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QuickScan ProMedia
 | 2/12/01 - 3.9.3 ProMedia
* Option of using older version
"Add Delimiter" screen or the new version of the screen.
* Bug
fix of problem causing the Batch-completed confirmation error from
displaying
* Altered
results screens to display the Add Account flag window ahead of the
Add Category flag window. |
| 12/15/00 - 3.9.2 ProMedia
* Changes to the Edit Category
form to keep it from scrolling to the top after an entry or edit
* Changes to the Category table
that was preventing new categories from being added
* Fix to the report code that
was causing an error to be produced when searching for text strings
that contained the apostrophe.
* The "Create DL File"
command button was producing an error when it was used from the screen
viewing a filtered view of the clip data. This error did not
occur when viewing a separate temporary result set ("edit,
select, before printing"). This control has now been
disabled in first screen. |
| 11/20/00 - 3.9 ProMedia
* New feature added to the CC
Edit and Append form that allows the flagging of CC records with
Accounts and Categories. Note: This update requires BDS access
to the user's computer system for modifications of the large "Current.mdb"
data file. |
| 10/24/00 - 3.8.9 ProMedia
* New feature to process Closed
Caption text files where the delimiter characters are not provided between
stories by the broadcaster. New screen replaces the original Add
Delimiter screen and adds the functionality of full editing (cut,
copy, paste), spell checking, multiple deletion of lines of text,
paragraph formatting. To
view a screen shot of the new Add Delimiter screen click here. |
| 10/12/00 - 3.8.8 ProMedia
* New "Media Value"
and "Abbreviated Media Value" reports calculate viewer ship
and approximate media value for each clip displayed in the report.
These values are totaled at bottom of the report and a "Media
Value Index" number is derived.
* Fix for cursor tab order on Ad
Hoc search form.
* Fix for excess
"beeping"
* Added "QuickFix"
feature to QS ProMedia that was available in QuickScan 99 |
| 8/23/00 - 3.8.7 ProMedia
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* A new feature to automatically
delete blank records during the CC Import and Append process. Often
times when a CC file is imported there are superfluous delimiter
characters such as "### ###". QS interprets the space
between these characters as a story and therefore a record in the
database. This record will takes up space in the database and also
looks bad on reports.
* A fix for an error
running the Abbreviated General Report when it encountered a
"null" value in a record's description field.
* A fix for the User
Options form that was not allowing use of the Password controls.
* A fix for the report known as
the "Hit Frequency Report". This report had failed to
display multiple hits occurring on the same station in the correct
Time order. |
| 8/22/00 - 3.8.6 ProMedia
* Modifications to "Type
3" file naming convention to include programs that start
'minutes' after the hour |
| 8/18/00 - 3.8.6 ProMedia
* In the User Options screen,
the option control under the Logging tab which allowed the user to
skip through the "Category" fields while logging was not
working. This option has been corrected and enhanced to also skip the
"Accounts" field while logging. |
| 8/12/00 - 3.8.6 ProMedia
* Modifications to "Type
3" file naming convention to include proper designation for
"radio". |
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* The 'Account' search criteria
form's Topic field now validates for a back slash " \
" delimiter after the last key word or key word phrase. |
| 7/29/00 - 3.8.6 ProMedia
* Corrected bug that was causing
an error When QuickScan was closed. |
| 7/21/00 - 3.8.5 ProMedia
* Corrected bug that was not
allowing the "Edit, Select..." search result form to close
without an error.
* New feature to run maintenance
backup by "date logged" or by "broadcast date".
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| 6/1-16/00 - 3.8.5 ProMedia
* Corrected bug that was causing
an error on some systems during the DL file creation. |
| 5/31/00 - 3.8.3 ProMedia
* Error when closing Ad Hoc
search screen corrected
* Fixed
"Create DL File" export button that wasn't working in the
Client's search results screen. |
| 4/18/00 - 3.8.2 ProMedia
* Media database for broadcast
programs now accepts Neilson rating numbers and 30 second add cost (a
report to display this data is forthcoming).
* Bug fixes causing report
printing error from Client search results screen
* "Un-select
clip" check box in the Client "Edit Actual Results"
screen now also applies to subsequent reports generated from there.
* Edit
Category, Clip Types, Report Titles moved to User Options area
* Edit
Category, Clip Types, Report screens modified to display multiple
records simultaneously. Back to Top |
| 3/28/00 - 3.8.1 ProMedia
* QuickScan ProMedia
introduced - replaces QuickScan 99 for all new purchases. Update
also available.
