New version of EulumdatTools 0.9.12.v20121221 released

A new version of EulumdatTools 0.9.12.v20121221 was published on December 21 at http://www.fold1.com/eulumdattools/. Improvements and bug fixes are as follows:

• Runtime environment is based on Eclipse 3.8.1, up from 3.5.1 until now. Getting ready for 4.x upgrade!
• Memory and resource leaks relating to images, open files not being closed, etc. were fixed.
• Memory usage caused by many duplicate strings was significantly reduced.
• Several QuickFixes now work entirely in the background, speeding things up considerably.
• Problems with the label decorators not refreshing when changing prperty to display were fixed.
• A refusal to load into Eclipse 4.3M4 caused by an upgrade to the ICU4J character encoding library in Eclipse itself was fixed.
• The version number was updated to 0.9.12. We are nearing official launch!

Registered users should not upgrade using check for upgrades but download a complete new version and register that using their existing license keys. New users can downlaod an apply for 30 day free evaluation license at the installation site

Installation

For use in Eclipse you can use the standard Eclipse update site

• http://www.fold1.com/eulumdattools/.

For stand alone RCP versions of EulumdatTools choose your platform and perform update after installation.:

• Windows 32 bit OR Windows 64 bit
• Mac OSX Cocoa 32 bit OR Mac OSX Cocoa 64 bit
• Linux GTK 32 bit OR Linux GTK 64 bit

New version of EulumdatTools 0.9.11.v20121207 released

A new version of EulumdatTools 0.9.11.v20121207 was published on December 7 at http://www.fold1.com/eulumdattools/. Improvements and bug fixes are as follows:

• The application didn't show the right icon on Windows 7
• Saving images did not work on Mac OSX
• There is now a QuickFix to change all lamp designations to proper values defined in converter.lamps
• Several QuickFixes now work entirely in the background, speeding things up considerably.
• All Validation jobs are now cancelled at shutdown, so shutdown is faster.
• The cone diagram now has a "double height" option, providing beam diamter and center beam lux at 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 meter heights.
• Fixed slow down by label decorating just after startup.
• Removed excessive logging, speeding things up.
• Allow adding a lamp to an EULUMDAT file with 0 lamps defined,. This is an incorrect condition for a file, but caused an error.
• The version number was updated to 0.9.11. We are nearing official launch!

Current users of EulumdatTools can use the Check for Updates… menu as described in the below HowTo video.

Apply for 30 day free evaluation license at the installation site

Installation

For use in Eclipse you can use the standard Eclipse update site

• http://www.fold1.com/eulumdattools/.

For stand alone RCP versions of EulumdatTools choose your platform and perform update after installation.:

• Windows 32 bit OR Windows 64 bit
• Mac OSX Cocoa 32 bit OR Mac OSX Cocoa 64 bit
• Linux GTK 32 bit OR Linux GTK 64 bit