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- REVISION HISTORY
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-
- 4.0a
- o DOSview now recognizes files ending in BTM as command files
- (for 4DOS).
- o Fixed a problem that sometimes prevented registered DOSview
- from remaining registered.
-
- 4.0
- o Active world-wide shareware marketing resumed.
-
- {Many various in-house improvements were made to DOSview and most of its
- utilities while temporary pulled off the U.S. shareware market for an
- exclusive foreign export program.}
- o Quick Directory change function added (F9). (No more F9
- pull-down menus.)
- o Attempted to make editor keys more in line with standard
- Windows editing keys (as much as possible).
- o You may define in setup a multi-file editor (like DVE?) for
- the Ctrl-F4 key (Shift-F1 V for setup). Then, you may
- mark files in one or _both_ panels and automatically pull
- them into your multi-file editor all at once (memory permit-
- ing)! Neat, huh?
- o The note file does not actual get saved when pressing F2
- unless it has actually changed since the log into it. This
- helps prevent extra notifications that it has changed and
- that you need to review it.
- o Fixed tree completely. Can now find bottom trailing
- directories at bottom of tree. Max directories now 4000.
- Max levels now 10 (or tree build will abort).
- o Fixed a small problem that would not let your attrib files if
- highlighting the parent directory '..' even if files were
- marked.
- o Fixed a problem where sometimes editing and saving a new file
- ended up with a file attributed as readonly and hidden.
- o A TODO file, for each user, has been implemented. Use ^T to
- access this function (with an empty DOS command line).
- o You can now print text files directly from the panels with
- ShiftF7.
- o The ~ defined DOS commands function now allows for command
- comments that will be shown on the command pick list.
- o Minor cosmetic changes.
- o And many other small improvements.
-
- 2.0
- o The Wipe/Ymove structure commands now allow you to leave the
- actual structure in place, if you desire, while only
- deleting/moving all files within the structure.
- o The Xcopy/Ymove structure commands will now copy/move over an
- existing directory structure, if desired. In this case, any
- new directories and/or files will be added to the target
- directory's structure.
- o Copy commands and Move across drive commands now show the size
- of the files being copied in the percent done window.
- o An internal help screen is now available in case DOSview's
- external help file (DV.HLP) is not available. This makes it
- more convenient to grab-one-file-and-go (DV.EXE) when you
- must work away from your normal DV setup.
- o The DOSview executable may be renamed. If you do so, you must
- also rename all supporting executables (.EXE files like DVE,
- DVV, DVZ, etc) and the help file (.HLP). We recommend using
- a two-letter DOSview file root name, like XX.EXE (and then
- XX.HLP, XXV.EXE, XXE.EXE, XXZ.EXE, etc). All of the DOSview
- support files (.INI, .TRE, etc) will be made using the new
- root name.
- o DOSview now returns better error reporting to you when you try
- to run a command non-swapped and it can not be found (either
- it is not in the path or it doesn't exist in the current
- directory).
- o DVEdit can now load subdirectory file specifications as well.
- o DVEdit now has a "Go to DOS" command.
-
- 1.9b
- o DOSview now requires each user to enter a user name for its
- prompt and other internal uses when operating DOSview shared
- on a network. Each user will be asked for this name the
- first time they run DOSview on the network. This name is
- still changeable under Setup.
-
- 1.9a
- o Fixed a lockup loop caused from pressing CtrlAlt twice in a
- row while invoking the screen saver.
- o The DOS command history list is now saved and reloaded between
- DOSview sessions (small history problem also fixed).
- o Commands from the DOS command history list are now immediate
- when selected. To edit a previous command, bring it to the
- command line with ^E/^X instead.
- o Up/down arrow indicators have been added to all pick lists.
- o The Misc and Other Filter options now show the first defined
- extension of each group for easier remembrance of what each
- set holds.
-
- 1.9
- o A powerful addition to the copy file function has been added
- that lets you to copy files only when the source file is
- newer than the respective target file or the respective
- target file does not exist. Press CtrlEnter instead of
- Enter when answering the copy file question.
- o Just as CtrlEnter enters the current filename for you under
- certain conditions in DOSview, ShiftEnter now does the same
- thing except that it adds the full path of the filename.
- o You can now invoke the screen saver immediately at any time by
- pressing Ctrl and Alt at the same time. Also nearly any key
- except Ctrl or Alt by themselves wakes up the screen saver.
