Version 4 – Changes in detail
Here is a list of all detailed changes of the last program versions.
2024/08 – Version 4.12
- OPTIMIZED: File/Search: Dialog slightly revised, new button “Open directory…”, arrow symbols for column sorting
- OPTIMIZED: File/Search: Search drives are only determined if necessary
- OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: various error possibilities are now intercepted internally
- CORRECTION: File/Add: Error message if the same place names differ in upper/lower case
- CORRECTION: File/Search: not all directories were reliably searched
- CORRECTION: Function for saving recovery information did not work reliably
2024/08 – Version 4.11
- OPTIMIZED: Remove HTML control characters: now completely remove all possible HTML entities
- CORRECTION: Open ancestor file: only the first 32,000 characters of the “file note” were read in again – the rest was ignored
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: self-defined partner event changed the name to “RELI” or “CIVIL”
- CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: telephone number and e-mail address were missing from the creator details on the title page
2024/08 – Version 4.10
- NEW: Books: own title possible
- NEW: Books: own cover picture possible (none/default/own)
- NEW: Books: new option (display/images) “Do not duplicate profile picture”
- NEW: Dialog “Create a book”: new tab “Cover page” with options for title, image and creator
- NEW: Family book: new option “Page break between families”
- NEW: Family book: new directory “Married persons”
- NEW: GEDCOM import: Ancestry GEDCOMs: images can now also be downloaded
- NEW: “Indicator by name” option with additional selection “Internal personal references (@XREF:INDI@)”
- OPTIMIZED: Books: image sequence within events is retained
- OPTIMIZED: Books: if a serious error occurs, editing is now aborted with an error message (instead of without comment as before)
- OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: Ask if image should be deleted after copying an image from main tab “Media” or event “General”
- OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: NAME._ALIA xxx becomes NAME xxx / NAME.GIVN xxx / NAME.TYPE aka
- OPTIMIZED: Navigator: Ctrl+C now only copies the selected text of the info box (if text is selected) – otherwise everything
- OPTIMIZED: Options “List/Book (Data)”: for header option “Creator” a button to call the file properties dialog
- OPTIMIZED: Location management: input field for filters modified
- OPTIMIZED: Location management: the recopying of coordinates has been improved (e.g. “51° 19′ 4′”).e.g. “51° 19′ 4.1″ N, 9° 30′ 23.8″ E”)
- OPTIMIZED: Source management: Input field for filters modified
- OPTIMIZED: Internal recognition of an “empty” family improved
- CORRECTION: Book: Preview: Shift in the vertical scrollbar did not update the page number
- CORRECTION: Books: Sorting in the directories corrected (umlauts and hyphens were affected)
- CORRECTION: Books: Directory option “family name only” was not retained
- CORRECTION: File/Properties…: under the tab “Info” the file name was missing (instead “_Filename”)
- CORRECTION: File/Add (.ahn/.ged): not all file properties and creator data were merged
- CORRECTION: Dialog “Create a sheet”: Button “Data selection” was not adjusted immediately when changing the language
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: Insert image from removable disk and cancel gave a focus error
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: Button “Open directory of selected medium” did not work with ‘/’ in (relative) path
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: Marriage with “TYPE” (e.g. from MyFamilyTree) is now saved correctly
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: when deleting a new empty task there was an error message
- CORRECTION: Family book: Determination of the years for the cover page adjusted for time periods
- CORRECTION: Family book: Notes (if at the end) moved behind the pictures – analogous to the wife and ancestor/descendant book
- CORRECTION: Family book: Profile pictures were still square despite deactivated option
- CORRECTION: Family book: list of sources: page break within a source repeated the number at the end of the following page
- CORRECTION: Family book: religion was missing for event with religion (baptism, confirmation, confirmation)
- CORRECTION: GEDCOM import: incorrect GEDCOM file with missing family structure was not corrected correctly
- CORRECTION: GOV search with umlauts in place name was incorrect (URLEncode of place name for link)
- CORRECTION: Import report: when enlarging the dialog, text area was not also enlarged
- CORRECTION: Navigator: message removed when double-clicking
- CORRECTION: Place management: renaming places with/to ß led to error messages
- CORRECTION: Place management: for new data, the place name is now always saved, even if it has not been changed
