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- Wave Rider 1.20 Release Notes
- =============================
-
- The differences between Wave Rider 1.20 and 1.10 are mainly in the look
- and feel arena.
-
- The most obvious change is the Options tab, which looks like Microsoft
- Word's Tab. To get to this option, choose the Options menu, and then
- Setup.
-
- In the setup area, we added one additional feature, the ability to have
- Wave Rider automatically open your pending replies, or automatically
- delete them, or ask you. (Reply Handling)
-
- Printing
- --------
-
- Wave Rider prints with the font you use to view messages with, unless you
- tell the program otherwise. To change the font you print with to something
- that is different, choose File, Printer Font.
-
- WARNING - if you choose a font to print with that is a screen font, such
- as Terminal, you may not be satisfied with the result. Try choosing a
- TrueType font instead.
-
- Large Messages
- --------------
-
- Wave Rider only allows for roughly 30k per message. If you attempt to view
- a message that is larger, you will get an error message, and the program
- will truncate that message. In 1.10, Wave Rider would GPF. This is a
- limitation of the multiline edit box that we use for Wave Rider.
-
- Rebuilding Indicies
- -------------------
-
- Wave Rider now has the ability to rebuild indicies (.ndx) on the fly.
- This feature is normally NOT needed, we added it because there are several
- doors that allow you to download your mail without having those indicies.
- This is a QWK only feature. After you rebuild your indicies, Wave Rider
- needs to reconvert your packet information, so there will be a slight
- delay. WARNING! This doesn't work if you sysop uses a Qmail 3.0 door.
-
- RIME Routing
- ------------
-
- RIME Routing is the automatic sending out of a message to the home bbs of
- the person you are responding to. This is a QWK only feature, and will not
- display unless the packet you are replying to is that sort of packet.
-
- Printing and Saving Replies While In Reply Mode
- -----------------------------------------------
-
- Wave Rider will not save or print any replies accurately while you are
- still in reply mode. This is because the print and reply code looks on the
- hard disk to find the reply before printing. Since you haven't saved the
- message yet, you'll not get the proper information.
-
- Taglines
- --------
-
- The default size for taglines is 57 characters for QWK mode, and 70
- characters for Blue Wave mode. Wave Rider now gives you a visual cue in
- the taglines list box if your tagline is too long - it will show as a
- truncated tagline. You don't get a warning message, but you'll see it when
- you select it.
-
- Insert and Overstrike Modes
- ---------------------------
-
- When replying, Wave Rider will now allow you to switch between insert and
- overstrike mode. When you are in overstrike mode, the cursor will change,
- and you will see OVR in the status bar.
-
- BUGS SQUASHED
- =============
-
- 1. The Messages, List box now says Replies when you are listing out your
- replies area.
-
- 2. Both names in a reply are added to the message to list box when
- replying.
-
- FILES NO LONGER NEEDED
- ======================
-
- Wave Rider now no longer requires the following two files:
-
- vlist.dll
- cmdialog.vbx
-
- Wave Rider now needs ctl3d.dll, which should be placed in the
- Windows\System directory. You may already have this .dll.
-
- KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH 1.20
- ========================
-
- There is one bug that we were unable to fix for fear of it breaking other
- things. THIS IS A DON'T DO THAT kind of bug.
-
- When doing a File, New, and working without a mail packet, you have the
- ability to write messages. You also have the ability to go into your
- replies area and move back and forth between replies. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GO
- PAST THE LAST REPLY. Wave Rider will lock up. You can control-alt-delete
- out of it, and recover your replies.
-
- If you have a QWK packet that doesn't have a personal.ndx file, you won't
- get a Personal Mail area in Wave Rider. You'll see that there are personal
- messages to you, but no area.
-
- Plans
- =====
-
- This is the last of the Wave Rider 1.x series. Unless we find a major bug
- that requires immediate fixing, we will be starting on rewriting Wave
- Rider from scratch.
-
- Why? As Doug added a number of features, and fixed bugs, the code has
- gotten unwieldy. Recoding will allow him to add new features still in the
- design stages, as well as allow native QWK, which is a common request.
