Readerware now uses column names throughout. It used to use the internal database field names in some places, auto-update for example.
Readerware (Video) drag & drop could be very slow when adding actors to the database. Problem was worse at sites that provided a large cast list.
Readerware (Video) can now auto-update Actors, this was missing in earlier versions.
When adding chapters/disks/episodes to an entry, the new disk is now focused.
All price fields can now be adjusted up or down by a given percentage using the bulk editor. In earlier versions only the item value could be adjusted.
An invalid image was causing problems when using the Android sync function. Invalid images are now skipped.
Readerware for Android sort selections were not working correctly.
Fixed problems with Readerware on Android 3.2.
Android fast scrolling was not working correctly after you switched databases.
Readerware for Android did not trim leading and trailing spaces from the search value.
Fixed an exception in the Readerware for Android database list function when no databases were found. Same problem in the Search function.
Readerware for Android can now be installed on the device or on the sdcard.
Updated the Readerware web site search pages used when you select one of the Web->Search menu items. These now use the same look and feel as the main web site.
Readerware for Android now displays all exported fields. In the last release only common fields were displayed.
Fixed a problem converting a Readerware 2 database with active loans to Readerware 3 format.
Fixed a problem restoring a Readerware 3.10 backup.
Readerware (Music) and Readerware (Video) were not restoring preferences when the restore option was set.
You can now run the Readerware (Music) server in evaluation mode. You would get an invalid registration error in earlier releases.
Introducing Readerware Mobile for Android devices:Readerware Mobile lets you take your database with you on an Android device. You can browse, search your database and want list.
Readerware has a new preferences panel where you can define what fields are included in the Readerware Mobile database.
Readerware includes a Readerware Mobile network sync facility and a Readerware Mobile export so that you can easily transfer your database to your mobile device.
You can also use your Android device to capture barcodes and upload to Readerware auto-catalog.
Added a new loan history feature. The database now includes loan count and last loan date fields. These are updated automatically as you check items out, you can also set them manually. Designed to help you identify less popular titles.
Added a new "Seller" detail view display type to the book version. This includes seller related fields like sale price, date etc. Designed to make it easier to prepare listings for sale.
Added a catalog number search to Readerware 3 (Music).
Large auto-catalog sessions could run out of memory.
Fixed an exception when adding a new list entry in the bulk editor.
Fixed a problem with Bookhound exports, Readerware was adding quotes around the data and Bookhound would import them. Readerware no longer uses quotes when exporting to Bookhound format.
Fixed a problem with Amazon UIEE exports, the release date was in the wrong format. It is now output as year only.
Readerware 3 (Video) auto-catalog with the merge option set would only get actors if available on the first site. It will now get them from any site.
In the Readerware 3 (Video) table view, Actor-5 was always empty.
Added a new detail view preference to display buttons under the images. In Readerware 3 you manipulate images using a right click on the image and selecting from the popup menu. If a transparent image was accidentally selected, it was difficult to delete. With the button option on, you will always be able to delete an image.
In auto-catalog preferences it was possible to exclude the title. This caused adds to fail as title is a required field. You can no longer exclude the title, it is always extracted.
Readerware auto-update now considers a title of "No Title" and "Not found" to be empty and will update it.
Readerware auto-update was always updating the value fields as a value of 0.00 was not considered empty.
Fixed a problem where the auto-catalog site list could be empty.
If you deleted all displayed records, Readerware would not always refresh the display.
When updating an item in the detail view while working on one of the disc/volume tabs, Readerware would select the first tab after the update. It now maintains the current position.
When updating dates in the detail view with an invalid date, Readerware displayed an error and set the cursor in the problem field. This was kind of subtle and some users were unable to identify which date was in error. We now select the date.
In the Readerware 3 (Video) table view, the run time column was read only. You can now edit the cell when in edit mode.
It was possible to delete all discs/volumes for an item. Readerware no longer lets you delete the last entry.
It was possible to create a disc with no tracks which would prevent you from adding tracks. Readerware now assures that tracks are created.
Wrong error message displayed when a contributor name was omitted.
Dealer related fields were missing from the bulk editor.
When registering the Readerware Server you had to type in the registration information. There is now a Paste button to simplify registration.
The Readerware Windows installer now includes an option to allow you to run multiple instances of Readerware and have multiple databases open at the same time.
