• Desktop: Added support for data paths located on networked drives. Earlier releases only allowed access to data folders located on local drives.
• Desktop: Airport List Update function (File...Update AeroLog...) updated to support new FAA Airport List format. Earlier releases were not able to access Airport updates subsequent to the format change made at the end of 2005.

• Desktop: Takeoff and landing currency dates in the Pilot Currency Report are not always being calculated correctly.
• Desktop: Built in Update Utility modified to correctly link with the new Polaris Microsystems web site.
• Desktop: OS restriction preventing installation on Windows Vista has been removed from installation program.

• Desktop: Using a Date filter when printing a Custom Report caused a program error.

• Desktop: Added report export to following formats: Lotus 123, Quattro Pro, Excel, Bitmap, JPEG, WMF, TIF, HTML, XHTML, PDF (Adobe Acrobat) and RTF (Word, WordPerfect, etc.).
• Desktop: ODBC Import now accepts times in  HH+MM format (e.g.  "1+34" = 1 hr 34 minutes).  This change was added to support import from CSV files generated by AirlineLogbook  PDA software (Auman Software).

Issues Corrected:

• Desktop: Invalid Date Error when running Update Airport List function.
• Desktop: Remarks field in Tally filter is incorrectly forcing upper-case on search text.
• Desktop: Attempting to add an airport to the Personal Airports List which is already there causes a program error.
• Desktop: If a new crew tag is typed into the Crew Tags field in the New Flight Wizard, the tag is added to the Flight Tags list instead of the Crew Tags list.

• Desktop: Item Pick List dialog gives "cannot focus invisible or disabled control" error when selecting certain items
• Desktop: Clear and Clear-All buttons in Item Pick List dialog not being enabled.
• Desktop: Filters on aircraft-related fields (ID, Category, Class, Type, Tags) not working properly.

• Desktop: List editor hangs if list being opened is empty.
• Desktop: Flight Wizard does not assign correct Leg numbers when multiple flights are entered on a particular date.
• Desktop: Flight Wizard does not retrieve saved flight information when you type in  (as opposed to selecting) the flight number.
• Desktop: Backup and Set Data Path functions are not re-opening the Personal List files.

• PDA: Support for Pocket PC 2003 (and ActiveSync 3.7x) has been added. 
• Desktop: Airport List Update functionality has been added to the existing Web Update Facility (see File>Update AeroLog Pro...). This function allows you to quickly check our web site for new FAA Airport revisions.  If a new revision is available, you can download and install it with a few clicks of the mouse.
• Desktop: Internal changes were made to update AeroLog Pro to version 7.x of the Advantage Database Server.  These changes are transparent to the user. The update brings AeroLog Pro in sync with the latest database engine technology available from Extended Systems, Inc.

Issues Corrected:

• Desktop: Web Update Facility now uses Passive-Mode FTP.  Earlier versions used Active-Mode FTP, which does not always behave well with certain Firewall implementations.

• This release includes an updated Palm application (APPi v2.3) which is OS 5 compatible!  The new APPi is backward compatible with the older OS 3.x and 4.x devices as well.  See Read Me text displayed by the v2.58 installation program for details.

Issues Corrected:

• Desktop: AeroCalc @Null() function does not return a null value in all cases.
• Desktop: AutoCalc Import script not functioning -- due to the fact that the Enabled checkbox status is not saved.

• DeskTop: Added @DateTimeToDate() and @DateTimeToTime() functions to the AeroCalc language.  Allows extraction of date and time portions of a combined date/time (timestamp) string.
• DeskTop: Added @ParseRoute() function to the AeroCalc language.  Function "cleans up" multiple-airport identifier fields.  Removes non-alphanumeric characters and separates identifiers with commas.

Modifications

• Desktop: Added Help menu web links to the Report Designer Tutorial and the AeroCalc Tutorial & Reference manuals.
• Desktop: Modified ODBC import to allow Date/Time fields in the data source to be mapped to AeroLog Pro date, clock time or elapsed time fields.
• Desktop: Added a Route field to the ODBC Import map. Allows import of From/To/Via information from data sources with a combined route field.

