This page contains detailed information about the changes evident in each maintenance release of
Quality Window 5, and it's associated programs. Should you have any questions concerning a change, contact Busitech Tech Support directly.
| Build No.
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Details of Changes to Quality Window |
5.0.0.767
October 13, 2011
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- Corrected 'Subscript out of range' on Summary Screen where repository axis field property was set to zero (0)
- Corrected log sheet cell coloring
- Clicking Views/Options/Defaults now sets 'Screen to go to after View is loaded' dropdown to Logsheet
- Added further traps for blank and invalid characters in Date and Time on Add and Edit screens
- Added calculation examples of Cr, Tz, Cpk, %CV and T-Dev to QW5.CHM.
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5.0.0.765
May 24, 2011
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- QWAdmin now replaces QWSetup due to Windows Vista & Windows 7 UAC (User Account Control)
- QWFileSyncAdmin now replaces QWFileSyncSetup due to Windows Vista & Windows 7 UAC (User Account Control)
- QWRS232Admin now replaces QWQWRS232Setup due to Windows Vista & Windows 7 UAC (User Account Control)
- Changed references from QWSetup to QWAdmin in QWXLtoQW
- QWCheckForUpdates now displays version numbers even if up to date
- QWComSrv now has Write support for HUB:, TCP:, and FIX: tags
- Added full product version number to main window title
- Added more error handling in QWDataClient
- Fixed issue in data interpolation for relationship chart
- Corrected typo on the Application Properties File Usage tab where the current application was being reported as not in use
- Report footers were not being displayed in MHT and PDF formats
- Variable Info now allows http names for Help Filenames
- Resolved crash if Popup did not exist when using a UNC specified path (Example: \\MyDataDrive\c\Team)
- Corrected error if Add pressed and QWT had changed by another process
- Added Append to Existing QWT to QWXLtoQW
- Added QWDataHubAppGen
- Added error trap for "Out of Memory" including message box notification on error. Current application will be set to read only.
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5.0.0.761
December 17, 2010
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- New Applications Properties tabbed dialog for General information, File System information, and File Usage information
- Removed warning message when closing Quality Window except when on the Add screen
- Allow changing license number if invalid server license entered
- Improved OPC reads
- Allow support for Intellution iFix Scada (FIX:TagName)
- Allow Constant text for input file in QWComSrv (ie CON:LINE 1)
- Allow commas in Filtering Values (ie Comment = 'One, Two, Three'
- Do not convert textual numbers in Filtering Values for Text fields (ie Comment = '001' used to save as '1')
- Added dBase/Popup processing class to QWTool.DLL
- Added MultiSelection class in QWTool (for selecting multiple items in a script)
- Added QWCheck (used for data integrity and, if possible, repair)
- Updates to installation and documentation for QWDataServer
- Corrected formatting of date and time when displayed on the X-Axis and Annotation sections of the control chart
- Allow for null X-Axis and Annotations fields for an application
- Corrected @POP and @XBAR calculation if calculation contained a single variable followed by a variable range
- Changed location of Report footer lines to span across cells
- Changes to QWSetup
- Changes to QWUtilities
- Changes to QWSQLWizard
- Changes to QWSchedule
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5.0.0.760
July 5, 2010
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- Installation now copies existing .QWX and .SYS files to \Busitech\QW50\BackupPrevVersion# prior to copying new files
- New Help file format with F1 access from each screen
- Added Display as Web Document (PDF)
- Added ability to enter dates manually on the calendar on Views Filter screen
- Added key sequence to enable/disable F9 key on Add screen. Contact Busitech for the key sequence
- Added copyright notice to the status bar
- Changes to QWSumStat
- Corrected show/hide option of Interval chart on Trieto screen
- Corrected Options | 'Exclude variables with no data' = True, and no records returned
- Corrected Selecting Date or Time in columns 2 or 3 on the trieto screen
- Corrected display on Name and Company Name in Help | About and display server license number if applicable
- Corrected issue with grey scale option
- Corrected statistics for Obs N OSL for variables with Report Types A# in QWSumStat
- Modified formulas for OBS % OSL, Obs N OSL, and OBS PPM OSL for A# variables
- Modified function for F-Table to return 0 (zero) if both input parameters are less than 1.
