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These changes and corrections were made after the 9.5.11363.1 release and are contained in the 9.5.12032.2 release.

• A recent release introduced a new mail dispatch system which is generally an improvement for most users. However, some reported that GAGEpack and GAGEmail were no longer able to send messages so we have introduced a switch (located under Settings -> Global settings -> Email) to select either the 'SMTP client' method or the '3rd party' method. Users who have difficulty sending emails should try switching to the other system.

• Added 'Replace master gage' to the utilities list on the Tasks tab.

• Added 'Event Name' to the 'Load choice lists from gages' utility.

• Added labels to the Import Data and Import Event wizards that will show the progress of the current import as a percentage.

• Calibrations imported from GAGEpack Remote that do not have a certificate number will be assigned the 'next certificate number' as defined under Settings.

• Added a 'Print with dialog' option to the preview form's toolbar. Using this option allows the user to change the printer, orientation or number of copies before printing the document.

• The user is now warned if they create a circular reference between master gages. For example, if gage 'A' is used to calibrate 'B' and 'B' is used to calibrate 'C', and the user marks gage 'C' as being used to calibrate 'A', a warning message will be displayed.

• Entering a calibration step with a 'units' field longer than 16 characters caused the step to be ignored. Now it is not possible to enter an invalid number of characters.

• When entering a vendor certificate, it is now possible to add a new standard to the drop-down choice list by typing it, then double-clicking the down arrow. This mechanism is used for a number of choice lists on the gage form.

• When a report created in either of the wizards used an 'Interval Units' field, it was displayed in its raw form (eg '0' instead of 'Days'). Now the report is created to show the user-friendly version of the field.

• The default settings on the Find Advanced form for 'Active' and 'Checked out' have been changed to <nothing>, in line with all of the other fields. As before, any search settings will be saved for the next time the form is used.

• When a filter is applied to the inventory list, performing an event on a gage may cause it to disappear from the list because it no longer meets the filter criteria. This is now implemented correctly.

• Edition 4 of the MSA manual changed the way that PV was computed when the basis of the calculation was Tolerance (specification range). GAGEpack now uses the same method.

• The order of the columns on the to do list was not being remembered between sessions. Fixed. This fix required that the list be reset to the default collection of columns, so users will need to reselect the columns they want.

• 'EmailTo' and 'Overdue' are no longer mandatory columns on the to do list.

• The to do list printout was not always displaying the columns in the same order that they appeared on the screen. Fixed.

• The first row in an e-mail sent from the to do list was out of place and not showing the event type or due date. Fixed.

• Occasionally when the to do list was instructed to send an email to each individual gage owner to alert them of upcoming events, a recipient would get a list of their own pending gages along with the pending gages of one other person. Fixed.

• Checking ONLY the 'Calibration' item on the vendor form did not register as a change, and hence was not saved. Fixed.

• The 'Print gage labels after saving' checkbox on the multiple-gage calibration form was not working. Fixed.

• When importing gage data from a text file, assigning a field to a column then changing to a different field caused both fields to be imported to GAGEpack. Now, only the most recent field is imported.

• Restored two items that were missing from the language database.

• An embedded dependancy was missing from the GAGEmail Enterprise executable, causing it to throw an error when it attempted to send emails. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.5.11332.3 release and are contained in the 9.5.11363.1 release.

• Added a "Submit feedback" utility to the Help menu, enabling users to send e-mail messages directly to the GAGEpack development team.

• Added "Live Chat with PQ Systems" to the Help menu, enabling users to start a text chat with a PQ Systems technical or service representative.

• The 'Refresh due dates' function now checks if any gages have dates entered by the user and if so, offers the option to refresh those dates also.

• The default RR Study charts are now named in such a way as to gracefully handle being sorted alphabetically.

• Added more items to the translation database. Note that, to see the effect on the Settings -> Global settings -> Validation criteria form, the database should have been created AFTER dbInit.txt was translated.

• In the interest of avoiding potentially confusing error messages, the "Add" and "Remove" buttons in GAGEmail are now disabled unless a valid message queue database has been defined.

• Suppressed the tendency to convert small numbers to scientific notation on gage, calibration and verification forms.

• When the date period or method was changed for a gage with no last date, GAGEpack asked 'Do you wish to update the due dates?' but would not do so. Fixed.

• Saving a gage without setting the 'Format' value for calibration steps would occasionally cause the associated calibration steps table at the bottom of a worksheet or verification report to be blank. This could be corrected in the report, but has now been fixed in code.

• When an Enterprise user would click "Check for updates" under the help menu, they were sent to a webpage checking for the Access version. Fixed.

• The "%" and "*" characters were suppressed on the gage find form even though they are valid characters for a gage number. Fixed.

• The label wizard in the Enterprise version was not correctly handling date fields used as prompts. Fixed.

• GAGEpack would throw an error if it attempted to display any extreme date on the gage form. Fixed.

• Two calibration certificate reports were each missing a single character which prevented some information from being displayed. Fixed.

• Improved the management statistic dashboard of late events by adding a start date. Repaired the Sql Server version of this report which was not working.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.5.11272.2 release and are contained in the 9.5.11332.3 release.

• Access to the "Refresh due dates" mechanism can now be restricted via the "Other rights" tab of the user permissions window.

• Added the ability to forbid a user from changing the "Entered by" field of an event to the "Other rights" tab of the user permissions window.

• If a master gage is made inactive, GAGEpack will offer to replace every reference to that master with a reference to another (user-selected) master on every other gage and every calibration step in the database.

• Added a link to the online PQ Systems Quality Advisor to the Help menu.

• Displaying any of the 'interval units' items in the gage list now shows their text values instead of the underlying data. (Instead of '0', we get 'Days')

• Displaying any of the 'VendorId' items on the gage list now shows the actual vendor name rather than the Id.

• Added an option to the Skip Dates interface to move due dates forwards to the next available date rather than backwards.

• A user without rights to delete a certain type of event could access 'Delete event' on the history grid, but was then (correctly) denied the delete. Now, the option is unavailable unless the user has the right.

• Users with "View Only" rights can now view documents linked to events.

• Added a new option to the right-click menu on the inventory list when several gages are selected. The item 'Print labels' now offers two types of label - standard or barcode.

• Added a new item 'Xlabel' to the Management Statistics histogram (to label the x-axis). Modified two MS reports to incorporate this improvement.

• Accessing the 'Field Names' screen in GAGEpack Enterprise would throw an error message. Fixed.

• After sorting the list of charts in a R&R study, clicking 'Edit chart' would cause the wrong chart to be opened for editing. Fixed.

• If the first point of a control chart was out of control, it was not being flagged as such. Fixed.

• The PQ.Silent.Updater utility, which facilitates one-click updates, was not being included with the Enterprise installation. Fixed.

• The "word to be used in place of 'gage'" was not being properly applied to all toolbar buttons and tooltips. Fixed.

• While using the Tropical coloring style, the column headers on the Users, Vendors, and Choice lists grids were white text on white background. Fixed.

• While using the RedPlanet coloring style, the report editing method selection window was using white text on a white background. Fixed.

• While using the RedPlanet coloring style, every other row on the custom query results grid was showing white text on a white background. Fixed.

• Several color styles were showing disabled hyperlinks with white (rather than transparent) backgrounds. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11202.1 release and are contained in the 9.5.11272.2 release.

