Version 3.2.9.2840: 28 October 2015

• Next and Prev buttons were not working on the CCLI download page.
• Various bug fixes.
• Code refactoring.

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Version 3.2.8.2810: 21 July 2015

• Further fixes to the process of downloading songs from CCLI Song Select.

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Version 3.2.7.2800: 14 July 2015

• Fixed an issue with downloading songs from CCLI Song Select in some regions.
• Added ability to import chord information from "ChordPro" files. Right-click on the chord entry area and select "Import from ChordPro file..." to use.
• Fixed some issues with chord sheet transposing. Spaces and bar indicators are not transposed anymore but are included where specified.
• Added titles to some dialog boxes.
• Help file updates.

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Version 3.2.6.2790: 11 May 2015

• Pressing Ctrl+C on the Chord entry sheet when text has been highlighted will now copy that text to the clipboard.
• Fixed a bug with reading overhead display colour values, where sometimes it would fail to read stored values if certain other settings weren't set.

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Version 3.2.5.2780: 7 May 2015

• Fixed an issue with overhead displays, where an OHD order item that doesn't exist in the song could cause a program fault.
• Fixed an issue where double-clicking or right-clicking on the meeting items list when the list is empty would cause a program fault.
• Fixed an issue on the Sync Conflict form, where clicking in certain parts of the grid would cause a program fault.
• Fixed an issue on the CCLI References dialog, where right-clicking on parts of the data grid would cause a program fault.
• Fixed an issue on the CCLI Update dialog, where right-clicking on parts of the data grid would cause a program fault.
• Fixed an issue on the Reports dialog, where right-clicking on parts of the data grid would cause a program fault.
• Fixed an issue on the "Select Contact" dialog, where right-clicking on a blank entry, or a part of the list that doesn't contain a contact, would cause a program fault.
• On the CCLI Song Download dialog, the CCLI reference number and copyright fields were not being automatically populated, and therefore the download link would not download the song.
• Code refactoring and cleanup.

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Version 3.2.4.2760: 10 April 2015

• Fixed an issue when displaying PowerPoint files in an overhead sequence, where the slideshow would not be correctly sized and centred on the main window. Also, at the end of the slideshow, a page was being skipped in the overhead sequence.
• The Foldback display will now take a snapshot of the mainscreen during a PowerPoint presentation every 2 seconds.

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Version 3.2.3.2750: 30 March 2015

• Fixed an issue with exporting an overhead sequence to PowerPoint, where an invalid PowerPoint file was being created if no background images were set (either a default or specific ones).
• Fixed an issue where a song with no background or gradient (that is, a solid colour) was causing a PowerPoint export to be invalid.
• Fixed an issue with the PowerPoint export, where the line at the bottom, above the copyright information, was occassionally being drawn over the top of the copyright information, particularly if the CCLI song number and song title were included in the copyright information.

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Version 3.2.2.2740: 18 March 2015

• Fixed an issue with some layout code that was causing a program fault.

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Version 3.2.1.2738: 17 March 2015

• Fixed a bug a verse of only 1 line was causing the foldback display to generate a program fault.
• Added the foldback display help page to the help file contents.

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Version 3.2.0.2735: 17 March 2015

• Revamped foldback display now includes a clock, the time remaining on media files or a countdown timer, the next line of the next verse, and the title of the next item in the order of service. Also, the foldback display background is forced to black with no images or gradients, making it clearer for song leaders to see.
• A number of bugs were discovered with having a foldback display and front of house display running at the same time. All of these have now been fixed.
• Changed the "Global CCLI Data Update" form to be the "Bulk Data Updates" form, and moved it to the Admin menu. The form can now do updates to groups, bookmarks and song themes. So, for example, if you want to add a group or a theme to lots of songs, you can now do it in one step, rather than having to go though each song one at a time and add the group or theme individually.
• Fixed an issue with overhead displays, where Ctrl+Down and Ctrl+Up were not working to move to the next or previous songs.
• Better error handling when running Powerpoint presentations in an overhead display. The program will now check that the Powerpoint file exists before trying to run it, and any errors that occur while running it will be displayed on the same monitor as the control window.
• After entering a search phrase into the simple search box, and pressing enter to perform the search, the focus will now stay in the textbox, allowing the user to quickly enter a new search. Pressing enter a second time will move the focus to the list.
• Fixed a bug when deleting contacts, songs or resources that have not been synced. A program fault would occur.
• Fixed an issue where meeting templates were appearing in some meeting lists (for example, on the email dialog).
• Fixed an issue where songs included in meeting templates were being counted in their usage statistics.
• Updated the "General song popularity listing" report, to exclude songs included in meeting templates.
• Fixed issue with uploading CCLI statistics where public domain items have print, digital, record or translation counts. A program fault would occur.
• When printing reports, a "Font size" option has been added to the preview dialog to help control the layout of the reports. Also, the question about centering the report has been removed, and replaced with a toolbar button on the preview dialog.
• Improved titles of reports by including more of the parameters chosen (ie."in last 48 months")
• Pressing "Escape" on the Help window will now close it.
• Updated the advanced search button icon.
• Help file updates.

