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SilhouetteGlenbrook - Version History (Windows)

Version 1.2.1
September 4, 2010
1. Changed: Import and Export graphics have been changed from floppy disk to USB images
2. Fixed: When new folders were created in Manage RTF Folders, the folders list in Edit RTF Collection was not always being updated.
Version 1.2.0
August 31, 2010
1. Fixed: In Homebase, SU and EX print report routines, the MakeReport procedure was being called unnecessarily in some instances
2. Changed: change to button label on monthly reminder to avoid cut and paste from word processor
3. Changed: when exitting the RTF Collection or Get text from CommentBase windows, the calling window will now re-center in the screen
4. Changed: the student name display in the Grades window will now imitate the order and format selected on the student reports window (e.g. Smith, Joe or Joe Smith)
5. Fixed: When the Clear Text button was pressed twice, the font size of text entered into that textbox was not always the size set in Utilities.
6. Added: 'Set' button added to the print windows allows the user to set the default zoom
7. Added: In the Archives folders, the archived reports are separated into folders identified by school year.
8. Changed: RTF collection folders window redesigned
9. Changed: the Export/Email RTC Collection routines have been rewritten to account for the added folder. Note: you may now export and email whole folders only
10. Fixed: Minor typo on Update window
Version 1.1.8
July 14, 2010
1. Fixed: unnecessary SG.txt and SGupdate.exe files in SilhouetteGlenbrook folder were not being deleted after on-line updates.
2. Fixed: the ClassLanguage$ variable in the PSR export was some times not being acquired
3. Changed: In PSR exports, CPP had been changed to CAPP (aka CHEC)
Version 1.1.7
July 11, 2010
1. Added: RTF collection folders are now available
2. Added: RTF folders management (new, delete, rename folders and move files between folders)
3. Fixed: new students added to Grade exploratory classes no longer are missing the Day and Subject data in their files
4. Changed: Grade 8 Exploratories - when importing Grade 8 Exploratories grades and comments, check that the Subject name of
importing file matches that of current HB student file, give warning and options to skip or overwrite. This conflict could
occur if a new student, manually created is assigned the incorrect Day or Subject.
5. Fixed: New students added to Subject (SU) classes did not immediately receive Subject text.
Version 1.1.6
June 23, 2010
1. Fixed: the Assigned to Grade ___, September ____ was not printing
Version 1.1.5
June 18, 2010
1. Fixed: three typos on the front page of the report (working, learning and adaptations).
Version 1.1.4
June 15, 2010
1. Changed: chkPassive.Value properly converted to Boolean for PassiveSpellChecker variable
2. Changed: When adding comments from a Comment Base, the edit box no longer clears when the user moves to a different topic or to a different comment base
Version 1.1.3
June 8, 2010
1. Fixed: If a comment in the comment base was a plural possessive and created on a word processor and then pasted into SilhouetteGlenbrook, the 'curly' apostrophe (Chr146), upon being imported into an RTF edit box, would be converted into RTF code that had an invisible following space that, in the Double Space Checker, with the 'real' space following plural possessive, would be misinterpreted as a double space to be changed into a single space. However, upon conversion, that single space would be the invisible part of the underlying RTF code and there would appear to be no 'real' space between the words. The fix is to convert all instances of Chr(146) to Chr(39) just before the point of import into the RTF edit box.
Version 1.1.2
June 8, 2010
1. Changed: When printing Subject or CHEC report summaries, the Final Grades are now also printed.
Version 1.1.1
May 28, 2010
1. Fixed: The "Tech / Ind Ed" course name in Grade 8 English PSR exports was not displaying on the printout.
2. Fixed: On Resource windows, clicking on View / Print could in some cases lead to loss of the most recently added text.
Version 1.1.0
May 25, 2010
1. Fixed: on some student report windows there could be a fatal error if using the arrow buttons to move to the next or previous student while displaying the Term 1 tab
2. Added: Resource class folders - a new three-term format for resource teachers' use. Text in resource class student files will be inserted into the opening comments section when submitted and imported into Homebase reports.
