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- THE VIRTUAL TABLET INTERFACE
- DIGITIZER TECHNOLOGY
- VERSION 2.00
-
- (January 30, 1994)
-
- USING NOTEPAD TO VIEW THIS DOCUMENT
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- * If you enlarge NotePad to its maximum size, the following document
- will be easier to read. To do so, click the Maximize button in the
- upper-right corner of the NotePad window. Or open the Control menu
- in the upper-left corner of the NotePad window and choose Maximize.
-
- * To move through the document, press PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN or click
- the arrows at the top and bottom of the scroll bar along the right
- side of the NotePad window.
-
- * To print the document, choose Print from the NotePad File menu.
-
- * For Help using NotePad, press F1.
-
-
- ########################################################################
-
- This document contains known bugs and fixes for the Virtual Tablet
- Interface by Version (Release Date) and Filename (Zip File). Fixes or
- work-arounds are included with each problem unless otherwise noted.
-
- If you are experiencing problems with any of the Virtual Tablet
- Interface drivers, utilities or applications and don't find the answer
- here, please contact us via E-Mail on CompuServe account [74000, 2506]
- or by voice at 206-868-3246 during technical support hours.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- I M P O R T A N T
- =================
-
- 1. You must remove other tablet drivers before installing the Virtual
- Tablet drivers. Otherwise, port conflicts will occur resulting in
- erratic behavior or hung cursors. Places to check include:
- AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI. Also, check
- your Windows startup folder for other tablet utilities.
-
- Remember to check in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI for other
- enhanced mode Windows drivers besides VTABLET.386. If you are still
- experiencing difficulties, check and report to us the error output
- on the "Status=" line in the [Virtual Tablet] section of SYSTEM.INI.
- You may also zip and mail us copies of SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI (after
- installation) to review for you.
-
- 2. Please remember to consult the file DIGITIZE.TXT and make sure
- your tablet is configured correctly. While every attempt was made
- to use the factory default settings for each tablet, some were
- changed to assure maximum performance. If you experience erratic
- or no cursor movement, check the data bits, parity and baud rate
- settings for your tablet.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 2.00
- ==================
- (January 30, 1994)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. All executable modules and drivers have been recompiled or rewritten
- in the 80386 protected mode instruction set which is now the minimum
- microprocessor required for the Virtual Tablet Interface.
-
- 2. All executable modules and drivers have been recompiled or rewritten
- for Windows 3.1 or higher which is now the minimum Windows version
- required for the Virtual Tablet Interface (end of real mode support).
-
- 3. DOS support has been dropped including the DOS driver (VTABLET.SYS)
- and DOS component of the Virtual Tablet Loader (VTLOAD.EXE). Templates
- under DOS are also no longer supported. DOS 5.0 is now the minimum
- version required for the Virtual Tablet Interface.
-
- 4. Common Virtual Tablet Interface functions have been consolidated into
- a single dynamic link library (VTCOMMON.DLL) which replaces several
- separate libraries including VTUSEREG.DLL.
-
- 5. Online help has been greatly expanded for all executables and
- utilities and now supplants the Windows Write manual.
-
- 6. Support has been added for Science Accessories GP9, Calcomp 2000,
- Mitsubishi Grafnet, GTCO Digi-Pad PC Boards, and Hitachi C/D/E/S/T
- digitizers.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: The Editor now sports a Multiple Document Interface.
-
- 2. NEW: The Editor now supports Drag and Drop for template files.
-
- 3. NEW: The Editor, Loader and drivers now support sending DDE commands
- to application servers like AutoCad for Windows from within templates.
-
- 4. NEW: Editor memory limitations have been removed and there is no
- longer any limit (except virtual memory) on template size.
-
- 5. NEW: Templates can now be added to the Editor simply by clicking on
- their icon in the Virtual Tablet Group of the Program Manager.
-
- 6. NEW: Paste and Undo capabilities have been added to region template
- commands (including DDE) and the Comments dialog.
-
- 7. NEW: Printing page ranges now includes the option for non-blank
- pages only (i.e. pages containing a region or combination).
-
- 8. NEW: The Edit menu now includes Select All for regions and combinations.
-
- 9. NEW: The Format menu now includes Enlarge Font and Reduce Font to
- change the font size of the selected object (tablet, combo or region).
-
- 10. CHANGED: The current font is now displayed in the Style dialog box
- Label edit box.
