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PETRAPro -
Version 1.5.0 Released August 6, 2007

Below are instructions for downloading and installing the current version of
PETRAPro. We suggest printing these instructions for quick reference during the
downloading and installing process.

The file you will be downloading is
PETRAPro 1.5.0 Install.exe. This is a self-
extracting and installing zip file that contains all the files necessary to install the
1.5.0 version of the program. The file size is 12.7 MB.

To download the file, click on the
Download Now selection below. When the File
Download
screen appears, select Save and make note of where the file is being saved.
Once the file is downloaded, double-click on it and the installation for the program will begin.
To find the version number of
your copy of PETRAPro click,
on the
Help menu, then
select
About... .
If you are installing this version over an
existing version, use the 'Repair' option
(as shown here) to update your current
version.
Program Changes
1.5.0       Released 8/06/07
             Added Preference option to treat 'Other' key as Peds, which will separate Peds from the vehicle data in intersection plot
             Revised ASCII export to provide PETRA for Windows format export
             Revised hot key commands so hitting ALt-E+E directly opens header screen        
             Revised download screen to only display available com ports        
             Corrected problem where hitting the backspace key on some computers caused a run time error 13
             Corrected problem where data in cells on some computer would be left-justified, allowing non-numeral entries
             Corrected problem with Time Stamped data not being saved correctly on some files
             Corrected problem with column move not working correctly if you double-clicked the column heading to access Edit screen
1.4.1       Released 8/23/06
             Added Preference Option to allow 'Peds' column to be automatically deleted upon download
             Added Control Delay value as calculation in Signalized Intersection Delay data
             Added ability to inset page break in report before list of group percentages
             Added option for user to create their own icons for use in intersection design
             Added option to combine all groups on data screen
             Modified Variable Width Graph to show additional statistics
             Modified Heading tab in Print Setup so that any changes made are used in report
             Corrected program with approach names being misaligned if you deleted the northbound lanes in the Intersection
                 Geometry but didn't delete the leg using the Approach Wizard
             Corrected probelm with error occuring if you selected Save Print Defaults in Stop Sign Delay Print Setup
             Corrected problem with error occuring at end of download of Stop Sign Delay data
             Corrected problem with phantom copies of files being created if a data file was manually moved using Windows Explorer
                 while it was still open in PETRAPro
1.3.9       Released 6/22/06
             Added Preference option for batch saving of files on downloading
             Added Preference option to have program automatically check the JAMAR web site for updates
             Added function to set default file path
             Added function to clear last opened studies list        
             Added 75 mph icon and three way movement icon to Intersection design
             Added Support Form under Help menu which allows directly e-mailing files and questions from within the program
             Corrected problem where run-time error 6 occurred when printing plot or graph if the total volume of a single movement
                 was over 32,767
             Corrected problem with peak data not listing correctly when 'show peak in bold...' option was selected
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring during Excel export if a group name was blank
             Corrected problem with run time error 438 occurring if attempting to merge two gap files
             Corrected problem where combination of right arrow key and page down key could cause error when editing data
             Correct problem where fonts shifted from one page to the next if all values had been set the same
             Corrected problem with the saved print defaults not being used for the first study read in
             Corrected problem with Time Stamped files being incorrectly downloaded
             Corrected problem with run-time error 35600 occurring when opening a Sat Flow study at the same time as a Turning
                 Movement study
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring when trying to open very large Sat Flow Studies
1.2.9       Released 2/10/06
             Added the ability to include up to 4 intersection photos
             Open file screen now displays the Lat/Long information for files
             Fixed bug that caused group names on reports to not be displayed
             Corrected problem with Google Earth opening files with a latitude and longitude of zero
             Added option to disable bolding of highest peak value for peak information in Preferences
1.2.8        Released 1/19/06
             Added the ability to click through the open splash screen
             Added a logo preview on the Headings tab under Print Settings
             Added feature to custom size title logos
             Added feature to view study locations with GPS information in Google Earth and Microsoft Live Local
             Added "Check for New Version" option to the help menu
             GIS information now includes Degrees/Minutes as well as GPS coordinates
             "Sample File - Turning Movement.ppd" now includes GPS coordinates
             Corrected bug that wouldn't allow  the title logo to be aligned to the right
             Corrected problem with error occurring when trying to export a Stop Sign Delay file to Excel
             Corrected "A" column so it now sizes correctly when exporting to Excel
             Corrected problem with run-time error 340 occurring when exporting a single group Turning Movement study to IMC V3(.dfl)
                 format
             Corrected problem with the merge wizard inserting a start date of "12/30/1899" instead of the correct date
             Corrected problem with new Sat Flow files saying they couldn't be found if they were closed without saving
             Corrected problem with run-time error 7 occurring for some users when trying to perform an advanced edit of the titles
             Corrected problem with run-time error 341 when merging files and not selecting where to "Take the data from"
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring when previewing certain merged documents before saving
             Correct a problem when performing a "Repair" to the install that cause the old preferences to be cleared out
1.2.1       Released 10/14/05
             Corrected problem with install not correctly installing all files required for Excel export, causing run-time error 429 when
                  export was tried
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring if you tried to produce a turning movement report with peak analysis and
                 had selected 'Grand Totals' for the overall data.
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring if you tried to produce a report from a Stop Sign Delay file that had been
