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REVISION.HST Revision History since 5.23
All features mentioned in any previous release are in most recent
release unless otherwise noted in the text.
5.40B Compile date August 30, 1991
BIBLUP will automatically detect which version of BIBL you
are converting from (pre 5.0 (or) 5.0 - 5.39). It will not
perform conversion on an existing 5.40 or later database...
an action that would corrupt the file.
Now when making a BIX file under EXPORT (option J - Labelled),
the BIX extension is automatically added, if fact, it is
forced. If you give BIBL some other extension for your
output file it is changed to BIX. Field length for output
file name increased to 25 characters--to help those wanting
to write the file to another sub-directory.
Layout of record display changed. Now Author, Title and
Publisher fields appear on successive lines. Then a
blank line, then class, subject and descriptor, another
blank, then the note lines...
Compile date August 29, 1991
Publisher field increased by 70 characters. Now two lines,
you'll need to run BIBLUP.EXE to convert any existing BIBL
database you may have to the new format.
*BUG FIX*
Discovered that SUBJECT bibliographies weren't writing
to disk unless BRIEF format was chosen. Fixed it...believe
this error crept in with release 5.31.
Some utility programs have had to be changed to work with the
new structure:
BIBL5RX is now BRX.EXE Conversion utility: BIBLUP.EXE
BIBL5IN is now B540IN.EXE
Older BIX files will work with 5.40, but you won't get
the 2nd line of the publisher.
5.40A Test version. Limited release. Turned out to have a minor quirk in
WP style output when 2nd publisher field existed.
-- new database structure introduced. Additional publ field --
5.34E A bit more work to better support monochrome users. Now using
/m switch extends BIBL's mono support to menus and a few other
areas.
5.34D Reworked menus giving much 'cleaner' looking screens for monochrome
operation. A few other minor cosmetic changes made across the program.
5.34C Indexing progress graph moved and expanded. Now it's a bit
smarter. If you have fewer than 50 records, each block
represents a record, over 50, each block is 2% of the file
indexed. Indexing now runs about 10% faster due to other
tweaks.
Fixed minor problem with global change function. If you made
a change that resulted in a cascade of changes (that is, your
intended edit actually set off an endless loop of character
substitutions), BIBL would fill the screen with the garbage.
Now it's chopped off at 70 characters and doesn't trash the
screen.
5.34B Ability to stop during a global change session added. The .BIX
extension introduced to help identify labelled transfer (export)
files. Several minor fixes to improve operation of the program
when running with databases on remote drives.
5.34A GLOBAL find & replace added.
5.33A ASCII Import function added in registered version.
Documentation (BIBL.DOC) reworked.
5.32b Minor problem...forgot to tell BIBL to look for BIBL.HLP, not
BIBL5.HLP when displaying information file (I on main menu).
5.32a Store files on other drives (registered version only)
Name of program reverts to BIBL.EXE
Name of help file changed to BIBL.HLP
Several other cosmetic changes.
5.31 Labelled export added to bibliography (registered version only)
Purge deleted records now occurs during Index rebuilding..no
longer need BIBL5RX for this purpose.
Transfer option added to display windows.
More error-trapping code added to help protect data.
5.30E Bug fix on file view window
5.30D Fixed bug in the delete a database function.
5.30C Fixed memory pointer problem--during testing of release
5.30, discovered that on rare occassions the system would
hang during call to external editor.
5.30B Limited release.
5.30 MULTIPLE DATABASES!
5.27 Now BIBL asks before creating new database.
5.26 SET FILE PROTECTION feature added to BIBL.
5.25 (limited distribution)
5.24 self-registering capability added to BIBL. Now you can upgrade
any subsequent release to REGISTERED if you have a registration
number.
5.23 Tab option added on WP style (registered). Improved mouse support.