Rainfall not resetting

[Paul C]

I have downloaded the new version of Cumulus today at 0930hrs. Normally at 10am it would reset the rainfall but it hasnt and is continuing to add todays rainfall ontop of yesterdays amount, any thoughts on what to do ?

[steve]

Oh no! I'm always a bit careful myself not to do anything just before 'rollover hour'.

I'll email you.

Steve

[Paul C]

Yes, I must remember that !
Anyway is all settled down now - perhaps on your next installment there could be an edit box function where you can alter rainfall amounts etc, rather then edit the main data files. As I have found out a simple fullstop or comma in the wrong place and it all goes horribley wrong

cheers

[steve]

Yes, I admit it's a bit of a pain having to edit the data files manually, particularly when Cumulus can crash if you get it wrong! I am still in the process of checking all the places where it can crash in this way and allowing it to carry on 'gracefully'.

One thing I am adding to the next release, which is sort of related but probably not much use to you personally, is the ability to specify a 'year-to-date' rainfall amount for the part of the year before Cumulus was in use, so that the annual total is correct. But only for the first year, if you see what I mean.

I did have have a 'branch' of Cumulus in development which used an SQL database to store the data, and a bonus with storing the data this way was a nice spreadsheet-type display to allow you to edit any of the values easily and safely. It could also export the data (or ranges thereof) in various formats, e.g. Excel. But I had a few problems with the database software, so I abandoned it. I may have a go at putting it back in at some point, but that might not be until Cumulus 2.

Steve