Changes

2.0.0.14

February 21, 2025

• Update to .Net Framework 4.8

• Update supporting libraries - MySql.Data, Newtonsoft.Json, ReaderUtils

• Some branding updates

2.0.0.13

• prepared statement fix

2.0.0.12

• fix the default mysql settings

2.0.0.11

• don't bother setting the riding's winning party

• set default election datetime to now

• had another missing decimal in a 6 up ratio

2.0.0.10

• do a more complete reset of the database including interesting agents

2.0.0.9

• 6 way ratios had a bad ratio in it

2.0.0.8

• use party datafeed id instead of party abreviation

• fix check for updates status link

• support up to 7 main parties. previously, the max was 5.

2.0.0.7

• improvements to agent status

• improve check for updates

2.0.0.6

• error introduced in previous build related to timeline_data

• fixed a SELECT statement related to dates

2.0.0.5

• support for timeline data

2.0.0.4

• smaller transactions (riding by riding) at each interval

2.0.0.3

• wasn't calculating the step into the # of votes

2.0.0.2

• show party totals for scenarios in simulation and display scenario tabs

• fix setting of candidate votes

• support ridings with just 2 main parties

2.0.0.1

• fix the tab indexes for the tab view

• i was assuming all ridings had a candidate for all main parties

2.0.0.0

• sizeable window

• remove old quick simulations function

• automatically switch scenarios during a simulation

• allow choosing each scenario per step

• allow defining how long a step is (in minutes)

• support for agent status

• UI improvements when editting scenarios

• display scenarios

1.0.0.13

• improve performance of each update

1.0.0.12

• after the final step of a sim, the Play button wasn't resetting correctly

1.0.0.11

• changed the way each step of a simulation works. instead of 30 seconds, it's 3 minutes to accomodate the length of time required for a fed election

1.0.0.10

• make sure polls reported > 0 if we've received votes

• update rdg_elected_partyID

• more efficient db code including tighter transactions

1.0.0.9

• when pausing the simulator, we can now change the scenario when we're in "Choose Ridings Manual". This allows for changing scenarios during a single simulation.

1.0.0.8

• show riding ids in grid

1.0.0.7

• party totals weren't set correct for manual simulations

1.0.0.6

• party leading totals wasn't being set

• added transaction processing so all results happen at once on each update (every 30 seconds)

1.0.0.5

• brando dialog was spitting out when not able to connect to the db

• scenario save/open/clear support

• persistants were storing to the wrong directory - this version blows away persistants from previous builds - eg. db credentials (sorry)

1.0.0.4

• menu with all the standard menu items

• support for Check For Updates

1.0.0.3

• support for setting the party leading for each riding

• remember votes/riding and time frame between launches

1.0.0.2

• when db can't be found, it was stating that it couldn't find the Brando db

• using the brando logo in the db dialog

1.0.0.1

• on launch, protect against bad data and not closing mysql data objects