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Good day, everybody.

Our code has moved to GitHub: https://github.com/TimeSlotTracker/timeslottracker-desktop
Git repo at SF will be read-only (replica).
Releases will be available at SF and GitHub.

TimeSlotTracker 1.3.1 released and available to download.

Changelog:

• Fix: rss url updated (used for version update)
• New: added memory/data save status field (toolbar)
• Change: localizations for added memory/data save status field (toolbar)
• Change: toolbar: pause/stop actions does not depend on selected task

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Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/timeslottracker/files/
Jnlp: http://timeslottracker.sourceforge.net/timeslottracker.jnlp

TimeSlotTracker 1.3.0 released and available to download.

Changelog:

• New: added jira6/7 support for add worklog method
• Change: jira version introduced
• Change: debian deps: added openjdk-8-jre
• New: DaysTree/monthNode: show delta current-planned
• Fix: #70 UAC for standard user not expected
• Fix: debian package compatibility updates
• Fix: Bug#80 Help > Check Updates > Error getting last version from sf.net
• Patch: #83 Always re-assigning new timeslot ID on XML load
• Fix: Bug#81 Report Generation Error
• Change: RFE#93 Italian Translation (thanks to Giuseppe Morabito)
• Fix: Bug#79 "My Tasks" Main Node - Disappearing Sub-Tasks... read more

Good day, everybody.

I've temporary excluded windows installer from downloads for some install/uninstall errors.

Thanks to:

• Gerth Hermansson
• Jutta Albrecht
• August Bering
• Mark Fulbrook

Changelog:

• Change: RFE#92: Dependencies need to be updated (debian installer)
• Change: documentation url changes: to https://sourceforge.net/p/timeslottracker/wiki/Documentation/ (drop Trac support)
• Change: german translation updated (thanks to Jutta Albrecht)
• Change: restart timing action: user now can cancel restart timing if dialog (with time) occurs
• Change: added missing russian localization strings
• Change: Added in, User idle detection configuration, for if "Show dialog to set a custom time for restart of task after idle".
• Change: TimeSlotTracker_en.properties added label for configuration.
• Change: UserIdleDetectorConfigTab.java added checkbox for "Show dialog to set a custom time for restart of task after idle".
• Change: Starter.java modified method restartTiming to check if user has selected
  to have "Show dialog to set a custom time for restart of task after idle" shown
  in addition to the previously implemented "Show dialog to set a custom time for restart of task".
• Change: Added customization for if "Show task has just started" message will be shown.
• Change: TimeSlotTracker_en.properties added label for configuration.
• Change: ConfirmationsTab.java added checkbox for "Show task has just started" message.
• Change: Starter.java modified method startTiming to check if user has selected
• to have "Show task has just started" message to be shown.
• New: RFE#88 Cloning of subtrees: refactoring: updating task model
• Change: updated jgoodies looks to 2.6.0, jgoodies common to 1.8.0
• New: RFE#88 Cloning of subtrees
• New: Create new timeslot now have start date/time field
• New: New dialog for restart timing
• New: RFE#91 Make "Create new time slot" dialog aware of hidden tasks
• Patch: Html: Project Tasks report (thanks to Gerth Hermansson)
• New: Added missing Mac OS X's icons
• Patch: Mac OS X's monochrome icons in System Tray (thanks to Gerth Hermansson)
• Patch: Weeks not sorted on week number" in "Task by days" view (thanks to Gerth Hermansson)
• Fix: Bug#72 Popup current activity option not working
• New: RFE#38 Purge old data, #90 Archiving functionality - removing timeslots before given date
• Patch: User inactivity detector with timeout, auto pause/restart active timeslot behavior (thanks to August Bering)
• Patch: #6: Allow Attributes to be autoadded to TimeSlots (thanks to Mark Fulbrook) ... read more

Changelog:
2013-01-26 Glazachev Andrey <cnitsa@users.sourceforge.net>
* Fix: RFE# 3601343 JIRA issues not loading to the application (moved jira urls to properties)

2012-11-17 Glazachev Andrey <cnitsa@users.sourceforge.net>
* Fix: RFE# 3587544 error occured while running this report

2012-08-05 Glazachev Andrey <cnitsa@users.sourceforge.net>
* Fix: NPE in TodayTableModel#findTimeSlotValueWithDate method
* Change: today view dialog: reduced date's columns width... read more

TimeSlotTracker 1.2.7 released and available to download.

