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Update Patches
What Are They and What Should I Do?
Update patches are usually bug fixes or feature enhancements for users who has installed Biblioscape already. User only need to download a relatively small zip file by clicking on the hyper-linked date below, and replace the old files with the new ones. After downloading the patch, please unzip it to an empty directory. If you do not have an unzip software, please download WinZip. You should then read the update history below and replace the old files with new ones accordingly. If the main installation file you downloaded has a later date than the update patch, then you have no need to get the patch.
Click here to download version 3.x patches.
From 4.0 to current:
To do: You have to have Biblioscape 4.0 installed on your system. Unzip the patch to an empty directory. Then copy "biblioscape.exe" to the Biblioscape root directory to replace the old one. Copy "biblioweb.exe" to the BiblioWeb sub-directory to replace the old one.
Bug Fixes:
10/25/2001
1. The license checking mechanism in BiblioWeb was improved.
09/29/2001
1. When linking notes window is closed, the memory is not released. This bug has been fixed.
2. When linking references, tasks, catalog, charts to notes with Ctrl+L, there is a memory leak. This bug has been fixed.09/23/2001
1. In Notes module, when creating a link to local file or web page, the newly created link is not shown. This bug has been fixed.
08/17/2001
1. In References module and BiblioWeb, when a document is formatted the second time, the references section is not shown in some cases due to two "\par }" added to the second last line. This bug has been fixed.
08/16/2001
1. In References module and BiblioWeb, if end page format is specified as "Include both start page and end page if the same (125-125)", it works. If this box is checked off, Biblioscape still shows the range. This bug has been fixed.
08/12/2001
1. In BiblioWeb, when display marked references in a selected output style, the selected style is not used unless the reference type matches. This bug has been fixed.
2. In Biblioscape and BiblioWeb, <Carriage Return> and <CR> is replaced to <br> instead of <p> for HTML output.
3. Reference document and note has wordwrap property turned on, causing text off page when printing. The wordwrap property is turned off.
08/01/2001
1. In References module, during spell checking, if the text of a field is too long and wrapped to the next line, the space is lost between two lines. This bug has been fixed.
07/27/2001
1. In Internet module, when user goes to "Web | Organize Resources..." and click New button, the focus is on the grid. It is now automatically set to the field list.
07/22/2001
1. When importing output styles, the last field is imported with a missing space. When deleting the last field later, the style becomes corrupted. This bug has been fixed.
07/16/2001
1. In References module output style editor, when "End page number format" is changed to second option, the before text is automatically changed to "-". This shouldn't happen. The bug has been fixed.
07/13/2001
1. In References module, when printing report, only the SQL "Select" command for Query_bib will be changed. Other queries won't be touched.
07/11/2001
1. In References module, when formatting in HTML, scanning doesn't work if the paragraph tag has class keyword like "<p class=...>". This bug has been fixed.
2. In BiblioWeb, if field "Reference ID" is included in an output style, the style won't work in BiblioWeb. This bug has been fixed.
07/09/2001
1. In References module, on the "User Defined" tab of reference editor, when user uncheck the field "Reference Mark" or "Web Post Hide", an "list out of bound (-1) error occurs. This bug has been fixed.
07/06/2001
1. In References module, "Global Edit" window, global changes doesn't work under the "All References" view. This bug has been fixed.
07/03/2001
1. On the "Tools | Options" window, the GroupBox_fullTextSrch is now enabled for all editions of Biblioscape.
06/28/2001
1. In Notes module, a popup menu "Insert Object" has been added.
2. In References module, when reference types are more than 28, only the first 28 are exported in "Tools | Options" Window, "Reference Types" tab. This bug has been fixed.06/22/2001
1. In References module and BiblioWeb, when there is no data in authors field, the "anonymous" text doesn't show even it is specified in the output style. This bug has been fixed.
06/21/2001
1. In References module, when smart search is checked and "where ..." is used. The query won't work if there is "=" sign. This bug has been fixed.
2. In BiblioWeb module, when user edited a record through web browser, the "Modified_by" field is not updated.06/20/2001
1. In References module, when change a folder to "Exclusive Folder", those records exist in more than one folder are not marked. This bug has been fixed.
06/13/2001
1. In BiblioWeb, a hyperlink is added to the Title field in reference list view.
06/11/2001
1. In BiblioWeb, if there is an apostrophe in lookup word, the query will fail. This bug has been fixed.
06/10/2001
1. In Tasks module, the width of single task view can now be restored in the next session.
2. In Tasks module, a confirmation message is shown before deleting a task.
3. In Tasks module, The "Completed Tasks" was added to the task menu.
4. In Tasks module, a popup menu was added to the task list.06/09/2001
1. In References module, after user modified the content of field "File_as", it reverts back to original text after click "Save" button. This bug has been fixed.
