Official version history and changelog information for Grapher Preview.

Grapher Preview 16.0.271 (8 January 2020)

• What's New in Grapher Preview
  • Grid lines across multiple axes
  • Assign gradient to multiple plots
  • Display plot name on line plots (updated line scatter plot.gpj sample file with this feature)
  • Define custom fit curve equation via automation
  • Fill between connected error bars
  • Offset angled line plot labels and titles along the line
  • View page name in dialogs when exporting multiple pages of a multi-page document
• Fixed a crash when creating a graph from data pasted into Open Excel from an invalid XLS file
• Fixed a crash when Grapher got hung up creating a list of objects to display
• Fixed a crash pressing ESC after moving plot labels
• Fixed an Internal Error when canceling data file load for a line plot with an associated fit curve
• Fixed a crash when copy/pasting from one plot document to another
• Fixed a crash when changing a plot’s worksheet via automation
• Fixed a crash when closing all windows immediately after opening Grapher
• Fixed a crash when setting the label interval for a color scale
• Fixed a crash trying to open an older GRF file from Dropbox
• Open/Save
  • Fixed an issue where the preview image for the Welcome dialog was not saved to the project file
  • Fixed an issue where File | Save tried to save the file to the format for the version it was created in, rather than to the format for the version it was most recently saved to
  • Added a warning when saving to a previous file format with File | Save
• Legends
  • Fixed an issue where legend entry text changed when individual font size was changed
  • Fixed an issue where a legend symbol alignment was incorrect due to height of the adjacent column
  • Fixed an issue where line/fill properties could not be changed for Wind Chart legend
  • Fixed an issue where extra white space was present under some legend entries
  • Fixed an issue where extra white space was present under legends with no title text if title offset>0
• Axes
  • Improved automatic axes labels when enabling/disabling “Use date/time format”
  • Fixed an issue where automatic axes limits were not updating after changing the data
  • Fixed an issue where changing the variable column for a histogram did not update the axis title
• Plot-Specific
  • Math Plot: Draw plots independently of X variable data sort order
  • Fixed an issue where a class file could be loaded but the classes were not populated with data
• Improved speed when filling shapes with an image fill
• Fixed an issue where custom color palettes could not be added to Attrib.ini file
• Automation: Fixed an issue where the sheet name was not recorded when selecting new data for a plot for the first time
• Fixed an issue with copy/pasting metafiles
• Fixed a “No RTTI” error saving files without worksheets

Grapher Preview 16.0.218 (29 October 2019)

• What's New in Grapher Preview
  • Print and export multiple pages from a multi-page document
  • Color a line plot from beginning to end based on a gradient colormap
  • Display line plot labels angled to the plot line
  • Rename entries in symbol/color table legends
• Fixed a crash when adding a function surface plot to an existing graph
• Fixed a crash when working with inserted OLE objects
• Fixed a crash when setting or changing the worksheet for a plot
• Fixed a crash when closing Grapher after failing to connect to a license server
• Fixed a crash when saving to a Grapher 13 file format
• Fixed a crash resulting from a 'No RTTI data' error message when saving a document
• Fixed a crash when setting the equation for a surface function map to an invalid expression
• Fixed a crash when setting the default length of an X axis
• Fixed a crash when accessing label properties and other properties that include a 'none' option for the worksheet
• Fixed a crash when changing the default levels colormap for map objects
• Fixed a crash when working with Presets in the new Colormap Editor
• Fixed an Internal Error when calling moving axes labels via Automation
• Defaults: Fixed an issue where defaults could not be changed if previously set
• Fixed an issue where some lists in the Property Manager did not scroll with the mouse wheel
• Legends: Fixed an issue where opening the Select Plots dialog changed the legend entry font
• Data
  • Fixed an 'incorrect file path' error when trying to create a new plot in a GPJ file from an open worksheet
  • Fixed an issue where a graph was not updating when the worksheet was changed
• Open/Save
  • Fixed a Windows Crash (no report option) when opening a file resaved in the Grapher 16 file format
  • Fixed an incorrect error message when trying to open a Grapher 16 file in an older version of Grapher
  • Fixed an issue where saving to an old file format immediately after saving to the Grapher 16 file format resulted in a Grapher 16 file
• Text/Labels
  • Fixed an issue where the TAB key did not change labels when in Move Label mode
  • Fixed an issue where text properties set in the Text Editor were not honored for multi-line text
  • Fixed and issue where text with one backslash was generating a Math Text Error, where the same text worked fine in previous versions
• Fit curves
  • Fixed an issue where certain lines of inserted fit statistics did not change color with the rest of the text
  • Fixed the behavior of Export Data dialog for X=F(Y) fits when not using default settings
  • Fixed the wording of Export Data dialog for X=F(Y) fits
• Axes
  • Fixed an issue where unchecking axes titles in the Graph Wizard did not remove the axes titles
  • Fixed an issue where axes title font properties were reset when the title text was updated
• Plot-specific
  • Fixed an issue where creating multiple plots from the worksheet didn't work for 3D bubble plots
  • Fixed an issue where a file containing a 3D bubble plot created in Grapher 16 and saved back to a previous version file format caused an 'Unexpected file format' when opened
  • Fixed an issue where the symbol frequency property for stiff plots did not work
  • Fixed an issue where certain points on a ternary plot were not displayed if the x value was 0
  • Fixed an issue where bar charts that ended within the break zone for a broken axis did not show the break mark
• Added the ability to use File | Save to save a file to the version format the file was last saved in
• Added the ability to open the same file in multiple instances at once
• Added the ability to set a custom fit curve by name via automation
• Improved performance speed when recording a script
• Added Redo support for Pie/Doughnut chart fill