* Client
database broken into 'contacts' and contacts may now be
subdivided into 'accounts'. An individual search profile may be stored for
each 'account'.
* Clips
may be 'flagged' with any number of accounts and later searched for by
account name (as well as standard search parameters).
* Clips
may now be flagged with any number of user defined 'categories'.
* Selected
multiple search results may be flagged simultaneously
with an account name. This will allow a search result set that
has been manually selected to be easily and accurately reconstituted
at any point in the future.
* Imports
and converts data from existing QuickScanJr applications
* Modified
User Options screen
* New
user option selections for reports no longer affect logging.
* New
'Theme' options to change QuickScan's appearance.
* New
option to disable CC File Organizer feature
* New
option to ignore or include blank lines (carriage returns) when
importing CC text
files
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QuickScan 99
| 11/30/00 - 3.6
* Fix for problem with the set
of Abbreviated reports |
| 10/24/00 - 3.6
* New feature to process Closed
Caption text files where the delimiter characters are not provided between
stories by the broadcaster. New screen replaces the original Add
Delimiter screen and adds the functionality of full editing (cut,
copy, paste), spell checking, multiple deletion of lines of text,
paragraph formatting. To
view a screen shot of the new Add Delimiter screen click here. |
| 8/23/00 - 3.5.9
* A fix for the report known as
the "Hit Frequency Report". This report had failed to
display multiple hits occurring on the same station in the correct
Time order.
* A new feature to automatically
delete blank records during the CC Import and Append process. Often
times when a CC file is imported there are superfluous delimiter
characters such as "### ###". QS interprets the space
between these characters as a story and therefore a record in the
database. This record will takes up space in the database and also
looks bad on reports.
* A fix for an error running the
Abbreviated General Report when it encountered a "null"
value in a record's description field. |
| 8/22/00 - 3.5.8
* Modifications to "Type
3" file naming convention to include programs that start
'minutes' after the hour |
| 8/12/00 - 3.5.8
* Modifications to "Type
3" file naming convention to include proper designation for
"radio". |
| 3/23/00 - 3.5.8
* Insert CC Delimiter screen made
wider. Changed label on the close button to "Cancel"
and added a message to ask user if the user really wanted to close the form
and lose the delimiters that had been added.
* Report File menu has new
"Save As/Export" option.
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| 2/25/00 - 3.5.7
* Fix for formatting error that
occurred when there were no key words entered into the Topics field of
the QuickScan search parameters screens
* Fix for error that caused no
screens to be visible after canceling a
CC Add Delimiter session
* Option for allowing users to
ignore or import carriage returns (blank lines) from imported closed
caption text files. This option may be important to users who
intentionally use a carriage return when formatting Closed Caption
text outside of the QuickScan program. Other users may prefer to
have the large number of carriage returns found in their raw CC files
automatically eliminated. Which option the user prefers must
be specified when requesting the update. A future update will
include a control for the user.
* Fix for intermittent
error that occurred when opening the "Auto CC Entry" screen. |
| 1/20/00 - 3.5.6
* Fix for report headers that were
formatting incorrectly. |
| 11/30/99 - 3.5.6
* New option feature added that,
in addition to allowing the import and parsing of the Postech
type closed caption files , will now also allow the import and parsing
of SoftTouch type closed caption
text files (this pertains specifically to the optional QuickScan
closed caption import module). There is also a new drop-down
selector control that appears in the User Options screen for selecting
the CC file type to be imported. |
| 11/18/99 - 3.5.5
* This update corrects a problem
that was causing the workstation-local utility file,
"qsidecar.mdb", to become unnaturally
enlarged and in turn cause the QuickScan application to open slowly. |
| 11/16/99 - 3.5.5
* This update fixes a problem that
was causing QuickScan to return a "hit" whenever a tilde (~)
character was contained in that record's text fields. |
| 11/9/99 - 3.5.4
* Clicking the "Create
Order" button on the Client Search Result screen formerly printed
a tape label, shipping label, production order and a "tape detail
report". This tape detail report will no longer be printed
unless the number of 'clips' that are to be in the order exceed eleven
(11). Twelve is the maximum number of records that will print on
a tape label.
