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Versaverter 4 Alpha 1

It's finally here! released the first Alpha for Versaverter 4 this morning. If anyone on a Mac or Linux system would care to forward along a screenshot of how it looks I would love to be able to include that on the application page for people to peruse. You can grab a copy from the [url=/vv/]Versaverter homepage[/url] The current 4.0.a1 is shown here on Windows 7 64 bit.

Versaverter Future Development

To give a brief update on progress: I have completed the initial User Interface design under Adobe Air that I'm going to call Versaverter 4. Some of the underlaying logic to perform the actual unit conversions is also complete and the new application is starting to take shape. I will be able streamline and enhance many of the functions from Versaverter 3 and improve the automatic unit updates and application updates significantly. I have attached this initial interface framework screen

Versaverter Future Development

I have been looking at various ideas for ways to take Versaverter and carry on with development for some time now - I concluded a while back that there were several things that must be in place for that to happen: 1) Web based community unit management (like a units wiki) 2) Development to produce a cross platform client 3) Retain speed and efficiency in the client 4) Build a web-based version that uses the same unit database 5) Code in a modern framework/language To meet all these cri

Installation

Does Versaverter have to be installed on the main system disk or can it be run as a "portable app" on a separate disk or USB stick?

Syntax and Description Errors in units.xml

Syntax error on line 576: Missing "<" before "/vv:convert>" Syntax error on line 1208: Wrong tag " in each line. Here is the output from Linux/diff: 576c576

XML for adding US Survey Foot

Please consider adding the US Survey Foot to the length category. This unit is useful for survey, geodesy, GIS, and state plane coordinate applications. Here is the XML I propose: ftfoot (US Survey foot)

X*3937/1200

X*1200/3937

As a formula, this XML provides an unambiguous reference for the user.

Calories/kilocalories not included in Versavertor

I'd like to see the Calorie (with a capital C and abbreviated Cal) also known as the kilocalorie added to Versaverter since it (along with the kilojoule) is widely used to express the energy content of food. Currently Versaverter only includes calorie (with a small c) and states that it equals 4.1868 joules however the Calorie used to express the energy content of food is 1000 times larger. This can be confusing if you are not aware of both terms and that the one listed in Versaverter is n

Missing Conversions...

Any update on the new file? I can send you the xml file that I used to add it if you want.

Vesaverter does not work...

How did you extract the files? Just drag and drop won't work because the data files go into another directory. Extract to your desktop, then drag that folder to your program file directory.

Vesaverter does not work...

did you ever get any help with your problem ? I have the same problem and need some advice on what to do about it.