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ADREAD.ME for file for APPLICATION DOCK V1.2 - 7/20/91
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What's New:
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- The limit on icons available has been lifted. You can now have the
full 16 icons available on screen.
- There now only need to be 16 program description lines in the APPDOCK.INI
file.
- An Information Screen has been added to the About.. dialog box.
- Now if you specify a directory for Application Dock to look for it's
INI in, you must also specify the file name. (ex APPDOCK C:\APPDOCK.INI)
Version History:
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0.90 Initial version, never distributed. Conained basic structure only.
1.00 First version distributed on a very limited basis. Buggy, and hard
to work with.
1.01 All bugs from 1.0 fixed - now fully functional, except for limitation
on icons (only 8 available) and reminder boxes
1.20 Latest shareware release - updated with a few bugs corrected.
Limitation on number of icons removed, but startup reminder box
still present.
1.50 Initial registered version - included interactive Application Dock
editor v1.0 plus other small improvements.
1.60 Most recent (7/23/91) version available upon registration - includes
Application Dock Interactive Editor v1.1, ability ot minimize dock,
and option to run a program not in dock.
Known Bugs At This Point:
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- Currently the program depends on Microsoft's Twip coordinate system
for sizing and positioning the dock. Some Super-VGA drivers do not use
standard dots-per-inch settings for the display. At worst, this will
make Application Dock look stranger than usual, but it will still
function. I am working on a fix, but until Microsoft updates Visual
Basic to allow me to change ALL of the scaling modes for my application,
a fix is unlikely.
- Currently the program cannot be set as the system shell. This is due to
some bug in Visual Basic, and not in my programming. Again, I await a fix from Microsoft.
What's In the Future:
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- Support for multiple INI files.
- The ability to get icons directly from application files.
- Auto detection of Video Mode and resolution to eliminate need for location settings in
APPDOCK.INI.
- An optional parameter prompt before running a program.
- On-line help via Windows Help.
- Improved interactive editor for APPDOCK.INI.
- Larger and more diverse sample icon library.
- MUCH better Keyboard support.
- Improved dock display.