Changelog:
2012-01-09 Glazachev Andrey <cnitsa@users.sourceforge.net>
* Change: Bug#3393705 Drag&drop timeslot moving stopped working - added in known issues
* Change: jgoodies looks updated

2012-01-08 Glazachev Andrey <cnitsa@users.sourceforge.net>
* Fix: Bug#3397383 Jira worklog applied twice on *pause* and *save* in EditTimeSlotDialog" (1.2.6) ... read more

In this version: french localization, java7 fix, more stable xml saving and bugfixes.

TimeSlotTracker 1.2.5 released and available to download.

Bugfixes:
* Fix: regress: TimeSlotDescriptionInputDialog is too big for long descriptions
* Fix: timeslots: updates task's status after setting stop date for active timeslot
* Fix: tasktree: updates task's status after:
. restart another task when paused previous
. dnd cut timeslot operation
* Fix: Bug#3085539 delete active timeslot -> HMI hangs-up... read more

TimeSlotTracker 1.2.4 released and available to download.

Features added:
* New: RFE:3079233 Start/stop task by Spacebar also from Favorities list
* New: RFE#3073808 jira: ask password once per session (if not setted in properties)
* New: RFE#2865058 taskbar icon - active/inactive mode

Changes:
* Change: logger level changed from ALL to WARNING (log files can be very large, if tst runs for a long time)
* Change: trayicon: rollback changes from 2010-10-31
* Change: trayicon: try to prevent deadlock in X11 (http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6857363)
* Change: today view: dispose window after start/restart if setted "minimize after start"
* Change: trayicon: added setting icon/text in event disp.. thread (prevent deadlock in X11 - thanks to Victor Sidochenko)
* Change: trayicon: added showing task's name in message
* Change: added commons-logging.properties (for explicit setting)
* Change: removed unneccesary console appenders from deb/exe logging.properties
* Change: windows installer: switching from bat to application exe, app icons, installer usability, .tst directory in USER_HOME
* Change: icons renaming
* Change: ant: removed duplicated debian logic, added nsis task
* Change: nsis: hardcoded version removed from setup.nsi
* Change: task edit dialog: different titles for task's add/edit actions
* Change: added known issue about openjdk jre
* Change: russian resource minor fixes
* Change: debian: added alternative jre - openjdk-6-jre... read more

TimeSlotTracker 1.2.3 released and available to download.

Features added:
* New: added nsis script (for windows exe installer)
* New: csv import/ical export added. work in progress.
* New: added file menu with items: new task, quit

Changes:
* Change: added license files for commons-*, ical4j libraries
* Change: added common and libraries tabs in AboutDialog (license info located in libraries tab)
* Change: updated jgoodies looks library to 2.3.1
* Change: removed stale localizations strings
* Change: created package gui.actions, introduced the only class for AddTask Action... read more

TimeSlotTracker 1.2.2 released and available to download.

