3/12/08 Update on Multi-Lat™ 2008 Beta

Most will notice a delay in the release of the Beta versions of Multi-Lat™ 2008. The process of creating and testing Beta version Builds will begin as soon as the Alpha version is complete and a basic Quality assurance testing is done by the author. It is not just important to have a workbook template that performs accurately, but to have one that reads well, is intuitive to the user and provides information to those who will be reviewing your work. Until the Beta Members are brought up to speed in testing and evaluating, the work of coding as well as the online User’s Guide (this site) and a forth coming http://www.structuralist.net website is in the works.

I only ask that you be patient and that you check the information on this weblog. There are some issues in the code that are ambiguous and/or difficult to interpret or which many do not agree. I’ve started to post some of these on this Weblog – such as the use of ρ – the redundancy factor and the interpretation of when it is to be applied. Your review of these comments in the Seismic Discussion portion of this Weblog with comments that can be used to help narrow down a profession standard of interpretation by practitioners is extremely important. I hope you will help us.

You can post to this blog, but the access is somewhat limited to reduce the unwanted spam and comments that I must waste time to weed out. The topics are listed, and to comment on a running-thread of discussion, you need only register on the Weblog so that we can control who is allowed to post and stop anything unprofessional before it should occur. I you wish to post a Discussion that is new, please contact me with the questions and issues by writing to me at admin@structuralist.net and I will post the question. Please include your e-mail or user name if you want me to post it under your name or alias.

Please check back soon for more information. I am under pressure to complete and ready the Beta as I am currently motivated by a project that I must use Multi-Lat™ 2008 for. Each day brings me closer, so please bear with me on this and as soon as the Beta Testing is ready, I will post a notice. There will be 25 Beta Tester slots. If interested in becoming part of the team, send a private e-mail to me at admin@structuralist.net with your; Name; State and License Number; Company, address, city and state; Phone contact; e-mail contact; any websites or forums and weblogs that you may wish to link to this site or another structuralist.Net website and weblog. Finally include the version of Excel of a Compatible Spreadsheet that can import Excel files. I recommend Excel 2007 as the software is being prepared in this version because of the difficulties in striping out the style formats embedded in the spreadsheets. However, it is our intent to provide compatibility for

There is a lot of work to complete but with the slow ecconomic picture, the long needed down-time for a learning curve came whether I wanted it or not. So while I have the time, more work can be devoted to the spreadsheet and the online user’s guide.

It is the intent to convert the spreadsheet into a universal format to be used in all versions of M.S. Excel 97-2007 and the Open Office (freeware download owned by Sun Micro systems). The Beta will be released in Excel 2007 initially as this is the most robust version. It will be tweaked out upon completion to remove non-compliant visual effects that are not compatible with Excel 97-2003 and OpenOffice.org Calc.

Please return to this site for follow-up on the Beta release status. The Beta team has not yet been chosen and if you are interested in comparing results from Multi-Lat™ to your hand solution or the results of another commercial software, I will have room for as many as 15-25 testers. The Beta team will be chosen by the amount of input I receive and those who stick through the program will receive the initial release free (including all updates).

If you are interested in joining the Beta team, please e-mail me at admin@structuralist.net and put the following in the Subject line of your e-mail – Multi-Lat Beta Testing Request

Sincerely,

Dennis S. Wish, PE

Administrator

~ by structuralist on March 5, 2008.