Version 4 – Changes in detail

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

2025/02 – Version 4.22

    • CORRECTION: Plausibility check: in certain data constellations a protection violation occurred.

 

2025/02 – Version 4.21

    • NEW: Plausibility check: too many biological parents are now also reported
    • CORRECTION: “Abbreviation for birth name” is only initialized after loading a language
    • CORRECTION: File under main menu “File” can only be opened after loading a language for the first time
    • CORRECTION: Demo version: when exiting, the info appears that more than 50 persons are not saved, then Ahnenblatt no longer ends when you click “Continue testing” in the license dialog
    • CORRECTION: Family book: Data protection option was partially not considered
    • CORRECTION: Lists: Family names were no longer bolded
    • CORRECTION: Lists: Surname was not underlined
    • CORRECTION: Navigator: “Profile picture” at the top left showed “Picture not found” if no main picture is marked for a person and the first file under “Media” is a non-picture
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for Ages!
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for EasyTree / My Family Tree 2
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for GENprofi GEDCOMs
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for GENprofi GEDCOMs (total export in extended GEDCOM format)
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for GenPlus GEDCOMs
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for MyHeritage
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for webtrees
    • OPTIMIZED: Merge persons: Recognition of duplicate persons further optimized

 

2025/01 – Version 4.20

    • Demo version: Saving more than 50 persons is no longer possible
    • OPTIMIZED: Image preview dialog can now also be closed with the Esc key
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for EasyTree / My Family Tree 2
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for MyHeritage
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for Ages!
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for GENprofi – family tree GEDCOMs
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for GENprofi GEDCOMs (total export in extended GEDCOM format)
    • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: further optimized for GenPlus GEDCOMs
    • OPTIMIZED: Hourglass: for siblings of the ancestors, no descendants of the proband siblings were displayed
    • OPTIMIZED: situation with diagonal, overlapping line in pedigree fixed
    • CORRECTION: Descendant book: “general personal sources” and “general partner sources” were missing
    • CORRECTION: Master list: the partners were missing for “Married / in text” when saving in ancestor sheet format

 

2024/12 – Version 4.19

    • CORRECTION: Merge persons: Date checks corrected when checking for equality of persons
    • CORRECTION: Navigator: Source display in info window corrected

 