- Modified function for Calc UCI to test for zero value return from F-Table function (caused a div zero error). Prints n/a if zero.
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5.0.0.747
January 15, 2010
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- Rounding now uses Symmetric Arithmetic Rounding
- Added new current limits statistics
- Added export of charts as .JPG
- Corrected retrieval of stats sys file
- Corrected right mouse click on Open dialogue screen
- Corrected CHECKBOX[] functionality
- Corrected Average Type fields not being cleared after Save
- Corrected saving report statistics when loading a view
- Corrected copying MIN and LSL values on 'Import View'
- Position of splitter bar on Open dialogue screen now preserved
- Changes to QWScript.QWX
- Added Display_All_Control_Charts
- Added Display_Current_Limits
- Changes to QWFilePack
- Prompt for path and display completion message when called from QWSetup
- Changes to QWRS232Setup
- Corrected switching from Absolute to relative mode
- Help now points to a PDF document
- Changes to QWSetup
- Decrease the likelihood of crashes with invalid Dates and Times when modifying itemplates
- Changes to QWSQLWiz
- Help button now points to PDF document
- Changes to QWSumStat
- Respect comment on $INCLUDE statements
- Clicking off the grid in the default report would launch the first application
- Changes to QWTool
- Added a Sort method to the Collection class
- Corrected Misc.ExcelLookup for Office 2007
- Changed RS232 class to fix problem with hitting Spacebar to Get data
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5.0.0.745
August 5, 2009
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5.0.0.744
July 8, 2009
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- Added masked input on a Text variable via Units field
- ie Units = FORMAT[mask] where mask can contain the following:
0 - digit
9 - digit or space
# - digit or sign
L - letter
? - letter or space
A - letter or digit
a - letter, digit, or space
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& any character
. - localized decimal separator
, - localized thousand separator
: - localized time separator
/ - localized date separator
\ - Escape (treat next character as is)
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Examples:
Postal Code: FORMAT[L0L 0L0]
IP Address: FORMAT[000\.000\.000\.000]
License Number: FORMAT[000-0000000000-000]
Phone Number: FORMAT[(000) 000-0000]
- Changes to:
- QWSumStat
- Script will now search for any files like 'QWSumStat_*.QWX' and append the code to the main QWX file at run time
- QWSQLWIZ
- Remove hard reference to QWTool
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- QWSetup
- Remove reference to ADO
- Rewrote Password check for 'QWSETUP' userid
- QWDataClient
- Corrected Deleting of a server
- Added a Connect button to explicitly connect to a server (can also be used as a Refresh function)
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5.0.0.743
May 21, 2009
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- Improved Popup handling (no MDAC/DAO required)
- added Option to Show/Not Show Popup key on Add, Edit & Log Sheet
- added support for Checkbox on Add/Edit using Unit of Measure
| | Format: | CHECKBOX[TrueValue,FalseValue] |
| Examples: |
CHECKBOX[Yes,No]
CHECKBOX[0,1]
CHECKBOX[On,Off]
CHECKBOX[Blue,Green]
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5.0.0.741
April 7, 2009
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- Return zero instead of null for Count on Pivot and Summarize
- Removed check on IP address to allow for entry of Domain Name for QWLicense
- Changed default View on the Begin screen to be Details instead of Icons
- Name of variable added to message boxes on user help
- On File / Application Properties screen File Usage information set to Off by default.
- Changed QWLaunch to QWLaunchTray as some anti-virus programs were reporting false positives because of other software programs with the same filename.
