InfoHandler Versions

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A string containing 4 numbers identifies InfoHandler versions. The first number identifies the main version that is rarely changed. You buy a license for a main version that can be used for all updates with that main version number. The second number is incremented when significant new features are added to the program. The third number is incremented when less significant new features are added to the program. The fourth number identifies minor changes and bug fixes. <

We have been using InfoHandler internally for many years now for storing information of many types and have developed it continuously for our requirements. Moreover, it was, and still is, a testbed for the evaluation of new technologies. The following list begins with a short overview of the developments up to the release of the fourth version. The list of changes may not be complete, as minor fixes and the continued changes to the online documentation are not always included. After each version id the release date is given in parentheses.

1.0 (internal 1991)

• First Version, a Smalltalk application named 'Infobase'.

2.0 (internal 1993)

• Port to Microsoft Visual C++.
• Renaming to iBase.

3.0 (external July-1998)

• Redesign in years 1995 to 1998. New internal architecture and extensive usage of new Windows controls. Use of 'Compound Files' (OLE Structured Storage) for storing information.
• We decided to market the program as shareware in spring 1998 and first made it available for download from Internet in July 98.

4.0.0.0 (5-Oct-98)

• Renaming: InfoHandler instead of iBase.
• Reworking the English localization.

• Approximately 16 changes (bugs and other little flaws).

• New compiler version (Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0).
• Up-to-date "flat" toolbar.
• New symbols as indicators for the InfoList sorting.
• "Tip of the Day".
• Shortcuts for formatting commands Bold, Italic, etc.
• New icon for the command 'Edit Info'.
• Bug-fix: InfoText context menu 'Paragraph' works again.
• Bug-fix: After dragging a references onto a restricted InfoList this is reset automatically.

• An InfoBase is no longer opened exclusively and therefore can be opened repeatedly afterwards in read-only mode.
• Bug-fix: On inserting InfoText the formatting is no longer taken from the prior content.
• Bug-fix: The Shortcuts Ctrl+Alt+1 through 8 were removed because of problems with German keyboards under Windows 95 (Ctrl+Alt is used for accessing certain characters)

• The own date is replaced by a new object called InfoTime. This stores not only a date but also a time stamp with a resolution of minutes (internally milliseconds) and its values range from the year 1601 up to 9999.
• A new concept creating new Info Items. A restricted InfoList is reset automatically only if a new Item would not be displayed with the restrictions. Also, in the latter case, only those restrictions, Categories or time, are reset that are significant for the new Info.
• A new menu in the menu bar named 'InfoTime' was introduced.

• A new InfoText menu was introduced to the menu bar.
• Functions for bracketing of TextFields.
• On creation of a new InfoBase an initial Category Group named 'Categories' is created automatically (this can be renamed or removed if desired).
• New icons for the commands update/reset InfoList.
• Bug-fix: Sorting the InfoList by InfoTime.
• Bug-fix: Several corrections on entering the title of new info.

• Use of the new date and time picker controls for presenting and editing of InfoTime and the date bounds.
• Rearrangement of the buttons on the tool bar.
• Some "fine-tuning" done.

• Alarms linked to InfoItems
• Generation of weekly, monthly, or yearly recurrent dates.
• Reworked time processing.

• New concept for sample InfoBase.
• Various minor corrections.

• Reworked alarm processing.
• Access to registration services.

• New TextField type <...>.

• New model for unlicensed use of InfoHandler. InfoHandler can be run unlicensed also after the 60 day trial period expires - but with restricted functionality.

• New InfoBase view: Now you can switch between three different states of an InfoBase window: normal view, card view (maximized InfoText), and (new) maximized InfoList.

• Bug-fix: Multiple InfoBase windows are now numbered correctly in the title bar.
• One global search window instead of the separate windows for every InfoBase window. This simplifies the search for words in several open InfoBase windows.

• Customizable tool bar.

• Bug-fix: tool bars invisible since v4.5.1.0.
• Enhanced print options.
• Export to word processors.

• Bug-fix: Occasional erroneous selections in the InfoBase CategoryLists.
• Export/Import of alarms.

• Bug-fix: fatal error on selecting a Category in an InfoCategoryList (introduced with version 4.5.3.0).

• internal changes.

• Some minor bug-fixes.

• Enhanced global options including new tabbed dialog for setting them.
• Date bounds bar hidden by default.
• Category queries area as an option, hidden by default.
• Some minor polishing of the user interface.
• New optional buttons for the tool bar.
• Special features for management of emails (experimental),
• Some minor bug-fixes.

