************************************ UPDATE NOTICE - NOTEPADS+ v1.11.00 ************************************ If you wish to receive update notices on this and other software we write and market, please send an Email to jroberge@kagi.com with ADD in the subject. Upgrade to version 1.11.00 is FREE for registered users. Visit our web-site at http://gsanet.com/www/jsoft and download the lastest versions of all the software we write and market. *************************************************** IMPORTANT NOTICE - All registered users of NotePads+ *************************************************** Please follow these steps to get your new registration code so that you can continue to use the latest version of NotePads+. 1. Install NotePads+ v1.11.00. 2. If NotePads+ does not self-register then 3. If you have registered through Braintree, KAGI, Albert's Ambry or IPN then email your name, company, the approximate date you registered and who you registered through to jroberge@kagi.com. 4. We will Email you back with your NEW registration code. Thank you for choosing NotePads+. Jesse Roberge d6245@primenet.com jroberge@kagi.com http://gsanet.com/www/jsoft ===================================== Version History for NotePads+ for Win 3.x ===================================== v1.11.00 - 09/21/97 - general tune-up which fixed up numerous little bugs that somehow slipped through but you were kind enough to let me know. - as well this version is to be distributed by many different vendors so the registration system was streamlined within NotePads+. No matter whom you register NotePads+ with you are now getting the latest version. - new Explorer type interface was added to NotePads+. - new button bars are now fully user customizable. - problems with different screen resolutions were addressed. We recommend using small fonts in whatever resolution you prefer. - a few internal procedures wer rewritten to make Notepads+ run a little faster as well as keeping the footprint smaller. - printing problems (all printing was happening left-aligned regardless of the screen display) have been addressed and solved. - clicking with the mouse on centered or right-aligned text now changes the button and menu display correctly. - NotePads+ now runs on all versions of Windows 3.x. Problems which were causing NotePads+ to crash Windows 3.1 been addressed. - Registration problems (wrong Computer ID being generated on certain systems) have also been addressed and solved. The only downside is that all registered users have to be re-registered. - lower left hand corner now shows the cursor position as in LINE:COL. v1.09.02 - 05/10/97 - making NotePads+ the default Windows notepad was made easier and more secure and solves the problems that 10% of the registered users reported. - it is now possible to store the names of up to eight favorite files (the ones we are always opening). These are set under Options|Preferences|Favorite Files and accessed under File|Favorite Files. - Open/save filters input screen (Options|Preferences|Open/Save Filters) was modified so that an unlimited number of filters can be stored and one can choose which open/save filter becomes the default filter. - Options|Preferences|Date & Time nows allows you to choose 8 date and 4 time formats to use when entering the date & time through Edit|Date & Time. - Character|Convert allows you to change highlighted text to upper or lowercase or to capitalize it. If no text is highlighted the change to upper or lowercase is global. v1.08 - NotePads+ now supports drag and drop editing. Just drag a file from File Manager or Explorer and drop it into NotePads+ to edit it. - bug fix - when choosing File|Open if a file was not chosen (Cancel button was clicked) it placed a blank line in the Most Recently Used list. That has been fixed. - Options|Tools has been renamed Options|Preferences. - Options|Preferences now allows you to enter the Open/Save filters you wish to use when opening and saving files. The defaults are Text Files (*.txt), Ini Files (*.ini), HTML Files (*.htm) and All Files (*.*). - Options|Stay On Top was added to allow you to keep NotePads+ on top of all other applications on your desktop. - Help|Whats New was added so that this file is easily accessible from within NotePads+. - Search|Replace was added to support finding text and replacing it with the text of your choice. - shortcut keys for Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete and Select All were either added or standardized on both the main menu and the popup menu (right-click on document). - problems with NotePads+ for Win 3.x recognizing a registered version on a computer system have been fixed. v1.07 - Win 3.x version now supports? large text files. When a file larger than 32k is loaded, the error is trapped and the file is now loaded into either MSWrite (default) or the word processor of your choice. - When opening a file from theFile|Open menu, you now have the option of loading text files, ini files or html files. v1.06 - help files have been redone to explain all new features added since the last time they were updated. - .DLL for spellchecker not included in Win95 v1.05 is now included. v1.05 - status of Insert, Num Lock and Caps Lock nows shows on status bar. - last directory used for saving as or loading from becomes the default directory. - some minor display problems caused by running on computers that aren't set up like mine were fixed. v1.04 - Right clicking brings up a popup menu. Font... is now enabled. (bug fix) - new files being saved are now saved with a .TXT extension as the default even if you forget to add the .TXT extension. - font information (name, size, color, bold, italic, strikeout & underline is now saved when closing NotePads+) and stays as the default font until changed in Character|Font..., clicking on the Font button or right-clicking on the text area and choosing Font... from the popup menu. v1.03 - most recently used files has been increased to 8. - most recently used files list has been moved from the end of the Files menu to File|Reopen. - setting NotePads+ as the default Windows notepad has been moved to Options|Default Windows Notepad. The Configure button has been removed from the main button bar. - Button Hints can now be turned on or off with Options|Button Hints. - automatic backups can now be enabled or disabled with Options|Automatic Backups. - main status bar can now be displayed or hidden with Options|Main Status Bar. - popup menu over open file now has Properties item, which give properties of opened file. - About NotePads+ was removed from Help|About NotePads+ and placed on System Menu. - Border style has been changed for initial Evaluation notice. - Window|Arrange Icons has been renamed to Windows|Arrange All. - Tile Windows, Cascade Windows and Arrange All buttons were removed from the main button bar. Too redundant. - new AboutBox now gives registration status and free resources. - found a bug. When saving an open file if the path had changed the file was being saved to the new path not the old location. That has been fixed. Files are now being saved in their proper places. v1.02 - NotePads+ for Win3.x now uses .INI files to store program information. - new Registration module to make registration easier. - the last 4 most recently used files are now saved and accessible from the File Menu. - full version is now being distributed only needing a registration code to unlock all of the features. v1.01 - Wouldn't run on certain systems because a .DLL was missing from the setup file. This .DLL was added. v1.00 - The basic program was written.