0.7 (Aug 21, 2014)

  • 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 caused field values not to be imported correctly.
  • Still numbering inconsistencies for music tracks.

New in Data Crow 4.0.6 (Aug 18, 2014)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 4.0.5 (Aug 16, 2014)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 4.0.4 (Aug 13, 2014)

  • 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.
  • Fixed:
  • Find and Replace was not working correctly.
  • Open Item from the right-click menu did not work.
  • Fixed an issue in the Database Editor; first column was not shown in the query results.

New in Data Crow 4.0.3 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 4.0.2 (Aug 6, 2014)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 4.0.1 (Jul 26, 2014)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 4.0.0 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • Highlights:
  • Clients don't have access to restore and backup functionality, regardless of their access rights. These options are solely available when running Data Crow directly on the server. Future versions might have scheduled backup routines.
  • Server can be started using the server command. It's a headless server, meaning it doesn't require a monitor / has not GUI.
  • Clients are thick clients. Wait for the new web GUI release for thin client access. Note that Data Crow will always support the client-server mode as currently released. The code has been optimized for client-server access. Data is pulled in small batches. For example, when scrolling in the table and list view only does items are fully retrieved from the server which are currently visible. Clients connected to a server will however always be slower than standalone clients.
  • User management is available directly and has remained unchanged from previous version. You can indicate on field level if the user has access to it and what he/she can do with the field content (read/update/delete).
  • Icons are cached on each client. No synchronization on icon changes has yet been implemented. Nothing else is cached on the clients. After a restart of a client the icons are retrieved from the server.
  • The clients retrieve the settings, modules and value enhancers from the server. Not all settings can be done on the client due to security restraints.
  • Modules, system settings and value enhancers are downloaded from the server on startup, this way the server is in control for the modules and system wide settings.
  • New:
  • Client-Server mode. Full stand alone application server is now available. See Client-Server notes for more details. This has been achieved through a complete change of the Data Crow architecture.
  • Changed:
  • The Audio CD module and the Music Album module have been merged together. It did no longer make sense to have them as separate modules. There is no loss of functionality.
  • Italian translation has been updated. Big thanks to Marco Artioli!
  • Added additional file support to the movie file import.
  • Changed the tabs saving mechanism. Tabs are also no longer stored in the database but our now saved per client. This makes it possible for users to create their own form design.
  • Code re-structuring; making the code and architecture future proof. This was a huge undertaking but will not be directly visible to you as a user apart from having new features released in the (near) future which would not have been possible otherwise.
  • Upgraded Apache Tika to version 1.5
  • Added a column selector to table views (right-click on the table header).
  • The discogs.com music search has been implemented using the official API, making it more reliable and future proof.
  • Added Record Label to the the Music Album Module.
  • The Sourceforge.net online service has been rewritten to use the official API, making it more reliable and future proof.
  • JTattoo (Look and Feel manager) has been upgraded to version 1.6.10.
  • You can now place true type fonts (TTF files) in the fonts directory of the install folder. These will be loaded by Data Crow and can then be used. They will appear at the bottom of any of the font selection lists.
  • PDF reports now can make use of Fonts installed (copied) to the fonts folder of the Data Crow installation folder.
  • Additional settings can be done by the user by editing the "pdf_config.xml" file as located in the reports folder (of the user directory). Instructions: https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/configuration.html
  • Updated the Module Creation Guide (http://www.datacrow.net/#downloads)
  • Updated the Create Report Guide (http://www.datacrow.net/#downloads)
  • Created a Client-Server Guide (http://www.datacrow.net/#downloads)
  • Fixed:
  • One more small issue fixed when upgrading from an old version of Data Crow.
  • Regex pattern for the file importer was applied after changes to the name were applied by Data Crow logic. This can cause the regex pattern to no longer match. The regex pattern will now always be applied first.
  • Lent versus lend grammar mistakes.
  • Avoiding null pointer exceptions in case fields no longer exists.
  • Restart of the Delete Module Wizard started the Create Module Wizard
  • Problems with the creation of modules due to invalid table names caused by special characters. Now the names are auto generated.
  • UTF8 problems with the module.XML files has been resolved.
  • Issue with user creation. Module permissions were not saved correctly on the user creation. It only worked after updating the user.
  • Create multiple used the view type (table / card) based on the selected search view. Because of this the card view was used sometimes which is not editable.
  • Backup process reported missing "dc.lck" and "dc.log" files.
  • Opening the form to create a new user took a long time.
  • Module wizard creation module allows Picture fields to be added to property modules while this is not supported. Option has now been removed.
  • The Mobygames.com online search has been fixed.
  • The Sourceforge.net online search has been fixed.
  • Dictionary.txt was saved in plain text instead of in UTF8 format.
  • Original label in the general field settings showed the new, custom, label after the user made the translation.
  • The view and quick view were not updated after performing a loan action (return / lend).
  • Mismatch between the contact person module name and the module jar file.
  • A white space for decimal grouping symbol is reset to "." after a restart.
  • Drive Manager window settings not applied correctly.

