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what's new in Collection Studio 3.50 / August 2008

	Import: Add support for import of CSV with semicolon divider.
	Options for custom collectible: Two buttons were added "Move up" and "Move down" to change order of fields in the "Edit" dialog.
	Plugins: A new plugin was added - Embed all linked images.
	Fix: Problem with national symbols was fixed. All plugins were updated.
	Fix: Display correct country of the contact in the list.
	Import: Fix import of the "Nr." column.

what's new in Collection Studio 3.49 / July 2008

	Import: Import feature was revised. A new format for import - CSV, was added.
	Multilingual support: New localization was added - Portuguese language (thanks to Antonio Mendona).
	Multilingual support: New localization was added - Belarusian language (thanks to Piatrenko Igor).
	Movie: New fields were added - country, production year and original title.
	Contacts: Show country column in the main list.
	Edit: Work with combo-box for custom collectible was fixed.
	Search tool: Search tool was enhanced for better work with custom collectibles.
	Fix: Prompt for password on opening existing document.

what's new in Collection Studio 3.48 / June 2008

	Custom collectible was added in order to create custom collections. It's very easy to manage collection fields using new dialogs.
	Multilingual support: New localization were added - Romanian language (thanks to Catalin Stefan). Translation was updated for several dialog controls in Collection Studio.
	View: Colored map of Asia, North America and Oceania were added into statistics section.
	Settings: Create a backup file during saving of the Collection Studio Document.
	View Using: Two additional views of collectible were added (listing of all fields and listing of all non empty fields).
	Images: A new functionality was added - Paste image from clipboard.
	CS Exit: Prompt for changes saving when CS exits (reviewed).
	Save view: Dialog for selection of the file for "Save view" tool was enhanced.
	Statistics: Ruler in histogram control was enhanced. Statistics by income year was enhanced.
	Toolbar: Buttons in main toolbar were reviewed.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 2.47 / May 2008

	Statistics: Allow open "Edit" dialog for collectibles mentioned in the main statistics view.
	Links: Show information tooltips for links on the tab "Links".
	Multilingual support: Translation was updated for several dialog controls in Collection Studio; Select correct interface language at first start up;
	Options: "Document Options" window was reviewed.
	Settings: "Collectible" page was reviewed.
	Settings: New options were added: Show(or not) "Country Comments" tab for collectible and Show(or not) "Currency Comments" tab for collectible.
	Stamps: Selection of the new country/currency was fixed.
	Contact: Renaming of the contact name was fixed.
	List: More accurate drawing of the selection in the list.

what's new in Collection Studio 2.46 / April 2008

	Barcode: A new field "Barcode" was addad. Fast open of the Edit dialaog using barcode reader.
	Multilingual support: New localization was added - Portuguese, Brazil (thanks to Rodrigo Spano). Statistics view was transalted to Portuguese (Brazil), Polish languages.
	View: New views were added into Statistics section: North America, South America (with colored map), Oceania and Asia.
	Edit: Donator is renamed automatically when contact name is changed (the same functionality with currency titles, countries name and with quality levels).
	Collectible Index: Functionality was reviewed for "Automatically calculate 'Index ID' field" checkbox. So, now "Index ID" field is calculated according to maximal index id in the collection plus one, instead of the number of collectibles plus one.
	Comments tab: New hot-keys were added to enhance input of notes.
	Links: A lot of new information links were added (mints); Drop-down list of the link category was fixed.
	Comments: Overwrite of the "Comments" field by comments of the country/currency was fixed (thanks to Duszkiewicz Krzysztof).
	Hot-keys: Several hot-keys were fixed.
	List view: Column "Total" was reviewed in statistics section.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 2.45 / February 2008