A few Windows users were experiencing video refresh problems. The Readerware Windows installer now includes an option to install a version that does not use graphics acceleration. If you experience video problems after installing Readerware, rerun the install and choose this option.
On Linux the Readerware splash screen remains on top of other windows which can obscure error messages. The Readerware splash screen is now turned off by default on Linux.
Fixed a problem on Linux when playing media files.
Added support for the new British Library site. There were also changes to the extraction logic to handle some problem sites.
Removed import past purchases.
Product help updated. Product help is now available as a PDF file on the website.
When upgrading from Readerware 2 to Readerware 3, the program would sometimes fail to find the 2.0 database automatically.
Added a new Contributor preferences panel. There are extended options for how Readerware displays and sorts contributor names like artist, author etc. You can:
- Use display name only - The name is displayed as Agatha Christie and is sorted under A.
- Use sort name only - The name is displayed as Christie, Agatha and is sorted under C.
- Use display and sort names - The name is displayed as Agatha Christie and is sorted under C.
Also on the contributor preferences panel, you can now change the way Contributor searches work. When you select a contributor like artist from the list, Readerware searches for an exact match returning a list of albums by just that artist. You can now force a wild card search so that Readerware returns albums that include that artist.
You can now display both the contributor name and contributor sort name columns in the table view. This makes it a lot easier to spot invalid names.
Added a new primary contributor search to all products. An artist search will search at both the album and track level. The new Artist (Primary) search searches at the album level only. These searches are disabled by default, use the search list preferences to enable them.
The Web->Display product at menu now includes all active sites so that you can choose the site to use.
Auto-Catalog performance has been improved. This could slow down when adding a lot of contributors. This was particularly noticeable in the video product.
Import performance improved. Large imports could be very slow, performance has been improved considerably.
Readerware now preserves the table selection and location when switching in and out of edit mode.
Bold font selection is now working in Readerware preferences.
Expanded the read/played searches to Never, Once, Once or more, More than once.
Readerware auto-catalog and drag & drop were not checking image length. Some sites were providing huge images. Readerware will now reject images that are too large.
Drag & drop of a new image onto an existing record was not working.
Readerware was not handling some Dutch ISBNs correctly due to bad punctuation rules. Added rules for many new countries.
The user number fields in the bulk edit wizard were too small.
When using an ISBN list with the bulk editor, Readerware would not find some ISBNs.
Title is a required field. Readerware was not correctly checking for an empty title. This could result in an exception trying to add or update a record because the title was missing. Readerware will now display an error if the title is missing.
Readerware would let you delete all discs from an album or video. At least one disc is required so you can no longer delete the last disc.
When updating user defined columns in the table view, a change to 1 column could be applied to all user defined columns.
When updating a record from the unsaved changes dialog, Readerware was not refreshing the results. The data was saved but it looked like the change was not applied. Readerware now refreshes the results.
The detail view summary panel was not always refreshed. For example select a new image and update the record. Switch to the summary tab, the old image was still displayed.
Added new large font summary view templates. These are the same format as existing templates but the font is larger. Select the templates using Preferences->Views->Detail.
Reviewed the various Readerware export formats, some fields were not being exported correctly in 3.0.
Imports now add required fields. For example Title is a required field, if you tried to import a file that did not contain the title, the record was rejected. Readerware will now add a default value for required fields. This lets you easily import a file of ISBNs and locations for example. You can then use auto-update to fetch new information from the web.
Readerware expects all ISBNs to be stored internally in ISBN-13 format. When importing an ISBN-10 from a TAB delimited or CSV file, Readerware was storing it in ISBN-10 format.
Readerware could run out of memory when exporting a lot of image files. This has been corrected and you can now export all database images.
Readerware would always wrap cell data in double quotes when exporting to a CSV or TAB delimited file. Some programs were having trouble importing these files. Wrapping the data in double quotes is now an option set during export.
The want list price check function would sometimes display the prices in the wrong rows.
Readerware would sometimes fail to open a database saying that it did not exist when the files were there. This was caused by a problem during the previous close. This issue is now resolved and Readerware will recover from this error.
The location for preferences was not always set correctly on a Windows system. Readerware will now always store preferences in your application data folder.
There was a problem with auto-catalog if you installed Readerware 3 over Readerware 2, this has now been resolved.
