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NEW FEATURES IN gINT VERSION 8.2
gINT Version 8.2 has many new features in the following areas:
If your VIP Support is current, then you have access to the features marked "VIP Support" in the Available to column. The features marked "ALL" in the Available to column will work for all gINT 8 users, regardless of VIP status.
Alignments
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| Alignments |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Alignments are used as alternatives to baselines on fences. They are stored in the project.. |
Data Design
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
Keyset PointID,ItemKey,
DateTime,ItemKey2 |
All |
VIP Support |
Example usage: PointID,Piezometer #,Date/Time,Chemical |
Entities
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| Bitmap Symbol vs depth Bottom Depth expression |
All |
VIP Support |
With the Bottom Depth, gINT forces the bitmap image to be scaled correctly on a log or fence. On a log, if the image spans multiple pages, it is automatically broken at the page boundaries. |
| Site Map positioning |
All |
VIP Support |
Properties of the Site Map entity that allow user-defined positioning of the site map within the site map rectangle. |
Functions
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| ComponentDescChild |
All |
VIP Support |
Allows construction of component descriptions for components stored in a one-to-many child table of the main description. |
| CoordinateZones |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns a comma delimited list of site map zones that surround the passed in coordinate. |
| GraphLineColor and GraphDMKColor |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Used in graph legends to color the legend text the same color as the graph line or data marker. |
| Interpolate/Extrapolate sort of data field in descending order |
All |
All |
Used to extract the appropriate value with certain data conditions. |
| IsSameAsCallOutText |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns True if the passed in expression matches the current Call Out text. |
| ListAverage |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the average value from a delimited list of values. |
| ListMax |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the maximum value from a delimited list of values. |
| ListMin |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the minimum value from a delimited list of values. |
| ListPosition |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the position of an item within a delimited list. |
| ListStdDev |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the standard deviation from a delimited list of values. |
| ListValueCount |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the number of items in a delimited list of a specified value. |
| MPProjectID |
All |
All |
Returns the multiple project identifier number for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. project in the output run. |
| SQLWhereValueDate |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the properly delimited text string for use in an SQL Where clause. |
| SQLWhereValueText |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the properly delimited text string for use in an SQL Where clause. |
| UCase1st |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the <<Field>> text with the 1st character in upper case and the rest in lower case. |
General
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| New Languages |
All |
VIP Support |
Support of different languages for the program interface. Currently supported are English (US), English (UK), Czech and Spanish. |
| Short cuts: Column fills in grids |
All |
All |
Quickly fill a column of cells with the same value. |
| Move fields in Data Design:Project Database and :Library Tables |
All |
All |
Quickly move a field from one position to another. |
Next Populated (F12)
Previous Populated (Shift+F12)
Last Populated (Ctrl+F12)
First Populated (Ctrl+Shift+F12) |
All |
All |
Quickly move to a record where the current table has data. |
gINT Rules
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| After Updating Grid Event |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
Allows gINT Rules procedures to be executed after the grid has been loaded or reloaded. |
| AlignmentCoorFromStaOff and AlignmentStaOffFromCoor methods |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
These calculate north and east from station and offset and station and offset from north and east, respectively, given an alignment. |
| CellColor |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
Sets the color of a cell, row, column, or all cells based on user-defined criteria. |
| FieldCaption |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
Given the table and field names, returns either the field Caption property or, if that is empty, the field Name property. |
| FolderDialogFnB |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
Exposes the internal gINT folder browser. |
| GoogleEarth Object |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
Exposes methods and properties to generate KML files that can display your gINT data in Google Earth. |
| On Deletion |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
This event has been significantly updated to handle many cases that were not handled previously. |
| RunScript method during startup |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
Run a script during startup to verify correct library usage. |
| Separator Line After |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
This property of Add-Ins allows insertion of separator lines after commands in the Add-Ins menu. |
| SoilClass |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
Exposes the all gINT internal soil classification functions that are available in reports for use in Input. |
| TableCaption |
Logs+, Pro |
VIP Support |
Given the table name, returns the Caption property. If empty, returns the Name property. |
Note that gINT Rules code can be run from all levels of gINT, but gINT Logs cannot create or edit Rules code or configurations. Therefore, all gINT Rules capabilities are designated to apply only to gINT Logs Plus and gINT Professional.
