Here you can find all
release notes from earlier versions of EMDB. The
versions themselfs are not available on this website
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IMDB Import: Added new default cover art
download from DVDEmpire.com.
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IMDB Import: Fixed a rare hang during
import.
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User Interface: Added a filter for Owned
movies.
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General: Fixed some memory leaks.
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IMDB Import: Fixed importing of Cast and
Rating due to (again) changes in the IMDB web
layout.
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IMDB Import: Added option to first use
actors which have a picture to filter less
important cast as the order sometimes seems
random.
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IMDB Import: Made IMDB import more
configurable.
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IMDB Import: Added option to add movies
based on IMDB number instead of title.
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System: Better handling of missing internet
connection at startup.
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User Interface: Added search option for
Country.
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Options: Fixed a problem in the
configuration file which caused the import IMDB
thumbnail option not to be remembered correctly.
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IMDB Import: Fixed import of Director and
Cast of TV Series.
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User Interface: Added search options for
several Year queries and Certification.
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IMDB Import: Fixed import of Director, Cast
and Certification due to changes in the IMDB web
layout.
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General: Fixed some memory Leaks.
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IMDB Import: Added (voice) for voice only
contributions (like Animation)
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Translations: Updated the Danish
translation.
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HTML Export: fixed series were not listed in
the A-Z sections.
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HTML Export: fixed navigation from a movie
page to the main page got broken.
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Import from HDD: fixed import and added
parsing of all subfolders.
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General: Added *.ogg support (in Browse HDD
and lauch from location field).
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HTML Export: Added Subtitles and Location
properties to the individual movie pages.
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HTML Export: Don't show default cover if no
cover available in list of Latest Additions.
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Options: Backup frequency was not remembered
correctly.
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IMDB import: fixed handling of special
characters due to a change in the IMDB HTML
code.
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IMDB import: IMDB update in the Edit Movie
dialog removed the custom genres and languages.
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IMDB update all movies: Fixed update hung
when no mouse activity.
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User Interface: fixed filtering: Show All
was not working when Show Wish list was selected
previously.
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Translations: Updated the Finnish and Slovak
translations.
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System: fixed long startup time.
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User Interface: fixed custom genres and
languages were not visible in the Add / Edit
Movie dialog.
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User Interface: fixed Add / Edit Movie
dialog was always above all windows of other
applications.
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Thumbnails: fixed saving of thumbnails
sometimes went wrong when movie title contained
invalid characters (%?/\|"<>*:).
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HTML Export: Fixed swapping of the links to
[Others] and [0..9].
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HTML Export: Fixed TV Series (surrounded by
double quotes e.g. "Lost") were not added to the
[A]-[Other] sections.
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HTML Export: Individual movie pages are now
put in a separate folder.
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User Interface: Added support for NetBook
resolution (1024 x 600) on MANY requests.

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Translations: Fixed default proxy server and
port were not translated.
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Translations: Updated the Dutch, German and Turkish
translations.
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User Interface: Added Filter option to show
Seen, Not Seen, Wish List, Loaned, Search
Results or All movies.
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IMDB update: the update overwrote manually
added thumbnails.
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Options: Removing all data in the options
dialog caused a crash when returning to the main
window.
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Search: Added Comments and Location to the
fields the global search uses.
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User Interface: fixed sorting of the Codec
column in the main window.
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Customized version: Short names did not
fully overlap the default title.
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User Interface: The Director column is now
sorted on the Last names.
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User Interface: Fixed sorting at startup was
not always on the previous sorted column (if
this option was enabled).
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User Interface: Added Codecs as possible
column for the list in the main window.
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Donation: fixed selection other amounts and
currencies.
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User Interface: Added IMDB number as
possible field to import, export, print and HTML
generation.
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User Interface: Added support for more movie
types to launch via the location field.
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User Interface: Fixed hitting the Return key
closed the application. Return now opens the
Edit/view window of the selected movie.
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IMDB Import: Fixed incorrect result when
selecting an entry from multiple results when
one or more videogames (VG) were filtered out.
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IMDB Import: Added option to show or hide
alternative names in the multiple results
dialog.
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IMDB Update: Custom genres were overwritten
during an IMDB update for all movies.