• Last 10 search patterns are kept for next session.
• Print options are saved for each InfoBase.
• Changes of Info are additionally saved on disabling edit mode.
• Print formatting no longer uses the clipboard.
• Bug-fix: occasional hidden Category for a OneOfGroup.
• Special features for emails reworked,

• Various fixes of minor problems including reestablishing the input focus after switching between windows.

• Deleting the linked documents of selected InfoItems.
• Faster copying and deleting of Items.
• Various corrections and bug fixes.

• Reworking the importing of Emails and News.
• Various other corrections and bug fixes.

• Category Groups with "closed" name spaces now allow duplicate names for Categories.
• New sorting algorithm that recognizes and take into account the leading numbers in Category names and InfoTitles.
• Automatic Categorizing by searching the InfoText and InfoTitle for names and synonyms of Categories.
• Adding, removing, replacing of Categories for selected InfoItems.
• Avoiding of duplicates while dragging documents onto the InfoList.
• Avoiding of mistakenly deleting alarms after they sound.
• A popup-calendar - just for your convenience.
• New Status Bar messages.
• New Tool Bar commands.
• Numerous other improvements and corrections.

• Cross-referencing between InfoItems add a new dimension for retrieving info. You create such links between Items by simply dragging an Item from an InfoList onto the InfoText of another Item, and the two linked Items need not be in the same InfoBase.
• A history list. This contains the most recently activated Items so you can navigate between them easily by selecting from the list or using commands for going to and fro. You can customize how many Items should be remembered in the list and three new buttons for this feature are available for the Tool Bar.
• New command 'Open As'. This lets you select how to open an InfoBase.
• New command 'Insert Time'. This inserts the current time in InfoTime format into the InfoText.
• Support for links to Microsoft Outlook objects.
• Changed selection mode in the InfoBase CategoryLists. Responding to user requests this was changed from 'multiple' to 'extended' selection.

• This update fixes a bug introduced with version 5.1.0 that prevented InfoHandler from running under Windows 95.

• This update fixes a bug introduced with version 5.1.0 that prevented drag & drop of URLs.

• Improved interoperability with Microsoft Outlook 97/98 and Outlook Express. Drag & drop of multiple items (messages, contacts, etc.) at once is now possible. Import of Outlook Contacts inclusive includes automatic creation of back-links.
• Dialing of phone numbers stored as InfoLinks or embedded links.
• New option for selecting the default font face for the InfoText.
• New command for selectively resetting a CategoryList.

• Autocategorizing selectively for a single CategoryGroup.
• Alarm dialog reworked (now non-modal)).
• Formatting for printing now interruptible and with status message.
• Error on importing of Outlook messages/contacts fixed.

• New powerful method for finding and replacing text. Now you have a choice of three different ways for finding text in stored info. The new method not only allows you to replace found text but offers some other interesting actions.
• New command 'Reload Info' lets you reverse actions done on the active Info.
• New control bar handling (show mode, size, and position of all control bars are now correctly saved).
• Second customizable toolbar.
• Four new toolbar buttons.
• AutoCategorization on importing of messages is now optional.
• You can create a new Category now by dragging text from the InfoText onto an InfoCategory List.
• New option for print output: copy to the clipboard.
• Some minor changes.

• New commands 'Creation/Modification Time Today' filter Items created or modified today (menu 'InfoList' and context menu)
• Double-clicking on the TimeBounds bar hides it.
• Dialog for InfoBase properties now as "tabbed dialog". Two more properties under 'Miscellaneous'.
• Two minor bug fixes.

• Interoperability with Microsoft Outlook 2000 now the same as with earlier versions.
• Minor fix with AutoCategorization ('-' not recognized).

• Alternatively to the normal InfoHandler ordering now you can freely customize the ordering of the Categories of one Category Group.
• Dragging and dropping of text from an external source onto the InfoList now creates a new InfoItem which automatically contains the dropped text.
• Clicking on the icon of a linked object at the InfoList now only 'opens' the object without activating the attached Info as before. Consequently the option for double-clicking on this icon is no longer available.

• This intermediate release fixes a small problem with the Display: The Format toolbar was distorted when the Display was set up for large fonts.

