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Square Rotation Program (SQROT)
 
Square Rotation Program (SQROT)
 
SQROT 5.92  (April 2026)  
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SQROT changes  --  most recent    4.00 to 5.00    <= 4.00

SQROT 4.04 was released on 30 March 2009 -- (changes shown below)

Dynamic: 1) Reinstated F5 key to toggle 'Paid Status' of highlighted couple. 2) Pop-up menu invoked by right-clicking on row: a) Added 'Paid'. (only shown if paid column is visible in grid) 3) Fixed bug that 'Status' and 'Paid' icons in grid had a white background. 4) Edit Name dialog box: a) F5 now toggles 'Paid' status. b) Added two checkboxes (for future use) i) Boy willing to dance with single when out ii) Girl willing to dance with single when out 5) 'Display' menu: a) Added 'Auto width'. b) Added 'Column position and sizes'. c) Added 'Grid font size'. d) Added 'w/Single'. 6) Remove: a) Fixed multiple confirmation prompts when removing several names at once. Settings: 1) Colors tab: a) Added 'Default' button. b) Added capability to change background colors for cells in the Dynamic Rotation Names Only display. 2) Miscellaneous tab: a) Added 'Monetary symbol' (for Paid status). Statistics: 1) Added row for 'w/Single'. 2) Squares: a) Added small button 'Show squares (large window)'. This opens a new window with the square information for the current couple. i) Double-clicking within text region also invokes the large window.

SQROT 4.03 was released on 18 November 2008 -- (changes shown below)

Dynamic: 1) Initial settings changed (first time program is run) a) Display | Category --> true b) Display | Paid --> true 2) Edit menu: a) Moved 'Add N couples' after 'Add new name'. b) Renamed 'Remove name from rotation' to 'Remove selected name(s)'. FAQ Database: 1) File menu: a) Added 'Auto update from web'. Manually set next tip: 1) Fixed bug that if students or angels were placed in a square, they might change squares if the corresponding 'evenly distribute' flag was set. 2) Displays category icon before the name. 3) Fixed minor display bugs. Miscellaneous: 1) Initial settings changed: (first time program is run) a) DynamicHotKeyEnabledFlag --> true b) CategoryHideFlag --> true Settings: 1) Students + Angels tab: a) Renamed to 'Categories' to be consistent with the rest of the program. Tip Display: 1) 'Square' display: a) Fixed bug that category icons were not displayed next to the correct name. 2) Added 'Manually set next tip' to toolbar and to 'Tip' menu.

SQROT 4.02 was released on 8 November 2008 -- (changes shown below)

Dynamic: 1) Manually set next tip: a) Bug fixes. 2) Open Existing Rotation: a) Added column 'Comment at top'. 3) Edit | Add (or Edit) Name: a) Added another 'Flag': i) Out every 4th tip List of Names: 1) Edit: a) New: i) Added button to save current name then add another new name Miscellaneous: 1) Replaced all references to QPRO32.DLL with ALTQPRO.DLL. Open Tip: 1) Dialog box can now be resized. Settings: 1) Students + Angels tab: a) Added checkbox for 'Hide category icons in tip display'. Tip Display: 1) 'Name' display: a) Fixed bug with retaining scaling. b) Fixed intermittent bug with column sizing way too large. 2) Upper right corner: a) 'weighted' is now displayed in the upper right if the tip was generated using weighting (i.e., students or angels were evenly distributed). b) 'edited' is now displayed if tip was manually generated or operatorr swapped names or squares. 3) Added comment at top (immediately below Tip # in name and square grid). E.g., 'Square 1 is to the caller's left - 3 squares across'. This comment can be edited, and is saved in the rotation file. 4) Time and date generated is now displayed time first, then date. 5) Added toolbar buttons: a) Edit comment at top b) Swap two names c) Swap two squares 6) Added 'Edit' menu: a) Added 'Comment at top' b) Added 'Swap two names' c) Added 'Swap two squares'

SQROT 4.01 was released on 15 September 2008 -- (changes shown below)

Dynamic: 1) New Name: a) Fixed bug that button 'Save then Add Another New Name' wasn't implemented. 2) Generate next tip: a) Fixed crash (Run-time error 30010: Invalid Column) that occurred if tip display screen was previously in a statistic display. 3) Grid: a) Now defaults to spanning available width. I.e., columns are automatically resized to fit grid width. b) Fixed display bug that images in category field didn't have a transparent background. 4) Fixed bug that if grid is grouped, changing status on multiple names didn't retain the selected names. 5) If display is in 'Standard mode' grouped by a column, and an attempt is made to change to 'Names only mode', a prompt now appears indicating grouping will be cancelled. 6) In 'Names only mode', toolbar options that apply only to 'Standard mode' are now disabled. 7) Status button toolbar: a) Moved from (bottom) far right to immediately after add/edit toolbar. Settings: 1) Tip Generation tab: a) Enable hot key to Generate Next Tip: i) Removed Ctrl+A from available keys. Tip Display: 1) Fixed vertical scroll bar display bug with statistic display. 2) Name display: a) Pop-up menu for 'Edit Name' no longer allows a duplicate name to be specified. b) Now uses new (XpressQuantumGrid) grid. c) Now displays student and angel icons. 3) Removed menu options and toolbar buttons for 'sort by name' and 'sort by index'. Grids are now always sorted by name. 4) Fixed bug that if Grid or Statistics display had already been viewed, and name was changed via popup menu in Name Display, the name didn't get updated in the Grid or Statistics display. 5) Grid display: a) Now uses new (XpressQuantumGrid) grid. b) Right-clicking on name now invokes a pop-up menu to allow edit name and view statistics. 6) Square display: a) Now uses new (XpressQuantumGrid) grid. b) Now displays student and angel icons. Tip Generation: 1) Fixed bugs with students and angels: a) Students and angels are now evenly distributed. b) Students and angels are now properly mixed.

