The ubiquitous ‘service pack’ is now a fact of modern software evolution.
So it will come as no great surprise to know that a STEM 7.3a maintenance release
is already available as a ‘recommended update’ for all current STEM users.
The full set of minor improvements and corrections is listed in the
release notes,
but there are two specific and significant reasons to prioritise this upgrade.
- STEM 7.3 accepts input assumptions linked from the .xlsx
or .xlsm packaged files
saved by Office 2007 and 2010, but the original implementation has an inherent instability
which only became apparent after STEM 7.3 was on general release.
- An expression transformation which should be classified as having an aggregate output
would never in fact be classified as such due to a classic flaw in our original
test environment.
eSTEM users will also benefit from the latest HTML export improvements. STEM 7.3a
includes all the details demonstrated at the recent
STEM User Group Meeting, such
as unit labels and clearer period labelling on web-interface charts, as well as
rolling up any patches issued since the original STEM 7.3 release.
Note: for compatibility with any future patches, it is essential to replace any
previous patches or provisional release candidates with this official STEM version
7.3a.