Midship
Section Calculator Release
Notes
MSC 1.0.21, 12/4/01
Increased allowable length of last folder path, since some server
paths are quite long
Code commonality upgrades not affecting performance
Added debug mode, available from File/Settings... menu
MSC 1.0.20, 12/4/01
Resolved help access problem under Windows NT & Windows 2000
(likely XP too)
MSC 1.0.19, 6/11/01
Under Windows 2000, the Windows Disk Defragmenter would launch
MSC instead. MSC's default file extension changed to .ms1.
MSC 1.0.18, 9/14/00
The seven free uses was failing under WIndows NT/2000.
Validation scheme altered to eliminate unexpected and unwarranted
failures under Windows NT/2000.
Improved handling of international decimal symbols
MSC 1.0.17, 7/10/00
Minor internal changes for path handling.
MSC 1.0.16, 4/9/00
Rearranged main interface window & toolbar to maximize section
image space.
ShapeEditor: Added resize capability and Edit menu for cell inserting/deleting.
Updated COMCTL32.OCX and COMCT232.OCX to MSCOMCTL.OCX and MSCOMCT2.OCX
MSC 1.0.15, 3/23/00
Added improvements for demo version users
MSC 1.0.14, 3/20/00
Grid controls in several dialog boxes were not always setting
column widths perfectly.
MSC 1.0.13, 2/9/00
Shape editor was not actually deleting coordinates when delete
key was pressed, even though it appeared to be doing so.
MSC 1.0.12, 1/14/00
Was not interpreting non-period decimal points correctly with
international settings
MSC 1.0.11, 10/6/99
Was not associating the .msc files with the proper icon.
MSC 1.0.10
Corrected printing error introduced in v1.0.09
MSC 1.0.09
Added LastFolder support
Changed MSC.INI file to WMG.INI for compatibility w/ other WMG
programs
Added initial window sizing/saving
Added progress indicator during initial load
Was plotting to printer with graphics upside down with respect
to title text
Was occasionally erroring on subsequent printer usage due to font
assignment problem
MSC 1.0.08
The standard "GetNumbers" dialog was not allowing left
& right arrows keys during editing
MSC 1.0.07
Improved operation of grid (spreadsheet style) controls.
MSC 1.0.06
Array and Multiple copy were not respecting units setting.
First launch font selection was erratic.
MSC 1.0.05
After element deleted, its definition was still in PlateEditor
or ShapeEditor
MSC 1.0.04
Odd font information in the MSC.INI file was causing failure on
launch (rare).
MSC 1.0.03
Project title sometimes omitted file name in parenthesis.
Added extra space between output columns so that long numbers
do not run together.
MSC 1.0.02
Dragging a selection rectangle was not hilighting the elements
nor setting the shape or plate editor boxes.
Saved & Printed calculation results reported incorrect values
for "Distances from centroid to top & bottom". Section
Modulus calculation was NOT affected by this bug.
MSC 1.0.01
Minor changes not affecting interface or calculations