• Introduced a label wizard. Similar to the Report Wizard, this feature allows labels to be created using simple drag-and-drop actions. Edit the label report 'Sample user-defined label' for an example.

• During the first run each day, GAGEpack checks whether the license is due to expire shortly and also if an update or upgrade is available.

• Added the ability to change the visual style of GAGEpack under Tasks -> Settings -> Local settings -> General. GAGEpack now comes with a selection of preset styles to choose from.

• If a THUM (Temperature/Humidity USB Module) is connected, GAGEpack will automatically record the temperature and humidity for a new calibration or verification event.

• New columns can be added to the To Do list by clicking the Edit columns icon. Columns may be removed by dragging them off the grid. Added a new selection 'the next n days' where n is between 1 and 999.

• Added the ability to save keyboard shortcuts. Each tool on the inventory toolbar can be assigned a shortcut. This version saves those and reloads on entry (this is a Local setting). A new item on the Help menu shows the shortcuts currently in use.

• Added up and down icons on the Calibration steps tab of the gage form so that the steps may be reordered.

• Added the ability to save the e-mail message on the 'Send now' button of the gage form. The saved message will subsequently be used as the default.

• Added the event userfields to those controlled by the validation criteria.

• New reports: Maintenance worksheets, Late events breakdown, History - one gage, Parts measured by gage, Jobs measured by gage.

• Added a 'Copy to clipboard' option on the report preview page.

• If you want to remove a column from the gage list, you can now simply drag it off the grid. Previously, you had to be in 'column setup' mode.

• Added the ability to edit the items displayed by the 'Quick information' barcoding command.

• Added a 'Document' field to the repair event.

• Added Planned maintenance tasks and expiring vendor certificates as items on the To Do list.

• Removed the Gages menu and added new tools to the inventory toolbar for the missing items: group calibrate, group check in, group check out.

• Added the ability to sort the Inventory list using up to three sort keys. Clicking any column header sorts by that column ONLY. Ctrl-clicking a header adds that column to the list of keys as a minor key. After adding a third key, they wrap around in the obvious way. Clicking a column that is already in use toggles between ascending and descending. When a view is saved by using the Snapshot feature, the sort is remembered with it.

• GAGEpack now remembers the position and size of the gage form between sessions.

• Added a new Import Event wizard (Tasks -> Database -> Import events).

• Added a link under 'Getting started' to launch the online video tour of GAGEpack.

• Restored the ability to generate a form-feed between the various sections of a report where the [Group] item is active. See the document 'GAGEpack Reporting Scheme' for more details.

• Added a splitter bar to the Tasks tab.

• Included the ability to import gages, together with their associated history, from another GAGEpack 9.5 database. The function is located under Tasks -> Database -> Import gages. Note that PM tasks and Parts are not imported since they may refer to items that are not in the current database database (or exist, but in a different form).

• Added a 'View' button to the templates form so that calibration and R&R templates and PM plans may be (pre)viewed before they are loaded or accessed.

• Opening a database that is marked as read only now issues a warning to that effect.

• Added Prompts to management statistics. The use of prompts is the same as in the regular reports and is documented in 'Management Statistics in GAGEpack 9.5'.

• Enabled typing in the gage form's 'Image file' file to allow the entry of (for example) hyperlinks.

• Added the kappa value guidelines to the Attribute study and its printed report.

• Added the ability to sort MyReports by dragging under 'Manage my reports'.

• Restored the ability to add a picture to a report. Insert a line into the [General] section of the report thus:
  
  Picture=x|y|scale|filename
  
  where x and y are the percentage displacements of the left and top of the image; scale is a percentage multiplier (default=100) and filename is the full path\file name of the image file.

• Restored the ability to define bold and italic attributes for labels as described in the document 'GAGEpack Reporting Scheme'.

• Added a new user right to access the validation criteria.

• Increased the length of the Manufacturer field to 32 characters in line with all of the other fields that have a choice list.

• The easter egg is back!

• Made a cosmetic change to the R&R study: removed the 'Preview' menu item and added a drop-down selection instead. Also made the same change to the calibration form.

• Added a new chart type Histogram to Management statistics.

• In earlier versions, the ability to set the grid font depended on the display style and so that function has been removed. Instead, it is possible to set the font SIZE to any integer in the range 6-24 (points).

• Removed the (Yes/No) field WasLate from Events and added DaysLate instead. For scheduled events, this field stores the number of days after its due date that the event occurred. Events that were previously designated 'WasLate' initially have DaysLate set to 1. If you wish to use some other value, change it using a Custom query soon after converting the database. The field can be accessed by the Reports and Management statistics to give more detailed information about scheduled activities.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11194.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.11202.1 release.

• Changing one of the due date methods for an existing gage would prompt for the user to update due dates. Selecting Yes would cause ALL due dates to be recalculated, not just those that had been changed. Fixed.

• Attempting to save a view with the same name as an existing one was correctly flagged as an error. However, closing the dialog box by clicking 'x' instead of Cancel would allow the view to be saved with the duplicate name. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11189.3 release and are contained in the 9.0.11194.1 release.

• A change made in the previous release caused an error to be thrown when generating a certificate or report from a historical event window. Fixed.

• Updated some text in the Espanol_LA translation.

• With a filter applied to the gage list, editing a gage in a way that took it out of (or into) the filtered list would not update the list correctly. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11138.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.11189.3 release.

• Certain reports would prompt for a date range but fail to display results that fell on the last day of the range. Fixed.

• Saving multiple master gages caused some to be saved with a leading space, which could affect certain reports. Fixed.

• Increased the maximum port number under advanced email settings to 65535.

• Hexadecimal check digits (A-F) caused problems when scanning some barcodes for gage numbers. Fixed.

• Changes made to the Uncertainty/Bias data table would not trigger an event save if no other changes were made to the event. Fixed.

• The ordering of values in Uncertainty/Bias event data tables was not always correctly retained between views. Fixed.

• The inventory grid was not being refreshed after modifying skip dates. Fixed.

• On occasion, gages were scheduled for events on skip dates. Fixed.

• Certain filters and reports failed to display gages due on the last day of the specified time period when using date macros.

• When loading an export file containing fields that may have been renamed (using 'Field names'), those fields were not checked. Fixed.

• Changed the default gage list colors to make them easier on the eyes.

• Changing the background color for a R&R Xbar/Range chart initially works but then is only saved for the Xbar section of the chart. Fixed.

• 'Copy first prompt to last prompt' (in Reports) now works for dates and drop-down items as well as regular text fields.

• When entering calibration steps on the gage form, pressing Tab moves from cell to cell as expected except when the focus is in the end cell of the last row, when it highlights, but does not enter the newly-added row. Fixed.

• In GAGEpack Remote, reloading a previously-entered calibration did not fill out all of the fields. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11119.2 release and are contained in the 9.0.11138.1 release.

• Updated the PQ License Utility to accept the new GAGX license numbers.

• Adding a part with no description to a gage caused an error message. Fixed.

• The report macros '%M' and '%W' have been removed. Report designers using '<=%M' are encouraged to use '<%m+1' instead.

• Under certain circumstances, the 'Due for calibration/RR/maintenance this week/month' reports would not display gages due on the last day of the time frame. Fixed.

