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The numbers right beside the description relates to the Issue Tracking system we now use. You can access it here (you must have a free user account created on the system or use the guest account - username "guest", password "guest"). Then, you can enter any issue number to view its detailed description.

If your current version installed is less than 3.6.0, this update will not work on your system. Due to several new files and the complete redesign of the setup, no update setup is available for any version prior to 3.6.0. You must download the full setup. Don't worry, the full setup will act as an update and will not overwrite your data.

When there's a new help file available with a release, due to size consideration, we do not include it in the update. To download it from the software, go to your preferences (Tools - Set preferences), under the "Currencies & Languages" tab and check if the "Download Update" button is visible for your help file. If it is, click on it and the help file of your language will be updated (this requires your Internet connection to be active). You can also download it from here - view instructions.

Here's what should be coming up in the next major release:

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3.6.1 Becomes the official version, with Windows Vista and Windows 7 support
May 11, 2008

• Last fix for compatibility with Windows Vista and Windows 7

3.6.0 Special Windows Vista (and Windows 7) dedicated version
December 4, 2007

• Super dropdown box replaced by standard one to be compatible with Vista (and Windows 7)

3.5.6 - 3.5.7 Fix for several referencing problems introduced by 3.5.5 & 3.5.6
January 14, 2006

• Fixed: #486 - Several referencing problems (picklists, dynamic queries, etc.) introduced in 3.5.5 & 3.5.6
• Fixed: #484 - Reports are not working anymore in version 3.5.5

3.5.5 Maintenance release to fix 2 small issues
January 12, 2006

• Fixed: #483 - Lock up during the installation of Cellar!
• Fixed: #482 - Could not download stuff from C! Online anymore in demo version

3.5.4 Fixes and improvements for some issues
August 19, 2005

• Improved: #453 - The address used for data sharing can now be either an email or a URL address
• Fixed: #433 - Delete query not working correctly in v3.5.3
• Fixed: #441 - Cannot update wineries through C! Online
• Fixed: #454 - Wrong position of cursor in the grouped columns area on the grid

3.5.3 Fixes and improvements for some issues
April 8, 2005

• Improved: #427 - In the "Filter More" boxes, use same default operator values as in the "Find" forms
• Fixed: #426 - Problem with submodules DLLs accessing the Windows registry
• Fixed: #424 - Grid printing was not always printing the grouped columns correctly
• Fixed: #419 - We hope to prevent some "Invalid bookmark when saving a wine" messages

3.5.2 Fixes for a few problems introduced in version 3.5.0
February 22, 2005

• Fixed: #417 - Grid not refreshed when creating a new database - grid still shows the previous db content
• Fixed: #405 - Exporting to Access database using a path/filename that contained a space was crashing the program
• Fixed: #394, #399, #404, #408 - Problem printing the reports using the new engine - no real print out after previewing the report
• Fixed: #410 - Possible crash when using a dynamic query that requested a value

3.5.0 Major update with more code optimization, new and updated features, plus several bug fixes
January 10, 2005

• Added: #347 - Possibility to inverse query (see all the wines that are NOT selected in the query)
• Added: #388 - All language files (display, help and encyclopedia) are now included in the "Check for Updates" feature and can be downloaded directly from the update screen (instead of the preferences screen)
• Improved: #389 - New version of the grid control (supports XP themes, etc.)
• Improved: #390 - Optimization of source code
• Improved: #345 - When a picture was smaller than available size, it was enlarged to fit but this gave poor results, now it will be centered but size will not change
• Improved: #252 - Removing bottles using barcodes
• Improved: #374, #372, #360 - Totally new engine report (now saves all printer & export settings for each report and export type)
• Improved: #361 - When removing a bottle, the tasting note and transaction dates are in-sync (setting one also sets the other)
• Improved: #391 - Error reporting now also includes a file analysis report that will help the support team in case you are experiencing an unusual problem
• Improved: #366 - The weblinks parameters now include the five user-defined fields
• Improved: #375 - All new setup program
• Improved: #378 - Auction data has been moved to a separate database, making the Settings file a lot smaller
• Fixed: #346 - Years under maturity chart were sometimes not in the right location
• Fixed: #252 - Removing bottles using barcodes
• Fixed: #252 - An error was possible when searching a wine using its barcode and there was some filter applied to the grid
• Fixed: #316, #383 - When switching databases, the currently selected query was not displayed
• Fixed: #121 - Problem with several appellations that contained invalid characters in their name (may require user action after database update)
• Fixed: #392 - Bug when trying to add/delete a country note from the geography data screen
• Fixed: #252 - Error when searching or scanning a barcode that does not exist
• Fixed: #365 - When using "Today's date" in the query builder, the query would use the date the query was created instead of dynamically use the system date each time the query is run
• Fixed: #373 - Error 384 "A form can't be moved or sized while minimized or maximized" in some situations
• Fixed: A small bug was possible (barely) when running a Cellar! version without its corresponding language database version
• Fixed: Text alignment problem when printing the grid

