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Here you can find all release notes from earlier versions of EMDB. The versions themselfs are not available on this website but might still available on other download sites.
EMDB 0.84
July 14th, 2009
  • IMDB Import: Added new default cover art download from DVDEmpire.com.

  • IMDB Import: Fixed a rare hang during import.

  • User Interface: Added a filter for Owned movies.

  • General: Fixed some memory leaks.

EMDB 0.83
July 9th, 2009
  • IMDB Import: Fixed importing of Cast and Rating due to (again) changes in the IMDB web layout.

  • IMDB Import: Added option to first use actors which have a picture to filter less important cast as the order sometimes seems random.

  • IMDB Import: Made IMDB import more configurable.

  • IMDB Import: Added option to add movies based on IMDB number instead of title.

  • System: Better handling of missing internet connection at startup.

  • User Interface: Added search option for Country.

EMDB 0.82
Juni 30th, 2009
  • Options: Fixed a problem in the configuration file which caused the import IMDB thumbnail option not to be remembered correctly.

  • IMDB Import: Fixed import of Director and Cast of TV Series.

  • User Interface: Added search options for several Year queries and Certification.

EMDB 0.81
Juni 26th, 2009
  • IMDB Import: Fixed import of Director, Cast and Certification due to changes in the IMDB web layout.

  • General: Fixed some memory Leaks.

  • IMDB Import: Added (voice) for voice only contributions (like Animation)

  • Translations: Updated the Danish translation.

  • HTML Export: fixed series were not listed in the A-Z sections.

  • HTML Export: fixed navigation from a movie page to the main page got broken.

  • Import from HDD: fixed import and added parsing of all subfolders.

  • General: Added *.ogg support (in Browse HDD and lauch from location field).

  • HTML Export: Added Subtitles and Location properties to the individual movie pages.

  • HTML Export: Don't show default cover if no cover available in list of Latest Additions.

  • Options: Backup frequency was not remembered correctly.

EMDB 0.80
April 2nd, 2009
  • IMDB import: fixed handling of special characters due to a change in the IMDB HTML code.

  • IMDB import: IMDB update in the Edit Movie dialog removed the custom genres and languages.

  • IMDB update all movies: Fixed update hung when no mouse activity.

  • User Interface: fixed filtering: Show All was not working when Show Wish list was selected previously.

  • Translations: Updated the Finnish and Slovak translations.

EMDB 0.79
March 22th, 2009
  • System: fixed long startup time.

  • User Interface: fixed custom genres and languages were not visible in the Add / Edit Movie dialog.

  • User Interface: fixed Add / Edit Movie dialog was always above all windows of other applications.

EMDB 0.78
March 21th, 2009
  • User Interface: fixed Add/Edit dialog was cut off at the bottom when using larger scale fonts (not the default 96 DPI) in Windows Display settings.

EMDB 0.77
March 20th, 2009
  • Thumbnails: fixed saving of thumbnails sometimes went wrong when movie title contained invalid characters (%?/\|"<>*:).

  • HTML Export: Fixed swapping of the links to [Others] and [0..9].

  • HTML Export: Fixed TV Series (surrounded by double quotes e.g. "Lost") were not added to the [A]-[Other] sections.

  • HTML Export: Individual movie pages are now put in a separate folder.

  • User Interface: Added support for NetBook resolution (1024 x 600) on MANY requests.

  • Translations: Fixed default proxy server and port were not translated.

  • Translations: Updated the Dutch, German and Turkish translations.

EMDB 0.76
March 8th, 2009
  • User Interface: Added Filter option to show Seen, Not Seen, Wish List, Loaned, Search Results or All movies.

  • IMDB update: the update overwrote manually added thumbnails.

  • Options: Removing all data in the options dialog caused a crash when returning to the main window.

  • Search: Added Comments and Location to the fields the global search uses.

  • User Interface: fixed sorting of the Codec column in the main window.

  • Customized version: Short names did not fully overlap the default title.

  • User Interface: The Director column is now sorted on the Last names.

  • User Interface: Fixed sorting at startup was not always on the previous sorted column (if this option was enabled).

EMDB 0.75
Februari 25th, 2009
  • User Interface: Added Codecs as possible column for the list in the main window.

  • Donation: fixed selection other amounts and currencies.

