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TransEra HTBasic Plus for Windows Release Notes
TransEra Corporation
345 East 800 South
Orem, UT 84058
(801) 224-6550
Web Page: http://www.transera.com
E-Mail: htb-sales@transera.com or
htb-support@transera.com
Release 5.2 (4.12.96)
________________________________________________________________________________
Read this file to get information about changes and additions that have been
made since the last printing of the manuals. The following topics are covered:
Installation, New Features and Known Problems.
INSTALLATION
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Use the File Manager, Run SETUP.EXE option to install this product.
NEW FEATURES
o HP BASIC Plus product E2160 revision A.01.01 functions have been
incorporated as HTBasic Plus for Windows. All HP BASIC PLUS features
EXCEPT the following have been included (limitations and known defects
contained in this beta release are enumerated in the Limitations and Known
Problems sections):
- DIALOG statement no longer accepts the PARENT option.
- The RETURN clause of the DIALOG and STATUS statements does not accept
substrings.
- APP statement is not supported.
- Help Compiler Application (context sensitive help can now be provided
through standard Windows help). Unfortunately, there is no tool
available to convert old HP BASIC PLUS help files to Windows help files.
- Notepad and Clock Applications (use the standard Windows accessories).
- The FILE widget is available only on Windows 95. Attempting to create a
FILE widget on Windows 3.1 results in error 553 Cannot load object file
The FILE dialog is available on all platforms.
- The Minimized Window box is not provided: instead, widgets are iconized.
- The following customizations are no longer supported through the CONFIG
file:
o all "@ RAM usage" parameters.
o "@ use offscreen memory"
o all "@ mouse" parameters
o the "@ scrollbar" parameters have be replaced by "@ SLIDER widget" and
now only apply to the SLIDER widget
o "@ highlight toggle buttons"
o "@ load fonts" (use the Windows Control Panel)
o "@ font cache"
o "@ preload applications"
o "@ APP management"
o "@ background_bitmap"
Key functional differences:
o When PLUS is loaded (LOAD BIN "BPLUS"), CRT graphics are forced to always
be in COLOR MAP mode (PLOTTER IS CRT, "INTERNAL";COLOR MAP). However, the
PLOTTER IS device is not always forced back to the CRT.
o BASIC graphics will not (and cannot be forced to) interfere with widgets.
o Widgets are always active, even when no ON EVENTs are defined or while
the program is paused.
KNOWN PROBLEMS
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Known Beta Release Defects
o Mouse and Keyboard issues:
- Keyboard traversal doesn't work.
- FILE Dialog: Windows 95 doesn't allow setting focus to File Name field
with mouse (either use the Tab key, or change focus to some other
window and then click on the File Name field fo the file dialog).
o Widget problems:
- STRING, NUMBER, and KEYPAD widgets and dialogs: cursor display and color
problems
- COMBO Widget: does not support DROPDOWN BUTTON:0 or EDITABLE:0
- Common RESTORE SCREEN attribute not functional.
o Screen Builder issues:
- The Screen Builder output window is not optimized for display size.
- TRUE/FALSE attribute dialogs don't always highlight FALSE state.
- To gain access to the widgets in the output window, you must first set
focus (mouse click) to the main "HP Widget Screen Builder" window.