- Changed QWXLTOQW to allow more than 16000 rows in an Excel Spreadsheet
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5.0.0.736
November 26, 2008
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- Changes to QWRS232Setup, QWRS232, QWPopup & QWSumStat
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5.0.0.734
September 19, 2008
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- Added Update dropdown menu
- Added Save View as Quality Window XML (.QWXML)
- Changed calculated fields to do calculations to 20 decimal places internally
- Resolve XRefs at the View level instead of the base template level
- Allow back/forward n records for a time period
(i.e. End of Previous Month Back 25 records)
- Changes to QWSQLWiz & QWSumStat
- Updates for Auto Refresh, includes:
- Refresh button on toolbar
- Refresh Now menu item
- If external SQL view Refresh rate set to at least 1 minute
- Demo license timer now shows days remaining
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5.0.0.727
January 16, 2008
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- corrected subscript out of range in QWVarInfo (blank entry at end of QWUnits.SYS)
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5.0.0.726
October 18, 2007
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- corrected F9 (Prev Value) key when in Edit mode
- added a Selection class to QWTool
- default to application path for IO files specified in a Filter statement
- allow update of Output files when blank
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5.0.0.724
August 23, 2007
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- added a choice to archive Application when changes saved in QWSetup - save X-Axis Label option to the registry
- check for same record length and number of fields when importing a View
- make Prev Value Button invisible on Add screen, but still allow F9
- corrected writing Deletes to transaction log when Security turned on at Template and transaction levels
- corrected number of decimal places on histogram labels
- corrected printing log sheet in portrait/landscape mode
- corrected backspace in field edit mode from deleting entire field instead of only last character
- corrected deleting the view file when a View was deleted
- corrected looping problem if security is turned on but no security file found
- corrected format of "D" records in transaction log file
- corrected type mismatch under QWSetup Directory Files for non-English versions of Windows
- corrected type mismatch in QWFilePack if PreProcess or PostProcess defined with mixed paths
- corrected QWFilePack commandline for all templates in a folder
- corrected problem with Relationship Report where variables were listed out of order on dropdown.
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5.0.0.718
January 8, 2007
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Changed environment variable name to QW50PATH for global location of the following files:
- QWRULES.SYS
- QWSTATS.SYS
- QWUNITS.SYS
To set a QW50PATH Environment Variable:
- right mouse click My Computer
- select Properties
- click the Advanced tab
- click Environment Variables
- under System Variable click Add
- enter QW50PATH in the Variable name field
- enter the full network path where your QWRULES.SYS, QWSTATS.SYS and QWUNITS.SYS files are located
If the files are not found in the folder specified by the QW50PATH environment variable a message will be displayed.
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5.0.0.716
December 12, 2006
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- resolved deletion of Popup fields and popup data Import from Excel in QWSetup
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5.0.0.713
November 16, 2006
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5.0.0.687
March 13, 2006
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- Corrected commandline opening of a template View
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5.0.0.684
February 10, 2006
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- corrected File / Save View As
- corrected Save Image As
- corrected display of Hat Chart on Prioritize screen if RULE statistic turned off
- added new Statistics to Help file
- show Summary screen after and Add or update if RULE statistic turned off
- corrected navigation by arrow up/down/left/right, page up/down, End and Home keys
- corrected Median calculation
- re-aligned default statistics
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5.0.0.672
January 9, 2006
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- Corrected position in popup if entry no longer exists
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5.0.0.670
December 5, 2005
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- Corrected recalculation after Edit
- Corrected landscape print from icon
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5.0.0.668
November 7, 2005
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- Added Upper Confidence Interval Observed PPM (UCIoPPM) statistic
- Added Upper Confidence Interval Calculated PPM (UCIcPPM) statistic
- Added QWFilePack to collect & ZIP template & associated files
- Increased speed at which popups are processed
- Added Home Directory icon to open dialogue:
- If Home Directory is set, open dialogue will display the Existing Files tab pointing to the Home Directory
- If no Home Directory is set, open dialogue will display the Recent Files tab
- If there are no recent files, open dialogue will display the existing files tab pointing to the working folder
- Right-click on any item now shows a Clear Home Directory menu. If no Home Directory is set, this menu is disabled
- The Home icon on the Existing Tab toolbar, when clicked, will jump to the Home Directory folder
- The Home icon now shows a tooltip indicating the Home Directory path
- Statistics Selection interface improved:
- now shows Available and Selected columns
- both columns supports selecting multiple items (click and drag, shift key, control key)
- Available column list sorted alphabetically
- Selected column listed in user defined order
- Allow F10 Save when on right side of Edit screen
- Don't allow Open, Views, Filter, etc... when in Add/Edit mode
- Allow Output files to be saved if filename greater than 128 characters
- Added option in Views to Exclude variables with no data
- Allow Date & Time to be entered in Filter criteria
- Added Relationship Report
- Added Default View setting in Views
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5.0.0.645
July 14, 2005
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- Compare chart can now show different variables at the same time
- Corrected reference to grid module
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5.0.0.628
May 3, 2005
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- added Interval chart to Trieto screen
- enhanced memory management
- now using binary search for faster data retrieval
- control Chart cursor bar removed during print. Reset after print.
