GEOrient Bug Fixes

Author:
Dr R.J.Holcombe
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Queensland
Queensland, 4072, Australia
Phone: (07) 3365 2178
FAX: (07) 3365 1277
email: [email protected]
http://www.earth.uq.edu.au/~rodh/

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BugFixes (youngest to oldest):
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(Note: dates in day/month/year)
18/7/05 Cleaned up some control references and recompiled using an upgraded
MSCOMCTL.OCX
to fix some reports of installation problems. No change to program
functionality.
4/7/05 Fixed bug preventing rose diagram scales to be manually set.
Changed default Save option for new plots to .gpx rather than .txt files
Fixed bug not allowing plots to return to the data layer after editing
annotations.
24/3/05 Minor change to exit procedure to allow skipping the Save dialog on
each open plot.
26/2/04 Fixed bug causing .gpx files saved in comma decimal locales not to plot
Fixed bug in rotation routine causing appended data to be mixed up.
1/12/03 Fixed bug when tracking secondary planes while unfolding beds to
horizontal.
Allowed for 1 degree rose sectors in rose diagram plots. Fixed bug preventing

rose outer circle plotting.

27/10/03 Slight cosmetic change to displayed datagrid in FileFormat panel (widened
displayed column widths).
26/6/03 Fixed bug causing crash when choosing File conventions... from the menu
22/6/03 Released Version 9.2. Fixed problem of rose plots showing partial
quadrants giving
variable statistics. Fixed errors in some stats routines for some measures of

dispersion of axial data. Added calculation of circular median to rose stats,

and corrected Mean Deviation calculation to be around the median.

Replaced old 'Mean Deviation' arc with arc showning 95% Confidence Interval
on
Mean Direction. Changed rose diagram stats box to reflect changes.
Fixed bug causing some Convention settings not to be saved correctly.
Enhanced Save options in the File Format dialog so that a full, predefined,
column configuration can be saved and reselected.
Fixed bug causing crash on opening some "empty" rose diagrams.
Fixed rounding error bug causing some vertical girdles not to plot.
9/3/03 Modified contour and grid plot procedures slightly to minimise grid-
fill anomalies
in certain plot configurations, and to minimise contouring problems in plots
in which single points translate to integer %age density values
(e.g. plots with 50,25,20,10,5, or 2 pts).
15/1/03 Fixed new bug in Registration module preventing correct registration
30/11/02 Fixed bug causing points not to be displayed in .gpx plots having more
than one overlay datasets. Fixed crash when clicking within displayed
 data spreadsheet grid. Slight changes to Registration module.
19/5/02 Released Version 9.1. Corrected Error trap routine for opening some
.gpx files. Corrected bug that caused legend, fabric, stats toggles
not to work with printing, and some displays. Saves toggle info in
.gpx files - hence new version no. Improved elements of the printing
dialog graphical interface. Fixed several minor annoyances.

6/12/01 Released Version 9.0. Changes introduced in version 9:

Added new plot stereographic routine for intersection lines between primary
and secondary planes. Added new data classification options to both
stereographic projection plots and rose diagrams. Changed the input
formatting options to the Appended data to accommodate the classification
options. Added routines to copy legends and Statistics boxes to clipboard.
Cleaned up some menu shortcut anomalies. Increased number of plot window
limitation for unregistered users so that all the kinematic axes routines
can be used by those users. Added new rose diagram plot and display
options: Classified roses, wind roses, overlayed wind roses. Changed many
Preference Options for rose diagrams, including introducing new displayed
scale and sector options. Corrected bug in Rose-Length and Rose-Length
variance plots; Corrected bug in saving and retrieving some .gpx files.
Corrected many obscure minor bugs causing inconvenience or occasional
crashes. Corrected problems with European Windows settings using
comma decimal delimiter. GEOrient now decimal Locale aware. See the
section on International Considerations in the Help contents.
13/9/01 Fixed bug that caused incorrect symbols to be plotted for points in the
base
dataset of a multifile plot when the Overlay or Merge datafile contained
non-data lines.
25/3/01 Fixed bug that caused crash when copying data input originally in
strike/dip formats.
8/1/01 Fixed bug in calculation of kinematic P&T axes in which some data were
plotted with reversed axes.
30/9/00 Fixed bug in accepting data input files in which some non-used input
values are null.
2/9/2000 Fixed minor bug that caused new Plane data added to a blank plot via the
manual data grid to be entered as poles rather than as dips.
17/8/2000 Fixed bug that caused .gpx files to crash if they contained plot windows
that were either maximized or minimized.
11/5/2000 Fixed rounding error bug that caused incorrect plotting of secondary
lines
with 90� pitches. Sliightly increased precision of great circle plots.
26/3/2000 Version 8 compiled.
Changed annotations to objects in an independent layer shown as a separate
tab folder to the data layer. Added automatic plotting of beta axis in
the girdle window. Added new options to Preferences dialog. Added ability
to plot and edit small circles. Added new Secondary Line option of Trend
in Plane. Added Mean length-Azimuth and Length variance-Az options to rose
diagrams. Added new quadrant tick option to stereo style.
Fixed bug in contour procedure that was incorrectly counting data near the
primitive. Fixed bug in rotation routines that was incorrectly handling
"up"-plunge solutions. Changed Registration procedure to include name
- requires reregistration of program.

______________End of bug changes for version 7_______

10/12/99 Fixed bug with plotting of girdles caused by previous debug

28/11/99 Changed procedure in printing dialog to correct misprinting of girdles
and text
on some printers.
21/10/99 Cleaned up a number of cosmetic things (button behaviour, etc)
fixed bug that caused crash under some circumstances when the plot symbol
was changed in the data format dialog. Corrected an anomaly with the
setting of the colour of symbols

1/7/99 Fixed bug that caused incorrect contour calculations near edge of net

25/11/98 Fixed problem that caused "overflow" error when contouring large
datasets.
(This is really just a quick and dirty fix and I'll look more at this
problem in the future).

15/6/98 Fixed problem causing crash in combined P&T axes plots.

22/4/98 Fixed bug that would not allow lines as pitches and hades to be plotted
Fixed bugs in new stats section that couldn't handle infinite values (div
by 0)
Fixed minor glitch in File Format dialog that didn't preserve current
column selection.

9/4/98 Released version 7.2

Changed way statistics are reported and added an Advanced Statistics box
for reporting more complete statistics of 3-D stereographic data (including
95% cones of confidence). (The text in this Advanced statistics Box can be
selected and copied to the clipboard). Switched to giving prominence to the
maximum eigenvector of the non-polar data lines as the 'Preferred Direction'
rather than emphasising the Vector Mean as in previous versions. See new
items
in the Georient Help file about the statistics used.
Added item to the View menu to toggle the visibility of the Advanced Stats
box.
Fixed bug that caused crash when the File format menu... was chosen with no
plots
showing. Fixed bug in setting the file column numbers in the combo boxes for
non-dip-azimuth data.
11/3/98 Released version 7.1. Added View...data options to View menu
Fixed bug that caused crash when changing linestyles of contours
in Preferences Form.
Changed .gpx files to remember size and position of saved plots.
Fixed (hopefully) a bug tht caused a printing crash with large
format printer/plotters (e.g. HP DesignJet)

1/3/98 Fixed minor bug in View...Raw Data and improved this option.
Fixed bug that caused crash when changing linestyles of contours in
the Preferences Form, and made some slight changes to this form.

