MIMIC Release Notes

 

v3.1.0.7 Build 1.211 2006/08/14

  1. Issue #31411 (enhancement) Save worksheet contents and properties to file.
  2. Issue #32794 (enhancement) Multi-select capability for search results.
  3. Issue #33678 (bug fix) "All Data" Change needs tailoring. When "All Data" is selected: If "Relative" is on then WHEN condition is empty. If "Relative" is off WHEN condition is from start date to last data date.
  4. Issue #31544 (bug fix) Seasonal Table Not working for weekly.
  5. Issue #32204 (bug fix) Button images causing problem in add-in.
  6. Issue #32976 (bug fix) Search control fetching descriptions locks MIMIC.
  7. Issue #33206 (bug fix) Number of Units not being saved.

 

v3.1.0.6 Build 1.195 2006/06/26

  1. Issue #32663: MIMICExcel - Would like Digital Cert for Install
    Code signed VBA Projects for install.xls and mimicexcel.xla with certificate issued by Thawte.
  2. Issue #32649: ”Llc  - Hotlist Browser” .  To be consistent we need to call it “MIMIC – Favorites Browser”.
  3. Issue #32625: Custom rollover loses the "to last" property when changing number of days.
    Fixed bug when modifying rollover policy to retain the “to last” property when number of days is changed.
  4. Issue #32365: Enhancement - Change behavior of date option "All Data".
    In order to insure all data for a query is returned, changed “All Data” to call executeQuery with invalid dates and the WHEN clause is empty.
  5. Issue #32204: MIMICExcel - Button images causing problem in MIMICExcel add-in for Excel version 9.x
  6. Issue #32203: MIMICExcel - If chart or other object is selected and user enters MIMIC or refreshes MIMIC queries they receive “error:Object variable or With block variable not defined”.
    Resolved by getting address of active cell. If no cell is active then default to $A$1 of the active sheet.
  7. Issue #32094: Bug with prompting of incorrect formula.
    When removing items from a MIMIC worksheet with formulas, the app was prompting only if the user removed a formula. Corrected this by having the app prompt user when any item is being removed from a worksheet containing formulas. This is due to the fact that labels are changing and users formulas may be referencing the labels.
  8. Issue #31512: If skip NaNs checked, Fill NaNs should be greyed out.
  9. Issue #31249: MIMICExcel – Renaming query not working correctly, causes 2 queries to be saved.
    The dialog for opening, editing, renaming or deleting saved queries has been redsigned making it more intuitive and user friendly at the same time fixing the bug when renaming the query and resulting in 2 queries.

v3.1.0.4 Build 1.89 2006/04/27

  1. Issue 21925: MIMICExcel – Fixed bug when renaming a query and the comment on the cell was not being updated.
  2. Enhancement: MIMICExcel – Changed dialog for opening, deleting, renaming and copying saved queries. Made the dialog more intuitive when renaming a query.
  3. Issue 30629: Enhancement – Added “Fill Blank” option for Missing Data.
  4. Issue 30631: Enhancement – Added feature to synchronize all Time Units or Columns with currently selected item.
  5. Fixed bug when opening saved MIMIC files (.llc) by double clicking on the file in Windows Explorer.

v3.1.0.2 Build 1.86 2006/03/28

  1. Issue #29450: Bug fix in "Search" panel when connected to server versions 4.5.06 and older.
  2. Issue #29451: Added option when importing symbols to remove blank rows
  3. Modified Browser to be more responsive/informative.
  4. Fixed bug in "Search" panel when selecting columns.
  5. Added "mid*" to the columns in the "Search" panel.