3.4.9 One important fix
July 17, 2004

• Fixed: Text alignment problem when printing the grid

3.4.8 One important fix
June 21, 2004

• Fixed: Some "Out of string space" error occuring when entering the winery name on a few installations

3.4.7 A few fixes, one small improvement
April 15, 2004

• Improved: The english help file has been updated (there were some bitmap errors in it)
• Fixed: Grouping by variety was not saved in the layout
• Fixed: Exporting transactions and tasting notes to text or HTML file was always for the selected wines ONLY
• Fixed: Doing some operations on the address book grid were causing a "Type mismatch" error
• Fixed: Deleting a winery linked to an existing wine was causing a crash

3.4.6 Several fixes, one small improvement
March 18, 2004

• Improved: When searching for a wine using its barcode, Cellar! will try to locate it in the active query and if it can't find it, it will now switch to the "All Wines" query to perform the search again
• Fixed: The C! Online menu was not resetting itself after uploading items to the server
• Fixed: In any menu, when an item had a "&" in it, it was displayed as "_" instead
• Fixed: It was possible to add more than 1 weblink with the same URL, which was wrong
• Fixed: Downloading tasting notes while creating a new wine was not working anymore
• Fixed: A few free-text drop down lists were erasing their content as soon as they lost focus

3.4.3 - 3.4.5 Several fixes, new and improved features
March 6, 2004

• Added: Option to specify which month (either January or July) to use as default month in drink/hold dates when not specified
• Added: The row height of all tasting notes grid (Wine Edit and Wine Summary screens) plus the one for transactions in the Wine Summary screen are now saved between sessions
• Improved: When clicking the "Edit Profile" button on the Wine Edit screen, the current profile gets selected in the preferences
• Improved: Faster opening of the C! Online menu (which was causing some confusion)
• Improved: The backup now includes the "registration.reg" key file
• Improved: The maturity chart window's caption is now set to the title of the current wine
• Fixed: When removing a bottle, the transaction source was set to the same default source when adding bottles
• Fixed: Grouping and sorting on the variety column is back. However, the field will now show the first 255 characters of all varieties combined together
• Fixed: On Windows XP, the percentage number on the progress bar should now appear correctly
• Fixed: Possibility to modify a winery name's capitalization
• Fixed: When copy/pasting, the drop down lists were allowing more text than their maximum length, which then caused errors
• Fixed: Will now intercept errors when trying to export to an Access database

3.4.1 & 3.4.2 Quick fixes after major update
October 25, 2003

• Fixed: Loading layouts with the variety field sorted or grouped would cause a crash
• Fixed: The toolbar is back on the wine summary screen
• Fixed: Field tabbing order on the wine summary screen
• Fixed: Alignment of sliders vs maturity chart in preferences screen
• Fixed: C! Online exchange rates options to "Always ask" and "Always skip" were inversed
• Fixed: On the wine summary screen, the picture would get smaller and smaller each time it was updated

