====================================================================== Welcome to StudioStation release notes ====================================================================== September 25, 2011 This document includes various technical topics related to the StudioStation application. Content 1. General information. 2. System requirements 3. Overview 4. Features list 5. What's New? General information ----------------------- Version: 2.1 Release Type: Upgrade Limitations: 30 days of use without registration System requirements ----------------------- Operation System: Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 7 Ram: 256MB or higher Multimedia DirectX version 9.0 or higher Disk space: 50MB 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 covers topics like studio project management, services, accounting, invoicing, media libraries, studio diary, report generation and much more… Features list ----------------------- • Projects management. Comprehensive documentation of all aspects of project related 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 What’s new in version 2.1 • Enhancement: Add event title/subject field • Enhancement: Improved reminder settings • Enhancement: Tasks are now kept and shown according to the current logged in user • Fixed: Password field in users page is now hashed • Fixed: When contact message was saved, its type wasn’t saved/read correctly • Enhancement: Improved windows management and performance. Faster launch time • Fixed: Reminder default snooze time was too small what didn’t allow changing the selection • Fixed: Studio diary - duplicated event type names showed in dropdown list • Enhancement: Added reminder option to diary events • Enhancement: Tasks and reminders are now bind with current logged user • Fixed: Account changes weren’t reflected in other application sections • Enhancement: Using new C++ runtime libraries version 9.0.30729.1 What’s new in version 2.0? ----------------------------- • Enhancement: Added new Activities log section. • Enhancement: Added warning message before replacing (restoring) existing database files • Enhancement: Enhanced warning messages levels • Enhancement: Added Charge unit of type Minutes. Users request • Fix: Un checking items in the search results list didn’t remove them from invoice. • Fix: Deleting items from an invoice didn’t uncheck them in search results list • Fix: Multiple 'would you like to save' messages were shown to users for each change made during editing of unsaved invoice instead on only one. • Fix: Stored invoices were shown without included tax items (only totals section showed tax total) • Fix: Tax items are not included in printed invoice. Only tax total is shown • Fix: Missing tool tips in checks list • Enhancement: Added maximize button to text windows including: Project notes, Song notes and report windows • Fix: In Marketing section, Email editor didn’t wrap text automatically • Fix: In Marketing section, History list was missing time information • Enhancement: Ability to print Studio logo in more image formats. Users request. StudioStation is now supporting studio logo images in the following formats: BMP, JPG, GIF • Fix: Pressing the Enter button while login dialog is open caused all pages to be created no matter what is current user profile • Fix: Wrong message was displayed in case of unregistered station in time expired status that was trying to load • Fix: In Marketing section, SMTP send email didn’t work if mail server requires login information • Enhancement: Improved Authorization levels selections. More options added. Added group items for better handling • Enhancement: Improved memory usage. Only active pages according to current user profile are actually created • Fix: Renaming authorization level in the Users section wasn't reflected in the Users list authorization level column • Fix: In Diary month view, new item time was always set to 0:00 – 3:00 AM. It should be based on current time. Users request • Fix: After saving diary item, the time was displayed in European 24 hours time format and didn’t reflect the system locale settings • Fix: Compound time field in all attribute lists didn’t reflect the system locale time format • Fix: Reducing application window size to zero caused application window to disappear without a way to restore it • Enhancement: Major upgrade of application look • Fix: WORDPAD failed opening generated report if path to file included spaces • Fix: Drag n drop files didn’t work in Songs mix files list • Enhancement: Added the ability to drag n drop multiple files in lists supporting this operation • Fix: Pressing Escape inside any StudioStation edit control caused the window to disappear • Enhancement: Added the ability to export and print song lyrics • Fix: In E-mail server accounts list delete button didn’t work • Fix: Invoice was not re calculated after adding rent item • Enhancement: Ability to add attachments to outgoing messages Thank you, StudioFiles