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- *************************[ CATALOG-ON-A-DISK ]******************************
- **************************[ Features Update ]*******************************
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- ****************************[ version 2.00 ]********************************
- - Catalog reader is about 36KB smaller than version 1, leaving more room on
- disk for catalog files
- - Companion CATCOM.EXE makes catalogs, CATALOG.EXE program reads them
- (You only distribute CATALOG.EXE with your catalog)
- - 0 to 12 line long descriptions (start each description block with a tilde ~)
- - User defined headers for every catagory (start line with two tildes ~~)
- - Improved menu scrolling
- - User sets currency character
- - New Flags for setting options
- - Screen display speeded up
- - First and Header Screen Reader improved to hold 23 lines per screen
- - 10 Line Exit Screen Added, Colors can be specified.
- - Import/Export is smarter, recognizes many ascii delimited options
- - Firste and Headere screens eliminated
- - Password protection against unauthorized exporting of catalog files
- - Entire Catalog may be printed to a printer on LPT1 (alt-p)
- - .TL files consolidated into one file to make loading faster
- - Special forms, coupons, etc. may be viewed or printed (added to exit menu)*
- - Orderinf file is now compressed to make it tamper-proof**
- - User Definable Help bar available by pressing alt-h
- - User Definable Date Format and Separator Character
- - Reader can be called from any drive or directory
-
- *When you make a form give the text file an extension of .FRM . Catalog
- automatically builds a forms menu, and adds a "Special Forms" line to the exit
- menu when you compress it with the -c flag. Colors can be specified.
-
- **Just take the old orderinf file and compress it using -c. Then ship the
- orderinf.cm file, not the text file.
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- ****************************[ version 1.20 ]********************************
-
- - Documents and Sample Catalog re-written
-
- ****************************[ version 1.10 ]********************************
-
- - Expanded from 20 to 99 categories maximum
- - Search no longer case-sensative
- - Fixed category title display
- - -o flag added so Order Number can be Imported/Exported without quotes
- in the delimited file.
- - -p flag added so the Price can be Imported/Exported without quotes
- in the delimited file.
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