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GaBi 4.3 Version History

4.3.109.1 - February 16th, 2010

Fixed:

  • Plan: Position of pasted processes is now in the middle of the viewport

4.3.108.1

Changed:
  • Balance window: "Copy all" now also copies the GUID of the object
  • Plan: Popup menu item "Copy": Copies the plan to the clipboard (in jpg format)

Fixed:
  • Scenarios: Duplication of subsets lead to errors
  • LCC-balance: Empty rows in the flow cost inputs in rare cases
  • LCC-balance: The colomn of the top plan showed wrong numbers
  • Balance: The view "elementary flows only" didn't start a recalculation of the column headers
  • Plan: New processes are added in the middle of the viewport now

4.3.107.1

Changed:
  • Path names for databases can now have more then 57 characters

Fixed:
  • Location of PDOXUSRS.NET file could be write protected in some cases
  • i-report: Access violation on the variables tab of the report properties in rare cases
  • Productmodel: Deleting of Energy/Lubricants with the backspace key lead to errors

4.3.105.1

Fixed:
  • Replacing of flows in the process window lead to sorting errors
  • GaBi Reader: Rare access violation when opening special gbm files
  • Connection error on plan for forced connections in rare cases

4.3.104.1

Fixed:
  • Parameter explorer, i-report: Scrollbar disappeared when switching the edit mode
  • Colum size in scenario tables not saved correctly
  • Balances: Restore functionality lead to errors in rare cases

4.3.103.1

Changed:
  • DB Manager: Popupmenu for projects now contains a menu item to activate the project
  • Optional possibility to have custom texts (CustomizNativeTexts.csv)

Fixed:
  • Productmodel: Rare access violation in the ISO-form
  • Productmodel: Variable flow quatities set to 0 in the material separation in rare cases
  • GBX: Changes to scenarios only were not recognized

4.3.102.1

Optimized:
  • Performance optimization for scenarios

Fixed:
  • Dialog to select plan/process in scenarios: The folders of all GaBi-Object types where shown when there were no global parameters available

4.3.101.1

Changed:
  • Changed the location of the file "PDOXUSRS.NET"
  • Optimized balance calculation

Fixed:
  • Product model: Rare index error when connecting flows
  • Product model: Rare access violation when deleting connections
  • i-report: Changed subsets with the same name were ignored

4.3.100.1

Fixed:
  • Report template: Automatically adding ".gpr" extension to saved files

4.3.99.1

Fixed:
  • The incorrect formula "If( a=2 or 3;0;1)" lead to an access violation. The correct formula is "If((a=2)or(a=3);0;1)"
  • Source code of the unit GaBi Math refactored

4.3.98.1

Fixed:
  • i-reports: The input area didn't expand over the whole area when changing the location of the input area
  • GaBi Reader: Access violation in rare cases when switching very often between different views

4.3.97.1

Fixed:
  • Balance, quantity view: Units where displayed even if a normalization was used
  • i-report, charts: Zero rows were not removed with activated weakpoint analysis

4.3.96.1

Changed:
  • Ecospold-Import: All tables can be copied to the clipboard
  • Ecospold-Import: Units are displayed in the object list

4.3.95.1

Changed:
  • New functionality: View -> Windows -> close all windows

Fixed:
  • i-report: After loading sometimes the wrong or no scenario group was active
  • Scenarios: Empty names for scenarios and scenario goups are no longer allowed
  • Scenarios: Hierarchy levels were changed when moving from parameters from basic settings to scenario settings
  • Scenarios: Newly added scenario groups are now automatically activated
  • Scenarios: Update problem in rare cases
  • Menu entry "index" now works again
  • GBM export: All quantities are now shown in the tree view
  • Every 10000th charakter was lost when reading UTF8 files (rare, usually all files are UTF16)

4.3.94.1

Fixed:
  • i-report, tables, grouping hierarchy: Root node showed no name
  • i-report: Folded/unfolded status of items in parameter area was not saved, when created within the scenarios of an object (not in the i-report itself).
  • i-report, edit mode: Pressing 'home' key, when cursor was in a comment field of a parameter, lead to AV
  • i-report, charts, stacked 100%: Axis labels showed 100e-7 instead of 100%

4.3.93.1

Changed:
  • i-report: New functionality: Text variables
  • GaBi Reader: Autoupdate can be deactivated with registry key
  • GaBi PR Tool: New help file included

Fixed:
  • Zip: Unzipping wasn't possible in rare cases
  • Plan: Process instances created with the rightclick in the plan didn't appear at the cursor position

4.3.92.1

Changed:
  • Menu entry "Location of storage" added to context menu of plans
  • Comments can now be pasted into plans using the right mouse menu