v3.1.0.1 Build 1.79 2006/02/21

  1. Issue #27040: Hotlist unable to remove directories. Fixed hotlist dialog to remove directories when user selects “Delete”.
  2. Issue #26518: Added enhancement to import symbols from a .llc, .csv or .txt file. Csv and txt files should be in the format: SYMBOL[,COLUMN] where column is optional. If the column is omitted then the default column for the symbol will be used.
  3. Issue #26428: Problem when opening MIMIC 3.02.2 - pop up screen: Launching MIMIC 3.0.2.1. Typo in the version string for the .exe. Fixed to reflect correct version.
  4. Issue #25742: MimicExcel bug fix. Some installations were getting a runtime error “The object invoked has disconnected from its clients”. This was due to libraries being loaded/unloaded in VB. When Mimic is ran from Excel the Java code in Mimic will load the DLLs necessary for Mimic to run.
  5. Issue #25612: MimicExcel Run time error '9': Subscript out of range; Application-defined or object-defined error. Bug when reference is lost and user tries to table or save the query. Fixed by capturing the error and prompting user to reset the reference.
  6. Issue #25565: MimicExcel Getting runtime error 6 when running excel add-in. Caused by jvm.dll already being loaded when the mimicexcel.dll tries to load and attach to the jvm. Fixed by not loading jvm.dll specifically and allowing the Java plugin to load it.
  7. Issue #25494: MimicExcel bug fix. Spreadsheets with several long running queries seems to hang when refreshing. Fixed by having the VB code “pole” the library call that fetches the data returned by Mimic. Upon completion of executing a Mimic query, the poling will end and data will be transferred to the Excel spreadsheet.
  8. Issue #22813: Added control for user to select orientation of the chart legend. Possible orientations are horizontal and vertical. The user may also elect to have the legend anchored in the North (default), West, South or East positions against the chart.
  9. Issue #22332: New Seasonal Analysis functionality giving user more control over averages when running a seasonal analysis.
  10. Issue #21925: MimicExcel bug fix. Renaming a query doesn’t update the name on the comment of a cell within the Excel spreadsheet. Fixed.

v3.0.2.2 Build 1.159 2005/08/02

  1. Issue #21042 - MIMIC Bug: Add Contracts feature hangs when hitting ok without entering in fields. There was no bug. If the user clicks OK in the "Add Contracts" dialog without filling in the options, then every contract will be added. This can be a potentially long operation. The new release will display a progress dialog showing the user exactly what is being added.
  2. Issue #21770 - MIMIC Bug: Doesn't let you resize results window.  Older version let you. Some users like to compare tables by making the window small enough to only show the table and then place that window next to another window with a table allowing them to eyeball each row. MIMIC will allow users to resize the window to their desired dimensions.
  3. Issue #21925 - MIMICExcel Bug: Renaming a query doesn't update the name on the comment within Excel. In this release the comment tag is now being updated with the new name.

 

  1. Issue #22063 - MIMIC Enhancement: Deselected "Show in Table" feature is not passed on to contracts when using "Add Contracts" button. Newly added contracts will have the same properties as the base symbol.
  2. Issue #22603 - MIMIC Bug: Handling of Unit Conversions when frequency changes.
  3. Issue #22617 - MIMICExcel Bug: Output from seasonal analysis changes when refreshing from the Excel view. When "refreshing" queries from MIMICExcel, the saved query's dates were not being reflected by the MIMIC Worksheet model. Specifically if the saved query had "Relative" or "Today" specified for the start and end dates. This has been fixed.
  4. Issue #22712 - MIMIC Enhancement: Need User Option to Show ".internal" folders. For internal use only. Internal folders are filtered out of the browser tree by default. If the user wishes to view these folders they must add the property "lim.browse.internal=true" to their userprop.txt file.
  5. Issue #22718 - MIMIC Bug: When sorting results, time does not sort correctly. Tables are now sorted by Date and Time.
  6. Issue #23365 - MIMIC Bug: Getting Error when running 3 year calendar strip on HO. There was a bug when charting a worksheet that had no data being displayed. Although data was returned by the query, there was only one item set to be shown in the chart. This item had no data and an error occurs when trying to build the axis. This has been fixed by displaying a message "No Data To Chart" back to the user.
  7. Issue #23436 - MIMIC Enhancement: Display date in mm/dd/yyyy format when using Mouse pick. The year was not being displayed in the chart's Mouse pick table. This has been corrected.

