Steelray News

Version 2.9.2 is Released

Version 2.9.1 and 2.9.2 are released.

In 2.9.1, the following was added:

• FEATURE: Added the ability to Filter by Resource Group
• FIX: The Successors field was blank in some cases and causing an error in other cases.
• FIX: The Successors field now reports IDs, not Unique IDs
• FIX: The Critical Path algorithm is slightly improved.

In 2.9.2, the following was added:

• FEATURE: Added a "View in Gantt" link to Search Results for Tasks.
• FEATURE: Added command-line ability to convert an MPP to XML (Windows and Linux only).
• CHANGE: Resources in the Resource Filter are now sorted alphabetically.
• FIX: When a task was 'Fixed Duration" and a resource was assigned to the task at less than 100%, the Resource Usage Chart was displaying incorrect values.  The values are correct now.
• FIX: Fixed a bug where filtering on a Resource Group caused extra tasks to display.
• FIX: Fixed a rarely-occurring bug where the planned start or finish date could be incorrect.
• FIX: The critical path calculation has been optimized.
• FIX: Improved MPP file opening speed, especially for large files.
• FIX: Saving to XML now includes critical path information and the correct outline numbers.

Versions 2.8.1 and 2.8.2 are Released

Versions 2.8.1 and 2.8.2 have been released.  No major changes in functionality, just support for additional languages and installers.  A problem with the Mac installer was discovered in 2.8.1, so Mac users should definitely upgrade to 2.8.2.

Version 2.8 is Released

Version 2.8 is now available for download.  The new version supports task update.  If you use Steelray, you can update the project manager on the status of a particular task with just a few clicks.

Learn more about it here.

Version 2.6.3 Is Released

Version 2.6.3 is now available (English Only) for all platforms.  This version has better support for split tasks.

Version 2.6.0.0 is Released

Version 2.6.0.0 is released (English only) for all platforms.

• FEATURE: Network Diagram View has had many feature enhancements.
• FEATURE: Gantt Bar Styles implemented.
• FEATURE: Able to save as Microsoft Project XML files.
• FEATURE: Many Date Formats added. Can be selected in the Preferences Dialog.
• FIX: Some tasks in subproject files were not appearing in Steelray. This has been corrected.
• FIX: The Predecessors in the Gantt Table were sometimes displaying incorrect values. This no longer happens.
• FIX: Notes now display properly when the source file was an Excel Template.
• FIX: Occasionally when a cell in the Gantt Table had a font color specified, the entire row was drawn with that color. This no longer happens.
• FIX: In Preferences Dialog, the check box for displaying Gantt Columns will now update properly.
• FIX: Some columns that were hidden in Project (in MPP files only) were displaying as very narrow-width columns. This no longer happens.
• FIX: Fixed opening of Microsoft Project XML files.
• FIX: Summary Tasks from XLS files now display in bold.

Version 2.3.1

Version 2.3.1 is released.  2.3.1 is a maintenance release to 2.3.0.  A description of both releases is included here.

24-Jun-2005:
Version 2.3.1.0 is released (English only) for all platforms.  It is a simple maintenance release.

• UPDATE: Help files were brought completely up to date.
• FIX: A problem with Tracking Gantt that caused the application to freeze in rare instances was fixed.
• FIX: Some files that could not be opened ("MPX Error opening file") can now be opened with this release.
• FIX: Blank data was causing a problem in the Excel Template.

03-Jun-2005:
Version 2.3.0.0 is released (English only) for all platforms.

• FEATURE: Tracking Gantt view is now supported.
• FEATURE:  Viewing the Gantt Chart columns as they are displayed in MS Project is now supported.
• FEATURE:  Indicators column is now supported.
• FEATURE:  Filters on Custom Text fields (Text 1-30) are now supported.
• FEATURE:  Critical Path is now supported.
• FEATURE:  Hyperlink fields are now supported.
• FEATURE:  Successors are now supported.
• FIX:  Tasks will collapse and expand correctly regardless of the order in which the columns are displayed.
• CHANGE:  Error messages are now more descriptive when encountering files with invalid formats.
• CHANGE:  Custom Number fields (Number 1-20) are now rounded to two decimal places.

Maintenance Release to 2.2

A new release (version 2.2.1) is released for Windows only, English only.  This release contains two fixes, neither of which will impact the large majority of users.

• FIX: In rare instances, opening a file caused an error message.
• FIX: When opening Excel files, tasks with no predecessors could display the predecessors of another task.

Unless you are impacted by these specific problems, it probably isn't necessary to update to this release.

Version 2.2 Is Available

Version 2.2.0.0 is released (English only) for all platforms.

• FEATURE: A search engine has been integrated into Steelray. Tasks, Resources, and dates can be searched from a search box on the toolbar.
• FEATURE: Steelray can now open XML files created with Microsoft Project.
• FEATURE: Steelray is now compatible with Java 1.5 JRE.
• CHANGE:  All icons have been updated.
• FIX: In very rare instances, a finish date was being reported as earlier than the start date.  This has been fixed.
• FIX: In printing and print preview, it was possible for the data to cut off part of the page number.  This has been fixed.
• FIX:  Start and End date of the project was incorrect in rare instances.  This has been fixed.

Version 2.1 is Released

Version 2.1.0.0 is released for all platforms.

• Support for opening Microsoft Excel files.
• Fixes to printing on large format paper.
• Fixes to durations when default hours per day was not 8.
• Fixes to Resource Usage and Task Usage views for fixed work tasks.
• Improved performance of Task Usage view.