Revision History

When you purchase a Remind-Me license you receive free updates for 1 year from the date of your purchase.  If you would like to use a version released after 1 year you may upgrade at a reduced rate.  To find your purchase date look in Remind-Me under "Help / About...".  The release dates for each version are shown below.  You can download an older version by clicking on the links below.

August 5, 2011 version 6.2: [download version 6.2: Regular | Google | Outlook | Palm]

• Bug fix: Version 6.1 could crash when opening data files created with versions of Remind-Me before 6.0

August 3, 2011 version 6.1: [download version 6.1: Regular | Google | Outlook | Palm]

• Improved error reporting in the Google Sync add-on
• Added "(Google Sync in Progress...)" to title bar while a Google sync is in progress
• Added ability to control advanced details of time zone information in iCalendar exports
• Bug fix: Invalid exceptions (dates in a recurring event where the occurrence was deleted) would cause the Google sync to fail
• Bug fix: Repeating timed events synced to Google would sometimes be displayed incorrectly on Google calendar

July 31, 2011 version 6.0: [download version 6.0: Regular | Google | Outlook | Palm]

• Synchronize Remind-Me with your Google calendar and thus your smartphone.  [more info]
• Outlook 2010 syncing support
• Added "Last Modified" and "Created" date/time to list of available fields for sorting/displaying in List view
• Bug fixes relating to iCalendar file (*.ics) format

July 6, 2010 version 5.3: [download version 5.3: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• Calendar subscriptions added.  You can now subscribe to any number of calendars on the internet.  Each subscribed calendar is placed onto your Remind-Me calendar in a category name you specify.  Subscribed calendars are automatically updated daily.  Many calendars are available on sites such as iCalShare.com.  To subscribe to a calendar either manually enter calendar address in Remind-Me at "File / Options... / Subscribe", or click on a webcal:// URL within your web browser.  See Calendar Subscriptions in the online help for more information.

March 8, 2010 version 5.2: [download version 5.2: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• Added option to display month calendar as desktop wallpaper.  See "File / Options... / Other / Show Calendar as Desktop Wallpaper".
• Tray icon tooltip displays alarms due today.  Hover your mouse over Remind-Me's icon in the tray to see this quick list of alarms for today.
• Added option to include event start time in the alarm list.  See "File / Options... / Other / Alarm List Shows Start Time in Name".
• Fixed task tray icon to update more reliably when Windows comes out of hibernation
• Fixed issue where desktop icon would sometimes not display the window if it was already running and hidden, and started by the setup program
• Bug fix: List view columns could display data in wrong order after columns were re-ordered with drag/drop

October 30, 2009 version 5.1: [download version 5.1: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• Updated for Windows 7 compatibility
• Added ability to customize Alarm List font.  Right mouse click on the alarm list to change.
• Bug fix: Forward/Backward buttons in month view could sometimes skip a month when current day didn't exist in next/last month
• Bug fix: When setting "time grid" under File / Options... / Other to 60 minutes the change was ignored
• Bug fix: Program could crash under certain circumstances

November 11, 2008 version 5.0: [download version 5.0: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• New "Day" and "Week" calendar views.  Shows timed events on a time grid for viewing a daily schedule.  Easily modify events using the mouse by clicking/dragging.
• New "Day" and "Week" printing choices
• Added "Category" support.  Events can be assigned to any number of user-definable categories.  Categories can be assigned color display options to easily identify which events belong in which categories.  Category filter enables only displaying events from selected categories.  Imported iCalendar (*.ics) files can be assigned to a category for easy filtering.
• Improved event editor, making "Comments" section much larger
• Added support for sending email through mail servers that require a secure connection (SSL)
• Improved toolbar.  Added "Find", "Day", "Week", and "Filter" buttons.  Existing buttons made more colorful.
• Improved "Print" dialog to allow selection of the printer, and show selected printer's status
• Tasks now support a much wider variety of commands.  Enter a document name, program, or URL.
• Improved robustness of task tray icon.  If Windows Explorer crashes, Remind-Me will replace its icon in the notification area (task tray) when Windows Explorer re-starts.
• Bug fix relating to importing iCalendar files.  When certain fields were 'folded' Remind-Me would fail to import this event.