Issues Corrected:

• Desktop: Program does not reliably preset landing fields to match takeoff fields.
• Desktop: Distance calculations between certain airport pairs resulted in a "long way around the globe" distance.
• Desktop: AutoCalc (Preset, Manual, and Presave) scripts do not function reliably.
• Desktop: ODBC Import function does not maintain ordering of records with the same date.

• PDA: Added support for Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices.  The AeroLog Pro Pocket PC Interface (ALProPPC) allows flights to be entered on the device and then merged into the AeroLog Pro desktop application.
• Desktop:  Added two new Standard Reports:  Flight & Duty -- 28 Day Cycle and Flight & Duty -- Calendar Month, for our friends in Europe.
• DeskTop: Allow new airports to be entered without Lat./Long. information.  Distances to and from these "floating" airports are not included in the Route Distance calculation.
• DeskTop: Added @Null() function to AeroCalc language.  Allows assignment of a "Null" value to fields (clears the field) in an AutoCalc or Global Scan script. 
• DeskTop: Added maintenance tracking to the Aircraft List.
• Documentation: Added new AeroLog Pro Pocket PC Interface User's Guide.

Modifications:

• DeskTop: Increased size of VIA field to accommodate longer routes.
• ALProPPC: Add option to force the number of  landings to equal number of takeoffs, and vice versa.
• Documentation: Procedures & Reference Manual updated.
• Documentation: AeroCalc Tutorial and Language Reference updated.

Issues Corrected:

• Desktop: Entering fixed date ranges into Custom Report data queries caused an error. Note: Version 2.55 now requires that data query date ranges be entered in YYYY-MM-DD format, regardless of the date format selected in the Program Options window.
• Desktop: Ctrl_+ keyboard shortcut is not working in the Aircraft ID field.
• Desktop: Global Scan skips records and runs slow when filters are used.
• DeskTop: ALPro did not support ALProPPC installations to other than the default folder location.
• DeskTop: Pilot Logbook window did not automatically switch to the Import tab when you select "Import from Pocket PC..." from the Import menu.
• DeskTop: Data transfer between PPC and desktop was sometimes unreliable due to improper management of ODBC connection.
• DeskTop: Date of last backup was not properly recorded when certain date formats were selected. Caused program to incorrectly display the backup reminder message on exit.
• ALProPPC: When adding/editing a flight, the Flight Details screen opens to the last page selected, instead of the first page.
• ALProPPC: When in hrs:minutes mode, times entered without a delimiter (":" or ".") were incorrectly interpreted.
• ALProPPC: Installation did not include eMBedded Visual Basic runtime DLLs, and instructions to register same.

• Modify Help menu links to Order Form and Registration form to accommodate web site change.

• Global Scan Utility does not update records.

• Desktop: Added support for data import from ODBC Data Sources, including MS Access, Excel, FoxPro, dBase, CSV Text files, et.al.
• Desktop: Added new Crew field and associated Crew Tag supporting list.  The new Crew field is a free-form text field similar to the the Flight Tags field.
• Desktop: Added new "unknown meteorological conditions" (UMC) fields to the instrument approach grid.  The new fields allow logging of approaches when the conditions (Actual IMC or Hood) is not known.
• Desktop: Added template import and export functions to the Custom Report Explorer.  These functions make it easier to share templates with others, or to import new templates into your custom report library.
• Desktop:  Added link to the Help file which opens the AeroLog Pro Secure Order Form web page.
• Desktop: Added "Custom 2" format for graphic Flight Duty Report which splits out Part 121 time in place of  Part 135.
• Desktop: Updated FAA 8710 custom report templates.  There are now two templates, FAA 8710 Type Summary and FAA 8710 Category Summary.   Note:  The new templates are located in the Reports folder and must be imported into your database.  See Working With Custom Reports in the help file.
• APPi: Added support for new Crew field and Crew Tag list (see above).
• APPi: Added button to Notes screen for copying the remarks text from the previously-entered flight.
• APPi: Added Setup button on main screen -- same as selecting [Options|Setup...] from the APPi menu.
• APPi: Added new Setup option:-- "Auto-set XC field".   When checked, calculated flight Durations are automatically inserted into the XC field as well.  Note:  This was the default behavior in earlier APPi versions.
• Documentation:  Procedures & Reference Manual (ap24_prm.pdf) updated.

