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BIBL's revision history (since release 6.00)
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8.59f Fixed minor bug in the Export (User-Selects) option.
Don't know when this started (since it used to work
correctly) but when you tried to change the default
filename (USERLIST.TXT), you still got USERLIST.TXT
no matter what you typed. Problem fixed.
While we're on the subject of bugs, also repaired
the functionality of NOSORTBIX=Yes. In some cases
setting this to TRUE in a DBL file or BIBL.INI
wasn't yielding a truly unsorted file (that is,
records weren't appearing in the resulting BIX
file in _exactly_ the same order they appeared
in the database (as you see them with the
LIST (sequential view) function). Fixed.
8.59e Registered version only. You can now add the
following command to a DBL file (for a given
database) to suppress sorting the BIX file
by author/title:
NOSORTBIX=Yes
You can also add these statements to a database's
DBL file (previously they were only read from
BIBL.INI -- which meant they affected ALL
databases):
USEBOOKFIELD=
BOOKDEFAULT=
CHOPARTICLES=
JOINNOTE=
If not found in either a database's DBL file or
in BIBL.INI, the default values for these options are:
statement are:
USEBOOKFIELD=Yes
BOOKDEFAULT=Yes
CHOPARTICLES=Yes
NOSORTBIX=No
JOINNOTE=No
See Appendix F and Appendix H. of BIBL.DOC if you're unfamiliar
with the effect those statements have on BIBL's functioning.
8.59d Registered version only. Fixed minor bug in
export function listing titles sorted by
keyword. First title of first keyword in the
index was not being written to the export
file.
8.59c BIBL now suppresses filing by initial articles
(a, an, the, el, la or le) in the title index.
The result is that an export file sorted by
title will now be in better order--you won't
have a bunch of titles beginning with 'The ...'
filed with the T's.
[Registered version only: you can turn off this
suppression of initial articles by adding the
line CHOPARTICLES=No in your BIBL.INI file.
If you later put the CHOPARTICLES=No
line in your BIBL.INI file, you'll need to
again rebuild indexes for all databases
(so BIBL can once again file the initial
articles).
Note that you will have to rebuild the index
for any files you had in existence before you
loaded this release--the title index needs to
be redone to pick up the change.
How does it work?
If the title begins with A, AN, THE, EL, LA, LE,
and a space follows the article (e.g., The_Hidden
where the _ represents a space -or- Les_Miserables),
then BIBL files the title in the index based
on the 15 characters that follow the space.
When you do a TITLE search, if your query begins
with one of the above articles, it is deleted.
What happened to LES? Well, we were all set to
include that as well but found a book with a title
that began, LES BROWN'S GUIDE TO ... At that, we
realized the peril in automatically chopping of
LES...
This stripping of initial articles affects only
the title index (and two on-the-fly indexes
created during certain reports--author/title
and title/author).
Fixed problem with edit function -- if you used
the undocumented right mouse button (instead
of pressing ESC when done with edits). BIBL
kinda hosed the screen display...now pressing
right mouse button works just like pressing
ESCAPE (to signal you're done with editing).
Expanded size of mouse-state buffer. The
Microsoft mouse driver (9.01) requires more
than 1024 bytes to store the state of the
mouse. We've increased the mouse buffer size
to 2048 bytes.
8.590 Added a new option on the add screen--when you
first press ESCAPE (to signal that you're done
editing the new record), you now receive a
new menu option - Resume editing this record.
This lets you go back to the record you've just
been working on to make additional changes
or additions.
Previously your choices were to file the new
record or abandon it--if you spotted a mistake
after pressing ESCAPE there was no way to fix
it (actually you could save it, then go to LIST
on the main menu and edit it when it displayed
but that was a bit cumbersome, right?).
Same behavior on the EDIT screen--you now have
the option of resuming editing after you've
pressed ESCAPE when record (not memo field)
is displayed.
Shaved a few more bytes off the BIBL.EXE file.
8.58c Fixed minor bug--if editing records that didn't have
a value in the BOOK? field (that is, records created
with a release earlier than 8.58), you could not
complete editing without overwriting the '@' that
appeared in the Book? field with an N or Y. Now
BIBL replaces empty BOOK? fields with a Y or an
N, based on the value of BOOKDEFAULT= in your
BIBL.INI file. If no BOOKDEFAULT= statement is
found in your BIBL.INI file (or you're using the
SHAREWARE version, the default is a Y).
Registered users can now place a USEBOOKFIELD=N
statement in BIBL.INI to turn off display of
the Book? field when adding/editing. If you
don't anticipate ever using the italic codes
in printouts, just add that statement and you
won't have to see the Book? field any more...