New in Data Crow 3.12.5 (Oct 10, 2013)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.12.4 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.12.3 (Sep 9, 2013)

  • 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".

New in Data Crow 3.12.2 (Aug 16, 2013)

  • 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

New in Data Crow 3.12.1 (Aug 5, 2013)

  • Fixed:
  • Icons for containers not shown in trees, fields and in the quick view.
  • Icon for modules disappears in the Media module.
  • Error loading setting if value is erroneously empty.
  • Changed:
  • Merging property items will now also update the "alternative names" field, merging items returned from online searches, etc., automatically.
  • In the past, due to performance issues, I had refrained from updating trees in case a property was changed. This has now been fully implemented; changing an icon will immediately be reflected on trees, multi-reference views and the quick view panel.
  • Added quick filter to the related items and fixed the sorting.
  • Added quick filter for the items tab of containers. Sorting cannot be fixed just yet.
  • Several minor layout changes (button alignment) such as for the tool select wizard and the update all dialog.
  • New:
  • Added a right-click option for the related items tab of the item form to remove the selected items as a reference.

New in Data Crow 3.11.1 (Jul 31, 2013)

  • 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:
  • Readme.txt added for the installer (which setup executable to use..)
  • Readme.txt of Data Crow updated.
  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.11.0 (Jul 23, 2013)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.10.2 (Jul 3, 2013)

  • 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

New in Data Crow 3.10.1 (May 24, 2013)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.10.0 (May 20, 2013)

  • 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.
  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.9.25 (May 11, 2013)

  • Fixed:
  • More upgrade errors for old versions have been fixed. This time it's related to old columns still being present due to failed upgrades in the past. The upgrade process
  • will now actively check for these and correct where necessary.
  • Performance bug in the table view.
  • Lend items in the loan administration are not shown by title.
  • Sometimes the items in the quick view for the container items are not sorted alphabetically.
  • Changed:
  • Small change to the module selection panel.

New in Data Crow 3.9.24 (May 10, 2013)

  • Fixed:
  • References show without a name, sometimes...
  • PDCR error when creating new items (item was created successfully)
  • It was possible to create infinite loops in the hierarchical structure of the containers when creating tree structures of 3 levels or deeper.
  • NullPointerException when clicking the "New" button from within the container item form.
  • When adding new children (such as tracks) the view was not always updated correctly.
  • Quick view font and font sizes were not fully in line with the settings. Additionally the header text is now always 4 points larger as the text font.
  • The space between the text and the icon was underlined (quick view and multi-reference fields in the item form).
  • In the Dutch translation the categories field for Software Items was labeled as license.
  • Changed:
  • New layout of the main screen.
  • Removed the JTattoo border in the menus.
  • Removed a few icons from the toolbar.

New in Data Crow 3.9.23 (May 1, 2013)

  • [Fixed]:
  • Sourceforge.net search did not work correctly.
  • OFDB online search no longer retrieved the genres correctly.
  • Templates cannot have image / image not saved.
  • Startup error in case default data is present for non existing module.
  • When selecting a new user directory through the parameters Data Crow does not set up the user folder. This results in you only having access to the user module.
  • The directory for upgrade script was not yet transferred to the new user folder.
  • Newly added fields (using the Alter Module Wizard) are now enabled by default in the
  • general field settings.
  • [Changed]:
  • Imdb.com movie search now uses ImdbApi.org instead of Imdb.com web site parsing.
  • Language setting now only applies to the localized title name. All other texts, etc,
  • will be retrieved in English. This is a deliberate change as the web parsing is very
  • error prone and hard to maintain. Note that you are limited to 3000 searches per hour.
  • Items shown for the container module are now sorted alphabetically.

New in Data Crow 3.9.22 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • [Fixed]:
  • Fixed multiple upgrade issues (not being able to log in after upgrade). The system
  • will correct problems on startup for failed upgrades or else when newly upgrading.
  • A check will be done on startup to correct, if necessary, any inconsistencies in the
  • database.
  • Issue with the file importer; resource consumption has been lowered.
  • Issue with the file importer; check whether an item already exists has been improved.
  • Searching on ISBN for books does not work in case the ISBN contains an X.
  • Fixed the CSV import for text containing a double quote character.
  • Added checks for the Quick Filter.
  • [Changed]:
  • Updated version of the Italian translation from Marco Artioli

New in Data Crow 3.9.21 (Feb 11, 2013)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.9.20 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • This release contains a fix for the backup and restore process.

New in Data Crow 3.9.19 (Jan 26, 2013)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.9.18 (Jan 19, 2013)

  • A fix for the backup and restore functionality.

New in Data Crow 3.9.17 (Jan 14, 2013)

  • Added an option to use multiple instances of Data Crow.

New in Data Crow 3.9.16 (Jan 12, 2013)

  • A fix for the failed upgrades as well as a new feature.