- CORRECTION: Place management: when changing a place name (before with hyphen, afterwards without) there was an error message
- CORRECTION: Place management: if only coordinates were entered for a place, these were deleted again
- CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: options “Header” (date/creator) were not used
2024/06 – Version 4.09
- CORRECTION: Book: Print preview: if no person is to be displayed by changing the option (e.g. “confidential”), then close print preview
- CORRECTION: Family book: Partnership data was missing if partners are confidential, even if the option to hide was not set
- CORRECTION: Place administration: an access error occurred when renaming a place
- CORRECTION: Location management: display errors occurred with more than 2000 locations (e.g. filtered locations not in focus)
- CORRECTION: Location management: when enlarging the dialog, the location list remained at the same height
- OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: transfer alias field (e.g. from GenPlus)
- OPTIMIZED: Location management: Coordinate search: deactivate “Apply” button without search results
- OPTIMIZED: Location management: when merging locations, the data is also merged
2024/06 – Version 4.08
- NEW: Place management: Search/filter field for places
- NEW: Source management: Search/filter field for sources
- NEW: Source management: also delete sources for which persons are stored
- OPTIMIZED: Location management: display last location again when called up again
- OPTIMIZED: Person/family sheet/books: Profile pictures (square) were displayed very pixelated, although they are available in a better resolution.
- CORRECTION: Book: Wedding year appeared in family table, even if marriage or partner confidential
- CORRECTION: Dialog “Set input mode”: Text regarding options menu adjusted
- CORRECTION: Input dialog/Go To dialog: prefix “Married name born” appeared when changing birth/married name appeared in the Go To dialog (for surname = married name + maiden name)
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: Replace event: Confirmation by confirmation and vice versa was not possible
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: Godparents/witnesses were not deleted when godparents/witnesses were deleted
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: an attempt was made to transfer “Text source” to source management, but then aborted, resulting in a SOUR.TITL (even repeatable several times!)
- CORRECTION: Sort family: Jump to help (F1 key, ?-symbol) ended up in the topic “Correct data”
- CORRECTION: Family book: the addition “Source:” was missing in the display of sources for the name
- CORRECTION: HTML website: link “Back to homepage” was incorrect with umlauts in the file name
- CORRECTION: Lists/books: Page margins have been displayed before, although deactivated in options
- CORRECTION: Lists: in the old print preview docx was offered as file format in the save dialog, although not intended
- CORRECTION: Options: when changing “Indicator after name”, not all texts were regenerated in the navigator
- CORRECTION: Location management/coordinate search: the “?” symbol was missing in the title bar as a link to help
- CORRECTION: Person sheet: the godparents were missing for baptisms
- CORRECTION: Master list: the partners of female descendants were missing in the “Partner in text” option
- CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book/person sheet: source date was displayed twice
- CORRECTION: various dialogs: multi-line input fields: Right-click brought up English context menu (now translatable)
- CORRECTION: various dialogs: multi-line input fields: Text is now highlighted in Windows highlight color (instead of black)
2024/05 – Version 4.07
- NEW: Properties/Info: new button to call up the storage location in a file explorer window
- NEW: “Complete” input dialog: “Confirmation” event can be added (with specification of a religion)
- NEW: Lists/books: scroll pages forwards and backwards with 4th/5th mouse button
- NEW: Tables: new option “Line contrast”, so that lines are recognizable even with “restless” background image
- OPTIMIZED: Ancestor sheet started with a delay if the default printer is a network printer that is switched off
- OPTIMIZED: Input dialog “simple”: after opening/closing name details or editing name, a possibly displayed married name disappeared
- OPTIMIZED: Go to dialog: “Refresh” button not only updates the names, but also re-sorts all persons
- OPTIMIZED: As long as printing functions are not yet available, the status bar of the main window reads “Waiting for printer…”
- CORRECTION: “Use indicator after name / indicator also in issues” did not work in books and all lists
- CORRECTION: Open ancestor file: foreign characters were not converted correctly if the code page was different (only files from v2)
