Ninotech Info Book Pro

- Version 4.0

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Ninotech Info Book Pro is a powerful Windows application providing personal
information management (PIM). Ninotech Info Book Pro provides the features
needed to manage information about colleagues, contacts, friends, and family
with ease. The user interface provides an intuitive way of handling the
information, all conforming to the latest Windows standards. Ninotech Info
Book Pro has various unique features making it very handy to use, including
a folder tree, e-mail/web support, phone dialing, search and replace, import/
export, multiple configurable printing styles, print preview, password
protection, etc.

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Status:

  Shareware, free to try for 30 days.

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Installation:

  Unzip to any directory and then run ibp400.exe.

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Distribution:

  Distribution of the UNREGISTRERED shareware version in its complete and
  unchanged format is welcome - even on media like CD-ROMs, and download
  sites on the Internet.

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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:

THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO 
PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THIS PROGRAM.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall 
Ninotech or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect,
or consequential damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business
information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or
inability to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, even if Ninotech has been advised
of the possibility of such damages.


Please report any bugs. Remember to include detailed information in all bug
reports (so that the problem can be reproduced).

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Revision List:


* Version 4.0

  Additions:

  - The file name edit box on the Startup tab on the Options dialog box
    features auto complete of the file name while editing.
  - The items in the "Default groups" list box on the Groups tab on the Options
    dialog box can be also be editing by pressing the F2 key when the item in
    question is selected in the list box.
  - Some graphic elements (mostly bitmaps) have been redesigned.
  - The phone, e-mail, and home page displayed for a person is remembered when
    choosing another person in the folder tree, so when reselecting a person
    the previously displayed phone, e-mail, and home page are displayed again.
  - Duplicate Person feature added. This feature makes a copy of an existing
    person. This is handy when creating persons based on the same information
    except their name.
  - The tree folders that were open the last time Info Book Pro was used can be
    expanded the next time Info Book Pro is used by checking the "Expand
    folders that were expanded on last use" check box on the Folders tab on the
    Options dialog box.
  - Anniversary date field for the persons has been added - the new file format
    cannot be read by Info Book Pro 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x, whereas Info Book Pro
    4.0 can read files saved by Info Book Pro 1.x, 2.x. and 3.x.
  - "Find Birthday" and "Find Anniversary" feature introduced in the Edit
    menu. This feature makes it easy to search the birthday and anniversary
    fields of the persons in an Info Book Pro document.
  - Searching for birthday and anniversary can be done automatically when
    opening an Info Book Pro document. Use the Date tab on the Options dialog
    box to configure the birthday and anniversary search.
  - The progress control on the status bar is animated on Windows 2000/XP.
  - The layout of the Find and Replace dialog box has been slightly revised.
  - Windows XP:
    - Support for the visual styles introduced in Windows XP. This means that
      the look of Info Book Pro resembles the look of Windows XP.


  Removals:

  - None


  Fixes:

  - Import of incomplete text file may crash Info Book Pro. The import
    feature has been made more robust.
  - Find and Replace did not always work when searching specific fields of the
    persons.
  - Minor bugs fixed.


* Version 3.0

  Additions:

  - The address format defined on the Address tab on the Options dialog box has
    been extended to contain commas to allow e.g. this address format: "<City>,
    <State>, <Zip Code>".
  - The home and work addresses have been expanded with a third line. This
    should make it possible to write even more complicated addresses - the new
    file format cannot be read by Info Book Pro 1.x and 2.x, whereas Info Book
    Pro 3.0 can read files saved by Info Book Pro 1.x and 2.x.
  - The persons in the folder tree can be sorted by their middle name via the
    Middle Name menu item in the View menu.
  - The formatting of printed names can be configured, so it is possible to
    set up whether to print the first, middle, or last name of the persons
    first.
  - The print styles have been enhanced, so it is possible to insert empty
    lines between the printed fields and to start printing each letter on a new
    page.
  - The Label print style has been enhanced, so it is possible to specify that
    multiple fields should be printed on the same line.
  - The menu bar of the main window is now a dockable window, just as the
    toolbar. This means that the menu bar can also be located at the left,
    right, and bottom of the main window.
  - The export feature has been enhanced to allow a header to added to the top
    of the export file describing the exported fields.
  - The import feature has been enhanced to allow the first line of an import
    file to be skipped. This is useful if the file has previously been exported
    with a header (see above topic).
  - Detection of Windows Terminal Server. When Info Book Pro is run under the
    Terminal Server the splash screen is never displayed. This is the behaviour
    that Microsoft recommends.
  - An Info Book Pro document can be opened in read-only mode by checking the
    "Open as read-only" check box on the Open dialog box or on the Startup tab
    on the Options dialog box. When opened in read-only mode the document can't
    be edited.
  - On the Options dialog box the Save tab has been renamed to Files, and an
    option for monitoring external changes to read-only files has been added.
    When an external change of a read-only file is detected the user is
    prompted to reload the file.
  - The Password tab on the Properties dialog box has been extended so an Info
    Book Pro document can have a modify password as well as a read-only
    password. When opening the document using the modify password the document
    is editable, whereas when opened using the read-only password the document
    can be viewed but not altered.
  - Synchronization feature added. This makes it possible to synchronize an
    open Info Book Pro document with another Info Book Pro document. Info Book
    Pro keeps track of the changes to the persons in a document making it
    possible to transfer the latest version of a person from one document to
    another. This feature is very useful if you have your Info Book Pro
    document on your laptop as well as on your workstation and make changes to
    both documents. Info Book Pro can then synchronize your changes to both 
    documents.
  - Windows 2000:
    - The Open, Save, Import, and Export file dialog boxes have been changed to
      include the shortcut bar on the left.
    - Complies to the policies that are relevant for Info Book Pro. The
      policies can be enabled/disabled/configured using the Windows Group
      Policy editor.
    - Support for multiple monitors added.
    - The main window, menu, toolbar, and dialog boxes are compatible with the
      High Contract option, which can be configured in the Control Panel.
    - The print dialog box has been changed to the Windows 2000 standard print
      dialog box, which features support for installing printer drivers from
      the dialog box.


