Golden Software Grapher 5.04

------------------------------------------------------------------- Grapher(TM) ReadMe File Grapher Version 5.02 Copyright (c) 2004. Golden Software, Inc. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------- This document provides supplemental information to the Grapher 5 Getting Started Guide and contains late-breaking information about Grapher 5 features, compatibility, and known problems. Please read this file before installing or launching the software. Please remember to send in your registration card! This card must be on file to receive Grapher technical support, and to receive upgrade pricing for future releases of Grapher. Table of Contents ================= This document contains the following sections: * System Requirements * New Features * Installing Grapher * Network Installation * Troubleshooting Installations * Updating Grapher * Uninstalling Grapher * Grapher.ini Settings * Changes and Corrections * Known Issues and Limitations * Contacting Golden Software =================== System Requirements =================== * Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP * 800 X 600 or higher monitor resolution * 27 MB of free disk space in the target installation drive * At least 32 MB RAM above the Windows requirement for simple data sets. =================== New Features =================== - Object Manager and Worksheet Manager are now separate docking windows. These windows replace the splitter view in Grapher 4. - A new Property Inspector docking window has been added. This is used to access all object properties in lieu of dialogs. - Three new 3D plots have been added, XYZ Bar Chart, XYZ Bubble Plot and a 3D pie chart. - A polar bar chart has been added. - High-low plots can now display using a candlestick format. - Two new mouse controls have been added, panning with mouse and rotating 3D objects using the mouse. - Plot labels may now be moved using the mouse. - Legend plot line lengths can now be set for each individual legend. - When creating plots, the first x number of columns containing valid data are now used. - Column clipping criteria may now be numbers as well as text. - New position/size toolbar added. - When using the graph wizard, the axes to be used by the plot may now be selected when adding to a graph if multiple axes are present in the graph. - Multiple Z axes may now be added and used in 3D plots. - Polar plots may now be displayed using only a portion of the angle axis. - Baseline for area calculation can now be set. Report now provided both positive (above baseline) and negative (below baseline) areas. - All toolbars and menus are now fully customizable. - Horizontal drop lines added to XYZ plots. - Plot labels in 3D plots may now be set to front, center or back Z position. - Graphs saved using Grapher 5 may now be previewed from the open dialog. - Bubble plots now support a fixed min/max bubble size range. - Object fills can now use picture patterns. - Plot labels may now be restricted to a specific row range. - Objects may now be locked into position. - Symbols may now be drawn with an outline color and with a invisible fill. - Export filters for PDF and EPS formats have been added. - Ternary plots can now use worksheet labels. - Plot windows may now be displayed using a tabbed document view as an alternative to the standard MDI document view. - Pie chart labels can now be set to match the slice color. - Color scales are now installed into a Color Scales folder for use with the 3D bubble plot. ================== Installing Grapher ================== Golden Software does not recommend installing Grapher 5 over any previous version. Grapher 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 can coexist on the same system as long as they are installed in separate directories. To install Grapher 5 under Windows XP or Windows 2000, you need to be logged onto the machine with administrator rights for that computer. Installing Grapher on a Local Drive from CD: -------------------------------------------- 1. Insert the CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. The Setup program automatically begins on most computers. 2. Choose the "Install Grapher" option from the screen and setup will begin. If the Setup program does not automatically start, double-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop. Open the CD-ROM drive which contains the Grapher disk by double-clicking on the CD-ROM icon. From the CD-ROM folder find and double-click on Autorun.exe to launch Grapher's Setup program. Select "Install Grapher" and setup will begin. ==================== Network Installation ==================== Network administrators can place the Grapher 5 installation files in a networked file server directory for shared distribution and/or execution. First, the Grapher Setup files must be placed on the networked file server. How this is done depends on how you received the Grapher product (on CD-ROM or downloaded from www.goldensoftware.com): FROM CD: Manually copy the entire contents of the CD's "Grapher Setup" directory tree into a shared directory on a server that workstations wanting to install Grapher 5 can access. BY DOWNLOAD: Run the "server installation" program you downloaded and follow the Installation Wizard's instructions. (Setting read-only access to the network share is highly recommended to prevent accidental deletion of shared files by workstation users.) Once the Grapher Setup files are available via a network share, one must go to each local machine, connect to the network share and install Grapher for use on that machine. Run one of these two installation programs, depending on the type of installation desired: Setup.exe --------- Will locally install the Grapher program and all selected options so Grapher may be executed on the local machine without having to be connected to the network share. [The result is the same as if Grapher had been installed from the distribution CD at the local machine.] [Administrator: To disallow this type of installation, simply delete "Setup.exe", from the file server.] InstallClient.exe ----------------- Will locally install only a few user-specific files and leaves most of the Grapher program and associated files on the network server. The local machine must be connected to the network share in order to use Grapher. [Administrator: To disallow this type of installation, delete "InstallClient.exe", "InstallClient.ini" and "GrapherClient.msi" from the file server.] ============================= Troubleshooting Installations ============================= If you are experiencing errors with the installation, please install Grapher with error logging. To create an installation error log: 1. Go to Start | Run. 2. For a local installation, type: "[drive letter]:\[path]\Setup.exe" /L* "[drive letter]:\[path]\G5.log" For a networked client installation, type (all on one line): "[drive letter]:\[path]\InstallClient.exe" /L* "[drive letter]:\[path]\G5.log" Replace the [drive letter] and [path] with a drive letter and path on your computer. 3. Click OK. After the installation process terminates, the log file is created in the path you specify. Please send the log file to technical support along with the installation message text. ================ Updating Grapher ================ Do NOT install a newer FULL version of Grapher 5 over a previous version of Grapher 5. This will not update the software. (i.e. Do not install 5.01 over 5.00.) If for some reason you need to do a FULL installation of Grapher 5, uninstall the previous version before installing the updated version. Local Installation ------------------ To update your version of Grapher, open the Grapher program and select "Help | Check