News: all updates for our software and apps (page 17)

New in Update Values report screen:

• Now shows the “report date” at the top
• Tap an entry to visit the CovrPrice page for that comic!
• “no value” is now shown as a dash “-“, instead of $0

After months of working on comic related updates only (for our CovrPrice partnership), the CLZ team is finally freed up to work on our other products again, phew!

So today, we can release a nice update for your Movie Collector software, in which we improve on the IMDb integration. Not a huge “major” update, but since 2023 is getting closer, we are calling it “version 23.0” anyway 🙂

Anyway, about IMDb: Most of you are probably diligently updating your IMDb Ratings and Votes on a regular basis. After all, if you are in any way interested in IMDb ratings, it is important to always keep those up-to-date.

However, after running the “Update IMDb Ratings/Votes” and getting the “254 movies updated” message, have you ever wondered

“WHICH movies have been updated and WHAT the change was?”.

Well, not anymore, because with today’s v23 update we are introducing a nice report that answers just that. Also, this updates makes it easier to update IMDb Ratings for your entire collection in one go.

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Fixed:

• Edit tracks: the “Add” button to add an artist to a track wasn’t visible

Today, two improvements to the PriceCharting features in your Games Connect software:

• New “View Last Update Report” in the menu, to re-open the last “Updated Values” report
• Updated Values screen now includes cover images!

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Today, two further improvements to the CovrPrice integration in your Comic Connect software:

• New “View Last Update Report” in the menu, to re-open the last “Updated Values” report
• Updated Values screen now includes cover images!

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Another update for your Comic Collector software, version 23.2, in which we introduce the “Re-Link Core Variant” feature, a new and easier way to link your local entries to a different variant in Core.

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CLZ Alwin, with a summary of CLZ’s busiest month ever, Oct 2022!
The month started with the CLZ team going to Paris to celebrate our 22nd anniversary. Then when back in Amsterdam, instantly rolling into our biggest launch ever: the integration of comic values from CovrPrice into our comic apps and software.
And then finally, dealing with all the questions about it, fixing some issues (pun intended) and releasing the first improvements based on your suggestions!

But I am happy to report that the launch was a huge success, with thousands of users signing up for CovrPrice and linking their CP and CLZ accounts! Users love seeing the values for their comics and getting an idea of the total value of their collection.

We will of course keep improving the CovrPrice features, but we can now finally free up part of the team for other, non-comic projects. We’ve got some cool stuff coming up!

The topics today:

• The CLZ team in Paris, check out the pics!
• Now live: Get comic values from CovrPrice in your CLZ app or software
• Two improvements for the CovrPrice integration
• Fixed: barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro
• Coming up: CLZ Scanner app to replace CLZ Barry

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A small but important update to the Comic Connect software and the CLZ Cloud site: CovrPrice values can now be exported to a CSV file AND include in Print to PDF reports.

IMPORTANT: to prevent abuse, this is ONLY possible when you are subscribed to CovrPrice on their YEARLY subscription.

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Fixed:

• Statistics: Value Statistics didn’t always show.
• List/Card View: Value ribbon (and My Value icon) would sometimes show when they shouldn’t.

Fixed and improved:

• Barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro is now FIXED (by using macro lens)
• Barcode scanning on iPhone 13 Pro now also uses macro lens
• Collection Status colors now also visible in Card View

Fixed:

• Edit Multiple could clear the CovrPrice Value field
• Download settings for the Key information field was not remembered correctly
• The “have-summary” wasn’t displayed correctly sometimes
• On start up, a random comic could be selected sometimes

Fixed and improved:

• ISBN Barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro is now FIXED (by using macro lens)
• ISBN Barcode scanning on iPhone 13 Pro now also uses macro lens
• Collection Status colors now also visible in Card View

Fixed and improved:

• ISBN Barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro is now FIXED (by using macro lens)
• ISBN Barcode scanning on iPhone 13 Pro now also uses macro lens
• Collection Status colors now also visible in Card View

Your Comic Connect software has just been updated with new features. Based on your feedback and questions, we have made 2 big improvements to the CovrPrice integration, that is, to the way values are displayed in your software:

• Improved value displaying for My Value entries
• CovrPrice value box now also visible when CP value is 0

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Version 23.1 of of your Comic Collector software is now available for download. Based on your feedback and questions, we have made 2 big improvements to the CovrPrice integration, that is, to the way values are displayed in your software:

• Improved value displaying for My Value entries
• CovrPrice value box now also visible when CP value is 0

IMPORTANT: IMPORTANT: for the displaying of the CovrPrice links, the software now downloads “CovrPrice IDs” for all entries. This means that after your first Update Values action with v23.1, it will modify almost ALL your entries, causing a HUGE amount of changes when Syncing to the CLZ Cloud the next time!
TIP: before Updating Values for the 1st time with this version, switch OFF Auto-Syncing, then Update Values, then Sync with CLZ Cloud MANUALLY. This is much more efficient than letting it auto-sync. When done, feel free to switch ON the AutoSync again.