New in Data Crow 3.9.15 (Jan 7, 2013)

  • Many important fixes for the start of 2013.

New in Data Crow 3.9.14 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • Contains bug fixes for Google search and the reports

New in Data Crow 3.9.13 (Jun 11, 2012)

  • A new release with bug fixes and new functionality

New in Data Crow 3.9.11 (Dec 30, 2011)

  • Contains important bug fixes and small changes

New in Data Crow 3.9.10 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • Contains important bug fixes

New in Data Crow 3.9.9 (Jun 21, 2011)

  • Contains important bug fixes

New in Data Crow 3.9.7 (May 13, 2011)

  • [Fixed]
  • Image paths for reports are not relative, even not when setting "copy images" to true.
  • Error occurs when a default template is active in combination with the new item wizard.
  • None administrator users cannot loan items (error). Users having permissions to use
  • the loan plugin is now always allowed to make updates and inserts into the
  • loan table.
  • Saving a picture to disk doesn't work.
  • IMDB service does not retrieve the full description.
  • Enormous lag before importing.
  • Error on the initial database creation script (harmless).
  • [Changed]
  • The file selection for the various file importers has been changed to make it work
  • faster and simpler to exclude and include single files.

New in Data Crow 3.9.6 (Apr 6, 2011)

  • Contains important bug fixes related to performance

New in Data Crow 3.9.0 (Nov 16, 2010)

  • [Changed]
  • Improved startup time (75% faster)
  • Lower memory usage (50 to 70%)
  • Items are always loaded directly from the database, no caching
  • Grouping pane improvements (50% faster)
  • Unique identifiers are now generated according to the UUID Java standards.
  • (For future compatibility)
  • Added indexes on database tables. This done automatically, also for custom modules.
  • Items are only loaded if and when they are actively shown on screen.
  • Changed the layout of the quick view.
  • Updated Apache FOP to version 1.0; increased performance for report creation.
  • Showing a progress bar when building the tree / grouping panel
  • Pictures are now shown within the quick view panel. If a picture field is added
  • to the description of the quick view panel it will no longer be displayed in a
  • separate tab.
  • Toolbar can now be completely disabled (F12).
  • Garbage collection scheduler is now disabled by default. If needed it can be turned
  • on in the expert user dialog.
  • Fields in view settings and grouping pane can now be ordered without having to
  • remove and add the fields again.
  • Added m4a to the music file importer.
  • Added an option to enable high quality rendering of images (lowers performance and
  • increases memory usage).
  • Improved performance for the chart panel.
  • Using JFreeChart libraries instead of OpenChart2, allowing for better graphical
  • chart presentations and printable charts.
  • An option has been added to the quick view settings to show or hide the picture tabs.
  • This is a 'per module' setting.
  • Default full expansion of the grouping pane tree nodes has been disabled.
  • Removed the table view from the user module.
  • Added expandAll and collapseAll to the file tree panel.
  • [Fixed]
  • Image not shown (or flickering) in the card view
  • ConcurrentModificationException on several occasions
  • Web version is not in synch with item changes done in the client(s)
  • High overall processor usage.
  • Quick filter; sometimes the list is not filled correctly
  • Changing fonts; not properly delegated to all views / components
  • File structure not displayed correctly in the File Structure tree.
  • Open report button was enabled even when the report was still being processed.
  • IMDB search; most information was not imported due to site changed
  • IMDB search; multiple directors was not working
  • MetaCritics online service no longer working (games & movies).
  • FreeBookSpot could not be repaired and has been removed.
  • Bol.com online service retrieved "no image" pictures.
  • Barnes & Nobles search was completely broken.
  • Discogs.com; images were no longer imported.
  • MCU.es was beyond repair and has been removed.
  • First visible field in item form is now selected / focused.
  • Child items are not added to reports if running in other language then English.
  • Report PDF "audiocd listing desert" doesn't display Artist
  • Report HTML "software listing desert" had publishers instead of categories.
  • Directory usage section of the file importer had a strange looking border.
  • History on loans not directly updated, only after reopening the item form.
  • Right-click
  • Help on item form mentioned "attach file info" while it should read
  • "read file information"
  • File > Locate File options were available even when the item does not have
  • a hash or file size set.
  • Item updates done by external processes no longer cause focus loss on the client
  • (File Synchronizer & web application).
  • Removed defective 'brighten' function for pictures.
  • Item Synchronizer does not update all items.
  • Duplication of records for multiple references fields; duplicates are removed and
  • a unique index is set on these tables to prevent this is in the future.
  • Duplication of records in the picture tables; duplicates are removed here as well
  • and a unique index is created here as well.
  • Item is only removed and re-added to the tree if the value has changed of the field
  • that is part of the tree structure (performance gain).
  • Column widths for the child table (tracks for example) are not remembered.
  • Reports does not a comma between listings of categories, genres, etc.
  • Containers were not added correctly to the reports. The reporting dictionary did not
  • correctly describe this multiple reference field.
  • The message 'This item is not unique, it already exists.. ' (etc) did not correctly
  • tell you why the item is / was not unique.
  • Bol.com did not retrieve any results as of November 8th, 2010. Fixed.
  • (Incorrect HTML syntax on Bol.com: href=""/nl/s)
  • License information for software not save (incorrect column name).
  • User information could not be changed, message appears 'login name cannot be changed'
  • while the login name has in fact not been changed.
  • MobyGames.com; ' in titles instead of '
  • Discogs online search no longer retrieved the titles for tracks correctly
  • (HTML change on Discogs site).
  • Imdb person search appends "IMDb" to each name.

