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- -- The Association of Shareware Professionals
-
- Custom Technologies is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
- (ASP). The ASP is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of
- Washington.
-
- The ASP is made up of professional shareware authors nationwide, and is
- dedicated to furthering the concept of shareware as an alternative to
- commercial software. The authors share a code of ethics and have agreed to
- comply with standards of quality, documentation, and support set by the ASP.
-
- Look for the ASP name and symbol for an assurance of high-quality, well-
- supported shareware.
-
-
- -- On-Line Support
-
- On-Line support for all Custom Technologies' products is now available on
- CompuServe! We are sub-topic 7 in the PC Vender forum. Type GO PCVEN at
- any CompuServe prompt.
-
- All of our shareware products are available for downloading from this forum.
-
-
- Revision History
-
- -- V1.02 to V1.03
-
- 25 Oct 86
-
- Two specific bugs have been fixed. First, checks may now be
- printed in any selected pitch (version 1.02 was "stuck" in elite)
- and second, a rare problem with date indexing was corrected. If
- you notice any transactions out of date sequence, you should
- REBUILD the data files using the REBUILD feature of version 1.03
- (the REBUILD feature of 1.02 is not robust enough to correct the
- problem).
-
- New features include a more robust REBUILDing algorithm that
- maximizes recovery of data in the event of system crashes or
- "odd" circumstances, calculation and reporting of totals after
- transaction reports, and date "memory" during transaction entry.
- This means that CheckMate will default to the last date entered
- instead of the DOS date while entering transactions. We have
- also improved the searching algorithms (resulting in greater
- speed).
-
-
- -- V1.03 to V1.04
-
- 1 Nov 86
-
- Three corrections have been made to version 1.03. First, the MATCH
- criteria has been corrected so that transactions on the ENDING DATE
- are included in the reports. Second, the REBUILDING algorithm has
- been adjusted to correct the account balance following corruption to
- the data file itself. Finally, a DOS file-handle error was fixed so
- that changes made to the data files immediately after a REBUILD are
- not lost.
-
- -- V1.04 to V1.05
-
- 26 Mar 87
-
- You may now print Long Reports on all 8 accounts, as an error in
- maintaining DOS file handles has been corrected.
-
- A small bug in the "search" routine has been corrected (could cause
- CheckMate to lock-up in a search loop).
-
- The object code is smaller and faster.
-
- An "Expensed" flag field has been added to the transactions as an
- interface to CheckMate-GL, our new multiple-entry general ledger
- package for home and small business. This flag may not be documented
- in your user's guide, but is discussed in the CheckMate-GL User's Guide.
- If you are not using CheckMate-GL, this flag is of no consequence to
- you.
-
- -- V1.05 to V1.05A
-
- 30 Dec 87
-
- A small change to allow by-passing of the opening screen. Simply invoke
- CheckMate with the "/S" option on the command line. That is:
-
- CM /S
-
- will run CheckMate without displaying the opening screen.
-
- -- V1.05A to V1.05B
-
- 23 Jan 88
-
- Modified right margin (condensed print) from 134 to 131 characters to
- allow proper line spacing on some printers. Also, a bug in the LONG
- (when writing to the printer) report format has been fixed.
-
- -- V1.05B to V1.10
-
- 26 Apr 88
-
- CheckMate will now support the use of window envelopes as it can now
- print addresses on your checks. This feature is optional per account
- and you specify your choice in the ENTER or EDIT ACCOUNTS module.
-
- We've added mouse support! If you have a Microsoft or Mouse Systems
- compatible mouse, CheckMate will recognize it as an input device.
- (NOTE: You must load your mouse driver first). The left button acts
- as the <CR> key, and the right button as the <ESC> key.
-
- The RECONCILE account module has been modified to allow quick fixes
- of incorrectly entered amounts. Press <F2> while reconciling to
- immediately alter a transaction amount.
-
- We've added a few additional print variables for the checks, including
- the ability to print left-justified *'s in numerical amounts. We've
- also added additional text strings to assist in printing check stubs.
-
- -- V1.10 to V1.60
-
- 27 Jun 88
-
- No substantial changes to the program. We released this version as 1.60 to
- standardize our version numbering (across all our products) and to update our
- address and phone numbers (as we have relocated to Colorado Springs, CO).
-
- -- V1.60 to V1.70
-
- 11 Jul 88
-
- One problem was fixed. DOS 2.X (and some generic versions of DOS 3.X) do not
- initialize the MOUSE INTERRUPT (int 51). When CheckMate called this interrupt
- to check for the mouse, the computer would hang. Version 1.70 first confirms
- the validity of the interrupt before actually calling it.
-