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NewView release history

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V2.18.1

• Tools - Save as IPF

V2.17.3

• Fixed font substitution now works.
  This overcomes a limitation of the IPF format. By default, this substitutes for the "Courier 18x12" font used for XWorkplace, VOICE newsletter, the output of HTML2IPF, and other common help files.

V2.17.1

• Printing enhancements
• print entire document
• open windows
• Incomplete:
• cannot select a range of topics
• print the "related" topics
• empty windows are still printed
• Fixed cursor behaviour when moving
• Corrected word spacing in certain files (e.g. os2dbcs.inf)
• Window is restored if app help is requested while it's minimized.
• Fixed invisible startup window if a minimised help window already exists!
• Fixed Edit-Copy or Ctrl+Ins from entry fields on the left panel
• Fixed tab order on global search
• Tab navigation of links (incomplete: no way to follow link)
• Use WarpSans Combined (if supported) on DBCS systems

V2.16.4

• Fixed doubled table of contents
• Fixed search locations list duplicating each time shown

V2.16.3

• New feature: more options for what directories to search
  (Selected help paths, or any folder or folders)
• Finnish translation from Tapani Raikkonen
• Clickable contact details in Product Information dialog
• Hints for split-bar between panels is now translatable
• Many language updates from translators
• Corrected some translation/hint problems.
• Fixed some issues with URL recognition
• Picture decoding is faster
• Now includes newview.dll
• Italian and Dutch help files now installed
• Fixed stand-alone install, to stop complaining about newview.inf
• NewView can be killed without an error message

V2.15.3

• Fixed problem in Helpmgr causing certain apps to crash
• Improved Dutch translation from Jacques van Leeuwen
• Updated Spanish translation from Alfredo Fern ndez D¡az

V2.15.2

• /? works from view.exe (full replacement)
• Updated usage dialog (newview /?)
• Corrected help about /pos and about adding a note
• Support for Maul Publisher
  (Support HM_SET_HELP_LIBRARY_NAME and HM_SET_HELP_WINDOW_TITLE, while help window is open)
• Fix for problems when network printers configured.
• Left margin "fit" code now correctly breaks line if margin already past
• Compatibility; also search global names for HM_PANELNAME
• "help on help" from applications works

V2.14.37

• Fixed problems with own help file.

V2.14.34

Search

• Global search can search drives as well as help paths
• Toolbar button for global search
• Phrase search e.g. "warp server"
• Highlighting of search words now works correctly for words like OS/2, WM_CLOSE
• Alt+S always moves focus to search entry field
• Multi-word searches on the command line work
  e.g. view cmdref directory command
• First search match is brought into view
• Search from command line now matches (undocumented) old view behaviour.
• New /s option to do a normal search.

Layout

• No extra space at end of italic if in fixed width
  (fix display of tables containing italic)
• Display :nt tag with correct indent
• Footnote windows get a title

User Interface

• New windows are positioned offset from topmost help window
• Tooltips for toolbar buttons
• Remember full file paths for most recent list, when specified using relative directories
• F11/F12: previous/next in contents
• F7/F8: back/forward
• Tab or Shift+Tab moves between left and right panels
• Many other keyboard navigation fixes
  (Sibyl tab handling rewritten)
• Help improved; includes context help for some things.
• Minimum window sizes
• Default colors for systems using less than 16 bit color, reduced to plain/standard colors (e.g VGA boot)
• Tools - Debug menu removed
• Other tweaks to disable menu items, etc.

Internationalisation

• Swedish translation, thanks to Simon Gronlund
• Updated Spanish translation, thanks to David Mediavilla
• Space on Product Information dialog for translators

Other

• Install no longer complains about duplicate files if . is in path.
• PMSeek (16bit) help works (corrected exported function case)
• Now using OpenWatcom - service problem fixed, thanks again to Michal Necasek
• Use Web Explorer for browser, if no other registered!
• Better validation against corrupt help files
• NewView help is now a .hlp file, not .inf, and goes in the system help dir. Old newview.inf is deleted.
• Fixed very rare crash showing dialogs
• Fixed some bookmark editor problems
• Fixed problems setting fonts
• Fixed default file filter using standard OS/2 dialogs
• Fixed printing
• Own help file can now be language-specific, as for interface.
• Also look in %OSDIR%\lang and %ULSPATH% for language files.

V2.13.4

Language files are now called newview_.lng so that they can be in the same directory as other programs using .lng files (e.g. AE). This means that you cannot use them on FAT systems (the filenames are too long for FAT).

• Fix for crash in OS/2 Service (fixpack tool) and other 16-bit applications
• Fix to close help when applications closed
• If a Windows .hlp file is opened, optionally start Windows Help viewer
• Turn left panel on and off
  - Double click on sizebar, or View menu - Defaults are set in Options
• Fix for double-quotes when online help file specified by a program.
• A memory corruption fix
• Fixed some small errors loading translations
• Speed improvements at startup
• Search matching adjusted
• Progress bar on global search is correctly positioned when dialog resized
• Updated Czech translation from Michal Pohorelsky

V2.12.9

• Fix crash at shutdown
• Remember dropped fonts.
  On topic area, Drop+Shift sets fixed font.
• Remember application font and size to fit
• Options form more compact.
• Fix problems loading from read-only media
• Don't crash if default fonts not present
• Fix memory corruption bug

V2.11.1

NOTE: Full manual install now REQUIRES many more steps. See ReadMe.txt!