3.4.0 Major update
October 16, 2003

• Added: Feature to "mark" wines allowing pre-selection of wines
• Added: It is now possible to use multiple parentheses to group conditions in queries
• Added: In the query builder, you can now request to be asked for a condition's value when you use the query (dynamic variable)
• Added: In the query builder, you can now use today's date (minus a given interval) as a base for a condition's value
• Added: It is now possible to enter a transaction source when you are removing a bottle (to specify the buyer for example)
• Added: Maturity chart overlay screen
• Added: Backup of data files (on the File menu and as a preference on exit)
• Added: New feature in the Special Tools program to pad user-defined fields with fixed number of digits and decimals
• Added: In the query builder, it is now possible to use these fields: DHI, LifeSpan, Peak, Period BandWidth
• Added: The statistical dates shown on the Wine Summary screen are now displayed on the grid and you can use them in the query builder
• Improved: Restoring last selections on the main grid
• Improved: Query drop-down box (now a menu) on the main screen's toolbar
• Improved: Invalid registration key message
• Improved: All DHI and Drink Profiles related features
• Improved: Cellar Book reports (both Wine details only and full report)
• Improved: Most dates (except when not needed) are now displayed and entered in standard YYYY-MM-DD format (allow for much easier sorting operation)
• Improved: A lot more information on error messages handled by Cellar!
• Fixed: Lots of things in the query builder screen
• Fixed: The Compact&Repair tool could crash because of a bug in the grid's layout file (the bug itself is being reviewing by the third-party manufacturer)
• Fixed: The download of help language files could sometime not work
• Fixed: The last news read was not remembered correctly
• Fixed: The currency drop down list did not come up when double-clicking the column header
• Fixed: The currency drop down list did not disappear when pressing the "escape" or "enter" key
• Fixed: When modifying a wine entry, both the transaction and market value storage currency fields would not be reset to the prefered storage currency, remaining at the last storage currency used instead
• Fixed: Problem with the producer's grid search engine
• Fixed: Renaming the pre-built queries would loose the query conditions
• Fixed: In the query builder, when working with date fields, the dropdown list was not showing the existing dates in the correct format
• Fixed: Error 120 when trying to delete a country already assigned from the geography data screen
• Possibly fixed: Invalid bookmark error message when starting up
• Removed: Multi-selection switch in the display menu - it was more confusing than anything. Now multi-select is always on by default

3.3.12 - 3.3.13 Fix for Microsoft problem with latest Service Packs
June 27 - 30, 2003

3.3.11 Quick fixes before next major update
March 23, 2003

• Fixed: On the wine summary screen, the last label picture shown was sill showing for wines with no picture associated
• Fixed: Problem with incorrect operators showing in the query builder and "fiilter more" screens
• Fixed: The query builder was crashing when specifying invalid values in the value field
• Fixed: The query builder's "Clear Fields" button was not clearing some of the dropdown boxes

  There is also a new help file available with this version. For size consideration, we did not include it in the update itself. You can download the new help file by simply going to your preferences in the software and click the HELP_ENG.HLP help file in the available help files. Make sure you did a "C! Check For Updates" first. Cellar!, will enable a button below the list, allowing you to download the latest help update.

3.3.10 Quick fixes before next major update
March 1, 2003

• Fixed: Renamed the NEWS.DAT file because it was causing some troubles with a few anti-virus tools
• Fixed: The dropdown lists were not acting properly for very specific special characters

3.3.9 Solving problems and several new/improved features
February 11, 2003

• Fixed: Modifications to picklist items on the picklists screen would not always be applied in the related dropdown boxes until restarting Cellar!
• Fixed: When downloading data from C! Online, sometimes the connection was not getting through and you had to try several times before it worked
• Fixed: When removing a bottle for a wine with only one bottle location, a bottle was not automatically removed from the location (no need to click Remove since there is only one location)
• Fixed: When looking up tasting notes online using the right-click contextual menu on a wine that was not highlighted, the tasting notes were not saved to the correct wine, but to the one currently highlighted instead
• Fixed: Now uses the default picture directory for ANY wine that doesn't already have a picture
• Fixed: When a picture is not found in its specified folder, Cellar! now checks for its existence in your default picture folder
• Fixed: When a picture is not found at all, the old filename (with its path) is still shown so the you can find the image again
• Fixed: The query builder's "AND" and "OR" radio buttons were not always enabled when they should have been
• Fixed: When deleting a wine, the grid would jump drastically to a random wine instead of selecting the next one
• Improved: The way the tasting notes grid works in cunjunction with the Reset button, when removing a bottle or specifically adding a tasting notes
• Improved: Transaction source maximum length now set to 50
• Improved: The search window's columns dropdown now keeps the focus everytime a key is pressed, so it is easier to select a specific column
• Added: New message for SuperCombo error, related to a lack of system resources
• Added: Filters are now saved in the layout data