27/2/98 Fixed error loading file datagrid when some cells in grid contained blanks
19/2/98 Fixed bug that caused crash when the file delimiter was changed
for single column (direction-only) data
Fixed problem that caused crash when selecting a new Files directory
from the Preferences_General folder while the Rose Diagram window was open.
12/2/98 Released version 7.01
Fixed plotting errors for data containing non-data lines
Fixed bug with manually adding data into plot containing Appended Data
Fixed problem so that new plots knew they had been saved after a filesave
Fixed problem with initial display of points copied from one plot into
another (points were being missed)
Fixed Run time error if only 1 external point was pasted into a plot
5/12/97 released Version 7.0
Changed FileFormat dialog to allow free selection of data columns
Added facility to include linked secondary data that can be plotted either
separately, or combined (e.g. fault plane/line data)
Added plot options to plot fault kinematic data, including P & T axes
Added arrows as a possible symbol for fault line data
Added MapInfo OLE linkage to allow linked selection of map and stereo objects
NB. When adding new pts manually right button adds -ve plunge
Changed the way in which the Unfolding options worked to allow unfolding around
the appended line. No longer requires replotting of raw data each time.
NB. The /R & FilePref option is no longer available
Added facility to define, store, and change individual point symbols within a
plot
Added option to use last overlay set as Annotation pts
Saves now save data in original order with the option to include blank lines
for the
non-data lines.
Expanded preferences Dialog to include:
optional use of "pitch"/"rake" name conventions
ability to define default data directory
Placed restriction of 4 plots maximum on Unregistered versions
Added reset button to Rose dialog and allowed fractional settings
Fixed problem with printer font in initial plots
Fixed bug that caused .gpx plots not to be opened correctly unless another plot
with the
same number (or more) data had already been plotted in that session.
[Note that this is also a workaround solution for users of version 6 who
strike this problem].

______________End of bug changes for version 6_______

7/10/97 Re-added the Orientation Panel in the toolbar (had been accidently switched
off
during recompilation
20/8/97 Fixed bug that caused data given as strike, dip, sense to be
plotted incorrectly
15/8/97 Fixed bug in reporting of Vector Mean of Rose Diagrams
8/8/97 Fixed bug in which bias corrections were not being allowed for
directions-only data entered as lines
Added Open Blank plot button to toolbar.
3/8/97 Released Version 6.0
Recompilation requires re-installation. Remove earlier versions first.
Main changes are to underlying program structure.
Added Terzaggi bias corrections to Rose diagrams
Modified girdle editing to include ability to indicate pole to desired
girdle.
(This slightly modifies the current usage of the SHIFT and CTRL_SHIFT
keys)
Fixed for version 6.0:
bug in sort routine that caused crash when plotting directions
only.
bug that caused crash when mouse pointer moved across an empty
Rose plot.
bug in saving and retrieving file conventions.
limitation on length limit of descriptions entered using a /D file line
option.

______________End of bug changes for version 5_______

29/4/97 Fixed bug that caused crash when Plot windows were maximised
or minimised and added new plot.
19/4/97 Fixed bug that caused runtime error with Selecting All data then deleting.
Fixed minor bugs with tool-tips and double error messages in pasting data.
Fixed runtime errors when selecting and deleting no data .
7/2/97 Corrected bugs in manipulation of hades.
Affects some unfolding calculations
Corrected bug that caused the sign ("up" or "down" plunge to be reversed
in some rotation situations
17/1/97 Version 5.1. Relatively minor changes and upgrades but necessitate changes
to .gpx file formats. Added Rose data size info to orientation panel
Added manual control of Plot window size. Reserved sixth girdle to contain
data mean of planes. Fixed: bug in data parsing to handle both tabs and
spaces
in a data line. Fixed slight bug in reporting vector mean stats
28/11/1996:
Added beta intersection plots to new version 5.0 (build 5.0.2)
18/11/1996:
Released version 5.0 for Windows 95 (Windows 95 specific).
Apart from interface changes this version introduced:
Copy, paste, move editing within and between plots;
Data input from external applications via the clipboard;
Multiple girdle fitting and editing;
Theoretical 32767 data limit maximum per plot
(actual limit will depend on system);
Change to Overlay mode to allow multiple cyclographic sets;
Bug Fixes:
Corrected error in processing some RH Rule Quadrant notations;
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31/8/1996:
Corrected display problems with Rotation Window
24/7/1996:
Bugfix - RH rule conventions were not being read properly
7/1/1996: Version 4.2
Addition of Length-Azimuth Rose Diagram option. Required changes
to .gpx binary files but compatibility with earlier versions built-in
except for the trivial case where the number of points in a saved
plot is 1. Minor bug fix: problem with directions in Quadrant notation
in which a direction of 9 (eg.,N9W) was treated as invalid data.
10/12/1995:
Slight cosmetic change
Orientations given by mouse position now displayed in toolbar
textbox using custom conventions
29/11/1995:
Slight bug fix
Fitted Girdle Great circle was not being copied to clipboard
correctly or being replotted on screen after a copy-to-clipboard
edit.

