Known problems:

Installation

• The BugsCEP setup routine may restart certain Windows XP machines without warning - we have no idea why. Installation functions otherwise.
• BugsCEP update overwrites any alterations made by user in previous version. Sorry, but no merging update is available yet. Please export your countsheets before upgrading, and then reimport them. Better export and import routines will be created in the future, and downloads of just the program part will be provided to preserve data when updating.

Getting it running

• If you have Access2003 installed (or possibly AccessXP or versions inbetween the two) then BugsCEP may not run from the Start Menu - and will tell you that it 'cannot find msaccess.exe...'.
  This is because the installed version of Access is not letting BugsCEP use the Runtime Version of Access2000 that it is supplied with. You should be able to open BugsCEP directly using the installed version of Access rather than the Start Menu shortcut.
  Either:
  • Find the BugsCEP program file (BugsCEP or BugsCEP.mdb) using Windows Explorer or 'My Computer', and double click on it.
    It is normally in the folder 'C:\Program Files\BugsCEP', unless you chose another one.
  • Open Access, and then open the BugsCEP program file from its installation directory (see above).
    

Operation

• On some systems, the [Find Next] button does not work when searching the bibliography. At the moment we have no explanation or solution for this problem! It seems to be dependent on something in some Windows installations that we cannot track down...
• On versions downloaded before 6th December 2006, the version numbers displayed on the 'About BugsCEP' screen and in exports was wrong.
• The message "Please close Excel before running the ... routine" is displayed when I try to use BugsMCR or BugStats, but Excel is not open. Either (a) you do not have Excel installed, and cannot run the routines, or (b) Excel has not closed properly and is running in the background. If the latter is true then use the Task Manager to end the Excel process and try again.
• Attempting to delete more than one sample at a time in the Countsheet Editor may cause a crash. To work around this, delete one sample at a time, applying changes between deletions.

Results & Exports

• Using the "To species id's only" option for EcoFig creation leads to incorrect results/sample names under certain circumstances. The problem occurs where a sample only contains low resolution species (i.e. sp./spp./indet.). We're working on a solution...
• Vertical axes on MCR diagrams are usually different. Sorry, can't do everything. Please rescale them manually.
• Where ln(n+1) transformation is used the SumRep values in EcoFig outputs are incorrect, and hence the '% sumrep' calculations are incorrect when used with this option. We're working on this problem...

Version updates log

20070215 BugsCEP v.7.63
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-BugsCEP: added extra error handlers due to changes in Windows XP.

20070322 Bugsdata v.7.11, BugsCEP v.7.62
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-Bugsdata: fixed typo in Koch codes (Habitat Type: xylophilous, from hylophilous)
-Bugsdata: added full descriptions of Bugs EcoCodes to notes fields in TEcoDefBugs
-Activated additional error handlers

20070214 Bugsdata v.7.10
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-corrected MCR envelope problem with Diacheila arctica
-added better descriptions for Bugs EcoCodes
-minor layout and data security improvements

20070125 BugStats v.1.22
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-Added 'Busy' message to coefficients calculation
-Catches error caused by too many samples in coefficient calculation (ca 70 is OK)

20061207 BugsCEP v.7.61
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-EcoFigs: corrected sumrep calculation when transformed
-Windows2000 version released

20061206 BugsCEP v.7.60 (busy day)
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-Corrected display of version numbers
-Updated database

20061206 BugsCEP v.7.59
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-Altered BugStats information to say 'ln(n+1)' rather than 'log(n+1)' for clarity.
-Added ln(n+1) transformation option to coefficients, and labelled outputs accordingly

Please contact us at the address below if you encounter any problems.

Data queries: paul.buckland (at) bugscep.com

All other queries and help: phil.buckland (at) bugscep.com