2024/12 – Version 4.18

  • NEW: Show islands: new function to delete an island
  • NEW: Ancestor book: option to hide duplicate ancestors
  • CORRECTION: Address management: Sorting by person column did not sort partnerships correctly
  • CORRECTION: Books: Creation of header and footer revised so that customized margins work
  • CORRECTION: Books: in certain data constellations, the creation of the book was canceled due to an error
  • CORRECTION: Input dialog: “unknown” name types are no longer lost when changes are made
  • CORRECTION: Input dialog: “empty” children “…” could not be deleted
  • CORRECTION: Input dialog: “empty” partners “…” could not be deleted
  • CORRECTION: Input dialog: for facts (= FACT – event without date) the type is no longer editable
  • CORRECTION: Input dialog: if the last parent of a person is removed, an empty partner remains for the last parent
  • CORRECTION: Family book: Option “Page break between families” led to empty pages after several partnerships
  • CORRECTION: HTLM page/website: the first name was not underlined in the name headings
  • CORRECTION: List of top ancestors: when sorting by “Stems”, persons with duplicate numbers were occasionally shown
  • CORRECTION: Person/family sheet: if the options dialog is called up in the print preview, a book is then displayed as a preview
  • CORRECTION: Portable version: inserted images from the computer sometimes retained the drive letter
  • CORRECTION: Language: sometimes LanguageName and LanguageID were different, then e.g. English sample files were offered
  • CORRECTION: Panels: “Internal person reference” did not appear after birth name despite option “Indicator by name” / “Indicator also used in outputs”
  • CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: if the list of sources was activated, personal sources were still listed next to the person
  • CORRECTION: Ancestor book: Occupation directory: various occupations summarized, if term sometimes without and sometimes with comma (“Knight/knight, Brunswick/knight, Nuremberg (1362)”)
  • OPTIMIZED: Address management: significantly accelerated for large numbers of addresses (e.g. 100,000)
  • OPTIMIZED: When determining the creation date (AutoFill file notes), also take into account the creation date of Heredis and GenPlus
  • OPTIMIZED: a creation date is stored for each new person
  • OPTIMIZED: Books/person/family sheet: Person/partner notes/sources were partially missing
  • OPTIMIZED: Books: Display of addresses (including contact data) standardized
  • OPTIMIZED: Books: if there is an error message when saving, there is no longer a question as to whether the file should be opened
  • OPTIMIZED: Books: List of places: Places with spaces now after “main places” (example “Hamburg” before “Hamburg Altona”)
  • OPTIMIZED: Input dialog “complete”: Suggest existing married name as birth name for new partner
  • OPTIMIZED: “Complete” input dialog: if source text was entered for an event, a second source can now be created directly
  • OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: when changing the input mode to “complete”, adjust the column width of the data tables
  • OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: it is now also possible to delete an empty partner with partner events (with prompt)
  • OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: Position of some buttons is now automatically corrected
  • OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: Source from source management added to person/partner event did not appear by name in the source list
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM export: if the creator only has an e-mail address, a request to enter a creator still appeared
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: with CHAR ASCII character encoding, umlauts were sometimes recognized incorrectly
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: Download of Internet files optimized
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: Internet images in Ancestry GEDCOMs were counted twice (and then offered for download)
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for Adam GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for Ages!
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for AhnenChronik GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for Ahnenforscher-GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for GenPlus GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for GENprofi GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for GENprofi GEDCOMs (total export in extended GEDCOM format)
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for GENprofi family tree GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for GFAHNEN GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for PC ancestor GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for PRO-GEN-GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for RS-AHNEN GEDCOMs
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: optimized for webtrees
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: improved recognition of name parts for NAME “Katharina/Catharina /Meier/”
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: attempt to open a “locked” file resulted in an error message and ancestor sheet “hung”
  • OPTIMIZED: Delete group: Ancestors/descendants complete: Logic extended because persons were missing
  • OPTIMIZED: HTML page/website: Page source text now also contains the version number of Ahnenblatt
  • OPTIMIZED: Top ancestors list: explicit option for sorting (code numbers/tribes)
  • OPTIMIZED: Navigator: no more “protected” spaces in the info box, because some computers show these as special characters
  • OPTIMIZED: Navigator: Names were not adjusted immediately when changing the options for displaying the surname
  • OPTIMIZED: Merge persons: Added check for person/father/grandfather relationship and optimized date checks
  • OPTIMIZED: Person sheet: Sources from the source management no longer start with the notes
  • OPTIMIZED: Person sheet: unnecessary text “Name:” without content if sources/notes are hidden by name, but sources/notes are generally hidden
  • OPTIMIZED: Portable version: inserted images from the computer were copied to the program directory instead of the media directory
  • OPTIMIZED: Language: when changing language, the names of the person frames are reloaded in the “Create a board” dialog
  • OPTIMIZED: Panels: unnecessary line contrast was sometimes displayed in the wedding data
  • OPTIMIZED: Ancestor/descendant book: no lower spacing after notes/sources if children are immediately below them
  • OPTIMIZED: Ancestor book: Kekule numbers that are too large (from generation 64) are replaced by “…”
  • OPTIMIZED: additional name types “Byname”, “Patronym”, “Probable” and “Name change” added

 

2024/10 – Version 4.17

  • CORRECTION: File association with .ahn/.ged files did not work

 

2024/10 – Version 4.16

  • CORRECTION: Input dialog: some buttons (e.g. for adding images) were not (completely) visible for some users

 

2024/10 – Version 4.15

  • CORRECTION: Ancestor book: sources were deselected, then the creation of the book stopped

 

2024/10 – Version 4.14

  • CORRECTION: Books: when using the vertical scroll bar in the print preview, the line number was not adjusted
  • CORRECTION: Books: in directories, “headings” containing spaces were placed in quotation marks
  • CORRECTION: Edge Chromium error message at program startup is now suppressed (if Edge is not installed, e.g. if Edge is not installed) e.g. under Windows 7/Vista)
  • CORRECTION: Family book: in family graphics, the family number was sometimes missing for female persons
  • CORRECTION: Selected language was not retained after program end – program always restarted in German
  • CORRECTION: Ancestor/descendant book: Place index only showed the man (woman was missing!) for the place of marriage

