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List of Changes in versions of
Family History System
The following list indicates the changes incorporated in the various versions
of the basic Family History System. The version is identified by the date
that appears on the title screen for the system. Some versions were distri-
buted only to registered users who had reported problems. All changes are
cumulative in later versions.
February 1985 - first version released for general use
March 1985 - corrected error in ancestor chart program when producing
charts for an individual with related ancestors;
May 7, 1985 - corrected loop that occurred when attempting to select
an individual from empty search or child list;
May 1985 - corrected GWBASIC syntax error in descendant report program;
changed report programs to permit giving 1-5 character file
specification as the `printer' destination;
changed default screen attributes for graphics adapter to
avoid `colors' that do not show up on TANDY monochrome
monitor;
June 1985 - changed report programs to allow for versions of Basic that
do not erase line 25 when the screen is cleared.
September 1985 - Added Status fields for Birth/Death dates and Mother/Father
ID numbers. Recognise adoptive relationships.
Added page numbers to descendant report.
Corrected error in report programs when "Forms Offset">0
Added orientation/installation procedure (GO.BAT).
Distribution diskette changed to 9 sector format.
DOS 2.0 or later required for using distribution diskette.
October 7, 1985- Corrected "pointer" update error when deleting first line
of comments display. Corrected un-cleared "?" characters
in "Birth Date" field of ancestor charts.
October 23, 1985 corrected errors when adding/deleting "other" data records
in file update program.
November 1985 Minor changes/corrections to Manual; correct error (loss of
free record chain) when ESCaping from the addition of
address or "other" type information; correct errors in
family group and descendant reports when marriage record
exists but spouse is not known (spouse ID=0).
December 1985 added checks in report programs to assure that all files
used "match"; corrected problem with non-appearing cursor
on Tandy 1000; removed "undocumented" program FAMLIST.BAS;
changed all programs to recognise cursor control keys on
Tandy 2000; added "margin" to printer parms of report
programs to allow "centering" report on page;
corrected error when updating mother ID status field;
(after Dec 5 - added options to print descendant reports grouped by
generation or families, and when grouped by families may
be in a "chart" format.
December 9, 1985 Updated Section 5 of manual (descendant report description;
use of printer destination to route report output to
dataset); added line numbers to descendant report (in
margins when MARGIN>=3).
(after Dec 17 - corrected missing spouse death date, spouse mother dates
in family group report.
Dec 19 - corrected update of "offset" parm in family group prog.)
(First set of enhancements available for registered users.
Enter: A>GO REGISTER for more information.)
December 25, 1985 corrected error when producing descendant list for
married individual with no children when margin=0
January 1986 - corrected problem with "lost descendants" in descendant
report program when using GWBASIC; update Appendix A.
January 9, 1986 changed ancestor chart program to correctly process death
date status field.
February 8, 1986 Changed Chart program to place info about latest spouse
of entry #1 in lower left corner; added line indicating
which previous chart is being continued. Changed install
procedure for hard disk (requires BASIC language files to
be in main directory of the hard disk).
February 1986 Corrected problem when formatting invalid dates.
March 1986 Added Main Menu option F8 for executing DOS commands;
(Search/Select/LIST program available for registered users)
May 1986 Added primary menu option F5 (weekday routine) to file
maintenance program; changed FAMFILES, FAMSCRNA, FAMPRNTC
to require diskette with FAMILY.DAT in default drive;
Changed FAMSCRNA to check for invalid attributes and
allow changing the error tone;
compiled version of programs now available;
(Export/Import option available for registered users.)
June 1986 Allow printing ID #'s in family grouped descendant report;
Recognise delimiter (decimal '255') in printer table
entries to truncate trailing zeroes; option for creating
(MailMerge format address file for registered users.)
Sept 1986 Added Relative Report; May include Comments in Ancestor,
Descendant & Relative reports; Allow ESCape from update
of Spouse ID & marriage status; corrected CLEAR option of
search options in file maintenance program.
after Sept 27 corrected problems in ancestor chart program: truncated
chart ID's, missing name in header if chart 0-1 not printed
December 1986 Family Group Report program changed to allow report to
include all information on file for an individual; report
programs changed to allow for printers that don't recognise
a form feed control; GENESIS files moved to diskette with
compiled programs.
January 1987 Adds character insert mode when editing comments; corrects
some errors. Add IBM ProPrinter, HP Laserjet+ to select-
able printers.
February 1987 Add "Surname...Use:" field to name record for use with
indexed files/reports in extended system.