If the USEBOOKFIELD= statement is missing
from BIBL.INI (or set to USEBOOKFIELD=Y) then
the Book? field will display during add/edit.
You can set USEBOOKFIELD via the BIBLTOOL utility
(option 2 - configure BIBL.INI file).
Added functionality of BIBLUP (pre 8.x database
conversion utility to BIBLTOOL. BIBLUP.EXE is
still included on the distribution diskette but
will soon be eliminated (once we exhaust our
supply of already printed registration letters).
8.58b Registered version only:
Added support for BOOKDEFAULT= statement in BIBL.INI
If you put BOOKDEFAULT=Y in BIBL.INI then new empty
records will show a default Y in the BOOK: field.
Put BOOKDEFAULT=N to set the book field to N in
new records.
Changed label for Book? field in BIX files from
TG: (for tag) to BK: (for book?). BIBL will still
support the existence of the TG: field when importing.
8.58 Improved processing for Italic codes...by adding a
new field to BIBL records (no need to rebuild existing
databases, the single character field was there all
along--just unused (book.flag1).
The New field is 'Book?'
Put a N (for No) in this field if the item isn't
a book and BIBL will suppress the insertion of ITALIC
tags (~ON~ and ~OFF~) when you ask to add codes
to a bibliography. You'd put a N in things like
journal articles, newspaper articles, and so on.
Unfortunately, BIBL isn't able to figure out where
to put the codes in those items since the PUBL
field is free-form and who knows how you're doing
your data entry...
In BIX files, the value of the Book? field is
represented by the TG: label (TG being a mnemonic
for TAGS).
Appendix H of BIBL.DOC covers the italic tags.
Changed the look of the User-Selects export
function (Option H) slightly. Now gives a bit more
information to the user.
8.57 Added ITALIC/UNDERLINE code capability to bibliography
generation and User-Selects (Under Export, option H).
Bibliography Generation:
If you select WP format, you'll be asked if you
want to add title formatting codes to
the output file. Answer Yes and BIBL will add
~ON~ before each title and ~OFF~ after it. When you
load the file into your word processor, you change
the ~ON~ text string to whatever turns italicizing/
underlining on in your word processor...and replace
~OFF~ with whatever code turns it off. We include
a WordPerfect 6.0 (DOS) macro (BIBLCODE.WPM) to
perform the code conversion automatically for you
(assuming you're using that software).
Note that this works great for books, but it will
be wrong for any entries from magazine or journal
articles--since the journal title not the article
title should be italicized/underlined. You'll have
to decide on a case by case basis if it's worth having
BIBL add the codes. If your output is more than 50%
book titles, it should prove useful.
User-Selects Export (Option H)
Select format code F to add the codes described above
to titles. Format F is identical to format C with
the codes around the title(s) added.
Registered version adds support for changing the
~ON~ and ~OFF~ tag text if desired. Just add
ITALICSON= and ITALICSOFF= statements in your
BIBL.INI file. The text you substitute for each
tag may be up to 12 characters in length. Only
alphanumeric characters (e.g., not control codes)
may be entered.
Also cleaned up a few mouse cursor problems in the
export menu section of BIBL...
8.56 Changed SHELL TO DOS...now BIBL does not swap
out to disk but does display an "Enter EXIT to
return to BIBL" message at each DOS prompt.
This should help those users who accidentally
activate another copy of the program while shelled
out to DOS. This behavior (not swapping to disk
or EMS) also simplifies operation under Windows.
Link option no longer highlighted on status bar
if record displaying doesn't have a file/image
linked to it. Previously, the LINK option was
active but pressing it had no effect...now it
isn't available to press unless the record has
a linked item.
A 'One moment...' message has been added on the
status bar (last line on screen) when shelling
out to DOS or an external editor/viewer.
8.55b Fixed comma-delimited export. Was putting a
line of garbage after the final field in each
record.
Added new function to BIBLTOOL - now you can
create a BIX file from a comma-delimited file.
We wrote the code to help recover a few databases
that died when our server experienced a head crash.
With this function you can take a comma-delimited
file that BIBL creates and render a BIX file
from it. You can use any comma-delimited file as
long as it is in the form that BIBL creates when
the JOINNOTE=No setting is in your BIBL.INI file.
8.55 Date-Based BIX export improved. You can now
specify a range (beginning date thru ending
date) for extraction. All records with a date
value matching your start date or later, but
earlier or matching your ending date will
be included.
