
                            REVISION HISTORY
                            ----------------


     Version 1:     First release - May 1991


     Version 2:     Internal

          - Added F10 shortcut to quit editing.
          - Added <Esc> to return directly to program.
          - May now cursor up/down through fields while editing.
          - Added the ability to specify a database on the command line.
          - Added <Esc> to Quit via keyboard.
          - Added the "Add a Record" menu item.
          - Bug fixes.


     Version 3:     Internal,  September 1991

          - Added the "Display Entire Database" and "Display Matching
            Records" menu items.
          - Add "Print Matching Records" menu item.
          - Changing the maximum number of records was causing crashes.
            Hard-coded maximum at 600 records, and alloted memory
            accordingly.
          - Added the -s and -f command line options.
          - Changed colors to make the screen more readable.
          - Added the Progress Bar.
          - Changed the sort algorithm from Bubble to Shell.  Much faster.
          - More bug fixes.


     Version 4:     Internal,  October 1991

          - Can now go directly to a record from the "Display Entire
            Database" and "Display Matching Records" windows, by clicking
            on it.
          - Field Titles now stay neater after being changed.


     Version 5.0:     77172 bytes.     Released November 1991

          - The Sort algorithm is now case independent.
          - Added the Low Memory Warning.
          - Bad bug: If the database was sorted decrementally, on a field
            which was blank in some records, and a record was deleted,
            one record's data would become corrupted.  Now fixed.
          - When Displaying Entire Database, or Matching Records, you can
            now back up, and display the Previous Page.
          - Still more bug fixes.


     Version 5.3:     98544 bytes.     Released January 1992

          - Added hardcopy print-out options.
          - Added support for mailing labels.


     Version 5.31:     99448 bytes.     Limited Release, April 1992

          - A 1000 record version of 5.3, with some bugs fixed.


     Version 5.32:     98764 bytes.     Released May 1992

          - A bug in V5.3 would crash the program if the default of 9
            fields was accepted, while Creating a New Database.  Corrected.
          - Using the "-f" switch would sometimes cause an "Illegal
            Function Error".  Corrected by requiring an "!" to be placed
            at the end of the filename.
          - In an attempt to eliminate extraneous characters, the Input
            Requester would not allow input of characters > Ascii 126.
            Without thinking, I was hampering European users.
            Ascii values of 140-255 are now also accepted.
          - When using the Print Displayed Record (F8) option, the first
            line of the database was sometimes being printed 4-6 characters
            to the left of the requested column.  At other times, a blank
            line was inserted first, before printing the remainder
            correctly.  These problems have been corrected.


     Version 5.4:     Limited Release,  June 1992

          - Added the option to print the database to a file as well as to
            the printer, and changed the selectors in the Print Options
            Window from mutually exclusive, to "toggle" selectors.
          - A "Device Unavailable" error was generated in V5.32 if, in the
            Print Options Window, "Help" was selected just before a request
            to "Print".  Finger trouble - corrected.
          - An "Error #9" was generated in the Print Options Window, if an
            attempt was made to print in "aligned" mode when the database
            had very few fields.  More finger trouble - corrected.
          - Changed the print-out in option "Block - 2 across" to include
            the Field Titles along with the database contents.  This
            required changing the print mode from Elite (96 characters per
            line) to Condensed (136 characters per line).
          - Added a new item to the Print Menu, to allow a record to be
            copied to a file.  I would have prefered to copy it to the
            Clipboard, but since I don't know how, I settled for this.
          - Added a new item to the Delete Menu, to allow a selected Field
            Title, and the contents of that field in ALL records of the
            database, to be blanked in one operation.
          - Added three items to the Change Menu, to allow the contents of
            a data field, and the title, to be swapped with another field,
            (IE. fields 3 and 7 may now change places in the database), and
            to allow a new field to be added to the database, or to delete
            the last field from the database.


     Version 5.5:     117400 bytes.     Released July 20, 1992

          - Added "Range Search" capability:  <, >, =<, and =>.
          - Added the ability to store a 1K+ "Note" along with each record.
            Storage capacity of each record is now increased by 270%.
            Databases made for Versions 3 through 5.4 are now not
            compatible with V5.5, but may be easily made compatible just
            by running the enclosed "Convert" program.
          - Any field may now be added to or deleted from the database.



     The files comprising the Version 5.5 package should include:

     Filename                       Bytes   Description
     --------                       -----   -----------
     .info                            111
     bBase.doc                      31426   Doc file suitable for reading
     bBase.doc.info                  2564
     bBaseII                       117400   The executable program
     bBaseII.info                     938
     bBase_printme.doc              33129   Doc file suitable for printing
     bBase_printme.doc.info          2564
     Convert                        31400   Convert databases to 5.5 format
     Convert.info                     938
     IMPORTANT_Readme                2161   Information file
     IMPORTANT_Readme.info            348
     Note_to_Version1_Users          2436   Information file
     Note_to_Version1_Users.info      348
     Note_to_Version5.3_Users        1273   Information file
     Note_to_Version5.3_Users.info    348
     Recipes.bbase                   3771   An example database
     Revision_History                6745   This file
     Revision_History.info            510

     Plus the bBase5.5.LZH file.
