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- bBaseIII Revision History
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- Note: bBaseIII retains all of the features of bBaseII,
- and adds the following:
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- Version 1.0m: 155200 bytes. Limited release - Feb 1993
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- - Having the "Note" Area present is now optional.
- - Can now go to the Note Area by clicking on the word "Note".
- - Can change the number of rows in the Note Area at any time.
- - The "Show All Records" Menu item was not showing the last
- record. Corrected.
- - The "Swap Position of 2 Fields" Menu item was not swapping the
- Titles, if there were an even number of fields. Corrected.
- - All deleted records are stored in a file in RAM:. Now, any one
- of the first 23 deleted records may be UNdeleted with only
- a mouseclick.
- - Put a "Tag Box" above the Data Area. If the displayed record
- is "Tagged", ie. on the Tag (or Matching) List, a check-mark
- will appear in this box. The current number of tagged records
- will also be displayed.
- - Added "Tag All" and "UnTag All" to the Search Menu. Add all
- records to the Tag List, or clear the Tag List.
- - Added "Next Tagged Record" to the Search Menu. May now jump
- directly to the record in the Tag List following the last
- record you have seen.
- - Added "Goto a Record" to the Search Menu, for completeness.
- Same as clicking on the "G" gadget.
- - Added "All Tagged Records <D>" to the Delete Menu. May now
- delete all of the records in the Tag List in 1 operation.
- - Increased the maximum number of records to 1250.
- (Computers with 1 Meg of RAM retain the 600 record limit).
- - New Menu item "Encrypt/Decrypt a File" will scramble a database
- (or any other file), and restore it, with a password.
- - May now specify a short comment to appear on the Title Line
- of a record print-out.
- - Added "Fast Forward" gadgets to skip through the database
- faster, and a "Jump Bar" that will place you anywhere in the
- database with just a mouse click.
- - Added "Fast Forward/Reverse" to the Change Menu, to specify
- the number a records skipped by the "Fast Forward" gadget.
- - Added "Enable" and "Disable" to the Notes Menu. May now enable
- or disable the Notes option any time from within the program.
- - Added "Displayed Record" to the Add Menu. May now add a copy
- of a record as a new record.
- - May now save a data file in WordPerfect Mail Merge format.
- - Added "Save Tagged Records" to the Project Menu. The tagged
- records can now be Saved as a separate database.
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- Version 1.0n: Internal February 1993
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- - Added "Tag Invert" to the Search Menu. Tagged records will
- become UnTagged, and visa versa.
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- Version 1.0p: Internal March 1993
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- - The field that the database is sorted on is now indicated.
- - The Jump Bar changed to an alphabetic system; clicking on a
- letter takes you to the first record begining with that letter.
- - Total number of records is now continuously displayed.
- - Added Mail Merge format for ProWrite.
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- Version 1.1: 158800 bytes Released April 1993
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- - The Jump Bar now shows all records beginning with the selected
- letter.
- - Can now select the column to start printing Mailing Labels.
- - Added an "Escape" gadget. Same as pressing the <Esc> key.
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- Version 1.2: 157800 bytes Limited Release - April 1993
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- - Fixed a bug that would generate an error when "Show All
- Records" was selected, in an unsorted database.
- - Some optimization.
-
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- Version 1.3: 159400 bytes Released May 1993
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- - Added Mail Merge format for Final Copy.
- - Fixed a bug that would generate an error when <Esc> was
- pressed immediately after selecting "Add - A Record".
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- Version 1.31: 160600 bytes Limited Release July 1993
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- - Can now optionally run on an interlaced screen.
- - Program now specifically loads Topaz 8 font. This will avoid
- garbled screens from users who have a different default font.
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- Version 1.32: 160600 bytes Limited Release August 1993
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- - When the number of lines in the Note Area was decreased, the
- program would announce too many records affected. Corrected.
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- Version 1.4: 160800 bytes Released August 1993
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- - There was a nasty bug in Versions 1.31 and 1.32 that would
- cause a crash when the program was run on some machines.
- This problem has been corrected.
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- Version 1.41: 161000 bytes Limited Release October 1993
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- - Some problems encountered when printing labels were corrected.
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- Version 1.42: 161000 bytes Limited Release November 1993
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- - When printing in block format, or 2 or 3 across mailing labels,
- the last row was not always printing properly. Corrected.
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- Version 1.43: 161000 bytes Limited Release November 1993
-
- - One minor bug fix.
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