Issues Resolved:

• Desktop: Monthly Flight and Duty Report is listing "Other Commercial" time shows as Part 91 and vice versa in both the chart and summary columns.
• Desktop: Pilot Currency Summary report is showing incorrect Category/Class expiration dates in the Takeoff and Landings section.
• Desktop: Monthly Flight and Duty Report is not properly totaling This Quarter, Last Quarter and Year to Date when the Minutes.Tenths time display mode is selected.
• Desktop: Error message "Cannot update an existing spanned diskset" displayed when doing a backup to floppy disk.

• Desktop: "Negative" Filter operators (e.g. "does not contain", etc.) are incorrectly excluding records where the filtered field is empty.

• Desktop: Added "Clipboard", with Copy and Paste functions, to the Logbook edit window.  Clipboard data is retained between sessions.
• Desktop: Added Airport Validation Utility.  This utility scans existing flight records and converts airport identifiers to ICAO format.  A pop-up dialog, presented when an ID cannot be automatically converted, allows user to lookup or enter a replacement ID. A conversion table is maintained so future occurrences of the ID can be converted automatically.
• Desktop: New "web" links added to the Help menu, including a link to the new online Registration form, and this Revision History page.

Issues Resolved:

• Desktop: Tally sheet Filter on Notes field does not function properly.
• Desktop: "Solo_XC" field is not being calculated. One symptom is that the XC Solo column of the FAA 8710 report is always blank.  
• Desktop: "Lookup Table Not Active" error when clicking ellipsis button adjacent to From and To fields.
• Desktop: Error when adding a new Pilot Logbook.   Error disappears after program restart.
• Desktop: Entering 0 for the Valid period of a Checkride results in a "nonsense" due date.
• Desktop: Web Update facility sometimes locks up while checking for available program updates.
• Desktop: Program allows AutoCalc window to be opened while a flight log was in Edit mode.  This can result in a "deadly embrace" error situation if the Aircraft ID field is still blank.

• Desktop: Changing Pilot ID number caused program error, leaving data records partially modified.

• Desktop: Incorporated new APPi HotSync Conduit which does not utilize ODBC.  The new Conduit can access and modify the desktop files directly.  This change was made to resolve ODBC problems on some Windows 95/98 systems.
• Desktop:  The "Install Palm Application" function no longer requires you to initialize the Personal Aircraft and Airports lists before completing the installation.  The Personal Timezone list must still be initialized.
• Desktop:  New Personal Timezone lists (created when a new pilot is added) are initialize with just the "GMT Standard" time zone.  In previous versions, the new list was initialized with all time zones.
• APPi:  The XC (cross country) field is now preset with the calculated duration.  The preset is assigned only if the XC field is blank, so you can manually override the value.

Issues Resolved:

• APPi:  New aircraft ID's added on the Palm were not forced to upper case.

• Desktop: Added Incremental Update capability to the Update utility, which will allow it to select smaller "patch" downloads based on the currently-installed version.
• Desktop: Added new ODBC Configuration dialog -- a tool for testing and diagnosing problems with the ODBC connection used for Palm HotSyncs with APPi.
• Desktop: Additions and changes made to the Help file.

Issues Resolved:

• APPi: [Edit] button on main window was active when no flight records were entered.
• Desktop: Manual editing of an Import Staging Area record did not properly update the internal "position" (e.g. PIC, SIC, Primary Dual, etc.) field.  When modified flights were transferred to the Flight Log, incorrect posting to the breakdown table resulted..

• Desktop: Added Auto-Build Personal Lists function for initializing Personal Lists based on existing Flight Log entries.

Modifications:

• Desktop: Added Proxy Server support to the Update utility (re:   [File|Update AeroLog Pro...] in the main menu).
• Desktop: Added up-front checking of ODBC when Palm Support is installed.
• APPi: Elapsed Time fields (e.g. Dur, XC, Act, etc.) now allow input without decimal point (.) or colon (:).

