Software & Hardware Tracker 4.2 is now available. It resolves some minor issues in the original 4.0.x releases and now includes a Mac OS X version of the FileMaker Pro 5.5 runtime application. It is a recommended and free upgrade for registered users of Software & Hardware Tracker 4.
A complete version History comes with the program. Here are the main changes in version 4.2v1 (10/27/2004). It only includes updates to the documentation, so if you have already downloaded version 4.2, you don't need this new version:
* The creator code of the files that come without runtime solutions has been changed back to 'FMP5' so that users of the complete FileMaker Pro applicationcan open them directly.
* Added instructions to help people upgrade from an earlier Software & Hardware Tracker 4 release.
* Added some information about the next version of the solution, Xware Tracker, which is being entirely rewritten to take advantage of FileMaker Pro 7.
Software & Hardware Tracker 4 is a major upgrade to the program, resolving all known issues and offering many improvements and refinements:
* Software & Hardware Tracker 4 comes with a runtime version of FileMaker Pro 5.5, thus avoiding the backward compatibility issues raised by the latest release of FileMaker Pro. Also, people who don't own FileMaker Pro can now use the program. Only users of the PRO version, if they want to customize the program, or publish it on a network, will need to own a copy of the FileMaker Pro 5.x (or later) application.
* FileMaker Pro 5.5 operates natively on Mac OS X. The runtime version of FileMaker Pro 5.5 included with the program is available both as a Classic application (for use with Mac OS 8.1 or later) and as a Mac OS X application.
* Software & Hardware Tracker 4 offers an improved user interface, more consistent and efficient, simpler to use and to master. The program is now much less complex from the user's perspective.