• Password-protection for InfoBases,
• Multi-user support per definable for each InfoBase - including access rights, user-owned Info Items, and merging of InfoBases.
• An InfoBase Manager for organizing many InfoBases in a tree structure, optionally controlled from an icon at the system tray.
• Each kind of CategoryGroup can optionally have its own column in the Info List (up to now only OneOfGroups had their own column).
• Optionally you can now also include linked files into the Auto Categorization process of Info Items making this feature even more powerful.
• Export of InfoItems as RTF files as a means to bring info from InfoBases to handheld devices such as PalmPilot and others.
• Improved handling of internal cross-linking between Items.
• Enhanced find/replace dialog including list of 'or'-combined search sequences and number of remembered search patterns customizable for each InfoBase.
• Enhanced global-find dialog including list of 'or'-combined search sequences a number of remembered search patterns customizable.
• Automatic loading of selected InfoBases after starting the application.
• Alarm sound customizable from the Control Panel.
• Avoids duplication of Email and News messages on import.
• Several minor enhancements and bug fixes.

• Import of Lotus Agenda structured (STF) files.
• Categories can have 'Subcategories' resulting in hierarchically structured Category Groups. This feature had to be introduced to make transfer of Agenda databases possible but offers new benefits to all InfoHandler users.

• Export of Lotus Agenda structured (STF) files.
• Categories can have 'Slave Categories' that are assigned automatically when one of their Masters is assigned.

• Export of Info Items to CSV/TEXT files.
• Improved multi-user operability.
• Maximum number of Category Groups now 25.
• Several other minor enhancements.

• Bug-fix (introduced with version 6.2.1): fatal error on selecting a Category in an InfoBase CategoryList if the InfoBase was InfoLink-enabled.

• Bug-fix (introduced with version 6.2.1): fatal error on closing an InfoBase if InfoBase Manager is not enabled.

• View Manager. You can save and recall the layout and state ('View') of InfoBase windows.
• 'Filter Input': If this new property of a View is set Categories of the effective filter are assigned automatically to newly created Info Items.
• Saving the layout: The layout of an InfoBase window is now also saved when the window is closed in maximized state.
• Bugfix: Occasional multiple opening of linked objects on clicking on the InfoList icon.

• Fixes some overlooked problems with the View Manager.
• Fixes a problem under Windows 2000: Not backward compatible new RichEd32.dll is locally replaced by prior version (uploaded 6/10/00).

• Drag & drop of files onto the InfoText creates embedded links.
• Edit/Delete Categories dialog optionally shows usage of Categories.

• Bug-fix (introduced with version 6.3.2): Edit/Delete Categories dialog Edit/Delete buttons disabled.
• Four other bug-fixes.

• Several fixes concerning the Master/Slave functionality: Childs of Masters inherit Slaves and corrected handling of Closed Category Groups.
• Problem corrected: Drag & drop of messages did not work anymore with the new release of Outlook Express 5.

• Reworked Export as CSV.
• New command: Remove Line Breaks from InfoText.

• Category Groups of type 'number' offer statistics like means and sums for Items on the InfoList.
• Import of CSV files let you transfer your elsewhere-stored (e.g. MS Excel or Access) information to InfoHandler databases.

• Solution for the Problem of limited number of InfoItems (max. about 11000) under Windows NT/2000: no limitation in single-user mode.
• Date Bounds now included in stored Views.
• Improved performance at loading InfoBases and various other actions.

• Some Problems fixed concerning import of MS Outlook contacts and messages.
• Reworked documentation.

• Bug-fix: Program abortion when activating a stored View while the CategoryFilterArea is enabled.

• A second InfoTime is introduced and both InfoTime1 and InfoTime2 can be optionally disabled. Also you can make InfoHandler show the (editable) difference between the two.
• To an InfoBaseCategoryList, besides showing the Categories of one single group, you now can also assign all Categories (of all groups).
• Optional replacement of reference paths of InfoLinks facilitates the use of an InfoBase on more than one computer.
• Importing email messages via MSG files enables cooperation with a number of other email clients (aside from Microsoft Outlook, including e.g. The Bat).
• If you organize contacts in InfoBases and store their email addresses as InfoLinks you can generate a message to a choice of the contacts.
• You can define a new Category while adding a Category to selected Items.
• You can not only move but also copy linked documents of selected Items or of the active Item to another folder.
• Experimentally, you can export a (nearly) complete InfoBase as an XML file.
• Several minor enhancements and fixes.

• Bug fix: Error on opening the InfoTime/InfoLink tab in properties dialog.
• Bug fix: Replacing path by '*' in cross-links between Items.

• 2 minor bug-fixes.

