ABIX - The Complete Personal Organizer! - VERSION HISTORY - ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.69 - - A view has been added. - In the menu it is now possible to indicate ABIX to shorten the events description in the Month view, but the events tooltips will continue to display the complete events description. - It is now possible to hide the ended events. - Now the button deletes the events terminated since more than 1 year instead of 1 month. - Contacts images can now be printed. - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.68 - - It is now possible to add images in the Contact module (Image tab) by using the Image Manager. In the Options menu you can specify a folder reserved for images if you do not want to use the one determined by ABIX. - An error occurred on some occasion when ABIX was configured to open automatically at Windows startup. A delay of 30 seconds at the opening of ABIX has been added in this specific case to allow time for Windows to complete its startup. This delay can be changed in the menu Options|Preferences|Startup. - The conversion of a Consumption from Imperial system to Metric was wrong, it is now corrected. - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.67 - - With a simple mouse click you can locate a contact's address in Google Maps. - The phones fields have been expanded to 40 characters. - It is now possible to restore a special backup taken automatically by ABIX at some occasions, like for example before an upgrade. - For each anniversary you can choose to display it or not in the Agenda. - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.66 - - It is now possible to include a date in the future. - The menu item can prepare an email to send to your friends to present ABIX. If one of your friends buys a regular license we will give you a free update license. - The error log and version history were transferred to the Help menu. - The window can now send us the error details by email so that you can make the necessary corrections. - Previously the ABIX datafiles were stored in the ABIX program folder. Starting with this release the datafiles (and other ABIX files) will be stored in a folder named ABIX which will be created in your Documents folder. If appropriate already existing datafiles will be automatically copied in this new folder. - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.65 - - >>> NEW! <<< The Contact module has been completely rewritten! - Several fields have been added. - The Table mode has been improved and all columns can be sorted and moved. - There is more information visible at the same time on the screen. - Report printing is done in graphics mode with more options. - The phone numbers and Internet links are accessible with only one mouse click. - You can assign several categories to a contact. - You can enter up to 5 birthdays for each contact, with the possibility to transpose them in Anniversary module. - The possibility to attach an image to a contact will be added in the next update. - - Contact section: It is possible to specify default titles for the personalized fields of the Contact module. - Display section: If the option is unchecked the windows will be automatically centered. - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.63 - - A new Search utility is now available for the following functions: Events Table Anniversaries Table Passwords Table Account booklets - In the window it is now possible to add, modify or delete an event. It is also possible to clean up the events by automatically deleting all the events terminated since more than 30 days. - and A option has been added to facilitate the text formatting by using a fixed font instead of a proportional font. - The backup now detect if a location is in mode and display a warning message if it is the case. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.62 - - A new graphic printing tool with screen preview has been developed and will gradually replace the old reports in ABIX. This new tool allow the selection of font size and paper orientation for each report and the report auto-ajust itself to fit on the paper. Furthermore the screen preview allow the selection of which pages to print. The new reports below use this new tools. - The agenda report has been rewritten and improved to print in color and take into account the first day of the week. It is also possible to print the events table. - A new update window has been added to facilitate data entry. It is now possible to print the anniversary table and also to choose which column to print. A new "Decease" type has been added. - A new update window has been added to facilitate data entry. It is now possible to print the password table and also to choose which column to print. - It is now possible to print the amortization table and also to choose which column to print. - It is now possible to print the account booklet and also to choose which column to print. - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.60 - - ABIX has been redesign with new buttons and frame. - The can now detect automatically if a new version is available, depending on the frequency of your choice, and display the result in the . - The options of ABIX are now grouped under . - New buttons are now used for the main menu bar and their colors can be personalized in the menu . - The Agenda buttons were also changed and they respond more quickly to mouse clicks. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.56 - - A new window has been added in the Agenda to facilitate the viewing of all past and futur events. - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.55 - - The agenda has been completely rewritten and now includes several improvements, such as: - styles in color for events - complete choice for events repetitions - new combined reminders window for events - ability to drag and drop an event - ending time for events - faster loading and possibility to resize the window - The menu icons were removed because in some case they were causing the menu to disappear. - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. - As with every release your data will be automatically converted to be use with the new version. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.50 - - A new text menu bar now contains every functions of ABIX with some new shortcuts. - It is now possible to display only the desired buttons or even to hide them all by using the appropriate options in the menu. - The shortcuts used to activate the main functions have changed (see the menu). - Some small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.45 - - The principle of the main window of ABIX containing its functions' windows was bring back in place. - A Dashboard is now available and display the upcoming events, the tasks to accomplish and the status of your license and your period of free updates. - Some new menu bar style are now available. - A 9th memo is available. - A right-click on the today's date button perform a refresh of the current when ABIX is used on a network. - The menu of the ABIX icon when minimized in the system tray now incudes all the available functions, and some problems with its utilization were corrected. - A problem with the name of the day displayed twice has been corrected. - In some cases the number of decimal will be increased to avoid the display to be in scientific notation. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.41 - - Pressing did not activate the "Modification" mode in the functions anymore. - The date of February 29th caused an error. - An error occured if the button was clicked and if there were no note in the category. - An English translation was missing. - The window was not wide enough in some languages. - An error occurred when switching to another data file. - It was impossible to correctly select a default data file. - In some cases the mini-buttons and were not working properly and could cause an error. - In some cases the window required that we click somewhere outside the window to activate it. - An error occurred if we were quiting ABIX by using the menu of the system tray icon. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.40 - - NEW! This new function allows you to enter several kinds of anniversary (birthday, wedding, other) and to see their exact age at any moment of the year. For each of them you can program a reminder when the anniversary date approaches. - NEW! This new function allows you to make the detailed follow-up of the budget for a project, or to enter cashflow transactions, for example the refunding of a no-interest loan. - NEW! This new function allows you to enter all your passwords at the same place to find them easily. You can also protect the access to this function with the ABIX password. - The interface was improved with, amongst other things, a new main menu on two lines which can be converted into a toolbar. - All the windows of ABIX are now independent of the main window and can be opened at the same time. - The mini-buttons located at the right of the date on the main menu can minimize, restore, close, place in front or in cascade all the opened windows of ABIX. - One of these mini-buttons allows you to switch between the normal mode of the main menu and the toolbar mode, in which 2 styles are available. - You can select the default style of the toolbar and the appearance of the main menu buttons. - You can now specify if ABIX starts automatically or not at the startup of Windows. - You can specify to ABIX to keep in memory the size and/or the position of the windows, with the possibility of returning to the default values. - When you are in ABIX a Fast Access Menu is available by pressing the keys ++. This menu also indicates the new keyboard shortcuts used for each function. - A button gives you access to our website on the inscription page for the ABIX Newsletter. This newsletter informs you automatically by email when a new version of ABIX is available. - You can now select the functions you which to protect by password and if the password is requested or not at the opening of ABIX. You can for example ask for the password only at the opening of the function. - The function was renamed to . - The last payment was missing if a term was used. - Many small corrections and minor improvements were made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.35 - - When the option is checked a corresponding event is created in the Agenda with a notification of 5 minutes in advance, whether it is done or not. Now, if the checkbox of this item is checked the notification will be cancelled and the item will be simply displayed in the Agenda. - The interval choices of 10 and 20 minutes have been added. - Two buttons have been added to facilitate the sending of the errors by email and to erase the error log. - The operation has been improved and the display of the list of the changes has been corrected. - If you use ABIX with an individual licence a button will be available in the menu and in the explaining how to obtain a free update licence by promoting ABIX. Note: This button does not appear in the evaluation copies or the copies registered with a network licence. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.30 - - The function now include 8 sections and its window size can be changed and preserved. - The utility is now available in the menu . It allows you to calculate the cost of a loan and the payments necessary to pay it. - The utility is now available in the menu . It allows you to convert different measurement unit between the metric and imperial systems. - Tips of the days are now displayed at the startup of ABIX. - At the end of the evaluation period the option is offered to erase the data entered to restart a 30 days evaluation with the original data delivered with ABIX. - Some minor corrections and improvements have been made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.20 - - An error which occurred in the weekly view of the Agenda and the column list of the windows if one clicked in a free space below the items of the list was corrected. - ABIX was adapted to our new website for the links to the purchase pages and the mail order form. - The instructions for installing ABIX on a network have been added to the FAQ section of the help of ABIX. - The keyboard shortcut keys Calendar Calculator Memo have been replaced by Calculator Memo Calendar Note : Please refer to the section of the help of ABIX for a complete list of all the shortcuts of ABIX. - Reminder : To close an opened function you just have to click on its button in the menu bar of ABIX. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.15 - - The keyboard shortcuts for the buttons (ALT-?) are now working. - Before starting a backup from the menu ABIX checks if all the functions are closed, otherwise ABIX ask you to close them before proceeding. - The font of the fields is now proportional instead of fixed. - A problem has been fixed in the processing of the UNC code for the network drives. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.10 - - In the ABIX options, tab, it is now possible to select the default view at the opening of the agenda. - When you print the weekly of monthly agenda you can now print the date and hour of print below the calendar. - In the window of the agenda the modification of an event's hour now place the event in a modification state. - The event's note in the notification windows is now correctly reset to blank between 2 events. - Some minor corrections have been made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 6.00 - - Improved interface with Windows XP style compatibility. - The buttons have been removed because ABIX now detects if an item is modified to put itself in modification mode with the and buttons available to confirm or not the modifications. - New window "About ABIX" in the Welcome screen. - A problem while using a password with a second datafile has been corrected. - The system tray icon menu is more complete. - Many minors corrections and improvements. - Starting with this version the data of ABIX are now encrypted and can only be read by ABIX. Note: The users of previous version of ABIX who want their data to be encrypted must contact us by email to know how to proceed. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 5.10 - - When you backup the data to a destination other than diskette ABIX don't verify the size of the data anymore. - In the , the field having the cursor is now correctly saved when you click directly on the item scrollbar. - The events of the weekly agenda are now appearing in the right order when the AM/PM format is used. - In the

, special characters are now correctly displayed in the title of the window. - Margins value of the envelope in the

are now correctly identified. - The default language of ABIX can now be selected directly in the Welcome screen. - In the window the carry out of an event without repetition to an other date is now correctly processed. - Some minor adjustments and corrections have been made. ______________________________________________________________________ - VERSION 5.00 - - It is now possible to print the monthly and weekly agendas in graphic mode with many options, like color printing, character size, paper orientation, events alignment, etc. - It is now possible to print envelopes in the Address book with or without a sender address. - It is now possible to print a complete record on a page in the Address book, perfect for managing customers' or employees' records. - Up to 4 different data files can now be used with ABIX, perfect for those who wish to keep their personal and professional data apart. To manage the data files click on the button on the Welcome screen of ABIX. - ABIX can now be used on a network. To use ABIX on a network you have to install ABIX on each station and use the to indicate the location of the data file to use on the network. - It is now possible to access the window while editing an item by clicking on the button "..." located to the right of the category. - Special symbols from many languages (such as Greek, Russian,etc) are now supported by ABIX. - The maximum of 12 characters for the date fields has been increased to 20 characters to allow the date entry in text format. - After a data recovery ABIX will restart automatically. - The help format has been improved. ______________________________________________________________________ >>> ALL VERSION HISTORY PRIOR TO VERSION 5 HAS BEEN ERASED