Converting from older versions of Kith and Kin
Using Kith and KinPro with TreeDraw
Tutorial - Using the Tree Area
Tutorial - Working with person and family data forms
Tutorial - Searching using queries
Tutorial - Adding extra fields to people and families
Tutorial - Starting your own family tree
Tutorial - Importing a GEDCOM file
Database maintenance
Changing the name of a database
Adding and maintaining user-defined fields
Data maintenance
Adding and maintaining aliases
Adding and maintaining sources
Adding and maintaining source documents
Adding and maintaining source document repositories
Re-using an old person or family code
Searching / querying
Displaying a relationship between two people
Searching for date errors / inconsistencies
Searching for events on a particular day
Searching for people who are not on the Tree Area
Screen
Selecting families using the mouse
Selecting families by relationship
Closing all open forms at once
Choosing the selection's layer
Removing families from a layer
Creating a new layer from selection
Turning the Tree Area on and off
Turning the Button Bar on and off
Turning the Status Bar on and off
Turning the Tree Area Control on and off
Printing
Printing an indented descendant tree
Printing a missing data report
Printing source document details
Printing document repository details
Previewing a report on the screen
Copying printed pages to the clipboard
Importing / exporting
Exporting data to a delimited text file
Importing a text file into notes
Exporting a text file from notes
Exporting a report to a PDF file
General
Setting current database options
Choosing a family to move to when the tree is opened
Choosing the current database language
Setting regional / language options
Selecting / defining a database name
Glossary
This is a list of new features, enhancements and bug fixes which is updated with the release of each new version of Kith and Kin Pro.
Version 3.3.0 Sep 2019
Minor upgrade
Increases the length of the Repositories table "Web site" field to 256 characters. You can now store longer URLs in this field.
Adds layer indicators to the person and family forms. You can right-click on the layer name(s) to switch layers.
Adds zooming the Tree Area by using the "+" and "-" keys.
Adds animation to the information button on the error/info popup dialog when additional information or help is hidden.
Fixes a problem on the person form which prevented the person layers (PLayers) table being updated correctly.
Version 3.2.7 Jan 2019
Bug-fix release
Fixes spurious "http://" in URLs which already have "https://" when exporting Web pages.
Version 3.2.6 Feb 2017
Bug-fix release
Fixes Tree Layout PDF feature of Export Web Pages. Now only works with online pages due to limitations in the Adobe PDF Reader.
Fixes capitalisation in Netherlands regional file strings.
Telephone support no longer available.
Version 3.2.5 Aug 2016
Bug-fix release
Fixes crash when importing badly formatted GEDCOM file.
Version 3.2.4 Sep 2015
Bug-fix release
Family rectangles omitted the wife's name when both spouses' full names exceeded 100 characters.
Version 3.2.3 Aug 2015
Bug-fix release
Reduces the risk of DBISAM error #11013 caused when anti-virus software incorrectly denies access to temporary files.
Version 3.2.2 Feb 2014
Bug-fix release
Fixes SQL query errors when using a previous query which split field names over two lines.
Version 3.2.1 Mar 2013
Bug-fix release
Prevents a blank regional string for "Surnames beginning with (none)".
Clearing the database root folder box when selecting a database caused an error.
Version 3.2.0 Mar 2012
Minor upgrade
Web page exporting can now include the Tree Layout as a hotlinked PDF file.
Using "File | Import from file" in the notes editor now displays a warning.
Using "Edit | Select families" could result in multiple selections of the same family rectangle.
Fixed the corrupted display in the layers box of the status bar.
Version 3.1.3 Aug 2011
Bug-fix release
Prevents database names with leading/trailing spaces.
Version 3.1.2 Feb 2011
Bug-fix release
Fixes the "List index out of bounds" error when exporting a GEDCOM file.
Version 3.1.1 Feb 2011
Bug-fix release
"Visit Web site" button added to repository in sources form.
Several problems fixed in Family/Source/SQL querying.
GEDCOM export did not include a source where births/deaths/marriages had date but no place data. Fixed.
Printed Tree Layout formatting fixed when including only surnames and dates.
Web Export - improved indexing of surnames. Now regional language dependant.
Version 3.1.0 May 2010
Minor upgrade
Instant backup feature added.
Option to scroll Tree Area to selected layer added.
New Background Layer displays families not on any other layer.
"Right-click | Switch to layer" on families in Person Data form added.
Upload database to SpanSoft Support feature added.
Layer selection window is now sizeable.
Select Source Document list did not show Repository's Ref data. Fixed.
Database conversion utility failed if no BDE installed. Fixed.
Changing "Options | Preferences | Options | Text file delimiter" required a restart. Fixed.
Version 3.0.7 March 2010
Bug-fix release
Person and family selection lists now retain the selected record.
Improved the appearance of some dialogs on systems using non-standard DPI settings.
The "Cascade" function now starts aligning open forms at the top-left of the Tree Area.
Opening some pictures from the search results list did not set the width and height fields correctly. Fixed.
The file date in exported GEDCOM headers now conforms to GEDCOM format.
Dropping a file onto the Kith and Kin Pro icon removed the name of the last-used database. Fixed.
Version 3.0.6 October 2009
Bug-fix release
Improved the appearance of some dialogs on systems using "Large fonts" (DPI setting).
Importing a text file into Customise Timeline ignored the last line. Fixed.
Up-to-date timelines for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and USA included.
Version 3.0.5 September 2009
Bug-fix release
Adding or editing a parent did not correctly redraw their spouse's link line in the Tree Area. Fixed.
Adding more than one object to a person or family caused a "Duplicate key" error. Fixed.
Database engine update to V4.28 build 6.
Version 3.0.4 July 2009
Bug-fix release
Database | Merge. Source references from the incoming database were not linked to the correct records. Fixed.
Version 3.0.3 June 2009
Bug-fix release
Web pages export. Some thumbnail descriptions were truncated in the gallery page. Fixed.
PDF file export. The font changed when text crossed page breaks. Fixed.
V3 Database Conversion utility displayed a "Timestamp error" when converting databases with invalid data. Fixed.
Version 3.0.2 June 2009
Bug-fix release
Tab labels not showing under Vista 64-bit. Fixed.
Change dates were not shown in "Tools | Records modified". Fixed.
Problems displaying some windows on multiple-monitor systems fixed.
Version 3.0.1 May 2009
Bug-fix release
Added scroll bar to all multi-line text edit boxes (person/family/source/document/repository).
Changed the default timeline import file type from .tml to .txt
Fixed potential freezing of some "File | Database | Merge" operations.
Fixed the Help button in PDF export dialog.
Changing the contents of a multi-line text edit box and then opening the Notes Editor did not preserve the changes. Fixed.
"Tools | Show relationship" gave the error "Field 'Description' not found". Fixed.
Conversion utility - added error logging.
Conversion utility - fixed "Invalid database" error on Vista PCs.
Version 3.0.0 May 2009
First release
Changes between version 2 and version 3
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