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BOOT'R Editor Revision History
10-19-94 ■ Version 2.05
. Added significant improvements to the monochrome video
support.
. Reduced the default prelog delay time to 3 seconds to comply
with ASP standards. STSI is now an author member of the
Association of Shareware Professionals!
07-09-94 ■ Version 2.04
. Fixed a problem where the Tab character (#9) was not being
properly converted to space characters when a file was
loaded or imported into the editor. Created a work-around so
that a tab character is converted into the number of spaces
specified as the Tab-To-Spaces default, located on the
new Editor Options screen.
06-28-94 ■ Version 2.03
. Fixed a problem in the INSTALL.EXE program distributed
with the previous version where a Runtime Error #3 would
occur when Ok was selected to install BOOT'R. I/O checking
was not disabled in the stIsDirectory routine that was
being called to verify the validity of the directory.
06-24-94 ■ Version 2.02
. Fixed a potential problem when a file was loaded or
inserted into the text being edited. If a ^Z (end of file
marker) existed at the end of the loaded (or inserted) file,
the BOOT'R Editor would write it to the .BTR file, and in
essence, would eliminate any later files that the BOOT'R
Editor attempted to write to the .BTR file. Modified the
code to strip any ^Z characters from the string to be
written before actually writing it to the disk.
. Added an "F1=Help" string to the bottom of the screen to
inform users of the availability of the help system.
. Changed the header on the New Configuration screen to
"Enter Configuration Filename" instead of "Enter BOOT'R
Filename".
. Fixed a problem where the BOOT'R Editor would trim leading
spaces off of text when reading it from the .BTR file into
the editing screen.
05-26-94 ■ Version 2.01
. Fixed intermittent problem with the Help system. Calling
up the Help Topic Index would not always allow a topic to
be selected for viewing.
05-13-94 ■ Version 2.00
. Modified print dialog box to allow the entry of strings
in the filename field up to 127 characters. Previous
limit was set at 30.
. Set up global error handling for dialog boxes.
. Updated documentation file, and added context-sensitive
help.
. Rewrote the BOOT'R Editor in a new programming language.
The new color scheme is CGA compatible.
10-25-93 ■ Version 1.11
. Added extra code to make sure that the Configuration
name can only be 8 characters long, with a 3 character
extension.
. Forced the BOOT'R Editor to use a full path along with
the configuration name to make sure that files were
being saved properly.
. Fixed a problem where the BOOT'R Editor was not warning
users about changes to an open configuration before
attempting to close it when a new configuration was
created.
. Fixed problem(s) where the BOOT'R Editor was not always
saving the configuration file under the correct name.
09-19-93 ■ Version 1.10
. Modified code to use the .BTR filename as the configuration
name to be assigned when a .BTR file is read, or as the
configuration name to be written to the first line of the
.BTR file
. Added support for the BOOT'R Editor to recognize
valid registration numbers and either confirm that
a valid number was entered, or issue an error message
of an invalid number. Also added support for the
BOOT'R Editor to recognize temporary registration numbers
for credit card users.
. Added an exiting confirmation box to the BOOT'R
Editor.
. Fixed a problem where the editor was not always
properly redrawing the screen after text was
pasted using a SHIFT-INSERT.
. Fixed potential problem where the open and delete
file routines would not always change to the proper
directory when the user entered a manual full path
file name. Problem was due to recursion.
. Fixed potential problem where the BOOT'R Editor
may not have been adding a carriage return and
line feed sequence to the end of each line when
printing the 4th and 5th file text groups.
. Added a "STACK 8192" statement to avoid potential
problems with "Out of stack space" error messages.
. Gave the BOOT'R Editor a major facelift! Screens
are more organized, and less likely to cause
confusion. Updated the open and delete file routines
with enhancements to accept a fully qualified path
typed in by the user.
. Changed exit command on menu to read "Exit BOOT'R
Editor" instead of "Exit BOOT'R".
. Reduced code size by adding three new control
arrays. (One for filenames on the File List
screen; One for edit buttons on the File List
screen; And one for Pre-Reboot Instructions on
the Defaults Reboot screen.) Updated code to
reflect new arrays.
. Fixed problem where a change in the third, fourth,
or fifth filename fields on the File List screen
was not generating a Configuration Changed warning
message.
06-24-93 ■ Version 1.0 (Released To The General Public.)
06-24-93 ■ Version 0.8 (Internal BETA Version. Not Released.)
. Corrected slight discrepancy in registration infor-
mation on Register screen.
. Added commands to trim any leading or trailing
spaces from the PreReboot Instruction fields when
they lose the focus.
. Added commands to highlight the PreReboot Instruc-
tion fields when they receive the focus.
. Added "Reboot1=" through "Reboot4=" strings to the
beginning of the Reboot commands in the BOOTR.INI
file.
06-24-93 ■ Version 0.7 (Internal BETA Version. Not Released.)
. Moved help screen up one line to center it.
. Added BOOT'R Help screen that can be accessed from
the Help menu. (Requires BOOTRED.HLP.)
. Added registration information screen that can be
accessed from the Help menu.
. Added error trapping code to Copy Configuration
routine.
. Added command to perform copy routine for Copy
Configuration menu option.
. Added a check to the Open FileName field to see if
filename exists in current directory when ENTER is
pressed. If it does exist, the BOOT'R Editor
attempts to open it. If the file does not exist,
the BOOT'R Editor advances the cursor to the File
List Box for manual selection. (Copied routine to
Copy Configuration and Delete Configuration proce-
dures.)
. Added a warning message after a copy routine is
completed. Warning informs users that a configura-
tion file must be edited and re-saved before it can
be successfully used with BOOT'R. Failure to do so
could result in operational errors.
