ToyBase

Changes made in this version:

• The export toys to CSV and XML options in the Publish menu were broken and have been fixed
• Publish Catalogue now attempts to automatically detect your network proxy if you are on a protected network

To get the new version, open ToyBase and hit the Help…Check for updates menu or click download and re-enter your details.

ToyBase 7.0.95 is mainly a housekeeping release but it contains some essential work that had to be done before I can get back to adding new features.

Changes:

• if you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7 then ToyBase will now attempt to put its database in the correct folder for your user and so Windows will never complain about the database being ‘read only’. See the linked article for more details
• your I.T. department can override ToyBase and tell it to store the data anywhere that they choose (for example on their network drive)
• as a New Year gift I have increased the number of records that can be created in the free demonstration from 200 to 500 active toys and members.  This should be more than enough for small organisations to use ToyBase for free and for larger organisations to thoroughly try the software before they commit to a purchase.
• optimised the Publish Catalogue to Website option so it only uploads images that have changed since the last publication
• if you attempt to create a toy but you don’t have any categories you will be directed to the Toys…Create Category menu instead
• I have added these currencies to the Tools…Options menu:

1. Australian Dollars
2. Euro
3. Indian Rupee
4. United States Dollars

Bug fixes:

• some people were not deleting the ‘import v6 data’ shortcut which was included for a quick upgrade and import of data from v6 to v7.  ToyBase now asks you to confirm that you want to import your old data.  I consider this a bug because it should not have been so easy for a user to re-import their old data.  The import icon has been moved from the desktop into the Start menu
• the folder icons were missing in the Tools…Backup menu – they are now put on your PC when you install ToyBase
• apostrophes can now be included in your Organisation Name of your Licence. I have had to remove some in the past but this has not been a problem for the last few versions of ToyBase
• when you click on links that take you to the toybase.net website, all the links now point to the new pages and not to the old site.  All the old links will continue to be redirected to the new pages and so you will not notice the transistion

The application icon has changed from a blue cube to a blue index card holder:

To get the new version, open ToyBase and hit the Help…Check for updates menu or click download.

The new version of ToyBase is now available. If you are running ToyBase and are connected to the Internet then just click the Help…Check for Upgrades menu in ToyBase. Otherwise click download.  This upgrade only has changes related to publishing your stock or toy catalogue onto your website.  If you don’t want to do this, then you don’t need to download this update.

The changes in 7.0.94 only relate to the Publish menu and include:

• a new way of publishing your catalogue to a website
• a new feature – publishing different Branches to different websites

The websites produced by ToyBase have many more features including authoring of pages and full WYSIWYG editing.  Please visit Trevu Toy Library for a real-life example.

The new version of ToyBase is now available. If you are running ToyBase and are connected to the Internet then just click the Help…Check for Upgrades menu in ToyBase. Otherwise click download.

The changes in ToyBase 7.0.93 are small:

• the Duplicate button on the view toy/item screen now suggests the correct stock number in all cases
• if you are running ToyBase as a Leisure Library you will notice that the ‘design toy report’ page has been renamed as ‘design item report’

The new version of ToyBase for Leisure Libraries is now available. If you are running ToyBase and are connected to the Internet then just click the Help…Check for Upgrades menu in ToyBase. Otherwise click download.

The changes in ToyBase 7.0.92 are small and only visible to those who run ToyBase as a Leisure Library:

• I have removed some more references to ‘toys’ in the Item reports, the help text, and Statistical reports and the thumbnail tool