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- UPDATE.DOC
-
- Last updated: April, 1992
-
- This file describes the major features added to FLODRAW with each update.
- The FLODRAW versions are listed beginning with version 2.25 and working
- backwards to version 2.0. If you have been using an earlier version
- of FLODRAW, you can review this file to see what features have been
- added since the release of your previous version of FLODRAW.
-
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- ********************************************
- * New Features in FLODRAW 2.25 *
- ********************************************
-
- The following features or fixes were added in FLODRAW 2.25.
-
- 1. Change printer port. This option will only work for the
- following printers: HP DeskJet/LaserJet, Epson FX/MX, and
- Star Gemini. All other printers use LPT1. If you have one
- of these printers, you can use this option to toggle the
- printer port between LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3. Select F8
- (Change Setup Options) at the entry menu, then F (misc
- printer options), and F4 (printer port).
-
- 2. New version of FLOPCX converts FLODRAW files to 2 color PCX
- files to avoid problems importing 4 color files into some
- desktop publishing programs.
-
- 3. Fix print problems using HP LaserJet with network print
- spoolers.
-
- 4. Fix print problem with HP DeskJet 500. A separate printer
- driver has been added for the HP DeskJet.
-
- 5. Fix text display problems when using MS-DOS 5.0 with a different
- country code (a problem for some European users).
-
- 6. Fix problems with the directory display on the entry menu.
-
- 7. Fix problem preventing landscape selection when creating a new
- diagram.
-
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- ********************************************
- * New Features in FLODRAW 2.20 *
- ********************************************
-
- The following features were added in FLODRAW 2.20.
-
- 1. FLOPCX utility. You can convert FLODRAW files to PCX format
- graphics files to use in other graphics programs. And you can
- convert PCX files created in other graphics programs to
- FLODRAW files. FLOPCX.EXE is on the Library Disk. Type FLOPCX
- to see the FLOPCX menu.
-
- 2. FLOLIB utility. FLOLIB replaces the LIBRARY batch file in
- earlier versions. FLOLIB reads a text file of symbol names to
- build a library, so you can change or rearrange the symbols in
- your library just by changing the symbol names in the text file.
- FLOLIB.EXE is on the Library Disk. Type FLOLIB to see
- instructions for using FLOLIB.
-
- 3. A form length for A4 size paper was added to the miscellaneous
- printer options. Select F8 (Change Setup Options) at the entry
- menu, then F (misc printer options), and F3 (form length).
-
- 4. The file name was added to the AUTO function so that FLODRAW
- can display the correct file name on your diagram, even if you
- rename the diagram file. See F5auto on the TEXT edit screen.
-
- 5. The FLODRAW system file of special characters, FLODRAW.CHR, was
- changed to allow you to edit it directly. A help screen of
- special characters was added with Alt-K (for Karacters).
-
- 6. The TEXT line function will stay on until you press ESC. This
- makes it easy to add several lines at one time. See F6line on
- the TEXT edit screen.
-
- 7. A 3DFLOW library has been added. This library has 3-dimensional
- flowchart and computer symbols. This library is 3DFLOW.LIB on
- the Library Disk.
-
-
- ********************************************
- * New Features in FLODRAW 2.1 *
- ********************************************
-
- The following features were added in FLODRAW 2.1.
-
- 1. Template files. You can set FLODRAW to automatically merge
- a template file into your diagram when you start a new
- diagram. A template file can contain headings, footings, etc.,
- that are common to all your diagrams.
-
- 2. Special characters. You can use Ctrl-A through Ctrl-Z
- to put special characters on the Text Edit screen. You
- can customize these characters to suit your own needs.
- Great for foreign alphabet characters or commonly used
- character sized symbols.
-
- 3. Enhanced symbol menu. The symbol menu will shrink the symbol
- only as much as necessary to show the symbol in the menu.
- Small symbols will show full size so you can tell what they
- are. The number of symbols allowed in a library has been
- increased to 144. You can browse forward and backward
- on the symbol menu and jump to the beginning or end of the
- menu.
-
- 4. Wide carriage printer support. If you have a wide carriage
- printer, you can use the first 132 columns in a large landscape
- page to print a 14 inch wide diagram. Set the carriage width
- when you select your printer.
-
- 5. A fast draft mode is now available for Epson LQ printers.
-
- 6. A 12 inch form option for European users. This option was
- added for European users who use 12 inch forms instead of
- 11 inch forms. Note that this does not change the area of
- the diagram, just the form length.
-
- 7. A dataflow symbol library has been added.
-
- 8. The electrical library has been revised and expanded.
-
- 9. The organization chart library and the small flowchart library
- have been reinstated.
-
- 10. Library documentation files have been added. These are FLODRAW
- diagrams that show the symbols used in each library.
-
-
- ********************************************
- * New Features in FLODRAW 2.0 *
- ********************************************
-
- The following features were added in FLODRAW 2.0.
-
- 1. Screen color. You can customize the screen colors to suit
- your taste. See "F8 Setup Options" on the entry menu.
-
- 2. Hard disk support. Includes sorted directory listing, saving
- paths of often used directories, and setting default
- directory.
-
- 3. Show files to print. Set the print flag option to automatic,
- and FLODRAW will flag the files in the entry menu directory.
- You'll always know which files will print before you use the
- automatic print option. See "F7 Print Flagged Files" on the
- entry menu.
-
- 4. Printer support for HP LaserJet +/II and also Gemini Star X 10.
- See "F8 Setup Options" on the entry menu.
-
- 5. Support for multiple page diagrams. Use a two character page
- number as the file extension of your diagram name. Then number
- your pages sequentially, and FLODRAW will let you jump back and
- forth between pages when you edit your diagram. Use Alt-N and
- Alt-P on the TEXT edit screen. Alt-I inserts a new page
- and renumbers existing pages where needed.
-
- 6. Automatic update of time, date and page number in your diagram.
- If you put date, time, or page number in your diagram, let
- FLODRAW maintain it for you. Date and time is always updated
- when you save your diagram. Page number is updated when you
- load your diagram. See "F5auto" on the Edit screen menu.
-
-
- ********************************************
- * Prior to FLODRAW 2.0 *
- ********************************************
-
- Versions 1.2, 1.1, and 1.0 preceded version 2.0. FLODRAW 1.0 was
- released in April, 1987.
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