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- Help File for !VideoBase v2.18
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-
- Videobase is an application to keep track of recordings and free spaces on a
- collection of video tapes. It is designed to make maintaining the database as
- easy as possible and to avoid the possibility of inappropriate inputs.
-
- It uses a filetype of &344 by default at the moment which is NOT Acorn
- approved. Now that the design of the file format is stable I will be applying
- for an official filetype number.
-
- Please read the manual provided for full details about this program (double
- click on the 'Manual' file or drag it to a suitable text editor).
-
- Conditions of Use
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-
- This application is supplied to everyone 'as is', I do not give any
- guarantee that it is free of bugs, or supply any warranty about its
- suitability for use. However if there are any problems with it and you
- notify me of them then I will do my best to rectify them given the time and
- the ability.
-
- This program is ShareWare. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of
- software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
- whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your
- needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is
- low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if
- you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. Details on how to register
- your copy - which will disable the start up banner - can be found in the
- manual.
-
- You may give this application to anyone, via any medium but I maintain
- copyright on all the material supplied.
-
- Complaints, suggestions, registration fees etc to the author:-
-
- Paul Hobbs
- Rheinpfalzstrasse 2
- 85049 Ingolstadt
- Germany
-
- EMail : Paul.Hobbs@t-online.de
- Fax : +49 (0)8458 6314
- Tel : +49 (0)841 47467
-
- In the absence of any comments I shall assume the program is perfect and get
- on with something a bit more interesting!
-
- Update History
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-
- 2.00 - Initial release
-
- 2.01 - Missing sprites added to '!Sprites22' and 'Sprites22' files
- - Bug fix for error when quitting application with unsaved
- data (pre Risc PC machines only)
- - Bug fix for error when adding first tape to a new database
- (pre Risc PC machines only)
- - Updating of 'Free spaces' pane was not working when a new
- length was input
- - Loading of native filetype files speeded up
- - Selection of records in the main window no longer redraws
- the entire window everytime
- - Slowed down saving and modifying by checking that datafile is
- not corrupted each time it changes (better safe than sorry!)
- - Saving the file under a new name now changes the main window
- title bar to the new name
- - Length of last record on tape can be altered to change length
- of tape (if a non-standard length for example)
- - Null wimp events now only claimed when required, makes whole
- desktop more responsive
-
- 2.02 - Typing 'E200' or '200' for example now handled correctly when
- adding a new tape with a custom length
- - Zero length new tapes trapped
- - Problem with 'Delete tape' and 'Renumber tape' dboxes not
- responding to icon clicks fixed (waiting for a null poll event
- when null polling was disabled)
- - Loading a file closes the 'Delete tape' dbox if it is open
- - Bug fix for error on pre-Risc PC machines when adding first
- recording to a new database
- - 'Sprites', 'Sprites22' and 'Templates' files corrected to
- remove references to non-existant sprites
- - Interactive help for 'Options' dbox corrected
- - Tape id bump icons were not working in 'Renumber tape' dbox
- - Deleting last tape in database now handled ok
- - Tape makes are actually stored in the file now and displayed
- on the button bar as is the tape length
- - Added 'Renumber tape' and 'Interactive help' buttons to the
- button bar
- - Fixed bug when desktop font was changed on a Risc PC
- - Fixed bug that prevented dragging the report file icon direct
- to an editor
-
- 2.03 - Increased maximum nr of characters allowed in 'Selection'
- dbox writable icons (was 16, now 256)
- - Fixed bug whereby renumbering a tape did not update the 'Tape
- id' menu
-
- 2.10 - Added 'Scratchpad' option to main menu. This opens a scratchpad
- dbox which stores the contents of writable icons dragged to
- it. Text in the scratchpad can be dragged to writable icons
- in other dboxes as well. This is rather half-hearted as I think
- now a separate application would be better - however it was
- easy to do so there it is..
- - Changing the length of a tape now alters the length of the last
- recording on the tape providing it is a gap and is long enough
- i.e. no actual recording would be effected by the tape length
- change
- - Tape make now defaults to 'Unknown' in 'Add new tape' box
- - A file can now be linked to each recording and displayed by
- clicking on 'Notes...' in the 'Edit recording' dbox. The file can
- be of any type and of any length. The absolute path name is stored
- (at the moment..)
