Calendar Magic V14.8

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Alex Balfour

V14.8 is now available for download from:

http://www.stokepoges.plus.com

and, in the next few days, from:

http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/55320.shtml

Enhancements and improvements include:

Developed and tested V14.8 on a Windows XP SP2 based system. No SP2
related problems were encountered.

Global distances are now automatically calculated as soon as both
locations have been specified. As a result, the Calculate Distance
command button is no longer needed and has therefore been removed from
the Global Distances form.

When using the Time Calculator, the keyboard Enter key may now be used
as an alternative to left-clicking the Calculate button. Also, when
performing addition, if the right data input box is empty, the time in
the left input box is now added to any previously calculated result.
These changes facilitate the rapid addition of a list of times by
entering each one in the left data input box and then pressing the
keyboard Enter key.

Added a "Clear All Boxes" command button to the Time Calculator screen
to clear both input and output data boxes.

In the Geometry Calculator, 2D and 3D geometric objects are now listed
separately, with users able to select either list through two new option
buttons labelled "2D Objects" and "3D Objects".

Added a "Show near integers with full precision" check-box to the
Geometry Calculator. If unchecked, any result within 0.0000001 of an
integer will be displayed as an integer, providing nicer looking output
but with the possibility of some loss of precision. Note that
checking/unchecking this check-box will force an automatic recalculation
and display of existing results, making it easy to compare the two
methods of displaying results.

In the Geometry Calculator, when evaluating the attributes of television
screens, two option buttons are now provided for selecting either a
standard TV 4:3 or a widescreen TV 16:9 aspect ratio. Switching between
aspect ratios also forces an automatic recalculation and display of any
existing results.

In the Scientific Calculator, error messages may now be cleared by
pressing the keyboard Escape key.

In the Unit Converter, as soon as a specific category and unit have been
chosen, a conversion is now immediately performed for 1 unit. For
example, choosing the category "Mass" and the unit "Kilograms" causes an
immediate conversion of 1 kilogram into all the other units in the
category "Mass".

Every command button on the main Calendar Magic screen now has an
associated explanatory tool-tip.

Added National Aboriginal Day (June 21), Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (June
24) and Multiculturalism Day (June 27) to the list of observed days for
Canada, Software Freedom Day (August 28) to the list of observed days
under "Various", and St. Bartholomew's Day (August 24) to the list of
Western Christian religious festivals.

When saving a new reminder, Calendar Magic now checks whether the
reminder already exists. If it does, an appropriate error message is
displayed. Also when saving a new reminder, if it already exists with a
different "year value", for example "This year only" instead of "Every
year", Calendar Magic now ensures that duplicate reminders are never
generated.

The error message generated by Calendar Magic for a "not found" file did
not specify the name of the missing file. This has been rectified.

Enjoy,

Alex Balfour
 
Alex said:
V14.8 is now available for download from:

http://www.stokepoges.plus.com

and, in the next few days, from:

http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/55320.shtml

Enhancements and improvements include:

Developed and tested V14.8 on a Windows XP SP2 based system. No SP2
related problems were encountered.

Global distances are now automatically calculated as soon as both
locations have been specified. As a result, the Calculate Distance
command button is no longer needed and has therefore been removed from
the Global Distances form.

When using the Time Calculator, the keyboard Enter key may now be used
as an alternative to left-clicking the Calculate button. Also, when
performing addition, if the right data input box is empty, the time in
the left input box is now added to any previously calculated result.
These changes facilitate the rapid addition of a list of times by
entering each one in the left data input box and then pressing the
keyboard Enter key.

Added a "Clear All Boxes" command button to the Time Calculator screen
to clear both input and output data boxes.

In the Geometry Calculator, 2D and 3D geometric objects are now listed
separately, with users able to select either list through two new option
buttons labelled "2D Objects" and "3D Objects".

Added a "Show near integers with full precision" check-box to the
Geometry Calculator. If unchecked, any result within 0.0000001 of an
integer will be displayed as an integer, providing nicer looking output
but with the possibility of some loss of precision. Note that
checking/unchecking this check-box will force an automatic recalculation
and display of existing results, making it easy to compare the two
methods of displaying results.

In the Geometry Calculator, when evaluating the attributes of television
screens, two option buttons are now provided for selecting either a
standard TV 4:3 or a widescreen TV 16:9 aspect ratio. Switching between
aspect ratios also forces an automatic recalculation and display of any
existing results.

In the Scientific Calculator, error messages may now be cleared by
pressing the keyboard Escape key.

In the Unit Converter, as soon as a specific category and unit have been
chosen, a conversion is now immediately performed for 1 unit. For
example, choosing the category "Mass" and the unit "Kilograms" causes an
immediate conversion of 1 kilogram into all the other units in the
category "Mass".

Every command button on the main Calendar Magic screen now has an
associated explanatory tool-tip.

Added National Aboriginal Day (June 21), Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (June
24) and Multiculturalism Day (June 27) to the list of observed days for
Canada, Software Freedom Day (August 28) to the list of observed days
under "Various", and St. Bartholomew's Day (August 24) to the list of
Western Christian religious festivals.

