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PETRAPro - Version 1.6.0 Released May 5, 2009
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 1.6.0 Install.exe. This is a self- extracting and installing zip file that contains
all the files necessary to install the 1.6.0 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.
PETRAPro - Version 1.6.0 Released May 5, 2009
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 1.6.0 Install.exe. This is a self- extracting and installing zip file that contains
all the files necessary to install the 1.6.0 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 during install to update your current version.
Program Changes
1.6.0 Released 5/1/09
Added ability to process Roundabout Turning Movement Data
Added ability to turn off header info on reports
Added ability to set default order of approaches
Added Export icon to toolbar
Corrected problem with Com ports 10 or higher not being listed properly
Corrected problem with Time Stamp studies not starting at first time stamp
Corrected problem with reports using 1 minute intervals not displaying properly on the second page
Corrected problem with Change Interval Length tool not properly discarding leftover intervals
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
Added ability to process Roundabout Turning Movement Data
Added ability to turn off header info on reports
Added ability to set default order of approaches
Added Export icon to toolbar
Corrected problem with Com ports 10 or higher not being listed properly
Corrected problem with Time Stamp studies not starting at first time stamp
Corrected problem with reports using 1 minute intervals not displaying properly on the second page
Corrected problem with Change Interval Length tool not properly discarding leftover intervals
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
NOTE: Files created in the 1.6.0 version will not open properly in earlier versions of the program due to a change in the file structure. If you distribute files you create to
others, advise them to update their version to 1.6.0.
others, advise them to update their version to 1.6.0.
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