• Now compatible with OpenChat
  Thanks to Harald Pollack for Module Rename code
• Install now sets up "ibmview", a working copy of the old view, when doing a full install
• Open dropped files
  (on contents, index, topic etc)
• Optionally open files without closing current files
• Esperanto translation from Jonathan Moylan
• Fixed problem with filenames containing underscores (_)
• Extra space at end of italic text
• Fixed decoding of linked images (e.g. rxtt.inf)
• Fixed garbage in topics for automatic links (e.g. neusreng.inf)
• Fixed color #7 e.g. Voice Newsletter headings

V2.9.8

• Launch program links
  Links to "netscape" and "explore" are translated into URLs and use the default browser.
• Automatically make URL links from
  http:// https:// ftp:// mailto: news:
  www.a.b ftp.a.b and x@y.z
• External links work
• Fixed several PM resource leaks causing NewView/PM to slow down after displaying many topics
• Adjusted margins again

V2.8.4

• Checks for existing help windows with the same files open and uses them instead of opening new windows.
• Fixed topic display problem (DBExpert.hlp)
• Corrected spacing in character graphics, when a custom font is used (pmprintf.hlp).
• Add blank line before/after cgraphics to match view
• Dutch thanks to Kris Steenhaut
• Japanese and Korean translations
  Thanks to Tomoarai
• Updated Russian translation
• Standalone install can optionally associate NewView with *.inf, *.hlp
• Text files now installed
  Full install, OS/2: x:\os2\book\NewView
Full install, eCS 1.1+: x:\ecs\doc\NewView
• Standalone install uses %PROGRAMS%, if set, for base folder
• Installer checks for potential conflicts with programs and help file

V2.6.4

Note: please delete your existing Language (.lng) files, unless you have customised them yourself, before installing. This is because the base files have been renamed, and the new files will be ignored in favour of the old ones.

• Fixed online help in lots of apps, broken in V2.5.0 by SmartSuite fix!
• Fixed display of some context help
  eg. PMView file dialogs
• Searching by panel name works again
  eg. Sibyl keyword lookup
• Fixed occasional crashes when launching online help
• Close help when app exits without explicit help close
  eg. Sibyl
• Display first contents topic when online help
• Fixed crash on "Using Help"
• Simplified Product Information dialog,
  launch default browser on URL click
• Removed 70kB from NewView.exe
• Fixed inconsistent loading of languages...
• Ignore extra bits in LANG (eg. _EURO)
• Renamed language files to base language only
  eg. de_de.lng -> de.lng
  since most of them are not region-specific.
• Added French translation
  (Thanks Guillaume Gay)
• Spanish, German and Russian translations updated
  (Thanks David Mediavilla, Alfredo Fernández Díaz, Christian Hennecke, Yuri Prokushev)

V2.5.0

• Fixed SmartSuite online help
  (Thanks Mark Vollmer)
• Update German & Spanish translations
  (Thanks Christian Hennecke, Chris Hellwig)
• Added Russian translation
  (Thanks Yuri Prokushev)
• Allow translation of NoteForm and other misc.
• Fix text on crash dialog buttons!
• Cope better if crash log cannot be written
• Use LOGFILES variable if set (eCS compatibility)
• Fix crash if INI file cannot be written or doesn't exist (old bug resurfaced)
• Note buttons now standard. Buttons larger.
• Fix crash clicking on "no search results" text
• Fix crash if no file specified for "Open Special"
• Fixed English Edit
• Find prompt
• Fixed note problems with empty topics
• Fixed saving "text-only" toolbar mode
• Fixed topic properties display
• Installer can install to the source folder

V2.4.21

• Added German and Spanish (partial) language files
• Added a few missing items to language support
• Expanded some controls to fit longer strings
• Renamed a few badly named controls (sorry translators!)
• Updating an existing language file now gives more info
• Width of left panel is now saved

V2.4.17

• Multi-language support
  See the Readme. Anyone can create translations!
• Turned off logging in new HelpMgr.dll
• Fix for .ce centering e.g. switch footnotes in cmdref
• Can find own help file using help paths

V2.3.19

• Remove limits/crash on filenames totalling more than 255 characters
  (command line, online help, file dialog)
• Added DragText handling (requires DragText update)
• Corrected WinAssociateHelpInstance when help instance is NULLHANDLE
• Allow multiple windows associated with help instance
  Fixes VisPro Rexx apps, maybe others
• Silently ignore if ini file unwritable
• Fix WPS crash on global Help Index
• Dummy DDF (dynamic data format) functions for apps that expect them
• Optimise new helpmgr.dll
• Fixed memory leaks and reduced base memory use
• Faster topic display
• Wrap only after at least one full word (like view)
• Reduce flickering when starting online help
• Remember full path for most-recently-used files so it works for all files
• Make keyboard in search and contents tabs, work same as index (press enter to view topic)
• Fixed display corruption in contents window

V2.3.18 Withdrawn.

