====================================================================== Welcome to StudioFiles 3.1 release notes ====================================================================== October 11, 2008 This document covers technical issues regarding the StudioFiles 3.1 application. ------------------------------------- Content: ------------------------------------- 1. Application information. 2. System requirements 3. Overview 4. Features list 5. Updates list ------------------------------------- Application information: ------------------------------------- Version: 3.1 Build: 09 Release Type: StudioFiles 3 - Update version Limitations: The program will stop function after 30 days if not purchased. Registration: Visit our web site: http://www.studiofiles.com for more details. ------------------------------------- System requirements: ------------------------------------- Operation System: Windows 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA Ram: 32MB or higher Disk space: 15MB Others: DirectX 7 or higher ------------------------------------- Overview: ------------------------------------- StudioFiles 3.1 is a maintenance release includes some under hood improvements, bug fixes and minor added features. Major change in this version is the added Microsoft Vista support. ------------------------------------- Key features: ------------------------------------- • Projects management. An extensive section that covers all aspects of studio activities. It includes global project information, songs, tracks, sessions, and more. • Booking dairy. Helps to build a working plan. schedule sessions and avoid time conflicts. • Invoice engine. Create and print professional invoices legitimate under any law requirements. • Media Libraries. Organize your studio media resources for fast access and auditioning. • Reports engine. Create, print and export reports summing various type of activities/data. for yourself and your clients. • Contacts book. Subscribe your clients and bind them with studio activities. • Gear & Stock section. Create records for studio equipment with maintenance tracking and services definition. Create record for each studio stock related activity. Keep track on stock quantities and prices. • All application's lists can be exported to text files. • Project budget section with automatic calculator. • Quick jump from all application's sections allows to see contact/client details. • Projects include various built in filters for fast navigation. • Tracks can be copied from one song to the other with one button click. • Each session extended with services section for comprehensive documentation. • Booking section includes month and week views. • Create book entry copies with one button click • Convert book entries into sessions with one button click. • Allow quick jump to sessions associated with book entries • 4 built in booking filters allow managing multiple booking dairies • The Reports engine creates FRF reports that are printable and exportable • More than 20 report types and filters are available. • Enhanced Contacts section with dedicated services list and communication history • Contacts are categorized into groups to define them association with the studio • Custom phone descriptions for each contact • Gear section allows in depth documentation of studio equipment • Payments section inside invoices allows to add payments as part of invoice creation process ------------------------------------- Latest added features: ------------------------------------- • Minor graphical elements fixes. • Wrong databse queries performed on some operating systems installed with multi lingual support. Fixed. • Improved multi users support • Optimization of database engines • Added support for Microsoft Vista • Project title is now showing names in foreign languages as well • Dragging files into the song's mix files list is now implemented • Invoice printing failed if more than one page required for operation to complete - fixed • When stored invoice displayed, it was unable to scroll list items. • In some cases, StudioFiles 3 crashed when new items created in the Supply list - fixed • If StudioFiles - Demo was installed before the trial version, registration failed due to registry entries conflict - fixed • Newly added item to any list with more items than its display area, stayed hidden and force users to scroll the list and look for it - fixed. • Invoice export button was enabled even though the export function couldn't execute. • Minor spelling corrections. • The 'Activate log' check box appeared on other pages beside the Settings->General tab - fixed. • Using languages other than English didn't function correctly - fixed. Thank you for choosing StudioFiles. The StudioFiles team.