Time and Chaos Revision History

Time & Chaos Revision History

Programmer's release notes for Time & Chaos. For Internal Use only.

Version 5.6.0 (released 5/1/2003)

Web Synchronization Service on ChaosHost.com is here! This is what y'all have been asking for ...
Create Date and Last Modified Dates are now stored in GMT or UTC. to eliminate the time zone effect on synchronization.
Day Number Count has been corrected on calendar when week begins is set to Monday.
New database engine. Change from vbis4032.dll to vbis5032.dll

Version 5.5.0 (released 6/14/2002)

Redesigned all of the main data entry screens with new tree navigation.
Added helper icon to telephone entry to make finding options easier.
The Telephone Entry Screen's "Linked Appointments" and "Linked To Do's" are now able to display the note for each appointment and/or to do in a notes column.
New option for a single column telephone list. The list can still be sorted alphabetized either by Company Name or Last Name.
Redesigned the main screen telephone number display area to support both button and caption resizing.
Linked Appointments and To Do's now support custom column widths and word wrap option.
Data entry fields select all text automatically upon receiving focus.
New option to turn off red highlighting on monthly calendar - this yields significant performance improvements under heavy data loads particularly across a local area network.
F9 Short-cut key to sort on phone list works correctly now all of the time.
Added ability to swap fields on Search and Report. eg. You can now exchange the data in phone number 5 with the data in phone number 7.
Changed the MDI child windows to MDI child tool windows to recapture some screen real-estate.
Data Entry of Time has been made more flexible by not requiring a colon separator between hours and minutes. Thus 2345 and 1130 are now corrected to valid times automatically.
Transportable records now use a GUID long string to ensure uniqueness
Recent Files List has been expanded to support 8 sets of data
Improved the option to minimize to tray so that a window restore operation can correctly restore the main screen to it's original state.
Increased the number of appointment colors by a factor of 10.
Custom To Do Priority Colors (See Preferences)
Fixed Printing of DayTimer Size scaling where the characters were squished together too closely.
Fixed the Print Customization window so that it can no longer open off screen.
Using the Delete Key in the telephone list now correctly offers to delete only one record.
Added support for bold font on main screen.
Added new Traditional Layout under the view menu

Version 5.4.0 (released 8/30/2001)

NEW: Word Processing Support for MS Word XP.
NEW: Telephone book record right click menu allows add and delete of linked records.
NEW: Search Screen enhancements to dynamically add/remove columns after a search.
Fixed: Holding mouse on telephone book header was automatically scrolling. Now corrected.
Fixed: A new todo item dragged from telephone book was causing the todo list to automatically refresh after one minute. Now corrected.

Version 5.3.9 (released 01/10/2001)

NEW: Fast Find feature - use Ctrl-F from main screen to quickly find a contact with your search text found in any field. Give this a try!
NEW: categories support increased from 24 to 100 + categories. If you need more? Call!
NEW: Appointment Filtering by categories right from Main Screen! Also supports printing!
NEW: Attached files for To Do items
NEW: Complete redesign of Print Preview Options. Much easier, much faster.
NEW: ability to print only the 'selected text' in the attached notes section
NEW: New HTML Based Help System (press F1)
NEW: option to start the calendar week on either Sunday or Monday.
NEW: Custom To Do priorities are now supported under preferences
NEW: provides variable snooze on each appointment alarm.
NEW: added multi-user alarm support in Current Alarm Mode Only.
NEW: Custom Telephone labels and Custom field labels are now stored in physical database file so each database may now have its own unique set of default labels.
NEW: Only Categories that are have labels are included for printing on Contract Profiles.
NEW: Alarms now fire on the 0 second of your PC clock rather than just every 60 seconds.
NEW: preference to set appointment drop down times
NEW: ability to set categories on a previously filtered list
NEW: ability to set an ATTENTION Line on an envelope or group of envelopes.
NEW: when notes are accessed via Attached Notes button, window size and position is now retained
FIXED: convert UNC was not returning a UNC if it's already a UNC
FIXED: multi level search reports were only executing last level
FIXED: month zoom to week zoom corrected
FIXED: tab to Linked Name and not selecting anything was deleting Linked Name
FIXED: new custom arrows on search were not auto drop down on first click
FIXED: if print preview is too short then may not be able to scroll back to the top of the properties grid
FIXED: last modified date and time now updates correctly on category modifications and find and replaces within the search screen.

Version 5.3.8 (released 04/05/2000)

Programmers note: This version is fully supported for Windows 2000.
NEW: Upgraded spell check to allow red underline as you type with errors
NEW: Spell check options moved to preferences for easier access.
NEW: Wallpaper Support
NEW: Main Screen Custom Font Selection
NEW: Advanced Sort Options on Search and report.
NEW: Networked users can now use SendTo option to browse to a folder of choice.
NEW: Last specified weekday of each month repeat option has been added.
NEW: When printing a Header containing %DATE% or %NAME% variables will be replaced with the Current Date or Current Data Folder Name.
NEW: New options on TimeLine to allow changes to interval and the end of day.
NEW: New option to right click on search headers to customize for printing
NEW: Custom Copy to Clipboard now supports multi-select in telephone book
NEW: Finally .... multi-select drag and drop much easier now !
NEW: TimeBar now starts on your specified Default Day Start Time rather than midnight
IMPROVED: Backup and Restore performance improved.
IMPROVED: Open Data Folder preselects current data folder on local drives
IMPROVED: dependency on msvcrt.dll for backup removed
IMPROVED: Last modified date and time is now updated on global replaces
IMPROVED: Quick search positions record to top of phone list whenever possible
IMPROVED: Font list on print preview now sorted alphabetically and will display an unlimited number of fonts.
IMPROVED: Linked Name field on appointments and to do's now support keystrokes with quickfill.
FIXED: Fixed a problem that would uncheck the automatic backup prompt after doing a restore.
FIXED: Ability to set a Default Font within NOTES is back.
FIXED: Appointments originating on the Palm device now get a wav sound in Chaos.
FIXED: New Plug-ins should no longer require a toolbar reset.
FIXED: Font improvements for improved international support.
FIXED: Printing with a preview color of 'white' automatically sets printer color mode to monochrome only. This is for single cartridge inkjet printers only.

