2014-03-26 Beta Release Notes

A few features have been added to the the March 26 beta release:

• A string type has been added to the CSPro logic language. This is similar to the alpha type, except that it is of variable length, meaning that it can be used more simply than alpha variables. There is no longer a need to use the strip function on your strings for many operations. In the past you might write this:
  
  
  alpha (300) myFolderName,myFileName;
  setfile(inputFile,concat(strip(myFolderName),strip(myFileName)));
  
  Now you can simply write:
  
  
  string myFolderName,myFileName;
  setfile(inputFile,concat(myFolderName,myFileName));
  
  
• A case tree has been added to the Android version. You can bring this up by swiping from the left side of the screen to the center. It is further documented in the Android beta release notes. Note that if you have .pen files created with the old beta version, you will have to recreate them, as the structure of the file has changed.
• The gps function now has an optional accuracy component. Instead of returning the first reading, you can specify that you want to wait for a reading of certain accuracy. For example:
  
  
  gps(read,300,10); // wait for up to 300 seconds for a gps reading of accuracy 10 meters or less
  
  
• You can now define occurrence labels in the dictionary. For example, if you open the dictionary for the Metro Survey application, click on the Line Perceptions record, and select Edit -> Occurrence Labels, you will see the following dialog:
  
  
  
  
  You can define occurrence labels for multiply occurring records and multiply occurring items. When dragging these records/items to a form, you will be prompted in the Drag Options window if you want to use the occurrence labels instead of 1, 2, 3, ... for the row labels. In addition, you can access these in logic using a new function, getocclabel. For example:
  
  
  errmsg("%s",getocclabel(LINE_PERCEPTIONS_REC(2))); // displays Green
  
  In your CAPI text, you can also refer to the current occurrence label. In the Metro Survey it is used as follows: Do you agree with the following statement: "The rail cars on the %getocclabel% line are generally clean."
• There are two new features in the Dictionary Macros. You can copy/paste item lengths now, in addition to names and labels. You can also bulk add items to records.
• In addition to the above, we have fixed bugs and added some minor features and improved functionality.