Keep your StrataBugs system up to date by downloading and installing the latest upgrades and modifications.
Downloads:
addDolomites.zip 6Kb (9 Aug 2007) *new*.
The contents of this zip file enable the introduction of new lithology patterns into your StrataBugs database. The new patterns are not a requirement for running StrataBugs, but you may find them useful. In addition you will require the latest sbchart dated 9 Aug 2007 or later. See Readme file within zip file for instructions.addDunham.zip 8Kb (30 Mar 2007)
The contents of this zip file enable the introduction of new lithology patterns into your StrataBugs database. The new patterns are not a requirement for running StrataBugs, but you may find them useful. In addition you will require the latest sbchart dated 30 Mar 2007 or later. See Readme file within zip file for instructions.Organiser help (PDF format, DRAFT). 27 April 2006. This is a printable PDF file of the latest help for the Organiser application in version 1.8. 189 pages in length. All feedback welcome. To save the file for later printing, right-click the link and select "Save Target As...".
Windows - updated binaries for v1.8. (Click here for information about the updates, or here for information about test versions of updates).
The preferred method of updating v1.8 binaries for Windows installations is to use Updater from a desktop icon. This will check file details automatically and show you which applications need updating. If you use the TEST button on the updater, you will receive recent fixes or extensions which are not yet on "general release". Applications on general release will have usually have been released previously for test and any problems corrected.How to download these files without using Updater (Windows):
We advise you to rename existing copies of applications, or back-up your StrataBugs folder, before extracting new versions, to enable you to return to a previous version if the updated version produces undesirable side effects. Some of the applications are licensed separately (on non-Oracle platforms) and will require a code from StrataData for their operation. Your existing installation should include all files whether you are licenced to run the application or not. Be sure to download the correct version for your system. Using the Help | About option within each application should tell you which version you are running, and the date it was built. You do not need to download fixes if the date shown in your Help | About is after the date shown on the modification description on these pages.When you click on the links you should be prompted by your web browser to save a file. Normally you will be asked to save the file in a temporary location. This should not be your StrataBugs folder. Remember this location and download the file. Usually the files you download are in a compressed form, either as a .zip file, or as a .exe file, which may be a self-extracting zip file. You may need to obtain a copy of Winzip to decompress .zip files. With your file browser (Windows explorer), find the downloaded file, decompress it, and extract the uncompressed binary application into your StrataBugs folder. The default Windows location for StrataBugs v1.8 is "C:\program files\sbugs1-8" but it may be different on your system. Click here to download the Windows updated binaries for v1.8.
Click here to download the latest version of the updater (SBUpdate.jar). You may need to rename the downloaded file from SBUpdate.zip to SBUpdate.jar.
Windows-complete installation kit for v1.8 13Mb (5 Apr 2007)
NB: If you are not installing an evaluation copy, you will need to be licenced to run this version otherwise it will not work (unless you are using an Oracle database).Download this file.
Run the Self-extractor in a temporary folder.
Double-click setup.exe to install StrataBugs v1.8
You will also require the Java Runtime Environment - see below for instructions.Solaris - v1.8 binaries 26Mb (7 Feb 2006)
This set of binaries can be downloaded and extracted to a copy of the $STUGSDIR/bin directory in StrataBugs v1.7.1 to form version 1.8. You will also need to download the Java Run Time environment from java.sun.com for your platform. After the binaries are updated, the Database Maintenance application should be run to update the database objects to version 1.8. Please refer to the user guide for more information. (Click here for information about updates). Contact StrataData before installing this binary set, for the latest update.Note: these binaries are for ORACLE9. They will not run against ORACLE8. For ORACLE8 installation you will require a set of binaries available on request.
Solaris - SBChart patch (8 Aug 2004) Fixes problem plotting correlation line labels. Extract file using gzip -d into StrataBugs binary folder.
Installation instructions for v1.8 (.PDF)
You will need Acrobat Reader to read this file.You can download a free copy from the Adobe websiteUser Guide for v1.8 (.PDF)
You will need Acrobat Reader to read this file.You can download a free copy from the Adobe websiteChronostratigraphic Schemes for v1.8
Three chronostratigraphic schemes for the Phanerozoic are included in the database provided to new users of StrataBugs from v1.8 onwards. These schemes are also available to existing users as downloadable files from here. They have been constructed using published boundary ages and colours.For USB dongle setup (not included in the v1.8 download) click here
Step by Step instructions for setting up the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
Step by Step instructions for moving your database to a new location.
Instructions for Windows Vista users.
Libraries for XLS import for Organiser. Download this file and put it in your StrataBugs folder.
