Version 9.00 - November 23 2024

Chronolator Enter Version 9.00 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

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 Enter 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 Enter 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.

Copying to the Clipboard - removed from the Finish tab

The Copy to Clipboard option on the Finish tab has been removed. The new Copy (formatted) button above the table performs the same function. 

See Using the Clipboard.

Minor changes

None.

Bug fixes

The table was sometimes auto-sorted despite the option being off.

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 Enter 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

The tool was renamed from Chronolator Data Entry to Chronolator Enter.

Minor changes


  • The glossary list (Settings and Tools > Abbreviations Glossary) can be filtered by typing into a box. Only matching entries are shown.
  • 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.
  • Various changes to discourage use of a New Simple Table by licensee partners:
    • The warning on the Get Started page flashes when you hover over the New Simple Table button.
    • The New Simple Table includes an Author Note warning that it should not be used if you have received a chronology from someone else.

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 5.04 - 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?
  • Renamed the Settings button to Settings and Tools, and added a System Tools dropdown to the resulting display. 
  • Added application and document logging to assist problem determination. Logs are available in the System Tools dropdown.
  • Added a link to the System Tools dropdown 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:

  • 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.
  • The password to extend the licence in an expired document originally created by Chronolator for Word did not work.

Version 5.00 - April 15 2023

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

Major changes

Author Notes

A chronology can be annotated with Author Notes. To create one, add an event whose Source of Information begins with one of the characters  # ^ ¬ ~ . 

Author Notes bypass all event validations except Date and Time.

Licensing

A licence acceptance screen is displayed when the application starts.

The licence display includes a Trace button to help determine which of several possible licences is active.

The currently active licensee is displayed on the Toolbar.

Minor changes

  • The Get Started page was updated to minimise the possibility of people using a New Simple Table when they have been sent a file by an Administrator.

Bug fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • The Sequence column status was not preserved on Resume.
  • Some invalid dates, such as 01jan2f, passed validation.
  • A table created with the New Simple Table button gave an error - Msg6000 - Glossary Error 13 when imported into a Chronolator for Word document.

Version 3.10 - April 9 2022

Major changes

None.

Minor changes

  • Added Chronolator favicon to browser page title.
  • Added diagnostic information to message c9m100 when reading a chronology with an invalid Document Descriptor.

Bug fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • Some times were increased by an hour when formatting dates on the day that Daylight Savings was introduced.
  • Editing an event with no Start Date resulted in TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace').
  • The Sequence Numbers dropdown was not working.

Version 3.00 - April 28 2021

Major changes

There are no major changes in this release.

Bug fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • The Copy button above the Table on the Update tab copied some characters incorrectly (e.g. > would be copied as >)
  • In some languages, certain valid dates including an alphabetic month were flagged as invalid
  • Formatting invalid dates and times resulted in them being replaced by the text 'Invalid Date' or a blank respectively, thus losing the original information and making it harder to correct

Version 2.0 - March 21 2021

Print button

A Print button has been added to the Presentation Area. When pressed, a printable version of the table (without any error highlighting) is opened in a new browser tab. Use the browser's print facility to send the document to an actual printer.

Version 1.0 - January 27 2021 (first public release)

Integration with Chronolator for Word

The Finish tab now includes the ability to save as a JSON file that can be converted to a Chronolator for Word document (requires Chronolator for Word version 4.0 or higher).

New options and settings

Sort

A chronology can be sorted into Ascending or Descending order.

Users can specify that a chronology should be automatically sorted when it is opened, and when an event is added or changed.

Sequence column

A Sequence Column can be defined, updated, and deleted.

Customer Portal

Customers can now report and track problems on the portal at support.chronolator.com.

There is a link to the portal on the Help tab.

Error checking

Message c9m3000 (issued when errors are found when checking) now includes the number of errors encountered.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations defined in the chronology can be viewed, and permitted ones can be changed. New abbreviations can be added. See Using Abbreviations for more details.

Internet Explorer

Support for Internet Explorer was removed.

Versions 0.1 - 0.6

First releases, to a selected audience.