- o If you really know DOSview, you now may turn off the function
- key line that is normally shown at the bottom of the panels
- while in panel mode.
- o The last directory made is now remembered for easy editing of
- similar directory names made later.
- o DOSview now properly rereads floppy statistics when changing
- floppies with the Status screen visible.
-
- 1.8a
- o The DOSview prompt now starts with 'WIN│' if you are running
- from a Windows DOS box.
-
- 1.8
- o A user-defined permanent DOS command list has been added.
- Press '~' to access (and/or edit) this list.
- o You can now show panel file names in uppercase instead of
- lowercase if you wish (defined in Setup).
- o Fixed a minor problem with long DOS command line commands.
- o Fixed a problem with long file copy/move destination answers.
- o Another general code cleanup was accomplished.
-
- 1.7b
-
- o Fixed a small bug that did not allow changes to the defaulted
- file color associations to remain active under certain
- conditions.
-
- 1.7a
- o The User Menu can now automatically edit files with the
- internal editor. See the User Menu Editing help screen for
- an explanation of this powerful feature.
- o A new external utility, DVGet (a batch file utility), has been
- added to the registered version's distribution package.
- o A DVREADME.TXT file has been added to the distribution package
- that delineates quick start procedures and other need-to-
- know topics.
- o A sample User Menu file is now part of the distribution
- package.
-
- 1.7
- o Function key labels are now shown even if only one panel is
- visible (in shortened form).
- o You can now setup DOSview to use a block cursor versus the
- normal DOS line cursor (good for laptops).
- o The internal editor now turns the DOS file archive attribute
- to on when saving a file.
-
- 1.6c
- o The Find File command now allows viewing and editing of files
- listed in its pick list directly. After performing such an
- action, the pick list will automatically return to the last
- highlighted file.
-
- 1.6b
- o Fixed a recently introduced Hot Key command function bug.
-
- 1.6a
- o The Find File command now has an option to find only those
- files containing a specific simple text pattern; this works
- great for text or mostly-text files.
- o Fixed a potential lockup bug in the command history function.
- Also, all previous DOS commands may now be edited before
- re-running them. The history list may now be accessed even
- in DOS Mode (panels not showing).
-
- 1.6
- o The User Menu format (CtrlF10) has changed with this version.
- Old menu dividers (|) must be changed to ~. Also any ? or !
- symbols that are to be interpreted for action by the menu
- system must be placed within the actual DOS command and not
- as part of the menu text. Edit your menu and press F1 for
- explicit instructions. This change was necessary to allow
- more flexible DOS commands from the User Menu System. This
- change was made to accommodate many users' requests.
- o The Hot Keys (CtrlShiftF1-F10) can now take advantage of the ?
- and ! actions just as the new User Menu commands do.
- o The Find File command can now find any valid DOS file
- specification, like *.E?E, MY*.D?C, etc. It is also even
- faster than before. Use ? to bring up a previous find list.
- The Find Dir command is no longer available. Use the
- directory tree to find a directory name.
- o The Filter Panel function can now take one trailing wildcard
- at the end of any filter extension definition, greatly
- expanding the usefulness of this powerful function.
- o A nasty setup bug in DVZip has been corrected: if you defined
- a directory for your compressor program in setup and had not
- placed a \ at the end of it, then DVZip could not find it.
-
- 1.5d
- o The Filter Panel function has been greatly expanded to include
- user-definable filter sets (in Setup).
- o Some commands previously available in DOS Mode are now only
- available in Panel Mode.
-
- 1.5c
- o Last swap status has been added to the Status panel.
- o Status, Viewer and Browse panels are now quicker and cause
- less panel refreshing.
- o The root directory's dir info file is now always shown on the
- Status panel, if it exists, along with the local dir info
- file.
-
- 1.5b
- o Different drives can now use alternate color sets when any
- portion of that drive is shown within a panel. Use Setup
- to define drive colors.
- o When building a directory tree, you now have the option of
- skipping any previously defined ignored directories. This
- can be useful if your tree is getting too large or it just
- takes a long time to build.
- o There is now an option to turn close integration of DOSview
- utilities on or off. Integrating DVZip specifically takes a
- lot of memory, which can be a big problem if you are not
- swapping to XMS.
- o A "Commonly Asked Questions - and Answers" file has been added
- to DOSview's released file set - DVUSERS.DOC.
