History of changes ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ DATE TEXT ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [17.04.01] REL: VERSION 1.18 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [15.04.01] FIX: reported timeouts with some U.S. quote servers [09.04.01] FIX: should now use noticeably less cpu power [05.04.01] FIX: ticker tape now does not show same entry twice [21.03.01] FIX: yahoo.com had changed [21.03.01] FIX: yahoo.de had changed ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [29.01.01] REL: VERSION 1.17 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [29.01.01] NEW: Option to make scrolling of ticker tape even faster [29.01.01] FIX: Bank 24 site had changed [12.01.01] FIX: CNN-US-Markets site had changed ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [14.12.00] REL: VERSION 1.16 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [12.12.00] FIX: InStock high/low was swapped [12.12.00] FIX: Comdirect had changed ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [07.12.00] REL: VERSION 1.15 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [04.12.00] FIX: Printing w/o stock names on some printers [04.12.00] FIX: Deutsche Bank Warrants/Stocks fixed ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [28.11.00] REL: VERSION 1.14 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [24.11.00] NEW: Deutsche Bank Warrants - new data source [24.11.00] NEW: Onvista - new data source [24.11.00] FIX: Wallstreet-Online removed as data source [24.11.00] FIX: Deutsche Bank Devisen fixed [24.11.00] FIX: Deutsche Bank fixed [10.11.00] FIX: comdirect now shows company profile -- thanks to M. Schaufuss [10.11.00] FIX: comdirect now shows company profile -- thanks to M. Schaufuss [10.11.00] FIX: swissquote source fixed -- thanks to user Michael Schaufuss ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [02.11.00] REL: VERSION 1.13 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [02.11.00] FIX: adding of new timer items brought up assert errors [17.10.00] NEW: better printing (page headers, grey bars, etc.) [17.10.00] NEW: change and change% for alert windows ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [06.10.00] REL: VERSION 1.12 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [04.10.00] FIX: quote.com was broken [02.10.00] FIX: yahoo.de was broken [22.09.00] FIX: sometimes button description in toolbar appeared twice [22.09.00] FIX: two internal errors occurred when creating new sections ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [10.09.00] REL: VERSION 1.11 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [10.08.00] NEW: ticker tape for stock quotes [05.08.00] FIX: some help texts were missing [01.08.00] FIX: comdirect funds gave errors for some funds [12.07.00] NEW: now faster when marking sections with many items [12.07.00] NEW: option to select internet browser used for charts [04.07.00] NEW: some toolbar buttons now with text [02.07.00] FIX: sometimes read incomplete html-code from the web [02.07.00] FIX: yahoo.com was broken [30.06.00] FIX: b24find showed Düsseldorf instead of Düsseldorf ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [28.06.00] REL: VERSION 1.10 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [26.06.00] FIX: braindead connection handling in MS Web Servers fixed [26.06.00] FIX: Deutsche Bank -- Index and Devisen had changed [19.06.00] FIX: yahoo.com had changed [19.06.00] FIX: frankfurt stock exchange index had changed [10.06.00] CHG: now using Microsoft VC 6.0 compiler [26.05.00] FIX: proxy authentication was broken [25.05.00] FIX: handling of taskbar icon when minimize-to-taskbar set ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [23.05.00] REL: VERSION 1.09 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [13.04.00] FIX: item comment now accepts more than two lines [11.04.00] NEW: option to show lines with white and gray background [10.04.00] NEW: colum to check missed profit/loss after stocks were sold [10.04.00] NEW: own calculation for yesterday/change/change% (if necessary) [10.04.00] NEW: download speed improvements [10.04.00] NEW: checked all german and U.S. data sources [09.04.00] NEW: new data source: instock.de [09.04.00] NEW: new data source: wallstreetonline.de [09.04.00] FIX: multiple error windows occurred when dialling failed [08.04.00] NEW: option to select max number of parallel updates (1-10) [06.04.00] FIX: quote.com was broken [06.04.00] FIX: quicken.com was broken [28.03.00] FIX: can now be closed during update [19.03.00] FIX: yahoo.de was broken ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [28.02.00] REL: VERSION 1.08 