3.3.8 Solving problems and several new things
January 7, 2003

• Fixed: The labels specifications row and column fields were only accepting values from 0 to 255 - changed to 0 - 9999
• Fixed: Improved speed on the dropdown combo boxes when using delete or backspace key and current value is empty
• Fixed: Currencies dropdown on the wine entry screen were not always set correctly when adding a new wine (sometimes, it stayed empty)
• Fixed: "Remove all locations" button now correctly removes all locations (was only removing the first one)
• Fixed: When changing the display language, the weblinks menu was not properly updated to the selected language
• Fixed: When changing the display language, the search windows' dropdown field was not properly updated to the selected language
• Fixed: The label picture was not properly reset when adding multiple new wine entries
• Fixed: In the demo version, Cellar! was trying to download rejected contributions, which is impossible and was causing an error
• Fixed: On the Pick Lists screen, it was impossible to click the blank row to add a new entry when the cursor was on the "unknown" entry. The feature now works correctly on all tabs.
• Fixed: In some situations, the dropdown combo boxes required several clicks before dropping down
• Fixed: When editing the picklists, sometimes the new or deleted items were not reflected correctly on the other screens
• Added: Updated interface for displaying News with history
• Added: New feature in SpecialTools to replace all ZERO MarketValue to the value of the last purchase transaction
• Added: When modifying a wine entry, the variety fields now behave exactly like when creating a wine entry (auto-save)
• Added: New option to re-initialize the wine entry fields after creating a new wine entry

3.3.7 Quick fix for several problems
December 5, 2002

• Fixed: Never able to connect when trying to download latest language file - wrong path
• Fixed: Double-clicking on a non-vintage (blank cell) in the grid to go into edit would crash the software
• Fixed: Auto-remove bottle on barcode action would remove more than one bottle
• Fixed: Scanning a barcode would sometime result in an invalid scan (wrong barcode)

3.3.6 Quick fix for several small issues
November 25, 2002

• Fixed: Crash when trying to delete a winery from the address book
• Fixed: Filtering is no longer case-sensitive in the Sharing Data screen
• Fixed: Crash when trying to create a new country, region or appellation
• Fixed: Crash when applying some filtering parameters that return no data at all
• Fixed: Crash when trying to update a removal transaction without clicking on "Save changes" first
• Fixed: Crash when exiting winery name field on the wine entry screen, when entering names composed only of very short words (3 letters or less)
• Added: It is now possible to print barcodes on any types of labels (see the Labels button on the barcode screen)
• Added: More debugging messages to solve problems some users are experiencing during startup

3.3.5 Quick fix for several small issues
November 15, 2002

• Fixed: Error when exiting Cellar! when the address book has been closed using the File|Back menu command
• Fixed: Error unloading the Tips window when exiting Cellar! (not reproduced but now prevented)
• Fixed: Wrong assignation of bottle location when specifying no location except through your preferences
• Fixed: Crash when starting Cellar! with missing language database
• Fixed: Opening different database or creating new one would not reset the dropdown lists in the wine entry screen
• Fixed: Error when changing a weblink category, the weblink would still show in the current category list
• Added: Even more detailed error messages when starting Cellar!
• Added: SpecialTools utility for mass-modification of several fields and to fix Y2K date problems from the old Cellar! 2.x

3.3.4 Quick fix for several small issues
November 9, 2002

• Fixed: Beta Adds extra bar code labels in queue after adding wine
• Fixed: Problem displaying the wine entry screen when creating a new database
• Fixed: Receiving errors when trying to add a new country or region in the geography data screen
• Fixed: Possibility of assigning empty (blank) bottle location, which would cause problems later
• Added: More validation and clearer messages when updating the data files (after an update to a new version)
• Added: Checking which version of setup (update or full) should be downloaded based on the current version and the required "base" version

3.3.3 Major performance work & more bug fixing
November 3, 2002

• Bugs fixed: 171, 187, 189, 191, 192, 194, 196, 199, 200
• Lots of performance improvement
• Optimized database queries
• Option to compact the database and layout files automatically at the closing of Cellar!
• Improved setup engine
• New MDAC 2.7 version (also includes the memory leak patch)
• New version of language databases (french & english)
• In the wine summary screen, the winery's www address can now be clicked to open the web page
• New "Dates" tab in the wine summary screen, listing several statistical dates for the current wine
• The "Label" field in the wine entry screen is now a drop-down list like the user-defined fields
• Storage currency setting is now stored inside the wine database itself, so you can have multiple databases with different storage currencies
• Improvement to the C! Online sharing engine (when downloading wineries/weblinks/tasting notes)
• New statistics displayed while processing data on sharing screen
• Saving a note for an appellation works again (it didn't work for some versions)
• Having a different decimal symbol than "." should not impact auction or anything else anymore (fixes lots of several issues)
• Fixed some printing problems (also related to the decimal symbol)
• The column headers are now repeated on every pages when printing the grid
• When entering a two digit year in the vintage field, From/Best/To values would stay wrong - fixed
• Lots of other little bugs fixed

