VueMinder Calendar Pro Version History

We listen to our customers and make frequent updates and improvements!

VueMinder Calendar Pro continues to be improved. Read below for details about the latest updates, as well as updates made in previous versions. If you're looking for the version history of the Lite version, it can be found here.

Version 7.3.0 (August 27, 2010)

Added inline creation of events in the Calendar View. Simply click a day and start typing an event name.
Added a Week view to the desktop calendar. This is accessed via a tab.
Added the ability to adjust the desktop calendar view settings, such as number of visible weeks.
Added a "mini" desktop calendar mode. This is accessed using a button in the upper-right corner of the desktop calendar.
Added a print button to the desktop calendar.
Added the ability to schedule any number of email or SMS reminders, sent at different times, for the same event or task.
Added the ability to import/export notes and tasks from/to Outlook, Excel, CSV, and ICS files.
Added the ability to modify how tasks appear when overdue, completed, or upcoming.
Added the ability to define default settings and reminders for new tasks.
Added "Notes" and "Tasks" to the calendar list area. These can be filtered using the checkboxes, like the other calendars.
Added the ability to cut/copy/paste tasks. Also corrected copying of notes that have no associated date.
Added an option to allow tasks to repeat based on due date instead of completion date.
Added the ability to configure a program to automatically run when a task's starting time is reached.
Added a full-featured graphical tool for creating and customizing appearance theme files. This tool can be accessed using the "Customize Appearance Theme" command on the Tools menu. See the VueMinder "What's New" blog for a walkthrough on using the tool.
Added the ability to open a meeting request attachment from an email. A new "Meeting Request" window will be shown in VueMinder, allowing the request to be accepted or declined and a response automatically sent to the meeting organizer.
Added an option to specify how many days in the future should be shown in the Upcoming Events area of the desktop calendar. The default is 30 and it can be adjusted to be between 1 and 365.
Added an option to specify a range of times for display in the Day and Week views. Time slots outside the specified range will be hidden to reduce the amount of scrolling needed.
Added a "Insert Thumbnail" command to the text editor used for events, tasks, and notes. Any number of variable-sized thumbnails can be inserted into a description. These thumbnails can also be clicked to view the full-sized images.
Improved handling of meeting requests to better interact with other programs, such as Outlook.
Improved moving of the desktop calendar. Simply click and drag to reposition it.
Improved the tasks area on the desktop calendar to group tasks based on status.
Improved and corrected many aspects of task editing, such as better drag/drop, faster performance, and decreased memory use.
Improved the default appearance theme and changed the background color of tooltips to a light gray for easier reading.
Improved event and task tooltips to show category and priority information.
Improved rescheduling of events that previously had a reminder dismissed or snoozed, to allow the reminder to be reset and the completion flag cleared.
Improved the Details Pane to allow the opening/editing of a selected note by clicking a link at the top of the Details Pane.
Improved program performance, especially when a large number of items are shown in the List view. In some cases, performance will be significantly faster.
Improved the List view to group tasks based on whether they are overdue, upcoming, or completed.
Improved the Restore Data command so it will also restore any customizations that have been made to the menus, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts.
Corrected problems with the window layout sometimes not being restored when the program is restarted.
Corrected a number of problems when syncing with Google Calendar or sharing calendars over a local network. This will fix duplicate events, events not syncing, and events being deleted when they shouldn't be.
Corrected a problem with the occurrence numbers for recurring events sometimes being incorrect, especially for events that have been moved to different dates.
Corrected the Details Pane to prevent a separate web browser window from appearing on some computers.
Corrected the Note column in the List view to not truncate notes that are less than 1000 characters in length.
Corrected problems with the List view not refreshing when it should, such as when an event is dragged inside or outside the visible date range specified for the Event List.
Corrected a problem where previously modified events belonging to a recurring series would sometimes be removed if changes were made to an entire recurring series and the option to reset existing variances was selected.
Corrected a problem where a note description can be lost if undoing and then redoing the modification of a note.
Corrected the text editor when adding new lines, to not insert an additional line and to not hide the caret position.
Corrected spacing of event times and titles in the calendar to allow more text to appear.
Corrected the Categories column in the Event List to show multiple categories, if more than one is defined for an event.
Corrected visible event and task rows in the List View to be consistent with the category, priority, and location filters specified in the Calendar Items area.
Corrected the border color of the current date in the Monthly print layout style, where the border color would sometimes be white instead of gray.
Corrected a problem with the popup reminder window sometimes appearing outside the visible area if switching from multiple monitors to a single monitor.
Corrected calendar sharing over a local network to ignore upper and lower-case differences when checking username permissions. Also corrected to support usernames that contain spaces.
Corrected the tooltip for a shared calendar to not indicate events are hidden when they have actually been deleted.
Corrected pasting into the Week view, to paste items into the selected timeslot instead of the first day of the week.
Corrected the popup reminder and desktop alert previews to show appropriate event or task colors based on the current display mode (calendar, category, priority, or location).
Corrected the main window to be visible upon Windows startup if the option to start minimized has been disabled in the Program Options.
Corrected syncing of reminders with Outlook. Events that are created in VueMinder without an associated reminder will no longer get a default reminder in Outlook after syncing.
Corrected the Details column in the Task List to show task details instead of being blank.
Corrected printing of the Weekly Layout Style 2 to show event ending times.
Corrected problems importing event categories from ICS files.
Corrected spacing of event times and titles in the Month view when using a larger font.
Corrected the date range and search inputs at the top of the List View to not be clipped when the List View is made narrow.
Corrected meeting requests to prompt for sending an update if the meeting is rescheduled by dragging it on the calendar view.
Corrected calendar items list to not expand previously collapsed branches when an event is clicked.
Increased the trial period length from 30 days to 60 days. Enjoy!
Other minor improvements and bug corrections.

