A-Shell Development History

1113.8.1

XTREE enhancement: Date columns (D) that include both a date and a time (e.g. "25-May-08 08:25 PM") will now be sorted taking both into account.

1113.8.2

XTREE refinement: HTML browsing mode now automatically sets TXF_FITVIEW and TXF_WRAP. Without these, the browsing display is likely to be empty or corrupt, so there's no good reason not to set them, other than to leave you wondering why browsing doesn't work.

1113.7.1

Bug fix: I,2 variables were not holding negatives values correctly under AIX.

1113.7.2

APEX bug fix: Full page images in the Preview window were being shrunk by an amount corresponding to the physical top and left margin of the printer. (The effect was mainly seen on near the right and bottom edges, although if you were overprinting the image with precisely-positioned text, it was appearing slightly off in the Preview.)

1113.6.1

APEX bug fix: using the XTREE Print Preview was corrupting the saved preview settings, such that when you next tried to preview a report sent to the PROMPT: printer, you would likely get a "Printer $#s@ not found" message. Thanks to Stephen Funkenhauser for helping resolve this unusual one.

1113.5.1

XTREE bug fix: FastMax=# was not recognizing a trailing space as counting against the max. Also if the shift key was down, it was advancing to the previous rather than then next field (i.e., the automatic TAB was acting like Shift-TAB).

1113.4.1

XTREE bug fix: Clicking on an editable radio button was updating the button but then immediately losing the focus. (Probably apparently introduced in the 60 version of the DLL.)

1113.3.1

XTEXT enhancement: HTML form return data now starts with "&url=<spec>" where spec is the URL of the form, or the local filespec. This is mainly of interest in the case where hyperlinking is permitted, thus allowing the user to navigate to a form that might not be the one expected by the program. So now the return buffer (when exitcode=30) will look something like this:

&url=c:\vm\dsk0\908040\demo2.htm&action=mailto:jack@m.com&method=POST&...

See 1112.2 below for more info on HTML forms.

1113.3.2

Windows Bug fix: fix loophole in XTREE trace logic causing a possible GPF.

1113.3.3

Windows FTP bug fix: wodftpdlx.dll 2.8.2.415 fixes a problem introduced in version 2.8.1.413 (included with A-Shell 5.1), in which the client would simply fail to connect to the server. (Because the fix is not in ASHW32.EXE, you'll need to use the Update Center or run the installation process again to get a complete update.) Some of the FTP bug fixes covered in this update (since the 2.7.0.303 version which shipped with 5.0):

1113.3.4

INFLD GUI refinement: The "correction" introduced in 5.1.1111.1 (see below) in which INFLD acted as if the caret was at the start of a fully selected (destructive mode) field has now been backed out, due to complaints of it affecting existing users who were counting on that bug as a feature. In order to provide a workaround for those wanting the original bug fixed, there is a new MIAME.INI option: SBR=INF_GUISELPOS.

1113.3.5

XTREE refinement: The FastMax=# clause is now compatible with cell validation.

1113.3.6

XTREE bug fix: Trees containing editable checkboxes but no other editable cells were sometimes getting vertically resized on the first click (causing the checkbox focus marker to no longer line up with the actual row).

1113.2.1

XTEXT.DEF additions: new symbols TXF#_xxxx added to define all the possible flags in TXC'FLAGS1 thru TXC'FLAGS7.

1113.2.2

Enhancement to a proprietary custom subroutine: SBR=XMASCB_OPEN Adding this option to the miame.ini causes the xMASCB routines to optimize their open/close logic so that files are kept open for the duration of the current program.

1113.1.1

XTREE enhancement: New COLDEF clause FastMax=# sets the number of characters for an editable text or combo field which can be entered before it automatically advances to the next field. This supercedes InfDef=F, which no longer does anything.

1113.1.2

XTREE enhancement: You can now force overwrite mode during editing (instead of the normal insert mode) by adding this COLDEF clause:

InfDef=||I

(||I is the INFLD code to force overwrite mode.) Note that you most likely would want to use this feature in conjunction with non-destructive mode (InfDef=||Ie), particularly when FastMax=# is being used.

1113.1.3

XTEXT / HTML refinement: Temporary download files are now written to either the ATECACHE directory (if defined), or the TEMP directory (if defined), instead of the current directory.

1113.0.1

XTREE bug fix: The 6.0.1 version of the SftTree_IX86_A_60.dll fixes a display problem introduced in the 6.0.0 version of the same DLL, in which the horizontal grid lines were in some cases partially wiped out by the text in the cells. Since you need to update the DLL, either re-install from a complete installation package (.exe) or use the Update Center.

1113.0.2

Bug fix: eliminate a spurious "file not found" message box during printing if the ASHCFG: ersatz doesn't exist and the SYSERR trace is set.

1113.0.3

XTREE enhancement: "fast" edit mode now supported. (In "fast" mode, keying in the maximum number of characters automatically advances the focus to the next field, as if TAB had been hit.) To activate, use:

InfDef=F