3. Fixed: on the Homebase report window, the asterisk on the opening comment button is now working correctly
4. Added: in the Homebase print window added the option to print the text of comments (note - this does not include any of the non-comment text on the report) in 8, 9 or 10 point fontsize. The choice is remembered for future displays. The default is 9 point. The other choices could be made to avoid reports with, for example, only the signature lines on the final page.
5. Added: PSR exports: Grades 6 and 7 final grades may be printed and exported as a TurboSchool Orbiter file. Grade 8 final grades may be printed only (because TurboSchool Orbiter does not support import of grade 8 grades).
6. Fixed: In Comment Base topics, double spaces after period were being mis-identified.
7. Changed: check for date of attendance file is now done only when accessing HomeBase class folders
8. Added: When Importing Resource comments into the Opening Comments of a HomeBase student file, if there is existing text in the Opening Comments, the teacher is given the options to Overwrite, Append or Skip.
9. Changed: minor modifications to the Import Comments window
Version 1.0.0
March 31, 2010
1. Changed: the Archive reports window and functions were simplified and give better feedback
2. Added: Homebase classes are notified when reports files are available for import.
Version 0.99.9999
March 29, 2010
1. Fixed: Modified etc. checkmarks in Exploratory subjects in 6/7 Homebase student report windows were being carried over into the next window if the arrow buttons were being used to navigate between students.
2. Fixed: the teacher name in Subject, Grade 8 Exploratory and Band 7 student files was not always being saved with the file.
Version 0.99.9998
March 26, 2010
1. Fixed: there was a bug in the Email Attendance File which caused an invalid file to be attached to the email.
2. Fixed: in Batch Printing mode, if the Edit Print Date setting was changed, a false missing attendance data error was generated.
3. Fixed: if a student file was added to a class folder, the subject name was not displayed correctly when entering that student's report file.
4. Fixed: when creating a new student file manually, if all the required information was not provided, the title line of the error message was incorrect
Version 0.99.9997
March 25, 2010
1. Fixed: In French classes, Grade 8 Exploratories received as English-labelled reports now automatically have the subject printed on the reports in Fench. As well, the attempting to edit the text no longer causes a fatal error.
2. Changed: The printed school name changed to École Glenbrook Middle School
3. Changed: On homebase reports, the teacher now sets the "Date:" to be printed on the report.
4. Fixed: a few minor file format cleanups
Version 0.99.9996
March 24, 2010
1. Fixed: the Email Class Folder routine would exclude the currently selected class from the listing
2. Changed: in the printouts of Subjects etc., a new student record is not begun if more than 23 cm down the current page. Rather, a new page is begun.
3. Changed: An hourglass mousepointer is displayed during import of subject comments into the Homebase, and the report of imported files into the Homebase is better displayed.
4. Changed: When sending a document to the printer, the print view is made temporarily invisible. This is done in hopes of alleviating font problems when printing to a network printer.
5. Fixed: more fixes as regards the double space issue, this time in reference to Italics, Bold and Underline use.
6. Changed: the Homebase Print buttons and functions have been modified to make better sense of the operations.
Version 0.99.9995
March 24, 2010
This was a trial version used only for a short trial on the Glenbrook server.
Version 0.99.9994
March 23, 2010
1. Fixed - again: the double-space removal function in version 0.99.9993 caused loss of single spaces after a word that the Passive Spell Checker had marked in red.
2. Changed The Check Spelling button now checks both the achievement and behaviour text boxes.
Version 0.99.9993
March 23, 2010
1. Added: horizontal scrollbar in the Add Comments from Comment Base comments listbox
2. Fixed: the double-space removal function in version 0.99.9992 caused loss of RTF formatting
3. Added: When saving a topic in a comment base, SilhouetteGlenbrook checks each line of text in the topic for two spaces in a row (other than after a period, and any number of leading spaces in the comment) and offers to reduce it to a single space. An automatic option is available via Utilities.
Version 0.99.9992
March 22, 2010
1. Added: When saving/moving between student reports, SilhouetteGlenbrook checks the text for two spaces in a row (other than after a period) and offers to reduce it to a single space. An automatic option is available via Utilities.
