Niente and Giocoso Updates

As previously promised, a new version of Niente has just been released: Version 4.03. It contains some minor bug fixes and a couple of enhancements (mostly due to the suggestions of regular user Scott: thank you, Scott!!)

In particular, a new column is added to the database table that stores details of all your recordings: TRACKTITLE. Though upgrading to Niente Version 4.03 adds this new column, it doesn't populate it: you'll need to do a new full integrity check for that to happen. A new 'Advanced SQL Reports' option has also been added to the Reports menu, allowing you to construct full-blown SQL queries of your own devising, if you're up to it! The other big(ish) new feature is that Niente menus now work the same way as Giocoso's or Semplice's do: pressing [Enter] on any top-level menu automatically means you're invoking the first named option within that menu, without you having to literally tap the number '1' each time. The aggregate statistics report can now be produced by tapping 'R' and then pressing [Enter] twice, for example.

The full details of bug fixes and enhancements are, of course, available to read about in the Niente changelog. Upgrading to the new version is standard stuff: take the Administration menu, Option 5, type in your sudo password when prompted and then just let the update happen. Quit the program when it's done (ignoring any errors that might be displayed when you do so) and then re-launch the program: job done.

I also mentioned last time that I'd encountered a small bug with Giocoso and was thus releasing a tiny update to Version 3.31. That is now available, too: take the Administration menu, Option 1 and follow the prompts. Again, quit the program and relaunch it to have the new fix applied properly.

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