SilhouetteCE (MacOSX) - Version History
Important Notice to MacOS Users of SilhouetteCE and Silhouette 4: The buttons for Get Template, Opening Comments, Goals/Support Plan, and Rename/Delete have been moved to the menu bar (at the top of your monitor) in version 1.8.x of SilhouetteCE and version 4.8.x of Silhouette 4.
| Version 1.9.6 August 3, 2010 |
1. recompiled to run under Lion operating
system 2. no longer compatible with Power PC Macs 3.recompiled SilUpdater program to run under Lion operating system |
| Version 1.9.5 April 4, 2010 |
Fixed: out of bounds error after creating
an empty class folder Fixed: problems with french immersion classes defaulting to english subject names Removed: trailing spaces from file names, which could cause an error |
| Version 1.9.4 January, 2011 |
1. Fixed: capped comment length at 1900
chars 2. Changed: background colour of student report comment list to yellow 3. Fixed: problem with default year for new class (was defaulting to 2000-2001) 4. Fixed: problems with default and custom printer font/size in report settings |
| Version 1.9.3 December 5, 2010 |
1. Fixed: problem with hyphenated names
in a split class, not sorted by grades. The next student
button wouldn't cycle through the whole class. 2. Added: VSB Language files will automatically be downloaded if they were not downloaded in a previous version |
| Version 1.9.2 November 14, 2010 |
1. Added: ability to get comments from a
Comment Base into a Template 2. Added: buttons to delete/insert/append lines to a Comment Base 3. Fixed: error reported when exiting from Silhouette during updating 3. Fixed: In the CCA version an extra "N" heading was being added |
| Version 1.9.1 November 7, 2010 |
1. Added: Append topic from another
comment base (in Topic Utilities) 2. Added: Utilities option to turn off autoUpdate check 3. Added: Utilities options to download updater and dictionary 4. Fixed: Comment Base changed warning message was appearing twice 5. Fixed: in straight classes, hyphenated names were not appearing fully in drop down list of student names |
| Version 1.9.0 October 22, 2010 |
1. Fixed: desktop icon now appears
properly 2. Improved: no more red arrows - all comments are now in a scrollable list in the comment base screen 3. Improved: updated graphics and window colours 4. Added: new updater program for simpler updating Note: When version 1.9.0 is first run, Silhouette will automatically download the new updater program for use in future updating. |
| Version 1.8.3 May 30, 2010 |
1. Added Select Source button to Batch
Import Topics screen 2. Fixed CCA bug ... N A M E labels crept off the screen over time |
| Version 1.8.2 May, 2010 |
1. rearranged the add new student screen
to match Windows version 2. added keyboard shortcuts to student report menu items 3. added spell check option for report comments 4. fixed problems that occurred when moving between student reports and some student names had spaces in them. |
| Version 1.8.1 March 14, 2010 |
1. Fixed: alignment of final term box on
page 1 2. Fixed: problem when adding a new student from a schoolwide data file (Vancouver) 3. Added: spellcheck for template comments 4. Added: clone template option |
| Version 1.8.0 March 2, 2010 |
1. Added: Improved navigation between
student reports 2. Changed: reorganized buttons and menus on student report screen 3. Fixed: Quotation marks now permitted 4. Fixed: Reports print with proper (large) bullets 5. Added: Rich Text formatting to Opening and Goals comment areas. |
| Version 1.7.2 November 30, 2009 |
1. Fixed: incorrect message was shown
when exporting and overwriting existing class folder 2. Fixed: possible problems when printing eSIS attendance data 3. Fixed: problem when converting attendlabel.txt to esisattend.dat - names with spaces weren't all there 4. Changed: removed blank lines and tightened up Vancouver printouts to better match the Windows version printout 5. Added: fonts drop down menu is now alpha-sorted and will display a sample of the selected font |
| Version 1.7.1 November 21, 2009 |
1. Fixed: On primary reports, Get Template (Keeping Checkmarks), was losing the checkmark for the subject area. |
| Version 1.7.0 November 2, 2009 |
1. Added: most windows can now be resized
2. Added: option to resize desktop display (see screen menu on title screen). 3. Added: support for eSIS Master.dat files 4. Added: support for eSIS attendance files 5. Added: autoupdate check on startup |
| Version 1.6.5 February 14, 2009 |
1. Fixed: bug that resulted in
changing subject names and comments while template was being
