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- Point & Shoot Revision History (now named MenuDIRECT)
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- Version 1.1 (10/87)
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-
- Completely rewrote program in Turbo Pascal 4.0 (made 1 .EXE)
-
- Added Check Snow parameter in program Setup
-
- Added ORIG: and TARG: display on graphic tree
-
- Added [right-arrow] to File Block command to move directly to Tree
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- Added [ctrl-PgDn] command to quickly tag groups of files in File Block
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- Fixed bug in File Block Move when duplicates were encountered
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- Added } symbol to force prompting for parameters in menu entry definitions
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- Fixed Goto floppy drive bug (cannot allow but old versions tried anyway)
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- Added File Xecute command to run small programs
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- Changed Newdate command to Newfile. Date changes are now in Attributes
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- Added standard and double column laser text file print to File commands
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- Included screen blanking programs with Point & Shoot package
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-
- Version 1.2 (12/87)
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- Added Alt-D command for DOS access
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- Fixed background color bug for some color monitors
-
- Removed Check Snow parameter function in program setup (now automatic)
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- Added automatic drive scan for systems with more than one fixed disk drive
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- Fixed bug in menu setup (was incorrectly adding extra duplicate commands)
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- Added % completion status to File View command
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- Changed format of color selection in Setup to show colors
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- Changed Origin directory setting so that [Cr] always rereads files
-
- Fixed Target Space available display in File commands to show new target
- space before copy operations begin. Previously, if you switched disks
- in the target drive, the space available shown was incorrect.
-
- Added a comprehensive text file editor called "PASE.EXE". This editor uses
- WordStar type commands and can handle files up to 64K. The new text editor
- will automatically run from Point & Shoot and can also be used as a stand-
- alone text editor. The documentation for this editor is contained in a
- separate file called "PASEDOC.TXT" contained on the distribution disk.
-
- Added a backup parameter to the Setup screen to designate whether the text
- editor should make backups (.BAK's).
-
-
- Version 1.3 (5/88)
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- Rewrote user interface and added comprehensive error checking procedures
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- Added mouse support to the program
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- Added external interface to Point & Shoot Backup/Restore program
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- Changed Newfile command to Newcopy which will copy newest files only
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- Added time display to file list (date sort now sorts on date and time)
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- Revised program setup to allow setting of background colors
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- Printed (complete) documentation is now available to all registered users
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- Program defaults are now stored directly in program .EXE file
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- Added Diskformat command to format floppy disks
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- Moved all menu management commands to a separate menu
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- Added sort order status display to file display screen
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- Added "/M" parameter to force correct display on some incompatible machines
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-
- Version 2.0 (1/89)
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- Added TREE UNDELETE command to recover deleted files & directories
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- Moved FILE OPTIONS to SETUP and removed Duplicate file check (now always on)
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- Changed drive selection in SETUP to designate each drive used instead of
- the last drive used and modified program so it may be run on any hard drive
- (previously had to be lowest lettered hard drive)
-
- Added USAGE command which incorporates a comprehensive set of Usage Log
- and Protection features to the Point & Shoot Program. The addition of the
- password protection mechanism has changed the format of the user-defined
- menu file. Users of versions prior to version 2.0 MUST use the menu
- function UPGRADE found in the Menu Commands.
-
- Added memory statistics and other information to the Alt-S statistics screen
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- Included the text file editor directly into the program for quicker access.
- Text editor now also automatically uses the memory that is available to
- allow more flexibility on systems with limited memory (max still 64K).
- Editor has additional command to examine the current amount of editing
- memory available. Added option in SETUP to allow user to specify the text
- editor to use if they wish to use an editor other than the built-in P&S
- editor. F4 New File command in editor now prompts for a new file name.
-
- Redesigned the Alt-D drop to DOS command to free as much memory as possible
- before attempting to execute a DOS command to allow larger programs/commands
- to be executed from this part of the program
-
- Enhanced the printed documentation available to registered users. Now
- includes user guide and reference sections.
