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AS-EASY-AS  Ver 1.60i

For Windows 95 and Windows NT

Copyright 1998, TRIUS, Inc.  All Rights Reserved

README.TXT

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CONTENTS

*  Evaluation copies
*  In this Release
*  Installation Instructions
*  Known Problems in this Release of AS-EASY-AS
*  Other information files
*  Information about Other TRIUS Programs
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IN THIS RELEASE (v1.60i')
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(1) A correction was made to stop the program from prompting the
user to save a file, when closing the application, if the file
was already saved and no additional changes were made.

(2) A number of modifications were made to the Data Input Form
routine which now operates as follows:

  -   It permits the entry of more than 15 characters (earlier
      releases limited any field width to a max of 15).

  -   It uses the format of the header for the cell contents.

  -   It skips zero-width columns, but advances the field position.

  -   It skips protected cells without advancing the field position.

(3) A correction was made to the printing routine to eliminate
the problem of characters being clipped due to a slight rotation
implemented in earlier releases, in order to force the use of
TrueType fonts.

(4) A modification was made so that the scaling factor, in the
Print, Options dialog also applies to printed graphs.

(5) The data label location for bar graphs is now relative to
the midpoint of the graph, rather than the left edge as in
earlier releases.

(6) A number of additional dialogs were discovered having
problems on systems using "Large" fonts and were corrected
in this release.

(7) A correction was made to the Linear regression output so that
the SIGMAx and SIGMAy fields are now correctly labeled as
"Sigma x^2" and "Sigma Y^2" respectively.

(8) A new option was added under Sheet, General, Advanced that
controls the automatic creation of backup worksheet files.  If
the option is checked, the backup files are automatically created
when a File Save command is executed.  If it's not checked,
backup files are NOT created.

(9) A modification was made to the Regression routine to correct
an error that sometimes would print a high bit ASCII character in
the cell where the label Intercept was supposed to be placed.



IN THIS RELEASE (v1.60h')
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(1) A correction was made to the "fraction" formatting option,
which would not display negative fractions appropriately.

(2) A correction was made so the program now displays negative
times correctly.  Furthermore, if a cell is formatted as Time#3 or
Time#4, the user may now enter times by simply typing hh:mm,
i.e., without having to use @TIMEVAL.

(3) The calculation stack was doubled to eliminate problems when
copying large ranges, where not all cells would recalculate.
When copying ranges with more that about 8000 formula cells, this
error would sometimes manifest itself as an entry of a VERY small
exponential value.

(4) A modification was made to ensure that if a new sheet is
opened, and changes are made to it, it would not lose its
"modified" status if a File, New command was executed.  In
earlier releases, in such a situation the program would permit
you to close the file without prompting you to save it.

(5) A modification was made to the scroll bar updating routine,
so that when copying to the bottom of the sheet, the vertical
scroll bar is updated respectively.

(6) A correction was made to the {PRINTOPTION...} macro, which
would not interpret any scale settings correctly in earlier
releases.

(7) The dialog size was adjusted to compensate for problem
reported by some users when using "large" font settings.

(8) The installation process was modified so that it does not
overwrite any of the macro and button files, from a previous
installation, which might have been modified by the user.

(9) A correction was made to the SpeedSum button.  In earlier
releases, highlighting a range in the second panel (tab) and
clicking on the button would sum the equivalent range in the
first panel (tab).



IN THIS RELEASE (v1.60h)
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(1) A modification was made so that cell entries made using the
@DATEVAL function, to a Type-4 date formatted cell, retain the
function rather than evaluating it prior to making the entry in
the cell, and simply entering the serial date number.

(2) A correction was made to enable the PageUp, PageDown and Tab
keys which for some reason had been disabled in one of the
earlier releases.

(3) A correction was made to the properties dialogs.  In earlier
releases, if the dialog was invoked by right-clicking, in some
instances the user would only have access to the last accessed
properties (e.g., Cell borders), rather than the complete set of
options available.

(4) A correction was made to the "erase" action, which would at
times unlink the remaining cells which could then only be
recalculated by pressing F9.

(5) A correction was made to the Print Preview mode to protect
against the user entering a very large text scale value which
might cause the program to fail




IN THIS RELEASE (v1.60g')
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(1) A minor modification was made to the File Open dialog which
sometimes would display the message "AS-EASY-AS Import".

(2) A correction was made to the graph module to ensure that the
array holding the "labels" can accomodate up to 1000 entries.

(3) A correction was made to avoid the problem of the program
reporting an access violation error if the user pressed Alt-F4.

(4) A modification was made so that if a new file is saved under
a user specified filename, the next time the File Save command is
executed (for the same file), the program does not automatically
open the File SaveAs dialog.

(5) The Manual/Automatic calculation indicator in the lower right
corner is now automatically updated when a sheet gets the focus.

(6) A correction was made to the date formats.  Apparently, in
earlier releases date formats #2 and #5 had been swapped.

(7) A correction was made to the {RANGEFORMAT...} macro which did
not work correctly when trying to format date ranges in earlier
releases.

(8) A correction was made to the routine handling cell entries which
would fail for values greater that MaxLongInt. The problem was
discovered during the solution of a complex Linear Programming matrix,
although it might have appeared in other instances where a cell
value exceeded MaxLongInt.



IN THIS RELEASE (v1.60g)
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(1) A minor modification was made to the File GetInfo dialog to
eliminate the product number and user name display, since that
information is displayed under the Help About dialog.

