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1.9.8 (2nd March 2008)
Bug Fixes:

fixed bug in qif importing
All Year menus now display correctly for Financial Years that start in January
Printing bug fixed where incorrect characters were being displayed
Graph's set to "Compare Years" no longer cause errors on startup
rows can now be deselected correctly
Importing no longer creates duplicate Payments
fixes and updates to the Italian localisation

1.9.7 (30th August 2007)
Bug Fixes:

help pages revised and are now searchable
fixed performance issue with document saving
importing csv/tsv files is more robust
accessing the Prefs and the Add/Edit Graph reports is faster
when registering the serial number is not asked for a second time
Amounts appear correctly on MacOS X 10.2 again

1.9.6 (9th May 2007)
Features:

can import categories from csv/tsv files
can specify date format for csv/tsv files
importing "knows" about encoding of files

Bug Fixes:

csv files import amounts which use the "," for the decimal operator
csv/tsv files now created with negative values for expenses
imported My Money Minder file rows have the correct icon
Confirming Scheduled Items no longer gives an error on startup
My Money grid is properly populated before Confirming Scheduled Items
csv/tsv files now created with negative values for expenses
Delete toolbar caption and Today button on Calendar are localised correctly
saving an entry is now faster
added partial localisations for Chinese (Simplified) and Danish
improvements to Japanese localisation

1.9.5 (14th February 2007)
Bug Fixes:

importing files with non-english characters no longer gives an error
tsv files import properly (Item names with a comma were not being quoted correctly)
csv, tsv, qif files dragged onto the app icon no longer give an error
better error message given when an incompatible file dropped onto MMM
fixed more bugs in Yearly Summary saving/loading
fixed bug in display of date info (dates appeared to be sorted incorrectly)
fixed bug which was giving the CheckRegistering Errors error message
no longer shows an extra separator at the end of the Graph Category menu

1.9.4 (9th January 2007)
Bug Fixes:

cancelling an import no longer gives an error
Window title no longer changes to 'untitled' after making changes
Yearly summary no longer corrupted on file load
Categories are correctly saved when Groups start with letters from u-z
fixed number formatting (Yearly Summary and Graphs) for locales which use a comma for the decimal separator
categories are now saved in correct order and loading them is more robust (caused a file load error)
fix to Preferences dialog to better fit internationalised text
improvements to Dutch translation

1.9.3 (5th January 2007)
Bug Fixes:

no longer gives an error when cancelling the about box or enter serial dialog
rebuilt and retested Undo/Redo and fixed some minor bugs
Importing QIF categories and moving entries up or down now have Undo/Redo
Payment summary is calcualted and saved again
groups without categories no longer cause a file load error and the Yearly Summary loads correctly
newly inserted groups, categories and payments appear correctly in the yearly summary without a refresh
Undo/Redo menu text appears without the '...' for Adding and Editing entries
Yearly summary loads correctly for Groups, Cateogires or Payments with a single quote in the name
Adding a Bank Account from an entry works correctly again
adding a new Graph Report appears in the list correctly
Improvements to the German localisation

1.9.2 (16th November 2006)
Bug Fixes:

Groups, Categories and Payments that contain single quotes work more reliably
loading files is more reliable
currency formatting now working correctly across all locales (e.g Icelandic, Chinese, Japanese)
non-English words in Autocomplete are no longer garbled
autocomplete can be disabled again
yearly summary updates correctly when Expenses, Income or Bank Accounts categories have the same name
OpenRecent menu shows the list in the correct order again
Pie graph and legend colors work properly again
On file load graph code not called each time a menu is updated

1.9.1 (30th October 2006)
Bug Fixes:

Help Menu works again
setting a default file no longer causes an error on loading Prefs
made CSV importing more robust
improved German localisation

1.9 (23rd October 2006)
Features:

Universal Binary
Importing of QFX files
Importing Categories from QIF files
Added Dutch and Japanese localisations
Improvements to other localisations
Preferences made more robust
New Serial Number system
Editing entries does not move them to the last item for the date
Added Move Up/Down for entries
Added ProxyIcon path menu
Revised some icons and the row badges
Optimisations in Undo/Redo, Groups, Categories, Payment and Yearly Summary code