  • User Interface: Added IMDB number as possible field to import, export, print and HTML
    generation.

  • User Interface: Added support for more movie types to launch via the location field.

  • User Interface: Fixed hitting the Return key closed the application. Return now opens the Edit/view window of the selected movie.

  • IMDB Import: Fixed incorrect result when selecting an entry from multiple results when one or more videogames (VG) were filtered out.

  • IMDB Import: Added option to show or hide alternative names in the multiple results dialog.

  • IMDB Update: Custom genres were overwritten during an IMDB update for all movies.

  • Translations: Updated the Danish translation.

  • Translations: Fixed several untranslatable items and missing items in the English template.

  • Translations: Fixed possible crash when initial language was set to the language of the OS and this being Non-English.

  • HTML Export: made the html export output w3c compliant.

  • Movie Properties: Added Whish list and Own properties.

EMDB 0.73 + 0.74
Januari 12th, 2009
  • User Interface: The Show All functionality (to show the whole list after performing a Search) got broken in the previous version.

  • IMDB Import: Fixed initial selection was on second title in multiple result dialog.

  • IMDB Import: Removed Video Games from titles in multiple result dialog.

  • IMDB Import: Fixed special HTML characters (e.g. "&#225;") were sometimes not converted to normal characters.

  • HTML Export: Fixed HTML pages with special characters were not saved correctly (e.g. Czech characters like 'ě' and 'ž').

  • Customized Version: Fixed some characters were cut of incorrectly at the bottom of the header (e.g. lowercase 'g' and 'j').

  • User Interface: List was not updated when a single movie was edited.

  • Add Movie Dialog: Added a button to browse a folder on your hard drive for movies (*.avi;*.mkv) to be added.

  • Translations: Language is set to the Windows UI Language at first startup.

  • User Interface: Selection was lost when changing the UI Language.

  • User Interface: Translation of Movie details were not updated when changing the UI Language.

  • Translations: Updated the Turkish and Finnish translations.

EMDB 0.72
December 16th, 2008
  • IMDB Import: Fixed some movies were not shown in multiple result dialog.

  • Import csv: Default subtitle language was not applied.

  • User Interface: Movie info was not refreshed after editing a single movie.

  • Add / Edit Movie: Image was always rotated if needed when copied from the clipboard whether the option was enabled or not.

EMDB 0.71  has been released
December 2th, 2008
  • User Interface: Made the IMDb logo behave like a real button.

  • Movie Properties: Added *.wmv as possible type for stored movies.

  • User Interface: Initially disable / hide buttons which should not be used when no movie is selected.

  • Add Edit Dialog: Last movie was not stored correctly when using Next or Previous buttons in Edit mode.

  • Database: Added Auto backup feature.

  • IMDB Import All: Excisting genres were cleared when import of genres was not enabled.

  • IMDB Import All: Added feature to only update new (not having an IMDB number yet) movies.

  • Translations: Updated the Turkish translation.

  • User Interface: Added a List-Only mode.

  • IMDB Import: Fixed movies with special characters (e.g. !&'") in the query string were not found.

EMDB 0.70  has been released
November 19th, 2008
  • Search: Fixed a (rare) problem were sometimes too much titles were found.

  • Search: Increased the available space for the translation of the "Exact Match" checkbox on the Cast tab.

  • Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed the number of available actors not being updated when the selection was changed in the Edit Cast dialog.

  • Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed incorrect displayed index of new movie to add (was one too low).

  • 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).

  • Movie Properties: Added DVD (*.IFO) as possible type for movies stored on your hard disk.

EMDB 0.69  has been released
October 28th, 2008
  • Search: Fixed a (rare) problem were sometimes too much titles were found.

  • Search: Increased the available space for the translation of the "Exact Match" checkbox on the Cast tab.

  • Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed the number of available actors not being updated when the selection was changed in the Edit Cast dialog.

  • Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed incorrect displayed index of new movie to add (was one too low).

  • 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).

  • Movie Properties: Added DVD (*.IFO) as possible type for movies stored on your hard disk.

EMDB 0.67/68  has been released
September 27th, 2008
  • Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed Previous/Next buttons corrupted some info.

  • IMDB import: (Again) fixed Rating not being imported due to (again) web layout changes.

  • Movie Properties: Added *.mkv as possible type for stored movies.

