Conversion Buddy Version 3.1 Freeware
Copyright (c) 1995 1996
James E. Presley

Conversion Buddy (tm) v 3.1 is fully functional freeware.
Unrestricted distribution by BBS's, CDROM, and any other
legal means is hereby approved by the author.
Product Name: Conversion Buddy v 3.0
Mode: Fully Functional and Uncrippled
Operating System: Windows 3.1
Written In: Delphi
Includes: all files necessary to run, plus context sensitive 
Windows help file
Install: click on INSTALL.EXE
Run: Click on Conversion Buddy Icon
Uninstall: Click on Uninstall CB Icon
Fixes from 2.6:	1. New factors now show up on main 
screen.
		2. Resolution problem creating apparent 
lockup at certain  Windows font settings is fixed.
		3. Button captions and control nomenclature 
conformed to Windows standards.
Coming Soon: International Support (decimal instead of 
commas)

             
DESCRIPTION
Conversion Buddy (tm) converts from one unit of 
measurement to another. As you type in your Convert From 
unit the window scrolls to it like Windows Help Find. Then 
double click on a Convert To unit. That's the basic system. 
Over 1700 conversion factors are included and you can add 
your own (this is a real database program, add all you want). 
You can  paste results into your working Windows 
document. Conversion Buddy "spells out" numerical results 
for text oriented documents. 23.45 can be reported as 
"twenty three point four five". Results are reported 
scientifically, with regard to the Rounding Error of the Factor, 
of the Input Value, and the Result. Help system containing 
all needed information and Tutorial Included. Freeware. 
Uploaded by the Author. OK to distribute freely. 


What makes CB different from its Shareware 
Competitors?

-FREE
CB is free with no nags screens or expiration dates. 

-ACCURACY
The conversion systems I've seen report accuracy to many 
digits,  no matter how accurate the Convert From amount -- 
or how accurate the factor. These systems assume absolute 
accuracy of the factors (many factors are inexact).  One 
simply can't lop off digits from the result to make it accurate.

Conversion Buddy's rounding  (known also as "precision") is 
based on the approach outlined in the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology SP811 report released last year.  
Conversion Buddy's help system contains that NIST SP811 
section.

Convert 36,000 feet to kilometers.  CB's result is 11. 
kilometers(if you set CB to Liberal Rounding it will report 
11.0 kilometers).The first answer is reliable. The second 
delivers a bit more information than is warranted.

On the above test other conversion systems in the market 
uniformly report 10.9728 kilometers (CB does too, if set to 
"No Rounding").  The result of 10.9728 contains unwarranted 
and misleading information.  Cutting digits off the end 
doesn't make the answer more accurate -- quite the 
opposite.  Truncating end digits yields a result of 10 when 
the reliable result is 11.

The above is an example.  CB calculates the Rounding Error 
of the factor and the input value and reports the correct 
answer. And CB is possibly unique in that regard.


-ADDING NEW UNITS AND FACTORS
On other products,  users can't add new units and factors. 
Add 1 Popeye =4.4567 Blutos to Conversion Buddy. No 
problem. Or Cups to Gallons. Because one can add what 
they want, CB is a general purpose conversion tool with 
application, for homemakers and business people, not just 
for engineers.  Because of CB's database design users can 
add thousands of conversion factors before a performance 
change would be noticed.


-EASE OF USE
Assuming most everyone is like me, people want to convert 
from a known unit to another known unit.  CB's Windows 
Help Find type of incremental search finds the Convert From 
unit without the user knowing the category of the 
unit(Category: Mass. Length, Electricity, and Magnetism, 
etc.) The user may not know whether "Gram" is Mass or 
Volume. The user then FINDs and double clicksthe target 
unit from a list, enters the input data and presses 'OK'. 
Done.

Typically other conversion shareware works like this: First 
the user FINDs and selects the category the Convert From 
unit is in to see a list of units in that category. Then the user 
must FIND and select the Convert From unit in that list, then 
enter input data. The user presses 'Enter' or a button to 
convert. The system presents the results for say, thirty 
different Convert To units although the user wants the value 
for one. The user then FINDs the target result from a list of 
thirty unrounded results.


We license Conversion Buddy "As-Is".
We can offer no warranties whatsoever. We have checked 
our data and our output, and we shall continue to do so with 
help from our users. We know of no bugs or erroneous data, 
but cannot assume any risks if such exist. If you find a bug, 
please let us know. If you spot some data that isn't right, you 
can click the Edit Factors button and fix it, then let us know. 
We will be most appreciative.

How to Contact Us
Voice:    Jim at 423-481-8470 (USA Eastern time Zone)
James Presley, Compuserve 75210,2247
james.presley@worldnet.att.net

