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- Welcome!!! March, 1995
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- Updates in release 1.6 of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) Errors with the On-Screen clock were eliminated.
- 2) Copyrights and Compuserve IDs were updated.
- 3) The Accountant module passed beta test.
- 4) The music data distributed with the Bible Study
- programs was corrected.
- 5) Small errors in the distributed batch files were
- corrected.
- 6) The error in the /Xxxxxxxxx option was corrected,
- Icons may be executed without a problem now.
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- New Additions and updates:
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- 1) G7BOOT.EXE was added to allow running external
- programs, and only approximately 9200 bytes
- of available program space is used! When GEN7
- is reentered, it is restarted from scratch, but
- approximately 590K of free space exists in the
- DOS Shell when running programs or exitting to
- the shell (for a typical 640K system). A batch
- file: BOOTG7.BAT is used to start GEN7 in this
- mode. The old batch file: G7.BAT is still
- available, but approximately 150K of DOS free
- space exists if this option is used. Beware:
- do not try to run G7BOOT.EXE directly, or it
- will not work as expected.
- 2) Microsoft Windows Icons may be specified when
- installing user programs (external icons).
- 3) The file selection mask may specify more than
- one file group. Ex: *.COM *.EXE *.BAT may
- be specified in the file selection mask to
- select all COM, EXE and BAT files in the
- directories displayed.
- 4) The page number may be clicked with the mouse
- in the help index to jump to a manual page.
- Clicking on that spot while the index is not
- displayed will accomplish the same thing
- (jump to a general area of the manual by
- clicking that spot on the page).
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- Updates in release 1.7 of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) Batch files may be executed from an icon without
- a hitch now.
- 2) Errors in the prompts when installing icons were
- fixed.
- 3) Repaired an error in the Daily Quote function,
- after reaching the end, it loops to the beginning,
- and it may be fully configured now.
- 4) An error in changing passwords was eliminated.
- 5) The 'Continue' button was pressed in the wrong
- place on some of the warning boxes, etc.
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- New Additions and updates:
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- 1) Updated the Daily Quotes, added new categories.
- 2) Changed the password processing so only '*' are
- echoed, instead of the actual text.
- 3) Added the capability to display the daily quotes
- from the 'Daily Quote Menu' (submenu accessed from
- Desktop / F6), and not just at startup.
- 4) Added ability to print Order Form, README files,
- and Manual from Main Menu and at startup.
- 5) Added GEN7LOGO.PCX entry screen!
- 6) Updated GEN7.HLP to reflect new changes.
- 7) No features are disabled in the evaluation
- version now. The Daily Quote is fully functional,
- and the /v (no voice), /q (run Daily Quotes only),
- and the /a (run the Accountant only) options are
- available within the evaluation version.
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- Updates in release 1.7a of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) Errors with executing batch files was eliminated.
- 2) Batch files may be executed if copied to another machine.
- 3) Small typographical errors in the entry screens were
- corrected.
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- New Additions and updates:
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- 1) Removed G7BOOT.EXE, and replaced it with G7LOADER.EXE.
- G7LOADER was written in assembly language, and requires
- only approx. 2800 bytes instead of the 9200 bytes that
- G7BOOT required. A safer linkage is used now, instead
- of a text file. It also supports a variable delay
- factor on the Pause... prompt.
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- Updates in release 1.7b of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) Elimiated dead code in GEN7, and reduced the size of the
- daily quotes so GEN7G17.EXE and GEN7HD17.EXE may fit on
- one 360K diskette. All quotes are sent upon registration.
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- Updates in release 1.7c of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) Corrected errors in the Program Manager relating to external
- icons. External icons are drawn properly now.
- 2) If 'NO' was selected at the exit prompt, the Program Manager
- would crash. Corrected same.
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- Updates in release 1.8 of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- New Additions and updates:
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- 1) Added the /b option to direct voice output to the
- SoundBlaster card, if it is installed. No other
- changes need be made, just use the /b switch.
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- Updates in release 1.9 of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- New Additions and updates:
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- 1) Added File Finder to locate any set of files on a disk volume.
- 2) Added Address book and phone dialer code.
- 3) Added Compression module (another $10 add-on module), that will
- compress or decompress within the file manager using point and
- click operation.
- 4) Added Spooler to use the resident DOS PRINT command to
- spool up to 10 files at a time with point and click operation.
- 5) Added Wallpaper backgrounds derived from *.BMP or *.ICO files.
- 6) Added external Screen Saver installable from File Manager.
- 7) Added view Icon and Wallpaper to Icon Operations submenu.
