Monthly log files: Difference between revisions

* update (if the created/edited monthly log is within the current year) update the highs and lows in [[year.ini]] by choosing ''This year's records'' from the '''Edit''' menu. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions on how all available monthly logs for the year are used.

* update (if the created/edited monthly log is for the current month) update the highs and lows in [[month.ini]] by choosing ''This month's records'' from the '''Edit''' menu. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions.

* update (from version 1.9.3) update the highs and lows in [[monthlyalltime.ini]] by choosing ''Monthly records'' from the '''Edit''' menu. This is a text editor, and works best when at full screen. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions on how all relevant monthly logs for all years are used.

'' '''Note''' in each of above, you can:

#you see the currently stored extremes, and

#you can load the monthly log(s) and dayfile.txt to view extremes calculated from those figures (as available) and

# optionally '''Copy''' the logged values (and associated date/time information) into the relevant .ini file.

(Each of these screens is a text editor, and works best when at full screen).''

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* use '''create missing''' button in the ''[[dayfile.txt]]'' selection in the '''Edit''' menu; This is a text editor, and works best when at full screen. Cumulus will then look through all monthly log files and create approximate records for any ''missing dates'' in the dayfile if those dates have observations stored in the relevant monthly log. (It creates a file in the Cumulus folder called dayfileeditlog.txt which contains the entries it created). Click the ''Help'' button for more information. In past and current versions (including 1.9.3), ''create missing'' will not affect any records wherethat someare ofincomplete theor fieldscontain for a particular date are missing insome therogue dayfile.txtvalues (see [[Monthly_log_files#Using_Monthly_logs_to_deal_with_shorter_.28or_incomplete.29_dayfile.txt_records_for_particular_dates | workaround]] below).