Category : Databases and related files
Archive   : RACONT.ZIP
Filename : WHATS.NEW

 
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WHAT'S NEW


Racontex 3.22 differs from 3.1 in only a few ways. A few bugs have been fixed
and the display routine has been altered so that pressing => at the last
occurrence of a search criterion no longer returns you automatically to the
"search criterion" screen, you have to press ESC to get back.

DOS 4.01 is not fully compatible with earlier versions of DOS and many programs
have had to be revised to work with it. Racontex is one of them, and version
3.22 will work with DOS 4.01 and 5.0 as well as with previous versions.

The program may now be navigated using a mouse, as well as the keyboard.

The main addition is WordPerfect 5.1 support in the search program. When the
[P] option is used to write to a WordPerfect file, version 3.1 wrote in
WordPerfect 4.2 format, which WordPerfect 5.0 automatically converted.
WordPerfect 5.1 does not, but it will read WordPerfect 5.0 files. Racontex now
writes as a default in WordPerfect 5.0 format. If you only have WordPerfect
version 4.2 you may still obtain files it can read by putting the option /WP42
on the command line when starting RACONTEX.

Since Racontex appends to a file if you give it the name of an existing
file, it now checks the file type and if the file is written in WP 5.0 or 5.1
it writes in that format, even if the /WP42 option is set. If the file is in
WP 4.2 format it writes in that format even if /WP42 is not set.

Printer and File export has been expanded so that all pages of a document, or
all pages matching the search criteria may be exported (previously only the
currently displayed page could be exported for each key press).

To aid in protecting proprietary information published in Racontex form, an
option has been added which makes a database "non-portable" (illicit copies
won't work) and limits file export to the current page.

The REGISTER program makes possible registration by the use of a "registration
number" which may be given by telephone or other means, principally intended to
allow the author to correct misspellings on the identification line of
registered copies.

The LOAD routine now operates on larger files (or breaks them into larger
pieces) which speeds up the load by 30% or so.

The limit on document size has been raised from 8,000 pages to 16,000 pages.



  3 Responses to “Category : Databases and related files
Archive   : RACONT.ZIP
Filename : WHATS.NEW

  1. Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/