Release Notes

Taggtool version 4.1.1 (Released 28th October 2012)

Fixed problem when dragging and dropping url's from Internet Explorer

Fixed problem previewing audio files

Fixed problem where focus was not set after using global shortcut key

Taggtool version 4.1.0 (Released 14th October 2012)

Toggle search widget with new hot key: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+t

Support for unicode fonts

Backup feature now includes copy of database as well as tagged files

Search result widget now supports accelerator keys

Taggtool version 3.9.5 (Released 18th April 2012)

Enhanced Search Bar - Now much easier to build up search terms

Delicious tags not always showing in cloud in integration mode

Taggtool version 3.9.4 (Released 27th Mar 2012)

Tag cloud widget is now resizable

File copy context menu now copies folders

Fixed issue where errors were produced when creating databases and tag library entries in Taggtool Business Server

Taggtool version 3.9.3 (Released 22nd Feb 2012)

Fix for Windows Explorer shell extension - the 'Add Tags' menu sometimes failed in the previous version (3.9.2)

Taggtool version 3.9.2 (Released 15th Feb 2012)

Search results grid contains improved date formatting for users from non english locales

Taggtool version 3.9.1 (Released 2nd Feb 2012)

Fixed freezing issue during startup

Saves state of the preview panel between sessions

Taggtool version 3.9.0 (Released 26th Jan 2012)

Quick Tag feature automatically derives tags from file names and paths

Column sizes saved in grid view search results

Synchronize settings are now saved

PES image files are now rendered as thumbnails

Moved plugin preview to same panel as 'add tags'

Taggtool version 3.8.0 (Released 13th October 2011)

Faster tagging due to auto-save feature, no more save button!

Fixed issue where Taggtool hangs when shutting down Windows

Added command line switch -savedsearch "mysearch" which you can use to auto-run saved searches

Taggtool version 3.7.1 (Released 6th July 2011)

Fixed Bug #122: Fixed issue with auto-backups using up large amounts of disk space.

Fixed Bug #120: Added 'Partial Tag matching' option to perform fuzzy tag searches.

Taggtool version 3.7.0 (Released 6th June 2011)

Fixed Bug #110: In the 'Tag Files' screen you can now browse a specific folder.

Fixed Bug #111: You can now specify which folders to monitor in the 'Fresh Files' screen.

Fixed Bug #114: Taggtool search widget location remembered.

Taggtool version 3.6.3 (Released 17th April 2011)

Fixed Bug #109: Tag tree view and tag library sort order no longer case sensitive.

Fixed Bug #105: Running rule against fresh files was ignoring the directory specified in the rule, now fixed.

Fixed Bug #104: Delicious integration - Tag bundles were showing duplicates, now fixed.

Fixed Bug #102: Fresh files grid was resizing after each save, it now retains any column size changes made.

Taggtool version 3.6.2 (Released 29th March 2011)

Fixed Bug #100: Volume panel not working in synchronize dialog.

Fixed Bug #98: Delicious integration sometimes not detecting new bookmarks

Fixed Bug #97: Autocomplete popup menu requires 2 down key actions to select the first item

Fixed Bug #96: Switching between local and server sometimes causes exceptions

Fixed Bug #95: Occasionally connecting to server on startup fails.

Fixed Bug #93: Deleted files are showing up in search results.

Fixed Bug #89: Unable to cancel extracting metadata dialog.

Fixed Bug #88: Extracting metadata twice if you select all files in a directory then save.

Taggtool version 3.6.1 (Released 17th March 2011)

Fixed Bug #85: Improved PDF thumbnails, better portrait/landscape handling

Fixed Bug #86: Widget search results now scroll back to the top after a search

Fixed Bug #83: Fixed issue where pdf thumbnails not regenerating after changing 'large thumbnails' system preference.

Fixed Bug #84: Vertical split pane can now be manually dragged to create a bigger plugin preview panel.

Taggtool version 3.6.0 (Released 9th March 2011)

Fixed Bug #80: Hierarchical tags not displaying in cloud

Fixed Bug #81: Search results not refreshing after removing tagged item from the database

Fixed Bug #77: Tag Tree View refreshing when no changes made.

Fixed Bug #79: Add a system preference to control polling time for client/server setup.

Fixed Bug #75: Creating a database from a server client is not making it restricted by default.

Fixed Bug #76: Server client not failing back gracefully.

Fixed Bug #64: Cloud drawing issues when searching bookmarks with Delicious integration enabled.

Fixed Bug #68: Extract embedded metadata from MS Office docx files.

Fixed Feature #3: Give users the ability to exclude volumes from monitoring/fresh files.

Fixed Bug #35: switching back to search panel resets cloud size

Taggtool version 3.5.2 (Released 3rd March 2011)

Fixed Bug #73: Selecting a Delicious tag bundle from the cloud widget doesn't populate the search field.

Fixed Bug #71: Only affected files in search results should refresh after changing a files tags.

Fixed Bug #67: Tag cloud not always rendering bookmark tags

Fixed Bug #65: Current search terms are automatically cleared when pc left idle

Fixed Bug #63: Provide support for Delicious accounts based on Yahoo Id's

Fixed Bug #58: Delicious import not working first time you click the button.

