| February 12, 2010: Version 2.0.0.0 |
- Feature: New sample schedules added.
- Feature: Added several new constraint types making it possible to constrain activities to "Finish No Earlier Than", "Finish No Later Than", "Must Start On", "Must Finish On", "Start No Earlier Than", and "Start No Later Than".
- Feature: Added a new Resource Library for adding, removing, and changing assignable labor, non-labor, and material resources. (Pro Only)
- Feature: Added a resource assignment dockable tool window for changing resource assignments for any single activity. (Pro Only)
- Feature: Added the new Resource Utilization Graph window that shows a time interval histogram and line chart showing the utilization of any single resource in either Barchart or Network Diagram views. (Pro Only)
- Feature: Replaced the Report Writer with a new template-based reports system which now has the ability to publish reports to HTML files.
- Feature: The CPM Checker report can now be run regardless of whether the CPM Checker has been run on a project.
- Feature: Combined the Earned Value, Under Budget, and Over Budget reports all into one Cost Account report.
- Feature: Improved appearance of default bar and relationship styles so driving and non-driving relationships are more clear. Old schedules can use these new styles by opening the Bar Format window, and clicking the "Reset to defaults" button.
- Feature: Added constraint type to the available Activity List columns.
- Feature: Improved the "Group by Codes" feature in the Network Diagram view to automatically collapse activities on to the same line where it makes sense.
- Feature: Added XER import and export (with the ability to use Activity Codes as the WBS structure, and vice versa).
- Feature: The trial version of Phoenix can now be directly activated into the full Express or Professional version without the need to uninstall and reinstall Phoenix Project Manager on Windows (Mac already does this).
- Feature: Criticality can now be defined by whether or not the activity is on the longest path instead of just checking for low total float.
- Fixed: Redesigned the Project Info dialog for better usability.
- Fixed: Activities with original durations that are inconsistent with start and finish dates are now automatically repaired on load.
- Fixed: Multiple selection is now correctly disabled in the Code Library.
- Fixed: Global formatting of monetary values now also supports negative values.
- Fixed: Calculations of estimated remaining cost in reports now takes activity progress and budget into account instead of billed amounts.
- Fixed: Custom mouse cursors set inside of the Activity List header or the Timescale are now correctly reset on Mac OS X.
- Fixed: Repeating non-works are no longer given explicit expiration dates.
- Fixed: Moved the determination of driving relationships to the backwards scheduling pass, where more than one driving relationship per successor can be identified and marked.
- Fixed: Auto-numbered activities are now pasted in the same order they were in when they were copied.
- Fixed: Phoenix now makes it impossible to set every weekday as a non-work, which would only result in a project that would never finish.
| March 9, 2009: Version 1.4.0.18 |
- First Mac OS X version of Phoenix Project Manager released.
- Feature: Budget and Billed information can now be added to bars in Barchart view.
- Feature: Activities can now be filtered by remaining duration and percent complete.
- Feature: Billed amounts for activities now automatically update with changes to the activity's progress.
- Fixed: Crash when changing Activity Code order in the Organization format window.
- Fixed: Weekdays button is now appropriately disabled when no calendar is selected in the Calendar Creator (clicking it caused a crash).
- Fixed: Activity durations no longer change from imported schedules that are lagged from predecessor activities (lag wasn't taken into account correctly).
- Fixed: Phoenix no longer occasionally crashes with more than one schedule open at the time of being closed.
- Fixed: Activity List column header titles show in the correct position when using vertical alignments other than Top.
- Fixed: Activities are now auto-scheduled when constraints are changed and realtime scheduling is turned on.
- Fixed: Calculation of optimum column width in the Activity List now appropriately takes into account multi-line column labels.
- Fixed: Extraneous scheduling during some actions taken with the mouse is no longer done while realtime scheduling is turned off.
- Fixed: Custom logo 2 in the page layout settings is now saved correctly rather than reverting back to the Phoenix logo.
- Fixed: Early finishes of some unstarted activities in retained logic schedules with relationships before the data date are now correctly calculated.