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [28.02.00] FIX: yahoo.de was broken [28.02.00] FIX: quote.com was broken [10.02.00] NEW: menu command "sell" [13.02.00] FIX: now displays amount with comma digits correctly [01.02.00] FIX: avoid crash for "bough" stocks with a zero amt or price [01.02.00] NEW: tested and fixed for Windows 2000 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [01.01.00] REL: VERSION 1.07 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [01.01.00] FIX: Manual quote looped with first entry of each section [01.01.00] FIX: Date fileds were incorrectly shown (Y2K problem) [08.12.99] FIX: cnnfn.com reported absolute change as %change [08.12.99] FIX: charts in comdirect and lg-stuttgart were broken ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [26.11.99] REL: VERSION 1.06 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [18.11.99] FIX: Yahoo.de source was broken (only returned current price) [04.11.99] CHG: now uses newer verison of deutsche bank web site [03.10.99] FIX: fixed memory leak (system ran out of memory after some time) [17.09.99] NEW: added data source for DAB realtime ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [12.09.99] REL: VERSION 1.05 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [11.09.99] FIX: program sometimes hung when changing sections during update [09.09.99] FIX: now only reports changes (popup) when quote actually changes [09.09.99] CHG: now able to close (delayed) while items are in update [06.09.99] NEW: added clone function to section dialog [29.08.99] FIX: adapted changes for deutsche-bank24 data source ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [28.08.99] REL: VERSION 1.04 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [27.08.99] FIX: debugging log was always written [24.08.99] CHG: graphical indication of percent values (arrows or bars) [23.08.99] NEW: stock split function [18.08.99] NEW: printing [18.08.99] NEW: manual and automatic file backup [18.08.99] NEW: parallel update for multiple items [14.08.99] NEW: now shows red/green alert icons, depending on type of alert [14.08.99] FIX: Bank24 reported wrong volume [13.08.99] NEW: now displays total for buy/sell fee [13.08.99] FIX: high/low alert icon was cleared when restarting the program [13.08.99] FIX: gross gain/loss was always empty [12.08.99] FIX: help for edit item -> buy/sell was not available [12.08.99] FIX: did not handle single quote as digit grouping symbol [12.08.99] NEW: comment field for stock items ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [03.08.99] REL: VERSION 1.03 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [02.08.99] NEW: colors red/green now user configurable [02.08.99] NEW: Added field for dividend payments [02.08.99] FIX: "Value (Current)" column was wrong [23.07.99] FIX: zd-net sometimes gave an ASSERT message [22.07.99] FIX: comdirect was completely redesigned (now with new-informer) [16.07.99] FIX: cnn us market failed when change was negative ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [06.07.99] REL: VERSION 1.02 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [06.07.99] FIX: yahoo.de changed [06.07.99] FIX: quicken.com changed [06.07.99] FIX: general glitch in parsing values fixed [06.07.99] FIX: unchecking "Timed Update" did not work ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [30.06.99] REL: VERSION 1.01 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [28.06.99] FIX: several data sourced had changed ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [20.05.99] REL: VERSION 1.00 [first final] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [11.05.99] FIX: scroll bar was missing in dial up network selection list [08.05.99] FIX: move-to-section did not work with multiple items ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [21.04.99] REL: VERSION 0.99 [last public beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [20.03.99] NEW: manual about data source programming added [12.03.99] NEW: added swiss data sources [10.03.99] CHG: item dialog changed ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [19.02.99] REL: VERSION 0.97 [public beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [19.03.99] NEW: quote-info (web) entry in item menu [10.03.99] SRC: cnnusmarkets failed when market was closed [10.03.99] NEW: added "first/open" to most sources [15.02.99] FIX: vertical scrolling resulted in window garbage [15.02.99] FIX: showed instead of expire message [14.02.99] FIX: sometimes crashed on server timeouts [13.02.99] FIX: hung when locking workstation under WinNT [10.02.99] NEW: new U.S. source ZDNET.COM (ZDII.COM) ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [06.02.99] REL: VERSION 0.96 [public beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [05.02.99] NEW: colors for positive/negative values [01.02.99] CHG: item dialog redesigned [05.02.99] FIX: three digit negative numbers had a thousand separator [03.02.99] FIX: sometimes hung when editing an item [01.02.99] CHG: no-refresh-after-edit option removed [01.02.98] NEW: swiss market option [28.01.99] FIX: sometimes locked up when changing sections during update [28.01.99] FIX: time format error fixed ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [24.01.99] REL: VERSION 0.95 [public beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [19.01.99] FIX: problem with deleting multiple or locked items [19.01.99] FIX: used up more and more memory over the time [18.01.99] NEW: option to use custom font for list [18.01.99] NEW: function to move item into other section [18.01.99] FIX: crash when deleting the currently visible section [18.01.99] SRC: cnnusmarkets failed when market was closed [18.01.99] FIX: intro help window was shown every time [15.01.99] SRC: quicken.com charts didn't work [15.01.99] SRC: quote.com charts didn't work ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [14.01.99] REL: VERSION 0.94 [public beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [11.01.99] FIX: help files completed [11.01.99] FIX: windows 95/98 system/gdi resource leak fixed [11.01.99] SRC: all sources now more robust against changes ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [08.01.99] REL: VERSION 0.93 [public beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [08.01.99] SRC: german sources adapted to euro currency [07.01.99] FIX: local numbers in U.S. style displayed incorrectly [07.01.99] CHG: new toolbar style [07.01.99] CHG: better error messages for scripting error [20.12.98] SRC: YAHOO.COM changed [20.12.98] SRC: AMD did not work when updated from QUOTE.COM [20.12.98] SRC: AMD did not work when updated from QUICKEN.COM [20.12.98] SRC: yahoo.de changed [20.12.98] FIX: shortcut (F10) for item refresh did not work [20.12.98] NEW: automatic internet dial out option [04.12.98] NEW: button to look for system's proxy settings ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [03.12.98] REL: VERSION 0.92 [public beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [20.11.98] NEW: command line option /LANG: and /MIN: (see help) [09.11.98] FIX: adding new timers crashed [07.11.98] FIX: now honors min./maximized setting from program icon [03.11.98] NEW: now offer /LANG:7 or /LANG:9 switch to force language ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [30.10.98] REL: VERSION 0.91 [first public beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [10.10.98] FIX: sorting a list twice based on date resulted in fmt-error [10.10.98] FIX: program options file was still portfolio.cfg [10.10.98] FIX: removed internet menu item [10.10.98] FIX: help files from help menu didn't work ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [09.10.98] REL: VERSION 0.90 [internal only] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [08.10.98] FIX: sorting on date did not work correctly [08.10.98] CHG: items.inf keys renamed: CurrentXxx -> QuoteXxxx, Currency -> QuoteCurrency, Market -> QuoteMarket [30.09.98] NEW: option to play sound on high-low alert [30.09.98] NEW: option to restore main window on timer-update ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [12.09.98] REL: VERSION 0.81 [internal only] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [10.09.98] NEW: manual-quote [10.09.98] NEW: abort-update button [10.09.98] FIX: switching sections during updates asserted [10.09.98] FIX: multi item edit crashed [04.09.98] FIX: adding a section resulted in a visit of Dr.Watson [04.09.98] FIX: some gain/loss columns were empty if buy/sell fields were empty [04.09.98] NEW: totals now will show total for selected group of records [04.09.98] CHG: moved totals into listview [04.09.98] NEW: some sources now offer intraday-chart and company-profile ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [04.09.98] REL: VERSION 0.80 [internal only] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [03.09.98] NEW: try button in items->edit [28.08.98] NEW: selection of stock-exchange for items (some data sources) [28.08.98] NEW: new columns (gain/loss per share, gross gain/loss, ...) [28.08.98] NEW: totals at bottom of listview (edit->sections->show-totals) [28.08.98] FIX: buy date was messed up if item was edited again ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ [22.08.98] REL: VERSION 0.50 [first closed beta] ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------