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- The CanDo How To Book, Version 1.022:
-
- New features of CanDo Version 1.02:
-
- Improved Utilities -- Located in CanDoExtras:Utilities
- (All utilities, other that TheInstaller, are documented in the Addendum.)
-
- TheInstaller (An improved CanDoInstaller)
-
- This utility is primarily for Hard drive users, though, if enough room
- exists on a WorkBench disk, some CanDo files may be installed to it.
- TheInstaller allows for selective placement of important CanDo files
- on a Hard drive with CanDo's Icon Default TOOLTYPES being correctly
- set for immediate use. We recommend that prior to running
- TheInstaller you create a drawer on your Hard drive, named CanDo, in
- which CanDo can be installed. The normal procedure will be to accept
- the first two stages: "C" directory to "C:" and "libs" directory to
- "Libs:". When TheInstaller asks for the directory to install CanDo
- itself, enter the path of the drawer you created. Install all further
- files to this path.
-
- TheBinder is improved.
-
- New Utilities:
-
- ThePrinter
- TheRelocator
-
- More tooltypes (described in Addendum)
-
- Improved control for CanDo V1.02
-
- Control-F4 - Quick save of current deck (if it has filename)
- Control-F8 - Scrollscreen up/down
- Control-F9 - CanDo to back (along with user window)
- Control-Shift-F9 - CanDo to back
- Control-F10 - CanDo to front (along with user window)
- Control-Shift-F10 - CanDo to front
-
- Improved CanDo default searching
-
- When CanDo is started, it finds its default settings as follows:
-
- If CanDo is started From WorkBench AND ToolTypes exist in CanDo's Icon
- Use ToolTypes for defaults
- Else
- If CanDo.Defaults exists in current directory
- Use it for defaults
- Else
- If S:CanDo.Defaults exists
- Use it for defaults
- Else
- Use Built-in defaults
- EndIf
- EndIf
- EndIf
-
- New features of CanDo version 1.02:
-
- An index to the manual is included in the back of the addendum. This
- index encompasses CanDo's main manual, the addendum itself, and this
- file.
-
- You can copy and paste a card between decks or within the same deck.
- Here is the procedure:
-
- 1) Select "Copy" from the Objects menu.
- 2) Click on the "Card" icon between the next and previous card
- arrows on the Main Control Panel.
- 3) Select a card from the Card List Requester.
- 4) This will bring you back to the Main Control Panel. The
- Card is now in the Paste buffer. You may then load in
- another deck and select "Paste" from the Objects menu to
- insert this card.
-
- Improved coordinate system: both crosshairs and coordinate location
- are available, along with being able to turn off the sprite cursor.
- Crosshairs have been added to all object placement functions. Please
- note: these crosshairs indicate the hit area of the object, not the
- border of the object. When using these crosshairs to align a button
- with another, place the lines just inside the button edge. Some
- practice with this will help you to align buttons, fields and memo
- objects very quickly.
-
- Improved error handling handles all known errors.
-
- CanDo now manages memory more efficiently, thus runs better on 1
- megabyte machines.
-
- Improved DOS EditorTool: a "CD & OK" button, added to the Dos Editor
- Tool, automatically inserts a script which runs an application from
- its own directory.
-
- DeckRunner and DeckBrowser, located in C:, can run bound and unbound
- decks. This allows persons to run CanDo decks distributed over BBS'S
- and networks without owning CanDo.
-
- New licensing policy for cando.library: Commercial developers should
- contact INOVATRONICS for information regarding licensing agreement to
- distribute applications that use the library.
-
- Flexible CanDo file requester: both height and width are adjustable,
- and icon suppression is now available from CanDo's tooltypes.
-
- The user interface has been modified to ensure that all OK and Cancel
- buttons on requesters are on the same side.
-
- The Deck Menu on CanDo's MainPanel now provides the familiar
- "SaveAs..." option to allow files to be saved under different names.