- Fixed: Lag-To now correctly calculates lags on relationships tied to the finish of the successor when the successor is a task.
- Fixed: Changing a relationship to a Finish to Finish type in the relationship editor dialog now works.
- Fixed: Lag-To calculates zero lag if the start date is already on the desired lag-to date.
- Fixed: Crash when running an Earned Value report when there is an account that has a budget of zero.
- Fixed: Project Bird's Eye report now updates with the correct values when the project calendar is changed from it's initial calendar, but no changes are made to the project.
- Fixed: Child budget accounts now correctly transfer reported totals when parent budget account assignments are transferred.
| March 21, 2008: Version 1.4.0.9 |
- Feature: New tool window docking with saved layouts, better size handling, and more flexible positioning.
- Feature: All activities are now assigned to the "Total Project" cost account by default. This also applies to old schedules as well.
- Feature: Relationship type options throughout Phoenix now only show valid types for that specific relationship rather than all types.
- Feature: Activity Ids can now be sorted even if the number comes first.
- Feature: Multiple instances of Phoenix can now be run at the same time.
- Feature: Major optimizations made to scheduling projects with a majority of starts and finishes set as actual dates.
- Feature: Activity Editor has been redesigned for efficient use of space while hiding fields not pertinent to the activity selected based on type. It also now gives visual feedback about any fields that are changed automatically.
- Feature: New activities now use the start date of the currently selected activity by default making it easier to tie in for common usage.
- Fixed: All cost account related windows have been optimized to better handle existing activity cost account assignments when making changes, and easier to understand options.
- Fixed: Phoenix now makes a best guess on relationship type if the activity type is changed to one that doesn't support that relationship.
- Fixed: Find & Replace now works correctly with Undo/Redo.
- Fixed: Importing multiple unnamed calendars from Primavera 3.1.
- Fixed: Copy & Paste now only copies interconnected relationships.
- Fixed: Finish milestones and flags report the correct date when rolled up with an activity code.
- Fixed: CSV export now uses "Activity ID" instead of "ID" to avoid SYLK related errors when opened with Microsoft Excel.
- Fixed: Crash when opening schedules with activity codes with no values.
- Fixed: Various Activity Editor inconsistencies when modifying certain fields that affect other activity values. Affected values are now highlighted during edits to show changes.
- Fixed: Edits to activities no longer reorganize the schedule if changes don't require a reorganization.
- Fixed: License deactivation when using docking stations with laptops.
- Fixed: Crash while opening the Comparison window on computers using the Windows classic theme.
- Fixed: Paste activity Id remapping no longer hangs in certain modes.
- Fixed: Cost account totals are now automatically recalculated when shown in the Cost Accounts window as well as related reports.
- Fixed: Activity codes present before an activity paste are no longer removed upon undoing that paste when "Apply Activity Codes" is used.
- Fixed: The activity code tool window is now updated with any activity code changes after pasting activities with new codes.
- Fixed: Budget and billed amounts can now be reset back to $0.00.
- Fixed: Required requests for Administrator access on Windows Vista are now made for users with User Account Control (UAC) turned on.
| December 3, 2007: Version 1.3.0.12 |
- Feature: Activation system now uses port 80 for better support within corporate firewalls.
- Feature: Major optimizations made to loading saved schedules.
- Fixed: Corrected newline output with CSV export.
- Fixed: Corrected printout date ranges with non-works shown.
- Fixed: Corrected tab navigation order in the Activity Editor.
- Fixed: Successor relationship scheduling on activities with mandatory constraints.
- Fixed: Disabled constraint options depending on last selected activity.
- Fixed: Disappearing rollup bars are now shown appropriately.
- Fixed: Various CPM Checker visual improvements with custom themes.
- Fixed: Changes to calendars not being saved.
- Fixed: Hammocks now use the latest finish date instead of earliest.
- Fixed: Major user interface improvements when editing relationships.
- Fixed: Free float is now saved so scheduling isn't required when loading an existing schedule.
- Fixed: Late Start/Finish incorrectly reported dates based on free float in the Activity List instead of calculating from total float.
