TY.EXE History file  


**********    March 2, 1994 v3.1
     
     One little bug, if someone typed /g with /t it would go into graphics
      mode 80x50, and then after counting, it would display and go back to
      80x25 mode without you having a chance to read the results. We just
      made if /t to default to 80x25 since there isn't a need to go into
      that mode for two lines of information.


**********    Febuary 22, 1994 v3.0

     Ok no bugs found so nothing fixed, but I (stuart) added a graphics
      mode for 80x50. This is for those that don't want to be limited to
      the normal screen. Now you can see 50 lines at once.

     Also I have had 3 people ask if we could add ANSI music as part of
      this program. At this point we are looking into how we can add this
      into the program. It looks as though we will have to do a complete
      re-write of the source code from what we have now, but it looks very
      possible. Version 4.0 should have the ANSI music added to the program.


**********    January 24, 1994 v2.3
     
     Once again we found that this program wasn't finished yet.. Sorry!!!

     When reading a ANSI file it didn't stop every 24 lines. FIXED

     When someone pressed a arrow or function key the text file would 
      scroll two pages instead of one. FIXED

     Had to re-define the array that kept track of each line, so to accept
      up to 255 charaters.

     Changed the order of the HISTORY.TXT file so you didn't have to goto 
      the end of the file to see if we fixed your bug..


**********    January 24, 1994 v2.2
 
     Ok, so we thought we were done with this program! hahahahahahaha RIGHT!

     Fixed a problem that some graphic cards handle text modes differently
      than others, therefore causing a black screen after the first page.
      FIXED

     We found that some .DOC or .TXT or whatever sometimes have form feeds
      in the file for printing. TY now counts them instead of the lines 
      when you use the /d or /t switches (if present of course).

     Changed the code for faster access on slower machines (i.e. 286 or
      worse) (no offence) (even if intented).


**********    January 17, 1994 v2.1

     After we released v2.0 I (Stuart) noticed that we forgot to change
the /d to show total number of pages that would be printed if the user
used the PRINT.EXE command. So I fixed that...

     /t added to show the total number of lines and total number of pages
         if printed with the PRINT.EXE command in DOS. Except that this
         does not show the file to the screen, it just counts and then 
         displays the number for the user. After all if I have to change
         something in the file that should have been done the in v2.0 I
         might as well change a few other thing.

     HELP screen made to be easier to read.

     Found That ANSI graphic files won't work, due to the damn ANSI coding
      it counted to many lines, without any lines ending... So what you
      can't understand what I am typing and I don't care.. IT IS FIXED!!!

lets hope that no other "Undocumented Features" show up for a while so we
can get started on our next project.


**********    January 11, 1994 v2.0

     TY.EXE revised, after I (Stuart) started using the TY program that
steve gave me I talked him into doing some changes and releasing it as
SHAREWARE to everyone! (and there was much re-joycing).

     -d changed to /d and was changed to show approximate number of pages
        if the user used the PRINT.EXE that comes with DOS.

     /? Help page to show all command line switchs. Or if something was
        typed in wrong this page is also shown.

     /i General information about the program and the group Steve and I
        desided to make. (the beginning of a new Demo Group!).

     changed the way the program exited to dos. Making ESC, X or Control C
     exit to dos, making it more user friendly.



**********    June 12, 1993 v1.0

     Not released to the public, this was Steve's program at this time. He
made it to just be a basic TYPE replacment.

     -d Used to count the total number of lines while reading the text file.


Stuart Thorpe (Monty)