- CORRECTION: Output in TeX format: “ngerman” instead of “german” for breaks according to new German spelling
- CORRECTION: Output in TeX format: spaces were missing after special character macros
- CORRECTION: Output in TeX format: the cross as a symbol for death is now also implemented with \textdagger
- CORRECTION: Books/Lists: Sort name is no longer displayed
- CORRECTION: Books: Source details (page, link, …) now in the source index instead of attached to the source reference
- CORRECTION: Books: Source references positioned too high compared to “normal” text when saving as PDF
- CORRECTION: Books: docx could not be opened with Word due to control characters in notes/sources (ASCII code #11)
- CORRECTION: Books: if a partner is confidential, hide partnership events and partner pictures
- CORRECTION: Properties/Info: too long location was cut off, no complete path was shown on mouseover
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: “Date correction during input” did not consider date fields for sources from source management
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: Button “Last persons” could sometimes cause an error message
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: Status bar occasionally showed “Set input mode” with & sign (solution: OptionsMenu.AutoHotkeys = maManual)
- CORRECTION: Family sheet: general notes and sources are now also displayed for both persons
- CORRECTION: Family sheet: if a partner is confidential, hide partnership events and partner pictures
- CORRECTION: HTLM website: umlauts (from file names) in links on the start page were incorrect
- CORRECTION: Islands: if a person of an island was clicked on the option “closed user group”, then the central person of the navigator was shown, even if they are not part of the island
- CORRECTION: “Person sheet” list: if more than 4000 persons were selected, a message was displayed, even if fewer persons were selected
- CORRECTION: Person sheet: almost everything is hidden for confidential persons
- CORRECTION: Person sheet: no missing line breaks between several general sources
- CORRECTION: Plausibility check: term “Einsegnung” replaced by “Konfirmation”
- CORRECTION: Source list: if only short title filled and long title empty, an empty title line was shown
- CORRECTION: Descendant list: Option “Partner in text” did not show married partners (only unmarried partners)
- CORRECTION: Descendant list: Sources were partially duplicated
- CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: in the list of children, godparents and cause of death are no longer listed again
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: “Generation subheadings” were missing or incorrectly positioned
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: only one source appeared for Karl Beckmann
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: double page number for source from source management
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: confidential parents were nevertheless shown with the child
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: confidential person did not appear by name as a child with the father although the option “Hide data/persons marked as confidential” was deactivated
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: too often duplicate persons with different partners led to the display of repeated false children
- CORRECTION: Charts: crossing lines with a third partner with children (“spikes”)
- CORRECTION: various texts: Term “spouse” generally replaced by “partner”
- CORRECTION: avoid internal exception when converting dates (GetDateFromText) e.g. sort events chronologically in books
2024/04 – Version 4.06
- “Show all profile pictures” dialog: with 4th and 5th mouse button (= browser forward/back) to the last/next profile picture
- Input dialog: with 4th and 5th mouse button (= browser forward/back) to the last/next person
- Navigator: with 4th and 5th mouse button (= browser forward/back) to the last/next person
- Plausibility check: Check persons for empty godparents and witnesses
- CORRECTION: Pedigree: in certain configurations, duplication of partners was avoided, resulting in crossing child lines
- CORRECTION: Books: Abort without result if there were “empty” godparents/witnesses (references to non-existent persons)
- CORRECTION: Books: Image text/date was missing for copied images
- CORRECTION: Books: Source index and source references now also contain the source details
- CORRECTION: Books: avoid unnecessary line breaks in sources and notes
- CORRECTION: Books: date of birth/death appeared in indexes despite the “confidential” indicator
- CORRECTION: Books: persons marked as confidential by name appeared in directories
- CORRECTION: Event list: Sorting was mixed up by month
- CORRECTION: Extras/Options… Print/List/Book(data) option “Italics …” was not saved permanently