Version 7.2.1 (June 28, 2010)

Corrected processing of reminders in calendars that are not visible, to ensure reminders will be displayed or sent via email/SMS.
Corrected the main window to properly minimize to the task tray when Windows is started if the Program Option to start minimized is enabled.
Corrected the Backup window to allow a browsing for a backup folder when the '...' button is clicked.
Corrected a problem when performing a manual backup, where the destination backup file's path could default to a location that isn't currently present or available.
Corrected a software crash when the Backup or Restore commands are used on computers running without Microsoft .NET 2.0 SP1.

Version 7.2.0 (June 27, 2010)

Added the ability to have multiple automatic backup checkpoints, which can be created at selected intervals ranging between 10 minutes and 2 weeks.
Added the ability to automatically delete backups that were created more than a specified number of days in the past.
Added keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+LeftArrow and Ctrl+RightArrow) for navigating between dates displayed in the Day, Week, Month, Year, and Timeline views.
Added the day-of-year number to the tooltip displayed when hovering the mouse cursor over a date in the navigation pane or Year view.
Improved Google Calendar syncing to be processed in the background and not cause the software to appear to freeze while a sync is in progress. Also improved Google Calendar syncing to be more reliable.
Improved manual syncing with Google Calendar to sync all events, not just the ones updated since the previous sync.
Improved loading of calendar data at program startup, so if any problems are detected in the data files, the most recent backup will be used (if available).
Improved editing of recurring events to ask if changes should be applied to all event occurrences belonging to the series.
Improved the Task List to always show overdue tasks, regardless of the selected date range and task due dates.
Improved the text editor used when editing events, tasks, and notes, to save the most recently selected font settings as the default for any new items.
Improved the Publish tab of the Calendar Properties window to make it more clear that calendars can be published to FTP servers.
Corrected reminder processing to improve its reliability and ensure reminders are always displayed or transmitted when expected.
Corrected the re-enabling of email and text message reminders, so the reminders will be re-sent when expected.
Corrected problems related to restoring calendars from a backup when those calendars are also shared over the local network. Previously, events belonging to a shared calendar were sometimes deleted after being restored from a backup.
Corrected problems syncing events in calendars shared over a local network after undoing and redoing the deletion of an event belonging to the shared calendar.
Corrected syncing of events in shared calendars when multiple copies of the same event are copied and pasted into the same date.
Corrected the creation and display of all-day events having a duration of 2 days. Previously, 2-day events would sometimes display as 1-day in the Month View, or as two separate 1-day events.
Corrected the text editor when inserting links to web pages or files, to move the cursor to the end of the link instead of the second-to-last character. This allows additional text to be typed after the link.
Corrected editing of event, task, and note descriptions when typing a colon followed by two spaces. HTML codes were being incorrectly displayed instead of spaces.
Corrected the Task List to show associated category or priority colors for tasks having no due date, when the category or priority display mode is selected.
Corrected the Task List and Note List to hide columns that weren't intended for display.
Corrected the 'Show All Events' command to not cause Notes and Tasks to be displayed, if those are configured to be hidden in the calendar view.
Corrected the format of the Birthdate and Anniversary columns in the Contact List to look like dates.
Corrected problems with existing contacts not being updated when contact data is imported, if the imported data contains the same contacts the are already present.
Corrected problems with the main window and desktop calendar sometimes not appearing when switching from a multi-monitor setup to a single monitor.
Corrected creation of events in the Week view when displaying days in columns. New events were not defaulting to the selected timeslot.
Corrected the Week view (when displayed as a grid) so when the 'more activity' indicator is clicked, the selected date is displayed in the Day view.
Corrected left-clicking of events in the Week View (when displayed as a grid) to not show a popup menu. The menu is only supposed to display when right-clicking.
Corrected double-clicking of notes and tasks in the desktop calendar to open the Note or Task Editor window.
Corrected undoing the deletion of a note to preserve the note description.
Corrected searching for notes to find all matching notes within the specified date range.
Corrected occurrence numbering of events that have a daily recurrence pattern.
Corrected pressing the Delete key while editing the start or end date range in the List view to not prompt to delete the active calendar.
Corrected printing of events with associated locations when using the Monthly layout.
Corrected the Print window to not show the 'Include date header' setting when using the List layout, since this setting has no effect on the List layout.
Corrected the wording of email and text message reminder settings for tasks. Also removed the option to suppress additional data in task reminders, since that setting is not applicable to task reminders.
Corrected previewing of desktop alerts to show the correct desktop alert color and text.
Corrected the Details Pane to refresh when a task or note is selected in the Task or Note List, if the setting to show tasks or notes in the calendar is disabled.
Corrected right-clicking of tasks or notes in the Task or Note List to show a popup menu, when the setting to show tasks or notes in the calendar is disabled.
Corrected entry of the update protection code on some computers that are configured to use a custom date format and not the default format of the computer's region.

