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║ TOPICS COVERED IN THIS FILE ║
┌─────────────╨──────────────┬──────────────╨─────────────┐
│ I New Features │ III Upcoming features │
│ II Installation notes │ IV Author contact info. │
└────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────┘
Shareware vendors see VENDOR.DOC ── BBS sysops also see SYSOP.DOC
(If you're stuck: Most file viewers use ESC as the command to quit.)
I. NEW FEATURES (for history beyond what is here see HISTORY.TXT)
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09/19/95 2.7s Corrected: First Name field was not being set to proper
length on new entries.
09/18/95 2.7r Corrected phone book problem which caused WML to crash
if alternate phone numbers were included.
09/15/95 2.7p WML now remembers which printer, form type, and label
type you last used and presents it as the default.
09/15/95 2.7n Corrected a bug which could cause WML to crash on the
Names screen (this was just introduced in 2.7m).
Added F1/Help command to the Groups Definition Window.
09/13/95 2.7m Corrected minor problem on Names screen: while on City
field pressing F1 gave Help instead of displaying
all cities which match the zip/postal code.
Changed the way the last mail dates are handled: you
may now access a blank date field (it used to skip
over them).
Corrected command key display problem when Groups
window was open.
09/11/95 2.7k IMPORTANT UPDATE: All users of WML version 2.6k
(roughly) through 2.7j should immediately install
this update. A bug was corrected which caused a
file to vanish if you used the "Rename" button on
the File Window.
09/08/95 2.7j Corrected minor problem on Names screen: you couldn't
erase a date field (i.e., make it blank) after a
date had been entered in it.
Corrected problem with international postal codes: if
numeric they were being interpreted as US zip codes.
Corrected error printing Canadian addresses with home
country set to USA: WML wasn't printing "Canada".
09/06/95 2.7i Corrected problem with selecting scalable (PCL 5)
fonts on the Printers Preferences screen.
Added Instant Print command to Names data entry: press
Alt-P to print the entry displayed on the screen.
The Restore routine has been updated. You may now
restore from any drive/path to any other drive/path.
08/29/95 2.7h Corrected problem with using a mouse on some numeric
fields, such as on Envelope Preferences screen.
Corrected a bug with entering new entries which caused
WML to re-index the open file twice and then halt
with error #199.
08/28/95 2.7g Corrected minor problem with entering zip codes.
Corrected minor mouse problems on the Names screen.
Corrected problem with mouse cursor disappearing on
some Preferences screens.
08/26/95 2.7f Corrected minor problems on the Names Data Entry screen:
1. From the zip code field WML always advanced to the
city field, even if you pressed the UP arrow.
2. If the Country Setting was USA or Canada you could
not access the country field if it contained data.
WML now accesses the country field if it contains
data (otherwise it is skipped).
3. The new method for entering phone numbers in their
proper format had a bug which caused WML to crash.
I goofed with the Export routines! WML has been asking
which fields to export, however, only the Ventura
Publisher format actually used what you selected.
All export routines are working properly now.
08/23/95 2.7e Corrected these bugs in the Import section:
1. If you entered a file name complete with path
WML would bomb.
2. The File Window was incorrectly displaying the
"Help", "Delete", and "Rename" buttons.
08/22/95 2.7d Corrected quirk in saving import definitions file: WML
was dropping the period (.) between the filename
and extension.
Corrected problem with loading import definition file:
WML was getting the path name wrong which caused it
to bomb with error #64.
Corrected problem with storing the path name of the
file in use when WML is ended. You will now see WML
display the full file name at the top of the screen.
Corrected laser labels printing problem where the last
line of labels would not print because the top
margin setting was also being applied to the bottom
margin.
Updated Canadian Provinces abbreviations
Moved "USPS Guidelines" option from Preferneces, Data
Entry screen to Pref, General screen.
Added "Home Country" to Preferences, Data Entry screen.
Until now, a setting of International printed
whatever was in the "Country" field and was not able
to figure out whether to put "USA" or "Canada" below
an address.
Added mouse support to the File Open window.
Enhanced the keyboard input routine to provide formatted
fields (e.g., phone number and date fields).
08/01/95 2.7c Corrected an error which occured if you entered an
address line which was over 21 characters long and
a zip/postal code which was more than 7 characters
(such as a 9-digit U.S. zip).
WML was incrementing the Times Mailed counter and
updating the Last Mail Dates for entries which were
Selected but did not print due to incomplete address
information. It now only updates those records
which actually printed.
07/28/95 2.7b Added disk drive change feature to the File Window.
You may press Alt-V or go to the Disk Drive box and
press ─┘Enter to pop up a menu of disk drives.
07/26/95 2.7a Added a new option on the Print/Select/Query sub-menu
under "Actions" entitled "Process using Import
Technique". This option will process all of the
Selected entries using the Smart Import Technique
defined on the Data Entry Preferences screen (use
F1/Help on this screen for more details).
Corrected a problem with the file name input window
(used when importing & exporting) which caused WML
to report that the file did not exist.