- Fixed: CSV import now calculates duration from start and finish dates if not given in any columns.
| May 23, 2007: Version 1.3.0.5 |
- Feature: Checkboxes added to the Activity Code tool window for quickly showing or hiding activity codes.
- Feature: Exporting raw relationship data in CSV format.
- Feature: Show/Hide all non-driving relationships.
- Feature: Importing from comma delimited files (CSV).
- Feature: Exporting to Microsoft Project Exchange (MPX) format.
- Feature: Exporting to Microsoft Project XML format.
- Feature: Exporting to comma delimited file (CSV).
- Feature: Built-in printing to PDF files.
- Feature: Toggling node dates for all selected activities.
- Fixed: Printer page size selections from page setup other than "Letter" are correctly applied to printouts no longer requiring that page sizes are selected just before printing.
- Fixed: Ability to add relationships in the predecessor and successor tool windows to Milestone activities.
- Fixed: Major speed improvements when scheduling comparisons in some schedules that triggered abnormally long scheduling times.
- Fixed: Comparisons other than the key comparison are now rescheduled using the currently selected scheduling method.
- Fixed: Activity Code tool window is now updated to reflect selected activities when selecting activity code headings in Network Diagram view.
- Fixed: Various minor font size calculations when printing or previewing Barchart and Network Diagram printouts.
- Fixed: Irrelevant milestone and flag dates are no longer shown in the Predecessor and Successor tool windows.
- Fixed: Changing milestones or flags back to simple activities.
- Fixed: Various issues with deleting layouts along with some additional improvements managing layouts.
- Fixed: Correct activity code value assignments are now applied when pasting activities (a bug introduced in the last update).
- Fixed: Activity code organization is now applied properly when importing from Primavera 3.1 without rescheduling.
- Fixed: Changing activity Ids no longer loses assigned activity code values.
- Fixed: Undoing activity deletion no longer loses relationships tied to those activities.
- Fixed: Undo/Redo Activity Code Library changes adding redundant codes and values.
- Fixed: Begin Update now works correctly with Undo/Redo.
- Fixed: Moving start date when printing multiple copies from print preview without closing preview.
- Fixed: Bug with inserting text and images in Network Diagram view after deleting any existing text or image.
- Fixed: Crash involved with copying and pasting activities from schedules with different calendars.
- Fixed: Made some major optimizations with creating relationships visually in large schedules (both Barchart and Network Diagram).
- Fixed: More optimizations with organizing by Activity Codes in the Barchart view (this should be noticable with most schedule changes while in Barchart view).
- Fixed: Importing of relationships from MPX and XML projects.
- Fixed: Filter Show/Hide settings are now saved with the layout.
- Fixed: Renaming activity code values now correctly applies to activities assigned to those values.
- Fixed: Ability to undo activity code changes made using Fill Cell.
| November 14, 2006: Version 1.2.0.5 |
- Feature: Activity Ids can now be changed (in new and old schedules).
- Feature: Scaling Barchart and Network Diagram printouts.
- Feature: New Report Writer dialog with UI improvements, report descriptions, and total page count.
- Feature: Cleaner, more appropriate, identifiable icons.
- Feature: Activity Code rollup in Barchart view.
- Feature: Additional timescale tier for displaying weeks.
- Feature: Preset common activity codes for new projects.
- Feature: Importing directly from Primavera 3.1.
- Feature: New Columns Format dialog with ability to configure column label text alignment.
- Feature: Easier to use, and more informative CPM Explanation creation and review process.
- Feature: Window scroll positions, zoom levels, and timescale sizes are now saved per layout as well as kept track of separately between Barchart and Network Diagram views.
- Feature: New Barchart comparison column type.
- Feature: New Comparisons configuration dialog, allows for Activity List labels, and key comparison on lines other than the first.
- Feature: Project files are compressed automatically when saved.
- Feature: Print layout logos are now saved in the project file.
- Feature: New, simplified activity editor configuration dialog.
- Feature: Ability to show individual activity node dates in the Network Diagram (right-click on nodes for options).
- Feature: Images can now be added anywhere in the Network Diagram, scaled as needed, and are saved in the project file.
