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  2. ║                                                                             ║
  3. ║                              FormGen ver 3.00                               ║
  4. ║                                                                             ║
  5. ║                                Enhancements                                 ║
  6. ║                                ════════════                                 ║
  7. ║                                                                             ║
  8. ║   Many thanks to those who have registered their copies of FormGen!         ║
  9. ║                                                                             ║
  10. ║   Version 3.00 of FormGen features a number of enhancements which           ║
  11. ║   have been suggested by registered users:                                  ║
  12. ║                                                                             ║
  13. ║   ■ Vertical auto line draw has been added.  [Ctrl][F1] & [Ctrl][F2]        ║
  14. ║     now produce vertical thin and thick lines. (like [Alt][F1] &            ║
  15. ║     [Alt][F2])                                                              ║
  16. ║   ■ The cursor position can now be displayed in inches.                     ║
  17. ║   ■ An area fill command has been added to allow a large area to be         ║
  18. ║     instantly filled with any character.                                    ║
  19. ║   ■ [Return] now senses the contents of the next line and moves only        ║
  20. ║     as far left as the first non-blank character.  This will allow          ║
  21. ║     the convenient entry of text into a box created on the screen.          ║
  22. ║   ■ The help system has been expanded to include a quick reference to       ║
  23. ║     the control keys.                                                       ║
  24. ║   ■ The printer now moves to the beginning of the next page after           ║
  25. ║     printing a form.                                                        ║
  26. ║   ■ A small gap left in a joint when drawing a double line down from        ║
  27. ║     horizontal single line has been fixed.                                  ║
  28. ║   ■ The horizontal line drawing routines have been changed as follows:      ║
  29. ║        ■ a new line in inserted in the form only if INSERT is               ║
  30. ║          active.                                                            ║
  31. ║        ■ the new line starts at the cursor position and will                ║
  32. ║          stop where a non-blank character is encountered                    ║
  33. ║          allowing the creation of a new line within an existing             ║
  34. ║          box.                                                               ║
  35. ║   ■ The command line for starting form can now carry two optional           ║
  36. ║     parameters:                                                             ║
  37. ║                                                                             ║
  38. ║     FORM filespec /P                                                        ║
  39. ║                                                                             ║
  40. ║     filespec - Filename to be loaded at initialization.                     ║
  41. ║                (must be a .FRM type file)                                   ║
  42. ║     /P - Optional switch to disable printer error checking.                 ║
  43. ║          This is for use with some compatibles that use non-standard        ║
  44. ║          port addressing schemes or for systems that use software           ║
  45. ║          emulators to allow the use of MS-DOS programs.  If Form-Gen        ║
  46. ║          produces messages such as "Printer not connected" when this        ║
  47. ║          is obviously not the case, this switch should fix it.              ║
  48. ║                                                                             ║
  49. ║   ■ Problem leaving "@" on printer at exit has been fixed.                  ║
  50. ║   ■ [Alt][F] for directory display now shows all files.                     ║
  51. ║   ■ A character for a check mark box has been added. (see Help              ║
  52. ║     [F10] for more detail)                                                  ║
  53. ║   ■ a BASIC program (CONV.BAS) to convert files created by early            ║
  54. ║     versions (2.22 and earlier) of FormGen for use with the current         ║
  55. ║     version is included.                                                    ║
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