-
- 11. CHANGED: The Print dialog now provides and an interface to the
- printer setup dialog instead of the Windows Spooler and provides
- for page overlap on tiled pages.
-
- 12. CHANGED: The maximum number of regions per template has been
- increased from 256 to 1024.
-
- 13. CHANGED: The maximum number of combinations per template has been
- increased from 63 to 127.
-
- 14. CHANGED: Style labels have been expanded to 63 characters from 31.
-
- 15. CHANGED: Region template and DDE commands have been expanded to 127
- characters from 31.
-
- 16. DROPPED: The Control Panel and Clipboard commands have been dropped
- as has owner draw capabilities from within the Clipboard.
-
- VTLOAD.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: The Loader now sports an improved user interface including
- scanning Windows and selecting available DDE servers.
-
- 2. NEW: The Loader now supports Drag and Drop for template information
- files.
-
- 3. FIXED: Several fixes including template failures with certain
- applications.
-
- VTABLET.DLL and VTABLET.386 (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: These drivers have been rewritten in 80386 assembler protected
- mode instructions for optimum speed and coordinate accuracy.
-
- 2. NEW: These drivers now support Comm 3 and 4 (interrupts 5 and 9)
- provided you have the ports configured correctly to use separate
- interrupts from Comm 1 and 2.
-
- 3. NEW: Clipping, rotation, acceleration support has been added to allow
- designating an area of the tablet for mapping to the Windows screen
- without requiring the use of a template.
-
- 4. FIXED: Several fixes including button mapping under Pen Windows.
-
- 5. DROPPED: AutoEnhance mode switch because it was obsolete.
-
- 6. ADDED: Reset switch which inhibits driver tablet resets at startup.
-
- 7. IMPROVED: Relative mode now keeps the cursor centered in the
- Windows display upon startup.
-
- VTAPPLET.DLL (formerly VTCONFIG.DLL in VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: The Control Panel Applet has been completely re-written and
- sports a visual look for changing the tablet, rotation, acceleration,
- report rate, positioning, sensitivity, etc.
-
- 2. NEW: The Control Panel Applet now allows you to changes tablets
- and the report rate "on the fly" without restarting Windows which
- is useful when finding the right tablet configuration for your system
- or changing from pressure to non-pressure sensitive applications.
-
- 3. NEW: The Control Panel Applet now allows you to designate an area
- of the tablet for mapping to the Windows screen without requiring
- the use of a template.
-
- 4. NEW: The Control Panel Applet now allows you to view communications,
- digitizer and driver statistics in real-time which can assist you in
- diagnosing or configuring the drivers for optimum use.
-
- SETUP.EXE (VtSets.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Setup has been streamlined considerably and supports a
- single directory structure instead of stuffing the Windows directory
- with lots of DLLs, help files, executables, etc.
-
- 2. IMPROVED: Setup now includes a smart reinstall capability to avoid
- loading the Windows drivers in multiple configurations, i.e. Windows
- mouse, installable driver, Pen Windows driver or dynamic driver.
-
- 3. IMPROVED: Online help is now provided for Setup which supplants the
- Windows Write manual.
-
- SAMPLES (VtSams.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. DROPPED: Sample templates are no longer provided since it's just
- as easy to create your own with the Build command from within the
- Editor. However, the template for the Editor and sample style
- sheets are installed, updated or removed if you select Windows
- Editor from the Setup program.
-
- DOCUMENTATION (VtDocs.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Online help has been greatly expanded for all executables
- and utilities and supplants the Windows Write manual. A printed
- manual is now included for registered users.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- E N D O F V E R S I O N 1 . X X S E R I E S
- (Upgrade Required For Registered Users)
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.36
- ==================
- (April 30, 1993)
-
- VTABLET.DLL and VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Support has been added for Summagraphics BitPad One;
- Kurta Series One, XLC, and XLP; AceCad and Mitsubishi Grafnet
- digitizers. See DIGITIZE.TXT for their configurations.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: Shadow pens in all shapes now paint and print correctly.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.35
- ==================
- (January 30, 1993)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: All executable Windows modules have been updated to take
- advantage of assignable system sounds (if you have a sound card).
-
- VTABLET.DLL (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Extensions has been added to support Windows applications
- that can directly utilize a digitizer such as MapInfo, etc.
-
- 2. FIXED: A problem using template pointer regions under Pen Windows
- which caused a fault at the far right or top of the pointer region.
-
- SAMPLES (VtSams.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: MapInfo Corporation's MapInfo for Windows.