  • User Interface: Fixed sorting of Alternative Title did not work.

  • User Interface: Alternative Title column now shows the title without type.

  • User Interface: Fixed first column not shown correctly when started maximized.

  • Add/Edit Dialog: Fixed browsing for a file deleted some settings.

  • Add/Edit Dialog: Added Previous/Next buttons to be able to easily browse through your movies.

  • Add/Edit Dialog: When using the OK button, only save the data if something is actually changed.

  • IMDB Update all movies: Added possibility to skip a movie without aborting.

  • Customisation: Fixed title in caption not being updated at startup.

  • Customisation: Fixed large customized names not completely shown in loading dialog.

  • Translations: Updated the Danish and Spanish translations and the English template.

EMDB 0.66  has been released
September 17th, 2008
  • IMDB import: Fixed reporting when no matches found on an IMDB query.

  • IMDB import: Fixed rating not being imported due to web layout changes.

  • HTML Export: Added index ("#INDEX#") as possible tag to the HTML export.

  • Backup: Added default extension (*.dat) to creating and restoring a database backup.

  • User Interface: Sorting the list (by clicking a column header) now keeps the original selection and position.

  • IMDB Update all movies: Fixed update stops on empty entry or no matches found.

  • Translations: Updated the Danish, Turkish and Slovakian translations.

EMDB 0.64 / 0.65  has been released
August 3th, 2008
  • IMDB import: Fixed IMDB import due to changes of their website layout.

  • Add Movie: fixed items not being saved when using Add and Continue.

  • Movie Properties: Added Region and System movie properties.

  • Translations: Added Turkish translation.

  • User Interface: Added animated startup screen.

EMDB 0.63  has been released
June 11th, 2008
  • Language properties: Fixed saving of Korean, Thai, Hindi, Turkish and Polish.

  • Movie Properties: Added D-Theater (D-VHS) and Lasterdisc to the possible Source and Media properties.

  • Cover Thumbnails: Fixed changing the title of a Series resulted in loosing the thumbnail.

  • User interface: Fixed Minimize and Restore changing the column width.

  • CSV Import: Added a preview to be able to select the columns more easily.

  • CSV Import: Added possiblility to skip a header.

  • CSV Import: Added more column types to import.

  • HTML Export: Added an option to select or leave out the latest additions and/or the list of all movies.

  • HTML Export: Added an option to choose ascending or descending order of the list of all movies.

  • Translations: Added Russian translation.

  • Add Movies: Fixed problem with Add and Continue not saving all movies.

  • User interface: Added *.m3u as link in the Location field (to join movies consisting of multiple files).

EMDB 0.61 / 0.62  has been released
May 8th, 2008
  • Search: Fixed crash when searching if movies were deleted with fixed numbering.

  • IMDB import: Added feature to retrieve Country specific titles instead of the default (international) titles.

  • Loan feature: Fixed automatic selection of next movie loaned by the same person when a movie is returned.

  • Movie Properties: Fixed incorrect initial translation of Movie Features.

  • Movie Properties: Added Subtitle language(s) property.

  • Movie Properties: Added Color/BW property.

  • Thumbnails: Use Name instead of IMDB number as thumbnail filename for series to be able to specify different thumbnails for each season.

  • IMDB Import: Added detection of TV Series.

  • User Interface: Added setting of colors for property labels in the main window and text color of the selection bar.

  • 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)

  • IMDB Import: Fixed Plot import which got broken by changes of the IMDB page layout.

  • Custimization: Customized versions will not show the PayPal dialog after updating to a newer version.

  • Thumbnails: Fixed a problem were thumbnails  from TV Series were not displayed due to the new thumbnail algorithm of the previous version.

EMDB 0.60  has been released
March 6th, 2008
  • Translations: Updated the Danish translation.

  • HTML Export: Fixed a bug were changed thumbnails were not updated in an existing HTML export.

  • HTML Export: Thumbnails of the latest additions are now rescaled taking the aspect ration into account.

  • 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).

  • IMDB Update: Fixed every single movie update tries to connect to the internet, even if the first one failed.

  • 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.

  • Printing: Fixed printing of loaned movies.

  • Printing: Added a header and a footer to the printouts.

  • Printing: Added left margins to the printouts. For the time being the margin is fixed to 5 characters.

  • 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).