06/08/2001
1. In Reference editor, when use lookup window to add term for fields "Authors", "Journal", and "Keywords", if no term is doubled to appear in "Insert" edit box, the currently selected term will be used for insertion.
06/01/2001
1. In References module, when click "Edit | Marked | Show Marked Only". The "Show Marked Only" menu doesn't become checked. This bug has been fixed.
05/16/2001
1. In BiblioWeb and Biblioscape, when formatting reference in HTML format, "Authors" field is used when "Sec_authors", or "Tert_authors", or "Quat_authors" should be used. This bug has been fixed.
2. In References module output style editor, "^" is used to indicate which form of text to use when formatting authors, editors, and end page. For example " Ed.^ Eds." indicate " Ed." will be used for single editor, and " Eds." will be used for multiple editors. This feature only work for the after text box of authors, and before text box for end page. Now it works for both before and after text box.05/09/2001
1. Two new author name format "SMITH, JAMES, PHILIP" and "JAMES PHILIP SMITH" are added.
2. Umlaut are correctly changed to uppercase in author name formatting.05/08/2001
1. In BiblioWeb, only date in US format is accepted. This bug has been fixed. It will now accept system date format as Biblioscape does.
2. In References module, when converting to "title case", the last word is not changed.05/07/2001
1. When formatting references, if user choose to use "Title case" in style editor, the exception word list are not applied. This bug has been fixed.
05/05/2001
1. 2 new commands were added to the popup menus of the notes tree in Notes module. They are: Sort Notes and Rename Note.
04/28/2001
1. In References module "Advanced Search", when searching field "Keywords", if the search criteria is "Contains", Biblioscape generate type mismatch error. This bug has been fixed.
2. In References module "Advanced Search", if the search field is memo type (Abstract, Notes, Keywords, Miscellaneous, Document), using search condition "is (exactly)" will cause SQL error. This bug has been fixed.
3. In References module, import author parsing routine for type "Smith-J-P" was improved.
04/26/2001
1. When a reference or note is added, edited, or deleted, Biblioscape will rebuild the search index automatically when a indexer error is generated.
04/13/2001
1. in BiblioWeb, if a record is marked "Web Post Hide", its field label next to the hidden field is shifted to the next field. Also the designated hidden fields are not displayed for all records instead of just the ones with "Web Post Hide". This bug has been fixed.
04/09/2001
1. In BiblioWeb, when running BiblioWeb as Windows service, the import feature doesn't work. This bug has been fixed.
04/03/2001
1. In BiblioWeb, when user uses an import filter to import data to fields added in version 4.0, an "table_bib_main field not found" error is generated. This bug has been fixed.
04/02/2001
1. In References module, For record with linked references, when changing link type, error "'Reference' is not an integer value." is shown. This bug has been fixed.
03/25/2001
1. In BiblioWeb, if an output style use abbreviated journal name, BiblioWeb will use the publisher name of the output style instead. The table name for table_journal_name is set to "journal" instead of "journal_name". The bug has been fixed.
2. In References module, if abbreviated end page format is used and the first page is a single digit number, the end page is formatted incorrectly. For example, page 1-10 becomes page 1-0. This bug has been fixed.03/24/2001
1. In References module, shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I was assiged to both "File | Import Filters..." and "Indexed Search". Now "File | Import Filters..." was assigned Ctrl+Shift+M.
03/22/2001
1. BiblioWeb: the search logic is set to slAnd instead of slSmart. This bug has been fixed.
02/27/2001
1. In References module, the "Remove Link" button doesn't work for link to a note. This bug has been fixed.
02/26/2001
1. When copying the same database between 2 computers, the first line of *.bsp file is not updated with database reopen. It is only updated when user go to "File | Database | Open Database". This bug has been fixed.
02/21/2001
1. For both References and Notes index search, the search logic is set to slAnd instead of slSmart. This bug has been fixed.
02/17/2001
1. In "Tools | Options", under the "Database" tab, two fields "Title" and "Journal" were added to the secondary index list box. So user can add seconday index to fields "Title" and "Sec_title".
02/15/2001
1. In References module, when export references as Biblioscape Tag Format, user will get error "field Extend_work not found". This bug has been fixed.
02/13/2001
1. When used against InterBase, "Find All | Folders in which the current record resides" and some queries on all links panel don't work, because query_misc requestLive was set to True. It is now changed to False.
