Family MattersŪ Copyright 1995 - 2007 Ray Nicklas dba MatterWare All Rights Reserved 14 October 2007 Version Release Information: Family Matters **** 1.00 through 2.00 - Mid 1994 through Sep 1995 **** - Development, beta, and widely distributed release **** 2.01 Oct 1995 through 2.42 April 1996 **** - Various updates and releases of increasing capability **** 3.00 Sep 1996 through 3.31d August 1998 **** - Major upgrade followed by releases of increasing capability Family Matters 97 **** 4.00-4.02b (beta tests) - January-November 1998 **** - Beta test releases of 32-bit Access97-based Family Matters 97 **** 4.03 - January 1999 **** - Speedier Chooser operation without Go button on Views - Used improved parent identification on Person Report (like Group) - Made reports fit better on narrower paper, like A4 - Added ability to recognize dates missing qualifier/year space like "C1900" - Fixed International date local month string processing longer than 3 characters - Added relationship to Person List View entries - Made web generation file names limited to ASCII "a" though "z" **** 4.10 - February 1999 **** - New Picture View form and Picture Report incorporated - Changed Database Backup to prompt on replacing existing file **** 4.11 - February 1999 **** - Added ability to preview current Picture report from picture View - Now use tabbed panels on GEDCOM dialog **** 4.12-4.12f - March-AugustJune 1999 **** - Finds Personal setting from registry instead of assume "C:\My Documents" - Made FamList, PersonList, Descendancy, Picture, Source Views resize only with font size change - Made Pedigree and Group View buttons resize with font size change - Now use tabbed panels on Source View - Fixed non-working "Set Basis" in relationship tool - Allowed date entry and GEDCOM date format with period after qualifier - Fixed access denied error when saving backup and Views open - Changed to new MatterWare web site - Added Cancel button to Picture View not active dialog - Fixed non-generation of family on web site when primary qualifies but spouse does not - Improved date parsing for International users **** 4.13-4.13a - August 1999 **** - Changed Web generation dialog to tabbed control, ability to control family page footer, ability to customize family pages, set person sort - Added capability to Event Dictionary to specify events that can be part of web site, and included ability in web generation - Corrected date processing error introduced in 4.12f involving days - Added ability to enable/disable the web Help-Using page **** 4.14-4.14d - September-December 1999 **** - Added Option to turn on/off bottom View Navigation Buttons - Added option to choose between Windows system colors vs. FM Classic colors - Made Ped View go to newly created record, and saved record and requeried Chooser after update for spouse and primary - Added Preview All button to Picture View Options tab - Included updated msjet35.dll and msrepl35.dll in RunTime version - Activated Show Picture on Person View - Prevented "Changes Only" web site generation when header information or length, appearance, site name, or other stuff has changed - Fixed Event sub-form sizing for scale factor less than 100 - Fixed errant "." on web generated pages when minimum text selected. - Automatically started Descendant generation upong combo-box change - Fixed sometimes failure to export all family events with GEDCOM - Added ability to import LDS GEDCOM with Lf vs CrLf error **** 4.14e - January 2000 **** - Recognized non-existant directory on web Generation - Corrected sometimes Invalid_Use_Of_Null on web generation after GEDCOM import - Some string-processing speed-ups - Automatically save data on any open views upon web generation - Fixed non Web Site output of WebNotes on "Living" persons - Added a test to ensure Famat97.mde isn't read-only, and alert user - Added Sort option to Person List View - Fixed Date Calculator handling of dates on International machines - Fixed error concerning Old Style February date when day not specified **** 4.20 - April 2000 **** - Fixed save of Export Relationships on GEDCOM - Fixed Web site generation error when EndNote is last note text - Added Citation View for Source Citation support - Expanded all Views with citation support - Deleted Family View, moving data to new More display on Family Group View - Lots more processing speed-ups - Added display of colors chosen on Web Generation dialog - Corrected bugs that arose during the beta test **** 4.20a,b,c - May - July 2000 **** - Improved robustness of GEDCOM Import - Improved requery of open windows when data in another is changed - Fix resize error when Group View is used full-screen on a very hi-res monitor **** 4.20d - August 2000 **** - Fixed sometime disabled shortcut menus on Group View - Hid Repair Database when using Access 2000 enabled Famat97.mde file **** 4.20e - September-November 2000 **** - Fixed GPF on web generation when using Access 2000 - Fixed sometime births not showing on Event View - Fixed behavior when new Piture records are added **** 4.20f - February 2001 **** - Fixed sometimes error on initial child data entry - Set child ordering on GEDCOM output to be oldest first - Removed birth date date from Web outout persons as Living - Fixed sometime Relationship button error on Person view **** 4.20g - March-April 2001 **** - Fixed some errors on Picture web page generation - Fixed child on Group View to immediately show parents on Person View - Made Picture events sort by date in web output - Added choice of retaining citations