- CORRECTION: Family sheet: Family graphic was not always displayed
- CORRECTION: Family book/Personal sheet/Family sheet: there was sometimes a line break between the source and the associated quotation
- CORRECTION: Family book: the witnesses were missing for partnerships
- CORRECTION: Family book: the last place was missing in the filter selection for places
- CORRECTION: Filter selection dialog: when deleting the filter term, the first term in the list was sometimes missing
- CORRECTION: Filter selection dialog: the number displayed below now refers to the filtered terms
- CORRECTION: List of family facts: sometimes thousand points were missing in the numbers
- CORRECTION: Navigator: right mouse click in the free area still showed the function “Add to watchlist” in the context menu
- CORRECTION: Place list (with events): the events were sometimes shown several times for incorrect places
- CORRECTION: Place family book: too many people were filtered out (if the mother of a person had no place details but the father had place details)
- CORRECTION: Place family book: place pictures from place administration not found were not displayed – possibly not the whole place
- CORRECTION: Person sheet/family sheet/books: the contact details were missing for the place of residence
- CORRECTION: Person sheet/family sheet: “Creator” and “Name” options were not adopted
- CORRECTION: Person sheet: Parents and siblings were missing
- CORRECTION: Person sheet: Godparents were displayed twice if date/place was missing
- CORRECTION: Person sheet: source details (page, link, date) were missing for partnership events
- CORRECTION: Plausi: BAPL (=Mormon baptism) no longer treated as baptism – can also take place after death
- CORRECTION: Save a list/table as an ancestor file: Godparents/witnesses with references to persons not to be saved are now removed
- CORRECTION: Family tree: in certain constellations, an intended “double” partner has been removed
- CORRECTION: “Common ancestor” table: without siblings, several siblings were still shown (because several connection paths)
- CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: Occupations with date did not appear in the occupational directory
- CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: with consecutive numbering: no thousand separators in personal references
- CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: docx opened in Word: Alt+A / F9: two-column name index was doubled
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: for siblings as probands, omit the married name in the book title if necessary
2024/03 – Version 4.05
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: 2024 dates were not handled correctly
- CORRECTION: Recognition of the date format further optimized
- CORRECTION: Person sheet: some of the sources were missing
- OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: in the “Identification number” event, the message that “Type” is missing only appears if a value has been entered
2024/03 – Version 4.04
- NEW: Books: “Profile pictures square” option for profile pictures – if deselected, display in original aspect ratio
- CORRECTION: Address management: Changes to an address, changed address of the first person when reopening the dialog
- CORRECTION: Books: Image titles were not found or displayed in certain cases
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: in Sources->Notes from an Ages! GEDCOM were shown as note link (@Nxx@)
- CORRECTION: Family book: Sorting “alphabetically, then chronologically” still resulted in duplicate persons
- CORRECTION: Place list: option “Place details from place administration” was missing short name, region and country
- CORRECTION: Portable version: license data was not applied on first start
- CORRECTION: Panels: the option to show the creator in the footer was not saved when exiting the program
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: Place/date of the wedding date of additional partners was duplicated
- CORRECTION: not all file-related functions were prepared for Unicode file names
- CORRECTION: after copying a source in the input dialog, it was shown without left navigation when calling the source management
- OPTIMIZED: input dialog: switch to partner, then add profile picture did not show a new picture in the navigator
- OPTIMIZED: Navigator: Generation arrows are now enlarged with higher screen scaling
- OPTIMIZED: Navigator: Tooltip shows the total number of children of a person again (not the one with the displayed partner)
2024/03 – Version 4.03
- CORRECTION: Books: Media of confidential events are no longer displayed
- CORRECTION: Correct data: Remove spaces: Data in the “Administrations” were not taken into account
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: Prio colors were incorrect in the table
