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- Year 2000 Software Audit Version History
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- Please note that we send out email notices of significant program upgrades
- to registered users who have provided us with valid email addresses.
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- Version 1.34 (November 26 1999)
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- - Database size: 2,140 files
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- Version 1.33 (November 15 1999)
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- - Database size: 2,033 files
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- - Minor improvements to interface appearance.
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- Version 1.32 (October 4 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,973 files
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- - Minor improvements to interface appearance.
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- Version 1.31 (August 10 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,901 files
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- - Fixed a bug that could cause the program to crash
- when starting up on a Mac using System 7.
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- Version 1.30 (August 6 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,901 files
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- - Improved preferences window; the program now uses disclosure
- triangles rather than a modal pop-up.
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- Version 1.29 (July 19 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,882 files
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- Version 1.28 (May 13 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,676 files
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- Version 1.27 (Mar 24 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,626 files
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- - Changed the preferences window, which is brought up by selecting the
- “Preferences...” menu item, to allow for more preferences. After
- bringing up the preferences window, you select which preferences
- are shown by using the pop-up menu at the top of the window.
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- - Added preferences for choosing which file types (Applications,
- Control Panels, ...) to include in an audit.
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- - Added preferences for choosing which year 2000 classifications
- (Year 2000 Ready, Not Year 2000 Ready, ...) are included in an audit.
- Files which belong to an omitted classification are not included in
- an audit.
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- - The new preferences are useful for producing audits that include, for
- example, only unrecognized files. Another example use would be to
- produce a report which lists all available applications.
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- Version 1.26 (Mar 20 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,618 files
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- - Added a registration option for registering just the auditing portion
- of the program without the included Y2K database.
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- Version 1.25 (Mar 18 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,614 files
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- - HTML reports are more compact than in previous versions; less
- HTML markup is used to produce the same appearance. The codes
- used for some of the character entities (such as the trademark
- symbol) have been changed to improve browser compatibility.
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- - Version information stored in non-standard ‘vers’ resources may
- now be included in reports. Previous versions would only report
- version information for ‘vers’ resource id #1, which should be used
- for giving the version information for a file. This version looks
- for id #1; then id #2, which should be used for giving the version
- information for a set of files; and then for any version resource.
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- Version 1.24 (Mar 5 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,579 files
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- - Added a “plain tab-delimited” format which does not include report
- annotations such as product notes and section summaries. The new
- format is for producing reports to import, as tables, into other
- applications.
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- - Removed FileMaker databases and templates from the audit. FileMaker
- technical support has informed us that such files will not exhibit
- year 2000 problems, although you should of course be careful when
- importing data containing two-digit years into FileMaker.
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- Version 1.23 (Feb 24 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,567 files
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- - SITE FEATURE: Multiple clients may run Y2KSA off the same
- AppleShare file server.
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- Version 1.22 (Feb 23 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,567 files
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- - Reports may now be saved in HTML format. With the HTML format,
- report fields are coloured according to the Y2K category they are in.
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- - Tab-delimited reports now include column labels.
-
- - Added “Confirm report options before scanning” preference. This
- preference may be used to streamline scanning: when unselected,
- scanning begins immediately after “Scan” is pressed, rather than
- asking the user to confirm the options used for the report.
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- - Added “Confirm file name before saving” preference. This preference
- may be used to streamline scanning: when unselected, the report
- is immediately saved after scanning completes, rather than prompting
- the user for a file name and location.
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- - SITE FEATURE: The preference file “Y2K Software Audit Preferences”
- may now be stored in the application folder. Previous versions required
- the preference file to be stored in the system folder’s preference folder.
- Moving the preference file into the application folder allows a site licensee
- to use Y2KSA from removable media or a network volume without manually
- registering Y2KSA on every machine to be audited.
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- Version 1.21 (Feb 10 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,540 files
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- - Fixed a bug introduced in version 1.20. Version 1.20 could unnecessarily
- leave files open, which could cause a variety of problems.
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- Version 1.20 (Feb 9 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,540 files
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- - Previous versions saved reports as SimpleText documents, unless BBEdit
- was installed; if BBEdit was installed, reports were saved as BBEdit
- documents. With this version, you may choose whether reports are saved
- as BBEdit, Internet Explorer, MPW, Navigator, SimpleText, or Word
- documents.