  • Installation: Fixed a problem were installing a font could go wrong.

EMDB 0.59  has been released
February 14th, 2008
  • Translations: Updated the Danish translation.

  • HTML Export: Fixed a bug were changed thumbnails were not updated in an existing HTML export.

  • HTML Export: Thumbnails of the latest additions are now rescaled taking the aspect ration into account.

  • 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).

  • IMDB Update: Fixed every single movie update tries to connect to the internet, even if the first one failed.

  • 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.

  • Printing: Fixed printing of loaned movies.

  • Printing: Added a header and a footer to the printouts.

  • Printing: Added left margins to the printouts. For the time being the margin is fixed to 5 characters.

  • 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).

  • Installation: Fixed a problem were installing a font could go wrong.

EMDB 0.58  has been released
February 4th, 2008
  • Translations: Updated the German, Danish and Slovak translations.

  • Internet access: Finally completely fixed crash when the internet is being accessed (check for updates / retrieve data from IMDB) without being online.

  • Printing: Fixed printing of the current selection and sort order.

  • Search: Fixed search on actors.

  • 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.

  • HTML Export: Added #LOCATION#, #VERSION#, #LOANED# and #SEEN# tags.

  • 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.

  • Movie Properties: Added "Collector's Edition" to the version property.

  • Thumbnails: Fixed problem were movies without IMDB number and with an & in the title, the thumbnails were not shown in the main window.

  • Customization: Fixed a rare uppercase problem preventing EMDB to change it's title.

EMDB 0.57  has been released
December 2nd, 2007
  • Development environment: Moved to Visual Studio 2008 / MFC 9.0.

  • Internet access: Fixed crash when the internet is being accessed (check for updates / retrieve data from IMDB) without being online.

  • Backup: Fixed cover thumbnails were not copied during manual backup.

  • Search: Added global text search (searches in titles, actors, directors and descriptions).

  • Search: previous search text for titles and global search are now remembered.

  • Search: Last used tab in Search dialog is now remembered.

  • Movie Properties: Removed DivX/XviD from the possible Media as they are no media.

  • Loan Tracking: When returning a movie, the next one loaned by that person is now selected.

  • IMDB import: Fixed distortion in the multiple result overview due to changes in the imdb web layout.

EMDB 0.56  has been released
November 18th, 2007
  • Database: Made reading of the database robust against some invalid values.

  • Translations: Added a Polish translation.

  • Movie Properties: Added Polish as language property.

  • User Interface: Changed default thumbnail.

EMDB 0.55  has been released
November 14th, 2007
  • Translations: Updated the Japanese translation.

  • Database: Fixed reading of databases with reserved (empty) entries (which keep the numbering intact when deleting movies).

  • Customized naming: The customized naming got broken (fixed in version 0.54).

  • 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).

EMDB 0.52  has been released
November 8th, 2007
  • IMDB Import: For movies with multiple directors none was imported. Now the first one is used ("A Bugs Life").

  • 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.

  • Translations: Updated the Slovakian translation.

  • Translations: You can now use the '|' character as a new line indicator.

  • User Interface: Made the space for the loan date in the main window a bit larger.

  • Manual Backup: Manual backups (and restores) now include both the database and the thumbnail images.

  • Database: Fixed (incorrect) reported damaged database when only directors and/or actors but no movies are present.

  • 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.

  • Database: Added a check on version numbers. You shouldn't (and can't anymore) use a newer database with an older version of EMDB.

  • 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.

  • Movie Properties: Added Turkish as language property.

  • Movie Properties: Fixed Media types HardDisk/BluRay and HD-DVD were not saved.

EMDB 0.51  has been released
October 22th, 2007
  • Options: Default settings for Media, Codec and Source were not always correctly applied.

  • Add Dialog: Mouse pointer now changes to a hand when hovering over the rating indicating it can be changed by clicking / dragging.

EMDB 0.50  has been released
October 21st, 2007
  • Translations: Updated the Portuguese translation.

  • Import CSV: Fixed version was always set to UNRATED.

  • Printing: Fixed wrong column headers (previous fix only fixed the column headers for Export.

  • Backup: Fixed manual backup caused original database to be cleared.

  • Backup: Changed way to select file when creating or restoring manual backup.

  • IMDB import / Check for updates: Improved error handling when no connection to the internet could be made.

