What's new?

Fixed:

• Program could throw an “Handle is invalid” error after multiple edits
• Add Comics Automatically: checked results would stay checked after adding them

Fixed:

• Main Screen:
  • The folder tree was wrapping the values in the list
  • A double hint was showing for the thumbnail slider to resize thumbnails in Images View
• When working offline, closing the program could cause Access Violations
• Edit Comic:
  • It was possible to sort the stories list where it shouldn’t which caused drawing issues
  • Moving story up or down could make selected story look empty
• User Defined Fields: values of check box lists were not loaded correctly in some cases

Improvements:

• Cloud Syncing: Now does up to 5 retries when a sync action fails because of a temporary connection problem.
• Edit Comic: Improved “search as you type” behaviour of search boxes for adding creators and characters.
• Dark Skin: active window now has a light grey border, making it stand out more when windows overlap.

Fixed:

• Screen started to “flicker” after leaving the program inactive for a few minutes.
• Add Automatically: selecting/checking issues could be *very* slow in some cases.
• Add Automatically: adding a checked result would sometimes uncheck a result from another search in the queue.
• Main Screen / Two Panel Mode: selection status text would sometimes show an invalid text when no comics were showing in the list.
• Edit Multiple: F8 to clear didn’t work for memo fields like Plot and Notes.
• Edit Multiple: “Quantity” field was always cleared.
• Link Comics: multiple problems since the introduction of the Dark Skin.

• Fixed already in collection highlighting in the add by barcode screen
• Fixed selection of issues in barcode search results

• Fixed losing changes when suspending the app while editing

Version 4.2 adds a couple of improvements and tools that are essential for users who are doing most of their editing on the mobile apps:

• New “Manage Pick Lists” screen (under new Tools menu).
  This new screen lets you take control of your pick lists, that is book Authors, music Artists, comic Series, Publishers, Formats, Genres, Subjects, etc… Use it to:
  • Fix typos in names.
  • Remove unused entries.
  • Merge duplicate entries.
  • Edit the SortNames for comic Series.
• Edit screen improvements:
  • New “value picker” screen for pick list fields, like Authors, Artists, Series, Genres, Subjects, etc… Just tap the field, pick a value from the pick list that appears and done. No more need to type the first few letters of a value (we all hate typing on mobile devices, don’t we?)
  • Tap the pencil icons to directly edit names of pick list entries.
  • Tap the pencil icon for Artists, Authors and Series to directly edit Names *and* SortNames.

• New “Manage Pick Lists” tool for editing and merging Series, Publishers, Series Groups, etc..
• Edit screen: edit the Sort Names for Series for complete control over correct series sorting.
• Edit screen: Now edit the names of Series, Publishers, etc.. .
• Edit screen: New “value picker” screen for quickly filling fields like Series and Publisher.
• New Tools menu, with Manage Pick Lists, Field Defaults and Empty Database tools.

Fixed:

• Edit Comic:
  • Changing collection status sometimes would uncheck a radiobutton but not check the selected one
  • It wasn’t possible to enter an empty Issue Number, it would always show ‘0’
  • Previous/Next/Ok could mess up data when the edit screen was still loading

Fixed:

• Export to HTML: access violation could occur in some cases when using a custom index template
• Edit Screen: Checkbox List hints would sometimes not disappear
• Main Screen: changing font size could make some screen elements disappear
• Quick Filter Panel: filters weren’t applied directly at startup when panel was closed but “Keep Active” was checked

Changes

• Date Fields: Year field’s position now also depends on system’s shortdate setting

Fixed:

• Edit Comic:
  • Date fields didn’t clear their Month and Day values using next/previous when they weren’t filled in for the next/previous item
  • Delete key didn’t work in Month and Day fields to clear their values. Backspace did work normally.
  • Clicking stars to add rating didn’t set “read it” field according to setting

Changes

• Date fields now have dropdowns for Month and Day. Order of Month and Day dropdown depends on system’s shortdate setting now

Fixed:

• Edit Multiple: F8 in date fields didn’t clear them
• Main Screen:
  • horizontal scrollbar was sometimes showing in folder tree when it shouldn’t
  • Cards View: scrolling using the mouse wheel wasn’t working properly
  • layout wasn’t always restored properly when quick filter panel was showing
• Quick Filter Panel: collection status filter wasn’t showing in filter description at bottom of the screen

Fixed:

• Edit Multiple Comics would clear “Quantity” field

NEW: Choose between Light, Dark or System skins

Yes, We’re getting rid of the gray!