- Feature: Scroll position in both Barchart and Network Diagram modes can be changed by holding middle-click and dragging.
- Fixed: New filters configuration dialog with fixes for a couple filter and criteria ordering and deletion issues.
- Fixed: Setting custom printout page margins.
- Fixed: Using Fill Cell on the cost-to-date (billed) column.
- Fixed: Minor copy and paste issues.
- Fixed: Unintentional activity creation when deleting the last activity in Barchart view.
- Fixed: Various Windows 98 incompatibility issues.
- Fixed: Horizontal scrolling of the Activity List.
- Fixed: Network text labels incorrectly drawn in Barchart view.
- Fixed: Invalid mouse position calculations while scrolled horizontally in the Activity List.
- Fixed: Shift selection in Barchart view.
- Fixed: Interactive CPM Checker mode initialization.
- Fixed: Network Diagram text labels now scale properly with zoom.
- Fixed: Cleaned Network text label selection outline remnants while in other Network modes and in printouts.
- Fixed: Various issues with cancelling updates with new activities.
- Fixed: More Network Diagram mode distinction with various actions.
- Fixed: Activity List initialization for CPM Checker in Barchart.
- Fixed: Network mode selection shows correctly when switching between other open projects in different modes.
- Fixed: Disabled Network mode selection when in Barchart view.
- Fixed: Incorrect float calculations when using hammocks.
- Other: Activity code changes now apply instantly (no enter needed).
| March 7, 2006: 1.0.0.27 Release, 1.0.0.65 Demo Release |
- Feature: New updated, easier to browse User Manual.
- Feature: New sample project demonstrating additional features.
- Fixed: Printing schedules with an arbitrary range start date.
- Fixed: Calculation of constrained finish milestone dates.
- Fixed: Unrelated, unconstrained 0-day duration activity calculations (milestones, flags, etc).
- Fixed: Various printout logo fixes (alpha, userscale/image resolution, additional file format support, and saved file locations).
- Fixed: Deleting text in controls with the Delete key.
- Fixed: Various font size calculations (GetTextExtent).
- Fixed: Network bounding box label mouse region sizes.
- Fixed: Finished activities being reported as 0% complete.
- Fixed: Activity code organization configuration crash.
- Fixed: Made changing year in date selection controls easier.
- Fixed: Sorting activities by activity Id.
- Fixed: Barchart splitter is now restricted to the size of the Activity List.
- Fixed: Various Undo/Redo crashes due to quick repeated use.
- Fixed: Scrolling/Autoscroll performance and time rate limiting.
- Fixed: Format Columns window crash.
- Fixed: Timescale no longer makes the change permanent when turning off all tiers in the Format Timescale window.
- Fixed: Missing scrollbars in specific situations.
- Fixed: Layout switching bug causing Network/Barchart view confusion.
- Fixed: Various features no longer include filtered activities (Find Activity, Find/Replace, Select All).
- Fixed: Disabled setting the project start date on a non-work day.
- Fixed: Corrected reported finish date type in the Activity List.
- Fixed: Numerous Activity Editor control settings with regard to the selected Activity Type.
- Fixed: Disabled setting the proposed Data Date to a date before the current Data Date when updating.
- Fixed: Activity List data entry bug when setting same values.
- Fixed: Critical Activity report now takes the critical threshold setting into account.
- Fixed: Various bugs using Activity Code column types in Barchart.
- Fixed: Numerous additional column types now support Fill Cell.
- Fixed: Fill Cell is no longer added to Undo/Redo when nothing has changed (for columns that don't support Fill Cell).
| November 11, 2005: 1.0 Demo CD Release |
- Feature: Added Activity Type support to Fill Cell.
- Fixed: "Sort By" settings are now saved in layouts.
- Fixed: Warns to save after page layout settings are changed.
- Fixed: Previously saved page layout settings are loaded with layout.
- Fixed: Miscellaneous window refresh fixes with auto-scrolling.
- Fixed: Constraints take Daylight Savings Time into account.
| September 21, 2005: 1.0 Initial Release |