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Macintosh Version
History
New in Version
1.8.1:
- Vastly improved
combinations generation speed. The new Combinations
feature is now MUCH faster.
- Corrects a bug when
exporting combinations where tab characters were inserted
after the numbers on each line.
- Fixed a bug which
sometimes caused the Prorated check-box to be enabled
when it should not have been.
New in Version
1.8:
- Added a valuable and
powerful new Combinations feature which allows you to
either manually or automatically enter a series of
numbers and then have LTII produce a list of all
combinations of those numbers. It can then reduce these
combinations to a smaller sub-set for you to
play.
- Minor bug
fixes.
New in Version
1.7.2:
- Added a maintenance
feature where the program automatically fixes
disassociated or missing index files. Aside from a
reindexing message, this is transparent to the
user.
- Minor bug fixes and
improvements to the results import feature.
- Extensive updates to the
results database. Most games are updated to within the
last couple of weeks of the release date of May 9th,
2000.
New in Version
1.7.1:
- LTII Web Page Text File
import has been added to provide easier importing of
files downloaded from the LTII database download web page
at
<http://www.ggonsalves.com/lotto_databases.html>.
- Fixed a bug where an
"end of file" message stopped the program the first time
the Preferences window was updated.
- Fixed a problem where
the statistics headings did not display correctly under
Mac OS 9.
- Removed disabled
"Redisplay" button at the request of several users.
Disabling of this button was introduced in version 1.7
but was not really a good idea. The button is now once
again always enabled.
- On first-time launch the
Preferences window is displayed for users to set their
initial preferences.
New in Version
1.7:
- Larger Lottos window
which now displays each game's first draw number and date
from the recorded results.
- A new twice-weekly draw
frequency.
- From and to draw dates
now immediately update when the from and to draw numbers
are changed (once you tab or click out of the
field).
- The "Redisplay" button
is no longer active unless the from or to draw number is
changed.
- A new "Auto Y2K dates"
option which allows dates to be entered using just the
last two digits of the year yet correctly distinguishes
between the centurys, based on a user-set "pivot"
year.
- A "Delete All" button
has been added to the Check Numbers window to allow quick
clearing of your number list.
- You can now specify the
date format of the file you're importing results from,
eliminating the need to change the date format in the
Preferences window when importing.
- A new preference option
to enable/disable the "take a long time" message when
checking suggestions.
- A new quick pick
algorithm which speeds up the generation of quick pick
numbers.
- Miscellaneous cosmetic
changes and minor bug fixes.
New in Version
1.6.2:
- Corrected the
registration fee amount in the Registration Info window
(changed it from US$40 to US$25).
- Removed first warning
message that was displayed when importing and clarified
final import warning message.
- Updated results of
several lotto games.
New in Version
1.6.1:
- Fixed a problem where
the LTII icon did not show up correctly in the Mac menu
bar, application menu and application dock.
New in Version
1.6:
- A brand-new "Check
Numbers" feature which lets you maintain a list of number
combinations which you can check against any draw or
range of draws.
- A new "Quick Pick"
algorithm which fixes a bug that only generated numbers
up to 49 for games with more than 49 numbers.
- Results import now
allows you to specify an increment value from 1 to 9 for
generation of draw numbers. Helpful for some games which
draw twice weekly where you are only importing the
results for one of the draw days.
- The Results window now
includes a "Sum" column which shows the sum of the
numbers of each draw.
- The Lottos window now
includes a column showing draw frequency (as a
single-character code).
- When checking
suggestions you can now optionally disable display of the
progress bar for a slight speed improvement.
- The program serial
number and version now display and print on the
Registration Info window and report.
- The type of game (6/36,
7/49, etc.) is now displayed after the lotto's name in
the title bar of several windows.
- Program now ships with
the results of over 70 games, many of them
up-to-date.
New in Version
1.5D:
- The total number of
possible combinations is displayed in the New/Edit Lotto
window.
- Miscellaneous minor
changes.
- The price of LTII has
been changed from US$40.00 to US$25.00.
New in Version
1.5C:
- Miscellaneous minor
changes.
