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The following release notes describe the program changes up to the current version.
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Version 3.9 released March 2024:

  • Fix bug colour selection shown on Font dialog, removed, colours are set separate to fonts.
  • Updated all code libraries to latest versions.

Version 3.8 released January 2023:

  • Individual carriers may now be shown with different colours, instead of all being drawn in same colour.
  • Add and Edit Carrier dialogs now include option to set an individual colour for each Carrier.
  • Carriers may now be shown as a filled polygon, instead of just default outline drawing.
  • Add the option of a Vertical Cursor controlled by the mouse, allows user to select and display carrier details at the selected frequency.
  • New Edit menu option to set all carriers within a specified frequency range to the same user chosen colour.
  • Add carrier colour data option to standard Carrier file formats.
  • Minor formatting updates to HTML and PDF format reports.
  • Fix Intermod Report output options to properly allow saving intermods as Carriers in either ".carriers" or ".carrierjson" formats.
  • Fix possible bug error message about missing config file when closing newly installed program.
  • Updated all code libraries to latest versions.

Version 3.7 released September 2022:

  • In Edit Menu, added option to import one or more carriers from an existing carrier file.
  • Minor formatting updates to improve readability on some dialogs.
  • Fix bugs related to Debug Alert at program start on some non-English machines.
  • Fix bug sometimes doesn't remember last folder when doing File Open.
  • Improved button labelling when asking user whether to Overwrite existing file.
  • Improved messages on status bar.
  • Updated all code libraries to latest versions.

Version 3.6 released June 2021:

  • TxPlan no longer supports Windows XP.
  • Now able to load/save carrier data in BatchBud JSON format carrier files (*.carrierjson).
  • If carrier was loaded from a MODCOD file, the Modify Carrier dialogs now show details of the MODCOD filename, and allow the user to modify the carrier by browsing alternate MODCODs from the same file.
  • If carrier was loaded from a MODCOD file, detail carrier MODCOD settings are locked, and can only be changed by browsing alternate MODCODs from the same file.
  • If carrier was loaded from a MODCOD file, user can unlock detail carrier MODCOD settings by selecting "Manual MODCOD" button.
  • If carrier was loaded from a MODCOD file, dialogs now display the modem minimum and maximum symbol rate (if applicable), and alert the user if his entered symbol rate is not within the allowed range.
  • Minor update of code libraries
  • Fix bug where check updates fails on secure https connection.
  • Fix bug on minimum window size.
  • Fix bug on save preferences if new install.
  • Fix bug in PDF & HTML Intermod reports if carrier labels contain '<' or '&' characters.
  • Fix bug when turning levels on, and carriers already loaded, default levels now displayed properly.
  • Alert user if file selected from Recent Files list no longer exists, and remove from Recent list.
  • Alert user if invalid View Start Frequency or View End Frequency set in View Options.
  • Add F1 help on View Options dialog, in addition to Help button.

Version 3.5 released February 2020:

  • Delete Carrier command now allows selection of multiple carriers to be deleted simultaneously.
  • Save Intermod Report command in the File menu, now allows selection of Carrier Data File (*.carriers.txt) output type.
  • Various minor improvements to coding and layout.
  • A pop-up windows notification message is now given at the completion of intermodulation calculations.
  • Fixed bug where table borders could be missing in HTML and PDF Intermod reports if a carrier name is left blank.

Version 3.4 released June 2019:

  • Bug fix intermittent issue with image refresh when resizing window.
  • Bug fix so program will properly default to recognize windows font encoding if the input file is not UTF8 encoded.
  • Minor improvements to error checking and reporting.
  • Various minor improvements to coding and layout.
  • Double-clicking on a carrier in the Select Carrier dialog is now the same as first selecting the carrier and then clicking MODIFY.

Version 3.3 released April 2018:

  • Added "Check for Updates" option in Help menu.
  • PDF file format option now available for Intermod Report.
  • Frequencies on HTML and PDF version of Intermod report are now clearly labelled "MHz" and use comma formatting to improve readability.
  • Fixed bug where fonts are too small first time program installed.
  • Improved progress display when calculating intermodulation products.
  • Improvements to the installer, especially when installing in multi-user environments.
  • User preferences are now stored in the user's AppData\Roaming\TxPlan folder rather than windows registry.
  • All CSV output files use UTF-8 encoding, and include the UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) so they will be loaded correctly in Excel.
  • Minor changes in layout and text box size to improve the appearance of some windows, depending upon the user's currently selected Windows theme.
  • Improved file checking and error reporting.

Version 3.2 released September 2016:

  • New option in Edit menu to 'Delete All Out of Band', a quick way to delete all carriers outside of the current view bandwidth. 
  • New option in Edit menu to 'Delete All Below Level', a quick way to delete all carriers with spectral density below a user specified level. 
  • When Levels are ON, any carriers with unspecified power levels will now be drawn at the same spectral density as the highest carrier with a specified power level.
  • Fixed bug where program and Uninstaller was missing from Control Panel "Uninstall or change a program".  This was especially an issue in Windows 8 or later where an Uninstall link is not allowed in the Start menu.
  • Improvements to the installer, especially when installing in multi-user environments.
  • Improved animated wait cursor for Windows 7 and later.
  • Minor improvements to program efficiency.
  • Modified font settings to better manage resizing of fonts when window resizes.  Users with saved Font Preferences from a previous version may need to adjust their font settings and save again.
  • Improved Default Scale settings for cases with a wide dynamic range between carrier levels.

Version 3.1 released May 2016:

  • Improved font resizing when window size changes.
  • Improvements to file save routines.
  • If a user says YES to save changes, and then clicks cancel in the Save Dialog, the program will now return to the main window instead of discarding all changes.
  • After initial installation, document folder is now correctly initialised to My Documents.  From then on, the last used folder will be remembered whenever TxPlan is restarted.
  • Fixed program crash in 64-bit build on Windows 8 when user selects Help - Licence, or any context related help.
  • Added capability, via Preferences Colours tab, to choose a background image or a colour gradient background for the plot screen.
  • Added progress dialog for Save Intermod Report when calculating large numbers of intermodulation products.

Version 3.0 released April 2016:

  • TxPlan version 3.0 was rewritten using a new GUI library, which resulted in some minor changes in layout and function. 
  • A whole bunch of new features were also added in version 3.0

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Version 1.0 original released January 2007.

For full details of all prior versions, see the program help file.