• The maximum number of gages that can be created with a single 'Clone gage' event has been increased from 100 to 1000.

• After performing an event by double-clicking the To Do list, GAGEpack now updates the colors on the inventory grid.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11097.2 release and are contained in the 9.0.11119.2 release.

• Increased the number of significant figures in R&R chart control limit titles from 4 to 6.

• The 'Checked by' field in a check event now allows you type an entry like all of the other 'Entered by' fields.

• When a calibration is recorded in GAGEpack Remote, the time of the event is now saved along with the date.

• Added a new global setting to default the number of uses on a check-in to 1. Otherwise it will be 0.

• Added slots for Temperature and Humidity on all calibration worksheets.

• The 'Send now' button on the gage form is now always enabled (assuming that it makes sense). Previously you had to click 'Edit' to activate it.

• If a user only had rights to access vendors (admittedly unlikely) then he/she was unable to get to the vendors setup page. Fixed.

• After performing an Update query, GAGEpack now refreshes all of its screens.

• Clicking 'Show previous data' or 'Chart previous data' from a calibration event failed. Fixed.

• Under certain circumstances, previewing a new R&R study before saving it caused some elements of the study to be saved twice. The effect of this was that certain details were missing next time the report was viewed. Fixed.

• Some reports that formatted calibration results would not show the values unless the formatting item 'Display' was set in the event. These reports have been updated to function correctly under all conditions.

• Added 'Active' to the list of items on the gage form derived from the 'Field names'

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11091.2 release and are contained in the 9.0.11097.2 release.

• Right-clicking on any chart showed the 'Edit' menu item enabled although editing is only possible for R&R charts. Fixed.

• When printing labels, GAGEpack forced the printer into landscape mode. Now the existing printer orientation is used.

• Validating a 'must match' item failed if the item had leading or trailing spaces. Such spaces are now ignored during validation.

• Trying to import data from a file that was already open (in Excel) failed with a cryptic error message. This situation is now handled correctly.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11062.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.11091.2 release.

• Typing '%' in the 'Find gage' dialog could cause problems, although it IS valid as the first character of the search string. The previous version did not allow the character at all but now it is allowed as described above.

• Fields that display costs now include the appropriate currency formatting for the locale.

• Some locales (eg Chinese Simplified PRC) had problems saving currency values. Fixed.

• After adding a new gage, the 'Add new event' combo is now exposed so that the user can immediately create events for it.

• Some users found the 'Next date' field confusing when it appeared on existing events (since it is only relevant to new events). The field is now hidden unless the event is new.

• Editing an old event for a gage where the due date was manually-entered was causing the date to be recalculated. Fixed.

• Deleting the most recent event directly from the gage form did not show the new due date on the form until it was closed and re-opened. Fixed.

• Three of the calibration certificate reports had the columns misaligned for attributes results. Fixed.

• Placing the watermark at the top of a report caused it to appear on printed labels. Fixed.

• Adding a "significant" event on the inventory list or gage form now updates the To do list, as it should.

• The Target, Min and Max fields on the Calibration Steps tab of the gage form now respect the setting of Format.

• Updated the report Calibration certificates (most recent) with master details details.

• The inventory grid should now properly refresh when it is sorted using a column header or filtered.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11033.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.11062.1 release.

• Entering a userfield longer than 48 characters (the maximum) is now flagged with a warning. Previously the entry appeared to be accepted, but was not.

• Added the ability to use the arrow keys to navigate the calibration steps grid on the gage form.

• Added the 'Notes' section to the Linearity study and the Uncertainty/Bias study reports.

• In the Linearity study, the Reference value was being trimmed to 4 sig. fig. Fixed.

• If the data in an Uncertainty/Bias study showed no variation and 'Max bias as % of specs' was checked then the summary data was not shown. Fixed.

• Typing a '*' or '%' followed by some other character into the 'Find' selection box generated an error. These two characters are now suppressed.

• Accidentally removed the ability to right-click then Edit a R&R chart in the previous version. Restored it.

• For a new R&R chart, added default titles of study name and gage number.

• Under Tasks -> Utilities -> Export data, choosing a field containing line feed characters causes problems for the program receiving the data. Now any such characters are replaced by '_'.

• Closing the database before exiting GAGEpack loses the Gage list settings that are preserved on exit. Now the settings are not saved if you quit the software with the database closed.

• Restored the ability (present in GAGEpack 8.5) to import external calibrations from a file - for example, one generated by an external facility. See the document 'Importing external calibrations into GAGEpack'.

• Under certain circumstances, it was possible to bypass the user login after entering an incorrect password. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.11010.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.11033.1 release.

• Added 'Calibration uses remaining' to the barcode 'Quick info' screen.

• Customers who find it onerous to press 'Enter' twice to log in after entering a password will be delighted to know they now only need press it once. This is the same behaviour as earlier versions of GAGEpack.

• If you attempt to save a calibration step without a name, GAGEpack will issue a warning and demand a name. Previously, the step was simply deleted.

• Saving a filter that uses a 'is like' clause without a wildcard character now causes GAGEpack to issue a warning.

• The default date for erasing audit records changed to 1 year ago today.

• The utility 'Load choice lists from gages' now sorts the lists after import.

• Rapidly clicking the scroll bar in the gage form history grid occasionally caused an event to open for editing. Fixed.

• A user with view rights for gages and view, add, edit rights for check events was unable to edit these events from the gage form history list. Fixed.

• The Calibration expenses - year to date report now shows the current date.

• When loading empty fields under Tasks -> Utilities -> Import data, GAGEpack attempted to convert the value to something meaningful before saving it. Now, if a field is blank it is ignored so the default value (as for a new gage record) is retained.

• Clicking on the title of a multi-chart caused an error. Fixed.

• For daily recalculated gages, the date was augmented while the gage was IN, rather than OUT. Fixed.

• Double-clicking the scrollbar of the custom query list caused GAGEpack to start editing the highlighted query. Now the double-click area has been restricted to the actual list items.

• Changed the text for 'Entered by' and 'Done by' in the Espanol translation.

• Opening an existing maintenance event showed the current date instead of the actual date of the event. Fixed.

• 'Double' values (Accuracy, GageSizeMin, GageSizeMax) shown on the inventory list sometimes displayed too many decimals. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10351.2 release and are contained in the 9.0.11010.1 release.

• The calibration vendor on the (internal) calibration form now defaults to the vendor defined for that gage.

• After a barcode 'quick check event' the status and location were not being set to the ones defined under Settings. Fixed.

• Disabling calibration due date processing caused a 'Key' error. Fixed.

• The validation for the R&R study event inadvertently referred to the criteria for the Maintenance event. The apparent effect was that the 'OK' button was not working. Fixed.

• For convenience, added a Barcode icon to the list of items that can be placed on the inventory toolbar.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10340.3 release and are contained in the 9.0.10351.2 release.

• Changed the multiple calibration action to be the same as earlier versions where (blank) records are written for the steps, so they may be completed later if desired.

• Added the same arrow key actions to the grids on the R&R study event as were present in previous versions.

• Some old databases had a corrupted EventType table that did not prevent their operation with earlier versions of GAGEpack but which threw 'key' errors when converted to 9.0. The conversion routine now rebuilds the table from scratch so that it always functions correctly.