  • Add Dialog: Fixed infinitive loop when deleting values of Number of Discs and Duration.

  • Add Dialog: Allow Number of Discs to be 0 (in case of storage on Hard Disk).

  • Movie Properties: Added Thai and Hindi as language properties.

EMDB 0.49  has been released
October 9th, 2007
  • Printing / Export: Fixed wrong column headers.

  • Import CSV: Changed the user interface of the columns to import. fixed several bugs in  importing. Made the whole importing more robust.

  • HTML Export: Fixed thumbnails of last added movies were not shown.

  • HTML Export: Fixed default thumbnail was not always shown.

  • Export / Printing: Added 'Medium' to the possible print and export columns.

  • User Interface: Fixed media were never translated.

EMDB 0.48  has been released
September 16th, 2007
  • HTML Export: Take customized name into account.

  • Movie Properties: Added Film-Noir ("The Maltese Falcon") which is (allthough rarely) used on IMDB to the Genres.

  • User Interface: Sound properies are now shown in order of quality.

  • User Interface: Order of the columns in the main window can now be changed.

  • User Interface: Changed font of the main list to the Windows Icons font which is better readable.

  • CSV Import: When importing movies, the default movie properties are now applied.

  • Options: Certification was not updated during IMDB update all movies.

  • IMDB Import: Fixed import of Actors which was broken due to changes in the IMDB web layout.

  • Translations: Updates the Japanese and Danish translations.

  • Translations: Added English language file as base for new translations.

EMDB 0.47  has been released
August 29th, 2007
  • HTML Export: Fixed thumbnails when old (name of the movie instead of IMDB number) or mixed thumbnail naming was still being used.

  • HTML Export: Added default thumbnail when no thumbnail was added to a movie yet.

  • Printing: Fixed a bug when printing a movie with no director specified.

  • User Interface: Added possibility to define your own "no cover available" thumbnail.

  • Database: Made the reading of corrupted databases (from realy old versions of EMDB) much more robust. Even more data can now be recovered!

  • Options: Made checking for new version at startup optional.

  • User Interface: Fixed sorting on search results.

  • Add Dialog: Fixed last Source in the pulldown menu not being translated.

  • Printing: Fixed a bug in the page headers of the print output.

  • Printing: Fixed a bug in printing the rating.

  • Options: Added icons to the different entries of the options page.

  • Movie properties: Added HD DVD / BluRay Disc / Digital TV / Satelite sources.

  • Movie properties: Added Hard Disk as media.

  • Loan tracking: Added Loan date.

EMDB 0.46  has been released
June 29th, 2007
  • IMDB import: For some movies the first entry of the list of possible matches was missing due to the previous fix.

EMDB 0.45  has been released
June 27th, 2007
  • IMDB import: Fixed broken import due to changed layout of the IMDB website.

  • User Interface: Changed initial sort order of Number, Year and Rating columns.

EMDB 0.44  has been released
June 8th, 2007
  • HTML Export: Fixed broken thumbnails due to new thumbnail file names.

  • Movie properties: Added Finnish and Korean languages. Split Chinese in Cantonese and Manderin.

  • Translations: Added Finnish translation.

  • Movie properties: Added new genre "Short".

  • Search: Added search on Director.

  • User Interface: Window state (minimized / maximized) is now saved and restored.

  • Options: Fixed loan history setting which was switched off sometimes.

  • General: Added check for new version at startup.

  • Printing/Exporting: Added warning when no columns are selected.

EMDB 0.43  has been released
May 24th, 2007
  • IMDB Import: Added possibility to use a Proxy.

  • IMDB Update: Batch update now also imports the thumbnail cover (if enabled).

  • IMDB Import: Plot outline is now only retrieved when activated.

  • IMDB Import: Import on existing movie doesn't overwrite an existing thumbnail anymore.

  • User Interface: Column width after the very first install on a system is now correct.

  • User Interface: A message is shown when no matches on a search were found instead of showing an empty list.

  • Export / Printing: Fixed incorrect loaned text due to recently introduced loan history.

  • Printing: Fixed incorrect (empty) document name when printing.

  • Printing: Fixed incorrect columns were printed.

  • Printing: Fixed a crash when printing a second time in one session.

  • Thumbnails: Thumbnails are now saved using the IMDB number as file name to better support multiple movies with the same title.