StrataBugs version 1.7.1 files
User Guide (.PDF)
You will need Acrobat Reader to read this file.You can download a free copy from the Adobe website:Help file 3.07 Mb (2 Sep 2002)
sbugs.zhp for v1.7.1. Works for both Windows and Solaris versions.V171liths.zip 8Kb (18 Mar 2002)
The contents of this zip file enable the introduction of new lithology patterns into your StrataBugs database. The new patterns are not a requirement for running StrataBugs, but you may find them useful.Windows-complete installation kit for v1.7.1 15Mb (29 Apr 2004)
NB: You will need to be licenced to run this version otherwise it will not work (unless you are using an Oracle database).Download this file.
Run the Self-extractor in a temporary folder.
Double-click setup.exe to install StrataBugs v1.7.1
V1.7.1 updated binaries - in update date order.
How to download these files:
We advise you to rename existing copies of applications, or back-up your StrataBugs folder, before extracting new versions, to enable you to return to a previous version if the updated version produces undesirable side effects. Some of the applications are licensed separately (on non-Oracle platforms) and will require a code from StrataData for their operation. Your existing installation should include all files whether you are licenced to run the application or not. Be sure to download the correct version for your system. Using the Help | About option within each application should tell you which version you are running, and the date it was built. You do not need to download fixes if the date shown in your Help | About is after the date shown on the modification description on these pages.Windows
When you click on the links you should be prompted by your web browser to save a file. Normally you will be asked to save the file in a temporary location. This should not be your StrataBugs folder. Remember this location and download the file. Usually the files you download are in a compressed form, either as a .zip file, or as a .exe file, which may be a self-extracting zip file. You may need to obtain a copy of Winzip to decompress .zip files. With your file browser (Windows explorer), find the downloaded file, decompress it, and extract the uncompressed binary application into your StrataBugs folder. The default Windows location for StrataBugs v1.7 and v1.7.1 is "C:\program files\sbugs1-7" but it may be different on your system.Solaris
The files may be compressed using GNU zip (gzip), and can be decompressed using a command like gzip -d <file>Index - Solaris 684K (17 Sep 2004)
Sbchart- Windows 656K (18 Mar 2005)
Modification to "relative category" display to make category order consistent between different plots. (18 Mar 2005)
Fix for plotting Caved/Reworked flags within truncated sawtooth plots, rather than the theoretical limit of the sawtooth. (29 Apr)
Fix for palaeoenvironment qualifier colours (29 Apr)
Fix for depth scale label rounding on some chart scales (1 Mar & 5 Mar)
Fix potential problem misreading USB dongle (27 & 30 Jan)
Fix potential problem in Taxon Panel causing intermittent crash (8 & 9 Jan).
Increase length of lines able to be read in wireline log files to 1000 characters (6 Jan)
Fix sizing problem opening charts with single column palaeoenvironment panel (19 Dec)
Fix potential error when saving to metafiles (19 Dec)
Fix rounding error in Event panel (16 Dec)
Allow header panel enclosure text to plot on left (25 Sep - Fix on 18 Nov)
Fix to "Pen warning" error for sample gap fill (29 Sep)
Fixed problem displaying age gaps for Biostrat panels for chart displayed in feet (26 Sep)
Added option (File | Preferences) to suppress correlation lines through IGD panels (25/30 Sep)
Fix for re-reading panel properties when log data in LAS format (5 Sep)
Fix for Samples panel text key, and wireline log panel warning message (4 Aug)
Fixed missing popup menu for Vertical Scale panel (23 Jul)
Fix problem of file selector in wire-line log preferences (3 July)
Fixed problems of missing Dotted/Dashed lines with certain plot drivers and line widths (2 July)
Added option to configure system tract colours (27 Jun)
Fix for "locked by user" problems when selecting wireline log panel data (16 Jun)
Added option to plot abundance values outside of sawtooth/histograms in taxon panel (6 May)
Fix to option selection in Sequence panel setup dialog (29 Apr)
Added option for plotting IPS derived bathymetry in palaeoenvironment panel (28 Apr)
Added option to switch off split factor calculation in taxon panel (23 Apr)
Further options added to Striplog panel (25 Mar)
Fix problem of duplication when refreshing events (13 Mar)
Fix occasional error when switching to age scales when depth panel has no well selected(13 Mar)
Correction to 3 Dec fix which can prevent Wireline logs loading from templates (5 Mar)
Added option to append version name to biozone panel titles (25 Feb)
Fix for plotting events from different projects for the same well on a chart (24 Feb)
