Beta versions here of work in progress and ideas that are being tested out. If you have a few minutes to spare, give them a try and help to improve Sailwave by giving some feedback.
This is a .exe only please install the full version 2.28.11 and then replace the Sailwave.exe with the one from the end of this post.
The major change in this version is the publishing of individual races when using a personal handicap system such as NHC.
There is a competitor-based field “NewRating” which is the rating that will be used for the next race and it was intended for publishing in Series results. If you published it in individual race tables then it was confusing. Because let’s say we have had 6 races and publish race 1 the NewRating published would still be the rating for Race 7. So now it will publish the rating for R2 (or whatever the next race that was run)
As some users use NewRating for other things if they are not using a Personal handicap, Sailwave will detect this and use it as a user-configurable field.
Other changes are
Corrected an issue with the extra competitor fields Group and Region – Renaming them was not working correctly and double-clicking in the main grid did not take you to the correct place to edit them.
SailNo wizard – the dropdown box to select the field to use now has a scroll bar
Please report any issues and I will try to fix them
You can download Version 2.28.14 from the link below. Note this is an exe only.
Please do a full install of 2.28.11 if you don’t have it already and replace the Sailwave.exe with this file. You may if you wish to rename the original Sailwave.exe to say sailwave2-28-11.exe so you can revert to it if you wish (see below)
Version 2.28.7 has been around for a little while with some users that have been testing and I’m happy that it is stable so it’s not strictly a Beta but it is only a .exe which you can replace the existing Sailwave.exe file see the post below if you need details of how to do this
The user group link in Sailwave has been updated to the new Forum
You can add additional info or comments in the CSV as it now ignores lines starting with ; after the header-line
When importing results from a CSV file it will automatically remove the excluded flag for a competitor if they are marked as Excluded.
It is now possible to import the rating for a specific race
A rating column can now be mapped to RaceRating (Maybe better to name the column RaceRating)
The image below may help explain
When the results are imported the Rating is imported to the rating for that race.
Additionally, if the Competitors default rating is empty and these are results for race 1 then the default rating is set to match that of Race 1
You can download Version 2.28.7 from the link below. Note this is an exe only.
Please do a full install of 2.28.2 if you don’t have it already and replace the Sailwave.exe with this file renaming it to Sailwave.exe
You may if you wish to rename the original Sailwave.exe to say sailwave2-28-2.exe so you can revert to it if you wish (see below)
A new version of Sailwave which introduces some new features
Changes have been made to make sub-windows open normally within the area of the main program – this is most useful when you are running with multiple monitors as previously all sub-windows would open on the primary screen although they could be dragged to other screens. With this version, it should work well even if the Sailwave application is on both screens.
Additional information is added to the Help – Log file so as to display the rating file names that the ratings are being loaded from. It then also displays the total ratings that it has after each one so you can determine how many are being loaded from each file if you wish.
Please report any issues and I will try to fix them
You can download Version 2.28.3 from the link below. Note this is an exe only.
Please do a full install of 2.28.2 if you don’t have it already and replace the Sailwave.exe with this file renaming it to Sailwave.exe
You may if you wish to rename the original Sailwave.exe to say sailwave2-28-2.exe so you can revert to it if you wish (see below)
A new version of Sailwave which introduces some new features
This is the first version to be digitally signed with a certificate. Hopefully, it will reduce the number of false positives that are generated by anti-virus software. You will at least be guaranteed that no one has tampered with the install file.
This version is the first one published on the Sailwave site to be built with a new version of the compiler and this enables touch control to scroll the data around. So if you have a touch-enabled device give it a go.
RORC high point scoring is in Beta in this version. The RORC factors are not implemented for RORC series as yet.
This Version also has Ice boat support in Beta.
The import from csv has been reworked and expanded – see documentation on the Sailwave web site
The install also contains updated versions of SWCList, ISAF (World Sailing) interface and the SWHelper for NHC scoring which now supports internal calculations when you are using PY numbers.
You will also notice some cosmetic and font changes.
This update is supplied as a full install containing the Sailwave.exe version 2.28.0. You need to download from the link below and run the installer. If you have any issues installing please try running the installer as administrator by right-clicking the sw2_28_0.exe file and selecting run as administrator.
Huw has tested the installer under Linux without any problems but points out if you are using Wine you should be using at least version 3.0. If you want to run the World Sailing (ISAF) interface with Wine or on a Mac please ask for help or see instructions on the Sailwave User Group.
Please report any issues and I will try to fix them
One nice new additional feature, some enhancements, and some improvements. Further enhancements for translation of Sailwave into different languages. This update is supplied as a full install containing the Sailwave.exe version 2.25.4. You need to download from the link below and run the installer.
A new feature is a Search/Filter box to the ribbon so that it is possible to selectively display competitors and easily find competitors should you wish to edit them. As you type in the Search/ Filter box only competitors that match what has been typed are displayed. This is updated live rather like a Google search. Clear the box to ensure all competitors are displayed.
