Printer's Apprentice Version History Current version can always be found on http://www.loseyourmind.com direct download: http://www.loseyourmind.com/zipfiles/pa70.zip online registration: https://www.regsoft.com/cgi-bin/reg_it_offsite.pl?8603 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printer's Apprentice 7.02 - 1/9/99 - Fixed the GPF/crash that occured when you opened the Tools|Registry window and then closed the Registry dialog. - Made the "Fonts on the Web" dialog sizable. - Removed references to the printed Printer's Apprentice manual from the About dialog. PA 7.0 does not ship with a manual. - Corrected the copyright date in the splash screen. Printer's Apprentice 7.01 - 1/6/99 - Fixed a resizing bug in the main PA form. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 - 1/4/99 - Fixed a bug that prevented Regular (non italic / non bold) fonts from printing correctly. - Fixed a bug that made drag and drop sometimes not start. - Fixed a bug that caused fonts in groups not install or display properly once installed. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 - 1/1/99 - Added a new "Fonts on the Web" dialog box that displays an extensive list of font related resources on the Internet. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #14- 12/15/98 - Finally fixed overflow bug on startup with some systems. - Updated all our documentation with information about our new online order system. Check it out at the following URL: https://www.regsoft.com/cgi-bin/reg_it_offsite.pl?8603 Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #13- 12/10/98 - Perhaps we have the startup overflow bug fixed with this version. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #12- 12/09/98 - More logging. Trying to debug Overflow error on startup. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #11- 12/08/98 - More logging. Trying to debug Overflow error on startup. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #10- 12/07/98 - Removed some dead code in the project. - Added even more logging features to the PA startup code. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #9- 12/07/98 - Added additional logging features to the PA startup code. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #8- 12/06/98 - Fixed the Three Up Catalog. It was not printing properly and the new %UserName and %Date function were not working. - The Six-Up catalog was not using the %UserName & %Date functions correctly. - Added additional logging features. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #7- 12/02/98 - Fixed several problems with the Two Catalog columns. In some cases the sample text would not print. Also, the new %Date and %UserName codes were not working. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #6- 12/01/98 - Added a "Yes To All" button to the File Replace confirmation dialog that pops up if a file already exists in a target folder. - Added "print codes" that can be used for headers and footers on the print outs. Right now PA only supports two codes: %Date - prints current date %UserName - prints the user name (from the Options dialog) - Added "Print" to several of the right-click, popup menus. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #5- 11/19/98 - Font catalogs can now be printed at 8 points. Great for lots of fonts on one page. Terrible for reading... - Added the ability to print all fonts in your font groups. This option is located on the File menu. Note, not all catalogs are available for this type of report. - Added the ability to print all fonts in a path. This option is located on the file menu. Note, not all catalogs are available for this type of report. - Fixed an 'Undefined Element' error message that popped up after accessing the printer setup. - This version was compiled with Visual Studio 6 and the recently released Service Pack 1 from Microsoft. Due to this change, the list of DLL/OCX files used by Printer's Apprentice has been updated. The list can be found at the end of the readme.txt file. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #4- 10/21/98 - Fixed a problem with GradientTitle.OCX. Even though the software no longer uses it, our component checking tool was still looking for it. This resulted in a dialog box being displayed each time the software was launched. - Eliminated dependencies on the following files: dwvercls.dll. - Updated ActiveX / DLL references in the readme.txt file. - On the suggestion of a beta tester, David Raz, I added the volume name to the list of drives in the uninstalled tab. In the interest of load time, we only grab the volume name for hard drives. - When reading a directory with a lot of uninstalled fonts, PA now actually displays an hourglass mouse icon. - Fixed a problem with copying from the uninstalled list to the group list. If the source drive in the in the uninstalled list was a read only device, the items were still removed from the list box. - Added a progress dialog box (with flying paper animation!) when copying or moving font files. - Added the name of the currently selected printer to the Printer button tooltip. This is a nice addition, requested by Bob Mateer. - Added option for supressing the file path in catalog printouts. - Fixed option for displaying or not displaying the font file type on the catalog printouts. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #3- 10/05/98 - This version was compiled with Microsoft's Visual Studio 98. Let's hope it cleans up some of the mystery GPF's, etc. - Eliminated dependencies on the following files: ccrpani.ocx comctl32.ocx gradienttitle.ocx ctl3d32.dll These files may be removed from your system folder if you are sure that no other applications use them. (PA 6.54 does use them). - The point size sliders now have a little tag that indicates the size over the mouse pointer as the slider is moved. - Added a Registry tool. This allows you to examine, print and save the font related entries from your Windows Registry. This new feature is located on the Tools menu. - Added an "Install..." option to the File|Font Groups sub menu. This installs just the selected fonts in a font group. - Fixed up an error is the list of OCX/DLL files shipped with the software. - Added a few tweaks that make the initial splash screen pop up more quickly. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #2- 7/27/98 - File|Exit, Close button - I think I fixed the GPF that happened on some systems on shutdown of PA. Some of the software components were not loading in the proper sequence, causing meltdown. The GPF's no longer happens on my NT4 system, let me know if it still happens on yours. - Drag&Drop Fonts To A Font Group - Created a new dialog box that is displayed when completing a drag and drop operation from the Installed Fonts list to a font group. The other dialog was confusing and had some options that were not applicable for this function. We also updated the What's This? help for this new dialog. - Uninstall Dialog - Tab ordering has been fixed. "Next" is now the default button so you can press Enter to move from step to step. - Install Font Group - Cleared up some of the message boxes that came up if all the font in the group were already installed. - Options Dialog - Fixed bug where catalog point size option was not saved and restored properly. - Added Select All entry on the Edit menu. - Two Column Catalog I, II - Fixed a problem where the descriptions for the second column printed over the descriptions for the fonts in the first column. - Two Column Catalog II - Adjusted the vertical spacing between fonts, the information line and the next font. The spacing was really whacked. - Form sizing - The main PA form now has a minimum window size and cannot be sized smaller than this. - Font Reading - Installed fonts with two letter font names were not being picked up by PA. This has been fixed. - Documentation - Various enhancements and corrections to the help file and DLL/OCX version section of the readme.txt file. Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA - 7/13/98 - First release of overhauled PA 7.0. Too many new things to list. For a general list of new features, see the help file. Areas under contruction include help file and setup kit. Any suggestions on the help file are appreciated. Known bugs ---------- * GPF On Shutdown - Some NT 4.0 systems GPF when the X close button is clicked. Workaround: Use File|Exit to quit. * Can't Select By Dragging Mouse - In theory you should be able to select multiple fonts in any list by dragging the mouse. However, sometimes the file drag starts suddenly. Workaround: Use the keyboard with the CTRL and SHIFT keys to select multiple fonts. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 4/8/98 - Fixed a problem with the Keyboard chart and Catalog #2. With some print drivers, some lines where printing very faint. - Fixed a crooked line problem in Sample Sheet #1. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 3/16/98 - Fixed a problem with the printed ANSI chart that caused a horizontal line to extend out from the lower left corner of the bounding box. It was quite ugly. Thanks to DP for pointing this out. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 3/12/98 - Updated readme.txt file with list of OCX/DLL system files used by PA. The version numbers on a few files on the list were out of date and did not correspond with the files that we actually ship. - Updated Order Form in Help File with proper telephone number to call if you have a problem with your order. - Fixed a problem that happened if a printer was not installed. PA would crash. Now it displays a message box indicating that PA requires a print driver to run. - Fixed Options dialog box so Printer Reset text box would accept double digit numbers. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 2/4/98 - Fixed an "Invalid property value" error message that occured when selecting Keyboard from the Characters menu and an Adobe font is selected in the main window. Thanks to D. Bannister for alerting us to this. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 1/21/97 - Fixed a "Can't set printer orientation" bug when printing multiple keyboard layouts. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Released - 11/24/97 - Added more Windows 95 like icons to the font lists. - Added code to check for "File Not Found" error when an ATM font is selected. - This version has also been fully tested with Adobe Type Manager 4.0. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #7 - 11/11/97 - Fixed problem where the "Printer's Apprentice Component Checker" would pop up complaining about MHKEYST32.OCX. - Fixed "Run-time error 91" bug that occured when trying to uninstall fonts. - Significantly reduced EXE file size (we needed to do this in order to fit the application on two diskettes). Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #6 - 11/8/97 - Eliminated need for the MHKEYST32.OCX. This file no longer ships with Printer's Apprentice. - Fixed transparancy problem that resulted in a white block in the upper left hand corner of the Divided Bar Catalog. - Added newer style buttons to keyboard window. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #5 - 11/4/97 - Thanks to Steve S. for his help with the beta. Many of the items listed below were picked up by him. - Our contact email addresses have changed. All references in the software and documentation have been updated. Our new contact addresses are as follows: Sales and Information salesinfo@loseyourmind.com Technical Support helpdesk@loseyourmind.com - Somewhere along the way we broke some of the menu items under the Characters menu. These have been fixed and now work correctly when the Character Set tab is selected. - Many items on the Characters menu do not apply when the Paragraph or Font Information tabs are selected. We fixed the code so these menu items are disabled and enabled where appropriate. - Fixed a problem with the up/down arrow keys in the main window. If you scrolled up and down in the font list box, the arrow keys stopped working when a non-TrueType font was encountered. - Fixed many minor display bugs that pop up during screen resizing. - Fixed error "cannot open install.log" that occured when running the uninstaller from the Start menu. - More updates to the help file. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #4 - 11/1/97 - Our homepage URL changed. All references in the software and documentation has been changed to http://www.loseyourmind.com - Fixed error on start that said the STDOLE2.TLB file was not registered. - Fixed error "Control array element 4 eoes not exist." This error ocured on startup after exiting the program with the Font Information tab selected. - Minor fixes to the help file. - Fixed overflow error that occured if an uninstalled TTF file with an invalid header was selected. - Fixed "cannot open setup.log" error in setup program. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #3 - 10/28/97 - Fixed "35613 Imagelist must be initialized before it can be used" error that some users encountered on startup. It was a programming error on our end and took a while to debug. - Changed setup program log file name to SETUP.LOG. - Main window now has 3D "gripper" control on bottom right corner. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #2, - 10/22/97 - Added new font catalog, the "Divided Bar Catalog" (for DB in Victoria, Australia) - Added multi-column listview controls to the Print Uninstalled fonts and Install Fonts dialog boxes. - Made "Reading Fonts" operation more intelligent so it only scans if you have added or removed fonts. - More bug fixes - Setup program recompiled with Wise Setup 5.0 - Setup program is more intelligent about version checking - Added technology from Desaware, Inc. that lets Printer's Apprentice check for old versions of needed runtime Active X and DLL files. If an old OCX or DLL is found, it displays a dialog box prompting the user to reinstall the software. Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #1, - 10/6/97 - Recompiled with Visual Basic 5.0 for increased performance and compatability with Office 97 applications. - General interface tweaks include use of sliders instead of scroll bars on the main window, multicolumn "listview" controls are used on many dialog boxes. - Toolbar has been improved with the Office 97 style and larger, 256 color icons. - The currently selected tab (on the main window) and font is saved when you exit and restored when you restart the software. - Uninstall Wizard can uninstall fonts from multiple TrueType families at once. This dialog now includes a font preview. - Print dialog includes a font preview. - Fixed "invalid subscript" error in Print Uninstalled Fonts Wizard that could occur if you click the print button when no fonts are selected. - Replace TABCLT32.OCX tab control with control found in COMCTL32.OCX. This means we don't have to ship TABCTL32.OCX any more, a savings of 196k. - Recoded and eliminated MHCBO32.OCX. A savings of 192k. PRINTER'S APPRENTICE 6.53 - July 10, 1997 ----------------------------------------- - Fixed "Overflow" error that could occur during startup, after PA had read the font list. WHAT'S NEW IN PRINTER'S APPRENTICE 6.52 --------------------------------------- Listed below are all fixes and enhancements made to Printer's Apprentice since version 6.50. - Fixed "Divide by Zero" error that occured when trying to install just one TrueType font. - Placed error checking code in effort to fix "Overflow" errors some users encountered at startup. - Placed error checking code in effort to fix "Subscript out of bounds" errors some folks have encountered when installing fonts. - Added a new specimen sheet. The 72 Point Character Set prints a table of alphabet and numeric characters at 72 points. - Added a new Select button to the Print/Install/Print from CD dialogs. When you click the new Select button, a menu drops down offering choices to select All, Regular, Bold, Italic, BoldItalic and None. This is response to lots of user feedback. Many users wanted a way to select all the Regular fonts at once. - Fixed progress bar in the Install Fonts Wizard. As it looped through the fonts to install, it would display 5%, 10%, 5%, 2% and other erratic patterns. - Added links on the menu to the Lose Your Mind Developement home page. - Fixed a discrepancy between printing installed and uninstalled fonts. On the Installed version of any catalog, the "(TrueType)" text next to a TT font was not being printed. - Install Fonts and Print Fonts from CD-ROM Dialog Bug Fixes - (Install only) - If a selected font file already exists in your windows\fonts folder, you could get a "subscript out range" error. - If you selected a directory of TTF files and some of those font files were currently installed, upon returning to the main PA window, those fonts would not be displayed or available in PA or other Windows apps. (In other words, installed fonts were being inadvertantly uninstalled by PA) - When reading a directory or changing a directory, the full status message above the progress bar was not being displayed. - Several users noted that it can take a few moments to close this window and return to the main PA window. We have tried to tweak this routine and added a "Cleaning up..." message to the Install/Print window. - Fixed a bug in the Filter drop down listbox. If you had the directory filtered, then printed a catalog or sample sheets, then click the << Previous buttons to go back and change your filter, the filter would no longer work. Each time the filter is changed, it resulted in a "No font files" list. 04/02/97 - Printer's Apprentice 6.5a Final Version, v. 4/2/97 release date