Calc98 Version 5 Release Note

For up-to-date information about the current version see our website at http://www.calculator.org/.

This version contains the following bug fixes and enhancements:

Release 5.62 (release candidate)

• Background bitmap can be tiled, stretched or grown to fit size of calculator
• Browse button added to bitmap selection box
• Fixed bug in label of stack levels when display right justified
• Menu bar can be disabled (again)
• Alternative ways of selecting mode using right-click (context menu)
• Display mode can be accessed by right-click on display
• Added keyboard accelerator ":" for inputting hours and minutes
• Added angle mode indicator to display for decimal mode
• Removed mode and angle mode indicators from title bar
• Base/mode indicator no longer scrolls up with cells or stack levels
• Visible stack is disabled in array mode
• Using the Matrix dialog no longer automatically selects Matrix mode
• Factory settings button now deletes default data file as well as registry settings
• Alert box to remind user to restart calculator after reset to factory defaults
• Added l/100km units for fuel efficiency (reciprocal units flagged by negative factor)
• Symbol for photon changed from lambda to gamma
• Mesons and W boson rearranged in particle model and rows labelled
• Bug fix for number input where decimal symbol is comma and digit group is point.
• Removed neutral Kaon from particle model (need a better way of representing them).
• Enabled arrays of complex numbers
• Keyboard shortcut for "Enter" key now maps to "=" in non-RPN modes
• Help files updated

Release 5.61 (beta)

• Fraction mode
• Feet/inches mode
• Improved financial functions
• Full font selection on Windows CE version now supported
• IP Address mode
• Improved RPN logic, stack behaves more like HP calculators
• RPN stack roll and last x functions
  
• Stack can be made visible
• Separate complex and matrix modes
• int, frac and mod functions
  
• Matrix mode can be independent of other modes for easier mode switching
• On Windows CE, the SIP (input panel) appears automatically when appropriate
• Rearranged function keypad is more consistent across modes
• New particle physics Standard Model
• Statistics functions moved to function keypad (instead of shifted main keypad)
• Modes accessible directly from the menu
  
• Periodic Table of Elements accessible from menu
  
• Fixed problem with persistent data file on Windows CE
• Numerous changes to meet Microsoft "Designed for Pocket PC" logo requirements
• Fixed menu and SIP problems on Pocket PC 2002
• Exponential number input improved
• Improved display refresh in stopwatch mode (reduce flickering)
• Fixed copy/paste in Unicode version
• On Pocket PC you can now quit the application using Ctrl Q from the input panel
• Numerous minor bug fixes
  

Release 5.3

• Removed the File/Close command on WindowsCE (WindowsCE UI design guidelines)
• Better CPU calibration on WindowsCE device
• Changing bracket button legend is unhelpful and breaks UI design guidelines - removed

Release 5.28 (Release candidate)

• Two's complement display implemented correctly.
• Warn if properties database modified but not saved.
• Help title bar button removed from Modes property sheet
• CAB install for WindowsCE devices
• Cursor keys control stopwatch in time mode
• Keyboard accelerator added for RPN stack display

Release 5.27 (Release candidate)

• Meaningless large values for tangents at infinity - fixed
• On Unicode versions (e.g. CE) input of angle degrees did not work - fixed
• Addressed some internationalization problems with non Latin-1 code pages
• Tool tips not cleared when changing mode e.g. Hex to Bin - fixed
• Bit wise shift button implemented for baseN, hex, octal, binary modes.
• Added a Unicode build for WindowsNT, Windows2000, WindowsXP
• Some fixes to the help files

Release 5.26 (Release candidate)

• Decimal and thousands separator now default to Windows locale settings when Calc first run
• Pi button does not push stack correctly in RPN mode - fixed
• OS Version information was incorrect - fixed
• Help files updated

Release 5.24 (Beta)

• Complex number support
• More powerful matrix functions
• Keyboard accelerators changed (to allow use of Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V for copy and paste)
• Roman numeral support
• Built-in periodic table of the elements
• WindowsCE platform support
• Copy and paste work with arrays
• Memories support arrays
• Calculator can be minimised to the system tray
• Calculator can be minimised at start-up (for adding to StartUp directory)
• Stopwatch functions improved
• Help works better if no HTML help support and can't find iexplore.exe
• User can choose browser executable
• Better HTML Help and help files updated
• Most calculator functions now support array operation
• Matrix functions now work in algebraic logic mode
• Rounding problems fixed
• Scrolling of arrays is more efficient
• ASCII table supporting control characters by name
• Angle mode shown in title bar
• Starting a second instance of calculator brings existing instance to top
• Mode dialog re-designed - "Layout" page renamed "View"
• Keypad configuration now accessed from "View" tab page
• All dialogs adjusted to support Pocket PC format
• Added rectangular/polar co-ordinate conversions
• Quick convert buttons to repeat or reverse last units conversion
• Extra row of buttons for rapid switching between modes
• non decimal modes now support full precision
• User changeable decimal point symbol
• User changeable thousands separator symbol
• Added more units and constants (and some corrections)
• Interest rates can be converted from annual to monthly automatically