Is your copy of Milestones Professional 2023 up-to-date?

Check under Help | Keys and Information | View System Info for a Rev. date,
or, if you are not using the Enhanced Toolbar, check under Help | About Milestones | System Info. Download this Update if your Rev date is older than the current revision date (m/d/y format) of 3/27/2023

List of new features and fixes for Milestones Professional 2023

March 27, 2023

  • Project Interface. Coded Finished Dates, fixed several issues.

March 8, 2023

  • Project Interface. Changed wording on link to task dialog box to make it more clear.
  • Project Interface. Fixed issue with swim-lane colors.
  • Project Interface. For schedules imported with tasks 0%, corrected refresh % issue when % remains zero.
  • Project Interface. For Let the Wizard Guide you, fixed a stoplight issue for single value stoplights disappearing when changed.
  • PowerPoint Interface. Increased wait factors and added additional diagnostics to PowerPoint Interface.

March 1, 2023

  • PowerPoint Interface. More debug messages added.
  • GUI. Temp Folder name added to Display System Info screen.

February 27, 2023

  • Project Interface. Fixed minor issues with coded Gantt bars.
  • Project Interface. Added help button back in for coded formats.

February 22, 2023

  • GUI. Added three new command line feature override parameters: /nocho (used to suppress Startup Choices dialog – goes directly into an empty chart based on the default template), /nothm (used to suppress small chart thumbnails in dropdown most recently used box in the File menu), /noenh (forces the legacy file open/save dialogs to be used).

January 25, 2023

  • GUI. Corrected issue where circular notes were using too much memory.
  • GUI. Added page date override warning to Shift Dates dialog.

January 18, 2023

  • GUI. Corrected issue where circular notes were not being anti-aliased even when option is active.

January 15, 2023

  • GUI. DataGraphs updated to better handle values over a trillion.

January 13, 2023

  • GUI. Find In Files corrected to include .MLJ and .MLP files in the search.

January 12, 2023

  • GUI. Added Dropdown in Startup Choices dialog to switch to the compact startup dialog. This makes is easy to reset the dialog in cases where your monitor resolution and scaling do not allow the full dialog to be seen.

January 10, 2023

  • GUI. Fixed problem with Set Default Symbol Text Dialog ignoring Also Reset Size box.

January 9, 2023

  • GUI. Fixed problem with a Toolbox connector attribute not being copied on copy/paste Toolbox row.

January 6, 2023

  • GUI. Now allow Fiscal Year date headings to have added prefix and suffix.

December 13, 2022

  • GUI. Edit | Find Again now works for tag searches.

October 31, 2022

  • GUI. Added option to column heading toolbar that lets you hide the inner grid line of a heading.
  • GUI. Added right-click on symbol option to remove first or second horizontal connection from a symbol.

October 27, 2022

  • GUI. Fixed problem where some cell by cell overrides were not displaying correctly. Also fixed a non-working Reset button on Cell Text color override. There continue to be inconsistencies in how Milestones chooses to display default vs. overrides in both cell and task line toolbars.

October 24, 2022

  • GUI. Fixed bug where DataGraph Y-axis was actually ignoring the Y-axis decimal settings. It was using one of the ValueSet decimals setting.

October 21, 2022

  • GUI. Added Browse Samples to Milestones Startup screen.

October 20, 2022

  • GUI. Fixed problem that cause New File Wizard to fail if anti-aliasing is turned on.
  • GUI. Improved File menu | Pictures | Image Quality Options screen.

October 19, 2022

  • GUI. Added more options for handling of bitmap scaling.

October 18, 2022

  • GUI. Included latest Getting Started PDF.

October 14, 2022

  • GUI. Changed sample dates in date sample dropdowns to use 2023 and 2024.

October 13, 2022

  • GUI. Program Key dialog updated due to space issue for some of the text items.
  • Project Interface. Updated MilesPC Project Interface included.

October 11, 2022

  • GUI. Symbol and text alignment added to Stoplights column dialog.
  • GUI. Screen refresh is now done when the Highlighted changed symbols color is changed.

October 6, 2022

  • GUI. Added ability to select the Refresh Highlighting color to be used to highlight refreshed symbols when the Refresh Highlighting option is used in the Connections screen.

September 29, 2022

  • GUI. Fixed problem where connector outline color overrides were set to black unexpectedly when task rows were moved.

September 23, 2022

  • GUI. Added feature to allow ToolBox rows in the Standard layout ToolBox to be moved up or down.

September 22, 2022

  • GUI. Corrected Symbol Notes callout and bubble connectors to have consistent size regardless of symbol size.

September 21, 2022

  • GUI. Fixed problem where all prior version files opened with all bar connector outline color overrides set to black.
  • GUI. Added bar connector outline color overrides to Clear Symbol Setting screen.

September 20, 2022

  • Project Interface. Changed MilesPC to not minimize PowerPoint.
  • GUI. Added more symbol fill types.
  • GUI. You can now override bar fill outline color on a symbol by symbol basis.

September 7, 2022

  • GUI. Added fade types to the circular symbol note type.

September 2, 2022

  • GUI. Added the circular symbol note type. Before, symbol notes were always rectangular.

August 26, 2022

  • GUI. Calendar icons added to Custom Heading dialog to make entering dates easier.
  • Project Interface. Latest MilesPC included.
  • GUI. Problem with an extra recurrence when setting up daily recurring tasks corrected.
  • GUI. Problem with task row date heading covering up grid lines has been corrected.
  • GUI. Problem with task row date heading background showing on left side when freeze left view is active has been corrected.
  • GUI. On startup choices screen, the file size in KB has been added to display.

August 17, 2022

  • Automation. Added GetMilestonesColor(ColorIndex) method. Returns a string containing the COLORREF value of one of the the 25 default/Custom colors defined in the Tools | General | Custom Color screen.

August 10, 2022

  • GUI. Switched version 2023 to now use Program Keys specific to version 2023. Version 2021 keys will no longer work for version 2023.

August 9, 2022

  • GUI. It is now possible to specify the pattern background color when a pattern is being used to fill a connector.

July 14, 2022

  • Project Interface. MILESPC.EXE updated to expect Project Import Templates to be MLP files.

July 12, 2022

  • All. Full uninstall/reinstall required when updating to this rev from any prior rev. You must uninstall version 2023 and download the full installer and load it.
  • GUI: Lesson files updated.
  • GUI: Feature added to Date Headings toolbar and dialog to allow Date Headings vertical space to be minimized.

July 11, 2022

  • All. Full uninstall/reinstall required when updating to this rev from any prior rev. You must uninstall version 2023 and download the full installer and load it.
  • GUI: Sample files updated to MLP files.
  • Outlook Interface. Import program updated to use MLP templates.
  • Project Import. Project Import Templates updated to MLP files.

July 8, 2022

  • GUI: Added SmartImport to right-click paste options for column and column heading.
  • GUI: Improved tab order in Curtain Add/Edit dialog.

July 7, 2022

  • GUI: Added feature to prefill startup dialog with sample files if no files in MRU list or less than 16 files.
  • GUI: Added the Symbol Text 90 degree (reverse) angle symbol text option.

June 27, 2022

  • XER/XML/MPP import updates to support regions other than US English

May 10, 2022

  • Graphic file format changes

December 14, 2021

  • Example Fix