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Version 5.6, build 2021.06.02

Automatically corrects margins when printing a tree if the printable area of the page exceeds the physical printable area of the printer
Fixed: freezing of the program when switching between persons or sources
Fixed: an empty family tree is built on some datasets
Fixed: inactive links to web pages indicated as a position in the link to the source - website
Fixed: freeze when printing and saving to PDF on macOS if page numbers or crop lines are printed
Search disregarding accents
Fixed the error in German translation (Before → Vor)
Fixed: other minor bugs

Version 5.6, build 2021.01.28

Import of Gedcom files from MyHeritage Family Tree Builder: we compensated the error in the comment field that led to uncompleted import process
Import of Gedcom files: we added an ability to select the order of place names: from country to street or from street to country
Brief information box now displays a list of sources links
Fixed: family tree full screen view now works without collapsing the main program window
Fixed: the option “Save filtered as…” now does not omit the custom events without main participants
Fixed: if the “Abbreviate” option is used for dates, the words “From”, “To” and “Or” are now substituted with ≥, ≤ and /

Version 5.6, build 2021.01.11

Fixed: family tree can now be saved to PDF on A2 and bigger pages as well
Fixed: when creating a sister or a daughter, the maiden surname is now entered automatically
Fixed: the order of names in ascending lineage list is correct now
Fixed: Gedcom import works fine now with Polish language interface
Fixed: family tree title font size can be bigger than 72 pt

Version 5.6, build 2020.12.14

Added several images for backgrounds of the family tree
Added the ability to adjust the location of the family tree on the background image
Optimized the printing and saving of the family tree as a PDF file with a background image
In the descending lineage list we added a possiblity to order persons by family branches, not only by generations
If you use a filter in lineage list, it affects now as well the participants of the listed events and family members; for example if you want to hide some persons from the list using a filter, the filtered out persons will not be mentioned anywhere
In lineage list options we added a possibility to show the list of links to persons in the beginning of the lineage list
“Automatic capitalization when entering names” option was added to program options
In the “Nearest anniversaries” report the persons are now shown with life dates
Fixed: Agelong Tree now works on macOS Big Sur
Fixed: the interface font is now clear-cut with increased screen scale
Fixed: now big trees are saved as PNG without zero-size files
Fixed: the bookmark set in the main program window is now displayed in the person selection window
Fixed: all marriages dates are now displayed correctly in the tree
Fixed: the size of the icons of the last documents now has normal size in the information window (not a photo)
Fixed: if a file was opened during a session, then in case of an emergency closing and reopening the program, it is not the file that opens, but the file that was opened before it, now the latest file is opened
Fixed: the main participants of “Church wedding ceremony” events are now called “Husband” and “Wife”
Fixed: adjusted import of surnames (form Gedcom file)
Fixed: adjusted import of photographs (from Gedcom format)
Export Gedcom: we added an option that converts Julian dates to Gregorian dates

