Epi Info - Release History

Release History

Series Version Operating System Support Support status Release date Significant changes
Epi Info for DOS 1 MS-DOS N 1 Sep 1985
2 MS-DOS N 20 Aug 1986
3 MS-DOS N 1988
4.1 MS-DOS N 15 Nov 1988
5.01 MS-DOS N Oct 1990 Allowed European date formats and non-English characters in data fields.
6.0 MS-DOS N 1992 Added programmable menu system
6.02 MS-DOS N Oct 1994
6.04c MS-DOS N 1998 Year 2000 compatibility upgrade
6.04d MS-DOS Y Jan 2001
Epi Info 2000 2000 1.1.2 Windows 9x, NT 4.0, 2000 N 2 Nov 2001 First Windows-compatible version of Epi Info.
2002 R2 Windows 9x, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 30 Jan 2003
Epi Info 3 3.0 Windows 9x, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N n/a
3.01 Windows 9x, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 3 Nov 2003
3.2 Windows 9x, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 4 Feb 2004
3.2.2 Windows 9x, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 14 Apr 2004
3.3 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 5 Oct 2004 Windows 95 no longer supported, case-based mapping functionality added to the Analysis MAP command.
3.3.2 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 9 Feb 2005
3.4 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 30 Apr 2007 Ability to use standard ISO date formats, disallowed multiple instances of the Analysis module, added ability to run reports from Analysis, and CDC flags added to the Nutrition module.
3.4.1 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 9 Jul 2007 Added a right-to-left language controller in Analysis
3.4.2 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 20 Sep 2007
3.4.3 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP N 17 Oct 2007
3.5 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP SP3 N 9 Jun 2008 Added feature to use standardized vocabularies. First version to require Service Pack 3 if running Epi Info on a computer with Windows XP.
3.5.1 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP SP3, Vista Y 13 Aug 2008 First version compatible with Windows Vista. This version also fixed compatibility for languages that are read right-to-left.
3.5.2 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP SP3, Vista, 7 Y 17 Dec 2010 First version compatible with Windows 7. Also included a preview of the new Epi Info 7 MakeView and Enter tools.
3.5.3 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP SP3, Vista, 7 Y 26 Jan 2011 Minor update to the Epi Info Enter tool released with 3.5.2.
3.5.4 Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP SP3, Vista, 7 Y 10 Aug 2012 Modified installation packaging.
Epi Info 7 7.0.5 (Alpha) Windows XP, Vista, 7, Ubuntu N 5 Jan 2009 Programming language changed to Visual C# .NET; MySQL and SQL Server database support added; XML meta-data support added; Linux compatibility added; first Windows version of Epi Info to be open source.
7.0.7.0 Windows XP, Vista, 7 N 27 Sep 2011 Upgraded framework to .NET version 3.5; Added ability to run Epi Info 7 from a flash drive without administrator rights; Added ability for Epi Info 7 forms to work with essentially unlimited number of fields; Mapping module added; Geocoding added; Visual Dashboard module added; plugin-based data driver model added; Linux and MySQL support removed; Growth charting added.
7.0.8.0 Windows XP, Vista, 7 Y 28 Oct 2011 Release build. Added ability to install Epi Info 7 using a traditional setup file; Added new check code commands; Added ability to calculate z-scores for the WHO Child Growth Standards and WHO Reference 2007.
7.1.0.6 Windows XP, Vista, 7 Y 9 Aug 2012 Major updates to Dashboard module; Added web-based data entry capability; Added features to allow compatibility with the Epi Info for Android app.
Series Version Operating System Support Support status Release date Significant changes

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