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Alex Balfour
V16.0 is now available for downloading from Simtel at:
http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/55320.shtml
New features and enhancements are listed below.
Enjoy!
Alex Balfour
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In the Unit Converter you can now create your own personal unit
converter database. Initially this personal database is identical to
Calendar Magic's unit converter database but two new command buttons
have been provided to add, delete and update categories and units in the
personal database. The "Add Categories and Units" button enables you to
add new categories and units to your personal unit converter database.
The "Edit Categories and Units" button supports the editing and deletion
of existing categories and units in your personal database.
Option buttons have been provided to switch between using Calendar
Magic's
unit converter database and any personal version. A "Show Statistics"
command button has also been added to the Unit Converter to display
category and unit statistics for the currently selected unit converter
database.
Added a new command button "Regnal Dates" for converting British
sovereign regnal dates to historical Julian (years beginning on Jan. 1)
or Gregorian form, as appropriate. This facility is primarily of
interest to historians and other researchers studying old Acts of
Parliament, wills, deeds etc.
In response to a user request, added two buttons and a check box to the
Calendar Comparison screen - "Next Year", "Last Year" and "Ensure same
day of week". Their use is most easily explained by example. If the
Calendar Comparison screen is set up with the Gregorian and Chinese
calendars side-by-side and the Gregorian date Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006
specified, it is evident that the Chinese New Year occurs on that date
in 2006. Now do one of the following.
1.Click the "Next Year" button to find out when the Chinese New Year
will next occur on Jan. 29. The answer is in Gregorian year 2025.
2. Check the "Ensure same day of week" box and then click the "Next
Year" button to find out when the Chinese New Year will next occur on
Sunday, Jan. 29. The answer is in Gregorian year 2226.
3. Click the "Last Year" button to find out when the Chinese New Year
last occurred on Jan. 29. The answer is in Gregorian year 1987.
4. Check the "Ensure same day of week" box and then click the "Last
Year" button to find out when the Chinese New Year last occurred on
Sunday, Jan. 29. The answer is in Gregorian year 1854.
Note that, to try all four possibilities above, you must restore the
Gregorian date Jan. 29, 2006 before each operation.
Tool-tips have been provided for the two buttons to explain their
purpose and the Ctrl+T keyboard key combination may be used to terminate
any unacceptably long operation.
Daily sunrise and sunset times are now displayed near the bottom right
hand corner of the main screen for the worldwide location chosen in
"Personal Settings". The times are local times and adjusted for DST
(Daylight Saving Time), if applicable.
For "Days between Dates" you may now create a text file, localhols.dat,
containing the dates of "non-business" days, for example local holidays.
When calculating the number of business days between two dates, Calendar
Magic will deduct any relevant "non-business" days listed in that file.
For further information on how to structure and format the file
localhols.dat, consult the Help file.
In the Expression Calculator, there is now a single text box for
expression input and the display of results. Results lines always begin
with the characters "==>" to distinguish them from input lines. A new
Print Session button has also been added.
Modified the appearance of the Expression Calculator to make it look
more "calculator like".
Added a new constant phi and a new function rand to the Expression
Calculator. The constant phi is the "golden ratio", equal to [1 +
sqrt(5)] / 2. The function rand returns a random number in the range 0
<= x < 1.
In the Geometry Calculator, added the "segment height h" to the
calculated attributes of segments of circles. The segment height h may
also be specified as one of the two input values.
Corrected a few key naming and ordering inconsistencies in the
Scientific and Expression calculators.
The Help PDF file may now be displayed from any Calendar Magic screen by
pressing the F1 function key.
Added the date of Li Chun, the traditional start of Spring, to the list
of Observed Days for China.
Added the display of the current date and time to several additional
forms.
http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/55320.shtml
New features and enhancements are listed below.
Enjoy!
Alex Balfour
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
In the Unit Converter you can now create your own personal unit
converter database. Initially this personal database is identical to
Calendar Magic's unit converter database but two new command buttons
have been provided to add, delete and update categories and units in the
personal database. The "Add Categories and Units" button enables you to
add new categories and units to your personal unit converter database.
The "Edit Categories and Units" button supports the editing and deletion
of existing categories and units in your personal database.
Option buttons have been provided to switch between using Calendar
Magic's
unit converter database and any personal version. A "Show Statistics"
command button has also been added to the Unit Converter to display
category and unit statistics for the currently selected unit converter
database.
Added a new command button "Regnal Dates" for converting British
sovereign regnal dates to historical Julian (years beginning on Jan. 1)
or Gregorian form, as appropriate. This facility is primarily of
interest to historians and other researchers studying old Acts of
Parliament, wills, deeds etc.
In response to a user request, added two buttons and a check box to the
Calendar Comparison screen - "Next Year", "Last Year" and "Ensure same
day of week". Their use is most easily explained by example. If the
Calendar Comparison screen is set up with the Gregorian and Chinese
calendars side-by-side and the Gregorian date Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006
specified, it is evident that the Chinese New Year occurs on that date
in 2006. Now do one of the following.
1.Click the "Next Year" button to find out when the Chinese New Year
will next occur on Jan. 29. The answer is in Gregorian year 2025.
2. Check the "Ensure same day of week" box and then click the "Next
Year" button to find out when the Chinese New Year will next occur on
Sunday, Jan. 29. The answer is in Gregorian year 2226.
3. Click the "Last Year" button to find out when the Chinese New Year
last occurred on Jan. 29. The answer is in Gregorian year 1987.
4. Check the "Ensure same day of week" box and then click the "Last
Year" button to find out when the Chinese New Year last occurred on
Sunday, Jan. 29. The answer is in Gregorian year 1854.
Note that, to try all four possibilities above, you must restore the
Gregorian date Jan. 29, 2006 before each operation.
Tool-tips have been provided for the two buttons to explain their
purpose and the Ctrl+T keyboard key combination may be used to terminate
any unacceptably long operation.
Daily sunrise and sunset times are now displayed near the bottom right
hand corner of the main screen for the worldwide location chosen in
"Personal Settings". The times are local times and adjusted for DST
(Daylight Saving Time), if applicable.
For "Days between Dates" you may now create a text file, localhols.dat,
containing the dates of "non-business" days, for example local holidays.
When calculating the number of business days between two dates, Calendar
Magic will deduct any relevant "non-business" days listed in that file.
For further information on how to structure and format the file
localhols.dat, consult the Help file.
In the Expression Calculator, there is now a single text box for
expression input and the display of results. Results lines always begin
with the characters "==>" to distinguish them from input lines. A new
Print Session button has also been added.
Modified the appearance of the Expression Calculator to make it look
more "calculator like".
Added a new constant phi and a new function rand to the Expression
Calculator. The constant phi is the "golden ratio", equal to [1 +
sqrt(5)] / 2. The function rand returns a random number in the range 0
<= x < 1.
In the Geometry Calculator, added the "segment height h" to the
calculated attributes of segments of circles. The segment height h may
also be specified as one of the two input values.
Corrected a few key naming and ordering inconsistencies in the
Scientific and Expression calculators.
The Help PDF file may now be displayed from any Calendar Magic screen by
pressing the F1 function key.
Added the date of Li Chun, the traditional start of Spring, to the list
of Observed Days for China.
Added the display of the current date and time to several additional
forms.
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