Intel own a concern called Ambient Technologies who in turn have an
outfit called Netpedia who, for some years, had offered free web hosting
services to open source developers like myself. Unfortunately, without a
word, on December 31st the plug was pulled and all that space has
vanished. It has taken me sometime to recover and I suggest you join the
egroup called ingridoo (see 'links' below) which I have repaired to act
as a peephole to a much smaller repository. This way you can keep up
with the latest developments as I am now active with the project again
and there is a flurry of updates. Also if there is anything that seems
like it is a bug let me know and I will fix it straight away for you.

Then I found the last email I sent out had the wrong relative link,
sorry.

In the meantime you can download from here : -

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~income/wingrid/

 Latest WinGrid Download File

The latest Runtimeless Install as of January 24th 2001 is WinGrid 1.1.4

All you need to do is to download a single Runtimeless Install (wingrid114.zip) 

available at   
            http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~income/wingrid/wingrid114.zip
or       
            http://www.egroups.com/files/ingridoo/wingrid114.zip 

You'll need something like WinZip to install via a temporary folder. First, be sure to remove any existing version of WinGrid but, if asked because you are uninstalling the old Full Install, DO NOT remove shared files or else you may have to view the Readme.txt inside this zip file to find where to obtain new VB5 runtimes.

Simtel makes all Visual Basic Runtime Module versions available

               at their site. Please use the following URL with WinGrid

                      http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/win95/dll.html

WinGrid still requires only 16Mb but wants +64Mb and an open Internet connection to go fast to provide the functionality of Internet Explorer 5.5+ for full HTMLHelp and Internet ActiveX.

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DEVELOPERS

The source code is included in this Install. If you wish to compare it, I recommend the Directory Toolkit File Comparison Viewer

The main compiled Help file is many versions out of date and is not included with this Install. It is downloaded either at runtime or if you are presently using Internet Explorer 5+ Cut Paste one of the following locations to Open the help file : - (Netscape will not 'Open" this type of URL.)

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~income/wingrid/wingrid.chm
http://www.egroups.com/files/ingridoo/wingrid.chm

The entire development resides within the standard c:\program files\wingrid folder and creates a circular development loop, i.e. you could use a VB5+ interpreter to make changes to the WinGrid.vbp project. Then you could make a new WinGrid.exe and installation files incorporating these changes using the Application Setup Wizard Template (WinGrid.SWT). This is so tightly integrated that after completely removing WinGrid from your system you could install your new release from the freshly made installation files. Examine this template and you will see it needs to reference certain system files from c:\windows\system as well as a clean WinGrid.ini file and component files from the folder c:\program files\devstudio\vb.

"j.Maxwell Legg"   ICQ 588696..:

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Getting Started?

Under the terms of The Strong WinGrid Free Public License 1.1, 

available at
    http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~income/wingrid/wingrid_free_public_license.htm
or
    http://www.egroups.com/files/ingridoo/wingrid_free_public_license.htm

the system is always in development, and there are unknown ways that your input files can get corrupted, so keep copies and let me know what happened. Also, if you haven't been using WinGrid long enough to know that a feature is now experiencing problems, the fact that a bug has crept in may not be obvious, so when communicating assume this is the case.

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Release Notes

WinGrid1.1.4 Renames From1, Form2, Form3, Form4, Form5, Form 6 to frmGridIn, frmUserParams, frmTools, frmGridOut, frmTableLeft, and frmTableRight respectively and transfers some code in the slow process of preparation for an XML file format into a new inGrid casing module. Code, copyright © 1997-1999 from Brad Martinez, http://www.mvps.org was used to revamp the ToolTipText in an effort to both update the Help system and provide Tooltips for all controls as well as in preparation for a multilanguage version of WinGrid. To this end work has been ongoing in an attempt to remove all global variables so that the settings maybe become memory based grids in their own right. Unfortunately, in a Spin the Tooltips do not respond so prompt to click the border of the toolbox was added. This may or may not become an on/off feature. The ResetPlot Control now supports its  major function on Opp.Click. Likewise the SpinGrid Control now supports the ViewMenu > Faster (shift F4) Slower (shift F4) function with Click and Opp.Click. Launching a Grid from the Run command line now works. For software upgrades the FirstRun.ing file (previously called 'runonce') supercedes any command line or associated file launch which then proceed to be processed when the plot is Reset.

WinGrid1.1.3 Restores the reading of older file formats and reimplements a number of image handling routines that had inadvertantly become disabled. A bug with the "Weight" function was fixed. A problem was fixed due to launching an inGrid file and how it reacted with the Recent File list. An invalid file response via HTTP is now signaled with a view of the text instead of a simple error message. Fileters for reading files now allow for for *.ing and *.txt files. The MultiGrid consensus routine has been made functional again and has been tested for handling bulk file conversiond from the *.txt format to the new. *.ing format and a bug was found that caused the transfer of settings to not work. A bug was found and fixed in the CreateHTML routine where a GraphicCell of element images was used.