8.54 You can now import BIX files (via maintenance) from
from any directory on your drive. BIBL now lets
you move between directories during the file
selection portion of the ASCII IMPORT function.
8.53 User can halt a non-indexed search and display results thus far
8.52 BIBLTOOL utility added for registered version.
8.51 Date-based extraction (under Export) added.
8.50 BIBLIOGRAPHY function now part of search function.
Shareware version adds WP format for indexed bibiographies
8.49b JOINNOTE= line added to BIBL.INI (governs handling
of note field during comma-delimited export).
8.49a Screen bug on reindexing fixed. Added CLOSING FILES message.
8.48b Install External Editor function improved.
8.48 Delete BIX, Savefile & Database option added.
8.47a Duplicate detection improved.
8.46c BIBL2DB utility added.
8.46b Fixed problem with run-on lines in the note field.
8.46a Columnar output improved--variable column width.
8.45a MakeINI.EXE utility added. Backup function improved.
8.44b Minor changes.
8.44a Memory required reduced 2K
8.44a Restored Boyer-Moore algorithm for full record search.
8.43a Linked file support improved. Duplicate detection added.
8.42a Shaved 500 bytes off BIBL.EXE.
8.41b If no matches in bibliography, new database deleted.
8.40b Progress graph added for "User Selects" output
8.40 Columnar output added to "User Selects" export option.
8.34a Fixed problem with TRANSFER.BIX record.
8.33d Duplicate records now filtered from display.
8.33c Ability to configure HEAP usage with INI statements.
8.33b BOOLEAN search improved.
8.33a Expanded EMS support (up to 1.7 Mb)
8.32d Minor tweak.
8.32c More .INI file statements added.
8.32b Minor tweak.
8.32a Fixed problem with note field.
8.31b View INI file from Main Menu viewer.
8.31 Shaved 30K off memory required for BIBL, many new
INI statements added for registered version,
Title list by keyword added (registered version)
8.21 Minor fixes (maintenance release).
8.20 Added ability to delete a BIX file from within BIBL.
8.11 Fixed problem with ignore case on global find/replace.
8.10 Fixed problem with LABELLED format under BIBLIOGRAPHY.
8.01 Primarily a maintenance release.
8.00a New database structure introduced. Link files &
images to records. Mouse support added to note
editor. New internal file viewer added.
--------------------------------------------- NEW RECORD FORMAT
7.80a Added a text-editor for editing note field.
7.71a Bug fix. Transfer under LIST option was not moving location.
7.70c Match array increased to 1000 records (from 750).
7.70b Fixed minor problem with whole word searching.
7.70a Support for Windows 3.1 clipboard added.
7.63b Added an error message when external programs fail to load.
7.63a Added ability to CLONE data during data entry.
7.62b Improved speed of the "show close matches" function.
7.62a Changed the format of keywords list under export.
7.61 User-Select option further improved.
7.60a Only fields with text stored are now displayed.
7.51b Global find/replace now offers an AUTOMATIC switch.
7.51a Changed the way BIBL handles indexed-field searches.
7.50c Minor tweaks.
7.50b Fix (Registered version only) for boolean search to disk
7.50a Major reworking of PUBLISHER, LOCATION, FULL and BOOLEAN search.
7.42a Changed output under delimited export. Note field now 10 lines.
7.41b Check RAM availability at startup
7.40 Value field added.
7.30 Minor update.
7.20 New reindexing algorithm implemented.
7.10 Registered version. Added ability to redefine all field labels.
7.01 Minor fix to User-Selects option on export.
7.00e More work on mouse problems.
7.00d Better support for mono users.
7.00c Mouse support improved.
7.00b Minor fix to clear up a problem with the data entry screen.
7.00a Fairly major rewrite. Database structure changed. Note
field size increased to 700 characters; data entry
screen now mouseable. BRX updated to reflect new
structure of database.
--------------------------------------------------------NEW RECORD FORMAT
6.51a Now will IGNORE CASE during global find & replace.
6.50b Recompile after upgrading to Object Professional 1.14
6.50a Auto index update during global change. 9th descriptor added
Backup improved--allows copy of archive to diskette.
6.41a Updates index automatically during BIX file import.
6.40a Full record searching on bibliographies (registered ver only)
6.30e Specify database on command line.
6.30d Fixed minor display quirk.
6.30b File viewer safety feature added. No longer bombs
if file-to-view is larger than available memory.
6.30a Search progress graph added. Better MONOCHROME support.
6.20a Two new export options added.
6.11a Minor modifications.
6.10a Convert SHAREWARE no longer appears on menu of REGISTERED VERSIONS