Fixed a couple of cosmetic problems when running under Leopard, (Mac OS X 10.5).
Windows and Linux full installs now include the Java 6 runtime. This improves OS integration under Vista.
Fixed a problem with missing images in the report writer. The spacing images used by some of the templates were missing after the change in the report generation location introduced in 2.983. The images are now in the correct location.
The Select All button on the Column Selection page of the Auto-Update wizard now correctly sets the state of the Next button after selection/de-selection.
The ISBN is now stored in the database in uppercase, i.e it will always have a uppercase X check digit.
Added new label templates for Gaylord 344L labels.
Added auto-catalog support for Libris [SE]
When you select either the Web->ISBN/Barcode or Web->Basic search menu items Readerware now preloads the ISBN/Author in the search page making it much easier to look up an existing item or similar items at any supported web site.
Readerware is now packaged with Java 1.5.0 Update 11 for Vista compatibility. Windows Vista users should make sure they download the full version to get both the Readerware and Java updates.
Fixed a problem under Windows Vista, the database backup could fail with an access error.
The splash screen under Windows Vista was flashing black because that is now the default desktop background color. Background color no longer set under Vista.
Added a new backup option to include a date stamp in the backup file name. This means that by default separate backup files are now created for increased data security
Changed backup and restore wizard instructions and error messages to include more specific information on any problems.
The default database and backup file locations are now in your Documents folder under both Windows and Mac OS X. This will affect new installations only, users with existing preferences will continue to see their current folder selections.
The report writer now checks the report exclude option and omits records excluded from reports.
The report writer now includes an ISBN-13 tag so you can include both ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 in your output.
The report writer now creates the temporary report file outside of the installation directory.
The Web->Display at menu item was not always enabled after an ISBN search.
A problem exporting certain columns to an iPod is fixed.
The Delete button was sometimes enabled incorrectly when the database was in read only mode.
Fixed a problem with Edit menu items not always in the correct state.
When exporting the ISBN-13 column the hyphens are now removed.
Fixed an exception that could occur after opening a new database and then using drag and drop.
Text that is too big to display in an entry field is now left aligned. It used to be right aligned so that the beginning of the field was truncated instead of the end.
Copyright update
Fixed a problem displaying the ISBN-13 for some group codes.
Importing past Amazon purchases now working again with updated Amazon web site.
Fixed amazon.fr drag and drop problem, some URLs contained special characters that were not handled correctly.
Fixed problem entering ISBN-13 with punctuation in auto-catalog.
Fixed an exception when creating a new database while the detail view was displayed.
Fixed a loan tracker problem, a deleted borrower could get recreated.
Added auto-catalog and drag and drop support for Waterstones [UK] now that they have split from Amazon.
Default buttons are now correctly highlighted on Mac OS X
Changed the location of the Browse button in the import, export, backup and restore dialogs. It is now to the right of the filename field. Click on the Browse button to select a file. The button used to be located near the bottom of the page and users were not seeing it.
Added a new ISBN-13 column to the table and detail views. You can now display both the ISBN-10 (traditional ISBN) and the new ISBN-13 which starts officially in 2007.
Cleaned up Help menu keyboard shortcuts, some were duplicated.
Fixed a problem with the scraper update, the manifest file was being copied first which could mean that Readerware erroneously considered the scrapers up to date if an update failed. Now if the scraper update fails, Readerware will try again next time it is started.
Due to a sudden batch of URL changes at several sites, the extraction URLs are now stored in the scrapers directory allowing them to be updated remotely along with the scrapers. This means that a URL change will no longer require a Readerware upgrade.
Fixed a CSV export problem, Readerware was outputting the formatted ISBN instead of the raw ISBN. Now ISBN hyphens are removed during a CSV export like other exports.
Fixed a Generic UIEE export problem, Readerware was not checking for an entry in the User Number column. Readerware will now use the User Number column for the UIEE UR, (Record Number), tag if one exists. If not it uses the Row Number column. Both the Amazon and Generic UIEE formats now work the same way.
Added new Tell-A-Friend item to the Help menu.
New Borders URLs, the site changed and auto-catalog was failing.
New Chapters [CA] URLs, the site changed and auto-catalog was failing.
Fixed a problem that could sometimes result in a duplicate database record being added if you maintained one of the list columns in the detail view, i.e. you added or deleted a list entry.
Fixed a problem with importing past purchases if your login password contained special characters like a percent sign. Readerware was not encoding special characters correctly.
Changed cookie handling, Readerware no longer loads cookies at startup. This means that cookies exist for the current session only which is all that is really needed. This was done to address a cookie problem at some Amazon sites.
Fixed a networking problem that could cause a slow response time at Amazon, (alternate Windows build only).
The Readerware Windows executables no longer redirect stdout and stderr to a file. This was causing problems if Readerware was installed in a read only directory.
Fixed a problem with the command line server running on a headless Linux system. There was some GUI access which normally wasn't a problem as long as there was a desktop installed even if it wasn't running, but it would fail if there was no desktop installed.
Fixed a problem with restore, database files were not named correctly.
Fixed a loan tracker problem. If New Loan was selected the existing loan terms were used rather than the default loan terms.
Fixed a URL problem at www.bookcloseouts.com
Print dialog is now sized correctly on all systems, it was too small on some systems.
Fixed a Windows installation problem, only newer files were being copied which could result in partial installations on some systems.
Fixed a Windows classpath problem which could cause web extraction to fail on a few systems.
Fixed a problem opening a database from the Windows command line.
Fixed an iPod export problem, on some Macs you were not able to select a folder. When exporting to an iPod, Readerware expects a user to select the iPod Notes folder. This was not possible on some systems.
iPod® support. You can now carry your database with you on your iPod. Readerware includes a new iPod export that creates files you can use with the iPod Notes facility. Requires iPod 2.0 software.
New thumbnail view, all your cover art is displayed with a popup window to display full details on the selected item. Full keyboard and mouse navigation.
Readerware now supports multiple column sorting. Click on the first column to sort. Hold down the sort modifier key and click on additional columns to add then to the sort. Click a second time on any column to toggle the sort sequence. The sort modifier key is the Control (Ctrl) key on Windows and Linux and the Apple or command key on Mac OS X.
