General

Improvements for converting columns: Integer to Numeric conversion now forces type to change to numeric (useful when merging on numeric columns) and option added to do a "simple" convert to numeric (ignoring any non numeric values) and a convert to factor which ignores existing labels #4856
Added options in Make Date dialog to have single value for year/month/day (useful for making a Date column with monthly or yearly data) #4853
Merge dialog now displays merging columns on main dialog (and will not allow a merge attempt without any merging columns) #4859
Improved toolbar icons at better resolution #4061
View Last graph button added to toolbar (and last graph details stored in instat object)
Fixed bug causing R-Instat to crash if recent files file is corrupted #4882
Added stat_summary to available geoms #4600
Clearing the Output Window moves from the toolbar to the Output Window's right click menu #4868
Importing an instat object now fully compatible with older file versions #4867
Modified layout on Use date dialog #4844

Climatic

New "Tidy daily data" dialog to reshape wide daily data into a "tidy" long format #4869
New "Compare" dialog to calculate difference, absolute differences, and anomalies from two columns e.g. satellite estimates and station observations #4885
New "Export To CM SAF R Toolbox" dialog to export a climatic data frame as an .RData file in a standard format required for use in CM SAF R Toolbox #4883
New dialog to import shapefiles #4847
Added option to include an ID column when importing multiple points from NET cdf file (useful if merging with station data) #4848
Day of year sub dialog selection now correctly accounts for a shifted day of year #4870
Fixed bug in QC Rainfall dialog with the "Same" option #4857