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Translations: Updated the Danish
translation.
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Translations: Fixed several untranslatable
items and missing items in the English template.
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Translations: Fixed possible crash when
initial language was set to the language of the
OS and this being Non-English.
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HTML Export: made the html export output w3c
compliant.
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Movie Properties: Added Whish list and Own
properties.
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User Interface: The Show All functionality
(to show the whole list after performing a
Search) got broken in the previous
version.
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IMDB Import: Fixed initial selection was on
second title in multiple result dialog.
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IMDB Import: Removed Video Games from titles
in multiple result dialog.
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IMDB Import: Fixed special HTML characters
(e.g. "á") were sometimes not converted to
normal characters.
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HTML Export: Fixed HTML pages with special
characters were not saved correctly (e.g. Czech
characters like 'ě' and 'ž').
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Customized Version: Fixed some characters
were cut of incorrectly at the bottom of the
header (e.g. lowercase 'g' and 'j').
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User Interface: List was not updated when a
single movie was edited.
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Add Movie Dialog: Added a button to browse a
folder on your hard drive for movies
(*.avi;*.mkv) to be added.
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Translations: Language is set to the Windows
UI Language at first startup.
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User Interface: Selection was lost when
changing the UI Language.
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User Interface: Translation of Movie details
were not updated when changing the UI Language.
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Translations: Updated the Turkish and
Finnish translations.
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IMDB Import: Fixed some movies were not
shown in multiple result dialog.
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Import csv: Default subtitle language was
not applied.
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User Interface: Movie info was not refreshed
after editing a single movie.
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Add / Edit Movie: Image was always rotated
if needed when copied from the clipboard whether
the option was enabled or not.
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User Interface: Made the IMDb logo behave
like a real button.
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Movie Properties: Added *.wmv as possible
type for stored movies.
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User Interface: Initially disable / hide
buttons which should not be used when no movie
is selected.
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Add Edit Dialog: Last movie was not stored
correctly when using Next or Previous buttons in
Edit mode.
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Database: Added Auto backup feature.
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IMDB Import All: Excisting genres were
cleared when import of genres was not enabled.
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IMDB Import All: Added feature to only
update new (not having an IMDB number yet)
movies.
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Translations: Updated the Turkish
translation.
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User Interface: Added a List-Only mode.
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IMDB Import: Fixed movies with special
characters (e.g. !&'") in the query string were
not found.
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Search: Fixed a (rare) problem were
sometimes too much titles were found.
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Search: Increased the available space for
the translation of the "Exact Match" checkbox on
the Cast tab.
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Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed the number of
available actors not being updated when the
selection was changed in the Edit Cast dialog.
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Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed incorrect displayed
index of new movie to add (was one too low).
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IMDB import: Changed the query string to
give better results when searching for a title
which is not the original one (aka, also known
as).
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Movie Properties: Added DVD (*.IFO) as
possible type for movies stored on your hard
disk.
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Search: Fixed a (rare) problem were
sometimes too much titles were found.
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Search: Increased the available space for
the translation of the "Exact Match" checkbox on
the Cast tab.
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Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed the number of
available actors not being updated when the
selection was changed in the Edit Cast dialog.
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Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed incorrect displayed
index of new movie to add (was one too low).
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IMDB import: Changed the query string to
give better results when searching for a title
which is not the original one (aka, also known
as).
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Movie Properties: Added DVD (*.IFO) as
possible type for movies stored on your hard
disk.
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Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed Previous/Next buttons
corrupted some info.
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IMDB import: (Again) fixed Rating not being
imported due to (again) web layout changes.
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Movie Properties: Added *.mkv as possible
type for stored movies.
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User Interface: Fixed sorting of Alternative
Title did not work.
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User Interface: Alternative Title column now
shows the title without type.
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User Interface: Fixed first column not shown
correctly when started maximized.
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Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed browsing for a file
deleted some settings.
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Add/Edit Dialog: Added Previous/Next buttons
to be able to easily browse through your movies.
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Add/Edit Dialog: When using the OK button,
only save the data if something is actually
changed.
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IMDB Update all movies: Added possibility to
skip a movie without aborting.