Readerware restore would truncate the restore path if it contained a period.
Added support for printing ASIN barcodes.
Added Product ID, Call Number and ASIN searches to all products.
It was possible to add empty borrower records to the database which could not be deleted. Readerware will now prevent this.
Simplified client/server setup. You used to have to create a database in order to enter the product and select the advanced open mode so that you could connect to a server. Now when you register Readerware Client/Server Edition this option is set automatically. During the evaluation period there is a box that you can check in the evaluation window to enable client/server support.
When accessing a server database Readerware now gets the real database name to help with database identification. In the window title Readerware includes both the server and database name. When backing up a server database, Readerware uses the database name.
Fixed an exception displaying some images from an Access database.
When creating an Access database Readerware was using the wrong schema. This resulted in long text fields like product information getting truncated. Readerware now creates an Access database with the correct schema, but this change will not affect existing databases. You should backup and restore your Access database to resolve this issue.
Fixed an problem displaying changed records after using the bulk editor with a MySQL database. Readerware could display extra records.
Readerware could not display the borrower dialog on Linux.
Database selection dialog was too small on Linux resulting in missing and compressed data.
Product help updated.
Readerware 3.04 has been tested with the latest release of Max OS X, Lion. Everything works as expected. There is more with using Readerware on Lion in this knowledge base article.
There was a problem with databases converted with a beta release when opened in Readerware 3.02, the detail view summary page was blank and Readerware would display spurious unsaved changes prompts.
Fixed a SQLException that could occur when updating a record after auto-catalog.
Fixed an Exception that could occur when updating a record after a search if the update changed the search field. For example, search for a specific author then change the author and update the record.
On some systems Readerware would display the full database after an auto-catalog run instead of just the new items.
Entering a name containing the asterisk wild card character could cause the search to fail.
Adding an item with just a space in the title field would cause an exception.
Added a new preference setting to control the table row background color. By default Readerware uses an operating system setting to determine the background color. This is normally a very light gray but on some systems was much darker. You can now force the background color to white. Select the Preferences menu item, then Views, then Table.
Drag & drop now works with IE9. When using IE9 Readerware will always display a popup asking you what kind of action you want to perform on the drop. This will be addressed in a future release.
Auto-Catalog preferences were not always saved correctly and could reset after restarting Readerware.
Bulk edits and auto-update could be very slow on large databases due to excessive database optimization.
The Contributor delete button was disabled in some instances that could prevent you from deleting an unwanted contributor.
Readerware 3 (Video) searches were consuming too much memory resulting in some slow downs and application hangs.
Readerware 3 (Video) was displaying the wrong actors in the table view.
Added a Book ID search to support Book ID barcodes. Users can now print their own barcodes using the Book ID, select a Book ID search and scan the barcode to display the book. Same functionality added to music and video versions.
You can now use the Book ID as the file name when export images. Same functionality added to music and video versions.
Importing records with an invalid ISBN or UPC was not working correctly.
The Nimbus Look & Feel was not working correctly in the video program. It could stop the program from starting.
Readerware could fail to convert an ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 in some instances.
Readerware will now correctly format Indian ISBNs, 978-81.
3.0 conversion could fail if the 2.x database had an invalid loan out date.
Backing up a Readerware Access database would fail with a SQLException.
Displaying a contributor from an Access database failed.
Backing up a Readerware MySQL database would create an invalid backup file.
Restore could fail because of a integrity problem in the backed up database. The restore now handles this and corrects the problem in the restored database.
If you have set up Readerware to start in read only or checkout mode and supplied a password to enter full access mode, making a change in preferences reset the database mode. It is now unchanged unless you specifically change the default access mode. There was also a problem that could cause the password to be lost.
Spacer image used by some report writer templates was missing.
Added new [[$AUTHORLAST]] and [[$ARTISTLAST]] report writer tags. The normal tags will return the name in the currently selected format, First Last or Last, First. The new tags will always return the name in Last, First format. Some templates needed the last name first to work correctly, they have been updated to use the new tags.
Readerware Windows downloads and executable files are now signed for added security.
Numerous documentation updates.
Some databases would fail to load completely and trigger an exception. This was caused when a list entry was deleted but still referenced.
Readerware Corporation is proud to announce the release of Readerware 3.0.