WinGrid 1.1.2 is radically different internally and has had much work done in preparation for a trial conversion to VisualBasic.Net as and when it becomes available. The file suffix of .txt has been replaced with a suffix of .ing which will make for easier file associations. Also, irrespective of the arbitrary change of suffix, no file formats older than version 0.9.6 are supported and users will have to contact me personally for a file conversion program to convert older files. An FTP session was added and the default grid location for new users is a grid at this internet site.

WinGrid 1.0.7 fixes a bug that entered the system during a renaming process and disabled the Printform function. Some tweaking for MediaPlayer was done. An attempt was made to install the Intel JPEG 1.5 Library but failed, so only an upgrade from ijl10 to ijl11 was made and there is a slight improvement in JPEG quality and file space although there is still a problem padding the image to 32 bit boundaries. A bug was found after the form for Grid Data Entry was closed the Play and Reset buttons weren't being Re-enabled properly. A serious bug was introduced in the speeded up file format that made adding columns loose the extended construct descriptions. Menus and Hotkeys were added to control the Toolbox functions; - useful for when running in Full Screen mode. An updated control was found to overcome a long-standing bug that prevented more than a few background pictures from being used. The StyleWidth now changes up and down when AutoZoom is running. Program loading is more visibly streamlined and program closing now retains screen settings. New Accelerator Function keys can now be used to control the SmallChanges or angle of rotation from the keyboard instead of only the mouse slider. Bugs were found that prevented the operation of the Consensus and Difference Analysis functions. The Edit > Copy function now works in all analysis sections however the HTML grid output is not available as text and the proper form must be used to create HTML image maps and numerous bugs were found and fixed in this routine and the primary Search Engine has been changed from Infoseek to Search.Go.Com which gives a cleaner form of linkage. More Doevents were added to the line drawing functions for smoother music visualization. A bug was fixed in the special SizeOf Font = "0" command to blank out the significance identifiers in that this command wasn't being saved with the grid. The Picture Changer now operates in conjunction with the RasterOp setting so that vbSrcErase now gives a more artistic body painted look. When ModeStyle is checked with the Hotkey the StyleWidth is in focus for use with the up and down arrow keys. A bug was fixed that prevented a single background picture from being selected and bugs were fixed that affected the image transitions. The Help files have not yet been updated to reflect the changes in this release.

WinGrid 1.0.6 fixed an error caused by closing the program whilst other parts were still scanning ForDoEvents. Background picture graphics have broader operations. The latest interface for HTMLHelp was added. Under conditions where the "User Parameters" is updated with a blanked Grid Name then the Number of Elements and/or Constructs are not dimmed and can be altered en-masse. Microsoft's MSAgent was tested and found to work adequately and although its stub remains it is disabled. A problem during resizing of the Grid Input table was fixed. Some tweaking was done to the LargeChange in angular rotations. A bug was fixed that caused the font to be reset. A bug was fixed in the selection of "right" sided element descriptions. An additional DoEvents was added in the PlotLine routine for smoother music visualizations. A bug was fixed which caused the loading of an Element picture to crash and hang the system. The WSAPI_OpenURL now handles more than just HTTP. An attempt was made to fix the Paste Special form of Grid Input.

WinGrid 1.0.5 fixes a problem with the red shift. Be warned that I have only a slow computer and the 3D effect is phenomenal. An "Open Location" menu option allows you to read grids directly from the Internet. The new foldaway Toolbox now sports "Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced" check boxes.

WinGrid 1.0.4 introduced a Full Screen mode, mind machine graphetics and attended to "Out of Memory errors" and non standard installation and exiting problems. Press Shift F3 to drop out of Full Screen Mode. A nearly ideal MP3 Screen Saver accompaniment complete with Shortest Path timers. NOT FOR EPILEPTICS. Completes the conversion to the new high speed rectangular input file format that commenced in 0.9.7 and has been tested with extra HTML that accesses an MP3 file. Adapts to larger grids by not saving the loadings with the inGrid file. This means that you have to recalculate these large grids each time before you start plotting sessions. This restriction applies to grids with more than 150 rows and will remain until a more efficient way is found to store the loadings.

Then, a user downloaded the program but couldn't find the help file which gives detail regarding the input of the data and the actual way the analysis is done.

To answer all these questions, the fifteen buttons at the bottom of the toolbar have associated help files. If you go down the middle column of five buttons, you will follow the order of the analysis.

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