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| 11/8/99 - 3.5.4
* The sort order for viewing
search results in the "Ad Hoc" and "by-Client"
search results screens was corrected . This pertains
to both "edit actual data" results and the "edit,
select before printing" results. QuickScan reports were
unaffected by this glitch and continue sorting correctly.
Records (clips) are now sorted in the following order: Broadcast
Date, City, Station, Time and then Order of Entry into the
database.
* The cryptic error message that
appears when a user attempts to append a closed caption file without
having selected a location for archived closed caption files has been
replaced with a friendly explanation. The append operation
is no longer interrupted and the
archived, renamed CC file is placed in the local c:\qs98 folder. |
| 10/26/99 - 3.5.3
* Default date range on
Maintenance form has been re-corrected. |
| 10/18/99 - 3.5.3
* Client Listing report has been
updated to include all new QuickScan 9x fields. Sorting order
has also been updated. |
| 10/5/99 - 3.5.3 (QuickScan
99)
* New feature that allows
paragraph formatting to remain in Closed Caption documents that have
been formatted outside of QuickScan.
* Changes to report formatting.
* Minor bug fixes to forms
open/close off various functions.
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| 9/26/99 - 3.5.2 (QuickScan
99) **
* A major re-writing of all
QuickScan search code. This enhances the search speeds to a 10th
of the previous speeds - especially noticeable
in running batch reports.
* Manual
Input Clips screen has been modified for more viewing area per record
(story, clip).
* Closed
Caption Edit and Append screen has been modified for more viewing area
per record (story, clip) and the "Summary" field is now
viewable with a toggle switch that causes a window to be superimposed
over the CC text where the user may input Summary data.
* Program
"End Time" field added to Broadcaster/Programs database.
* A
new button has been added to the Main Menu screen that allows access
to the User Options. Previous access point - double clicking on
Company Name - has been removed.
* The
quick file repair feature is no longer accessible
directly from the Main Menu but has now been moved to the Maintenance
screen.
* New
option feature that allows the user to print a report even though
there are no 'hits'. This informs a client that the search with their
criteria was run but produced no results. This option is
selectable for each 'Contact' in the 'Client' database. It is
also selectable from the Ad Hoc search screen.
** The above feature update may incur an
update charge for
non-CSP users. All new features listed
below are also included with this update.
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| 8/1/99 - 3.4.4
* A fix for the default date
range that appears when the Maintenance procedures are started. If these maintenance
procedures are run each Friday (as recommended) the default date range now defaults to
copy all records from 'yesterday' (Thursday) through the previous Friday. This now
prevents an accidental duplication of Thursday's data each week.
NOTE: For those of you who believe that you may already have
duplicate data in your archive file (or any QS data file) an update to the QuickScan
Utility is now available that has an easy-to-use function to eliminate duplicate records.
Send an update request to obtain a free copy of the
Utility update (click for more information
on the QuickScan Utility).
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| 7/4/99 - 3.4.4 **
* Feature to automatically rename raw CC text files
and move them to a user selected CC archive storage folder after the CC data has been
imported.
* CC text files are named
according to header station, broadcast time and broadcast date that are pulled from the CC
text file (i.e. 120298 WDAE 1800.txt). The CC text files are renamed with a
.txt extension to allow easy opening in Notepad or other registered text
viewer/editor.
* New user option to name
folder where archived CC files will be stored.
* Command button feature
to automatically create a new directory folder for archived CC files from within the User
Options screen.
* Command button feature
to automatically create new directory folder for 'new' CC files - from within the User
Options screen.
* A modification is
required for the system's datafile.mdb file
* Click here for more information.
** This feature update may incur an update charge for
non-CSP users. |
| 6/10/99 - 3.4.3
* Modifications to Type 3 file output
* Tab
order corrected on Client/Contact form |
| 5/25/95 - 3.4.3
* Added File menu options to the
Print Preview screen of the Tape Label and Client Shipping Label (these File menu items
were already available on other reports). |
| 5/18/99 - 3.4.3
* Added report date range field to Ad
Hoc 'Rundown' report.
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| 5/14/99 - 3.4.3
* Fix to Tape Label that was causing records
(clips) to be sorted differently than in other associated reports.
* Fix to "Create Order" feature
that was preventing the "Production Order" report from printing.
* More descriptive error messages for
attempts to import incorrectly formatted closed caption files. |
| 4/20/99 - 3.4.2
* Fixed Batch Report bug that caused
all interval reports to print when any interval was selected. Oops!
