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- QuickRef (tm) Copyright (C) WaverlyStreet, 1997-98. All Rights Reserved.
-
- Version 2.23
-
- You should have the following files:
-
- QR.EXE (the main program)
- VBDRT10.EXE (required run-time module)
- DOS_INST.EXE (DOS installation utility)
- SETUP.EXE (Windows installation utility)
- QR23.INF (Windows installation information file)
- MAKEDIRS.BAT (creates default directories for Windows installation)
- QUICKREF.MAN (the manual)
- QUICKREF.TXT (license information / description)
- ORDER.TXT (order form)
- TEMPLATE.MCR (a template macro file)
- MY_NOTES.TXT (template personal instruction file)
- README.TXT (this file)
- SWAN.ICO (nifty waverlystreet windows icon)
- DOS-WIN.TXT (some hints on running DOS apps in Windows)
- FILE_ID.DIZ
-
- To install from Windows: click on SETUP.EXE while in the file manager.
-
- To install from DOS: Change to the drive and directory containing these
- files and then type "dos_inst", and press ENTER. To run the program, go
- to the directory where it is installed and type qr and press ENTER.
-
- Note: this is an "interim" release, version 2.23. Changes from version
- 2.2 as noted below:
-
- Project QR23 Quickref 2.3
- By WaverlyStreet
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program Name.................: QuickRef Project Assistant
- Version Number...............:
- Start Work Date..............: 12/12/97
- Interim Release(s)...........: 01/17/98, ver. 2.23 <<<<------ this release!
- Release Date.................:
- Distributed To:
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- PREVIOUS VERSION INFORMATION
-
- Version Number................: 2.2
- Release Date..................: December 9th, 1997
- Notes: Released as unrestricted, straight "nagware" for the first time.
- Incorporates a registration key algorithm to turn off the opening nag screen.
-
- Old version bugs:
-
- Start-up "illegal function call" happening on some systems - believed to be
- caused by the DATEVALUE function's incompatibility with certain CONFIG.SYS
- COUNTRY settings...
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Goals for new version
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Figure out some way to purge the first portion of long note files.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Changes made for new version
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *!* Added a text search capability to the internal file browser.
-
- *!* Fixed small bug - screen format problem with money mode "to-do" items.
-
- *!* Added command line switch (+M) to start the program in "money mode" rather
- than the default "time mode".
-
- *!* Made it so that when a project number is revised (<F3> at the project
- selection screen) the project's note file is also renamed, if one exists.
-
- *!* Added an option to also purge a project's note file when sending old
- records to "partial archive". These archived notes are included in current
- project "snapshots" if the archived records are too.
-
- *!* - Fixed start-up "Illegal function call" problem which turned up on some
- systems running some non-US DOS configurations.
-
- *!* Fixed "year 2000"-related data file sorting problem.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Notes:
-
- 01/15/98 - Just discovered I had a "Year 2000" problem in QuickRef (Yikes!).
- Actually, I had just finished fixing the DATEVALUE problem, and I was farting
- around changing the system date just for grins. Records didn't sort right...
- Traced problem to the SortFormat sub-routine, which was evaluating only the
- right-most two places of the entry.day string.
-
- I've fixed it, but need to test it out and make sure all is well.
-
- The DATEVALUE thing: I think I've fixed it by replacing DATEVALUE(DATE$) with
- NOW. Actually, I'm pretty darn sure that will fix it... Now that I think of
- it, DATEVALUE is intended for parsing user input, which (one would assume)
- would be formatted properly in the first place. NOW, on the other hand is more
- of an internal thing, and is probably structured to handle whatever it might
- get from the system. I'll try to get someone to test it, but I'm pretty
- confident about the fix...
-
- 01/17/98 - I'm going to do an interim release, version 2.23, and put it at the
- website (only) as the self-extracting file.
-