CAIRO Downloads

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Program Updates

CAIRO Version 8.5 - Compatible with:
Windows XP (32 bit)
Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit)
Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit)

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Documentation

The latest documents, in PDF format

Latest CAIRO Downloads

Version 8.504.067 Windows 7 (32 and 64bit), XP & Vista compatible

8th December 2010

You will require a username and password to download items on this page.

Version 8.504.06x has been tested on Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit). In fact, development of CAIRO has been migrated to a Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) system.

Note: These files are available to CAIRO administrators on sites that are covered by a current support and upgrades agreement.

Front-End (Client)

CAIRO Executable [8.504.067]
Report Engine for Office 2007 and 2010 Microsoft Access

Report Engine for Office 2003 Microsoft Access

British spelling-check file

Back-End (Server SQL Scripts)

SQL Scripts [040..061] in one zip file

Distribution

The following require a separate download password.

Change History

504.067:

Fixed issue with Criterion Selection (could give rise to program fault).

New version of Report Engine with Access 2010 compatibility.

New Reports for Wykeham House School.

New Report for Foley's School, Cyprus.

504.066:

Integrates with Access 2007 Report Print Engine.
Student Selector dialog now closes after selection is made in Grades Report print selection.

1st November 2010:

Report Engine Compatibility with MS Access 2007.

504.064:

Fixed problem with Teacher Selection in Set Maintenance.

504.063:

Fixed "Missing index" program fault when attempting to read Import Files.
Fixed intermittent issue when selecting Sets for Printing. Could report a fault after set was selected.

504.062:

IMPORTANT BUG FIX: Workaround for a bug in the Windows implementation of Rich Text that could cause a "Line Insertion Error" when editing report text. The fault was intermittent and not all users experienced it.
Internal optimisation and improvements to the Rich Text handling that now avoid disk access during data editing.

504.061:

New feature to reinstate student into current academic year who was not included in the annual data load for the current academic year.

504.060:

Tested on Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit versions).
Fixed intermittent bug when displaying student list from previous academic years.
Tested and confirmed compatability with Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

504.059:

Progress Reports for a student are displayed in ascending Subject order on the Progress Tutor input form.
The Student list in administration now resorts to student surname ascending order rather than student role (ID).
The Set list in administration (Student Details form) now presents in ascending Set Name order.
Correction to a fault that was introduced in an earlier release: The tick-box to select row subtotals for Student Grades crosstabulations is now respected on Subject and Set crosstab reports.

504.057:

** NEW** Tutor Report for Kingston Grammar School.

504.055..056:

Fixes and extensions to Extracurricular Reports.

504.054v:

** NEW** Ability to Export current Academic Year to CSV files of the same structure required for Import. Very useful time-saving tool for production of the Annual Data load files. There is no need to upgrade your report engine if you are already running version [062], just run scripts up to [054] and download the latest executable.

501.017v:

Fix for problem when opening the Teachers' Preferences form.
Updated report engine fixes problem with NULS reports

501.016v:

Fix for intermittent problem with the Internal Notes screen that could cause a program crash on closure.
Report Engine 061: Subject Report Style=1. Corrected display of Form Tutor name.

501.015v:

Reinstatement of total values on Grades Crosstab reports

501.014v:

Important Update: This update fixes the problem that could intermittently cause the CAIRO program to fail when a complex form (such as the subject or tutor report input form) is closed.

501.013v:

Internal Set ID is displayed in the Set Edit form. This can be used (under appropriate instruction from SDS) to directly manipulate data in the database.

501.012v:

Progress Grades Input Form now presents students in ascending surname and then first name order

501.010v:

Fix for forms that contain date fields

501.009v:

** NEW** Reports for Sundry Schools
Record-locking strategy modified cope better with high numbers of simultaneous users
Fix for spelling checker underline problem

501.008v:

Modified Arnold Lodge School New Reports
Fix for intermittent display of licence message for TList component

501.007v:

Modified Tutor Report layout for KGS
Two new reports for Arnold Lodge
Display of Grades as well as subject reports in review panel of Tutor Reports

Changes

501.002v:

New Subject Report for Kingston Grammar
Program exits gracefully with message if unable to connect to the database
Text panels for reports now use the British spelling check files
New mode for detailed problem tracking that writes a trace to the database. (Use under instruction from SDS)

501.005v:

Correction to problem that was not copying all report options correctly to the reporting engine

501.001v: Windows Vista compatibility:

Warning messages regarding untested functionality under Vista have bee removed

500.041: Changes to reports:

18 New Reports for Aberdour School are now available.
Subject Report 6020 for Huxlow Science College is now available.
New report customisation feature enables you to specify the following features for each report (rather than there being global setting across all reports):.
- Report heading text
- Report heading text alignment (left, right, centre)
- Report sub-heading text
- Report sub-heading text alignment (left, right, centre)
- Visibility of the heading rule (usually an underline), if available.
- Report footing text
- Report footing text alignment (left, right, centre)
- Visibility of the footing rule (usually an line above), if available.
Having specified the heading, sub-heading and footing for one report you can propagate the individual settings to other reports with a single button-click.
Report Customisation form - you can now type-in the report number you require, rather than navigating the hierarchical list.
Reinstated Progress Report (ID=7000).
Grades crosstab report by Subject. Have reinstated the summation of effort rank grades. These appear in the rightmost three columns of the report and are summed for the reporting period, the term and the academic year.
Update script 041 introduces data structures and stored procedures to support the new summation of effort grades. A new entry is included at the top of the print menu, but this feature will be available in the next release.
Fixed an intermittent problem with the printing of subject report.
Fixed a problem that did not allow correct selection of Extracurricular Report Styles.

500.040: Mostly minor cosmetic changes to the main form:

Removed display of system parameters (OS Versions, Available RAM etc.) in the top right of the main form. This is data that is already available on the help form.
Repositioned the (new) CAIRO logo to the top right of the main form.
Restored darker background on the form for Clearing Empty Records. The supporting text is more legible.
The update script 040 modifies the data sources of subject reports to pick up year average scores from the correct location.