Taggtool version 3.5.1 (Released 16th Feb 2011)

Fixed Bug #57: Folder button not working in results grid view

Fixed Bug #55: Taggtool no longer defaults to 'Tag Files' screen when restored.

Fixed Bug #56: Speed up Image thumbnails in search multiview screen

Fixed Bug #53: Tag library synchronize not handling quoted tags

Fixed Bug #54: Show progress when selecting many files with embedded metadata from context menu

Fixed Bug #51: Increase jvm heap to 256MB - better memory management

Fixed Bug #52: tag a file with a new tag - the intellisense menus do not pick it up.

Taggtool version 3.5.0

Fixed Bug #43: Dragging and dropping a multi-word tag is not displaying quotes when dropped onto add tags field.

Fixed Bug #44: Generate PDF and Image thumbnails in the background when the machine is idle.

Fixed Bug #40: When running sync report provide better user feedback that report is running.

Fixed Bug #42: Store Tag Structures in database rather than XML files

Fixed Bug #37: Complete Delicious bookmarks import feature.

Fixed Bug #38: Add progress message to tag library updates.

Fixed Bug #33: When switching to file system tab, place focus on first tree node for key control.

Fixed Bug #34: Size tag cloud based on search results when appropriate

Fixed Bug #26: File system tree losing focus when selection made, cannot use cursor keys

Fixed Bug #32: Tag Library - create a new second level tag called one.two and it creates a brand new tag called one.two - should check parent tags during save.

Fixed Bug #18: Url's not displaying correctly in white l&f

Fixed Bug #19: Add days left in trial to about dialog title

Taggtool version 3.4.3

Improved support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages

Taggtool version 3.4.2

Introduced Extra large thumbnail option for images and pdf's

Fixed CSV Import issue with file aliases

Taggtool version 3.4.1

Fixed folder tagging issue where folder path was lost if information such as rating,description was updated.

Taggtool version 3.4.0

Added Import/Export to CSV feature

Taggtool version 3.3.2

Fixed issue where dropping an already tagged url was not displaying tags correctly.

Fixed issue where the recent tags panel was not always populating the metadata widget

Taggtool version 3.3.1

You can now drag and drop files and web site url's onto the desktop widget for fast tagging

Improved startup time performance

Taggtool version 3.3.0

Fixed issue whereby Embedded metadata was not always importing when using Tag Files/Folders panel

Added the ability to view embedded metadata from Tag Tree View, you can for example search for music mp3 files by artist or album etc.

Taggtool version 3.2.4

Moved thumbnail cache out of 'my documents' folder into application data directory

Faster db access for portable version

tag cloud filter now applies selected tag to quick search results

Added popup menu to tag browser which allows you to delete tags and rename tags

Taggtool version 3.2.3

Private build, not released.

Taggtool version 3.2.2

Private build, not released.

Taggtool version 3.2.1

File System hooks improved.

Improved handling of dropped connections when connected to a Taggtool server.

Taggtool version 3.2.0

Quick search panel now shows file counts for each type

Rules can now be run against the fresh files grid

Larger results widget window

Taggtool version 3.1.6

Fixed bug with the Right click 'remove from db' menu not refreshing file system tree

Taggtool version 3.1.5

Fixed bug with recent tags panel displaying a null/empty string when adding a file to the database without tags

Taggtool version 3.1.4

Fixed problem with the search results widget close button not functioning.

Taggtool version 3.1.3

Improved 'Fresh Files' detection.

Taggtool version 3.1.2

New Recent tags panel allows you to quickly assign tags you've previously used

Search Results widget can now display results in grid view if required

Tags can be edited from results widget

You can now specify folders when synchronising files

Recently Opened files list can now be cleared

Taggtool version 3.1.1

Drag and drop from tag cloud not handling certain characters such as umlauts.

File tree view incorrectly handling directory names containing single quotes

Taggtool version 3.1.0

Auto hide cloud for fresh files, recently opened and backup screen

Auto hide metadata panel for recently opened and backup screen as not relevant

Delicious integration fix

Improved progress message when selecting all files in a directory

ms office temp files firing rules incorrectly

Advanced search date pickers now fire searches when no search terms entered

Shell extension will still work even if widgets are turned off

Tag Browser panel

Auto-hide search widget

fixed pdf file locking bug

faster startup, auto backup moved to idle action

faster file system tree view

Taggtool version 3.0.5

popup menu in file system tree font changed to correct one.

file context menu added to recently opened panel

Taggtool metadata Widget auto-complete popup menu bug fixed

File System Tree now reflects any files changed via explorer when folders collapsed/expanded

Taggtool version 3.0.1

Improved MS Office metadata parser can now extract metadata for Office 2007

Taggtool version 3.0.0

Added the ability to tag directories as well as files

New Fresh Files panel, list all newly created files in realtime

New Recently Opened panel

Added new popup menu item 'Copy file path to clipboard'

Taggtool version 2.2.1

Fixed issue with main application appearing for a split second when using the desktop widgets.

