6.1.0: UI improvements

General

• Added readonly textbox to all the sliders to make it clearer what the assigned value is. For example, the fuzzy slider now describes the value as a confidence percentage.
• Added gif files as supported default file extension for the wheel type. Requires reset of config to take to affect.

Importer

• Added presets for the 'updated from' to make filtering quicker/simpler when looking for updated tables. The presets are available via the new '3 dots' popup menu option. Available values..
  • Today
  • Yesterday
  • Last 3 days
  • Last week
  • Last month
  • Last 3 months
  • Last year
• Tidied up the UI layout for the criteria options.
• Added link to the VPS site for each table.
• Extended logging to list the unmatched and missing tables.
• Fixed online feed to disambiguate between the 'Walking Dead' table variants.

What's Changed

• Minor improvements by @stojy in #50

Full Changelog: 6.0.0...6.1.0

6.0.0: table deletion

General

• The 'update dialog' has been extended to show the release notes for all missed versions (relative to the currently installed version) instead of only the latest version.

Importer

• Added 'Delete' functionality to the update dialog to allow tables to be removed from the local database. And thus the tables and media content will also be deleted automatically durign a subsequent 'scanner' run.
• Added missing information from 'unmatched tables' to the drop down combo boxes, e.g. manufacturer, year, author, etc.
• Persist additional settings across application restart.. updated start/end time range and the various table type/format/name/year options.
• Fixed an inconsistency with the update dialog occassionally enabling the buttons when there are no changes.
• Fix table tiles to have consistent height when the download URL is missing.
• Refine missing manufactured tables dialog to exclude tables that aren't downloadable (i.e. missing URL) or don't support VPX.

Full Changelog: 5.0.0...6.0.0

5.0.0: performance improvements and unmatched table support

General

• Significant UI performance improvements across all screens.
• Significant memory management performance/reliability improvements.
• Improved UI colour usage to adhere to 'traffic light' principles.. red: error, orange: warning, green: success, blue/grey: informative.
• Increased tooltip size.
• Improved logging (with colors) to make it easier to understand the fuzzy matching results.
• Fixed child windows so they always render on the same screen as the parent window.

Scanner

• Improved statistics to identify missing content more cleanly.

Rebuilder

• Improved statistics to identify missing content more cleanly.

Importer

• Allow editting of unmatched table DB entries.
• Simplified support for the 3 table types..
  • Matched tables: table exists in local DB and online sources.
  • Unmatched tables: table exists only in local DB.
  • Missing tables: table exists only in online sources.
• Fixed bug where the local DB dialog can occassionally render with a transparent background.
• Local DB table add/update dialog..
  • Ratings are displayed and editable via a 'stars' widget instead of a generic slider.
• New filtering options..
  • Unmatched tables: tables that exist only in local DB
  • Unavailable tables: tables that aren't publically available.
  • Content type: table update types grouped by 'table, backglass, and dmd'
• When selecting a table, the first content tab that has new content type is now automatically selected, i.e. to make it quicker to identify the newer content.
• Increased minimum width and height of image previews.

What's Changed

• support unmatched tables and improve performance by @stojy in #48

Full Changelog: 4.0.1...5.0.0

4.0.1: improved setup and error handling

General

• Improved error handling when encountering xml files that can't be parsed (refer #47)..
  • Dialog shows the file that can't be parsed.
  • Exits back to the home page.
• Improved settings dialog..
  • Partially drawn one of the folder entries as a visual cue that scrolling is required to access the additional folders.
  • Disabled the wand button if the 'root folder' hasn't been assigned.
  • Added a note at the bottom for non-pinballY/pinballX users that folder setup is optional.
• Improved notification dialog box formatting.

Full Changelog: 4.0.0...4.0.1

4.0.0: importer database synchronization

Full release notes available via the discussion thread.. https://github.com/stojy/ClrVpin/discussions/46

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Importer

• Added ability to synchronize the local PinballY/PinballX database with information from online sources (refer #41).
  1. Single table - new dialog to view and (optionally) edit table properties.
  2. Multiple tables - for existing tables from local database that are matched against tables from online sources.
• More online feed parsing improvements, e.g.

General

• Improved fuzzy matching.
• Improved logging.
• Improved identification of manufactured vs original tables.
• Added manual 'check for update' in about menu.
• Reduced memory footprint.
• Improved UI consistency.
• Added popup dialog support in the event of an unhandled error. Closing the dialog will automatically redirect to github to raise a bug.

Scanner

• Added popup dialog indicating how many manufactured table files are missing.
• Improved backup folder management.
  feature). e.g. "flyer images\back" instead of just "back"

Rebuilder

• Added popup dialog indicating how many files were not merged.

What's Changed

• issue: #41 update database by @stojy in #42
• issue: #41 update database by @stojy in #43
• 3.0.0...4.0.0.0

3.0.0: importer table matching

Importer

• Added #25: added optional fuzzy matching between online and local tables to identify missing and outdated content
  • Results filtering: added 'include unmatched' filter and sorting
  • Results table: added 'view' feature to inspect the fuzzy matched local database table entry
  • Statistics: added details for.. fixed feeds, matched tables, unmatched online tables, and unmatched local tables
  • Progress indicator: required for fuzzy matching which can take 3-5s (depending on CPU and internet connection)
• Feed: additional fixes for for invalid IPDB url that could cause app to crash and enhanced 'original table' filtering

General

• Settings: fixed associated files
• Logging: identify at top of all logs a breakdown of manufactured vs original tables

What's Changed

• #25 database by @stojy in #40

Full Changelog: 2.4.1...3.0.0

2.4.1: support downgrade

General

• #39 - support application downgrade installation, i.e. installing earlier version.

Full Changelog: 2.4.0...2.4.1

2.4.0: new application version check/install

General

• #37 - automatic version checking, displaying of release notes, and optional installation.
• Performance improvements for rendering the settings dialog. Should be 2-3 fold faster.

What's Changed

• Version management by @stojy in #38

Full Changelog: 2.3.2.0...2.4.0.0

2.3.2.0: CI pipeline and minor fixes

General

• #31 - handle invalid file sizes of zero bytes
• #36 - added 'enable/disable diagnostic logging' option
• #35 - fixed saving of extensions in settings menu
• #33 - added automated CI pipeline via gitlab actions.. build, test, analysis, artifacts, and release.
• #34 - added automated CI pipeline via gitlab actions.. build, test, analysis, artifacts, and release.

Full Changelog: 0.0.12...2.3.2.0

2.3.1.0: scanner fixes

Scanner

• Fix #27: handle database file with no entries
• Fix #28: handle database file with invalid file name characters

General

• Increased tool tip delay to 500ms
• Added line number in stack traces to assist debugging