September 3, 2008 version 4.8: [download version 4.8: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• Improved Print Preview feature for Vista compatibility

May 12, 2008 version 4.7: [download version 4.7: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• Updated Print Preview feature for Vista SP1 compatibility
• Accessibility improvements:
  • Tab key moves keyboard focus between List and calendar windows
  • Improved tab order on Alarm List dialog
  • Space key toggles acknowledged state on selected event in Alarm List dialog

March 18, 2008 version 4.6: [download version 4.6: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• Alarm List dialog can now be re-sized
• Alarm List dialog size and position preference memorized/restored automatically
• Alarm List dialog can be maximized
• Bug fix - Email reminders being sent via SMTP mail server would fail under Vista when User Account Control (UAC) was on

July 22, 2007 version 4.5: [download version 4.5: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• Vertical and horizontal scroll bars are displayed on the "Comments" edit box when needed
• Setup program now adds a shortcut on the Desktop (in addition to Start menu)
• One Outlook add-in now works for all supported Outlook versions.  (Eliminated version that was only for Outlook 2007.)
• Added category filtering for Outlook conduit.  See "Tools / Remind-Me Options... / Category filter..." from within Outlook.
• Windows Vista compatibility improvement (runs with permissions of regular Vista application)
• Bug fixes:
  • Acknowledging an event with no alarms from the calendar view would not always work
  • Browse/Backup/Restore commands would not display under Windows 98
  • Outlook syncing to non-default calendar would fail to remove events deleted in Outlook

April 2, 2007 version 4.4: [download version 4.4: Regular | Outlook | Outlook_2007 | Palm]
(For licensing purposes the release date of 4.4 remains the same as version 4.3 (March 28, 2007) since this release is strictly a maintenance release.)

• Bug fix - Program could crash when selecting an event with a large amount of notes

March 28, 2007 version 4.3:

• New Backup and Restore menu commands.  See "File / Backup..." and "File / Restore...".
• Added support for using Windows Vista's "Default Programs" to assign Remind-Me as the default handler for iCalendar (*.ics) files
• Eliminated "flickering" in the status bar when running under Vista
• Bug fix - List view sorting wasn't always sorting properly if the list view columns had been changed from the default order

March 5, 2007 version 4.2: [download version 4.2: Regular | Outlook | Outlook_2007 | Palm]

• Updated for Windows Vista
• New Outlook 2007 conduit available
• Updated Daylight Savings Time events for new times starting in 2007
• New events are selected in the list view after being added
• Added option to control whether calendar selection date is moved when adding new events (File / Options... / Other / Move Selected Calendar Date When Adding Events)
• When adding built-in holidays to the calendar, now have the option of only adding the missing ones
• Warning issued when adding holidays that already exist on the calendar
• Alarm List column sorting preferences are memorized independently from the main list view
• When deleting an event from the list view, maintain the selection, or select adjacent entry
• Added current version and release date information into "Help / Register..." dialog
• Bug fixes:
  • Birthday and anniversary ages over 100 years old were not displaying proper suffix
  • Column width preferences for list view were not being memorized across sessions
  • Acknowledging an event from the Alarm List was not refreshing calendar display, to show the event in the acknowledged color

February 9, 2006 version 4.1: [download version 4.1: Regular | Outlook | Palm]
(For licensing purposes the release date of 4.1 remains the same as version 4.0 (2/4/06) since this release is primarily a maintenance release.)

