| Date |
Description |
| 10/9/02 |
Released new version
8.1 |
| 1/8/03 |
Released new version
8.2 |
| 1/25/04 |
Released new version
9.0
|
| 9/25/05 |
Released new version
10.0
(Application
Notes) |
| 10/5/05 |
Fixed problem that
limited analyses to one million records.
Fixed default folders when working with email lists.
Fixed repeating heading in popup windows for Internet
surveys.
Improved SMTP error correction when sending bulk e-mail.
Added History link to the Help, Download Software
Updates selection.
|
| 10/14/05 |
Added Cancel button to
tab and comma delimited import.
Fixed bug in banners total column when TY=P option is
specified.
Added automatic update to check for updates each day
under Format menu selection.
|
| 10/23/05 |
Added ability to
cancel a registration on a computer so the software can
be moved to another computer. Select Help, Enter UNLOCK
Code. Type [Ctrl S]. Add a minus sign to the beginning
of the serial number and type your UNLOCK code. Click
OK. |
| 10/30/05 |
Released new version
10.1. Added question and response choice
randomizations
(rotations) for variables and value labels. New
statpac10.pl and loader.txt files. |
| 11/15/05 |
Changed banners when
TY=P and no weighting. The program now uses the TA
option to determine how to calculate a total column.. |
| 11/22/05 |
Fixed path problem in
popup Help Window links for Web surveys. |
| 11/27/05 |
Updated Help file.
Changed Web survey popup windows so they work on a local
computer as well as online. |
| 12/5/05 |
Fixed bug in complex
branching for multiple page Web surveys. |
| 12/28/05 |
Fixed bug in banners
when TY=P with a HIDE value label and the WT option. |
| 1/19/06 |
Released new version 10.2.
The SS option in banners has been
enhanced. A digit may be added to SS=A or SS=D to sort
the stub excluding the last one or last two value
labels. This is useful when the last value label is an
"other" or "don't know" category, and you want to sort
the stub, but still leave the "other "or "don't know" as
the last row on the stub. For example SS=D1 would sort
the stub in descending order by frequency, except it
would leave the last value label as the last row
regardless of its frequency. Added
non-integer (fractional)
weighting. |
| 1/28/06 |
Four new features added to
Internet surveys:
1) Added constant sum validity check to grouped text
boxes.
2) Added validity check to grouped text boxes used for
ranking.
3) Added validity check to require at least x checks in
multiple response check boxes.
4) Added ability to delay a branch until respondent
clicks the submit button. |
| 2/12/06 |
Added validity check to
require exactly x checks in multiple response check
boxes. Modified new validity checks to respect the
missing allowed in the codebook. |
| 2/17/06 |
Fixed problem in Internet surveys when multiple validity
checks are on the same page. |
| 2/24/06 |
Fixed problem setting permissions on statpac10.pl when
using AutoTransfer to upload files to the Web site. |
| 2/28/06 |
Fixed problem in banners sorting stub with SS option
when TY=P.
Modified Web surveys so you can change the name of
statpac10.pl to anything you want (except it must have a
.pl extension). For example, if you are doing a survey
for XYZ company, you might use a CgiBin setting like
this:
CgiBin=http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/XYZ.pl
That way, respondents will see the company name in their
address bar while they are taking the survey. If you use
AutoTransfer to upload the files to your server, StatPac
will automatically rename statpac10.pl to XYZ.pl while
uploading the file. If you manually upload the files to
your server, then you need to manually rename the file
on your server from statpac10.pl to XYZ.pl. The
important thing is that the name of the .pl file on your
server is exactly the same as the CgiBin setting in the
script. Unix/Linux servers are case sensitive, so make
sure you use the same case for the file name. |
| 3/23/06 |
General maintenance. Numerous minor changes and fixes. |
| 4/2/06 |
Added automatic retry to failed emails in bulk email
sending program. |
| 5/18/06 |
Fixed problem with weighting option. General
maintenance. Numerous minor changes. |
| 6/2/06 |
Fixed problem with complex branching for Internet
surveys. |
| 6/27/06 |
Modified program so the currently selected variable
remains the currently selected variable when going to
and from the Grid. |
| 7/19/06 |
Fixed intermittent bug in piping to a text field for Web
surveys. |
| 10/14/06 |
Fixed problem in statpac10.pl with question rotations in
Internet surveys |
| 11/22/06 |
Fixed rounding problem in frequencies when
simultaneously using fractional weighting and sorting
the response categories. |
| 1/2/07 |
Changed version number to 10.3. Changed toolbar to
colored icons. Changed registration method. |
| 1/18/07 |
Fixed NE and SH options in banners so the # symbol shows
the weighted total count. Fixed formatting problem in
frequencies when using fractional weighting. |
| 5/10/07 |
General maintenance. Numerous minor changes and fixes. |
| 10/1/07 |
Released new version 11.0
(Application Notes) |
| 10/7/07 |
Fixed bug where repeated saving and
loading eventually corrupted script file. |
| 10/11/07 |
Fixed browse button in AutoTransfer to the StatPac
server so it defaults to the current folder. Fixed email
address validity check in AutoTransfer. Fixed problem
when downloading a response file that has a different
name than the codebook. |
| 10/15/07 |
Added UpTo validity check for CheckBoxes in Web surveys
to set the maximum number of checks
allowed. The syntax and useage is similar to the AtLeast
validity check.