Fixed:
  • Quantities: "Insert total" lead to errors if there were unknown flows
  • Projects: Deleting selected objects from the DB created list index errors in rare cases
  • i-report: Context targets are now cleared after every recalculation
  • i-report: Module selection on lower levels: Too many elements were selected in the dialog

4.3.91.1 July 9th, 2009

Fixed:
  • Menu entry "No parameters" appeared in german language only
  • GBX-Import: Reading error in rare cases

4.3.90.1

Fixed:
  • Balance: The combined IO view was not considered when resetting the balance view to standard
  • Combination of deactivated flows in balance view and quantity view lead to errors in rare cases

4.3.89.1

Changed:
  • Scenarios: Value range window is now displayed in the center of the underlying window
  • GBX-Import: Error message that shows up if the service pack status of the GBX is different from the DB now informs about the current service pack status

Fixed:
  • i-Report: The table with scenario parameters was not displayed correctly in the RTF export
  • GaBi Reader: Service pack and country information was not saved in GBM files
  • The update of very old databases (SP5) could lead to errors in some cases
  • Charts: Names of subplans were idented in chart legends
  • GBX-Export of projects containing other projects caused errors
  • Projects containing projects: Circular references are now handled

4.3.88.1

Changed:
  • Charts: Option "Pareto" implemented (order bars by height)
  • Default settings for page margins adjusted to GaBi defaults (existing reports are not changed)
  • Date in automatically created files now uses the format "YYYY_MM_DD"

Fixed:
  • i-Report: With n hidden scenarios, always the last n Scenarios were hidden in charts and tables
  • Scenarios: Scenario state "disabled" was not saved in database
  • i-Report: Deleting a scenario and saving immediately could lead to an error in rare cases
  • Product model: Grouping of globally mapped processes (like energy/lubricants) was not considered in the balance
  • Product model: Calculation of variable flow quantities produced zero values in rare cases

4.3.87.1 - June 15th, 2009

Fixed:
  • i-Report variables: Variables in the text were not replaced by variable content in rare cases
  • Product model: Check if relevant IO is missing in module chains. If so, IO is set to standard automatically

4.3.86.1

Changed:
  • Scenarios: Functionality to move parameter settings between scenarios and global settings

Fixed:
  • DB manager: Del-Key didn't work in rare cases
  • Balance: Values missing in quantity view in combination with weak point analysis in rare cases
  • Charts: Charts stacked to 100% with negative values were not displayed correctly. Now negative values are ignored.

4.3.85.1 - May 7th, 2009

Fixed:
  • Parameter explorer: Access violation after closing the parameter explorer in rare cases
  • Scenarios: Refresh problem when using global parameters
  • Balance, grouping filter: Wrong sign for valuable substances in aggregated balances
  • i-Report: Grouping filter in tables and charts was not working

4.3.84.1

Changed:
  • Button "OK" was renamed to "Close" in the documentation window
  • Scenarios: Function to duplicate scenario groups implemented

Fixed:
  • GBX: Variable flow quantities could lead to an error in rare cases

4.3.83.1

Fixed:
  • GBX: Parameter scenarios in source and destination lead to an error

4.3.82.1

Fixed:
  • Analyst: '+' and '-' functionality restored
  • i-Report: Conversion of input parameters from G42 i-Reports failed in rare cases
  • Product model: Recognition of changes failed if a parameter in the modul chain was changed
  • Error when calling focus assistent directly after saving

4.3.80.1

Changed:
  • Installed latest WPTools update

Optimized:
  • Improved performance on all TreeViews

Fixed:
  • Parameter explorer: Refresh problem after opening for the first time
  • Analyst: Access violaton when trying to apply a gba that does not belong to the balance

4.3.79.1

Changed:
  • Scenarios: The whole "path" of scenario parameters is now displayed
  • Added language information to GaBi files
  • GBX can no longer be imported in a database with a different language

Fixed:
  • Removed some memory leaks
  • Scenario parameter export: Values are now exported with maximum precision
  • Create DB from zip: DB was only shown in the tree structure on the left but not in the list on the right

4.3.78.1 - February 19th, 2009

Fixed:
  • Analyst: Some minimum values were set wrong after loading a special gba file
  • Closing the plan parameter window when the grid was still in edit mode lead to some errors
  • Plan instance parameters: Recognition of circular references improved

4.3.76.1

Changed:
  • Beep in the search window removed
  • Options: Reference quantities can now be defined as standard for visualized flow quantities

