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- 1) FAST ACCESS revision history
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- Version 1.00 - 09/01/90:
-
- Initial release
-
-
- Version 2.00 - 12/02/90:
-
- FA.EXE a) View command now includes quick view of system files. Any text
- file can also be viewed by typing in the pathname of the text
- file you want to view. (System files: AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS)
- b) Edit command now includes quick edit of system files.
- c) Add command has been streamlined.
- d) Fixed some minor bugs for clearing the (Wait ...) message.
- Bug came up when using a floppy drive system.
- e) Fixed some color problems when using a monochrome monitor.
- f) Function keys were reassigned (See Help screen in program),
- and some new commands added to them.
- g) On start-up, the mouse cursor now shows up on row 7 over the
- highlighted application, instead of the middle of the screen.
- h) Shell mode was deleted.
- i) Now supports 43 or 50 line modes.
- j) Deleted highlight keys in Setup window.
- k) Partially fixed problem of executing programs after editing
- batch files. Seems to be a problem with the QuickBASIC SHELL
- command. Still doesn't work correctly 100% of the time.
- Sometimes after you edit a batch file and then you try to
- execute a program, you simply end up back at the FAST ACCESS
- screen. Why, I don't know. Maybe someone out there can help.
- l) Greater use of the mouse through-out the program. Right button
- = Esc. Now supported in the system file, directory & file
- menus. When (F2=System Files) is on the screen, you can click
- the window for them. In the Setup window, clicking on the
- highlighted item will select it.
- m) Now works with J.P. Software's 4DOS, a COMMAND.COM replacement
- available on CompuServe (IBMSYS, Library 1). Tested with
- version 3.02 and 3.02a only.
- n) Help was revised and reworded. Context sensitive help is avail-
- able on the Add, View & Edit commands.
- o) No longer need the utility file MEMCHK.EXE. FAST ACCESS does
- its own memory calculations.
-
-
- FAEDITOR.EXE a) Fixed bug in the <F4>-Undo command (did not work).
- b) Fixed some color problems when using a monochrome monitor.
- c) Cursor is positioned correctly when hitting the End key to get
- to the end of line.
- d) Pop-up windows are now positioned correctly when in different
- video (display) modes (they are all centered on the screen now).
- e) Fixed naming problem of back-up filename. If the filename had
- no extension, it would have the wrong name applied to it.
-
-
- Version 2.01.04 - 02/15/91:
-
- FA.EXE a) Fixed the help text for the Setup window. Last line referenced
- MEMCHK utility which is no longer needed. Added <F7> function
- key and switched the <F2> (now display's History window) and
- <F7> keys.
- b) FAST ACCESS now calculates total & free disk space. If CHKDSK
- isn't found, it will still report these two items.
- c) Added FA.LOG which tracks FAST ACCESS usage. You can view the
- file with the View command, then press <F2> for system files and
- select FA.LOG.
- d) Added error message if blank time in Setup window is greater
- than 30 minutes.
- e) Revised the Info screen. No longer blanks the screen when
- accessing CHKDSK.
- f) Fixed the DOS version on the Info screen. When you type in the
- VER command at the DOS prompt, some computers list all kinds of
- stuff, including what version of DOS your using. FAST ACCESS
- is now aware of the "other" stuff.
- g) Fixed the Bad sector bytes reported in the Info command. I
- didn't have any on my hard disk, so the error got by me.
- h) Changed the words App or Application to Program in the Add,
- Revise and View commands. Also error messages reflect these
- changes.
- i) Mouse now works on the Revise command. You can click on the
- words (Program) or (Batch file) to select them.
- j) Info command now reports CPU performance, using CPU.EXE, which
- was written by Simon Smith. I don't know what will be reported
- if you have a 486 computer. Please tell me.
- k) There now is a History command. <F2> will invoke the History
- window, which will display the last 9 programs that were
- executed. Provides a quick way to execute your most recently
- used programs (that way you don't have to cursor all over the
- screen to execute them if you have a lot of programs listed).
- You can call up the History window with the mouse by clicking
- the left button anywhere on rows 5 or 6 (the top two rows the
- mouse is able to move to). Clicking the right button will
- clear the History window.
- l) Blankscreen now quickly blanks screen, instead of blanking like
- a closing curtain.