New in Data Crow 3.9.0 Beta 8 (Nov 10, 2010)

  • This version includes minor bug fixes only.

New in Data Crow 3.9.0 Beta 2 (Oct 30, 2010)

  • Major perfomance improvements and loads of fixes.
  • This version does not deliver any new functionality.
  • It is however a total makeover (although internally) of the product.
  • Memory usage has been minimized as well as processor time required.
  • This is the 2nd beta and should be tested by anyone willing to help out.

New in Data Crow 3.9.0 (Oct 28, 2010)

  • Minor fixes only.

New in Data Crow 3.8.16 (Jun 21, 2010)

  • [Fixed]
  • Unlikely but possible errors when saving child items.
  • Lend / borrowed grammar mistakes.
  • Is Filled and Is Empty operators have been corrected and now work for all fields.
  • Can now filter on "Not yet rated".
  • [Changed]
  • Added additional help (explanation on default modules).

New in Data Crow 3.8.15 (Jun 16, 2010)

  • [Fixed]
  • Images not added when updating an item.
  • IMDB movie search only fetches the first director.
  • Context menu "delete" deletes wrong item.
  • Cache/DB inconsistent after report creation.
  • Pictures not visible.
  • Softpedia.com is no longer working.
  • Flickering images.
  • Item sorting has been amended to deal with special characters.
  • [Changed]
  • Items can now be added when opening them from the online search form.
  • Multiple containers can now be added to a single item.

New in Data Crow 3.8.14 (May 28, 2010)

  • Item wizard does not add images.

New in Data Crow 3.8.13 (May 8, 2010)

  • [Fixed]
  • Track titles were missing for Discogs.com.
  • [Changed]
  • 2927679 Collapse All Behavior
  • 2943392 Floating Filter Dialog
  • 2943409 Filter Does not Show working status
  • 2944044 Amendment to the Sort Order (filter)
  • 2948618 Add 'copy' option to quickview
  • 2948686 Close Tool Select Wizard after choosing & better explanation
  • The 'container managed' option is now also available when altering a module.
  • 2955087 Suppress "There are no changes to save" dialog
  • Backup & Restore is now also available when running in the beginner experience level.
  • 2955092 Visual indication of Beginner/Expert mode
  • Added the username to the title of the Data Crow window.
  • 2943367 Filter to select Pictures "is empty"
  • Added "Is Filled" option to the quick filter toolbar.
  • Added HH:mm (hours and minutes) to the backup file name.
  • 2989153 Comment Addition for Backup files. A comment can now be added to a backup file.
  • The comment is shown when browsing for a backup file to restore.

New in Data Crow 3.8.12 (May 4, 2010)

  • minor bug fixes and an updated french translation

New in Data Crow 3.8.11 (Mar 15, 2010)

  • [Changed]
  • Updated Italian language pack (big thanks to Marco Artioli).
  • [Fixed]
  • Update all was not available from the tools menu.
  • Web Server cannot be started from the command line.
  • Item cannot be deleted after opening it from within the child tab of the item form.
  • Item of custom module with child relation cannot be deleted. Data Crow states that
  • there are referencing items (the children). It should however be able to delete this
  • item regardless if it has children or not (and delete the children).
  • NullpointerException when starting Data Crow after restoring a database. Due to a
  • missing field the UI fails to initialize correctly and causes Data Crow to shutdown.

New in Data Crow 3.8.10 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • [Fixed]
  • Bol.com was no longer working (item links on bol.com were changed).
  • Altering a module made the file fields disappear (the property 'file-backed' was not
  • saved correctly).
  • The FreeDB server did not deliver helpful error message when the disc query failed.
  • The error handling of the report creation process has been improved.
  • Data Crow did not remember (after a restart) whether its main view was maximized.
  • Table view duplicates tracks when saving a new item.
  • The list disappears when altering a property from within one of the administration
  • menu options.
  • Forms for child modules cannot be designed (the menu item is not available).
  • [Changed]
  • The installer allows you to select the specific modules you would like to install.

New in Data Crow 3.8.9 (Feb 15, 2010)

  • Imdb.com was no longer working.
  • Audio Tracks were no longer updated by the online search and synchronizer.
  • Flickering pictures in the view.
  • Log file created in the old location (previous installation of Data Crow).

