Short:    V1.28 replaces c:version. New features.
Author:   hparting@hem.passagen.se (Håkan Parting)
Uploader: hparting@hem.passagen.se (Håkan Parting)
Type:     util/sys

VersionWB is a replacement for the usual c:version command.

If you want the version information to be presented in
a requester, this program is for you. Instead of
like c:version just tell the version and revision number
by default, VersionWB always tells you all it could find.

VersionWB have these features:

* It will bring up a requester with the version information.

* It support several files in the command line parameter template.

* You can shift-doubleclick an icon with VersionWB and
  then get all that version stuff.

* You may also pick the file you want to know the version number of
  by using a file requester.

* It will find version strings in WB1.3 libraries and devices,
  c:version does not, e.g. narrator.device.

* If you use it with ToolManager you can have an appicon in
  your Workbench. Drop the icon on the appicon, and the
  version information will be presented (if the file contains a
  version string :-)

* It also has an optional text output.

* It recognizes Imploded files.

Changes from version 1.26:

V.1.26 (03.07.96) PUBLIC RELEASE
--------------------------------
NEW: Changed the search routine to a faster and smarter one.
$VER and Library pointers in the first search. Then pre-two-letter
and $VER-search in the second search.
With pre-two-letter search a message "Smart version string search used!"
is showed in the requester. This search can pick something wrong,
but usually does not. (This was previously used every time, on files
that did not contain any $VER:, e.g. libraries, devices and doshandlers) 
The version string in some WB1.3 libraries and devices cannot be find
in any other way. As far as I know :-? If you know how to do it, feel free
to tell me! I know that it is possible to open the library (OpenLibrary())
or device (OpenDevice()) and than pick the IDString, like c:version in
Workbench 1.3 did, but that is not a solution I like. 
NEW: Some use ascii-code 160 for space instead of 32, these will now
be converted.
BUGFIX: Text output even though no version string could be found.
NEW: FULL and FILE KEYWORDS inserted in template for compatibility
with c:version. With FULL you get an text output in one (or two)
lines and no fields (FILE:, NAME: or DATE:). FILE has no function.
BUGFIX: $DATE and $COPYRIGHT could be showed in the requester.
NEW: All memory resident files should work now. (commands that you have made
resident by "resident c:copy pure add".)
NEW: MUI version and CyperGfx version added to system info.
BUGFIX: Some author/miscellaneous texts were not showed, because they were
too long, limit changed to 150. 

V.1.27 (07.09.96)
-----------------
BUGFIX: $VER:-string with no version number is now showed.
Bug reported by Stefan "Blast" Smietanowski.
BUGFIX: Forgot to clear the memory buffer after multiselection.
BUGFIX: Oops! Multiselection with the file requester did not
work after the Cancel-button implementation (1.25).
NEW: The Cancel-button now only appear under multiselection.
NEW: Some libraries have 'Version 1.0' as ID-String. It seems like
this version number is not right. C:version tells you another for
instance. From this version of VersionWB I decided to make
a routine which notify when the version string is 'Version 1.0',
and then tries to find another, or uses the version and revision in
the library structure.
BUGFIX: The Cancel-button do only appear under multiselection (with filerequester
too now).
NEW: A DOPUS-ARexx-script follows this archive, which implements a new
copy feature to DirectoryOpus. Se VersionCopy.DOpus for more information.
This script is not made by me, it was Allan Odgaard who kindly
submitted it to me. Thanks!

V.1.28 (26.09.96)
-----------------
NEW: Now it recognizes files which is packed with Imploder, and tells you when
one is found. Of course VersionWB has to use more memory with imploded files than
it usually does. It is also a bit slower, because the entire file most be loaded
to memory before search. But this do not affect any other file.
Thanks Grzegorz Calkowski, Poland.
BUGFIX: The search routine for libraries and devices does now handle the loaded data
right. You could get really strange information before.
 
This program is Gift-Ware.
Version 1.28 (26.09.96)
Copyright 1994/1995/1996 Håkan Parting


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    2657     630 76.2% 13-May-96 22:18:04  VersionWB.info
    2750    1267 53.9% 07-Sep-96 13:26:20 +VersionCopy.dopus
   14180    6395 54.9% 26-Sep-96 22:26:28 +VersionWB
   17630    6845 61.1% 27-Sep-96 09:35:04 +VersionWB.guide
    5134     739 85.6% 01-May-96 20:05:36 +VersionWB.guide.info
    1629     836 48.6% 11-Aug-96 16:10:58 +VersionWB.info
    4438    2034 54.1% 26-Sep-96 22:17:36 +VersionWB1_28.txt
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   48418   18746 61.2% 03-Oct-96 01:51:34   7 files
