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DEVELOPMENT TO-DO LIST
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NEW DOCUMENTATION
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Documentation is included within the MBMASTER help system. From the
MBMASTER Main Menu select the Quick Start Tutorial option for a Help Menu
of available help topics.
MBMASTER 1.1 DEVELOPMENT LIST
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The following items are scheduled for MBMASTER release 1.1 and should be
in a future beta release :
- Finish context sensitive help items for link, config, and MBACCESS.
MBMASTER HISTORY OF CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
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03/14/95
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- Added support if memo .DBT file is missing to create a new one. This now
works.
- You can now build over an existing database. All original support files
will be backed up with a *.BAK file extension.
- Fixed the Error 207 problem when building over an existing database.
- Now full 8 character main filenames work with Test online database feature.
- Add some more context sensitive help. More to come in release 1.1.
03/13/95
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- Mark Ok field has been changed to Convert Searches to Uppercase. This should
normally be set to Yes and all search keywords and index keys will be
converted to upper case. This effectively disables case sensitive searches.
So... if you want case sensitive searches, be sure to set this to No and
also be sure to delete your .NDX index files if you change this, so that
new index file can be built with the appropiate keys.
03/10/95
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- Changed the operation of force record view mode to allow browse mode.
It was backwards.
02/27/95
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- Fixed problem with help file loading if used a default main db file.
02/16/95
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- Changed *.NEW database files to *.NDB to help avoid confusion with
the MBACCESS.NEW and MBMASTER.NEW files which contain new information
and features. Now these are the only *.NEW files.
02/16/95
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- Finally the context sensitive help mechanism is in and functional along
with the preliminary help information, which is fairly extensive.
Pressing F1 from the Main Menu will bring up context sensitive help
depending on which menu item you are highlighted on. Once in the help
system you can press F1 again for a Help Index. Full mouse support
and cross-reference selection is also available.
- The Quick Start Tutorial from the Main Menu now loads the Quick Start
Tutorial Menu and utilizes the help system.
- The About Integrated Solutions Main Menu options, also now uses the
help system.
- MBPRO.DOC and ABOUT.DOC files removed from distribution. You may want
to delete this files. Both are now included in expanded form within
the help system. Removing these will help bring the evaluation
release down in size. An MBPRO.DOC does still exist explaining that
the docs are built into MBMASTER's help system.
02/15/95
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- When cleaning/packing a database, you will now only be asked to delete
index files if indeed there are index files that exist, also added a
message dialog box that says "Checking for index files. Please wait..."
for slow machines with large database structures.
- When deleting a field while editing the field structure, MBMASTER will
now properly check for a corresponding index file as defined in the
link record for the field being deleted. If an index file exists,
you will be asked if you want to delete the file, pressing No will
rename the file to *.BAK.
02/14/95
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- Fixed a problem in field link configuration after creating choice database
and editing it, F2 would drop to dos.
- Fixed editing date fields problem in record edit.
- Fixed cleaning and packing a choice database, would try to clean and
pack main database instead.
02/09/95
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- Added support for creating and editing CHOICE database on the fly when
using the CHOICE link type in the link setup.
- Cleaning databases will now delete or rename old index files,
prompting for deletion or renaming. Clean will check every link
record for an index setting for each field in the database.
- Added DTIME link type to link type pick list. It should have been
there, but wasn't.
- Added logic to field link configuration to delete old index files
if you change the use index or index filename. MBMASTER will prompt
if you want to delete or rename the index files.
- Field link configuration link to database filename and index filename
fields now force upper case entries.
- You can now open filenames with no extension using the Open Database
menu option. Before MBMASTER was adding a .DBF extension and it
would say file not found, when the file was there.
- Added logic to check the validity of a given filename entered before
trying to act on it, like creating a database or something. This
prevents getting into a major error trap.
- Added more logic for occasional memo not found errors popping up when
there wasn't a memo field specified.
02/08/95
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- Now has support for upgrading pre 1.70 link databases to current link
database format. Will automatically distinguish which link database
structure version and move data to new database format as well.
- Now shows a completed link screen when updating link structure.
- Fixed a problem updating field pick list after updating a link structure.
- White On Blue text for status bar in Getting Started screen and About
screen instead of Yellow On Blue.
- Shift-TAB while editing a link record will now save changed and return
to field pick list (same as F10). This is handy when used in conjunction
with TAB. TAB and Shift-TAB will toggle between pick list and field link
record.
- Fixed a problem losing changes made to a record when entering a memo
before saving those changes. Now the changes are saved properly before
entering the memo.
02/07/95
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- Now displays a flashing red on light gray message when updating link
records on first access and when editing record structure.
- F2 Pick List for select branch to next field, owner field, and primary
index field is now operational.
- The Getting Started menu option is now hooked to a file browser
displaying the MBPRO.DOC file which is the text manual.
- Created all internal help index hooks. Now just writing all the
context sensitive help. Will be in next beta.
02/06/95
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- Decreased base memory usage by 16K
- Fixed problem building database in same directory that it was created.
- Fixed problem handling RAW db main filenames over 6 characters. Now
full 8 character filenames are supported for the main database and only
the first 6 characters are used when building the link, config, and
support db files.
- The field link database structure update routines have been implemented.
MBMASTER will update existing link structures to newest format. The
new link and config structures are in the *.200 files.
02/02/95
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- Memos will now properly be created when editing record structure or
creating a new record structure and adding a new memo field to a
structure that didn't previously have one. Also, if you delete all
memo fields within a structure, you will be prompted on the structure
update if you want to also delete the associated .DBT memo file.
- If a .DBT memo file is missing it will properly be re-created.
- When viewing memos a record will no longer be updated to the memo
database when reformatting occurs. This should be the last of the
memo issues, everything dealing with memos has been implemented.
02/01/95
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- Added memo editing support full of features. When on a memo field
in the Structure/Data Editor, simply hit enter and the memo editor
will come up. You can also traverse memos using Alt-Next and Alt-Prev
commands without having to leave the memo editor.
- Added new MBSETUP entry screen and more options to support direct or
bios video writes, memo options settings, and pri