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- ANSI Creator Version History
-
- PLEASE READ THIS FILE CAREFULLY! IT OUTLINES ALL OF THE CHANGES
- MADE TO ANSI CREATOR SINCE IT'S INCEPTION!
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- electronic Artistry
- 740 Sidney Marcus Blvd., #5008
- Atlanta, Georgia 30324
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- NOTICE: Full support and distribution of beta copies has now been
- moved entirely to the eA Brand Software Support BBS. If you
- have not been recognized as an official tester, you will
- not have access to future beta releases. Once testing is
- complete and a release version is ready to distribute, an
- announcement will be made on Olympus (Hermes support BBS)
- and on America Online and CompuServe in the Communications
- conferences.
-
- eA Brand Software Support BBS (electronic Artistry) can be
- reached at 404/237-1206. This number is subject to change
- at the end of May, 1993.
-
-
- v1.2 RELEASE! (5/6/93)
- ======================
- Foreground and Background palettes/windows combined into one window
- for space-saving purposes (both screen and file-size). Cleaned up to
- make more "presentable"...
-
- Erasables palette removed entirely due to problems with the codes.
- This will be reinstated in the next release.
-
- Preferences cleaned up and rearranged somewhat. File-type stuff was
- moved to a separate card. Prefs menu moved under new "Utilities"
- menu.
-
- File-type preferences modified to include user modification of list
- of file types, saving of this list to a text file, importing list
- files into the list, and deletion of old types.
-
- Gradients palette added under utilities. Users can now specify
- various gradients automatically without having to manually key
- them in.
-
- Search/replace feature added under utilities. Function works only
- with single characters but it's FAST!
-
- Auto-boxes (automatic creation of boxes) added to utilities. Users
- can now, like gradients, create various box styles without having
- to manually key them in.
-
- Ability to append more files onto the end of the file currently in
- the workspace added under the File menu.
-
- Many little cosmetic changes made.
-
-
- v1.1b (4/22/93)
- ===============
- Toolbar removed from main window and put into entirely separate
- window. Main "Workspace" window redesigned to be resizeable.
-
- Fixed the file rename bug, the file creator bug (creator information
- wasn't being saved properly) and several other small incompatibilities
- between various scripts.
-
- Two new palettes created: Eraseables, which provides codes for erasing
- screens (useful for animations - not tested fully, however...) and a
- color palette with almost every possible color combination and shade
- known to the ANSI world. The color palette was removed due to size
- constraints. It alone added 120k to the size of the program. Unacceptable.
-
- "X" and "Y" coordinates removed from toolbar. They didn't work anyway,
- and the room was needed for buttons. Corresponding checkbox in the Prefs
- window (for turning X/Y display on/off) also removed. Prefs box cleaned
- up and resized.
-
- Print dialog box changed from previous version. Previously, choosing to
- print a document would bring up a custom dialog box, with no ability to
- change any of the print parameters. Changed this to bring up the "real"
- print dialog.
-
- Windows menu updated to reflect new windows.
-
- Added "Open" dialog at startup.
-
- More cosmetic fixes to the interface. Several little glitches fixed regarding
- the sound effects ("click") and the open dialog when entering program from
- the splash-screen.
-
-
- 1.01b (4/16/93): [UNRELEASED]
- =============================
- Fixed text arrows problem. One tester reported that hitting a
- text arrow caused an error dialog to surface.
-
- Re-designed user interface (made "prettier"...). This was a
- personal choice, as I was never happy with the old interface
- and wanted an iconic toolbar similar to Word 5.0. (oh, sorry...
- the "ribbon"...)
-
- Fixed problems with printing workspace. Previously, choosing
- the Print menu item printed the entire window, buttons and
- all. This now prints only the workspace.
-
- Implemented "Help Balloons" under System 7.x. Funny thing...
- I was trying to test the balloons after implementing, and
- couldn't understand why they weren't showing up. Then I realized
- that I had SpeedyFinder installed, with Help Balloon menu disabled.
- HINT: You have to have the menu item enabled for the Help Balloons
- to work!
-
- Regrouped the text palette buttons to be a little more intuitive.
- Previously, the text characters were grouped by the order in which
- they appear under, say, Key Caps or PopChar. Now, they are grouped
- according to _style_, so that drawing boxes should be much easier
- now that you don't have to hunt for that elusive corner character...
-
- Buttons in main window that open palettes (Foreground, Background,
- Text, Preferences) have been rescripted to check for the presence
- of corresponding windows. If window is already open, clicking on
- the button will close the window.
-
- "Windows" menu moved to a hierarchical menu under the "Edit" menu.
- Makes things look a little better. Command-key equivalents assigned
- to various menus.
-
- "Space" character added to text palette for easy insertion of
- multiple spaces in a graphic.
-
- "Click" sound effect added to toolbar icons. Ability to turn sound on/off added to Preferences.
-
- Support has been added for an external application to be used as
- a "viewer" for in-progress and completed ANSI drawings. A third
- party is at work now producing a small application to be used in
- this capacity. There will be some quirks to this method, but it
- should hopefully do the job. Time will tell...
-
- COMING SOON!
- ============
- • Viewer application for viewing ANSI screens during creation.
- • Ability to open multiple files at once
- • Automatic monitor sensing; determines whether or not you are
- equipped to use color or not.
- • Drag-n-Drop file open ability
-
-
- ANSI Creator v1.2 - Unregistered Copy