New in Data Crow 3.8.8 (Feb 6, 2010)

  • [Fixed]
  • Memory issues with the images module.
  • Photo of persons not shown in the picture tab of the quick view.
  • Switching between look and feels does not always work correctly.
  • [Changed]
  • Log form is now scalable (size is remembered) and correctly styled.

New in Data Crow 3.8.7 (Jan 7, 2010)

  • [Changed]
  • Mass updater will first search for an item using the unmodified title or name of the item. If no results were found for the specific item Data Crow will try and clean up the title and find a match. Additionally the logging has been improved; the log will tell you if a match was using which search string.
  • Added meaningful tool tips for all menu and tool bar items.
  • Improved error handling for startup errors.
  • [New]
  • Added a new wizard; Tool Select. This wizard helps new users in selecting the right tool for the job they want to perform.

New in Data Crow 3.8.5 (Dec 29, 2009)

  • [Fixed]
  • Discogs.com online service no longer retrieved the tracks.
  • Memory leak in the card view. Data Crow will now use a maximum amount of memory.
  • After that, additional memory is actively released to the system.
  • File size is cleared when saving an item of which the file does not exist.
  • [2909635] Failure after installing without modules. Data Crow can now actually be
  • started without having any of the default modules available.
  • Non picture fields are displayed in the pictures settings for the card view.
  • [2909608] Cannot delete empty back picture.
  • [2909589] Update all still malfunctioning.
  • [2909593] Null Pointer Exception when importing Movies
  • [2909591] No directory sort order in Movie import dialog
  • [Changed]
  • Selected container and storage medium for the file importer is now remembered for a
  • next run.
  • Default picture order for the card view has been corrected (front, media, back).

New in Data Crow 3.8.2 (Nov 27, 2009)

  • [Fixed]:
  • Genres for movies retrieved by IMDB were, sometimes, appended by " more".
  • Sorting: sort settings overruled the sorting of a filter created in the filter dialog. Now this filter dialog sorting is remembered. Changing the sort after applying a filter overrules the sorting of the filter.
  • Description was not retrieved for software from Sourceforge.
  • [Changed]:
  • Updated Italian translated. Thanks Marco Artioli!
  • Added a new reference to the software module: License.
  • [New]:
  • Softpedia online service. Retrieves information on drivers and Linux, Mac, windows and game (related) titles. Together with the previous new online services (Sourceforge.net and FreeBookSpot) Data Crow now offers information on downloadable (free) content instead of solely using the online service to retrieve information on commercial titles. You can expect more of these kind of services to be added in the near future.

New in Data Crow 3.8.1 (Nov 16, 2009)

  • Contains bugfixes for the 3.8 version.

New in Data Crow 3.8 (Nov 13, 2009)

  • For the most part a bugfix upon the 3.7 version but contains new online services as well.

New in Data Crow 3.7 (Nov 2, 2009)

  • No new functionality but a lot of memory and performance improvements. The changes made cause a dramatic performance increase as well as a substantial memory gain.
  • Note that this is a beta version; limited testing has been performed! Please create a backup of your database before using this version.
  • [Changed]:
  • Items are now internally reused. Data Crow was quite generous when it came to item instances. To gain, I admit, a modest performance and memory usage gain items are now internally re-usable. As a user you will not really see this change. However, this change has such a big impact on the whole of the product that I have decided to release this version as a major release and to release it as a beta version first.
  • Several performance fixes have been applied. The external references and the additional checks performed when saving an searching for items caused the performance to drop.
  • To overcome these issues (for large databases) the checks to see whether an item already exists have been changed;
  • For properties both the alternative names and the names are checked.
  • For all other items the external references are checked first (the PDCR in particular). Secondly a (combination of) display field is checked. Since version 3.5 Data Crow only checks on the actual string (exact match but case insensitive). This has been kept this way.
  • Views are now filled instantly resulting in a 99% performance improvement. With this change items are added to the view in about a second (regardless of the amount of items).
  • View components are now reused (reduction of item creation; lesser memory needed and performance improvement).
  • Memory needed for viewing all items now requires about 75% lesser memory. This is not a fixed memory gain as it also depends whether the items contain an image (etc.).
  • Save buttons are now removed from the item tabs of the view. Save and save all is still available from the menu bar and the tool bar.
  • Update all now saves the updates directly (!).
  • Displaying dialogs is now more controlled (technical change).
  • [Fixed]:
  • External Reference is not created when an item is updated by an online service.
  • Several problems with transparent images have been fixed.
  • MobyGames.com stopped working.
  • Items are not correctly updated in the tree / grouping pane.
  • Key navigation in table view.
  • Issues with update all functionality when loosing view focus.
  • Data Crow hangs after message "want to save changes" when navigating in the grouping pane.
  • By default the directory usage has been turned on for the File Importer. Has been changed to off by default.
  • Calendar displays February twice if the current day of the months is greater than 28.
  • "Hanging startup" on some Linux flavors.
  • Several references in text to Java 1.5; should be Java 1.6.