• Removed access to 'Settings' and 'Setup' for users with View-only rights.

• Reports that print the value of 'accuracy' may show too many decimal places (depending on the value). These have been modified to format the number.

• In previous versions of GAGEpack it was possible to start the program with a command line parameter to define the configuration ('INI') file. 9.0 now includes a version of this where the command line parameter defines a FOLDER where the configuration file is stored (the file NAME itself is fixed). Thus, organisations that wish to use the same settings for all users can achieve that in much the same way as in earlier versions of GAGEpack.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10322.2 release and are contained in the 9.0.10340.3 release.

• Loading an image file that is corrupt or in an unrecognized format caused an 'Out of memory error'. These are now suppressed.

• Amended two 'Due today' reports to extend the meaning of 'today' to 'until midnight'.

• Added the Gage Description field to the To Do list.

• The Help file was corrupt and could not be displayed. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10314.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.10322.2 release.

• Data values for an uncertainty study were not being stored correctly for regions using the ',' decimal separator. Fixed.

• After editing a calibration event by changing the temperature or humidity ONLY the changes were not saved. Fixed.

• Depending on how your system is configured to deal with database Nulls, the pass/fail results may have been displayed for an attributes step that had no data. Fixed.

• Allowed use of @C, @D in report macros as well as @c, @d.

• Editing a check event by removing a job or partnumber occasionally caused a 'conversion error'. Fixed.

• Some older databases may have 'R&R multi study' events (which have not been included in GAGEpack for some time), and scrolling through these events on the gage form caused an error since they were unrecognised. Fixed.

• The 'Study done by' field of a R&R study was being saved in the Event's 'Entered by' field. Fixed.

• By popular request: added the ability to toggle a report preview between portrait and landscape orientations.

• Also by popular request: activated the arrow buttons (up, down, left, right) on the calibration form.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10309.3 release and are contained in the 9.0.10314.1 release.

• Deleting a check event from the history list now updates the color of the gage in the Inventory (where applicable).

• When importing gages, a field that is too long would cause that record to fail. GAGEpack now truncates the length to the maximum available for that field and imports the record.

• Clicking a move button on the gage form occasionally caused a spurious error in [ValidateIndex]. Fixed.

• If a URL was used in place of a file name (for say, a calibration procedure) it was never found. Fixed.

• Sorting the gage list by clicking on a column heading now retains and shows the currently highlighted gage.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10306.2 release and are contained in the 9.0.10309.3 release.

• Using 5.15 sigmas for R&R in a locale that does not use '.' for the decimal separator gave incorrect study results. Fixed.

• For a new external calibration, the vendor is now initially set to the calib vendor for that gage.

• Using Search and Replace on the Comment field caused a 'maximum length of 0' error. Fixed.

• Table headers in reports were not respecting the settings under Tasks -> Settings -> Local settings -> Reports. Fixed.

• Restored the NDC value to the ANOVA tab of the R&R study form and the ANOVA printout.

• Performing a multiple check event and leaving the location field blank caused a 'Conversion from string....' error. Fixed.

• Under certain circumstances, clicking OK on the gage form caused an error in [SetDtpStyle]. Fixed.

• Changed the algorithm for adding new gages that have due dates recalculated daily: now GAGEpack asks if you wish to compute a due date before saving.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10299.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.10306.2 release.

• True/False prompts in reports were not being interpreted correctly. Fixed.

• The configuration file version (under Tasks -> Settings -> Local settings -> File paths) was incorrect. Fixed.

• The Italian translation has been completed.

• Leaving Status or Location blank in a multi-event set those fields for all gages to the same as the first. Fixed.

• The Master gage column of the calibration steps grid on the gage form should show a drop-down list of master gages. Fixed.

• Previewing a R&R study always showed the one stored on disc whether or not the data on the form had been changed. GAGEpack now asks if you wish to save the study to disk, as in previous versions.

• Added a tooltip to the main menu items so that the full path for recently-opened databases is visible.

• The Owner item on the gage form would only show items that were on the Owner choice list. Fixed.

• Entering a choice list item longer than the maximum 32 characters was allowed but the item was not subsequently saved. Now the items are restricted to 32 characters.

• Occasionally, deleting an event from the gage form caused a random error in [OnListChangedHelper]. Fixed.

• Improved the management of user-entered dates on the gage form.

• To aid the selection of colors for the gage list, the grid (under 'Settings') now shows some sample text and its proposed color.

• Changing the 'Next date' field on an event form, then clearing it caused an error when the event was saved. Fixed.

• The minimum purchase date for the gage form has been changed to 1/1/1900.

• When a gage was set to recalculate dates daily AND a date was user-entered it was being adjusted automatically. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10288.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.10299.1 release.

• The Supervisor item in Tasks -> Settings is now only visible to users with SUPERVISOR rights.

• The Manufacturer field on the Vendors tab of the gage form was only showing names that were on the drop-down list. Fixed.

• Restored the convention that leaving the Status or Location field blank in a 'multi' event (calibration or check) meant that the corresponding gage field was left unchanged.

• The Appraiser Inconsistency chart should not display -ve limits. Fixed.

• Restored the yellow background for a due date that is manually entered on the gage form.

• The Espanol_LA (Latin American Spanish) translation has been completed.

• Added more items to the translation database.

• Togging the Active status of a gage was not reflected in the Inventory list color until the grid was refreshed. Fixed.

• Pressing <Enter> during a Find operation now locates the gage, as in previous versions of GAGEpack.

• The context menu items for 'Next' and 'Previous' were incorrectly labelled on
  the calibration history chart. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10285.4 release and are contained in the 9.0.10288.1 release.

• Gages that were set to recalculate daily AND had a method of Manual date were having their dates set incorrectly when they were recomputed on first loading the database for a day. This resulted in a 'MinValue, MaxValue' error on opening the gage form. Fixed.

• GAGEpack was not setting the correct printer for reports or charts. Fixed.

• Fixed a problem where, after deleting the contents of a userfield from the gage form you were then unable to click OK to save the gage.

• Removing a column from the Inventory grid while a filter was active removed the filter from the grid (but not the gage count in the status bar). Fixed.

• Changed the default watermark Y coordinate to 258mm.

• '/' was inadvertently included in the list of illegal characters when entering a gage number, whereas it was allowed in previous versions. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10280.1 release and are contained in the 9.0.10285.4 release.

• When using a date range for the History tab, the 'from' date was inclusive but the 'to' date was not. The same problem occurred with the date option of the ToDo list. Both fixed.

• Changing the state of the due-date processing checkboxes under Tasks -> Settings -> Local settings -> General caused an error next time the gage form was opened. Fixed.

• When the due date method is changed for a gage with a user-entered date but no last date, GAGEpack pops a question asking if you wish to recompute dates. Answering 'No' leaves the date alone (as it should), but answering 'Yes' did a recompute based on the last (empty) date and cleared the user-entered date.This has been changed so that a new date is computed, based on today.

• Restored the ability to include 'delta values' with date macros in the SQL for reports. For example, %d+7 will return this day next week; %m-1 will return the first day of last month. See the document GAGEpack Reporting Scheme90 for more details.

• Associating a maintenance procedure with a gage stored the file in the wrong place (the R&R procedure). Fixed.

• The 'view document' icon on the Documents tab of the gage form was only enabled after pressing 'Edit', but should always be available. Fixed.

• The Manufacturer field of the gage form would only accept an item from the drop-down list. Fixed.

• After performing an event on a gage on the inventory list, GAGEpack now restores the focus to that gage. Likewise, the history list.

• Printing the gage list always showed 'Total items: 0'. Fixed.

• Using 'Group' in a search and replace operation failed (because 'Group' is a reserved word in SQL). Fixed.

• In previous versions of GAGEpack, editing a stability study caused the event date to be updated to that of the latest sample. This behavior has now been included in 9.0.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.10279.2 release and are contained in the 9.0.10280.1 release.

• The list of master gages defined on the gage form was not showing on the calibration event. Fixed.

• Selecting gages then performing a multiple event (check or calibration) pops a form for filling out the event. Clicking OK without making any changes did not save the event, as it should. Fixed.

• Certain regional settings caused a 'Previous version" error when opening a valid current GAGEpack database. Fixed.

• Improved the dragging action when choosing a gage for a report prompt.

These changes and corrections were made after the 9.0.00 release and are contained in the 9.0.10279.2 release.

• The gage list colors for check in and check out were switched around. Fixed.

• An edit of the gage form changing the Description ONLY or one of the due dates ONLY was not remembered. Fixed.

• While importing a CSV file under Tasks -> Utilities -> Import data, any bad data caused the import to stop with this error message: "Conversion from type 'DBNull' to type 'String' is not valid." Fixed.

• Certain values for Target and Increment caused the calibration coding values to drift (eg 91.16 -> 91.17 -> 91.18002 instead of 91.18). Fixed.

• After a calibration event the gage list was not being fully updated. Fixed.

• Users with rights to Add events but not edit them were allowed to create the new event, but were then unable to edit it. Fixed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 8.0.8 release and are contained in the 9.0.00 release.

• GAGEpack has been completely rewritten as a ".NET program". This means that it will continue to evolve and improve using the latest technology available. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of GAGEpack, don't worry! The new version should immediately feel familiar and you will have no difficulty navigating the software.

• The choice list database is no longer used - instead the choices are stored in the same database as the gages. Users should find this simpler to manage and it also resolves an integrity issue for customers who need to achieve certain standards of security. There are options for importing choice lists from earlier versions of GAGEpack and from another GAGEpack 9.0 database.

• The look of GAGEpack is defined by a style file which means that it can be changed very easily. Currently, only one file is supplied, but we expect to add more options in the future.

• A new "Tasks tab" has been added to the main screen, allowing all commonly-used functions to be accessed in one place. Most of the menu items from previous versions have been moved here and consequently the menu in GAGEpack 9.0 is much smaller than in previous versions.

• The new "To do" list replaces the old "Warning screen". It shows items that need attention for a selectable time period. The list can be filtered by action and ordered by clicking column headers. The Email button allows the list to be sent via email to designated receivers. This button replaces and extends the functionality from the old email icon.

• The toolbar has been moved to the Inventory tab. It can be customised in a number of ways: it can be positioned on any edge of the form (and even on the desktop!), multiple toolbars can be created and adding and moving tools is now a simple drag-and-drop action.

• The Catalog screen now has its own filter.

• Label reports (.JAL files) may now include prompts like regular reports whereas previous versions of GAGEpack only allowed one "first and last" type prompt.

• Added a 'Website' field to the vendor form.

• The current user name is show in the status bar.

• The R&R form is resizable.

• Navigating to the next cell down or right is selectable on the calibration and verification forms.

• The calendar layout has been improved and there are checkbox options to show calibration, R&R and maintenance events.

• Editing a report created by the report wizard now offers the option to edit with a text editor or in the wizard itself.

• All of the settings and preferences have been moved to the Settings section under Quick links on the tasks tab. To maintain some compatibility with earlier versions most are also available under the menu item Settings.

• Whenever a new event is created an option to 'Load form from last like event for this gage' is available.

• Events that have a scheduled due date (calibration, R&R, maintenance) show the NEXT due date on the form and this may be overwritten if you have the right to do so.

• The columns in the Inventory list may be moved around simply by dragging. Furthermore, columns are now added to or removed from the list by dragging when the column-chooser is opened. The earlier form to 'Setup the gage list' is no longer required and has been removed.

• The History list may be sorted by clicking on any of the column headings. A new option to specify a range of dates has been added. The selections that define the list are remembered on exit.

• In previous versions the Validation criteria were configured by checking items on a list. GAGEpack 9.0 features a new method where the changes are made on the actual form being managed so that the effect can be seen immediately.

• The filter form now includes a "bracket wizard" that allows the creation of very complex filters. Although GAGEpack has always allowed the use of up to 8 clauses, joining them with a mixture of ANDs and ORs was ambiguous and unreliable. The bracket wizard cycles through all valid combinations of brackets for those clauses so that any logical combination can be configured. The ability to include a sort order with the filter has been removed since it can be overridden and superseded by clicking on column headers in the grid.

• In previous versions of GAGEpack the management statistics were programmed into the software. In GAGEpack 9.0 they are now more like the reports in that they are small text files (with a .JAM extension) that the user can modify, add to, or remove at will. Several dashboard-style gages have been added to the graphics repertoire.

• The layout of the gage form has been improved by grouping like items on the same tabs. Where an item features a drop-down combo with a choicelist, typing into the box now starts a "predictive search" through the choicelist items. Also, double-clicking on the drop-down arrow opens the choice list for editing. It has been a long-standing request from GAGEpack users that the choice list could be edited from the gage form rather than by navigating back through the various setup menus.

• Automatic emailing has been removed from GAGEpack. Customers who make use of this function have asked for greater flexibility than is possible with GAGEpack alone and so this functionality (and more) has been moved to the free companion program GAGEmail. In future, all automatic emailing duties will be catered for by GAGEmail. The latest version of this program has been improved to allow it to monitor several databases simultaneously. Also, there are command-line actions to allow it to start and run unattended, and also to do a 1-off "roll-up" of emails to send (say) on a daily basis.

• Barcoding is now a separate activity initiated by selecting 'Barcoding' off the Quick links area of the Tasks tab.

• Failed login attempts are now audited.

• Views are now stored and managed in the database - in previous versions they were stored locally in the user's INI file. The view new includes the structure of the toolbar(s).

• Creating email groups has been simplified by using drag and drop.

• Due date processing for each of calibration, R&R and maintenance can be turned on or off individually.

• This version does not include the Calibration Wizard (although it will return in the future). However, the ability to create a calibration transfer file for use with GAGEpack Remote has been retained and can be found under Utilities on the Tasks tab. Importing the file back has been simplified - it is now a one-click item under Utilities.

• Chart editing has been greatly enhanced and the ability to change the specific chart settings and the "decoration" (colours, fonts etc) are all available on a context (right-click) menu. Futhermore, all stored charts retain any such settings that are made to the chart.

These changes and corrections were made after the 8.0.7 release and are contained in the 8.0.8 release.

• The ‘adjustment made’ flag did not get set for any attribute steps in a calibration.

• Leaving the status or location field empty during a quick check-in or check-out is now interpreted as “leave the setting alone”. Previously, the result was that the corresponding field in the gage record was set to <blank>.

• Added the ability to set the mail server Username and Password for users who need to perform server authentication. The default values are NULL, but may be changed by adding the following lines to the [Genera] section of the GAGEpack configuration file (GpWin80.INI):
  SMTPUser =<username>
  SMTPPassword=<password>

• Displaying a vendor name on the gage list then applying a filter caused some strange behavior with the gage list scroll bar and gage count.

• Updated the Espanol section of the language database.

• Closing a gage database then opening another did not set the status of the File menu item ‘Refresh due dates’ back to ‘available’.

These changes and corrections were made after the 8.0.5 release and are contained in the 8.0.7 release.

• Changing the language from English worked for that session but was forgotten on re-entry to GAGEpack.

• Added the ability to import a series of External Calibrations where a file is provided by a calibration vendor or lab. For further information, please see the document “Importing external calibrations into GAGEpack”, located in the same folder as the GAGEpack executable file.

These changes and corrections were made after the 7.5.16 release and are contained in the 8.0.5 release.

• Added PM (Planned Maintenance) tasks to the list of items that can be imported under File > Utilities > Import GAGEpack objects.

These changes and corrections were made after the 7.5.15 release and are contained in the 7.5.16 release.

• Printing a non-layout report with groups on a PC where the regional settings were ‘non English’ cause the group headers to be repeated on each line, rather than when the group changed.

• Fixed an issue where the overdue flag was not reset until the next day when a period was a period was based solely on usage.

These changes and corrections were made after the 7.5.14 release and are contained in the 7.5.15 release.

• When a mass calibration was performed, GAGEpack did not save the details for the calibration steps, resulting in errors if the event was subsequently edited.

• A text section in a report was restricted to 255 characters in length since that was the maximum line length allowed by the report file. This has been corrected by allowing the text to flow over many lines.

• In the reports section, using ‘%10’ in an SQL substitution failed.

• When a report used the Group feature to collect like items into several tables AND those tables included a total, then those totals were not being reset after each table was printed.

These changes and corrections were made after the 7.5.13 release and are contained in the 7.5.14 release.

• Users with 1000s of parts found that opening the gage form for viewing or editing took several seconds. This has been fixed and as a result the means of selecting parts on the Parts tab of the gage edit form has changed slightly.

These changes and corrections were made after the 7.5.11 release and are contained in the 7.5.13 release.

• A user with view-only rights for vendors could not access the vendor list.

• When importing gages from a text file: if the final field of the import was NULL, the contents of that field were inherited from the last imported gage.

These changes and corrections were made after the 7.5.10 release and are contained in the 7.5.11 release.

• Opening a stability study event from the history list caused the wrong gage number to be shown on the event.

• Passing or failing an external calibration did not reset the ‘Failed Last Calibration’ flag.

• User-defined field names for Purchase vendor, Service vendor and Calibration vendor were not being displayed on the vendor tab of the gage.

These changes and corrections were made after the 7.5.09 release and are contained in the 7.5.10 release.

• Restored some hotkeys to the calibration form.

• Checked-out gages were not being highlighted in the gage list.

• Updated the document barcodes.

• Omitting either the user views or user reports items from the toolbar caused an error on shutdown.

• The default setting for a new gage has been changed from inactive to active.

• The file credits.txt should have been included in the Calendar Images folder has been restored.

• Identified all known conditions under which the Alarms list can get out of sync with the list of gages and handle accordingly.

These changes and corrections were made after the 6.0.24 release and are contained in the 7.5.09 release.

• Added the clock to multiple-calibration form so the exact time of the events may be set if required.

• Restored the gage count at the end of the printed gage list.

• The calculation of Number of Distinct Categories in an R&R ANOVA study used the average-range method of computation instead of the values from the ANOVA calculations. When the Appraiser-Part interaction is not significant GAGEpack now pools its effect with the GRR term, as per MSA edition 3.

• By default, the new barcode component prints codes without parity, unlike the earlier versions of GAGEpack.

• A new folder, Sysdata is created beneath the executable folder for GAGEpack and any writable files required by the program are stored there. This is so that the executable folder can be made read-only for a Standard user under Windows Vista.

These changes and corrections were made after the 6.0.24 release and are contained in the 6.5 release.

If you have earlier versions of GAGEpack you will notice many changes when you start GAGEpack EZ version 6.5. Some of the major changes are:

• Maintenance event. Maintenance activites can be recorded like other events and will appear on the calendar. The maintenance due date is updated whenever the event occurs.

• Any reports can be placed on the toolbar for easy access - now your favorite reports are just 2 clicks away!

• Each user can create his or her own ‘views’ of the data - this comprises a layout of the gage list columns together with a filter. Now it is possible to create views such as ‘My gages’, ‘Due this week’ and ‘Vendor information’ and switch quickly between them.

• Color-coded gages in the gage list. Gages can be highlighted when they are past due for calibration, R&R and maintenance, when they are inactive or checked-in (or out). The colors used and their priority order are controlled by the user.

• Gages can be flagged as ‘past due’ however their periods are measured (time, uses, both, or manual) - previous versions of GAGEpack could only show time-based gages as past due.

• The report designer is now even easier to use and is fully drag-and-drop.

• The popular calendar feature has been enhanced to allow inactive gages to be excluded and also to display 52 weekly photographs, as well as the 12 monthly images supplied with the software.

• A new user right to VIEW only has been added. Previously a user who had the right to view an item also had the right to edit it. In GAGEpack EZ 6.5, these are now separate rights.

• The enhanced ‘Procedures’ tab on the gage form allows easy access to procedures or procedure files for calibration, R&R and maintenance. As well as conventional filenames, the files may contain hyperlinks to web addresses.

• Several new reports have been added. Any report may now contain a footer.

• Due dates now respect the time period used - for example calibrating a gage whose interval is 3 months will ALWAYS result in a calibration due date that is in the month 3 months after the current one.

• Managing multiple databases is easier since GAGEpack remembers the last 4 databases that were opened and stores them under the ‘File’ menu. Furthermore, Filters, Vendors and Views can all be imported from another database using the new ‘Import GAGEpack objects’ menu item.

These changes and corrections were made after the 6.0.22 release and are contained in the 6.0.24 release.

• Changed the login to require one less <Enter>, so GAGEpack is now consistent with earlier versions.

• Where an attributes study had total agreement for all values (unlikely, but possible) kappa should be 1. Fixed.

• Fixed an error on the Report Categories edit screen whereby it was not possible to exit without cancelling any changes.

• When a calibration result of 0 was entered, it was being saved with a format that was unsuitable for redisplaying the value. Fixed.

• Fixed an error whereby existing calibration results seemed to 'disappear' if all the calibration steps were deleted for a gage. The results were not deleted, but were simply not displayed.

• Under certain circumstances the Device option under Calibration and R&R did not initialize correctly. Fixed.

• The 'Display previous calibration data' option was so strict about formatting that some results were not being displayed. Fixed.

• Loading a R&R template into a study with less parts or operators caused an 'Invalid property array index' error. Fixed.

• Viewing a past calibration event where no steps are recorded caused a 'No current record' error. Fixed.

• Fixed a small error in the automatic calibration adjustment message.

• Fixed an error in the import routine whereby a field longer than allowed by GAGEpack was being imported as empty whereas it should have been (and now is) truncated to fit.

• Changed 'pass/fail' to 'not significant/significant' in the Linearity study.