Version 5.5, build 2020.04.01

Tree: the ability to build a family tree only on the male line or only on the female line
Tree: if there is no marriage, but there are common children, a straight line between a man and a woman is not drawn
Tree: twin brothers and twin sisters are marked in the tree and in the information window
Search: the order of words in the search bar is not important anymore: the search goes on each of the entered words. To search an exact phrase use double quotes around the phrase or tick Search exact phrase option in the program options window
Editing: the options “Twin brother” and “Twin sister” have been added to the person creation menu
Editing: displaying the “Cause of death” field in the person editing window
Editing: automatic removal of spaces at the beginning and at the end of a line in a text field (except for the comment field)
Editing: with a large number of additional fields displayed in the editing window, scrolling appears
Editing: when autocompleting text fields, the most common of the possible options is selected
Editing: the last selected places are displayed in the place selection menu in the editing window
Lineage list: the ability to build a lineage list only on the male line or only on the female line
Lineage list: the ability to turn off the display of the main photo of the person
Lineage list: the ability to display only spouses in the family
Reports: saving in TXT format
Reports: saving the report on the table in CSV format, delimiter - tab
Reports: displaying the age of persons associated with the document in the document viewing window
Reports: displaying the age of the event participants in the event viewing window
Reports: size of icons of non-graphic files is reduced
Reports: added a filter by last name in the report settings for the nearest anniversaries
Reports: all persons of a family line are now shown in the family line information window
Data: debugged work from different computers with a data file stored on a cloud drive
Data: display a warning if, when opening a data file containing documents, there is no document folder (.files)
Gedcom: removing html tags from comments when importing
Gedcom: import of multiple comments for one object
Gedcom: import of empty events such as “Wedding”, “Divorce”, etc.
Gedcom: fixed bug when importing an empty place
Gedcom: when exporting, a FAMC tag entry is added if the person in the “Birth” event has nothing but parents
Fixed: incorrect names of participants in the events “Unofficial marriage” and “Unofficial divorce”
Fixed: after changing the gender of a person, auto-substitution in the text field suggested values related to the previous gender
Fixed: Access violation error when editing an event or related object in the tab of the editing window
Fixed: if a woman has a family line indicated, then when creating a father, the father’s family line is not established
Fixed: creating a second “Birth” or “Death” event when editing a person created in the person selection window
Fixed: incorrect numbering of the lineage list according to the Sosa-Stradonitz system
Fixed: wrong font size in documents links in reports
Fixed: bugs with tagging persons in photos
Fixed: program crashes in full screen on macOS
Other bugs fixed

Version 5.4, build 2019.10.28

Improved data integrity support
In Nearest anniversaries report it is possible to choose event types
Data check report includes incorrect events order of a person
New Extended options in Tree options – Contents tab
New ability to hide common-law spouses from the family tree
New ability to save the family tree chart as PNG file with 100% scale, 300% scale (for further printing) or with the current scale
New option in a photo view window: to show the tagged persons when pointing on them
New option in Program options: Set the added photo as a profile one if there is no profile photo
Save button (which refers to the whole file, not to the family tree) stays inactive unless there are changes in data
New option in Lineage list report: New page for each person
Roman numerals as generation numbers in Lineage list report
Interactive HTML family tree chart: new button Go to tree in the person window
Interactive HTML family tree chart: more types of documents can be viewed in it
Gedcom import: tags EMAIL and PHON are supported
Gedcom import: if there are no events that join spouses in a family, a common-law marriage event is created
Gedcom export: new ability to choose the size of the photos exported
Gedcom export: new ability to export only profile photos
Gedcom export: only the area with the tagged person is exported as the person's profile photo
XML export: information about tagged people in the photos is exported
Fixed: incorrect events order after appending data from another file when a person exists in both files
Fixed: in PDF the lines colour and nodes colour were wrong
Fixed: inactive links in Position in the source field
Fixed: inactive place references in some events in Person's information window
Fixed: citations are cut in Source information window
Fixed: on MacOS the comments are shown as plain text without paragraphs
Fixed: when several tree charts are open, the brief information panel is not renewed when a user closes the tab
Fixed: when choosing a profile photo from the list of existing photos, some photos at the end of the list cannot be reached
Fixed: error when saving a family tree chart as PNG in Agelong Tree 5 on macOS
Polish interface language added

Version 5.3, build 2019.01.30

In a picture of a tree saved as HTML you can see every person's detailed information, it appears when you click on the person (interactive graphics)
New report in Persons table: “Data check”. You can set maximal age of a person, maximal age of a parent, minimal age of a parent and a spouse
While creating a document, if you choose a file which is already used as a document, Agelong Tree does not copy this file to the documents folder, a warning message is shown
Horizontal scroll of the family tree: Alt + mouse wheel
Changeable size of event type window
In the lineage list there is a line with total number of persons
Persons' IDs are saved in SVG
Correct import/export of source quotations in Gedcom
Fixed: Error when saving large family tree to PNG on Mac
Fixed: empty gaps on pages when printing a lineage list
Fixed: other errors

