====================================================================== Welcome to StudioStation release notes ====================================================================== December 7, 2008 This document covers technical issues regarding the StudioStation application. ------------------------------------- Content: ------------------------------------- 1. Application information. 2. System requirements 3. Overview 4. Features list 5. Updates ------------------------------------- Application information: ------------------------------------- Version: 1.8.0 Release Type: Release update Limitations: 30 days of use without registration ------------------------------------- System requirements: ------------------------------------- Operation System: Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista Ram: 256MB or higher Multimedia DirectX version 7.0 or higher Disk space: 40MB ------------------------------------- Overview: ------------------------------------- Introducing the next generation of studio management applications. StudioStation offers comprehensive list of features to support the high management demands of recording and production studios today. It includes sections for studio projects, services, accounting and invoicing, media libraries, studio diary, report generation and much more ------------------------------------- Key features: ------------------------------------- • Projects management. Comprehensive documentation of all aspects of studio activities Including global project information, songs, tracks, sessions, and other related services. • Studio dairy. Schedule upcoming events, sessions, meetings or activities. Converts events into session services. • Full accounting support. Manage incoming and outgoing accounts. Generate invoices, document payments and orders. • Create Invoices. Create and print professional invoices legitimate under any law requirements. • Media Libraries. Organize studio media resources for fast access and auditioning. • Reports engine. Create, print and export out to 30 different types of reports. Including summing, details and list types of reports. • Contacts book. Subscribe your clients and bind them with studio activities. • Inventory section. Document studio equipment track maintenance activities and define services. Manage studio stock document stock items, track stock status, quantities and prices. • All application's lists can be exported as text files. • Each project has a financial section including budget calculator and various tracking options. • Comprehensive filtering options allow accurate navigation through database content. • Full services documentation. Flexible service association allows binding event with any project or song. • Studio diary views (month, week and day) are offering a convenient way for tracking diary events. • Every diary event can be converted into a session service with only one button click. • Virtually, unlimited different diaries can be managed in parallel using the various filter options. • Reports can be exported as RTF files and are printable. • Enhanced Contacts section with dedicated services list and sent messages history • Contacts are categorized into groups to define them optional role in studio activities • In depth documentation of studio equipment, stock and storage items ------------------------------------- Updates: ------------------------------------- In version 1.0.2 • Login dialog title was changed to StudioStation. • Invoice deletion is now implemented correctly. • Single loop option in media libraries player is now functioning properly. • Order attributes and items list are now disabled when there is no valid order selection. In version 1.1.0 • Added. Import and export of database files. • Tax values in settings-tax items list became corrupted if non numerical values where entered, fixed. • Compact of database files is now fully implemented • Orders page filters are now functioning correctly. • Fix of minor memory leaks • Impoved session initialization and closing In version 1.2.0 • Added tool tips to all application lists. • Fixed expiration notice that appeared shortly after installation. In version 1.3.0 • All lists can now be exported as CSV (Comma seperated value) or TXT files. • Imporved usage of system resources. • Task detailes are now saved and restored properly. • Unsaved task attribute changes are now notifyed with a warning message. Version 1.4.0: • Added song name field to the song financial page. • Added hours left filed to the song financial page. • Improved song budget report is now including time limit and financial budget information. • Canceling the browse for logo file in the details-settings page caused the path field to be emptied, fixed. • Time range filter in the reports section is now covering the right scope. • Report items are now sorted by date (oldest to newest). • Diary events report is now including the required people and notes fields. • Improved memory usage. Version 1.5.0: • Contact messages list didn't highlight correctly private messages versus mailing list messages. fixed. • After backing up or restoring database files few database files didn't reopened correctly. fixed. • In database backups list, list buttons became disabled after setting new description for a backed up file. fixed. • Newly created stock items where not updated correctly. Another new item was created after each update attempt. fixed. • In stock status was not updated automatically for newly created items. fixed Version 1.6.0: • Added tool tip support for all application attribute lists. • Improved look for the 'more details' dialogs accompany various attribute lists. • Diary event that is converted into session is now also added automatically to the Sessions page. • Added context menu to all text/notes windows to support operations like: copy, paste, cut and clear content. • Contact messages page is now updated automatically whenever a mailing list item is added, deleted or updated. • Added Quote support. Invoice status is now including a special Quote option allows creating financial offer without including the invoice in the overall balance calculations. • Misspelled words in the Billboard page. fixed. • Updated manual is reflecting the latest changes. • Failed to show all mailing list messages associated with current displayed contact (contact messages page). Fixed. • Failed to update a contact mailing list membership status. Fixed. • A warning message displayed for notes/lyrics changes in the songs page even after changes were saved. Fixed. • The reset button in the search section of Libraries page didn't reset the text in the search edit boxes. Fixed. • Automatic refresh after database changes is now fully implemented. Version 1.7: • Client filter was not effective when studio events report was generated. Fixed. • Importing and exporting of database files didn't work between different computers. Fixed. • Database files read/write didn't work properly on some computers installed with multi lingual support. Fixed. • No warning message was displayed when exporting database files to a folder already contains similar files. Fixed. • Diary week or day displays truncated the time in the leftmost column if system time format was set to (AM/PM) 12 hours format. Fixed. Version 1.8: • Time duration of a service was not reported correctly if service time unit was measured as days. Fixed. • Added the ability of creating consecutive diary events with only one button click. • Added statistics line for the media file list in the Libraries section. • Service section lists were initialized ignoring the time range in the filters bar. Fixed. • The edit menu item of path fields in the attributes list is now functioning correctly. • Implemented correct tab key behavior in the search part of the Libraries section. • Wrong calculation of totals in the invoice section. Fixed. • Wrong behavior in the invoice section after trying to switch page while changes were not saved. Fixed • Application clock is now sensitive to system default time format (12/24 hours). • StudioStation crashed on exit if some of its lists where in edit mode. Fixed • Wrong behavior of save changes warning after adding new incoming or outgoing account. Fixed. Thank you for choosing StudioFiles. The StudioFiles team.