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- fastmenu GOLD (tm) Copyright (c) 1992 by: Jack W Hildenbrand
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- Updates and changes to version 6.0.0
-
- 1>- Any mouse movement at the main menu will reset the timer and
- prevent going into screen blanking during mouse activity.
-
- 2>- The user now has the ability to password protect re-assigning
- the function key and exit icons. This option can be accessed
- through the Setup menu.
-
- 3>- The user now has the option to turn off the logo display during
- screen blanking. This option can be accessed through the Setup
- menu.
-
- 4>- A new icon has been added to the upper right screen 'End'. This
- icon can be used to send fastmenu GOLD immediately into screen
- blanking from almost any location in the program. If user ID
- and logging is setup, this option gives the user a means of
- ending his activity and logging off the system. NOTE ! This
- option is not available during any user input screens so as to
- prevent any possible data loss.
-
- 5>- A complete user ID and logging system has been added to fastmenu
- GOLD. Up to 60 users can be assigned different passwords for
- access and all activity can be setup for logging. This option
- can be accessed through the Setup menu.
-
- 6>- Two new Icons have been added to the Calender NotePad module
- that allows decreasing or advancing the calender year.
-
- 7>- A new Icon has been added to the Calender NotePad module that
- allows tagging groups of notes for deleting.
-
- 8>- In the Edit Applications module during listing and selecting
- the run file from the scrolling menu, the file extention is
- now included with your selection and can now be included at
- the run file field.
-
- 9>- A new Icon has been added to the main menu '?'. When selecting
- this new Icon, you are displayed the current version number and
- the date of realease. The registered version also will show
- registration information from this Icon.
-
- 10>- fastmenu GOLD will now look for a file named 'INSTEAD.BAT' and
- if this file is found in the GOLD directory, fastmenu GOLD will
- execute it instead of going into screen blanking. This batch
- file can then be used to execute another application such as a
- picture file show or presentation application and then upon
- exit, return to fastmenu GOLD.
-
- Updates and changes to version 4.6.0
-
- 1>- A full featured calendar notepad module has been added that is
- accessed through the F2 function key. This calendar notepad
- includes a full screen perpetual calendar with point and click
- date change, the ability to post a free form note with up to
- 53 lines of text on any calendar date, visual alarm will be
- present at the main menu if a note is present for the current
- day, the ability to send all notes to your printer by year,
- month, week, or day. The note pad editor is a full featured
- text editor that allows cut and paste from note to note.
-
- 2>- A problem with the Fax/Text file editor of adding extra blank
- lines to a text file has been corrected. Also in this editor
- when using the scroll bar pointers to scroll text, a invalid
- call would sometimes result, this has been fixed.
-
- 3>- In the Setup module, a new option that allows selecting the
- default path to store notes in, has been added.
-
- 4>- Using the F8 function key to exit fastmenu GOLD now makes a
- clean exit and drops fastmenu GOLD totally out of system memory,
- leaving all system memory available for your applications.
- NOTE ! Now after this type of exit, type 'GOLD' to return to
- fastmenu GOLD instead of typing 'EXIT'.
-
- Updates and changes to version 4.5.0 Shareware Version
-
- 1>- fastmenu GOLD now provides the user with up to 20 different 3D
- fonts that can easily be selected through the Setup module.
- Currently only 12 font files are available and are included with
- this version.
-
- 2>- In the Setup module, all system passwords are now edited through
- a single menu.
-
- 3>- In the Setup module, you may now create up to ten timed events.
-
- 4>- In the Setup module, new options have been added that allow
- setting up default Path & File Specifications that the Fax/
- text file editor uses.
-
- 5>- Added the ability to re-assign the F9 function key Icon and
- the ability to password protect it.
-
- 6>- In the Edit Applications module, added an option (View) that
- display the actual batch file that fastmenu GOLD creates when
- you execute the application. This option will allow users that
- are experienced in batch file commands, the ability to see if
- any changes to the Drive/Directory/Run File fields would result
- in a more efficient execution and will also show if any possable
- problems exist.
-
- 7>- In All Modules, User input routines now have a full featured text
- editor with the following key actions.
-
- Delete............ Deletes character at cursor location.
-
- Home.............. Moves cursor to beginning of text.
-
- End............... Moves cursor to end of text.
-
- Insert............ Toggles insert mode on/off.
-
- BkSpace........... Moves cursor left destructive.
-
- Right Arrow....... Moves cursor right.
-
- Left Arrow........ Moves cursor left.
-
- Shift+Right Arrow. Moves cursor right full field.
-
- Shift+Left Arrow.. Moves cursor left full field.
-
- Enter............. Excepts text.