The format is: UpTo (number) Vx - Vy |
| 10/16/07 |
Added ability to print two radio
button groups side by side. |
| 10/26/07 |
Fixed problem in AutoTransfer getting
default codebook name when the path contained a period. |
| 10/29/07 |
Fixed problem exporting to Access to
prevent a record from becoming too large for Access to
handle. |
| 10/31/07 |
Added Excel export. Fixed alignment
problem in side-by-side radio button groups. |
| 11/5/07 |
Rewrote Excel import. Fixed problem
when sending very long (>32K) email invitations. |
| 11/7/07 |
Fixed path problem in IIS
AutoTransfer. Resolved problem with some Vista
installations. |
| 11/15/07 |
Fixed AutoTransfer uploading problem
when the server doesn't default to the root folder.
Added error trap to catch communication errors with
server. |
| 11/22/07 |
Changed printer selection so it
changes the current system default printer. |
| 12/1/07 |
Fixed problem when multiple graphics
are specified as banner images. Changed default view for
images to thumbnails. |
| 12/2/07 |
Fixed problem setting cookie control
from the primary settings tab. |
| 2/9/08 |
Fixed problem importing Excel files
that contain non-standard ASCII characters. To activate
this feature set FixExcelData = 1
in the System Defaults file. |
| 3/20/08 |
Fixed problems with BranchDelay setting and HTML preview
window focus. |
| 5/22/08 |
Fixed problem with LinkText and LinkURL commands. Fixed
problem with FTP download. |
| 6/6/08 |
Fixed bug in password.pl that prevented specified ID
field from being used. |
| 6/20/08 |
Fixed bug when using /R to randomize variables with
horizontal radio buttons. |
| 6/26/08 |
Fixed problem when using pop-before-smtp in email
sending program. |
| 7/8/08 |
Fixed problem where help text was not showing. |
| 7/11/08 |
Fixed problem with AutoSum validity check when missing
data was not allowed. |
| 3/20/09 |
Fixed problems with e-mail management programs. |
| 3/31/09 |
Fixed problem with embedded graphics in bulk email
sending program. |
| 5/26/09 |
Fixed problem in Internet surveys when using a
non-StatPac help file. |
| 8/21/09 |
Fixed problem so that Internet survey text fields
respect the Caps Only codebook setting. |
| 9/14/09 |
Fixed ANOVA problem when DF for a group exceeded 32767. |
| 12/9/09 |
Fixed problem with delayed branch in matrix radio
buttons. |
| 1/8/10 |
Fixed problem in displayed detail window when returning
from grid. Fixed validity check in side-by-side matrix
for missing allowed. |
| 3/13/10 |
MANDATORY UPDATE: Due to a security change on our
server, a mandatory update is necessary. |
| 8/2/10 |
Fixed possible problem when using multiple pipes in the
same Question= or Instructions= statements. |
| 8/5/10 |
Fixed problem with the Rank statement. |
| 9/25/10 |
Released new version 12.0 (Application
Notes) |
| 10/3/10 |
Numerous improvements to automatic Topline creation. |
| 10/11/10 |
More improvements to automatic Topline. Improvements in
autocopy from workspace to detail window. Autocopy now
adds code= portion to the label. Right click in the
question area of the detail window duplicates the
previous variable. Right click in the response choices
field duplicates the previous value labels. |
| 10/13/10 |
Added command line processing. Added file type
associations for .cod, .dat, and .pro files (XP only).
This means that when using Windows Explorer, you can
double click these files to launch StatPac. In Vista and
Windows 7, you have to add the associations manually by
double clicking on the file and setting the "Open With"
to StatPac. Fixed problem with Rank command when missing
allowed. |
| 10/15/10 |
Fixed problem with the Let command when new variable
begins with the letter "V". |
| 10/22/10 |
Fixed error 53 problem in AutoTransfer. |
| 10/27/10 |
Added IP control in addition to cookie control. Added
security to cookie cutter file.
Documentation. |
| 11/2/10 |
Added additional security to perl script to prevent
cross-site access and hacking attempts. In the system
defaults file, HTML_AllowCrossSite = 0 will prevent
access from another site and HTML_AllowCrossSite = 1
will allow it. If you place the loader page on your own
Web site, but use the StatPac site for hosting your
survey, then set HTML_AllowCrossSite = 1.