• CategoryTreeView: A new powerful alternative view onto the InfoList that lets you see your InfoItems in one or several hierarchical organizations.
• On the InfoTimeField the internal ID of the active Info is shown and so can be used for some external referencing.
• Improved restoring of the layout of InfoBase Windows.
• Extended customization of the characters used for field separation.
• Bug-fix in global find: 'Find in next Items': pattern not found in title.

• Reworked time filter functionality including more commands for setting predefined periods and optionally a two-line TimeBoundsField.
• An optional 'offline' mode to speed up the update of the InfoList with network links if the network is not available.

• Bug Fix: Deactivation of active Info on window resize.

• Bug Fix: Layout change while switching between maximized windows.

• An option for CategoryGroups that unused Categories are deleted on every new Opening of the Infobase.
• Sort the InfoList by up to three different columns.
• New 'Goto ...' commands let you jump to other occurrences of a selected InfoText.
• Some minor bug-fixes and changes.

• Copying of CategoryGroups between InfoBases.
• Setting of tabulator stops in Info Text.
• A Format Manager that stores and reuses text formatting.
• Several minor bug fixes.

• Finding Categories with pattern matching might be of help while working with big CategoryGroups.
• Applying of stored formats as a new possible action with the Find/Replace dialog.
• New command button on the 'Format' toolbar for striking out characters.

• Two new options for automatic categorization. The first causes starting of the categorization automatically before each saving of an InfoItem. The second causes before the categorization all Categories set up for automatic categorization to be first unassigned from the Item.
• Several minor bug fixes.

• Bug Fix: Un-assign of Slave Categories.

• Auto-categorization enhanced again: Auto-categorize from Clipboard and create new Categories on the fly from unused words in the processed documents.

• The problem connected to big InfoBases (above 10,000 info items) in multi-user mode is fixed (we verified this by testing multi-user InfoBases containing up to 50,000 items).
• Several minor bug fixes.

• Bug-fix: After closing an InfoBase with a multiple of 1000 InfoItems it seemed to be empty when next opened.
• Several minor improvements for importing CSV files, including support for multiline fields.

• Bug-fix: InfoBases without a password but set to multi-user mode could not be opened (problem introduced with version 7.6.1).

• Several minor fixes.

• InfoText: A ruler bar and several word-wrapping modes for the editor.
• InfoText: Object linking and Embedding (OLE).
• InfoText: Automatic URL detection.
• InfoText: Customizable paragraph and line spacing.
• InfoText: Virtually unlimited undo and redo.
• InfoText: Support of tables imported from Word -like applications.
• InfoText: Default format definable as special FormatManager format '***'.
• Find Globally: new options and faster search.
• Find/Replace: new options and faster search.
• Stored Formats: optionally restricted to single properties.
• Printing: New formatting.
• Printing: Header lines including page numbers and print date.
• Printing: New option for printing the active InfoText including embedded objects.
• Printing: New option for printing Categories of a selected group.
• Interface: New background coloring for improved signaling of edit mode and input focus.
• Many minor corrections and improvements.

• Bug Fix: Ctrl+V not working on title field.
• Several fixes for printing.
• Some minor changes.

• Several fixes.

• Several fixes.

• Several fixes.
• New formatting feature: numbering for paragraphs in InfoText including global setting of various styles and saving in Stored Formats.

• New formatting feature in InfoText: Numbering for paragraphs including global setting of various styles and saving in Stored Formats.
• Several fixes.

• Several fixes working with dialogs..
• Insertion of internal links to other InfoItems into the InfoText using the History window .

• Creating alarms with identical times.
• Searching upwards with Find/Replace.
• Speeding up the DoAll for FindWhat lists with Find/Replace.
• Importing emails.

• New method for searching text creating a result list of InfoItems.

• Several fixes including regarding multi-user processing and importing messages from Outlook.

• Fix: diabled scroll bar in InfoText editor.
• Export as CSV improved.
• Substitute icons for linked files under Windows 98/ME.
• New tool bar button and shortcut for command 'Filter Input'

• Highlighting of text (yellow marker).

• Bug fix: InfoItemsnot saved on copying.

• Bug fix: Occational presenting InfoText as RTF..
• New option for InfoBase properties: Save after loading.

• Various fixes relating to encoded InfoBases.
• New button and shortcut for the Paste Special command.

• The InfoShooter. With this you can quickly create new InfoItems initialized by text from the Clipboard without using the InfoHandler Window.

• Improved synchronization of displayed data.
• Bug fix: Wrong mapping of initial toolbars (bug introduced with version 8.4.4).

