Transform Revision History

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Known Issues & Revision History

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 1.10.115 08/12/2019

implimented a new Evaluation and Licensing system
users can now uninstall a license and move it to another computer once a year
other minor bug fixes & licensing inhancements
compatible with newer Windows version, including Windows 10

New for version 1.9.4 04/13/2012

moved Year-DayOfYear part of product version to end of versioning components
moved best-fit system param's up to appear before target system rotation, which is a less important manual setting
updated user's guide to reflect recent changes to Transform
extensive user's guide updates and revisions

New for version 1.8.11191.82 07/10//2011

revisions to activation dialog including addition of trial extensions

New for version 1.8.11135.1 05/15/2011 (substantial upgrade)

the culmination of all version 1.7 enhancements, upgrades and fixes over the last many months

New for version 1.7.5 05/06/2011

substantial enhancements to internal data handling and undo-redo procedures
enhancements to management of target system rotation and selection of base point of rotation
enhancements to user transformations & defining filter criteria
enhancements to import & export routines
enhancements to point relabeling, both internal and on export, especially for points that are paired between two systems
when point are relabeled, Transform now revises the user defined filter too.
enhancements to point editing and coordinate system management
enhancements to creating and managing cloned points and clones are now identified by a different colored point label
colored point labels are now used to differentiate pseudo residuals from no-scale residuals as well as dynamically changing header labels
the best fit dropdown box will now exclude target systems and the target system dropdown will now exclude best-fit systems
changed button, text box and dialog sizes to accommodate those running windows with 120 DPI screen font
many other upgrades and enhancements designed to improve functionality and usability along with additional bug fixes

New for version 1.7.4 02/27/2011

substantial modifications to the way the target system's meridian is rotated and managed (see screen shot)
found and fixed various undo/redo bugs
minor revision to user interface terminology
changed text style/color for residuals with system scaling removed
changed function and fixed bugs associated with user transformation
revised user's guide
fixed bug related to initial target meridian radio buttons when opening older projects

New for version 1.7.2 07/26/2010

re-enabled the previous default behavior of the target points in the dropdown list that sorted them by probability of being paired with a best-fit system point
upgraded application to take advantage of Microsoft's .Net Framework 4.0 enhancements
added ability to relabel coordinate system points from within the application
changed the way the export assistant modifies point labels
application now restricts point labels in a manner that prohibits embedded letters within numbers or embedded numbers within letters
upgraded users guide to new format and revised content (still under construction)
the product installer (download file) now installs either x86 or x64 versions of the product
the product installer (download file) now uses a bootstrapper for microsoft's .net framework reducing the number of download options to one
subject system references have been renamed to a more intuitive moniker best-fit systems
best-fit systems can now be transformed relative to multiple meridians for the target system and will maintain a lock on the chosen target meridian
modified how filtered lists work
fixed bug associated with undo/redo of newly created systems containing no point records
fixed bug associated with undo/redo when all points in a system are deleted
fixed bug that restricted precision of exported coordinates
added feature that distinguishes pseudo paired point residuals versus linked pair residuals versus no-scale residuals
fixed bug associated with enabling filtered list when the system is not yet filtered
revised user transformation dialog to clarify base point
resolved confusing reference to subject system on system points tab view, now called coordinate system
corrected spelling errors discovered and other minor issues

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

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 1.6.2 05/05/2008

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

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 1.5.46 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 1.5.45 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 1.5.44 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 1.5.43 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 1.5.42 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 1.5.41 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 1.5.40 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 1.5.39 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 1.5.37 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