• Added "Alarm List..." item to tray popup menu
• Memorize "custom colors" palette from session to session
• Bug fixes:
  • Snoozing was being allowed when "Quit After Displaying Due Alarms" option was on.  Disabled snooze option in this case.
  • Preferences were not being saved on computer shutdown
  • Eliminated message box in "File / Options... / Import" when there is no default iCalendar (*.ics) handler
  • In some cases the Find... command could cause the program to crash
  • In some cases printing could cause the program to crash

February 4, 2006 version 4.0: [download version 4.0: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• "Snooze" the alarm list for any amount of time
• Bring up current alarm list at any time with "View / Alarm List"
• Full support for iCalendar files: import, export, forward by email, and drag and drop
• Printing improvements:
  • Print preview
  • List style can print any fields in any order.  Adjust with "View / List Columns..."
  • Grid and shading options for List print style
  • Print either selected or displayed events
  • New "Details" style printing.  Print selected, displayed, for a specific date, or just a certain event.
  • Right mouse menu shortcuts for fast printing
  • Preferences memorized from session to session
• Copy and paste events
• Drag and drop events on the calendar to move or copy
• Adjust colors for prior/next month, weekends, and acknowledged event text
• Optionally loop alarm sounds until dismissed
• List view improvements:
  • Select multiple events from the List view at once (useful for deleting/acknowledging/printing multiple events at once)
  • Font size, style, and color of List view text is now adjustable
  • More possible List view fields.  Customize which fields to display, and their order with "View / List Columns..."
• Email improvements:
  • Mail merge (customize subject and message body per event)
  • Customizable subjects for each event type
  • Send email to multiple recipients
  • The "To" field no longer sets the "display name" to the event name, just uses email address
• Option to start calendar week display with any day (Sun, Mon, ...)
• Scheduled event repeat options shown in the title of the Event Information dialog
• Added "Selected" and "Displayed" event count to the status bar
• When displaying multiple alarm dialogs, they are now offset to be seen easier
• Option to add default set of US holidays onto calendar
• New installation program
• Support for multiple users on a single computer.  Changed default location of data file from installation folder to C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Remind-Me.
• Slightly increased size of alarm list dialog
• Improved robustness against corrupted data file (mydata.bdy).  Changes are now saved when made, and not at computer shutdown.
• Outlook Conduit improvements:
  • Automatically synchronize every X minutes option
  • Select which Outlook calendar to synchronize with
• Increased the number of stored automatic backups to 30
• Modern "XP" style visual theme appearance
• Online help updated to be HTML based
• Bug fixes:
  • Keyboard accelerators were not working if List view had keyboard focus
  • Some color settings may not have displayed properly

September 3, 2004 version 3.9: [download version 3.9: Regular | Outlook | Palm]

• Added option to always bring the alarm window to the foreground.  See "File / Options... / Prompts / Always Bring Alarm Window to Foreground".
• Added mouse wheel support.  Rotating the mouse wheel behaves like the up/down arrow keys.

July 7, 2004 version 3.8:

• Removed all email addresses from documentation, replaced with contact form at www.beiley.com/contact.html.  Attempting to address spam problems...

February 16, 2004 version 3.7:

• All calendar colors user adjustable. See "File/Options.../Colors".
• Significantly decreased size of download package.
• When changing the start time, the end time updates automatically to keep the duration of the event constant.
• Comments edit box changed to auto-wrap instead of auto-scroll.
• After editing an event from the list, it always stays visible, rather than possibly getting scrolled out of view.
• Fixes in Outlook conduit for Outlook 2003, more robust loading/unloading.
• bug fix: Auto-Backup was not always working if Remind-Me was exited during computer shutdown.
• bug fix: List view column order would revert to the default from the set preferences in some cases.
• bug fix: Printing a calendar would sometimes print the wrong month/year.
• Upgrade policy changed.  New users will receive free upgrades for 1 year.  All currently registered users are grand-fathered, and will continue to  receive free upgrades for life.