• Export to Pocket PC and first preview of Pocket InfoHandler

• Release of version 1.0 of Pocket InfoHandler

• Copying the content of text files to the InfoText of InfoItems created by dragging text files onto the InfoList

• Release of version 2.0 of Pocket InfoHandler enabling modifications on the Pocket PC.

• Several minor bug fixes.

• Beta release of the Spanish version of InfoHandler

• Superscript and subscript in InfoText.
• Clone command for copying the active InfoItem.
• Bug-Fix: Modification time incorrect set on merging of InfoItems.

• The new Formats window enhances the functionality of the FormatManager.
• A new user interface mode ‘focus follows mouse'.
• A new selection mode for the FilterCategoryLists -> see Tools->Options->InfoList
• A fix for some mixed-up context menus.

8.10.0 (23-Apr-2004)

• The program can be used also on limited accounts (not only under administrator rights on Windows 2000/XP).

8.11.0 (14-Jun-2004)

• Auto-categorization can now include PDF documents (with a few exceptions).

8.12.0 (26-Aug-2004)

• File-To-Floppy and File-From-Floppy commands now also work for external storage media others than floppies.
• Tooltips for InfoList and AlarmList.
• AlarmList now is resizable.
• InfoList optionally with grid lines and selection of full rows (see Tools->Options->InfoList).
• InfoCategoryLists enabled for "hot-tracking".
• Deletion of non-empty CategoryGroups.

8.13.0 (08-Sep-2004)

• For Microsoft Outlook users: On importing contacts and e-mail messages from Outlook by drag-and-drop back-links to Outlook are now better supported.

8.14.0 (21-Sep-2004)

• This fixes the problem with importing contacts and e-mail messages from Outlook 2003.

8.14.0.2 (24-Sep-2004)

• This fixes a temporary problem with exporting data to a Pocket PC.

8.15.0.0 (2-Oct-2004)

• A new concept for creating multiple backup files.

8.16.0.0 (12-Nov-2004)

• Problem with drag-and-drop of Microsoft Outlook messages and contacts with some installations has been fixed.

8.16.1.0 (31-Jan-2005)

• Improved handling of links back to Outlook after dragging e-mail messages.

• Based on new Microsoft .NET technology. .
• Fully Unicode enabled.
• New Global-Find-and-Replace dialog featuring optional Regular Expressions
• Redesigned Editing-Categories dialog.
• The ViewManager dialog now contains an Update button . .

9.1.0 (03-Jun-2005)

• Optional full or partial path name of the InfoBase is displayed in the window title bar
• Title of applied UserView shown in the window title bar.

9.2.0 (10-Jun-2005)

• InfoBase specific customization of CardView
• New commands for restriction of InfoTime1/2 of displayd InfoItems to past or future
• InfoBases remember the position and visibility of the ViewManager .

9.2.1 (12-Jun-2005)

• Bug in alarm list fixed (no time displayed)

9.3.0 (12-Nov-2005)

• Creation of new Categories out from the dialogs for assigning Categories.

9.4.0 (02-Dec-2005)

• Special groups Masters and Slaves in CategoryTreeView for viewing hierarchies defined by master-slave and slave-master relations.

10.0.0 (28-Feb-2006)

• Based on new Microsoft .NET 2.0 technology. .
• New version of companion application Pocket InfoHandler for Pocket PC 2003. 

10.1.0 (10-Apr-2006)

• A new view for displaying, assigning, and editing Categories and CategoryGroups adds a powerful new option for managing Categories.

10.2.0 (09-May-2006)

• A new view for displaying and editing the Categories assigned to the active InfoItem as a tree structure.
• The InfoHandler SpellChecker finds your typos and lets you choose words while entering text from all the languages that you are using.

10.3.0 (26-June-2006)

• Version 4 of Pocket InfoHandler, the companion application on the Pocket PC, features a reworked user interface plus the new option to define new Categories in the exported CategoryGroups.

10.3.1 (27-July-2006)

• Version 4.1 of Pocket InfoHandler features a new filter for the InfoList based on specifying words that should occur (or do not occur) in the text of the InfoItems.

10.3.4 (24-October-2006)

• A bug with autocategorization of linked PDF documents has been fixed.

10.3.5 (26-October-2006)

• A bug with import of some csv-files has been fixed.

11.0.0.0 (01-August-2007)

• After more than a year development and 7 months alfa and beta test InfoHandler 2008 is published as Version 11 of InfoHandler.

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