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DISCIS BOOKS
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Release notes for Version 1.53:
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*** FOR USERS WHO *STILL* HAVE SCREENS THAT LOOK SCRAMBLED ***
Fix for Discis Books which contained Japanese and/or Mandarin background. The
Customize Book options were either blank for Japanese or and accented 'A' for
Mandarin.
Fix for book scroller. With books with few pages, the scroller did not react
to mouse clicks directly below or directly above the pointer.
Fix for book list in the open book dialog breaking up when changing from
Discis Books to Preview Books.
A new INI file entry
Section: Entry: Meaning/Usage:
Setup ForceDIB this flag controls whether or not the
application should force the handling of
device independant bitmaps when drawing the
pages. This is here for video drivers which
do not properly handle device bitmaps OR
device dependant bitmaps. Use 'YES' or 'NO'.
NOTE: Change this only if you are running
into problems with the page being scrambled
and the entry 'ForceDB=YES' did not help.
ex. 'ForceDIB=YES'
Set the entry listed above to 'YES' to correct the problem.
Instructions: 1. Start NOTEPAD, the Microsoft Windows editor. From the
'File' menu, select 'Open'. Type 'DISCIS.INI' in the
file name box. Press ENTER or click the OK button.
2. Find the line
ForceDIB=NO
3. Move the flashing cursor to the start of 'NO' and press
DELETE twice. Now type in 'YES'.
4. From the 'File' menu, select 'Save'.
5. From the 'File' menu again, select 'Exit'
6. Double-click the Discis Books icon to start the
application.
Release notes for Version 1.52:
==============================
*** FOR USERS WHO HAVE SCREENS THAT LOOK SCRAMBLED ***
Minor spelling and grammatical mistakes fixed.
A new INI file entry
Section: Entry: Meaning/Usage:
Setup ForceDB this flag controls whether or not the
application should force the handling of
device bitmaps when drawing the pages. This is
here for video drivers which do not properly
return the RC_DEVBITS flag. Use 'YES' or 'NO'.
NOTE: Change this only if you are running
into problems with the page being scrambled.
ex. 'ForceDB=YES'
The handling of device bitmaps has also been improved, but this will not fix
the above problem. Set the entry listed above to 'YES' to correct the problem.
Instructions: 1. Start NOTEPAD, the Microsoft Windows editor. From the
'File' menu, select 'Open'. Type 'DISCIS.INI' in the
file name box. Press ENTER or click the OK button.
2. Find the line
ForceDB=NO
3. Move the flashing cursor to the start of 'NO' and press
DELETE twice. Now type in 'YES'.
4. From the 'File' menu, select 'Save'.
5. From the 'File' menu again, select 'Exit'
6. Double-click the Discis Books icon to start the
application.
Many memory and resource leaks have been corrected.
Release notes for Version 1.51:
==============================
Minor spelling and grammatical mistakes fixed.
Fixed error in the volume label text in the 'New Disc' dialog. If the volume
label had spaces near the end, they were removed, and if the label was
longer than 8 characters, a '.' appeared in it.
Release notes for Version 1.50:
==============================
New MPC/Windows application!!! It's here. You can now enjoy all your DOS /
Multiformat discs with all the comforts of Windows. This program requires
Microsoft Windows 3.10 or higher. It will not work when running on Windows
NT 3.1.
INI file settings:
Section: Entry: Meaning/Usage:
Setup Translate type of output used for saving text files;
ASCII - straight text,
ANSI - ANSI text (Windows text), or
PC - extended PC characters.
ex. 'Translate=ANSI'
DefaultAudio the ID index for the wave device. This
should not be changed here, but in the
'Customize|System Settings...' dialog.
DefaultVolume the volume for the wave device. This
should not be changed here, but in the
'Customize|System Settings...' dialog.
Location default location (full path) of bookmark
and application files. This is the path
to which you installed the application.
ex. 'Location=C:\DISCIS'
SwitchPalette this flag controls whether or not the
application should reset the system palette
when swapping out to another application.
NOTE: Change this only if you are running
into problems when swapping out of the
application. Use 'YES' or 'NO'
ex. 'SwitchPalette=YES'
DisableScreenSaver Whether or not the application should
allow the screen saver to activate during a
read. If Discis Books is not reading, the
screen saver will work normally. Change this
to NO if you are having trouble with the
screen saver when it activates. This can be
changed here, or in the 'Customize|System
Settings...' dialog. This settings will only
affect Windows screen savers set up in the
Control Panel. Use 'YES' or 'NO'.
ex. 'DisableScreenSaver=NO'
DefaultLanguage Default language for the application when book
opens. Last 4 characters of the language
module's name. This setting affects only the
menus and dialogs, NOT the book itself. This
should not be changed here, but in the
'Customize|System Settings...' dialog.
ex. for english, the module is DISCENGL.DLL,
use 'DefaultLanguage=ENGL'.
Queries QueryBigResolution Warn user about screen resolution each
time the programs starts: 0 - NO or 1 - YES.
ex. 'QueryBigResolution=0'
QueryPaletteSupport Warn user about palette support each
time the program starts: 0 - NO or 1 - YES.
QueryDevBitsSupport Warn user about device bitmaps each
time the program starts: 0 - NO or 1 - YES.
NOTES:
The following are used to show or hide menu items as a security feature.
To hide an item, change the "SHOW" keyword to "HIDE". If all the items in
a menu are hidden, the menu itself is also hidden, ie. if all the
'Bookmark' menu items are set to be hidden, the 'Bookmark' menu itself
would be hidden in the application. To show the item (and the menu if it
is hidden), change the keyword back to "SHOW".
Menus Book Whether to show or hide the 'Book|Open Book'
menu item. Use 'SHOW' or 'HIDE'
ex. 'Book=SHOW' or 'Book=HIDE'
Previews Whether to show or hide the
'Book|Open Preview' menu item.
Recall Whether to show or hide the 'Book|Recall'
menu item.
Settings Whether to show or hide the
'Customize|Book Settings' menu item.
System Whether to show or hide the
'Customize|System Settings' menu item.
Language Whether to show or hide the
'Customize|Language' menu item. Only
valid if there is more than one language
module available.
NewMark Whether to show or hide the
'Bookmark|New Bookmark' menu item.
OpenMark Whether to show or hide the
'Bookmark|Open Bookmark' menu item.
SaveMark Whether to show or hide the
'Bookmark|Save Bookmark' menu item.