02/12/2001
1. When used against InterBase, Folder view is not refreshed automatically. A folder refresh command is added.
From 4.0 Beta to 4.0 Final:
To do: You have to have Biblioscape 4.0 beta installed on your system. Unzip bsp4_001205.zip to an empty directory.
1. Copy "biblioscape.exe" and "biblioscape.chm" to the Biblioscape root directory to replace the old one.
2. Copy "biblioweb.exe" the "BiblioWeb" sub-directory under Biblioscape root to replace the old one.
3. Copy all files start with "view_ref_*" and file "Glance_bib.txt" to the "Global" sub-directory under Biblioscape root to replace the old ones.
4. Go to Windows "Start | Run". Type "regedit" and click OK button.
5. Go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | CG Information | Biblioscape 4 | MenuBars".
6. Click menu command "Edit | Delete". Click Yes button to confirm.Bug Fixes:
01/28/2001
1. In References module, when the import filter parse date in the order of "Year/Month/Day". The parsing was not done correctly. This bug has been fixed.
2. In BiblioWeb, relative path can be used to read file on server's hard drive. This bug has been fixed.
01/27/2001
1. In Internet module, when capture web page as a reference or a note, the path in attachment filed always points to the first capture during the same session. This bug has been fixed.
01/24/2001
1. In BiblioWeb, when user add a new reference, some users will change reference type first and ignore the destination folder. Now the destination folder is moved to the top of Reference Type combo box.
2. In BiblioWord module, the font name and size of reference list control doesn't follow user customization. This bug has been fixed.
3. In utility BiblioSidekick, the font name and size of reference list control doesn't follow user customization set in Biblioscape. This bug has been fixed.
01/23/2001
1. In References module, when user choose to add new reference in live preview pane, if there is no references in the current folder, not data can be added to the live preview grid after clicking New Reference. This bug has been fixed.
01/21/2001
1. In References module, when click "File | Print" or "File | Print Preview". If no reference is selected, Biblioscape will only print preview one reference. Now it will prompted use if to select all first. Also progress bar will indicate printing progress now. This is neccessary when printing large number of records.
2. In References module, after user clicked "Reference | Retrieve All". Clicking on column header to sort will generate a message asking user to create secondary index when it is already created. This bug has been fixed.
01/20/01
1. In References module, sometimes, when "Go to Recycle Bin" button or menu item is clicked. the label still shows "Quick Search". This bug has been fixed.
2. User can choose to show the reference preview grid line or not.
3. Field lable for reference type "Electronic Source" is changed from "Ascess Year" to "Access Year".
01/19/2001
1. In References module, after clicking "Reference | Retrieve All", if user go to Recycle Bin, the references list is not updated and still shows all records. If user then click "Empty Recycle Bin", all records will be deleted. This bug has been fixed.
01/18/2001
1. In References module, the field "Attachment" in preview grid is changed to hyperlink type. Clicking on it will open the file.
2. In References module, when field Year_pub is removed from main data grid, got error "Field Year_pub not found" when open reference in reference editor. This bug has been fixed.
3. In References module, if "File As" is used instead of "Reference ID" in temporary citation, received "Field File_as not found" error when clicked "Edit | Copy Temporary".
01/14/2001
1. When using Access as backend database, deleting a reference caused "Index doesn't exist" error. In table folder_bib, secondary index is named "sec_refID". When using Access, setting index name is case sensitive unlike in Paradox. This bug has been fixed.
2. When used under Windows 2000, "Restricted User" can't have the "Internet" module to worked. Biblioscape can't access the local machine registry. It can only access current user registry for "restricted user". So Biblioscape thinks IE is not installed while it actually is. This bug has been fixed.
01/10/2001
1. In References module, when deleting a folder, records in next folder are deleted as well. This bug has been fixed.
01/02/2000
1. In Reference module "Quick Search" panel, added quick search "Has Cross Links" and "Not Has Cross Links" under tree branch "Miscellaneous".
01/01/2001
1. When posting second message at BiblioWeb server, the server will freeze. This bug was introduced last week when secondary index SortOrder in table web_forum was changed from case-insensitive index to case sensitive index. This bug has been fixed.
12/31/2000
1. The folder combo box in Import Windows is not connect to data source. This bug has been fixed.
12/28/2000
1. Biblioscape online help is updated.
12/24/2000
1. In Library module, when using Access as backend database, error message was generated because Access doesn't support keyword "upper(...)" in SQL. This bug has been fixed.
12/22/2000
1. When generate search index for Notes table, it tries to rename the words table for References instead of Notes. This bug has been fixed.
12/21/2000
1. In Notes module a combo box was added to the menu and toolbar system, so indexed search can be directly entered. The last 20 indexed searches were also saved in the combo box.
