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Worship Assistant 5

Version 5.45 (November 12, 2018)
  • Improvements to Media Player:
    • Video files can now be dragged onto the playlist.
    • The playlist is now persistent.
  • Individual photo files can now be added to a set list.
  • PowerPoint and media files can now be dragged onto the set list.
  • On the Support menu, removed 'Diagnostics' and added 'Zip Data and Log Files to Desktop' and 'Open Application Data Folder'.
  • Fixed several issues related to presenting PowerPoint files.
  • Fixed 'In Use' error when trying to backup dataset after opening Song Manager.
  • Fixed an issue with reordering items in Set Manager.
  • Fixed an issue with chord alignment on lead sheets on some systems.
  • Various bug fixes and UI/performance improvements.
Version 5.43 (September 25, 2017)
  • Fixed an issue with how chords are aligned with lyrics when printed.
  • Increased the maximum size of the Author and Copyright fields in Song Manager.
  • Fixed an issue with importing a song from Song Select.
  • Various bug fixes and UI/performance improvements.
Version 5.42 (May 21, 2017)
  • Improved support for wide-screen displays.
  • Fix for 'Unable to load DLL VisioForge_MFP.dll' error that some were experiencing when presenting lyrics under Windows 10.
  • Various bug fixes and UI/performance improvements.
Version 5.41 (September 26, 2016)
  • Various bug fixes and UI/performance improvements.
Version 5.40 (May 1, 2016)
  • Improved compatibility with the latest versions of Windows and Office.
  • NEW option to add a new song from Song Select. To use this feature, select a song on the Song Select web site, display the 'Lyrics' page, and click the 'Copy' button. In Song Manager in Worship Assistant, select 'Add a Song from Song Select' from the 'Tasks' menu in the toolbar.
  • NEW dark theme option. Select 'View->Dark Theme' from the main menu.
  • NEW option to not default the date to the following Sunday on new sets. if this option is disabled on the General Settings window, the date will default to the current date.
  • Various bug fixes and UI/performance improvements.
Version 5.31 (May 2, 2015)

Online Edition users: this version requires version 1.1 of WAOE.

Fixes

  • Selecting a song key from the drop-down list did not work correctly.
  • Chord lines did not print correctly when using asterisks to space out chords.
Version 5.30 (March 12, 2015)

Online Edition users: this version requires version 1.1 of WAOE.

Changes

  • Improved compatibility with Windows 8 and 8.1.
  • Program now requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.

Fixes

  • Fixed issue with chord symbol placement.
  • Fixed problems saving colors from Presentation Setup.
Version 5.20 (April 6, 2012)

Online Edition users: this version requires version 1.1 of WAOE.

Changes

  • Presentation: added option to show first screen of presentation immediately.
  • Presentation: if the copyright line is too long to fit on the screen, it is now split into two lines.
  • Synchronize: added Synchronize item to Tasks group on navigator panel.
  • Synchronize: streamlined sync report dialog to only incude non-zero items.
  • Synchronize: remote login credentials are now cached for 24 hours.
  • Synchronize: removed Station ID setting(no longer needed).
  • Lead Sheets/Songsheets: Gutter setting is no longer available.
  • Added support for synchronizing iOS devices.

Fixes

  • Song Manager: the program occasionally crashed when 'Auto Add' (chords) was selected.
  • E-mail: a blank recipient is no longer added prior to adding a recipient to an empty list.
  • E-mail: when sending an e-mail from the report preview window, the report is now properly attached.
Version 5.11 (June 10, 2011)

Fixes

  • Song Report: when no date range is selected, songs that don't appear in sets were not included.
  • Lead Sheets/Songsheets: chord lines that contained tab characters were not printed correctly.
  • Lead Sheets: chord lines were not printed using the selected font.

