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- GCP version 4.20/4.20SW - release notes
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- Version 4.20 & 4.20SW of GCP (formerly named "Easel") include
- the following bug fixes, enhancements and new features over
- Easel versions 4.10 and 3.10:
-
-
- 1) The program name was changed from "easel" to "GCP". This
- was done in order to avoid possible confusion with a program
- from Interactive Images, Inc. for OS/2 developers currently
- being marketed by IBM and Microsoft. (I discovered "Easel"
- is a registered trademark of Interactive Images, Inc. and so
- I had to switch names to be legal.) (The name was changed
- to protect the innocent!)
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE:
-
- IF YOU HAVE ANY COPIES OF THE OLD "EASEL" PROGRAM FROM
- SYNERGISTIC ENTERPRISES PLEASE DELETE THEM AND REPLACE THEM
- WITH "GCP". Similarly, PLEASE UPLOAD GCP42S.ZIP/.ARC TO ALL
- BBS SYSTEMS/SHAREWARE DEPOSITORIES YOU SENT "EASEL" TO.
-
- 2) GIF files with problems or partial displays which are
- interrupted are not cleared. This allows reading of GIF
- files which formerly could not be read, or intentional
- partial reading of a file.
-
- 3) Filenames including the ampersand ("&") character
- now display correctly in the file information box and
- window frame title box.
-
- 4) MacPaint and Macintosh StartUpScreen picture files
- can now be loaded and saved with or without the 128 byte
- header formerly required. This makes file exchange with
- Mac systems easier.
-
- 5) The professional version (4.20) can now read as well
- as write PCL format files. (PCL files created by GCP
- and possibly other programs. Windows PCL driver output
- cannot currently be read due to the bizarre way in which
- bitmap graphics are sent to the printer.)
-
- 6) Version 4.20 can now also read and write Windows
- bitmap, cursor and icon file formats. (NOTE: Bitmaps
- can be black and white or device dependent color,
- cursor and icon conversion is device independent only,
- and only black and white (no screen/not-screen colors,
- hotspot selection, device dependent version, etc.)
- You can further refine and edit icons, cursors and
- small (up to 99x99) black and white bitmaps with the
- Windows ICONEDIT program.)
-
- 7) The cursor is no longer moved off screen when files
- are loaded for display.
-
- 8) The "Stretch & Shrink" command has been revised to
- allow the viewing and changing of stretch and shrink
- parameters and includes an option to discard the original
- bitmap (which can be used to save memory).
-
- 9) A new option has been added to the edit menu. "Invert"
- inverts the colors of the area currently selected. This
- allows white on black images to be changed to white on
- black, or colors to be "reversed" for a special effect.
-
- 10) The selection rectangle is no longer displayed using
- an inverted region, instead a dotted-line rectangle is
- drawn around the selected area.
-
- 11) When in "mark" mode, moving the cursor at the edge
- of the screen area will cause "auto scrolling" if more
- of the picture is off-screen in the direction the cursor
- was moved.
-
- 12) The version numbering scheme has been simplified.
- The shareware version number is the same as the full
- featured professional version except that the shareware
- version number ends with a "SW". Hence this update is
- 4.20/4.20SW.
-
- 13) The "About" box for the 4.20SW shareware version
- contains information about the professional version and
- includes additional pleas for registrations. (PLEASE
- SEND IN YOUR REGISTRATION AND FEE!!!)
-
- 14) The price for both the shareware and professional
- versions has gone up $20. This added cost was necessary
- to pay for additional overhead costs and better packaging.
-