Grapher Preview 16.0.158 (12 August 2019)

Grapher 16 Preview released.

• What's New in Grapher Preview
• Fixed a crash when unchecking "Show color scale" on vector plot
• Fixed a crash when canceling loading data for a GRF file
• Fixed a "No RTTI data" error when opening a specific GPJ file
• Fixed a redraw issue when inserting MathType 6.0 Equation objects
• Fixed an issue where inserting a new template in the Text Editor also added too much blank space
• Fixed an issue where pasting a graph using worksheet labels into a GPJ file resulted in a prompt for the data file
• Function plots: Set initial First/Last value to axis limits
• Bar charts: Fixed an issue where changing shared property of bar charts changed the Z columns
• Ternary scatter plots: Fixed an issue where individual symbols could not be edited when using a symbol table
• Stiff plots: Fixed an issue where vertical alignment for labels was not working properly
• Bubble plots: Fixed an issue where only a single bubble plot was created from the worksheet view even if additional data was selected
• Axes:
  • Fixed an issue where applying an X axis position change moved the entire plot
  • Fixed an issue where wind chart minor tick labels were not displaying as percentages
  • Improves handling of automatic axes limits for duplicate axes when the original axis was unlinked from the plot
• Legends:
  • Fixed an issue where changing color of all legend entries always changed the first entry, even if the first entry was individually customized (no longer using default properties)
  • Fixed an issue where fill properties didn't work for wind chart legends
• Managers:
  • Fixed an issue where changing document windows turned on Property Manager
  • Fixed an issue where the drop down arrow was missing from some Property Manager fields
  • Fixed an issue where properties were not updated automatically when the fill method changed for 3D Bubble plots
  • Fixed an issue where filling between plots using different fills above and below the plot intersections did not initially show the correct second fill
• Automation:
  • Fixed a crash when undoing a class change, at which time a fit curve is deleted as well
  • Fixed a crash when editing the text properties of a legend
  • Fixed an issue where a UI warning propagated through automation as a status bar warning with no ability to dismiss
  • Fixed an issue where an error raised in Scripter identified the wrong parameter as the cause
  • Fixed an issue where AngleWidth did not return the correct value without UI interaction
  • Fixed an issue with incorrect documentation for TransferPlotToGraph command
  • Fixed an issue where last row for a box plot didn't initially update
  • Fixed an issue where deleting a legend through automation did not work the same as through the UI
  • Fixed an issue where the Fill.PatternName was not returned correctly
  • Fixed an issue where the LastTickValue was not returned correctly until changes were made to the axis
  • Fixed an issue where new scripts could not be run through the Run Script command once a breakpoint was hit in a script
  • Reworded poorly-worded error message about insufficient points for radar plots
  • Script Recorder:
    • Fixed an issue where recording a script recorded no lines while editing properties of individual entries in a class legend via the Text Editor 
    • Fixed an issue where recording text changes for legend entries records lines for unavailable font properties
• Defaults:
  • Fixed a crash when clicking on the Levels tab for contour maps
  • Fixed an issue where graph titles could not be removed from 3D/XYZ graphs
  • Fixed an issue where saving defaults changes exposed additional, irrelevant properties

