- When a form attempts to access the “Form” property of another form, it checks if the other form is minimized. If the other form is minimized then it does not attempt to use the “Form” property of the other form.
- When the application is closed with the File>Exit command any forms that are minimized are not saves to the registry list of previously open forms. When the application is reopened only normal and maximized forms will be reopened automatically.
- If a form is minimized and then the form is closed (or the application exits), the position and size of the form is not saved.
NEW FEATURES & MODIFICATIONS:
none
Revision Notes: The DVD Register, Release 1.23.7.01 (First Build) Built June 7, 2005
KNOWN BUGS:
BUG FIXES:
- The File>Import>Upgrade Procedure was changed (affecting only upgrades from Release.1.21.xx to the current release) to handle the upgrade of features and programs so that user modification to the performers and themes takes precedence and over factory populated data for the same features or programs. Some users reported key violations during the upgrade of performers and themes from catalog that had been heavily edited by the user. This change is intended to reduce or eliminate these specific upgrade issues.
NEW FEATURES & MODIFICATIONS:
General:
The following disc types were added: DVD-HD, DVD Blu-ray, DVD-mini, Other A, and Other B. The following forms and reports were affected by this change:
- Form: Your Discs:
- Form: Rapid Entry”
- Form: Reference Discs Subform
- Form: Your Discs Subform
- Form: Custom Defaults
- Form: Image Grid
- Form: Discs Grid
- Form: Discs Grid Subform
- Report: One Disc Per Page:
- Report: Discs Technical Specification
- Report: Factory Movies Not Issued on DVD
- Report: Discs with Images
One the following forms the types “LD*” and “DVD*” were added to provide the capability to do wild card filters for all types of LDs and all types of DVDs. The other forms are unaffected by this wild card issue because they do not provide for filtering.
- Form: Your Discs:
- Form: Discs Grid
- Form: Image Grid
April 2005 marked the initial release of Mini DVDs. Samsung has announced a Mini DVD player, more at PhysOrg.com. Warner appears to me a major supporter of the format, more at Warner.com. The Mini DVD is a standard 8cm disc (same size as the Mini CD) and can be played in any standard DVD player using the smaller detent in the center of the tray. The Warner titles list for $15.00. The format appears to be targeted at the teen market but I intend to start cataloging the mini format next month. It seems to me that the Mini DVD has a better chance to succeed than the SONY format because the standard Mini DVD will have the support of multiple hardware manufacturers and content providers. Warner was the initial supporter of the DVD format in the face of resistance from Buena Vista and others. I expect that I will initially catalog the Mini format as a DVD and not the distinction in the remarks. Later in the year I expect to introduce in the software some additional DVD format variations in the "Type" field.
According to the trade press, high-definition DVD product will start shipping in North America in late 2005. There are currently two standards, with broad support, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. I had been expecting that the industry would eventually settle on a single consumer standard for the next generation DVD but all indications at the moment are that this situation promises to be a Beta versus VHS shoot-out in the market place.
Some users collect other home video media formats other and LD and DVD and have used the DVD Register to track these items in their colelction. The new disc types of "Other A" and "Other B" are intended to provide a general method to identify that these items are not LD and DVD without attempting to specifically provide tyes for all possible categories of home video formats.
Discs Form: The “Purchased From” field was changed to eliminate the default selection of stores that have since gone out of business. The drop down selection for this field will now only show stores that have been entered into the user catalog.
CHANGES TO THE REFERENCE CATALOG:
The build includes a fresh make of the reference catalog db including all corrections made to the catalog since the first build of Release 1.23.6.
Incremental reference updates DVDCAT110, DVDCAT112, DVDCAT113, DVDCAT114, DVDCAT115, DVDCAT116, DVDCAT117, and DVDCAT118 were incorporated.
Revised August 17, 2009