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| 4/18/99 - 3.4.2
* New option added to User Options
screen allows user to select whether reports will open full screen (Maximized) or normal
sized when Print Preview is displayed prior to printing. (requires a modification to
user's datafile.mdb)
* Some
'fly-over' text modified in User Options screens.
* All
screens that contain a report selector drop-down list (i.e. Ad Hoc Search) now open with
the "General" report pre-selected as the default report to be printed.
* FIX:
Problem with the Import Preview screen that prevented users from being able to
select and edit remote file programs prior to import has been corrected. |
| 4/9/99 - 3.4.1
* Record locking control added to
User Options forms. This should prevent further corruption problems that were
occurring when more than one user was attempting to make a change in options at the same
time. |
| 3/31/99 - 3.4.1
* Batch report
date groups no longer print together. In other words all of the 'daily' and 'weekly'
reports no longer print along with the 'monthly' reports, the weekly reports no longer
print along with the monthly reports, etc.
* Some
field sizes adjusted to fit larger amounts of text for Rundown Reports. |
| 3/15/99 - 3.4.1
* Added new
controls to to the QuickFix feature that allows for a "Tape ID"
to be easily added to each record of a previously logged broadcast.
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| 3/9/99 - 3.4
* 2nd Page of User Options made to
hide the "company logo" field if the box is not checked to use the logo.
* Small
fixes to report's "Prepared By..." fields - made larger. |
| 3/3/99 - 3.4
* New report: "Teaser
Letter" that is a friendly letter format that lists 'hits' * New screen in User Options
to store Teaser Letter report's variables - Salutation, Body and Closing.
* Modifications
made to add fields to datafile.mdb database in table tblUserData (accommodates the above).
* Spell
checker added to User Options forms (so users can check spelling in disclaimer fields,
Teaser Letter fields, etc. |
| 2/22/99 - 2/24/99 - 3.3.9
* Report disclaimer field added to
all reports.
* New
field in User Options to edit and store new report disclaimer
* New
field in User Options to select whether Time In/Duration field is visible on reports
* Enhancements
to layout of second page of User Options.
* New
command button to call the User Options screen added to Ad Hoc Search screen,
Orders-Clients screen, Ad Hoc 'Edit, Select Before Printing' Results screen, Client's
'Edit, Select Before Printing' Results screen.
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| 2/12/99 - 2/13/99 - 3.3.8
* New report for records with overly
large CC fields
* Enter
Key behavior modified on all forms with descriptions fields to allow carriage return in
stead of movement to next field.
* New
field in User Options to select whether Time In/Duration field is visible on reports
* Enhancements
to layout and functionality of User Options screens.
* New
command button to call the User Options screen added to Ad Hoc Search screen,
Orders-Clients screen, Ad Hoc 'Edit, Select Before Printing' Results screen, Client's
'Edit, Select Before Printing' Results screen.
* Fix to
Maintenance screen to hide non-used "Archive Maintenance" command button when
form opened from Repair Options screen.
* Path
Error Options form enhanced for layout and functionality.
* Insert
CC Delimiter screen enlarged to allow more of the program text to be in view at once.
* "Auto
Center" added on CC Delimiter form. |
| 2/8/99 Datafile.mdb
* Added "query" Clients to
this database file so users can use MS Word mail merge tools with QuickScan client
database.
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| 1/25/99 - 1/28/99 - 3.3.7
* Code
correction to format report headers
* Modifications
to 'Type 3' file creation/export
* Archive
Export maintenance function modified to keep protected file names from being used.
* Modifications
made to User-logo function. Logo now 'stretches' to fill field size and is displayed
in User Options. |
| 1/11/99 - 1/15/99 - 3.3.5
* "Production" reports set
to printer called "Prod Dept Printer"
* Modifications
to Clips Edit screen to make Summary or Description (CC) field visible depending on User
Options settings.
* Modifications
to Hot Topics screen - scroll bars in text fields and made larger.
* "Search
In" radio control's default setting determined from User Options when either Ad Hoc
Search or Client-Orders forms are opened.
* Fixes
and modifications to maintenance procedure - now takes Summary field into account.
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| 1/4/99 - 1/10/99 - 3.3.2
* SnapShot feature added to report
preview menus
* Copyright
label code modification
* Default
setting on 'Search In' field set to 'both' from 'Description' |
| 12/21/98 - 3.3.1
* New field on User Options screen
for default location of CC files
* Modifications
to Type 3 file functions.