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Version 3.1.10.2720: 18 December 2014

• Keyboard controls were becoming inactive during an overhead display when a media file is played.
• Keyboard navigation was not working when media files were displayed.
• Custom messages were being permitted to have an auto-advance time of 0 secs, which was causing a program fault when displayed.
• Added the "Notes" field to the advanced song search dialog.
• Added the "Other info" field to the advanced meeting search dialog.
• Rearranged the advanced meeting search dialog to be more consistent.
• Added a context menu to most of the text boxes on all the advanced search dialogs that allows additional search options.
  • For text fields, you can now do "Not equal to" and "Doesn't contain" searches.
  • For numeric and date fields, you can now do "greater than" or "less than" searches.
• The date fields on the advanced resource search dialog were not being populated when reopened after a search.
• When any of the advanced search dialogs are opened, the first field on each form now has the focus, so you can start entering search criteria immediately.
• When F1 is used to open the Help file, the focus is now given directly to the document, so you can scroll the page immediately, rather than needing to click into the document in order to scroll.
• After the Help file is displayed and the document has the focus, Alt+F4 will now close the Help window.
• For most dialogs, pressing the ESC key is now the same as clicking the Cancel button.
• For some dialogs, like the advanced search dialogs, pressing the Enter key is now the same as clicking the OK butotn.
• Help file updates and corrections.
• Updated a few icons.

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Version 3.1.9.2715: 9 December 2014

• Updated PDFsharp libraries to v1.32.
• Fixed an issue with playing media files with Windows Media Player. When the next page control is pressed, the view was skipping ahead to the next slide.
• Fixed video playback issues with the VLC media player, where videos would not start in some circumstances.
• Added a new button for media controls, to turn on/off the thumbnail view for media files, which can be usedful for reducing the memory usage while running a video.
• On the Overhead Display window, relabelled the "Black screen between songs" to be "Black page between items", which is more consistent.
• On the Overhead Display Options window, relabelled the "Use default background settings for black screens" to "Use default background settings for black screens", which is more consistent.
• If the "Black page between items" item is turned on while a presentation is in progress, the wrong item was being highlighted as selected in the list.
• When adding media files or PowerPoint files to a meeting, the "Select PowerPoint/Media" dialog was defaulting to the wrong file type.
• Added an option to allow verse numbers to be included in Bible texts displayed as overheads.
• Fixed a bug when entering a "Source" value for a song when the database doesn't have any previous source values from other songs. A program fault would occur.
• Fixed some more Bible name referencing issues. "ISa" (a variation of 1 Samuel) was being confused with "Isaiah", and "SS" was not being correctly interpreted as "Song of Songs".
• Adding a "Reading" item to a meeting with no Bible reference entered (for instance, for use in a meeting template) would cause a program fault.
• Multiple Bible reference that leave off the book name (eg Gen 1:1-10; 1:11-20) were not being interpreted correctly.
• Added some additional variations for 1 and 2 Kings, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
• The verse display of Bible references on the Overhead Display window was not rendering passages correctly
• Added a test suite for Bible referencing.
• Entering "{countdown" into the content of a custom message (to establish a countdown timer) was causing a program fault.
• The "Import custom messages" button on the Custom Messages dialog was not working.
• When importing custom messages, the Import Selector dialog was displaying "Import Songs" in the title.
• The "Email custom message" function on the Custom Messages dialog was not automatically attaching an XML export file.
• Adding a group to multiple selected meetings in the roster wasn't working.
• Pasting a meeting that contains order of service items or team members will now override any meeting templates items or roster information.
• On the Overhead Options dialog, when the title and author displays are turned off, the alignment options are now hidden, along with the title line checkbox.
• On the Overhead Options dialog, when the copyright display is turned off or set to be the on the last slide, the footer line checkbox is now hidden, as it will not display in those scenarios.
• Updating a song that is currently being displayed as an overhead will no longer reset the song display back to verse 1.
• Improved the consistency when deciding which overhead background to use, based on whether the "Use default background" option is set. Now, if a default background is set, but a section has turned off the default background, then no default values will flow through to the section.
• Double-clicking on a verse in the lyrics section of the Overhead Display window, to jump to a particular verse, was not resetting the verse order.
• Attempting to add a Bible reference that only has a chapter through the "Select Bible Reference" dialog would cause a program fault.
• Fixed a bug with CCLI reporting, where music statistics were not being reported.
• Adjusted the CCLI Music reporting facility, where a Songbook publication is used. The user will be prompted for the songbook based on the list CCLI have on their reporting page.
• Fixed a bug with CCLI reporting, where errors were occuring if more than 1 song was being updated.
• Fixed a bug with CCLI reporting, where multiple result messages were being displayed when the process completed.
• Help file updates and corrections.