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Customisation: Fixed title in caption not
being updated at startup.
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Customisation: Fixed large customized names
not completely shown in loading dialog.
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Translations: Updated the Danish and Spanish
translations and the English template.
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IMDB import: Fixed reporting when no matches
found on an IMDB query.
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IMDB import: Fixed rating not being imported
due to web layout changes.
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HTML Export: Added index ("#INDEX#") as
possible tag to the HTML export.
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Backup: Added default extension (*.dat) to
creating and restoring a database backup.
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User Interface: Sorting the list (by
clicking a column header) now keeps the original
selection and position.
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IMDB Update all movies: Fixed update stops
on empty entry or no matches found.
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Translations: Updated the Danish, Turkish
and Slovakian translations.
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IMDB import: Fixed IMDB import due to
changes of their website layout.
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Add Movie: fixed items not being saved when
using Add and Continue.
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Movie Properties: Added Region and System
movie properties.
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Translations: Added Turkish translation.
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User Interface: Added animated startup
screen.
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Language properties: Fixed saving of Korean,
Thai, Hindi, Turkish and Polish.
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Movie Properties: Added D-Theater (D-VHS)
and Lasterdisc to the possible Source and Media
properties.
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Cover Thumbnails: Fixed changing the title
of a Series resulted in loosing the thumbnail.
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User interface: Fixed Minimize and Restore
changing the column width.
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CSV Import: Added a preview to be able to
select the columns more easily.
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CSV Import: Added possiblility to skip a
header.
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CSV Import: Added more column types to
import.
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HTML Export: Added an option to select or
leave out the latest additions and/or the list
of all movies.
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HTML Export: Added an option to choose
ascending or descending order of the list of all
movies.
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Translations: Added Russian translation.
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Add Movies: Fixed problem with Add and
Continue not saving all movies.
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User interface: Added *.m3u as link in the
Location field (to join movies consisting of
multiple files).
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Search: Fixed crash when searching if movies
were deleted with fixed numbering.
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IMDB import: Added feature to retrieve
Country specific titles instead of the default
(international) titles.
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Loan feature: Fixed automatic selection of
next movie loaned by the same person when a
movie is returned.
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Movie Properties: Fixed incorrect initial
translation of Movie Features.
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Movie Properties: Added Subtitle language(s)
property.
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Movie Properties: Added Color/BW property.
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Thumbnails: Use Name instead of IMDB number
as thumbnail filename for series to be able to
specify different thumbnails for each season.
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IMDB Import: Added detection of TV Series.
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User Interface: Added setting of colors for
property labels in the main window and text
color of the selection bar.
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Movie Properties: Added browse function to
select media stored on local harddisk including
starting it from the main window (by clicking on
the location which changes to a link if
applicable)
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IMDB Import: Fixed Plot import which got
broken by changes of the IMDB page layout.
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Custimization: Customized versions will not
show the PayPal dialog after updating to a newer
version.
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Thumbnails: Fixed a problem were thumbnails
from TV Series were not displayed due to the new
thumbnail algorithm of the previous version.
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Translations: Updated the Danish
translation.
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HTML Export: Fixed a bug were changed
thumbnails were not updated in an existing HTML
export.
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HTML Export: Thumbnails of the latest
additions are now rescaled taking the aspect
ration into account.
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HTML Export: Added Others to the A til Z and
0..9 groups of movies to also list movies with
language specific starting characters (like the
Danish æ, ø, å, Æ, Ø and Å).
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IMDB Update: Fixed every single movie update
tries to connect to the internet, even if the
first one failed.
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Printing: Fixed printing "Current selection
and sort order" when no selection was made. All
movies in the current sort order are now printed
in this case.
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Printing: Fixed printing of loaned movies.
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Printing: Added a header and a footer to the
printouts.
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Printing: Added left margins to the
printouts. For the time being the margin is
fixed to 5 characters.
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Prefix Correction: Fixed a bug when a movie
title was changed due to a prefix the thumbnail
name was not changed along (if no IMDB number
was available which is the prefered thumbnail
name).
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Installation: Fixed a problem were installing
a font could go wrong.
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Translations: Updated the Danish
translation.