Version 5.2, build 2018.09.22

If a person does not have any children (“No children” option), it is marked in the tree with a special sign
Added the ability to fix the aspect ratio of the photo tag
Added a report that shows all nearest anniversaries of all or of the chosen events
The Table report now contains photos as in the table itself
In the lineage list containing all persons of the Persons table or all persons of the current tree, the persons are sorted according to their code
If you add a link between a photo and an object (person, event, place, etc.) which does not have a main photo, the added photo is set as the main photo of the object
Tag DSCR is imported from Gedcom
Fixed: incorrect relations degrees in some intermarriages
Fixed: tree nodes overlap
Fixed: participants and witnesses of a birth in the relevant event have no link to the born person
Fixed: when deleting an object from a document-related objects list, the main photo of the object is not deleted
Fixed: a new event breaks chronological order
Fixed: places coordinates aren't imported
Fixed: when Gedcom was imported, photos uploaded on the Internet were not downloaded
Fixed: when importing Gedcom created by Myheritage not all data were imported due to incorrect file format
Fixed: error when saving a tree to PDF on Mac
Fixed: impossible to activate a portable license on some portable discs with usb 3
Some other minor bugs fixed

Version 5.1, build 2018.06.01

Fixed: on some systems the program freezes during long operations
Fixed: on some systems saving to archive did not work
Fixed: information window freezes or opens slowly on Mac
Fixed: error when adding a person to a photo if the photo has tags
Fixed: Geni.com Gedcom could not be imported
Fixed: some events weren't exported to Gedcom
Other minor fixes

Version 5.1, build 2018.04.20

Tagging people in the photos, ability to use the selected fragment as the main person's photo
Events with unknown year can be freely moved among the person's events
In the saved HTML documents he ability to click on a photo is added, it allows you to view the full size photo
In the source information view window, all information about the related objects is shown
Fixed: when printing a HTML file only the first page of the document is visible
Fixed: disrupting the order of children who have only a mother
Fixed: disrupting the order of children who have one common Birth event for both of them
Fixed: in the tree in some cases, the relationship between spouses who have a blood relationship is not displayed
Fixed: when changing the order of children with unknown birth dates, their order in the tree does not change
Other minor fixes
Gedcom: the correct import of the Gedcom file created by the MyHeritage service in an incorrect encoding
Gedcom: when exporting, line breaks in comments now always are done by the word, as recommended by the standard
Gedcom: correct recording of the Julian calendar dates to Gedcom
Gedcom: correct recording of dates with unknown year to Gedcom
Gedcom: added the _UID tag when exporting

Version 5.0, build 2018.01.25

Added Gedcom import
Added a portable disc installation option in the installation package
Added: Documents files can be saved in a separate folder during Gedcom export (optional)
Added encoding selection for Gedcom import and export
Added: clickable links in Comment fields
Added: possibility to change the order of the document-connected objects in the document and source edit windows
Fixed: incorrect printing of the tree if the screen scale is enlarged
Fixed: incorrect processing of pictures with transparent background
Fixed: incorrect processing of long comments during Gedcom export
Fixed: incorrect display of unticked fields in the list of fields in the table options window
Fixed “Can't copy the file. Access denied” error when launching the program or opening a file
Corrected some relation degrees in German interface language
Fixed other minor errors
Added Italian interface language

Version 5.0, build 2017.11.10

Added autocompletion in the search bar
Added option Clear cache when closing (important for a portable license when working on other people's computers)
Added Latvian interface language
Fixed: when you open the object selection window or when you switch from the tree, the table does not scroll to the selected object
Fixed: error while adding data from another data file
Fixed: the width of the column in the brief information panel of the main window is not saved
Fixed: incorrect work of filters in the table of places
Fixed: blurred text in the family tree if the screen scale is enlarged
Fixed: incorrect sorting of words containing letters with accents
Fixed: the program hangs while saving (in rare cases)
Fixed: the error of constructing a family tree which led to the program freezing in rare cases
Other bug fixes

