Release Notes - Version 1.26.1.20873

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

This release focuses on stability, usability, and performance improvements, along with fixes for a number of reported issues.

We recommend that you upgrade to the latest version of Expert Estimation to gain access to application enhancements and bug fixes.

Please review the following list carefully, as it outlines changes to existing functionality and features that may impact how the program is used and the results produced.

IMPROVEMENTS

Optimisations to performance, usability, and consistency

  • A new version of the Expert Estimation Shell is now available
  • Expert Estimation now supports modern cryptographic protocols
  • A new project can no longer be opened while another project is still loading
  • Take Off Set Attributes now include a default name
  • Matrix Attributes now include a default name

RESOLVED BUGS

Issues addressed in this release

  • Resource Category Subfolders are no longer clipped in certain menus
  • An exception no longer occurs when closing the Project Summary window immediately after saving
  • Opening SavvyHelp topic links no longer return a 404 (not found) error
  • Projects can no longer have duplicate names when using alternate casing
  • Expert Estimation no longer becomes unresponsive when a very large number of Project Messages raised from either Server Unit Policies, Code Sets or linked Managed Defines
  • Failed imports no longer leave projects partially stored in the database or cause the database to become inaccessible
  • Occasional exceptions no longer occur when updating security privileges with connected users
  • F10 and F11 will no longer close a Group Resource Cost Estimate without the user option being enabled
  • The Properties Pane in the Spread Nominations window now includes a horizontal scrollbar, maintaining access to content when the pane is very narrow
  • Rate-Only items no longer display Resource Type Totals on the Direct Cost Schedule
  • An exception no longer occurs when closing a project with unsaved Global Defines
  • The application no longer hangs when closing a project with unsaved Take Off Set Attributes
  • Take Off Set Attributes can now be edited after saving a project that contains unnamed attributes
  • The Resource Calculation Sheet Calendar Template window no longer reappears unexpectedly in read-only mode, and projects can now be closed normally after the window is closed
  • Locking is now applied consistently to Schedule Item Cost Estimates when using the Next and Previous functions
  • Attributes in Take Off Sets and Matrices are no longer unexpectedly deleted from the project when closing a project and saving in a specific sequence

Various reported and unreported bugs have also been addressed.