Fix problem displaying numerical data semi-quantitatively when/after using a different abundance scheme for another
discipline in the same well (17 Feb)
Change to zero-width panel error message (13 Feb)
Added option to re-order correlation lines in chart key (7 Jan). Re-read in same order (14 Jan)
Added option to suppress correlation line end tags (6 Jan)
Fix to allow editing of plotted name in biostrat panel when category % panel displayed (2 Jan 2003)
Fix for problem when panel titles are 80 characters in length (31 Dec)
Fixed rounding problem which results in underestimation of sample total when normalising to small sample weights (30 Dec)
Fix occasional chart save error (13 Dec)
Fix problem of event panel LOC overplotting base of panel. Fix cross over of events during core shifting. Fix
spurious well name entry on chart key core correction list for log panels (3 Dec)
Option for large bold enclosure number text in header panel (13 Nov)
Changed default orientation of panel text for biozone panel(8 Nov)
Fix chart saving problems with long panel names (7 Nov)
Fix visibility problem of "public" charts in chart manager (30 Oct)
Fix rounding problem plotting sample and depth scale depths when plotting outcrops with negative elevations (29 Oct)
Fix samples panel plotting sample label twice when plotting samples as text (28 Oct)
Fix for overprinting of single events in Event panel (6 Sep)
Fix for wrong display of TD in depth scale panel when panel top is non-zero and panel plotted in Feet (28 Aug)
Option to suppress sequence tract lines in sequence panel (23 July)
Change to template browse/save mechanism to avoid overwriting existing template(22 Jul)
Fix display of comment panel when plotting in Feet with alternative depth scales(11 Jul)
Fix to display base sample depth label when depth range is not plotted (10 Jul)
Further fix for TVD,TWT & TD displays (26 Jun)
Fix for non saving of biostrat comment colour changes (25 Jun)
Fix for displaying TWT and TVD panels in charts displayed in Feet (25 Jun)
Warning message for missing samples in IGD panels(19 June)
Option to plot TD in depth panel (14 Jun)
Bold panel outlines now extended to Chart key panel(13 Jun)
Fix for core shifts in Palaeoenvironment panel (3 Jun)
Option to save lithology and samples panel titles(30 May)
Option to switch to core corrected depths for lithology panel (29 May)
Fix for group set panel header overflowing and chart key text (22 May)
Allow Group Set panels to display Diversity instead of just group totals. Will only work with Absolute rather than relative % abundance (13 May)
Fix for displaying coiling diagrams where value for 100% sinistral would not plot where previous sample value was zero or 100% sinistral.(30 Apr)
Fix for abnormal taxon panel behaviour when recalling charts where taxon panel cutoff value exceeds 9999. (29 Apr)
Now saves parameters in Samples panel.
Analyst name in taxon panels suppressed for pre-existing charts.
Bold Well name in centre of header panel now has configurable font size.
Sample tags are now coloured if sample colours are selected in the Samples and Biostrat. Panels. If plotting a Striplog panel the sample label is not plotted when the panel plots "markers only" (18 Apr).
Fix for comment base depth label plotting (8 Mar)Control Panel - Windows 316k (30 Jan 2004)
Fix potential problem misreading USB dongle (27 & 30 Jan)
Added license information to user name display (25 Sep)Samples - Windows 364K (9 Aug 2004)
Fix loss of sampole data after cancelling from Next Sample operation (9 Aug)
Fix potential problem misreading USB dongle (27 & 30 Jan)
Fix error when attempting to use pickclist after closing add/edit occurrences window (9 Jan)
Fix of sample selector when selecting from sample list where top/base depths are 1cm apart (24 Mar)
Fixed wrong addition of semi-quantitative abundance values when merging taxa using Taxon | Edit (7 Mar)
Fixed wrong auto-assignment of semi-quantitative abundance after switching discipline (15 Jan)
Fixed occasional temporary loss of sample list when deleting data for discipline (13 Dec)
Allow negative baseDepth when adding sample (29 Oct)
Fix for display of hyphen before depth label in some dialogs (3 sep)
Fix for clearing of sample from display when "Delete Sample" operation cancelled(11 Jul)
Check on pre-existing comments, IGD and events before deleting sample(19 Jun)
Performance problems when entering samples with large number of occurrences.(13 June)
"Add current taxon" now uses default abundance from picklist if "refresh Window data " is off.(13 June)
Sample selector checks for unsaved data in current sample.(13 June)
Fix for "make ALL higher occurrences reworked" when in top sample (12 June)
Fix for edit taxon when adding a new taxon to the selected list (24 Apr & 21 May)
Fix for adding "current" taxon error (15 Apr)Index - Windows 437k (30 Jan 2004)
Fix potential problem misreading USB dongle (27 & 30 Jan)
