LEGEND

+ = New feature

- = Removed feature

~ = Modified feature

! = Minor bug (harmless, odd behaviour)

* = Major bug (Crash or data loss)

AutoSort V1.5 (May 20, 2001)

1. + Added filename collision handling window that pops up during Move/Copy operation to allow collisions to be handled manually for each file, a "Do ALL Files" is also available.
2. + Added Auto-Rename file on collision in the Options.
3. ~ Re-worded the options "Overwrite non-identical destination" and "Allow Duplicate Creation" and their associated settings so they better reflect what they are used for and what they really do.
4. + Added a "Delete Files" to the 'Series' popup menu.  This allows deletion of *all* files contained within a series.
5. + Added options to turn off file deletion confirmation for both individual files and  series of files.
6. + Added keyboard shortcuts for the popup menu options "Delete File(s)...", "Repeat Selections(s)", "Identify As..." and "New Celeb From... ".
7. + Added "Search On IMDb..." to the celeb record editor and to the celebrity popup menu in the main window.  IMDb stands for "The Internet Movie Database" and is one of the most widely recognized source of information about actors and actresses on the Net.
8. + Added a quick access to the 10 most recently used folders in the "Identify Files..." and "Move/Copy Marked Files..." windows.  The folder history is available by clicking the down arrow at the end of the folder input box.
9. ! Fixed a problem where using "Identify As..." or "New Celeb From..." would replace any valid identifications made prior to using those features.  Now, only the celebrity suggestions with *no* check marks get cleaned up.

AutoSort V1.4 Rev 1 (January 28, 2001)

1. ! Fixed bug under Windows Me:  AutoSort had problems locating files such as "ExcludeKeywords.wri" and "User.cdb", this also caused the [Database]->[Send in "User.cdb"] menu item to become grey (unavailable).  AutoSort used to open/save files to/from the current application folder, for some reson this fails under Windows Me.  The problem was worked around by always specifying fully qualified paths to the files.
2. ! Fix a bug that caused celebrity names with capital letters in the middle not to get identified properly.  Example names: "DelBargo", "DelMonte", "LaRue", ...

AutoSort V1.4 (January 22, 2001) - Changes since V1.3

1. + User celebrities now have "[User]" appended to the celebrity name in the main window and the celebrity finder window.
2. + Alias entries displayed in the main window and the celebrity finder window now show the storage folder as usual, plus the combined name parts.  This is useful when you wonder why "AdrianaSklenarikova" gets identified as 'Adriana Karembeu'.  Now it gets displayed as "Adriana Sklenarikova (Adriana Karembeu)"
3. ~ No Auto-Select flag suggestions in the celebrity editor have been completely re-written, users should now rely on the suggestions offered.
4. + When merging a database update with the User.cdb, the celebrity comparison window now highlights the differences between the distributed and user celebs.
5. + Added some filtering options at the top of the database editor.
6. + Files are now displayed with their *real* file icons in the main window.
7. + Optimized file pre-processor, fair amount faster.
8. + Added an identification algorithm that uses Metaphones (sounds like...) to spot misspelled celebs in file names.
9. + Added an option to create text files that contain the celeb's info in output folders during the file move/copy operation.
10. + Added [Perform phonetic Search] option to the celebrity finder window.  This allows you to find celebrities even if you don't spell the name quite right.
11. ! [Repeat selections...] now copies matches to sibling files as required.  This was an issue when you manually identified an individual file and wanted to repeat the selection the the remainder of the file series.
12. ! Database editing now disabled when running multiple instances of AutoSort. This could lead to conflicts if the user database was edited from different instances. Now only the first instance of AutoSort can edit and or save the User.cdb file.
13. * Fixed bug while running under Windows ME, AutoSort would save the User.cdb file in the "Temporary Internet Files" folder. Reason unknown, worked around the problem by specifying fully qualified path instead of saving in the default application folder.
14. * Fixed major bug: If your identified files from a folder and selected 'Move files...' into the same folder(as if you tried to sort some already sorted files to the same folder), all positively identified files would get permanently deleted during the 'Move/Copy' operation if the 'Move' option was set.
15. ! The [Auto Delete] feature now works.  Oups, omission from my part...
16. + Added a warning about the [Auto Delete] feature in the celebrity editor to tell the user about the purpose of this feature and to confirm his intent.
17. ! When adding a new celebrity to the database via the 'Series' name, the 'series file count' no longer gets passed as part of the default text that is used to create the new entry.
18. ! The file counts displayed on sections and series now update themselfes after a file move/copy operation.
19. + Added an option to turn off the Auto-Selection of positively identified files(red check mark) after the initial identification.  The option was added to the window where you select the folder to scan for identification.
20. + Added program Icon
21. + Added a few keyboard shortcuts for the main window menu