- 8) Added enhanced security to GEN7 password processing:
- i) Add user, change user, delete user may be performed by a
- super user. Multiple user GEN7!!!
- ii) Each operation in GEN7 is assigned a security level, and
- Group mask to restrict access to those features.
- iii) Four groups are recognized: Pale Face, Tenderfoot, Brave
- and Chief (Super User). The current group logged on is
- shown in the lower right corner under the GEN7 logo.
- iv) The installed programs to execute each have a security level
- and group mask to restrict their access.
- v) The Program Manager inherits the characteristics of the
- last user logged on to GEN7.
- 9) Added CMF player to the song player. CMF files may be played in
- the background if SBFMDRV.COM is installed, and GEN7 is run with
- the /b option (G7SB.BAT).
- 10) Added display of current song in the lower right hand corner.
- 11) Updated Program Manager to include a DOS Shell icon, for access
- to the DOS Shell, and to process security information.
- 12) Added Desktop preferences menu item to the Desktop F6 menu.
- 13) Song Database now has over 100 *.CMF files with its registration.
- A selection of 16 *.CMF songs comes with the standard system.
- 14) Faster startup of GEN7.
- 15) Smooth screen draw and redraw (use of two video pages).
- 16) Added /u option to force a user logon at startup. Totally secure!
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) Executing external programs does not run out of file handles in
- the child program.
- 2) When a program is executed, the directory the program resides in
- is changed to upon execution.
- 3) The File Manager now saves the file box positions when a CMF file
- is played.
- 4) Marking files in the File Manager did not work properly if
- files in alternate file boxes were selected.
- 5) Clicking upon the spot where the slider bar was when a file box
- was open (but since closed) caused garbage on the screen.
- 6) Updated G7PMLOAD.EXE for changing directories upon executing
- a child program.
- 7) The reviewing of memos at startup caused the memo to be deleted
- if ESC was typed.
- 8) An error in the Math Tutor made the answer not show up on
- incorrect entries.
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- Updates in release 1.9a of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- New Additions and updates:
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- 1) Added the 'Remove all:rm /r' selection to the F4 menu. This
- allows removing a complete subtree of the directory structure
- on any disk.
- 2) Changed GEN7 so it could accept an unlimited number of icons,
- not just 48.
- 3) Made the same change to the GEN7 Program Manager so an unlimited
- number of icons may be used. When more than 31 icons is in the
- configuration file, scroll buttons appear at the top of the display
- so the icons may be paged through.
- 4) The GEN7 Program Manager now places a dialog box in the center of
- the screen with buttons when exitting.
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) An error in the spooler prevented files from being deleted from
- the spool queue.
- 2) An error in the Phone / Address book could cause the computer to
- crash if editting the address book.
- 3) The screen saver now is not entered when anything but the main screen
- with fileboxes is displayed. Upon return from the screen saver,
- the correct screen was not redrawn before. There may be some
- exceptions to this, but it looks good now.
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- Updates in release 1.9b of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- New Additions and updates:
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- 1) Added the song stack or queue, to play a number of songs back to
- back, continuously. Clicking upon the yellow song name in the
- lower right corner allows removal of a song from the queue, or
- clearing the queue altogether. With multiple select on, and the
- Sound Blaster option (/b), all selected CMF files may be put into
- the song queue automatically! The Stop Music option now asks
- if the song queue should be deleted if it is not empty.
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) The GEN7 Program Manager did not allow options to be passed to
- GEN7 upon startup. This prevented the use of the Sound Blaster,
- for instance, and any other options desired, when GEN7 was run
- from the Program Manager.
- 2) Rearranged the placement of the logo and program titles in the
- lower right corner so the song name and user mode is not clipped.
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- Updates in release 1.9c of the GEN7 Desktop:
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- New Additions and updates:
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- 1) Help balloons were added to the active elements of the desktop,
- and the Calculator, and the Icon palettes.
- 2) Added the De/Encrypt File option to the F3 menu.
- 3) Made the Archive functions in a menu of their own. Now the archive
- file to be the subject of listing, extractions, and updates
- is explicitly given.
- 4) Added the Delete Files option for the compression module, so files
- in a ZIP, ARC or LZH file may be deleted.
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- Error or problem corrections:
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- 1) Made GEN7 a bit less memory hungry.
- 2) Fixed an error at startup if the GEN7.CFG file was not present.
- This file will be optionally created now.
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- Please have a good time with this software, and register!
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- These programs are copyrighted by:
- Synergistic Consultants, Incorporated
- Post Office Box 18888
- Huntsville, AL 35804-8888
- 1-800-828-8384
- CompuServe ID: 71232, 257
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