Hi all!
PNotes 5 has reached beta testing.
The previous release - 4.7 - was only honored with bashful "hooray!" of Oliver Krystal. I hope with this release things will be on the mend, especially as because there is a lot of improvements and changes:
- Changed internal way the notes are kept, i.e. no windows are created
for hidden or deleted notes. This prevents program slowness and possible
memory problems. (nascent) - Added option to alert about overdue notes on program start. This option is
disabled by default, in order to use it user should check
'Preferences' -> 'Schedule' -> 'Track overdue reminders'.
If there is any overdue note, the dialog box with these notes will appear
on program start. By double click on each item in list user could set up its
schedule type or clear it. Tracking each note could be disabled by checking
appropriate check box on note's schedule dialog. (oliver_sahr) - Added option to print note's contents.
- Added preview pane to Control Panel. Now user doesn't have to open hidden
notes to read their contents. (horstepp2 and oliver_sahr) - Added option to create new note from clipboard contents. (oliver_sahr)
- Hot keys can now be assigned to both main menu and single note menu commands.
- Added note's high priority flag, allows to set note's priority. (oliver_sahr)
- Added note's "complete" flag, allows to mark the tasks as complete. (oliver_sahr)
- Added option to lock note's contents against accidental changing. (juapar2)
- Dropping a file onto note now provides a user with two possible choices:
adding a contents of a file to note or adding a link to file to note's contents. (beerbrommer) - In addition to searchin notes by contents added ability to search notes by their
title (or fragment of title). (horstepp2) - Added ability to send multiple notes as attachments in one email.
- User can now define the program behavior after double click on program icon
in system tray. (oliver_sahr) - Groups in Control Panel are now sorted alphabetically. (oliver_sahr)
- Count of notes in each group in Control Panel is now shown in brackets next to
group name. (oliver_sahr) - Columns for priority, complete state and protection mode added to Control Panel.
It allows notes to be easily sorted by these properties as well. (oliver_sahr) - Added command for bringing all currently visible notes to front. (dintyma)
- After choosing in Favorites the note will appear in its original location instead
of center of screen. (aquabon) - After double click on note in Control Panel the note will become visible in its
original position instead of centralizing. - "Adjust" command for single note is split into two different commands:
"Adjust Appearance" and "Adjust Schedule". (horstepp2) - Added menu command to roll/unroll tne note. (s_djukic)
- Added option to invert text color of notes with random background color. (nascent)
- Adjustable preview window background color. (oliver_sahr)
- Some hot keys are set by default (like Ctrl+S, Ctrl+P) and there are number of common keys
combination unallowable for use as hot keys (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+X etc) because other programs
will not get these messages. (rickytbf - Fixed bug with missed groups in Control Panel, which resulted in program crash. (oliver_sahr)
- Fixed improper notes positioning after moving notes from wide screen to regular or
from multiple screens system to single screen. - Fixed formatting problems.
Quite a few.
Also changed appearance of notes - because of adding priority, protected mode and complete task, the appropriated signs are shown on note's surface. It requires rebuilding of all previous skins, though. The old ones will continue to work, but won't show the new marks of course. Therefore PNSkinCreator has been rebuilt as well and I appeal to MrElchbau, Shawn Faucher, WK - there are a number of your skins, if you are still here on forum, a few minutes of your time will be very helpful.
Here are the links:
PNotes - https://downloads.sourceforge.net/pnotes/PNotes_5_0_112.zip
PNSkinCreator - https://downloads.sourceforge.net/pnotes/PNSkinCreator_3_0_103.zip