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- January 18, 1992
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- Previously when trying to print a list by frequency the frequencies
- were not always lining up in proper order. This problem has been
- corrected by creating a temporary index file. If you are using a
- large database expect a delay before the actual printing begins.
- Diskspace is automatically checked and you will be informed if you
- don't have enough. Diskspace required is 70 bytes per record.
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- Some users using a configuration file were encountering an error that
- I never planned on: they were transferring to the File Menu,
- changing the storage directory, then Saving the configuration file.
- They DID NOT open another data file in the new directory. The users
- were then exiting to DOS and moved all of SCAN.MDF and her indices to
- the new data directory and attempted to reinitiate the program. At
- boot-up, however, SCAN.MDF was not found and the user was told that it
- was being created. During creation the data directory was readied to
- accept the new file, but alas, SCAN.MDF was already there and the user
- aborted to DOS. Confusing? You bet! When first informed I had to try
- it several times before I fully understood. The change made in this
- area now is that if a user saves a configuration file without first
- opening a new data file, then moves the data file to the data
- directory it will be found. If it doesn't reside in either directory
- the user will be aborted to DOS. If it is found, the configuration
- file will be updated automatically.
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- In an effort to solve the printing problem some are having I have removed a
- secondary trap that checks to see if your printer is ready at the beginning
- of each record print loop. This may cause a problem for users that run out
- of paper in mid-print, but at least it will tell me where the problem
- exists. I have comepletly rewritten the print routines, cleard DOS
- buffers, yet the problem continues. I experienced a similar problem on
- another commercial apllication that I wrote and the removal of the printer
- ready trap solved their problem. Let's see if it works here. As it is, I
- have no problems with any portion of the program on a hardware level and
- I'm stumped! Thebottom line: make sure you have enough paper to print the
- entire report!
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- There have been some problems with the DOS shell not operating properly
- when loading video hardware utility software at some point prior to
- running Scanner Buff! Scanner Buff! will now detect a possible problem and
- not allow the shell operation.
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- SURPRISINGLY, there has been a long time bug in Scanner Buff! that no one
- ever complained of: the built-in word processor that writes and saves
- comments was only allowing one line of text to be recalled, although many
- lines were entered. This error has been corrected and users may now enter
- and recall a maximum of 32k of comments PER RECORD.
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- COMING SOON: VERSION 4.0 !!!
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