- added filtering on Trieto screen
- F9/backspace not allowed on Protected variables
- disabled Save during Save (to prevent double clicks)
- added Display as Web Document from File Menu
- added QWReport output to SCREEN commandline option
- added Clear Filter button
- added Classic & Color to Options for Log Sheet
- added Date & Time formats to Options menu
- improved printing
- added .DIR commandline support (QWSetup creates .DIR)
- added QWVersion for customer support
- enhanced install for PocketQW
- added new Zoom icon for all tibbed charts (Options/Zoom)
- added server based licensing support
- enhanced QWLaunch for shortcuts from QW
- added font options for Add & Edit screens (Options/Fonts)
- added X-axis Labels for Control Chart (Options/Control Chart)
- added Save Image as (.BMP or .JPG) to File menu
- disabled Open button and File/Open if application opened via commandline
- added @FRACTION
- added properties of template in use in QWSetup
- added properties of template in use in Quality Window.
View how to configure DCOM for this option.
- added the following statistics
- Observed > USL %
- Observed > USL ppm
- Observed > USL n
- Observed > UCL %
- Observed > UCL ppm
- Observed > UCL n
- Observed > UWL %
- Observed > UWL ppm
- Observed > UWL n
- Observed < TGT %
- Observed < TGT ppm
- Observed < TGT n
- Observed > TGT %
- Observed > TGT ppm
- Observed > TGT n
- Observed < LWL %
- Observed < LWL ppm
- Observed < LWL n
- Observed < LCL %
- Observed < LCL ppm
- Observed < LCL n
- Observed < LSL %
- Observed < LSL ppm
- Observed < LSL n
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- Calculated > USL %
- Calculated > USL ppm
- Calculated > USL n
- Calculated > UCL %
- Calculated > UCL ppm
- Calculated > UCL n
- Calculated > UWL %
- Calculated > UWL ppm
- Calculated > UWL n
- Calculated < TGT %
- Calculated < TGT ppm
- Calculated < TGT n
- Calculated > TGT %
- Calculated > TGT ppm
- Calculated > TGT n
- Calculated < LWL %
- Calculated < LWL ppm
- Calculated < LWL n
- Calculated < LCL %
- Calculated < LCL ppm
- Calculated < LCL n
- Calculated < LSL %
- Calculated < LSL ppm
- Calculated < LSL n
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5.0.0.531
October 25, 2004
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- Made changes to:
- QWSchedule
- QWAdd
- QWTrigger
- Corrected data formatting on control chart axis for Summary & Prioritize
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5.0.0.530
September 10, 2004
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- Files opened via command line are no longer added to the recent files list
- Fixed Rule violation if insufficient data for all Rules
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5.0.0.527
July 29, 2004
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- Fixed drawing of icons on Summary screen
- Fixed chart banding for Target based on Target Method
- Fixed the Required flag for AVG type variables
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5.0.0.511
April 30, 2004
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- Fixed sort by Records and Size on Open Application dialogue
- Histogram average line corrected
- Added
- QWSchedule
- QWAdd
- QWTrigger
- QWLogView
- QWUtilities (Export & ReOrg)
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5.0.0.510
April 15, 2004
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- Fixed double click on log sheet for Edit
- Fixed international decimal (, vs .) place holder in Views
- Fixed international issue when writing QWStats.SYS file
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5.0.0.508
March 30, 2004
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- Fixed row height problem on log sheet
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5.0.0.505
March 3, 2004
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- Added Calculated Target to Log Sheet
- Fixed error when loading an application with no variables
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5.0.0.501
February 26, 2004
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- Added Target Value to Log Sheet
- Fixed Range Chart Options menu
- Fixed Prioritize statistic triggers for Hat Chart
- Fixed Font property on all charts
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5.0.0.500
January 26, 2004
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- New open dialogue
- @RULE calculation corrected
- @MPREV calculation corrected
