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These are the changes that have been made since the last version of
PopDBF. This version has undergone the most significant changes of
any version to date. PopDBF is now MUCH easier to use.
Version 3.5 - Released November 3, 1989
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+ Program is now just one version, EDIT. However, a READ-ONLY
version is available upon request.
+ Made necessary changes to join ASP. Demo version is fully
functional with the only difference being the 'beg' screen.
The 'beg' screen is removed from registered copies.
+ You no longer have to be in the directory where POPDBF.COM is
located when you load PopDBF into memory for context sensitive
help to be available. However, POPDBF.HLP does need to be in
the same directory as POPDBF.COM.
+ The default number of fields has been reduced from 128 to 64
and the default edit buffer has been reduced from 2K to 1K.
This is just to reduce the default memory footprint. You can
specify /F128 and /E2048 on the command line to use the old
values.
+ You can now get from any major area to any other major area
by directly pressing some ALT key combination. The major
areas are: Append records, Browse records, Edit records,
File selection, view Structure. Pressing ALT and the proper
capital letter will take you to that area.
+ Pressing the ALT key will cause the status line to show a
menu with the areas described above and the appropiate letter
hilited as well as other options.
+ Help has been greatly improved both in content and functionality.
You can now scroll up and down through help and hotkey out of it.
+ You can now change the file access mode from anywhere by pressing
Alt-M. File access mode must be read/write to Edit or Append.
+ Frequently used files feature. A file named POPDBF.FRQ can
contain up to 10 fully qualified database file names for access
from the Pick file window using Alt-1 through Alt-0.
+ Current field and record are now shown with their corresponding
maximum (i.e. 10/200).
+ While finding text the record number in the window border will
reflect the current record being searched.
+ Added ability to search on a selected field or fields. You
can also force the search string to be found entirely within
one field to avoid finding part of a string in one field and
the rest of it in adjacent field.
+ Changed the key that moved the cursor to the first blank
character after any data in a field in Edit from Alt-End to
End. Ctrl-E will now move to the last position in the field.
+ Changed the century toggle key from Ctrl-D to Ctrl-C.
+ Added two new command line arguments. /D will allow you to
specify an initial directory and /Z will start the Browse window
in zoomed out (expanded) mode.
+ Fixed an error which occured when deleting some characters in a
field while in Edit and then pressing the End key. The error
did cause a Divide Overflow error, which forced a reboot.
+ Fixed an error which occured when no files or directories were
found in the current directory on the current drive. Now zero
files are displayed and you can use F3 to change drives or
hotkey out.
+ Fixed an error in the find next which didn't beep when sitting
on the last record in the file, but should have.
+ Fixed an error which occured when all fields in the structure
were marked (numbered). EDIT would perform strangely when using
the hotkey to exit and re-enter.