New drag and drop modes. By default if you drag and drop a URL, Readerware adds the new item to the database. Now you can hold down the Control and Shift keys while you drop and Readerware will display a popup menu asking you what you want to do. You can:
The Readerware Server can now run as a Windows® service without the need for additional utilities.
- Add a new record to the Readerware database
- Replace the current selection
- Update the current selection
- Get a new image for the current selection
New non graphical command line Readerware server. The server is configured using a control file and all output is to a log file. It is available on all platforms and can be automatically started at system boot time. Runs as a Windows® service.
Fixed a network time out problem that could cause Readerware auto-catalog to hang. Readerware will now time out a connection if the server does not respond.
Selection is now tracked in the table view. For example select an item in the table view and go to the detail view. Go forward three rows in the detail view and then return to the table row. The last accessed record is now selected.
Improved the multiple mapping dialog, it now includes the UPC for easier matching.
Added new menu items and keyboard shortcuts to the Edit menu to improve accessibility and keyboard access. You can now edit an item in the current view or the detail view, delete rows and check items in and out.
The Escape key (Esc) cancels all dialogs.
Cancel button is no longer the default button on some wizard panels. This could cause accidental cancellation of auto-catalog for example if the user hit Enter by mistake. On most platforms this wasn't a real problem as a confirmation dialog was displayed before aborting the operation, but due to a bug with nested dialogs on Mac OS X, the confirmation dialog was not displayed.
The export wizard now remembers the column order between sessions.
Custom extraction documentation now customized for each product.
User defined columns and Keyword columns are now displayed as links in the table view for searching.
Fixed a problem with the Internet connection error dialog buttons not working on some systems.
Fixed a problem where the Delete Image button could be disabled in the detail view preventing image deletion.
Fixed a restore problem, you could not restore to a database path that contained a period.
Fixed a problem with wildcard format searches, you could not search for *LP* in ReaderwareAW for example.
Fixed a problem with "Accept Invalid ISBN without confirmation" option. If selected invalid ISBNs were rejected.
Fixed an import problem with list columns. Trailing spaces would trigger a duplicate error and import would fail.
Fixed a statistics problem with calculating the total value of a collection on European systems. Readerware now correctly handles European values formats, i.e. 1.000,00.
Fixed an import problem, fields containing a single quote or double quote were causing an exception.
Fixed a problem with the toolbar delete button sometimes not working.
New Angus & Robertson URLs (Australia).
Dutch ISBNs are now formatted to include hyphens.
New sites added bol.com [NL], Koninklijke Bibliotheek [NL] and proxis.be [BE].
Brushed metal look and feel now works correctly on Mac OS X 10.3 or better.
New Windows installers. Windows Server 2003 is now supported. The upgrade installer will now work on any Windows system providing a smaller download for upgrading users.
Mac installers no longer use Stuffit as Apple removed Stuffit support in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). Installers are now compressed using the zip format which will work on any version of OS X. Just double click on the downloaded file to decompress.
New Linux distributions. Full and Upgrade installers are provided.
Readerware distributions now include Java 5 on Windows and Linux.
New image positioning preference added. You can now choose where to display the image in the detail view. The image and data portions of the display have independent scroll bars and you can size each section separately. You can easily hide each section temporarily and display just data or images as needed. In addition to allowing the user much greater control of the image display, this also means that Readerware can handle large image sizes.
New batch mode scanner upload in auto-catalog. Click on the Upload button and the new batch upload dialog is displayed. You can select the scanner type and upload an unlimited number of scans. Designed to better support LaserChamp/Flic scanners but can also be used with conventional scanners. The data is captured and then validated once you click the OK button. This provides for uninterrupted high speed batch transfers from barcode scanners.
Improved barcode and ISBN error handling. When Readerware detects a problem handling a barcode or ISBN the full input is displayed making it easier to determine the problem. You have the option of accepting or rejecting the input. You can opt to remember this choice for all data in the current session. You no longer have to handle each error individually. This applies to both auto-catalog and file imports.
Added copy/paste support for barcode and ISBN lists. You can now paste a list of barcode scans or ISBNs into auto-catalog for example.
The loan tracker is now user based. You can select borrowers from the list. Just enter a new borrower and a new list entry will be created automatically as the loan is created. Use the popup menu to maintain the borrower list. This works like any other Readerware list.
Readerware now remembers the number selection in the detail view. By default Readerware selects the ISBN when you display the detail view. Readerware will now remember the selection so if for example the Dewey Decimal Number is more important to you, Readerware will select it automatically.
New Image Filename column added. Readerware will now display the full image filename as a column in the table view. Primarily intended for use when exporting data. You can now export the image filename to TAB delimited, CSV and generic UIEE files. You can also view and print the image filename.
The Generic UIEE export can now include the LO (Location), PR (Price), PG (Page Count), SE (Series), KE (Keywords) and IM (Image filename) tags.
You can now search your Readerware database by LCCN, (Library of Congress Card Catalog Number) and Dewey Decimal Number.
Fixed a problem with list field searches looping. A list search like Category could loop if the list had been updated or an entered value exactly matched an existing list item.
Fixed a problem calculating the loan due date when the default loan period was set to 28 days or longer. The loan tracker would display the wrong due date
Authors 2-6 are now displayed as links in the table view so that you can search on these columns.
The default tree view was including an old database column that is no longer used, this has been removed from the view.
The exit dialog now has a Cancel option so that you can return to the program.
Fixed a server hang at close if the control port was blocked.
The Readerware server no longer tries to close a database that failed to open. This was causing errors to be displayed at exit.
Readerware Client/Server documentation has been updated with a new connection problems section to help in resolving client/server connection issues.
A new sample userexit script to stop Readerware from adding the category during auto-catalog is now included in the distribution. It is called userexit_nocat.py. For more information refer to the custom extraction documentation.
Added drag and drop support for Genealogyinprint.com. You can catalog from their extensive library of genealogy and history books and CDROMs.
Updated Cokesbury.com URLs, auto-catalog works again.
