BORG Changelog

What's new in BORG 1.8.1

Jan 13, 2015
  • Adds a number of Caldav related changes and lots of minor bug fixes.
  • The Windows installer was switched to use Launch4j and is still being tested with various combinations of Java 7 and 8 that were causing issues with prior releases.

New in BORG 1.8.0 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Add Support for sync with CALDAV Server (Baikal)
  • Ical fixes to support export/import between BORG and Android ICSSync
  • Switch to maven/Reorganize project
  • Merge Ical plugin into base product
  • Option to FTP an Ical export on shutdown
  • Add pending Projects, Tasks, Subtasks with due dates to Ical export
  • Import Ical from URL
  • Remove Mnemonics
  • Remove Address Phone Number and Email Validation

New in BORG 1.7.9 (Jul 18, 2013)

  • Features:
  • 174 File Chooser does not remember previously accessed directory and open up that
  • 168 Address book "Street Address" field too short
  • 98 Selecting the time for appointments in the day/?week view
  • 50 Address Book accepts invalid email and phone formats
  • Make popup reminder color tunable (post-it view only)
  • Add ability to drop ical file onto borg (ICAL plugin)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • 186 Double-clicking in day view times column results in irreversible graphical glitch
  • 184 Startup View option not working
  • 183 Category with empty string as name can be created
  • 172 Copy and Paste allows us to violate recurrence rules
  • 171 An encrypted appointment should be labeled in the link dialog
  • 170 Empty URL behavior in Address Book
  • 167 Exporting xml prefs overwrites existing file without confirmation
  • 166 Linking an address to itself results in a double link
  • 164 The application accept empty or a white space character as URL Link.
  • 163 For BORG Link, the adding and deleting BORG Link behavior are inconsistent.
  • 162 If we input an empty string as the URL link, and open this URL from Links ection, the application incorrectly opens an OS window let us to select file.
  • 161 When an appointment "apt2" link itself as the BORG link, the BRG Links Appointment[apt2] are shown twice in the Links section.
  • 160 A private appointment can be select as "BORG" link, and also can be edit in "BORG" link.
  • 158 Invalid priority in xml import accepted
  • 157 Import of an appt with an incorrect date causes null pointer
  • 156 AddressBook allows duplicate entries
  • 153 Export should not be enabled for encrypted Memos
  • 152 No feedback for the "Print" function from task view
  • 149 Repeating instances are calculated incorrectly for “month(day)” repeat type
  • 148 Appointment become invisible when start date is after the repeat until date
  • 147 Deleting an opened Task leaves the opened tab, but removes it from the TaskList
  • 146 Move repeating appointment by dragging failed after the first occurrence got deleted
  • 142 Space character (" ") accepted as text for appointments
  • 141 CheckList should not allow deleting all items in a list
  • 139 Re-naming an existing Memo to more than 50 characters deletes the Memo
  • 138 Re-naming an existing Checklist to more than 50 characters deletes the checklist
  • 134 Search features fails on specific date search (not inclusive)
  • 131 End Date can be before Start date in Search Feature
  • 129 Notify User When They Have No Categories To Delete
  • 124 appointment created on a leapyear (Feb 29) stops recurring on the next leapyear
  • 61 Menu graphical glitch
  • Fix popup text for untimed items (post-it view)

New in BORG 1.7.8 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • Allow active HTML links in memos
  • Add summary field for tasks - separate from description
  • Appointment Copy&Paste on calendars
  • Allow delete of Memos from search window
  • Show User The Path To Exposed iCal File (plugin change)
  • Hide duplicate holidays when showing both American and Canadian holidays
  • Filter Unsupported File Extensions From iCal Export (plugin change)
  • Add a Cell Phone Field to the Address Book
  • Add log viewer
  • Updated Polish Translation
  • Add close date to task list
  • Add rename option for memos and checklists

New in BORG 1.7.7 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • Features:
  • Re-layout Task, Project, Address, and Search forms to make better use of space
  • Hide links table if there are no links to save space
  • Prepend task description to subtask on calendar
  • Use H2 as default database instead of HSQL
  • Allow 1 minute increments for appointment times
  • Edit appointment duration by setting the end time
  • Allow setting of the views that open at start up
  • Show colors to indicate tasks approaching the due date
  • Allow different From and To addresses for email reminders
  • Updated Spanish (Argentina) Translation
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Move Box on Week View shows wrong end time
  • Start date and Due date are reversed on the Project View
  • Error creating DB with Java 7
  • Wrong item dragged when there are too many untimed events to fit in a calendar box
  • A new blank subtask is not added to the subtask table automatically

New in BORG 1.7.6 (Jan 7, 2012)

  • Feature #7 repeat pattern (By N weeks, months, years)
  • Feature #10 Standard Menu Bar for all Windows
  • Feature #9 Daily view scale setting - add zoom buttons on day and week view. does not affect printing.
  • Feature #6: add reminders for tasks
  • Feature #12: Show popup reminder for birthdays
  • Feature #15: Color Schemes and support for dark themes
  • Feature #16: Allow user to type in a look and feel name
  • Feature #19: Allow user to change system tray appearance. Fix System Tray sizing.
  • Feature #20: Add a database modification timestamp to detect linux remount errors
  • Feature: add option to select a particular looks color theme when using a looks look and feel.
  • Feature (contributed code): Add text to days in year view
  • Feature: add ability to open any view from the tray icon menu
  • Bug #3 category not consistant across borg clients
  • Bug #2 Can't print Task List
  • Bug #4 borg help not loaded in 1.7.5
  • Bug #1 Linux desktop shortcuts not always created
  • Bug #17 Fix the initial focus and save&close mnemonic on the appt editor screen
  • Bug Fix start-to-tray to properly create the month view tab
  • Other: Clean up the build script. Compile by Package to enforce package dependencies.
  • Other: Add an optional IVY task to download the latest third-party lib versions
  • Other: create separate "ext" folder to contain dynamically loaded libs (plugins, added l&f's)
  • Code Refactoring: eliminate used of restricted APIs. Use lombok to clean up Bean classes. Remove dead code.