AutoSort V1.3 (November 5, 2000)

1. + Database information window now shows separate distributed and user db info
2. + Added a No Auto-Select notification in the celebrity editor for potentially troublesome celebrities.
3. + Added an option to the database menu for the user to send in his "User.cdb", It builds a pre-addressed email message with the the "User.cdb" file attatched.
4. + Added a "Send in User.cdb" notification for every 50 new entries in"User.cdb"
5. + Added a simple 'First Session Wizzard'
6. + Completed the documentation
7. + Added an icon to represent 'No Auto-Select' celebrities in the main window
8. - Got rid of useless [N] icons in the main window, these stood for 'Normal' celebrities.
9. + Added a file extention filter in the 'Identification Options Window', You can now limit the file scan to user defined file types.
10. ~ The database editor no longer has to be present to allow adding/editing celebs from various locations in the program.
11. ~ Improved and fixed several little problems with database editing.
12. ! The database editor no longer tracks useless changes made to the database
    ie: when you edit a celeb and don't change anything and then hit OK.
13. ~ When attempting to add a celeb that already exists, the Duplicate celeb message box now shows more useful info. The already existing celeb also gets hi-lighted in the database editor.
14. + Added a "Find..." button in the database editor.
15. ~ Re-wrote the User.cdb load/merge/update management. The user now has the option to keep or discard an entry in his "User.cdb" when a similar entry is present in the distributed database.
16. + Added a progress meter while User.cdb loads, can be a lengthy operation if you've made several hundred modifications.
17. * Fixed a problem where the program would tell you that the selected folder did not exist when in fact it did. Could also cause the program to hang.
18. ! Fixed folder parsing routines, those could fail if a drive path like "C:" was used or if an extra trailing backslash was used un-necessarily.

AutoSort V1.2a Rev 2(September 16, 2000)

1. + Added "New Celeb From Serie..." popup menu item.
2. + Added "New Celeb From File..." popup menu item.
3. + Added "New Celeb" button in the "Celebrity Finder" window.
4. ~ Rewrote and improved the the performance of the "Celebrity Finder" window.
5. ! Fixed the image link in the "Options" documentation.
6. ~ Increased evaluation limit to 2000 files.

AutoSort V1.2a Rev 1(September 10, 2000)

1. ! Fixed the links in the help menu...
2. ! Window title now shows proper version
3. + Documented the Options

AutoSort V1.2a (September 2, 2000)

1. + Added identification options dialog with folder picker and text control.
2. + Added option to identify selected folder only, or all sub-folders as well.
3. + Added move/copy options dialog with folder picker and text control.
4. + Added option to either move or copy files to the destination folder.
5. + Added option to show file count on sections and series.
6. ! The progress meter during initial file scan did not show progress, fixed.
7. ! Initial file scan could not be canceled, fixed.
8. ~ Improved single name identification algorithm.
9. ~ File pre-processor re-written and slighly improved.
10. + Implemented database modification/update scheme that protects user modifications thru database updates, all user modifications are now saved in "User.cdb" file.  This also allows users to send me their database modifications for integration in the distributed database.
11. + Added 3 Identification algorithms to check for minor typos in file names
12. + Added Identification algorithms to check for partial names
13. ! Fixed FullName algorithm to reject matches with overlapping first and last name parts in file name.
14. ~ Improved match filter to reject celebrity name that fits in another
    ex: Anna Paula fits in Anna Paula Teixeira, Anna Paula gets rejected
15. + Added more carrer flags to database.
16. + Added some "Magazine" flags.
17. + Added Notes/Biography to database.
18. ~ Relpaced the Celeb "Disabled" flag by "No Auto Select" flag, this is usefull for celebrities like "Cher" or "Tina Le" that often get "Automatically selected" in error by AutoSort.
19. + Added "Edit Celeb Data" in popup menu and by doubleclicking.
20. + Added option to use underscores in foldernames instead of spaces
21. + Added the "Identify As..." popup menu to the file and serie popups.
22. + Added an option to limit the number of matches displayed for a file

AutoSort V1.1a

Internal changes only, this version was never oficially released.