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Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:39 pm**

The revised beta is here, finally, and I really do apologize for dropping the ball on this.

http://www.weathergraphics.com/beta/

I just finished a massive writing effort of the new 300-page Red Book, so it looks like my time has swung back to programming again.

List of changes:

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0.6g  09 Sep 06.  This is a late build that is released to all beta testers.
  It incorporates 0.6f and earlier.

  1. TRIAL PERIOD ON STANDARD EDITIONS EXTENDED FROM 30 TO 60 DAYS, which
      will allow more time for use of the program in case I get delayed again.


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0.6f  15 Aug 06.  Released only to Cyprus Meteorological Service.

  FILES WHICH HAVE BEEN ADDED AS PART OF THIS BUILD:
	language.txt

  1. ADDED INCOMING DATA AUTOCOPY CAPABILITY.  This is enabled in Preferences >
      Misc 2.  If the Copy Imported Data To Local File is enabled, then anytime
      an Import occurs, the data contained in DATA.USR is written out to the
      local file specified.  This filename must be fully qualified (e.g.
      c:\mydirectory\file.txt ).

  2. ADDED CHART TITLE CAPABILITY.  Font and position are set in File >
      Preferences.  A chart title can be manually set in Maps > Annotations > Title.

  3. ADDED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR HIGHS & LOWS.  Font, color/monochrome, and
      character symbols are set in File > Preferences.

  4. ADDED ABILITY TO REMOVE DETAILED PRODUCT LEGEND.  This is controlled in the
      Maps > Annotations > Title panel.

  5. ADDED CHART CREDITS CAPABILITY.  Font, position, and default credit are
      set in File > Preferences.

  6. ADDED CHART LOGO CAPABILITY.  Source filename and position are set in
      File > Preferences > Annotations.  Acceptable formats are GIF and
      JPG/JPEG.  Logo is added on every meteorological chart that is generated,
      unless disabled in File > Preferences > Annotations.

  7. ADDED WEATHER ELEMENTS LANGUAGE CONVERSION TABLE.  This is located in
      language.txt in the Digital Atmosphere directory.  The data located in
      column 48 of the *ELEMENTS table may be edited.

  8. FIXED IMPORT PROBLEM WITH 7R24R24R24R24 SYNOP 24-HOUR RAINFALL.
      Units were one order of magnitude off.

  9. ADDED EDITOR FOR ANALYSIS SCRIPT so analysis scripts can be changed
      within the program.

  10. MISSING PLOT DATA IS CONFIGURABLE.

  11. FIXED MILLIMETERS PRECIPITATION DISPLAY.

Tim

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:00 pm**

Thanks Tim,

Some of those changes only available to the Cyprus Met Office would be nice for us too. Will any of those be implemented for regular users? Particularly adding logos, credits and ability to remove the legend.

Ps. Never mind, I thought there were two seperate releases!

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:15 pm**

Sorry guys, am I missing a trick? My new version still says expired!

Regards,
Dave Exton,
UK

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:30 pm**

Ugh, that was a bad oversight on my part, Dave. The build has been corrected to reset the evaluation date. Sorry about that. Go ahead and re-download. The new version is now 0.6h.

As far as Cyprus Met Service, they're not getting anything unusual... you're getting exactly what they get.

Tim

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:40 pm**

Thanks Tim,

I'll try again!

Regards,
Dave.

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:42 pm**

Success!

Thanks again.

Regards,

Dave.

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:58 pm**

Thanks for the update!

Is it just me or does that MADIS file contain a lot more stations than it used to?:)

Pat

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OK, beta is FINALLY available

OK, beta is FINALLY available

Expired!?