CAIRO Downloads

This is where you can download program upgrades and the latest versions of help files and documentation. Click on the categories below to display links to the downloadable files in the right panel. Help with downloading files is available here.

Documentation

The latest documents, in PDF format

Program Updates

CAIRO Version 8.501.NNNv (v = runs under Windows Vista)

Previous Versions

Latest CAIRO Downloads

Version 8.501.0017v (Vista and XP)

2nd December 2008

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

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Changes

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 been 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.