3.2.2 Bug Fixing
May 30, 2002

• Multiple auction download - fixed
• File missing from full setup - fixed
• Crash when changing storage currency on systems with decimal symbol not being a "."
• Begun work on fixing very specific cases of declined contributions - more to come

3.2.1 Bug Fixing & adjustments from 3.2.0
May 24, 2002

• It is now possible not to assign any layout to a query
• Fixed a bug in the creation of a query using the "Apply" button - Cellar! will now ask the name of the "Current Layout" when needed
• New winery lookup when creating from the wine entry screen, to make sure the winery does not already exist in the local database
• Auction data files will now be cumulative - we offer a manual download containing the full TCWC auction data since 1996

3.2.0 Bug Fixing & lots of new/updated features (BETA RELEASE ONLY)
May 10, 2002

• Bugs fixed: 114, 133, 140, 149, 150, 151, 162, 163, 165
• Colors under the DHI are back
• New winery naming wizard in the wine entry screen to help you with the winery name
• Way better tasting notes searching engine for selected wine
• New variables in weblinks (country, region, and varieties)
• When creating a new wine, no need to "Add" the variety if a wine only has one variety - simply select it and it will be added automatically to the variety list when you save the wine
• Getting a message when modifying a transaction but you forget to click to "Apply Changes"
• New red square around save/apply buttons for Tasting Notes and Transactions in Wine Entry screen to indicate you must click to save changes
• When reinstalling Cellar! and already registered online, you don't get to refill the registration form
• All new combo boxes (auto-complete, auto-dropdown, filtering, sizing, etc.) along with new options in your preferences to activate the features
• When creating new wines, values from several fields are not re-initialized anymore between new wines (this includes vintage, non-vintage checkbox, shopping list, wine type, bottle size, user fields, from/best/to, profile, transaction date and store, tasting note date) - this can speed up data entry a lot since most of the time, you are entering wines with similar values for these fields listed here
• New Office XP look for all menus & toolbars
• Width of grouped columns are now saved in layouts
• Possibility to edit the C! Online registration info
• All screens positions are now saved between uses
• Cellar! now checks to see if it's already running on the computer - only one instance is allowed

3.1.8 Bug Fixing & Minor new features
December 30, 2001

• Bugs fixed: 135, 139
• New feature: Tips of the day
• New "in-program" update features for all language files

3.1.7 Bug Fixing & Minor new features / changes
December 12, 2001

• Bugs fixed: 109, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 128, 132, 134 and 136
• Small adjustments to the C! Online sharing processes - easier for you!
• Added detailed error information message when Internet errors occur

3.1.6 Bug Fixing
November 17, 2001

• Bugs fixed: 106, 107 and 108

3.1.5 Bug Fixing & Major reworking of C! Online sharing features
November 13, 2001

• Major work on C! Online sharing features
• Bugs fixed: 95, 96, 97, 99, 101 and 102
• Better detection of changes made or not for tasting notes

3.1.4 Bug Fixing & New features
October 28, 2001

• Small adjustments of C! Online features
• Fixed decimal problem in Cellar Summary for all regional settings
• Fixed problems with report printing when notes does not fit on one page
• Fixed the grid overlapping the status bar on Windows XP
• Better handling & assistance when entering new wines or removing a bottle
• Better detection of changes made or not
• New preference "Never ask me if I want to share"
• New option in Display menu "Double-click edit" for faster access to modify a wine
• New preference for default vintage
• New preference to automatically apply the profile's From/Best/To years on vintage change
• Transaction's quantity field now available in the Query builder

3.1.3 Bug Fixing Update
October 23, 2001

• Fixed several bugs
• Clicking the top-left corner of the main grid now selects all rows (like most worksheet programs like Excel do)

3.1.2 Bug Fixing Update
October 16, 2001

• Cellar! now detects if you have the Microsoft JET Engine installed. If not, it will ask you to download the package at **old link removed**
• Fixed the trial period problem
• Fixed the two blank forms report missing

3.1.0 Official Release
October 13, 2001

• Completely new design
• Source code rewritten from ground up