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IMPACT! Release Notes.
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To check if this is the latest version, please contact Circle Software.
Registered discs may be upgraded free of charge, by enclosing return
postage.
Version 1.05 (25 Sept 92) Initial Release version.
==========================
As described in manual, first edition.
Version 1.06 (25 Oct 92)
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1. Using the 'Find' menu now switches off 'Entry Mode' in Edit DataBase box.
2. Index selection facility added to 'Edit Database' dialogue box.
3. Creating a database now creates an empty Documents directory
in the appropriate database directory.
4. The ImpulseII module is now loaded by Impression, not by IMPACT!
and is no longer supplied on the IMPACT! disc. This is to ensure that
the correct version of the module is used, as supplied with Impression.
(Impression is loaded automatically when a document is selected in
the Merge dialogue box, or the document is dragged into the 'document
box' as described in the manual.)
5. Database menus are now formed from the user definable path variable
Impact$Path, defined in the !Run obey file. This may include several
directories containing IMPACT! databases, comma separated. Each
path must end in a dot '.'
e.g. set Impact$Path <Impact$Dir>.DataFiles.,adfs::4.$.Moredata.
6. The Export dialogue box now has the facility to export as 'text'
or CVS file types, by dragging the appropriate icon. This only affects
the file type, not it's contents. Using the 'Text' icon when dragging
to a printer will prevent the printer querying the file type.
7. The export dialogue box now also offers a choice of un-quoted text
fields and tab field separators. These are useful for exporting
to Impression tables, or into other text handling applications, and
allows tabulated columns to be produced. The Export box is set to the
Acorn CSV standard when first displayed, and should not normally need
adjustment.
Version 1.07 (2 Nov 92)
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1. A new database may now be created using an existing database as a
'template'. Simply click Menu over the database box in the Create
window, and select the database to be used. A data card will be
displayed having all the attributes of the existing database, which
may then be edited as required.
The feature will be found useful where an existing database requires
modification. First export data from the existing database to a CSV
disc file, excluding any fields to be removed. Then use the above
facility to create a new database, modified as required, and import
the saved data to this. Any additional fields should have higher
numbers, and will be left blank.
2. Where a file is indexed on a text field, the facility to restrict the
number of characters used for sorting has been added. This may speed
up the indexing operation, but more importantly may greatly reduce
the space taken by the index, both on disc and in memory, and will
further improve loading time for large databases.
3. Where an index had been created for a file already largely in sorted
order, the loading time for the index was rather slow. This has now
been greatly improved, but this improvement will not be obtained until
the offending database hase been loaded and re-saved once. There may
be some delay while the index is optimised during the first re-save.
4. Hourglass display added during export.
5. A database delete option has been added to the Edit Database window.
A warning is given before any action is taken, but note that this
will delete the entire database, and this action cannot be undone!
==========================================================================
End.
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Hourgla| 00000db0 73 73 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 61 64 64 65 64 |ss display added| 00000dc0 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 65 78 70 6f 72 74 2e 0a | during export..| 00000dd0 0a 35 2e 20 20 41 20 64 61 74 61 62 61 73 65 20 |.5. A database | 00000de0 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 68 61 |delete option ha| 00000df0 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |s been added to | 00000e00 74 68 65 20 45 64 69 74 20 44 61 74 61 62 61 73 |the Edit Databas| 00000e10 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 41 20 |e window.. 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