-
- #########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.34
- ===================
- (December 10, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Support has been added for Summagraphics SummaSketch III,
- SummaGrid III digitizers. See DIGITIZE.TXT for their configurations.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Printing now provides the option of choosing a range of
- pages saving paper on large templates for which only a small area
- is actually used (pages are tiled left-to-right, top-to-bottom).
-
- 2. IMPROVED: Fast files in the File menu are no longer listed if they
- are invalid or nonexistent, i.e. deleted between sessions.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.33
- ==================
- (November 7, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Support has been added for Kurta IS/THREE and Numonics
- AccuGrid digitizers. See DIGITIZE.TXT for their configurations.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: You may now change the font name for the entire template with
- the new Font Name command under the Options menu (with full undo).
- The default font name is also saved as "FontName" in the [Options]
- section of VTEDIT.INI and used for all templates.
-
- 2. IMPROVED: The Editor now supports "chiseled" dialogs boxes. If you
- have a laptop or want to disable this feature, add the line
- "ChiselDialogs=0" in the [Options] section of VTEDIT.INI.
-
- 3. IMPROVED: Printing templates now automatically changes the paper
- orientation (portrait or landscape) to match the active area unless
- disabled by "AutoOrient=0" in the [Options] section of VTEDIT.INI.
-
- 4. FIXED: The Undo command for template comments has been fixed.
-
- VTLOAD.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: An erroneous error message when using the Loader with the
- Windows driver loaded dynamically by applications.
-
- 2. FIXED: Occasional incorrect template file specifications in the
- main dialog window when changing to a parent template directory.
-
- 3. IMPROVED: The Loader now supports "chiseled" dialogs boxes. If you
- have a laptop or want to disable this feature, add the line
- "ChiselDialogs=0" in the [Options] section of VTEDIT.INI.
-
- VTABLET.DLL and VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: The Windows driver and Control Panel Applet now support "Air
- Brushing" or mapping pressure values to buttons even when using a
- non-pressure stylus. See Appendix B in the manual for details.
-
- 2. FIXED: A problem with Kurta IS/ONE 12x17 tablets in absolute mode.
-
- 3. IMPROVED: Button zero on Numonics 16-button cursors now maps to
- the 'pick" button for most CAD applications.
-
- SAMPLES (VtSams.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: The Virtual Template Editor template has been updated
- for the Font Name command under Options and to use accelerator keys
- wherever available thereby minimizing 'menu flash' most commands.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.32
- ====================
- (September 30, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Support has been added for Kontron Electronics Digicad Plus and
- Digikon digitizers including pressure-sensitivity. See DIGITIZE.TXT
- for their configurations.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: An occasional erroneous message when opening sample templates
- from the command line (registered users only).
-
- 2. IMPROVED: The Build command now detects target windows owned by DLL
- libraries which may not work correctly with the Loader.
-
- VTLOAD.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: The Windows Loader no longer incorrectly asks to save changes to a
- file which has not been changed.
-
- 2. IMPROVED: Target applications whose windows are owned by DLL libraries
- are now detected which may not work correctly with templates.
-
- VTABLET.DLL (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: A replacement Windows library for the CalComp 33000 digitizers
- is now provided uncompressed on disk or in VtExes.Zip. See the file
- READ_ME.TXT for more information and installation.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.31
- =================
- (August 31, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Support for a pressure-sensitive stylus has been added for
- CalComp DrawingBoard II and Wacom digitizers. See DIGITIZE.TXT for
- their new tablet identifiers.
-
- 2. NEW: Support has been added for Houston Instruments HiPad, and
- Numonics GraphicMaster and GridMaster tablets. See DIGITIZE.TXT for
- their configurations.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: The Editor now automatically opens templates with the
- default tablet type (established during installation or changed from
- within the Format Properties dialog).
-
- 2. FIXED: Exporting large Metafile and Encapsulated Postscript files no
- longer exhaust the Windows GDI heap resulting in erratic displays.
-
- 3. FIXED: Importing Encapsulated Postscript to rectangular objects now
- clips correctly when printed to a Postscript printer or re-exported.
-
- VTABLET.DLL (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: The driver now provides support for mapping tablet buttons.
-
- 2. IMPROVED: Second-stage filtering has been added to reduce screen
- jitter when using a tablet and stylus under Pen Windows or with
- absolute positioning.
-
- 3. FIXED: Barrel events under Pen Windows are now handled correctly.