Version 7.1.0 (May 14, 2010)

Added the ability to undo/redo changes. This includes undoing event and calendar deletion, appearance changes, accidental reminder dismissal, and much more.
Added a 'Column' layout mode to the Week View, allowing display of days in columns with timeslots. A new 'Week View Settings' menu allows selection of 2 different Week View layout styles, depending on user preference.
Added the ability to view and navigate whole months in the Month View, instead of always showing a specified number of weeks. This mode can be enabled by selecting the 'Whole Month' option in the Month View Settings menu.
Added a global hotkey for minimizing all open windows and showing the Desktop Calendar. The hotkey can be assigned on the Program Options window.
Added an option to Google Calendar sync allowing calendar defaults to be assigned to new events that are created in Google Calendar and added to VueMinder Calendar when synced. This can be used to automatically configure events with reminders.
Added menu commands to show or hide all events in one operation.
Added a List View Settings menu, allowing the List View tab locations to be moved and tab labels shown or hidden.
Added the ability to only show the event or task description in an email reminder, excluding additional data like the starting time.
Added an option to always apply destination calendar defaults when reassigning an event from one calendar to another on the Event Editor window.
Added the ability to create new categories via the File menu.
Added a new appearance theme. It's based on the default appearance theme, but displays all dates using white, instead of showing dates in alternating months as gray. The new theme is named 'VueMinderAlWhiteDates.isl'.
Improved deletion of shared calendars to ask whether the calendar should also be deleted from the shared database, when the person deleting the calendar is the calendar's owner. Previously, the shared calendar would always be removed from the database when deleted by owner.
Corrected a 'Configuration system failed to initialize' problem that was occurring on some computers and preventing the program from loading.
Corrected a problem with data not being automatically saved, and with data that was previously entered sometimes no longer being present after a reboot.
Corrected a number of problems related to calendar sharing over a local network, including problems when using longer usernames, when repeatedly modifying an instance of a recurring event, and when deleting an event.
Corrected problems importing event from ICS, Excel, or Outlook into a shared calendar. The imported events were being immediately deleted.
Corrected errors after snoozing or dismissing a task reminder and then clicking the task to view or open it.
Corrected a problem when unchecking the 'Show Completed Tasks' menu option. This was also resulting in incomplete tasks being hidden/deleted.
Corrected a problem when marking a tasks as completed (via the right-click menu) while viewing colors based on category or priority. Other displayed tasks were also being incorrectly marked as completed.
Corrected an error message seen after opening a task from the popup reminder window.
Corrected a problem with the alarm icon not being removed from a task after the task's reminder has been dismissed.
Corrected problems with dragging tasks in the calendar view.
Corrected problems with events sometimes being lost while dragging. This could happen if the mouse is right-clicked, the Esc key pressed, or a popup reminder displayed while in the middle of the drag operation.
Corrected cutting of recurring events.
Corrected event appearance problems when modifying an existing event that has a custom appearance override. The custom event appearance override was no longer being displayed if viewing colors based on category, priority, or location.
Corrected appearance refresh problems when using the Appearance Toolbar and displaying the calendar based on category, priority, or location colors.
Corrected printing of the Monthly layout to not show the orange border and highlight for the current date.
Corrected offline Google Calendar sync. Error messages will no longer be displayed while offline and the calendar will automatically sync as soon as a connection is restored.
Corrected repeated error messages when the program fails to send an email reminder, due to being offline or other connectivity problems. Instead of displaying errors, the email reminder will be sent as soon as a connection is restored.
Corrected event description entry to default to plain text instead of HTML when the default reminder setting is to send an email reminder using plain text mode.
Corrected a problem on some computers where the last digit of an event's time was not being displayed in the Week View.
Corrected calendar sharing when the shared data location is changed on the Program Options window. The program will now restart as required.
Corrected the recurring event symbol on the Day View for all-day events. The symbol was too close to the event text, sometimes overlapping.
Other minor improvements and bug corrections.

Version 7.0.2 (April 21, 2010)

Improved and simplified the customization of event appearances. Customized event appearances will now override associated category, priority, and location appearances, in addition to the associated calendar appearance.
Corrected some intermittent problems when syncing with Google Calendar, such as events not transferring or the sync continuously repeating when unnecessary.
Corrected error messages that can sometimes appear when importing from Outlook or syncing with an Outlook calendar.
Corrected problems with recurring events sometimes being duplicated when a change is made to a single occurrence, such as marking it completed.
Corrected problems with the List View not properly refreshing.
Corrected a problem with the popup reminder window not remembering its width after being resized.
Corrected a problem when importing from Excel, where updated events would sometimes have multiple duplicates of the same category.
Other minor bug corrections.

Version 7.0.1 (April 12, 2010)

Corrected error messages when syncing with Google Calendar.
Corrected error messages when creating new contacts.
Other minor bug corrections.

Version 7.0.0 (April 9, 2010)

