A new version of Plant Base is available for download – 2.1.2.

This is a program maintenance release with only minor changes and no updates to the plant database itself.

As with version 2.1.1,  there is no urgency to update, unless directly affected by the issues fixed.  There are a couple of bug-fixes to the HTML Reporting function and also a small change to the behavior when deleting an  entry from a Plant List.  Also the program executable is created using the latest release  of the development compiler (PureBasic 5.20), which may give improved stability and efficiency. ( read more . . . )

A new version of Plant Base is available for download – 2.1.1.

This is bug-fix only release with no feature changes or updates to the database.  For users already on 2.1.0 there is no urgency to update, unless directly affected by the issues fixes. The most significant resolves an issue that prevented plant list being imported from text files. ( read more . . . )

The new Plant Base 2 has finally been released as our current production version.  This version is 2.1.0 and it follows on from a long sequence of Beta Test versions produced during the last year.

Though the application is broadly the same as the previous 1.6.1 version and currently has the same plant record content, it is in fact a total re-write using a different programming language and database engine.  So it is still a very young program and I’m sure there will be further version releases relatively soon. ( read more . . . )

Another new Beta Test version of Plant Base 2 is up on the website.

This is mostly a bug-fix release, but the install file also includes the recently issued database release 23.  Together with the features added in the last couple of test versions, this brings the Plant Base 2 package up to a level that is very equivalent to the current production version (or better in some parts!). ( read more . . . )

An update to the plant database content has just been made available on the website – Data Release 23.

This is similar to the update released about a year ago –  no change to the version of the live-product program, which remains at  1.6.1.  The data for the mobile edition has been updated to match, as has the free web database, Plant Base Online. ( read more . . . )

Another version of the Plant Base 2 Beta is available for download from the website, 2.0.33.  I don’t talk much about each update, but this one is important as it is a significant step toward production release. ( read more . . . )

The first public Beta test version of the new Plant Base 2 program is available for download.  A lot more information and download links are on the web pages for the Beta test.

Some sections of the program are not finished yet, but with most of the main features working I thought that some users may want to to take an early look at it.  As with any Beta software, it is best to treat it with a little caution! However during many hours of testing here, recent builds have behaved well with no major issues. ( read more . . . )