DocHaven 1.0.8 review

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DocHaven, by Holy Mackerel Software, is a 'Finder-like' Document Management System (DMS) that can expand easily from one roaming MacBook to hundreds of users.

License: Shareware
OS: Mac OS X
File size: 8255K
Developer: Holy Mackerel Software
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Price: $20.00
Updated: 22 Nov 2006
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DocHaven, by Holy Mackerel Software, is a 'Finder-like' Document Management System (DMS) that can expand easily from one roaming MacBook to hundreds of users.

Clicking simple icons, DocHaven users can create standard document templates, keep multiple versions, 'Take Out', 'Copy Out' and 'Put Away'. Documents are stored in Projects that can hold any number of files from any program. Users can log in over the internet and take out only those documents they have access to, with all access logged.

DocHaven can be run in one of three ways: single-user on one Macintosh, multiple-user on a MySQL server or by connecting to Holy Mackerel Software's central DocHaven server.

DocHaven has most of the capabilities of high-end Document Management Systems costing thousands of dollars, and boasts some features they do not, at a fraction of their cost. Yet the two main goals of remaining simple to use and Macintosh-like have not been compromised.

If you currently share files via Personal AppleShare, email or FTP, then read the FAQ to discover why DocHaven might be exactly what you need.

What's New:
Macintosh projects taken out by Windows clients (and reverse) now work much better – Macintosh files without resource forks no longer include MacBinary data in the zipped file
The separator line in the Import window showed angular under Windows – this has been fixed.
Choosing Command-2, 3 or 4 no longer toggles showing or hiding their windows, but only shows them – close them with Command-W.
More file extensions have been added and recognised. Existing definitions with multiple alternatives (e.g. .tif and .tiff) have been improved.
The Get Info window now remains at a fixed maximum height to stop the odd resizing behaviour when the Documents window was stretched.
When creating multiple New projects the Total Projects indicator showed one ahead of itself – this has been fixed.
The ‘Put Away’ tool bar icon no longer shows greyed if the DocHaven folder is highlighted and at least one other file/folder is also highlighted.
The horizontal scrolling has been removed from the Documents window since it was redundant and to give a larger viewable area.
Opening tabs in the Database window now jumps to the final record in the set, not the first – this allows a faster creation of new accounts.
The Windows version now checks for the application version number.
Scrolling down for Zipping and Unzipping now works in the FTP Progress window.
Closing the Add to Library (Import) window no longer closes the FTP Progress window.
Upon quitting with Projects still out now gives three choices (Yes, No and Cancel) whether to Put Away the projects.
Creating a Synchronise Project for a User did not set the FTP server information correctly and so failed unless the Project was viewed and updated – this has been fixed.
The install Guide now shows how to set up the MySQL database via the graphical MySQL Admin tools, rather than entering SQL commands into Terminal.
Pressing Escape now closes the Database window.
Scrolling amongst the records in Database no longer saves the changes – the Update button must be pressed.
Windows XP is now the only supported and tested platform of Windows for DocHaven.
Now supports non-expiring passwords.
‘Test’ button added to FTP Server administration.
‘Wipe Tables’ removed from Preferences since it is now built into to ‘Update’ in the Configure window. Clicking the ‘Update’ button no longer requires closing and reopening the Configure window.

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