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: deleting a task resulted in a protection violation
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: new siblings with unknown gender were incorrectly added as male
- CORRECTION: Input dialog: text entered under General/Sources/Text was not saved when closing the dialog
- CORRECTION: Family book: Name filter and sorting “alphabetically, then chronologically” duplicated oldest person several times
- CORRECTION: Internet search: “Search in progress”/”New finds” are displayed with incorrect symbols in the toolbar
- CORRECTION: Location management: a protection violation could occur when merging two locations
- CORRECTION: Fixed problems with recognizing the correct date format of an ancestor file
- CORRECTION: Statistics: the line “x of y …” at the bottom left was not shown
- CORRECTION: Search (& Replace): could lead to an error message with option “whole words only”
- CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: not all sources were listed in the list of sources (if “Hide atypical options for local family book” was active)
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: notes/source text appeared again for duplicate persons
- CORRECTION: Ancestor book: incorrect display in ancestor complex
- Books: in directories, sort titles in personal names further back (previously: title=Dr.med. led to sorting at D)
- Input dialog and more: Enlarge image preview in the dialogs according to the scaling
- Navigator: Tooltip of a person shows the marriage date at the end again
- Local family book: for each place a separate page with information from the local administration (i.e. page breaks)
2024/02 – Version 4.02
- CORRECTION: Statistics: Saving in CSV format was incorrect
- CORRECTION: Update routine corrected
2024/02 – Version 4.01
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- BUG FIXED: Windows 7/Vista: Edge error message is suppressed, download hint instead of map in the location manager
- BUG FIXED: Books: Sorting of directories corrected – was incorrect for Austria/Switzerland
- BUG FIXED: Options dialog: under “Print / Panels / Images” the options for “Image display” were missing
- BUG FIXED: Address management: Protection violation when deleting an address
- BUG FIXED: Insert image: Comments were not read correctly from JPEG files
- Book: copied images appeared in the book despite content category “ignore”
- Book: Images in the “Document” content category are now also excluded from books
- Book: the event “Retirement” is now called “Cause” instead of “Cause of death”
- Ancestor/descendant book: sources/notes were missing for birth and baptism
- Books: Hide user-defined ID in general – then hide it behind the surname if required
- Books: Hide indicators behind names on title page and for children
2024/02 – Version 4.0
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- NEW: Edit/Correct data (= adjust): Remove HTML code from notes
- NEW: Edit/Correct data (= adjust): Display log at the end
- NEW: User interface: razor-sharp even at high DPI resolution (higher scaling factor)
- NEW: User interface: tabs are highlighted more strongly in all dialogs (can be optionally switched off)
- NEW: Book printing: Family book (including local family book)
- NEW: Book printing: Descendant book
- NEW: Book printing: Ancestor book
- NEW: File/Properties: new input fields: Phone, E-Mail, Note, Copyright (remains in .ahn, .ged)
- NEW: Input dialog: Addresses can be copied to other events and persons
- NEW: Input dialog: Internet addresses in notes/sources are clickable
- NEW: Input dialog: new image content category “Ignore” to suppress them in outputs
- NEW: Lists: Family sheet with pictures
- NEW: Lists: Person sheet with pictures
- NEW: Watchlist (toolbar, “Edit / Watchlist…”)
- NEW: Watchlist: Make watch list also available for selection in boards
- NEW: Watchlist: Save watchlist in the .ahn file and load it again
- NEW: Watchlist: Add persons to watchlist (input dialog, plausibility check, island dialog)
- NEW: Options/Name display: new option “Surname in capital letters”
- NEW: Location management: Display of the location on an integrated map
- NEW: Location management: Determination of location coordinates
- NEW: Location management: new data fields: Short name, state/region, country
- NEW: Check partner status (married/unmarried – “Extras / Partner status…”)
- NEW: Status of the progress bar is also shown in the taskbar (next to the program icon)
- NEW: Opening of files with Unicode characters possible (ancestor files, GEDCOMs, images)
- OPTIMIZED: List of recently opened files (welcome dialog, under main menu “File”) extended from 5 to 10
- OPTIMIZED: Lists: List selection better structured
- OPTIMIZED: Log: Save and copy icons (instead of save button)
- OPTIMIZED: Panels: Panel selection better structured
- OPTIMIZATION: Go-to dialog is no longer rebuilt as often (speed-optimized for large families)