When saving a new reminder, Calendar Magic now checks whether the
reminder already exists. If it does, an appropriate error message is
displayed. Also when saving a new reminder, if it already exists with a
different "year value", for example "This year only" instead of "Every
year", Calendar Magic now ensures that duplicate reminders are never
generated.

The error message generated by Calendar Magic for a "not found" file did
not specify the name of the missing file. This has been rectified.
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Alex,
Your program keeps getting better and better! It's getting to be
like a Swiss army knife. Thanks for all your hard work.
 
John Corliss said:
Alex,
Your program keeps getting better and better! It's getting to be
like a Swiss army knife. Thanks for all your hard work.
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John,

Thank you. It's nice when one's efforts are appreciated.

Alex
 
Alex Balfour wrote in
It's nice when one's efforts are appreciated.
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I love your program too. It is difficult not to ask for more, when it
offers so much. On the other hand, since it offers so much, it is
difficult to imagine what else it could offer! :)

One idea: It would be nice if under the "What Time is it in" entry, if
you can add a simple Time Zone pulldown. So that, in addition to being
able to lookup the time in a given country/area, one could do a lookup
on the time in any given time zone, and have the program also show the
offset value from ones own local time in addition to the GMT/UTC
offset. Now if the time zone is given by an offset value from GMT/UTC,
like it usually but not always is in Usenet an e-mail messages, it is
only the lazy (like me) that needs a program to do the math. On the
other hand, if a time zone is stated only by use of an abbreviation
(1), a Time Zone pulldown/calculator could be useful also for the not
so lazy people out there.

For instance, if a user do a lookup on "AEDT" in the time zone
pulldown, the program would show the full name of that zone
(Australian Eastern Daylight Time) as well as the offset value from
GMT/UTC (+ 11), and finally the offset from the users own local time
and date. In my case the offset from GMT/UTC is +2 hours, so if AEDT
is +11, it means AEDT is +9 hours ahead of my local time, which is
what the screen should tell me when I do a lookup on "AEDT" in the
pulldown menu. (preferably it could show both the GMT offset and
calculated offest from localtime if space allows it. The latter is the
most important/relevant though. The GMT/UTC offset could of course be
integrated in the pulldown menu, so that when I scroll down to "AEDT",
the list entry reads "AEDT/UTC+11)

Hope you understand what I mean.:)

(1) <http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Bjorn Simonsen said:
Alex Balfour wrote in


I love your program too. It is difficult not to ask for more, when it
offers so much. On the other hand, since it offers so much, it is
difficult to imagine what else it could offer! :)

One idea: It would be nice if under the "What Time is it in" entry, if
you can add a simple Time Zone pulldown. So that, in addition to being
able to lookup the time in a given country/area, one could do a lookup
on the time in any given time zone, and have the program also show the
offset value from ones own local time in addition to the GMT/UTC
offset. Now if the time zone is given by an offset value from GMT/UTC,
like it usually but not always is in Usenet an e-mail messages, it is
only the lazy (like me) that needs a program to do the math. On the
other hand, if a time zone is stated only by use of an abbreviation
(1), a Time Zone pulldown/calculator could be useful also for the not
so lazy people out there.

For instance, if a user do a lookup on "AEDT" in the time zone
pulldown, the program would show the full name of that zone
(Australian Eastern Daylight Time) as well as the offset value from
GMT/UTC (+ 11), and finally the offset from the users own local time
and date. In my case the offset from GMT/UTC is +2 hours, so if AEDT
is +11, it means AEDT is +9 hours ahead of my local time, which is
what the screen should tell me when I do a lookup on "AEDT" in the
pulldown menu. (preferably it could show both the GMT offset and
calculated offest from localtime if space allows it. The latter is the
most important/relevant though. The GMT/UTC offset could of course be
integrated in the pulldown menu, so that when I scroll down to "AEDT",
the list entry reads "AEDT/UTC+11)
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Hi Bjorn,

Thank you for the suggestion. I'll consider this enhancement for the
next release.

Alex Balfour
 
dszady said:
Oh, what the hell. I loved the Windows version.
Thinking about a Linux version?
There is an audience for it. Me
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Sorry, no plans for a Linux version.

Alex Balfour
 
Hi Bjorn,

In an early beta version of V14.9 I've implemented your suggestion. If
you would like to try it out and give me some feedback, drop me a line.

Currently the drop-down list of Time Zone abbreviations has around 90
entries but the possibilities seem almost infinite. If there are
important abbreviations missing, let me know.

Best wishes,

Alex
 
V14.8 is now available for download from:

http://www.stokepoges.plus.com

and, in the next few days, from:

http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/55320.shtml

Enhancements and improvements include:
Click to expand...

Every command button on the main Calendar Magic screen now has an
associated explanatory tool-tip.

Added National Aboriginal Day (June 21), Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (June
24) and Multiculturalism Day (June 27) to the list of observed days for
Canada, Software Freedom Day (August 28) to the list of observed days
under "Various", and St. Bartholomew's Day (August 24) to the list of
Western Christian religious festivals.
Click to expand...

Enjoy,

Alex Balfour
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Calendar Magic sounds wonderful! I'm looking for an app that can print
calendars, either one month per page or 12 months per page. Can your
app do that? Thanks.
 
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