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NeoDesk® 4 release 002 Patch Program
This program will upgrade NeoDesk 4 release 001 to
release 002. It will ONLY upgrade release 001.
This program is copyright © 1994 by Gribnif Software. All rights are
reserved. It may be distributed free of charge, provided this and all
other files are included and are not modified.
Any questions or comments, please contact us at:
Gribnif Software, P.O. Box 779, Northampton, MA 01061, USA
Tel: (413) 247-5620, Fax: (413) 247-5622
GEnie: GRIBNIF
Internet: gribnif@genie.geis.com
What is needed to upgrade
=========================
1. An unmodified, registered, NeoDesk 4 Master Disk, release 001. This
version of the patch program works only with English language
versions of NeoDesk 4. Owners of other versions should contact their
respective distributor.
2. A hard disk or a blank, double-sided, formatted floppy disk (to
place the NEO_002.PRG and the NEO_002.DAT files on).
How to upgrade your NeoDesk 4 release 001 to release 002
========================================================
1. Make sure you have made a backup copy of the NeoDesk 4 disk.
2. Place the NEO_002.PRG on your hard disk or on the blank floppy disk
(it may need the extra disk space to write some temporary files).
Also, copy the NEO_002.DAT file to the same directory. If you
obtained a patch disk from us with only these files on it, you can
use the patch disk directly, though if you have a hard drive, copying
the files there will be quicker in the long run.
3. The patch program will run more quickly and with the fewest disk
swaps if you give it as much free memory as possible. If you have
less than 500K of free memory, you can disable AUTO folder programs
and desk accessories to obtain more free memory.
4. Once you have finished upgrading your master disk to release 002,
make a backup copy of this newer version.
** VERY IMPORTANT STEP, READ CAREFULLY **
5. To install the newer version on your system, you MUST replace ALL the
release 001 files in your system with the 002 files. To do this you
can either:
o Run the INSTALL.PRG on the newly updated disk. In several places,
you may get messages saying that a file already exists. You should
tell it to go ahead and overwrite the old file, in every case
-->> EXCEPT FOR THE FILE NEODESK.NIC. If you tell it to overwrite the
NEODESK.NIC file, this will permanently delete any custom icons
you have added to NeoDesk!
o To install the new version manually, you should replace any
occurences of these files on your working disk:
ACC\NEOCNTRL.ACC
NEOQUEUE.ACC
INF_LOAD\INF_LOAD.ACC
NEODESK\ICONEDIT.RSC
NEODESK.EXE
NEODESK.HLP
NEODESK.RSC
NEOLOAD.PRG
SETTINGS.RSC (New for release 002)
TRASHCAN\TRASHCAN.ACC
TRASHCAN.RSC
INSTALL.SCR
Mixing 001 versions of NeoDesk files with 004 versions is VERY
likely to lead to problems.
*** ULTRA IMPORTANT **
*
* If you install NeoDesk 4 002 manually, don't forget to replace all
* the copies of NEOLOAD.PRG, including the one in the AUTO folder of
* your boot disk.
*
**********************
6. You can now run NeoDesk 4, 002. You will have to reboot in order to
do this.
Please note that the resource files for NEOQUEUE, NEOCNTRL, and INF_CONV
have not changed. This means that if you look at the copyright
information dialogs for any of these programs, they will still mention
NeoDesk 4.00, even though the programs themselves have changed. The best
way to tell what version of one of these programs is, is by looking at
the file date: the release 002 files will always have the date that you
performed the patch.
If you get an error message
===========================
If your NeoDesk 4 disk has been modified in any way, the patch program
may not be able to perform the upgrade. You will get an error message
indicating that this has happened. In this case, you should mail us the
disk so that we can upgrade it.
To have your disk upgraded by us, you need to:
1. Send your original, registered, NeoDesk 4 disk.
2. Please enclose a U.S. check for $5 + $2 shipping & handling ($7
total). If this patch program was already purchased directly from
Gribnif Software for $5, then you do not need to send any payment,
just the NeoDesk disk.
3. Enclose a note with your name, address, and daytime phone number.
In return you will receive an upgraded 002 disk.
Changes in NeoDesk 002
----------------------
New in NeoDesk:
Two new dialogs have been added. These dialogs are only available when
Geneva is not present. See the "Addenda & Errata" section of this file
for more info:
o The "Windows" dialog has a new button named "Gadgets" which allows
you to access a sub-dialog to change the colors and keyboard
equivalents of the gadgets.
o The "Dialogs" dialog has a sub-dialog which allows you to change the
colors, fill patterns, and other attributes of dialog buttons.
New in the icon editor:
o There are now "cycle" buttons next to the View and Draw popups.
o The "Clear" option under the "Mask" menu has been removed. Instead,
there are now separate options to "Clear Data", "Clear Mask", and
"Clear Both".
o There are options in the "Image" menu to do horizontal and vertical
flips.
o You can now replace all occurrences of one color with another. Start
by selecting the new color in the grid to the right, then click and
drag this color to the color you want to replace.
Problems Fixed
--------------
In NeoDesk:
If Geneva is not present:
o The cycle windows gadget works.
o NeoDesk can now be used as a desk accessory.
o Dragging desktop icons will not sometimes lose the drag box.
If neither Geneva nor MultiTOS is present, and you have a computer
other than a Falcon, then changing resolution by using the Video Mode
dialog works properly.
If Geneva is present, you can now run a program in single-tasking mode
with the "Unload for execute" option turned on.
Copying a disk drive to the clipboard starts the operation right away.
Searching the contents of a group is now correctly flagged as an invalid
operation.
Editing the environmental variables in 40-column resolutions now works
right. The dialog also undraws properly when closed.
Using non-Bitstream fonts in NeoDesk 4 when Speedo GDOS 5 is active works
much better now, however early versions of Speedo 5 produce dots across
the screen occasionally.
The Sort order gets saved in INF files.
Saving an INF file with a group open works properly when the INF file is
later loaded.
When an INF file for a resolution which permits windows which are larger
than the current resolution is loaded, the windows are limited to the
current maximum size.
Pressing Undo in the Macros dialog will no longer select the "Remove"
button.
The program loads more quickly when run from a floppy disk.
Showing an ST High resolution picture on a normal ST with a color monitor
now works.
The NPI dialog has been expanded vertically so that the Parameters
section will look right in ST Medium/Low resolution.
Dialogs with wrap-around editable fields now always draw the cursor
correctly.
It is now possible to choose from all of the GDOS fonts you have loaded,
not just the first 16 (memory permitting.) Also, the full 32 characters
of the font names are visable.
Macros to run programs and to close all windows work now, without
producing an alert afterwa