EMDB 0.42  has been released
April 9th, 2007
  • IMDB Import: fixed import of director due to changed IMDB web layout.

  • Database: fixed loan tracking which got broken by adding the loan history.

  • User Interface: fixed crash when the IMDB button was clicked with the database still empty.

  • User Interface: Added Location as possible column in the main window and to the possible print / export output columns.

  • Translations: Updated the French and Danish translations.

  • Export / Printing: Fixed a bug were sometimes the incorrect column widths were used.

EMDB 0.41  has been released
March 30th, 2007
  • Database: fixed possible corrupted database when removing a movie when the delete mode was set to 'Keep numbering'.

  • Translations: Fixed the English translation of the text of the main caption when in search mode.

  • Database: Fixed crash when removing all movies and no covers were added.

EMDB 0.40  has been released
March 12th, 2007
  • User Interface: column width was not stored correctly.

  • Translations: added untranslated items in the Export and Import tabs of the Options dialog.

  • Translations: Fixed 'Remove all movies' messagebox translation.

  • Translations: Updated the Danish translation.

  • Translations: Added Japanese and French translations.

  • Movie properties: Added (optional) Loan tracking history.

  • CSV Import: Again fixed a bug when importing a CSV (comma seaprated values) file.

  • User Interface: Added check for corrupted window position and size stored in the registry to prevent invisible main window on startup.

  • User Interface: Added a progress indicator during startup.

  • User Interface: Fixed the text of the caption of the main window.

  • Translations: Fixed the translation of the text of the main caption when in search mode.

EMDB 0.39  has been released
February 26th, 2007
  • CSV Import: Fixed a bug when importing a CSV (comma separated values) file.

  • Movie properties: Added possibility for custom Genres.

  • Movie properties: Added Certification property.

  • User Interface: Added Certification column to the main window.

  • User Interface: Improved column width calculation when resizing the main window.

  • User Interface: Protect columns to fall outside main window or to be too small on startup.

  • IMDB Import: Certification for a specific country can now be retrieved from IMDB.

EMDB 0.38  has been released
February 20th, 2007
  • IMDB Import: Fixed broken IMDB import caused by the new layout of the IMDB website.

  • IMDB Import: Added 'Complete title' and 'Short title' to the prefixed alternative titles.

EMDB 0.37  has been released
January 07th, 2007
  • Import: Fixed a bug when importing a CSV (comma separated values) file.

  • Import: Skip empty lines of a CSV file.

  • Import: Added check for number of columns to import a CSV file.

  • User Interface: Movie properties dialog is now shown when Enter button is pressed.

  • User Interface: Added Seen and Director columns to the main window.

  • Movie properties: Added Serbian and Norwegian language properties.

  • Translations: Added Czech and Norwegian translations.

  • General: EMDB can now only be started once. A second attempt to launch will bring the original application to the front.

EMDB 0.36  has been released
December 18th, 2006
  • IMDB Import: Fixed another IMDB import bug caused by changes in the HTML layout of the IMDB website: direct matches were not found.

  • General: EMDB can now be personalized. For just $10 you get your own named database with lifetime support for all future versions!!!

EMDB 0.35  has been released
December 6th, 2006
  • IMDB Import: Fixed the IMDB import caused by changes in the HTML layout of the IMDB website.

EMDB 0.34  has been released
November 24th, 2006
  • Movie properties: Added Russian and Greek language properties.

  • Movie properties: Added 'SPECIAL EDITION' version.

  • Movie properties: Added Number of Discs property.

  • Movie properties: Added BlueRay en HD-DVD to the Media property.

  • Movie properties: Added MPEG1 en H.264 to the Codecs property.

  • 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)

  • Translations: Added Greek, Catalan and Swedish translations.

  • User Interface: Column width in main window is remembered and restored.

  • User Interface: Columns to show in the main window are now selectable.

  • User Interface: Duration, Country, Medium and Language Columns added to the main window.

  • 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.

  • Translations: Only the selected translation file is read in memory instead of all translations during startup.

  • User Interface: Last used Options page is remembered and restored.

EMDB 0.33  has been released
August 30th, 2006
  • IMDB import - Fixed a hang in parsing the AKA titles from IMDB import (movie "Antitrust").

  • Translations - Removed Swedisch selection because I didn't receive a promised Swedish translation yet.