Grapher Preview 15.0.257 (5 August 2019)

• Fixed a crash when copy/pasting into Index tab in the Help
• Fixed a crash when setting the worksheet for a pie chart
• Fixed various issues where Math text was displaying in the Property Manager instead of the correct properties being set, or where Math text was displaying in titles/labels
• Text Editor: Fixed an issue where typing into first of two integrals didn't shift the second integral back
• Text Editor: Fixed an issue where font properties were no longer linked to properties in the Property Manager
• Fixed an issue where a Grapher 9 file wouldn’t open because it was recognized as a newer file format
• Fixed an issue with histogram fit curve location and shape values
• Fixed an issue with overlapping entries in a pie chart legend when showing multiple columns
• Fixed an issue with the entire screen turning green when filling a discontinuous function plot
• Fixed an issue where spreading a gradient fill across a bar chart was not correctly applied when bar width was greater than 100%

Grapher Preview 15.0.244 (16 July 2019)

• Fixed a crash when adding a new plot to a graph via the Property Manager
• Fixed a crash when copy/pasting a pie chart legend
• Fixed a crash when copy/pasting ternary plots
• Fixed an internal error when setting average value properties with error bars turned off
• Fixed an issue where a worksheet could not be closed after running a script
• Fixed an issue where a graph was not displayed after opening a file with a function plot using an incorrect symbol in the function equation
• Fixed an issue where the bounding box for a 3D fit curve was locked to the center of the page
• Fixed an issue where X and Y variable assignments were not remembered after changing the data file for a line/scatter plot
• Fixed an issue where gradient page fill was not applied unless a fill pattern was first selected
• Fixed an issue where Grapher was redrawing the plot at every click
• Fixed an issue where Y Positioning and Overlay properties for XZ Contour Maps were missing from the Property Manager
• Fixed an issue where fit curve linked text statistics were unlinked when text properties were changed via the Property Manager
• Fixed an issue where class legend entries properties were not properly recorded when using the Script Recorder
• Fixed an issue where not all classes in a classed piper plot were recognized until the plot was moved off the page
• Added the ability to remember the data sheet name in a GPJ file
• Hid not applicable properties on Labels page in Property Manager for bar charts

Grapher Preview 15.0.216 (5 June 2019)

• Fixed a crash when loading data for a GRT template file
• Fixed a crash when a Symmetric LOESS fit curve failed to solve
• Fixed a crash when importing a GDB file
• Fixed a crash when stopping a script that is already stopped on an error
• Fixed a crash when running a script to a breakline and then closing the views that the script was using
• Fixed a crash when editing text in the Text Editor
• Fixed a crash when pasting into a group
• Fixed a crash when reloading data
• Fixed a crash when selecting an x axis
• Fixed an Internal Error when setting a pie chart explosion factor to a negative number
• Fixed an issue with legends added to class plots always having 3 symbols
• Fixed an issue where Grapher was remaining open in the background after closing the program
• Fixed an issue where class plot classes weren't updating when using row number or sequence number for the X or Y variable
• Fixed an issue where suffix text couldn't be entered after typing prefix text if ENTER wasn't pressed
• Fixed an issue where the default color was not being used when a color column was specified but there was invalid data 
• Fixed an issue where clipping was not being applied to a fit curve whose original plot was not clipped
• Fixed an issue where a pie chart created through automation had a too-small selection box
• Fixed an issue where the "Use this worksheet for remaining items" checkbox was missing for linked text objects when loading a template
• Fixed an issue where bar chart bars were not properly clipped when the "Draw plot to clipping limits" checkbox was checked
• Fixed an issue where selecting a legend overlaying a plot also selected the plot
• Fixed an issue where recording a script while adding a fit curve to a class scatter plot recorded two identical lines
• Fixed an issue where Export Options dialog did not appear when exporting to ASCII formats from the worksheet
• Fixed an issue where the \sp1 math text command added an extra line
• Fixed an issue where plots in copy/pasted graphs are renamed when data is reloaded
• Fixed an issue where linked text axis titles didn't update if font properties were edited from the Text Editor
• Added the ability to limit class fit curves to only fit points in the selected class
• Added the ability to abort out of some time-consuming processes
• Added the ability to choose which layers to import when importing a GDB file
• Adjusted alignment and size of collapse/expand icons in Object Manager