- Note: Pen Windows does not currently support a middle mouse button.
-
- 4. IMPROVED: A number of minor improvements and fixes for CalComp,
- Numonics, Kurta and Wacom digitizers.
-
- VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Tablet filtering has been added via the command line
- switch '/Fn' where n is between 0 and 5 (default=3). See the DOS
- Driver Appendix in the manual or READ_ME.TXT for more information.
-
- 2. IMPROVED: Second-stage filtering has been added to reduce screen
- jitter when using a tablet and stylus.
-
- 3. IMPROVED: A number of minor improvements and fixes for CalComp,
- Numonics, Kurta and Wacom digitizers.
-
- VTCONFIG.DLL (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: The Control Panel Applet and device drivers now provide for
- mapping tablet buttons to Windows buttons (left, middle and right)
- and no longer requires restarting Windows to effect the changes.
-
- DOCUMENTATION (VtDocs.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: The Windows Write manual has been improved to include a
- chapter on using the Setup program to install, update or remove
- components of the Virtual Tablet Interface.
-
- SETUP.EXE (VtSets.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Setup now displays and asks you confirm your choices
- during installation. Click Accept or press ENTER to continue with
- installation. Click Modify or press ESCAPE to change your choices.
-
- 2. IMPROVED: Setup now creates icons for the sample templates (if you
- are installing them) in the Program Manager's Virtual Tablet Group.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.30
- ===============
- (July 11, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Support has been added for the Numonics 2200 Series of
- digitizers. See DIGITIZE.TXT for their configurations.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Encapsulated Postscript files (EPS) are now supported for both
- exporting and importing. Refer to the chapter titled "Importing &
- Exporting" in the manual or online help for restrictions and use.
-
- 2. NEW: AutoCAD Drawing Exchange Files (DXF) are supported for both
- exporting and importing. Refer to the chapter titled "Importing &
- Exporting" in the manual or online help for restrictions and use.
-
- 3. NEW: Style sheets which can be saved and loaded independently of
- the template for standardizing template designs and modifying large
- numbers of template regions quickly. Standard style sheets are
- included in the samples.
-
- 4. NEW: Circle shapes (ortho); hatching patterns; bold and italic font
- weights; and hairline and heavy outlines.
-
- 5. NEW: The Editor now starts up maximized to the screen size unless
- loaded as an icon or 'Maximized=0' is inserted under the section
- titled [Options] in the Editor's configuration file VTEDIT.INI.
-
- 6. IMPROVED: Meta files are now exported in a more generalized format
- readable by most Windows applications. In addition, multi-line style
- labels now output correctly across multiple lines if hard-wrapped.
-
- 7. CHANGED: Font greeking has been dropped due to TrueType technology
- in Windows 3.1 and widespread use of other type managers under
- Windows 3.0. The 'Debug Info' option has been moved to the Display
- and Print dialogs and now also appears in the Status Bar.
-
- VTABLET.DLL and VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: The Windows driver can now be enabled and disabled from
- the Control Panel Applet (Standard Mode only) for sharing the Com
- port with another device such as a modem without leaving Windows.
-
- 2. FIXED: Calcomp DrawingBoard II digitizers no longer need to set or
- reset the 9X00 command set prefix.
-
- SAMPLES (VtSams.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Freelance Graphics for Windows.
-
- 2. NEW: Standard style sheets for the Editor (see below).
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.22
- ==============
- (June 5, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Support has been added for GTCO DigiPad, Super-L and
- Rollup digitizers. See DIGITIZE.TXT for their configurations.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: The font metrics in the Editor have been improved and now
- conform to the sizes as stated in the manual. Under certain
- circumstances, this may require changing some label sizes in
- existing templates.
-
- VTLOAD.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: The DOS segment of the Virtual Tablet Loader is now fully
- documented in the manual appendices.
-
- SAMPLES (VtSams.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: New sample templates have been added for AutoSketch for
- Windows, CorelDraw Version 3.0; and Corel Paint, Show and Chart.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.21
- ==============
- (May 20, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Support has been added for the Calcomp 33070 (WIZ).
-
- 2. IMPROVED: Support has been added for the Wacom 210L, 31xE, 32xE,
- 42xE and 510C tablets (non-pressure mode only).
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: A custom, right mouse button, popup menu is now available
- anywhere within the Editor's window. To configure or invoke, press
- the right mouse button or choose the Custom Menu command from the
- Options menu. Can be configured with any Editor command.
