Version 2.0.7

Added a procedure for lists of pedigree members that can be selected in various ways, to be printed and output to an xls file.

Smartened up the saving and restoring of the position of forms.

Version 2.0.5

Added a button to restore columns widths in the find pedigrees dialog.

Added a layout revision button to the layout ribbon menu that uses the inbuilt method.

Added a setting parents unknown button to the relatives tab at left of the main form.

Editing pedigree details for selected pedigrees was not working properly (administration function).

For csv output added "" around items and separated lines within comments with "\n".

Version 2.0.4

Added an option for password reset to the administration dialog - a right click popup menu has been added to the item on the users grid.

Added scrolling with Ctrl+Arrow keys which have the same action as the scroll bar buttons).

Changes have been made to the letters and documents function - see the help file.

Changes have been made to the IBIS and BayesMendel functions to facilitate use over VPN and on a laptop not attached to a network.

Version 2.0.1

Added a comment to relationships as well as a name for relationships. There are now check boxes on the Drawing tab of the Administration dialog that control whether display of the name and/or comment is enabled. The separation between partners is automatically adjusted to accommodate the name and comment.

When checking pedigrees in and out and the database is connected to the Shire database, a list of upcoming clinic appointments is now shown to facilitate checking out pedigrees for peripheral clinics.

Added the filled in black symbol to the list of symbol types.

Clicking on the line joining partners: Ctrl+Click changes position to the default.

Reimplemented Shift+Ctrl+'D' -> child of unknown sex in Quick Edit mode.

Added child and sibling to the Quick Edit menu (H and L respectively).

If the pedigree is small (less than the width of the window when displayed), then adding symbols to it or checking the spacing will centre the pedigree in the window.

Alt+Shift+M will change the sex of a symbol to male; Alt+Shift+F to female; and Alt+Shift+U to sex unknown. If the sex of one parent is changed, or the sexes of both parents are changed, the parent attributions of the children will be swapped.

Version 1.9.10

Changes have been made to the standard settings for probands and consultands - now an arrow means consultand; an arrow with a "P" indicates the proband.

Implemented the "No information about parents" symbol according to the international standard; this can be added only by using the Quick keyboard menu; this facility also allows a set of siblings to be shown without the parents by creating an individual with parents unknown and then adding brothers or sisters to them as usual.

Added to the Management ribbon a check box for controlling "semi-anonymisation" - i.e. showing only information about diagnoses; converting names to initials; and truncating dates of birth and death to years.

Converted the symbols for no issue individuals and relationships to the pedigree standard and added display of the reason for there being no issue.

Version 1.9.8

Implemented output for Boadicea version 3.

Version 1.9.5

Because of the need to change the reporting tool to FastReport , I have revised the way the ad hoc queries work. It is now possible to save queries along with page formatting information.

Version 1.9.3

Added child and sibling to the left hand panel. Using the shift key in the quick edit mode was not consistent in adding individuals to the left, with rightward being the default.

Version 1.9.0

In order for pedigrees to be accessible at a remote site, have implemented copying of pedigrees to a laptop and back again; it is assumed that the laptop has an encrypted hard drive, otherwise there will be problems with information governance; there is a separate setup program that is run when a user is made able to check pedigrees in and out.

Version 1.8.10

Added a new report type (Pedigree reports... on the Tools ribbon) to allow users to write their own queries; the form lists all the tables, all their fields and all their relationships; the dialog provides help with creating joins and entering fields and conditions as well as extracting information from date and age fields; the help file now contains a list of tables, their relationships and fields and some pointers on how particular fields are formatted and used; queries can be saved and reloaded.

Version 1.8.8

Exposed import of xml files from the Surgeon General's Family History Tool.

Simplified the output routines for Boadicea and BayesMendel to better allow for hidden and deleted symbols, and for individuals with only one parent in the pedigree.

Added disease codes to the manifestation description box.

Added the ability to source disease codes from an Excel spreadsheet or a .csv file.