Version 5.10 (May 26, 2011)

Changes

  • Added option to no longer require clicking the Change button to make changes in manager windows (restored functionality from version 4).
  • Song Reports - added several fixed date ranges (e.g. last month, last year).
  • Song Reports - now limiting date and count calculations to sets with 'Include in Usage' checked.
  • Song Manager - added 'Merge' button to toolbar to merge two songs together.
  • Song Manager - added 'Duplicate' button to toolbar to create a new song using another song as a starting point.
  • Set Manager - worship leader field can now be cleared.
  • Set Manager - fixed filtering of Last Used column in All Songs list.
  • Email - added 'SSL Port' field and 'Test E-mail' button to General Setup window,
  • Email - improved support for secure connections (SSL), timeouts are now limited to 30 seconds
  • Increased the maximum length of several fields.
  • Installer is now digitally signed.
Version 5.09 (September 11, 2010)

Fixes

  • Lead Sheets: Roadmap did not print when requested.
  • Song Reports: Introduced field was not populated correctly.
  • Songsheet/Songbooks: Keep Page Together was not honored when the space required for a song printed in the last column exceeded the height of the page.
  • Songsheet/Songbooks: The word "Roadmap" was printed twice.
Version 5.08 (July 18, 2010)

Changes

  • Song Reports: added support for Introduced field.

Fixes

  • Set List: Error message was displayed when printing under certain circumstances.
Version 5.07 (June 5, 2010)

Fixes

  • Images were missing in help file.
  • E-mail All' from Worship Team Manager wasn't working correctly.
  • Adding a single recipient from the Recipients window did not work.
Version 5.06 (May 22, 2010)

Fixes

  • songs or team members cannot be added to or removed from worship sets (this issue was introduced in version 5.05).
Version 5.05 (May 16, 2010)

Changes

  • Removed SSL Port from email setup (this value was not being used).

Fixes

  • Adding a set with a date earlier than the latest existing set date caused the songs and members to disappear after saving.
  • Attempting to restore a version 4 backup file did not work.
  • Transposition failed on some symbols under certain circumstances.
Version 5.04 (April 5, 2010)

Changes

  • Checking for new version is now restricted to once per day.
  • Set Manager: selecting 'Reset All Columns" on context menu of All Songs list now restores removed columns.
  • Online Edition: MySQL tables are now created (or recreated) when doing a full copy to the server.
  • Online Edition: increased allowed length of First Line field to 75 characters.

Fixes

  • 'ActiveReports not registered' message sometimes appeared at the bottom of print output.
  • Ctrl-M no longer toggled lyrics in Presentation Control Panel.
Version 5.03 (March 8, 2010)

Changes

  • Better placement of chord symbols when printing lead sheets and songsheets.
  • Improved printing of chord charts on lead sheets.
  • Enter key now functions like Ctrl-M (toggles lyrics) in Presentation Control Panel.

Fixes

  • CCLI number was not being printed on lead sheets and overheads.
  • Leading spaces in lyrics were being ignored on lead sheets and songsheets.
  • Purchase/Activate items were still on the menu after the program was successfully registered.
Version 5.02 (January 30, 2010)

Changes

  • Improved the program startup time.
  • Set Manager: non-song items are now highlighted in current set list.
  • Set Manager: improved the autopopulating of the Role field when adding a new team member.
  • Set Manager: added user-defined fields to All Songs list.
  • Presentation Control: you can now search by Title or First Line when adding a new song on the fly.
  • Presentation Control: non-song items are now displayed and highlighted.

Fixes

  • Successful search caused an exception in any manager other than the Song Manager.
  • Importing songs could not handle song or author names that contained an apostrophe.
  • Songbook: sort by song number did not work correctly.
  • Set Manager: double-clicking on All Songs list when no sets exist caused an exception.
Version 5.01 (December 18, 2009)

Changes

  • Song Reports: added a sort by song number.

Fixes

  • some video files caused an exception when looped during presentation.
  • Song Reports did not sort correctly by Last Used date.
Version 5.00 (November 11, 2009)

Please visit this page for a list of all the new features introduced in version 5.0.

   
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