2. Changed: In Export Comment Bases you are now able to select multiple comment bases for export.
3. Changed: in Export Class Folders, the listbox that displays the class folder names has been made wider.
4. Added: In Utilities there is the option to turn off Passive Spell Checking.
Version 0.99.9991
March 21, 2010
1. Changed: Add text from RTF Collection: Instead of the Get This RTF Text and the Append This Text button, there is now only an Add this RTF Text button which behaves identically to the former Append This Text.
2. Fixed: In the Rename Comment Base window there was a checkbox that should not have been showing.
3. Added: When adding text to a Comment Base using the Add Selected Text to Comment Base button, you may now edit the text further before adding it to the Comment Base.
Version 0.99.999
March 16, 2010
1. Fixed: if the student report edit window was maximized and Get Text from Comment Base or RTF Collection was clicked, a modal error was created.
2. Changed: Deleting a student no longer forces a return to the Student Reports window (However, Renaming a student still does require a return to the Student Reports window.)
3. Fixed: there was a fatal bug when after using Get Text from Comment Base or Get Text from RTF Collection in other types of reports and then accessing either of these in a HomeBase report.
Version 0.99.998
March 15, 2010
1. Fixed: If the attendance file was older than two months and in its file properties it was marked as read-only then it could not be deleted. As well, the message that it could not be deleted was caught in a loop.
Version 0.99.997
March 14, 2010
1. Added: The Add Text from Comment Base and Get text from RTF Collection windows now stay open until you close them or exit the Student report edit window ( Exception: when called from the HomeBase edit subject window).
2. Added: When you Get text from a text file in Comment Base Topic Utilities, the path name is remembered.
Version 0.99.996
March 6, 2010
1. Fixed: The arrow buttons to move to the next and previous students in the student report edit screen were skipping over the last student in the class
2. Changed: The left hand side of the Student Reports screen has been reorganized. The Email Class Folder is now out of the Class Utilities frame.
3. Changed: the Email Comment Base button is now on the initial Comment Base window inside the Comment Base Utilities.
4. Changed: You are now able to select multiple Comment Bases to be sent in a single email.
Version 0.99.995
March 4, 2010
1. Fixed: In the HomeBase Print Checklists form, SilhouetteGlenbrook now detects the correct language of subject titles to display.
Version 0.99.994
March 3, 2010
1. Improved: the handling of the spell checker settings have been changed to make the number of disk checks much less
Version 0.99.993
March 2, 2010
1. Fixed: when creating a new Grade 8 student from the schoolwide data file, not EX classes entries were created resulting in an invalid file
2. Fixed: In Subject and Exploratory windows, the N/A grade was not being correctly stored
3. Added: In Subject and Exploratory windows, if you erroneously clicked a grade radio button and want to clear ALL grade radio buttons, click on the label at the beginning of that line of buttons (e.g. "Term 2 Grade:") and all radio buttons for that term will be cleared.
4. Fixed: If SilhouetteGlenbrook is unable to delete an old attendance file a fatal error is not generated
5. Fixed: when creating a new student file manually in a HomeBase class, the entry in the grades file no longer overwrites an existing entry
Version 0.99.992
March 1, 2010
1. Added: multiple class selection added to Export Class Folder
Version 0.99.991
February 25, 2010
1. Added: to the Email Class routine, the abilty to email multiple class folders
2. Revised: multiple changes to the HomeBase report edit form and Homebase print report code to account for grade seven band students who are taking band as one of their exploratories.
Version 0.99.99
February 21, 2010
1. Added: protection against rogue carriage returns accidently inserted into Comment Base comments and font name and size changes in RTF edit boxes
Version 0.99.97
February 14, 2010
Fixed: a few minor typos and bugs
Version 0.99.96
February 13, 2010
1. Added: Monthly reminder to avoid cutting and pasting text from a word processor.
2. Changed: slight changes to student reports file formats
3. Fixed: bugs in import of Grade 8 exploratories, import of Band 7 report files, and import of all subject files into French-language class HB folders.
4. Changed: access to Shared Network Folder is now restricted to Import/Export of Comment Base and Student Reports folders.
5. Improved: The behaviours in the Get Text from a Comment Base function have been improved.

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