  Removals:

  - The "print to file" feature has been removed.
  - The "What's This?" (SHIFT + F1) context help has been removed. To get help
    on a menu item, highlight the menu item in question and press F1.


  Fixes:

  - Registration of Info Book Pro required administrator or power user
    privileges. This has been changed so regular users can also register 
    Info Book Pro.
  - The Send E-mail feature has been fixed to support non-Microsoft e-mail
    clients, such as Netscape Communicator.
  - Import of dates that contained only two digits for the year has been fixed.
    In rare cases the two digit year dates were not imported correctly.
  - Minor bugs fixed.


* Version 2.1

  Additions:

  - Optimized for Windows 2000.


  Removals:

  - None


  Fixes:

  - The person edit boxes were in special cases empty even though the selected
    person contained valid information. This problem has been fixed.
  - The Edit button on the Groups tab on the Options dialog box was not 
    disabled when default groups were disabled. This problem has been fixed.
  - Crash when choosing Page Setup, Print Preview, or Print in the File menu
    when no printer driver is installed has been fixed.
  - The main window was hidden behind other windows on the desktop when the
    program was launched under Windows 2000. This problem has been fixed.
  - Minor bugs fixed.


* Version 2.0

  Additions:

  - Label print style added for printing address labels (label definitions
    are stored in the LABELS.DEF file).
  - Middle Name, Group 3, and Group 4 fields added - the new file format cannot
    be read by Info Book Pro 1.x, whereas Info Book Pro 2.0 can read files
    saved by Info Book Pro 1.x.
  - Undo support for group renaming added.
  - Support for use of accelerator keys for Undo/Cut/Copy/Paste commands
    (CTRL + Z/X/C/V) during rename of group added.
  - Support for expand of tree folders on file load enhanced.
  - About dialog box brushed up.
  - Tool tips for panes in status bar added.
  - On the Options dialog box the Open tab has been renamed to Folders, and
    index layout choosing has been added to enable country specific / custom
    indexes in the folder tree.
  - The Smart Edit feature has been renamed to AutoComplete.
  - Units can now be set to either mm (metric) or inches (U.S.) on the
    General tab of the Options dialog box.
  - An "All" button and a "Clear" button have been added to the advanced
    section of the Find and Replace dialog box to select/deselect all the
    search fields at once.
  - New splash screen.
  - "Groups" tab added to the Options dialog box on which the default groups
    can be configured.
  - Password dialog box brushed up.
  - Online help updated.


  Removals:

  - None


  Fixes:

  - Rename of groups is now case-insensitive.
  - Dial Phone, Send E-mail and Open Home Page buttons are now correctly
    displayed when the background color is non-gray.
  - Incorrect disabling of the Send E-mail button/menu item when the E-mail
    system has been correctly set up is fixed.
  - The Print style list box in the Print dialog box is empty with certain 
    versions of the MFC system DLL. This has problem has been fixed.
  - CTRL + Z/X/C/V now works in the registration dialog box.
  - The Welcome dialog box is now only displayed once a day as long as the
    evaluation period has not expired on unregistered versions.
  - Minor bugs fixed.


* Version 1.01

  Additions:

  - Internet protocol "https" is now supported.


  Removals:

  - None


  Fixes:

  - Dial Phone feature fixed.
    An error in version 1.0 made phone dialing impossible, even if the
    Windows Phone Dialer had been properly installed.
  - Home pages without any dots are now accepted.
  - Minor bugs fixed.


* Version 1.0

  - First public release

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