Fixed a problem with the checkpoint function on Turkish systems.
Added new display product function. You can now display the current product listing for the selected item. Readerware will open your browser and display the item at the preferred web site. Select the Web->Display Product menu item or double click on the row selection icon, the first icon on each table row. The product page is then opened in your browser.
Readerware now detects firewall and internet connection problems during auto-catalog and displays an appropriate error dialog with suggestions on how to fix the problem.
Readerware products now support the Flic Bluetooth and tethered scanners and the C-Pen text and barcode reader.
Readerware can now handle barcode readers that add leading zeros to 12 digit US UPC codes. Readerware now recognizes these and strips the leading 0 when required by a web site.
Added new Web->Delete Cookies menu item. Sometimes cookies can cause extraction problems. Some users may also prefer to delete cookies periodically due to privacy concerns.
Improved database statistics, new display format, counts now include multiple copies. Help specific to each product explains the values in each field.
Readerware report writer now includes standard templates for printing catalog cards and spine labels.
New report writer keyword modifiers added:
Added new DEWEYLABEL keyword to the report writer. It will remove The Library of Congress extensions from the Dewey Decimal number and output the standard format.
-U Display the value in uppercase -L=n Limit the value displayed to at most n characters -S=n Display the value starting at the nth character. This is relative to 0.
The report writer now removes unused keywords when using the INCR_READERWARE command and the output does not fill a page.
Fixed a bug with the wild card list field searches. If a full entry was typed in rather than selected, the program searched for the first selected list item.
Corrected mapping dialog help, now documents the new mapping process.
Fixed an exception when updating preferences with a read only database.
Auto-Update and Delete buttons were enabled when the database was in read only mode. These buttons are now disabled if the database is read only.
Corrected Norwegian, Danish and Swedish ISBN hyphenation. Added support for Spanish ISBNs.
Readerware now always strips hyphens from the ISBN before adding a record to the database. If an extracted ISBN had hyphens it was being added to the database with hyphens and it would not be found with an ISBN search.
Readerware auto-catalog now displays the title when cataloging by LCCN.
Added auto-catalog and drag and drop support for ISBN [ES]
Added support for new British Library integrated catalog.
Readerware now works with the relocated Library of Congress [1] site.
Readerware HTML export now produces valid HTML and passes the W3C validator.
Fixed some SQL statements that were causing problems on Turkish systems.
Readerware Server would sometimes fail to open one of the databases at startup.
Readerware Server now displays an error if one of the ports is already in use. Improved debugging support.
Fixed some bad error messages in the Readerware Server. If a database failed to close, sometimes the wrong database name was included in the error message.
The Readerware Tutorial can now be run from the CD.
Added support for the GTK look and feel. Primarily intended for Linux users but it may be available on other platforms.
Fixed a problem launching the default browser on some Linux systems.
Improved Linux installer, applications now added to desktop by default. Scripts can now be run from anywhere when using the default installation path. PNG icons provided with distribution.
Fixed a problem with the Readerware Server not remembering preferences settings on Linux.
Fixed a problem launching the browser from the report writer on the Mac. It was not working if the Readerware installation path contained spaces.
Toolbar mnemonics removed on the Mac, was causing problems when entering international characters.
Readerware products can now import your past purchases from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. Select Web->Import Past Purchases from the Readerware menu bar. All the books you purchased are added to the Readerware database automatically.
In addition to drag and drop you can now paste a URL into Readerware and it will catalog the book. Copy the URL from your browser and right click on the yellow bulls eye icon in the top right hand corner of the main Readerware window. Select Paste from the popup menu. Mac OS X users should control click. Handy if your browser does not support drag and drop.
Added an allow duplicates option in the replace wizard. You can now scan the same ISBN more than once. This can be used to reduce available copies of sold books.
Fixed a problem with the Loan Tracker, updates would not work correctly if the borrower name contained a single quote.
Generic UIEE export now lets you select the columns again, the column selection page was removed from the wizard. You can now exclude standard columns from generic UIEE files.
Fixed a problem with the shopping cart and christianbook.com. You can now place orders at christianbook.com from the Readerware shopping cart.
Fixed a problem with auto-catalog and christianbook.com. You can now auto-catalog again from christianbook.com
Fixed a problem launching Readerware products on new Apple G5 computers.
Updated online help to document the scraper and report template locations on Mac OS X.
Fixed a problem launching the default browser in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).
Fixed a restore problem, the restore would throw an exception if the backup file was empty.
Changed the way the view log file is implemented, fixes problems displaying the log on some systems.
Readerware auto-catalog now accepts LCCNs. You can scan barcodes, enter ISBNs and LCCNs, Readerware recognizes the input automatically. New icons in the auto-catalog list indicate whether you have entered an ISBN or an LCCN. You can now easily catalog older books without ISBNs by using the Library of Congress Card Catalog Number (LCCN) printed on most US books.
You can now save ISBN lists in the wizards before running them. You can use this feature to capture data and run the wizard later. For example you can scan barcodes at a remote location without an internet connection. Readerware will validate the ISBN as it is entered, so you know the data is good. You can save the list and run auto-catalog when an internet connection is available.
New value options are now available. Using the Web Import preferences tab you can direct Readerware to extract the list price, the retail price, the used price or the collectible price.
Improved portable barcode reader support, you can now reset the scanner to factory default settings from the Scanner Upload Dialog. If the scanner is not configured correctly, Readerware can have problems getting the data from the scanner. This gives you an easy way to configure the scanner.
Scanner Upload Dialog tooltips added.
Improved UPC to ISBN mapping support, Readerware can now correctly convert new UPCs being used by some publishers. Readerware now also supports multiple publisher to manufacturer mappings. As publishers run out of ISBN book numbers, they are issued a second publisher code. Readerware can now handle this situation and will prompt you to select the correct publisher when you scan the barcode.
Readerware preferences now include the manufacturer to publisher mapping table. You can view, delete and update the mappings.
Added support for new ISBN group 1 publisher ranges, some ISBNs were not hyphenated correctly.
Updated Barnes and Noble URLs, some Barnes and Noble domains are being shutdown.