New in Data Crow 3.6 (Oct 21, 2009)

  • Note: The minimum Java version is now Java 6 (also known as Java 1.6).
  • Special thanks to David MarÌn for delivering the Spanish translation.
  • [New]:
  • A Spanish translation. Donated by David MarÌn.
  • New feature for the File Import of e-books. The importer will now try and find the ISBN that is contained in the PDF document. For this the ISBN Extractor (http://isbnextractor.sourceforge.net) is used.
  • Each item can now have one or more external keys. External keys, such as ASINs from Amazon, are used to link the item from the source where they were obtained from. They add additional flexibility and lend themselves to be used by other systems and customization. This solves problems where items could not be linked to the source system and were therefore duplicated. Most notable example are the actors for IMDB movies. The name was used to check whether the actor already existed in Data Crow. This worked fine when the name is not changed on either side as this breaks the link between the Data Crow and the item of the source system. Now, the external IDs are used to link the items. Where there is no external ID available Data Crow uses an internally generated item tag instead. In short: items are now more reusable then ever!
  • Module Export Wizard. This wizard enables you to share your modules with other users. With this wizard it is now possible to export your custom made modules and their data. It creates a single archive which can be imported on any other Data Crow installation by using the Module Import Wizard. It exports the reports, items of the module(s) (based on the settings), settings and reports (xsl).
  • Module Import Wizard. Takes care of all the nitty gritty stuff that is involved when you want to add a custom module to your Data Crow installation. This is, from now on, THE way to add custom modules to your installation. It takes care of internal module ID clashes, imports the items belonging to the module(s) and imports all other related information (such as the default settings and reports).
  • Module Copy Wizard. Tired of adding all the fields manually to your custom module? Why not base it on one of the existing modules? Use this wizard, select the module which you would like to copy and off you go!
  • A new parameter has been added: -datadir:. This parameter can be used to specify an alternative location for the data folder of Data Crow. Note that the images will still be written to webapp/datacrow/mediaimages (in the installation folder). Substitute spaces by .
  • Container hierarchy: Containers can now be assigned a parent, allowing users to create a hierarchical container structure. The grouping pane of the container view has two additional options: 'Flat view' and 'Hierarchical View'.
  • File operations: The view popup menu and the file launcher field have a new menu called 'File'. Here you'll find five new options: * Move file: moves the actual file and updates the filename of the item. * Delete file: deletes the actual file and clears the filename of the item. * Locate file: three options to locate a file using the drive manager. This is a convenient way to locate an individual file that has been moved. The functionality uses the drive manager functionality and offers to match on filename, filename + file size or on file size + hash.
  • Each property can now have alternative values. This is convenient in case you want to make sure that properties retrieved by online services are mapped to your own properties. The alternative values have to be entered separated by ';' characters. The input needs to start and end with a ';' character.
  • A new book online search: ISBNdb.com. This online service retrieves the book information from ISBNdb.com and the front cover from Amazon.com.
  • [Changed]:
  • Added additional font rendering options (Settings > Settings > Font).
  • File and URL launcher: both have been updated to use the Java 1.6 methods for launching files and URLs. Additionally the feedback to the user has been improved in case the file or URL cannot be opened.
  • Quick View: URLs are now displayed as "link" instead of mentioning the full URL. This also fixes the issue where text in the Quick View is not being wrapped.
  • File Importer now remembers whether it should use online services or not + the selected server, search mode and region.
  • File Importer now remembers the selected "directory usage".
  • Quick View: filename is now a click-able link with the filename (excluding the path) as text.
  • Default data is now loaded right after the data layer has been initialized instead of during the database creation process. This delivers greater control on the load process of default data.
  • Floppy drives are no longer ignored (due to the upgrade to Java 6).
  • ASIN fields have been removed from the movie, software, audio CD and music album modules. The ASINs have been migrated to the new external references field.
  • Disc ID fields have been removed from the audio CD and music album modules. The Disc IDs have been transferred to the new external references field.
  • Updated several of the icons for the property modules.
  • The individual 'maintain' view popup menu options have been put in a separate 'maintain' menu.
  • The property modules 'edition type' and 'binding' for books are no longer contained in the modules folder. They are created within the system instead (same as all other system property modules). The editiontype.jar and binding.jar files are removed on startup.
  • The movie module has obtained addition fields; color and aspect ratio.
  • IMDB online search now retrieves the color, aspect ratio and language.
  • Amazon service now retrieves the color (if available) and the aspect ratio.
  • Ofdb.de now adds an external reference to the item on the IMDB.com page.
  • Icons_user directory has been removed. Icons_system folder is now called icons.
  • Default data (demo data) can now also be an XML file.
  • The Dutch translation has been updated.
  • The help has been updated.
  • [Fixed]:
  • "Pick a Date": larger set of years to make the navigation easier + a fix for the up and down error of the year (both went back in time).
  • XML Export: Dates are now always exported like so: yyyy-MM-dd. This prevents problems when importing dates into other systems.
  • IMDB online service: when a movie has several countries it is imported as a single country (item "USA, The Netherlands" instead of two separate items).
  • Several encoding issues for the online services.
  • Exported items using the XML exported can not be imported on a system using a different language pack.
  • Online Search: the setting 'values to retrieve' is completely ignored when the setting 'retrieve full item details on initial run' is switch off.
  • Discogs online search did no longer retrieve the tracks and other information. The Discogs site was changed and this broke the online service. This one has been reimplemented.