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Version 3.1.8.2700: 26 November 2014

• Added a copy and paste function for meetings, contacts and resources.
• Added a paste function for songs.
• Adjusted the toolbar for the song page to be inline with the new copy/paste functions on the other pages.
• Added a copy and paste function for roster items, making it easier to copy a range of existing entries to a new date range.
• Added the ability to use the VLC media player (version 2.1 and above), instead of the Windows media player, for playing video files in an overhead display.
• Fixed some tab stops on the song page.
• Fixed some tab stops on the overhead display page.
• Fixed the colours on all the list boxes to be more in-line with Windows standards.
• Fixed an issue in a few places where pressing F1 to open the help file wasn't opening the help file to the correct page.
• Improved error handling during the sample data reading process when importing data from a CSV file.
• When importing a CSV and the separator is changed, a program fault could occur when reading sample data.
• "&" characters were not displaying in any lists, instead being rendered as a "_" character.
• When adding new meetings to a roster, the sort order of the grid is not changed anymore.
• Fixed an issue where closing the application while the roster maintenance window is open would cause a program fault.
• Fixed a bug with rendering chord sheets, where a header (eg [V1] or [Chorus]) on a line by itself was causing an error. Also added better error handling for future cases I haven't thought of.
• When a new group is added via the dropdown menu on each sections toolbar, that group will now automatically selected on the current item.
• Fixed a bug when adding "Reading" items from a meeting to an overhead display. The verses were being stripped off the reference, leaving only the chapter.
• Improved the handling of invalid Bible references to prevent program faults.
• Added some extra abbreviations for 1 and 2 Kings, Obadiah and Philemon.
• Improved the accuracy of importing Bible text files, where references with spaces (eg "2 Th 3:16") weren't being picked up correctly.
• Fixed an issue with importing a full Bible text file, where it was not correctly reporting where verses had been missed. Also, the list of errors is now being copied to the clipboard for easy viewing.
• Added some more information to the System Report.
• Code refactoring and cleanup.
• Help file updates and corrections.

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Version 3.1.7.2690: 13 November 2014

• Fixed a critical issue with displaying videos as part of an overhead sequence. If the video runs for more than about 2-3 minutes, an "out of memory" condition would occur and the program would terminate.
• Fixed an issue with identifying verses, where verses starting with "Pre" (eg Precious) were being incorrectly marked as a pre-chorus.
• Fixed an issue with emailing zipped attachments. If more than one email with zipped attachments are sent in one session, a "MAPI Error" would occur, indicating the zip file could not be attached to the email because it was being used by another process.
• Fixed an issue with the backup procedure, where a error would occur if no Bible files are present.
• Fixed an issue with the backup procedure, where the cursor does not change to an hourglass while the backup is taking place.
• Added the ability to collapse and expand the Usage/Themes section on the Song page.
• Help file updates and corrections.

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Version 3.1.6.2680: 7 November 2014

