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- ADfREAD.ME for file for APPLICATION DOCK V2.0 - 8/5/91
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- What's New:
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- - There now only need to be 16 program description lines in the APPDOCK.INI
- file.
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- - Now if you specify a directory for Application Dock to look for it's
- INI in, you must also specify the file name. (ex APPDOCK C:\APPDOCK.INI)
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- - You can now hide the dock.
-
- - The Interactive Editor for Application Dock has had some bugs fixed and
- had a few features added.
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- - Location setting is now in pixels.
-
- Version History:
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- 0.90 Initial version, never distributed. Conained basic structure only.
-
- 1.00 First version distributed on a very limited basis. Buggy, and hard
- to work with.
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- 1.01 All bugs from 1.0 fixed - now fully functional, except for limitation
- on icons (only 8 available) and reminder boxes
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- 1.20 Latest shareware release - updated with a few bugs corrected.
- Limitation on number of icons removed, but startup reminder box
- still present.
-
- 1.50 Initial registered version - included interactive Application Dock
- editor v1.0 plus other small improvements.
-
- 1.60 Interim registered version - never distributed - Application Dock
- Interactive Editor v1.1, ability to minimize dock, and option to
- run a program not in dock.
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- 2.00 Latest ShareWare version as of 8/5/91 - Sizing bug fixed.
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- 2.10 Latest Registered version as of 8/5/91 - Application Dock Editor 2.1
- introduced - bug fixes in both dock and editor programs - base for
- future enhancement.
-
- Known Bugs At This Point:
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- - Currently the program cannot be set as the system shell. This is due to
- some bug in Visual Basic, and not in my programming. Again, I await a fix
- from Microsoft.
-
- What's In the Future:
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- - Support for multiple INI files.
-
- - The ability to get icons directly from application files.
-
- - Auto detection of Video Mode and resolution to eliminate need for location
- settings in APPDOCK.INI.
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- - An optional parameter prompt before running a program.
-
- - On-line help via Windows Help.
-
- - A complete re-write of the Application Dock Editor.
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- - Larger and more diverse sample icon library.
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- - MUCH better Keyboard support.
-
- - Improved dock display.
-
- Information That Did Not Make It Into The Manual:
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- Exiting Windows
- Currently, Application Dock cannot be used as the system shell, due
- to a problem with Visual Basic, but it works very well then run when
- Windows is started up. (place in run= section of WIN.INI) One of the
- things that came up in beta testing was the suggestion that it would
- be helpful to be able to exit windows from the dock. While I cannot
- do this inside of Visual Basic, I did bundle a utility from Dragon's
- Eye Software, that when run, exits windows. You can use this, and
- the icon I put on the disk for a handy solution to this problem.
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