New in Data Crow 3.5.1 (Sep 27, 2009)

  • Small fixes for the online services and a small improvement to the module wizards.

New in Data Crow 3.4.17 (Aug 26, 2009)

  • [Fixed]
  • A possible cache mechanism error.
  • The CSV importer did not allow fields to be mapped. Furthermore it did forget the
  • mappings while navigating back and forth through the wizard.
  • [Changed]
  • All windows now have the following shortcut keys (if applicable):
  • (S)ave, (C)ancel, (C)lose, R(un), (O)k, A(pply), (N)ew, N(ext),
  • (D)elete, (A)add, C(lear), S(t)op, S(tart), (Y)es, (N)o, (R)emove, (B)ack.
  • Some dialogs and buttons will now have new icons.
  • IMDB movie search has been improved to ensure future compatibility. The old
  • implementation did not always deal well with the HTML formatted text and the localized
  • versions of this wonderful site.

New in Data Crow 3.4.16 (Aug 19, 2009)

  • Amazon service does not work anymore.

New in Data Crow 3.4.15 (Aug 18, 2009)

  • Tabs could not be created.
  • Tab order not remembered correctly.
  • Children of items were not imported (XML import).
  • The table view did no longer work correctly for parent child modules
  • (multiple issues).
  • Categories and other properties could no longer be created.
  • Long play lengths are displayed incorrectly in the quick view and in the reports.

New in Data Crow 3.4.13 Patch 2 (Aug 7, 2009)

  • Fixed:
  • Edit as new for users: when using this functionality the user is not created correctly. The functionality has been removed for the users module.
  • The view is not populated (at all) when the grouping pane has been disabled.
  • Directories cannot be opened by the File Launcher.
  • [2788061] NPE while external images insert/delete.
  • [2825152] Not all files are imported (File Import > Books). The error handling has been improved to catch out of memory errors (which can occur when dealing with large files).
  • [2790438] Filename cannot be cleared. You can now right click on the file field to clear it.
  • Changed:
  • Double clicking on the file field will now open the file / directory.

New in Data Crow 3.4.12 (Jul 20, 2009)

  • 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.
  • 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'.

New in Data Crow 3.4.11 (Jul 11, 2009)

  • [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.

New in Data Crow 3.4.10 (Jun 17, 2009)

  • [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.

New in Data Crow 3.4.9 (Jun 15, 2009)

  • Preventing a thread lock on startup for Linux systems related to the language selection
  • dialog. Code donated by Tom� Polomsk�.
  • Experience mode was nor remembered when selecting the expert user mode.
  • The selection of field in the item form settings dialog caused the lists to resize
  • with every selection.
  • The XSL (stylesheets) were called XLS in the backup and restore interface.

New in Data Crow 3.4.9 Beta (Jun 2, 2009)

  • Italian translation! Thanks to Marco Artioli!
  • Updated german translation! Thanks to Mathias Epp!
  • Data Crow's web server can now be started without showing the UI. The normal parameter
  • 'webserver' in combination with the new credentials parameter hides the splash screen
  • and bypasses the login dialog. See the readme on how to apply these parameters.
  • The item form has it's own settings dialog. From here you can define tabs (such as
  • the current information and technical information), assign fields to tabs and set
  • the order of the fields. The general field settings has lost the ability to set
  • the field order as this was only used by the item form.
  • In the previous versions the uniqueness of an item was determined by checking the
  • combination of the required fields. Now this behavior can be managed by marking fields
  • as key fields. By default, none of the fields is marked as a key field.
  • The file importer considered a fixed set of file types. The functionality has been
  • expanded to allow the user to define additional file types.
  • Icons are now shown in the tree view.
  • The alter module wizard now allows for fields to be changed as well. Upgrades are managed
  • automatically.
  • You can now map a drive letter / location to a new location. Settings > Drive mappings.
  • The help now has search capabilities.
  • The mass update functionality now supports all search modes.

New in Data Crow 3.4.8 (Jan 26, 2009)

  • Changed:
  • Updated the default settings.
  • The music album importer now also reads the artwork information from MP3 files (cover images).
  • Images can now also be added via the menu option 'Add From Memory'.
  • Check on startup for the Java version (Java from Sun must be used).
  • Fixed:
  • Reporting for PDF does not images and/or fails completely.
  • Music importer stopped processing files not containing any tags.
  • Screen refresh errors in the module wizards; wizards are unusable.
  • Fixes on the Dutch translation.
  • Fixes on the French translation.
  • Removed hardcoded text.
  • Components:
  • Downgraded Apache FOP to version 0.94 (libraries used for report generation). Downgrading was needed because of a known issue with the image handling.
  • Updated jaudiotagger to version 1.0.9.