• Some users who DO NOT wish to follow the requirements of MSA Edition 3 asked that the number of sigma used to represent the specification spread be 5.15 instead of 6. This version allows the value of sigma to either of these values - the setting applies to all studies in the database. (See Setup -> Preferences -> Options 2)

These changes and corrections were made after the 6.0.20 release and are contained in the 6.0.22 release.

• On certain days, displaying the month view in the calendar caused a 'Invalid property array index' error. Fixed.

• When job or part numbers were assigned during a GROUP check in/out, only one gage was receiving the data. Fixed.

• Fixed a minor issue when converting 5.5 databases.

• Printing a R&R report with data where the R&R study had no defined numeric format caused an 'Invalid token %f in SQL' error. This has been fixed by substituting a default format for the report where there is none.

• In previous versions of GAGEpack, when the gage form was visible, performing a calibration left the form on the screen [ie in front of the main GAGEpack form]. This behavior has been restored.

• Deleting more than 32,000 events under File -> Utilities caused an Overflow error. Fixed.

• Previous versions of GAGEpack included a 'Data coding' feature to enable the rapid entry of calibration data - this has been removed from GAGEpack 6.0. To assist customers who need the ability to enter calibration data easily, this version includes a new feature which should prove faster and less confusing.

• On the tab 'Calibration steps' there is a new 'Increment' field. If this is left blank, GAGEpack behaves as before and to enter a calibration result the user must type the full value. If an Increment value say, of 0.01 is chosen then pressing Page Up or Down in one of the 'Result' columns will initially insert the target value there. Subsequent presses will vary that value by the Increment amount. In this case, pressing Page Up will add 0.01 to the value currently on display and pressing Page Down will subtract 0.01 from it. Data can still be typed into this field in the usual way.

• Some users with very large numbers of events (>100,000) reported a delay in saving calibration events. This version includes a small speed improvement.

• When creating calibration steps, the target, units, plus/minus, format and master gage are all copied from the previous step to speed up data entry.

These changes and corrections were made after the 6.0.19 release and are contained in the 6.0.20 release.

• Uncertainty studies required a reference value before computing Sigma(r). Fixed.

• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to type job or part numbers into a check in/out event if there were entries in the corresponding choice lists.

• The 'Calibration worksheets - per number' report gave an error message with databases converted from GAGEpack 5.0. Fixed.

• If a user does not want the automatic certificate numbers to appear on a calibration event, this is now possible by clearing the 'Next certificate number' field under the Admin menu option.

• The language database (GpLang.mdb) now includes Spanish.

These changes and corrections were made after the 6.0.18 release and are contained in the 6.0.19 release.

• If the 'word for gage' was not 'gage', then the Gage menu was not displayed. Fixed.

• Fixed some small errors in R&R charting.

• When a R&R study was based upon Process Parameters the TV was not computed
  correctly. Fixed.

• The language database (GpLang.mdb) now includes Italian.

These changes and corrections were made after the 6.0.17 release and are contained in the 6.0.18 release.

• Fixed an issue that prevented barcodes from printing properly.

These changes and corrections were made after the 5.5.07 release and are contained in the 6.0.17 release.

• GAGEpack now allows two independent views of the data on separate tabs. These are the classic view of the (filtered) gage list and a new list of all history events - this can be filtered and ordered in various ways.

• GAGEpack is now fully locale-independent with regard to number and date formats. Also, there is now a language database which is the source for all text appearing in the software. Currently the only available language is English but Spanish and Italian will be ready soon. An easy to use Language Editor is available for anyone wishing to translate GAGEpack.

• Added an option to print a new gage label immediately after calibrating a gage. This label shows the updated status of the gage.

• The plus/minus value in a calibration step may be entered as a percentage of the target by appending a '%' sign. Without the '%', this quantity is still interpreted as an absolute value.

• Multiple gages can be deleted simultaneously by selecting the new option 'Delete multiple...' on the Gages menu

• GAGEpack can manage an unlimited number of named 'calibration templates'. This makes it very simple to create a new gage and add a complex set of calibration steps by selecting one of the templates.

• GAGEpack now includes a 'Tip of the Day' feature.

• FDA regulations require certain security features that are now included in GAGEpack. These are: (i) User names should remain unique (so once a name has been used it cannot be used again, even if it is deleted). (ii) Any passwords should time-out after a set period. The requirement to maintain an audit trail was met in GAGEpack 5.0. As a consequence of (i) GAGEpack no longer manages a separate user database and so all features relating to the management of this database have been removed.

• The time-out period defaults to 180 days but can be changed from the Admin menu

• User login and logout activities have been added to the audit trail (where activated).

• A new login option allows a user to login with any name and no password. This user name will be used as the default for many activities (e.g. gage check out) and in the audit trail. Any such user has full SUPERVISOR rights. With this new option, user names are remembered between sessions so the default name will be the same as the one used last time. Note that the login options are accessed from a new tab under the 'Admin' menu, not from the SUPERVIOR user form, as before.

• Nearly all sections of GAGEpack where the user was required to type a date have been modified to select a choice from a drop-down calendar instead.

• Previous versions of GAGEpack 2000 allowed reports to be saved as text - this facilty has been replaced by the ability to save in HTML so the report (mostly) retains its formatting.

• The toolbar for the (report) print preview now includes a button to copy an image of the current page to the clipboard as a metafile.

• There is a new Report Designer feature. Basic reports can be conveniently constructed by clicking 'New' on the Reports list, then building the report with the easy-to-use designer. Any reports created this way become standard GAGEpack reports that appear on the reports list. See the file 'Sample user-designed report' for an example.

• The menu options 'Convert data from DOS GAGEpack' and '(View) Gage List' have been removed.

• Added an option to import the contents of a user database under the File - Utilities menu. Note that the users are now stored in the gage inventory database (see earlier). This process is also triggered when a database is converted from an earlier version of GAGEpack.

• Added a new option to import vendors from another GAGEpack databases. The actual records imported can be selected individually and there is an option to overwrite (update) existing vendors or ignore the new record.

• Added an 'Edit' button to the Advanced Find form. Clicking this button opens the selected gage for editing.

• GAGEpack now includes a Calendar/Diary feature offering day, week and month views. The diary shows gages due for R&R and calibration together with the users own notes and alarms. Due gages are shown as hyperlinks and clicking on them opens the relevant form to carry out the operation. Diary notes and alarms that are designated as 'personal' can only be seen by the user who enters them. Notes can be set to recur for a fixed period (eg for staff holidays) or at regular intervals.

• When the Month view is displayed, the calendar can display an image, in the manner of a real calendar. The images are numbered 01-12 (one per month) and stored in a folder that can be edited under Setup -> Preferences -> Databases/paths. Thus the user can supply his own images in place of the ones provided with the software.

• Added an 'Adjustment made' check box to the External Calibration event.

• A certificate number can be added to the (internal) calibration event. GAGEpack completes this field from an automatically incrementing value, but this can be over-ridden. Supervisor can set the format and starting value via the 'Admin' menu.

• All charts now show a context (right-click) menu allowing the user to Zoom (or unzoom), edit the chart definition and copy the chart to the clipboard as a bitmap. As a result of this change the form for editing the chart definition has altered in appearance, but retains the original functionality.

