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Printers' Apprentice History File
Version 1.0 * 28 June 1991
Initial Release written in Visual Basic
Simple viewing of fonts
Ability to invoke ATM & CONTROL.EXE
Color support
Rescanning of system font information
Bold, Italic, Roman, BoldItalic support
Ability to scan through ANSI codes
Points sizes 1 - 99
Screen only support
No help!
Version 2.0* August 1991
1. Added error trapping for "file not found" while shelling
to the ATM & Windows control panel
2. Added API code to determine if shelled applications
are currently running
3. Previous version only viewed ANSI 33 & above,
range is now 1 - 255. "ASCII" was also spelled
wrong in the application! (Yes, I am a college senior!)
All references to ASCII have been changed to ANSI. The ASCII
character set is only used by non-Win apps. Windows has always
used the ANSI character set.
4. Special thanks to Sage Osterfeld at Atech software (the "Publisher's
PowerPak" folks) for his suggestion that the user be able to directly
enter the ANSI code. This has been implemented as a new menu item and
an editable text box in the main window. Beer mugs to Sage! []) [])
5. The refresh font list menu item & button has been removed. The list is
now refreshed anytime the current device is changed. Printer's
Apprentice 2.0 defaults to the screen device on startup.
6. Printer's Apprentice now makes use of its own INI file to store values
for the font, size, color, user name, and ANSI #. The PA.INI is read
at startup and whenever the font lists are refreshed to determine
how the font specimen is displayed. These items may be saved to the
PA.INI file (*must* reside in the Windows directory) through a simple
menu selection. The user's name is also stored in the PA.INI file.
7. Clipboard support is now offered. Selecting Copy from the Edit menu
will send the specimen character to the clipboard in raw text format.
No formatting is sent. A link option is also there. If you paste a
link into WinWord or Excel with the autoupdate field on, the
character WinWord/Excel will change when you change the character
in PA. A nifty trick with no real purpose.
8. A DDE channel to Microsoft Word for Windows now allows you to send
the currently displayed specimen character directly to Word! All
formatting commands, with the exception of color, are sent along
with the character. The character will appear in WinWord exactly as
you saw it in The Printer's Apprentice preview window.
9. Batch printing is easy! A single menu click will bring you to the
batch operations window. Select your batch operation from the
drop down combo box. Use the "add", "delete", "add all", and
"delete all" buttons to move fonts to the print list. After
pressing go, a gauge will inform you of your printer's progress.
10. A new menu item has been added to start the Windows clipboard. As with
all other program starting options, the EXE for the clipboard must
be in current path.
11. Input from Printer's Apprentice 1.0 users everywhere has led to the
creation of an editable text box for font samples. A new menu item,
User Entered Text, has been added under Options. This puts up a
floating text box where the user may enter his/her (let us not
be sexist!) own text in the current font and style. This text
changes as the options are changed. This box is a floating text box,
it may be moved around, hidden, iconized, or closed. The print
button will dump the contents to the printer. Thanks to the users
who asked for this feature! Beer mugs to you! [])
12. Printer's Apprentice 2.0 is now copyrighted software. If you use
PA to create font samples, browse ATM fonts, or use it simply as
an on-line resource, please register your copy. A single $15
registration fee entitles you to a registration certificate,
mail upgrades of registered versions, and a guilt free concious.
Please join the users who have made the shareware system work.
Version 2.10 * Late August 1991
1. Fixed a small bug which caused PA to crash if you selected a delete
button (in Batch window) with nothing in the print list. PA would
bomb out with an "illegal function call" error... not good...
2. Resolution! Who said Windows programs are device independent!
The scupltured interface for PA 2.0 was actually a bitmap imported
from Paintbrush. It was created on a 640x480 system. Those folks
with 1024x768 monitors were seeing the bitmap shrink and distort
because of the difference in resolution. This problem has now
(famous last words) been fixed through the use of VB's internal,
device independent drawing routines. Because the bitmaps are no
longer stored in the executable file, the EXE has shrunk dramatically!
3. Some picture style fonts (dingbats & carta in particular) has
very strange leading that will cause an "Unexpected error 6" message.
This problem has been ironed out. Thanks to Lawrence E. Oliver,
Terry Ganzel, and all the others who pointed this bug out to me.
4. The printing routines have been tweaked a bit and should run
faster.
5. Various cosmetic changes have been made in the font sheets to
give more information and just look better. The header has been
standardized.
Version 2.5
1. Simple internal speed changes...
2. Printer setup is now available through the use of a public domain
DLL (PSETUP.DLL). The DLL file *must* be located in your path!
This DLL also allows direct access to the Publisher's PowerPak
control panel. To see PPak fonts, be sure the printer icon is
selected as the current device.
3. Again, various cosmetic changes. The options menu now uses bitmaps
for some menu items for that "professional look."
Version 3.0 October '91
1. Addition of a "More" button to access the user text box. You may now
edit text and see the control panel at the same time...
2. Removal of the screen and printer device options. PA 3.0 now uses
only the printer device. This was causing *many* #380 error codes...
3. Addition of a keyboard guide and both capital and lower case spec
sheets.
4. Addition of a RUN menu item that will access several utility programs
(ATM, Win Control Panel, Clipboard, Atech Publisher's PowerPak.