Changes for ARM 7.3.6 (Third Edition) released May 21, 2007

Enhanced Rating Shell

Added features to support for GDMdef Enhanced Rating Shell, which is available on Psion Workabout Pro computers sold by GDM representatives. New features include:

• Automatically use enhanced GDMdef rating shell when creating a new rating shell on Workabout Pro for trials based on ARM 7 GDMdef study definitions.
• Full support for entering subsample ratings into enhanced rating shell, including automatic borders to identify the last sample in each plot.
• Option to select which site description entry prompts and fields are included in rating shell, with option to save view, thus offering method to easily adjust rating shells for different purposes.
• Support for Help tab that is included in enhanced rating shell.
• When information is pulled to an optional hidden field, such as plant foliage height and unit, the entry fields are automatically made visible.
• New user prompt during pull when an application code is not entered in special application code link field in rating shell, yet application linked information is entered in that rating shell column.
• Added notification messages when:
  - Overwriting an existing site description entry with one read from rating shell.
  - Invalid field entries are read from rating shell, such as text entered in a field that only accepts numbers.
  - There is not a field defined in current trial for a rating shell field entry.
• Changed to always define mean and standard deviation formulas for at least 6 assessment columns.
• Added support for ActiveSync versions 4 and newer (Vista Sync Center = version 6), which define only a partial path of the PC synchronization folder (path is relative to user's Documents folder).
• Changed so a rating shell comment is only added to an existing trial comment when that comment is not already the last part of the existing trial comments entry. This avoids repeatedly adding the same comment when pulling multiple times from a rating shell.
• Fixed problem that required field rules were not correctly applied for some rating shell fields on Select Headers to Push to Excel field selection tree.
• Fixed problem that option to automatically export to rating shell all assessment header rows with information would remove rows from rating shell when trial assessment header was blank.

Study Editors

• Added support for conversion from mm (millimeters) to m (meters), primarily used to calculate canopy height for crop height measured in mm.
• Fixed problem that if treatment number was changed in a trial by editing treatment number in the treatment editor, one of the trial treatments may be deleted.
• Fixed problem that some blank attachment lines were not automatically deleted when saving a study.

Reports

• Added a sample label that includes bar code, and a second bar code sample label that prints treatment products:
  - Large Plot # Sample, bar code
  - Large Plot # Sample + Product, bar code
• Fixed problem that the wrong means may be reported for some treatments on a plot data summary report which is printed after a standard summary report. This could occur for any data columns where untreated treatments were automatically excluded (such as from ARM Action Code S05E) for any treatments printed after (below) the untreated.
• Changed to avoid an error 6 that could occur when paginating a very wide columnar multi-study report.

General

• Added warning message if user with a corporate ARM license opens a study using a different corporate study definition, so user is aware of possible settings changes that may be forced by the new customization.
• Added method to perform special actions when study definition is automatically changed while opening a study. Based on the original study definitions that were used, ARM can now perform actions such as moving information to different fields or changing field entries.
• Changed File - Send To so default report set paths work properly for ARM 7 installations with either C:\ARM7 or C:\ARMdef study definition root paths.
• Fixed problem that could not select multiple studies for database import using Selected checkbox.
• Fixed problems with compound @OR expression evaluation in validation scripts.
• Fixed problem that a settings profile change was not detected when user changed study definition directory using File Options dialog, then opened a study that uses a study from the newly selected definition directory.
• Fixed: 'Error during Check for Duplicates Due to error number -2147217900 in 0. Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'FILENAME= ... '
  that occurred when study file name or path contained an apostrophe (such as Bill's Documents).

Study Definitions

• Added recognition in GDMdef studies for formulation types used by a corporate client that are not GIFAP or CropLife/ACPA codes:
    FH = Fluid Heterogeneous
    OB = Oil Based
    XL = Other, liquid formulation
    XS = Other, dry formulation
  Also added recognition of:
    BA = unknown dry formulation - a non-standardized code
    GF = Gel for Seed Treatment.
• Added automatic copying of Project Number in protocol description to Project ID in Header. Project ID is a new optional Header field that is hidden by default.
• Changed to not convert Formulation Concentration Unit G/KG to GA/KG during study validation. G/KG is valid for GDMdef studies, and changing it can break a link to ingredients in product lists.
• Added new speed unit MPS (Meters per second) to validation list for Ground Speed Unit field on Application tab of G-All7 site description. The updated validation list is installed for new ARM 7 installations, not for update installations.
• Added new rate unit G AE/PLANT (AE=acid equivalent), and recognition for ML/STEM rate unit as a hidden unit.
• Updated Guidelines validation list with most recent EPPO guidelines, and with CEB methods for France.
• Changed to ignore a grid prompt such as "1." for validation list column headings, so "Guideline" displays as column heading in validation list instead of "1."
• Fixed error in description of formulation type validation list for SC. The description portion "fluid, which may contain other dissolved active ingredient(s)," was replaced with "water".
• Fixed problem that GDMdef rate units G/1000 FT2 and G/100 M2 (unit code = GW) were incorrectly identified internally as AI instead of product units.

ARM ST

• Fixed an error 9 when selecting more than 20 studies from study list in Tools - Begin Summary.