Bug Fixes:

No longer attempts to save to a locked volume
Quitting from an error is more reliable
Scheduled Entry Amount and Tax values work correctly on systems which use , as the decimal separator
Graphs no longer cause crashes when the graph area is too small

1.8.1 (13th July 2006)
Bug Fixes:

importing QIF/OFX files is much much faster (bug in file loading caused this to take over 5 minutes!)
updated MacOS Classic version available
added Portuguese localisation
improved other localisations
Debug menu item removed
Make Entry a Scheduled Entry works properly again
Scheduled Entry descriptions work again
Monthly scheduled entries work again
Can quit from the error dialog
Calc Tax checkbox has correct position on localised versions
Total Balances now appears in the Built In Graph Reports
Amount & Tax values work correctly on locales that use "," as the decimal separator
Year/Month menus restored correctly when financial year updated
Cancelling a file open no longer gives an error
QIF/OFX files import more reliably (date format and commas in description bugs fixed)
progressbar now updates during importing
entries are correctly selected after importing

1.8 (22nd May 2006)
Features:

OFX/OFC importing/exporting
Support for localisations (partially done for French, German, Italian and Spanish)
Area graph type
Can drag a file onto My Money Minder's grid to be imported
Added Balances to the Yearly Summary
Added automatic version checking
Imported files can have their case changed to titlecase
Graphs can now have data captions and x- and y-axis gridlines
Column header alignments now match the column alignments
Improved autocomplete for entry names
Auto Items renamed Scheduled Entries
Improved error reports

Bug Fixes:

CSV/Tab files import more reliably
Category validation
Custom items work correctly with commas
Yearly summary updated correctly when merging Categories

1.7.3 (4th January 2006)
Bug Fixes:

right-click (or control-clicking) selects the row correctly on all grids
adding a new entry to a new financial year no longer gives an OutOfBoundsException in the AddDataToTable Method
Print menu / Toolbar button can be selected without first selecting PageSetup

1.7.2 (14th December 2005)
Bug Fixes:

File load and storage of the currently set Graph Report is more reliable
Toolbar buttons are enabled correctly when changing the graph report selection
added more error handling to the graph code
Popupmenu selections are now restored correctly on file load

1.7.1 (17th November 2005)
Bug Fixes:

Undo for added entries and auto items which include new groups/categories/payments works correctly
Info on selected items correctly updated after undo/redo
v1.6 or less files with only one financial year now load correctly
Adding or Editing AutoItems works again
Deleting an entry correctly selects the previous entry
Row selection code is more robust
Multiple selection works correctly for AutoItems

1.7 (8th November 2005)
Features:

User customisable graph reports
More options for customising the built in graph reports
Stacked bar graph type added
Row selection and scrollbar positions for Yearly Summary, Auto Items and for all months and years for Expenses, Income and Bank Accounts are now stored in the file
Can now select multiple non-continuous rows for Expenses, Income, Bank Accounts and Auto Items
Can modify the status of multiple items

Bug Fixes:

fixed recurring bug which was causing crashes when clicking cancel on Open File
The registration name is now encodings aware

1.6 (22nd June 2005)
Features:

Auto Items can be activated every 2, 3 or 4 weeks
Export and Import CSV and Tab delimited files
added customisation of the Graph fonts
added new (optional) fields for Expenses and Income for entry status and 2 custom fields
Month menu includes adjacent month(s) in the previous/next financial years
Nested brackets and power functions allowed in Amount and Tax fields
Months can be selected from a popup menu on the calendar control, weekends highlighted in gray
updated icons for QIF imported and Auto item entries
added auto row height resizing (via Command clicking on the column Header) to all grids
Print and Print Setup dialogs are sheets on MacOS X
AutoItems dialog - Day names in the checkboxes and details are now internationalised
added better Undo/Redo descriptions for Column resizing
Color selections in Prefs is now via Color Wells
serial number screen now allows you to paste both the Name and S/N from the email and it will put them in the correct edit fields