	Multilingual support: New localization were added - French language (thanks to Christian Seruzier), Slovak and Czech languages (special thanks to Jaroslav Minar) and Lithuanian language (thanks to Laurius Vaitkevicius).
	View: Colored map of Africa was added into statistics section.
	View Using: Prev/next buttons were added into window of the "View Using" tool.
	Edit dialog: Prev/next buttons were added into all statistics "Edit" window.
	View Using: Now it's possible to see all collectible images in "View using" tool; Additional info about donators was added.
	Dates Calculator: Possibility to run Dates Calculator as plugin was added, allowing automatical changes for collectible "Year" field.
	Plugins: Speed-up work with plugins, version 2.
	Infobar: Additional information was added about selected item in the list.
	Plugins: A new plugin "Copy field" was added.
	Import: Possibility to view imported collectibles in "Edit" window was added; Fast access to "Comments" tab; Possibility to remove collectible from the list.
	Toolbars: Automatic feature to restore previouse state of all toolbars was added.
	Assoc: Opening of the Collection Studio Document using File Association was fixed.
	Edit dialog: Speed-up work with tabs of the "Edit" dialog.
	Minor bug fixing and a lot of small improvements (special thanks to Duszkiewicz Krzysztof).

what's new in Collection Studio 2.44 / December 2007

	Comments Tab: Allow loading of the ASCII text files.
	XML Export: Add options window for export into XML file.
	Plugins: Speed-up work with plugins.
	Vista: Fix drawing procedure under MS Windows Vista.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 2.43 / December 2007

	Multilingual support: New localization was added - Spanish language. Special thanks to Rui Costa.
	Fix: Drawing of the tab control in Edit window when XP styles is activated. Special thanks to Clif.
	Fix: Load Collection Studio Documents of the 2.42 version.
	Fix: Drawing of the horizontal separator on Edit window.

what's new in Collection Studio 2.42 / December 2007

	Items: Unlimited set of links were added for each item type. Setup possibilities.
	Sounds: New sounds were added.
	Item Edit: Add prev/next buttons into "Edit" window for fast switching between items in List View (suggestion by Cliff on our forum).
	Info bar: Show the full path for current view. Add links for "Collection view" and for "Statistics view" in order to fast switch between views.
	Multilingual support: New localization was added - Polish language.
	Banknotes: A new field - "Signatory" was added (suggestion by Cliff on our forum).
	Dates Calculator: Support for Nepali Dates - Bikram Samvat Era [VS] conversion.
	Image bar: Enable image bar for views with currencies, countries, contacts and with quality levels (suggestion by Cliff on our forum).
	Export: Enhance export into XML/SQL for medal and movie collectibles.
	Links: Add a lot of new information links.
	Settings: Allow/disable usage of formattings options in "Comments" tab.
	Fix: Search tool was repaired.
	Fix: Smooth resizing of the "Edit" window.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 2.41 / September 2007

	List View: View all collectibles for selected face value, income year, century in the list (double click).
	View: New "Europe" view was added with colored map.
	Comments: Add text formatting (fonts, alignments, character decorations etc) for comments.
	Images: Add information tooltips for images. Add fast access to "Image edit" dialog.
	Export: Export images into SQL.
	Export: Reduce size of the generated file with exported data.
	Tab Images: Enhance work with images. New fields for image were introduced.
	Multilingual support: Improve translation of the Collection Studio.
	Install: Add additional install possibilities during installation of the Collection Studio.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 2.40 / July 2007

	GUI: Multilingual support was implemented. Read how to add your native language.
	Multilingual support: New translation was added - Russian language.
	Portable devices: Collection Studio can be installed on portable devices for example on USB Data Storage.
	GUI: New two GUI features: a) snap a Window to the Screen Edge and b) enhanced dialog dragging procedure.
	Splash-Screen: Disable splash screen using settings window and/or using input parameter.
	Continents View: View all collectibles for selected continent in the list (double click). Correct chart for special cases.
	List View: View all collectibles for selected donator, author, illustrator, language, printer, publisher, storage, material, mint, year and region in the list (double click).
	Tab Collectibles: Speed-up construction of the collectibles list on this tab for country/currency/quality/contact.
	Options: Display create/change dates of the Collection Studio file using users' locale (currently selected date/time format with correct names of months).
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	Custom Fields: Fix columns captions for custom field (ver.2).
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.39 / June 2007