Features added:
* New: RFE #2802994: Put time in task to table - partly done: button changed with clickable labels
* New: Added BuiltInData class for registering global (built-in) data (now attributeTypes), used automatically in TST (if not registered but used then TST is not loading next time).
* New: Added configuration for mac style shortcuts, even on other platform (for users using TST both on mac and other platform)
* New: Added Monitoring support with screenshots (based on potrex's patch 2545808)
* New: Added configuration for mac style shortcuts, even on other platform (for users using TST both on mac and other platform)
* New: search panel: adding suffix "*" if search text does't contain space
* New: switch task view action added in view menu
* New: updated polish localization
* New: added some mac-style compatibility
* New: report start/stop date filters merged into one datefilter which uses dateperiod panel
* New: added Czech translation. Thanks Jan Vlčinský
* New: taskinfo panel: attributes tab: added attribute's counter (example: Attributes (2))
* New: RFE #1790273: Toolbar with common functions: added new task - based on patch Gerth Hermansson ( ghermans )
* New: RFE #1790273: Toolbar with common functions: added start/stop/pause/restart task - based on patch Gerth Hermansson ( ghermans )
* New: added russian strings for monitoring support... read more

TimeSlotTracker 1.2.1 released and available to download.

Features added:
* Done RFE #2362029: make deb package for application - added deb_helper scripts for debian package (installers/deb)
* Done RFE #2816887 Time in task duration optionally shown in format hh:mm - thanks for patch Gerth Hermansson ( ghermans )
* Done RFE #2816895 Task duration summary "tasks by days" view - thanks for patch Gerth Hermansson ( ghermans )
* New: added for testing jnlp (resources/installers/timeslottracker.jnlp)
* New: added fugue icons http://www.pinvoke.com/. License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Sun icons removed.
* New: added "now" button in timeslot's filter dialog
* New: added prop.directory system property for setting property directory for application (optional)
* New: added scripts for creating keys/signing jar
* New: add JIRA issue dialog: autoselect issue while entering text
* New: add JIRA issue dialog: load issues in separate thread
* New: debian package: added menu item and icon
* New: introduced icons manager with icons cache
* New: JIRA: added filter support - work in progress
* New: RFE #2819009: Split timeslot into two consecutive timeslots - thanks for patch Gerth Hermansson ( ghermans )... read more

This release contains some new features and bug fixes.

Important! Changed timeslottracker.dtd. New xml file can't be opened via old tst versions. Make backup!

Features added:
* New: partly added RFE #1185191: Timing mechanizm - Based on patch #2545808 from portlex - popup dialog every N minutes
* New: jgoodies look'n'feel is default
* New: today view: updating start/end times for timeslot also update previous/next timeslot accordingly
* New: today view: added restart action
* New: today view: added duration
* New: added auto saving width and height for AbstractSimplePanelDialog in properties: today, changelog, knownissues, ...
* New: jgoodies looks library now is part of application
* New: added licence files for: apache lucene, jgoodies looks (see About dialog)
* Done RFE #1429003 Data's filter (added timeslot filter dialog)
* New: new timeslot dialog: shows parent's name with selected task
* New: report configuration dialog saves it's location in properties
* New: report configuration dialog uses combobox for charset
* New: task by days: timeslots title now depends on selected tree node
* New: added today view (windows/today): not finished, in progress
* New: XmlTimeSlot now has persistent timeslotId
* New: trayicon now has popup menu: switch task, hide/show, exit (localization strings will be added soon)
* New: TimeSlotDescriptionInputDialog now support ins and alt+ins keys for add new task/add task from issue tracker. previously selected task used as parent task
* New: added new configuration parameter - minimize main window to tray (default: true)
* Done RFE #2200056: JIRA support: add command to open issue's uri in browser
* New: added russian tips of day
* New: added missing russian strings for tray icon features
* New: added three tips on english/russian
* New: added feature to change task while creating new timeslot. After changing task, description history updates. Useful in changing via tray icon and upcoming today view
* New: added some new tips of the day
* New: Done RFE #1431501 Minimize to tray (by clicking left mouse button)
* New: Added Tip Of The Day service - ballons with tips & tricks
* New: Quick change running task by CTRL+left mouse button on tray icon
* New: message from tray icon after task starting
* New: German localization (thanks to: Peter Roosen)... read more

We have just turned to SVN and the current versions are committed only to SVN, so current and next versions are available ONLY in SVN.
Previous versions are still available in cvs, but it's not updated anymore.
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best regards, zgibek

This release contains some new features and bug fixes.