v3.0.2.0 Build 1.147 2005/03/22

  1. Issue #18433 - MIMICExcel: (Enhancement) Added “Advanced Refresh Mode” allowing users to modify the date range when refreshing queries.
  2. Issue #18984 - MIMIC: Add ForwardFill to “end date”
  3. Issue #19360 - MIMIC: Bug in hotlist when non-hotlist files exist.
  4. Issue #20116 - MIMIC: “Edit Chart Stats” not visible until the window is resized.
  5. Issue #20445 - MIMIC: Curve Matrix ignores column selected and defaults to Close.
  6. Issue #20604 - MIMIC: AddContracts allows user to select columns with no data. Customer requests to be warned or blocked.
  7. Issue #20784 - MIMIC: Symbol not being trimmed resulting in error.
  8. Enhancement - MIMIC: Foundation for Forward Curves added. Only available for demos.
  9. Enhancement - MIMIC: Check symbol text field for changes when chart/table action occurs. If changed, then update table with symbol.

v3.0.1.6 Build 1.131 2004/11/01

  1. Issue #17266 - MIMICExcel Doesn't handle bad location reference elegantly
  2. Issue #17479 - MIMIC: not displaying answers correctly for seasonal analysis queries
  3. Issue #17797 - MIMIC: Possible bug with MIMICExcel using copy function.
  4. Issue #18128 - MIMIC: Bug with Charting Seasonal Analysis.
  5. Issue #18235 - MIMIC: Display java runtime version in help about.
  6. Issue #18683 - MIMICExcel Runtime Error: Object doesnt support this action
  7. Issue #18686 - MIMICExcel Error when deleting Excel Sheet with MIMIC queries
  8. Issue #18985 - MIMIC: Add shortcuts
  9. Enhancement - MIMIC remembers the status of the browser when exiting.

v3.0.1.5 Build 1.123 2004/08/27

  1. Issue #16187 - MIMICExcel: Status Bar disappears.
  2. Issue #16210 - MIMIC: Graphs will not print in color.
  3. Issue #16214 - MIMIC: Printing a chart comes out as a "red" block
  4. Issue #16334 - MIMICExcel: When opening a MIMIC query, get a Base64FormatException
  5. Issue #16423 - MIMIC: Looks like the modifier "front" is missing from MIMIC...
  6. Issue #16521 - MIMICExcel: sheet load blows up
  7. Issue #16701 - MIMIC: Custom contract becomes grayed out when moving the highlighting from a non-future to a future
  8. Issue #16785 - MIMICExcel: Add location to Sheets dialog (when opening saved queries)
  9. Issue #16863 - MIMICExcel: Dates are not formatted/aligned properly for European settings

v3.0.1.3 Build 2004/05/25

  1. Issue #15562 - MIMIC: Bug, crashing with four monitors.
  2. Issue #15677 - MIMICExcel: Update Problem when MIM query returns zero results.
  3. Issue #15681 - MIMICExcel: When a query is opened, the Locator does not update with the new address
  4. Issue #15724 - MIMICExcel: Label a query created by the conversion tool with its location
  5. Issue #15736 - MIMIC: Columns do not exist in tree for ICE.CINERGY
  6. Issue #15780 - MIMICExcel: Add a Menu for MIMICExcel & if new version of Excel, add buttons in toolbar
  7. Issue #15983 - MIMICExcel: VBA error when no workbook open and user launches MIMIC
  8. Enhancement - MIMIC: Screening criteria categorized. Screener rc2 required.