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Version 8.1 of the CLZ Comics app is now live in the App Store and Play Store. Based on your feedback and questions, we have made 2 big improvements to the CovrPrice integration, that is, to the way values are displayed in your app:

• Improved value displaying for My Value entries
• CovrPrice value box now also visible when CP value is 0

Also, version 8.1 also FIXES the barcode scanning problem on iPhone 14 Pro!

IMPORTANT: IMPORTANT: for the displaying of the CovrPrice links, the app now downloads “CovrPrice IDs” for all entries. This means that after your first Update Values action with v8.1, it will modify almost ALL your entries, causing a HUGE amount of changes when Syncing to the CLZ Cloud the next time!
TIP: before Updating Values for the 1st time with this version, switch OFF Auto-Syncing, then Update Values, then Sync with CLZ Cloud MANUALLY. This is much more efficient than letting it auto-sync. When done, feel free to switch ON the AutoSync again.

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Fixed and improved:

• Barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro is now FIXED (by using macro lens)
• Barcode scanning on iPhone 13 Pro now also uses macro lens
• Collection Status colors now also visible in Card View

Fixed:

• Crash when updating values for comics without index number.
• Add Comics: After adding a comic the app now takes you to the comic in your main screen again.
• Currency: Modifying the currency and then updating values now updates all collections instead of just the selected collection.

The new CovrPrice Value field didn’t sort correctly. Now it does, including all other value fields!

Fixed:

• The new CovrPrice Value field wasn’t sorting correctly

Fixed:

• Crash when opening the camera to take a picture.
• CovrPrice icon was missing from the “Update Values” Action menu.
• Edit Screen: moved the “Cover” tab to the left of the “Links” tab.
• Updated Values Report: could show a wrong “old value” in some cases.

On startup some older databases could not be converted the the new version. All sorted in this build!

Fixed:

• A crash could occur when updating from an older version with specific data the collection

A crash could happen while updating values, which has been resolved in this version.

Fixed:

• When updating values for comics without an index number, the app could crash

This is it, the big Launch Day of the CovrPrice integration!

As of today, you can get comic values from CovrPrice inside your Comic Connect web-based software!

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This is it, the big Launch Day of the CovrPrice integration!

As of today, you can get comic values from CovrPrice inside your Comic Collector software!

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As promised some photos of our 20th anniversary trip to Paris that we took on the 22nd anniversary because of reasons 🙂

We did a lot of walking, eating, drinking, and generally having loads of FUN!

Day 1: Travel, 2CV tour, walking around and a big river boat dinner

We got up real early and grabbed a high speed train from Amsterdam to Paris:

In Paris we met up with our tour guide and we drove around the city in old Citroën Deux Chevaux cars, after which we had lunch and walked about the city a bit.

We see you Eiffel tower! We will be visiting you soon too!

Did you know they love collecting in Paris too?

After that, we enjoyed some free time on our own, and finished the day with dinner on a big river cruise boat, right under the Eiffel tower.

Day 2: Guided tour of the city, Eiffel Tower, Tuk-Tuk and Buddha Bar

After a great breakfast of croissants and pastries, we walked around the city on a guided tour with lots of interesting tidbits of information about the history of Paris.

And of course an LCS (“Local” comicbook store) had to be visited!

We then stopped briefly for a great lunch, with a glass of wine. Or two glasses. Salmon and mashed sweet potatoes:

Then, we headed over to the Eiffel tower to visit… all the way to the top!

Lots of influencing going on here.

Under the Eiffel tower

And now, to the top! It takes 2 elevator rides to get all the way to the top and the view is amazing!

They even serve beer half way up the Eiffel tower:

After that we “tuk-tukked” our way back to the hotel. A great (and FUN) way to sneak right through traffic and get somewhere quickly during Paris’ constant rush hour

Catching up and having a couple of pre-dinner drinks at the hotel before leaving for the evening program:

That night, we enjoyed amazing dinner and drinks in the Buddha Bar, they even themed the menu to our CLZ 20 Years logo!

Day 3: Walks, “Canard & Champagne”, influencing and more!

Near our hotel is where our walk started, going past these zebra columns, a place much coveted by influencers:

Here’s Rowdy, listening to our tour guide (who is not in the picture)

And here’s Rowdy, listening to our tour guide (who is in the picture)

And here’s Rowdy, the influenced becomes the influencer:

One of Paris’ oldest book stores:

We then had lunch at “Canard & Champagne” where they serve… canard (duck), and champagne!

Started with an egg:

And the very tasty duck and delicious champagne followed:

Martin followed lunch up with some influencing:

Some macarons were bought somewhere in LaFayette shopping mall:

And finally, just before leaving Paris to train back to Amsterdam, Stijn played the piano a bit at Gare du Nord train station: