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Inactive Hyperlinks—The About RILSIM... dialog box (opened through the
Help menu) contains a web-page address and an email address that could not be activated
in the normal way by clicking the hyperlink address.
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1.05
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As of version 1.06, all hyperlinks have been activated.
In RILSIM 1.06 or later, clicking a web address will open the
user's default web browser and load the specified page if an Internet connection is active.
Clicking an email address will open the user's default email program and insert the address into
the address data field.
Workaround for RILSIM 1.05—Using the mouse, select the entire web address or email address.
Click the right mouse button to expose a popup menu. In the menu, select the Copy command
to place a copy of the selected address on the Windows clipboard. Open your web browser or
email program, click inside the address field, and then use the program's Paste command to
paste the address into the field.
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Aug 2003
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Enter Key—Only the Tab key could be used to move the cursor from one data field to the next
on RILSIM's data forms. This is because the data forms are modeled on database programs rather than
on spreadsheet programs. Database programs typically use the Tab key to move the cursor from one data
field to the next.
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1.05
1.06
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This feature has been added in version 1.07.
In RILSIM 1.07 or later, both the Enter key and the Tab key can be used to move the cursor from
one data field to the next. However, only the Tab key can be used to move the cursor from one
button to the next. This is because the programming standards for Microsoft Windows
stipulate that pressing the Enter key when the focus is on a button must cause the command associated
with the button to be executed. This policy is intended to facilitate use of the software by persons for
whom a mouse is difficult to manipulate.
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Jan 2004
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Vertical Tiling—RILSIM versions earlier than 2.00 did not permit multiple windows that are open simultaneously
to be “tiled vertically”; that is, arranged so that they are displayed side by side
in “vertical” windows that are taller than they are wide. The “Tile”
option under the Window menu was equivalent to “tile horizontally” and no other
tiling option was available.
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1.05
1.06
1.07
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This feature has been added in version 2.00.
The option available in versions earlier than 2.00 (horizontal tiling only) is the default available to
programmers working with the Microsoft Foundation Classes. Unfortunately, horizontal tiling of RILSIM
windows is less satisfactory
than vertical tiling when you want to display two RILSIM models side by side. Both tiling options have now
been incorporated into RILSIM 2.00.
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Sep 2004
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Digit-Grouping Symbol—Only the space character could
originally be used as a digit-grouping symbol (i.e., to group digits to the left of the
decimal point so that large numbers are easier to read; an example would be
16 108 325.7734). In many countries, either the comma or the dot is commonly
used as a digit-grouping symbol, and some countries use the apostrophe or the space character.
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1.05
1.06
1.07
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This feature has been added in version 2.00.
The user is now able to select the digit-grouping symbol from the following list: comma, dot,
apostrophe, or space. A check is made to ensure that the digit-grouping symbol differs
from the decimal-point symbol; using the same symbol for both purposes would cause numerical errors.
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Sep 2004
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