• A number of new reports have been added. Some changes have been made to the reporting section and users interested in creating their own reports (or editing the existing ones) should consult the latest version of the file GAGEpack Reporting Scheme.doc, supplied with GAGEpack. Reports that refer to dates can use 'date macros' to generate special dates (for example, %W means 'the end of this week') - this scheme has been expanded to allow a + or - number to be appended to the date. For example, %w-1 means 'the beginning of last week'.

• Each report can belong to several 'categories' and the report list can be filtered by category to show, for example, just the reports relevant to calibration. The default action is to show all reports. Six categories are pre-defined by GAGEpack but the user can create up to 14 more categories from the menu option 'Report categories' under 'Setup'.

• The form for editing Linearity events has been amended to include some new fields so it is now more like the other events - it also includes a 'Report' button and some statistics.

• To ease the entry of attributes data there are buttons to set an entire row to 'good' or 'bad'. Also, the checkbox entry has been replaced by a traditional '0' and '1' keyboard entry.

• GAGEpack now manages a 'Maintenance due date' with the same characteristics as the existing Calibration and R&R due dates. As a result the 'Due dates /Intervals' tab on the gage edit form has been redesigned. There are nine new reports relating to this activity.

• In any R&R study the combination of parts and operators (appraisers) may be changed by toggling items on and off using the checkboxes on the Study names tab of the study. The resulting partial studies are used for both R&R statistics and charts.

• The Uncertainty Study form now has a Print button to generate a printed report of the study and also some new statistics.

• If warnings are issued at startup, there is a new option to create an 'offset' whereby gages due for calibration or R&R within the offset period are also displayed. The default offset is 7 days so any gages due for (say) calibration in the next week will also be displayed as a reminder that they should be calibrated soon.

• R&R study worksheets can now be printed in either randomized order (as before) or in data entry order by selecting an appropriate menu option.

• R&R chart preferences have been expanded to include a page for titles. As well as predefined title macros (such as @D for the current date), GAGEpack allows an additional 50 macros (@1 - @50) which can contain any text the user desires. These can be printed on R&R charts in headers and footers.

• A barcode scanner can be used to trigger certain key events in GAGEpack - for example, editing a gage or checking in or out. GAGEpack has an option to print a sheet of the available commands. The label printing feature has been expanded to allow barcodes to be placed on labels so each gage can be identified with its unique code. Thus it is now possible to check a gage in simply by scanning the sheet then the gage - there is no need to use the mouse or keyboard.

• Number formats: The handling of numeric output for calibration and R&R study results has been greatly improved. Each calibration result has its own format inherited from the corresponding step. If this does not exist, the format is based upon what is typed - for example, typing '0.200' ensures that this number (0.2) is always displayed with 3 decimal places. The R&R reports have been amended to use the numeric format that is stored with the R&R study and which can be configured on the 'General' tab of the study.

• When GAGEpack converts an existing database to version 6.0, it tries to assign numeric formats to all existing calibration results (since each result now MUST have a stored format). The attempt is based upon its view of your data and may or not be exactly what you want. Any unsuitable value can be edited to display the number in a different format.

• All future calibrations will have their formats defined by those in the
  corresponding step, or by what is typed if no format is specified.

• The entry of attributes steps and calibration results has been improved and simplified.

• Improved navigation and program flow. A number of small changes have been made (for example, all GAGEpack forms and dialogue boxes now have a closing 'X' icon).

• Fixed an issue with re-saving R&R data. If the data format was changed, ALL of the data was re-saved with the new format. Now only edited data is saved while the other original data is retained.

• Fixed a minor problem with report dates. If the regional settings for the computer were US format (or similar) and the prompted dates were left blank, the report heading would show the actual dates used instead of 'All dates'.

• Performing an attributes study now updates the R&R due date.

• If the Validation Criteria require calibration results to be entered, both the 'before' and 'after' columns may be selected separately. This means that users who only require (say) a 'before' value can still use the validation criteria without entering a matching 'after' value. The settings can be found under Setup -> Preferences -> Options 1

• If a gage fails a calibration, there is an option (defaulted to ON) that prevents the calibration due date being updated, so the gage will still be overdue. This option is per database and can be found under Setup -> Preferences -> Auto intervals.

• Service vendor and Purchase vendor (names) can now be displayed on the Gage List and used as parameters in filters.

These changes and corrections were made after the 5.5.8 release and are contained in the 5.5.9 release.

• Fixed an issue whereby new gages that were checked in or out before they were calibrated would have their (user-entered) calibration due date deleted.

These changes and corrections were made after the 5.5.07 release and are contained in the 5.5.8 release.

• The best fit line did not clip correctly on some linearity charts.

• Editing an uncertainty event for Bias caused an "Invalid use of Null" error.

• Pasting data from Notepad to an R&R study grid failed if the selection did not include a trailing carriage return.

• The FailedLastCalib flag wa not displayed when a gage failed an external calibration.

• The report Cal-res.jas now correctly displays attributes steps.

These changes and corrections were made after the 5.5.05 release and are contained in the 5.5.07 release.

• Increased the maximum file name length when opening a GAGEpack database from 256 characters to 1024.

• AIAG's Measurement Systems Analysis Third Edition now uses one sigma for R&R calculations. GAGEpack has been modified so where a study is based upon specifications, the specification width is divided by six to maintain the correct percentages.

• If a master gage was ' ' (Space) GAGEpack would hang when you tried to calibrate the gage. This Master Gage setting cannot occur but may arise if the database has been converted from some earlier version.

• It was sometimes not possible to edit the calibration procedure for a new gage until it was saved and re-opened.

These changes and corrections were made after the 5.5.03 release and are contained in the 5.5.05 release.

• Group check in/out. This feature allows you to check a set of gages in or out by filling out a single form. GAGEpack will report any discrepancies (such as a gage already being checked out) and allows you to continue or abort. This action creates an identical check-in or check-out event for each gage in the group.

• Some reports allow you to form feed pages between section for the report. Many reports allow you to insert a page between divisions such as types or locations. In addition, several new reports have been added and you can set report line spacing in the INI file.

• The Admin form includes an 'Alarm Manager' tab that allows you to remove alarms from the pending list.

• The Admin form also includes a 'Gage Import' tab which allows you to import gage records directly from another GAGEpack database.

• A Calibration History chart displays the last N calibrations. The number of calibrations is set up on the Preferences form.

• In addition to the standard R&R charts, each R&R study can display up to 6 charts as a Multi-chart.

• The Linearity plot has been enhanced by including confidence limits in line with AIAG's Measurement Systems Analysis Manual, Third Edition.

• A randomized worksheet can be printed for any R&R study by clicking the new 'Worksheet' button on the study form.

• R&R templates allow users to store and recall common R&R configurations including study parameters, process parameters, names and true values. This enables you to set up popular R&R studies quickly. Create and study templates through the R&R study form.

• Gages can now be designated 'calibrated externally'. When they are calibrated, a simplified calibration form is shown with options to record a certificate number and a calibration file. This file can be view through GAGEpack and some reports accommodate this feature.

• R&R study data can be copied to and pasted from the Clipboard via a pop-up (right-click) menu in the data grid. The Filters function now allows up to 8 conditions to be included.

• Individual users can be given the right to edit 'Preferences' through the User setup form.