- Also, the "About" has been moved to the "Misc" menu, and renamed to
- CanDo {Version} Info.
-
- The Script Editor has an additional menu item: "About this script..."
- which tells you which script of which object you are editing, as well
- as the current line and column of the cursor.
-
- An Expert Mode option has been added. This option is turned on by
- adding "ExpertMode = ON" to your ToolTypes in CanDo's Icon or as a
- line in Cando.defaults. Expert Mode enables additional menu items on
- the Main Control Panel, such as "Flush Buffers" and "Dispose
- Variables". These items let you manually clear buffers and variables
- that are not in use.
-
- New keys are available to control CanDo:
-
- Control-F8 moves the CanDo screen up and down, like the up/down
- button next to the front/back gadgets.
- Control-F9 pushes the CanDo screen to the back.
- Control-F10 brings the CanDo screen to the front.
-
- In the Script Editor, Right-Amiga-P now asks you if you really wish to print
- the script if AUTOREQUESTERS are enabled.
-
- Problems and difficulties we found in versions 1.0 and 1.01 that were fixed
- with version 1.02:
-
- Shift-clicked selected deck not loaded with CanDo if DefaultDeck
- specified in ToolTypes. Deck specified as parameter on command line
- not loaded if DefaultDeck specified in cando.defaults.
-
- JAM2 draw mode used with extended print styles, like SHADOW, caused
- trouble.
-
- Card Movement commands were permitted in StartUp, AfterStartUp and
- Leaving scripts, which prevented the card from being edited.
-
- Errors in StartUp and AfterStartup scripts resulted in CanDo exiting
- back to DOS or Workbench.
-
- There was no way from within CanDo to retrieve the CanDo screen when a
- system requester popped up and pushed it to the back, behind the
- current screen. Control-F10 now returns the CanDo screen to the
- front.
-
- CanDo will now prevent you from saving a deck with the same name as
- any card in the deck.
-
- Known CanDo Limitations
-
- Cannot use double-quotes or the Alt-W character in object/card/routine
- names. CanDo removes them if you do use them.
-
- Cannot use card movement commands in card scripts (StartUp,
- AfterStartUp, Leaving scripts). If you do, this will cause an error
- and will bring up the error system.
-
- Cannot use proportional fonts in documents and you will not be allowed
- to select them.
-
- The sample decks in the Decks directory must be run from their current
- directory when running from CLI. They reference their resources by
- backing up a directory then looking for the Images, Sounds, etc.,
- directories. These directories must remain relative in this manner or
- the deck will not find its resources. If you move these decks you
- will likely need to edit these resource paths with CanDo.
-
- Features of CanDo Version 1.021:
- Bug fixes in TheInstaller
-
- Features of CanDo Version 1.022:
-
- New SerialManager. Call INOVAtronics to request new, complete
- documentation, or call the INOVAtronics BBS.
-
- New commands:
-
- DrawBorder X, Y, Width, Height,
- NONE|BOX|OUTLINE|DOUBLEOUTLINE|EMBOSSED|SHADOW
- [,Pen1] [,Pen2]
-
- The DrawBorder command draws a border at a given
- location, with a given width and height, of the
- designated style, using the two pens for highlight
- colors.
-
- RefreshObject ObjectName
-
- Redraws the given Object on the screen which needs to
- be updated. This can be used to force a list or memo
- object to refresh during a script.
-
- New functions:
-
- "string" = PathOf("PATH:File")
-
- Given a file name, this function will return the
- portion of the name designating the PATH.
-
- "string" = FileOf("PATH:File")
-
- Given a file name, this function will return the
- portion of the name designating the File, without
- the PATH.
-
- <integer> = FileSize("FileName")
-
- This function returns the size of a given file.
-
- "string" = PathAndFile("PATH:","File")
-
- Give a path name and a file name, this function
- returns a valid filename for the given file in the
- given path.
-