when source deleted - Fixed sometime error message when deleting Group View Primary person - Improved handling of relationship invalidation on Group View - Fixed sometime error on Group View when parent deleted - Corrected handling of Change_Date on GEDCOM import - Improved index.htm for better web robot indexing - Fixed Group View when new parent added to existing parent's family **** 4.20h - May 2001 **** - Web generation now stops when family table error recognized - Corrected sometimes error message on Group View spouse mother addition - Sped some web generation - Added output of surnames.html for Surname Helper inclusion **** 4.20i - June 2001 **** - Fixed GEDCOM so all SOUR citations are output - Fixed first blank line in GEDCOM import if no import statement spec'd **** 4.20j - November 2001 **** - Fixed person Picture links to non-output picture HTML files - Fixed missing

in photo web output HTML after photograph - Fixed sometime error message upon maximizing Group View on hi-res monitors - On Repository delete, announce how many sources linked to it - On WebSite changes generation, include files with changed background - Fixed Picture View settings on new picture - Fixed Picture View person list on Show group when child - Fixed the DecForm.GenerateButton_Click 3077=Syntax error **** 4.20j1 - December 2001 **** - Improved Database Compact & Repair **** 4.21 - January 2002 **** - Added Access Snapshot report option - Added Picture View text generation of included persons - Corrected web generation possible misinterpretation of "True" **** 4.21a - February-May 2002 **** - Added GEDCOM input line text to Import error message - Added warning before GEDCOM import into existing file - Added check of CrLf or other control characters in Name fields - Added GEDCOM input bad character check - Added better import support of PAF _UID and _AKA tags **** 4.21b - December 2002 **** - Improved key word output to web pages - Fixed errant Family message when pasting Person event - Allowed for pasting parent link on Group View - Fixed error when pasting death event on Person View - Corrected sometime Can't Update error on web generation - Corrected BackTrack records when child family created **** 4.21c - January 2004 **** - Corrected "Query Too Complex" error in PrintTocInd **** 4.21d - July 2004 **** - Changed MatterWare business address **** 4.21e - August 2004 **** - Improved Citation handling on Event Paste - Improved Citation View form behaviors **** 4.21f - September 2004 **** - Improved Fam/Ind Citation handling on Ind/Fam Event Paste - Fixed WebForm.PrintGendex 3265=Item not found in this collection error **** 4.22 - January 2005 **** - Added Forward button on all Views - Replacement of View ScaleFactor with Font size behavior - Eliminated redundancy in Surnames.html, and inclusion errors - Added choice to sort Children births with Family events in Web output - Added choice to sort Pictures with Person events in Web output - Added choice to limit Picture size in Web output - Fixed sometimes error when setting Born on Child form - Ordered Person links on Picture web pages by birth date **** 4.22a - February 2005 **** - Fixed Web Site sample file generation bug **** 4.22b - June 2005 **** - Fixed Decendancy data errors when opening upgraded database - Fixed Website output of persons if ALL/75/100 set to ALL - Fixed text editor default error **** 4.22c - January 2006 **** - Fixed databse conversion error introduce in 4.22 **** 4.22d - July 2006 **** - Fixed web generation issues for use in Windows XP-64 **** 4.22e - August 2006 **** - Fixed sometimes web generation GenerateWebSite.0920 error - Supressed Web output of person details if Living - Updated Family Matters splash screen **** 4.23 - July 2007 **** - Updated Copyright statement and splash screen - Fixed WebForm. 7600.3021=No current record error - Fixed name blank vs Null family sort ordering - Fixed FamListReport request for values using Access 200x - Fixed PrintForm surname combo hangup using Access 200x **** 4.23a - September 2007 **** - Fixed WebForm. 7100 Item not found in this collection error **** 4.23b - October 2007 **** - Fixed StartupStuff. A000 invalid procedure call error - Added option to open PersonView when GroupView child or parent not found **** Coming Soon **** - New genealogy features in 4.30 et al - Use of Access 2007 in 5.00 et al - Other user-requested features IMPORTANT, if you are updating from a 16-bit version (3.xx) to a 32-bit version (4.xx) you MUST do a full install, and run Setup.exe DO NOT install, unzip, or copy any of Family Matters' files into your old 3.xx Family Matters installation directory. ALSO, your 16-bit version must be at least 3.20 for Family Matters to be able to use your existing database. OTHERWISE, to update from previous 32-bit versions, registered or unregistered, just COPY (please don't run SETUP) the following files into their designated directories: File Name Version Last Updated ------------------ ------------------------------- In your Family Matters 97 Program folder (perhaps "C:\Program Files\Family Matters 97\") Famat97.hlp 4.22 Famat97.cnt 4.21 Famat97.mde 4.23b FMempt97.mdb 4.20 License.txt 4.23 Order.txt 4.23 ReadMe.txt 4.23 Versions.txt always (you're reading Versions.txt) Manual97.exe 4.22 In your data directory (perhaps "C:\My Documents\Famat97\FmData\"): FMsamp97.mdb 4.20 ALTERNATIVELY, if you have the entire new installation set of Family Matters, of a version later than what is installed, you can go ahead and run setup.exe to install the new version.