Documentation Also fixed Ctrl X, C,
and V in Design/Internet Survey Script Window. |
| 11/7/10 |
Improved highlight/click copy of response categories
from workspace to detail window to handle a greater
variety of formats. |
| 11/23/10 |
Fixed problem where a control Z could cause freezing. |
| 12/6/10 |
Added "untaint" to statpac12.pl for increased security.
Added KR21 and Spearman-Brown split-half reliability to
correlation. When Chronbach's alpha is requested with
CA=Y, the KR21 and split-half reliability coefficients
will also be printed when all the variables are
dichotomous. All variables must be coded as 1 for
correct and 0 for incorrect. |
| 12/21/10 |
Fixed saving probabilities with missing data when
running probit or logit regression |
| 3/9/11 |
Moved auto-topline creation to Analysis/System menu.
Added scroll-bar to Design/Internet Survey window. First
use of the Duplicate button in the Grid will add _1 to
the previous variable name if it's not there already. |
| 3/12/11 |
Added ability to create a text box adjacent to any (or
all) of the items in a radio button variable, set of
multiple response variables, and horizontal matrix radio
buttons.
Documentation |
| 3/28/11 |
Added ability to hide codes in horizontal
matrix radio buttons. Added ability to create horizontal
matrix checkboxes.
Documentation |
| 4/3/11 |
Modified so a period can be part of a
path or filename (other than the extension). Added .png
extension to recognized graphics files. Fixed potential
problem with piping. |
| 5/3/11 |
Fixed problem when sorting more than 260,000 data
records. |
| 5/27/11 |
Fixed problem uploading multiple files when using
Server/FTP to the StatPac hosting server. |
| 6/27/11 |
Added utility program to convert dichotomous multiple
response data to StatPac multiple response format.
Useful after importing data that codes multiple response
variables as 1's and blanks. Also added MX option to
frequencies to analyze dichotomous multiple response
data without conversion.
Documentation |
| 8/3/11 |
Fixed problem with batch file path when using the RUN
command to chain from one procedure file to another. |
| 8/5/11 |
Added option to save an SPSS syntax file when exporting
to Excel or delimited files. A text file with the same
name as the exported data and a .sps extension will be
created. The file can be opened with any text editor and
the contents can be copied and pasted into the SPSS
syntax editor to create variable labels and value labels
in SPSS. |
| 8/10/11 |
Eliminated erroneous error message when importing data
from a survey that contains rotations. |
| 8/24/11 |
Added ability to create a hyperlinked Table of Contents.
In the System Defaults change HyperlinkTOC = 0 to
HyperlinkTOC =1. Then, when selecting System/Current
Table of Contents, it will contain hyperlinks to the
pages in the batch file. When pasting a hyperlinked
Table of Contents into the beginning of a document, you
may need to use Edit/Paste Special/Formatted Text (RTF)
instead of just Paste. |
| 10/10/11 |
Fixed problem with Slider. |
| 10/18/11 |
Fixed problem when attaching multiple text boxes to a
group of horizontal radio matrix buttons. |
| 11/17/11 |
Released version 12.1.Changed select random records
utility, centered "Table of Contents" header, and many
other minor changes. Added new password control for
Internet surveys.
Documentation |
| 12/9/11 |
Added case-sensitive switch to the sort
command. To use, add a /C to the end of the sort
command. In most cases you will not want to use this
switch, but if you plan to merge sorted files based on a
common variable, you may want to use the switch,
especially if the common variable contains symbols
(e.g., email addresses). |
| 2/26/12 |
New searchable online manual in Beta.
http://statpac.com/manual/. Modified the SELECT
command to allow a random selection of records from the
data file. Added the ability to turn blocks of lines in
a procedure file into comments.
Documentation |
| 3/10/12 |
Added new utility program in the Sampling menu to create
a variable that can be used for weighting. Uses rim
weighting technique to let you weight by multiple
variables simultaneously
Added ability to create a "rejected records"
file in the utility program to select random records
from a file.
Documentation |
| 3/13/12 |
Added support for double-byte character sets and right
to left text flow in Internet surveys.
Documentation |
| 3/19/12 |
In Internet surveys, global page width
can now be set to pixels as well as percent (use for
targeting tablets and iPhones). Any global width number
over 100 will be interpreted as pixels. When selecting a
Wallpaper, the default path will be
C:\StatPac\Wallpapers. Improved layout and spacing of
the table of contents. Fixed problem with slider not
using the codebook value labels as the default labeling.
Added message for mobile and tablet users when slider is
used on a page to type their answer in the textbox.. |
| 7/1/12 |
Released version 14.0. Added many new features and
changed many functions.
Documentation |
| 9/26/12 |
Changed branching to use DHTML to show or
hide questions.
Documentation |
| 3/1/13 |
Numerous minor changes. Added sort by
means to breakdown analysis (ST=M). Added quartiles to
descriptive statistics with OA option. Fixed bug in
branching. |