- m) Switched functions of the <F2> and <F7> function keys. See Help
- window in FAST ACCESS.
- n) Editing functions have been switched on the command line. Small
- cursor means Insert, and large cursor means Overstrike. This
- works on all commands that provide for user input, such as Add,
- View, Edit, Revise, etc.
- o) Fixed bugs on the Add command and revised the wording.
- p) Added a commandline switch </M> to force FAST ACCESS to run in
- monochrome mode. At the command line to run FAST ACCESS, type
- in FA /M to force monochrome mode. Be sure to modify your batch
- files to include this switch.
- q) On start-up, if you have a mouse, it now sits on row 5 column 1.
- r) Included a help window reminder on the Add, View and Edit
- commands.
- s) Fixed a bug in the Quit command. If you did not want to save
- the changed configuration (if you added or deleted a program,
- revised a name, or changed the set-up configuration) it still
- did it. That has now been fixed.
- t) Tech support number is now listed in the version <F6> display.
- u) Changed the word disc to disk throughout the program.
-
-
- FAEDITOR.EXE a) Now searches all drives for the setup file FAEDITOR.SET.
- b) Now will create file even if pathname does not exist. If it has
- to make the directories/subdirectories, FAEDITOR will now do it.
- c) Added a commandline switch </M> to force FAEDITOR to run in
- monochrome mode. At the command line to run FAEDITOR, type in
- FAEDITOR /M to force monochrome mode.
-
-
- Version 2.02.02 - 04/08/91:
- (not loaded on CompuServe)
-
- FA.EXE a) Added the flashing [Wait ...] window when FAST ACCESS is loading
- FAEDITOR.EXE on the Edit command.
- b) Added exploding boxes item in setup window.
- c) Help menus were modified. Includes more information now.
- d) Dates in the FA.LOG file are all the same length now. Puts a
- zero in front of single digit dates.
- Example: Mar 1, 1991 is now
- Mar 01, 1991
- e) Fixed the Move command when using the mouse.
- f) Revised the Info command. Checkout the Help in the Setup
- window.
- g) On the Info command, FAST ACCESS is now aware of DOS's CHKDSK
- program putting the Volume label in as a hidden file. FAST
- ACCESS makes the adjustment (it subtracts 1 from the hidden
- file quantity). DOS versions 4.00 and 4.01 don't have this
- problem, if you named your volumes with one of these versions
- of DOS already loaded. If you named your volumes with a DOS
- version less than 4.00, and then moved up to the new DOS
- version, you will still have this problem.
- h) Added a quick way to recall the last file that was Edited or
- Viewed. When you select the Edit or View commands, use the up
- or down cursor keys to toggle through the file list.
- i) Must press <Esc> twice to clear the Edit and View commands.
- The first time you press <Esc>, it clears the filename and
- leaves the root directory of the current drive only. This saves
- some typing if you want to enter a different filename.
- j) Fixed the Add command when the executable file is a batch file.
-
- FAEDITOR.EXE a) Now checks file size. If file is to big for FAEDITOR, an error
- message pops up.
- b) If you try to edit a binary file (EXE or COM), an error message
- now appears.
-
-
- Version 2.02.04 - 04/09/91:
- (not loaded on CompuServe)
-
- FA.EXE a) Fixed the Move command again. This time everything works.
-
-
- Version 2.03.00 - 04/12/91:
-
- FA.EXE a) Password protection has been enhanced throughout the program.
- Added optional password protection on specific programs. This
- is available on the Add and Revise commands (it's the last
- question in each item).
-
-
- Version 2.03.02 - 04/15/91:
-
- FA.EXE a) When using the <F3> key to enable the password in 25 line mode,
- fixed the bottom window shadow (it would be erased).
-
-
- Version 2.04.00 - 04/18/91:
- (not loaded on CompuServe)
-
- FA.EXE a) Implemented unique password protection names for programs.
-
-
- Version 3.00 - 04/30/91:
-
- FA.EXE a) New Global cursor access item in Setup configuration (replaces
- the Drive option which wasn't necessary). Allows programs to
- be placed anywhere on the FAST ACCESS screen with the Move
- command. You can now have blank spaces between program names.
- b) All FAST ACCESS files can be put in their own directory now.