Reversed order of Formation and Member titles in report output (29 Nov)
Prevent "Abnormal termination" error when reading DEX file with blank [SPECIES LIST] (4 Nov)
Addition of option to print out list of taxon matches for a data source (13 Oct)
Carry through of modification dates of samples and IGD in DEX import/Export (29 Sep)
Option to avoid split factor use in reports (29 Sep)
Allow non-OW well lists if tables allows in OW connected Oracle databases (25 Sep)
Fix conversion error for CSV export of IGD data in units of Feet. (28 Aug)
Fix for importing dual sample depths into system using sample top depths (6 June)
Fix for StrataBugs export using long file names (17 Mar)
Added options to output sample core corrections for IGD & comment CSV export (25 Feb & 28 Feb)
Fix DEX import to prevent mixed discipline data appearing when only one discipline imported (21 Jan 2003)
Allow continue after import error instead of terminating (27 Nov)
Modification to DEX import to ignore case sensitive dictionary match (30 Oct)
Added option to export sample depth range rather than base depth only (26 Sep)
Fixed entry in Categories row of CSV export when using text label output (28 Aug)
Added option to export lithologies into CSV files (1 Jul)
Fix for importing DEX data when deleting pre-existing data & samples with comments and palaeoenvironments defined(19 June)
Critical Fix for DEX import for selected multiple discipline data (see Forum for more info) (14 Jun)
Option for well names in IGD CSV export (26 Apr)
Fix for CSV age export restriction (10 Apr)IGD - Windows 372K (15 Apr 2005)
Fix problem deleting "no sample" comments (15 Apr 2005
Fix potential problem misreading USB dongle (27 & 30 Jan)
Fix well list selection for Oracle databases for range chart creation (26 Sep)
Fix for lack of error reporting when saving comments. Can cause comments to disappear when switching between versions (20 Aug)
Prevent failure from erroneous palaeoenvironment data (7 Aug)
Warning message where zone formal terms do not match selected scheme (6 Jan)
Fix for outcrop IGD entry input when elevations are negative (28 Oct & 6 Nov)
Set scroll bars correctly after editing intervals (13 Jun)
Fix for default selection from scheme list (21 May)
Fix for database "locked by another user" adding samples (22 Mar)Wells - Windows 357K (30 Jan 2004)
Fix potential problem misreading USB dongle (27 & 30 Jan)
Added clear buttons for TVD and TWT tables (9 Oct)
Prevent update of casing table if it's a view (29 Sep)
Allow null spud and completion date entries (25 & 26 Sep)
Added option to filter values from imported TVD & TWT files (6 Mar)
Increased TWT intervals to 18000 (24 Oct)
Increased number of TVD and TWT intervals to 6000, fixed problems caused when exceeding limit (25 Jun)
Fixed mis-calculation of Latitude and Longitude seconds when saving well location details (25 Apr)
Allow lookup of Casing diameters from table CASDIAM (17 Apr)Checklist import - Windows 269K (5 June 2003)
Fix for saving of abundance scheme information (29 Sep)
Change to sample depth reading (5 June)
Fix for file reading problem (13 May)Events - Windows 290k (10 Dec2004)
Fix entering of data for outcrop sections (10 Dec 2004)
Fix erroneous display of composite standard data after deleting rows (3 Dec 2003)
Fix treatment of Caved flag when generating events (27 Feb)Taxadb - Windows 312K (26 Sep 2003)
Allow non-OW well lists if tables allows in OW connected Oracle databases (25 Sep)
Added option to shorten genus names on overlays (21 Jul)
Restriction for length of taxon name fields when adding new taxon (14 Jan)
Fix for error when trying to edit categories (24 Oct)
Fix for showing of groups in Group Abbreviations table (22 May)CSV import - Windows 266K (22 Sep 2003)
Fix for import of duplicate sample data in barren samples where no sample types included in import file (22 Sep).
Fix for deleting of palaeoenvironment sample depths when replacing samples (24 Oct)Database Maintenance - Windows 240K (14 Jan 2003)
Utility to find, report & correct wrongly assigned semi-quantitative abundance values (14 Jan)
Fix for upgrading Oracle Core and Wells tables (13 Jan)
Added option for storing chart correlation line end tags (6 Jan)
Added option to create TVD table (31 Oct)
Inclusion of Table prefix in registry settings (23 May)
Fix for updating SQTRACT & IGD headers & versions tables - only required for Access v4 databases & new upgrades (22 May)StrataBugs import - Windows 254K (27 Nov 2002)
Allow continue after import error instead of terminating (27 Nov)
Fix for deleting of palaeoenvironment sample depths when replacing samples (24 Oct)RG import - Windows 247K (1 Nov 2002)
Improved help links (1 Nov)
Fix for incorrect maintenance of Barren flag in build of 11 May (16 May)
Fix for exit error on some Oracle ODBC drivers.(11 May)
Sentinel driver (dongle) setup files
Empty database for version 1.8
Use this utility to set up dongle for v1.7, v1.7.1 & v1.8. All Windows versions