. Corrected problem where the BOOT'R Editor issued an
error message that a configuration had not been
saved, even though Save had just been selected.
(This only occurred when one of the filename fields
on the File List screen had been changed.)
. Added code to make the BOOT'R Editor convert a
filename field (on the File List screen) to UPPER
CASE, if Save is selected, and the cursor remains in
an active filename field.
. Corrected problem where the ESC key did not invoke a
"Cancel" event on the New Configuration screen.
. Added code to make the ENTER key act as a TAB key.
This allows users to press ENTER instead of TAB
when they want to move to the next field. (Does not
apply on file and directory list boxes.)
. Fixed problem where the first field on the pre-
reboot settings screen was not receiving the focus
when it was accessed for a second time.
. Corrected problem with tab index on defaults and
pre-reboot setting screens.
. Added code to printing routine to make sure that a
line feed is issued after every line is printed.
. Verified that all file read routines were checking
for the existence of a file before attempting to
open or read it.
. Added "About" screen that can be accessed through
the Help menu.
. Fixed problems where the file list dialog box was
not being hidden when the editor was loaded, and the
editor was not being hidden when the Load Text
screen was loaded.
. Added code to always hide the main menu after a user
selects an option from the menu.
. Added a command to issue a form feed after printing
configuration information.
. Added code to send complete configuration infor-
mation to printer.
. Added code to disable the filename field on Printing
screen until "File" is selected as the "Print To:"
type.
. Fixed problem where the BOOT'R Editor was attempting
to read the BOOTR.INI file upon initial loading of
the program. This caused an error message and term-
ination of the program if the file BOOTR.INI did not
exist. (Screen command was referenced in opening
code, causing an implicit loading of the editing
form.)
. Edited routine used to write .BTR files. Modified
code to add a line feed after each carriage return
when writing lines that were enclose in a text box.
. Changed name of executable file from BOOTR.EXE to
BOOTRED.EXE.
. Fixed problem where a .BTR extension was being added
to the Configuration Name field inside a .BTR
configuration file.
. Added routine to clear the screen after exiting
from the BOOT'R Editor.
06-11-93 ■ Version 0.6 (Internal BETA Version. Not Released.)
. Rewrote routine to load an existing text file into
the BOOT'R editor. Added a missing close file
statement.
. Fixed problem where editor text was not reappear-
ing when it was being edited for a second time.
(Only occurred after opening a file and editing
the text.)
. Rewrote entire ReadBTRFile routine to fix problems
with hanging when attempting to open an existing
file.
. Modified File List screen to display a constant
non-changing title. Added a separate line to
display the configuration name and description.
. Modified Change Description screen to allow users
to also change the configuration name.
. Added include file statement to Change Description
screen. This fixed two problems where (1) changes
to the configuration description were not being
saved to the configuration file, and (2) the BOOT'R
Editor was not warning the user to save changes if
only the configuration description had changed.
. Added integer variable "OpenFileNumber" to help the
BOOT'R Editor detect which file was being opened for
reading. This fixed a problem where text could not
be loaded into the editor more than once in a
session.
. Added code to allow users to load a text file into
the editor. This allows users to import their
current configuration files without needing to
retype them.
. Added code to place less than (<) and greater than
(>) signs around the filenames within the .BTR
files.
. Changed WriteBTRFile code to write a filename to the
.BTR file, even if no text is to be written within
the file.
. Located and removed corruption which occurred after
importing and modifying "Load Text" form.
. Added and modified form that will be used to load
text from a random file into the BOOT'R editing
screen.
. Added routine to write .BTR files from the BOOT'R
Editor.
. Added integer variable to find out whether or not
any part of a complete configuration had been
changed prior to closing it. Used variable to warn
users of an unsaved configuration before allowing
them to close the configuration.
. Set integer variable to find out whether or not text
had been changed in the editor before exiting. Used
variable to warn users of unsaved text before
exiting from the editor.
. Added code to save editor text to a corresponding
string variable when save is chosen from the BOOT'R
editing screen.
. Added code to read .BTR files in the BOOT'R Editor.
. Added code to dynamically change the text displayed
in the help field on the "New Configuration" screen
based on the currently selected field.
. Fixed problem where using a text box as a multi-
line label allowed the user to select and delete the
internal text using the mouse, even though no tab-
stop property was set to the item. Changed all text
boxes to labels to prevent future problems.
. Fixed Logo Screen problem where clicking on the
logo screen would cause it to have a shadow, only
to disappear once another form was selected.
Shadow now appears all the time.
. Added Copy Configuration option to main menu to
allow users to copy configuration files and
information from one .BTR file to another.
. Added support for Cut (CTRL+X), Copy (CTRL+C),
Delete (DEL), and Paste (CTRL+V) routines within
editor.
. Added options to menu within editor to allow
keyboard users to maximize or reset the editing
window size.
. Added maximize button to editor screen to allow
mouse users to maximize the editing window.
. Added configuration filename to lower right corner
of editor screen.
. Added code to automatically add .BTR extension
to configuration name if user neglects to add it.
. Added configuration description to title bar of file
list screen and editor screen. If configuration
description is not available, configuration filename
is used.
. Added code to set default values after reading the
BOOTR.INI file if the values in the file were blank.
. Added "RegistrationName=" and "RegistrationNumber="
to BOOTR.INI file. Updated code to read and write
the BOOTR.INI file in the new format.
. Added code to read and write the BOOTR.INI file.
. Added hotkeys to Edit? buttons on the File-List form.
. Changed text and button colors on the File-List form.
. Added register screen for users to register their
copy of BOOT'R.
. Created menu layout, new configuration screen, open
file screen, and delete file screen.
. Started initial coding on a user-friendly editor
for BOOT'R.
