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GeoData Manager V 4.15.6.8 has been released

This is the latest version of GeoData Manager, version 4.15.6.8, database version 39, released on 8 June 2020. This version includes the following new features and error fixes:

New Features

  • Multiple Graph Legend fields now synchronised with Group fields
  • Multiple Graph Group fields now saved for ternary graphs

GeoData Manager V 4.15.5.18 has been released.

This is the latest version of GeoData Manager, version 4.15.5.18, database version 39, released on 18 May 2020. This version includes the following new features and error fixes:

New Features

    Ternary Graphs

  • – Na-Mg-K (Giggenbach)
  • – Cl-HCO3-SO4
  • – N2-Ar-He
  • – General ternary graphs.
  • Ternary graphs can use mass or molar units.
  • Independent schema settings for ternary graphs.
  • Individual graph settings saved for each ternary graph.
  • Ternary graph titles and labels positions can be adjusted by the user.
  • Ternary graph can be scrolled in the vertical direction.
  • Ternary graph grid can be displayed or hidden.
  • Auto-width setting of all displayed column widths in header and detail table.

Error Fixes

  • Notes fields now shown as text in detail tables.
  • Tag group lists now updated on Rename and Delete.
  • Other axis (opposite independent axis) scale corrected for non-SI units.
  • Auto-scale option in Graph Settings improved to allow scale setting by user.
  • Units set in graphs now saved to Preferences.
  • Double-click on header title now does not tag records.
  • Display of DateTime formats retained after graphs with Date axes displayed.
  • Error when DateTime format is used for Well Date has been corrected.
  • Well Date rename now correctly renames Sample Site dates.
  • Column resize (with double-click on title column divider) now does not truncate data.
  • Column size maximum width (using double-click) has been increased to 300 pixels.
  • Reservoir pH calculation error for reservoir temperatures above 350°C fixed.
  • Exact conversion indication in unit change drop-down lists removed as often unreliable.
  • Unit preferences modified to prevent entries of undefined (blank) preferred names.

  • GeoData Manager V 4.14.9.27 has been released.

    This is the latest version of GeoData Manager, version 4.14.9.27, database version 38, released on 27 September 2019. This version includes the following new features and error fixes:

    New Features

  • Append option to add records to existing dataset without deleting and regenerating existing data.
  • Graph settings toolbar shown on undocked graph in Multiple Graph window.
  • Donut and Arrow symbols added to list of available graph symbols.
  • Errors Fixed

  • Import form up-down arrows for header rows and skip rows now working correctly.
  • Well History option at Wells node now working correctly.
  • WellSim version 4.14.8.23 has been released on 23 August 2019

    New Features in this version

  • New modern look to the WellSim user interface.
  • Redesigned main menu with more intuitive grouping.
  • Header and detail tables in main screen can be sorted by clicking on title bar.
  • Ability to undock and dock graph and detail table in Main form.
  • Ability to undock and dock graph in Measured Data edit form.
  • Ability to undock and dock graph in Multiple Graph form.
  • Graphs display dotted and dashed lines even with dense data sets.
  • Dependent axis scales can now be automatically synchronized.
  • Secondary Feedzones

  • Secondary linear drawdown factor now calculated during discharge simulation.
  • Checks to ensure secondary feedzones are fully specified.
  • Checks to ensure secondary feedzones do not use Mass Flow for output simulations.
  • Errors Fixed

  • Injectivity test bottom-up error if no wellhead pressure now fixed.
  • Lower Bound graph settings now saved.
  • Sorting corrected in Well Casing edit form.
  • Graph legend non-display error on some settings changes now fixed.
  • WellSim Version 4.14.7.2 has been released on 2 July 2019

    New Features

  • New modern look to the WellSim user interface.
  • Redesigned main menu with more intuitive grouping.
  • – Secondary Feedzones

  • Secondary feedzones can be modified while editing a discharge simulation.
  • Secondary linear drawdown factor calculated during discharge simulation.
  • Checks to ensure secondary feedzones are fully specified.
  • Checks to ensure secondary feedzones do not use Mass Flow for output simulations.
  • – Graphs

  • Ability to undock and dock graph and detail table in Main form.
  • Ability to undock and dock graph in Measured Data edit form.
  • Ability to undock and dock graph in Multiple Graph form.
  • Graphs display dotted and dashed lines even with dense data sets.
  • Graphs on dependent axes can now be automatically synchronized.
  • Errors Fixed

  • Bottom-up error for injectivity test if no wellhead pressure now fixed.
  • Lower Bound graph settings now saved.
  • Sorting corrected in Well Casing edit form.
  • GeoData Manager Version 4.14.4.26 has been released on 26 April 2019