-
- 1.5a
- o After a Find File command (^Z), you can reuse the last found
- list of files by pressing ? instead of ^Z again.
- o *.XXX and XXXXXXXX.* multiple moves now really move instead of
- copying/deleting.
-
- 1.5
- o DOSview now can be started with one or two starting path
- designations for its panels. DV C: F:\UTILS, DV C F and
- DV F:\APPS F:\DATA will all work if the paths are valid.
- A single letter is the same as a letter and a colon here.
-
- 1.4c
- o A network setup program, DVNSETUP.EXE, is now available for
- supervisors wishing to setup DOSview properly on a network.
- o A Shared Net Log feature (^N) is now available allowing
- multiple DOSview users to track and update one central log
- file between them. When the log is updated by another user,
- you are notified right on your DOSview screen. Check the
- documentation for details.
- o The Filter Panel function has been expanded into three
- separate choices; All, Executable and Custom.
- o A Network Setup Section has been added to the Setup function.
- o Another general code cleanup was accomplished.
- o The Change Volume Label function has been removed to keep the
- size down; use the DOS label command if needed.
-
- 1.4b
- o A Browse Directories panel is finally available (CtrlF5).
- o You can now elect to automatically save the current panel
- states when quitting.
-
- 1.4a
- o A new setup option allows you to exclude specified directories
- from being searched by the Find File (^Z) command. \MAIL
- may be a great choice under certain network environments.
-
- 1.4
- o The Status window is now a "live" panel. Memory statistics
- have also been updated. The Status panel may be saved as
- a panel show default.
- o DOSview now supports individual directory information files
- which can be viewed with the Status panel. DV.DAT (primary)
- and DIRINFO (secondary) are used.
- o The '&' is no longer required/desired when entering external
- programs. Simply enter the program's name (enter the full
- path if the program is not in the DOS path). This change
- was also made to DVZip.
- o DOSview now automatically does a screen refresh after running
- DVZip.
- o An Unsorted choice has been added to panel sorting options.
- o The user-defined menu option now supports both a main menu (=)
- and a current directory local menu (Alt=). Additionally,
- when on a network, you may define this local menu to be your
- "own" main menu located in your private directory.
- o Fixed a minor menu error.
-
- 1.3a
- o Drive changes can now be forced to the root directory from
- within the drive change pick list.
- o DOSview now takes less than 4K when running DOS programs.
- o DVView now allows for instant screen printing as well as
- printing of defined blocks of text.
- o Fixed various small anomalies.
-
- 1.3
- o The Tree Mode can now collect a maximum of 4500 directories up
- to 12 levels deep.
- o The Tree Mode directory tree now shows when the last tree was
- built (at the top of the tree).
- o Fixed the non-operational AltF8 key (DOS command history).
- o DVLog (a computer logger utility) has been added to the bonus
- package.
-
- 1.2f
- o DVZip now supports ZIP, LZH, ARJ and PAK compressed files (and
- therefore DVLzh is no longer available). DVZip also knows
- when it is being run from DOSview and moves to the left or
- right to allow panel file comparisons.
- o A general code cleanup was accomplished.
-
- 1.2e
- o Minor fixes.
-
- 1.2d
- o Menu now allows pointing to disabled items to view the help
- associated with those items.
-
- 1.2c
- o DOSview now has 3 color settings - 1=Mono, 2=Color, 3=B&W.
- o Two Additional bonus utilities have been added: DVQuery (a
- DOS-level input utility) and DVPost (a screen poster).
-
- 1.2b
- o The external utilities DVMenu (an instant DOS menu utility),
- DVCalc (a programmer's calculator), DVAchart (an ascii
- chart), DVLzh (an LHA viewer), DVSecure (a computer security
- program) and DVDo (a powerful batch utility) have all been
- "readied" for use with the registered version of DOSview.
- o DOSview now runs its mini-utilites (DV*.EXE) in a more closely
- integerated manner. DVView, DVEdit, DVZip and DVFind are
- also affected.
- o Fixed an intermittent problem accessing certain externally
- defined programs.
- o DOSview now swaps 208K to EMS, XMS or disk.
-
- 1.2a
- o Fixed misplaced clock on internal editor screen.
- o Fixed a small problem with the INI file save process.
-
- 1.2
- o An external file editor is now included -- DVEdit.
- o An external zip viewer is now included -- DVZip.
- o An external text finder is now included -- DVFind.
- o Hot commands now have an option for user prompting for command
- line parameters.
