This file contains details of last minute updates not reflected in the manual. Please note that users of ver 1.0 or ver 1.1 will have to upgrade their database to ver 3.0 format. See README.DOS or README.WIN for details on how to do this. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ CDPLAYER - Version 3.2 (Windows) - 3 April 1993 Enhancements. 1 Both the full and small handsets are now sizable by the user. This allows the width and height to be adjusted to compensate for large system fonts, used in the title and menu bars. The browse window is now sizable by the user. This allows the width and height to be adjusted to show more information. 2 CDPlayer now "remembers" the position and size of the handsets and browse window so they will appear exactly as you adjusted them on your last access to the programs. 3 A button is now provided for the return to the full handset, so the small handset does not have a menu bar. You can also now minimize CDPlayer from the small handset. 4 The defined font is now used in the Display Area, ie the LCD, not the system font. 5 Play now continues play after a pause, as will pressing pause a second time. 6 Requests for file names, on import, export and change database, now use standard Open File and Save As dialog boxes. This enables you to list current files and change directories and drives using the mouse. 7 Some cosmetic changes have been made to comply with CUA standards. Bug Fix. 8 In certain circumstances the system tried to opened the database files twice and this could cause a corruption to the data. This has now been corrected. End of 3.2 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ CDPLAYER - Version 3.0 (DOS and Windows) A number of new facilities have been added: 1 The number of track fields has been increased to 30. 2 The size of the field holding the track title has been increased to 60 characters. 3 The database has been rewritten using variable size records. 4 The display of the Disk Record remains as a double list of track titles, if the disk contains over 15 tracks, and is presented as a single list if 15 or less tracks are present. 5 Data export facilities have been included to write an ASCII file in one of two formats: Record format - where each field is written on a separate line and each record occupies a fixed number of lines. CSV - where the whole record is written on one line in CSV format. 6 A data import facility has been incorporated, to allow the import of data stored in record format. This provides the facility for information to be edited within a database and then brought back into CDPlayer. 7 The internal ID created by CD player, which is used to identify the disc, is now displayed on the edit record screen. This is an 8 digit Hex string. 7A A facility has been added to attach an existing record to a disc inserted. Allowing import of data based on keys calculated by other programs. See IMPORT.TXT. 8 The "jump to track 1" button has been changed to allow the user to select the track to jump to. 9 The eject button now stops the CD playing prior to attempting to eject the disc. 10 Next and Last track options now follow the mode of play and will jump to the next or last track in a custom, or shuffle, play sequence. CDPLAYER - Version 3.0 for Windows 11 A small handset has been incorporated. This is available as a toggle between small and full handsets. The small handset contains the following: Disc and track name display Small play, stop, pause and eject buttons Volume control 12 The user can now define the time slice to skip when FF and Rew buttons are pressed. 13 The font used for the disc and track name display can now be edited via the configuration dialog box. 14 The Data button has been changed to make it consistent with the other buttons. 15 A number of changes have been made to the menu structure to make them comply with accepted Windows conventions. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ CDPLAYER - Version 1.1 (DOS) A number of new facilities have been added and the wording on the handset display has been changed, as follows: 1 The size of the field holding the track title has been increased to 40 characters. The display of the Disk Record remains the same, but the track entry field will scroll if you enter more than 25 characters. 2 The name of the current disk and track title is displayed along with the handset. (Can be suppressed with a command line option "/S"). 3 A new "button" has been added to jump to track 1 of the CD. This button operates in both stop and play mode. 4 A new play mode has been added, Shuffle play. In this mode the tracks are shuffled into a random order and then played. If repeat is on the process is repeated after all tracks have been played, but they will be reshuffled into a new order each time the process is repeated. The shuffled order of the tracks is displayed on the Record Screen. 5 All CDPlayer buttons now have an alpha key associated with them: 7/S Stop 8/I Pause/Interrupt play 9/P Play 4/L Last track 5/C Play again from Current Track 6/N Next track 1/B Back 30 seconds 2/E Eject/load 3/F Forward 30 seconds ./G Goto track 1 6 On screen volume and balance control have been added. A scroll bar is displayed at the right of the handset indicating the current volume and at the foot of the function keys indicating the balance between left and right speakers. Press up arrow or "+" to increase and down arrow or "-" to decrease volume. Press Left and right arrow to adjust balance and "*" to centralize this control. 7 Mouse control of handset. The mouse is now active when the handset is displayed. Click on any button, or the arrows to invoke the control. Clicking on the balance bar will centralize the control. 6 To accommodate the above, the handset description of play selection has been changed, and the function key has been changed. It is now: "M" Play Mode. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Paul Brace - 8 January 1992