	Collectibles: New field for all collectibles - buy comments.
	Collectibles: One new collectible - medals (civil or military awards).
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	Menus: Add "View image bar" menu item in several pop-up menus for fast access.
	Install: We have a new installer for Collection Studio with install on Windows Vista enabled and with multi-lingual support.
	Document Options: Add possibility to open folder in Explorer, where currently opened document is placed.
	Collectibles Tab: Collectible list is shown in colors for more useful orientation in huge data.
	Custom Fields Setup: Enhance usability and look of the custom fields' tree.
	List View: Allow independent columns setup for each list view when specific collectibles list is show.
	List View: Fix column names of custom fields.
	Hot-keys: Disable hot-keys for currency functionality for collection without currency support (medals, discs, movies, books).
	Settings: Add possibility to start Collection Studio with automatically selected movies/discs/medals collectible type.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.38 / February 2007

	Plug-ins.
	New plugin: remove all images for selected collectible. Open source code of this plug-in is available for download in 'Download' section.
	New plugin: remove all images for all collectibles in collection. Open source code of this plug-in is available for download in 'Download' section.
	Banknotes: New field - 'Serial number' was added as standard banknote field.
	Collectibles: 2 new collectibles - discs and movies.
	Coins: New field: Krauze catalog number.
	Dates Calculator: Support for Thai Buddist Calendar, Bengali (Bangladesh) numerics conversion and Mongolian numerics conversion.
	Prompt for password: allow only 3 times to enter wrong password, elsewhere skip to open Collection Studio Document.
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	List View: A sign of the baht currency (Thailand) was added - It is B letter with vertical line in the middle and other most used/popular currency symbols.
	List View: Speed-up drawing of the list when collection view is switched.
	XML Export/Import: Enhance export/import of the string data into file.
	Fix: Crush with special situations when splash screen is activated.
	Continents: Fix work with long country names.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.37 / November 2006

	Continents: Add continent map colored according to collection data.
	Menu: New 'Edit' menu items for fast access to country/currency/contact/quality edit dialog from the list of your collectibles.
	Tab Page 'Images': Now you can drag and drop images into the 'Image' tab page - it's more convinent and more easy to use possibility for insertion of new images for your collectibles/items (you can easy drag any images from your web-browser, from image-scan-application or from any file manager including Exlporer).
	Tab Page 'List of Collectibles': New 'Edit' button for fast collectible access from country/currency/contact/quality edit dialog.
	Tab Page 'List of Collectibles': New 'Export' button for export of all collectible relative to selected country/currency/contact/quality. Now we support export into HTML, RTF, CSV, XML, XLS, SQL and ASCII Text File.
	Contact: New fields were added - home address and work address with additional two web links.
	Settings: New setup possibility: Add default list of materials for banknotes and coins or not. Now more than ten of matrials are predifened in the database.
	Settings: New setup possibility: Add default list of herd types for coins or not. Now more than ten of herd types are predifened in the database.
	Settings: New setup possibility: Add new contact item when new donator is entered during creation or modification of the collectible.
	Edit dialog: Now 'Edit' dialog is resizable allowing more convenient view/edit of huge information and notes.
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	Editing: Auto-complete function was added for all combobox edits.
	Images: Add default filename of the image being saved.
	Search: Add possibility to search using index field.
	Fix: Crush with high-level nominals.
	Fix: Print and Printing preview were fixed.
	Kernel: Speed-up construction of the 'Collectible Edit' window, construction of the image list in the Gallery view and speed-up start of the Collection Studio.
	List: Now you can see tooltips for the cells where the full text is larger than cell area.
	Fix: Display correct number of images in the status bar for Gallery view.
	Fix: Drawing of the gripper in the "View Collectible Using Template" and "Import" dialogs.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.36