New in BORG 1.7.5 (Apr 25, 2011)

  • Feature 3118440 - Checklists
  • Feature 1416675 - To Do Priorities
  • Feature 3136779 - Ability to Import Backup Zip all at once
  • Feature 3116794 - Make all tabs dockable
  • Feature 3084552 - Ask for confirmation when memo is going to be deleted
  • Feature 3075832 - Enable multiple selection in pop-up reminders
  • Feature 3227225 - Ability to override the dock/undock defaults per window
  • Feature 3217074 - Enhanced set of shutdown/backup options
  • Feature (Patch) 3094537 - "todo quick add" field enhancements
  • Feature - option to email the backup ZIP when it is created
  • Feature - Export XML changed to create a single ZIP file instead of separate XML files
  • Feature - Option to Sort by priority on calendar
  • Feature - Support H2 Database
  • Feature - anti-alias text
  • Feature (Patch) - total number of items for TODO and Task lists
  • Feature - Whole Word Search
  • Feature - updates to the Italian Translation
  • Feature - option to show subtasks in task lists
  • Feature - in project tree, show empty projects as folders, not leaves
  • Bug 3076434 - Backdated ToDos-Birthdays pop up for each year until present
  • Bug - memo view does not clear currently shown memo when the tab is closed.
  • Bug - options do not reset to stored values if the option view is closed and reopened.
  • Bug 3217092 - BORG does not remember dock state after closing
  • Bug - do not create undo records when importing
  • Bug - only show first line of appt text in email reminders
  • Bug 3285186 - fix exe installer for windows-7

New in BORG 1.7.4 (Sep 25, 2010)

  • Spanish (Argentina) Translation
  • Feature - add search in memo text
  • Feature - [3039608] Single pop-up window for multiple reminders
  • Feature - [3059547] Add Repeat Until as a Recurrence option
  • Feature [2945673] - add back start to system tray feature
  • Feature - option to filter closed tasks in project/task tree
  • Feature - option to filter closed tasks in project task list
  • Feature [2960249] - option to hide status and task number in task tree display
  • Feature - automatically detect a few more Look and Feels
  • Feature [2945434] add option to show date in tray icon
  • Feature [2985309] Single click activate, double click add appointment
  • Bug - Make Daylight Savings Time Change entries non-clickable
  • Bug - Fix import bug that messes up links. Also speed up import.
  • Bug - change color chooser buttons so that color is always shown. Was lost for some look and feels.
  • Bug [2934430] - add buttons to increase/decrease the size of the non-timed area for day and week views.
  • Bug - make todo table react to changes in user colors preference
  • Bug [2985307] ToDo list always appears at startup
  • Other - Move reports and GANTT chart out of BORG. Create an unsupported plugins project to contain the reports, GANNT, and the old Ical import.

New in BORG 1.7.2 Beta (Nov 6, 2009)

  • Feature [2769671] Add an address book search
  • Feature [2852664] support TLS for SMTP (for gmail)
  • Feature [2876229] rewrite XML import/export to use JAXB
  • Feature [2876230] improve week/day view
  • Feature [2876231] add quick-note menu option
  • Feature [2876232] put the 3 task tabs under a single main tab
  • Feature [2876242] Remove Palm sync Support
  • Bug Fix [2876233] cleanup the translations - remove unused strings
  • Bug Fix [2876234] tab close/undock icons do not highlight
  • Bug Fix [2876236] clean up the online help
  • Bug Fix [2876237] popups sometimes continue after appts changed or deleted
  • Bug Fix [2876238] when deleting multiple addresses - the wrong ones are deleted
  • Bug Fix [2876240] fix calendar view tooltip
  • Bug Fix [2745960] pop up reminder non-functional at large-minute settings
  • Bug Fix [1728135] No Popups--- Date Doesn't Advance
  • Bug Fix [1693757] Category name size not checked

New in BORG 1.7.1 (Mar 16, 2009)

  • an undo feature so that you can undo silly (and possibly tragic) mistakes
  • the optional backup on shutdown now backs up to a uniquely named/timestamped zip file. the old method of keeping a single set of backup files was prone to overwriting good backups with bad at the worst times
  • an easy way to right click on the calendar to add a todo
  • a fix to the nasty problem with the Run SQL feature.

New in BORG 1.61 (Dec 13, 2008)

  • Features:
  • mark todos as done from reminder popup
  • Add marker on calendar if appt has links
  • Show past non-timed todo reminders
  • Bug Fix:
  • can't drag appt from non-timed to timed
  • cant change save a task after first entered
  • deleted repeats show up in todo list and popups
  • month and year view missing 1st
  • ClassCastException when savong changed subtask
  • Add New from Day/Week view broken in 1.6.1 b3