Added several code fields to manifestations for HL7 compatibility.

Version 1.8.7

Added an option to save a drawing of the pedigree when closing the pedigree. This is managed from the edit ribbon of the administration dialog.

Version 1.8.6

There was no update function for external disease lists. This has been added to the dialog that creates them.

Added two buttons to the Database ribbon. The first sets the current status of the pedigree to read only; the second sets it back to the normal editing mode by reloading the pedigree from the database so that all changes are lost; this pair of actions differs from the checkpoint operations, as a record of the changes to the pedigree is not kept by the program.

Added a button to the Database ribbon of the Administration dialog that allows an administrator to delete all the relationships from a pedigree in cases where the pedigree cannot be read in and there is no error message that would allow the bug to be tracked down; the relationships will be recreated when the pedigree is loaded except for relationships without offspring; the bug causing this problem has been fixed.

Version 1.8.5

Added a debug output button to the Help ribbon. This outputs the user's ini file and the placement of all elements in the pedigree excluding any personal identifiable information.

Added a new attribute for relationships: possible relationship shown by a dotted line (as opposed to the dashes in adoption into a family lines); this is set and reset by right clicking on the descent line or setting a checkbox in the partnership dialog.

Added a check for the correct sex of parents on output to risk calculations.

Added the new facilities in version 2.0-6 of BayesMendel. These include the use of HER2 test results and CDKN2A test results.

A new parameter has been added to the Command line parameters- "/RN............" where .......... is the number of a pedigree. The program runs; asks for a password; opens and displays the pedigree; and closes when the pedigree window is closed.

Added several new details to the Status Bar- number of symbols deleted; number of generations displaced; number of symbol moved from usual position.

On the Attributes dialog Drawing tab a button has been added to the marriage line position setting; clicking on this button sets all the relationships in the pedigree to the new setting.

Added the ability to permanently move an entire generation down or up; this is carried out by dragging a symbol with the Shift and Ctrl keys held down.

I have added a new reports button to the main menu at the lower right; this button brings up the reports dialog directly; a new tab for reports about individuals has been added with an option to export the report to Excel; in this first version, the range of options is rather limited as it has been designed to meet a quite specific need, but any suggestions for improvements will be welcomed.

The manifestations tab on the Attributes dialog provides an option set to control how DCIS (Ductal carcinoma in situ) is handled. It can be ignored (the default); treated as though it was breast cancer at the diagnosed age; or treated as though it was breast cancer diagnosed 10 years later than the actual age of diagnosis; this option set applies to calculations of the Manchester score, the IBIS Risk Evaluator, Boadicea and BrCaPro.

Calculations fo BayesMendel/BrCaPro are now set up so that no files are created in the Program files folder, conforming to the Windows standard by using the Program data folder instead; the latest version has dropped extra-colonic cancers from the MLH1/MSH2/MSH5 calculations and changes have been made to allow for this.

Version 1.7.6

For Manchester scores, have altered the sum to (the BRCA1 score with BRCA2 score -ve) plus (the BRCA2 score with BRCA1 -ve).

Implemented haplotyping using Merlin.exe to get the most likely haplotypes rather than use the marker by marker method used by the main program.

Added test results to GEDCOM output (and input).

Allowed the Comment field to be displayed at the upper left of a symbols - this is controlled from the Symbol Items tab on the Attributes dialog.

For .csv output have added test results output and tidied up the manifestations output to allow more control over the details.

Exposed the half left and half right symbols on the Symbols bar and added three new symbols with V, I, ? at the upper right of the symbol.

The distance between symbols was controlled in part by the size of the symbol. Although this is still an option, the two can be made distinct by un-ticking a new check-box in the Management|Attributes...|Drawing tab at the top left; as noted below, this change was made to accommodate images replacing the standard squares and circles.

Added ability to use characters and images instead of circles and squares.

Styles now include a wider range of attributes, including the symbol size and separation. The style labelled "Standard" is associated with the usual squares and circles, "Symbols" is associated with other types of symbol.