 

2024/10 – Version 4.13

  • NEW: Person/New dialog: suggestion for birth name can now be switched off
  • NEW: Panels: Preview: Mouse wheel: now use Ctrl key to zoom in and out
  • OPTIMIZED: Address management: number of addresses could no longer be seen when changing the dialog height
  • OPTIMIZED: Tasks: lower area with input fields can be enlarged upwards
  • OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: Options button now has a more recognizable gear symbol
  • OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: when deleting any empty event/fact, remove it from favorites
  • OPTIMIZED: Input dialog: when deleting a custom event/fact, remove it from favorites first
  • OPTIMIZED: Family book: Subheadings (including in directories) may contain several “same” names (regarding umlauts, ß)
  • OPTIMIZED: Family book: alphabetical sorting changed
  • OPTIMIZED: Family book: for wife’s data, reference to another extramarital partnership was missing
  • OPTIMIZED: Family book: for location filter, do not create a location page with (almost) empty content
  • OPTIMIZED: Family book: in the case of a woman’s illegitimate partnerships, her other partnerships are no longer duplicated
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: image recognition in Ancestry GEDCOMs improved
  • OPTIMIZED: GEDCOM import: download of internet files can be aborted with Esc key
  • OPTIMIZED: Delete group: Hit list now shows a horizontal scroll bar if necessary
  • OPTIMIZED: Delete group: Significantly faster – especially for large numbers of persons to be deleted (> 10,000)
  • OPTIMIZED: Merge persons: If you save the protocol, the persons not merged are now listed last
  • OPTIMIZED: Person sheet: Picture options from books now also available here (do not duplicate profile pictures, square profile pictures, monochrome)
  • OPTIMIZED: Saving HTML page/website: new options for deactivating notes/sources
  • OPTIMIZED: Statistics: “Terms” tab: tooltips now directly at the cursor
  • OPTIMIZED: Search: Hit list now shows a horizontal scroll bar if necessary
  • OPTIMIZED: Panels: Preview: Mouse wheel: larger “steps” when scrolling horizontally (Shift key) and vertically (without key)
  • OPTIMIZED: Panels: When using the “Title/Prefix” option, also consider the “Title” event (from FTM)
  • OPTIMIZED: Ancestors/descendants book: Notes/sources in common parentheses, separated by a semicolon
  • OPTIMIZED: Ancestor/descendant book: alphabetical sorting of the directories changed, possibly several names in the subheadings
  • OPTIMIZED: added thousands separators to further numerical displays
  • CORRECTION: Tag search: the option “internal person reference @I..@” was missing
  • CORRECTION: ‘Event list’: there was an error message when saving in HTML format
  • CORRECTION: more error tolerance when writing to AhnTemp.ini
  • CORRECTION: Correct data: function “Replace comma in name fields” revised and does not change anything in notes/sources
  • CORRECTION: Dialogs: Entering the Czech character ‘ě’ (on a Czech keyboard, the ‘2’ key) closed the respective dialog during input (e.g. input dialog)
  • CORRECTION: Input dialog: when deleting a double child, the child from the correct partnership is now removed
  • CORRECTION: Family sheet/progeny book: general family notes/sources were partially missing
  • CORRECTION: Delete group: if the action took longer, the progress bar jumped uncontrollably (due to possible background saving)
  • CORRECTION: License dialog: a protection fault occurred when clicking OK without license data
  • CORRECTION: Options “File Linking”: Button “Link Now” did nothing if a program was already assigned to the file type
  • CORRECTION: Location Manager: renaming a location where only upper-/lowercase was changed, caused error messages
  • CORRECTION: Tables: children were missing for a single parent
  • CORRECTION: Tools: after calling up a plug-in (e.g. character set table), a directory was shown in the file explorer

 

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

    • 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)

 

detailed changes of version 3

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