Readerware export now correctly handles carriage returns in the comment field.
Mac OS X users can now delete entries from the auto-catalog list using the Delete key.
Added new starting row number option for Readerware databases. This is an advanced option not normally needed. Some users are using the Readerware row number as a catalog number. Because each database uses the same row numbers, this could lead to duplicate catalog numbers. You can now set the starting row number for each database to ensure unique row numbers across databases.
Fixed a database in use error that could sometimes occur following a system crash.
Fixed a database access exception thrown by the server at startup.
Fixed a problem displaying preferences in Readerware Client/Server Edition when the database was set to read only.
UIEE export wizard no longer displays the column selection page. Columns are fixed in the UIEE format, the selection page was displayed in error.
Readerware now catches exceptions caused by bad fonts on Mac OS X. Printing now works even when there are bad fonts. The report writer will fail. Apple is aware of the problem, right now they report the only workaround is to delete the invalid fonts. Unfortunately there is no easy way to find which fonts are invalid. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 is known to install bad fonts on OS X.
Fixed some dialog problems on Mac OS X. Sometimes the Quit menu can become disabled because a closed modal dialog is not deleted. Apple is aware of this bug, but there is no fix yet. This release works around the problem but if the Quit menu ever becomes disabled, you can close Readerware using the window close button.
Fixed a tooltip problem on the splash screen, the tooltips were not displayed correctly.
Added new ready to use report templates, these are full page detailed reports.
Fixed a delete bug, sometimes the wrong record could be deleted. Display the detail view from the table view, then use the navigation buttons to display another item, then delete it. The item first selected from the table view was deleted instead of the current item.
Fixed the wrong database version error. Sometimes after a system crash one of the database control files was empty. This no longer causes a problem, the file will be rebuilt.
Invalid ISBNs containing a period would be accepted, they are now rejected.
Duplicate ISBNs were not formatted correctly when entered in wizards. They were accepted but not formatted.
Fixed a problem launching the browser from the Report Writer under Mac OS X. The application would sometimes hang.
Fixed a registration problem on Mac OS X. Sometimes after registering, the Quit menu item, was disabled and you could not close the application.
Java version now displayed in exception dialog.
Added new Enter Code button to splash screen to make registration easier.
Fixed an import problem. If one of the required fields was defined in the mapping line but the field was empty in a particular record, the record was rejected. The record will now be added with the default value for the field.
Added Amazon [CA] to auto-catalog and drag and drop.
Added Kalahari.net [SA] to auto-catalog and drag and drop.
Added Amazon [DE] to auto-catalog and drag and drop. This is not officially supported and is off by default. Select Edit->Preferences, Sites tab to enable Amazon [DE] support.
The Online Help and the Tutorial are now available in PDF format. You can easily print all or parts of both documents. The PDF files are included on the Readerware CD and can be downloaded from the web site.
Readerware now includes Java 1.4.1 on all platforms for improved performance and platform feature enhancements. Windows and Linux users should download the full install to get the updated Java. Mac OS X users should get the Java 1.4.1 update from Apple using the software updater.
Fixed a problem with UIEE exports. Readerware could loop if the data exceeded UIEE line limits with no spaces.
Fixed copy/paste shortcut problems on Mac OS X.
Added drag and drop support for the Internet Book List. http://www.iblist.com/
Fixed an import problem, the import could abort early if an unmapped UPC code was detected.
Fixed a UPC check digit validation problem. Readerware would report that 13 digit UPC codes were invalid.
CSV and TAB delimited files will now default required fields. This means that you can import a file that does not contain a title and use Readerware auto-update to retrieve it.
Barcode scans can now be included in CSV and TAB delimited files in place of the ISBN. Readerware will convert the barcode to an ISBN.
Added support for the new Sam Goody sites.
Fixed Amazon cookie problem, auto-catalog would sometimes fail at Amazon due to a cookie issue.
Added missing tool tip on report writer save button.
Fixed a shopping cart problem, it would not open if the vendor/price field was hidden.
Fixed an expiration problem in the Palm evaluation versions. They could report that the program had expired before 30 days were up.
Fixed a problem with the loan tracker dialog, it would not open if the copies count was non numeric.
Fixed a problem editing copies, if the value is erased, Readerware now sets the copies count to 0. This ensures that the field contents are numeric.
Fixed an import problem, if copies was specified as an input field but no value is provided, Readerware now sets the copies count to 0.
Readerware now turns off graphics acceleration under Mac OS X. This actually improves GUI performance considerably. Much faster scrolling, fewer screen flashes etc.The double scrolling problem under Mac OS X has been fixed.
Fixed filtering problem in Mac OS X file open dialogs. This made it difficult to select some file types.
New copies editor in the replace wizard. You can now set, increment or decrement copies by the entered amount. Useful when recording sales, use the replace wizard to scan in the barcodes and decrement available copies. Copies will never go below 0.
Restore wizard database creation dialog now uses the save dialog. It was using the open dialog which caused problems on some platforms.
Corrected the titles on the backup and restore file selection dialogs.
Restore now corrects the case of image file names. It was difficult to transfer a Readerware database from a case insensitive file system like Windows to a case sensitive file system like Linux.
Backup now works if there is no valid image share. There was a problem backing up a Readerware server database from the client when the images were not being shared. Obviously no images will be backed up, but all data is now backed up.
Verified that Readerware browser integration works with the new Mac OS X Safari browser from Apple.
Fixed a problem that caused a false unsaved changes prompt when you updated a user defined field.Fixed a problem with the CS-1504 upload, Readerware would sometimes terminate the upload early and only transfer some of the barcodes.
The portable barcode reader upload now displays the number of barcodes received from the scanner.
Fixed a problem with multiple Skin look and feel buttons in the preferences dialog. A new button was added every time the look and feel was changed.
Some components were using the metal look and feel even when another look and feel was set.
Changed the standard reports to print the text in black rather than dark gray. The text was too light to read on some printers.
Fixed a problem with standard reports, the break option was not working
An image share is now optional when connecting to the Readerware server. If omitted, images do not display.
Added Search item to popup menus on the location and series fields for easier searching.