07/18/95 2.7 Enhanced Names screen: When adding new records if you
pressed PgUp WML would go to the bottom of the file.
Now it jumps to the last record which was displayed
on the screen, so if you press F7 to save a new
record then realize you made a mistake, you can
press PgUp to jump to that entry.
Corrected problem with ABBREVS file which caused an
error window to appear on the DE/Names screen.
Corrected display within certain windows which was off
by one space.
Added DECwriter 500i/520ci printer driver.
Corrected problems with the Phone Book. All columns
line up properly, a bad font choice is noticed, and
an error which caused WML to halt has been fixed.
If environment variables TMP or TEMP were set to an
invalid path you could not open a file. WML now
checks for validity and modifies the path if
necessary.
07/05/95 2.6y Corrected minor bug in look-up window when all entries
fit in the window which caused the cursor to jump
to the first entry after every operation. Now it
remains on the chosen entry.
07/02/95 2.6x Minor updates to various routines, mostly cosmetic.
Corrected problems which may have happened for folks
using the DOS SHARE.EXE utility which caused error
#70 to occur.
Enhance the "Information has been changed" window to
allow you to return to whatever you were doing.
06/26/95 2.6w Corrected problem with the File Window: it was allowing
the open file to be deleted which caused WML to crash.
Corrected problem with using mouse to click on commands
listed near the bottom of the screen.
06/20/95 2.6v Corrected export routines:
■ Comment 3 was listed twice
■ Last Mail Date 3 was missing
■ Error 64 occurred after defining fields to export
06/20/95 2.6u Corrected problem with creating the first .WML file in
a directory.
II. INSTALLATION NOTES
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All of the files contained within the archive you received (either
an EXE, ARJ, or ZIP file) must be placed within a single directory.
Your data files may reside in any directory or on any disk drive. See
the "List of files" section below for files which may be removed if
disk space is limited.
Installing on Floppy Disk
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WML can be run from a 720k (or greater) floppy disk although it will
access data and operate very slowly. When using floppy disks, it is a
wise idea to have an archival copy (a "master") apart from the one you
use daily (the "working" copy). Use the DISKCOPY command to make a
working copy of a floppy disk, if necessary.
Documentation Files
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If you have WordPerfect 5, just load WML.WP. Instructions to reformat
and print are in a comment at the top of the file. If you don't have
WordPerfect or a way to convert the WML.WP file to your word processor,
then just "TYPE WML.TXT > PRN" at the DOS prompt. WML.TXT is an ASCII
file generated from WordPerfect for a "standard printer" and this command
will send it to the printer on port LPT1:. You can substitute the "PRN"
with "LPTx:" where the "x" is 1, 2, or 3.
III. UPCOMING FEATURES
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I have a huge list of planned enhancements to WML. Suggestions from
users are very welcome & appreciated. Here are just a few of the
enhancement plans for WML:
■ Ability to prepare a disk to send to P.O. for zip code correction and
9-digit expansion. Although WML has a fixed-field ASCII export, it
does not yet meet U.S. Post Office requirements.
■ Have a single "master return address" and then a seperate return
address for each file. If the file has a return address set, then
ask for choice; otherwise use master.
■ Add a field for Internet (or other network) address
■ Ability to define an optional group file so that separate group
definitions can be associated with a list. This would make it easy
to sell a list with its associated groupings or to view a limited
number of groups for a given file.
■ Group report which shows number of entries in each group for a given
mailing list (skipping groups with zero entries).
IV. AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION
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Angel Babudro, Box 132, Paonia, CO 81428 USA
Registered users and those intending to register within 30 days may call
(303) 527-6756 Tuesday through Friday, 10am to 6pm Mountain Time (after
September 1995 the area code will be 970 instead of 303). If you get my
answering machine please try back a little later - I will return long
distance calls only to registered users.
I can also be reached via these 24-hour bulletin boards:
■ Colorado: Expanding Horizons BBS (PCBoard) (970) 241-2847
Modem: USR Sportster V.32 ── 1200 baud to 14.4kbps
Log on with your name. The first time you will have to answer the New
User Questionnaire.
1. Enter "OCW" to join the Organic Soft conference, which contains
all of my software. This is a "free" area which means there are
no downloading restrictions - you can have whatever you want.
2. Enter "F;2" to view the list of files. When you see a file you want
to grab, use the SpaceBar as described on the screen to flag it for
downloading.
3. Enter "D" to begin downloading flagged files.
* Enter "E Angelo Babudro" to leave messages for me.
■ California: Researcher's BBS (PCBoard) (805) 949-8151
Modem: V.34 V.FC ── 2400 baud to 28.8kbps
Log on with your name. The first time you will have to answer the New
User Questionnaire.
1. Enter "J;136" to join the OrganicSftwr conference
2. Enter "F;1" to view the list of files. When you see a file you want
to grab, follow the instructions on the screen to flag it.
3. Enter "D" to begin downloading flagged files.
* Enter "E Angelo Babudro" to leave messages for me