12/20/2000
1. When a reference is deleted and put into the Recycle Bin, the date of deletion is inserted at the beginning of field Custom_6. So deleted records in Recycle Bin can be sorted in the order of date deleted. If a reference in Recycle Bin is recovered, the inserted date info is automatically removed.
12/19/2000
1. With BiblioWeb powered site, user can create a hyperlink to do automatic login and advanced search in one click.
12/18/2000
1. In reference editor, a lookup button was added for fields "Keywords", "Sec_title", as well as the four authors fields.
12/17/2000
1. When capture web page to References and Notes module, user only need to specify capture path once. No longer need to select the file just saved.
12/16/2000
1. The field label for "Category" for table journal.db under "Global" sub-directory is changed from "Category" to "Comment". User can use this field to add all kinds of miscellaneous data.
12/15/2000
1. The secondary index for table web_forum.db is changed from case insensitive to case sensitive. This will boost the forum message listing speed significantly when the number of forum messages is large.
12/14/2000
1. BiblioWeb can now be run as a Windows service. You need to download BiblioWebSV.exe. Once BiblioWeb is registered as a service, BiblioWeb.exe can be used to do the administration work. You need to download the latest BiblioWeb.exe for that. For a detailed tutorial, please go to http://www.biblioscape.com/tips/tip_001214.htm
12/10/2000
1. In Preference Window, user can only add up to 35 reference types. Now the number is expanded to 60.
12/09/2000
1. When go to "Tools | Options" to add or remove columns in reference main grid, several extra columns were added. When remove field "Ref_User", get Field not found error. This bug has been fixed.
12/08/2000
1. Outlook Bar "Research" section bug: if click on the Notes Tables button, newly added notes are not shown. Because the query is not updated. This bug has bee fixed.
2. User is now given an option on "Tools | Options" to turn on reference editor autocomplete feature or not.
12/07/2000
1. BiblioWeb forum search problem. When the forum search retuen more than one page of hits. Clicking on the 2 hyperlink to go to second search hits page will open the second page of all forum messages instead. This bug has been fixed.
2. Reference editor "All Links" view bug. If user click the + sign before Cross Linked records to expand it, SQL error generated because it still looking for table bib_link. This bug has been fixed.
3. Reference editor "All Links" biew bug. If user click Sec_title field, Publisher field, etc. to expand it, and there is a single quote inside the data. SQL error generated. This bug has been fixed with fundtion "QuotedStr".
12/06/2000
1. In reference editor, when editing autocomplete fields Authors, Keywords, Journal, the Delete key doesn't work correctly, it won't delete selected text. It is now fixed.
2. "Cancel" button was added to reference editor.
12/05/2000
1. In Reference editor, auto-complete feature for indexed fields like Authors, Keywords, and Journal does not work properly during editing. The suggested text doesn't replace the existing entry up to the nearest semicolon or end of text. This bug has been fixed.
12/04/2000
1. In Reference analyze window, folder or search is used and references are sorted. When user want to analyze current list, get SQL error. Fix: Removed ORDER BY before using the existing query in Group By command.
12/03/2000
1. When there is no serial type record in Serials module, and user click "New Issue" button, tell user to add a new Serial type record first in Catalog module.
2. When go to Serials module, the query is refreshed. Otherwise, newly added serial record in Catalog is not shown.
3. "Save" button is added to sub-modules in Library module. It includes: Catalog, Serials, Interlibrary Loan, Borrowers, Lenders, Suppliers.
4. Added "Save Task" button to Tasks module.
5. Context sensitive popup menus have been added to Library sub-modules.
6. In Notes module, double click links will not take user to the correct link record in some cases. Table_notelink is mistakenly used instead of the correct Query_notelink.
12/02/2000
1. Ctrl+S is assigned to "Reference | Save" to replace Ctrl+O
2. F7 is assigned to Spelling Check for References, Notes, BiblioWord to replace F4.
3. Shortcut key for Reference Next is changed from Shift+Ctrl+N to "Ctrl+.". Shortcut key for Reference Prior is changed from Shift+Ctrl+P to "Ctrl+,".
4. Assign several shortcut keys to BiblioBrowser commands: Print = Ctrl+P, Find = Ctrl+F, Select All = Ctrl+A, Back = Alt+Left, Forward = Alt+Right, Stop = Esc, Refresh = F5, Home = Alt+Home, Search = Ctrl+E, History = Ctrl+H, Resources = Ctrl+I, Link to Note = Ctrl+L.
5. Changed Reference Refresh shortcut key from Shift+Ctrl+R to F5. F5 is Windows standard refresh shortcut. But it is not well documented.
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