Search field contents are now selected after a search. This makes it easier to change the search.
The report writer templates display now excludes folders and hidden files.
Mac OS X version now uses standard Mac file dialogs.
The Mac file dialogs no longer go into a package when selecting a program.
Fixed a problem invoking the browser from the report writer window on Mac OS X.
Readerware now checks for the availability of Mac hooks. It was assuming that the preferences menu hook was present. On early versions of Mac OS X it wasn't and this caused Readerware to quit at startup on older systems.
Readerware now supports much larger databases.Readerware now remembers the image selection directory when manually adding images.
Added explicit error message when backup runs out of space.
Added explicit error message when a bad path is specified on a restore.
Added edition and registration information to the about window. You can now easily tell which edition you have licensed.
Added new [[$CURRENTDATE]] keyword to the report writer, you can now include the current date in custom reports.
Fixed a problem with Readerware auto-catalog. It would stop if the accept duplicates option was checked and the database copies field was empty.
Unsaved changes in user defined fields would not trigger the warning dialog when leaving the detail view.
Clarified the description on the item input page of the auto-catalog wizard. Some users were trying to use the Upload button to get barcode scans from a CueCat. This is only for portable barcode readers.
User defined fields now support an automatic wildcard search.
Added Wright Group to Readerware auto-catalog. As this is a specialized educational site, it is disabled by default. Select Edit->Preferences, Sites tab, to activate.
Readerware exception dialog now includes full version information for remote debugging.
Fixed a problem selecting images manually. Images would not always appear on systems with case sensitive file names (Mac OS X, Linux)
Fixed a problem changing the look and feel on Mac OS X.
Fixed a problem displaying images in the report writer on Mac OS X.
Fixed the menu shortcuts on Mac OS X.
Moved Preferences to the Application menu on Mac OS X.
Table header popup menus now work on Mac OS X.
Added loan keywords to the Readerware report writer and added a new sample loan report template. You can now include loan information in any report.Fixed a server database connection problem, the server would sometimes fail to connect to the database because of a timing issue.
Readerware server now correctly saves preferences at close on Mac OS X 10.2, (Jaguar).
Readerware server was not shutting down normally on Mac OS X 10.2, (Jaguar).
Fixed a problem waking up portable barcode readers, you should now be able to upload more reliably.
Fixed a problem with uploading a large number of barcodes from a portable barcode reader. You can now upload the full capacity of the scanner.
When the data entry detail view is invoked from the menu or toolbar, the contents are always cleared. The current contents would be left in the detail view if it was already displayed.
Fixed a detail view keyboard problem. Alt-N will now display the next item when paging through the search results.
Fixed a detail view author editing problem. If the first author had been entered and the drop down list changed to display an empty author, Readerware would display a missing author error on add or update, even though the required first author was present.
Fixed a problem with the overdue loan search. The Readerware overdue search will now correctly return overdue items based on date.
Fixed a shopping cart problem. If the Vendor/Price field was moved it was not displayed as a drop down list.
You can now drag and drop from Netscape 7/Mozilla on Mac OS X. The drag was being rejected.
Fixed a UIEE export problem. When long titles were split over multiple lines, Readerware would add an extra blank line.
Preferences were not saved on Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)Shopping cart price checks would not work if ISBN column moved
Replace wizard would stop if ISBN not found.
All Readerware products now support the Symbol CS-1504 and CS-2000 portable barcode readers. You can upload barcodes from either device directly into Readerware. Readerware works with these barcode readers on all supported platforms, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. See the Readerware web site for more information on using these scanners with Readerware. Important note: The AirClicker is NOT supportedReaderware now extracts unadulterated images from Amazon, no more 30% off images.
Upgraded to Java Help 1.1.3.
Upgraded to Skin Look & Feel 1.2.2.
New report template that demonstrates how to insert page breaks in a report. See PageBreakExample.html in ReaderwareAW
Improved logging and added new view log button to wizards.
Readerware 2.72 fixes the following:
The Readerware Server now removes open connections left behind after a system crash or power failure. The open connections could cause a database open error when the server was restarted.Access to The Library of Congress, The British Library and The National Library of Australia would sometimes fail the second time it was used in a Readerware session due to an expired session handle. Readerware now gets new session handles when needed..
The CSV export file used to format fields as "author", "tittle". The space after the comma was causing some programs to have trouble importing the file. Readerware now omits the space, as in "author","title".
Readerware CSV and TAB delimited imports now pad the ISBN with leading zeros if necessary. Truncated ISBNs imported into Readerware made the record inaccessible.
Readerware imports were not handling long fields correctly. Fields that exceed Readerware maximums will now be truncated. The truncation will be reported in the import log.
Readerware auto-catalog performance improved, the automatic update check is now more efficient.
Fixed a mapping dialog parentage problem, the dialog would sometimes not respond to mouse input.
Improved backup error handling. Readerware automatically remembers the backup file name. If folders were moved or deleted this could result in an invalid backup path. Readerware was displaying an exception dialog rather than a clear error message.
Skin Look & Feel has been removed from the Mac OS products. There were issues with it and who needs skins when you have Aqua.
When returning to the table view, Readerware now remembers the table position and selection.Readerware 2.71 fixes the following:Readerware auto-catalog, auto-update and replace wizards now display added/updated rows once the wizards complete. This makes it much easier to review and edit new items.
A new search now allows you to display items added/updated by the last wizard run, (auto-catalog, auto-update and replace). This is done automatically when the wizards complete, but you can also return to the last updated records at any time.
The Replace wizard now identifies those items really updated. Previously it would mark an item as changed if it was included in the wizard run. Now it is only marked if a change was actually made to the item.
Added ABE to the Readerware shopping cart, you can now check prices at ABE.
Added Alphacraze to all products, auto-catalog and drag and drop.
Added BibSys to Readerware.
Added new backup and restore wizards to make the backup and restore functions much easier to use.
Added backup prompt at exit. This can be turned off in preferences.
Readerware now initializes all scraper variables. This makes writing custom extraction scripts easier because you know that the variable exists.
