VB AHA!!! History Version Description ------- ----------- 1.40 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Added: Option that allows you to include RTF codes in your topic text and a tutorial that gives you some useful examples. See the tutorial about RTF codes for further information (and as an example of what you can do by adding RTF codes in your topic text). You can find this option in the "General Options" window. Fixed: setting the width to 0 in Window Attributes now correctly causes the window to not have a hard coded size/position. Fixed: Build Tags now work correctly. Changed: I just can't seem to leave the help compiler alone . I've added another option to General Options that allows you to browse for your help compiler. This way you can keep it anywhere and it doesn't have to be named "hcp" (it can also be a Windows app, such as the help compiler for Windows 95). Changed: "B" buttons to "..." and moved them to the right side of of their text boxes. This is to give a somewhat more standard look. Changed: all windows now have the standard VB AHA!!! icon. Changed: selecting Help|Tutorials now takes you to the topic that lists the 3 tutorials instead of directly to the tutorial on creating help files. ------- ----------- 1.38 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Fixed: GPF that occured on a few .aha files while opening them. I'd like to thank everyone who sent me their files. I was finally able to pinpoint the problem and fix it because of these files. The GPF happened on the same variable in each, which helped me figure out that variable was not aligned in memory correctly (crossing a 64k segment boundary). Changed: due to popular demand (and confusion ) of registered users it is no longer necessary to edit HC.PIF to get the registered version to compile your help files. See step 23 of the tutorial about creating help files for more information on this. ------- ----------- 1.37 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Added: You may now mark multiple topics in the "Topics List" window for deletion. If you have more than one topic selected all of them will be deleted when you press the "Delete" button. View and Edit will only work on the last topic you selected in the list. Added: 2 new options under "Options|General...". Confirm Topic Deletes, asks for confirmation before deleting topics from the "Topics List". Confirm Field Deletes, asks for confirmation before deleting a field from a "Topic:..." window. Fixed: while deleting topics it was possible to accidentally delete the wrong topic. If you did the following fast enough: click on a topic name in the "Topics List", type Alt+D, then click in the same spot. It would register as a double click (even though the second click was on a different topic name). This would cause a dotted box to be placed around the wrong topic (no topic was actually selected though). Then when you press Alt+D the wrong topic would be deleted (although the topic's name would remain in the list its contents would be deleted, when you save the topic name would be removed as well). Fixed: "File|Text|Pascal" didn't add a semi-colon to the end of each constant declaration. ------- ----------- 1.36 Update: The problem with the keywords running together is now fixed. It would happen when you loaded your .AHA file by using file association (running it from File Manager, etc...). ------- ----------- 1.36 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Added: a quick and rough tutorial about manually setting browse sequences. It just explains how to format them and what they mean. Fixed: you couldn't assign a macro to a Global Text Link. Fixed: (maybe) some people encountered a problem that caused a topics keywords to all be put on one line (ie. "Keyword 1Keyword 2..."). I don't know for sure if it's fixed now since I've never been able to reproduce this problem, but I've changed the only line of code that "might" have been causing it. If you still get this problem let me know. Changed: you may only run one instance of VB AHA!!! at a time. If you really need to run more than one then add this line to the "[General]" section of your VBAHA.INI file: MultipleOK=1 ------- ----------- 1.35 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Fixed: foreign and special characters (ASCII > 127) were being incorrectly converted during the build to other characters (in the .HPJ file). I'm now using Microsofts AnsiToOem function (which still doesn't convert all characters correctly, but at least you should be able to use foreign characters in the "Help Project Setup" window now). ------- ----------- 1.34 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Fixed: some font information would (in rare circumstances) be written incorrectly to the .RTF file which would cause it to fail to compile. Fixed: tabs in text/combo fields weren't consistent between the design environment and the compiled help file. ------- ----------- 1.33 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Added: click the right mouse button on "New" in the "Topics List" window to create a duplicate of the selected topic. Fixed: the field menus "View Linked Topic" wouldn't work