Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Official Release

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Bugs Fixed

  • In save view dialog, ensures that when canceling out of Change/New and selecting a different View that has the default of 'Date is not changed by View' that the checkbox is properly checked for that view.
  • Fixes problem of moving by day in the last two months of the 6-month display on an NR-70 with graffiti area hidden
  • Fixes problem of not moving to new day on NR-70 when graffiti area is hidden and Copy Command is used and item is moved to a new day.
  • Fixes problem of not redrawing screen on NR-70 when you use Phone Lookup and cancel out of the addressbook search.
  • Ensures that graffiti resize is enabled after setting a link (NR-70).
     

Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Release Candidate 3

  • Includes check for having DateBk4 or DateBk5 in a different language installed as well as the current running version.
  • Feature to scroll graphical weekly view by hours no longer moves by week (which can cause confusion) unless the Advanced Settings option for the jog dial says to move by screen.

Bugs Fixed

  • Moved third icon (rightmost) in the monthly display by one pixel to avoid cutoff on right.
  • Fixes problem of tapping on the 'i' in the new Advanced Settings dialog not displaying an InfoTip (also requires 2.0m of dbSetup).
  • Fixes Font problem in list view when using option to display Tilde on undated ToDo's (causes "Unmapped Sony Font" error on Clie models.
  • Generates the warning on the buggy OS 1.4 update from Handspring (turns out the 1.4 update was marked as V-1.2 (!) which is why this warning did not appear in earlier versions).
  • Avoids crash on NR-70 if you have graffiti area collapsed, TapAndHold on Go button to popup category list and then tap Datebook button without dismissing or selecting an item in the list.
  • If you set a duration other than the default duration on a blank appointment, then tap the Link icon and link to an item, the duration is now remembered (was being set back to default duration).
  • Fixes problem that was preventing the use of alarms from the alternate PCM Sound library (Clie models) on ToDo's.
  • Fixes a problem in the display of free time under some conditions when there were multiple overlapping events.
  • Further fix for TapAndHold on New button when Addressbook database is in full screen - selected entry now remains selected.
  • Fixes problem in NR-70 Palm OS of punctuation shift getting set when entering ToDO details dialog from fullscreen display via the New button.
     

Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Release Candidate 2

  • Adds Advanced Settings menu item to Options menu in main preference panel to handle power user/obscure prefs settings. Underline dots was moved there and the pref to have the jog dial move by screen rather than by item is there too.

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixes chunk overlock problem if country preference is set to Japan and more than 14 alarms are stacked up.
  • Includes workaround for Sony NR-70 Palm OS bug whereby it fails to properly resize screen when tapping on GOTO button when address details is displayed.
  • Ensures that silk resize button on NR-70 is properly enabled on exit from About dialog (Day View was ok, but other views were not doing that).
  • NR-70 when screen is maximized in graphical weekly view, exiting from details with OK button now properly redraws buttons at bottom of screen.
  • TapAndHold on NEW button when split-screen is at full screen now allows selection of any item in list (this functionality was lost around preview7 or so).
  • Fixes problem of not displaying icons at line end when item has a background color and Penticon's Hebrew translator is present, and the text is right-aligned.
  • Fixes "dirt" on screen on top of details button on some Palm devices when exiting out of the address details screen when you have 4 or less view buttons (so the full legend of the Details button is displayed).
     


Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Release Candidate 1
  • Now looks for icons-DATEBK5 first. THEN looks for monochrome icons in DATEBK3 memopad record. Then looks for any color icon database. This helps if there are color icons used for some OTHER application, and person still wants to use monochrome icons (previously there was no way to do this). dbIcon has been updated to look for monochrome icons and warn about this new behavior as this will mean some people will need to delete their DATEBK3 memopad record in order to use an icon collection (but this should only affect a tiny number of people).
  • Now allows custom week number to be in PRIOR year (one user had a company where the starting week was actually completely in the prior year).

Bugs Fixed

  • On Sony hi-rez devices in monthly view, now avoids loss of final pixel colum in first icon drawn to the left of the day number (was getting clipped on 2-digit months).
  • Corrects line positioning problem in 3-day view on Handera device when Small font option is selected.
     


Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Beta Preview 8
  • Adds auto-sizing of Details dialog on NR-70 (so graffiti area is displayed for details and then disappears again if the screen was full when the details dialog was invoked).

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixes problem of TapAndHold on down-arrow when split-screen is open and category synchronization is selected causing a Fatal Exception..


Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Beta Preview 7
  • Now flushes out all pending pen and key events out of the system queue immediately prior to displaying the alarm dialog in order to prevent any taps entered BEFORE the alarm dialog appeared from operating that dialog. Should reduce problems when an alarm goes off as someone is entering text.
  • Includes new, optional dialog for confirming links set to items in the main Day View table to prevent inadvertent linking of items.
  • Reminder feature now allows setting of reminders to the nearest minute rather than just five minute interval
  • Moved option to hide ToDo category from the SPLIT tab to the TODO tab (makes more sense to have it there).
  • Pre-delete on Beam Receive now deletes the old records rather than archives them. Archiving seemed to be safer, but it causes problems with events piling up in the archives.
  • Adds tilde for undated ToDo's in list view (if option to hide the tilde is not set).
  • dbIcon: adds test for having 2 or more icon databases loaded, but none of them named Icons-DATEBK5, also adds Paste & Replace Icon to paste an icon on top of another icon (without disturbing the order of other icons).

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixes problem of day of week name overlapping date when 2-digit month is present or date format is DD-MM-YY.
  • Alarm field in Appt Details dialog is now auto-selected to facilitate changing alarm setting
  • Sets Datebook button default operation to proper default of cycling between views (mistakenly set to the "dash" in Views tab).
  • Ensures that category synchronization is obeyed by the quick selection list (TapAndHold on GO button or down-arrow) and that split-window is properly redrawn.
  • Ensures that the thumb on the scroll bar in the split-screen display is updated properly when using a jog dial.
  • On Sony NR70, ensures that insert pointer position and selection are not lost over graffiti resize, and that insert position is still visible even though now covered by graffiti area.
  • Fixes Table.c Invalid Parameter error if you tap and hold on the NEW button for more than 1/5th second, but LESS than your specified TapAndHold delay time AND if the NEW button is programmed to create a new appointment or floating event AND you do this while the ToDo's are displayed in FULL screen mode.
  • Ensures screen is properly redrawn after the FOLLOWING option is chosen on an intermediate instance of a repeat event.
  • Ensures that alarms on private events do not display any text when they go off if private events are hidden (new issue as side effect of change in recent preview).
  • Ensures that item with just a background color (i.e. black on a color) displays that background color in the 4-month view (by coloring the digit).
  • Fixes problem of creating a blank, untimed appointment, then tapping the Link icon to set the description field (end time was getting set to a screwy value and you ended up unexpectedly with a 1-day repeat event).
  • Fixes another Sony Palm OS bug: if graffiti area is hidden and you have less than five view buttons, you get a ghost effect when switching to the day view because the Palm OS is drawing the unsized/positioned buttons in the form resource even though they are marked as disabled and hidden(!).
  • Fixes problem in List View memo export of durations longer than 12 hours being reported minus 12 if the system was set on a 12hour clock.
  • Avoids problem of resizing graffiti area while addressbook details view is displayed (now disables resizing in that display).
  • Eliminates month view button in month view not inverting properly after you cancel out of main preference panel from that view.
  • If an Appt or ToDo is beamed while the cursor is in an item in the main table on the receiving device, DateBk5 now takes the table out of edit mode and closes the databases so the item can be beamed in without error.
  • If you have a program that had the screen in full screen mode (ie. not even a status bar) and then launch DateBk5 when it was also in full-screen mode (but with the status bar), it now draws the status bar properly.
  • When changing the due date of a repeat ToDo, DateBk5 now ensures that the start date is a valid date of the repeat by advancing it if necessary.
  • Masked records in the list view are no longer exported and are treated like hidden events when using the ALL ITEMS TO MEMOPAD function.

Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Beta Preview 6

  • Sony NR-70: No longer clears insert pointer position when resizing the graffiti area in the day view

Bugs Fixed

  • NOTE: Contains workaround for serious Entourage/OSX problem that can cause crashes or end up moving events to today. Apparently the conduit has now been pulled - so it's possible this bug will be fixed in a subsequent posting (especially since the bug will likely affect all Handspring devices as well).
  • Includes V-1.5a of dbScan that now includes a test for the corruption caused by the above Entourage conduit problem.
  • Fixes problem of day view bleeding through to graphical weekly and monthly views if you go into the View Display Options menu in the day view and cancel out of it (Sony Palm OS bug in NR-70 ROM).
     


Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Beta Preview 5
  •  Ensures Addressbook database is closed so that popup names doesn't find it unexpectedly locked

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixed problem of some NR-70 code crashing OS 5.0
  • Disables Silk resizing while popup list from TapAndHold or New button in Day view is active (NR-70).
  • Corrects problem of getting strange Startup View error when beaming an event
  • Fixes problem of tapping on NEW button (to popup list) then changing mind and tapping on menu item and then canceling out.
  • Fixes problem in free time calculation that can occur under some circumstances when one event is completely enclosed by another event time-wise.
  • Disables and Re-Enables Silk resizing on NR-70 while beaming events
  • Changed Timezone logic when synchronizing with OS 4.0, so that the create zone is ONLY updated when the timezone is being changed.
  • Fixes problem of note fields possibly getting scrambled when advancing the date of an instance of a repeat event or other circumstance where a link is being handled (such as a floating event).
  • Fixes problem of flashing cell in weekly view being in the wrong place on the screen on Handera devices.
  • Fixes problem of not being able to select alarm sounds on NR-70 if no PCM sounds are defined.
  • If screen is maximized with status bar hidden too on NR-70, DateBk5 will resize to ensure the status bar is displayed.
     
Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Beta Preview 4
  • Adds support for Tiny Font in Weekly and List Views (All Sony Clie's with hi-rez support).
  • Adds support for resizable graffiti (NR-70 only) in details of 2nd weekly view
  • Adds support for PCM sounds (Clie Sound utility can convert most WAV files to PCM to use as Alarms). Clie T615, NR-70 and other Clie's that support PCM sounds can use this feature.

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixes problem of crash on startup if there is some garbage in the preference structures and certain startup options are used.
  • Fixes problem of losing silk enabling when system dialog like Find, Keyboard, or graffiti area displayed
  • Updates legend of 4m button to 6m if graffiti hidden on NR-70.
  • Ensures the +7 button in the repeat dialog does not stay highlighted when pushed
  • Restores feature of providing alarms on Floating events IF the option to make advances untimed is NOT checked (with the introduction of that new option, alarms were supposed to have been restored - this was missed).
  • Fixes problem of sometimes not displaying remaining details of address record when scrolling down and color/grayscale has been associated with the category the item is in.
  • Fixes new problem in p3 preview of an interaction problem with AppHack and EasyLaunch and the operation of the Datebook button.
  • DbIcon, V-1.1i: fixes display problem if you use Graffiti/B shortcut to paste into a new icon database.

Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Beta Preview 3

  • NR-70 now displays 6-months instead of 4 when screen is maximized.
  • NR-70 now displays full year calendar with numbers when screen is maximized.
  • Graffiti area status is now remembered as part of the standard DateBk5 preferences (so they can be attached to saved views, etc.).
  • Jog dial in templates now does a pageup/down (since the Jog-Assist handling is buggy) (note: may change this in final release)
  • If the Datebook button is "disabled" in the VIEWS tab of the main preference panel, then instead of cycling through the views, it will always invoke the startup view.
  • Left/Right arrows in 4-month view now move 4 months at a time rather than one month. 
  • A tap on the banner line for the month now starts the 4/6-month display on that month.
  • On NR-70 year view with full screen tap on month banner brings up date picker for easier day selection
  • All Sony hi-rez Clie's now display 2-character month names in 4-month View.

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixes problem of icons in the second weekly view sometimes showing the wrong background color.
  • Fixes new problem in V-5.0b of not blinking the correct cell in the second weekly view when today matches the last day displayed in that view.
  • Ensures resizing of graffiti area on NR70 is enabled after canceling out of Save Views dialog, and OK'ing out of ToDo Details.
  • Eliminates spurious "WinScreenModeSet failed" error on Sony Clie hi-rez monochrome devices
  • Ensures that list view stays on the same date when you resize the screen on an NR-70.
  • In custom view dialog, if you graffiti a different letter, search always starts from top
  • Sidesteps problem in Sony OS of failing to properly position Alarm popup list when there are a lot of items and graffiti area is hidden.
  • Fixes problem of highlight bar overwriting scroll bar when graffiti area is minimized.
  • Ensures that the button to resize the graffiti area is disabled on program exit.
  • Ensures that the button to resize the graffiti area is re-enabled after displaying global preference panel and returning to month and 4-month/yearly views.
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Additions in the DateBk5, V-5.0b, Beta Preview 2
  • Adds full support for the virtual silkscreen (collapsible graffiti) area of the Sony CLie NR-70 in all views and dialogs
  • Graffiting a letter in Template/saved views dialog now steps through all matching entries by that same letter
  • On hi-rez Clie devices, uses small bold font in 4-month view and bold font in Month view which makes color on the digits a lot more visible.
  • Allows free time display in monthly view to specify start/end times with minutes.
  • Removes very light shade of gray in alarm dialog as it causes problems with some other third party apps that are fiddling with the color palette.

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixes problem of huge color icon files causing an INSUFFICIENT MEMORY error
  • Fixes problem of using background colors with monochrome icons in 2nd weekly view sometimes appearing on prior lines.
  • Ensures that the hiding of the display of the time on startup also applies to views other than the day view.
  • Fixes MemHandleError in second weekly view when a long tap on a day cell to go to the day view starts while the time is still displayed and ends AFTER the time it would have normally been cleared.
  • Fixes problem of tapping on empty screen in custom dialog and finding that hidden buttons are in fact still operational.
  • Fixes problem of displaying ToDo's in split-screen mode in a category that has just been hidden because category synchronization is in effect and the corresponding category in the appt database was hidden.
  • Disables link procedure if recent items list is displayed (some complex internal reasons why one cannot use this list to set an item to link to).
  • When using the link feature on a blank item, program now remembers if the item was a floating event rather than an appointment.
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