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- The following is a list of improvements, corrections and/or enhancements made to
- Label Magic:
-
- [VERSION 3.00]
-
- o ALL NEW LOOK - Text and EGA/VGA graphic screens have been enhanced to reflect
- a more up-to-date 3-D look.
-
- o IMPROVED EDITING - It is no longer necessary to retype and entire address
- line when you only want to change a single character. The address field now
- allows complete freedom of cursor movement -- including INSERT. Nice idea,
- Len.
-
- o SINGLE-KEY RESPONSES - You no longer have to type "Y" and then ENTER when
- you are asked questions like "Do you want addresses printed?" Just hit
- the "Y" or "N" keys and that's it.
-
- o TWO ACROSS LABELS FOR PAGE PRINTERS - It's finally here, 2-across labels for
- laser/deskjet printers! If the printer you select supports 2-across labels,
- you will be asked whether to print 1 or 2 across just prior to printing,
- automatically.
-
- o COLOR/MONOCHROME OVERRIDE PARAMETER - No matter how hard we try to determine
- whether the computer is color or monochrome, there are always some that don't
- obey the rules. For this reason, we have added the "-C" and "-M" parameters.
- These allow you to force Label Magic to use either color (-c) or mono-
- chrome (-m) memory for text screens.
-
- SYNTAX: "C:\LM>lm -m" or "C:\LM>lm -c"
-
-
- [VERSION 2.19]
-
- o Enhanced VGA colors (in text screens) using "ColorBOX <TM>," another great
- NEOCOM product.
-
- o Corrected problem with AT&T 6300, and possibly other monochrome systems. The
- problem involved a screen saving routine which did not properly determine
- system configuration.
-
-
- [VERSION 2.18]
-
- o TRUE LQ-2500 (Panasonic KX-P1124 24 pin) DRIVERS. We finally got our hands
- on the KX-P1124 printer and wrote a driver specifically for it. The drivers
- should work with virtually any LQ-2500 printer. Hence, there are also
- LQ-2500 printer drivers listed, too.
-
- NOTE: 24 pin printers don't have vertical line spacing that is exactly
- a multiple of that of 9 pin printers so it was necessary to
- either stretch the icons "TALL" or shrink them down a little "SHORT."
- That's why there are "TALL" and "SHORT" drivers for LQ compatibles.
-
-
- [VERSION 2.16/2.17]
-
- o PRINTER DRIVER FOR PANASONICS. A new printer driver for certain Panasonic
- printers which are not completely EPSON compatible has been added. The
- symptom was that labels printed properly, but were improperly spaced.
-
-
- [VERSION 2.15]
-
- o MORE PRINTERS. A new printer driver for the ALPS 200/300 color printer has
- been included in version 2.15. This driver adds color to icons and text and
- should work with any EPSON JX compatible printer.
-
-
- [VERSION 2.14]
-
- o INVISIBLE SCREEN FIX. Some users experienced intermittent screen updates due
- to a problem in the algorithm which determines whether a COLOR or MONO
- system is being used.
-
- o MENU COLORS. Menu options have all been changed to bright colors so
- monochrome users will should have less dificulty.
-
-
- [VERSION 2.13]
-
- o THE "NEW" PRINT SHOP COMPATIBILITY - Icon importing from The "NEW" Print
- Shop graphic/icon files is now possible. Refer to the documentation for
- details.
-
- o IMPROVED LABEL LOADING - Now when you try to load a label from within the
- CREATE/EDIT LABELS window that doesn't exist, you are presented with a
- scrolling-bar menu that allows you to select another label from those that
- do exist. Older versions simply displayed a message telling that the label
- did not exist.
-
- o SHIPPING LABELS - This version of Label Magic has "hard-coded" shipping label
- support. Shipping labels where always possible in earlier versions through
- the use of LISTS; however, now it's as easy as printing a label.
-
- o DESQview COMPATIBILTY - Some earlier versions would crash under DESQview or
- DESQview/386 because of dual-direct screen writing. Smarter routines
- should correct this problem.
-
- o MORE PRINTERS - In addition to the large printer selections available on
- earlier versions, version 2.12 includes drivers for the following
- printers, too:
-
- Okidata Microline 320/321
- Tandy DMP106 (Tandy mode)
-
-
- o DOS 4.00 FIX - All versions prior to this one showed "ECHO OFF" when a DOS
- shell was envoked under DOS 4.xx. Now, however, the shell is as "smooth" as
- it was for DOS 3.3x.
-
- o CURSOR FIX - Early versions had a problem with the cursor in the ICON EDITOR
- causing it to becomed "locked" whenever it was positioned (using arrow keys)
- into the same square occupied by the mouse cursor.
-
-
- [VERSION 2.11]
-
- o HERC SUPPORT - Label Magic now supports the Hercules <tm> monographics
- standard (and compatibles).
-
- o FASTER SCREEN UPDATES - Screen updates within the ICON EDITOR are now an
- average of 50% faster, due to intellegent updating techniques.
-
- o EASIER CONFIGURING - This version changes the way VIDEO/PRINTER selections
- are made. Rather than repeatedly pressing "P" or "G," now you press "P" or
- "G" only once and then select the printer or video configuration from a
- scrolling-bar menu.
-
-
- [VERSION 2.00]
-
- o SORTED FILE LIST - Files listed in the scrolling window of the LABEL
- MAINTENENCE screen are now sorted. This makes finding labels, icons, etc.
- much easier.
-
- o IMPROVED ICON LOADING - The "LOAD ICON" feature of the icon editor has been
- drastically improved. Now, rather than entering the name of an icon, you
- select the icon from a scrolling menu. The icons are listed alphabeticaly.
- Now you don't have to try to remember the names of all your icons.
-
- o ICON IMPORTING - Users of "PRINTMASTER" and "THE PRINT SHOP" can now import
- graphics from those programs directly into Label Magic. A complete online
- facility has been added to the icon editor for this purpose. The factility
- is menu driven and very user-friendly.
-
-
-
- [VERSION 1.10]
-
- o CGA SUPPORT - The Color Graphics Adaptor (CGA) is now fully supported by Label
- Magic, including the icon editor.
-
- o SAFER ICON SAVES - In earlier versions if you saved an icon under a name
- identical to one that already existed the original was automatically
- overwritten by the new one. But, in this new release you are prompted as to
- whether or not the older icon should be replaced.
-
- o FASTER ICON UNPACKING - The icon "unpacking" subroutine has been converted to
- assembler for better speed. The new routine operates about eight times faster
- than the original. This makes browsing through icons much faster. Also, the
- routines used for displaying icons have been optimized. In general, any
- Label Magic feature that reads icons from disk works more efficiently.
-
- o IMPROVED WINDOWS - Text windowing routines have been completely replaced in
- an effort to keep RAM requirements low and to improve shadowing reliability.
- Some earlier versions had problems with window shadowing.
-
- o TEXT MODE RESTORATION - Version 1.10 returns the computer to its original
- text mode setting upon exiting the program. This includes the EGA/VGA 43/50
- line modes. For instance, if you are in the VGA 50 line mode and enter Label
- Magic then it will automatically switch you to the 25 line mode and then back
- to 50 line when you're finished.
-
- o DOS SHELL (DOS 4.00) - The DOS shell option of LABEL MAINTENENCE has been
- improved so that the "ECHO OFF" is no longer visible under DOS versions above
- 3.3.
-
-
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