Version 5.3.7 (released 10/01/1999)

Programmer Comments: It was the objective of this version to enhance the usability of Time & Chaos. The program now contains so many features that we felt a interface redesign was appropriate. Our goal was to increase usability without sacrificing functionality. We hope that you enjoy the new look and feel.

NEW: Complete Interface redesign with new toolbars and menus. Now simpler and better customization available
NEW: Provided support for the 'windows menu' key on Windows keyboards.
NEW: Spell Check feature (includes both American and British English dictionaries).
NEW: Vanity Dialing. We now support telephone numbers such as 800-333-DISH
NEW: Multi Select Drag and Drop.
NEW: Backup and Restore from any location!
NEW: Ability to cancel an appointment with a strikeout font.
NEW: MapBlast support as a web mapping alternative to MapQuest.
NEW: Provides option to minimize application to the system tray area.
NEW: Quick Category Searches right from main screen telephone book.
NEW: Specific Categories can now be edited or cleared on main screen.
NEW: Use the TAB key to switch between 4 quadrants on the main screen.
NEW: Global Edits are now allowed on Linked Name field.
NEW: Custom Copy to Clipboard. You can now copy exactly what you want!
IMPROVED: Support added for Word 2000
IMPROVED: Support added for WordPerfect 2000
IMPROVED: CoStar Label Printing now enhanced to support their new generation of software.
IMPROVED: Search and Report now supports >= and <= logic searches.
IMPROVED: Search and Report now displays total database record count upon screen entry.
IMPROVED: Corrected nuisance reminder of a change to notes because of RTF formatting changes only.
IMPROVED: Option to turn off To Do's from the Dayplan printout.
IMPROVED: Attached files to a telephone record that are missing or invalid now display in strikeout font.
IMPROVED: TimeBar performance improvement 2x.
IMPROVED: Web Publishing now works with both Netscape and Internet Explorer with improved rendering as well.
IMPROVED: Option for single or double spacing on Monthly Calendar Printouts
IMPROVED: Option to remove the border around pages of DayTimer printouts.
FIXED: Corrected bug that caused the telephone labels to disappear on some entries when scrolling.

Version 5.3.6 (released 04/15/1999)

NEW: Complete Web Publishing built in. Publish your Calendars, Telephone Books etc as HTML documents.
NEW: Custom Paper Sizes are now supported for those irregular print requirements.
NEW: Yearly Calendar Printout option.
NEW: Network feature automatically refresh appointment and to do list as data is added or deleted by other users within a minute.
NEW: Multicolumn Options for Address Books and Telephone Books printing.
NEW: migrated application to Microsoft's latest COM Objects. All optional plug-ins have also been updated and can be downloaded and reinstalled.
NEW: added a nifty new export option to allow easy importing of telephone data to outlook express from the Search and Report module
NEW: Search and Report now supports dragging of Columns to rearrange results on the fly
NEW: Search and Report now supports NOT Logic for category searches
NEW: Search and Report now simplifies category searches with new selection box
NEW: New Print Options for text alignment on monthly, weekly, dayplan calendar, and telephone books (left, right, center)
NEW: You can now resize main screen telephone buttons with a new splitter on main screen
NEW: You can now MULTISELECT names to "mailto:" multiple recipients.
NEW: TAPI Dialer can now ignores all characters appearing after an 'x' within a telephone number, such as (972) 495-6724 x100 making it ideal for recording of telephone extensions.
NEW: Notes Editor now supports ctrl b, ctrl i, ctrl u shortcuts for bold, italic and underline.
NEW: attached files menu now supports choice of large icon view or details to see path to file
NEW: You can now add appointments directly to TimeBar by mouse dragging over timeline or via a menu choice
NEW: Monthly and Weekly calendars now have an option to AUTOSIZE their contents for printing. This facilitates printing of more appointments than there has traditionally been space for.
NEW: Option to disable appointment conflict checking if desired.
IMPROVED: 2x increase on printing performance.
IMPROVED: Telephone Book and Address Book printing has been completely redesigned for improved readability and appearance.
IMPROVED: tab key on telephone entry screen now tabs between only visible fields.
IMPROVED: Appointment Importing applies the default alarm lead time to all appointments scheduled into the future
IMPROVED: Start Time Drop Down now selects current time value
IMPROVED: WP Integration remembers last browsed directory
IMPROVED: Printing notes, file dialog only on FILE menu option
IMPROVED: Print Preview Toolbar buttons for First and Last Page
IMPROVED: corrected sorting issues with some non us characters e.g. characters with accents
IMPROVED: After merge to template you are no longer asked if you want to save changes to the template file with MS WORD 97 or higher
IMPROVED: Custom Fields are now available for mail merge creation of envelopes/mailing labels.
IMPROVED: Linked Name now works even when telephone book window is closed.
FIXED: Switching between 'isbister default layout' and 'my default layout' now correctly resets splitter bar.
FIXED: Default alarm lead time of 0 is now being saved correctly
FIXED: F8 key now works for adding multiple to do items
FIXED: Repeat options for monthly last day of month now work correctly
FIXED: Upper and Lower case changes to telephone records works correctly now
FIXED: New Notes attached via a right click now correctly gets column indicator
FIXED: Time column width is now saving on save settings