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WaterSums Version 1.0.12 has just been released. With this release, support for the undocked Project tree has been enhanced. Other minor enhancements have also been added, including the display of an error file if any errors occur during analysis of the network. In the Introduction tab, there is a Quick Demo which has been updated for this release. Various links in the Introduction tab can now run WaterSums commands directly.

A large number of big and little bugs have been fixed. Refer to the release notes for details.

The new WaterSums 1.0.11 release is now being finalised. One of the new features is the extension of the 30-day free trial for existing installations. If your free trial has expired, installing the new version will give you another 7 days to try the new version. Various other changes have been made including improvement of support for the un-docked Project tree and the fixing of several bugs. The Quick Demo included in the Introduction tab has also been updated for the coming release and now includes links which directly show some of the functionality described.

WaterSums.com.au is now available - aimed at Australian users. At the moment, it gives exactly the same content, but this may change in the future.

Continuing in the WaterSums 1.0 series, the latest version - 1.0.10 - has been released. The main advances in this version are in making it easier to buy WaterSums and obtain a licence key. The WaterSums Licence Request Tool is now included with this WaterSums release instead of being sent on request.

There are also some bugs fixed, such as in fixing the displaying of errors that occur during a network analysis.

From the start this blog has had quite a few pictures, but a technical problem has meant that the pictures in this blog were not visible to most people. This has now been fixed, so I hope you will enjoy the screenshots in the blog entries below. If you were one of the people who could not see the pictures, sorry!

Almost 3 weeks have passed since the last WaterSums release and the time has not been wasted. Extended deletion support has been added and a new toolbar for adding, editing and deleting network objects as well.

WaterSums is just about ready to be released with the option to delete network objects. Now deletion of objects from a network model can be complex; deleting a node can leave links dangling, while the removal of patterns or curves can leave many network objects orphaned without basic control information. WaterSums aims to make these things easy for the user to handle.

Today was a busy day; two WaterSums releases hit the streets. These releases fixed one significant bug and also updated the WaterSums documentation.

They also had an extra morsel for those who like to use experimental functionality in programs; the Project tree can now be undocked. A screenshot of the resizable undocked tree is shown.

Version 1.0.6 has been released including the long-awaited edit enhancements. Editing of all network objects can now be done in separate tabbed panels as well as editing in situ in the Project tree. The Add and Edit dialogs have also been redesigned so that only one Add/Edit panel can be displayed at any time. This allows the handling of clicks in the map area to specify the location of node objects (junctions, reservoirs and tanks).

Another two weeks has seen more milestones in the development of WaterSums. Another release is due very soon, and new features are now being tested that complete the fundamental functionality of the application. Junctions, reservoirs, tanks, pipe, pumps, valves and map labels can all be edited in panels that display all of the properties of each object. Double-clicking on an object in the map or right-clicking on the object in the Project tree will display these panels. Editing of objects in the Project tree is still supported as in previous releases.

And, of course, if you change your mind about any modifications you make, you can always use Undo since WaterSums provides unlimited Undo and Redo.

WaterSums 1.0.6 should be ready for release very soon, so keep watching the site.