-
- Changed FILE ATTRIBUTE command to FILE ATTR to allow more space for commands
- on FILE menu
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- Enhanced the FILE VIEW command to read large files quicker and to support
- correct on-screen spacing of tabs in text files
-
- Added TREE A&B command to show directories on floppy disks
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- Added marker in file list to indicate other than standard file attribute
-
- Added option to FILE GLOBAL command to gather all files on hard disk(s) in
- one sorted/filtered list then copy or delete individual files
-
- Added file delete confirmation to original FILE GLOBAL command
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- Improved the DISKFORMAT command to correct problems with some computers
-
- Added FILE WINDOW command to show dual file list (origin and target files)
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- Added Alt-L pop-up calendar command to show on-screen perpetual calendar
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- Added [Esc] feature to FILE BLOCK commands to interrupt long activities
-
- Added ******** mask to hidden subdirectories. If protection is on, then
- users cannot make a hidden subdirectory the Origin or Target. Users can
- also be restricted to a single subdirectory in Tree & File operations.
-
- Added inverse date (newest first) sort order option in File commands. Sort
- may now be aborted with [Esc] if the file sorting process is too long.
-
- Added FILE LOCATE command to find files with embedded text strings
-
- Added INDEX database to keep track of files (or anything else)
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- Changed FILE NEWCOPY command to FILE NEWER
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- Added additional error checking to TREE COLLECT to ensure that the program
- does not halt if too many diretories are found to display on the screen.
- The limit is now 255 total directories on the tree. If more, the
- program will show as many as it can, where previously too many directories
- would halt the program.
-
- Revisions A-D: Minor bug fixes.
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- Revision E: Added top line text selection in SETUP
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- Revision F: Added EMS Use and Quit Prompt options to SETUP
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- Revision G: Added mouse cursor color selection to SETUP
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- Revision H: Added Ctrl-key selection of user-defined menus (first cap letter)
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- Revision I: Revised the DISKFORMAT command to allow up to 4 floppy drives.
- SETUP includes a list of floppy drive numbers that must be
- filled in to select the correct floppy drive during format.
- External floppy drives are often numbers 2 or 3.
-
- Revision J: Modified the Ctrl-key selection of user-defined menus to avoid
- conflicts with certain keystrokes like Ctrl-M = [Cr],
- Ctrl-I = [Tab], Ctrl-H = [BackSpace], Ctrl-V = [Insert], etc..
- In addition, while the program previously used the first letter
- of the user-defined menu item as the Ctrl-key trigger, now the
- first UPPERCASE letter is used. This feature allows more
- flexibility in the naming of user-defined menus.
-
- Revision K: Added BOOT DRIVE to SETUP to allow for systems which boot from
- drives other than C and modified directory tree routines to
- correctly designate floppy drives on these systems. User
- defined submenus now highlight the first UPPERCASE letter or
- number.
-
- Revision L: Added a second menu choice list that appears if primary menu
- selections are ambiguous (have the same trigger letter). Also
- changed User-Id entry to show name and added shading to
- password entry.
-
- Revision M: Added a new report to Timelog Database: Summary by Activity
- which is similar to the usage summary but is sorted by
- Activity.
-
-
- Version 3.0 (6/91)
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-
- Program name changed to MenuDIRECT. Version 3.0 brings a new realm of
- programming style to AMST products. Differences from version 2.0 are
- too numerous to mention, but highlights include:
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- o New user-interface with pull-down menus, and movable/resizable windows
- o Unlimited number of user-defined menus
- o Appointment book & todo list added to calendar
- o Calculator sports memory and hexadecimal mode
- o Optional swapping mode to run programs while only keeping 8K memory
- o On-line hypertext help system
- o Full mouse support
- o Project logging
- o Restrict user access without time logging
- o New file commands: Krunch, Zero Out, Retag Files
- o New tree commands: Edit Disk, Swap O/T, Verify Disk
- o Automatic menu creation for popular programs
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