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- Open Axess V. 2.10 November 27, 1992
-
- What Is It?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Windows 3.1 provides built-in support for Common Dialog Windows to perform
- operations such as File Open and File Save As from within an application.
- These Common Dialog Windows provide a consistent interface across all
- applications that use them. However, you still have to climb and descend
- directory trees and manually select drives or file types to locate the file,
- type, or directory you want.
-
- Open Axess makes it easier to use the Windows 3.1 Common Dialog Windows for
- file selection by:
-
- 1. automatically remembering the last 5 Types, the last 5 Files, and the last
- 5 Directories used for each application that uses Common Dialog Windows.
-
- 2. allowing you to specify 5 additional Permanent Types, Files, and
- Directories for each application that uses Common Dialog Windows.
-
- 3. allowing you to create and change to a new subdirectory from within a file
- selection Common Dialog Window. This permits you to create and change to
- a new subdirectory from within the Save As Dialog Window before saving a
- file.
-
- 4. allowing you to optionally display the following file properties at the
- bottom of the Common Dialog Window for a selected file:
- the file size in bytes,
- the date and time the file was last modified, and
- the file attributes: Read, Write, Archive, and Hidden.
-
- 5. allowing you to find a file from within a file selection Common Dialog
- Window and open the file by double-clicking on it.
-
- 6. making the above options available by attaching itself to the Control Menu
- of the Common Dialog Window.
-
-
- Update History
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Version 1.00
- Private release
-
- Version 1.01
- First public release
-
- Version 1.02
- This version added the following corrections and features:
- - The detection algorithm for file dialog boxes has been
- improved, which eliminates the annoying time lag between
- the display of a file dialog and the connection of Open
- Axess.
-
- - Occasionally the Open Axess system button disappeared after
- a standard file dialog lost and regained focus. This has
- been corrected.
-
- - Support for files on removable media has been improved. Open
- Axess will now prompt the user to insert the disk containing
- the desired file. Previous versions were at the mercy of the
- host application to service bad or missing files.
-
- Version 1.03
- This version was in direct response to user mail regarding a subtle
- problem with Open Axess crashing the Program Manager when browsing
- from the "Change Icon" window. This seems to be due to a peculiar
- handling of the browse file dialog by Windows.
-
- Open Axess is now disabled when the "Change Icon" browse button is
- pressed. (Sorry, but you'll have to browse by hand - not fatal in
- this case)
-
- Version 1.04
- Some users reported a bug which appeared in the previous version of
- Open Axess which caused the program to crash occasionally during a
- "SaveAs" operation. This was due to the fact that memory was being
- allocated in an improper way. This was corrected.
-
- Previously noted conflicts between Open Axess and the Program Manager
- "Change Icon" file browser were resolved. This problem also
- affected Microsoft's Dialog Editor program.
-
- The AXESSDLL.DLL file was renamed to AXESSLIB.DLL. The older file
- may be deleted.
-
- Added was support for Microsoft Project's file dialog boxes.
-
-
- Version 2.00
- A simple file finder was added, which permits users to search entire
- drives and or directories for a file specification. Double clicking
- will open any found file into the current application.
-
- Interaction with Microsoft Project and PowerPoint was improved. Some
- users reported problems with these applications.
-
- The ability to edit the maximum number of entries in an Open Axess
- list of Types, Files, or Directories was added to the Open Axess
- Configuration Dialog Window.
-
- For registered users, the macros for Word for Windows and Word Perfect
- for Windows have been improved. Problems with exporting files from
- Word have been corrected. The file type list in the Open Dialog for
- both applications was corrected.
-
- Version 2.10
- This version fixes the bug that caused the error message "cannot find
- BWCCxxx.DLL", (where 'xxx' denotes a Language setting in the Windows
- International Control Panel other than 'English (American)') when Open
- Axess is loaded.
-
- AXESSLIB.DLL and BWCC.DLL (if not used by another running application)
- are now unloaded from memory when you close Open Axess in Windows.
-
-
- Notes
- ~~~~~
- To install the new version, copy AXESS.EXE, AXESSLIB.DLL, & AXESS.HLP
- files to your Windows directory, and copy BWCC.DLL to the SYSTEM
- subdirectory in Windows. If you are replacing a previous version of
- Open Axess, make sure you close any running copy before you replace
- it.
-
- Once installed, you can create a program item for Open Axess and place
- the icon in your Program Manger Startup group to load Open Axess when
- Windows is started.
-
-
- Registered Users
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you are a registered user of a previous version of Open Axess, you
- may freely install the new version.
-
- NON-REGISTERED USERS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you have been using Open Axess for a while and still have not
- registered with us, please do so. It's only $10, and your
- registration fee helps fund improvements to Open Axess as well as
- new programs we would like to write. Registration also insures that
- we can notify you of any program changes.
-
- CompuServe members can use their credit card to register Open Axess
- using CompuServe's online Shareware Registration Database. GO SWREG
- and follow the instructions there to register shareware. The
- Registration ID is 436.
-
-
- EVERYONE
- ~~~~~~~~
- We want to hear from everyone who uses Open Axess to get your general
- opinions on what we did right and/or wrong. We would like to know
- what you think we can do to improve Open Axess.
-
- If you find a bug or a program the does not work with Open Axess, we
- would especially like you to send some mail, describing the bug and
- program, version, etc, so we can fix it.
-
- You can reach the authors at:
-
- Internet: GUTZ@cc49.crl.aecl.ca, or
- 71054.3220@compuserve.com
-
- CompuServe: 71054,3220, or
- >INTERNET:GUTZ@cc49.crl.aecl.ca
-