v3.0.1.1 Build 2004/05/12

  1. Issue #15550 - MIMIC: Bug fix. Default Column for futures contracts was selecting .Continuous if no “default” column found.
  2. Issue #15724 - MIMICExcel: Label queries created by converter with its location
  3. Issue #15681 - MIMICExcel: Update ref_edit control with new address when "Edit" query is selected.
  4. Issue #15677 - MIMICExcel: conversion hangs when no data found.
  5. Issue #15172 - MIMIC: Bug when no trade segments for category/relation
  6. Issue #14988 - MIMIC: Bug when restoring default chart colors
  7. Enhancement - MIMIC: Added Screener panel.
  8. Enhancement - MIMICExcel: Added Conversion Wizard to convert MIM-Excel queries to MIMIC llc worksheets.

 

v3.0 Beta Build 2004/04/05

  1. Issue #14943 Bug Fix. Do not treat collapsing tree as a "selection" when previously selected node is descendant.
  2. Issue #14942 Bug Fix. Formatting bug when value is NaN.
  3. Enhancement. Improved browsing facilities. Faster browsing. Icons distinguish between normal relations and futures, columns and default columns.
  4. Enhancement. Improved performance when adding contracts. Significantly improved performance when accessing remote MIM Servers via VPN. (03/15/2004)
  5. Enhancement: Added capability for user to change the "Rounding Mode" via "User Preferences" dialog.
  6. Issue #14005 Bug Fix. Removing a row stops user from amending formulas. (02/19/2004)
  7. Enhancement. Added "Look and Feel" to MIMIC's "Options" menu. (02/12/2004>
  8. Issue #12668 Enhancement. Added 1 Day ago, 2 Days ago, and 1 Week ago to MIMIC's period combo box. (02/12/2004)
  9. Issue #13375 Bug Fix. During installation, default color properties were not be written correctly. (02/02/2004)
  10. Issue #13352 Bug Fix. When sorting tables with no Summary Stats, the last few item were not shown. (02/02/2004)
  11. Issue #12926 Enhancement. Added a check box to MIMIC's Login Screen to allow the user to save login info. (02/02/2004)
  12. Issue #12670 Enhancement. Added on "Chart" button when in "Configuration" mode. (Was commented out) (02/02/2004)
  13. Issue #12578 Enhancement. Added scrollbars to hotlist. Added "Insert" mode to hotlist panel. (02/02/2004)
  14. Issue #10548 Enhancement. Added GUI for storing formulas on server (02/02/2004)
  15. Issue #11296: Improved Performance. Slow queries. Fixed by reducing the amount of message logging.
  16. Issue #11243: Enhancement. Added "Print Options" panel to "User Options". Allows user to set print orientation.
  17. Issue #10525: Bug Fix. Units of measure conversions when server config is switched to XML/RPC or XML/HTTP

v2.1.3 Build 2003/10/16

  1. Issue #11457: Fixed bug when adding contracts. (10/16/03)
  2. Issue #11296: Slow queries. Fixed by reducing the amount of message logging. (10/10/03)
  3. Issue #11243: Added "Print Options" panel to "User Options". Allows user to set print orientation. (10/06/03)
  4. Issue #10822: MIMIC Bug - Seasonal Analysis - if show in chart/table not checked - still shows the heading in table (10/13/03)
  5. Issue #10525: Fixed bug for units of measure conversions when server config is switched to XML/RPC or XML/HTTP (09/15/03)

v2.1.2 Build 2003/09/18

  1. Incident 10612: Buttons on MIMIC are replaced by “Please wait while the program fetches data from the server”
  2. Incident 10457: Getting errors when trying to save worksheet using MIMIC 2.1.2

v2.1.2 Build 2003/09/05

  1. Incident 10159: Bug fix. When using the "Add Contracts" button MIMIC got confused when it saw continuous relations with names like NG_19, thinking that "19" was a contract year. Now it identifies contracts using regular expression to match [A-Z][A-Z]_\d\d\d\d
  2. Enhancement: Added "Avg Weekly", "Quarterly" and "Avg Quarterly" to canned queries.
  3. Filter for returning current month when monthly exec units selected.

