Ver 1.01 - Under development minor update
* Quick Find - change behavior so that contacts menu shows after find completes vs find menu.
* Remove acount type from the user setup - not needed.
* Updates to ToDo list.
Ver 1.00 - April 1 2008
* Improved Quick Find.
* Structured payment names for payments on Pledges
* Improved and more "FileMaker like" interface.
* Revised and improved individual summary statistics.
* Automatic update of summary data on startup.
* Alternative more memorable record numbers, to make looking up a record by Rec# easier
* Revised and expanded pull down menus
* New report and export pull down menus
* 14 added or improved reports
* Simple email to a small group (found set) Uses FileMaker only, no plugin needed
* Over 50 minor and not so minor bug fixes
* Development done and Runtimes compiled with FileMaker 9 (giving good support for the latest Windows and Mac OS)
* Sample data set to make understanding and learning easier.
* Retains support for use with FileMaker 8, 8.5 and makes good use of FileMaker 9 features.
( note to fully support changes to how tabs are handled in FM 8.5 and FM 9 users with FM8.0 may find that in some cases the "wrong" tab comes to the front in tabbed layouts. FM8 users can simple choose the "right" tab to work arround this.)
* Ends support for QuickBooks interchange
ver .94.12 - September 2007 (bug fix minor update)
* Bug fix on recording duration for membership payment.
* New Mac package installer for OSX runtime.
ver .94.10 - August 2007
* Tested and fully supports FileMaker 9 (still backward compatible to FM 8.5, minor issues with FM 8.0.)
* Improved more flexible login and password process.
* Setup assistant to assist new users with basic setup and configuration.
* Improved stability in the user settings and interface settings.
* Improved graduated access permission process.
* Added dup check and report choices.
* Customisable Thankyou leter for Payments
* Beta version of support for bulk email using the Dacons email plug-in is included. (requires extra cost email plug-in).
* Many minor interface, bug fix, and usability changes.
March 24 2007
* Changes in interface to give choices of interface on a user by user basis. Interface choices are Standard, (Contact information and payments), No Payment (Showing only contact info),
* Minor changes from Payment and Pledge to Contacts Overview. Addressing minor bugs and some look and feel improvements
* Space Rental (developed for a client who rents space for meetings, weddings, etc. included in general NorthStarDb to facilitate updates and for use of others who may have similar needs).
* Bug fix re Related records display. Also many small interface and related fixes and improvements.
* Changes to the settings area to accommodate new settings for interface choices and a cleaner presentation of options.
* Change in runtime file extension. The NSD extension has a conflict with another program which used the same extension. The new runtime extension is CGN. Research suggest that this is a totally unused extension and we are in the process of reserving it for NorthStarDb
1/12/2007 ver 9.1.3.4 and ver .91.3.5
* Minor bug fixes, Introduces variable interface global settings.
12/8/2006 ver .91.3.2
* Revisions to setup screen. Corrected tab order in Contacts data entry tabs.
* Bug fix on built in labels scripting.
* Bug fix on finds involving membership status.
* Built in and Custom reports presented and launched from a single layout.
* Added response analysis custom report.
* Improved navigation in Contacts edit screen tabs.
* Process to allow backup to text files and restore data from text backup.
* Addition of class / event scheduling and payment features.
* Designed with input from an art museum which offers a broad range of classes and events.
* Changes to contacts interface to allow viewing of more payment data on the contacts page.
* Bug fixes in display of payment amounts and pull down menus in payments and payment find areas.
* Bug fixes in Add Items to Found set.
* Item_ID changed to ebase 2 style generated ten Character IDs
* Minor Bug fixes in label and envelope reportsReports added, Revised Deposit report. Expanded sample user designed report.
* Added export from Calendar for use with Google Calendar
* Added LegacyID fields to aid in importing data
* Update NorthStarDbData record IDs (ContactID, PaymentID etc) to use ebase 2 style generated ten Character IDs rather than FileMaker serial number IDs.
* Minor bug fixes.
* Add in NorthStarDbReports file for user designed reports.
7/27/06 ver .91.2
* NorthStarDb initial public release