Fixed issue with desktop widget not activating plugin preview correctly.

Taggtool version 2.2.0

Added Tag Cloud filtering

Tag graph improved

Improved file tracking

Fixed memory leak in tag cloud

Taggtool version 2.1.9

Fixed issue with tagging files on shared volumes where the share name contained spaces, this issue only affects shared databases.

Fixed issue with missing files being displayed multiple times in the 'Sync Files' panel.

Optimised memory management for better response times.

Taggtool version 2.1.8

'Show All' searches speeded up

Reduced memory footprint when viewing image thumbnails

Embedded metadata keywords now display in the tag cloud

Improved context menus

Widget message dialogs now render in front of the actual widget

Taggtool version 2.1.7

Add tags from within Windows File Explorer using a new Add Tags context menu.

Taggtool version 2.1.6

Added desktop search widget

Access your delicious bookmarks from your desktop

Added PDF plugin

Taggtool version 2.1.5

Added Delicious Integration, this allows you to manage web site links from within Taggtool! To find out more about Delicious, please visit the Delicious website

Taggtool version 2.1.4

Added tags and ratings to image thumbnails

You can now search for imported metadata using equals symbol i.e. MSOffice.author=BillG

Faster startup time

Taggtool version 2.1.3

Launch folder now works for network paths

Missing files resolver now working for network/shared files.

Better performance for shared databases.

Taggtool version 2.1.2

Improved tagging interface.

Directory Bookmarks, Save frequently accessed system directories for faster tagging.

Auto-Backup, automatically backs up your database files.

Tag struct changes can now be applied retrospectively to all databases.

Reduced memory footprint resulting in better performance.

Drag and Drop thumbnails from search results view.

Taggtool version 2.1.1

Import Existing Metadata

Tagg can now recognize and import any files containing existing metadata such as photos, music tracks and office documents. For Windows users with an NTFS file system, Tagg can also import metadata from the Summary Information ADS stream.

You can specify which particular drives should be scanned during the import process via the settings dialog.

Once imported, Tagg can detect any changes made to this metadata outside of Tagg and automatically synchronize the active database.

Supported Metadata:

EXIF/IPTC - Imports photographic related metadata from jpg image files including Timestamp, Make,Model,Exposure,Seq Num,F Number
XMP - Imports XMP metadata attached to jpg image files.
MP3 - Imports Artist, Track title, Track Number, Album title, Year Released
ADS - Imports Alternative Data Stream metadata stored in NTFS file system.
MSOffice - Imports SummaryInformation and DocumentSummaryInformation including Title, Keywords, Subject, Author, Comments, Pagecount

Live Data - [Currently Windows only]

Tagg can now detect operating system events such as the moving or renaming of a file and automatically synchronize the active database.

New Search Results View

With the new Multi-View display results are split horizontally into 2 sections - the first section lists all music, office and data files, the second section renders thumbnails of any image files found.

Changes to Saved Searches

Saved Searches are now stored in the database rather than the configuration file, the benefit of this is that any database backups you do will now contain the saved searches. It also means that when working with multiple databases you will only see the saved searches relevant to the active database.

Improved Tagging User Interface

The process of adding tags to files has been updated to make it easier and faster, you can now simply type in a comma separated list of tags and click save.

Intellisense has also been added which pops up a menu containing tags matching the current text entered.

A new panel has also been added which displays any existing tags associated with the file(s).

A new tab called 'Imported Metadata' has been added to display any embedded metadata found in the physical file(s).

'Send To' Windows explorer menu now contains an entry for Tagg

Send To Windows Explorer menu

You can now launch Tagg with the 'Send To..' windows explorer menu command, Tagg will launch with the file(s) automatically selected for you, you can then add some tags and click save.

Improved Tag Cloud user interface

The Tag Cloud display has been updated to make it easier to read, also fixed an issue with scrollbars not appearing when zoom used.

Tagg Structures directory

To facilitate better shared database support, you can now tell Tagg where to look for it's tag structures making it possible to share structures as well as databases.

Other Changes

Various minor bug fixes.

Tagg version 2.0.2

  1. MS Windows Integration - Launch Tagg with global shortcut Ctrl+Shift+t
  2. MS Windows Integration - Tagg appears in 'Send To' context menu
  3. Improved shortcut keys
  4. Insert tag menu from search box wasn't inserting complete tag only leaf portion.
  5. Hitting tab key in search field now transfers focus to the results panel.
  6. File plugin should show time portion against modified date
  7. Grid results view now displays file size and last modified date.
  8. Tag Structures module was trying to load non xml based in struct directory.
  9. Fixed bug where user cannot remove last tag from the file

Tagg version 2.0.1

  1. Network/Collaboration support
  2. Hierachical Tagging System
  3. Drill-Down Tag Cloud
  4. Tag Structures Graph
  5. Improved re-tagging of files
  6. Tag capacity extended
  7. Multiple word tag support
  8. Metadata Panel layout
  9. Search filter improvements
  10. Font size control for High resolution displays