SQROT 4.00 was released on 6 August 2008 -- (changes shown below)

Cards: 1) Cosmetic changes. 2) Fixed display bugs with setting minimum and maximum number of couples. 3) Fixed bug that changing number of tips via the up/down arrows didn't actually change the value used when printing cards. 4) Added 'Process | Specified Couples' so that only cards for specific couples will be printed. For example, if card #6 was lost, you can now just print card #6 by specifying a '6' in this field. Dynamic: 1) Undo Current Tip: a) Fixed bug that confirmation dialog box displayed the wrong tip number if the tip offset was non-zero. b) Cosmetic changes to confirmation dialog box. 2) Delete a square from a tip: a) Cosmetic changes. 3) Open Tip: a) Pop-up menu (invoked by right-clicking within the window) now allows caption position to be changed (top, center, bottom). 4) Removed hot keys: a) M for manual set tip. b) P for print. 5) Edit | Import names from a list: a) If dance hasn't been named, the dance name is set to the description of the selected list. 6) Tip | Tweak tip offset: a) Now allows negative tip offsets. 7) Fixed bug that 'students are evenly distributed' flag was ignored for first tip. 8) Open Existing Rotation: a) Major rewrite. 9) Edit box: a) Added new fields: i) Role ii) Notes 10) Grid: a) Added new fields: i) Role ii) Notes 11) Replaced 'Student' field with 'Category' field. 12) Toolbar: a) Removed 'Report...' button. b) Added 'Output to...' button. c) Added 'Grid columns' button. 13) Menu: a) Removed 'File | Report...'. b) Removed 'Edit | Cycle status of current name (Ctrl+C)'. 14) Manually set next tip a) Many changes. b) This section is now accessible. Previous versions of the program had this section disabled. 15) Pop-up menu: (invoked by right-clicking within grid) a) Added 'Remove'. b) Added 'Statistics'. 16) Grid now allows selection of multiple rows. When multiple rows are selected, the following functions are available: a) Ready b) Sitout c) Absent d) Must Dance 17) Names only grid a) Major rewrite. b) Removed user-specified 'number of columns' and 'sort by'. (grid is auto-sized, and always sorted by name) c) Added role. d) Now allows multi-select. 18) Double-click on name now does an' edit name' instead of 'cycle status'. 19) Removed edit fields and added an edit button to invoke a dialog box with those fields. a) Editor now allows reset. b) Now checks for empty or duplicate name. Help menu: 1) Added 'FAQ Database'. 2) Added 'Alan Jackson's User Manual'. 3) Added 'Pam Clasper's AACE Handout'. List of Names: 1) Edit: a) Major rewrite. b) Export: i) Now also exports the description. ii) Now also exports role and notes for each name. c) Import: i) Now reads the description. ii) Now reads role and notes for each name. d) Replaced save and cancel buttons with a single close button. e) Added large toolbar with several new functions. Main Window: 1) Added menu options: a) File | Create shortcut | on Desktop. b) File | Create shortcut | on Start Menu. c) Tools | Registry | Export. d) Tools | Registry | Import. e) Tools | Registry | Clear. Miscellaneous: 1) Program name changed from 'Couple Rotation Program' to 'Square Rotation Program'. 2) Windows behave better when saving their size and location between invocations (e.g., the Dynamic window previously re-centered itself). 3) Tip Display, Manually Set Next Tip, and Select Dynamic Rotation windows now save their size and location between invocations. 4) Now uses system registry instead of INI file for saved settings. 5) Renamed the 'About' button to 'Help', which now invokes a pop-up menu. Print Rotation: 1) Headers... (Tip Headers): a) Now uses new (XpressQuantumGrid) grid. Settings: 1) Added 'Colors' tab. a) Added change colors for new (XpressQuantumGrid) grids. 2) Added 'Folders' tab. 3) Added icons to tab headers. 4) Tip Generation tab: a) Enable hot key to Generate Next Tip: i) The selected hot key now also works in the Dynamic Rotation window (as well as in the Tip Display window). ii) Removed Ctrl+N, Ctrl+O, Ctrl+T, and Ctrl+U from available keys. 5) Miscellaneous tab: a) Added 'Date format (in grid)' to control how dates are displayed in the new (XpressQuantumGrid) grids. 6) Now retains the selected tab between invocations. 7) Added 'Students + Angels' tab. a) Added checkbox 'Angels have sitout priority'. 'Angels' will be selected for sitouts prior to non-'Angels'. When checked, 'Angels' only dance if needed to fill a square. b) Added checkbox 'Angels evenly distributed'. 'Angels' will be evenly distributed amongst the squares. 8) The following settings are now saved per dynamic rotation: a) StudentsMustDanceFlag b) StudentsEvenDistributionFlag c) AngelsWillSitoutFlag d) AngelsEvenDistributionFlag e) SetFourCouplesOutFlag f) LimitSquaresFlag g)LimitSquaresVal Select list of names: 1) Cosmetic changes. 2) Added toolbar. 3) Now uses new (XpressQuantumGrid) grid. Statistics: 1) Cosmetic changes. 2) Added new fields: a) Role b) Tag c) Notes d) Flags Tip Display: 1) Couple display: a) When protected mode is off, right-clicking on a name allows the name to be edited. 2) Toobar and menu: a) Added 'Next tip is OPEN' (dynamic mode only). 3) Moved time of day from top right to bottom right. 4) Popup menu during 'Name' display: a) Added 'Statistics'.

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