created 2. Fixed: bug that resulted in a never-ending message box if template subject name doesn't match letter grade name. The warning message is now just printed in red at the top of the template. 3. Fixed: Spell checking in paragraph style comments 4. Fixed: sometimes USB sticks were appearing as locked drives 5. Added: Option to print the VSB category definitions (N, A, M, FM, E) in alternate languages |
| Version 1.6.3 November 10, 2008 |
1. Fixed: crash after emailing. |
| Version 1.6.2 November 7, 2008 |
1. Fixed: Online Update bug. Programs that were updated by version 1.6.0 or 1.6.1 would not run properly. NOTE: If your Silhouette will not run after updating, download the update from this website. |
| Version 1.6.1 November 3, 2008 |
1. Fixed: SilCE will automatically convert Personal Planning to Health & Career Ed., allowing use of last year's template. |
| Version 1.6.0 October 5, 2008 |
1. Personal Planning changed to Health and Career Ed. |
| Version 1.5.11 June 1, 2008 |
1. Fixed: Term 3 PSR comments for Cornerstone Christian Academy reports |
| Version 1.5.10 May 18, 2008 |
1. Fixed: new term template option so
that student names do not appear in list 2. Removed: clone/template options for New term (not needed) 3. Added: bullet button to opening comments and goals window 4. Added: special text inserts to opening comments and goals window (template only) 5. Added: special text inserts to edit comment window (template only) 6. Added: spell check to edit comment window 7. Fixed: errors that occurred when no schoolwide data file was present 8. Added: checklists - term letter grades and ID numbers 9. Fixed: overwrite options on get emailed class and CBase 10. Fixed: compatibility problems when emailing CBases between Windows and Mac versions 11. Added: improved error handling throughout 12. Fixed: problem reading previous term comments from Windows (crash on read) 13. Fixed: CCA version - layout of K reports (3 columns) 14. Fixed: CCA version - page 2 headings when new topic at top of page |
| Version 1.5.09 February 17, 2008 |
1. Fixed: Term 2 problems involving the
'previous term' comments tab. Term one comments were not
showing properly, if at all. 2. Fixed: Get Emailed Comment Base no longer loses the first letter of the comment base name |
| Version 1.5.8 December 4, 2007 |
1. Fixed: bug that occurs when opening comment has a blank line at the top of it. Resulting report was missing the first subject area. |
| Version 1.5.7 December 1, 2007 |
1. Fixed: crash when pressing esc to exit
student report 2. Fixed: bug in closing comments box - wrapped around bottom of box if 1st char was a bullet 3. Renamed: Select Path button to Browse 4. Fixed: Removal of Windows RTF characters in report printouts |
| Version 1.5.6 November 22, 2007 |
1. Fixed: problem with certain long
reports printing off the bottom of the page 2. Added: font settings saved for individual reports |
| Version 1.5.5 November 17, 2007 |
1. Fixed: CCA attendance printout
for months not attended (--) 2. Fixed: page 2 header on CCA reports, and subsequent printing problems 3. Fixed: bug when importing attendance file |
| Version 1.5.4 November 13, 2007 |
1. Added: ability for VSB teachers to
change Personal Planning to Health and Careers Education 2. Added: link to Duet Software Video Online Tutorials Page |
| Version 1.5.3 November 10, 2007 |
1. Fixed: error printing "A" on VSB
Intermediate page 1 2. Added: select division option when adding new student from Schoolwide Data file |
| Version 1.5.2 November 6, 2007 |
1. Changed: checkmark font for
better look 2. Adjusted: placement of text in comment lines on printout to avoid crowding top line 3. Fixed: potential bug where paragraph style option would not appear 4. Removed: msgbox test window when adding comment in stu report (empty window) 5. Fixed: not saved warning (template) did not save if yes clicked 6. Fixed: when bringing in template, checkbox values from previous student were remembered 7. Added: inline spellchecking to edit comment window |
| Version 1.5.1 November 4, 2007 |
1. New: ability to import multiple
comment bases 2. New: ability to delete multiple class list files 3. Fixed: heading on CCA Primary Reports 4. Fixed: compatibility with Windows version (CCA only) 5. Fixed: inability to edit email message when sending class folder or other email |
| Version 1.5.0 October, 2007 |
1. New: use Schoolwide data files to
create class folders - ClassList Printer no longer necessary 2. New: automatic class folder backups 3. New: improved on-line update system 4. Fixed: many format improvements and minor bug fixes |