Point & Shoot Revision History (now named MenuDIRECT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 1.1 (10/87) ---------------------- Completely rewrote program in Turbo Pascal 4.0 (made 1 .EXE) Added Check Snow parameter in program Setup Added ORIG: and TARG: display on graphic tree Added [right-arrow] to File Block command to move directly to Tree Added [ctrl-PgDn] command to quickly tag groups of files in File Block Fixed bug in File Block Move when duplicates were encountered Added } symbol to force prompting for parameters in menu entry definitions Fixed Goto floppy drive bug (cannot allow but old versions tried anyway) Added File Xecute command to run small programs Changed Newdate command to Newfile. Date changes are now in Attributes Added standard and double column laser text file print to File commands Included screen blanking programs with Point & Shoot package Version 1.2 (12/87) ----------------------- Added Alt-D command for DOS access Fixed background color bug for some color monitors Removed Check Snow parameter function in program setup (now automatic) Added automatic drive scan for systems with more than one fixed disk drive Fixed bug in menu setup (was incorrectly adding extra duplicate commands) Added % completion status to File View command Changed format of color selection in Setup to show colors Changed Origin directory setting so that [Cr] always rereads files Fixed Target Space available display in File commands to show new target space before copy operations begin. Previously, if you switched disks in the target drive, the space available shown was incorrect. Added a comprehensive text file editor called "PASE.EXE". This editor uses WordStar type commands and can handle files up to 64K. The new text editor will automatically run from Point & Shoot and can also be used as a stand- alone text editor. The documentation for this editor is contained in a separate file called "PASEDOC.TXT" contained on the distribution disk. Added a backup parameter to the Setup screen to designate whether the text editor should make backups (.BAK's). Version 1.3 (5/88) ---------------------- Rewrote user interface and added comprehensive error checking procedures Added mouse support to the program Added external interface to Point & Shoot Backup/Restore program Changed Newfile command to Newcopy which will copy newest files only Added time display to file list (date sort now sorts on date and time) Revised program setup to allow setting of background colors Printed (complete) documentation is now available to all registered users Program defaults are now stored directly in program .EXE file Added Diskformat command to format floppy disks Moved all menu management commands to a separate menu Added sort order status display to file display screen Added "/M" parameter to force correct display on some incompatible machines Version 2.0 (1/89) ---------------------- Added TREE UNDELETE command to recover deleted files & directories Moved FILE OPTIONS to SETUP and removed Duplicate file check (now always on) Changed drive selection in SETUP to designate each drive used instead of the last drive used and modified program so it may be run on any hard drive (previously had to be lowest lettered hard drive) Added USAGE command which incorporates a comprehensive set of Usage Log and Protection features to the Point & Shoot Program. The addition of the password protection mechanism has changed the format of the user-defined menu file. Users of versions prior to version 2.0 MUST use the menu function UPGRADE found in the Menu Commands. Added memory statistics and other information to the Alt-S statistics screen Included the text file editor directly into the program for quicker access. Text editor now also automatically uses the memory that is available to allow more flexibility on systems with limited memory (max still 64K). Editor has additional command to examine the current amount of editing memory available. Added option in SETUP to allow user to specify the text editor to use if they wish to use an editor other than the built-in P&S editor. F4 New File command in editor now prompts for a new file name. Redesigned the Alt-D drop to DOS command to free as much memory as possible before attempting to execute a DOS command to allow larger programs/commands to be executed from this part of the program Enhanced the printed documentation available to registered users. Now includes user guide and reference sections. Changed FILE ATTRIBUTE command to FILE ATTR to allow more space for commands on FILE menu Enhanced the FILE VIEW command to read large files quicker and to support correct on-screen spacing of tabs in text files Added TREE A&B command to show directories on floppy disks Added marker in file list to indicate other than standard file attribute Added option to FILE GLOBAL command to gather all files on hard disk(s) in one sorted/filtered list then copy or delete individual files Added file delete confirmation to original FILE GLOBAL command Improved the DISKFORMAT command to correct problems with some computers Added FILE WINDOW command to show dual file list (origin and target files) Added Alt-L pop-up calendar command to show on-screen perpetual calendar Added [Esc] feature to FILE BLOCK commands to interrupt long activities Added ******** mask to hidden subdirectories. If protection is on, then users cannot make a hidden subdirectory the Origin or Target. Users can also be restricted to a single subdirectory in Tree & File operations. Added inverse date (newest first) sort order option in File commands. Sort may now be aborted with [Esc] if the file sorting process is too long. Added FILE LOCATE command to find files with embedded text strings Added INDEX database to keep track of files (or anything else) Changed FILE NEWCOPY command to FILE NEWER Added additional error checking to TREE COLLECT to ensure that the program does not halt if too many diretories are found to display on the screen. The limit is now 255 total directories on the tree. If more, the program will show as many as it can, where previously too many directories would halt the program. Revisions A-D: Minor bug fixes. Revision E: Added top line text selection in SETUP Revision F: Added EMS Use and Quit Prompt options to SETUP Revision G: Added mouse cursor color selection to SETUP Revision H: Added Ctrl-key selection of user-defined menus (first cap letter) Revision I: Revised the DISKFORMAT command to allow up to 4 floppy drives. SETUP includes a list of floppy drive numbers that must be filled in to select the correct floppy drive during format. External floppy drives are often numbers 2 or 3. Revision J: Modified the Ctrl-key selection of user-defined menus to avoid conflicts with certain keystrokes like Ctrl-M = [Cr], Ctrl-I = [Tab], Ctrl-H = [BackSpace], Ctrl-V = [Insert], etc.. In addition, while the program previously used the first letter of the user-defined menu item as the Ctrl-key trigger, now the first UPPERCASE letter is used. This feature allows more flexibility in the naming of user-defined menus. Revision K: Added BOOT DRIVE to SETUP to allow for systems which boot from drives other than C and modified directory tree routines to correctly designate floppy drives on these systems. User defined submenus now highlight the first UPPERCASE letter or number. Revision L: Added a second menu choice list that appears if primary menu selections are ambiguous (have the same trigger letter). Also changed User-Id entry to show name and added shading to password entry. Revision M: Added a new report to Timelog Database: Summary by Activity which is similar to the usage summary but is sorted by Activity. Version 3.0 (6/91) ------------------ Program name changed to MenuDIRECT. Version 3.0 brings a new realm of programming style to AMST products. Differences from version 2.0 are too numerous to mention, but highlights include: o New user-interface with pull-down menus, and movable/resizable windows o Unlimited number of user-defined menus o Appointment book & todo list added to calendar o Calculator sports memory and hexadecimal mode o Optional swapping mode to run programs while only keeping 8K memory o On-line hypertext help system o Full mouse support o Project logging o Restrict user access without time logging o New file commands: Krunch, Zero Out, Retag Files o New tree commands: Edit Disk, Swap O/T, Verify Disk o Automatic menu creation for popular programs Revision B: Added compiler options for "Lite" version. Fixed 43/50 line startup mode (now has flash) Revision C: Changed registration fee to $39.95