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Here is the new Version 2.8 release of TimeSaver, MicroCon's graphic
schedule manager. For the many (understatement) individuals who chose
to respond to my last "README" file comments about Shareware, let me
express my appreciation. I am what you may call a "born again" (pardon
the pun) Shareware supporter and contributer. While my intention was
not to extort or shame users into registration, for whatever reason,
the registration count has picked up. In our particular case, we are
satisfied with the return on investment that the Shareware concept has
provided, but, again let me emphasize that that "return", in our unique
situation, is not measured in the number of registrations. I will still
caution programmers who are planning to distribute their programs to
carefully evaluate all their options before releasing the product on
the Shareware network. I also acknowledge that some individuals have
made considerable sums of money with Shareware, however, I still argue
that they represent a small percentage of contributers. The bottom line
is that if the program is useful, unique, and well written, and if it
is frequently updated, some registrations will result. If you are not
planning to make big bucks, and just want to share the program, you
will at least get some incentive for your efforts. With those comments
let me vacate the soapbox and get back to what I enjoy, writing and
enhancing software. Again thanks for all the feedback. It has given
me a different prospective on the issue.
With this version, I was forced to change the file format slightly, so
calendars created and maintained by previous releases will need to be
converted before they can be used. I have tried to make this as easy
and painless as possible by providing a command line parameter which
should be used the first time the new version is run. See the file
"TS.ADD" included with this version for an explanation of this and
other enhancments.
Briefly, the enhancements of version 2.8 include:
- the capability to tag "whole day" events such as "VACATION",
"HOLIDAY", or "TRAVEL".
- visual display of the graphics block when adding an appointment.
- ability to create "templates" for use in Info files and to
modify the filename of an edited Info file before saving.
- automatic detection of color/mono equipment.
- ability to access different TS files on floppies or in hard disk
sub-directories.
- ability to invoke program to initialize on any date.
- Info files no longer limited to 10K bytes.
- more efficient handling of data and Info files.