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- HISTORY.TXT 10th August 1996
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- Prospero Software Products Limited
- 41 Athol Street
- Douglas
- Isle of Man IM1 1LA
- United Kingdom
-
- CONTACT: Frank Vipond
-
- PHN: +44 (0)1624-681090
- FAX: +44 (0)1624-681097
- WWW: http://www.prosperosoftware.co.uk
- EMAIL: CompuServe 100332,1257
-
- History of PSPNUM VBX/OCX:
- --------------------------
-
- 10AUG96: Version 2.7. A small release with minor
- display fixes prior to rewrite of some internal
- objects:
-
- - OCX: Fixed display not completely gray if control
- not Enabled and large display area
- - VBX: Caret now repositions to first digit when
- control regains focus if positioned after
- last digit when control lost focus
-
- 11JUL96: Version 2.6. A small release with minor
- VBX/OCX enhancements:
-
- - OCX: Removed erroneous reference to license file
- - VBX/OCX: Click in edit-box always positions caret
- exactly, not to nearest digit
- - VBX/OCX: Allow first new digit to be keyed when
- caret positioned anywhere to left of any existing
- digit
- - VBX/OCX: Improved caret repositioning when control
- regains focus
- - VBX/OCX: ActiveBackcolor displayed properly when
- control regains focus and Text range highlighted
-
-
- 13JUN96: Version 2.5. An intermediate release with
- sundry VBX/OCX enhancements:
-
- - VBX: Fixed intermittent (rare) memory leak
- - VBX/OCX: Revised caret repositioning at run-time
- 1) when '+' or '-' pressed repeatedly, 2) Mask
- reset, 3) DigitsBeforeDP or DigitsAfterDP reset
- - VBX/OCX: Improved processing for keystrokes when
- Text range selected
- - VBX: Recoded common routines to reduce stack
- requirement and number of Windows messages
- - VBX: Corrected problem where Text was not shading
- correctly (light grey) when Enabled property set
- to False
- - OCX: Minimum edit-box size revised to more
- accurately reflect font size
-
-
- 22APR96: Version 2.4. Sundry VBX fixes and first
- release of 32-bit OCX.
-
- - Fixed problem where option '3 - IgnoreChar' for
- ParmError property was not processing correctly
- - Fixed small memory hole
- - Introduced MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp events
- - ParmString property hidden in properties window
- - Colors for new controls default to Windows scheme
- (was always black text on white background)
-
- 16FEB96: Version 2.3 of VBX. An intermediate release
- with the following:
-
- - Reduced 'shiver' of edit-box border and contents
- - Bound control support
- - Extended Edit Masks for international use e.g.
- input numeric values with comma as decimal place
- - New ValueError and ParmError properties providing
- more flexibility for dealing with errors in input
- numeric values
-
- 07DEC95: Version 2.2 of VBX. A minor release with the
- following:
-
- - ParmString property to support parameter string
- for operations
- - Appearance property for 3D (three-dimensional)
- look compliant with VB4/Win95 standard
- - Automatic minimum size for edit box
-
- 09NOV95: Version 2.1 of VBX. An intermediate release
- with the following:
-
- - revised allocation of memory for Text property
- to overcome 'out of memory' problem occurring
- under VB4 16-bit
- - support for cut/copy/paste
- - almost complete elimination of differences in
- behaviour between design-time and run-time
- - replacement of 'AssnRem' operation by 'AssnRem1'
- and 'AssnRem2' to allow remainder from division
- to be assigned for multiple divide operations
- - some run-time only properties now hidden in
- properties window
- - improved and simplified documentation and
- on-line help
- - code rationalisation for forthcoming OCX
-
- 04SEP95: Version 2.0 of VBX. A major release with
- many (mostly user-driven) enhancements:
-
- - fixes to KeyDown/KeyPress/KeyUp events
- - fixes for Click/DblClick events
- - new ValueChange/TextChange events to monitor
- changes to the numeric/displayed value
- - new SelStart/SelLength/SelText events
- - new ActiveBackColor property to allow
- easy visual guide as to active control
- - new OverflowCode/OverflowKey properties to
- provide more options for numeric overflow
- - existing OverflowError property made
- redundant
- - new EditProtect property allowing view-only
- numeric display
- - revised caret navigation allowing movement
- and selection over entire displayed value
- - new edit mask components for thousand and
- ten-thousand separators
-
- 22JUL95: Version 1.9 of VBX. A minor release with
- some minor bug fixes. Introduction of on-line help
- (PSPNUM.HLP file) and pop-up 'about' box.
-
- 15JUN95: Version 1.8 of VBX. First public release.
-
- JAN95-JUN95: Early non-public releases 1.1 through
- 1.7 of VBX to selected private users for proof of
- concept.
-
- Future of PSPNUM VBX/OCX:
- -------------------------
-
- We actively look for user feedback in on-going
- development plans for the PSPNUM VBX and OCX.
- All comments/ideas genuinely welcome.
-
- Currently we are rewriting some internal objects
- to simplify further development and to make it
- easier to provide new variants e.g. a 16-bit
- PSPNUM OCX.
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-