Last changes

    

Date

Version

Changes

10/21/16

9.10.02

Seach functions rewritten with interface more user-friendly

10/23/11

9.9.12

Fixed : Occasional loss of data (concerning comments added to the headstamps) while compacting the databases or when closing MSELECT or the Headstamp manager.

.JPEG files no longer considered as being invalid images for cartridges or headstamps.

15/08/11 9.9.08

Two new functions added to the "Tools" menu of MSELECT replace the "Picture manager", obsolete.

06/08/11 9.9.07

New database engine managing files twice as large as previously (version 9.9.1)

Improvement ensuring installation and use of MSELECT under Windows 7 (version 9.9.1)

Improvement solving display problems in case of 120-dpi screen resolution (version 9.9.6)

Possible file preview when importing images of cartridges or headstamps (version 9.9.7)

16/10/2009 9.7.67

"Cards" resized automatically, according to the height of the main window, allowing a higher "Notes" field.

New icons.

Problems with screens allowing only 16-bit colors fixed.

02/20/2009

9.7.35

New installation program : Standardization of the old setup modes. Possible NTFS access rights now taken into account.

01/14/2009

9.7.33

By default, MHT documents are displayed again in the "Documents" window of MSELECT. Nevertheless, it's still possible to open them optionally in the default Web Browser.

01/08/2009

9.7.32

Contextual help when seaching for XCR codes

10/24/2008

9.7.27

New keyboard shortcuts.

The images of the current cartridge and its headstamp can be displayed in a unique window. 

10/12/2008

9.7.26

Automatic data exchanges between MSELECT and the Headstamp and Document managers.

05/10/2008

9.7.15

New function allowing to choose the layout of the "Virtual collection", the cartridges being now displayed either horizontally or vertically.

Additional information available in the "About" window.

03/01/2008 9.7.10

Documents, "Virtual collection" and windows displaying multiple images of cartridges or headstamps : instead of using the scroll-bars, the pictures can be moved within the windows with the mouse-wheel or by moving the screen cursor while holding the left mouse button down. 

02/22/2008 9.7.08

Important problem solved : Data access errors were reported under Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7 installed. Microsoft should make future adjustment to IE7 to fix this problem ... For the present time, MSELECT has been modified and, under Windows XP with IE7 installed, the MHT documents are no longer displayed in the "Documents" window of MSELECT but in the default Web browser of every user (Internet Explorer, Netscape ...).

GIF images can be used as documents and displayed in the "Documents" window of MSELECT.

01/21/2008

9.7.07

Function allowing to import data from the ECRA Caliber Data Viewer improved.

12/07/2007 9.7.06

Common version in 5 languages

Help files in CHM format

06/22/2006

9.6.12

"ECRA" field renamed as "XCR" (Cheinisse-Regenstreif measurement system, used by the ECRA)

12/26/2005 9.6.05

New layout in "Cards" display mode

2 separate folders can be predefined, each one containing specific databases

11/07/2005 9.5.08

New function allowing to search a column for specific data.

06/24/2005

9.5.04

Hdst. man.

9.6.04

msExchanges

2.8.04

Personal comments can be added to every headstamp, either from MSELECT or the Headstamp manager.

Headstamp manager : When modifying a headstamp, the new text can be automatically exported to the "Headstamp" field of the cartridges linked with this headstamp.

msExchanges : comments added to the headstamps are taken into account in exchange files. Users not allowed to add/edit data within MSELECT are no longer allowed to use msExchanges.

Even after data have been imported from an exchange file, this file can be used again. 

05/18/2005

9.4.25

Unlimited numbers of headstamp and cartridge pictures can be displayed simultaneously.

03/17/2005 9.4.22

MHT files can be used as documents (Web archives). Any other file too, as "external document".

At start-up, alias automatically displayed if their window was previously open when exiting MSELECT.

Measures : The decimal places can be set within the "Preferences" ("Tools/Preferences" menu).

"Documents" window of MSELECT : a list of all the cartridges linked with the current document can be displayed, with possible direct access to these cartridges.

10/17/2004

9.4.16

Double-clicking an URL (or an e-mail address) within the notes or in a RTF document automatically opens the default Web browser (or mail program).

When duplicating a card, it's possible to link all the documents linked with the original card to the new one too, automatically.

09/29/2004 9.4.15

Data of the DWM and GR fields handled as numeric values (instead of text strings) when sorted.

Data entry automatically formatted when searching ECRA (XCR) codes.

Minor bugs fixed.

08/17/2004

9.4.12

The headstamps and the pictures of the cartridges can be freely resized now, without being limited by the old 6 zoom levels. The "glossaries" window can be also resized vertically.

Minor changes

05/25/2004

9.4.09

Windows XP display specificities taken into account.

05/03/2004

9.4.08

Problem fixed, occuring from time to time when selecting items of the "Factories" drop-down list.

04/19/2004

9.4.07

Measures can be added to the case profiles.

The "DWM/Manufacturer" field can also be renamed as "ID".

02/15/2004

9.4.02

Documents can be automatically printed with the cards of the cartridges they are linked with.

Bug fixed : some pictures embedded in RTF documents were not properly printed.

These new functions require that you also install 2 new DLLs.  

01/25/2004

9.3.55

Importing headstamp pictures and linking them to cartridges can be done from MSELECT itself now, without using the Headstamp Manager, the same way the pictures of the cartridges were imported and linked.

12/26/2003

9.3.52

Minor changes

09/24/2003

 

Headstamp & Document managers : New tools searching and correcting link errors between the recorded cartridges and the headstamps and documents, "orphaned" headstamps and documents ...

09/06/2003

9.3.50

Minor bugs fixed.

The "GR" field can be renamed as "Lot".

Data protection by internal passwords.

08/02/2003

9.3.42

Possible selection of the fields to duplicate - Main windows of the headstamp, picture and document managers freely resizeable - The DWM field can be renamed as "Manufacturer reference"

06/26/2003  

Headstamp manager (v. 9.4.21) : New functions and printing functions revised, possible preview and cancellation added.

06/23/2003 9.3.40

Every user is now allowed to choose the fields taken into account for his own "collection" display mode.

05/25/2003

9.3.39

MSELECT "Special edition" : Every cartridge can be classified as a "collection specimen" or as a simple element of the stock.

All versions : bug fixed : some measures < 1 mm were not well imported from the ECRA Caliber Data Viewer.

04/20/2003

9.3.36

New management of the linked documents (now similar in design to the management of the headstamps and images of the cartridges).

03/24/2003

9.3.35

Possible installation for end users without special access rights in NTFS environment (Win NT, 2000, XP pro)

03/13/2003

9.3.34

"Virtual collection"

02/20/2003

9.3.32

Print previews and cancelation of the print jobs.

01/23/2003

9.3.23

Automatic drawing of the "Mauser A" bases

01/12/2003

9.3.21

Automatic drawing of the case profiles

11/03/2002

9.3.12

Because of a problematic memory management by some versions of Win 2000 and XP, an error message was sometimes displayed AFTER MSelect was closed. Though it didn't affect MSelect itself, a solution has been found to prevent this messages from being displayed.

09/29/2002

9.3.9

New printing parameters

09/01/2002

9.3.7

Export your data as RTF files (headstamps and cartridge pictures included) and use them in your usual word processor for example ...

08/10/2002

9.3.0

New "Materials & colors" glossaries, "Splitter" ...