RILSIM 2.02 Now Available in Four Languages!

Installation modules for a new version of RILSIM, the Reduced-Impact Logging SIMulator, are now available in four languages as described in the “High­lights” section below. RILSIM is free financial analysis software, designed to promote the adoption of reduced-impact logging, and has been designed especially for use by foresters, loggers, government officials, NGOs, and others working to improve forest harvesting practices. To download the installation module for the language of your choice, click the CD-ROM image at left or the RILSIM HOME button on the main menu above.

Highlights of the new RILSIM release:

• The new version of RILSIM is available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
• The RILSIM User's Guide is available in English, French, and Portuguese, but not yet in Spanish.
• By default, RILSIM Español is installed with the English-language user's guide but users may separately download a patch that will install either the French or Portuguese user's guide instead.
• The different language versions of RILSIM have been designed so that they do not interfere with each other. Thus, if you work in more than one language you can install two, three, or all four language versions and they will run independently (and even simultaneously) without problems.
• RILSIM 2.02 can read data files from any previous version of RILSIM, and each language version can read data files written by any other language version. Previously a translation error in RILSIM Português prevented it from reading files from other versions, but this has been corrected in the new version.
• RILSIM Help has been upgraded to use HTML Help, a standard that is supported in all versions of Microsoft® Windows® beginning with Windows 98. This upgrade was undertaken especially to support users with Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. These newer versions of Windows are not compatible with WinHelp32, the help system used in previous versions of RILSIM, unless a special patch has been applied to the operating system. This is particularly important for users of RILSIM Français because its help system has not yet been converted to HTML Help. More details are available on the RILSIM support page.

How to Get RILSIM

Click here to go to the RILSIM home page.