Frozen Fish 2: PC/frozenfish_august_1995.bin/bbs/d10xx/d1022.lha/Programs/QuickFile/History.doc

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   3.1     23 October 1994

   - Combined definition code with main program.
   - Fixed many bugs introduced with version 3.0

   3.00b September 1994

    Major Upgrade (beta)

   - Calculated fields.
   - Extended field attributes to include:
    Mandatory
    Left/right justification
    Number of decimals
   - Indexes can allow or prevent duplicates
   - Multiple open files in separate windows
   - Requesters are now moveable windows
   - Control via keyboard as well as mouse
   - Context sensitive AmigaGuide help
   - Grouping and summaries (total, count and average) in reports.
   - Reports can be directed to screen or printer
   - Prompt on exit if a view is changed but not saved.
   - Improved error detection and reporting

   2.02.05  26 June 1994

   - Handle empty selection when updating a field that is part of an index

   2.02.04  23 March 1994

   - Put up requester if view being loaded references fields that are not
     in the file definition.
   - Fix cursor positioning for incorrect fields when OK is pressed in
     Modify or Insert. Cursor now always go to the field in error.
   - Prevent duplicate field names being defined.
   - Fix QFDefine so it displays a message if it can't find the file passed
     as a parameter.
   - Provide defaults for a new file in QFDefine.
   - Improved sorting where many records are equal. It was extremely slow.

   2.02.03  26 January 1994

   - Enlarged size of default window
   - Added "Reset Form" menu item

   2.02.02  26 December 1993

   - Used ChangeWindowBox to size screen for a new view. (I bought a v37
     ROM manual).
   - Corrected initialisation of path for ASL requester
   - Include /AUTO on console window specification. It will now only
     open if it is written to.

   2.02.01  18 December 1993

   - Added preset formats to export.
   - Allow specification of each control code used for import/export.
   - Removed bug in list report that sometimes suppressed field names

   2.01.03  26 November 1993

   - Replaced Backup/Restore with Save As and Reorganise
   - Empty date field left old value on form display

   2.01.02  18 November 1993

   - Cleaned up Search panels
   - Open new window if new view requires a different window size
   - GoTo fixed to work with dates and number fields
   - Fixed some problems with report formatting

   2.01.01  10 November 1993

   Major upgrade including many significant new features including:

   - Support for multiple views that can be saved and loaded as
     required. Includes window size.

   - Form view can be tailored by dragging fields around.

   - Multi column label printing now properly supported.

   - Search facility vastly improved by adding    equal, between, not_like
     sounds_like. Now allows multiple search conditions with and/or.

   - Descending sequence added to sort.


   1.3.5   22 September 1993

   1.  Bug Fix. Various problems when sorting a file with a sort table
       exceeding 32767 bytes (over 4000 records).

   2.  Prevented rebuild of temporary indexes used for sort and selection

   1.3.4   9 September 1993

   1.  Bug fix. Crashing machine on export of part of field. Trying to fit
       full field length into shorter area.

   1.3.3   1 September 1993

   1.  Fixed problem in list display that was trashing memory if a
       database had a small record size.
   2.  Definition was allowing block size to be changed if you increased
       the record size past the maximum for the block.
   3.  Positioning now maintained correctly in list display when you
       change indexes.

   1.3.2  28 August 1993 (not released)

   1.  Added List button to form screen
   2.  Added Insert, Modify and Delete buttons to list screen.
   3.  Fixed problem where searching a previous selection would search
       the entire data base
   4.  Removed spurious message being displayed when a missing index
       is created.

   1.3.1  4 August 1993 (Bug Fixes)

   1.  Index search used length of first index for all indexes -> ka-boom.
   2.  Deleted field names were blanked but kept in the definition.


   1.3.0  23 July 1993 (not released)

   1.  Character, date, number and integer data types.

   2.  Up to 255 fields per record

   3.  Vertical slider gadget added for scrolling through records

   4.  Horizontal slider gadget added for scrolling through fields on one
       record. (Both form and list screens).

   5.  File definition is now in a separate program

   6.  Import/Export of ASCII files

   7.  Removed problem that caused a crash when adding more than 12 fields.


   1.2.2 (not released)

     1     Bug fix. Sort index not updated for a delete if records
     had been selected but selection did not contain the record.
     Error message incorrectly being displayed for the selection.


   1.2.1  16 Feb 93

     1     Included list style reports

     2     Included ASL and ARP file requesters

     3     New print requester to improve control of reports

     4     The index field size is now updated correctly when you change the
     length of an existing field used as an index.

     5     Index record memory dynamically reallocated if necessary.

     6     If you add an index to an existing file, the index will be
     rebuilt automatically when you open the file again.

     7     You are now warned if you attempt a backup while displaying
     selected records. Only the selected records will be written to the
     backup file.

     8     You can now open a file where the drawer contains only a drive or
     disk name with no directory. eg df0:

   1.0.0  24 Nov 92

       Initial Release