-
- Alt+C............. Clears field.
-
- Alt+R............. Recalls original text.
-
- This text editor is also mouse sensitive. Clicking the left
- mouse button anywhere on the text field, will move the cursor
- to that location.
-
- At all Run File fields in the Main module, Edit Applications
- module, and the Setup module, these fields are scrollable fields
- and allows up to 255 characters. They can be scrolled by holding
- the left or right arrow keys down or placing the mouse cursor on
- the last or first character in the field and then holding the
- left mouse button down.
-
- 8>- In the Main Module (Setting up alternate applications for the
- function keys), the Edit Applications (Adding an application),
- and the Setup Module (Timed application execution). All Run
- File fields now allow having multiple commands that ask for a
- command line parm. Answer the Parameters (Y/N) with a 'Y' And
- place a '+' character after each command you want fastmenu to
- ask for command line parameters.
-
- NOTE ! Due to this new option, you will need to add the '+'
- character after each command you want user parameters
- asked for even if you only have one command at the
- Run File field.
-
- 9>- At the Main Menu, a new option has been added that allows the
- user to toggle between the 3D fonts or flat fonts.
-
- 10>- In the DOS/Disk utility module, when returning to the directory
- tree screen, the last viewed directory will returned highlighted.
-
- 11>- In the DOS/Disk utility module, after Viewing or Renaming a file
- the list will return with the same file highlighted.
-
- 12>- In the DOS/Disk utility module, progress report prompts have been
- added to the file copy and file delete routines.
-
- 13>- In the System Setup module, the password log viewer has been
- updated to list up to 2100 entries. A warning prompt will now appear
- if this file has more than 2000 entries in it.
-
- 14>- In the System/Configuration module Info Screen, the available drives
- prompt has been increased and a scrollable list of all drives, size,
- and free space has been added. This list now also includes the A
- and B drives along with all hard drives.
-
- 15>- All Yes/No prompts in all modules have been changed to Icons.
-
- 16>- In the Main Menu module, the applications are now accessed by
- pressing letter keys instead of number keys.
-
- 17>- In the Main Menu module, the Setup Module is now accessed by
- pressing the 'Y' key.
-
- 18>- In the Main Menu module, the Edit Applications module is now
- accessed by pressing the 'Z' key.
-
- 19>- In the Main Menu module, a return to the Folder Titles page is
- accomplished by pressing the 'ENTER' Key.
-
- 20>- In the Main Menu module, the Sort Folders & Applications option
- is now accessed by pressing the '=' Key.
-
- 21>- A full VGA mode Fax/Text file editor has been included and is
- accessed by pressing the 'F7' key. This key previously accessed
- the system information screen that is now available in the System
- Utility module.
-
- 22>- The calculater will now devide by numbers less than 1.
-
- 23>- In the Edit Applications module, the directory listing routine
- accessed by pressing the PgDn key will now list directories up
- to seven deep. Only five deep could be listed before.
-
- 24>- In the Phone Book module, a number can be dialed simply by
- clicking your right mouse button on an entry.
-
- 25>- In the Phone Book module, you may now enter the macro editor
- while at the Phone Number field.
-
- 26>- In the DOS/Disk Utility module, the volumn label is also
- copied during a single pass disk copy.
-
- 27>- The prompts that are displayed during file Delete & Copy have
- been completly changed to improve status and user interface.
-
- 28>- The Main Menu module is now completly droped from memory during
- execution of the DOS/Disk Utility module. This leaves more
- memory available for running applications and accessing the new
- VGA word Processor.
-
- 29>- In the DOS/Disk Utility module, you may now create/edit/read
- directories with extensions.
-
- 30>- Four types of files may now be displayed during screen blanking:
-
- 1>- 'BEFORE.BAT' If this file is found in the fastmenu
- GOLD directory, it will be executed just before screen
- blanking.
-
- 2>- 'AFTER.BAT' If this file is found in the fastmenu
- GOLD directory, it will be executed just after screen
- blanking.
-
- 3>- 'BLANK.EXE' If this file is found in the fastmenu
- GOLD directory, it will be executed just after screen
- blanking.
-
- NOTE !! This file MUST be a VGA mode (640x480)
- application.
-
- 4>- 'OPENING.SCR' If this file is found in the fastmenu
- GOLD directory, it will be displayed during startup.
-
- NOTE !! This file must be a PCX 640x480 16 color
- picture file re-named to 'OPENUNG.SCR'.
-
- 31>- Added the ability to include up to four lines in the logo file.
-
- 32>- Added the ability to set a default path for the phonebook/dialer
- to use for storing data files. This option is found in the Setup
- module under Set Default System Paths.
-
- END
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