Google Earth
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| Google Earth support |
All |
VIP Support |
Publish borehole data to Google Earth. |
Input
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| Edit entire table |
All |
VIP Support |
When marked, all the data in the table in the project will be shown in one grid allowing you to edit existing data and add new records. |
| Fill Point Sort field separately |
All |
VIP Support |
When executed it fills the GintPointSort field with the numbers 1 to the number of rows in the table. |
| Tree View Navigation |
All |
VIP Support |
An alternative way to view and move to different tables within Input. It displays a vertical tree view of the table structure with two levels: The group name and then the table name of each table within each group, indented under the group name. |
Lab Testing
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| Appending Lab Testing Support |
All |
VIP Support |
When Lab Testing support is in effect in a project, selecting this command prompts you to either Remove Support or Append missing items. |
| Void_Ratio Field in the Consolidation Test |
All |
All |
The presence of this field in the CONSOL READINGS table allows entry of just the Stress and Void_Ratio without the Strain. |
Output
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| Fences: Negate distance axis values |
Pro |
All |
Multiplies distance axis values by -1. |
| Fences: Point Spacing |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Forces the horizontal spacing between the fence posts to be this value. |
Report Design
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| Bars on graphs |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Allows display of data as bars of a specified width, fill, and line. Bars can be used instead of, or in addition to, data markers and lines. |
| Bitmap vs Depth Override Height and Width Expressions |
All |
VIP Support |
These properties now accept expressions for Column - Bitmap Symbols vs Depth entities. |
| Field properties for Report Variables |
All |
VIP Support |
Report Variable dialogs in all report types are now structured like field definitions in Data Design. |
| PointID Output Condition |
All |
VIP Support |
Allows criteria to be specified at the Log Report level to determine which PointIDs will be output. |
| Print Order of graph objects |
Pro |
All |
Grids, fixed curves, curves from equations, bars, lines, and markers are now automatically assigned print orders so that overlap is handled appropriately. |
| Remove Repeated Text |
All |
VIP Support |
When marked, suppresses text printed at a depth if it is the same as the text in the previous depth record. |
| Reverse Data Scale Override Expression |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Overrides the Reverse Data Scale properties of graphs for either axis. |
| Variable Page Scales on graphs |
Pro |
All |
Allows the minimum and maximum of both the independent and dependent axes to vary on a page by page basis. |
Scripts
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| **CurrentProject |
All |
VIP Support |
This parameter can now be placed directly after the "Project=" line instead of having to create a line in the **Parameters section of the script. |
Surfaces
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
| TIN Surfaces |
All |
VIP Support |
Triangulated Irregular Networks (TINs) are another means to represent a surface which is commonly used with road projects. |
System Data Items
Feature |
gINT Level |
Available to: |
Description |
DataFrameOffsetLeft,
DataFrameOffsetRight,
DataFrameOffsetBottom,
and
DataFrameOffsetTop |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Give the axis offsets of the data frame. |
| DataFrameX, DataFrameY, DataFrameWidth, and DataFrameHeight |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Give the X and Y at the lower left corner of the data frame along with the width and height of the frame. |
| DwgPg and DwgNPgs |
All |
VIP Support |
Print the page number and total number of pages, respectively, of a gINT general drawing file (*.GDW) within the Drawings:General Drawings application. |
| FencePostNorth, FencePostEast, and FencePostElev |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Report the actual coordinates of the top of each fence post and these value can be different than the North, East, and Elevation values from the POINT table if the coordinate override properties are set in the fence report. |
Graph_DepAxis_Reversed
Graph_IndAxis_Reversed
Graph_IndData_Axis |
Pro |
VIP Support |
Returns True if the Dependent Axis is reversed, False otherwise. Returns True if the Independent Axis is reversed, False otherwise.
Returns X if the independent data is on the X (horizontal) axis or Y if it is on the Y (vertical) axis. |
ImportExportCorrespondenceFile
ImportExportOverwriteOption
ImportExportSourceFile |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the name of the Correspondence File name, the Overwrite Option, and the Source File name, respectively, for an import or export. |
| PDFExport |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns True if the report is being output to a PDF file. |
| ReportVarListDataCount |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns the number of report variables that have data. |
| ReportVarListValues |
All |
VIP Support |
Returns a tilde grave (~`) delimited list of the values of the report variables shown at output time. |
gINT Levels:
- All = gINT Logs, gINT Logs Plus and gINT Professional
- Logs+ = gINT Logs Plus
- Pro = gINT Professional
VIP Support Features:
If your VIP Support is current, then you will have access to the features marked "VIP Support" in the Available to column. The features marked "ALL" in the Available to column will work for all gINT 8 users, regardless of VIP status.