PalmOS Currency Converter Files

The current version of Currency for PalmOS is 4.3 released on 11 February 2011.

Version 4.3 fixes a bug in the on-line update function which caused the last few
currencies not to be updated. Also it dropped the Federal Reserve Board as
a data source, since it stopped providing its daily updates on Jan 1 2009.
Now it uses OANDA (http://www.oanda.com) instead which has the nice side effect
that the number of supported currencies has increased to 160.
Also more countries joined the Euro and some currency codes were changed since
the 4.2 release in 2007. See below for more details on the changes.
 
You can follow the development and contribute to the project on SourceForge:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/currex.

Below a list of changes.

Version 4.3 (2011-02-11)
- New Euro currencies: CYP and MTL (2008), SKK (2009), EEK (2011).
- Added more currencies pegged to the Euro: BAM, STD, XOF.
- Currency code changes: CSD->RSD (Serbian Dinar), GHC->GHS (Ghana Cedi),
  SDD->SDP (Sudan Dinar->Sudan Pound), VEB->VEF (Venezuela Bolivar).
- Bug fix for download of cupdate.pdb. 4.2 omitted the last few currencies
  in the on-line update.
- Replaced the Federal Reserve with OANDA as currency source since the Fed
  discontinued its daily rate updates on 1 Jan 2009.
- Rates for precious metals are now correct.
- Some spelling corrections.

Version 4.2 (2007-02-24)
- Support for the fiveway navigator (one-handed navigation) for devices like
  Tungsten T5, LifeDrive, E2, TX, Treo 600, 650, 680, 700p.
- New application icon contributed by Ciro Rodrigues.
- Slovenia (SIT) joined the Euro on Jan 1 2007.
- Following currencies have fixed exchange rates with the Euro: West + Central
  African Franc (XAF), Polynesian Franc (XPF), Cape Verde Escudo (CVE) and
  Comoro Franc (KMF). Before 4.2 their rates came from PACIFIC causing non
  existant fluctuations against the Euro. Now these currencies behave the same
  as the old Euro currencies.

Version 4.1 (2006-11-18)
- Name and ISO fields for user defined currencies are now editable.
- Reset calculator logic when selecting a different currency. Now switching
  currency in the middle of a calculation works as expected.
- Add support for pageup/pagedown and fiveway up/down keys in help forms.

Version 4.0 (2006-07-03)
- Added built-in update of exchange rates for devices with internet
  connectivity.
- Scrolling of currencies on the main form is now continuous.
- Currency also checks for the exchange rate updates (cupdate.pdb) on
  expansion cards.
- DIA settings are now saved between runs.
- Use the system Edit menu in most forms.
- Various bug fixes.

Version 3.5 (2006-05-21)

- Added DIA (Dynamic Input Area) support for Palm, Sony and Handera devices
  using the PalmResize code by Alexander Pruss
  (http://palmresize.sourceforge.net).
- Max number of simultaneously displayed currencies increased from 8 to 12.
- In details (a.k.a. Select) form disable add button when list is full and
  disable delete button when list is empty.
- Fixed an off-by-one bug introduced in 3.4 which caused the rightmost
  characters on Sony devices to be clipped.

Version 3.4 (2006-03-29)

- The currencies in the main form are now done with a table instead of
  individual fields. This in preparation for DIA support.
- Due to the use of a table, backward compatibility is increased.
  Now Currency runs on every version of Palm OS >= 2.0.
- When installing a new version all user settings and user defined currencies
  from a previous version are transferred correctly. This did not happen in
  3.4beta.
- Color menu items are only shown on color devices.
- The "Settings/Number format" menu item now calls the Formats panel of the
  Preferences application directly instead of showing a form to tell you to use
  the Preferences app.
- Corrected the computation of the exchange rate for silver (XAG), gold (XAU)
  and platinum (XPT). These use inverse logic. Already implemented in the
  daily update (cupdate.pdb) since 2006-03-26.
- Changed some currency descriptions so country name comes first. This makes it
  easier to find them in the alphabetically sorted selection list. For example
  some people had problems finding the Israelian sheqel since it was listed as
  'New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)' in 3.4beta.

Version 3.4beta (2006-01-03)

- Added hi-res icons and made icons transparent for launcher (the hi-res icons
  can certainly be improved).
- Removed all references to OANDA.
- Adapted the updating of exchange rates. It now uses information from the
  European Central Bank, Federal Reserve Bank, and PACIFIC (Policy Analysis
  Computing & Information Facility In Commerce) of the University of
  British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, Canada.
- Fixed the build of cupdate.pdb. Stefan Braunstein's version produces a
  version which contains a lot of useless records.
- Updated help and about forms.
- Streamlined make file(s), shell and awk scripts.
- Added GPL notice to all relevant files
- Modified Makefile to allow for building outside the source directory
- ....

For building instructions see the file BUILDING.

Currency's home at SourceForge.net:
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/currex

The daily exchange rates update database (cupdate.pdb) is available at
	http://currex.sourceforge.net/cupdate.pdb

Ton van Overbeek, 2011-02-11
tvoverbe@users.sourceforge.net