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TheDraw 4.51
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Despite extensive testing, yet another problem has shown up when saving
QuickBasic object files. Thanks for Gary Deal for pointing this out!
Chris Wirth of ACiD Productions found an obscure problem with background
colors not being saved properly in Ansi files.
Fixed incorrect reference to "QB4TOOLS.OBJ" in file QB4UTIL.BI which should
have read "QB4UTIL.LIB"
Also repaired glitch with the Sticky Ruler only working in sprite mode.
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TheDraw 4.50
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There were over 50 improvements and corrections for this release of TheDraw.
The following new features were added for version 4.50:
o FONTS! Built in Ascii class font support. This takes the difficulty
out of creating large sized lettering. Select "Fonts" from the pull
down menu.
o Improved Restore/Undo facility. Any screen operation can be reversed
simply by pressing ALT-R.
o Mouse users can click on items in the status line to activate or
toggle options.
o Added a 23 line edit buffer option. This was requested by several
Bulletin Board System operators. It should prove a popular option,
eliminating the need to always use block saves. Go into the
internal Setup screen (using Options pulldown menu). Move to
edit buffer depth and press [SPACE] until "23" appears.
o Revised QuickBasic support. Many people experienced difficulties
using TheDraw .OBJ file in MicroSoft's integrated environment.
This release corrects those problems. Resave your screens in TheDraw,
and rebuild any Quick Libraries using MAKEQLB.
Important: References to QuickBasic .OBJ have changed. You must now
use "&" instead of "!" postfix's. ie:
Use: DECLARE ImageData&
Instead of: DECLARE ImageData!
o Improved file directory listing used for Load/View/Delete Screen
commands (ALT-L, ALT-V, ALT-K). Directories are now displayed along
with all files.
o Ansi screen saves optimized to reduce file size, and speed display.
o Pulldown menus now show corresponding shortcut keystrokes.
o When the pulldown menu is displayed, Mouse users can now click on
items in the status line. This will toggle the corrsponding command.
ie: ALT-A (Colors), INS (Insert Mode), ALT-F (Function Key Sets), etc...
o Additional documentation for using the Clipper compiler (courtesy
of Ian Thurston).
o In response to many requests, static Ansi files can now put characters
in the lower-right corner of the screen. Be warned, that doing so will
cause an uncontrollable screen scroll.
Animated Ansi files are still not permitted. However, colors can now
be placed there with causing unwanted screen scrolling. TheDraw now
makes special Ansi codes which will color the corner safely.
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4.50 Bug Fixes
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- Proper handling of top line in Ansi files. A change permitting Ansi on
the bottom of the screen fouled the display of Ansi on the top of the
screen.
- Object files (.OBJ) containing less than 512 bytes now are made properly.
A bug was introduced with the addition of QuickBasic support.
- QuickBasic library update batch file MAKEQLB improved to have better
error handling.
- Ascii file saves now place CR/LF after last line.
- Animation scramble scanner was leaving garbage of the screen.
- Various screen display quirks associated with the virtual edit buffer.
- Fixed the column insert/delete functions (ALT-[LEFT/RIGHT])
- More safeguards when switching between 25 and 43/50 line edit buffers.
- TheDraw can now load read-only marked files properly.
- Screen blanker tamed when doing a dos shell.
- Better handling of bell codes in Ansi files.
- Fixed bug with Sticky ruler status not being saved to .TD files.
- Repaired several problems with screen refresh in animation mode.
- Animation redrawn function (ALT-Q) altered to work more consistantly
across various computers. A redraw speed of 255 now redraws the
animation sequences between 5 and 10 characters/second.
- Animation delete function (ALT-Z) now properly recognizes sprite mode, and
handles removing the last character from the animation sequence better.
- Better handling of animation block moves. Previously you could move an
area lacking animation over an animated area, thus making a "black hole"
until the screen was redrawn. This release corrects the oversight.
Plus several other minor fixes.
Thanks to:
Steven Fischkoff for finding bug with animation scramble scanner.
J. T. Merrill for finding problem with THEPP when displaying
animated files.
Warren Leadbeatter for pointing out circumstances where unwanted
blank lines could get inserted into Ansi files.
Jeff Lawson for finding bug when loading read-only files, saving
small (less than 512 bytes) object files, and suggesting
improvements for the QuickBasic MAKEQLB batch file.
Ian Thurston for supplying a example for the Clipper compiler.
Joe Fischer (and others) for helping identify glitch with Ansi
saves relative to spurious linefeeds in the top video line.
Please do not assume someone else will write about a bug you find.
Write a letter and be immortalized in the doc's of TheDraw!
In any case, Enjoy!