	Export/Import: Support of images during export/import was added for XML files.
	Stamps: New fields - Topic (Category) and Postmark (location, city/country) were added.
	Coins: New flag for coins - Commemorative coin or not.
	New View: A new statistics view "Commemorative coins" was added for coins collections.
	New View: Statistics by continent using easy expandable database.
	View: More faster drawing of the huge data in the main list.
	Country flags: A huge amount of country flags were added.
	Country flags: New open database format was implemented for countries flag in order to easy add synonyms of countries names.
	Statistics View: Statistics view was enhanced in order to show additional information about collection.
	Mainbar: Additional information was appended in the item description.
	Histogram: Our histogram view was enhanced in order to show more data with nice look.
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	Kernel: Speed-up several kernel methods of the Collection Studio.
	Kernel: Saving more compact Collection Studio Document.
	Collectible Edit: Addtional page was added into collectible edit dialog for country comments (and currency comments).
	List: Remove appearance of strange columns during switching of the Collection View.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.35

	New feature: List of Contacts.
	New feature: Password protection of your Collection Studio Document.
	New feature: Sounds for most important actions were added with setup possibility in the Settings window.
	New feature: Support of images for contact/country/currency/quality level items.
	Main View: Gallery view for selected collectible was added for following views: "Collection", "Duplicates" and "Statistics: By Empty Year".
	Export: A support of the MS Excel file (XLS) was added.
	Export: A support of the SQL-Scripts files (SQL) was added.
	Save View: A support of the MS Excel file (XLS) was added.
	New View: Statistics by Mint for coins and banknotes collections.
	New View: Statistics by Region for coins and banknotes collections.
	Settings: New "File association" page was added, using which you can associate .col files with Collection Studio (so Collection Studio opens the file when double-clicking on it).
	Menu: New menu item "Open link" was added for fast open URL link in the Web-Browser. This feature is used for URL of Country National Banks. Hot key: Ctrl + L.
	Menu: New menu item "Image Bar" was added in order to show or hide Image Bar.
	Statistics View: Show max prices (real and sell) of the collectible.
	Import: Import process was enhanced.
	Import: "Import into collection" dialog was enhanced.
	Export/Import: Processing of all customs fields was added.
	Main view: Resize possibility of the third pane (statistics image/collectible gallery) was added.
	Windows: Last window position on the screen is saved and restored for following windows: "Edit Collectible", "Collection Options", "Search" and "Settings".
	Dates calculator: Support of Japanese dates was added. So, now three types of dates are supported: Moslem, Hebrew and Japanese. Later, new formats will be appended as well.
	Countries: Automatically fix of the entered URL.
	New Design: New design was implemented in following windows: "Find" window, "About Collection Studio" window and in the "New Collection" window.
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	Item Edit: List of collectible for given contact/country/currency/quality level item.
	Fix: Emission Year is not exported/imported.
	Fix: External Index � this field is in the exported file but is not imported back into the database.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.34

	New menu item: Help/Forum with link on our official forum at http://www.CollectionStudio.com/en/forums/.
	Views: New columns for list of collectibles: all custom fields.
	Views: New columns for list of countries, currencies and quality levels: all custom fields, storage, external number, real price and donator.
	New field for coins and banknotes collections: material of the collectible.
	New fields for coins collections: coins diameter, thickness, weight, revers rotation and type of the herd.
	New fields for banknotes collections: width, height and orientation (portrait / landscape).
	Views: New columns for list of coins and banknotes: mint, region, material.
	Views: New view for coins and banknotes collections: material of coin/banknote.
	Views: Flag of the U.S.S.R., Czechoslovakia, Habsburg Empire, Austria-Hungary were added into the list view.
	New feature: "Dates calculator" addon which helps you to convert moslem and hebrew dates into gregorian dates. Later, a new dates format will be appended as well.
	New Feature: View collectible in a resizeable window using HTML template. You can easy add/remove/change HTML templates using any text editor.
	New Feature: Full Screen View of the main list. Hot key is F11.
	Settings: New "Full Title of Collectible" settings page was added. Here you can change the full title of your collectible as you wish using collectible template fields.
	Settings: New "Histogram" settings page was added. Here you can change appearance of the histogram window.
	Fix: Update information in the list on collectible changes without refreshing current view.
	Fix: Case sensitive search. Searching in the full title of the item.
	The maximal width of the any column was increased.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.33

