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yGuide Updates

There are several updates for yGuide available.  You can download the updates for free from this page or you may order an update CD from our store for a small fee.  The updates and relevant information are organized as follows:

Downloading and Installing an Update

Each update is a self-installing executable file which will install the specified version on your system. In order to install an update, you must have a previous version of yGuide already installed. Do not uninstall the current version. Simply download and install the update into the same folder in which the earlier version is installed.  If you are going to update any Pose Collections, you must select those updates after you update the software. 

Click on one of the download links and save the file to disk. When the download completes, locate and run (double-click) the saved file and follow the instructions when the installation starts. Click for additional instructions on how to successfully complete the download process.

Software Update

yGuide Yoga Software 1.7

The current production version of yGuide yoga software is 1.7.  This version is the official release of yGuide and supersedes all previous versions. You can use the About option on the yGuide Help menu to determine the current version on your computer.

Update Information on yGuide Version 1.7

This updated version adds many features and fixes several program bugs.  Additional information on 1.7 feature updates are:

General

  1. Windows Vista is now officially supported. Under the new version of Windows, the database folder (DB) and the Custom pictures folder (of the Pro version) are placed in "\Users\Public\Documents\yGuide", in lieu of the installation folder. 

  2. The application font is now Arial, 9 point, making information much easier to read. 

  3. Window specific help topics have been included for a significant number of application windows and buttons are added to display the topics. Each topic includes a brief description, tips for using the window, and links to additional information in the main section of the help text. 

  4. The text-based Quick Start window is replaced with one showing a graphical overview with clickable areas and informative pop-ups. 

  5. Tooltips have now been added to all windows where they add value. 

Pose Library

Pose Library navigation is reworked for increased ease of use.

  1. A Library menu is added with options to add, modify and delete yoga types, with those same options appearing on a context (right-click) menu.

  2. Context menus give easy right-click access to options specific to asana, variation and technique entries.

  3. A wizard (automatic progression of windows) guides the creation of yoga types, asanas and variations. You are prompted to create your first asana when a new yoga type is defined and prompted to create the required variation when a new asana is defined.

  4. Create multiple variations or techniques in succession without closing the window.

  5. Create a new variation by selecting an existing custom variation to duplicate.

  6. Select and copy multiple techniques within a variation. This feature makes it easy to generate left side instructions after those for the right side have been created.

 My Practices

  1.  Add the option to copy the current practice. This circumvents the need to set the "include in pre-designed sequences" flag and then invoke the practice wizard.

 Reports

  1. A custom logo can now be specified to appear in the heading of generated reports. This option is only available in the Pro version.

  2. Both asana names can now be included on practice image reports where a name is used as an image caption -- image only without techniques, and image only with techniques in practice layout. Both names automatically appear in all other report variations.

  3. A custom title can now be specified for the second line of the report heading, replacing the default practice or yoga type name.

  4. An option to include the description on practice and pre-designed sequence reports has been added.

User Bug fixes:

  1. Entry of apostrophe in search criteria on Add Asanas to Practice and Picture Maintenance windows no longer causes an error.

  2. English Name now correctly appears in the name list of the Add Asanas to Practice window. Previously, it only appeared when the Preferred Name option was set to English.

  3. Picture Maintenance now correctly lists all pictures under all circumstances. Previously, closing the window with search criteria specified sometimes prevented the list from loading correctly when next displayed.

 

Click here to download yGuide Standard Version Update 1.7

Click here to download yGuide PRO Version Update 1.7

 

Pose Collection Updates

  • Each Pose Collection pack requires the current version of yGuide Yoga Software be installed.  If you do not have the current software version installed, you will need to update your software with the Update links above before you update the Pose Collection.  
  • These updates will only update the Pose Collection if that Pose Collection already exists in your yGuide installation. You cannot use the update to add Pose Collection to your yGuide installation that you do not already own.
  • The Pose Collection packs are packaged separately due to the size of the installation files, which contain complete sets of pictures along with the associated text information: Ashtanga Yoga - 10.8 MB; Great Yoga Poses I - 12.4 MB. You can update both Pose Collection packs by downloading each file then running each installation in turn, with no concern for order in which they are installed.

  • You may want to check to make sure you need these pose collection updates by going to the menu Help/About yGuide.  The updates are only necessary if you have version 1.0 of either pose collection.

Ashtanga Yoga Pose Collection Update - Version 2.1

Click here to download the Ashtanga Yoga Update. The update is only required if the installed version of this collection is 1.0. You can determine the installed version by using the About yGuide option of the Help menu. Version 2.1 of this collection is identical to the previously published 2.0 version, except the new one installs correctly under Windows Vista. The download file size is 10.8 MB.

Great Yoga Poses I Pose Collection Update - Version 2.1

Click here to download the Great Yoga Poses I Update. The update is only required if the installed version of this collection is 1.0. You can determine the installed version by using the About yGuide option of the Help menu. Version 2.1 of this collection is identical to the previously published 2.0 version, except the new one installs correctly under Windows Vista. The download file size is 12.4 MB.