Added numerous improvements to calendar sharing over a local network. Sharing calendars will be much easier now, accomplished in just a few mouse clicks.
Added the ability to define calendar permissions when sharing over a local network.
Added offline sharing mode, so when a shared calendar on a local network is unavailable, changes can be made on the local computer and automatically synced as soon as connectivity is restored.
Added options when sharing calendars over a local network to include sharing event of completion status and appearance settings.
Added tabs to the main window to select the view type. These tabs can be dragged to customize the window layout. Multiple views can also be displayed simultaneously.
Added the ability to define notes. These can optionally be pinned to dates and displayed in the various calendar views. Notes will also be shown in a new "Notes" tab of the List view.
Added many new input fields to the Contact Editor window. Birthdays and anniversaries can also be added to the calendar directly from the Contact Editor window by using the new buttons at the top of the window.
Added the ability to import and export contacts. Contacts can be imported from CSV files, Excel, Outlook, and Google Mail. They can be exported to CSV files.
Added the ability to define distribution lists. These can be used for reminders and meeting requests. They can also be used to initiate new email or text messages. Contacts can also have an associated “group/category”, which can be used for ad-hoc distributions.
Added the ability to select an appearance theme for the Desktop Calendar. This can be done using the new "Select Appearance Theme" button at the upper-right corner of the Desktop Calendar.
Added the ability to send email and text messages by right-clicking contacts or distribution lists in the List view. Email will be sent from your default mail client. Text messages can be written and sent from within VueMinder Calendar.
Added new “Year” and “Timeline” views. The timescale of the Timeline view can be adjusted via the settings button at the upper-right corner of the view, or by right-clicking.
Added the ability to specify a font size when using the Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Tri-Fold print layouts. Also compressed the white space that was previously used and removed recurrence/reminder symbols. These changes allow more event text to appear in printouts.
Added tooltips to the Navigation Pane in the main window and Desktop Calendar. When hovering the cursor over a date, a summary of that date’s activities will be displayed. This feature is also provided for the Year view.
Added a “Tasks” tab to the List view. The Task List area of the main window has been removed, since it is redundant with the Tasks tab in the List view.
Added a “Sync” button to the desktop calendar, allowing calendars to be synced without having to command the sync from the main window.
Added the ability to search for tasks and contacts. Search results will be displayed in the List view.
Added the option to show occurrence numbers for daily, weekly, and monthly recurring events, instead of only yearly events.
Added an option when importing, exporting, or syncing with Outlook to not include reminder settings. This will prevent two reminders from appearing (one in Outlook and one in VueMinder) when both programs are running at the same time.
Added options to the View menu for showing or hiding the toolbars.
Added an option under the Tools menu for accessing the menu and keyboard customization window.
Improved the default look and feel of the program. The new appearance has subtler use of color, cleaner lines, and improved icons. Also cleaned up the Desktop Calendar to remove unnecessary lines and labels.
Improved the appearance of the non-default themes.
Improved the "Upcoming Events" area of the Desktop Calendar to color-code events. The event colors will match the colors shown in the calendar.
Improved the way meeting requests work. A new tab has been added to the Event Editor window, where meeting attendees can be specified.
Improved the List view to allow events, tasks, and contacts to be grouped by column, using a "Group By Box" and dragging column headers into or out of the box.
Improved the menu and toolbars. The toolbars will now take significantly less space. Menu options are more logically arranged. Note, both the menus and toolbars can be customized by right-clicking the menu and selecting “Customize”.
Improved the List area of the main window to make it its own view tab. It can be maximized or restored, like the other view types.
Improved printing of the “List” layout style to automatically scale the list to fit 1 page width.
Improved entry of email settings to auto-populate the SMTP server and port information after an email address has been entered, if the email provider is recognized.
Improved email reminder settings to allow the email format (HTML or plain text) to be specified. Also removed VueMinder branding from the bottom of email reminders (note – this change is in the registered version only).
Improved email reminder settings to allow specifying BCC recipients. This allows recipient emails to be kept private when sending reminders to large distributions.
Improved performance. The program should be much more responsive now and use less memory, especially when minimized to the task tray.
Improved reliability of Outlook synchronization.
Improved importing from Excel, so values in unrecognized columns will be imported into the event descriptions. Also, hyperlinks in the Description column will import as clickable hyperlinks in the event description.
Improved the Recurrence tab of the Event Editor to remove the recurrence range start date, which was confusing and redundant with the Start Time field shown above the Recurrence tab.
Improved the drop-down list of event starting and ending times to be in increments of 15 minutes instead of 30 minutes.
Improved reassigning an event to a different calendar via the Event Editor, to give the user an option of applying the target calendar's default event settings to the reassigned event.
Corrected saving calendar defaults, so the default event category and priority will also be saved.
Corrected double-click behavior of the calendar view, so when clicking an empty area in the same day as the currently selected event, a new event is created instead of the selected event being opened.
Corrected insertion of web links in the event description to automatically prefix the link with "http://" if not specified by the user.
Corrected graphical problems when using Windows font scaling larger than the default 100%. Some areas of the screen were being clipped or not sized large enough for all the text to fit.
Corrected a problem with text message reminders for tasks not being sent.
Corrected problems with Google Calendar sync, such as recurring events not being removed from Google Calendar after being deleted from VueMinder, and recurring event times being off by 1 hour after daylight savings.
Corrected problems with tasks not syncing between the desktop calendar and main window the first time the program is run.
Corrected problems with event category and description changes sometimes not syncing when using the publish/subscribe approach to calendar sharing.
Corrected reminders for recurring events, so when a new recurring series is added with a start date more than 1 week in the past, reminders for the old occurrences will be suppressed.
Corrected a problem with calendars not being automatically published when an event is reassigned from one calendar to another.
Corrected problems with changes in the Event Editor window not being saved when pasting text into certain fields, such as the popup reminder’s sound file field.
Corrected problems with print layout settings not being saved. Also corrected problems where pages would sometimes print as portrait even though landscape was shown in the print preview, or vice versa.
Corrected printing when using the “List” layout, where the sorting and filtering of the printed list would not match what was displayed in the List view.
Corrected a problem with email reminders not being sent to additional recipients.
Corrected a problem where commanding Print Preview would cause the calendar to switch to the current date.
Corrected a problem with a "My Calendars" calendar group always being added to the Calendar List when the program is started. It should only be added if there are no other calendar groups defined.
Corrected a problem where empty calendar groups in the Calendar List could not be deleted.
created instead of the previously selected event being opened.
Corrected problems with the category, location, or priority colors not refreshing when the associated colors are changed while the Calendar List area of the window is hidden.
Corrected a problem with the desktop calendar not remembering its position if displayed on a secondary monitor that is positioned left of the primary monitor.
Corrected sizing problems of the desktop calendar when displayed on monitors having very small resolutions.
Corrected a problem with duplicate desktop alerts being displayed for the same instance of a recurring event.
Corrected problems with month numbers not fully displaying in the Navigation Pane when using a font size of 8 points or smaller.
Corrected problems with event times not fully displaying in some countries.
Corrected appearance problems of all-day events when selected in the Day view.
Corrected keyboard shortcut conflicts between the recent window layouts (Alt+1/2/3/etc) and the active View type.
Corrected a problem where previously snoozed reminders that were re-enabled were incorrectly showing a status of being snoozed.
Corrected the digital clock to not stretch vertically past a certain size.