Issues Resolved:

• Desktop: Flight Log Browse tab does not retain column width changes.
• Desktop: Backup function is saving only the index (ADI) and memo (ADM) portions of the database.  Actual data (ADT) files are not being included in the backup.  Note: The Backup function in the AeroLog Data Manager works properly.
• Desktop: If the Palm Support modules are not installed (a valid installation option) an ODBC error occurs upon program startup.
• Desktop: The Minutes-to-Tenths rounding method (see Program Options window) is not being set properly during program startup, resulting in the default (Decimal B) method being selected, regardless of the user's selection.  
• Desktop: Filters on Acft Tags, Flight Tags, or Route which use the "contains any of..." or "contains none of..." comparison operators do not function properly. 
• APPi: Fatal Exception occurs if Dep and Arr fields are left blank.

• Desktop: Added new Import AutoCalc Script which is executed for each record transferred from the Import Staging Area to the Flight Log.
• APPi: Added auto calculation of flight Duration.

Modifications:

• APPi: Improved detection and handling of field changes.
• APPi: Added a new Options form which is opened from the main APPi screen via the pull-down menus. Options include a default for the Pos (Seat) field.
• APPi: Moved the Route field up under the Date and Flight No fields. This better matches the arrangement of most airline logbooks (Little Red Books).
• Desktop: Added improved handling of ODBC errors during HotSync.   Note that these errors are almost always associated with variations in the ODBC drivers installed with Windows.  Information has been added to the Help file to assist in diagnosing and correcting these errors.
• Desktop: List selector dialog now remembers arrangement and width displayed columns.

Issues Resolved:

• APPi: "00:00" appeared in the Dep and Arr fields before user had the chance to make an entry.
• Desktop: Palm Import deletes the records from the PDA regardless of response to the "Clear Palm logbook after import" option.   (This is no longer an option.  PDA flights are always cleared after they are imported).
• Desktop: ODBC errors during Palm Hotsync (see Modifications above).
• Desktop: Filtering on Notes field does not work.   This error has been partially resolved in 2.03.  The filter for the flight Browse tab now works.   The issue is still unresolved for the Tally tab filter.
• Desktop: Route selector in Flight Wizard was functioning improperly.
• AeroCalc:  @RoundMinutes() function was returning incorrect results.

• Added support for new flight entry via Palm OS™ based PDAs.
• Added new "Import Staging Area" which will be used as a conduit for a generic multi-source flight import feature in the next major release. (The Import Staging Area is used in this version for importing flights from Palm PDA's.)
• Added AeroCalc™ scripting language, including support for AutoCalc and Global Scan Utility.  These features have capabilities similar to those in earlier versions of AeroLog III and AeroLog for Windows.
• Added support for "personalized"  Airport, Aircraft and Timezone lists.  
• Added support for user-settable tab order to the logbook editing window.
• Added built-in web-update support -- allows automatic checking for and downloading of program update patches.
• Help file and Procedures & Reference Manual updated.

Modifications

• Added new fields for specifying Solo time logged in conjunction with PIC time. Previously, the program assumed that Solo and PIC were always mutually exclusive. The new fields allow you to distinguish between non-PIC Solo (Primary Solo) and combined PIC & Solo (Advanced Solo), similar to the Primary/Advanced Dual distinction.
• Added Flight Count (FL_COUNT) field for specifying the number of legs represented by a flight record.  Updated ALW import to transfer values from ALW into this field.
• Filter Dialog -- renamed 'is in list..." operator to "contains any of the following..."
• Calculated flight distance is now displayed in the logbook edit window.
• Remarks (Notes) field is now displayed in the logbook browse window.
• The total flight record count is now displayed in the logbook browse window.

Issues Resolved:

• The Flight Log Configuration dialog now displays the internal field name and type, as well as the user-defined name for custom fields.
• Flight durations calculated from Departure/Arrival times were not being properly rounded to the nearest "tenth" when the "Hours.Tenths" time display mode was selected. This resulted in accumulated "errors" when flights were tallied.
• Flight Wizard Aircraft field was not properly detecting and saving new tail numbers.
• First preview of Flight Duty Report displayed in the wrong orientation (portrait instead of landscape).
• Right edge of Flight Duty Report was cut off on some inkjet printers.
• Pre-defined "Logbook" custom report was not including the Leg number when sorting flights, resulting in the incorrect sequencing of flights flown on the same day.
• Pilot Currency Summary was not including night landings toward day landing currency.
• Misc corrections to pop-up hints.

