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- ADREAD.ME for file for APPLICATION DOCK V1.2 - 7/20/91
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- What's New:
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- - The limit on icons available has been lifted. You can now have the
- full 16 icons available on screen.
-
- - There now only need to be 16 program description lines in the APPDOCK.INI
- file.
-
- - An Information Screen has been added to the About.. dialog box.
-
- - Now if you specify a directory for Application Dock to look for it's
- INI in, you must also specify the file name. (ex APPDOCK C:\APPDOCK.INI)
-
- Version History:
- ----------------
- 0.90 Initial version, never distributed. Conained basic structure only.
-
- 1.00 First version distributed on a very limited basis. Buggy, and hard
- to work with.
-
- 1.01 All bugs from 1.0 fixed - now fully functional, except for limitation
- on icons (only 8 available) and reminder boxes
-
- 1.20 Latest shareware release - updated with a few bugs corrected.
- Limitation on number of icons removed, but startup reminder box
- still present.
-
- 1.50 Initial registered version - included interactive Application Dock
- editor v1.0 plus other small improvements.
-
- 1.60 Most recent (7/23/91) version available upon registration - includes
- Application Dock Interactive Editor v1.1, ability ot minimize dock,
- and option to run a program not in dock.
-
- Known Bugs At This Point:
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- - Currently the program depends on Microsoft's Twip coordinate system
- for sizing and positioning the dock. Some Super-VGA drivers do not use
- standard dots-per-inch settings for the display. At worst, this will
- make Application Dock look stranger than usual, but it will still
- function. I am working on a fix, but until Microsoft updates Visual
- Basic to allow me to change ALL of the scaling modes for my application,
- a fix is unlikely.
-
- - Currently the program cannot be set as the system shell. This is due to
- some bug in Visual Basic, and not in my programming. Again, I await a fix from Microsoft.
-
- What's In the Future:
- ---------------------
- - Support for multiple INI files.
-
- - The ability to get icons directly from application files.
-
- - Auto detection of Video Mode and resolution to eliminate need for location settings in
- APPDOCK.INI.
-
- - An optional parameter prompt before running a program.
-
- - On-line help via Windows Help.
-
- - Improved interactive editor for APPDOCK.INI.
-
- - Larger and more diverse sample icon library.
-
- - MUCH better Keyboard support.
-
- - Improved dock display.