Version 6.0.1 (December 12, 2009)

Added a "Now" button when displaying the Day and Week views. This button will make the current date and time visible in the Day and Week views.
Improved the Day and Week views to automatically scroll to the current time when the current date is selected.
Improved the Day and Week views to remember the first visible time slot, so the time slot will still be visible after restarting the program.
Improved the Day and Week views to allow time slot lengths to be independently set. Previously, both views shared the same time slot length setting.
Improved the Month Navigation Pane, so clicking a date will result in the Day view appearing to show the clicked date's events.
Improved the Month View, so clicking a date's header will result in the Day view appearing for the clicked date.
Improved the task tray and program icon. The current date shown in the icon will be easier to read now.
Corrected a problem with category, priority, and location type changes not being correctly saved after performing a backup.
Corrected a problem with the "Share Calendar" menu option sometimes disappearing.
Corrected processing of date and time values in non-US countries. In some countries, an error message about invalid dates and times was appearing when attempting to define an event or task.
Corrected a problem with the Backup or Restore Data window, where typing a non-existent path would not correctly set the backup location to that path after being prompted to create it.
Corrected the display of event times in the desktop calendar. On some computers, the last digit of the time was not appearing.
Corrected a problem with the checkmarks for items in the View menu not being consistent with the window layout after loading a window layout file.
Corrected a problem where, on some computers, several web browser windows appear when the program is started.
Corrected the desktop calendar to remember its position when using multiple monitors and the secondary monitor is to the left of the primary monitor.

Version 6.0.0 (December 8, 2009)

Added the ability to sync calendars with Google Calendar. Both 1-way (either direction) and 2-way synchronization are supported. Synchronization occurs automatically, whenever changes are detected, or can be adjusted to occur at a set frequency.
Added the ability to pin desktop alerts to any location on the screen, similar to sticky notes.
Added the ability to create meeting requests using a "New Meeting Request" menu option. Note: this feature requires a default mail client to be installed.
Added an option to set the highlight color of the current date. This color will be used in both the main window and desktop calendar.
Added an option to disable the bubble tooltips that appear when hovering the cursor over events or tasks in the Calendar View.
Added an option to disable the message prompting to confirm event or task deletion.
Improved the appearance of desktop alerts. Desktop alerts will now be colored to match the associated event or task color.
Improved importing or subscribing to iCalendar files. If a problem with the file is detected, an informative message will be displayed. Previously, there was no feedback when an error occurred.
Improved the display of yearly recurring events when the option to show the event occurrence number (i.e., age on birthday, anniversary number, etc) is enabled. The occurrence number will be shown in the event block and will also print.
Improved the icons in the Calendar List to indicate calendars that are configured to sync with Outlook.
Improved performance when deleting multiple events and when updating calendar subscriptions.
Improved the Category, Priority, and Location editor windows to include a note clarifying when these appearances will be used. The note also has a link, which when clicked, will switch the calendar to the corresponding display type.
Corrected memory leaks and reduced CPU usage.
Corrected a problem where duplicate events were sometimes being created when updating a subscription to an online calendar.
Corrected selection and deletion of multiple events in the Event List.
Corrected a problem on some computers where the event or task information that should be displayed in the Details pane is displayed in a separate web browser window instead.
Corrected a problem with event descriptions sometimes not fully importing from iCalendar files. The descriptions would appear in the Event List, but not the Details pane.
Corrected a problem where events would not sometimes not appear, or would disappear after creating a new event, on some computers.
Corrected exporting to Excel when Windows is using non-US regional settings.
Corrected exporting to Excel so an error won't appear if the exported calendar name has characters that are invalid for an Excel worksheet name, or exceed 31 characters.
Corrected a "Configuration system failed to initialize" error that can sometimes occur if the program settings become corrupted. The program will now automatically correct and recover from this error.
Corrected menu options after upgrading to the Pro version from the Lite version. The additional Pro version commands were sometimes not appearing.
Corrected a problem with HTML tags sometimes appearing in the Details pane and Formatted Text tab of the event description editor.
Corrected the desktop calendar to not allow it to be accidentally maximized.
Corrected graphical glitches in the non-default appearance themes, particularly related to the calendar list and other improvements made since version 5.5.0.

Version 5.5.1 (November 15, 2009)

Added the ability to choose a highlight color for selected dates. This setting can be found in the Appearance Options window.
Added the ability to re-order calendar groups via drag-and-drop.
Improved the creation of new events, so when an event is added to a hidden calendar, or assigned to a filtered priority, location or category, the filter is automatically removed to make the newly created event visible.
Improved the Calendar Properties window to allow group assignment to be viewed or modified.
Improved the Calendar List, so the expanded/collapsed state of calendar groups is saved and restored when the program is restarted.
Corrected problems with events sometimes not appearing when they should be. They were being incorrectly filtered.
Corrected the appearance of all-day events in the Day and Week views, when displaying events by category, priority, or location.
Corrected the calendar list so when a new calendar is created while a group is selected, the new calendar gets added to the selected group instead of the "My Calendars" group.
Corrected a problem with calendar group assignments sometimes not being saved or restored when the program is restarted.
Corrected the calendar list so groups that don't contain calendars can be deleted.
Corrected a problem opening tasks from the Desktop Calendar when double-clicking tasks in the task list.
Corrected border colors in the Event List when displaying completed events.