21/10/1995:
Slight bug fix
Great circle girdles of 88-89 were not being plotted because
of small aperture [fixed by setting dips of 88=87 & 89=90].

22/9/1995:
Bug fix
Initial datasets in overlayed data that were plotted as
cyclographicplots were not being preserved as such in replots.
13/8/1995:
Slight bug fix
Correct error in manual addition of points that represent planes.
Change font property of statistics and Description boxes back
to MS Sans Serif.

25/2/1995:
Slight bug fix
To plot great circles properly for dips > 80 degrees.

23/12/1994:
Slight bug fix
Datatype dialog box when using directions only.

9/9/1994:
Bug fix
Set up keypress options in Datatype and File Format forms.

10/9/1994:
Bug fix
Corrected problem that, when reading and writing to binary *.gpx
file, it dropped the last point.

15/8/1994:
Bug fix
Second tier Rose toolbar buttons not activated.

10/8/1994:
Bug fix
/F and /D embedded options didn't work.

2/7/1994:
Bug fix
Manually fitted girdle routine not working properly.
Didn't load Overlay files correctly after one had been deleted.

19/3/1994:
Bug fix
Gave error if no default printer set up in win.ini and didn't
respond immediately to the printer setup changes.

25/2/1994:
Bug fix
Wasn't reading strike and dip input correctly.

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GEOrient History:
Version 1 [STEREO] - originally written in GWBasic by R.J.Holcombe, 1985
Version 2 [STEREO10,STEREO20] - menu system modified by P.R.Murphy
(Queensland Department of Mines), 14/12/87
Version 3 [STEREO40] - remodified by R.J.Holcombe, 4/7/89
Version 1 [ORIENT - R.J.Holcombe, completely rewritten
and expanded for QUICKBASIC 4.5, March, 1990
Version 2 [ORIENT] expanded January, 1991 to a format of
CHAINED overlay programs requiring the BRUN45.EXE
runtime module to preserve COMMON variables.
Version 3 [ORIENT] Post-1991 modified and corrected version.
Version 4.0 [originally called GEOLPLOT] Nov.-1992
 Windows version written in Visual Basic 1.0
Version 4.0 [GEOrient v.4 renamed from GEOPLOT]
Feb-May,1993 rewritten for Visual Basic 2.0
Version 4.1 October, 1993 re-compiled in VB ver. 3.0
26/1/1994: Released for shareware distribution
Version 4.2 January, 1996 Recompiled in VB ver. 4.0
Version 5.0 November, 1996. Major rewrite (still in VB 4.0)
addition of new features and enhancements
Version 5.1 January, 1997. Relatively minor changes and upgrades.
Version 6.0 July, 1997 recompiled in VB ver.5.
Version 7.0 December, 1997. Complete revamp of internal structure
of program. Added Annotation layer, fault-slip plots,
Mapinfo link, "spreadsheet-like" column entry.
Version 7.1 March, 1998. Added ability to view, select, and edit the
processed plot data in a data grid "spreadsheet" and to
link-select-edit from the grid to the stereo plot.
Version 7.2 April, 1998
Major changes way statistic are handled and reported.
Version 8.0 March, 2000
Recompiled in VB6 with many enhancements and changes to interface.
Version 9.0 December, 2001
Major changes to rose diagram options. Some added stereo options.