• From and To fields not responding to <Crtl_+> keyboard shortcut.
• Fixed tabbing  problem in Custom Field block on the Flight Log Edit page.
• Drop-down aircraft list on Flight Log Edit page was not in order by Aircraft ID
• Aircraft field on Flight Log Edit page not detecting/entering new tail numbers.
• AeroLog Access caused Exception on startup.
• OK button on Leg Details page of  New flight wizard was not being enabled reliably.

• Import Wizard now allows ALW fields to be mapped to the Flight No and Custom Text fields.

Issues Resolved:

• Flight Wizard not saving Flight Tags to generated flight records.
• Default time zone in Program Options was initialized to an invalid time zone.
• Duty shifts greater than 24 hours in duration were not reported properly in the Flight Duty Report.

• Import wizard not importing departure and arrival times.

• The "..." button adjacent to the VIA field does not work.
• The Standard Flights window doesn't remember its screen position.
• When you click on "New Flight" (wizard) for the first time after starting up AeroLog, the date defaults to the date of the first logged entry instead of the last logged entry. After the first new flight entry it works properly.

• Added "Memorize Flight" button to Flight Log. This function allows you to create a new Standard Flight list entry using information taken from the currently-selected logbook flight.
• Added new "Auto-Edit Flight Records" configuration option. When selected, the Flight Log (Edit tab) automatically switches into edit mode when you begin to modify a field. This option is available only in the Single-User version.
• Expanded Keyboard Shortcuts now support copying certain field values from the previous flight (see Modifications below for details).
• "Procedures and Reference Manual" (PDF file) completed.
• Re-formatted "Installation Guide" (PDF file) now available.

Modifications

• The main keyboard "+" and "-" keys, as well as the numeric keypad ones, can now be used to increment or decrement numeric fields.
• Date and clock-time fields (Depart & Arrive) now respond to increment and decrement keyboard shortcuts in a similar fashion to AeroLog for Windows.
• <Ctrl -> (hold down <Ctrl> and press <->) now clears non-numeric as well as numeric fields.
• <Ctrl +> (hold down <Ctrl> and press <+>) inserts values from previous flight for the following fields: Date, Flight No, From, To, Via, Depart, Arrive, Zone, Delay, Type of Time, Aircraft, Flight Tags, Remarks. See Help file for details.
• Distance field can now be disabled.
• Flight Wizard now defaults to the date of the latest entry in the logbook instead of the computer clock date.
• Duration and Type of Time are now displayed independently (in separate columns) in the Browse list.
• Out Timestamp (Out TS) and In Timestamp (In TS) fields are now hidden from view when Time Out /In (Depart/Arrive) are disabled.
• Removed the Distance Units option from the Program Options window. Distances are now calculated in nautical miles only. This may change in future releases.
• Disabled "automatic" presetting of Takeoff & Landing fields.

Issues Resolved:

• Unable to edit fields in the Custom Fields block (Edit Tab)
• Unable to modify Flight Tags in the Leg Details page of the Flight Wizard
• Modifying the Duration value caused Takeoff/Landing entries to be lost.
• Entering Departure or Arrival times in the Flight Wizard caused "strange" values to be inserted into the Day, Night and Instrument fields.
• Flight Wizard incorrectly set the To field identifier when the "Log multi-leg flight as a single record" option was selected. (A,B,A route was recorded as A,B,B).

• Flight Log tab of Pilot Logbook window was re-designed and now uses a more traditional editing screen similar in arrangement to the AeroLog for Windows screen.
• A new Status Alerts window has been added. This window displays several legal-to-fly alerts.

Modifications:

• Several new month-abbreviation date formats (e.g. 04-Oct-2001) are now supported.
• Added a single-record option to the New Flight Wizard, allowing a multi-leg flight to be logged as a single record in the logbook.
• Added a "Page Total" option to the DBCalc custom report component.
• Added new Configuration menu option for disabling the "...annoying Shutting Down AeroLog..." dialog.
• Added new Configuration menu option for automatic display of the new Status Alerts window on startup.
• Added a new Custom Report Filter panel for selecting the pilot from a drop-down list. This panel is included whenever the Pilot_No field is selected for auto-search.
• Added Distance total to Tally screen.
• Updated Help file.