• Fixed an issue with retrieving files attached to records. If the file data is nothing an error would occur.
• Fixed a problem with synchronisation. In cases where a large number of changes are needed to be saved to a sync file, and there are a large number of file attachments, an "Out of memory" error could occur.
• Fixed a problem with exporting songs or meetings. In cases where a large number of songs or meetings are selected to be exported, and there are a large number of file attachments, an "Out of memory" error could occur.
• When importing anything other than songs, the wrong heading was being displayed on the Import Selection dialog.
• Added a "Quick help" guide on the chords entry dialog, accessed by clicking the "?" button in the title bar, which displays a list of example keyboard shortcuts for quickly entering chords.
• Added "Sound desk" as a default contact role type for new databases.
• Pressing F1 to display the Help file on the Options dialog was not working.
• Better handling of double-quote marks when importing songs.
• Lyrics section identifiers can now be in uppercase and lowercase (eg, "chorus" and "CHORUS"), not just proper case (ie "Chorus").
• Some improvements to Bible reference interpretations. References like "Matt 1:1, John 3:16", where a comma separates the references, will now work.
• Fixed an issue with Bible references, where a reference that ends in "," or ";" could cause a program fault when the Bible verses are displayed.
• Corrected the short name for the Bible book "Ecclesiaties", from "Exx" to "Ecc". (No idea how that happened!)
• Added some extra Bible book abbreviations, and removed "Ez" as a abbreviation for Ezra and Ezekiel, as there is no way of telling which one it is, otherwise!
• Better handling of the condition where a Bible book name is not recognised.
• The preview images on the Custom Messages dialog were initially wider than the viewing container.
• Changes to the default background of Custom Messages were not triggering a data change, and therefore the program was not prompting the user to save.
• When exporting multiple songs to either OpenLyrics or Presenter format, the second and subsequent songs would include all the previous songs in the file.
• Put the % progress of the export into the window title so it is easy to see.
• The "Add Item to Meeting" button was partially hidden behind the "Description" textbox.
• On the Overhead display window, right-clicking on a media file in the Selected Items list that was not given a default volume when it was added to the list would cause a program fault.
• On the Reports dialog, copying the results to the clipboard was not working.
• Code refactoring and cleanup.
• Help file updates and corrections.

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Version 3.1.5.2649: 21 October 2014

• Fixed a problem with the author information displayed in overhead displays. When the author is included as part of the title section (rather than included in the footer), additional space was being inserted between the title and the author, pushing the author information below the title line.
• Fixed a problem where the media controls were not being shown on the overhead display window when a media file is being played back.
• When creating a new database, the user will be asked if they would like to import the sample song list.

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Version 3.1.4.2648: 15 September 2014

• Cleaned up some code in the overhead display library where some memory leaks were occuring that could cause an "Out of Memory" error when the overhead display has been in operation for long periods of time.

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Version 3.1.3.2645: 10 August 2014

• Fixed a bug where moving items up or down on the overhead display list, when a sequence is running and a black page is being displayed, could result in the list getting items out of sync and potentially lead to a program fault.
• Fixed a bug on the global CCLI data updates dialog, where attempting to add songs from a meeting would cause a program fault.
• When deleting items from the overhead display list, the next item in the list is now automatically selected.
• When deleting items from the create document selected list, the next item in the list in now automatically selected.
• When deleting items from the global CCLI data updates selected list, the next item in the list in now automatically selected.
• When deleting items from the export items selected list, the next item in the list in now automatically selected.
• When deleting items from the attachment list on the email dialog, the next attachment in the list in now automatically selected.

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Version 3.1.2.2642: 4 August 2014

• Fixed a bug where updating to version 3 on a database using the sync system was causing a program fault on startup.
• Fixed a bug with how the unhandled exception handler writes to its log file and screenshot. Paths were not being correctly assessed.
• Fixed a bug with the installer, where the version number had not been updated correctly.

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Version 3.1.1.2640: 9 July 2014

• Changed the download package to be a ZIP file.
• Fixed the main icon, which was accidentally removed in the final build.

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Version 3.1.0.2635: 6 July 2014

• The synchronisation process now includes any image files stored with the program.
• Added a number of keyboard short-cuts to the song chords entry page. To enter {A} chord is as easy as pressing Ctrl-A. To enter {Am/D} you would press Ctrl+A+M+D. See the help file for more details about all the keyboard shortcuts.
• Fixed a bug on the song chords dialog. If changes have been made and the "Cancel" button is pressed, a question was being asked as to whether you want to continue. Clicking "No" to return to data entry was not working.
• Fixed a bug when displaying lyrics or Bible passages that contain an opening quote mark on one line, and the closing quote mark on a separate line. Additional lines were being inserted into the text.
• Fixed a bug when updating from v2.3.6, where an error was preventing the program from starting up. Essentially, code was executing based on the updated database schema, before the database was updated.
• Updated a few icons.
• Code refactoring and cleanup.