Version 5.5.0 (November 12, 2009)

Added the ability to group calendars in the Calendar List. Grouped calendars can be displayed or hidden in a single operation by checking or unchecking the group’s checkbox. Calendars can be dragged and dropped between groups, or repositioned within the same group.
Added the ability to prioritize events and tasks. Available priority types default to “High”, “Medium”, “Low”, and “None”. These can be modified using a new “Priority Types” command from the “Tools” menu.
Added tabs to the Calendar Items (formerly Calendar List) area of the main window. These tabs can be used to dynamically switch how events are presented and filtered in the Calendar View and Event List. You can view and filter events and tasks by calendar, category, priority, and location. The visual appearance of these types can be customized using the Appearance Toolbar or Tools menu options. You can also combine filtering using these various types, or reset the filter using an X button at the bottom of the Calendar Items area. The display will correspond with whichever tab in the Calendar Items area is currently active.
Added "Display Type" menu options under the View menu for switching the display between showing event and task colors based on calendar, category, priority, and location. These new menu options also have shortcut keys of Alt+1 through Alt+5.
Added the ability to define a list of event locations. These can be edited by clicking the “…” button in the location field of the Event Editor, or by using the Tools menu. As with categories and priorities, different appearances can be assigned for event locations, and these can be viewed or filtered by activating the Locations tab of the Calendar Items area.
Added the ability to see search results within the Event List. Searches can be performed for any date range and will take a fraction of a second to display the results in the Event List. You can switch between previous searches using tabs, and dynamically adjust the date range used for the current search criteria.
Added the ability to print search results. To do this, select the “List” print style with “Search Results” content type.
Added the ability to specify an optional report title when printing. The title will appear at the top of every page. If no title is desired, the title text can be set blank.
Added the ability to associate events, or entire calendars, to a selected category or priority. This can be done by right-clicking the event or calendar.
Added tooltips to the Calendar List and other items in the Calendar Items window area. These tooltips will show calendar details and filtering status.
Added the ability to display a counter for yearly events (such as birthdays, anniversaries, etc). This counter will automatically show the appropriate value for each year, and can be configured to start at any value. The counter settings are located under the Yearly recurrence settings in the Event Editor.
Added the ability to define contacts using a new "Contacts" menu option, accessed from the Tools menu.
Added an “Extend Trial” button to the registration window after the 30 day trial period has expired. This button can be used to request and extension to the trial period, in case 30 days are not enough to reach a purchasing decision.
Added a "Delete All" button option on the popup reminder window. This button can be used to delete all the events and/or tasks associated with the displayed reminders.
Improved the appearance of events in the Calendar View and Event List. Border colors will now automatically coordinate with selected background colors. A large number of default appearances are have been added for new calendars, and these appearances have been made more aesthetically pleasing.
Improved the display of events having formatted text descriptions. These descriptions will no longer show raw HTML tags in the Event List’s Description column, in the Day or Week views, or when printing.
Improved exporting to Excel so raw HTML tags are no longer included in the exported event descriptions.
Improved the Day and Week views of the default appearance theme to show event descriptions. Previously, only the event title and location would appear.
Improved all aspects of program performance using memory caching and various other optimizations. It should be significantly faster now, even when there are a large number of events displayed.
Improved event deletion so when multiple events are selected, including recurring events, only one prompt is displayed to confirm deletion of the entire selection.
Improved event creation when a subscribed (i.e., read-only) calendar is active. Rather than displaying a warning message, the program will default the new event to belong to a different non-subscribed calendar.
Improved importing from ICS files so when importing into a destination calendar, if all existing events in the destination calendar are selected for deletion or overwriting, a message is displayed asking for confirmation. This will help avoid potential data loss when importing into an existing calendar.
Improved the calendar defaults so the default category is used for new events when importing or subscribing into the calendar. The default category will be used for events that have no specified category in the calendar source.
Improved error handling of invalid date formats when importing from ICS. For example, time values that are only 5 digits in length instead of the expected 6 will be properly handled, instead of the import failing.
Improved the status bar to show the time the active calendar was last synced with Outlook, if applicable.
Improved the visual look-and-feel of all menu and toolbar icons.
Corrected a large number of problems related to calendar sharing over a local network, especially when the calendar subscription update setting of “Automatically” is selected.
Corrected a problem with the Import window appearing numerous times after double-clicking an ICS file from outside of VueMinder Calendar. The window will now appear only once, as was intended.
Corrected a problem with snoozing desktop alerts for tasks. The desktop alerts would always reappear after 1 minute, regardless of the snooze length selected.
Corrected an error message when attempting to preview a task reminder.
Corrected a problem with print output always going to the default printer, regardless of which destination printer is selected.
Corrected a problem when creating a new task, where a new event of the same name was also sometimes being created.
Corrected the appearance of all-day events when selected in the Day and Week views. Previously, the background colors of all-day events would be changed when selected.
Corrected a problem when selecting a recurring event in the Calendar View, where the appropriate row in the Event List (if displayed) was not being activated.
Corrected problems with snoozed and dismissed reminders for recurring events sometimes not correctly appearing in the Recent Reminders window.
Corrected a problem with dismissed events no longer appearing as faded in the Calendar View after displaying the Recent Reminders window.
Corrected a performance problem with the Recent Reminder window. This problem also caused calendar subscription updates to take far longer than expected. Subscription updates should now only require a couple seconds.
Corrected a number of refresh problems in the Event List, such as when an event is reassigned to a different calendar or its reminder is dismissed.
Corrected the reminder status displayed in the Event List, tooltips, and Details pane. In some cases, the status was saying the reminder would be displayed, when it wouldn’t be due to it not being shared with the current user, occurring too far in the past, or other various reasons.
Corrected a problem with the dismissed reminder status in the Event List being cleared every time the associated event is changed.
Corrected a problem with plain text email reminders, if the associated event description contains non-English characters. Instead of displaying the correct character, a “?” would appear in the email reminder in place of the character.
Corrected a problem with a conflict warning being displayed in the Event Editor for recurring events, even when there are no other conflicting events.
Corrected an “out of memory” error that would appear when the mouse is moved over an event having a description with a line exceeding 200 characters, without spaces.
Corrected a problem when setting work day options using non-English languages. The work day options were not being properly saved.
Corrected a problem when selecting the short US date/time format when using a non-English language. A longer format was always being used.
Corrected the “Check for Updates” window so it doesn’t display above all other windows.
Other minor bug corrections and improvements.