-
- 1.1l
- o An external file viewer is now included -- DVView.
- o A general code cleanup was accomplished.
-
- 1.1k
- o Ten Hot Key commands are now available (CtrlShiftF1-F10).
-
- 1.1j
- o Fixed a small problem with showing DOS commands on the
- DOSview command line.
- o Fixed small memory problem and wordwrap problem in editor.
-
- 1.1i
- o Can now rename multiple files in the same directory with *.ext
- or filename.* syntax.
- o Added user-definable Screen Saver function with optional
- password security.
- o Added user-definable on-screen clock.
- o Switches are now allowed _after_ highlighted file names in
- viewer and program setups with the ! symbol (not required).
- o Expert/Non-Expert Mode has been reinstated due to numerous
- user requests.
- o Added ability to Change File(s) Date and Time.
- o Some answers now default to No, such as wiping directories.
- o DOSview now swaps 192K to EMS, XMS or disk.
- o Various keys have been changed to accomodate the above
- additions.
-
- 1.1h
- o Added running totals to file find and tree build operations.
- o Pressing Esc after being asked if you wish to stop the
- current process now does not stop the process.
-
- 1.1g
- o Fixed a problem where directories starting with a '-' sorted
- before the .. directory during Filename and Ext sorts.
- o The current panel is now refreshed after an Edit New (ShiftF4)
- command.
-
- 1.1f
- o The File Find command (AltF7) now displays all found files in
- a scrollable pick list for you to choose from. It can
- display up to 1000 files in the list.
- o DOSview now swaps 176K to EMS, XMS or disk.
-
- 1.1e
- o A pick list of previous DOS commands is now available (AltF8).
- o F2 in setup screens now saves all options except panels
- states, and the setup save menu option saves panels only.
-
- 1.1d
- o Interface is now consistent throughout the program.
- o Some function keys have been realigned.
- o You can now swap DOSview for your external viewer1, viewer2,
- and editor.
- o The Go To Drive command (AltF1/F2) has been enhanced
- considerably.
- o Fixed a problem with setting file colors (the last half of the
- file color slots was not working).
-
- 1.1c
- o Setup Mode is now split into four separate parts.
- o Doubled the number of external program and file color choices.
- o Added capability to toggle hidden directory attributes.
- o Full pathnames are no longer required when defining external
- viewers and programs.
-
- 1.1b
- o Can now move or rename hidden files on Novell networks.
- o Fixed small problem where the menu bar was erasing the trigger
- key color.
-
- 1.1a
- o Revamped the Setup Mode section.
- o Many more external program choices are now allowed.
-
- 1.1
- o Fixed a big Menu System problem; the menu was not actually
- hooked up due to an oversight in version 1.09.
- o Fixed a problem in Setup Mode when choosing file colors.
- o Fixed a small problem caused when finding a directory.
- o Removed Expert/Non-Expert option (all expert now).
- o Revamped the interface to make it more attractive.
-
- 1.09
- o Changed internal key routines for better speed and size.
- o Expanded help in certain areas.
- o Added Ins key toggling of insert/overtype (except when at
- main panel screen.
- o Trapped Xcopy/Ymove attempts that were impossible (such as
- xcopying a structure under itself).
-
- 1.08
- o Increased the internal editor line length to 254 chars.
- o Added current date/time entry command to the internal editor.
- o Added text markers (define and goto) to the internal editor.
- o Fixed block end marking to be more conventional in the
- internal editor.
-
- 1.07
- o Added shared INI file scheme for network environments.
- o Added additional color scheme choices.
- o Added additional external program slots.
- o Added the ability to swap/noswap external programs.
- o Fixed various outstanding problems.
-
- 1.06
- o Added a DOSview Menu System.
- o Revamped the function key interface.
-
- 1.05
- o Added word wrap to the internal editor.
- o Fixed various outstanding problems.
-
- 1.04
- o Added block marking to the internal editor.
- o Added a shift left/right and case options to the internal
- editor.
- o Fixed various outstanding problems.
-
- 1.03
- o Added a Directory Tree.
- o Added a User Menu System.
- o Fixed various outstanding problems.
-
- 1.02
- o Added an internal editor/viewer.
-
- 1.01
- o Added XMS swapping in addition to EMS swapping.
- o Added a powerful file list Batch Mode option.
-
- 0.?? 10-01-92 -Development/Beta cycle
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