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┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ What's New in v1.1 of the PM A.E.G. │
└───────────────────────────────────────┘
Changed the default program icon from a generic "PM A.E.G." icon to
one that is customized for the particular A.E.G. program. This allows
people who have more than one OS/2 P.M. A.E.G. on their system to tell
the programs apart by their icons.
Removed all of the episode data from the program executable. It is now
stored in external data files. Users of the Automated EpGuides probably
won't be able to even tell the difference. Your hard drive light will
flicker once when you choose an episode to view (the program is reading
the episode data and placing it into the EpData dialog). What this change
means in the long-run: a smaller, more-efficient .EXE file; this also
makes my job a whole lot easier, therefore I'll be able to code updates
in a fraction of the time.
Added a REXX .CMD installation script. After unzipping the A.E.G. .ZIP
file into a permanent directory, run AEG_INST.CMD to automatically create
a desktop object for the PM A.E.G. program.
Redesigned the episode information dialog.
Added an Online Help system. After the A.E.G. window appears on the desktop,
you can hit the F1 key to bring up the Online Help file.
Added an Offline Help file to the archive. This file is in .INF format
and can be read from the OS/2 command line using the view.exe command;
or clicked on from a drives object. It is the same help file as the .HLP
file, but it can be viewed offline, or stored with other .INF files if
you maintain a Help Book Library on your system.
Added a Context Sensitive Popup Menu. After the A.E.G. window appears on
the desktop, you can click your right mouse button anywhere within the
A.E.G. PM window and a menu of commands will popup. These are basically
the same set of commands that appear on the menu bar.
Added a Tool/Button Bar to the PM window. The new row of buttons directly
under the menu bar perform some of the same actions as items appearing on
the HELP and EXIT menus.
Added four new buttons that weren't on the earlier versions of the Toolbar!
The NEXT EPISODE, PREVIOUS EPISODE, NEXT SEASON and PREVIOUS SEASON Toolbar
buttons greatly simplify maneuvering through the huge amount of episode data!
(I did these for me, the lazy programmer, and passed the helpful feature on
to you, the end user!)
Added a Floating Help Window system ("Toolbar Tips"). If the mouse pointer
hesitates over any of the buttons on the Tool Bar, a small, descriptive
label will pop up telling you what action that button performs.
Redesigned the ABOUT dialog to give it the look and feel of the ABOUT
dialog from the Win16 and Win32 Automated EpGuide program.
Redesigned the OTHER SNAKE-BYTE PROGRAMS dialog to give it the look and
feel of the OTHER SNAKE-BYTE PROGRAMS dialog from the Win16 and Win32
Automated EpGuide program.