HomeCinema v0.8.4 - Minor Release

New and Changes

• NEW: Apply UI settings to other form dialogs.
• NEW: Refreshing entries are now done on background.
• NEW: Search results count.
• Download VERSION_HISTORY file if missing.
• Refocus App when form dialog closes.
• UI: Changed settings dropdowns to checkbox.

Other Changes

• Target x64 for Release. (Applied on earlier build).
• Removed unused namespaces.
• NUGET: Removed UWP.
• NUGET: Changed Markdig to Markdig Signed.
• NUGET: Updated System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.

NOTE: Project will be undergoing re-write to net 5. Expect no updates for the coming months, except for bugfixes.

HomeCinema v0.8.3.0 - Various UI changes and Improvements

NOTE: This update will change some data on the database, so it'll load slower than usual on first run.

What's New?

• Setting to skip entries not on Media Locations in setting.
• [View File] button: Browse to file on Movie Edit form.

Fixes

• Timeout value not saving properly on settings.
• Some alerts doesn't fit the message.

UI Changes

• Changed controls from TextBox to ListBox for:
  • 'Casts', 'Producer', 'Director', and 'Studio'.
• Renamed 'Actor' to 'Casts'.
• Removed 'Animated Movie' and 'Cartoon series' from 'Category'.
• Major UI Change on 'About' form.
• Moved [Check for Updates] button to 'About' form.
• Add 'Root folder' on Movie Edit form.
• Add hint to Media Extension settings form.
• Supress some messages when 'Confirm Actions' setting is toggled off.
• Use custom Message Box for various Input prompts.

Other Changes

• Closes all other forms upon exit, freeing memory.
• Focus on Main form after clicking Cancel on Movie Edit form.
• Limit search results on TMDB if 'Search Limit' is larger than 0.
• Add current Date to log filenames.
• Moved 'No TMDB Key' prompt to before update checking.
• Center alert on screen, if no parent form.
• Don't replace settings on app close.
• Improvement on Internet connectivity checker.
• Properly delete ListView item, if Movie is deleted.
• Various other changes. See 'VERSION_HISTORY_DETAILED.md'.

HomeCinema v0.8.2 - UI Improvements

What's New?

• Keep track of progress on 'adding new entries' and 'searching/loading collection'.
• Add Episode count to Tooltip text.
• Add ToolStrip Menu, replacing most button controls.
• New Setting, 'Confirm Actions'. Setting it to 'No' supresses some alert prompts.
• New Setting to set timeout for various online functionalities.
• Added various icons to alert prompts.

Fixes

• Anilist API not fetching English titles.
• Unsearchable media when results contains null json property.
• 'Sort by Year' error.
• Trailer not showing properly.

Changes

• Confirm replacing cover image only if it has an existing one.
• Confirm replacing info only if year is empty.
• Set default source on Movie edit form, depending on loaded category.
• If only 1 year is entered on search, use only that year.
• When trying to open a series, load its folder instead of highlighting folder on Windows Explorer.
• Improved handling of rate-limiting.
• Improved error-handling and its alert prompts.
• Updated UI of Movie Info edit form.
• Settings form minor change.
• Various code refactors and cleanups.

HomeCinema v0.8.1 - Follow-up Fixes

What's New?

• Add [No Info] button, to show entries with no IMDB and Anilist Id.

Fixes

• Youtube trailers not saved properly on automatic fetching of info.
• Anilist Id not showing on Movie Info form.

Misc.

• Series-related UIs are hidden on Movie Info form, if entry is not series.

HomeCinema v0.8 - Anime support and More!

NOTE: This update does not support all previous versions. Treat this as a Fresh First-use App.

New Stuff!

• Add Anilist support to fetch Anime-related media information. Closes Issue #10.
• Expandable and Collapsible Search panel and its filters. Closes Issue #13.
• Load your own TMDB API key from 'data/config.json' file, if its not empty.
• Add prompt on replacing current info with info fetched online, on Movie Info edit form.
• Fetch Episode and Season counts.
• Combined Media Location and Series Location paths. See the new setting on Settings form.
• Fetch media info automatically, only if it finds exactly 1 match. More information on Issue #14.
• New setting to change size of entry cover image on Main form.

Fixes

• Covers not updating when fetching from TMDB, causing duplicate cover images.
• Sometimes, covers are not replaced by new cover.
• Cannot connect to TMDB API.
• Some Inaccuracy on query search.
• Use English title on search results (from fetching info online), if it exists.
• Duplicate TMDB request on finding movie IMDB Id.
• Entry sub-items not resetting when updating its item.
• Sanitize query with whitespaces on searching.
• Search both Movie and TV Series on Search form.

Misc.

• Added RestSharp NuGet package.
• Added MakarovDev.ExpandCollapsePanel NuGet package.
• Refactored database, and related codes:
  • Use UId column for cross-referencing entries.
  • Cleanup queries.
  • Moved all codes related to database to its own class 'SQLHelper'.
• Refactored mechanism for Saving/Loading settings.
• Better Robocopy script on Post-Build event.
• Various code cleanups; Removed unused methods, functions, and variables.