Version 5.0, build 2017.10.05

SVG generated in Agelong Tree can be now opened correctly in CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator
Corrected SVG for RTL languages (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew)
In a tree with an intermarriage of blood relations, preference is given to the male line
Sosa-Stradonitz system was added as one of numeration types in ascending lineage list; D'Aboville system and Konovalov format were removed from it
Fixed: in case of intermarriages folding branches option worked incorrectly
Fixed: error when saving a tree as a PNG file (on Mac)
Fixed: filter that includes “Level of confidentiality” worked incorrectly
Fixed: Find on map option worked incorrectly with Internet Explorer
Fixed: on macOS High Sierra the popup menus collapsed right after appearing
Fixed: error when exporting to Gedcom if there is a custom field of type “Place”
Minor bugs fixed

Version 5.0, build 2017.09.11

Export to XML and Gedcom
Saving a large tree PNG image as several files
Improved the photos view in lineage lists and Information windows
Possibility to set either height or width of persons' photos in the tree
Program suggests to pick from the spouses of the first parent when you edit the secong parent
Possibility to choose size of the photos when saving the tree as SVG or HTML: original size, large (1200 pixels) or small (width 200 px). It allows to diminish the size of the SVG or HTML file when necessary
If data is sorted by fields with numbers (age, dates, life span, days until anniversary), lines with empty value go at the end, not at the beginning
New vesion reminder as a short text and as an icon showing availability of the newer version (in All actions menu)
Blood relatives of adopted children can be now seen only in All Relatives tree
Fixed: fields order in the edit window does not correspond to the fields order in the table
Fixed: invalid sorting order of documents and events in the edit window
Fixed: when saving the tree as SVG, HTML or PDF, the backgroud image was not saved
Fixed: Distance between branches tree option doesn't work
Fixed: the tree wasn't rebuilt automatically when parents were editied in the tree
Fixed: incorrect import of ZIP archive on Mac
Some minor bugs fixed
Tatar and Persian (Farsi) interface languages added

Version 5.0, build 2017.06.15

Ability to save large family trees as PNG file
Correct photo orientation when creating document-photo
Fixed: program didn't set date when creating document-photo
Fixed: in person edit window documents (except from photos) couldn't be added
Fixed: person's age was not calculated correctly
Fixed: person's gender was not taken into consideration if events were added right after the first creation of a person
Fixed: a person kept the incorrect parent in the “Birth” event after changing to a correct one
Fixed: error when creating an event from the context menu of the events table
Fixed: report contained short place name while the table showed a full one
Fixed: error 1003 when activating Agelong Tree on Mac
Fixed: error “Initialization error 1” when launching Agelong Tree on Windows
Some more minor bugs fixed
Armenian interface language added

Version 5.0

Main features

Version for MAC
A faster and safer database SQLite
Fast tree and reports building due to table data caching, sorting in cache, couples and their children caching
Fast program start (second and further ones) due to data caching
Notes table for notes concerning the family tree research or other needs
Notifications for newer versions
Portable license for Windows (for portable discs)

Interface

The photo size in edit window is 200 pixels wide
Possibility to set a larger font in interface
Better readability in tables due to lines highlighting
Right alignment for RTL languages
Photos are seen on the lines in the tables. Possibility to replace a photo with a tick (as in previous versions)
Decoding URLs containg national symbols for their correct view
Active URLs in tables, table reports and statistics reports
Interface and data language choice window at the first start of the program
Number of records is seen in the table headings
Sources table, Families table and Notes table in the main program window
In person's edit window the number of connected objects is seen in the tab headings
Right alignment for RTL languages (e.g. Arabic)