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HTML Export: Fixed a bug were changed
thumbnails were not updated in an existing HTML
export.
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HTML Export: Thumbnails of the latest
additions are now rescaled taking the aspect
ration into account.
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HTML Export: Added Others to the A til Z and
0..9 groups of movies to also list movies with
language specific starting characters (like the
Danish æ, ø, å, Æ, Ø and Å).
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IMDB Update: Fixed every single movie update
tries to connect to the internet, even if the
first one failed.
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Printing: Fixed printing "Current selection
and sort order" when no selection was made. All
movies in the current sort order are now printed
in this case.
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Printing: Fixed printing of loaned movies.
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Printing: Added a header and a footer to the
printouts.
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Printing: Added left margins to the
printouts. For the time being the margin is
fixed to 5 characters.
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Prefix Correction: Fixed a bug when a movie
title was changed due to a prefix the thumbnail
name was not changed along (if no IMDB number
was available which is the prefered thumbnail
name).
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Installation: Fixed a problem were installing
a font could go wrong.
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Translations: Updated the German, Danish and
Slovak translations.
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Internet access: Finally completely fixed
crash when the internet is being accessed (check
for updates / retrieve data from IMDB) without
being online.
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Printing: Fixed printing of the current
selection and sort order.
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Search: Fixed search on actors.
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Windows Vista: Fixed UAC (User Account
Control) problem resulting in new added movies
not being saved, settings not being remembered,
etc. From now on you can run EMDB on Vista
logged in as a User or an Administrator, without
the need to "Run As Administrator" and
with UAC either enabled or disabled.
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HTML Export: Added #LOCATION#, #VERSION#,
#LOANED# and #SEEN# tags.
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HTML Export: Updated the Default template:
added an all movies list to the main page, added
some properties to the individual movies pages and more.
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Movie Properties: Added "Collector's
Edition" to the version property.
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Thumbnails: Fixed problem were movies
without IMDB number and with an & in the title,
the thumbnails were not shown in the main
window.
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Customization: Fixed a rare uppercase
problem preventing EMDB to change it's title.
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Development environment: Moved to Visual
Studio 2008 / MFC 9.0.
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Internet access: Fixed crash when the
internet is being accessed (check for updates /
retrieve data from IMDB) without being online.
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Backup: Fixed cover thumbnails were not
copied during manual backup.
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Search: Added global text search (searches
in titles, actors, directors and descriptions).
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Search: previous search text for titles and
global search are now remembered.
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Search: Last used tab in Search dialog is
now remembered.
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Movie Properties: Removed DivX/XviD from the
possible Media as they are no media.
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Loan Tracking: When returning a movie, the
next one loaned by that person is now selected.
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IMDB import: Fixed distortion in the
multiple result overview due to changes in the
imdb web layout.
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Database: Made reading
of the database robust against some invalid
values.
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Translations: Added a
Polish translation.
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Movie Properties:
Added Polish as language property.
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User Interface:
Changed default thumbnail.
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Translations: Updated the Japanese
translation.
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Database: Fixed
reading of databases with reserved (empty)
entries (which keep the numbering intact when
deleting movies).
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Customized naming: The
customized naming got broken (fixed in version
0.54).
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Local configuration file:
The recently introduced local configuration file
replacing the registry could cause problems in
some cases: settings were restored to their
defaults (fixed in version 0.53).
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IMDB Import: For movies with multiple
directors none was imported. Now the first one
is used ("A Bugs Life").
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IMDB Import: For movies with general prefix
("The", "A") the prefix is moved to the end
optionally to make the sorting of titles more
usefull. "A Bugs Life" is renamed to "Bugs Life,
A". Added a tab to the option dialog to enable
this feature and to customize the prefixes taken
into account. You can also update all movies
already in the database.
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Translations: Updated the Slovakian
translation.
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Translations: You can now use the '|'
character as a new line indicator.
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User Interface: Made the space for the loan
date in the main window a bit larger.
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Manual Backup: Manual backups (and restores)
now include both the database and the thumbnail
images.
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Database: Fixed (incorrect) reported damaged
database when only directors and/or actors but
no movies are present.