-
- 2. NEW: Color labels and outlines have been added to the available
- styles. The Build command now defaults to using automatic color
- outlines instead of fills.
-
- 3. IMPROVED: The compiler now offers you a choice of highlighting
- regions in which a problem was detected. When enabled, regions are
- marked with an "X" from each bounding corner.
-
- 4. IMPROVED: The Escape key now switches the display to draft mode for
- the remainder of a screen refresh rather than just canceling
- further object rendering.
-
- VTLOAD.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Multiple templates can now be executed simply by clicking
- on their icon rather than manually unloading the current template.
- This makes switching application templates as easy as a mouse click.
-
- VTABLET.DLL and VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: Maximum rated speed for most tablets has been boosted an
- average of 50% or more.
-
- 2. IMPROVED: Support has been added to automatically detect and use
- the 16550A FIFO UART which can reduce interrupts by up to 75%.
-
- 3. FIXED: Initialization problems with Calcomp Drawing Board II
- tablets. Make sure the 9X00 command set is enabled by Escape.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.20
- ===============
- (April 24, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: All aspects of the Virtual Tablet Interface have been
- updated to conform with the Microsoft Windows Style Guide dated
- March, 1992. This mostly applies to dialog boxes and help menus.
-
- 2. NEW: Specific support has been added for SummaSketch II and
- DrawingBoard II series of digitizers. See DIGITIZE.TXT for their
- configurations. Previous versions are still compatible with both
- series but for optimum performance, use the new tablet identifiers.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: A new style dialog box now includes hard-coded multi-line
- labels, triangle and diamond shapes.
-
- 2. NEW: Context-sensitive help is now available from within any menu
- and dialog box by pressing the F1 key.
-
- 3. NEW: The help menu now includes an option to search for help by
- keyword. Choose "Search for Help on...". The Editor template has
- been updated, as well.
-
- 4. IMPROVED: All file dialogs have been updated to conform to the new
- Common Dialog standard in Windows 3.1. This includes the "Open",
- "SaveAs", "Import" and "Export" file dialogs.
-
- VTLOAD.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Context-sensitive help is now available from within any menu
- and dialog box by pressing the F1 key.
-
- 2. NEW: The help menu now includes an option to search for help by
- keyword. Choose "Search for Help on...".
-
- 3. IMPROVED: File dialogs have been updated to conform to the new
- Common Dialog standard in Windows 3.1. This includes the "Open" and
- "SaveAs" file dialogs.
-
- 4. FIXED: Control characters in templates did not work correctly when
- sent to Multiple Document Interface applications. This problem has
- been fixed in the current version.
-
- VTABLET.DLL and VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: The interrupt configuration parameter is no longer
- needed. The driver now supports only Comm 1 or 2 and uses industry
- standard Com port parameters (base, interrupt, vector, etc).
-
- 2. FIXED: Emulation of smaller tablets such as the SummaSketch 1201 by
- larger tablets could cause a crash in absolute mode due to the
- active area size differences. The driver now bounds all incoming
- coordinates to their expected values.
-
- VTCONFIG.DLL (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: A problem dating back to Version 1.00 that did not swap the
- mouse buttons correctly has been fixed.
-
- DOCUMENTATION (VtDocs.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. IMPROVED: The manual is now provided in Windows Write format. Print
- and assemble in the following order: Cover, Contents, Part1, Part2,
- Part3 and Part4.
-
- SAMPLES (VtSams.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: In addition to the Virtual Tablet Editor, sample templates
- now include skeleton templates that you may edit, embellish or use
- 'as is' for the following applications: AutoCAD for Windows, Adobe
- Illustrator, CorelDraw!, Micrografx Designer, FrameMaker, Aldus
- FreeeHand, ImageIn, Aldus Persuasion, Aldus PageMaker, PhotoStyler,
- Stanford Graphics, Ventura Publisher for Windows, Fractal Painter
- and WinCAD. See the Editor's template for an example of what a
- little extra effort can do to embellish a template.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.12
- ===============
- (April 12, 1992)
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Tiny and Huge font sizes have been added to style labels. Font
- sizes now map to 1/100th (Tiny), 1/80th (Small), 1/60th (Medium),
- 1/40th (Large) and 1/20th (Huge) of the active area. Existing
- templates may need to be tuned to these new font sizes.
-
- 2. NEW: Button outline pen styles have been added. Give your template
- that 'Windows' look! Try elliptic buttons for important commands.