V2.2.28

• Minor updates to HelpMgr.dll, reduce logging on some systems
• Fixed bug loading help files (referenced files table)
• Fixed memory leaks in searching
• Fixed shutdown of PMView and other VisualAge Open Class Library programs (Thanks PeterN).
• Check for corrupt desktop at install.
• Options for no or images-only toolbar

v2.2.27 Withdrawn.

V2.2.19

Full implementation of application online help

• Installer
• Help Manager completed (helpmgr.dll)
• First time window is centered.
• Added a /pos command line parameter
  Specifies window position and size (see help)
• Center all dialogs
• Added URL in about box
• Show topic resource IDs in topic properties
• Default button and ESC in print dialog
• Fix crash after deleting bookmark
• Fix crash with certain menu fonts
• Fixed crash clicking in index!
• Fix crash after Save As (and other?) dialog!
• New icon courtesy Alessandro

V2.0.25

• Performance
  • Restructured to keep file open and only load things as needed
  • Ignore duplicate directories in help paths
  • Other optimisations
• Keyboard/Mouse
  • Use conventional Ctrl+FKey shortcuts for topic windows;
    allow Alt+FKey shortcuts to work properly (manipulating main app window)
  • Allow windows containing child windows to be manipulated from keyboard
    e.g. PMREF function topics, left pane
  • Page up/down works when cursor showing!
  • Horizontal scroll when needed to show cursor
• Layout
  • :lines. tag does not wrap
  • Improved wrapping behaviour e.g. in lists
  • Smarter margin sizing
  • No longer bold links to keep layout correct
• Appearance
  • Improved fixed font selection
  • Make all menus use system menu font
  • Fixed: text background fixed at white
  • Added buttons to restore default fonts and colors
  • Hourglass cursor while decoding topic
  • Customisable colors for notes and search highlights
  • Notes now green (default)
  • Removed icons from buttons since they do not work with different colour schemes and are not compatible with enhancers like Styler/2
  • Cosmetic & spelling fixes
  • Restore correct color after links, highlights
  • Search highlights are now text background for better visibility
  • Search highlights can be enabled or disabled from the View menu
• File dialog
  • Added filename completion to the file dialog
  • SHow file titles in the file dialog
  • Show network drive paths in file dialog
• Other
  • Getting ready for online help mode
  • Don't open new copies of windows if the topic is already being displayed (regardless of ViewPort)
  • Fix occasional crash when mousing between NV and other apps
  • File
  • New Window (Ctrl-N; Add Note is now Ctrl-M)
  • NewView help appears in top right of screen, doesn't save position/size
  • Fix crash when shutting down with NewView's own help file open
  • If no file specified at startup, by default loads the NewView help file (switch off in Options)
  • Removed unimplemented History item
  • Fix crash double clicking in empty topic window
  • Fix restoring of vertical scroll while e.g. going back
  • Fix huge memory usage on images > 256 colors
    e.g. WarpNote.inf
  • Ensure Notes are reloaded in a usable state (ie. clickable, viewable). However, they still are not perfect
  • Fix some problems with child windows (RXTT30.INF)
    Parent is never changed after window created. Don't crash.

• Fix crashes using file dialog.

• Searching for multipart/symbols now works
  e.g. __os2__ or CAKE_AND_BISCUITS
  Note: These searches can be slow due to the need to verify exact sequences in the help file.
• Improved the sorting of search results
• Support custom fonts in the file
  Note: smallest size is deliberately limited to 8 point
• Direct RGB color editing ;)
• Support text foreground/background colors
• Added a popup menu item to search for the selected text
• Adding logging of call stack on exceptions. Hurrah!
• Open Special operates like command line
  (includes environment var expansion, path searching)
• Improved mouse/keyboard handling:
  • Ctrl+Cursor skips words
  • Left mouse + shift keeps selection
  • Double click words to select
  • Left mouse drag + right click copies
  • Alt+Cursor always scrolls
  • Home/End goes to line start/end

• Contents/index decoding fixes
• Cursor positioning around margins
• Selection problem around line ends
• Find in topic faster and less buggy
• Printing to network printers without port
• Less restriction on total length of filenames when opening multiple files (still some probs)
• Better handling of disk errors in file dialog
• Missing space characters in some files
• Crash when deleting notes
• Notes now keep leading and trailing whitespace
  Note: a single pararaph note still does not keep it's final carriage return, apparently due to an OS/2 bug
• Doesn't crash if default fonts missing (WarpSans/Helv)
• Fixes to font selection dialog
• Allow run-in images to be aligned (centred etc)
• Put spaces after images if spacing is set (guess)
• Message boxes improved a bit
• Problem decoding margins set to 0 (resulted in very wide text!)
• Flickering when displaying topic with notes

• Printing. 
• Handle margins in-line; this improves list layout
• Show titles instead of filenames for the Most Recently Used files
• Fixed problem with consecutive linked images
• Set window size before display to avoid flicker.
• Fixed some minor issues in help file.
• Allow recursion in the opening of automatic windows, which fixes some help files (eg. BA2)