  • Translations - Added Croatian translation.

  • Movie properties - Added Croatian to the language properties.

  • User interface - Updated the icons in the translations combobox in the options dialog with new hi-color 3D ones

  • User interface - Updated the icons of the main dialog toolbar.

EMDB 0.32  has been released
August 17th, 2006
  • Database - The database and all exports are now saved in unicode format to preserve special characters.

  • Translations - Updated the Hungarian translation.

  • Database - All references are now validated during reading of the database file.

  • Look and Feel - Fixed the tab order in the Add Movie dialog.

  • Bug fix - Remove the retrieved IMDB type of an alternative title when manually editing.

  • Movie Information - Added a TV-Series entry.

  • Movie Information - Added a Version entry (e.g. UNRATED, DIRECTORS CUT).

  • Movie Information - Added a Seen entry.

  • Bug fix - Rating was reset to zero when updating a movie from IMDB.

  • Bug fix - 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).

  • Translations - Added a reference English language file to the Software section of the website.

EMDB 0.31  has been released
July 24th, 2006
  • IMDB Import - Added an Update all movies from IMDB feature.

  • Look and Feel - Changed the Options dialog from tabbed propertysheet to .NET style.

  • IMDB Import - Fixed a bug in the colors of the IMDB Search results dialog.

  • Typo - Fixed a typo in the IMDB Search results dialog.

  • Bug fix - Fixed a bug when searching on genres in a list with one or more deleted movies
    with reserved numbers.

  • Look and Feel - Changed the Exit button bitmap.

  • Look And Feel - Replaced all custom spin controls with standard ones.

  • IMDB Import - Set the default selection of the IMDB Search results dialog to the first movie.

  • Sorting - 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.

  • Sorting - Fixed sorting order of the loaned column: empty entries are always shown last independent of an ascending / descending sorting order.

  • Alternative Titles - Added more alternative title options ('working title', 'trailer title' and 'USA'.

  • Translation - Added translations for all alternative title types.

  • IMDB Import - Show alternative titles of found movies in the IMDB search results dialog.

  • Improvement - Set focus back to the list in the main window when cancelling Search, Options, Add and Change dialogs.

  • Movie properties - Added Hungarian language to the DVD properties.

  • Translations - Added Hungarian translation.

  • Database - Reading of corrupted database is now even more robust.

  • Thumbnails - Fixed deleting of the thumbnail image when deleting a movie.

  • Thumbnails - Added deleting of the thumbnail images when deleting all movies.

  • Thumbnails - Fixed creation of thumbnail when movie title contains ".

EMDB 0.30  has been released
June 29th, 2006
  • Search - Added Adult genre to the search genre page.

  • Database - Fixed a rare backwards compatibility problem.

  • Database - Made the reading of corrupted databases more robust.

  • Database - Saving of the Database with deleted movies (were the numbers are reserved) is now more efficient.

  • HTML export - Fixed // in the image path and </a> tags of the HTML export.

  • Options - Added a Color settings page to the options to change the colors of the main list.

  • Visualisation - Fixed a small glitch in displaying the bitmap of the Delete button.

EMDB 0.29  has been released
June 08th, 2006
  • Development environment - Moved to Visual Studio 2005 + statically linked MFC 8.0 Library + full Unicode support.

  • New genres - Added Biography genre ('The World's fastest Indian') and on many requests Adult genre.

  • Saving strategy - Database is now saved after every new added or changed movie.

  • Layout - Increased space for plot outline on many requests. Changed the layout of the main window and the Add Movie dialog.

  • Alternative titles - Added alternative title (International English title, Alternative spelling and DVD title are imported from IMDB).

  • Search - Search on title now also searches in the alternative titles.

  • Resizing - Better resizing and positioning of controls in the main window on startup.

  • HTML export - 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.

  • Visualisation - Show Hour glass cursor when sorting columns to indicate time consuming operation in progress.

  • Import IMDB - Fixed a crash when importing a movie from IMDB were no director is specified ('Festen').

  • Swap - Added a swap function to swap two movies (e.g. swap their numbering).

  • Import csv - Fixed some csv import issues.

  • Bug fixes - Fixed a crash when double-clicking a header (eg. 'Popular Titles') in the IMDB multiple results selection dialog.

 
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