MagCat Change History


Version 1.42 - August 1995

- Cosmetic fix to scroll bars to work under Windows 95.


Version 1.41 - January 1995

- Minor speed improvements.
- Minor corrections to help file.


Version 1.4 - March 1993

- Added an author field and Starting and Ending page number fields to each
  article.
- A Copy Article in Bibliography Format command has been added to facilitate
  using MagCat to write research papers..
- Article window now contains a status line to indicate search criteria.
- Windows and listings now contain column headings.
- Article listing of search results contains search criteria.
- Listings now contain the name of the database file in the header.
- When searching for articles from a particular location, leaving any of the
  month, day, year, volume, issue fields blank is treated the same way as
  if the field contained an asterisk (*). It matches any value.
- Changed all references to Volume Major/Volume Minor to Volume/Issue.
- Main window now contains scroll bars to allow database windows to be moved
  out of view.
- You can now use the Delete key to delete a selected article.
- The first mouse click in a window is used to activate the window. It does
  not change any selections made in the window.
- Minor fixes to Remember Window Positions.
- Faster startup, windows are not redrawn multiple times.


Version 1.3 - June 1992

- Dialogs are now positioned relative to the main MagCat window instead
  of centered on the screen. The Edit and Search dialogs still remember
  their previous positions if "Remember Settings" is checked.
- Better checking for invalid characters in edit fields.
- The Article Edit and Search dialogs are now modeless. This allows
  keywords to be copied from the keyword window and pasted into the
  dialogs to facilitate edit articles and performing searches.
- MagCat now supports the current keyboard shortcuts for Undo, Cut, Copy,
  and Paste (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V). The Windows 3.0 conventions
  (Alt+Bksp, Shft+Del, Ctrl+Ins, Shft+Ins) are still supported.
- The Sort By and View Options are now also remembered for each window
  when Remember Settings is checked in Preferences.


Version 1.2 - June 1992

- Drag and Drop support if running under Windows 3.1
- Open databases and window positions are remembered when "Remember Settings"
  is checked in Preferences.


Version 1.1a - May 1992

- Fix for database error when editing an article which causes window display
  problems.
- Better optimizations.


Version 1.1 - April 1992

- Delete now allows you to delete the article, skip it, or cancel the
  delete procedure.
- Pressing the F1 key will now bring up help in dialogs.
- The Common Dialogs are now used for creating and selecting files if
  they are present under both Windows 3.0 and 3.1. If they are not present,
  the default file selection dialogs are used.
- The Common Dialogs are now used for printing if they are present under
  both Windows 3.0 and 3.1. This allows changing the characteristics of a
  print operation. If the Common Dialogs are not present, the default print
  dialogs are used which only provides printing to the default printer.
- Fix for displaying selections. Some color combinations were not handled
  correctly.


Version 1.0.2 - January 1992

- Minor optimizations.


Version 1.0.1 - December 1991

- Minor update to e-mail addresses.
- Major speed improvements to list handling.
- Better handling of out of memory conditions when "select all" or a
  search is being performed.
- During a Search, a Select All, or a Copy operation the cursor changes
  to an hourglass to indicate that the operation is in progress.
- Better handling of memory while copying to the clipboard.
- Fixed problem in calculating margins when using metric measurements.


Version 1.0 - November 1991

- First Release
