Elite Software PsyChart Readme.

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3/8/2003 2.01.32
1. Made it so the names of the Desktop and Start menu shortcuts that the installation program creates
include the version number of the program.

2. In order to make it easier to understand how to customize the toolbar, added a toolbar called
"Extended Toolbar" and renamed the "Standard" toolbar to "Standard Toolbar." Also changed the
"Customize" dialog's caption to "Customize Toolbar" and modified some of its labels.

3. Made it so the program will run properly on foreign versions of Windows that use the Double Byte
Character Set, such as Korean, Chinese and Japanese.

12/28/2002 2.01.30
1. Fixed a problem where the program would sound a beep when you pressed Enter on some of the
inputs.

2. Corrected some of the colors on some of the windows so that when using an appearance scheme (on
Windows' Display Properties dialog) where 3D objects are some other color than light gray, those objects
display the appropriate color rather than remaining light gray. Also changed the colors of the
background and text on the dropdown help windows to match the currently selected system colors for
tooltips. This change was needed in order to ensure that the colors are appropriate for different Windows
appearance settings.

3. Fixed a bug where if the mouse button configuration was set to left-handed, you still had to click with
the left mouse button to select an item from the list on the dropdown help windows.

4. Fixed a bug where the installation program would still show the "Select Common Directory" page
even when the directory exists.

5. Corrected a problem where if you had a large number of projects and you expanded a project node on
the Import Air Handler Data window, you might have to scroll to see the system nodes under the node
you expanded.

6. Added a feature that prevents the program from opening a project from a floppy disk. If you try to
open a project from a floppy disk, a message box will appear telling you that the program will instead
copy the selected file from the floppy disk to the Projects folder on your hard disk and open it from there.
Or if you try to save a project to the floppy disk, the program will display a message box telling you that
it will only copy the file to the floppy but that the current project will remain at its present location.

7. Updated the Import Air Handler Data dialog to be able to import data from Rhvac version 8 project
files.

8. On 1/10/2003, included the file ESDStrg6.dll in the update setup. This file is included to prevent an
"Invalid wef file" error that could happen with the update setup from 12/28/2002.
6/21/2001 2.01.28
1. Changed the shortcut key on the "Zoom In/Out" tool from "M" to "Z."

2. Fixed a bug where even if the chart's humidity units setting was set to Grains, on the Coordinates tab
of the Chart Properties dialog, the Increment input for humidity ratio (W) would only display and accept
numbers in terms of the fractional setting. Also, that Increment input will now immediately change to
display the appropriate value if you happen to change the selection for Humidity Units on the Main tab of
that dialog.

3. Increased the number of allowed decimal places from 5 to 7 for values entered in the Increment inputs
on the Coordinates tab of the Chart Properties dialog. The same goes for the Value input for the
coordinate labels (entered on that same tab when you press the Labels button).

6/4/2001 2.01.27
1. Fixed two bugs in the code for the mixing process that could make it so the process would not get
created under certain conditions. One was if the chart was set to Altitude instead of Standard flow, and
you selected to mix points to a given W or %Pt2 Flow. The other was if you tried to mix two points that
had the exact same DB temperature using the %Pt2 Flow option. A message box would appear saying
"Invalid Data" and the process would not get created.

2. Reorganized the code so that the program does not have as many external components as before.
The code that was in separate dll modules is now incorporated into the main exe of the program in order
to make maintenance of the code easier as well as avoid installation problems. This fixes one problem
with the update setup, psych601.exe, where it was possible for the Print Reports dialog to not be avialable
after only applying the the update setup.

5/14/2001 2.01.26
1. Modified the importing procedures to be able to correctly import data from metric RHVAC project
files.

1/16/2001 2.01.25
1. Made it so the data in the inputs on the Air Handler Model window is saved in the project file for the
current chart instead of just with the program.

11/15/2000 2.01.24
1. Fixed a problem where it was possible when editing the name of a Note for the text in the textbox to
wrap so that only part of the name could be seen in the textbox.

2. Fixed a bug with the new Cooling Process Option that was added in version 2.01.22, where when the
option was set to "Warn" a warning would be given even when the process line could extend to intersect
the saturation curve.

11/2/2000 2.01.23
1. Updated the code that reads the RHVAC project file so that it will read either version 6.07 or 6.08 of
RHVAC.

10/24/2000 2.01.22
1. Made it so pressing the Esc key or double clicking the chart will change to Select mode from any
other mode such as Pan or Zoom In/Out.
2. Added an option to allow for cooling processes that do not intersect the saturation curve to be created.
The options are (1) Don't allow such a process, (2) Allow it, but display a warning, and (3) Allow it and
don't warn.

9/4/2000 2.01.19
1. Corrected a slight error in the conversion of IP flow units to SI. This error was making it so when
you were using a metric chart and entered a flow for a process, the process flow displayed on any of the
reports would be slightly lower than the flow you had entered. The error was less than 1/2 of one
percent.

6/6/2000 2.01.18
1. Made it so the specific volume labels display two numbers after the decimal place instead of just one
when the chart is set to metric.

2. Made it so the State Point report and the Process I/O report show three decimal places for specific
volume. This change was made to the on screen reports, printed reports, and reports printed to file.

3. Corrected a problem with displaying the color selector on the Print Reports dialog, where if you
clicked on the program icon in the header the color selector wouldn't stay visible.

12/17/99 2.01.17
1. Fixed a bug where it was possible for a "Stop statement encountered" error to occur while selecting
colors for the chart or the reports.

2. Fixed a bug where it was possible for the coordinate labels for a coordinate type to not show up even
if both the coordinate label and the coordinate line were set to Visible.

3. Increased the maximum allowable humidity ratio from 0.05 to 0.1.

11/16/99 2.01.16
1. Added an "Open as read only" checkbox to the Open Project dialog, which makes it so a project can
be opened as a read-only file and then set back to normal once the project is closed. Also added "[Read
Only]" to the caption of the main window whenever a project file is opened that has its read-only attribute
set.

2. Fixed a slight problem on the new Example dropdown help buttons on the Add Point or Process
dialog where the buttons wouldn't press down properly unless you clicked at least about halfway over
from the left-hand edge of the button.

3. Modified the setup program to make it work on Windows 2000.

8/26/99 2.01.15
1. Changed the example in the dropdown help window for the zone process.

8/26/99 2.01.14
1. Made another correction to the tab order on the Define Point or Process dialog.

8/26/99 2.01.13
1. Corrected the tab order and the arrow and Enter key navigation on the Define Point or Process dialog.

8/26/99 2.01.12
1. Corrected a problem with the ColorPicker that could happen on the Select Reports window when
clicking on the example report headers.

2. Added the program's version number to the subject line of the e-mail message upon selecting
"Help|Send Mail To Technical Support Desk".

3. Corrected the text in the dropdown help windows for the DB inputs on the zone process and the
cooling coil process.

4. Modified the text in the dropdown help windows for Pt1 and Pt2 for the zone process and the cooling
coil process.

8/26/99 2.01.11
1. Fixed a bug on the Define Point or Process dialog where the metric flow option was not correctly
setting the text in the dropdown help windows for some of the inputs.

2. Added an Example button to each of the processes. Each of the dropdown help windows for the
Example buttons has an example set of inputs that can be automatically created by clicking the item at the
bottom of the dropdown help window.

8/23/99 2.01.10
1. Fixed a bug where the project was not being recognized as having been changed (and thus prompting
to save upon closing the project) after having selected the new "Paste Chart Properties" or "Paste All"
buttons.

2. Slightly changed the appearance of the "Import Air Handler Data" window.

3. Made the border around the edge of the chart thinner.

4. Added the ability to copy the program license file from the floppy disk by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L
while the About box is open.

5. Corrected the tab order on the Define Point or Process dialog's State Point tab.

6. On the Define Point or Process dialog, added text to the enthalpy input for the Zone process to make it
clear that the default value usually does not need to be changed. Also moved the input to a less
prominent location on the window and changed its caption to indicate that it is a default value.

7. Modified the dropdown help for the enthalpy for the Humidify processes to explain that the value
usually does not need to be changed from the default.

7/8/99 2.01.9
1. Technical changes.

7/8/99 2.01.8
1. Added units to the coordinate labels that didn't have them.

2. Corrected the headings in the printed Process Energy Report when the chart is set to metric units for
the sensible and latent load columns. The heading had incorrectly said "kW/hr", but is now changed to
"kW".
3. Added the ability to copy and paste chart properties as well as points, processes and notes from one
chart to another. All data for a chart is overwritten any time any chart data is pasted. Three menu items
have been added under the Chart menu for this feature: "Copy Chart Data", "Paste Chart Properties" and
"Paste All".

4. Made it so when there is a default project entered on the Options window and a new chart is created in
a project, the new chart will be a copy of Chart 1 from the default project.

5. Added a Metric Flow Units option to the Options window, which allows selecting either meters cubed
per minute (as before), meters cubed per second or liters per second as the units used for flow throughout
the program when the chart's Units option is set to metric.

4/9/99 2.01.7
1. Added a Zoom In/Out button to the View toolbar and the View menu. This feature makes it so the
chart zooms in and out as you click and drag the mouse up or down.

2. Increased the speed and smoothness when panning the chart with the Pan feature.

3. Added a Select item to the View toolbar and the View menu. The Select button turns off any of the
zooming tools, turns the mousepointer into an arrow and makes it so the chart's Note's and State Points
can be selected.

4. Made it so when the chart is not in one of the zooming modes (Zoom In/Out, Zoom Window or Pan)
the State Points and the Notes cannot be selected. This change was needed because of the way that the
menus would unexpectedly pop up when drawing a zoom window or when panning the chart.

5. Changed the text in the dropdown help window for the enthalpy input on the humidify process. The
input had said that the value was for the enthalpy of the point created in the process, but it is actually for
the enthalpy of the water added during the process.

3/15/99 2.01.6
1. Added a checkbox to the Air Handler Model window to allow for 100% outside air. Also made it so
if the amount of air entered into the Outside Air input is greater than or equal to the supply air required
for the zone, the model created will be switched to 100% outside air. Modified the text in the dropdown
help windows accordingly.

3/1/99 2.01.5
1. Fixed the problem where some of the icons available in the toolbar's Customize window had black
backgrounds. Select the menu "Tools|Toolbars|Reset All" in order to use the new icons.

2. Corrected the help text on the Zone process' enthalpy input to indicate that the purpose of the input is
to enter the enthalpy of the water vapor entering the zone.

2/9/99 2.01.4
1. Corrected the caption of a window used in the upgrade process.

2/5/99 2.01.3
1. Made another correction to the reading of the customer information file.

2/3/99 2.01.2
1. Technical changes.
2/3/99 2.01.1
1. Changed the name of the customer information file, which corrected a situation where the program
was always being installed as a demo version.

1/26/99 2.01.0 Initial Release

1. Included the help file.

2. Fixed a bug where if an item was entered by selecting it from a dropdown list on the Chart Properties
window by using the up and down arrow keys, the Apply button would not become enabled.

1/23/99 2.00.103
1. Made the Print to File button on the Print Reports window so that it is disabled unless there is at least
one report selected.

1/23/99 2.00.102
1. Removed files from the installation that had been necessary to be able to read CHVAC project files
but that are no longer necessary because of recent changes made to CHVAC. CHVAC now needs to be
at least version 6.07.20 for PsyChart 2.00.102 or later to be able to read its project files.

2. Made it so the Print Setup dialog is centered on the screen.

1/20/99 2.00.101 Start of Beta 5

1. Made the Print to File function remember the last folder a report was saved to. Added a Reports
folder, which gets created during the installation.

1/20/99 2.00.100
1. Changed the comfort zone lower limit to dew point temperature instead of humidity ratio in order to
more closely follow the ASHRAE handbook.

2. Corrected several things about the way the chart looks when printed out so that it more closely
resembles the way the chart looks on the screen.

1/16/99 2.00.99
1. Added a Print to File button on the Print Reports window, which allows the reports to be printed to a
file in an ASCII format.

1/16/99 2.00.98
1. Fixed a bug that would make the chart have to be regenerated after changing anything on the Chart
Properties window when the units were set to metric.

2. Corrected the arrow key and Enter key navigation and the tab order on the inputs on the Collection tab
of the Define State Point or Process window.

3. Fixed a bug that would allow the comfort zone to still be drawn if the line for the maximum wet bulb
temperature were lower than the line for the minimum humidity ratio. Now the comfort zone will not be
drawn if the point of the maximum dry bulb and maximum wet bulb is lower than the point of the
maximum dry bulb and the minimum humidity ratio.

1/14/99 2.00.97
1. Added summer and winter items to the list on the dropdown help window for Comfort Zone
minimum and maximum DB.

1/14/99 2.00.96
1. Added a menu under the chart menu for inserting dynamic note items. This menu's functionality is
the same as the automatic "Insert Dynamic Note Item" toolbar, but is available even if the option to show
that toolbar is turned off.

1/14/99 2.00.95
1. Changed the upper and lower boundaries of the Comfort Zone from relative humidity to wet bulb for
the upper and humidity ratio for the lower.

2. Added a "Insert Dynamic Note Item" toolbar that can optionally appear whenever a note is being
edited. This feature makes it so various quantities can be entered as certain strings which are replaced
with the actual value of that quantity when the note is drawn. For example, on a note attached to a point
at 95 degrees dry bulb temperature, the text "#DB#" will be replaced when the note is drawn with "95°
F".

1/13/99 2.00.94 Start of Beta 4

1. Fixed a bug in compacting the project file in versions 2.00.92-3 that prevented more than one chart
from being created within a single project.

1/13/99 2.00.93
1. Increased the constraints of the Demo level up to 13 state points and 13 processes. This change
allows any entered Air Handler Model to be accepted.

2. Changed the effect of out-of-range values entered on the Elevation input of the Air Handler Model so
that the Demo limits are enforced without preventing the Model from being created.

3. Changed the spelling of the Demo default Note in the upper-left corner from "Maccu Piccu" to
"Machu Picchu".

1/12/99 2.00.92
1. Added a Comfort Zone feature, which allows shading a particular area of the chart to indicate that it is
within desired DB and RH conditions.

2. Fixed a bug that developed in 2.00.91 that made it so three of the default title Notes were created after
starting a new project.

1/9/99 2.00.91
1. Added a menu item under the Help menu for opening this Readme file.

1/9/99 2.00.90
1. Changed the format of the project file to allow for future expansion. Project files made with versions
prior to 2.00.90 will not work.

2. Added arrow key and Enter key navigation to text inputs on the various windows.

3. Eliminated a conflict with CHVAC 6.02.22, which now uses some of the same application files as
PsyChart in order to draw a psychrometric chart on its Print Preview window.

12/30/98 2.00.89 Start of Beta 3

1. Made printing the icon in the page header of reports optional.

2. Fixed a bug that made it so the chart was not immediately refreshed after creating a collection
process.

3. Changed the Chart Properties window so that changing the Flow option will require erasing existing
points and processes.

4. Fixed a bug where selecting the "Chart|Clear" menu did not set the project file to a state of needing to
be saved.

5. Made it so the program enforces the limits of the demo level when appropriate.

12/30/98 2.00.88
1. Corrected a potential scaling problem when printing the chart.

2. Added report printing capability and a Print Reports window. The State Point, Process Energy and
Process Input/Output reports can now be printed.

3. Corrected a problem where it was possible for the notes on the chart to be inadvertently resized
immediately after printing the chart.

4. Corrected a problem with printing the chart while the zoom amount was greater than 100%.

12/17/98 2.00.84
1. Corrected the help text for the Humidify process enthalpy when the chart is set to metric units.

2. Made the Humidify process enthalpy and Zone process enthalpy default values get filled in
automatically whenever the chart changes its units from English to metric or vice versa.

3. Corrected the sensible and latent gains shown on the Process Energy Report when the chart is set to
metric units.

12/15/98 2.00.75 - 2.00.83

1. Technical changes.

12/14/98 2.00.74
1. Fixed a Type Mismatch error that would occur on the Add Point or Process dialog if the DB option on
the Zone process was selected and the DB input was left blank.

2. Corrected a problem where if the coordinates were set a certain way, the maximum DB line would be
drawn with Sub line characteristics along with Main line characteristics.

3. Fixed a bug where trying to add a point with a blank name would cause an extra blank point to be
created internally so that a line with all zeroes would show up in the state point report and in other places
that list the existing points.

4. Changed the DB input on the Zone process and the Cool process so that up to two decimal places can
be entered.

5. Fixed a bug where it was possible for a coordinate label to have the wrong extra text that shows the
type of label it is (for example "Sp.Vol"). This could occur if the increment of main coordinate lines of
that kind was set so that none of those kinds of coordinate lines were visible on the chart.

6. Fixed a bug where it was not possible to create a Heat process where Pt2 was the specified point. A
message box would always appear that said, "Point is not valid."

7. Added an Air Handler Model window that automatically creates the zone, mixing and cooling
processes of an air handling system.

8. Added an Import Air Handler Data window that reads data from Elite Software's CHVAC and
RHVAC programs.

11/27/98 2.00.73
1. Corrected a problem with the sample project.

11/27/98 2.00.72
1. Fixed a bug where the default note settings were not being saved with the chart.

11/27/98 2.00.71
1. Fixed a bug where the shadow width of notes was not being saved.

2. Modified the menu items under the Help menu.

3. Modified the installation program.

11/25/98 2.00.70
1. Changed some menu items and toolbar buttons.

2. Set the tab order on the Chart Properties window.

11/25/98 2.00.69
1. Fixed a bug where an error would occur eventually after selecting the "Close Sub Windows" menu.

2. Corrected some of the menu captions.

3. Changed some of the toolbar pictures.

11/24/98 2.00.68

11/23/98 2.00.67
1. Changed the Y Offset property of coordinate labels to correctly move the coordinate label up or down
with respect to the angle at which the coordinate label text is drawn.

11/23/98 2.00.66
1. Added automatic project file compacting so that the project file is always only as big as it needs to be
no matter how many charts, points, processes or notes have been added and deleted.

2. Made it so when trying to start another instance of the program when it is already running, the
previous instance is instead activated (and restored if necessary).

3. Increased the speed of redrawing the chart and setting its properties.
4. Reduced the memory requirements under certain circumstances.

11/18/98 2.00.65
1. Added drag-and-drop project file support.

2. Added an option to use an existing project file as the default whenever selecting New Project.

3. Added the ability to save the current chart image as a bitmap file.

11/17/98 2.00.60
1. Added the ability to rename existing state points.

2. Made it so the extents of the chart and the coordinate line increments can be changed without losing
existing points and processes.

3. Modified components such as those used on the Chart Properties dialog to make them use less
resources and load faster.

4. Added the ability to change the size of the circle used to draw state points.

11/12/98 2.00.58
1. Fixed a bug that caused Windows resources to be continually consumed every time state points were
redrawn.

2. Corrected the order of the Visible checkboxes on the Chart Properties window for the Sub coordinate
lines.

3. Changed the program icon.

4. Improved the way notes are created and edited.

5. Fixed a bug that prevented the Chart Properties window from remembering its previous position.

11/10/98 2.00.56
1. Added adjustable labels for all the coordinates.

2. Changed the icon and the splash window picture.

3. Made it so the maximum DB line is always vertical

4. Added user-definable notes.

5. Added X and Y ScaleFactor and Offset properties to the chart.

6. Added the ability to have multiple charts in the same project.

7. Added sub coordinate lines in between the main coordinate lines.

8. Added a LineWidth property to the coordinate and process lines.

9. Added the ability to print the chart directly to a printer.

10/12/98 Version 2.00.41

1. Added Wef file, About box, address change, upgrading ability and code to enforce demo limits.

2. Completed the Process Energy Report window, or at least made it workable.

3. Made all the sub-windows remember their previous position with respect to the main window. Also
made windows with a ListView remember the widths of the ListView columns.

4. Added a Delete Point Or Process window.

5. Added Copy Image To Clipboard menu item for the chart image.

6. Added Toolbars menu item to the Tools menu.

7. Made the web link menus, e-mail menu and About Elite Software menu operational.

8. Added help windows to the rest of the inputs on the Define State Point Or Process window and made
various corrections to that window.

9. Added Humidity Units options to the Chart Properties window.

10. Added a message box that informs you if you are about to make a change on the Chart Properties
window that will erase all your points and processes.

11. Added help windows to more of the inputs on the Chart Properties window.

12. Corrected the Step inputs on the Chart Properties window. Some of these inputs did not correspond
to the correct quantity.

13. Changed the splash picture and program icon.

14. Added a "Window List" type menu under the Window menu that lists all the open main windows
whenever there is more than one main window open.

15. Added a Close Sub-Windows menu under the Window menu.

9/30/98 Version 2.00.23 Start of Beta 1