Features:
* New: Added advanced full text search with result window
* New: Added TextAreaRenderer for multiline rows in table
* Done RFE #2041002 task tree: add shortcuts for move up/down task. Shift+Up/Down
* Done RFE #2094234 task tree: add shortcut Ctrl+Ins to insert jira task
* Done RFE #2107785 Stop hot-key missing from Task timeslots grid
* New: Added missing properties in Polish for last added strings
* New: added new txt report by months
* New: txt report by days: added total time for day... read more

This release contains some new features and many changes and bug fixes.

Features added:
* RFE #1719208: Task tree handling. copy task
* RFE #1393272 A way to check if a new version is available
* New: data's filter - hide task:
. added hidden flag to task (timeslottracker.dtd was changed)
. added show/don't show hidden tasks in main submenu "view"
. added task's tree popup menu item: hide/unhide selected task with shortcut Ctrl + Del
* "task by days" view selects current day when opening/refreshing
* added saving location for dialogs: new/edit timeslot, new/edit task
* added main submenu "view", customizable for views: task tree and task by days
* timeslots table now support multiple selection for DnD actions
* and more... read more

This release is mainly bugfix release, because of found errors with
- checking if another instance is already running
- jira support (NullPointerException while removing timeslot for jira task)

Anyway, we have also add some new functionality...
- checking (from application) if a new version is already available (checking on sourceforge.net site)
- starting report right from the task tree (no more choosing it from the combo box! :)
- new shortcuts in task tree and (!) in timeslot table... read more

Welcome to the new release of TimeSlotTracker.
A lot time of last release, but it comes with some new features, like:
- new view (task by date)
- RFE #1769838 Search tasks: added search feature in tasktree
- new parameters in application title
- new shortcuts for keyboard in task tree
- instance checking (to make sure only one is started at once)
- RFE #1808266 Change data source search path (ability to keep your data with application's jar file)
- RFE #1790276 Larger create new timeslot dialog
- RFE #1790277 Timeslot header width (storing width in configuration)
- RFE #1475587 TimeFormat filter (1h:30m == 1,50h) (reporting not only in "time" format, but also as a decimal value... read more

Dear TimeSlotTracker users,

The new, 1.0.3 release, comes with main features:
* added new popup menu item for coping task (without children)
* added new report based on timesheet table but with additional column - description
* reporting timeslots even with duration = 0 (but existed in given period)
* some bug fixes.

You can download it from SourceForge.net by following this link:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=132880&release_id=522536... read more

Dear users,
This version is a bug-fixed release.

Have fixed bug #1721628 (loosing data on OS shutdown with non closed TST).

Additionally: added changelog, logo, bugfixes.

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best regards, andrei

Dear users,
This version have fixed bug #1721628 (loosing data on OS shutdown with non closed TST).

Additionally, Andrei has added also support for Jira.
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best regards, zgibek

TimeSlotTracker is a tool for registering and reporting time slots. Written in Sun Java, using Swing for GUI, XML for data and XSLT for making reports.

Atention: This release requires jdk1.6+

This release have huge improvements, mainly:
- mouse support for drag & drop
- new, nice text reports
- fixed some bugs
- new GUI features like easiest starting task, as well as title bar notification.... read more

TimeSlotTracker is a tool for registering and reporting time slots. Written in Sun Java, using Swing for GUI, XML for data and XSLT for making reports.

There are many improvements in this release, please read:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=408007&group_id=132880

The new release is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=132880&package_id=149825&release_id=408007
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best regards, zgibek

Dear users,
be carefull when register timeslots on more then one day.
I found a bug #1453721 (please read: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1453721&group_id=132880&atid=725539\)

If you use cvs version, just update it (because it is fixed now).
If you use stable release version just be carefull when reporting and check if you don't omit any boundary timeslot.... read more