* Type 3
file export added to Export Menu |
| 12/11/98 - 12/15/98 - 3.2.9
* Type 3 file location field added to
User Options form
* BNX
file output function added
* Selection
added to User Options for selecting which field is outputted to NDS or BNX - Summary or
Description
* Code
modified to allow the 'Category' Boolean to work correctly with multiple Topic words.
* QuickFix
features added
* Command
button added to Main Menu to start QuickFix features
* Abbreviated
report description-size option added to User Options
* Abbreviated
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QuickScanJr
Plus (99) Updates
| 10/24/00 - 3.4.5
* New feature to process Closed
Caption text files where the delimiter characters are not provided between
stories by the broadcaster. New screen replaces the original Add
Delimiter screen and adds the functionality of full editing (cut,
copy, paste), spell checking, multiple deletion of lines of text,
paragraph formatting. To
view a screen shot of the new Add Delimiter screen click here.
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| 3/28/00 - 3.4.3
* Feature allows
changing the font size in the manual data entry screen. Font sizes
selections are Small, Medium and Large.
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| 11/30/99 - 3.4.2
* Fixes a bug
that was causing an error moving and renaming CC files when the user
failed to specify a folder for placing archived CC files.
* New option feature added that,
in addition to allowing the import and parsing of the Postech type
closed caption files , will now also allow the import and parsing of Soft Touch
type closed caption text files (this pertains specifically to the
optional QuickScan closed caption import module). There is also
a new drop-down selector control that appears in the User Options
screen for selecting the CC file type to be
imported.
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| 11/15/99 - 3.4.1
* NDS file
output feature added. This is similar to the feature in the full
version of QuickScan but lacks the ability to select a date range to
export. All records in the QuickScanJr database are exported to
the NDS file (File type 1).
* Default date selection
option has been fixed (from a accidental reversion)
*
New screen added with a function to insert a closed caption record
while reconciling CC data (as in the full version of QuickScan).
This allows the user to easily separate two joined stories in one
record to two distinct records.
*
Closed Caption File Organizer feature added. This feature works
in the same way as it does in the full version of QuickScan. Click here for more
information
about the CC File Organizer Feature.
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| 8/26/99 - 3.3
* Manual Input Clips screen has
been modified for more viewing area per record (story, clip).
* Closed
Caption Edit and Append screen has been modified for more viewing area
per record (story, clip) and the "Summary" field is now
viewable with a toggle switch that causes a window to be superimposed
over the CC text where the user may input Summary data.
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| 6/10/99 - 3.2.6
* Modifications to Type 3 file output
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| 3/15/99 - 3.2.6
* Added new
controls to to the QuickFix feature that allows for a "Tape ID"
to be easily added to each record of a previously logged broadcast
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| 2/12/99 - 2/13/99 - 3.2.5
* Enter Key behavior modified on all
forms with descriptions fields to allow carriage return in stead of movement to next
field.
* Enhancements
to layout and functionality of User Options screens.
* Insert
CC Delimiter screen enlarged to allow more of the program text to be in view at once.
* "Auto
Center" added on CC Delimiter form.
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| 1/25/99 - 1/28/99 - 3.2.4
* Modifications to 'Type 3' file
creation/export
* New
option for users that sets the default date that will appear in the Input Clips screen
when the user begins logging a broadcast. The new label in the User Options screen
reads, "I most often manually log news that aired:" then the logger
selects the appropriate 'radio' button "Yesterday" or "Today".
* Function
added to application open to check for existing records before starting a new session.
Allows user to purge old records at that time or continue without purging.
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| 1/11/99 - 1/15/99 - 3.2.2
* Modifications to Clips Edit screen
to make Summary or Description (CC) field visible depending on User Options settings.
* Modifications
to Hot Topics screen - scroll bars in text fields and made larger
* Main
Menu visible command no longer controlled from Input Clips command control but rather on
the on open event of the Clips Entry form.
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| 1/4/99 - 1/10/99 - 3.2.1
* SnapShot feature added to report
preview menus
* Copyright
label code modification
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| 12/21/98 - 3.2
* New field on User Options screen
for default location of CC files
* Main
Menu control added for Type 3 file export
* QuickFix
feature added
* Main
Menu control added for QuickFix features
* Add
Closed Caption Clips screen modified to search for CC files in location provided by new
field in User Options form.
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