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Database: Changed the automatic backup
mechanism: EMDB now automatically keeps a Last
Known Good Database to prevent data loss when
something happens to your database. You can
still (and should) create manual backups though.
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Database: Added a check on version numbers.
You shouldn't (and can't anymore) use a newer
database with an older version of EMDB.
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Application: EMDB is now fully portable: all
settings are stored in a local configuration
file (emdb.cfg) instead of the Windows registry.
Your current settings are read from the registry
and stored in the configuration file.
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Movie Properties: Added Turkish as language
property.
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Movie Properties: Fixed Media types
HardDisk/BluRay and HD-DVD were not saved.
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Options: Default settings for Media, Codec
and Source were not always correctly applied.
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Add Dialog: Mouse pointer now changes to
a hand when hovering over the rating indicating
it can be changed by clicking / dragging.
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Translations: Updated the Portuguese
translation.
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Import CSV: Fixed version was always set to
UNRATED.
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Printing: Fixed wrong column headers
(previous fix only fixed the column headers for
Export.
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Backup: Fixed manual backup caused original
database to be cleared.
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Backup: Changed way to select file when
creating or restoring manual backup.
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IMDB import / Check for updates: Improved
error handling when no connection to the
internet could be made.
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Add Dialog: Fixed infinitive loop when
deleting values of Number of Discs and Duration.
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Add Dialog: Allow Number of Discs to be 0
(in case of storage on Hard Disk).
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Movie Properties: Added Thai and Hindi as
language properties.
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Printing / Export: Fixed wrong column
headers.
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Import CSV: Changed the user interface of
the columns to import. fixed several bugs in
importing. Made the whole importing more robust.
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HTML Export: Fixed thumbnails of last added
movies were not shown.
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HTML Export: Fixed default thumbnail was not
always shown.
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Export / Printing: Added 'Medium' to the
possible print and export columns.
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User Interface: Fixed media were never
translated.
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HTML Export: Take customized name into
account.
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Movie Properties: Added Film-Noir ("The
Maltese Falcon") which is (allthough rarely)
used on IMDB to the Genres.
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User Interface: Sound properies are now
shown in order of quality.
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User Interface: Order of the columns in the
main window can now be changed.
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User Interface: Changed font of the main
list to the Windows Icons font which is better
readable.
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CSV Import: When importing movies, the
default movie properties are now applied.
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Options: Certification was not updated
during IMDB update all movies.
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IMDB Import: Fixed import of Actors which
was broken due to changes in the IMDB web
layout.
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Translations: Updates the Japanese and
Danish translations.
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Translations: Added English language file as
base for new translations.
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HTML Export: Fixed thumbnails when old (name
of the movie instead of IMDB number) or mixed
thumbnail naming was still being used.
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HTML Export: Added default thumbnail when no
thumbnail was added to a movie yet.
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Printing: Fixed a bug when printing a movie
with no director specified.
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User Interface: Added possibility to define
your own "no cover available" thumbnail.
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Database: Made the reading of corrupted
databases (from realy old versions of EMDB) much
more robust. Even more data can now be
recovered!
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Options: Made checking for new version at
startup optional.
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User Interface: Fixed sorting on search
results.
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Add Dialog: Fixed last Source in the
pulldown menu not being translated.
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Printing: Fixed a bug in the page headers of
the print output.
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Printing: Fixed a bug in printing the
rating.
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Options: Added icons to the different
entries of the options page.
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Movie properties: Added HD DVD / BluRay Disc
/ Digital TV / Satelite sources.
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Movie properties: Added Hard Disk as media.
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Loan tracking: Added Loan date.
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IMDB import: Fixed broken import due to
changed layout of the IMDB website.
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User Interface: Changed initial sort order
of Number, Year and Rating columns.
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HTML Export: Fixed
broken thumbnails due to new thumbnail file
names.
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Movie properties:
Added Finnish and Korean languages. Split
Chinese in Cantonese and Manderin.
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Translations: Added
Finnish translation.
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Movie properties:
Added new genre "Short".
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Search: Added search
on Director.
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User Interface: Window
state (minimized / maximized) is now saved and
restored.
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Options: Fixed loan
history setting which was switched off
sometimes.