- Transaction log viewer added
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5.0.0.448
April 25, 2003
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- Corrected %CV when SD is null
- Corrected Delete Record cancellation
- Corrected long Text field processing
- Corrected Popup field processing if Input file used
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5.0.0.447
April 18, 2003
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- Corrected use of international decimal symbol
- Now allow adding data if only Filtering applied in Views
- Corrected Invalid Procedure Call on Report tab
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5.0.0.446
April 11, 2003
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- Corrected Text variable formatting
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5.0.0.440
April 4, 2003
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- Corrected minimize error on Begin screen
- Synchronized components
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5.0.0.435
March 27, 2003
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- Improved precision
- Activation of tooltips on log sheet
- Corrected division by zero in Views
- Now handles Text fields over 500 characters
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5.0.0.431
March 24, 2003
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- Implemented security for Views Manager
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5.0.0.421
February 28, 2003
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- Added Trieto functionality for Event Analysis
- Added Refresh button to Toolbar
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5.0.0.413
February 12, 2003
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- Commandline file association enhanced
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5.0.0.412
February 7, 2003
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- Improved Views naming (ButtonMenu)
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5.0.0.411
November 7, 2002
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- Fixed minor problem in Auto Refresh
- Auto Refresh fires on current screen. Does not change current screen.
- Added CTRL
- N to Options/Refresh/Never menu.
- Variables with all Blank limits not added to chart items
- Fixed DBCS support for Security
- Added test for Scripting installed
- Added HTML control with print capability
- Added Misc funciton to handle Get T&F under Scripting
- Fixed command line parameters with long filenames
- Display actual parameters used in Filter Summary report
- Added Clipboard class
- Now using uppercase string compares for Sort Distincts
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5.0.0.408
October 15, 2002
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- Remove Refresh button from toolbar.
- Improved functionality with Auto Refresh
- Added display functions to Summary and Prioritize from Options menu.
- Moved prioritize tab after Compare and before Report.
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5.0.0.386
October 3, 2002
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- Added Summary Screen
- Removed extension from incoming filename
- Added Macro Menu
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55.0.0.382
September 30, 2002
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- Added Copy Log Sheet function from the Edit menu.
- Read/Write of Font Options
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5.0.0.368
September 10, 2002
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- Implemented the Create Desktop Shortcut function from the File menu.
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5.0.0.344
August 26, 2002
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- Added Save Report As... menu item under the File menu.
- Added auto refresh functionality.
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5.0.0.334
August 20, 2002
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- Added new menu entries under Options.
- Prioritize
- Rule Violations
- Hat Chart (CrTz)
- Automatic setting of Rule Violations on Prioritize screen
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5.0.0.333
August 8, 2002
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- Fixed highlighting on histogram bar on mouseover.
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| Build No.
