Version 9.00 - November 23 2024

Chronolator Define Version 9.00 was published alongside new versions of the other Chronolator Browser Tools. All were given the same version number for consistency.

At the same time, an experimental Office 365™ add-in was made available on request. Called the Chronolator Word Bridge, the add-in provides a way to convert a Chronolator Browser Tools file to a Word table that can be sent to partner agencies for completion. When they return it, the Chronolator Word Bridge can convert it back to a Chronolator Browser Tools file. For more information, see the Chronolator Word Bridge Help.

Major changes

Significant changes have been made to the Case Details Wizard and the Ribbon.

Case Details Wizard

The workflow when you press Finish has been simplified. There is no need to copy items to the clipboard for later use, as they have been made available on buttons on the Ribbon.

Ribbon

The Ribbon has been improved to clarify the purposes of its buttons, and some functions have been added:


Version 8

Version 9

  • The System and Browser groups have been replaced by Open and Save As groups:
    • System > Open is replaced by Open > File
    • System > Save is replaced by Save As > txt
    • System > Export is replaced by Save As > JSON
    • Browser > Resume is replaced by Open > Resume
  • The Edit group has been renamed to Chronologies and its buttons have been updated:
    • New Chronology becomes simply New
    • Password moves to the Options group
    • Covering email  and Column descriptions buttons give access to the features that were previously exercised when pressing Finish in the Case Details Wizard 

Minor changes

The Document Details Report now contains information about the internal column names used by Chronolator.

Bug fixes

None.

Version 8.00 - June 28 2024

Chronolator Define Version 8.00 was published alongside new versions of the other Chronolator Browser Tools. All were given the same version number for consistency.

Major changes

None.

Minor changes

None.

Bug fixes

None

Version 7.00 - April 11 2024

Chronolator Define Version 7.00 was published alongside new versions of the other Chronolator Browser Tools. All were given the same version number for consistency.

Major changes

Copying to the Clipboard - new and changed buttons above the Table display

  • The previous Copy button is now labelled Copy (data) to reflect the fact that it copies raw and unformatted events. When pasted into a word processor such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs, extra effort is required to convert the result to a table. As before, if any events are selected, only those events are copied. 
  • The new Copy (formatted) button copies the entire table.  It is automatically rendered as a table when pasted into a word processor.

See Using the Clipboard.

Minor changes

The Sample Covering Email for users was updated with information about saving a copy of the chronology that can be opened without using Chronolator Enter.

Bug fixes

None.

Version 6.01 - February 24 2024

Major changes

None.

Minor changes

None.

Bug fixes

The following bug was fixed:

  • Message c9m6000 was issued when licensing a password-protected file.

Version 6.00 - January 27 2024

Chronolator Define Version 6.00 was published alongside the new Chronolator Integrate tool and new versions of the other Chronolator Browser Tools. All were given the version number 6.00, and some were renamed.

The complete suite of tools now comprises Chronolator Define, Chronolator Enter (previously Chronolator Data Entry), Chronolator Integrate, and Chronolator Review (previously the Chronolator Reviewer's Tool).

Major changes

None.

Minor changes

  • File save improvements:
    • You are now warned that you might lose changes if you try to close the browser without saving them to the file system.
    • You are now warned if a password will be discarded when Exporting a password-protected chronology as JSON.
  • System Tools improvements
    • Prevented truncation of the application URL in the Document and Application logs.
    • Added additional information to the Document and Application logs.
    • Added Document Details and Application Environment reports.

Bug fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • Message c9m9040 was issued when refreshing a browser tab, even if no other tabs had the app open.
  • The licence display area in the yellow box at the top of the application was not automatically updated when a licence was installed.

Version 5.05 - September 18 2023

Major changes

None.

Minor changes

None.

Bug fixes

The following bug was fixed:

  • Drop-down button lists  persisted when you clicked elsewhere in the application.

Version 5.04 - September 10 2023

Major changes

None.

Minor changes

  • Added information about how to update this tool manually if automatic update fails: see How do I get the latest version?
  • Added a System Tools group to the File tab.  
  • Added application and document logging to assist problem determination. Logs are available from the System Tools group.
  • Added a button to the System Tools group to clear Chronolator cookies. 

Bug fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • In some circumstances, when you replied OK to Message 9040 warning that the tool is already active, all buttons in the tool were disabled.
  • Pasting certain characters into a chronology (for example, bullets and "Smart Quotes") resulted in a corrupted file when saving JSON. Opening that file gave Message 1000 (Error loading data).

Version 5.03 - June 10 2023

Major changes

None.

Minor changes

  • Message 9035, which warned of an unsaved file in the browser when opening another file, has been updated:
    • it is now only issued if the file has been changed.
    • it is also issued if any more changes are made after the file has been saved.
    • it includes tallies of the number of additions, changes and deletions involved.


  • When a tool detects that it is already active, it is now possible for the user to force it to open regardless. This change was made because browsers sometimes falsely detected that the tool was active when reloading the page. Message 9040 implements this change, and includes a warning of the dangers of having the tool open in multiple tabs or windows.


  • The maximum length of a Glossary Definition has been increased from 30 to 50.

Bug fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • The Licensing > Document > Install function was unusable because, for the benefit of the Case Details Wizard, any events which were not Author Notes were dropped when opening a document. 
  • Non-printable characters in JSON files are replaced by spaces. 
  • It was possible to add an event even when the maximum number of events permitted by a licence was reached.
  • In the Case Details Wizard, trying to delete an abbreviation after adding it resulted in an Unexpected processing error (Message c9m6000).

Version 5.01 - May 10 2023

Major changes

None

Minor changes

  • Added message c9m2000 to confirm when a document licence has been installed and prompt the user to Save or Export it to the filesystem.

Bug fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • The application was not fully cached, stopping it working offline.
  • Message c9m6000 (Cannot read properties of undefined (reading table1)) was issued occasionally when creating a new chronology.
  • Some changes were not reflected on the Summary tab when using the Next button in the Case Details Wizard.

Version 5.00 - first release - April 15 2023

Chronolator Define Version 5.00 was published alongside new versions of the Chronolator Review and Chronolator Data Entry. All were given the version number 5.00 for consistency with Chronolator for Word Version 5.0, which was released on February 4 2023.

Features

Define a new chronology

Chronolator Define allows you to set the column headings in a new chronology. It uses a very similar interface to the Case Details Wizard in Chronolator for Word.

Licensing

If you have a licence for Chronolator Define, you can use it to license an unlicensed Chronology Document. This is useful if you have been evaluating Chronolator and are now going ahead with a purchased licence. 

See Licensing for details of the licence period.