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Point & Shoot Revision History (now named MenuDIRECT)
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Version 1.1 (10/87)
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Completely rewrote program in Turbo Pascal 4.0 (made 1 .EXE)
Added Check Snow parameter in program Setup
Added ORIG: and TARG: display on graphic tree
Added [right-arrow] to File Block command to move directly to Tree
Added [ctrl-PgDn] command to quickly tag groups of files in File Block
Fixed bug in File Block Move when duplicates were encountered
Added } symbol to force prompting for parameters in menu entry definitions
Fixed Goto floppy drive bug (cannot allow but old versions tried anyway)
Added File Xecute command to run small programs
Changed Newdate command to Newfile. Date changes are now in Attributes
Added standard and double column laser text file print to File commands
Included screen blanking programs with Point & Shoot package
Version 1.2 (12/87)
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Added Alt-D command for DOS access
Fixed background color bug for some color monitors
Removed Check Snow parameter function in program setup (now automatic)
Added automatic drive scan for systems with more than one fixed disk drive
Fixed bug in menu setup (was incorrectly adding extra duplicate commands)
Added % completion status to File View command
Changed format of color selection in Setup to show colors
Changed Origin directory setting so that [Cr] always rereads files
Fixed Target Space available display in File commands to show new target
space before copy operations begin. Previously, if you switched disks
in the target drive, the space available shown was incorrect.
Added a comprehensive text file editor called "PASE.EXE". This editor uses
WordStar type commands and can handle files up to 64K. The new text editor
will automatically run from Point & Shoot and can also be used as a stand-
alone text editor. The documentation for this editor is contained in a
separate file called "PASEDOC.TXT" contained on the distribution disk.
Added a backup parameter to the Setup screen to designate whether the text
editor should make backups (.BAK's).
Version 1.3 (5/88)
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Rewrote user interface and added comprehensive error checking procedures
Added mouse support to the program
Added external interface to Point & Shoot Backup/Restore program
Changed Newfile command to Newcopy which will copy newest files only
Added time display to file list (date sort now sorts on date and time)
Revised program setup to allow setting of background colors
Printed (complete) documentation is now available to all registered users
Program defaults are now stored directly in program .EXE file
Added Diskformat command to format floppy disks
Moved all menu management commands to a separate menu
Added sort order status display to file display screen
Added "/M" parameter to force correct display on some incompatible machines
Version 2.0 (1/89)
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Added TREE UNDELETE command to recover deleted files & directories
Moved FILE OPTIONS to SETUP and removed Duplicate file check (now always on)
Changed drive selection in SETUP to designate each drive used instead of
the last drive used and modified program so it may be run on any hard drive
(previously had to be lowest lettered hard drive)
Added USAGE command which incorporates a comprehensive set of Usage Log
and Protection features to the Point & Shoot Program. The addition of the
password protection mechanism has changed the format of the user-defined
menu file. Users of versions prior to version 2.0 MUST use the menu
function UPGRADE found in the Menu Commands.
Added memory statistics and other information to the Alt-S statistics screen
Included the text file editor directly into the program for quicker access.
Text editor now also automatically uses the memory that is available to
allow more flexibility on systems with limited memory (max still 64K).
Editor has additional command to examine the current amount of editing
memory available. Added option in SETUP to allow user to specify the text
editor to use if they wish to use an editor other than the built-in P&S
editor. F4 New File command in editor now prompts for a new file name.
Redesigned the Alt-D drop to DOS command to free as much memory as possible
before attempting to execute a DOS command to allow larger programs/commands
to be executed from this part of the program
Enhanced the printed documentation available to registered users. Now
includes user guide and reference sections.
Changed FILE ATTRIBUTE command to FILE ATTR to allow more space for commands
on FILE menu
Enhanced the FILE VIEW command to read large files quicker and to support
correct on-screen spacing of tabs in text files
Added TREE A&B command to show directories on floppy disks
Added marker in file list to indicate other than standard file attribute
Added option to FILE GLOBAL command to gather all files on hard disk(s) in
one sorted/filtered list then copy or delete individual files
Added file delete confirmation to original FILE GLOBAL command
Improved the DISKFORMAT command to correct problems with some computers
Added FILE WINDOW command to show dual file list (origin and target files)
Added Alt-L pop-up calendar command to show on-screen perpetual calendar
Added [Esc] feature to FILE BLOCK commands to interrupt long activities
Added ******** mask to hidden subdirectories. If protection is on, then
users cannot make a hidden subdirectory the Origin or Target. Users can
also be restricted to a single subdirectory in Tree & File operations.
Added inverse date (newest first) sort order option in File commands. Sort
may now be aborted with [Esc] if the file sorting process is too long.
Added FILE LOCATE command to find files with embedded text strings
Added INDEX database to keep track of files (or anything else)
Changed FILE NEWCOPY command to FILE NEWER
Added additional error checking to TREE COLLECT to ensure that the program
does not halt if too many diretories are found to display on the screen.
The limit is now 255 total directories on the tree. If more, the
program will show as many as it can, where previously too many directories
would halt the program.
Revisions A-D: Minor bug fixes.
Revision E: Added top line text selection in SETUP
Revision F: Added EMS Use and Quit Prompt options to SETUP
Revision G: Added mouse cursor color selection to SETUP
Revision H: Added Ctrl-key selection of user-defined menus (first cap letter)
Revision I: Revised the DISKFORMAT command to allow up to 4 floppy drives.
SETUP includes a list of floppy drive numbers that must be
filled in to select the correct floppy drive during format.
External floppy drives are often numbers 2 or 3.
Revision J: Modified the Ctrl-key selection of user-defined menus to avoid
conflicts with certain keystrokes like Ctrl-M = [Cr],
Ctrl-I = [Tab], Ctrl-H = [BackSpace], Ctrl-V = [Insert], etc..
In addition, while the program previously used the first letter
of the user-defined menu item as the Ctrl-key trigger, now the
first UPPERCASE letter is used. This feature allows more
flexibility in the naming of user-defined menus.
Revision K: Added BOOT DRIVE to SETUP to allow for systems which boot from
drives other than C and modified directory tree routines to
correctly designate floppy drives on these systems. User
defined submenus now highlight the first UPPERCASE letter or
number.
Revision L: Added a second menu choice list that appears if primary menu
selections are ambiguous (have the same trigger letter). Also
changed User-Id entry to show name and added shading to
password entry.
Revision M: Added a new report to Timelog Database: Summary by Activity
which is similar to the usage summary but is sorted by
Activity.
Version 3.0 (6/91)
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Program name changed to MenuDIRECT. Version 3.0 brings a new realm of
programming style to AMST products. Differences from version 2.0 are
too numerous to mention, but highlights include:
o New user-interface with pull-down menus, and movable/resizable windows
o Unlimited number of user-defined menus
o Appointment book & todo list added to calendar
o Calculator sports memory and hexadecimal mode
o Optional swapping mode to run programs while only keeping 8K memory
o On-line hypertext help system
o Full mouse support
o Project logging
o Restrict user access without time logging
o New file commands: Krunch, Zero Out, Retag Files
o New tree commands: Edit Disk, Swap O/T, Verify Disk
o Automatic menu creation for popular programs