Readerware shopping cart now tracks availability. It will only display the price if the title is available. Out of stock items will list as "Not Available".
Readerware will now extract "new" marketplace pricing, list price, reading level and buyer waiting information. Readerware will extract this information from all sites that provide it. These are optional columns and need to be moved to a user defined database column using custom extraction.
Includes new Sun Java Runtime version 1.4.0_01
Fixed a preferences bug. If the table view is narrower than the window, clicking in the table header area outside of the table would generate an invalid table sort.Improved error handling, more descriptive errors. Fixed problems with modal error dialogs in the wizards.
Fixed an auto-catalog problem, it would sometimes stop without completing the run when an error was detected. Readerware auto-catalog should now always go to completion.
Rewrote import/export help.
Dropped FatBrain, (Now Barnes and Noble)
Dropped Alibris, (Alibris requested they be removed from Readerware)
Dropped non-English language sites.
Readerware now supports new Library of Congress site.
Norwegian ISBNs are now formatted correctly.
Fixed a focus problem in the auto-catalog wizard. The default focus was not being set on the item input field due to a Java bug. When scanning a barcode this could cause the wizard to close.
Readerware for Windows and Linux now ships with the Sun Microsystems Inc. Java 1.4 runtime environment, (JRE). This new version offers performance improvements, support for the mouse wheel, new file selection dialogs and other new features. You must download the full install to get the JRE 1.4 update. To verify which version of the JRE you are running, select the Help->About Readerware menu item.The wizard progress dialogs are now integrated into the wizards. They no longer obscure the results list or icon keys.
Restored support for The British Library using their new text based interface.
Readerware auto-catalog now has an option to increment the number of copies when it detects a duplicate ISBN. With this option on you can also enter the same ISBN into the auto-catalog wizard multiple times.
Added a user number search.
Fixed a problem with the Ctrl-V paste command, it would paste twice into the comments field.
Numeric fields now sort correctly, value, copies, pages etc.
Readerware no longer selects the field contents when a field gets focus. A number of users reported it was too easy to accidentally delete the contents. Double click in a field to select the current word, triple click to select the full contents.
The report writer now uses separate directories for each product rather than storing all report templates in the same location. If you have existing report templates, you must move them from your readerware\reports directory to readerware\reports\RW.
Readerware now displays an error if the report writer could not save the requested file.
Added an option to display the report writer output directly in your default browser, bypassing the Readerware report writer window.
Major performance improvements in report generation, large reports could be very slow.
Fixed a valuation problem, Readerware could produce an invalid total if some values contained non numeric data.
New line characters in text fields are now suppressed. They would sometimes cause the field to be expanded changing the display format.
Fixed a problem backing up a database on Mac OS X. If rows contained fields with new line characters, these rows would not be restored. Please make sure you create a new backup after installing this release.
Fixed a date problem in the Palm version. The product would expire after just 1 day in evaluation mode.
Corrected a keyboard shortcut, Undo is now the standard Ctrl-Z (Windows)
Fixed a startup problem, sometimes Readerware was started with the wrong VM.
Added a shutdown hook so that the Readerware database is always closed cleanly.
Readerware now checkpoints the database at close to ensure it is in a good state before running the internal backup.
The userexit.py script is now always run even if the main scraper fails. This ensures that any settings you make in your customized scraper are always applied.
This version will work with the Apple Java 1.3.1 Update 1. (Mac OS X only)
Fixed a problem with the global replace wizard. The function to change "A Title" to "Title, A" was translating other titles to uppercase.Fixed a problem in the Palm version. The search would crash when the search string was longer than a title.
Readerware now supports both Library of Congress web interfaces. You will find two entries in the sites list for the Library of Congress:Library of Congress [1] - This is the old search site. It seems to be accessible even when the main site is at capacity. These pages do not display the LCCN, so if you want to extract the LCCN use the main site.Fixed a problem with Mac generated ISBN/UPC list files. Readerware was not recognizing the Mac end of line correctly.Library of Congress [2] - This is the main site. These pages include the LCCN.
Fixed a problem with ABE/HomeBase imports, Readerware was not importing the condition or location.
Fixed a problem with the Amazon UIEE export, The XD|S line was missing.
Improved evaluation expiration dialogs, direct link to online ordering page now included.
Fixed a printing problem under Mac OS X, only the first page of a report was printed.Mac OS X version no longer displays Readerware print progress dialog as OS X provides one.
Used and collectible counts now extracted from Amazon. As these are not regular database fields you must use a custom extraction script to add these fields to user defined database fields. A sample script can be found at http://www.readerware.com/scrapers/userexit_prices.py
Readerware now correctly extracts the LCCN from the Library of Congress. The Readerware LCCN field contains the Library of Congress Control Number, "LC Control Number" on the LOC search pages. You will also see this number described as the "Library of Congress Catalog Card Number" in older books. For example, 98047391.
Readerware now correctly extracts the call number from the Library of Congress. The Readerware database does not have a predefined field for the call number. You must use a custom extraction script to add the call number to a user defined database field. A sample script can be found at http://www.readerware.com/scrapers/userexit_loc.py. Readerware extracts the first call number returned by the LOC search. For example, PR6068.O1964 I52 1999
When you drag and drop from the Library of Congress, Readerware now always extracts the data from the "Full Record" tab, regardless of the active tab.
New comment extraction - All Readerware products now extract reviews, edition information etc. from major sites. This information is added to the database comments field. Works with both auto-catalog and auto-update so comments can be added to existing databases.Readerware 2.60 also fixes the following problems:New user number generator - The Readerware search and replace feature can now add user defined numbers. Simply define a pattern, starting number and increment and Readerware will number all or parts of a database.
New price calculator - The Readerware search and replace feature can now adjust prices in an existing database. So for example you could easily set your prices to 75% of the existing or extracted price.
New price extraction option - Readerware can now extract the regular, used or collectible price from web sites. Primarily designed for use with Amazon. Using Readerware auto-update you can easily revalue your database at any time.
New title editing - The Readerware search and replace feature can now globally change title formats and uppercase titles.
New HomeBase support - Readerware can now import from and export to HomeBase from Advanced Book Exchange Inc. A Readerware HomeBase file can be imported into the HomeBase program or uploaded to the ABE web site.