Fixed:
  • Reader: Balance charts could not be created in GBMs that require a dongle
  • i-Report: Comment column was missing in some cases
  • Balance: Rare access violation on product models with transport processes
  • GBX: Access violation in rare cases when importing processes with extended allocation
  • GaBi Reader: Breaking up flows when loading a special GBM file

4.3.75.1

Fixed:
  • Scenarios: Subgroup could be deleted even if it was still used
  • Scenarios: Global settings were only saved for the first scenariogroup
  • Reader: Refresh problem when switching from the parameter explorer to the balance and back

4.3.74.1

Changed:
  • WebQ-Import: Progress bar during import
  • GPR-Export: Send button is now active without receiver
  • GPR-Export: Exe file and helpfile are no longer attached to the email. Download link instead.
  • GPR-Export: Internal modifications
  • Reader: Value of "Start Calculation Manually" checkbox is now saved with the window settings

Optimized:
  • WebQ-Import: Temporary storage of the main outputs of a compilation

Fixed:
  • Balance: Access violation in rare cases when applying a balance view
  • Balance: Access violation when opening a balance in one special case
  • Zip: Error when the same zip file was extracted twice in the same directory
  • i-Report, Scenarios: Access violation when parameter values were set equal in rare cases

4.3.73.1

Changed:
  • The value range of scenario parameters can now be removed completely

Fixed:
  • GaBi Reader: Reducing the number of scenarios when there were no values displayed produced an error
  • GaBi Reader: Sanky diagrams were not refreshed in some cases
  • GaBi Reader: Scenario names were not refreshed in the report after renaming in some cases
  • Product model: Variable flow quantities improved

4.3.72.1

Fixed:
  • Japanese Windows: Japanese language could not be selected
  • GaBi Reader: Balance view: Checkboxes "seperate IO-Tables" and "Just elementary flows" were disabled

4.3.71.1

Changed:
  • Directory selection is now possible with a single click (connect database)

Fixed:
  • i-Report: Content of input fields in the Header/Footer section was not saved
  • i-Report: Content of input fields created with copy + paste was not saved correctly
  • Databases can now only be created in empty directories

4.3.70.1

Fixed:
  • Productmodel: Balance: Some connection flows in module chains didn't show up in the balance
  • Scenarios: Display error when there were too many subsets (added scrollbar)
  • Balance: -100% with columns relative in the single table balance quantity view -> +100%
  • Projekts: Save button was not activated after copy + paste
  • Scenarios: Deleting settings with a name that appeared multiple times could cause problems
  • Scenarios: Enlarging of the scrollbox was not possible
  • Balance, Quantity view: Columns relative in combination with scenarios showed only '######'

4.3.69.1

Fixed:
  • Balance, product model: Flows that were conected in module chains did not show up in the balance
  • Scenarios: Names of Scenarios and Scenariogroups are checked for double entries

4.3.68.1

Fixed:
  • Balance: A i-Report with Scenarios lead to double plans when loading the saved balance
  • Scenarios: Subsets can no longer be used more then once in the global settings and scenario settings
  • Process window, flow window: The menu entry 'insert total' was enabled even if the object was locked
  • Productmodel: Module chain with a transport process at the end was scaled wrong

4.3.67.1

New Feature:
  • Productmodel: Functionality to display an overview of Materials and lubricants and the connected processes

Fixed:
  • Balance: Small error when loading filtered balances
  • Balance, product model, grouping view: not all columns where shown

4.3.66.1

New Feature:
  • Productmodel: New menu entry to append a material separation

Fixed:
  • EcoLab Import: Problem with different language settings solved
  • Special characters in database names could cause problems in some cases

4.3.65.1

Fixed:
  • Variable flow quantities: Problem with the connection of process instances in some cases

4.3.64.1

Fixed:
  • EcoLab Import: In some cases the flows were not found in the matching list

4.3.63.1

Changed:
  • Scenarios are now also copied when an object is copied

Fixed:
  • Parameter exploerer: Error when saving the scenario settings for the second time (in some cases)
  • Balance: Loading of old balances lead to an error in the Plan/Process tree in rare cases
  • Parameter explorer, tab parameter: Add parameter to scenario didn't work

4.3.62.1

Feature:
  • EcoLab import (optional feature)

Fixed:
  • Scenarios: If a parameter is added to a scenario in the parameter tab, a check for double entries is performed
  • Parameterexplorer: Tab parameter, a information message appears if a parameter under global settings is changed
  • Process window: Standard setting: Sort by formula is no longer allowed (lead to long times to open the process in some cases)

