Version History for Point Blank, Computer Reloading and Ballistics Software Point Blank Version 1.8a 10/31/01: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed a printing crash in the Load Info menu. Fixed a SAVE crash from the Ballistics Menu Fixed a printing crash when trying to print multiple trajectories from the ballistics menu. Fixed a problem with un-initalized trajectories being set as valid. Point Blank Version 1.8 06/27/01: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corrected the Spelling of "Fahrenheit" in the unit converter Fixed a printing error when printing single entries from the firearms database. Fixed a Bug from the Ballistics Calculator, when entering the Taylors KO calculator. Hitting Canel or the Close Dialog was not exiting correctly Added new functionality to shot strings, adding a velocity value to an unplaced hole, will create a new hole and initialize it to 0,0 Fixed a Bug where when a New Load was created, the "shot" information and virtual small target information was not cleared correctly Fixed a Bug in the Large Target screen where it would truncate "Scope Height" to a whole number (ie: 1.5 truncated to 1) Fixed a Bug in the Large Target screen that would reset a loads velocity to 0 even if there were no entered shot values Added new functionality to the Ballistics Calculator screen, it now allows the user to toggle between different "views" of the data. This allows for more convienent viewing of the data Re-Added Highlight for mouseover of Ballistic Data views. Updated my new Email address for contact information to: dallanc@HuntingHut.com Added option for 5 yard increments in ballistics charts Fixed Ballistics Calculator Printing to now use the selected Range Increments. *NOTE* The print out will now use a maximum of 16 lines so if you choose say, 10 yard increments, the printed range will be from 0 to 160 yards. The table will stop at 1000 yards regardless of settings. Added Standard Deviation Calculator to Large Target Screen. This now will autocalculate the Standard Deviation from the velocity data (if it exists) Added Standard Deviation Fields to Load Info Limited the edit box's "field" lengths for data to 12 characters Added Warning when setting UpdateData flag in Ballistics Menu Added Capability to "store" a calculated trajectories, and draw them overlayed on each other Point Blank Version 1.70A 07/27/00: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed a critical error which was corrupting the Firearm Information databases. This change makes 1.70 databases un-convertable, sorry! Point Blank Version 1.70 07/25/00: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Added a new Firearms Database to track firearm information Speeded up loading of the Bullets.txt database Fixed a calculation error in the Point Blank Range calculation where it had been generating incorrect results. Point Blank Version 1.60 04/20/00: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changed all references from the old webpage address, to the new one at www.HuntingNut.com Created English / Metric unit converter menu available out of the Misc Functions menu. Fixed all Misc Menu functions to now work with very heavy loads such as is used in 50 BMG loads. Included the Target Bitmap image with the PointBlank archive so people can print their own targets. Finally fixed the bug where the screen is blanked when hitting ESC in some menus. What an annoying bug! Fixed a print bug from the "Print Load List" function where the group size was always printed as "0" Added the ability to "Reset" a single shot in the Large Target Menu Changed Large Target "Hole" placement to allow realtime updates of hole placement through the X and Y Distance Edit boxes. This also allows creation of a new "hole" without having to first right click on the target somewhere (happy now Chris? ;) Point Blank Version 1.50 02/23/00: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed the HP print bug (for real this time). What a pain in the ... Reordered the new Primer Lot # field to tab in correct sequence Point Blank Version 1.40 02/21/00: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed a bug so all file access will start in the same directory PointBlank was started in (no more accessing the "My Documents" folder). Added "Primer Lot #" data field to all load data menus (Just for you Chris Young :) Added Load Name data to Load Info data saved in a Text file. Added Range notes to data saved in a Text file. Fixed a Print scale bug which showed up on some printers (HP) Fixed some Print format errors in the Load information section. Added Units description to most Ballistics Menu data fields Point Blank Version 1.30 02/13/00: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed a bug where changes to load data from the Ballistics Menu were not correctly updated in the Load Info Menu. Added verification for "IMPORTED" Loads to disallow importation of incorrect files and corruption of the Load Database. Completely redesigned the "Print" format to be much cleaner and make better use of a single sheet of paper. Sped up PBR calculations conciderably Reduced the overall size slightly to now work on 640x480 monitors and laptop displays. Changed the Max Bullet Weight Range to 900 grns (for all you BMG guys!) Added 25 yard "Ticks" to Ballistics Data Graph Raised the Minimum BC value to the lowest possible BC thereby fixing a ballistics calculation glitch. Point Blank Version 1.20 01/18/00: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed a Crash error when a value of 1000 yards was entered as Target Distance in the Ballistics Menu. Point Blank Version 1.10 01/16/00: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reordered the buttons in the Large Target Menu to tab in correct sequence. Expanded the Lead Calculator from 30 Mph to 60 Mph moving targets. Changed Powder Weight fields to 1 decimal point. Changed Case Weight fields to 2 decimal point2. Added Load Name to the Choose Load Menu list box Added Load Name support in the New Load and Edit Load menus Fixed an Open Load bug where the LoadInfo preview Target data was not being reset to the new loads data Fixed a bug in the Ballistics Menu for Lead calculation on 1000 yrd targets Changed the NewLoad Menu to use default Scope Height, Target Elevation, and Temperature values for new Loads. Added support to Ballistics Menu to allow updating of data specific to ballistics calculations to the load data. Fixed an incorrect version string in About menu. Fixed a Problem when loading large databases. Fixed a crash bug if you clicked on either Moly or Crimp checkboxes when no database exists. Point Blank Version 1.00 12/31/99: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Updated Help/FAQ Added Importing and Exporting of loads from the Open Load Menu Changed "Large Target Graphic" to use less colors fixing a problem on machines running in less than 15bit color mode Fixed a bug when the user hits ESC in the New Load menu, and a "UNKNOWN" load is accidently created. Reordered all controls to "tab" in proper sequence Changed "Seating Depth" data field to "Comparator OAL" data field Disabled certain Ballistics Menu Buttons when Data is invalid. Added Lead calculations to Ballistics Table output (VERY NICE!). Rewrote all sorting algorithms to be faster, and safer (would rarely corrupt the database). Disabled Specific Load functions when entire database is deleted in the Open Load menu. Added Bullets Database support to New Load menu. Added Powders Database support to New Load menu. Added Primers Database support to New Load menu. Added Point Blank Range Calculation to Ballistics menu Fixed a bug in the Large Target Menu where resetting all shots resulted in -1 velocity Fixed Target Zero Distance in Ballistics Menu value to not reset to 100 yrds Fixed it so it retains the target range instead of resetting to 100 yards when switching between Load Data and Ballistics Menus. Point Blank Version 1 Beta 2 11/17/99: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed a bug where some entered loads got "lost" and were not saved. Fixed a bug where the Average Velocity and Average Group Size data field descriptors were reversed. Fixed the Open Load menu so the current Caliber is automatically selected in the pull down list (much nicer) Fixed the small Icon for the program Added Bullet Crimp data field (Checkbox) Added Moly Coated data field (Checkbox) Added Cartridge Mfg Date data field Added Cartridge Lot # data field Added Reset Shot data button to Large Target Menu Point Blank Version 1 Beta 1 11/12/99: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Initial Beta Release