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Change Log

Below is a complete list of the new Features and Fixes implemented since the realease of Tradetool2

v1.04

- Added selectable icons to the Sold Auctions list
- Added 'Remove' function for items in the Sold Auctions list
- Auctions with repeating schedules that were missed will automatically increment the missed schedules on startup.
- Added ability to update current listing on TM with changes made to relevant Prepared Auction details (excludes photos & promotions). This can be found in the right click menus of the Current and Prepared lists. Extremely useful if you make a change to a prepared auction and want to update all your current listings as well.
- Default order of Current Auctions now has "next to close" at the top with the "last to close" at the bottom.
- Entering a stock level of 9999 or greater for an auction now represents unlimited stock which will not decrease with sales.
- Fixed bug where templates that include Extra Category Fields won't delete correctly.
- Added Cut, Copy, Paste to right click menu for the auction description in the Auction Editor
- Added a Help to the main menu, including an option to send a request to Tradetool Support directly from within Tradetool.
- Right clicking in any of the lists of auctions will now select the item under the cursor
- Unsold auctions will now default to 7 days downloading if no option is selected in the Auction Downloading tab of the Profile Options.
- Improved blacklisting functionality for FPOs. Tradetool fetches your TradeMe blacklist when you click Download > Update Blacklist. Any FPOs will be checked against both your TM blacklist and the manual blacklist in the Profile Options.
- Fixed bug causing Relisted auctions to not link correctly to the original Prepared Auction for category and product code information
- Fixed issue where relisted auctions lost their link to the Prepared Auction of the original listing
- Improved workaround for downloading unsold items to improve auto-FPO reliability
- Added "Maintain X Listings" option on Prepared Auctions. This will kick in after a "Current Items" download and will try to create new listings to maintain the number of listings specified. this does not affect any schedules and the auctions will also list at the scheduled time(s) if any are left on a "maintaining" auction.
- Added filter to Sold Auctions tab to quickly filter the list down. Works by full and partial matches on TradeMe auction number, buyer email and buyer's TradeMe name
- Added "Copy Email to clipboard" function to Sold items right click menu. Selecting multiple sold items will put a list of all the buyer emails in the clipboard
- Added "View Sold Item Details" function to Sold items right click menu. This will show the details including the address and shipping imported from TradeMe.
- Improved photo uploading. When Tradetool tries to reuse photos that TM have removed it will detect this and re-upload the photos rather than adding blank photos to the auction.
- Added sold items CSV export under the Reporting main menu item. This is a fast way of exporting all the sold listings between two dates that you specify.
- Fixed issue causing unsold items not to download if no number of days is selected in Profile options. It will now default to 7 days.

v1.03

- Modified auction import to include original "pickup" option
- Fixed bug causing incorrect times to show in auction editor for 12Am & 12PM
- Added option to Profile Options to allow Automatic Offers to occur on sold items in addition to unsold items. (auctions that were One To Sell will not have offers made)
- Fixed price offers on sold auctions will prompt for confirmation where the original Tradetool auction is set to "One to Sell"
- Added new icons to the Current Auctions list to show when current auctions are known to be linked to Prepared Auctions (a grey chain link icon will appear for icons that are linked)
- Payments made through PayNow will now automatically be included in any orders that are automatically created
- Payments made through PayNow after an order has been created in SBM will now be added to the existing SBM order (except if the order is already marked as paid then the payment will not be added)
- Tradetool window and Auction Editor window now has scrollbars for users with lower resolutions
- Category field now available in the Current Auctions list - will only be populated if auction was listed by Tradetool2
- Changed auto-offer input box on Auction Editor accept decimal places (eg. 10.95)
- Fixed bug causing the repeating input box to be disabled when setting scheduling for selected prepared auctions
- Added new function under the manage menu called Manage Auction Templates for deleting templates from Tradetool2
- Buyers name will no longer appear as "Buyer to Pick-up" in SBM for auctions where the buyer selects pick-up
- Added "Closing today" figure to account stats on main windows that shows how many auctions are due to close today
- Filtering is no longer lost when the Prepared Auctions list is refreshed while a filter is applied
- Offers of $1 or less will not be attempted by Tradetool2 - they will fail in the queue without attempting to load to TM
- Deleting auctions from Prepared Auctions will now prompt you to confirm the deletion as deletions are not recoverable.
- Fixed bug where relisting auctions would exceed the free listing limit
- Auctions cloned to Prepared from Archive now clone correctly rather than sending the auction to the Prepared List.
- Auctions with no selected duration will now give a warning when trying to save in the Auction Editor.
- Fixed bug causing listings to lose the reference to the product & product code intermittantly.
- Fixed bug causing auctions to not save correctly in the auction editor after overwriting an existing template in the auction editor.