    The latest version of GeoData Manager, version 4.14.4.26, database version 38, was released on 26 April 2019.
    This version includes the following new features and error fixes:

    New Features

  • Option in Database Manager New DB to create and populate SQL Server database.
  • Option to copy GeoData Manager permissions to other databases (SQL Server only).
  • Well History available using the Process/3D toolbar option at the Well module.
  • Checkboxes added in ListSelect form to assist selection.
  • Database Changes

  • Increased size of Sample Site Type and Sample Site Type Comment fields.
  • Increased size of Sample Site Comment and Sample Comment fields.
  • Added Temperature, Mass Flow and pH fields to Sample Site table.
  • Added Ambient Temperature to Sample Site and Chemistry Data tables.
  • Added Colour, Grain and Composition fields to Well Lithology and Stratigraphy tables.
  • Increased size of Gravity Survey field, added Notes field to Gravity Survey header table.
  • Added Electrical Conductivity and Permeability to Rock Properties detail table.
  • Converted the Sample Set field to a soft lookup field.
  • DB Version increased to 38 from Version 37.
  • Errors Fixed

  • Illegal characters including spaces in new database name trapped and removed.
  • Non-visible fields correctly identified when importing from clipboard or file.
  • Company Settings upload error (disabled buttons) now fixed.
  • Company Settings download error with SQL Server database selected now fixed.
  • Company Folder path and File Prefix now saved to preferences.
  • Add Many option for Sample Sites now works correctly.
  • Add Many option for MT Soundings from edi files now works correctly.
  • Select Data Types to Display error now fixed.
  • New Window option working again, and no databases lost from the database list.
  • Refresh Units option in Menu Tools now works correctly.
  • Jump to Errors feature in Data Entry form repaired and now operating correctly.
  • Unit settings in Add Identifiers form and Data Entry header fields now saved.
  • Databases beginning with integer now handled correctly.
  • Data Entry multiple selection error after Title Bar sort has been fixed.
  • Preferences auto-loaded from backup file (preferences.bak) if accidentally erased.
  • Date Picker reintroduced for Data Entry detail table date fields.
  • Second worksheet now cleared when the database is changed.
  • Data modified warning in Data Entry now shown only when data is actually modified.
  • Rock Type, Formation and Alteration correctly upgraded in data tables after Rename.
  • Geology codes can now be typed in (rather than picked from list) without error.
  • GeoData Manager Version 4.14.3.15 has been released on 15 March 2019

    Changes in this version.

    New Features

  • Option in Database Manager New DB to create and populate SQL Server database.
  • Option to copy GeoData Manager permissions to other databases (SQL Server only).
  • Well History available in the Process/3D at the Well module.
  • Checkboxes added in ListSelect form to assist selection.
  • Errors Fixed

  • Illegal characters including spaces in new database name trapped and removed.
  • Non-visible fields correctly identified when importing from clibboard or file.
  • GeoData Manager Version 4.14.2.4 has been released on 4 February 2019

    Errors Fixed

  • Intermittent instabilities now greatly minimised – program is much more stable.
  • The occasional but annoying loss of the preferences.ini file has been fixed.
  • The occasional appearance of a ghost database in the Database Manager has been fixed.
  • The Tracer Type in the Tracer module is now either CHEM or RAD.
  • Python scripts now correctly loaded after change of scripts path in Miscellaneous Settings.
  • Incorrect message about WELLDATES not found after update to DB Version 37 has been removed.
  • Chemistry Sample Sets can now be deleted when all samples have been deleted.
  • Weir and Steam Orifice calculated flow data now correctly saved to the Discharge or Production node.
  • In Edit mode
    — pressing Cancel after New now allows saving of any entered data.
    — The first key-press in the detail table is now captured.
    — Entered data is now posted when moving between Graph and Identifiers tab.
    — Short-duration information messages now displayed on Check and Apply.
  • GeoData Manager Version 4.13.10.16 has been released on 16 October 2018

    New Features
    + Dashed and dotted lines in line graph now displayed with dense data sets.
    + Multiple line graphs using 2nd worksheet presented as single graph when
    — Both bottom axes use same unit type and one top axis unit type = ‘None’
    — Both top axes use same unit type and one bottom axis unit type = ‘None’
    — Both top axes and both bottom axes use the same unit types.

    Correction
    * Error when upgrading to Database Version 37 has been corrected.

    GeoData Manager Version 4.13.9.21 has been released on 21 September 2018.

    New features in this version include:

  • + Ability to plot Measured Depth, Vertical Depth or Elevation on the right axis of Quick Graphs and Multiple Graphs of all well downhole data, including geological columns.
  • + Ability to automatically synchronize the two dependent axes of line graphs with data plotted on opposite axes.