Issues Resolved:

• Program windows and dialog boxes now display properly when the "Large Fonts" display option is selected in the Windows™ desktop settings dialog.
• Program now "remembers" size and location of Pilot Logbook window and the arrangement of several objects contained therein.
• Fixed typo in the pop-up hint for the Standard Reports button.
• Corrected Aircraft List window error preventing the direct entry of new aircraft.
• Corrected error which occurred when entering a new aircraft tail number into the New Flight wizard.
• Corrected incorrect presetting of takeoff and landing fields when no departure or arrival time is entered.

• Custom Report section now contains several working pre-designed reports.

Modifications:

• Import Wizard now shows optional field mappings in italics.
• Cosmetic changes to "About AeroLog Pro" dialog.
• Flight Filter dialog now includes ellipsis buttons for all Character Search items.
• Added additional Character search panel and a Elapsed Time search panel to the Custom Report component filter dialog.
• Minor additions to Report Designer help file.
• "Import" button in the Logbook window is now disabled when the program is in "demo" mode.

Issues Resolved:

• Could not change custom field mapping for Solo XC in import wizard.
• Import wizard was not importing data mapped into "Custom Time 9" field.
• Configuring a custom report component filter on the "Tags" field caused an "Invalid variant conversion" error.
• Logbook would not allow flights with no route (From, To and Via blank) to be entered. Import Wizard would also skip such flights when importing from ALW.

• First draft of the Report Designer Help file is included in this release. To view, select Help from the Report Designer window.
• Initial draft (incomplete) of the AeroLog Pro Report Designer Tutorial is available. You will notice the new Completed Tutorials folder in the Custom Report Explorer. This folder contains report templates referred to in the document. Much more needs to be added to this document.

Modifications:

• Added 4 new custom "text" fields.
• Import Wizard is now more "forgiving" of non-standard breakdown table field headings in ALW.
• Import Wizard will now automatically enable and label custom fields which you map over from ALW. Earlier version required you to manually open the Configuration dialog and enable these fields.
• Import Wizard now allows you to set a default Type-Of-Time value which is assigned to all imported records when none of the tag specifications are located.
• Added a "New Flight Record" button to the top of the Logbook window as a more "obvious" way to directly add a flight record without using the New Flight Wizard.
• Configuration dialog now allows all fields except Departure Date, Route, Aircraft and Duration to be disabled (hidden). Allows all you minimalists out there to clear out the "clutter".
• Split Flt Tags and Delay fields, formerly bundled under Flight Tags into individual fields in the Flight Inspector. This allows them to be enabled/disabled independently.
• Added a separate Tail Number field to the Aircraft Table for use when a "ship number" is used as the Aircraft ID.
• New Flight Wizard now "remembers" the Aircraft, Type Of Time and Position settings from the last entry.
• Added "Backup On Exit" option to Configuration menu. Allows you to turn off the backup reminder which appears when you exit the program.
• Import wizard now displays a record counter when importing flight records. It also informs you that the import may take some time. (Unfortunately it is still too slow -- will work on this).

Issues Resolved:

• Corrected inconsistent labeling of Aircraft ID field (called "Tail Number" in some places").
• The Flight No field was not being assigned in flight records generated by the New Flight Wizard.
• Import Wizard was not importing the "User Defined Text" field from ALW. This is now placed in the new Custom Text 1 field.
• New Flight Wizard was not properly enabling the Next button on the Flight Information page.

• When more than one digit is entered to the right of the decimal point, elapsed time values were incorrectly interpreted. Example: 1.68 was being interpreted as 1 hour and 68 tenths -- producing 7.8 hours.
• Backup function was creating backup files with a "CLM" extension, instead of an "APB" extension.
• Install facility now creates program icons in the program folder (in the Start menu) as well as on the desktop.
• Flight Duty Report (graph) was adjusting for time zone in the wrong direction -- time zone offset was being added instead of subtracted.
• Flight Duty Report was incorrectly totaling numeric flight times listed on the right side of the graph.