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 Alpha 25 - An enhanced Dividend Finder and a few fixes
 5 May, 2013 • Ravi Bhavnani

Alpha 25 contains enhancements to the Dividend Finder window and a number of bug fixes.

 Alpha 24 - It's been a busy few weeks!
 13 Apr, 2013 • Ravi Bhavnani

Chock full of shiny goodness, Alpha 24 contains a couple of new features, several usability enhancements and a few bug fixes thrown in for good measure.  Read this blog entry for more information.

 Alpha 23 - Enhanced folder view
 23 Mar, 2013 • Ravi Bhavnani

The folder view has been enhanced to contains 2 tabs: Current Value and Performance.  The Current Value tab displays the current value of portfolios in the folder, while the Performance tab displays the true gain of each portfolio, taking dividend payments into account.

 Alpha 22 - A couple of bug fixes
 3 Mar, 2013 • Ravi Bhavnani

A fix to the Export feature and a correction to computing available funds when buying a position.

 Alpha 21 - A Portfolio Import bug fix
 21 Feb, 2013 • Ravi Bhavnani

Importing a TakeStock 2 portfolio could cause an imported position to be assigned a different symbol.

 Alpha 20 - A Portfolio Export bug fix
 9 Jan, 2013 • Ravi Bhavnani

On Windows 7, exporting a portfolio caused the application to create the portfolio export file in the application's installation folder instead of the folder specified by the user.  The export file is now created in the correct folder.

 Alpha 19 - Portfolio import & export
 9 Jan, 2013 • Ravi Bhavnani

This release includes the ability to export and import TakeStock 2 portfolios, allowing you to share portfolios between TakeStock 2 users and create a copy of a portfolio within the same TakeStock 2 database.

 Customizing portfolio views
 6 Jan, 2013 • Ravi Bhavnani

While TakeStock's standard views are sufficient for most purposes, you can also define your own views.  This blog post shows you how to do this.

 Alpha 18 - Program expiration removed
 29 Dec, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

To encourage users to eventually upgrade to the latest version of the application, TakeStock 2 was set to expire at the end of the year.  This restriction has been permanently removed.  Versions of TakeStock 2 will no longer expire.

 Alpha 17 - A couple of bug fixes
 21 Oct, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

A quick release with a couple of bug fixes.

 Alpha 16 - Moving positions (and more)
 8 Oct, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

This release includes the ability to move positions between portfolios, a couple of bug fixes and several enhancements.  See the release notes for more information.

 Alpha 15 - Selectable row and column colors
 7 Jul, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

This release includes half a dozen bug fixes as well as the ability to select row and column colors.

 Alpha 14 - The "Danny D" release
 20 Jun, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

This release contains a couple of enhancements and 4 bug fixes, all reported by sharp-eyed long time TakeStock user Danny D.

 Alpha 13 - Enhancements, fixes and a performance improvement
 17 Jun, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

This release contains a couple of enhancements and bug fixes, and improved performance when loading a portfolio that contains a large number of transactions.  Thanks to Piero Scarsella and David Fuzie for reporting and investigating the issues fixed in this release.

 Alpha 12 - Enhancements, fixes and a better icon!
 3 Jun, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

Thanks to continued feedback from sharp-eyed users Bassam Abdul-Baki, Piero Scarsella, Danny D and David Roper, TakeStock 2 continues to improve with more than half a dozen bugs fixed in Alpha 12!

 Alpha 11 - Auto refresh and more!
 27 May, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

Build Alpha 11 includes the oft asked (nay, clamoured!) for automatic refresh feature as well as the following enhancements:

  • Share quantities and cash amounts can now be displayed to up to 6 decimal places.
  • The process of adding discovered dividends and automatically reinvesting them has been greatly speeded up.
  • Multiple transactions can now be deleted at once.
  • The order of columns in the standard view "Unrealized Gain" has been modified to make the view easier to use.

 Alpha 10 - Grouping bug (and others) fixed
 21 May, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

Hot on the heels of the previous release, Alpha 10 includes a fix for the grouping bug (among others), as well as other enhancements and tweaks.  As always, a big thank-you to you sharp eyed guys and gals who put TakeStock 2 through its paces!

 Alpha 9 - automatic dividend discovery and a whole lot more!
 19 May, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

TakeStock 2 Alpha 9 brings a host of improvements, many of them suggested by the rapidly growing army of TakeStock 2 fans.  A big shout-out to all you testers out there, especially Alan Richardson, Bassam Abdul-Baki, Danny D, David Roper, Matti I, Maxwell Moon and Rahul Shah for your keen eyes and great suggestions!

 TakeStock 2 Alpha 8 - print that screen!
 19 May, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

TakeStock Alpha 8 allows you to print a portfolio's held positions, sold positions and transactions, as well as a summary of the portfolios contained in a folder.  This version also contains a couple of bug fixes.

 TakeStock 2 Alpha 7 released
 27 April, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

This version of TakeStock 2 contains several bug fixes and the following new features:

  • Track mutual fund capital gain cash distributions.
  • Track earned interest.
  • Ability to write off a position.

 TakeStock 2 Alpha 6 released
 18 April, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

This quick follow-on to Alpha 5 fixes these two bugs:

  • The application displays the message "Unable to start - Value cannot be null - Parameter: path1" when run on a brand new installation.
  • Charts for securities traded on the London Stock Exchange are not available.

 TakeStock 2 Alpha 5 released
 16 April, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

Bursting with shiny goodness, TakeStock 2 Alpha 5 contains no less than six new features, an equal number of enhancements, and twenty bug fixes.  You can see the full release notes here.  Thanks for helping make TakeStock 2 the best free personal portfolio manager on the planet!

 TakeStock 2 Alpha 4 released
 26 March, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

This quick follow-on to Alpha 3 fixes the problem that caused TakeStock 2 to display the following message (and then simply exit) if it encountered an incompatible older database.

 TakeStock 2 Alpha 3 released
 25 March, 2012 • Ravi Bhavnani

This quick follow-on to Alpha 3 fixes the problem that caused TakeStock 2 to display the following message (and then simply exit) if it encountered an incompatible older database.

 TakeStock 2 Alpha 2 available for download
 7 August, 2011 • Ravi Bhavnani

TakeStock 2 Alpha 2 is available for download.  This build contains 3 bug fixes and a new "Choose columns" control that makes it easy to select which columns should be displayed in the current view.

 TakeStock 2 Alpha 1 available for download
 1 August, 2011 • Ravi Bhavnani

TakeStock 2 Alpha 1 is available for download.

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