Version 4 – Changes in detail

Here is a list of all detailed changes of the last program versions.

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

- 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

- 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)