4.3.61.1

Fixed:
  • GBX-Import too restrictive: Imported, locked flow could not be dominant
  • Scenarios: View update problem when opening the parameter explorer
  • Scenarios: View update problem when closing the parameter explorer
  • Scenarios: Double entrys of the same parameter are no longer allowed
  • Parameter explorer: Number of lines below the tab Scnenario was not updated in some cases

4.3.60.1

Fixed:
  • Productmodel, recycling plan: Deleting process instances caused an error in some cases
  • Productmodel, recycling plan: View was not updated in some cases
  • Productmodel, recycling plan: Change, save, close and reopen caused errors in some cases

4.3.59.1

Fixed:
  • Balance, Quantity view, weak point analysis: All columns except the first column were hidden in some cases
  • Balance, weak point analysis: The checkbox 'show elementary flows only' was not considered when blinding out columns
  • Balance: Colapsing of columns lead to wrong table marks
  • i-Report: Content of input fields was not saved in gbm files in some cases
  • i-Report: in tables the displayed unit was wrong in some cases
  • New button was disabled in windows of locked objects
  • Balance: Menu entry to open report template was visible in the balance view
  • GaBi Reader: New helpfile included
  • GaBi Reader: Context missmatch with some very old GBM files (without GUID)

4.3.58.1

Fixed:
  • BOM-Import: '.' in numbers was ignored
  • GBX-Import: Scenarios were not imported
  • Balance: Flows scaled to 0 didn't appear in the balance -> Problem if scenarios caused the flow to be > 0
  • Balance: Quantity view: Values in the first column didn't change with checking/unchecking the just show elementry flows box
  • Balance: Quantity view: Useless values were displayed in the first line
  • Balance: Quantity view: Sometimes rounding errors (#,## e-16 instead of 0)
  • i-Report: Ctrl-Z could lead to errors
  • Balance: First column was not displayed wide enough in some rare cases
  • Balance: Global settings where not applied on all scenarios
  • i-Report: Renamings of renamed process instances were not saved correctly
  • Windows can now only appear on the visible screen (problem created by users with more then one screen)
  • Performace of object lists improved

4.3.57.1

New Feature
  • Unit automatically added to comment if a PM-Part or PM-Material was selected

Fixed:
  • Productmodel: Variable flows did not work with process connection over mapping list
  • Productmodel: Quantity summation despite of different units

4.3.56.1

New Feature
  • Create zip archives from databases

Fixed:
  • Grouping of EoL processes was not possible

4.3.55.1

Fixed:
  • i-Report: Problem with the numbering of structure elements
  • i-Report: Min/Max-Values were not loaded correctly
  • i-Report: New created scenario in the i-Report was automatically activated
  • Flickering text in progress windows
  • DB Compression not possible with special characters
  • Window to select objects now opens in the screen center

4.3.54.1

Fixed:
  • Pulldown Button in tables of object windwos were always deactivated for locked objects

4.3.53.1

Fixed:
  • i-Report: Rightclick and copy was not possible if input fields are used in the report
  • Productmodel: Create/update from plan Number of pieces different from 1 were considered twice (4 times on lower levels)
  • Balance: Category view, scenarios, productmodell: Use Phase and disassembling were not filtered

4.3.52.1

Fixed:
  • Service Pack installation: Considered different object types
  • Service Pack installation: Considered same objects with different GUIDS

4.3.51.1

Fixed:
  • Balance: After cancelling the filter settings the balance calculation was triggered -> wrong result
  • GUP, GBX: XML Documentation was not included, scenarios were not exported

4.3.50.1

New Features:
  • i-Report: Formatting of the function 'Scenarioparameters' improved
  • New info window

4.3.49.1

Fixed:
  • Parameterexplorer: Plans below 3rd sublevel were scaled to 0 in this view

4.3.48.1

Fixed:
  • Balance: Columns relative, weak point analysis lead to an error: unknown balance mode

4.3.47.1

Fixed:
  • Service Pack: Associated balance table of newly created quatities was incorrect

4.3.46.1

Fixed:
  • Balance: Quantity view, first line was empty
  • Productmodel: VF-tab: Material properties (flows), number of pieces of the parent part as multiplicator
  • Productmodel: Grouping pulldown was not updated
  • Productmodel: Rename flow, update from production plan -> flow name was not transfered to part name
  • Productmodel: After deleting a material with 'Del' the cell could not be left
  • Productmodel: Deleting flows with the 'Del' key on the EoL plan did not work
  • Parameterexplorer with Productmodel: Plans below deactivated alternatives were not scaled to 0 in this view
  • Material Separation: Clicking on plus in the first column while in edit mode lead to an error
  • Service Pack: Unlocking Quantities didn't work

4.3.45.1

Release of GaBi Version 4.3 after beta test.

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