Amiga MA Magazine 1998 #3/amigamamagazinepolishissue1998.iso/bazy/bbaseiii/revision_history

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@DOCUMENT "Revision_History"
@NODE MAIN "  bBaseIII Revision History"

               bBaseIII Revision History (V2.0 and subsequent)
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  Version 2.0a:         Internal - January 1994

    *  Can now adjust the screen colors from within the program.
    *  Program now uses the WB2.04 Wait Pointer.
    *  Added "Merge a Database" to the Project Menu. Two similar databases
       may now be combined.
    *  <Alt-x> combination (to blank the requester) changed to <Ctrl-x>.
       Also added <Ctrl-q> (start of line), <Ctrl-w> (jump to next word),
       and <Ctrl-e> (end of line).  By using the Control characters, more
       of the Alternate character set can be used for input, eg. the © sign
       (Alternate - e).
    *  <Alt-s> combination (Save On-Off) changed to <Ctrl-s>.
    *  The "Show All Records" and "Show Tagged Records" windows are much
       improved, as they now utilize slider bars.
    *  Added Menu Item "Add - RAM:bBase_clip".  This is a sort of a
       'clipboard'.  If a record is Printed (Copied) to a File, and that
       file is the default (RAM:bBase_clip), then that record can be added
       to another database, if the structure is similar.
    *  When a database is loaded, bBase will now check and display the
       memory available to it, along with an indication of how 'full' the
       database is.  This action can also be performed at any time by using
       the "Show Available Memory" item of the Project Menu, or by pressing
       the <M> key.
    *  Added "Add Record At" to the Add Menu.  When a record is added,
       you can now specify where in the database it will be, instead of it
       being automatically added as the last record.
    *  Added "Help" to the Project Menu.  The file "bBase.guide", or
       "bBase.doc" can now be accessed from within bBaseIII, if it is
       situated in the Current Directory.  Your favorite Text Reader
       will be recognized, and loaded to display it.
    *  The time required to Scramble/DeScramble a file has been cut almost
       in half.

  Version 2.1:          Released May 1994

    *  May now specify a form-feed position, or suppress form-feeds
       entirely, from the Print Menu.
    *  It is no longer required to append an asterisk (!) after the
       filename when using the "-f" switch, but the "-f" switch must now
       be the last switch used on the command line.

  Version 2.11:         Released June 1994

    *  It was possible to crash the program when Enabling/Disabling the
       Note option, if several warnings were ignored.  The process has now
       been changed to avoid this.

  Version 2.12:         Released June 1994

    *  The program is the same as V2.11, but references to "auto-loading
       icons" have been deleted.  If bBase was started using IconX, (ie.
       double-clicking on a database icon), the computer would freeze if
       an attempt were made to load another database the normal way, by
       using either <F2> or the menus.  Databases must now be loaded from
       within the program.  Seemed like a good idea at the time :^).

    *  The memory in the Convert program has been expanded, as it would
       fizzle out when converting large databases.

  Version 3.01:         Released August 1994

    *  bBaseIII now opens on an interlaced screen, using the Topaz 11 font.
       The number of fields has been increased to 16, and the number of
       Note rows decreased to 8.  All 24 lines of data are visible on the
       screen at the same time.
    *  The built-in color palette adjuster has been removed, as I was
       unable to get the color.library and the diskfont.library to work
       together.  See the docs for the new method of changing bBase colors.
    *  Any number of records may now be UnDeleted, and may be undeleted
       to any desired location in the database.
    *  The Change menu has been renamed the Edit menu.
    *  The "Print Displayed Record to a File" Menu item has been removed.
       This operation can be performed with more flexability by simply
       tagging it, and selecting "Print Tagged Records" in the "Print
       Options Window".
    *  Added "Text Reader" to the Edit menu, to change the reader that will
       be loaded when the Help key is pressed.
    *  Changed the method used to track the record data.  Some operations
       are now considerably faster, but most are still the same.
    *  The 'blank requester' key is changed to the <Tab> key.  It was too
       easy to shut down the program by mistake, as the previous <Ctrl-x>
       was too close to <Ctrl-c>.  I should have thought of that.
    *  A configuration file (S:bBase.prefs) can now be used to load
       customized values, such as the color palette and text reader.
    *  Finally got Bold print working properly with mailing labels.
    *  Fixed some printing problems.
    *  Added "Top Margin" to the Print menu, so that printing can start
       a given distance from the top of the page.  This was added
       primarily for those with sheet-feed printers.
    *  Added the ability to suppress the memory check normally made when a
       database is loaded, either by the -m switch, or by an entry in
       the configuration file.
    *  Fixed a bug which would generate an error if more than half of the
       tagged records were untagged, one at a time.

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