New in Version
1.5B:
- The "Import Results"
feature is now available for unregistered
versions.
- The graph now available
if the number range for a lotto is greater than 75.
- Now ships with results
for even more lottos.
- Other miscellaneous
minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in Version
1.5:
- The Lottos window now
indicates with an asterisk (*) those lottos which can use
the "prorated" feature.
- Selecting a "proratable"
lotto now automatically checks the "Prorated" check box
(LTII now assumes you want to take advantage of this
feature by default).
- The Statistics, Graph
and Number Suggestions windows now allow selection of a
starting draw number for generating statistics. This
allows you to control how far back LTII should go when
compiling statistics and therefore vastly increases the
number of possible suggestions that can be produced for a
given draw.
- In addition to the draw
numbers from and to, The Statistics, Graph and Number
Suggestions window now display the date range for which
the statistics have been compiled.
- The Statistics window
now displays the winning number of the last draw number
specified in the "Draw to" field.
- The About window now
displays the LTII web address and contact e-mail
address.
- The prorated feature now
does "intelligent" prorating, based on the starting draw
entered, ie. it will not attempt to prorate if all the
lotto numbers were active for the draw range
selected.
- A new "Check
Suggestions" feature has been added. Using this feature,
LTII can batch check its suggestions against the actual
winning numbers for a series of draws, starting draw
numbers and other criteria.
- "Suggestion
Performance", the results of checking suggestions, can be
printed or can be exported to any of several file
types.
- The Number Suggestions
window now displays the phrase "Next Draw" instead of *
bad date * for lottos defined with a frequency of Other
when it cannot determine the next draw date.
- The "Order Form" button
on the Registration Reminder window has been replaced by
a "Registration Info" button which displays printable
information on how to register.
- When run for the first
time, LTII will no longer ask for a data folder as long
as it can find a folder named "Data" in the LTII
folder.
- Fixed a bug where
"position is off the screen" error message occurred when
checking the prorated check box in the Graph window for
certain combinations of starting draws (in the New/Edit
Lotto window) with a value greater than one.
- Other miscellaneous
minor bug fixes and improvements.
Notes from previous
versions:
- The Graph, Number
Suggestions and Check Numbers buttons are dimmed if no
results exist.
- The lowest number for a
lotto doesn't have to be 1. I don't know whether there
are any lottos that require this, but I put it in
anyway.
- The "Draw Frequency"
(daily, weekly, etc.) pop-up on the New/Edit Lotto window
is only used for computing the next draw date when
entering new results and for generating draw dates when
importing results which have no draw dates.
- The menu bar is almost
always available. Have a look at its options for each
window - different menu options are often
enabled/disabled and the Activities menu changes for each
window.
- Double-clicking a line
from the scrollable list of stats in the Statistics
window displays the results for all the draws which
comprise the information on that line.
- The red bars in the
graph indicate the winning numbers for the last draw
displayed.
- Clicking on the column
titles in the Statistics window changes the sort
order.
- The Preferences window
provides options for suggesting numbers, displaying and
printing reports and for setting the date
format.
- The Suggestions window
initially computes numbers based on a fixed internal
algorithm referred to as Lotto Tracker II's Best Bet.
This appears as a pop-up menu in the top right of the
Suggestions window ("LTII's Best Bet"). This pop-up also
has options for the four possible combinations of the two
radio buttons available in the Preferences window
("Suggesting numbers" preferences). This allows you to
have LTII quickly recompute suggested numbers based on
these options without having to go to the Preferences
window. Making a choice here automatically changes the
choices in the Preferences window to match. (The reverse
is not true).
- In the Suggestions
window, black numbers are the numbers proposed by LTII
based on the first five options in the pop-up, green
numbers are randomly-generated "Quick Picks". The last
row is always a quick pick if no result exists for the
displayed draw. Whenever the draw number is changed to a
draw for which a result exists, the black suggested
numbers which match any of the winning numbers are
redisplayed in red and the last row shows the actual
winning numbers for that draw in magenta.
- Clicking on the LTII
logo on any window displays the About screen.
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