v1.02

- Product Code is now shown on items in the queue that have a Product Code
- Added ability to move the custom shipping options up and down in the list in the auction editor. The custom shipping options will appear in this order on TM.
- Added filter checkbox to sold auctions tab to only show auctions with feedback not placed
- Altered auction load routine to account for changes on TM to the "Other" payment method.
- Added "Auto Offer" feature - you can set an offer price in an auction and it will automatically make a fixed price offer if possible if and when the auction appears in your Unsold list.
- Added "Offer Blacklist" in the profile options. You can enter the usernames of any TM users that you do not want to be included in FPO's. FPOs will not be made to these users.
- Improvements to border drawing routine - border no longer impedes on original photo.
- A restart of Tradetool2 is no longer required after changes are made to Database options
- Added Relist option to Sold Auctions right click menu
- Altered Relist function to accomodate recent TM change causing relists to become 7 days. Relists now run for the duration of the original auction.

v1.01

- Fixed bug causing licencing message to appear to users using the free version on startup.
- Fixed the print button in the Orders window to stop it moving when window is maximised.
- Added simple HTML export function under "Export" in the file menu, same as in Tradetool v1.1
- Importing auctions from TradeMe now correctly sets the "brand new" attribute.
- Corrected issue in "Import from Tradetool 1.1" function stopping folder browser window behaving correctly
- Importing auctions from Tradetool 1.1 now imports extra fields correctly such as DVD category etc.
- "Create open order in SBM" no longer available in sold auctions right click menu if SBM not installed.
- Fixed bug causing auctions set to "relist until sold" to not relist sometimes.
- Fixed bug causing sales to be created incorrectly when sales options set to "only create orders in SBM when the auction is linked to a product in SBM".
- Added 6 and 12 hour durations to the available auction durations. **CANCELLED**
- Importing data from Tradetool 1.1 no longer decreases stock from importing the sold items.
- Login Errors now state whether it was incorrect email or password that caused the failed login.
- Fixed bug causing Tradetool2 to not stay on "specify database file location" option when this was selected.
-  Fixed bug causing borders and watermarks not to upload for some auctions.
- Fixed issue causing some Extra Category fields to not be imported for some categories (eg. Games). Please re-download the extra category fields in the main menu if this affects you.
- Improved performance of loading the Prepared Auctions list from database when auctions are linked to SBM products or the "NextScheduledTime" column is visible
- The Paymate option in auctions now saves correctly.
- Fixed bug causing "Set Scheduling for Selected" Prepared Auctions to fail if AM is selected.
- Fixed issue with Extra Category Fields for DVD listings
- Add option to turn off the help tooltip popups. (Options > Advanced Tab)
- Fixed bug causing catgegory filter on Prepared auctions to not work correctly when selecting bottom-level categories.
- Improved category and product group filtering on prepared auctions. The selected filter is now maintained when sorting and you can select combinations of category and product group for filtering.
- Items on the "Manage Feedback" form now move/resize correctly when resizing the form.
- Improved resizing of auction editor window
- Fixed issue where auctions under $100 would not save as "start price must be at least 10% of reserve" which does not apply to items under $100.
- Added command line arguments for downloading sold, unsold and current auctions
- Added search ability to archive
- Fixed bug causing "create multiple identical listings each time this auction loads" option not savind correctly when editing auctions.
- Rule stating auction title cannot have words longer than 20 characters is now enforced
- Added ability to show full category details in prepared list rather than just the bottom level category. This is enabled in the Display tab in the Options.
- when listings are marked as Relist Until Sold but not linked to an existing Prepared Auction, and the current option is to send the auction to the Prepared Auctions lists, the auction is now imported from TM into the Prepared Auctions list.
- Added activity report graph to view graph of auction and sales activity over a period of time.
- Fixed problem where buynow prices less than the reserve but greater than the start price would not be accepted in the auction editor.
- TT1 importer now closes correctly if the browser dialog is cancelled.
- Added new function to Tools menu allowing custom, one off database (SQL) commands to be executed against the database.
- Fixed bug causing error when searching for archived items on the archive tab.
- Fixed small issue when creating order in SBM and the buyer elected to pick up the item.
- Added new profile option to not automatically relist unsold items that were maked as relist until sold where there are bidders/watchers that could be offered FPOs.
- Added new function in the tools menu to compact & repairs database files when using local database.
- Added ability to use repeating schedule when using the right click "Set Scheduling For Selected" Prepared Auctions.
- Added Auction duration to the copy & pastable attributes between Prepared Auctions.
- Replaced Paymate payment option with Pago
- Added ability to download Views statistic on auctions. This can be enabled in Profile Options. You will also need to add the Views column to the Current Auctions list in the Display Options.
- Corrected issue causing "other" payment methods not to load correctly due to changes on TM.
- Fixed TM Account balance download when Pay Now is enabled on the account.
- Auctions imported from Current/Sold/Unsold will now be imported from existing auction records if possible rather than downloading again from TM (faster and preserves product codes etc). This can be disabled/overridden in the Profile Options, Advanced tab.
- Added Product Code to the available fields in the Archive list.


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