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General: Added check
for new version at startup.
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Printing/Exporting:
Added warning when no columns are selected.
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IMDB Import: Added
possibility to use a Proxy.
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IMDB Update: Batch
update now also imports the thumbnail cover (if
enabled).
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IMDB Import: Plot
outline is now only retrieved when activated.
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IMDB Import: Import on
existing movie doesn't overwrite an existing
thumbnail anymore.
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User Interface: Column
width after the very first install on a system
is now correct.
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User Interface: A
message is shown when no matches on a search
were found instead of showing an empty list.
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Export / Printing:
Fixed incorrect loaned text due to recently
introduced loan history.
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Printing: Fixed
incorrect (empty) document name when printing.
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Printing: Fixed
incorrect columns were printed.
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Printing: Fixed a
crash when printing a second time in one
session.
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Thumbnails: Thumbnails
are now saved using the IMDB number as file name
to better support multiple movies with the same
title.
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IMDB Import: fixed
import of director due to changed IMDB web
layout.
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Database: fixed loan
tracking which got broken by adding the loan
history.
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User Interface: fixed
crash when the IMDB button was clicked with the
database still empty.
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User Interface: Added
Location as possible column in the main window
and to the possible print / export output
columns.
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Translations: Updated
the French and Danish translations.
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Export / Printing:
Fixed a bug were sometimes the incorrect column
widths were used.
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Database: fixed
possible corrupted database when removing a
movie when the delete mode was set to 'Keep
numbering'.
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Translations: Fixed
the English translation of the text of the main
caption when in search mode.
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Database: Fixed crash
when removing all movies and no covers were
added.
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User Interface: column width was not stored
correctly.
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Translations: added untranslated items in
the Export and Import tabs of the Options
dialog.
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Translations: Fixed 'Remove all movies'
messagebox translation.
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Translations: Updated the Danish
translation.
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Translations: Added Japanese and French
translations.
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Movie properties: Added (optional) Loan
tracking history.
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CSV Import: Again fixed a bug when importing
a CSV (comma seaprated values) file.
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User Interface: Added check for corrupted
window position and size stored in the registry
to prevent invisible main window on startup.
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User Interface: Added a progress indicator
during startup.
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User Interface: Fixed the text of the
caption of the main window.
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Translations: Fixed the translation of the
text of the main caption when in search mode.
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CSV Import: Fixed a bug when importing a CSV
(comma separated values) file.
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Movie properties: Added possibility for
custom Genres.
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Movie properties: Added Certification
property.
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User Interface: Added Certification column
to the main window.
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User Interface: Improved column width
calculation when resizing the main window.
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User Interface: Protect columns to fall
outside main window or to be too small on
startup.
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IMDB Import: Certification for a specific
country can now be retrieved from IMDB.
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Import: Fixed a bug when importing a CSV
(comma separated values) file.
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Import: Skip empty lines of a CSV file.
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Import: Added check for number of columns to
import a CSV file.
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User Interface: Movie properties dialog is
now shown when Enter button is pressed.
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User Interface: Added Seen and Director
columns to the main window.
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Movie properties: Added Serbian and
Norwegian language properties.
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Translations: Added Czech and Norwegian
translations.
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General: EMDB can now only be started once. A
second attempt to launch will bring the original
application to the front.
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IMDB Import: Fixed another IMDB import bug caused by
changes in the HTML layout of the IMDB website:
direct matches were not found.
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General: EMDB can now be personalized. For
just $10 you get your own named database with
lifetime support for all future versions!!!
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Movie properties: Added Russian and
Greek language properties.
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Movie properties: Added 'SPECIAL EDITION'
version.
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Movie properties: Added Number of Discs
property.
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Movie properties: Added BlueRay en HD-DVD to
the Media property.
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Movie properties: Added MPEG1 en H.264 to
the Codecs property.
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Add Movies dialog: Changed test for
duplicates to a warning so a movie can now be
added more than once (e.g. for normal and
special versions)
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Translations: Added Greek, Catalan and
Swedish translations.
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User Interface: Column width in main window
is remembered and restored.
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User Interface: Columns to show in the main
window are now selectable.
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User Interface: Duration, Country, Medium
and Language Columns added to the main window.
