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Since it’s humble beginnings on April 25, 2021, this is the twenty sixth version of this program to be offered. The program continues to grow in capabilities and ease of use thanks to user feedback and suggestions. Please send any suggestions to me at mrslamf21@gmail.com  New Features in version 2.08 Bug Fixes

Version 2.07 brings an exciting new capability to the program: the ability to include car images into your manifests and switch lists. This is an option that Dan Foltz’s Manifest Creator has offered for years. I’m not sure how many people use that format, but I wanted to bring this option to the users of

I’ve removed the example documents form the website’s home page and added a new page for “example documents”. The page gives several example documents that illustrate some of the formatting options that are available in MR SLAM Formatter. Hopefully this new page will provide potential new users a better idea of what is possible with

Version 2.07 is in final testing and will bring an exciting new capability to the program: the ability to include car images into your manifests and switch lists. This is an option that Dan Foltz’s Manifest Creator has offered for years. I’m not sure how many people use that format, but I wanted to bring

New Features in version 2.06 Bug Fixes

 Yesterday user Jim K. notified me of a change in JMRI that has had a negative impact on MR SLAM Formatter.  In the latest test version of JMRI 5.9.1 and possibly in version 5.8, JMRI writes 3 new car fields in the csv files.  These new fields are “return when loaded destination”, “return when loaded track”,

New Features in version 2.04 ✔ Added color selection menus to choose the color of the car pick up/set out/move & loco pickup/set out messages, as requested by user Bob M. So now the messages can be a differentcolor than the rest of the data on the line. See manual section XII A for details.✔

The next version of MR SLAM Formatter contains a wealth of new options, and it sports a reorganization of the preferences window. The changes are given in the user’s manual and below. Not a new feature in MR SLAM Formatter, but effective in JMRI test version 5.7.5 (production version 5.8 due June 2024) OperationsProtm has

After the significant improvements added to version 2.00, this release brings 5 Bug Fixes to keep your program running in tip-top condition.

I am excited to introduce version 2.00 of Model Railroad Switch List And Manifest Formatter (MR SLAM Formatter). The continued development of this program is driven by user feedback. Version 2.00 makes the sixth program release of 2023, with most program changes based on feedback from users. On April 10, 2023 I posted version 1.14-beta