Bug Fixes:

no longer crashes when clicking cancel on Open File
AutoItems are not inserted from the year 1001 for a file with no entries
Multiplication/Division with multiple operators now works correctly
Export now reports the correct number of entries exported
no longer gives an error on QIF import when clicking cancel on the Options dialog
graph titles refresh when changing the group
removed double graph refresh when changing the group popup menu
Payment graphs now work consistently
graph settings are correctly restored on file load for Groups and Categories
restoring graph settings is now less likely to cause a crash on file load
fixed bug in Autocomplete storing items with commas. Also extra quotes and blank items are now removed
file loads properly when there is a group which contains no categories
(Mac Classic) Merge Category / Group / Payment dialogs don't have overlapping controls and text

1.5.4 (20th May 2005)
Bug Fixes:

grids display properly when running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

1.5.3 (4th February 2005)
Bug Fixes:

QIF import no longer causes an exception error
Don't Save and cancel buttons appear correctly on the Save As dialog on MacOS X
the error report for multiple errors doesn't show the application info multiple times
auto items now show an icon in the entry
the row is selected correctly when adding a new item to the next month, deleting entries or importing entries
importing, exporting, adding/editing entries, changing to a new month is now faster (thanks to a speed up in my date searching code)

1.5.2 (24th January 2005)
Bug Fixes:

The graph and yearly summary popup menu values are restored correctly on file load
The Graph reports list now correctly receives the focus
for an empty file an exception no longer occurs when selecting the Monthly Payments report
autocomplete list is updated correctly
row is correctly selected after filling in auto items
Payment not found error no longer occurs when editing a Bank Account AutoItem
Autocomplete now stores text with commas correctly
scrollbar updated correctly so the last row (on adding a new entry) is shown correctly
removed code duplication in inserting auto items as entries and adding entries

1.5.1 (22nd December 2004)
Bug Fixes:

Improved error handling
Fixed 'HIToolbar' error for MacOS 9 (you must use the MacOS 9 version)
Category/Group/Payment renamed dialog now has the correct button labels
Row selection on My Money Grid is no longer grayed out when changing back from another tab
Cannot enter quotes into the Item field, this caused errors
Fixed NilObjectException in Prefs class bug
Toolbar buttons have correct names on the Yearly Summary for payments
removed some visual glitches with Confirming AutoItems on first loading a file
scrollbars appear correctly under MacOS 9
about menu appears correctly
selection color appears correctly under MacOS 9
removed code duplication between Add/Edit Entry and Add/Edit Auto Items

1.5 (7th December 2004)
Features:

New graphing system (added graphs for payments, added legend, better x and y labels and titles)
Added a Toolbar (MacOS X 10.2 or higher)
Each tab (My Money, Graph and Yearly Summary) have their own Month and Year menus
20% smaller application size
Grid appearance is more like MacOS X lists
Live resizing (MacOS X only) added
references to Expenditure replaced with Expenses

Bug Fixes:

Undo menu disabled bug
scrollbar always set to the top when changing months
Payments entered via the Yearly Summary are validated for duplicates correctly

1.4.1 (15th August 2004) (note this was a limited bug fix release)
Bug Fixes:

added error handling to sections of the code that did not have any error handling
adding or editing an entry which ends up in the next or previous month is has its row selected properly

1.4 (31st March 2004)
Features:

Calendar Control for selecting dates
Sorting on My Money and Auto Items Grids
Undo/Redo for column resizing on all grids
simplified adding Groups and Categories via the Yearly Summary
My Money Grid includes an indicator of the number and total of the selected entries
international-savvy month label abbreviations on the yearly summary
editing an entry and not changing the date will check if the entry is in the correct location (the QIf/MMM import problems caused Income and Bank Account entries to be in the wrong locations) and insert it in the correct one
improved error messages which can be sent by email
added a result dialog at the end of exporting a QIF file
grid headers anti-aliased on Mac OS X
separate page setups for My Money, Graphs, Yearly Summary and Auto Items
Expenses and Income can now have negative numbers in them
used a group box to surround the File to Open on startup text in the Prefs
various internal optimisations