	Collectible Edit Window: Drawing names of used countries in bold.
	Collectible Edit Window: Drawing titles of used currencies in bold.
	Settings: Switching ON/OFF for "Drawing names of used countries in bold" functionality.
	Settings: Switching ON/OFF for "Drawing titles of used currencies in bold" functionality.
	Views: A huge amount of countries national flags were added.
	Tools: New tool - "Export from Collection into file" was added. Supported file formats are: XML, CSV, TXT.
	Tools: New tool - "Import into Collection from file" was added. Supported file formats are: XML.
	List View: new "URL" column in the "Country" view.
	List View: new "URL" column in the "Statistics by Country" view.
	Several views were appended by a new "Images" column which show number of images in collectible.
	New menu item: "Add images" for all supported collectibles.
	New menu item: "Comments" for all Collection Studio items.
	Save View Tool: columns in the exported file are sorted according to list sort.
	Save View Tool: HTML file format was enhanced.
	Sped-up Collection Studio start-up.
	New View: Items Duplicates - lists all your duplicated items.
	Save View: A support of the RTF (Rich Text Format) was added.
	Save View: Remember a last selection of the output format during "Save View" tool execution.
	Save View: Automatically open just created file during "Save View" tool execution.
	Minimize Collection Studio Document in size.
	Speed-up Collection Studio Document loading process.
	Several improvments were made in XML output format for "Save View" tool.
	Several national flags were added for countries.
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	All menus were enhanced.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.32

	New data fields for coin and banknote collections: Mint and Regional issues flag, Region name.
	Settings: New setup possibility: Maximize at start-up.
	"Items Count" Cell in the status bar now is validated for Gallery view to indicate number of images in your collection.
	Several national flags were added for countries.
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	Now, data of the "Index" column is locked. So you can use items numbering with list sort possibility.
	Sort state in the list is now restored during switching between Studio's views.
	Fix Infomation Group Box in the Main Bar.
	Settings: New setup possibility: Auto-fill "Country" field using previously added item.
	Settings: New setup possibility: Auto-fill "Currency" field using previously added item.
	Docking window for Collection Tree is created. It allows you show/hide Collection Tree, move it and dock it into any main window's border.
	Minor bug fixing.

what's new in Collection Studio 1.31

	Add comments for windows, menus and dialogs.
	New hot-key Ctrl+D for "Duplicate" menu item.
	Currency images in currency combo box are available for your coins, banknotes and stamps collections.
	Images (national flags) in country combo box - for all collection types.
	Update of the Collection Studio Help file. See Online version of Collection Studio Help.
	Rotation to left and right of the image in the Gallery View.
	Gallery View now works without any flicks.
	Several national flags were added for countries.
	Reviewed default nominal of the stamp being logged.
	Now, switching between views preceded without lost of the cursor position in the list.
	Enhanced 'Custom Fields Setup' now available in the 'Option' window.
	An additional standard field for stamps collection was created.
	Tree view now refreshes without flicks.
	Column "Comments" was added into the List for 'Statistics by Country', 'Statistics by Currency' and 'Statistics by Quality level' views.
	Now, you can easy reorder columns in the list, resize them, hide or show. Studio will remember all possible columns states according to your choose.
	Now, 'Statistics by Year' has a histogram to visualize your data.
	Small fix in the Settings window, List setup page.
	Enhanced 'Country Edit' window, which allows setting county's existence period.
	Minor bug fixing.

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	Very important error or bug was fixed
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