Version 5.4.0 (October 14, 2009)

Added real-time calendar sharing over a local network. To share calendars in real-time, set the update frequency to "Automatically" when subscribing or sharing a calendars over a local network.
Added notification of conflicting events. There are two types of notifications - a simple label in the Event Editor window and a popup warning message. These can both be enabled or disabled, independently for each calendar via new "Event Conflict Handling" settings in the Calendar Properties window.
Added a "Calendar View" print style. This will print the calendar exactly as displayed in the Day/Week/Month View, including whatever number of days or weeks are selected for display.
Added a "Reset Filter" option to the Event List's "Filter" button's menu. This option will remove filters on all columns.
Added a "Random" button to the appearance properties for calendars and events. This button can be used to quickly generate a unique appearance.
Improved the Event List to allow multiple events to be selected at one time. This can be done by Shift-clicking rows, Ctrl-clicking rows, or dragging row selection with the mouse. You can also select all listed items using a right-click menu option or Ctrl+A. Selected rows will have a green arrow.
Improved the Event List and Calendar View so multiple selected events can be deleted, toggled as completed, or re-assigned to a different calendar in a single operation.
Improved the Event List performance, especially when a large number of events are displayed. Performance should be much more responsive now.
Improved handling of incorrectly entered email addresses to return a more user-friendly error message.
Corrected the Day/Week/Month view so right-clicking a selected event, when multiple other events are selected, will not clear the other selections.
Corrected the Event List to properly refresh the reminder status for tasks, when task reminders are dismissed, snoozed, or sent via email/SMS.
Corrected a problem where the popup reminder window is sometimes initially displayed behind the main VueMinder Calendar window.
Corrected the Appearance Toolbar to be disabled when a task is selected in the Day/Week/Month view.
Other minor bug corrections and improvements.

Version 5.3.3 (October 2, 2009)

Corrected a problem with reminders not being shown or processed for calendars that are not visible.
Corrected a problem with assigned event and task categories not correctly displaying in the Event Editor and Task Editor windows.
Corrected a number of problems with tasks either not displaying in the calendar view when they should, or displaying when they should not.
Corrected a problem with the Event List not refreshing correctly when filtering by calendar name and a displayed event is reassigned to a different calendar.
Corrected the Desktop Calendar to hide week numbers/headers if the Calendar Option to show week headers in the Month View has been disabled.
Corrected a problem with the current date highlight not automatically moving after the date changes.

Version 5.3.2 (September 25, 2009)

Improved the task tray icon to show the current date.
Corrected the display of date numbers in the desktop calendar when the option to use advanced date number colors has been selected and some date colors are set to black.
Corrected a problem when shift-clicking on a task in the calendar view while one or more events are selected.
Corrected an intermittent problem where the events would sometimes revert to their previous date after being dragged and dropped to a new date.
Corrected an error when setting a text message reminder recipient's phone number, if a mobile carrier for that recipient isn't available or selected.
Other minor corrections and improvements.

Version 5.3.1 (September 18, 2009)

Added the ability to set the number of times that sound or video playback should repeat in a popup reminder.
Added an advanced appearance option that allows the date color for each day of the week to be customized.
Corrected problems with the global hotkey option.
Corrected the backup option to prompt for a backup location if the setting to perform automatic backups has been enabled but a path hasn't been specified when the Options window is closed.
Corrected a problem when importing from Excel. The event in the first row was not being imported.
Corrected the destination columns when exporting to Excel. The exported data was incorrectly shifted by 1 column.
Corrected a problem with the displayed date navigation label not being updated when an event is selected from the Event List and the calendar view jumps to a different date range.
Corrected a problem when dismissing or snoozing a task reminder while event reminders are also displayed in the same popup reminder window.
Corrected a problem with previously dismissed task reminders not redisplaying after being re-enabled.
Corrected a problem with completed tasks not reappearing in the calendar view when the "Hide Completed Tasks" setting is toggled.
Corrected a problem with repeating tasks appearing in the calendar view when the "Show Tasks in Calendar" setting is disabled.
Other minor corrections and improvements.

