Version 2.1.0 of NM Collector Software JE (any collection, any platform) is now available

The next version (2.1.0) of NM Collector Software JE (any collection, any platform) is now available.  Please visit http://www.nmcollectorsoftware.com/upgrade/index.htm for download links.  This new release deals with issues of performance facing collectors with very large collections and lots of pictures.  Prior to this release pictures could only be stored in the database causing very slow start up and shut down times for very large collections with lots of pictures.  The answer to this problem is to not store pictures in the database but to leave the pictures on the computer hard drive and store a path only to the pictures in the database.

In version 2.1.0 you can now choose where your pictures are stored.  Not only that, but you can have the program copy or migrate your pictures from your database to your file system and vise-versa.  If you copy your pictures they will remain in their original location after being copied to the new location.  If you migrate the pictures they will be deleted from their original location.  This provides an easy function by which you can take pictures that are scattered throughout your file system and migrate them to the same directory as NM Collector Software JE.  If that directory happens to be on a USB flash drive (which is the preferred method for running NM Collector Software) you will now have a copy of all of your pictures on the same USB flash drive.  Detailed step by step illustrated instructions for how to do this can be found in the examples provided at:  http://www.nmcollectorsoftware.com/examples/.

Of course, this release also provides new reports to support pictures located on the file system.  In addition, it provides other new features and bug fixes including the following:
* Eliminated excess save warnings when data had already been saved.
* Modified NM Gun Collector migration to default to storing pictures in the file system rather than the database.
* Provide guidance for when help won't load - seems to be a Mac only problem.