v2.1.1 Build 2003/07/14

  1. Incident 8584: Bug fix. Got NaNs for seasonal analysis queries.
  2. Incident 7625: Modified error message for "null" formulas to be more meaningful.
  3. Only allows selection of "Day", "Weeks" or "Months" for seasonal analysis queries.
  4. Incident 7524: Fixed bug to set "Time Units" to default to "Daily" when previous llc item is null or does not have "Time Units". (i.e. formulas)
  5. Symbol Browser: Changed how futures contracts and continuous relations are displayed.

Build 2002/12/06

  1. Bug Fix 6016: When seasonal is checked and the change period field is used the start date has a single day added to it plus the period change that that was selected.
  2. Bug Fix 5747: MIMIC was treating 0 as positive number, now it treats them as neither positive or negative.
  3. Enhancement 5647: Removed the 3x connection from MIMIC GUI and from the installer GUI. The connection can still be used just not setup by the user.
  4. Bug Fix 5533: MIMIC will report when it can not connect to a server and if the user is not entitled to view data.
  5. Enhancement 4681: Added the forward curve functionality
  6. Enhancement 4572: Added the ability to move and copy the table items

Build 2002/09/09

  1. Added copy chart feature

Build 2002/08/28 and 2002/09/04

  1. MIMIC now runs and is shipped with the 1.4 jre
  2. Fixed bug when trying to pull seasonal data and no is returned
  3. Fixed bug with incorrect data at the end of seasonal table
  4. Fixed bug with trying to add contracts Jan-Jan
  5. Fixed bug with zero line when charting
  6. Fixed error message when password is incorrect.
  7. Fixed bug with %change and deltas not being calculated when using the mouse pick
  8. Added feature to force the seasonal calendar to seven day pattern
  9. Added the ability to chose hotlist location during install
  10. Added the ability to chose chart save location during install
  11. Added the JavaScript engine

 

Build 2002/04/19

  1. Monthly data extraction now forces day to 1st of month. Fixes problems with Monthly seasonals.
  2. Sort contracts in add contracts in case the server returns them out of order.:
  3. Fixed Summary stats "PctNeg", does no longer return a value when all date is positive
  4. Added ImpVol and Val to default column pecking order
  5. Fixed the charts so that it displays dates in the users date format
  6. Added daily when execution units daily to conversion factor
  7. Added multi colored candle sticks to the charts

Build 2002/04/12

  1. Fixed null pointer and other problems charting.
  2. Added support for forcing 7 day trading pattern.
  3. Added support for UK dates in mouse pick and x axis.
  4. Added support for fill nearest.
  5. Now automatically paste in Excel without the new worksheet.

Build 2001/11/01

  1. Fixed problem with incorrect date scale of the chart
  2. Fixed problem with the Add Contracts Dialog hanging

Build 2001/09/10

  1. Added "MIMIC Password Check" box to the installer.

Build 2001/08/27

  1. New Release 1.2.8 Ver 2
  2. Fixed problem with the data box being to small to display the last line of data (In chart pick mode)

Build 2001/08/23

  1. New Release 1.2.8 Ver 1
  2. Fixed problem with summary statistics containing data outside the data range specified.

Build 2001/07/18

  1. New Release 1.2.7 Ver 1
  2. Start and End date now is used to filter MIM data to avoid extracting data fills from Saturday or Sunday dates with Friday values. For, example, 7/1/2001 would return 6/29/2001 as a fill. Now the dates will be confined to the range in the MIMIC GUI.
  3. Changed the add contracts dialog to return all contracts between the start and end year and the start and end month. The prior behavior was to return all of the contracts from the start year and start month or the end year and end month. This should make extracting all contracts of a month or season strips much easier.

Build 2001/03/06

  1. Created new install package. It is a single file self-extracting executable.