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CMB Automiser 3.1 has been released with some new features and bug fixes. Changelist     New features Added support for multiline heading items Added support for exporting abstract and bill to xlsx Added progressbar for progress display Bug Fixes:  Typo in CMB preamble Measurement abstarct not added when selection exists Wrong behaviour tracking unsaved changes Binary Packages Fedora 21:   CMBAutomiser3-3.1.0-1.noarch.rpm   Windows:   cmbautomiser-win32-3- 1 -0.exe

CMB Automiser 3.0 has been released with numerous features and bug fixes. This version is a complete rewrite to support python 3 and brings along fully documented and re-factored code. The 2.x series is hereby discontinued and all future development will focus on the 3.x series. NOTE: Version 3.0.x project files cannot be opened on version 2.x.x and vice versa. Changelist     New features CMBs can now be exported as .xlsx file. Schedule and measurement lists can now be traversed using interactive search. New dialog for schedule item selection with better usability and interactive search support. New import dialog for spreadsheet allowing import of data from any portion of spreadsheet. Exit confirmation for main window and measurement items to prevent accidental data loss. Changes to documentation to reflect new features. Bug Fixes:  Codebase ported to python3 for future proofing. Modifying schedule after billing breaks bill. Modifying Measurements after bil

CMB Automiser Version 2.2 has been released with bugfixes and new features. This will be the last major release in the 2.x series and the last to support python 2.7. Issues with unicode and hackish project format has made it imperative to port project to python 3.x for future proofing. Development will now focus on the 3.x series. Changes from Version 2.1 Bug Fixes: Long tables fails to render Latex fails due to small timeout value Partial hack for Unicode support Minor cleanup Help file fails to launch on windows when program run from shortcut Bill breaks when schedule items are edited New features: Items in measurements view and bills can now be edited by double clicking. Measurements view now remembers cursor position during additions, edits and deletions. Regular bill can now be copied as custom bill. Downloads    Windows: cmbautomiser-win32-2-2-1.exe Fedora: CMBAutomiser-2.2.1-1.noarch.rpm

The matter of choice in education involves two moral issues. Freedom of parents to choose the education they seem fit for their children. Right of the child to receive an education that would enable them to live a meaningful life they see fit. F REEDOM OF PARENTS I t has been an established legal concept all over the world that a person below the legal age of consent is incapable of making his own decisions and that authority should be left to the parent/guardian; a main component of which is education. This is regarded as a natural right in most cultures. It is also widely perceived that parents provide the best care for their children. This may be because the evolution into social primates has led to the inculcation of a strong sense of kin preference in humans. It is also the reason for the preference of foster care over institutional care in developed nations. Hence education which is one of the most important part of a child's development is better ser

After a round of bug fixes and fine tuning, CMB Automiser Ver 2.1.3 has been released.  This maintenance release fixes the following bugs in Ver 2.1 Partial import of .xlsx files into schedule view. Items with special characters are not imported while importing from .xlsx file. Unable to render CMBs and Bills to locations having spaces in path name. Broken nnnnnT item. Error opening bill properties window when custom bill is selected as the previous bill. Total quantities displayed in measurements view are not rounded. File name not displayed in title bar.  This release also feature the debut of the following features. Added a usage manual for CMB Automiser. The manual can be accessed from Help->Help . The usage manual also includ es an introduction to public works quantity accounting using computerised measurement books for the uninitiated. New installer for windows. Now installing the CMB Automiser is easier than ever.  Full backwards compatibility with project

After a  Long time off the blog-o-sphere , this humble being is back with a bang!!!     With tremendous amount of free time at his disposal and being an automation freak Mr.Manu Varkey took leave the blog-o-sphere and facebook-o-sphere and set out on a spiritual quest to automate every tiny bit of his official routine.     It all began with this thought "I spend a lot of time on this task. I should write a program automating it!"  (Source: https://xkcd.com/1319/ . Thanks Randall, for this excellent strip. )     Today Mr.Manu Varkey is glad to announce the first public release of his crazy automation effort!!! - the CMB Automiser Ver-2.0 . The archaic excel macros where the program had its humble beginings are also released for a historical perspective! And Yes; being an ardent free software enthusiast all codes are released under the GNU GPL-3.0 license.     CMB Automiser CMB Automiser is a CPWD billing application using computerised measurement books.

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