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- TheDraw 4.51
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- Despite extensive testing, yet another problem has shown up when saving
- QuickBasic object files. Thanks for Gary Deal for pointing this out!
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- Chris Wirth of ACiD Productions found an obscure problem with background
- colors not being saved properly in Ansi files.
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- Fixed incorrect reference to "QB4TOOLS.OBJ" in file QB4UTIL.BI which should
- have read "QB4UTIL.LIB"
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- Also repaired glitch with the Sticky Ruler only working in sprite mode.
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- TheDraw 4.50
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- There were over 50 improvements and corrections for this release of TheDraw.
- The following new features were added for version 4.50:
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- o FONTS! Built in Ascii class font support. This takes the difficulty
- out of creating large sized lettering. Select "Fonts" from the pull
- down menu.
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- o Improved Restore/Undo facility. Any screen operation can be reversed
- simply by pressing ALT-R.
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- o Mouse users can click on items in the status line to activate or
- toggle options.
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- o Added a 23 line edit buffer option. This was requested by several
- Bulletin Board System operators. It should prove a popular option,
- eliminating the need to always use block saves. Go into the
- internal Setup screen (using Options pulldown menu). Move to
- edit buffer depth and press [SPACE] until "23" appears.
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- o Revised QuickBasic support. Many people experienced difficulties
- using TheDraw .OBJ file in MicroSoft's integrated environment.
- This release corrects those problems. Resave your screens in TheDraw,
- and rebuild any Quick Libraries using MAKEQLB.
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- Important: References to QuickBasic .OBJ have changed. You must now
- use "&" instead of "!" postfix's. ie:
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- Use: DECLARE ImageData&
- Instead of: DECLARE ImageData!
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- o Improved file directory listing used for Load/View/Delete Screen
- commands (ALT-L, ALT-V, ALT-K). Directories are now displayed along
- with all files.
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- o Ansi screen saves optimized to reduce file size, and speed display.
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- o Pulldown menus now show corresponding shortcut keystrokes.
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- o When the pulldown menu is displayed, Mouse users can now click on
- items in the status line. This will toggle the corrsponding command.
- ie: ALT-A (Colors), INS (Insert Mode), ALT-F (Function Key Sets), etc...
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- o Additional documentation for using the Clipper compiler (courtesy
- of Ian Thurston).
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- o In response to many requests, static Ansi files can now put characters
- in the lower-right corner of the screen. Be warned, that doing so will
- cause an uncontrollable screen scroll.
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- Animated Ansi files are still not permitted. However, colors can now
- be placed there with causing unwanted screen scrolling. TheDraw now
- makes special Ansi codes which will color the corner safely.
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- 4.50 Bug Fixes
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- - Proper handling of top line in Ansi files. A change permitting Ansi on
- the bottom of the screen fouled the display of Ansi on the top of the
- screen.
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- - Object files (.OBJ) containing less than 512 bytes now are made properly.
- A bug was introduced with the addition of QuickBasic support.
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- - QuickBasic library update batch file MAKEQLB improved to have better
- error handling.
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- - Ascii file saves now place CR/LF after last line.
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- - Animation scramble scanner was leaving garbage of the screen.
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- - Various screen display quirks associated with the virtual edit buffer.
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- - Fixed the column insert/delete functions (ALT-[LEFT/RIGHT])
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- - More safeguards when switching between 25 and 43/50 line edit buffers.
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- - TheDraw can now load read-only marked files properly.
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- - Screen blanker tamed when doing a dos shell.
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- - Better handling of bell codes in Ansi files.
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- - Fixed bug with Sticky ruler status not being saved to .TD files.
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- - Repaired several problems with screen refresh in animation mode.
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- - Animation redrawn function (ALT-Q) altered to work more consistantly
- across various computers. A redraw speed of 255 now redraws the
- animation sequences between 5 and 10 characters/second.
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- - Animation delete function (ALT-Z) now properly recognizes sprite mode, and
- handles removing the last character from the animation sequence better.
-
- - Better handling of animation block moves. Previously you could move an
- area lacking animation over an animated area, thus making a "black hole"
- until the screen was redrawn. This release corrects the oversight.
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- Plus several other minor fixes.
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- Thanks to:
- Steven Fischkoff for finding bug with animation scramble scanner.
- J. T. Merrill for finding problem with THEPP when displaying
- animated files.
- Warren Leadbeatter for pointing out circumstances where unwanted
- blank lines could get inserted into Ansi files.
- Jeff Lawson for finding bug when loading read-only files, saving
- small (less than 512 bytes) object files, and suggesting
- improvements for the QuickBasic MAKEQLB batch file.
- Ian Thurston for supplying a example for the Clipper compiler.
- Joe Fischer (and others) for helping identify glitch with Ansi
- saves relative to spurious linefeeds in the top video line.
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- Please do not assume someone else will write about a bug you find.
- Write a letter and be immortalized in the doc's of TheDraw!
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- In any case, Enjoy!
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