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- July 93
-
- - I added a reminder, nag, beg (call it what you will) screen to the
- shareware viewer. This screen is only displayed after a file has
- been executed at least 5 times. I wish I didn't have do this but I
- had several reports of people distributing files (even requesting
- money) with shareware copies of version 1.xx. Most people who have
- a use for this program are honest professionals who will register if
- they use it. As always a few spoil it for the majority.
-
- - Extensive support for COLOR documents. Colors are defined by placing
- special codes within your text file. You can hard code a color in which
- case a user cannot change it with the F/B keys. You can also choose to
- specify only a foreground or only a background color to honour the users
- settings for the other. All color codes are removed before printing.
-
- Code format is: ~FB
-
- Where: ~ is the character to mark a color change. To
- enter this character into your text repeat it ~~.
-
- F = Foreground color. 0-F hex for sixteen colors
- B = Background color. 0-F hex for sixteen colors
-
- Either of the colors may be replaced with a $ which
- will use the current colors selected by the user.
-
- For Example: ~F1 = Bright White on Blue background
- ~F$ = Bright White on current background
- ~$4 = Current color on red background
- ~$$ = Return to user selected colors
-
- A TSR is supplied to make it very easy to add color to your text files.
- This TSR pops up over your text editor/word processor, displays a color
- chart for you to select your colors and inserts the proper color codes.
- It even allows you to preview your text to see how it will be displayed
- by Simply Docs. (Many requests for color support)
-
- - A second TSR is included for color support. This one allows you to
- capture any part of a text screen and save it to a text file with the
- proper color codes for Simply Docs. Great for program to add screen
- dumps to your documents.
-
- - Added user defined bookmarks. Press F5 to set a bookmark and give it a
- name. F6 uses a defined bookmark. Up to 5 bookmarks can be saved.
- (Requested)
-
- - User selected colors are saved. (Requested)
-
- - Hypertext support. The BackSpace key will automatically return from any
- Page# jump, Bookmark jump or search jump. This allows you to jump anywhere
- in the document and return by pressing the Bsp key. The best part of this
- is that its all automatic. The last 10 jumps are remembered. (Requested)
-
- - Added auto scrolling. Pressing the plus (+) key will scroll the document
- forward and the minus (-) key will scroll backward. The speed can be
- adjusted by pressing the number keys 1-9. Pressing any other key will
- turn off auto scrolling. (Requested)
-
- - Reduced the memory requirements when resident from 50k to 35k.
-
- - All TSRs now swap to EMS or Disk when not active. This results in a
- DOS memory footprint of only 3.5k when not active. TSRs may be
- installed without swapping by using the /NOS command line switch.
- (Requested)
-
- - The /R switch to remove a TSR now requires you to specify the same hot key
- used when the TSR was installed. For example:
-
- Installed with --> MANUAL /TSR:2
- Remove with --> MANUAL /R:2
-
- This is necessary to remove a swapped TSR.
-
- - NOTE: The option of setting the SIMDOC environment variable to specify
- the page number to display has been removed. This option was not
- very useful since most people could not set the parent variable (DOS)
- from within a program. The /PAGE:x switch will do the same thing
- and is much easier to use. If you used this option in a previous
- version and cannot use this version because of it, contact me and
- I may be able to provide some help.
-
- - Pressing Ctrl+Break in version 1.xx would exit the viewer when printing.
- This has been disabled.
-
-
- May 93
- - Added option to specify a starting page number from the command line.
- Use the following to display a particular page when starting. (Requested)
-
- MANUAL /PAGE:xx (where xx is the desired page#)
-
- If xx is zero or not specified the document is displayed at the last
- position viewed. This is very useful for displaying a users manual from
- within your program. For Example:
-
- MANUAL /PAGE: /NOMENU
-
- If you shell out to your manual with the above command, the user is returned
- to the exact position they last viewed. Pressing ESC returns directly to
- your program.
-
- - Added the option to print the complete file from within the viewer. You
- no longer have to go to the menu to print the complete file. If you
- want to specify a range of pages you still must use the menu. (Requested)
-
- March 93
- - Release of version 1.8
-
- - Added support for network operation. All compiled files may now be used
- by multiple users at the same time.
-
- - The Disable Page Breaks option has been changed to completely remove the
- page break. In the previous versions it was shown as a blank line. Your
- document will now appear as one long continuous file even though it is
- still split into pages. (Requested)
-
- - The maximum line width has been increased to 136 characters. (Requested)
-
- - You can now tell a TSR which page to display when it is poped up by
- setting the environment variable called "SIMDOC". For example to display
- page 10 you would use:
-
- From DOS --> SET SIMDOC=10
- In BASIC --> ENVIRON("SIMDOC=10")
- See the manual for more information. (Requested)
-
- - Added small help screen to viewer. F1 is used to display help and the
- "Jump to Page#" function has been moved to F4.
-
-
- Feb 93
- - Release of version 1.7
-
- - Increased maximum number of pages to 4096. I haven't found any files big
- enough to test this but it should work. I had a request for 3000 pages...
- (Requested)
-
- - It is now possible to have several Simply Docs TSR's installed at one time
- as long as they all have different hot keys and file names. (Requested)
-
- - Added /NOMENU switch to disable the menu from the command line. This allows
- you to install as a TSR and shield the user from the menus. This is useful
- for displaying a users manual from within a program. It will still allow
- printing if the EXE is run without the switch. Install TSR as follows:
- MANUAL /TSR:x /NOMENU > NUL
-
- - Added /R switch to Remove a TSR from the command line.
- MANUAL /R
-
- - Made the document name field slightly longer. (Requested)
-
- - Fixed problem with installing TSR from the command line and made it
- possible to use any hot key combination.
- (/TSR:x switch) Where x = 1 to 4 - for the predefined hot keys.
- = &hxxyy - a HEX number to specify any hot
- key combination. xx = shift mask
- and yy = scan code
- Specifying hot keys is explained further in the manual.
-
- - You can now install as a TSR from the command line (shown above) even if
- the TSR option was disabled when the file was compiled. (Requested)
-
- - Fixed bug in "F1-Page#" function for very large files.
-
-
- Jan 93
- - Release of version 1.6
-
- - Added support for text wider than 80 characters since files printed at 12
- characters per inch can be wider than 80 columns. Simply Docs will now
- scroll left and right to support lines up to 108 characters long. If any
- line extends past the edge of the screen it will display a double angle
- bracket to indicate this. (Requested)
-
- - Added a new option to disable the display of page breaks. The default is
- to display page breaks with a line of equal signs. This option allows
- a blank line to be used instead.
-
- Nov 92
- - Release of version 1.5
-
-