From: "James Lerch" 
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Reply-To: "James Lerch" 


Greetings All,

The first beta version of FigureXP (which should run on all Windows
platforms) is ready for some testing (I hope!) :)

The major limitation on this early release is Printing, It doesn't do it
yet!  I'm still considering how to implement this function, so if you have
any thoughts on this topic feel free to let me know!

The current "wish list" of items still under development are:

#1 Handling of Central obstruction and Edge masking
#2 Figuring history recall

Other than the above, everything should work (including the Simulated star
test option).

The purpose of this release is to get some feedback and Bug checking.  I'm
especially interested in feedback on the Star test simulator.

Downloads are broken into two categories:

#1 Full blown install
http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm/FigureXP_Full.zip (1.43MB)

#2 Exe only, which should run if you've ever installed any Visual Basic
applications in the past
http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm/FigureXP.zip (93KB)

Both packages contain some example Figure files, in addition FigureXP reads
and writes standard Figure45 files, so any old mirror data is still useful!

Take Care,
James Lerch
http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm (My telescope construction,testing, and coating site)

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