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Version 3.0.0.2620: 30 June 2014

• Added a Bible reference selection dialog, to help with entering Bible references. Double-click on any of the Bible reference fields, or right-click and select "Choose Bible Reference...", to bring up this dialog.
• Added the ability to have overhead setting profiles. This means you can have one overhead setup for Sunday morning, another one for youth group meetings, another one for special events, and switch between them quickly and painlessly.
• Replaced the Welcome/Ending overhead messages with a completely new "Custom Message" system, overcoming all the shortcomings of the previous system. Custom messages can be added at any point in a service, and prepared in advance and included in a meeting. Titles and subtitles can be used. You can also set them up to be automatically added to every service at different points. For instance, you might want to have a certain message always appear after the sermon, or the 3rd song.
• Added ability to turn off the lines beneath the title sections, and the line above the copyright section on overhead displays.
• When displaying song overheads, the snapshot of the current display now uses the correct aspect ratio, based on the dimensions of the output monitor.
• The alignment and colour of the reference and version details for Bible passages is now adjustable.
• There is now an option to make the black screen between songs use the default background settings. Coupled with this, there is an option on the overhead display to blank the screen to either the default background, or a full black screen.
• Greatly expanded control over displaying media files. Pause and resume buttons, a volume slider, and a position slider are now available when media files are playing.
• You can now edit the start/end points for media files by right clicking on the item (either in the meeting item list or the overhead list), and clicking on one of the drop down menu items.
• The volume for media items can be preset for each item. Right click on the media item in the overhead list, and click on one of the menu items to display an editing dialog where volume can also be set.
• The snapshot view will now display snapshots of playing media files. The snapshot is taken every second, so it won't be as smooth as the playing media itself but it gives the operator an idea about where the media is without impacting performance.
• The "Performed By" and "Songs Performed" dialogs now have the option of copying the data to the clipboard so it can be pasted into other applications (like Microsoft Excel).
• Added ability to import song data from OpenLP databases.
• Added ability to import OpenSong song files.
• Added an option to email an import file back to me if it fails to import correctly.
• Greatly decreased the time it takes to show the available background image thumbnails, so if you have lots of images this should work much faster.
• Fixed a bug with the display of "Press Ctrl+X to exit" on the last black page of a sequence. There were instances where it would not display at all, and instances where it was displaying on song displays.
• Fixed a bug on the Overhead Display window. If the control window has the focus when "Ctrl+X" is pressed to end a presentation, a program fault would occur.
• Fixed a bug with displaying copyright information in a PowerPoint export. If the option was selected to include copyright info on the last slide, the copyright information was being left out entirely.
• Fixed a bug with the "Songs used in period" report, where under some circumstances this report would cause a program fault.
• Fixed a bug where right-clicking on some lists that have no items in them (for instance, the order of service list or the team member list), would cause a program fault.
• Fixed a bug with the Reports dialog, where right-clicking on an empty grid would cause a program fault.
• Fixed a bug with the Reports dialog, where right-clicking on an "alpha mark" (eg "==A=="), would cause a program fault.
• Fixed a bug with the contact sort options. Setting a second sort field and making those sort options default would cause a program fault when the program was restarted because the second sort option was not being restored correctly.
• Fixed a bug with displaying some complex Bible references, where a references like "John 3:1-5,16" and "John 3:1-5, 16-17" would not return all the verses, or none at all in some cases.
• Fixed a bug with displaying Bible texts, where the references were being added to the end of the previous verse.
• Fixed a bug with the "Download CCLI References" where a program fault would occur during the searching process.
• Fixed a bug with the "Create Document" dialog, where entering a page number to jump to was not working.
• Added a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+F12) to open the Overhead Options dialog.
• Expanded the spell checking for songs. The notes field is now included in the spell checking.
• Added spelling checking facilities to meetings. The description, theme and general information fields can now be spell checked.
• Added spelling checking facilities to contacts. The notes fields can now be spell checked.
• Added spelling checking facilities to resources. The notes fields can now be spell checked.
• Added a new menu option, under "Help", to download and install the sample list of songs from the Church Music Organiser website.
• When first installing the program, the user will be asked whether they want to download and install the sample list of songs.
• Adjusted the "File/Import" menu, breaking out the different formats into sub-menu items: Church Music Organiser files, OpenLP files, OpenLyrics files, Presenter files and CSV files.
• Adjusted the "Export" dialog for songs, adding an "Output format" option, where the desired output format can be selected prior to clicking the save button. This allows the save process to use either a normal save file dialog, or a browse folder dialog for OpenLyrics or Presenter formats.
• Improved the update system to allow the newest installation package to be downloaded and started straight away, without the need to visit the webpage.
• Fixed an issue with the installer where the routine that checks for and installs the .NET Framework was not working properly.
• Some small UI tweaks and improvements.
• General code refactoring and cleanup.
• Quite a lot of Help file updates and corrections.
  • Fixed an issue where the Help file would not display in some circumstances.
  • Added a lot more screen images so that a printed version of the help file is more, well, helpful.
  • Added some CSS to the help files so that the printed version of a help page is formatted better.
  • Fixed a few instances where the wrong page was being displayed when F1 is pressed.

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