Any full or partial match in Fleet, Flight, Class, Division, Boat, HelmName, CrewName, SailNo, AltSailNo, Club will cause the competitor to be displayed
The Tools – Set competitor field and Tools – Seed competitor field now use the name you supplied for renaming the columns. Previously if you renamed a column you had to remember and use the default field name. This is now all handled by the Sailwave software for you.
Further enhancements for Translation of Sailwave into different languages. This update is supplied as a full install containing the Sailwave.exe version 2.25.2 . You need to download from the link below and run the installer.
Splash screen displayed during startup for versions using Locale files while they are loaded.
Some additional strings are translated
Some duplicates have been removed
Both Italian and German translations are included in the installer and both are configured automatically when their respective language is detected on the PC upon which it is being installed
Italian version now have the Italian Federation logo FIV
Big enhancements for Translation of Sailwave into different languages. This update is supplied as a full install containing the Sailwave.exe version 2.25.1 . You need to download from the link below and run the installer.
The main changes in this version from 2.24 are greatly enhanced support for translations (Locales). Version 2.24 allowed you to supply translations for all the text associated with each screen but not messages and text that changed the default text.
V2.25 now has the same file as previously so you can still use that as a starting point but some screens were missing previously these are now included.
An additional File now holds translations for the other text that needs translation such as Error messages and right click menus. Instructions and the file for translation are available for download, please see the instructions in the Locale Library section which have all been updated.
V2,25 includes the Italian translation as standard and recognises if the machine is Italian at the point of installation. If it is Italian it automatically configures Sailwave to use the Italian translation. But it is possible to switch it back to English if so wished. If other countries are interested in this please contact jon@sailwave.com
Column headers (Fields) can now be also included in the translation. These are Translated when a new series is created so the scorer can still rename them as they wish.
Users can still modify / add translations using a plain text editor.
UFD as a scoring code is included automatically for new series.
If you find any phrases or text that is missing from the translation please let us know. If you have new translations that you would like to share please contact jon@sailwave.com and we can publish them on the Sailwave Locale Library.
This update is supplied as a full install containing the Sailwave.exe version 2.18.5 a new SWHelper.exe, new SWISAF.exe and examples. You need to download from the link below and run the installer.
This version features a new interactive interface to ISAF for submitting results to ISAF further details can be found in How do I send results to ISAF.
Enhanced support for Progressive handicaps and NHC
On the rating system tab there is now a tick box at the bottom labelled Excel Link. If you run NHC in External Debug mode it normally defaults to using the SWNHC3.xls template to perform its calculations. With this version you can now tick the box Excel link and supply a different name for the template. In this example it will use the NHC 2015 specification template which is included with this install. Note at the time of writing – Sailwave don’t recommend the use of the 2015 version other than for experimentation. The Excel link name is stored within the blw Sailwave file so is remembered for the series. Future versions of Sailwave will expand the use of the Excel link box.
You can now press F2 (Similar to Excel ) to edit a cell.
Updated Sailracer functions
Some Cosmetic and spelling fixes and minor bug fixes
NOTE:- As a lot of antivirus programs don’t like the fact that Sailwave can send emails directly they have been generating false positives that the program is a virus, for this reason and also that many people now use web based mail, the install does not contain the files necessary to send emails. If you require this function you can download the following zip file and unzip it to the same directory that contains the Sailwave.exe typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Sailwave\
This version removes the error message that the scored position is greater than the number of competitors – This makes it easier to delete competitors or complete fleets and rescore without having to readjust there recorded positions – Typically you would have had to use the Tools – Rearrange recorded position tool.
Fix a bug in the Tools rearrange recorded position if there is a competitor with a code and no recorded position. The tool was creating a recorded position of zero which then caused an error when scoring.
This update is supplied as a zip file containing the Sailwave.exe version 2.17.1 and the new SWHelper.exe 1.5.0. You need to extract the zip and replace the two above files in the directory C:\Program Files\Sailwave or C:\Program Files (x86)\Sailwave (for 64 bit operating systems) .
This version adds another displayable column “NewRating” – This has been a commonly requested feature for NHC users so they can now publish the rating that will be used for the next race in the results of the series. Use as you would any other column except this column is automatically updated when the series is scored
The country codes have been updated to the latest codes from ISAF to reflect the changes and additions of countries
The focus when editing results has been changed as per the discussion on the Sailwave User Group
Importing competitors from another Sailwave blw file has been fixed as per the discussion on the Sailwave User Group
This update is supplied as a zip file containing the Sailwave.exe version 2.17.0 and the new SWHelper.exe 1.5.0. You need to extract the zip and replace the two above files in the directory C:\Program Files\Sailwave or C:\Program Files (x86)\Sailwave (for 64 bit operating systems) .
