Transform for Windows revision history and known issues

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Known Issues & Revision History

Known Issues and limitations:

• Support for state plane coordinates has not been implemented for this version.
• The on-line User's Guide is a work in progress. Content is being added or updated with each new upload.
• In order to use Transform while the on-line-user's guide is open, you must minimize it.

New for version 1.5.2  2/8/2006

• upgraded code to use Microsoft .Net Framework version 2.0
• added units symbols to error radii and variances
• fixed bug associated with validation rules for variances
• fixed bug associated with settings for viewing northing and easting residuals
• fixed bug when importing file with only tab character in last line of text file
• added user defined maximum allowable scale factor in options dialog
• improved error reporting for linked pairs that produce excessive scaling
• improved detect pairs use of scaling and search radius
• improved error reporting in import wizard when specified content doesn't match text file
• updated user guide to reflect recent changes
• added error reporting to import assistant when ascii text file is empty
• corrected issue associated with selecting import/export text fields
• improved detect pairs warning messages for unfiltered systems

New for version 1.5.4  8/17/2006

• revised user's guide content (advanced topics section)

New for version 1.5.13  10/24/2006

• added a new context menu to each of the scaling text boxes that includes a remove scaling option.
• added feature to prevent linking more than once subject point to the same target point
• fixed broken feature with upgrade to .Net 2.0 that allows copying full precision grid values to windows clipboard
• import will now automatically disable filtering if it will hide newly imported points.
• import will automatically apply a system filter if one description filter can be found that will include all points.
• added icons to menus that correspond to the toolbar's icons.
• improved the functionality of the import and export assistants regarding filtering.
• improved the functionality of the options dialog regarding filtering.
• improved error reporting when a system filter hides a point pair
• fixed bug creating filters terms automatically from a selection of different point description.
• improved the efficiency and speed at which successive transformations can be performed (also affects detecting pairs).
• improved reporting regarding no scale transformations, including new section added to user's guide.
• added example to samples and user's guide demonstrating ramifications of not scaling.
• fixed bug when scaling is removed and then a link, pair or weight changed and then undo and redo is selected.

New for version 1.5.16  11/3/2006

• changed improper terminology of 'percent standard deviation' to 'confidence interval' (CI) in transform and throughout the user's guide.
• added option to export full precision coordinate values in export assistant by default without changing user preferences.
• slight modification of the multiplier used to compute all 95% precision values (one additional significant digit).
• substantial changes to online user's guide, including many more Brown, Robillard & Wilson boundary law references.

New for version 1.5.23  12/11/2006

• fixed bug in import assistant's automatic filter detection utility that occurs when all descriptions are blank
• revised tools-options-transformations to validate user scaling against allowable scaling defined on precisions tab.
• a user transformation of a best-fit system now displays a warning message before applying the changes
• fixed bug that indicated modified coordinates were still available after removing a user transformation from a system.
• a number of important new features were added to user transformations tab of options dialog.
• corrected condition for detect pairs that could cause the program to hang if improper pairings were linked

New for version 1.5.24  01/03/2007

• fixed bug in user transformation when changing (for a second time) base point coordinates
• application tested and revised for windows vista compatibility
• fixed bug when clicking toolbar filter buttons with no subject system defined.
• improved context help for Options -> Precisions.
• fixed bug when clicking toolbar buttons for filters with no systems defined

New for version 1.5.25  01/15/2007

• fixed bug selecting points for filtering that result in single char wildcards (%)
• made some minor improvements to error messages when the import file contains improper values

New for version 1.5.37  03/06/2007

• fixed bug associated with using decimal degrees units instead of default degree-minutes-seconds
• fixed reporting bug in inverse utility when switching between original to modified coordinates
• added additional support for key stroke validation
• added support for auto complete when entering directions and angles
• added ability to switch between parts per 100 and one part per many for third scaling text box (double click control)
• a number of tweaks throughout the application
• added more F1 help for parts of the program not supported previously
• revised tool tips for main view of transform to better reflect the content
• provide new highway sample project that is more typical of normal circumstances
• revised the user's guide to reflect all recent changes and to update content

New for version 1.5.39  03/14/2007

• added blank line between pre-existing and new file when appending data
• changed subdivision example and associated tutorial in online users guide
• when defining first pair, user transformation parameters will be cleared for subject system
• added section to both tutorials regarding removing scaling
• revised user's guide regarding issues of scaling
• fixed undo bug associated with changing pairs when no scaling option set
• added undo for first pairing on system with user transformation parameters set
• changes to un-linked pairs will not affect no-scale transformations
• changing the variance for an unlinked point will not restore scaling
• added warning that will prevent use of single char wild cards when defining filters
• added dialog to explain why you can't browse for descriptions when no descriptions have been defined
• added a new dialog to start menu and displayed on startup for quick links to tutorials
• add pdf drawing files to sample projects for those who do not have a dxf viewer (CAD program)