- c) Now requires DOS 3.0 or later.
- d) Shareware notice was installed.
-
- FAEDITOR.EXE a) Checks for FAEDITOR.SET file in directory that FAEDITOR.EXE was
- loaded up from.
-
-
- Version 3.01 - 05/10/91:
-
- FA.EXE a) New color settings. Can now change individual colors. New
- Color command in Setup window.
- b) Revised the help text.
- c) Minor fixes to the Global cursor routine.
-
-
- Version 3.02 - 07/08/91:
- (not loaded on CompuServe)
-
- FA.EXE a) Deleted the run command from the main command line (no one used
- it). Moved the Info command from the Setup command line to the
- main command line, where it should have been in the first place,
- since it's not a "setup configuration" command.
- b) Added password protection to the History window <F2>.
- c) Added a FileMan command on main menu to access your own file
- manager. See the File Manager program option in the Setup
- window and the help screens.
- d) Added a File Manager program option in the Setup window. You
- can now invoke your own file manager.
- e) The Update command is now switched to the <F8> function key on
- both menu's.
- f) The file CPU.EXE is no longer used by FAST ACCESS. When you
- invoke the Info command, you will just get a list of available
- drives to check. FAST ACCESS does it's own internal CPU clock
- speed check (wait states are no longer reported).
- g) Added code to unload Central Point Software's PCTools from
- memory (could not be done with a batch file). If you need this
- for your system, add a program called "Unload PCTools" and FAST
- ACCESS will step you through the process. (NOTE: The "Unload
- PCTools" must be entered exactly as shown.)
-
-
- Version 3.10 - 09/23/91:
-
- NOTE: All programs were re-compiled using Microsoft's BASIC 7.1 PDS.
-
- FA.EXE a) Added a File Editor program option in the Setup window. You
- can now invoke your own file editor or use FAST ACCESS's file
- editor, FAEDITOR.EXE.
- b) Added volume name in disk stats on Info command.
- c) In the Add command, you can include sub-directories when it asks
- you for a directory name (F2 will still show directories only).
-
- FAEDITOR.EXE a) Checks for FA.SET file in directory that FAEDITOR.EXE was loaded
- up from to get colors used by FAST ACCESS.
-
-
- Version 3.20 - 12/10/91:
- (not loaded on CompuServe)
-
- FA.EXE a) Added a grey default color setting.
- b) Fixed bug in Setup window. When you click on File Manager,
- File Editor or Blank Screen time, and you clicked the mouse
- anywhere else on the screen, you would get text written to
- the screen in the wrong column location.
- c) Fixed password bug on the <F3> function key. If password
- was enabled, <F3> would bypass it.
- d) Fixed bug in Revise command. Would not strip program name of
- blank spaces when you selected Batch. History window would
- log the program with spaces.
-
- FAEDITOR.EXE a) Fixed bug in <F3> screen mode change.
- b) Fixed bug with mouse. If you pressed a mouse button, there
- would be no response over 50% of the time.
-
-
- Version 3.25 - 01/31/92:
- (not loaded on CompuServe)
-
- FA.EXE a) On the Info command, the Display adapter no longer reports the
- type of monitor being used (as if the user didn't know).
- b) Fixed bug in the date display if month was January.
- c) Company name can now be displayed on main screen. Just enter
- a name in the Company name option in the Setup window.
- d) When pressing <Esc> at the main command line, the Quit command
- would be executed. This has been fixed (now nothing happens
- when pressing <Esc>).
-
-
- Version 3.50 - 05/08/92:
-
-
- FA.EXE a) One new command-line switch have been added for better
- compatibility.
- /NE = No extended screen display: Display is restricted to 25
- lines.
- b) Tested with J.P. Software's 4DOS version 4.00.
- d) Re-phrased the Add command questions.
- e) FAST ACCESS no longer SHELL's out when you Edit a batch file
- using FAEDITOR.EXE. FAST ACCESS is completely dumped from
- memory.
- f) FAST ACCESS no longer SHELL's out when you select FileMan.
- FAST ACCESS is completely dumped from memory.
- g) Fixed minor bugs in the Color & Global access commands.
-
- FAEDITOR.EXE a) Added the above switch.
-
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- To print this file, type at the DOS prompt: TYPE UPDATE.DOC>PRN
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