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- TransEra HTBasic Plus for Windows Release Notes
-
- TransEra Corporation
- 345 East 800 South
- Orem, UT 84058
- (801) 224-6550
-
- Web Page: http://www.transera.com
- E-Mail: htb-sales@transera.com or
- htb-support@transera.com
-
- Release 5.2 (4.12.96)
- ________________________________________________________________________________
-
- Read this file to get information about changes and additions that have been
- made since the last printing of the manuals. The following topics are covered:
- Installation, New Features and Known Problems.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- Use the File Manager, Run SETUP.EXE option to install this product.
-
- NEW FEATURES
- o HP BASIC Plus product E2160 revision A.01.01 functions have been
- incorporated as HTBasic Plus for Windows. All HP BASIC PLUS features
- EXCEPT the following have been included (limitations and known defects
- contained in this beta release are enumerated in the Limitations and Known
- Problems sections):
-
- - DIALOG statement no longer accepts the PARENT option.
- - The RETURN clause of the DIALOG and STATUS statements does not accept
- substrings.
- - APP statement is not supported.
- - Help Compiler Application (context sensitive help can now be provided
- through standard Windows help). Unfortunately, there is no tool
- available to convert old HP BASIC PLUS help files to Windows help files.
- - Notepad and Clock Applications (use the standard Windows accessories).
- - The FILE widget is available only on Windows 95. Attempting to create a
- FILE widget on Windows 3.1 results in error 553 Cannot load object file
- The FILE dialog is available on all platforms.
- - The Minimized Window box is not provided: instead, widgets are iconized.
- - The following customizations are no longer supported through the CONFIG
- file:
- o all "@ RAM usage" parameters.
- o "@ use offscreen memory"
- o all "@ mouse" parameters
- o the "@ scrollbar" parameters have be replaced by "@ SLIDER widget" and
- now only apply to the SLIDER widget
- o "@ highlight toggle buttons"
- o "@ load fonts" (use the Windows Control Panel)
- o "@ font cache"
- o "@ preload applications"
- o "@ APP management"
- o "@ background_bitmap"
-
- Key functional differences:
- o When PLUS is loaded (LOAD BIN "BPLUS"), CRT graphics are forced to always
- be in COLOR MAP mode (PLOTTER IS CRT, "INTERNAL";COLOR MAP). However, the
- PLOTTER IS device is not always forced back to the CRT.
- o BASIC graphics will not (and cannot be forced to) interfere with widgets.
- o Widgets are always active, even when no ON EVENTs are defined or while
- the program is paused.
-
-
- KNOWN PROBLEMS
- --------------
- Known Beta Release Defects
- o Mouse and Keyboard issues:
- - Keyboard traversal doesn't work.
- - FILE Dialog: Windows 95 doesn't allow setting focus to File Name field
- with mouse (either use the Tab key, or change focus to some other
- window and then click on the File Name field fo the file dialog).
- o Widget problems:
- - STRING, NUMBER, and KEYPAD widgets and dialogs: cursor display and color
- problems
- - COMBO Widget: does not support DROPDOWN BUTTON:0 or EDITABLE:0
- - Common RESTORE SCREEN attribute not functional.
- o Screen Builder issues:
- - The Screen Builder output window is not optimized for display size.
- - TRUE/FALSE attribute dialogs don't always highlight FALSE state.
- - To gain access to the widgets in the output window, you must first set
- focus (mouse click) to the main "HP Widget Screen Builder" window.
-