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Maintenance Update 06 20 2009

Calculator update notes for 6-30-2009.

Financial Calculator Update 6/30/2009

The quarterly update for 6/30/2009 is a very update but important update. We recommend you review the update items below carefully. Most calculators do not have any calculation or text changes, but all calculators are affected by our Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome browser enhancements. If none of your calculators are mentioned specifically below, you will only need to replace the files "class" and "dinkytown.jar" files in your current deployment.

If you implement this update and you have not updated your calculators for the 3/31/2009 or 12/31/2008 releases you should definitely refresh your existing HTML calculator pages. All updates are cumulative, so if you start fresh with this update you will have all previous calculator updates as well. If you would like, you can review our 3/31/2009 update: 3/31/2009 Update. (The 6/30/2009 update includes all changes included in previous updates, you do not need to download any other updates to have the most current versions of all of the calculator components.)

Make sure to try our new Calculator Configurator: Calculator Configurator
This new tool lets you see exactly how you can customize the many features of our calculators.

Update instructions*:

  1. Download the latest version of your calculators from your download site, found on your update e-mail notice.
  2. Execute the Calc.exe file from your download. This is a self-extracting zip file. (Or unzip the Calc.zip file if you are using a non-windows platform.)
  3. When prompted for a directory, you may use the default of "java" or enter your own. It is recommended that you extract the update to a new directory and then move the required files to your production environment. One directory will be created with no subdirectories.
  4. Delete the contents, in your current deployment, of the KJEgui, KJEgraph and KJEcalculation directories and remove them from your server. The new version no longer requires these directories or their content.
  5. Replace your current dinkytown.jar file with the new version.
  6. Replace all files with the extension "class" with the new version.
  7. Make required changes to any HTML documents as described in this document or replace all of your existing HTML documents and re-apply your web-site custom changes.

*Please note, if you have a Servlet or other custom deployment (other than the custom formatted delivery described below), installation instructions for your package will found on your download page.

Update for custom formatted delivery**:

**Custom formatted delivery is a special option that you can add to your maintenance update service. With this option we can apply an HTML, JSP, CFM or ASP template to your calculator pages and their reports before the update is sent to you. You will then receive your calculator pages with all of your site formatting in place, without any rework to include changes that have been made to the pages deployed on your server. If you are interested in using custom formatted delivery, please contact us at (612) 331-2291, or for more information.

  1. Download the latest version of your calculators from your download site, found on your update e-mail notice.
  2. Execute the Calc.exe file from your download. This is a self-extracting zip file. (Or unzip the Calc.zip file if you are using a non-windows platform.)
  3. When prompted for a directory, you may use the default of "c:\java" or enter your own. It is recommended that you extract the update to a new directory and then move the required files to your production environment. One directory will be created with no subdirectories.
  4. Delete the contents, in your current deployment, of the KJEgui, KJEgraph and KJEcalculation directories and remove them from your server. The new version no longer requires these directories or their content.

All pages will be custom formatted to your site, no further integration or modification of the calculators is required. Please note, if your custom delivery uses Active Server Pages (ASP), Java™ Server Pages (JSP) or Cold Fusion (CFM) the respective ASP, JSP or CFM pages will be in place of your HTML documents for all calculator main pages. Report templates will remain in HTML documents (these documents are not called by your server, but instead used by the applet in the main calculator page).

    To clear your Browser's cache:

    When you test the new version of the calculators, make sure that the browser you are using uses the new files instead of any it may have in its cache. You may need to clear the browser's cache manually to ensure the new versions are loaded.

    Internet Explorer:

    Choose "Internet Options" under the "Tools" menu and on the "General" tab click on the "Delete" button under the Browsing History section. Click the top button "Clear private data now..." Click "Ok" when prompted if you wish to delete all temporary files. Close this dialog box, and all open Internet Explorer windows. Your Cache should then be cleared.

    Firefox and Netscape:

    Choose "Clear private data..." under the "Tools" menu. Check the box for "Cache" and then click the button "Clear private data now".

Master Changes (HTML Modification required, affects all calculators)

    None

Master Changes (no HTML changes required, affects all calculators)

    This update includes significant changes to the Graph rendering on the reports and report generation. This includes adjustments to fix errors occurring with Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome browsers. All changes are contained within the compiled Java code and require no HTML modifications to your calculator pages. Replacing all files that end in ".class" and the file dinkytown.jar is required to implement this important change. Without this update, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome will not display the graphs in the report pages (they will appear as blank spaces).

Updates that require modifications to HTML documents

  1. 72T Calculator, 72T Distribution Impact: (Retire72T.html, Retire72T2.html, Retire72Alt.html), SPRetire72T.html, SPRetire72Alt): The default "Reasonable interest rate" has been changed to 3.32% to reflect 120% of the current Federal Mid-Term rate as of July 2009.

  2. Roth IRA Calculator, Traditional IRA Calculator, Roth vs Traditional IRA :(RothIRA.html, RegularIRA.html, RothvsRegular.html) Definitions have been updated for the contribution limit to better describe possible future inflation adjustments. New text is now:

    The contribution limit, beginning in 2009, increases with inflation in $500 increments. An annual change to the contribution limit only occurs if the cumulative effect of inflation since the last adjustment is $500 or more.

Updates do not require changes to HTML documents

  1. Required Minimum Distribution and Beneficiary Required Minimum Distirbution calculators: (RetireDistrib.html and RetireBeneficiary.html) New parameter option added to allow you to turn of the 2009 Distribution Suspension. Add the parameter:

    <PARAM name="USEALT" value="FALSE">

    .. and the 2009 distribution suspension will not be included in the results. With this parameter set to true or omitted, the RMD for 2009 will be reported as $0, with a message in the report stating what the requirement would have been without the suspension.