New in Data Crow 3.4.7 (Jan 9, 2009)

  • Changed:
  • French translation has been updated (thanks Pierre-Yves DANTEC).
  • Fixed:
  • Picture fields column can not be added to the table view. In previous versions this was possible.
  • Malformed URL syntax for pictures break reports. Pictures are not correctly added to the reports (since Apache FOP 0.95).
  • Inability to work with Cyrillic author names Filter dialog allowed free form input for multi-relation fields (which is not supported).
  • Report sort order after import Items are not always correctly sorted when added to the reports.

New in Data Crow 3.4.6 (Jan 6, 2009)

  • 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.

New in Data Crow 3.4.3 (Nov 11, 2008)

  • Changed:
  • Button height can now also be set via the look and feel dialog.
  • Containers now can hold a description.
  • The item wizard will now ask to select a container when started from the container module.
  • The item form will not set the first text field as selected.
  • Fixed:
  • File launcher does no longer launch filenames containing a space character (replaced by ).
  • Non admin users cannot save items after changing the multi-relate field.
  • Field ordering in item form of the web module does not depend on the web field settings.
  • Cannot edit the multi relate fields using the web module.
  • External links do not work in the web module.
  • New user cannot login after logging in once.
  • Update all does no longer allow updating fields like artists, developers, etc.
  • User mix up when multiple users are logged on (web module).
  • Field heights not correctly applied to all fields (such as the settings dialog).
  • Nimbus L&F errors. This L&F has been disabled for now.
  • Data Crow can become very sluggish when too less memory has been allocated. Data Crow now reports memory problems back to the user and offers the solutions for the problem.
  • Sorting issues for persons in the tree panel and the references dialog.
  • "Perform a search first" message in the item wizard when pressing enter in the online search step.
  • Nullpointer exception when closing the module selection for the item wizard in abstract modules.

New in Data Crow 3.4.2 (Nov 3, 2008)

  • Changed:
  • The online search has been changed and optimized
  • Improved speed for the Mass Update of items.
  • Improved speed for the Item import when using the Online Services option.
  • Added '-help' parameter which displays information on starting Data Crow in a dialog.
  • Changed the height of the input fields (21 to 25). The field height can now also be changed from the Look and Feel Settings Dialog.
  • Removed:
  • Bol.com search has been removed. This search engine is awaiting a new implementation.
  • Wikipedia search has been removed. This search engine is awaiting a new implementation.
  • Fixed:
  • Incorrect upgrade proposals on startup.
  • Service URL not set by some online searches
  • Setting value without override of existing value fails even if the current value is empty.
  • First name is set as last name and last name as first name (all person modules).
  • Sorting does no longer work (only string values work). Empty values seem to be the cause of this malfunction.
  • Cannot re-active module as it is no longer displayed in the module settings.
  • Update all does not work with actors (and so on) (updated in DB but not in UI).
  • Quick filter no longer displayed in the book module.
  • Import of some images does not work! (meta information read exceptions not caught)
  • Add picture field to existing module > items are not opened in item form. Caching issue: always clear cache if the module has a new field.
  • After altering a module the old cache is still used.
  • Old cache is used after an ungraceful shutdown.
  • Picture not shown in the card view (view settings does not see the new picture fields).
  • Container field can be updated using update all.
  • Templates issue; sub menu for new using template is not there after a restart.
  • Pressing escape causes Data Crow to exit without further notice, even when there are unsaved changes.
  • In debug mode the message for which module is being registered does not always contain the module name.
  • The resource editor no longer allows editing system labels and such.
  • Parameter information missing in the readme file.
  • ClassCastException when opening items from the table view after double clicking on a non-string field.
  • Incorrect "Item changed has changed message" when opening items from the table view after double clicking on a non-string field.
  • UI only fields and read only fields could be marked as required in the field settings.
  • Message in log file: "ERROR [Thread-19] (ComponentFactory.java:187) Not thread-safe; should only remove components from within the Event Dispatching thread". Cause has been fixed.
  • Items for custom property modules do not show anything in the related items tab.
  • Errors when trying to start with a different user on an upgraded database.
  • Altered modules with a reference to a newly created property module fail to load and give startup errors.
  • Fixed several issues with permissions and newly created and altered modules.
  • Label for newly created Media Modules is always empty.
  • Items from newly created modules, used within another module, show all items of the parent module in the related items tab.
  • Filter uses .toString() to search for corresponding items instead of the ID of the item.
  • File size columns are of type INT and should be BIGINT. This conversion will be done without further notice.
  • All GUI number fields were still bound to the maximum value of an integer.
  • Connection errors while retrieving items from MusicBrainz.com.
  • IMDB Person search: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException -1.
  • New module icons have a black background instead of being transparent.