Conversion Buddy (tm) v 3.9 is fully functional freeware.
Unrestricted distribution by BBS's, CDROM, and any other
legal means is hereby APPROVED by the author.
Product Name: Conversion Buddy v 3.9
Mode: Fully Functional and Uncrippled
Numeric Notation: U.S. Standard:
(point (".") as decimal marker)
(comma (",") as thousands separator)
Operating System: Windows 3.1
Written In: Delphi
Includes: All files necessary to run, plus context sensitive Windows help file
Install: click on INSTALL.EXE
Run: Click on Conversion Buddy Icon
FIXED:
- In v3.8, factors created with new units had a "phantom" factor
(degrees,minutes) added in for the first two units created.
- When rounding and user entered an input amount too small
for Rounding Error analysis, reported result was "R.E. too low". The
result now reports "R.E. too high" and a dialog box suggests "Input
amount has too few digits to accurately round. Please click Exact
OK or add significant digits."
Many thanks to error reporters.
(NOTE: IF YOU ARE USING WINDOWS NOTEPAD SELECT EDIT-WORDWRAP NOW)
CONVERSION BUDDY DESCRIPTION
For Those New to Conversion Buddy:
Conversion Buddy (tm) converts from one unit of measurement to another. As you type in your Convert From unit, the window scrolls to it like Windows Help Find. You need not know whether the unit is mass or volume. Then double click on a Convert To unit. That's the basic system. Over 1700 conversion factors are included and you can add your own (this is a real database program, add all you want). You can paste results into your working Windows document. Conversion Buddy "spells out" numerical results for text oriented documents. 23.45 can be reported as "twenty three point four five". Results are reported scientifically, with regard to the Rounding Error of the Factor, of the Input Value, and the Result. A Scientific Rounding calculator is included which will report a Result with accuracy analysis on almost any multiplication of two numbers. A help system containing all needed information. Two tutorials are included.
CB's tabular conversion module converts columnar data of any length to a visual and disk report. The data in a column can be converted by a single conversion factor, precision assumption, and rounding rule. Or different rules can apply to each value in the column based upon the unit in which it is expressed. Because custom factors may be entered at runtime users are not limited to calculating only conversion data. Virtually any multiplier may be used and subjected to the rounding algorithm. This system is designed to process very large amounts of data and report accuracy and precision just as you have come to expect from the original system. Freeware. Uploaded by the Author. OK to distribute freely.
What makes CB different?
-FREE
CB is free with no nags screens or expiration dates.
-ACCURACY
Conversion Buddy's rounding (Sometimes called "precision") is based on the approach outlined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology SP811 report released last year. Conversion Buddy's help system contains that NIST SP811 section.
-POWER
Written as a database package in Delphi, the system is capable of substantial expansion and portability. Users adding many factors to the database should incur little change in performance.
-ADDING NEW UNITS AND FACTORS
Add 1 Popeye =4.4567 Blutos to Conversion Buddy. No problem. Or Cups to Gallons. Because one can add what they want, CB is a general purpose conversion tool with application, for homemakers and business people, not just for engineers. Because of CB's database design users can add thousands of conversion factors before a performance change would be noticed.
-EASE OF USE
CB's Windows Help Find type of incremental search finds the Convert From unit without the user knowing the category of the unit (Category: Mass. Length, Electricity, and Magnetism, etc.) One need not know whether "Gram" is Mass or Volume. The user then FINDs and double clicks the target unit from a list, enters the input data and presses 'OK'. Done.
We license Conversion Buddy "As-Is".
We can offer no warranties whatsoever. We have checked our data and our output, and we shall continue to do so with help from our users. We know of no bugs or erroneous data, but cannot assume any risks if such exist.
Why do we give out freeware?
Basically it's fun to create something that "does it right" and maybe we can get some custom programming business from users. The CB concept can be applied to a variety of business data and provides a nice vehicle for distribution of parts information, catalogs, etc. to clients. These could be updated at the user's machine via the Internet.
RESOURCE USAGE:
Disk space : 2.4 megs
Maximum RAM Used:
Standard: 193K
Tabular: 370K
Max User Heap Used:
Standard: 2%
Tabular: 6%
Max GDI Used:
Standard: 4%
Tabular 11%
HOW TO CONTACT US:
Voice: Jim at 423-481-8470 (USA Eastern time Zone)
James Presley, Compuserve 75210,2247
james.presley@worldnet.att.net
COMING IN FUTURE:
We are near completion of a general purpose expression module (math part done) which allows users to create expressions with as many as fifty two variables. Twenty four math-trig functions are supported and can be added from a pop-up window into an expression as a user builds it. Variables are represented by user-defined words ("tokens") that remind them of what the variable represents. A long description accompanies each token.
The user's custom expressions are stored in a table from run to run along with the tokens which go with each expression. At runtime the user selects the expression to use (Conversion Buddy Main Screen incremental search) and a calculate Window appears which displays the variables as long descriptions or as "tokens" associated with the expression and edit boxes in which to enter values for each. Then the user clicks "OK" and CB evaluates the expression.
Each contributing math operation of the evaluation is displayed in sequential order so the user may audit the computation as in an adding machine tape.
The result is displayed as a rounded value based upon proper rounding procedure for multivariable expressions pursuant to technical information supplied by NIST.
