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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
- ---------------------------------------
-
- + 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.
-