Tree

Horizontal family tree diagram: ancestors on the right or on the left
Ajustable width, height or depth of the tree
Table filters can be used in the tree
A supercompact tree style added
Several trees on different tabs can be shown simultaneously
In tree node settings added buttons Restore. The button is visible if the value differs from the value set in the tree node upper level.
In the tree blood siblings and uterine siblings are also labelled.
Each field in the tree can be displayed in bold and in italics.
Each field can be set as seen in the nodes of still alive or of the dead
Each field can be set as seen in the nodes of men or women
Field “Life years” added to the list of displayable fields
Spouses can change their places in the tree if it helps to avoid intersections
PNG image of the tree is saved with transparent background
The tree can be saved as HTML (inside HTML – SVG vector graphics)
If there are several spouses it is possible to collapse the branch of each spouse separately
Fixed: in the blood relatives tree and in the all persons tree some persons were missing
Speed of buildng a tree is increased
Printing quality is improved (600dpi instead of 300dpi in Agelong Tree 4)
In the tree printing mode it is possible to save the tree as PDF by pages
In RTL languages (for example, Arabic) children range from the right to the left (according to the age)

Reports

Flexible configuration of the contents and type of all reports
Button for opening a built report in the browser (for printing, etc.)
Getting statistics for an arbitrary list of table fields
Ability to print and save statistics
Ability to interrupt the process of building a report
Documents related to the person (event, place) can be displayed in the information window and in the lineage list
A more compact form of recording the event of the birth (adoption) of the child in the person information window and in the lineage list
Relations degrees in a lineage lists built with all persons of the tree
Ability to use the filters of the persons table to limit the list of persons in the lineage list
When you save and export a lineage list to the browser, hyperlinks for the person inside this linage list are created
Fixed: “out of memory” error when building large lineage lists

Search and filters

If you do not give a filter a name, the name is taken from filter condition automatically
Search history is saved in table and in the tree
Empty date in the filter condition is processed correctly

Dates

“A few days”, “Several months” in the age and life expectancy, if they are not known exactly
Show short value option for dates fields is transferred from field options to program options
Added Two dates separator option in the program options

Persons

You can see links to the person's brothers and sisters in the brief information panel;
The contour of a person with an unknown photo depends on the person's age;
Added an integer “Code” field, it is filled automatically. The code number is unique in the file.
You can fill in more person's details on the main tab of the edit window: person's parents, birth and death places.
The parts of the person's full name in the edit window go in the order set in the program options.

Events

Added a standard event type “Common-law divorce”
Added a standard event type “Church wedding ceremony”

Documents

Added coordinates of documents
In the documents table there is a column Photo/Icon where you can see file icons and thumbnails of photos
The document view window displays a notification if the original file is not found in the document folder
In the short information panel, a large icon of the document file is displayed (if not a photo)
When you click on the file name of the document, the document opens in a program installed in Windows for files of this type
Ability to view the HTML document directly in the document view window
Search for a document on the map by its coordinates or by its place
Support for TIFF graphic format

Places

In the short and full names of the place you can see links to places of the higher hierarchy

Sources

Added a field named “Type” (“Book or manuscript”, “Oral story”, “Website”)
Added a field “Link (URL)”

Events types

Ability to create secondary roles in the event

Agelong Tree 4 file import

Import of data file from Agelong Tree 4 is available in Agelong Tree 5 for Windows: All Actions menu – File – Import
Custom events “Church wedding ceremony” and “Common-law divorce” are imported as standard events in Agelong Tree 5

Table of Contents

Version 5.6, build 2021.06.02

Version 5.6, build 2021.01.28

Version 5.6, build 2021.01.11

Version 5.6, build 2020.12.14

Version 5.5, build 2020.04.01

Version 5.4, build 2019.10.28

Version 5.3, build 2019.01.30

Version 5.2, build 2018.09.22

Version 5.1, build 2018.06.01

Version 5.1, build 2018.04.20

Version 5.0, build 2018.01.25

Version 5.0, build 2017.11.10

Version 5.0, build 2017.10.05

Version 5.0, build 2017.09.11

Version 5.0, build 2017.06.15

Version 5.0

Main features

Interface

Tree

Reports

Search and filters

Dates

Persons

Events

Documents

Places

Sources

Events types

Agelong Tree 4 file import