Table view now cleanly displays first line of comments. Long comments no longer cause a display slowdown.Shopping cart now handles hidden columns, hiding columns could cause the shopping cart to not open.
New auto-update and replace help pages included, they were missing from earlier distributions.
Readerware will now handle an ISBN beginning with 978, it was interpreting them as EANs.
Skin L&F support has been updated and a new Windows XP L&F is included.
Improved Powells extraction, now gets image and detail.
Amazon UIEE export conforms to the Amazon UIEE documentation. Wizard no longer displays column selection panel for Amazon.
Fixed a problem displaying the table viewFixed a problem that could cause the product to become unregistered after upgrading to 2.50
Fixed an import problem, not all columns included in the imported file were imported
Fixed a problem with backup, it could hang if the backup file was placed in the thumbnails directory
Fixed a problem with backup, it could fail if there were sub directories in the thumbnails directory.
New auto-update, you can now update your existing database from the web. Add images, additional information, update prices etc., automatically.Readerware 2.50 also fixes the following problems:Auto-Catalog now has an option to merge data from multiple web sites. Readerware can scan all the sites you specify, extracting as much information as possible and merging the data to create a more complete database.
Auto-catalog now has a new option to save an auto-catalog list.
You can now use the Delete key to remove items from the auto-catalog list in the wizards.
New global search and replace feature, you can now update any database field in the entire database or a group of items.
Readerware auto-catalog now fully supports Alibris.
All products now support Half.com, you can use Half.com with auto-catalog and auto-update as well as the drag and drop interface and the shopping cart.
Fixed a drag and drop problem with Netscape 6.When paging through your database with the detail views, updated data is now correctly displayed
Fixed a problem with the shopping cart, sometimes the price check results were not displayed.
You can now drag and drop https URLs
Fixed a problem with database creation. Sometimes the duplicate check failed and Readerware would not display an error when you tried to create a new database with a name that was already in use.
Fixed a problem launching the tutorial on some Windows systems
By default all items added to your database using the drag and drop interface, are also added to your shopping cart.
Added a tutorial to guide new users through Readerware auto-catalog and drag and drop support.Fixed problem with buttons not responding on error dialogs in the auto-catalog wizard.
Improved ISBN handling, can now handle 2 digit publisher codes.
Auto-Catalog is a lot faster with a large number of items (1500+).
Fixed a memory leak in Auto-Catalog which would cause Readerware to run out of memory when processing a large number of items (1500+).
Upgraded from JPython 1.03 to Jython 2.0.
New command line options.
Corrected problems with column tooltips. The wrong tip was sometimes displayed. Some columns did not have tooltips
Fixed a problem with saving an invalid search as the default search. Readerware would allow you to save an incomplete search as the default search. This would create problems displaying the database at startup.
Fixed a problem with sorting table columns in descending sequence. If Readerware was closed with the sort in descending sequence, you could not display the search results when Readerware was restarted.
Readerware now displays a confirmation dialog when you change the default search. You could accidentally save a new default search without realizing it
Fixed an import/export problem. 2.25 changed the export file column header row to uppercase which was causing problems on import..
Fixed a problem with the tree view and multiple authors
Tree view table icons were wrong. Readerware now correctly displays the selection and edit icons.
Fixed a problem with table edit mode. If the first column was not editable, you could not enter edit mode.
The tab key in table edit mode now skips over non editable columns.
Detail view Update button no longer disabled when an add fails.
Detail view update no longer clears the source field.
Fixed database naming problem, (Mac OS X only). Databases were named incorrectly and Readerware would not automatically open some databases.
New installer, (Mac OS X only). Readerware now uses the Apple package installer under OS X.
Tested with Mac OS X 10.1
A minor tweak. You can now add the multiple
author columns to the table view and reports. A problem with the delete
key in text fields has been fixed.
Readerware 2.25 adds:
New image search, search for items with or without cover images.Readerware 2.25 fixes:New View preferences dialog, you can now define, change and delete your views using the view itself or the new view preferences dialog.
New Delete Database menu item, you can now easily delete a Readerware database and all images.
New Delete row feature. The Readerware table views now support multiple selection, you can select any number of rows and delete them all at the same time.
New loan reporting, you can now add loan fields to any view for display and printing. As with all fields you can sort the view by any of the loan fields, due date for example.
Borders is back! Following the Borders/Amazon partnership the Borders database was temporarily inaccessible. Readerware auto-catalog can now access the original Borders database again. It's a great resource for those hard to find items.
Fixed some problems importing images to existing books. The new image could be added to the wrong book if the view was not in the default sequence.Fixed a problem replacing images, the new image could be ignored if the image type was different.
Report writer output is now in sorted order.
Fixed some URL problems with Chapters.
Escape key will cancel wait pointer.
Updated distributions to JRE 1.3.1_01
All user logs are now consolidated into one, rwuser.log. This can be turned on or off from preferences.
New system level logging to allow Readerware support to diagnose problems.
The Readerware web search page now handles ISBNs with and without hyphens.
Readerware 2.2 adds:
New browser integration mode, catalog a book, CD or video using drag and drop. Simply drag from your regular browser, (Netscape or IE etc.), to Readerware. The item is cataloged!Readerware 2.2 fixes:New Readerware search pages, easy to use web based search feature, includes support for the CueCat® barcode reader.
New BookHound export feature, easily export from Readerware and import into BookHound from Bibliopolis.
Help engine upgraded to JavaHelp 1.1.2.ZeroG InstallAnywhere installer upgraded to 4.0.
Menu images now an option. By default they are turned off. The images were causing the CPU to go to 100% on some systems.
Fixed problems in ISBN error handling.
Last accessed database preference is now updated after an open failure.
Readerware Server now displays exceptions in the console window and includes a new log file, rwServer.LOG.
Readerware products on Mac OS X now integrate with the Mac application menu. Quit removed from the Readerware File menu and the application Quit menu now closes the application saving preferences etc.
