Peal Prover

Peal Prover is available as a free download. If you like the program just tell everyone about it !!!
:o)

Appologies to anyone who downloaded Peal Prover version 5.1.0 (PealProver_v510.exe). There was an error in the installer which meant that any existing methods and compositions from a previous version of Peal Prover were not copied across into the new installation.

To migrate your old data across start up the old version of Peal Prover and export all of your methods out to one export file, and all of your compositions to another. Then start up the new version of Peal Prover and import everything from the two import/export files you just created.

This problem has now been fixed with the installer for version 5.1.1
(date: 04/03/2008).

If you need any assistance with using Peal Prover, or have any suggestions for ways of improving it, then email Dave Ware.

Features

The program allows you to carry out the following main actions:

Use place notations to define a method.

Print out the changes and blue line for a method.

Define a calling composition.

Print out the changes or lead ends for a composition.

Check if a composition is true or false.

Search for musical changes in a composition.

Check the leads rung in each method by each bell in a spliced composition.

Recent Enhancements

Version 5.1 - 2007

Added new features to analyse the leads rung by each bell in a spliced composition. Allow touches to start from a change other than rounds (e.g short touches of Grandsire Caters that bring up pretty music but start with 2 bells swapped over to reduce the length of the touch). Made the Compositions Message Log dialog resizable, so it's now easier to read. Added an automatic updates wizard to allow Peal Prover to detect and download its own new versions when they become available in future. Fixed the bug where Peal Prover would crash if run on a PC with no printer drivers installed.

Version 5.0 - 2004

Modified to allow methods on 16 bells. Added the ability to mark course ends in a composition file - these lead ends are then automatically underlined by Peal Prover when the composition lead ends are generated. Added a "Copy to Clipboard" facility, so that the generated changes can be copied onto the clipboard as a picture, and then pasted into another application (e.g. Word).

Version 4.4 - 2003

Modified the way calls are defined for principle type methods so that Peal Prover can cope with methods such as 'Union Bob'. Added a method and composition rename facility. Added a startup wizard to assist people who are using the program for the first time.