-
- This is a major undertaking, and we have no time line on the length of
- time it will take for Doug to get to an early beta of Wave Rider 2.0. A
- rough guestimate would be third quarter 1994. A lot depends on what
- happens during the spring and summer months. To get Wave Rider to the
- point it is now has taken roughly one year. Much of the code in 1.x will
- be transferable to 2.x.
-
- Thanks
- ======
-
- We'd like to say thank you to our wonderful beta testers, who have spent a
- great deal of time and money helping test and define "our" program. Without
- YOU, our program would not be nearly as good as it is today. Roughly
- 1/3rd of our registered users beta test interim releases.
-
- - 9 April, 1994
- Doug and Sue Crocker
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Wave Rider 1.10 Release Notes
- =============================
-
- The differences between Wave Rider 1.10 and 1.01 are numerous.
-
- The most obvious change is the ability of the user to change the look
- and feel of the program dramatically.
-
- Wave Rider 1.10 now allows three different sizes of tools, and added a
- Toolbox.
-
- Definition: Toolbox - floating Toolbar, resizable. NOTE: the Toolbox
- does not "dock", it is free floating.
-
- Both the Toolbar and Toolbox can be configured to display any menu
- item. Most (99.9%) of the menu items have equivalent icons. If you end
- up with a blank grey icon in your Toolbar or Toolbox, it is because
- the icon for it does not exist. View Status Bar is one of these.
-
- Changes to the Toolbar and Toolbox are immediate.
-
- Caution: If you "lose" your floating Toolbar, it may be because it is
- physically located off your screen. This may happen occasionally. To
- fix this, edit your WaveRdr.ini file, and remove the section titled
- [Toolbox].
-
- Hard Coded Settings
- ===================
-
- Wave Rider 1.10 now hard codes the number of characters you view on
- the screen to 79 characters in View mode, and 75 characters in Reply
- mode. This way, there won't be funny wrapping that can characterize
- earlier versions of Wave Rider.
-
- Accelerator Keys
- ================
-
- You can now redefine your accelerator keys. The menu choice is Options,
- Accelerators. NOTE: You must choose Assign to get the changes to
- "stick".
-
- Single character key remapping only works in READ mode, not reply
- mode.
-
- If you redefine the SPACE bar, it will only do ONE THING! <g> You can
- have it replace the page down key, but it WON'T go to the next
- message.
-
- File Interaction
- ================
-
- The File Open dialog box now has additional functionality.
- You can delete and rename packets.
-
- Changes in Printing
- ===================
-
- Wave Rider now prints messages with the font you are viewing with.
-
- Changes in Setup
- ================
-
- WRUZ.EXE is the default zipper/unzipper when user doesn't have
- an .ini file.
-
- %f%l> is the default message quote string.
-
- Fixes between 1.10 and 1.01
- ===========================
-
- Wave Rider was not quoting the very last line in a message. It now
- does.
-
- When attempting to import a text file that was over 32k, Wave Rider gave
- you no error message, it just didn't do it. Wave Rider now tells you
- that the file you want to import will go over 32k, do you still want
- to import it as a truncated file.
-
- Fixed problem in Printer Setup when you changed printers, Wave Rider
- didn't remember that you had changed it. When printing, you now print
- with the font you are reading with.
-
- Speeded up opening of large messages quite a bit, from 1.2 minutes to
- about 45 seconds. (1,000 line message) Not that big of a difference,
- but we be tryin'!
-
- Changed tab order in message header window
-
- Added Delete Packet On Exit Option.
-
- Saves State of View Status Bar and View Tool Bar
-
- Fixed Multiple signature bug in qwk replies.
-
- Added Delete and Rename buttons to file open dialog box.
-
- Twitted messages now are treated as "read" when changing areas.
-
- WrapAt now set internally, 79 characters for reading, and 75
- characters for writing messages.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Wave Rider 1.01 Release Notes
- =============================
-
- Features Added
- ==============
-
- 1. Carbon Copy.
-
- Blind Carbon Copy (no cc: line) is now available when replying. To
- access Carbon Copy, choose Carbon copy from the Messages menu.
- There is no button or hot key for this feature.
-
- You will be shown two list boxes, which you can populate either by
- opening a saved text file or by typing in names in the text box
- above the left list box. After you have populated the left list
- box, choose OK to send the multiple messages.
-
- 2. Saving of window size.
-
- With the release of 1.01, WaveRdr now remembers the window size of
- opened message packets and reply windows.
- How to use: resize the window you want to save the size of.
- Warning! Maximized window setting are not saved. WaveRdr saves the
- underlying window size.
- You will see two additional sections in your WaveRdr.ini file,
-
- [Write Window]
- Left=3
- Top=0
- Right=1001
- Bottom=656
-
- [Read Window]
- Left=5
- Top=6
- Right=1015
- Bottom=665
-
- These settings were created on a 1024x768 screen, your sizing may
- vary.
-
-
- Fixes
- =====
-
- 1. Changed several spelling errors in dialog boxes, and in one case,
- add the word not as in " .. you must NOT use a root directory as a
- temp directory..".
-
- 2. Fixed problem with long headers in control.dat (QWK)
-
- 3. Fixed problem with quoting, words wrapping to next line.
-
- 4. Fixed problem with QWK taglines missing one character.
-
- 5. Fixed bulk text exports. The right number of messages were
- exported, but not the correct ones.
-
- Frequently Asked Questions
- ==========================
-
- Q: How do I delete a reply?
-
- A: Replies are stored in a virtual area called "Replies."
-
- 1. Choose Replies from the Areas menu. This makes Replies your active
- window.
-
- 2. Choose List from the Messages menu.
-
- 3. Highlight the message you want to delete in that list box.
-
- 4. Choose Delete.
-
- Q: How do I move from the top of the reply window to the bottom
- without using my mouse?
-
- A: The bottom window of the reply is a pane, to change panes, use the
- F6 function key.
-
- Q: Why does WaveRdr convert messages packets to BlueWave format
- before opening?
-
- A: It was easier to code that way. If we had included both native
- file formats, the resulting executible would have been much
- larger.
-
- Q: Why do QWK taglines only allow 57 characters, and BlueWave
- taglines allow 70 characters?
-
- A: During early beta testing, every packet format could use 70
- characters. However, the ... sequence BlueWave taglines use at
- the beginning of each line caused some mail tossers to puke, so we
- hard coded 57 characters in QWK mode.
-
- Q: Why do replies take forever to come up?
-
- A: Wave Rider loads the tagline file in each time you reply to a
- message. If you have a large number of taglines, it will take
- longer for Wave Rider to display the Reply window.
-
- Q: Can I register via credit card?
-
- A: You sure can. Crystal Cavern has a credit card door on line to take
- your order. Choose W from the main menu. Or, you can send your
- credit card information via mail.
-
- Q: What language is Wave Rider written in? Why is the unzipper a
- Visual Basic application?
-
- A: WaveRdr is written 100% in Visual C++ version 1.5. WRUZ.exe, the
- zipper/unzipper was written with code we purchased from EllTech.
- Their C routines are not available yet. Once they become
- available, WRUZ's functionality will be added to WaveRdr.
-
- Q: How do I get my Ansi bulletins?
-
- A: AnsiView is the ansi viewer spawned by WaveRdr. Choose View, Ansi
- Message. You will then be given a menu of the most common files.
-
- Q: Why can't I see all of my messages when using standard VGA?
-
- A: Wave Rider is hard coded to display 79 characters per line when
- viewing messages. On some video displays, VGA, you won't be able
- to see all of the line using a terminal font. There are several
- other font choices that will work well. If you are a registered
- user of Procomm Plus for Windows, it comes with additional TT
- fonts that you can install into your global font lists via the
- Control Panel.
-
-
- NOTE: This archive now contains an updated version of AnsiView. Fixes
- problems with mail packets that have over 25 bulletins in QWK mode.
-