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List of Changes from Version 3.10 to Version 3.11
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I. The errors that occurred when !BENTXT or !BENDEMO are
extracted is now fixed.
List of Changes from Version 3.02 to Version 3.10
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I. Addition of new functions:
A. MENUF - To be used in conjunction with the new MDESIGN
(Menu Designer). Allows menu properties (e.g., colors,
borderstyle) to be modified easily.
II. BENEdit
A. A printer setup dialog box is now implemented.
B. Common DOS Batch functions (e.g., For, If Errorlevel)
can now be accessed via the menus.
III. Documention and BenDemo
A. BEN function names are now in mixed case as opposed to
uppercase only (thus easier to read).
List of Changes from Version 3.01 to Version 3.02
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I. Addition of new functions:
A. MENULCD - same as MENU, except the menu is displayed in
black and white for increased legibility.
II. Changes made to old functions:
A. EXTRACT - improved syntax.
III. BENEdit
A. BENEdit now includes the "Print" option.
List of Changes from Version 3.00 to Version 3.01
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I. Addition of new functions:
A. GETKEYL - same as GETKEY, except the key is converted
to lower case before returned.
B. GETLINEL - same as GETLINE, except the string is
converted to lower case before returned.
II. Changes in BEN.EXE:
A. Version 3.00's incompatibility with XT computers is
corrected.
B. Stack checking is turned off for faster execution.
III. Miscellaneous:
A. The song "Entertainer" doesn't play completely in
version 3.00. This is corrected.
List of Changes from Version 2.61 to Version 3.00
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I. Addition of new functions:
A. CLEANUP - used at the end of batch files. Its purpose
is cleaning up the mess left behind by batch routines.
B. EXTRACT - returns a part of a fully qualified filename.
C. FLUSH - clears the keyboard buffer.
D. GETCD - returns the current directory to the batch
file.
E. GETVIDEO - checks what kind of video system is
installed (eg. CGA, VGA) and return the result to the
batch file.
F. PLAY - produces music from the speaker. BEN PLAY uses
the same statements that the BASIC PLAY uses.
G. LIST - a file browser.
H. MESSAGE - MESSAGE draws a box on the screen and
displays the specified message.
I. SAVEPATH - SAVEPATH is a environment-memory
conservation function.
J. SHELL - SHELL lets the user jump to DOS in the middle
of a batch file.
K. TITLEDBOX - TITLEDBOX displays a filled box with a
title on the screen.
II. Changes made to old functions:
A. Renames:
1. GOTOXY is now LOCATE.
2. COLORNOW is now COLOR.
3. ATTRIB is now CLS.
4. WAITKEY is now PAUSE.
5. INLINE is now GETLINE.
6. INLINEU is now GETLINEU.
7. INKEY is now GETKEY.
8. INKEYU is now GETKEYU.
B. Splitting of the BOX function into BOX, FILLEDBOX,
GROWFILLEDBOX, SHADFILLEDBOX, TRANSPARENTBOX.
C. EGAVGA now returns errorlevels of 1 or 2, insteads of 0
or 1.
D. WRITE, WRITEC and WRITEV no longer require you to
specify the number of words to display.
E. WRITE and WRITEC can now "not wrap" to the next line
when finished displaying.
F. CURSOR now supports four shapes: ON, OFF, FULL, HALF.
G. DIRDISP gets a new look, and it is now separated to
DIRDISP and DIRDISPA.
H. You can now specify colors with descriptive names. For
example, instead of "BEN COLOR 15 1", you can use "BEN
COLOR WHITE BLUE". This is not mandatory, but it
increases the readability of your batch file.
III. Removal of useless functions:
A. DEBOX
B. SOUND T
C. SCROLL T
IV. Other changes in BEN.EXE:
A. You can now use the ; comment symbol in T data files.
B. You can now use the separator "/" when you stack BEN
functions. For example, instead of "BEN BEEP CLS BLUE",
you can use "BEN BEEP / CLS BLUE". This is not
mandatory, but it increases the readability of your
batch file.
C. Online help is now placed in BEN.HLP instead of the
main executable BEN.EXE.
V. BENEdit
A. BENEdit is a text editor that allows you to edit batch
files and select BEN features quickly and easily.
VI. Miscellaneous
A. BENDEMO.BAT is redesigned.
B. INSTALL.BAT is added.
C. BEN now uses dynamic memory allocation. This memory
management method is much better than the static memory
allocation method in past versions of BEN.
D. BEN and the associated executables are now dynamically
compressed.
E. BEN now runs at a much quicker speed.