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WHAT'S NEW IN RMS-III: THE HISTORY OF VERSION CHANGES
Changes between version 3.2b and 3.2d.
1. Small changes. Rapid scan data display was improved. Handling of
more than nine authors was improved in both RMS-III & TSX. An option
was added to regulate output of multiple authors. A page pause
option was added for report printing. In 3.2d, handling of some UDS
lines was corrected. (This may affect behavior of some older UDS's!!)
For report output, effect of margin settings can now be shown on
screen even if printer is off. An installation problem was fixed.
Changes between version 3.1e and 3.2b.
1. Robustness & stability of the program has been improved. This was
especially important with respect to use of the ESC key to exit or
cancel operations. Also, attempts to print to the printer are now
controlled if the printer is not functioning.
2. The F1 function key is now used more consistently to provide HELP
and INFORMATION. As part of this, the menu position of information
and file opening has been reversed in several menus. Users of prior
versions may find this requires some change in use pattern.
3. There is now much more help available, especially in the data entry
and search operations. Included are suggestions for entry of several
data types relative to particular data handling elsewhere in the
program. Entry codes for special characters are included.
4. The set-up menu (#8 of main menu) has been completely changed and
the set-up operations expanded. The set-up menu screen colors have
been set mostly to back & white to minimize conflicts. There are
now five pre-defined screen color choices, as well as a user
defined choice, and real screen test examples.
5. Set-up now includes two user preference settings: one for full
screen record-data display (positions keyblock guide), the other
for multi-item search defaults. These are explained in the menu.
6. Record scanning in the Management Menu has been changed. It now
includes a second display format which presents information from
22 records per screen in a browse type format; display of a full
record can be accessed in this mode.
7. Search over a specified range of years is now possible in the Multi-
Item search operation. The handling of exact vs. partial searches in
Multi-Item search has been changed. The default search mode in all
fields is now consistently 'partial', i.e., SMITH will find SMITHSON.
But, an exact search option is now available for AUTHORS (new) as well
as KEYWORDS (old); this mode requires starting the entry with a !.
Previously the "!" was used to change keywords from exact to partial,
and the situation is now reversed. (Prior users please note.)
8. In the Mixed-Logic search operation, search in all major text fields
can now be done with a single field specification {0}.
Also, CODE_2 was added to the search fields.
9. A SEARCH and replace operation was added to the utility menu.
10. ERASE utility now covers all files related to a specified database.
11. CONDENSE utility now correctly removes records marked for deletion
and packs the database (in addition to consolidating the memo file.)
12. Duplicate record checking was expanded to permit display and
treatment of individual duplicate pairs in addition to group checks.
13. A function, ADJVOL(), was added to allow manipulation of volume and
issue data; can be used in User Defined Styles for output format.
14. Small changes were made in formating control; many changes were made
in the TSX translation operations, including display of tag files.
15. External macros are included for WordPerfect users to convert
printer control codes to WordPerfect format. (see RMS2WP.DOC)
Now covers versions 5.x/6.0 for DOS and windows.
Changes between version 3.1c and 3.1e.
1. In versions 3.1a - 3.1c the multi-item search on the SOURCE
field did not function correctly; this was corrected in 3.1e.
2. The duplicate checking operations were extended to allow checks
throughout the entire database.
3. The output options in multi-item search were expanded to include
display of abstracts.
Changes between version 3.1a and 3.1c.
1. In the TSX mudule, handling of authors first and last names was
improved in tagged data import. Import/export for Pro-Cite(R)
and RefList files was improved.
2. The function SIC() was improved to maintain chemical formulas as
written when converting strings to sentence type structure.
3. Re-formatting of authors names in the case of corporate authors
was blocked (by inclusion of "=" character in name).
4. The user defined styles APA-01-P.UDS and APA-01-F.UDS were
changed to use the function SIC() to force sentence type
capitalization of the record title.
Changes between version 3.0a and 3.1a.
1. Extended handling of records in data files from 9,999 to 99,999.
2. Added ability to replicate an entire record during data input.
This is in addition to replication of selected fields.
3. Added facility for use of a question mark, ?, as a character
wild-card in multi-item searches.
4. The multi-item search, screen 4.5, now allows keyword search
entries to be longer than the 23 character field provided.
5. Introduced additional user defined styles, UDS's, to provide
output for several commonly used bibliographic formats.
6. Provided for direct entry from RMS-III utilities into the TSX
extended translation program (hard disk operation only).
Changes between version RSX V-2.4j and V-3.0a.
This was a major system revision. The name acronym was changed from
RSX to RMS. An additional item was added to each primary menu screen.
The Utility Menu was significantly revised; among other things, more
printer control and port selection was added. The Search Menu was
changed to list the mixed-logic as a separate menu item. The Report
Output Menu added generation of topical indexed lists, and an option
for user defined styles (UDS's) of bibliographic reports. Additional
notes are listed by function.
DATA ENTRY MANAGEMENT:
1. Help/Lists (F1) added display of data previously entered such as
keywords, authors, reference types, and source. Assists in making
consistent entries and in searching.
2. Record duplication check was provided between (& within) databases.
Used to reduce redundancy of data in different files.
3. In the view-only mode of the data management operation, a shift to
edit mode was provided to make changes in the displayed record.
4. Treatment of extra long authors, source and title fields was
accomodated by spill-over into the comment field. Split data is
linked at time of output.
SEARCH OPERATIONS:
5. The multi-item search operation was extended to words/phrases in
the abstract/memo field. `Hits' are identified with an {abs} mark.
6. Conditional control of multi-item search output was added for extra
limitation of search output.
REPORT OPERATIONS:
7. Additional report output styles. Style (format) command files
were added to provide for more flexibility and control of the
output styles. These can be developed/edited by the user.
8. Authors name manipulation. More extensive control was added of
firstname/lastname placement, and use of initials.
9. Abstract handling and output was greatly improved.
10. Conditional control of record report output was added to impose
user specified condition on output at time of report generation.
12. Topical list reports were expanded to include more categories.
These lists were made accessible in record management and search
operations. Also, new lists can index items to record location.
List and index output was expanded to `print' to disk files.
UTILITIES:
18. Printer control was greatly expanded. Internally defined printers
now include bold, underline, and italic attributes that can be used
in UDS's. Two user defined printers can be addressed. Printer ports
can be assigned. A temporary printer selection can be used without
changing the default definition.
19. A facility was included to replace the contents of a specified
field, globally or based on a conditional statement.
20. File maintenance added a condense/backup utility, especially
valuable to cleanup and size reduction of the abstract/memo file.
21. Status utilities added listings of more file types and of system
data. Lists are available in several utilities.
22. User defined output styles are prepared and viewed in utilities.
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