(2) A modification was made to have the column width of the
current cell displayed in the control panel area, if it is other
than the default column width.

(3) A correction was made to the Data Form command, to avoid
skipping the first record when the command was initially
invoked.

(4) A correction was made to the 3D Graphs to ensure that the
solid grid lines would be offset correctly for the 3D
perspective.  Also, the bar painting algorithm was corrected to
eliminate a one-pixel gap that existed in the erlier release.

(5) A new macro command was implemeneted to accomodate the Data
Form command.  The new command is {DATAFORM Range}.

(6) The {GRAPH} macro command was re-activated to simply display
the current graph until the user presses a key.  This is really
a subset of the {GRAPHVIEW...} macro , but allows for more
compatibility with older files that utilized the {GRAPH} macro.

(7) A new macro {FILEFOCUS...} was implemented that allows the
user to change the focus to a specified worksheet file already
open.

(8) A correction was made to the Data Parse command to parse
more than just a single column in the specified range.

(8) A correction was made to the Data regression macro commands
to ensure they could appropriately handle range names as
arguments.

(9) A correction was made to the contour graph type, to
eliminate vertical and horizontal line interference, and
smoouth out the contour curves.

(10) A modification was made to the way the Edit Copy/Edit Paste
operations work.  In earlier releases, the operations would
transfer the cell contents, i.e., formulas, functions, etc. to
the Windows clipboard.  That worked fine when copying within
AS-EASY-AS, but was not very helpful when trying to transfer
information to Word processors and other applications.  The
program now transfers the information as formulas (cell
contents) when transferring within AS-EASY-AS, but as as seen
on the screen when transferring to a different application.

(11) Two new options were added to the program that allow the
user to import and export dbf (dBASE) files, under the File
Import and File Export dialogs.

(12) An error was corrected that limited the number of named
graphs to 10.  This error might prevent files created with the
DOS version 5.70 of the program to load if they contained more
than 10 named graphs.  The limit in the new release was set to
50 named graphs.




RELEASE v1.06f'
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(1) A problem was corrected involving printing the rows
identified by the user as the 'border' rows.

(2) A problem was corrected with the printed 'border' columns
which were not being considered in the total print width
calculation.

*  New, expanded, keyword-based macro language
   Based on macro keywords, rather that key-letters, the new
   implementation allows greater flexibility and ensures
   compatibility with future releases.

*  Global, worksheet-independent macros
   Universal macros may be assigned to one of 50 quick buttons
   and then executed with a single mouse click.  A bitmap may
   also be assigned to the macro button (a collection of bitmaps
   is provided with the program).

*  External User-definable functions
   In addition to the hundreds of built-in functions, users may
   now define their own in an external file.  Worksheets using
   these functions may be shared with others without having to
   share the function libraries.

*  Simple and Multi-Variate Regression
   From simple trend analysis to Multivariate (up to 3
   variables), non-linear least squares regression using up to
   5th degree polynomials, SQR(x), SQRT(x), EXP(x) or LN(x).

*  Linear Programming, Min/Max Optimization
   Capable of handling up to 8 independent variables, the
   built-in Min/Max module (Using the big "M" method), allows the
   user to perform optimization analysis, easier than ever
   before.

*  Built-in Special math/engineering/statistical functions
   Beta, Bessel, Gamma and Error functions; Gaussian and Poisson
   distributions; Kurtosis, Skewness, Covariance, Recurrence,
   Integration, Double Interpolations,...

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

*  Close any open applications.

*  Insert the diskette or CD into your disk or CD-ROM drive.

*  Click the "Start" icon in the status bar and then click
   on "Run".

*  In the "Open" field of the dialog that appears, type the
   drive letter of your drive or CD-ROM drive followed by a
   colon and then ASAWIN95.EXE and press ENTER.  Or, click on
   browse, navigate to the drive of the AS-EASY-AS disk and
   select ASAWIN95.EXE.  Click on OK and follow the on-screen
   instructions to complete the installation.

*  To Uninstall AS-EASY-AS for Win95/NT, open the AS-EASY-AS
   program group and double click on the icon AS-EASY-AS v1.6
   Uninstall.  Alternatively, select Settings|Control Panel
   from the Windows 95 Start Menu.  Then select Add / Remove
   Programs from the Control Panel.  Select AS-EASY-AS v1.6 for
   Win95/NT from the list of installed programs, and click the
   Add / Remove button.
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KNOWN PROBLEMS IN THIS RELEASE OF AS-EASY-AS for Win95/NT

*  SLOW CPU SYSTEMS - The program was optimized for the basic
   level systems, which as of now are systems equipped with fast
   Pentium processors.  Although care was taken to make certain
   the program also adequately runs on slow Pentium or 486CPU
   based systems, it might seem a bit slow on such systems.

*  If you experience any problems with AS-EASY-AS, you may
   report them by sending e-mail to: [e-mail].

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OTHER INFORMATION/TEXT FILES

*  AGENTS.TXT    Names, addresses and other contact information
         of resellers of TRIUS products around the
         world.

*  ORDERFRM.TXT  Ready to print order form for other TRIUS
         products

*  UPGRADE.TXT   Ready-to-print form for ordering an upgrade by
         existing registered users of TRIUS products.


*  ASAWIN.USR    Sample file of external user-defined functions.
         Loaded automatically when the program is started

*  GEOFUN.USR    Additional sample user-defined functions

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