Version 5.3.0 (September 11, 2009)

Added an option to color dates in the Month Navigation Pane using event appearances. Dates that have events will be colored based on the first event on the day. This can be disabled via an Appearance Option.
Added an option to color the date numbers of weekends in the Month Navigation Pane and Calendar View. The default color is red, but this can be changed (or disabled) via an Appearance Option.
Added an option to control whether VueMinder Calendar runs at Windows startup.
Added an option to fully exit the program when the main window is closed, rather than minimizing to the task tray.
Added an option to customize the global hotkey used to restore the VueMinder Calendar window after it has been minimized.
Added more date range options, such as "The next 90 days" and "This calendar year". These additional options are available in the Event List, when exporting to Excel, and when printing.
Added two more print styles for the Weekly layout.
Added a "Print Preview" command to the File menu.
Improved performance of calendar importing and exporting to Excel and Outlook. Most computers should see a dramatic reduction in the time required to import or export.
Improved exporting to Excel to show the generated workbook when the export completes. This also corrects a problem on some computers with the export appearing to hang.
Improved importing from Excel to support the column names Microsoft Outlook generates when exporting to a text file.
Improved the default calendar appearances used when new calendars are created. Default appearances now use earth tones, which tend to be more aesthetically pleasing.
Corrected a problem with reminders not being shown for calendars that are not visible.
Corrected an problem when "Go to Date" is commanded.
Corrected a problem with the "New Calendar" menu option sometimes disappearing after a new calendar is created.
Corrected display problems in the Recent Reminders window when using several of the non-default appearance themes.
Corrected a problem creating file links in the event and task description editors when dragging and dropping files that contain "&" characters in their names or paths.
Corrected the alignment of date numbers and week letters in the Month Navigation Pane. This is also corrected when printing.
Corrected an error that could appear if the global hotkey to restore the main window cannot be properly registered.
Other minor bug corrections and improvements.

Version 5.2.0 (September 4, 2009)

Added the ability to assign reminders to tasks. Popup reminders, desktop alerts, email reminders, and SMS text message reminders can be used.
Added the ability to display the event description in the popup reminder window. Any links contained in the description will also be clickable from the reminder window.
Added a Recent Reminders window, which shows the status of recently displayed, snoozed, or sent reminders, and allows those reminders to be immediately redisplayed or sent again.
Added a global hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+V) to make the VueMinder Calendar window reappear after having been minimized to the task tray.
Added a tri-fold print layout style.
Added a Delete button to the Desktop Calendar window, allowing the selected event or task to be deleted.
Added a "New Task" option to the task tray icon's right-click menu, allowing tasks to be created without displaying the main window.
Added the ability to not to use SSL when subscribing or publishing calendars. SSL will be used by default, but can be disabled if desired.
Improved the Task Editor window to include a full-featured text editor for entering task details. Also added the ability to delete a task from the Task Editor window.
Improved subscribed calendars to allow reminders to be set for events, and not overwritten when the subscription is updated. Also, event completion status will now be preserved.
Improved calendar importing from ICS files. If existing events are present in the destination calendar, a new window will appear allowing selection the existing events that should be deleted or overwritten, if any. Previously, any existing events would be deleted or overwritten.
Improved tasks to display in the appropriate time slot in the Day and Week views.
Improved the event and task text editor to allow file links to be added by dragging and dropping files into the text editor.
Improved the popup reminder window to preserve column widths and order.
Improved popup reminders containing web pages to also allow the option of playing sound or music.
Improved to View menu to make it more consistent by renaming the "List" option to "Event List", and repositioning the option to be with the other window area options, such as "Task List".
Improved the docking indicator when dragging areas of the main window or desktop calendar. The new indicator is more intuitive.
Corrected a problem with menu and toolbar customizations sometimes not being saved when Windows is shutdown while VueMinder is running in the background.
Corrected the Task List to create a new task when a blank area of the list is clicked.
Corrected problems that could sometimes appear when starting VueMinder Calendar: "Configuration system failed to initialize", "Call was canceled by the message filter", "Object reference not set to an instance of an object", or "Empty path name is not legal".
Corrected problems with reminders for recurring events sometimes reappearing after having been dismissed, or sometimes not appearing when expected.
Corrected a problem when dismissing a reminder for an event in a recurring series that was copied and pasted from another recurring series.
Corrected the week numbers shown in the Month Navigation Pane. Previously, only the first number was displayed.
Corrected the indication of overdue tasks in the Calendar View for tasks that have associated starting times.
Corrected saving of tasks if the data location is changed and no task changes are made before the program is closed.
Corrected the auto-hiding of the Details pane, to not also hide the Details tab.
Corrected the reminder status to indicate a reminder will not be displayed if an event or task is marked completed before the reminder was displayed, and the option to suppress reminders for completed events/tasks is enabled.
Corrected to only start Outlook in the background when or if it becomes necessary in order to import/export to Outlook or synchronize with Outlook.
Corrected a problem when importing from Outlook if the calendar being imported contains items that aren't events, meetings, or appointments.
Corrected a problem with web links from the Help menu and other windows not opening on some computers.

Version 5.1.1 (August 7, 2009)

Added a new appearance theme that shows full event descriptions within the event blocks in the Day and Week views. The new theme is named 'LargeDatesWithDescriptions.isl'.
Improved application load times and runtime performance. The application should load approximately 50-60% faster than previously. Delays when opening the Event Editor or Calendar Property windows should also be reduced.
Improved the tooltips displayed in the Event List. The tooltips now match the tooltips shown in the Calendar View, and display correctly on multi-monitor setups.
Improved the Details pane to allow the Event Editor to be opened for the displayed event by clicking its name. A similar improvement has also been made for tasks.
Improved the handling of customized menus and toolbars. Updates after version 5.1.1 will no longer reset user menu customizations, unless a new menu options are added.
Improved error handling when insertion of a file link into the event description editor fails.
Corrected tooltips containing formatted text to not re-appear when the cursor is moved over an empty area of the Calendar View.
Corrected printing of date ranges. The ranges were not being used previously for the Day, Week, Month, and Year print styles.
Corrected a problem sending SMS reminders if the reminder subject or description contains extended (non-US) characters.
Corrected the category list to not lose categories or go empty.

Download

VueMinder Calendar Pro

Fully functional 60-day trial

30-day money back guarantee

VueMinder Calendar Lite

Free for business and personal use!

System Requirements

Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Microsoft .NET 2.0

Current page is 3.1: Version History (Pro)