Bug Fixes:

fixed error caused by double-clicking or drag/dropping a file onto My Money Minder
fixed a bug in the Export QIF code, made code more robust
file creation dates now stored correctly
various fixes to printing (the last column on a page should now be consistently printed)
all the rows before the currently selected row are not selected momentarily after adding or editing an entry
My Money Grid does not update several times on startup
Income and Bank Account entries correctly inserted when importing
Resizing columns is now stored and saved correctly
Adding / Editing the last entry so it is before the current entry correctly inserts the entry into the correct location (it was always being added to the end)
selected row (on the MyMoneyGrid) is reset to 0 when changing the TypeMenu, MonthMenu or Year Menu
Redo for all entries (apart from the last) works correctly (similar problem to the QIF import problem)
Undo/Redo of merge Group, Category or Payment now add/removes a single Category or a single entry correctly
correct number of years are generated (instead of all years since 1904) for a file with no entries in either expenses, income or bank accounts
Undoing a Merge Group/Category/Payment no longer updates the overall totals incorrectly (it was double-counting the totals)
Contextual menus now includes add/edit/delete Payments on the Yearly Summary
graph no longer prints a gray background on Mac OS X
page setup stored and retrieved correctly on Mac OS X
Undoing a Delete Entry now works correctly

1.3.1 (21st November 2003)
Bug Fixes:

fixed 'Phantom Help Menu' bug (an extra help menu appears, this was worse in Panther as there were two labelled Help menus, under Jaguar this is a menu with no label)
fixed extra 'untitled' window appearing when opening a document using 'File' > 'Open'
editing an entry updates the year menu correctly when the financial year start is January. This also fixed the error when Filling In Auto Items with the Financial year starting in Jan
visual bugs with Tab Panel under Mac OS X 10.3 fixed
help under Mac OS X 10.3 no longer has small text
Auto Items dialog resizes correctly for the 'Each time period on the (day)' selection on Mac OS Classic
fixed problem where the horizontal scrollbar was blacked out on Mac OS Classic
added a fix for so the background on Panther's (Mac OS X v10.3) tab panels looks correct

1.3 (10th October 2003)
Features:

Redo
The each month auto item type now can be set to activate every 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 12 months
Simple Math operations can be entered and evaluated in either the Amount or Tax fields
Added a Group column to the My Money Grid
The Auto Item type labels have been renamed for clarity
Find/Replace can now be set for an exact match
Better error handling in all dialogs
Graph colors are no longer chosen randomly, they are chosen to well distributed across the color spectrum for the number of items on the graph
Month names (in the menus, grids, graphs and prefs) have been internationalised
Pie charts have drop shadows for text
Open Recent menu is now ordered with the most recently opened doc at the top. If items lower in the list are opened they move to the top of the list.

Bug Fixes:

Adding a second (new) group with a new category from the Add/Edit Entry dialog no longer gives an error (was not checking to see if this was a new group)
Fixed long standing bug where the x-axis labels were not drawn when the previous graph had no data
added a check to the recent items so any items that do not exist or are folders are not added to the list (mainly was a problem with RB5)
Replace and Find Next works correctly. It was replacing the current record and then not finding the next in the list
Updating prefs when the My Money Grid was set to Income or Bank Accounts no longer gives an error
the Payment Label Color button is resized correctly
adding/editing groups/cat/pay - cannot enter a # in the first character or a , for any character
The dialog box for adding a group from the Yearly Summary is now correct. This was a display issue only, the group was always added even if the dialog box was labelled as a Category.
the Auto Item dialog now correctly enables the OK button when all the required items are filled in (the new auto item types introduced in v1.2 were not validating correctly)
Autocomplete no longer stops enter/return from activating the dialog's OK button.
Column Headers in the My Money Grid retain their fonts when changing between Income or Bank Accounts and Expenses
fixed bug where Autocomplete was crashing occasionally
various internal code optimisations

1.2 (1st May 2003)
Features:

Undo
added autocomplete to the Add/Edit Entry and Auto Item dialogs, this stores the last 100 used items (this can be turned off via the Preferences)
all grids now support anti-aliased text (Mac OS X only), Live Scrolling, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keys
Redesigned the Preferences to better fit the Aqua HIG
Unique Categories - no longer does each Group have to contain all available Categories
Payments summary now an option on the Yearly Summary, can also add/edit/merge/delete payments via the yearly summary
Optimisation: Loading files is faster
Optimisation: Inserting entries is faster. Biggest speed-up is in Inserting many auto items and importing data into an existing file
Optimisation: Merging now only updates the yearly summary for the entries that have been modified, instead of every item
better error handling when editing entries or making an entry an auto item
On Mac OS X the Ask Save Changes dialog is now a sheet.
Implemented a 'Review Changes' dialog for more than 2 docs with unsaved changes
added two new Auto Item types. These grab the previous months categories totals (either added at the end of the month or on a day in the month).
Adding a new file now has the keyboard shortcut of Command-Shift-N

Bug Fixes:

30 day evaluation is reset correctly when using the newest version of My Money Minder
When the financial year is set to January the Year menu only shows one year
When items are imported the yearly summary is updated correctly
When on the Yearly Summary tab, the grid is now updated correctly when the 'Fill In Auto Items' menu is selected
Copy/Paste bug fixed for Mac OS X 10.2
files now keep their creation dates (instead of becoming the same as the modification date)
Fixed exception error which appeared when double-clicking or drag/dropping a file onto My Money Minder
Inserting Auto Item now works for items that contain commas.
Find/Replace now works correctly for entries that contain commas.
Find/Replace no longer removes the Icon from the entry
AutoItems dialog - more room for the currency symbol
Fill In Auto Items dialog now has the End Date as the end of the current financial year for all Financial Year start months.
The entry date is now stored correctly including any leading zeros.
Fixed window flickering problems on MacOS 9

1.1.1 (3rd October 2002)

Changing to the Yearly Summary no longer gives an error when the Preference for Show Expense, Income, Bank Account and Tax Totals is unchecked and there are less than 3 categories in the current file
Amount and Tax fields now correctly work for international decimal separators
All the Date fields increased in width so full dd/mm/yyyy date fits, EditCreate and AutoItem Popup menus increased in width
The Tax currency symbol (on the right for some countries) no longer appears on the Income / Bank Accounts dialogs
When a comma is used for the Decimal separator the entry is now saved and displayed correctly
Date Fields now can reduce the day or month from 1 (using the little arrows or the down arrow)
Column resize cursor no longer works beyond the limit of all the columns
Generating the Yearly Summary grid using the Carbon version of My Money Minder on Mac OS 8.5/9 is much faster (and a small speed increase for the My Money grid)

1.1 (21st September 2002)
Features:

Importing Quicken (QIF) and My Money Minder files
Exporting Quicken (QIF) files
Scroll wheel support in the grids (Mac OS Classic support for scroll wheel depends on your Mouse driver)
Deleting and merging of Categories and Groups is now possible
Font and font sizes for all grids can now be set
You can now set a file to open on startup
Added an Open Recent menu (stores the last 10 files opened)
Dock location is detected
Editing, Deleting or Merging Groups or Categories reports the number of each type (Expense, Income, Bank Account or Auto Item) that have been changed. Previously only the total number was reported
You can now enter negative amounts for Bank Accounts
Bank Accounts now can have a description (similar to Expenses and Income)
The date used for the Add Entry dialog is either the current date (if the month is the current month) or the 1st of the currently selected month
An Auto Item can now be created from an entry on the My Money grid
When an entry is created by an Auto Item an icon will be added to the Item cells. The icon can also be removed
The Amount and Tax Columns on the My Money and Auto Items grids and all the month columns on the Yearly Summary grid now right align so it is easier to see the greater amounts. For all other columns if the text does not fit in the cell then the text is appended by "..."

Bug Fixes:

Selecting Fill In Auto Items now works correctly (problems with non Australian date formats)
Entries with commas in the item field can be edited without causing an exception error
The Yearly Summary displays correctly when the Prefs are set to not show the Totals
My Money Minder help files no longer cause Mac OS X Help to crash
A duplicate file being opened is detected properly
Selecting rows on all grids works properly

1.0 (9th May 2002) - initial release.