Grapher Preview 15.0.149 (18 March 2019)

Grapher 15 Preview released.

• What's New in Grapher Preview
• Import grid TIFs with Z remapped to 0-255 gray level
• Add View Script Manager to Automation ribbon bar tab
• Split out Break Axis commands to new Property Manager page
• Increase default Smooth tension to 0.1 for smoothed line plots
• Error Bars: Keep Properties to edit selection in Property Manager when switching tabs
• Axis: remove label format properties that aren't applicable to the current selections
• Change default number of points in Math Plot to number of data points in the plot
• Fixed a crash when exporting to PNG
• Fixed a crash when editing worksheet labels
• Fixed a crash when deleting legend entries
• Automation: Fixed an issue where setting the background fill/opacity for a text object didn't work
• Fixed an issue where deleting a scale bar for a contour map didn't stick, so it kept getting re-added when levels properties were changed
• Fixed an issue where the second row of the graph title was missing in the graph magnifier
• Fixed an issue where the "Use worksheet for all plots" checkbox was missing when copy/pasting a graph from a template
• Fixed an issue where the \rp1 math text command created a new line
• Fixed some issues with using AutoLegend with class plot legends
• Fixed an issue where the legend didn't immediately update when linked to graph titles
• Fixed an issue where pasting math text into the Property Manager for a text object exited all of the math text commands
• Fixed an issue where an axis label custom thousands separator was not honored on a German
• Fixed an issue where \dn and \up math text command were not working correctly with \sp and \rp
• Fixed an issue where an update error appeared even if auto update checking was turned off
• Removed the Select using full bounds box option, since it didn't work properly
• Removed zoom commands from undo/redo

Grapher Preview 14.0.333 (8 March 2019)

• Fixed a crash when trying to abort the import of an XLSX file with missing sheets
• Fixed a crash when undoing pasting data into the worksheet
• Fixed a crash when Grapher encountered an invalid license
• Fixed a crash when attempting to open a specific Grapher 11 file
• Fixed a crash when choosing a PDF as a custom fill pattern
• Fixed a crash when changing the xmin value for a surface function map
• Fixed the following internal error: Module Grapher, File d:\git\grapher14\grapher\displaylist.cpp, Line 1685, Thread 7980
• Fixed an internal error when changing the linked text axis title to something invalid
• Fixed an internal error attempting to import data past the end of the worksheet
• Fixed an "Unable to load template" error that appeared after closing a template
• Automation: Fixed a crash when running a script to a breakline and then closing the views that script is using
• Automation: Added the ability to change the length of a ternary axis
• Automation: Fixed an issue where deleting a fit curve did not also delete the linked fit statistics
• Automation: Fixed an issue where axes title overlapped axis labels when the labels were changed
• Automation: Fixed a redraw issue with 3D pie/doughnut charts not displaying until slices dialog was entered via the UI
• Automation: Fixed an issue where MinLabelMode returned the wrong value when set to grfLabelCustom
• Script Recorder: Fixed an issue where the wrong command was being recorded when changing the size column for 2D bubble plots
• Script Recorder: Fixed an issue where the wrong command was being recorded when changing certain columns for bubble plots, box plots, stiff plots, and polar bar charts
• Script Recorder: Reverted plot naming in a recorded script to the plot type rather than the UI plot name to avoid naming conflicts
• Fixed an issue where an image fill pattern was not retained after closing Grapher
• Fixed an issue where fill did not follow a line plot line very closely if the line was smoothed
• Fixed an issue where only two coordinates were recorded when digitizing on a ternary plot
• Fixed an issue where setting ternary axis limits to specific values failed and issued and incorrect error message
• Fixed an issue where a specific sample file opened incorrectly if the computer's date/time format did not begin with the month
• Fixed an issue where a LOESS fit curve was displaying a Span value of 0.1 in the Property Manager when the curve itself was drawn with a Span value of 0.5 
• Fixed an issue where a duplicated Z axis was not displayed as a Z axis
• Fixed an issue where the selected node in the Color Gradient dialog didn't update as the Preset colormap was changed
• Fixed an issue where the fill preview in the Property Manager wasn't properly updating with color and opacity settings
• Fixed an issue where x and y axes linked titles were not updated when the plot orientation was changed
• Fixed inconsistent capitalization in a few dialogs and managers
• Improved column picking when checking and unchecking the Data in rows checkbox for a plot
• Added the adjustable line spacing in the Property Manager that updates when the computer text Scale is increased