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Database: Added options to create and
restore manual backups and restore the automatic
backups which are made every time a movie is
changed or added.
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Translations: Only the selected translation
file is read in memory instead of all
translations during startup.
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User Interface: Last used Options page is
remembered and restored.
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Fixed a hang in parsing the AKA titles from IMDB
import (movie "Antitrust").
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Removed Swedisch selection because I didn't
receive a promised Swedish translation yet.
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Added Croatian translation.
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Added Croatian to the language properties.
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Updated the icons in the translations combobox
in the options dialog with new hi-color 3D ones
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Updated the icons of the main dialog toolbar.
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The database and all exports are now saved in
unicode format to preserve special characters.
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Updated the Hungarian translation.
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All references are now validated during reading
of the database file.
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Fixed the tab order in the Add Movie dialog.
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Remove the retrieved IMDB type of an alternative
title when manually editing.
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Added a TV-Series entry.
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Added a Version entry (e.g. UNRATED, DIRECTORS
CUT).
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Added a Seen entry.
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Rating was reset to zero when updating a movie
from IMDB.
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Rating was updated too small when updating all
movies in the options. (rating is multiplied by
10 internally to preserve fraction, this was not
done when updating).
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Added a reference English language file to the
Software section of the website.
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Added an Update all movies from IMDB feature.
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Changed the Options dialog from tabbed
propertysheet to .NET style.
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Fixed a bug in the colors of the IMDB Search
results dialog.
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Fixed a typo in the IMDB Search results dialog.
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Fixed a bug when searching on genres in a list
with one or more deleted movies
with reserved numbers.
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Changed the Exit button bitmap.
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Replaced all custom spin controls with standard
ones.
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Set the default selection of the IMDB Search
results dialog to the first movie.
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Fixed sorting order of the rating column:
position of 10 is now ok and not rated movies
are always shown last independent of an
ascending / descending sorting order.
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Fixed sorting order of the loaned column: empty
entries are always shown last independent of an
ascending / descending sorting order.
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Added more alternative title options ('working
title', 'trailer title' and 'USA'.
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Added translations for all alternative title
types.
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Show alternative titles of found movies in the
IMDB search results dialog.
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Set focus back to the list in the main window
when cancelling Search, Options, Add and Change
dialogs.
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Added Hungarian language to the DVD properties.
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Added Hungarian translation.
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Reading of corrupted database is now even more
robust.
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Fixed deleting of the thumbnail image when
deleting a movie.
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Added deleting of the thumbnail images when
deleting all movies.
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Fixed creation of thumbnail when movie title
contains ".
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Added Adult genre to the search genre page.
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Fixed a rare backwards compatibility problem.
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Made the reading of corrupted databases more
robust.
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Saving of the Database with deleted movies (were
the numbers are reserved) is now more efficient.
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Fixed // in the image path and </a> tags of the
HTML export.
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Added a Color settings page to the options to
change the colors of the main list.

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Moved to Visual Studio 2005 + statically linked MFC 8.0 Library
+ full Unicode support.
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Added Biography genre ('The World's fastest Indian')
and on many requests Adult genre.
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Database is now saved after every new added or changed movie.
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Increased space for plot outline on many requests. Changed the layout of the main window
and the Add Movie dialog.
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Added alternative title (International English title, Alternative spelling and DVD title are imported from IMDB).
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Search on title now also searches in the alternative titles.
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Better resizing and positioning of controls in the main window on startup.
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Removed non-web allowed characters from thumbnail filenames in HTML export. Added new tags to HTML template: #LOANED#, #MEDIUM#, #SOURCE#, #AUDIO#, #ALTERNATIVE_TITLE#, #LANGUAGES# and #EXTRAS#. Generated HTML code is now better (but not yet fully) W3C compliant.
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Show Hour glass cursor when sorting columns to indicate time consuming operation in progress.
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Fixed a crash when importing a movie from IMDB were no director is specified ('Festen').
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Added a swap function to swap two movies (e.g. swap their numbering).
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Fixed some csv import issues.
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Fixed a crash when double-clicking a header (eg. 'Popular Titles') in the IMDB multiple results selection dialog.
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