September, 9, 2003 version 3.6:

• Added option to send E-Mail reminders using SMTP server
• Install/Uninstall improvements (greater reliability)
• bug fix: Grandparent's Day corrected to the first Sunday after Labor Day

July 22, 2003 version 3.5:

• Improved Outlook syncing. Fixed situation that could cause sync to fail.
• Option to not use "SMTP:" in MAPI address for some AOL/Netscape versions.
• Warned if entered event doesn't have any occurrences
• Improved reliability of setting task tray icon

April 21, 2003 version 3.4:

• bug fix: The "T" key was mapped to multiple shortcuts (Today and alTernate palm conduit). Changed shortcut for alterNate palm conduit to "Ctrl + N".

April 19, 2003 version 3.3:

• bug fix: incorrect font used when printing event time on calendars

April 12, 2003 version 3.2:

• support for optional add-on: "Remind-Me Conduit for Outlook"
  • synchronize your Remind-Me calendar with Outlook (2000 or later)
• event search feature (see "Edit/Find...")
• specify the foreground/background colors of an event
• specify whether to draw a border around an event
  • see the "Display" tab in the event editor
• e-mail body filled in with event information
• optional command line argument to specify location of data file
• improved autoback feature; rotates through 10 backup copies
• keyboard shortcut to hide window to task tray (Ctrl + H)
• selected date moved to current date at midnight
• Palm conduit improvement: toggle in/out an alternate conduit
  • allows syncing your Palm with second conduit, such as Palm Desktop
• bug fix: fixed printing when printer name was longer than 32 characters

March 6, 2002 version 3.1:

• support for "timed" scheduled events
• more space for recording comments

January 11, 2002 version 3.0:

• support for optional add-on: "Remind-Me Conduit for Palm"
  • synchronize your Remind-Me calendar with your Palm Pilot
• improved flexibility for repeating events
  • repeat every X years option
  • remove particular occurrences
• background color of calendar is adjustable
  • see "File/Options.../Other"
• option to purge completed events over X days old
  • see "File/Options.../Other"
• time controls display based on user's regional settings
• automatic data backup on exit
• option to print in black and white for color printers
• events on same calendar day are displayed sorted by time

November 10, 2001 version 2.4:

• bug fix - scheduled monthly event repeating >1 months not always correct
• "Shop Online" button removed from alarm dialog

April 14, 2001 version 2.3:

• bug fix - time could be off by an hour for 1 week after DST

December 6, 2000 version 2.2:

• bug fix relating to scheduled events and leap years

December 5, 2000 version 2.1:

• bug fix relating to scheduled events and leap years

May 15, 2000 version 2.0:

• greatly improved flexibility for scheduled events
• option to launch another program when an alarm is due
• capability to add/edit/delete holidays
• list view improvements
  • column being sorted by has an arrow in its header
  • re-order columns by dragging them to their new position
• convenient forward and backward buttons in the calendar header
• option to control default acknowledgement state of arrived events
• event comments displayed in status bar when highlighted
• convenient "Shopping" button added to alarm dialog brings up your browser
• other miscellaneous improvements

September 18, 1999 version 1.8:

• bug fix, minimized main window causes alarm dialog to not display properly

June 13, 1999 version 1.7:

• "Test" button in event editor on e-mail tab
• added support for MAPI e-mail profiles
• default new event type is same as last added
• removed display of "Current Age" field for Holidays and Scheduled Events
• bug fixes
  • changing font error
  • bad subject in scheduled event e-mail
  • Secretaries' Day calculation

January 30, 1999 version 1.6:

• uses date format specified in Window's regional settings
• bug fix for "Days Until" calculation

December 8, 1998 version 1.5:

• fixed bug where time alarm only events could sometimes not be displayed
• added keyboard shortcut to reset all acknowledgments

November 24, 1998 version 1.4 (skipped 1.3):

• prevents multiple instances from running at the same time
• bug fixes
  • quit after startup option wasn't working
  • end date check for scheduled events not properly initialized

October 3, 1998 version 1.2:

• added more keyboard shortcuts
• bug fixes

September 12, 1998 version 1.1:

• fixed bug with Sound Recorder window position under Win98

August 19, 1998 version 1.0