New for version 1.5.40  04/09/2007

• revised how output text is formatted for angles very near zero
• revised column width for coordinates to show additional significant digits
• revised width of user transformation text boxes to show additional significant digits
• revised another section of the user's guide
• added feature that displays rotation parameter in four different formats by double clicking the text box
• added tooltip for most-recently-used project list on file menu to show project's path
• remove scaling warning fixed to 99% confidence level, regardless of which confidence level the user chooses
• revised tooltips for import / export assistants
• several minor revisions made to TextBoxEx.dll

New for version 1.5.41  04/19/2007

• fixed bug that prevented point list from being displayed correctly when the elevation column is hidden
• fixed associated bug that prevented defining a new coordinate point when the elevation column is hidden
• fixed partially hidden scroll bar for the transformation tab's grid

New for version 1.5.42  04/23/2007

• input paradigm changed for entering new coordinate points and editing existing coordinate points
• undo/redo of coordinate points now effect each element of the point instead of the point's whole row

New for version 1.5.43  05/15/2007

• added support for importing points with descriptions that contain the reserved characters
• fixed a bug that occurs when description filter are first defined and then later cleared
• added new validation rules that prevent certain characters from appearing in description filter arguments
• added support for beginning and ending a description filter term with a wild card character
• fixed bug that allowed multiple wildcard characters at beginning or end of description filter
• add support for automatically detecting beginning and ending wildcard characters
• add ability to resize dialog used for selecting point labels and point descriptions for filtering
• updated online user's guide to reflect recent changes
• modified layout and labels for the filtering dialog
• modified layout and labels for the import and export assistants

New for version 1.5.44  07/05/2007

• upgraded syncfusion components to version newest release
• minor revisions to import and export assistants
• minor revisions to system filtering options
• minor revisions to on-line user's guide to reflect recent changes
• revised when detect pairs warning messages for filtering are displayed

New for version 1.5.45  09/07/2007

• resolved issue for coordinates of cloned points when target system has been rotated
• resolved sorting issue while manually defining new point on the system points tab
• corrected an issue associated with importing modified coordinates while Transform is set to original coordinates
• escape key will now allow toggling between enhanced precision mode and read mode
• improvements made to user transformation tab of options dialog
• added the tutorial dialog to transform's help menu
• updated the user's guide to reflect recent changes to program
• update inverse dialog to use two state text boxes
• fixed issues for user transformation by reference direction when both coordinates for both points are equal

New for version 1.5.46  02/1/2008

• fixed issue defining new system on System Points tab followed by toolbar button click
• fixed issue with product activation timeouts that inappropriately indicated connection problems
• improved automatic notifications when upgrade is available
• fixed tutorial content dialog to work in windows 2000 when no pdf viewer installed
• fixed tutorial content dialog for when user tries to open a sample file that has been deleted

New for version 1.6.1 04/27/2008

• added fifth type of rotation angle for copy-paste operations available when the text box is doubled clicked
• added the different types of angle formats to Merge Drawing cooef's dialog
• fixed bug associated with target for linked pair changed to a target point that is already part of a pairing
• corrected a bug that could hide a pair's parent or child after turning on filtered lists
• subject points that have been cloned will now appear as different color
• added support for international foot as well as the us survey foot
• numerous tweaks and improvements in many areas
• enhanced many aspects of undo - redo operations
• enhanced many aspects of detect pairs processing
• detect pairs will now find potential pairs without first defining initial pair(s)
• improvement to auto complete on entering directions (user transformations)
• revisions to the user's guide to reflect recent changes.

New for version 1.6.2 05/05/2008

• fixed bug printing transformation reports when target points don't have descriptions

New for version 1.6.3 08/22/2008

• fixed bug that allowed filter criteria to be defined that would hide all points in a system
• fixed bug that might record incomplete filter criteria for a system in the tools-options dialog
• fixed bug for undo-redo of changed system filter settings
• revised validation for email addresses on activation

New for version 1.6.4 09/05/2008

• fixed compatibility issues with Windows Vista UAC
• expanded validation rules for user information supplied on activation
• revised product activation dialog and the way validation is done
• a failed activation will now save the user's information for the next try
• the activation code can now be copied and pasted into the code entry control

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