correctly if the link was to a secondary window. Fixed: you may now define the "Window Attributes" for the "Main" window without hard coding its coordinates. Set the height and width of the window to 0. Fixed: the hourglass wouldn't go away if you tried to create too many fields. Fixed: when setting "Window Attributes" with an open topic, if you selected the field menus "Setup" menu item VB AHA!!! would lose track of which topic it was editing. Fixed: if you try to overwrite a file with "File|Text|..." you will be given a warning first. Fixed: keywords that started with "K" would have the "K" removed in the help file. ------- ----------- 1.32 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Fixed: Can now load .aha files from any shareware version, v1.31 couldn't load v1.24 files. Fixed: All the same fixes as were in v1.24. Changed: "Options|Build..." "General|Use Default Colors" now also causes VB AHA!!! to not hard code a text color so the text in your help file will be displayed with the users default color settings. ------- ----------- 1.31 ***REGISTERED VERSION ONLY*** Added: Full macro support. It's still crude (you must type them in) and you will need a reference that covers the winhelp macros. I will GREATLY improve on this after I finish the RTF importing. NOTE: among other things you can use macros to play MIDI and AVI files from your help file (and others I'm sure). Added: Your "Build Options" are now also saved in each .AHA file so you wont have to worry about what options you had selected for that project, they will be automatically reset. Added: More predrawn "bullets" for use in combo fields. Added: New field menu item "Load Text". It will allow you to read a text file into a field with the option of reformatting it for a help file (no returns in the middle of a paragraph etc...). Added: Improved keyboard support while editing a topic (using the arrow keys to move between fields, Page Up and Page Down and others). Added: Shift + Right click on a field brings up Setup window. Added: Build option to use the default Windows Popup/Jump colors for all links (Popup/JumpTo fields and Global Text Links). ------- ----------- 1.25 ***Shareware version*** Added: the latest versions of all the documentation. This includes my new mailing address and information on the new features in the registered version. Changed: a couple other minor "appearance" changes. ------- ----------- 1.24 ***Shareware version*** Fixed: cursor would move out of view if there was more than one screen of info in a topic so you couldn't see what you were typing. Fixed: Layout window's contents will be resized correctly when the window is maximized. Fixed: If you had a font with a name that contained a special character (ASCII > 127) on your system, then your .RTF files wouldn't compile. Fixed: "Out of String Space" error would be generated during the writing of the RTF file if you had about 20k or more of text in a single field. ------- ----------- 1.23 ***Shareware version*** Fixed: File|Save As... now places the filename into the file history list like File|Open... does. Fixed: problem loading some .TPC files that were saved with a version prior to 1.20. Fixed: a couple of minor code optimizations/fixes. Changed: some new info in README.TXT and the online help, including among others, how to register with a credit card. Changed: I'm not giving any special pricing deals other than site licensing anymore. They're not worth the hassle to me and they're not fair to credit card customers as they can't get them. ------- ----------- ***LAST SHAREWARE VERSION FEATURE UPGRADE*** All shareware versions released after 1.22 will only have bug fixes. ------- ----------- 1.22 Added: Export Pascal header (constants) files. Added: You may now select a filename for your exported header files (Visual Basic, C/C++, Pascal). Added: A border is now drawn around the currently selected field. Added: .AHA files may now be assoctiated with VB AHA!!! from the File Manager. Added: Field Type display in the Topic window, that says what type the currently selected field is. Added: A "Most Recent Files" section to the File menu. VB AHA!!! now keeps a list of the last four projects for easy loading. Added: A "Most Recent Files" section to the Build menu. VB AHA!!! now keeps a list of the last four help files you've compiled so you can easily test them. Added: Option to disable the 3D effects used in all the windows throughout VB AHA!!!. Fixed: "Graphics Directory" in the "Help Project Setup" window now works correctly. Fixed: Layout window doesn't reflect changes made in open topic windows. Now all topics will be closed before the layout is constructed. Fixed: Build support files didn't reflect changes made in open topic windows. Now all topics are closed before the support files are written. Fixed: Problem with certain windows switching focus to other windows/applications has been ELIMINATED (I hope ;-). Fixed: Fields will now resize when the Topic window is maximized. Fixed: Only one reference to a bitmap will be placed in the .hpj file (used to put one reference per occurence in your project). Fixed: No browse sequences will be generated when the Build option "Default Layout" is unselected (used to still write a browse sequence to a topic that didn't have one). Fixed: Large projects now load MUCH faster. Fixed: Special characters (ASCII > 127) would generate a space after them in the RTF file. Fixed: Special characters can now be used in global text links. Fixed: VB AHA!!! only generates a "dummy" secondary window when you don't define any secondary windows since there is a limit of 6 secondary windows in a .hlp file. Fixed: All non-Topic windows (except the main window) would disappear when the main window was resized. Fixed: Pictures may now be placed in the non-scrolling region of a topic. Fixed: Other bugs that I lost track of. Changed: Will now stay minimized during the entire Build process if you have selected the "Min. During Build" option (used to only stay minimized while the support files were being generated). Changed: Decreased size of .AHA files. Estimated savings of 12%. ------- ----------- 1.21 Added: Ability to Jump To a topic in another help file. Added: New link type - Sound. You may now play .WAV files from your help file. Added: Secondary window support. Your help file may have two windows open at a time. Added: Many window formatting options (background color for normal and non-scrolling regions, window dimensions and whether the window will float above all others. Fixed: Correctly Open/Save Visual Basic forms HelpContextId's. It would skip the controls after the first one that didn't have a HelpContextID (as defined in Visual Basic Options). Fixed: Would switch link types for graphics when you viewed a topic. Fixed: Global Text Links that link with text with a return or tab after the it will now link correctly. Fixed: Topic window will now follow your typing and when you first create a field it's text will be selected. ------- ----------- 1.20 Added: New field type - Combo. You may have graphics and text on the same line. Many formatting options. Added: New field type - Non-Scrolling region. All fields above this one in a topic won't scroll in your help file. Added: You may now set the default bitmap to be used in a graphic field. Fixed: Global Topic Rename didn't quite work right. It would lose your topic. Changed: .BMP links may now be either JumpTo or Popup instead of just JumpTo. Changed: There is no longer a different setup menu item for the different types of fields. The new menu item is just called Setup. Changed: Topic limit - you can now have at least 3000 topics. I don't know the exact limit because I got tired of adding new topics. The only real limitation on the number on topics you may have is that of a listbox (64k for topic names and 5440 items or less) and the amount of memory your computer has. ------- ----------- 1.14 Fixed: Mistakenly thought all VB .FRM's were in binary format when you tried to save to them. Fixed: When you cut and then paste a field the link will be retained if it has one. ------- ----------- 1.13 Added: Cut, Copy and Paste to the Field menu. These work on the whole field (text or graphics) not just the text in the field. All of the formatting, text, graphic info is retained. Added: Delete menu item to the Field menu (shown when you right click on a field). Fixed: Should always be able to tell if a Visual Basic .FRM is saved in binary or text format and refuse to load/save it if it's not in text format. Fixed: Field formatting numbers with a decimal place are now handled correctly in all countries. Changed: Moved the stats in the info window to the About VB AHA!!!... window. ------- ----------- 1.12 Added: Option to backup your VB .FRM's before saving the HelpContextID info to them. Added: Option to not show a new topic when you create it. Added: Information window - displays # of topics, free mem and % of resources remaining. Fixed: VB AHA!!! would crash when you created the 75th topic. Now it will handle 992 topics. ------- ----------- 1.11 Added: Global Topic Rename - all links to the old topic name will automatically be relinked to the new topic name. Fixed: Something will alway be shown in a graphic field. Before if it couldn't find the picture it might not show anything. Fixed: You may now use "\", "{" and "}" in your topics without wreaking havoc on your help file. Topic Titles and Keywords may now contain any characters. Fixed: You can't create 2 topics with the same name anymore, a number will be appended to the end of the second topic name. ----- --------- 1.1 Added: Generic Topics and Template support. Save a topic to a seperate .tpc file and load that topic into any .AHA help project. Added: Global Text Links may now be case sensitive. Fixed: Failed to save some projects correctly, caused an error when saving and loading. Fixed: Text links(Jump To and Popup) may now be any color that you choose, you can even have each one a different color if you want to, instead of just the default color. Fixed: If you don't enter a filename extension in the file dialogs the correct default extension will always be used. ----- --------- 1.02 Added cmdialog.vbx, it was left out in the first 2 releases, really swift. ----- --------- 1.01 Fixed some documentation errors/omissions. ----- --------- 1.0 Initial release