March 1987 Add "Marriage PLACE" field to file definition and most
reports; put marriage date & place fields in entries for
male ancestors on ancestor chart; add "Date Produced" to
ancestor chart
May 14, 1987 Added POPUPS directory with DATECALC & TIMECALC utilities.
June 6, 1987 Corrected error in spouse of entry #1 on ancestor chart
when ancestor in entry #1 appeared in earlier chart entry;
Changed report programs to check for FAMILY.DAT on program
diskette before attempting to change printer SETUP.
(after June 10 Corrected inconsistency in DATECALC routine)
(after June 25 added prompt for ending update of spouse status info.)
(after July 18 Corrected error in FAMGROUP program-extraneous comments
in empty spouse record area)
October 1987 Added options for "batch" printing of family group reports;
added Merged Family Group Report; use death dates of
spouses to determine # years married; DATECALC can now
convert between old and new "style" dates; corrected error
in printing spouse of entry #1 on ancestor chart
(after Nov 6 Added Mother & Father ID's in parent view; corrected
missing underscores in marriage term place of family group
report change all programs to run FAMINIT if COMMON
variables haven't been initialized.)
(after Jan 4 Make corrections to bypass logic for batch printing of
family group reports)
(after Jan 12 Change Chart program to always place marriage place on
chart; move chart entries #9,11,13,15 down one line)
(after Jan 15 Add #children for each child in family group report)
(after Mar 26 Corrected error in file update program when deleting
marriage records having information in place fields
September 1988 - Added PAF GEDCOM Export/Import Program
Moved FAMVALID to public version of system
Added ALLGEN Ancestor Map option to FAMCHART
Corrected FAMRELAT, FAMCHART to handle>26 generations
(up to 53); Allow dates to be entered in DD.MM.YYYY or
YYYY MM DD formats; Add "FILE" as option for report
destination; Add options for pausing at the top of page;
Allow isolating comments within braces for optional
printing; Add F3 key for restoring field data when
entering Name records; Add printer setups for Epson LQ850
and Star NX 1000; Add alternate Color table using light
background (ALT+F6); Change Warning msg when file is
being Re-CREATEd; Allow starting print of relationship
reports and merged group reports at page>1; Use Free Form
address format in merged group report; allow use of
relationship work file for selecting group reports to
print; allow to save group report selection list in
SELECT work file; allow to print line with relationship
and lineage of subject of group report; removed WEEKDAY
option from file update program (replaced by DATECALC);
add BROWSE.COM for viewing manual
(after Oct 25 correct error in famgroup program...wouldn't print blank
group report first time it was tried
(after 1/11/89 correct errors in: FAMINIT (if file names not saved in
FAMILY.DAT then not able to print relationship in group
reports); FAMFILES (escape from table update left msg
at bottom of screen); and FAMGROUP (erroneous relationship
when printing single report; "illegal function call" error
when formatting bloodline with adoptive relationship)
(after 1/14/89 corrected errors in PAFGEDCM: problems importing PAF 2.1
format GEDCOM files when name record numbers are not in
sequence, 1,2,3,...; burial, christening dates truncated;
long death, marriage places not NOTEd correctly
March 1990 Added "free format" ancestor/descendant/relative and
family group reports; added menus for report options;
optional name formats; allowed to set beginning page
number of reports; revised Main Menu screen; allowed
to set default format for date entry; create REFERENCE
work file in report programs; print up to 9 blank group
sheets at one time; GEDCOM program exports and imports
either PAF 2.0 or PAF 2.1 format files; added export
to ORGCHART file; validation program will reset mis-
matched header records; added ROYAL sample file;
restored GENESIS sample file;
Basic set of programs expanded to 3 diskettes.
(after 4/26/90 Corrected problems:
FAMINIT "locked up" after saving change to date format;
PAFGEDCM processed dates incorrectly in 2.1 format;
after 4/30/90 FAMCHART didn't process request for showing ID #'s or
lineage numbers in 4 gen charts;
after 5/2/90 PAFGEDCM will not produce DEAT DATE tag if year=9999;
DATECALC corrected handling of computing DATE2 when
DIF is in years, months and days (e.g. 31 MAY + or -
1 month);
after 5/07/90 Corrected problem that some people had updating form
size in Main Menu option F3-C;
after 5/21/90 Corrected problems printing spouse information in
free form descendant/relative reports;
July 1990 Added FAMDESCH program for printing Descendant Charts;
GENESIS and ROYAL family files compressed with PKZIP;
If you would like a printed copy of this document, Enter: GO PRINT VERSIONS