Data was sometimes truncated when editing in the table viewDatabase name was incorrectly formatted (Mac version only)
Database preferences now shows the correct database size
New Java 1.3.1 runtime (Windows version only, full install required)
Table view has new case insensitive sorting option
Readerware 2.12 fixes the following problems:
When adding not found items, Readerware now sets the include in reports and export flags to onThreading improvements in browser
Import wizard browse button now brings up open dialog, was using create dialog
Include in reports/export was set to off in auto-catalog, now set to on again.
Some dialogs used by the wizards did not respond to mouse input.
Auto-Catalog wizard reload button rejected some entries
Sort by row number now users a numeric sort so that rows are displayed in their correct sequence.
Added version information to Server console
Wizards are now threaded
Popup menu was not always displayed correctly in the browser window
Known Issues:
Some of the search pages are still not loading in the Mac OS X version of Readerware products. This is only an issue with the Aqua look and feel. This problem is still under investigation. If you want to use the Readerware browser for manual searches, you need to switch to the metal look and feel.
Palm version sometimes expired during the evaluation periodNow available ReaderwareAW, all the features of Readerware for CDs collectors.Data was sometimes truncated on import
Readerware 2.1 adds:
Auto-Catalog ISBN results list now includes the title of all found items. This makes it a lot easier to determine which titles were not found.Readerware 2.1 fixes:The Auto-Catalog wizard now saves the ISBN list so that you can easily rerun your last session if you have connection problems or want to search additional sites etc.
Auto-Catalog is faster and other general performance improvements.
New Auto-Catalog option, now you can get Readerware to add not found ISBNs to the database.
New Readerware installations now default to the native platform look and feel, Windows L&F on Windows, Aqua L&F on Mac OS X.
Added new tags to the Readerware Report Writer, RAWISBN allows you to include unformatted ISBNs in the HTML output, great for links. New IMAGENAME tag allows you full control over the image names making the generated HTML much more portable. Great for web sites and in-house publishing.
Export to Amazon UIEE format - Readerware can now create the non-standard UIEE format required by Amazon. You can upload the file to Amazon ZShops etc.
Readerware Client/Server edition now supports a read only mode so that you can limit access to your database and prevent unauthorized updates.
Mac OS X Aqua database creation dialog now includes a filename entry field.Fixed some list selection problems on Mac OS X. Some remain but these are Mac OS X problems.
The format field will now import correctly from a TAB delimited or CSV file.
Location now prints correctly.
Eliminated double paste when using shift-insert with some look and feel selections.
Comments on longer editable in table. As this field is multi line, it needs to be edited in the detail view.
Copies count now included in valuation statistics so the total value now includes all copies.
Readerware Report Writer now has tags defined for all database fields.
Fixed a hang that some users experienced when refreshing the search results after auto-catalog.
Date entered now read only in the table, before you could change it but the change was never saved.
There is a known problem with maximizing a window in OS X. The window is maximized but the contents are not expanded. Apple is aware of this problem. A workaround is to resize the window rather than maximizing it.
Readerware saves preferences like window sizes
and positions when you close the application. You should always exit
Readerware by closing the window or using the File menu. If you
exit Readerware using the Quit Readerware menu item, preferences are
not saved.
Reports were always printing data in database sequence, they now correctly print data in the view sequence.Readerware 2.07 adds:
Palm version now supports the scrolling keys to page through the Readerware database.Added new image import to the browser popup menu. This allows you to easily add an image to an existing book from any supported web site. Display the book without the image, then find an image using the Readerware browser. Right click and select import image from the popup menu.
Editing a field in the table view would sometimes fail to apply the changesPrint and Export columns now correctly display as a drop down list in table edit mode
Import source was not always added to database on import.Readerware 2.04 adds:Empty formats could cause an exception and slow display.
LCCN, Dewey and user number field lengths now set correctly in detail view
A database problem could cause an add to hang.
Loan records created in 1.x were not converted correctly causing problems trying to return books loaned out with Readerware 1.x
Database backup files now correctly handle database columns with new lines.
Palm version would sometimes expire during evaluation period.
Statistics panel would not display on an empty database.
Statistics panel was not reset when new database created, would display old database statistics.
Some site URLs have changed.
Online help updates
Access to British Library disabled
New view preference to display single result in table view or detail view.There are also some fixes for web site data extraction problems, scraper package 18. These extraction fixes are automatically pushed to all users.Added skin look and feel and new theme packs.
Added christianbooks.com and cokesbury.com.
Check for updates was always returning no update.Shopping cart price check would sometimes fail.
Readerware import would reject books that did not contain a date entered column.
Added default search after import wizard, now consistent with the auto-catalog wizard.
Readerware would sometimes hang if you canceled an auto-catalog run.
Imports from the browser would display an empty detail view.
Item already exists message would sometimes be displayed in error when importing from the browser.
Moved Readerware preferences to .readerware directory. Current preferences are preserved. This means that under UNIX, Readerware preferences are now hidden. The old preferences files are not removed but these can be removed manually once you have run and closed Readerware 2.03 to copy the current preferences to their new location.
New Linux distributions
Added Australian sites.
Adding a book manually may hang ReaderwareAll the above should be fixed in this release. If you have phantom entries in lists as a result of the last bug, you should install the new release, start Readerware, close it and restart it. At this point all the "phantom" entries are now real and can be cleaned up as appropriate.Images could be overwritten when updating a book
The search results displayed after the Auto-Catalog Wizard did not set history correctly so that on return from the detail view, no results table was displayed.
Problems maintaining lists could cause items to move between lists and to be in a weird state where you could not delete them.
Upgrading should be transparent for most users. There is more information in the product help, select Help->Contents from the Readerware menu and read the section on upgrading. Or view online at http://www.readerware.com/help/rwUpgrade.html.
Beta users, a different installation directory was used during the beta, I have switched back to the original directory to make it easier for users to upgrade. You can install 2.0 over the beta version if desired, just select the correct directory at installation. Alternatively you might want to uninstall the beta before installing the release version. You can do this by selecting the uninstall item from the Readerware group on the start menu.
Release notes for versions 1.50 through 1.973 have been archived
Release notes for versions 1.00 through 1.35
have been archived