旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 낢굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇 The History of DOSSBOSS 굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇굇교 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� DOSSBOSS was written in assembler and assembled using the rather impressive shareware assembler, A86 V3.22 & debugger, D86 V3.22 (both copyrighted 1986-90 by Eric Isaacson). Thanks to Eric for a great development tool! July 1994 - Beta Releases v1.0 and v1.01 and v1.1 of DOSSBOSS (distributed to a few individuals who helped me work out some bugs. Thx!) August 12, 1994 - First General Release = v1.2 Sept.1-10, 1994 - Release of version 2.0 Dec.6, 1994 - Release of version 2.5 January 1995 - Totally reworked interface to make it more standardized, and user-friendly. Generally whipped the whole product into Shape! February 1995 - Released version 3.0 April 1995 - Released version 3.1 (100% mouse compatibility finally!) August 1995 - Released version 4.0 Details of Changes (by version number) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 New in version 4.0 * changed install procedure (see file SETUP.TXT) * Now the key (instead of ) will move you to the parent directory when you are in the file window. * The jump and swap commands now work with the target directory as well as with the bookmarks. * you can now provide your own 'pause' routine. * new version of BOSSVIEW (allows help file to be viewed in multi-color and has added commands for printing and jumping quickly from table of contents to appropriate document sections). * new version of BOSSKEY which can now be used to clear the keyboard buffer, as well as stuff it. * you can now specify whether or not the screen is cleared before a tool runs. * rearranged tool-edit-screen command menu & some of its hotkeys. * can now call SYS_ALLDIRSx tools more than once from a tool. See manual for details on how this should be done. * DOSSBOSS now checks to ensure tool names don't include invalid characters. * DBFIX.EXE file added. New in version 3.1 * finally all screens in DOSSBOSS are 100% mouse compatible! * can now switch directories from the file window as well as the directory window. * new secondary line type for automatically jumping to end of tool after execution of a command * variable %i now can be up to 65 characters long. Also, when choosing what to over-ride %i with, more choice is now available. * added fast-find command for pages, and changed key stroke sequence for fast-find on tool list. * mouse usage changed, so that the mouse buttons can be used in a greater variety of ways (especially over the file window). New in version 3.0 * totally redesigned user interface, which has a more standardized approach to keyboard usage, is generally much easier to use, and looks better. Some of the more major changes include: shadowed windows on the main screen, switch from pull-down menus to one-key-stroke command menus, more standardized way of tagging/untagging files, more on-screen messages and improved on-line help facilities. Many other miscellaneous improvements which make it more pleasant to use. * improved support for monochrome monitors of the grey-scale variety. * improved mouse support! * Now there are 6 bookmarks which can be used (not just one). They can be viewed, set and jumped to (& they now also work across drives). You can also quickly copy/move files to the bookmark directories. * when sorting files by date or size, you can now choose between ascending or descending order. * added fast find command on tool list display. * frequently used DOS commands will now stay on the DOSSBOSS stack longer. * changed format of To-Do-List file, so that you can now print off your To-Do-List (tool is supplied to do the printing). * files pointed to by variables %1 & %2 can now be quickly jumped to in the file window. * changed way in which to over-ride tool input (%i) when tool launched. * remove ability to have personalized title below menu. This line is now used by DOSSBOSS to tell you when it is 'Busy Working...' * DOSSBOSS can now adjust the keyboard delay & repeat rate values for you (to make them a bit faster if desired). * allow delete of (or emptying of) non-empty directories * added command to FULLY expand all lower level branches of a directory * added ability to copy a partial directory tree (with OR without its files) into another directory. * enhanced tagging commands include ability to toggle all tags, or to tag all files having an extension similar to the currently selected file. * add ability to change attributes of a directory (eg. to hide directories) * Bug fixed - tool list was not displaying names correctly if the tool file was greater than 64K. * Bug fixed - collapsing root directory of LARGE directory tree could have caused the system to hang or act funny under a set of limited circumstances. * Bug fixed - only 256 tagged files were being processed at a time (when more then 256 files tagged). New in version 2.5 * New viewing utility: BOSSVIEW.EXE * If expanding directory near bottom of directory window, the directory window contents will now shift up if necessary to display the results of the expansion. * Allow delete and move of read-only files now (after warning the user). * Allow user to directly turn off repeating reminders when they popup. * Now allow user to switch any of a file's (or multiple files) attributes on or off (not just the read only attribute). * Allow copy/move of file(s) to be done to target directory (%t). * Added ability to import small batch files into tools. * Added command to edit the file Association Tool. New in version 2.2 * Upgrading was a problem because system tools were not being replaced. DOSSBOSS is now able to detect old tool files and update the system tools in them. * Bug fixed - Moving or copying a file onto itself was not being prevented in the root directory of a drive. Sorry about that one!