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- - The licensee name is now included in reports.
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- Version 1.19 (Jan 22 1999)
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- - Database size: 1,529 files
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- Version 1.18 (Dec 21 1998)
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- - Database size: 1,494 files
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- Version 1.17 (Dec 16 1998)
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- - Database size: 1,425 files
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- - Added a progress bar that indicates overall progress when scanning
- entire volumes (either all volumes, or a specific volume) but not when
- scanning one specific folder.
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- - Added code to watch for low-memory conditions and exit gracefully,
- rather than crash.
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- Version 1.16 (Dec 14 1998)
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- - Database size: 1,237 files
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- Version 1.15 (Nov 29 1998)
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- - Database size: 1,148 files
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- - Added an “Installers and Updaters” section and classification.
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- Version 1.14 (Nov 18 1998)
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- - Database size: 1,090 files
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- - Added a “Has Minor Y2K Issues” classification. This classification
- is used if the file is essentially ready for year 2000, but has some
- minor “issues” the user should be aware of. Typically these issues
- (or a link to a web page of issues) will be included in the report notes.
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- - Added an optional “Y2K classification” field to the records. If the
- field is included, each classification is not seperated by a header.
- Using this field with the tab-delimited report will ease importing
- into a spreadsheet or database.
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- Version 1.13 (Nov 10 1998)
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- - Database size: 936 files
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- - All mounted volumes (all hard disks, CDs, floppies, ... that are on
- the desktop) are now scanned by default. The default for earlier
- versions was to scan the one volume the program was launched from.
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- - Reports will now include a warning if a volume becomes unavailable
- while it is being scanned.
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- Version 1.12 (Nov 7 1998)
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- - Database size: 899 files
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- - Navigation Services is now supported. Navigation Services provide,
- among other things, improved “Choose Location” and “Save” dialog
- boxes. Navigation Services is included with MacOS 8.5; it may
- be installed on older systems (back to MacOS 7.5.5) if you are willing
- to do it yourself - go to the Apple web site and search for “Navigation
- Services” for more information. If Navigation Services is not installed,
- the older, standard dialog boxes are used.
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- Version 1.11 (Nov 3 1998)
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- - Database size: 899 files
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- Version 1.10 (Oct 27 1998)
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- - Database size: 841 files
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- Version 1.09 (Oct 20 1998)
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- - Database size: 765 files
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- Version 1.08 (Oct 14 1998)
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- - Database size: 717 files
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- - Added a new “Uncertain” category to the report. It is used
- when it isn’t known whether a file is or is not year 2000
- ready, even though it is recognized and in the database.
- This commonly occurs when a producer will only verify
- certain versions of an application.
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- Version 1.07 (Oct 5 1998)
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- - Database size: 653 files
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- - Audit now includes desk accessories, FileMaker plug-ins,
- and REALbasic plug-ins.
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- Version 1.06 (Oct 1 1998)
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- - Database size: 517 files
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- - Audit now includes background applications, control strip
- modules, contextual menu items, FileMaker databases and
- templates, and Photoshop plug-ins.
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- Version 1.05 (Sept 26 1998)
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- - Database size: 406 files
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- - File size now includes the size of the resource fork.
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- Version 1.04 (Sept 19 1998)
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- - Database size: 378 files
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- - Reports now include a notes section which includes Y2K notes
- from file producers.
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- Version 1.03 (Sept 14 1998)
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- - Database size: 338 files
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- - Three report formats are now available: record (shows all
- fields for each record), compact record (omits blank fields),
- and tab-delimited (one record per line, with tabs seperating
- fields).
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- - You may now choose which fields to include in a report.
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- Version 1.02 (Sept 3 1998)
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- - Database size: 331 files
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- - Switched to a new report format that seperates applications and
- control panels from supporting files (extensions, libraries, and
- drivers).
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- Version 1.01 (August 24 1998)
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- - Database size: 331 files
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- - Fixed a bug that could cause a crash just after saving a report.
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- Version 1.00 (August 23 1998)
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- - Database size: 278 files
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