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- BUGS/FEATURES
- =============
-
- V1.1 Fixed bug that prevented Back-Menu from being reloaded after it had
- been removed.
-
- Restructured code so that it should work with EMS systems. (Not
- tested fully).
-
- V1.2 Added cascading menus.
-
- V1.3
- Locks up Compaq 386/25e sometimes when starting up DOS window.
-
- V1.31
- Added ambiguous file name support.
- V1.32
- Made Back-Menu process the windows command line when it is the shell.
-
- V1.33
- Modified Open Dialog box to have dirs and files lists.
- Fixed problem if you type in path and filename to opex dialog.
- V1.34
- Added '%' to prompt for command line for an application.
- Fixed bug where if you uninstall Back-Menu you get UAE.
- Added about box.
- Changed ambiguous filename support so that the open box has
- the directory specified.
- V1.35
- Added support for setting start-up directory.
- V1.36
- Whichever mouse button brings up the menu can now be used to select
- items from it (as well as the left mouse button)
- V1.37
- Now supports extensions from win.ini (eg. MYTEXT.WRI will cause
- write to be started up on the file).
- Cured bug where if Back-Menu is the only task in the system, the
- menu doesn't stay up the first time the button clicked.
- V1.38
- Changed line-reading to fix problems with reading the .ini file.
- Removed the limit of 15 items per menu.
-
- V1.39
- There were problems if back-menu was the shell and a command line
- was given to windows which didn't have a path component (It said it
- couldn't find the file). This has been fixed.
- Added history mechanism to Execute... command.
- Re-ordered the fixed menu to place more frequently used items at
- the top.
- Modified % prompting to allow a command line to be edited (eg.
- %-t -r hello.pas will prompt with the rest of the command line
- present for editing).
-
- V1.40
- Back-Menu is now Big-Desk aware. If you have Big-Desk V1.01 or later,
- Back-Menu will offer it as an option from the 'Back-Menu options' menu.
- Added the ability to understand program manager group files. (Thanks to
- whoever it was who sent me the file format).
-
- V1.41
- Back-Menu is a bit more subtle about using the Big-Desk DLL. If it can't
- locate BIGDLIB.DLL there is now no error message.
-
- V1.42
- ALT-F10 will now pop-up the menu from the keyboard
-
- V2.00
- Made all menu items totally configurable. See section for more details.
-
- V2.01
- Fixed bug which caused windows to become unstable if the 'Remove BackMenu'
- option was used.
- BackMenu would look in the current directory for the ini file (unless
- otherwise specified). If any applications were started up, the current
- directory would change and cause BackMenu to loose the ini file. BackMenu
- will now remember the startup directory and explicity use this rather
- than assuming. (To be absolutly sure, specify the full path to the
- ini file within the Set Options... dialog box).
-
- V2.10 The above fix (V2.01) didn't work. This meant that anyone who hadn't
- used a previous version of BackMenu couldn't use V2.01 as it looked
- for a null file (""). Also, the default menu that should appear if
- there is no menu file didn't work so it appeared as if nothing had
- happened. This has been fixed.
-
- V2.20 Added 'Browse...' option to the Command Dialog box so you can wander
- the disk through a standard open dialog box to look for a file to
- execute.
- Added comments to the menu initialisation file. Any line starting with
- a semi-colon (;) is now ignored.
- Added a $Info keyword that gives some (hopefully) useful system
- info a-la Program or File Manager. (Thanks to Randy for those).
- Added @ option which causes items in the menu to be auto-run when
- BackMenu is first invoked. This option may be disabled by holding
- down either shift key while backmenu is loading.
- Increased the maximum line length for a program item to 160 characters.
-
- Any criticism/comments/praise/bugs etc can be directed to the author (me) as
-
- Ian Heath
- Postgraduate Research
- University of Southampton
- England
-
- mail: ih@uk.ac.soton.ecs
- or: ih@ecs.soton.ac.uk
-
- (whichever you prefer).
-
-