Changes for ARM 7.3.6 (Second Edition) released February 20, 2007

Study Editors

• Changed to accept hyphen '-' as missing data symbol when pasting assessment data from Excel or another program.
• Changed default automatic header entries for Abbott transformation, so original entries of PESINC or PESSEV are preserved in calculated column. If these are changed to CONTRO as initially implemented, it is not possible to distinguish between Abbott transformed severity and incidence data columns, which often occur in the same study.
• In Help, added more information to Control Correction Transformations section about how ARM calculates Abbott transformation.
• Rate unit enhancements for data entry and copy/paste:
  - Allow pasting Other Rate and Unit to Rate and Unit fields, and also the reverse, so it is easier to moving entries between these treatment editor column pairs.
  - Improve recognition of units pasted or typed into Rate Unit, like for imported units.
  - Added validation warning message for crop protection studies if other rate and unit are entered but primary rate and unit are blank. Primary rate and unit fields are very important for product calculations and trial summarizations.
• Enhanced Site/Protocol Description View options so when a site or protocol description field that is hidden by default is made visible using View Options dialog:
  - When in a grid, rebuild grid on editor to immediately show the field. (Previously had to close and re-open editor before field became visible.)
  - Enforce required field rules for definition hidden fields when they are made visible.
• Fixed problem in plot data editor that changes to an existing user-entered transformation formula are not always saved when using these steps:
  1. Click into column created by user-entered formula.
  2. Display transformation dialog.
  3. Edit formula.
  4. Click OK.
  Previously the revised formula was used to recalculate the data column, however the changed formula was not actually saved. This is now fixed.
• Fixed problem that formatted text copied from MS Word 2003 SP2 cannot be pasted into some comment entry fields that support rich text by using Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert keyboard shortcuts.
• Fixed problem that could not paste text from Word 2007 into comment fields that support rich text.
• Fixed problem that ARM closed when text was pasted past character 32,767 of the comments editor.
• Fixed problem when merging rich text into a site description entry field that already contains rich text. Problem resulted in storing only the merged text, and the original text was lost.

Study List

• Enhanced to select several studies by highlighting multiple rows as one or more blocks. Previously double-clicking on Selected column heading was the only way to select all visible studies.

Reports

• Changed Factorial AOV report so when error mean square is 0, then show P(F) = 1 for Rep or any main effect (A, B, or C) on the report. This is parallel to logic used for AOV Means Table report.
• Enhanced AOV Means Table report when analyzing very small assessment values, such as when all values are less than 0.01. Changes are:
  - Display more decimals accuracy for Sum of Squares and Mean Square on full AOV tables.
  - Improved accuracy of descriptive statistics.
  - Fixed problem that mean comparisons may be wrong for very small values, incorrectly identifying some non-significant differences as significant.
• Added French translation of labels, used when program language is set to Francais.
• Added new 'Experimental Cont. (1/trt line)' label to use as container label for experimental products.
• Spray/Seeding Plan report changes:
  - Added support for BIOEN/ML and BIOEN/KG (BIOEN=Biological Entities) formulation concentration units, and product amount calculations for BIO EN/HA and BIO EN/A rate units.
  - Added new invalid calculation message "NA Form Type" printed when a BIO EN rate unit is used with non-biological formulation type.
  - Apply density conversion and calculate weight in "g" for a liquid formulation applied at a %V/V rate when option is active to weigh liquids. Previously this combination was always forced to "ml".
  - When printing calculation formulas, the printed calculation formulas now include any density adjustment, and any scaling by 1000 done for very large or very small product amounts.
  - Support calculating number of seeds in a mix based on thousand grain weight entry when mix size "g seed" or "lb seed" is used with /SEED, /n SEED, /UNIT, or /n UNIT seed rate units (such as MG/SEED or ML/100000 SEED). (Must determine number of seeds in mix to calculate product amount.)
• Fixed AOV Means Table report problem when mean description is "Standard Error" and Arranged is "Beside Mean", the "StErr" would print between columns.

Study Definitions

• Added new temperature and humidity entry fields to site description Moisture grid.
• Rate units:
  - Added MG A/UNIT and MG/UNIT (Milligrams per Unit Seed) rate units.
  - Added Other Rate Unit SEEDS/POT.
  - Enabled calculations for hidden rate units TBS/MOUND, ML/MOUND, G/MOUND, and G A/MOUND.
• Changed validation for rule CP_Appl to require that in a completed trial:
  - Altitude is entered.
  - Latitude or Longitude is entered if Map Reference field is not filled.
• Updated some French translations in G-All7 site description.
• Added formulation type DF to formulation type list. (DF is a non-GIFAP formulation that may not be accepted by some customized study definitions.)

EDE

• Fixed problem that studies batch imported from EDE were not added to study list.

General

• Enabled Database Export toolbar button when a default database export table is defined, such as when ARM trial database is installed.
• Implemented a simple method to copy updated study definition files from a shared network drive to the local PC.
• Converted ARM tutorial PowerPoint files to a format supported by PowerPoint 2002 or older.
• Added treatment or data column number to study validation messages identifying missing required fields or invalid entries, to better identify where information is invalid.

ARM ST

• Converted ST tutorial PowerPoint files to a format supported by PowerPoint 2002 or older.

Changes in Previous ARM Versions

Select previous ARM 7 versions for a list of changes in older ARM versions.