Clooz 5 Beta Update History

Fixed sorting of Alternate IDs in Project and Research Objective A Research Objective is what you are trying to accomplish while researching a specific issue, answering a question, or supporting a hypothesis. editors.

Fixed sorting of dates for Information Records Information Records in Clooz hold the content information coming from a document or another source. The Information Record differs from a Source record which contains most of the citation information that describes the document or the Repository record that is referring to the facility or an online service where the document was found. in Subject Subjects are the objects you are gathering information about such as people, buildings, ships, etc. In most cases within Clooz, the Subject will be a person. However, Clooz supports several other Subject types such as businesses, real estate/buildings, ships and artifacts. Editor.

Fixed sorting of columns for Research Objective in the Subject Editor.

Modified event generation in obituaries (non-primary residence date modifier).

Obituary event now auto-created from obituary Information Records.

Non-primary subjects in Obituary Info Recs only added as witnesses to obituary event (had been Death event).

Fixed crash with Family Group panel when names changed.

Modified Help page buttons.

Changed keyboard shortcut in Information Rec Editor forms.

Added keyboard shortcut for Early Census Worksheet.

Separated Page and Schedule Number columns in 1911/21 UK Censuses.

Fixed issue with Source A Source record in Clooz should be viewed as the higher-level component of one or more source citations. Source citation details are usually included in the citing Information Record. Records Report (always displayed Info Rec pages).

Reports are now set to system default printer page type on first use of report.

Program Option added to Ask to reset report page type on subsequent uses if not matching system default printer page type.

Fixed several issues with Media A digital file containing an image, text, spreadsheet, video, audio, or any other format. Media can be attached to various records in Clooz as digital representations of source document content, or as Information Records (as photographs, maps, videos, or audio independent of a specific source document). Explorer view.

Merging of secondary record types in Composite View A screen layout in Clooz that is similar to a grid, but contains a hierarchical structure of expandable groups of rows displayed in a parent-child type arrangement. is now possible if types match.

Corrected column label in 1911 and 1921 Scotland census.

Fixed missing age for people in Composite View of several UK Censuses.

Improved handling of media items with invalid file paths.

Suggested update of Subject vital events from Image/Media templates are now disabled.

Fixed year column sorting in Source editor Info Records list.

Fixed role in Early Census Worksheet.

Fixed busy cursor in Report Generator.

Fixed crash when setting Page Settings in the report viewer.

Fixed issue with suggested text list for Court Name fields.

Fixed issues with slide-out panels in Subject Comparison tool.

Fixed issues with panel resizing on Home Tab screens.

Updated third-party libraries.

Validating of media links in Export window has been restored.

Added program options for including media in event Source Details.

Misc labeling fixes.

Fixed issue with search/filter parameter selection in Composite View.

Additional utility functions have been added to the List Editor (see Utilities button) to display lists of orphaned text (not used by any records) or duplicate text items which are used to generate the auto-suggestion lists for text fields.

Media items in the Media Panels of various record editors can now be ordered by title, alternate ID, or manually.

A program option has been added to use the URL from Info Records (versus the Source record) as part of Source Details when exporting. (Source Details form the citation details in external programs.)

A program option has been added to turn off the inclusion of the person’s name when Source Details are generated for each family member in Census type records.

Improved speed for creating suggested text lists.

Fixed crash in List Editor involving building Real estate or buildings is a Subject type in Clooz. This Subject type could be any type of property such as a land plot, farm, building, etc. and ship records.

Fixed issues when importing business, building, ship, artifact Artifacts are one of the Subject types in Clooz. This Subject type is meant to represent physical objects that have some significance within your research or family history. records from another Clooz file.

Issue in Early Census Worksheet fixed (at least one pre-1850 census must be included in comparisons).

Changes made to the setup program and handling of default folder program options.

Early Census tool now extends into 1850.

Duplicate Event command added to context menu of Events in the Events Panel of the Information Record editor.

Improved updating of Event Titles when Subjects change.

Slave Census templates now include enumeration date field; improved Copy/Incrementing fields in next record entered.

Ship Name column now available in main Info Rec grid for Migration and Travel group templates.

Improvements made to format of exported Source records.

Popup windows from List Editor now scale fonts properly per Options setting.

Fixed handling of names of Ships, Real Estate Real estate or buildings is a Subject type in Clooz. This Subject type could be any type of property such as a land plot, farm, building, etc./Buildings, Businesses, and Artifacts in List Editor.

Typo corrected in 1950 US Census template (Living in same county a year ago).

Popup following exports to RootsMagic or Ancestral Quest now lists file path of GEDCOM.

Popup asking for additional clarification when auto-generating Occupation event now lists Subject's name and occupation for better identification.

User edits of Subject fields now saved when preceded by Update Subject Vital Records command.

Deleting a Subject link from an Information Record now properly updates the settings for copying details to subsequent records.

Blank relationship fields in Censuses now treated as Head of Household when followed by Wife/Son/Daughter.

Fixed issue when estimating birth dates from fractional age values

Fixed several errors involving the Event Location Editor tool.

Added additional export options (incl Census, incl Residence, incl Census Summaries).

Added Post Office and Ward to 1860/70 censuses.

Added online contributor column to grave monuments Info Rec template.

Enhanced handling of formatting when exporting Sources.

Improved auto-generation of Families (when relation is blank in census).

Improved handling of age values with fractions in censuses.

Fixed remaining issue causing blank Analysis Tab windows

Fixed issue with user defined Analysis Layouts.

Missing "Name as in Source" has been fixed when managing event participants or family members following linking an existing person to an Information Record..

Fixed issue with URL field not being filled in while in Source and Subject editors.

Eliminated reiterating duplicate entries in the Analysis drill down tree.

Add Merge button to Compare Subjects tool.

New features added to Analysis grid under the context menu when right-clicking layouts in the navigation panel of the Analysis tab page. This includes:

• Renaming layouts and customizing the hint text associated with each,

• Reordering the layouts (within a given data set group),

• Setting a preferred layout as the “default” which would be restored when clicking the Reset button (holding shift key while clicking the Reset button will restore to the original Clooz defined layout),

• Creating (and removing) additional layouts under each data set group by copying one of the existing layouts.

Additional option control for exporting Information Records to external genealogical files supporting those who prefer a “splitter” type Source definition. These are included both in the Program Options list and can be changed on a pre-export case by clicking the Export Settings button in the export window.

The Analysis Pivot grid An interactive grid showing various record counts for user defined set of rows and columns. now supports the Description field in Events. Open the fields list to control its availability in the currently displayed layout.

Thumbnails for Image Information Records (pictures) are now included in Excel file exports.

The Information Record URL field (formerly labeled Source Detail URL) is now displayable on the main list of records. Use the Choose Columns feature to display this column.

Errors fixed:

• Subject Comparison tool error when processing undated Information Records

• Filter and Sort settings in the Analysis grid are now persistent

• Early Census Worksheet error when multiple 1820 censuses were to be shown

• The URL field is now saved properly for the planning record types (project, research objective, task).

Initial Release