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Details of Changes to QW Setup |
5.0.0.116
May 9, 2007
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- changes to Applications & Global programs
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5.0.0.104
November 7, 2006
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- resolved deletion of Popup fields and popup data Import from Excel in QWSetup
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5.0.0.101
November 7, 2006
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- Application Grid View was not supporting Report Type of A30
- Added support for modifying templates containing QW SQL parameters
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5.0.0.086
March 27, 2006
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- Changed Grid View paste to selectively convert to UPPER case in specific columns instead of all
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5.0.0.085
March 23, 2006
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5.0.0.084
March 6, 2006
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- Added DIO prefix support for Input/Output File
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5.0.0.083
February 1, 2006
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- corrected popup Export for older versions of Excel®
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5.0.0.081
January 9, 2006
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- Security data editor enhanced
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5.0.0.079
December 5, 2005
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- corrected maintaining focus in popup data editor when scrolled to the right
- allow deletion of a calculated variable when calculated using itself
- Rules update corrected if moved off record before saving
- corrected Popup data import of numeric data with many decimal places
- corrected Number of Value to Average for Average type variables
- corrected Popup data export for single level popups
- corrected variable name change
- corrected file lock if there was no data in a new template
- corrected record out of sequence repair
- corrected Average type variable if Number of Values to Average not entered
- corrected Applications / Save As if no structure changes made
- allow adding multiple template to .DIR file
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5.0.0.072
July 8, 2005
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- Added Popup data export/import capability
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5.0.0.064
May 3, 2005
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- added Application Properties information showing where template is in use
- changed temp file name to be $templatefilename$
- corrected file access rights error
- use of : in Input/Output Filenames
- added output DDE and OPC clipboard support and validation
- corrected paste from Excel®
- added @Fraction calculation
- added .DIR option
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5.0.0.052
August 12, 2004
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- Resolved data lock warning when empty template data first opened in QW
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5.0.0.048
April 30, 2004
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- Added "Template in Use" message if template open in another program
- Put Cancel & OK buttons back on 'Apply to Multiple' form
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5.0.0.047
April 20, 2004
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- Added cross-folder Popup selection
- Fixed Save application when no changes were made
- Fixed international decimal (, vs .) place holder
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5.0.0.045
February 27, 2004
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- Fixed Copy Selected variable calculation
- Changed Control Chart Axis settings Text
- Fixed tab order and focus on Rules
- Changed clone variable function to work with new open dialogue
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5.0.0.39
April 7, 2003
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- Popup selection list now sorted
- Allow Required & Sampling Plan change in Views
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5.0.0.37
March 11, 2003
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- QWA file resolved for QW compatibility
- Security Level Input enhanced
- Implemented security for Views Manager
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5.0.0.35
February 25, 2003
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- Temporary files now being renamed
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5.0.0.34
February 3, 2003
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- Resizing algorithm enhanced
- Application grid enhanced
- To reflect changes to QWAccess & QWSelect
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5.0.0.33
January 31, 2003
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- New resizing algorithm
- Security Login enhanced
- Registry path corrected
- Corrected historical dates for Views
- Corrected refresh midnight rollover
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5.0.0.33
December 5, 2002
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- New resizing algorithm
- Security Login enhanced
- Registry path corrected
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5.0.0.32
November 4, 2002
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- QWSetup DBCS Character Set Read/Write corrected
- QWSetup / Applications
- Interval Setting Display corrected
- QWSetup / Popups
- Levels change corrected
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5.0.0.28
September 3, 2002
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5.0.0.24
July 23, 2002
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- Help enabled
- Average, Length & Calculation validation enabled
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5.0.0.22
July 22, 2002
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- Calendar read issue resolved
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5.0.0.21
July 18, 2002
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- Date Picker now available for Security Expiry date
- Pacifier centered
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5.0.0.20
July 16, 2002
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- Updated Multiple Variable Change Forms
- Script Menu Issue Fixed
- Grid Validation Problem Fixed
- Replace Feature added on grid
- Windows Cut/Copy/Paste enabled
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5.0.0.19
July 9, 2002
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- Default script now available
- Delete message now prompts before item deletion
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5.0.0.18
June 19, 2002
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- Close click now saves Application Settings
- Limit value resolved an both Variable and Grid Mode
- Formating
- Limits can both be blank now
- Limit validation has been updated to be more robust
- All Limtis now conform to international language Settings
- Modify QWD now incorporates new value specifications
- Variable Used for AutoNumber added
- Added Delete Applications and Popups
- Added Rename Applications and Popups
- Calculation editor updated
- Grid now supports Multiple variable changes on variable details menu
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