Super Conversions 5.01 Copyright 1992-1995 by Matt E. Hart Super Conversions 5.01 (SCVS) is a package with over forty-eight hundred conversions in the Shareware version alone! Once registered, you will enjoy over twenty-six thousand! SCVS is the definitive Distance, Area, Volume, Weight, Power, Pressure, Time, Temperature, Energy, Force, Acceleration, Illuminance, Concentration, Electrical Current, Hydraulics, Density, Velocity, and Viscosity conversion system. With the fast, simple point and click method of instant conversion, you will find that it is also the easiest to use. Some programs include simple English to Metric conversions with limited choices and seperate entry methods for each conversion desired. SCVS goes far beyond this simple approach with a powerful, fast algorithm built in to make conversions quick and easy. Shareware refers to a group of software marketed with trust in mind. That is, the author allows a user to freely utilitize a version of the program, often with disabled features, in the expectation that the user will desire to upgrade to the complete program at a nominal price. This version of the program has disabled all except Distance conversions. By clicking on the disabled versions, you can see the conversions available, but cannot access them. For the very small price of $15.00 U.S., you receive the complete package, which also disables the messages at the beginning and end of the program. If you have any suggestions or additional measurements you wish to see, include them with your order, along with a sample conversion from your addition to any one of the already supported measurements. Your addition will be included in your update. For example, adding "Feet" to the distance conversions. Write "1 Foot = .3048 Meters". Extend the conversion to however many decimal places you can. If you have a suggestion for an entirely new category, please include it along with some samples and sources for information. NOTE that the SCVS.DAT file must be in the same directory as the SCVS??.EXE file. SC is written with Visual Basic 3.0 and requires the VBRUN300.DLL library to be in your Windows default directory. This file is available on most BBSs and is included with your registration. For CompuServe users, VBRUN300.DLL is located in the MSBASIC forum in library 1 under the name VBRUN3.EXE. =============================================================================== FUTURE RELEASES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's what I'm planning on implementing in future versions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Categories: Currency Special Features: DLL callable module Automatic Currency Exchange Rate Update via CompuServe Add/Edit units and categories =============================================================================== =============================================================================== UPDATE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes from version 5.0 Added Auto Rounding option for more accurate calculations (See note below) Changes from version 4.32 Changed unit access to list boxes Added DENSITY category : 129 units Added VELOCITY category : 12 units Added VISCOSITY category : 8 units Added new units in other categories Added DDE links for programmers and sample SCVSDDE application Changes from version 4.3 Added startup message Added EDIT menu functions Added Alt-F quick access to FROM Changes from version 4.2 Added ILLUMINANCE category : 10 units Added CONCENTRATION category : 12 units Added ELECTRICAL CURRENT category : 7 units Added HYDRAULICS category : 39 units Changes from version 4.1 Added ENERGY category : 30 units Added FORCE category : 13 units Added ACCELERATION category : 8 units Added Rankine temp unit (Fahrenheit scale absolute zero based) Changes from version 4.0 Reduced system resource requirements by 80% Added control key movements within units Changes from version 3.1 Add dozens of new units in most categories =============================================================================== ************ NOTE on update from version 5.0 to 5.01 **************** Super Conversions uses floating point math for its conversions. However, due to the way that the PC handles FPU calculations (called the IEEE format), the calculation can get confused as to what the decimal places should be. As a result of some user feedback, I've implented several calculation changes. One change is the addition of the "Never Round" under "Options". Checking this will keep the calculations the same as they are now. The only exception is temperature calculations no longer use floating point calcs at all. Note that "Never Round" takes precedence over the "Auto Rounding" option. If both are checked, only the "Never Round" is in effect. An "invisible" change is active if "Never Round" is NOT checked. If the result calculated is 1 or greater, then Super Conversions will NOT use floating point math and will display the result rounded to four decimal places. For those interested, the math is done using a 64 bit very long integer and divided by 10,000 to get the four decimal places (math is done using the CURRENCY data type). With the new "Auto Rounding" under "Options" checked, then if the result is greater than .0005, the number displayed will be rounded to four decimal places and will NOT use floating point math. In addition, if the number is less than or equal to .0005, then the number will be rounded to 10 decimal places OR to the first decimal place with a value. Here are some samples to help you understand the new rounding options: Nothing checked : 1 yard = .333332327493335 feet Never Round checked : 1 yard = .333332327493335 feet Auto Rounding checked : 1 yard = .3333 feet When you click on the Never Round or Auto Rounding option, the calculated result will be immediately changed. I recommend checking the Auto Rounding option, and then check Never Round on occasion if needed. A new file called SCVS.INI will be created in the directory containing your SCVS50.EXE file. =============================================================================== REGISTRATION INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please print and fill out the accompanying REGIS.TXT file. To order Super Conversions 5.01, send $15.00 U.S. to: Matt E. Hart 2516 W. Kingsport Broken Arrow, OK 74011 =============================================================================== * MORE * REGISTRATION INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can register Super Conversions right on CompuServe and be billed by CompuServe! Just type GO SWREG at any ! prompt to enter the SWREG Forum. Select "Register Shareware". The ID# for Super Conversions is 2228. you register on CompuServe, I add a $3 handling fee to cover the charges that CompuServe bills me for. If you register via SWREG and want the source code, send an additional $50.00 to the below address and leave me an e-mail note at 75450,3705. I'll send the source code along with the registered version. =============================================================================== Super Conversions 5.01 Copyright 1992-1995 by Matt E. Hart. All rights reserved. Thank you for trying Super Conversions 5.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------