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The following is a list of bug fixes and program changes since HyperLog was first released in 1990. Manual last revised on February 13, 1992. Program revisions: 1.90 03/06/90 - Initial Shareware release. 1.91 03/16/90 - Added utility to allow merging auxiliary files (typically) created on another machine, with the master file. Added Toggles to the Setup program to allow turning Beep off/on and use fast windows instead of special effects. Changed printer test code due to problem with some generic 386 machines. Added report option to generate a print out of all countries NEVER worked on any band. Added code to better center printed headers. Fixed bug when UTC = N was selected in Setup, DOS and GMT time was set incorrectly. Fixed bug with menu offering sort output by band showing up at wrong selection. 1.92 04/13/90 - Fixed Received RST changing in Edit mode when Sent RST was modified. Added command F3 to blank screen for RFI problems. Pressing any key after blanking returns screen. 1.93 05/05/90 - Fixed problem with Alaska and Hawaii not adding to the country totals in ALT Q display. Fixed type-ahead problem during startup which caused the date and time to be bypassed during record entry. Fixed problem when the Net/RoundTable window was open, the CQ zone was not being entered for new contacts. Fixed a problem with the ALT U window not closing if an incorrect entry was made in several of the select- ions. ____________________________________________________________ HyperLog HyperLog Added File export utility to write the Hyperlog data- base to a Dbase III or ASCII file. Added File import utility to read a Dbase III file and convert it to HyperLog format. See Additional Notes section on page 36 for specifics. Fixed problem with prompt NOT appearing with ALT U #4 and erroneously appearing with ALT U #2. 1.94 06/01/90 - Added capability to display the database in reverse order as entered. See page 37 for details. Fixed problem with frequency reverting to default when adding contacts while Autopilot is OFF. 1.95 07/01/90 - Fixed problem with Shell to Dos (ALT O) resetting Autopilot to ON if it had been OFF. Fixed problem with country add utility (ALT U #6) that caused certain prefixes to add incorrectly. Changed method of time keeping - Now HyperLog DOES NOT modify the computer clock. All time changes are done in the program only. Fixed problem with Address fields being blanked out when moving through them in reverse. Also, fields now show in the correct order when in edit and mov- ing left from field to field. Fixed problem with F10 key not working when in Address fields. Fixed problem with record overwrite when editing after calling up records using a blank entry for call sign. Fixed problem where entering first character sometimes erased the existing field input while in Edit mode. Added the ability to print to a file. Now, when you ask to print a report, if the printer is off or not ready, a menu pops up and asks you to select from several options in order to continue. One of the options is to print to a file. If you select this option, you will be prompted for a file name to print to. ____________________________________________________________ HyperLog HyperLog Added report to print out contacts you have sent cards to but you have NOT received a card in return. Fixed numerous problems with the Dbase III import utility. Modified the call sign evaluator so when an unassigned prefix is encountered, it will auto- matically pop open the ALT X window. Fixed problem (created in ver 1.94) where Qsl- Received and QslSent were not entering default 'N' when left blank. 1.96 07/30/90 - Added code to read Band, Mode and Fre- quency from all Icom radios, Ten-Tec Paragon, Ken- wood 440, 940 950 and up and Heath SS9000 when entering contacts. Added code to save DOS screen and colors at startup and restore same when program ends. Added the ability to export an exact type image to a Dbase III+ file that can be imported back into HyperLog. This will allow you to perhaps sort the database in a particular way using Dbase III then, after deleting your HYPERLOG.PBF master file, import the sorted database back into HyperLog. See page 37 of this manual for details. Added a temperature conversion pop-up window. It Allows you to enter either Fahrenheit or Centigrade and convert to the other one. No more guessing! Press F5 to run. Added the "F" keys to the F1 Help window. F1 through F5 are now used for various functions. Added window to ASCII Export feature to show progress as file is written to disk. Added "comma" to ASCII export file after "Zone" that was overlooked. Fixed garbage occurring in the Address2 field if no data was entered. Added Country Prefix to end of both ASCII export file and Dbase III+ export file. ____________________________________________________________ HyperLog HyperLog Modified Dbase "image" import so the last two fields are "character" fields rather than "numeric". This was required to handle problems with Paradox exports. Fixed problem with previous contacts display showing deleted contacts when a blank call was entered. Added Tab and Shift-Tab to move from field to field. Page up, Page dn as well as CTL F and CTL A also move the cursor from one field to another. 1.97 08/28/90 - Added "nosort" option for RoundTable. Added SETUP option to select whether label pop-up after contact entry occurs when a Y is entered in QSL sent column. If you are not using labels, this will allow you to eliminate this label prompt. Changed Address/ Remarks field action to be consis- tent with SETUP option. Now, if you select to NOT have Address/Remarks pop-up automatically, they won't no matter what the Autopilot setting. Before, they would still pop-up if Autopilot was OFF. Modified date printout on labels. Month now is spelled out (ie JAN for January) rather than use a number (ie. 01). This should eliminate confusion as to what date format you are using when someone receives a label. Along the same lines, the time is now prefixed with UTC on the label IF you are using UTC time for your log. If you are still using local (for some esoteric reason) the time will continue to be prefixed with the word TIME. Fixed problem with QSL count being incorrect on ALT Q display. 