Calc98 Version 4.50 Release Note
This version contains a number of bug fixes and new features, including:
- Re-size and change fonts of buttons
- Re-arrange orientation of the keypads
- Re-size calculator and display
- Display can be expanded to a matrix or array
- Matrix operators
- Array arithmetic
- RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) option
- Algebraic precedence by default
- Optional command/menu bar
- Save/Load calculation data
- ASCII conversion
- Engineering number display
- Keyboard Tooltips
- Full keyboard accelerators (short-cuts)
- Time mode now includes stopwatch feature
- Base-N mode (N up to 36)
- Support for WindowsCE version (not included in the release)
Problems fixed this release:
- "Now" button in time mode displayed UCT (GMT) - now local time
- Erroneous behaviour of RPN stack fixed
- Time/angle values were sometimes displayed with 60 seconds
- Previous window position was restored from registry incorrectly
- Added capability to store location of browser for Help files
- Help files moved to a subdirectory
Known problems with this release:
- Help does not work if no HTML help support and can't find iexplore.exe
- Conversion to HTML Help is incomplete, so navigation and indexing is poor
- Help files converted from Calc95 WinHelp not fully updated to Calc98
- Not all calculator functions support array operation
- Memory n dialog box always displays numbers in decimal
- Matrix functions not fully developed
- Web-based automatic property/constant upload not available