Grapher Preview 14.0.300 (14 January 2019)

• Added SIGN(X) to function lists used by Transform and function plots
• Added the option to keep camera rotation in JPG files with EXIF tag
• Changed behavior so changing a line plot to a bar chart keeps line and fill properties
• Changed behavior so saving after a fresh install will save by default to GPJ file format (which saves data internal to the file)
• Improved redraw speed for class scatter plots
• Fixed a crash when importing a DXF file that has a '%' character in the file name
• Fixed a crash when triple-clicking one of the plot categories in Home | New Graph
• Fixed a crash when exporting to a PNG file
• Fixed an internal error when importing a TIFF with NaN and infinite numbers in the warp parameters
• Fixed an internal error when importing a DXF file containing a negative line width
• Fixed an internal error when loading a PLY file with bad node data
• Fixed an internal error in childfrm.cpp
• Fixed an error importing a DEM file containing node values greater than the 99999 maximum (Error reading field "Profile index" near offset ...)
• Fixed an error importing a DXF R12/LT2 file with an incomplete vertex entity
• Fixed an issue where the Script Recorder was always recording values in inches, regardless of the defined Page Units
• Fixed an issue where UTM coordinates imported from a Database were changed by -386547.057
• Fixed an issue where a line with wide dashed lines exported to PDF vector looked solid
• Fixed an issue where inappropriate auto z axis limits were chosen for a specific graph
• Fixed an issue where changing the Minimum plot value to fit for a fit curve to a bad number and then changing it back to a good number didn't fix the fit curve
• Fixed an issue where objects drawn via automation were not positioned properly on the page
• Fixed an issue where linked text wasn't updating
• Fixed an issue where date/time tick spacing caused an extra grid line to appear off the end of an axis
• Fixed an issue where a length field in the Property Manager only had two decimal places where the corresponding W or H field in the in Layout | Size had three decimal places
• Fixed an issue where deleting a plot with a legend and then undoing leaves the legend empty
• Fixed an issue where resizing a Durov plot using the handles on the left causes the plot to 'jump'
• Fixed an issue where symbol fill was not updated by Options or Defaults
• Removed an extra blank line after Alternate equation in linked statistics for exponential and power fit curves
• Embedded "File written using Grapher by Golden Software LLC." in exported JPG, PNG, PDF raster, PDF vector, and TIF files for ease of determining where the file was created

Grapher Preview 14.0.262 (30 October 2018)

• Added support for new Surfer v16 CLR files (CLR v3)
• Fixed an issue where positions and sizes were reporting incorrectly when page units were metric (centimeters)
• Fixed an internal error when loading an Esri ASCII grid file with "-nan" for blanked/nodata grid nodes
• Fixed a crash when creating a grid-based map from a TIF with a custom NoData value
• Fixed a crash due to a corrupted CLegend object
• Fixed a "Vector T too long" error when exporting a large raster PDF
• Fixed an issue where fit curve statistics formatting wasn't applied to linked text via automation
• Fixed the Move Labels command to work properly for legends and to use the same cursor regardless of how it was enabled

Grapher Preview 14.0.251 (15 October 2018)

• Grapher 14 Preview released.