                 edited from 2 lanes to 1 lane
             Corrected problem with run-time error occurring when attempting to merge class files
             Corrected problem with Change Interval Length tool not working correctly for Gap files
1.1.18    Released 08/26/05
             Revised downloaded files to assign numbers to unnamed files to make merging of files easier
             Corrected problem with AAP files not formatting correctly
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring if you tried to produce a report with multiple peaks in the same time
                 period
             Corrected problem with volume information in gap files getting placed in the wrong location on the Combined tab
             Corrected problem with error occurring at the conclusion of download of Signalized Intersection Delay files
             Corrected problem with Signalized Intersection Delay files not using Start Time/End Time setting properly
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring at conclusion of download on same computers
             Corrected problem with group percentages for overall intersection not being listed correctly if the Approach Totals option
                  was selected in the Print Setup
1.1.7       Released 06/28/05
             Revised Merge Wizard to allow you to select a specific date for merging files if the two files were from different days
             Corrected problem with run-time error 438 occurring if you used File, Exit command to exit the program when no files were
                open
             Corrected problem with data columns being listed incorrectly if you manually deleted an approach by removing it from the
                 intersection geometry and deleting columns rather than using Approach Wizard to automatically remove approach
             Corrected problem with data dropping out of data plot if you did a combination of print previews with all groups and just         
                 individual groups
             Corrected problem with Print Preview not formatting correctly if the order of approaches was changed to East, West, North,
                 South
             Corrected problem with run-time error 13 occurring at conclusion of data download from stop sign delay study where some
                 vehicles were left in queue at end of study
             Corrected problem with run-time error 13 occurring if you tried to insert just one interval to the start of a classification study
             Corrected problem with run-time error 438 occurring when clicking graph button in signalized intersection delay studies
             Corrected problem with 'Out' totals of peak intersection plot not being listed correctly when printing group 2 data by itself
             Corrected problem with peak intersection plot not listing data correctly when producing a 15 minute report from data that
                 was originally 5 minute intervals
             Corrected problem with Main Screen not turning off properly when turned off in the Preferences
             Corrected problem where Direction Descriptions field was missing from the Edit Header options in Signalized Intersection
                 Delay files
             Corrected problem with run-time error 13 occurring when doing print or preview of classification files where the Windows
                 decimal symbol was set to comma rather than period as in some international formats
             Corrected problem where run-time error 9 occurred in intersection geometry if you tried to enter street name after adding
                 text box
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring if you tried to print or preview with no groups selected
             Corrected problem with run-time error 6 occurring if you tried to produce a report from a signalized intersection delay file
                 that contained all zeroes for data
             Corrected problem with user factor automatically being turned on when producing new gap files
             Corrected problem with group descriptions getting cut off in Stop Sign Delay reports
             Corrected problem where run-time error occurred in PETRA for Windows if you saved a PETRAPro file in the PETRA format
                 and the original file contained characters in the group descriptions that PETRA did not support
             Corrected problem in Stop Sign Delay files where warning message appeared about saving file in older format, even if file
                 was being saved in current format
             Corrected problem with gap files were extraneous print formatting characters appeared in the spare comments fields of file
             Corrected problem with stray data appearing at end of volume data from 5 minute gap files
             Corrected problem where run-time error 438 occurred when attempting  to print two peaks with plots from file that only
                 contains one group of data.
1.1.3       Released 01/18/05
             Added support for reading in PETRA DOS PDF files.
             Added IMC export options for Gap, Class and Signalized Intersection Delay data
             Added support for entering GPS info in file headers
             Revised default font used from MS San Serif to Arial, which allows for better compatibility with PDF export
             Revised reports produced from 5 minute interval data where 15 minute interval was selected in print setup to provide
                hourly totals and show peak data in 15 minutes         
             Revised the default speed limit in Spot Speed files to 55 mph.
             Revised 'Delete Movement' command to 'Delete Group'
             Revised PDF export of reports to make it clearer that file was created
             Revised Excel export to make export independent of version of Excel currently loaded on computer
             Revised Auto-fit option for report to include all peak fields
             Corrected problem with Merge Wizard not merging some files correctly
             Corrected problem with 'Int. Total' for the group breakdown data at the end of the overall data not getting listed correctly if
                 'Approach Totals' was selected in the print setup of turning movement data          
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring on some systems when report print or preview was selected if peak
                was not set
             Corrected problem with run-time error 380 occurring on some systems when report print or preview was selected
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring when print or preview was selected for turning movement files that
                contained data for multiple days
             Corrected problem with run-time error 9 occurring when printing files where the From North approach had been removed
             Corrected problem with Change Interval Length Tool not adjusting the interval number and size correctly for turning
                movement data
             Corrected problem with spot speed files create from 'New' command leaving field blank in print setup
             Corrected problem with spot speed files create from 'New' command having extraneous info in the spare comment fields
             Corrected typo in Peak tab of print setup
             Corrected problem with default comments not appearing on the Intersection Photo page of reports
             Corrected problem with program not starting when 'Run TRAXPro' box was selected at the end of the download
1.0.3       Initial Release - 12/07/04