1.98 10/01/90 - Expanded Net/RoundTable window to include Date and Time fields. The date and time are entered automatically from the program clock. Added the ability to printout the entries in the Net/RoundTable window by pressing the F6 key. If the printer is off, you will be offered the option to print the list to a file. Added option to SETUP to allow selection of FST or AM modes. Contacts can be entered in one or the other but NOT both modes. ____________________________________________________________ HyperLog HyperLog Fixed problem with status line (line 25) options not showing up on LCD displays when running BW80 mode. Added option to enter a callsign to print in the "Personalized for" block when printing out country bearing/distance listings. Modified call sign look-up to ONLY do a partial match on three characters or less. This avoids the problem of having, for instance, N0AT and N0ATW in your data- base, entering N0AT and instead of ONLY N0AT showing up in the previous contacts column, N0AT AND N0ATW both show up. Modified label printout to limit frequency listing to three decimal places when frequencies below 10Mhz. are printed. Modified Call Sign look-up to allow MARS calls to be entered without the country locator trying to assign the MARS call to a country. Entering MARS calls will allow them to be logged to the database but they will not trigger any QSL or country data displays. Modified QSL Sent column to allow a B, D, or M along with a Y, N & L. These letters can be used to note if a card is sent to the bureau, manager or direct. Note: to print labels in batch mode, you still need to use an L in this column to trigger the label batch mode print procedure. The QSL Received column still only takes a Y, N or blank. Added ability to log Maritime Mobile contacts. Modified the K1EA conversion program to handle Sweepstakes data as allowed in the latest version. Decreased the size of the country index to save space. 1.99 11/10/90 Added New Brunswick and Prince Edward Is. to the Canadian province list. These were over-looked in earlier releases. Fixed problem with help windows closing prematurely. Fixed problem with UK Russian prefixes. Added Feet to Meter and Meter to Feet conversion capability to the Temperature conversion, F5. ____________________________________________________________ HyperLog HyperLog Added ability to abort a printout once started. If you press any key while printing, a prompt will ask you if you want to abort. Name, Remarks and both Address fields now accept mixed case input rather than force all caps. Fixed problem with label print to disk loosing a space if there was no address2. Fixed problem with CVRTK1EA program incorrectly determining end of file. Added Yaesu 757 and 1000 to supported radios. Fixed problem with CVRTK1EA program abnormally ending when it encountered a prefix that was not assigned. Corrected several problems in country zones, country prefixes etc. and added to FIXCTRY.EXE file. Added feature to "automatically" insert "59" or, if using CW "599" in both the SENT and RECEIVED fields by pressing the F9 key. Added feature to allow you to increment/decrement the date by pressing ALT + to increment and ALT - to decrement. Obviously, this only works when Autopilot is OFF. Fixed problem with SV prefixes. Fixed problem with first character of time being erased if a certain key sequence was pressed. Fixed problem where CTL A would not move left past the QSL S field. Fixed problem of write-thru when modes write to screen and Net/Roundtable window is up. Fixed problem with pulling data into current record from previous contacts when previous contact is not the same as currently entered call. 1.99.4 Fixed problem with abnormal end when importing from a Dbase III file and when exporting to an ASCII file. ____________________________________________________________ HyperLog HyperLog 1.99.5 Now reads ICOM and Kenwood frequency/mode continuously. Also will change radio frequency/mode for Icom and Kenwood radio's when either is changed in the program. 1.99.6 Corrected problem with K1EA conversion and SETUP program. 1.99.7 Corrected problem with dBase export causing runtime 100 errors. Removed the callsign on the Address label due to numerous requests. Apparently the envelopes are being opened in a number of countries if the callsign is seen on the label to retrieve any money/irc's that may be inside. Added support for Yaesu 747GX. Added support for COM3 and COM4. Changed instructions in help file for setting the hours difference from UTC in SETUP. Information listed was incorrect for East Longitudes. Added ability to set "OSC" mode in Setup. 2.0 02/13/92 - Added PacketCluster/Packet Radio support, a full screen database browser, a full screen report browser, Yaesu 1000 new ROM support, frequency set and mode set for all supported radios, PacketCluster DX Spot announcement, automatic Packet- Cluster DX Spot database query and notification, completely new Database engine, much more robust error checking, reduced memory requirements through the use of overlays, "softened" the color of most windows, added Windows and Deskview detection and adaption, shell to DOS now releases all but about 25K of memory to allow running of any other program, support for calling a GrayLine (or other) program from within HyperLog, additional statistics on QSL screen for DXCC and WAS, allows user to mark countries as deleted - nondisplay, and others to numerous to include here. ____________________________________________________________ HyperLog HyperLog