-
- 3. IMPROVED: Combinations now automatically provide an inside margin
- eliminating style conflicts with their member regions.
-
- 4. IMPROVED: The Build command has been enhanced and can now build
- templates for even the most sticky, non-standard Windows Apps (like
- Ventura Publisher). No more rolling menus before building.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.11
- ===============
- (April 6, 1992)
-
- VTABLET.386 (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: This new enhanced mode windows driver significantly speeds up
- Windows running in enhanced mode. Tablet interrupts are now handled
- down in the Virtual Machine and not in the Windows kernel. Depending
- on your tablet model and report rate settings, you should see an
- improvement of up to 400% faster response times.
-
- VTABLET.DLL (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: This driver has been updated to work with the new enhanced mode
- windows driver, VTABLET.386. The tracing interface has been updated.
-
- VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: This driver has been updated to work with SummaSketch I
- tablets and restores their double-click capability.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.10
- ================
- (March 26, 1992)
-
- GENERAL
- ~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Kurta IS/ONE tablets for 8.5"x11", 12"x12" and 12"x17" have
- been added. See DIGITIZE.TXT for their configurations.
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: A toolbar now joins the status and scroll bars to assist you in
- navigating the Editor's window. It contains miniature icons for the
- twenty-two most commonly used commands. Check it out!
-
- 2. NEW: Style labels now automatically wrap to the object's bounding
- rectangle unless exporting to a metafile or using the Greek
- Fonts option for either the display or printer.
-
- VTABLET.DLL and VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. NEW: Sixteen button cursor support has been added joining stylus
- and 4-button cursors. As with all virtual tablets, only four
- buttons are actually ever used (this is a Windows limitation).
-
- 2. NEW: Button handling has been improved for applications that
- require simultaneous presses and releases of multiple buttons.
-
- 3. NEW: The choice of absolute or relative positioning has been added
- to the Windows driver and Control Panel applet running under
- Windows 3.1 or higher.
-
- 4. NEW: Report rates can now be configured. Under the Windows driver,
- an 'AutoEnhance' mode switch automatically lowers the tablets'
- report rate when running under Enhanced Windows to boost total
- system performance.
-
- 5. FIXED: A bug in SummaSketch I (not II) tablets results in loss of
- double-clicking under Windows and DOS. This problem has been fixed
- in Version 1.11. Download VTSETS.ZIP and VTEXES.ZIP and make sure
- the new enhanced mode driver is installed.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.01
- ================
- (March 16, 1992)
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: Build problems have been noted with deep cascading menu
- structures resulting in template regions that are too small for many
- output devices and are also capable of producing a crash in the
- Editor. This problem has been fixed in Version 1.10 which now warns
- you and asks to continue. Answering 'yes' will build a template for
- the menu but skip the 'menu items/template regions' in question.
- The work-around for earlier versions is to turn off cascading menus.
-
- VTABLET.DLL and VTABLET.SYS (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: Problems with certain SummaSketch tablets have been fixed in
- Version 1.10 that occasionally caused the tablet to hang at
- startup or when switching back from DOS under Enhanced Windows.
-
- ########################################################################
-
- VERSION 1.00
- ===============
- (March 9, 1992)
-
- VTEDIT.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: Build command problems have been noted with applications such
- as CorelDraw, AutoCAD for Windows, Ventura Publisher, etc. where
- menus comprise bitmap images or cascade to deep levels (and no
- error message was given!). The work around requires unchecking the
- Cascade Menus option in the Build dialog box. This will work for
- cascading menus containing bitmaps (CorelDraw) but not for top-level
- popups (like AutoCad for Windows).
-
- VTABLET.DLL (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: Some problems have been noted using multiple instances of
- VTABLET.DLL loaded as both the mouse driver and an installable
- library under the final release of 386 Enhanced Windows 3.1 when
- other interrupt driven devices are present and a DOS window is
- closed.
-
- SETUP.EXE (VtExes.Zip)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. FIXED: A problem installing VTUSEREG.DLL from other than a root
- directory has been fixed (1.00A).
-
- 2. FIXED: Manual loading of VTABLET.DLL in [MMCPL] under Windows 3.1
- was incorrectly stated in the READ_ME.TXT. The CONTROL.INI file has
- changed from the Final Pre-Release of Windows 3.1 to the Final
- Release. Consult your final Windows 3.1 documentation for the new
- location of the [MMCPL] section and how it works.
-
- ########################################################################
-
-