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Quad-Lock Unit Converter Changelog

What's new in Quad-Lock Unit Converter 6.0 Beta

Aug 28, 2012
  • Added Conversion History providing quick access to the 25 most recent unit conversions.
  • Added a ribbon menu with customizable quick access toolbar, and dockable windows for Search and the new Conversion History.
  • Added new category Currency with 38 world currencies. The conversion rates are dynamically updated from the web (once per day) or by clicking the status bar or under menu Edit > Preferences > Currency tab.
  • Added ability to resize the window, e.g. to view more units
  • Added new category Permeability with 4 units.
  • Added cubic millimeters to Volume category.
  • Added 'Clarke 1866 (NAD 27)' to Coordinate transformations.
  • Added the name of the currently selected category to the window title (for easy task-switching when running multiple windows).
  • Minor revisions and corrections of several unit conversion factors in torque, pressure, and volume categories to improve accuracy of results.

New in Quad-Lock Unit Converter 5.4 (Jul 23, 2009)

  • Added ability to perform coordinate transformations from latitude/longitude to UTM (and vice-versa).
  • Added Heat Flux conversion category with 25 units
  • Added Magnetic Flux conversion category with 14 units
  • Added Volumetric Heat Generation category with 11 units
  • Added 6 new units to Fuel Consumption category (non-linear conversions such as Liters/100km to Miles/Gallon)
  • Corrected conversion factor in Amount of Substance; 1 mol = 1000 mmol, showed 1000000 mmol
  • Re-organized main menu. Also, added an icon next to each menu item.
  • Quad-Lock Converter now uses Unicode for the entire program (UI controls and the engine), enabling internationalization.
  • Removed restrictions such that users can now add an un-limited number of custom units and categories. Furthermore, users can also add non-multiplicative unit conversions (such as from Liters/100km to Miles/Gallon)
  • Changed location of UnitConverter.ini (preferences file) to the %APPDATA%UnitConverter folder or, if running from a removable drive, to the removable drive's root folder (e.g. F:UnitConverter.ini).
  • User defined custom categories can now be rendered visible or invisible in the main window using Main Menu > Edit > Preferences
  • The conversion engine now uses a hash table to efficiently map unit names to associated conversion factors. This should improve speed on old and obsolete computers (the difference may not be noticeable on fast modern computers).