CostPal / Blog: Recent posts

New release: v0.9.7 - 24.12.2023 - 8th public beta version
For changelog see roadmap page on CostPal website.

New release: v0.9.6 - 15.03.2020 - seventh public beta version
For changelog see roadmap page on CostPal website.

Also released CostPal Mobile v1.0: completely rewritten, with redesigned UI, featuring reminders.

New release: v0.9.5 - 12.01.2020 - sixth public beta version
For changelog see roadmap page on CostPal website.

v0.9.3 - 30.08.2016 - fourth public beta version

• import (general):
  • fixed: extended entry was missing showing as greyed out in import view
  • fixed: blocking import actions in import view if editing group entry
  • fixed: trying to fix bug in cancel_feed()
  • fixed: during import, in case of GuiEntryGroupList, descriptor field was incorrectly positioned
  • fixed: bug in import view, when moving entry from one stream to another, when
    there was only a single entry within day entry, view became stalled
  • fixed: bug at import when path contained polish signs
  • fixed: missing check when changing date of DayEntry in import view
  • fixed: some other issues... read more

v0.9.2 - 07.06.2015 - third public beta version

• import (general):
  • introduced new import window
  • rewritten a lot of general import-related code, especially already imported lines handling,
    removed unneeded error handling code
  • distinct separation between bank account csv import vs. dropbox csv import
    (for convenience and technical reasons eg. dropbox does not use of mapping id)
  • added automatic migrating of older DBU structures 'default_import_accounts' (if present) to new 'import_account_mappings' in DBM
  • added checking consistency of current bank account during loading up
  • rewritten some other import-related code... read more

v0.9.1 - 14.05.2015 - second public beta version

• now supported on WindowsXP SP3 (32bit)

• DB format changes:

  • removed 'main_stream_idx' from meta.yaml
  • SharedPayments.ENTRY_NAME_2 amount is now '-' instead of '+' (manual adaptation required!)
  • SharedPool.ENTRY_NAME_4 amount is now '-' instead of '+' (manual adaptation required!)

• import csv (Meritum Bank driver):

  • fixed: old csv for savings account for Meritum Bank was having malformed header, causing
    whole csv as unrecognized
  • fixed: operation code 8001617 not recognized
  • fixed: 'Lokata nr ... zerwanie' was incorrectly mapped
  • fixed: also corrected mapping for "Odsetki - Kapitalizacja odsetek" and
    "Odsetki - Podatek od odsetek (podatek belki)"... read more

v0.9 - 27.04.2015 - first public beta version

• supported on Windows7 (64bit)
• database format is considered final, only small bugfixes are expected (if any)
• featured views:
  • Streams - calendar-alike view, used mostly for entering your data and assigning meta-data to them
  • Accounts - for checking you account history and current saldo
  • Mini-balances - for creating balances/sets of entries, that otherwise are not mutually correleted. Can be also considered as 'static filters'. Supports advanced balances like Shared Payments/Pool and Investment.
• translations available for EN and PL countries (please note that even for PL version, error messages on statusbar are currently displayed in english)
• importing from few CSV drivers (3 polish and 2 german bank accounts)
• importing from Dropbox (using CostPal Mobile app)
• added windows portable package with py2exe
• added windows installer with Inno Setup
• added documentation with guide and screenshots, generated with Sphinx (reST)
• prepared 5 examples (4x EN and 1x PL databases)