Full and detailed changes on 'VERSION_HISTORY_DETAILED.md'.

HomeCinema v0.7.2

Fixes and Changes

• FIX: Double apostrophe on entry title. Closes Issue #11.
• MINOR: When year is empty, default to "0".
• GUI: Adjusted 'About' form.
• GUI: Reposition 'Original Title' on Movie Info editing form.
• Various "Under the Hood" changes.

HomeCinema v0.7.1 - Major Update

Fixes

• FIX: Wrong Tooltip for [Settings] button.
• FIX: Media Extensions not saved properly. Closes Issue #8.

Changes

• REV: Add new Setting to confirm whenever [Search] button is pressed, or similar actions that reloads the Items. Closes issue #9
• REV: Added multiple prompts to confirm actions.
• MINOR: Report what setting is not saved.
• MINOR: Close 'Settings' form after saving.
• GUI: Reduced font size on [Save] and [Cancel] buttons on 'Settings' form.
• GUI: Re-positioned controls on Movie Details form.

Dev-related changes

• REV: Load Movie ID as datatype 'long'.
• REV: Refactored syntax for various 'SQLHelper' class methods.
• REV: Refactored 'btnSearch' click event to be modular.
• REV: Removed code forcing GC to collect.
• REV: Renamed 'GlobalVars' class namespace.
• MINOR: Changed Mutex scope to readonly.
• MINOR: Added documented comments for some 'GlobalVars' class methods.
• MINOR: Moved Event methods to designer.
• MINOR: Returns empty list if string array is empty or null on multiple methods.
• MINOR: Moved 'Config' class to subfolder 'JSONs'.
• DOCS: Added multiple docs for 'reporting issue' and 'submitting PRs'.
• Various code cleanups and minor refactors.

HomeCinema v0.7 - Major fixes and additional changes

Hotfixes on top of v0.6.1

• FIXED: HomeCinema database is not generated automatically, if not existing.
• FIXED: Showing 'File' instead of 'Folder' when viewing folder size of series on mouse hover of Movie Title.

Major Changes

• REV: On 'Edit Information', shows nothing on picture box when image cover is null.
• REV: Revert focus to Main Form after closing Settings form.
• REV: Increased delay on fetching TMDB entries, to not overload TMDB server.
• REV: Added multiple prompts for different scenarios that needed alerts.

Code-level changes

• REFACTOR: Updated queries to much simpler and efficient ones.
• REFACTOR: Convert scope of 'SQLHelper' class to static.
• REV: Added 'GlobalEnum' class to store Enums used anywhere.
• REV: Call ShowDialog() instead of Show() on 'frmAlert'.
• REV: Created method: 'GlobalVas.WriteListBoxToFile()' to write ListBox items to text file.
• REV: Added default constructor for 'frmAlert' and 'frmLoading'.
• REV: Refactored various methods to reflect changes on 'SQLHelper' and 'GlobalEnum' class.
• REV: Load information on entries with default values, if it cannot be loaded properly from database.
• REV: Added 'config' table on database. Currently WIP as it will be used to compare db version to app version.
• Various minor refactors and code cleanups.

HomeCinema v0.6.1 - Major Fixes

Hotfixes on top of v0.6

• FIXED: Unhandled Exception thrown when clicking "Edit Information" on empty result.
• FIXED: Update checking not working.
• FIXED: App not working for new users.

Changes

• REV: Moved update checking to trigger after collection is loaded.
• REV: When result from searching IMDB is double-clicked, select it.
• MINOR: Close frmLoading when ESC key is pressed.

HomeCinema v0.6 - Scalable UI Controls and Customizable UI

Hotfix

• FIXED: TMDB Key not recognized during startup.

What's New?

• REV: UI Controls are now scalable! It resizes and reposition based on the form size.
  • Added minimum form size to limit window resizing.
• REV: Used customizable alert prompts. (Background and Foreground color can be set in Settings form).
• REV: NEW Setting: Auto Clean. Default 'ON'.
  • If 'ON', cleans logs and temporary files on Startup.
• MINOR: Prompt user when IMDB link cannot be opened in browser.
• GUI: Updated the Icon.
• GUI: Changed Loading Icon.
• GUI: Reposition controls on General tab on Settings form.
• GUI: Alphabetically sort entries on Listbox for 'Country' and 'Genre'.
• GUI: Apply UI customization on prompt when adding entry to 'Country' and 'Genre' listbox.

Dev changes

• REV: Automatically refresh Country and Genre whenever Edit Information is clicked.
• REV: Refactored codes.
• REV: Prompt when there's no TMDB Key, also disable features that uses TMDB.
• MINOR: Removed overload for method 'GlobalVars.ShowWarning()'.
• MINOR: Don't show error message on method 'GlobalVars.ReadStringFromFile()'.
• MINOR: Moved all pre-load setup to 'Program.cs'.
• MINOR: Use 'MessageBox.Show()' method if Main Form is not loaded.