Asthma Logbook X v1.1.3 released

  1. Fixed: Summary graph report updated to display correctly in Safari 3.
  2. Fixed: Graphs of Health and Breathing updated to display correctly in Safari 3.

Asthma Logbook X v1.1.2 released

  1. Leopard compatibility fixes:
    • Fixed Add Event bug caused by Applescript changes.
    • Fixed selecting From/To date range when system localised date formats have been customised. Bug caused by Applescript changes.
    • Addressed minor display issue in the Event panel caused by font changes.
  2. Updated: daily auto-backup of the data to ~/Documents/Asthma Logbook X/Backup now retains an archive of the previous data file if it is bigger than the current data file.
  3. Updated: improved data import flexibility to handle text files created by JPilot-DB, a freeware Java desktop application that is a companion of the freeware Palm OS Pilot-DB database application. [Example Palm OS Pilot-DB, databases for recording logbook events while away from the Mac, are available for download from the website.]

Leopard support - BETA (5th Nov.)

Here is a a beta release of the Logbook that fixes an issue that arises from Leopard's removal of support for setting a red/amber/green progress bar's maximum and minimum values using normal Applescript commands.

For those interested in Applescript and controling NSLevelIndicator elements in Xcode projects. This Applescript, that worked in Tiger:

    tell window "myWindow"
        set maximum value of control "myNSLevelIndicator" to 22
        set minimum value of control "myNSLevelIndicator" to 0
    end tell

Now needs to be replaced with this in Leopard:

    tell window "myWindow"
        call method "setMaxValue:" of control "myNSLevelIndicator" with parameters {22}
        call method "setMinValue:" of control "myNSLevelIndicator" with parameters {0}
    end tell

I haven't seen this discussed anywhere yet.

One further bug that I haven't been able to address yet occurs if you have set a custom date format in System Preferences: most of you won't have done this so don't worry Happy

If you have and you experience the 'From' date in the Reports date selector providing an unexpected start date then you will need to reset back to the default date format within System Preferences -> International -> Formats: the easiest way is to select another Region and then reselect your own Region again. I hope to fix this soon.

I have raised both these bugs with Apple.

Asthma Logbook X v1.1.1 released

  1. Reports: Added Y-axis scale to the glucose graphs.
  2. Reports: Added average glucose value into the legend of the glucose scatter graph.
  3. Reports: Cleaned up detailed and summary reports to omit empty events in some filtered situations.
  4. Reports: Improved the ordering of time periods that have been manually changed and overlap other periods.
  5. Importing Data: Peak Flow, Inhaler A, Inhaler B and Medicine fields that are empty or numerically equivalent to 0 will be felt empty and their associated units/name data filed will be empty too.
  6. Fixed: Peak Flow target and critical values being empty created an error, a field will now be reset to a default value if editing leaves it empty.
  7. French localisation (sans built-in Help) added: Thanks Corentin Cras-Méneur.

I've done a quick update to squeeze in the French localisation.

Unmountable v1.1.0 disk image file

I've just created a new disk image file for v1.1.0 as the original seems to have got corrupted, i.e. the Finder couldn't mount it.

I've tested a download of the new .dmg file and it works as expected. Sorry to those that have already downloaded the old file, please re-download the new file and delete the old one.

Thanks to Paul Caddy for pointing this out.

Asthma Logbook X v1.1.0 released

  1. Added German localisation: thank you to Christoph Schmitz.
  2. Added tracking for Breathing difficulty and general state of Health.
  3. Peak flow scatter graph report now has breathing and health bar-graphs.
  4. Detailed report now has breathing and health data.
  5. Improved data import flexibility: specifically for PDA database export files (tested with Palm OS apps MobileDB v4 and JFile v5 and Möötjelitt's MPC).
  6. Added fixed event names for recording asthma attacks and exposure to triggers.
  7. Fixed bug: applescript error when auto-selecting period "Night".

Asthma Logbook X v1.0.0 released

I'm pleased to announce the initial release of Asthma Logbook X.

Based on my other logbook, Diabetes Logbook X, this new application aims to help track asthma related data, and manage supplies, appointments, and medical contacts.

The application is free, but if you want to make a contribution, then a donation to the registered UK charity Diabetes UK is very much appreciated. Why diabetes and not asthma? My son has diabetes Type 1 and I would like him to have life without injecting every day; I have asthma and I live with it, as it is not severe.

The logbook is based on my limited knowledge of asthma management.

The user guide needs a few screenshots: these will be added soon[ish].

Update: User guide is now finished.