Comic Collector now comes with a skin system, which affects the look of all screens in the program,
main screen, edit screens, add auto-screen, sync screen etc.. even the settings screens.

We have designed two different skins for you to choose from: Light and Dark.
The third option “System” is basically the old pre-v16.3 look.

• Light: A clean look, white backgrounds, dark fonts. Very readable, easy on the eye.
• Dark: A cool looking, modern design, with dark backgrounds, light fonts.
• System: Keep things as it was, with the program following your Windows theme.

Please note:
The program now defaults to the Dark Skin. You can change to a different Skin using the Skin option in the View menu.
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• Fixed crashes in in-app purchase screen on certain Xiaomi phones
• Fixed crash in in-app purchase screen when only one in app purchase was offered

Fixed:

• CLZ Cloud Sync: Fixed a crash when down-syncing a new comic.
• CLZ Cloud Sync: Series: Sort Names were not always synced.
• Add Auto: When adding a new Comic, customised Series Names were overwritten.
• 2 Panel Mode: Folders were always sorted by article.
• Folders: Preference “Ignore SortName of Person Item” was not working.

• Fixed barcode search not working with hardware keyboards
• Fixed wrongly pre-selected search result in barcode search
• Fixed rare crash in the main screen
• Fixed crash while syncing broken images

Fixed:

• Edit In List: some checkboxes didn’t trigger a sync change
• Cards View: Find Cover: select new cover. New Cover was not displayed.
• Add Auto: Queue mode > Add Selected: sometimes all (not selected) queue items were added
• Main Screen: 2 Horizontal Panels: Layout Sizes were not restored
• Add Automatically: By Barcode: Sometimes a new comic was added without barcode
• Manage Pick Lists: Didn’t always show any warning for duplicate items

New:

• Settings / Field Defaults: choose field values that will be set for each new entry automatically.
• Edit screen improvements:
  • Improved layout to make it easier on the eye
  • New “Select Value” screen for easier entry of pick list fields (e.g. Artist, Format, Genre, etc…)
  • Cancel and Done buttons have been moved to the top bar.
  • New Delete button at the bottom.

New:

• New folder option: Collection Status: group comics by their Collection Status (Collection, Wish List, On Order, For Sale)

Fixed:

• Fixed login error that could occur
• Search not working correctly after updating a comic from Core

Fixed:

• Add Auto screen: “automatically close after queue is emptied” was not working
• Table Sorting: Empty values were not sorted correctly
• Edit In List: Edit Read It & Changing Date didn’t trigger a “sync change”
• Template: Barcode icon was missing

Fixed:

• Edit Multiple Comics would always uncheck the “Trade Paperback” checkbox
• Main Screen: Scrolling the Details View with the mouse wheel would scroll the list when the scroll bar reached the top
• Sync with Cloud: cancelling sync didn’t always work

Previously, the Connect free 30-day trial limited trial users to 100 items in their database.

To allow full evaluation of our Connect software during the trial, we have removed this database limit. The free 30-day trial now lets you add, import or sync as many items as you want.

Enjoy!

New:

• New Maintenance tool: Tools > Maintenance > Open database location
• Add Auto/Update Settings: Include links from Collectorz Core

Fixed:

• Add Auto: QuickFill: Collection Status wasn’t set correctly
• Stories UDF were not saved
• Sort by Series Column: now it sorts the Series Issues too
• Template: Links section fixed

Fixed:

• Add auto screen: “Collection Status” setting was not working properly
• Images View: Newly added items with “Add Automatically” were not selected

Fixed:

• Edit Comic: Edit/Add Story would throw an “Ancestor for ‘cxTreeStyleRepository’ not found” error