- - Sprites and Templates tidied up
- - Error when saving report options before 'Options' box has been
- opened fixed
- - Implemented 'tab stop' for the position of the 'Subject' area in
- the main window. Clicking SELECT on the header bar sets the
- display area for titles. This setting is also saved with the rest
- of the options
- - Added option to turn off the movement of the mouse pointer when
- a popup menu opens (in 'Options' dbox, new default is not to move
- the pointer)
- - Deleting a recording now updates the list of gaps in the 'Find
- space' dbox
- - Clicking on an action button in dboxes opened off the main menu now
- closes the menu tree
- - Added buttons for editing menu configuration files to the 'Options'
- dbox
- - The 'Editing free space' window now takes the length of the new
- recording from the length input in the 'Find space' dbox (instead
- of making the length the same as the selected gap)
- - Entering a new recording without a title trapped
- - Bug fix to 'Report' dbox. Now creates report file correctly if
- opened from main menu first
- - ADJUST clicks in dboxes now have the expected effect (action is
- carried out but dbox is not closed)
- - Attempts to overwrite existing recordings by editing the length of
- the previous recording now trapped
- - Clicking in the main window now gains the input focus and the title
- bar background colour changes as per the Style Guide
- - Editing a recording can now be started with a double SELECT click
- in the main window as well as SHIFT-SELECT
- - Added 'Notes..' icon to button bar and 'Add tape' dbox for a file
- linked to the tape
- - When editing a free space record the title and subject field in the
- dbox are now cleared
- - Bug concerning merging gap records when SP/LP setting is changed fixed
- - Options dialogue box can now be opened from the button bar
- - 'Free spaces' dialogue box now shows spaces that are suitable for
- a new recording but have a different SP/LP. Selecting one of these
- spaces changes them automatically to the correct SP/LP setting
- - ID of last displayed tape is now stored in datafile and is redisplayed
- when the file is loaded
-
- 2.11 - Bug fix to 'Selection' sub menu (was causing PROC/FN not found error)
-
- 2.12 - Improved handling of editing menus when a dbox using them is already
- open (menu is recreated instead of just being deleted when the edit
- starts)
- - Desktop font now used for main window if set on Risc PCs
- - Optimised file loading routines, around 33% quicker with 40 tapes
- - Better (less!) RAM usage
- - Added ADJUST click feature to 'Report' button bar icon. Now allows a
- quick dump of the database or the current selection to a text editor
- without opening the 'Report' dbox
- - ADJUST clicks on 'OK' icon in 'Create selection' dbox now handled
- correctly
- - Creating a selection displays the tape containing the first selected
- record in the main window. If no selection results from the attempt
- to create one a warning message is displayed
- - Icon added to button bar to show the current number of selected
- records. The 'menu' icon next to it can be used to jump directly to
- the tape containing the selected record. (i.e. a search mode!)
- - Bug fix to 'Select date' popup. Only the current date should be
- selected, not ones in the previous/following months
-
- 2.13 - Bug fix to handling deletion of records that have a linked file
- attached (linked file could become attached to the next new record
- added)
- - No selection in 'Find space' dialogue box trapped
- - No title entered in 'Edit recording' trapped
-
- 2.14 - 'Bad record block' error fixed for first record in database
- - Removed 'Either' button from 'Find space' dialogue box
- - Option added to overwrite unlocked recordings in 'Find space'
- dialogue box
- - Outline fonts now used in 'Free space' dialogue box pane on a Risc
- PC (if desktop font is in use)
-
- 2.15 - Added 'WWW' button to call up VideoBase homepage in 'About this
- program' dialogue box (have to be online of course, and icon will
- be unselectable after 31.01.97 as the web site will be no longer
- valid after this date)
- - Fixed bug which caused the button bar to be opened in the wrong
- position when the wimp altered the main window position (i.e. on
- a mode change)
-
- 2.16 - Bug fix to colour routines for main window (foreground colour
- choices were being ignored if a desktop font was in use)
- - 'Options' dbox converted to a tabbed dbox
- - Bug fix to 'Find space' dbox pane displaying rubbish when 'h:min'
- and 'Overwrite' were selected when the system font was in use
- - Fixed bug in 'Tape make' menu handling (was not being re-created
- when the menu file was edited)
- - Fixed 'Bad record heapblock' bug when deleting recordings
- - 'Cats' menu file moved into 'UserData' directory as otherwise it
- was not possible to save an edited version.
- - Bug fix to deletions on second recording on first tape not merging
- correctly
-
- 2.17 - Fixed various bugs to do with the tabbed dbox not setting the
- options properly
-
- 2.18 - Added output of seen/unseen status to the text report/CSV output
- (actual text used for seen/unseen/gaps set in 'Resources.UK.
- Messages' at the moment)
- - Loading a file filters out any recordings of zero length
- - Zero length recordings now displayed in main window, may be deleted
- manually
- - Zero length recordings not now included in report output
- - Sorting of database now uses Quick sort technique (should be faster,
- especially when renumbering tapes - I'm not convinced though)
- - Templates modified to allow tape numbers up to 9999
- - Bug fix to adjust clicks in 'Selection' submenu