Printer's Apprentice Version History
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Printer's Apprentice 7.0 - 1/4/99
- Fixed a bug that prevented Regular (non italic / non bold) fonts
  from printing correctly.
- Fixed a bug that made drag and drop sometimes not start.
- Fixed a bug that caused fonts in groups not install or display properly
  once installed.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 - 1/1/99
- Added a new "Fonts on the Web" dialog box that displays an extensive
  list of font related resources on the Internet.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #14- 12/15/98
- Finally fixed overflow bug on startup with some systems.
- Updated all our documentation with information about our
  new online order system. Check it out at the following URL:

  https://www.regsoft.com/cgi-bin/reg_it_offsite.pl?8603

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #13- 12/10/98
- Perhaps we have the startup overflow bug fixed with this version.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #12- 12/09/98
- More logging. Trying to debug Overflow error on startup.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #11- 12/08/98
- More logging. Trying to debug Overflow error on startup.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #10- 12/07/98
- Removed some dead code in the project. 
- Added even more logging features to the PA startup code.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #9- 12/07/98
- Added additional logging features to the PA startup code.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #8- 12/06/98
- Fixed the Three Up Catalog. It was not printing properly and
  the new %UserName and %Date function were not working.
- The Six-Up catalog was not using the %UserName & %Date functions
  correctly.
- Added additional logging features.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #7- 12/02/98
- Fixed several problems with the Two Catalog columns. In some
  cases the sample text would not print. Also, the new %Date
  and %UserName codes were not working.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #6- 12/01/98
- Added a "Yes To All" button to the File Replace confirmation dialog
  that pops up if a file already exists in a target folder.

- Added "print codes" that can be used for headers and footers
  on the print outs. Right now PA only supports two codes:
  %Date - prints current date
  %UserName - prints the user name (from the Options dialog)

- Added "Print" to several of the right-click, popup menus.

Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #5- 11/19/98
- Font catalogs can now be printed at 8 points. Great for lots of
  fonts on one page. Terrible for reading...

- Added the ability to print all fonts in your font groups. This option
  is located on the File menu. Note, not all catalogs are available for this
  type of report.

- Added the ability to print all fonts in a path. This option is located
  on the file menu. Note, not all catalogs are available for this
  type of report.

- Fixed an 'Undefined Element' error message that popped up after
  accessing the printer setup.

- This version was compiled with Visual Studio 6 and the recently
  released Service Pack 1 from Microsoft. Due to this change, the list
  of DLL/OCX files used by Printer's Apprentice has been updated. The
  list can be found at the end of the readme.txt file.


Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #4- 10/21/98
- Fixed a problem with GradientTitle.OCX. Even though the software
  no longer uses it, our component checking tool was still looking
  for it. This resulted in a dialog box being displayed each time
  the software was launched.

- Eliminated dependencies on the following files:  dwvercls.dll.

- Updated ActiveX / DLL references in the readme.txt file.

- On the suggestion of a beta tester, David Raz, I added the volume
  name to the list of drives in the uninstalled tab. In the interest of
  load time, we only grab the volume name for hard drives.

- When reading a directory with a lot of uninstalled fonts, PA now actually
  displays an hourglass mouse icon.

- Fixed a problem with copying from the uninstalled list to the group
  list. If the source drive in the in the uninstalled list was a
  read only device, the items were still removed from the list box.

- Added a progress dialog box (with flying paper animation!) when copying
  or moving font files.

- Added the name of the currently selected printer to the Printer button
  tooltip. This is a nice addition, requested by Bob Mateer.

- Added option for supressing the file path in catalog printouts.

- Fixed option for displaying or not displaying the font file type on 
  the catalog printouts.


Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #3- 10/05/98
- This version was compiled with Microsoft's Visual Studio 98. Let's
  hope it cleans up some of the mystery GPF's, etc.

- Eliminated dependencies on the following files:

	ccrpani.ocx
	comctl32.ocx
	gradienttitle.ocx
	ctl3d32.dll

  These files may be removed from your system folder if you are
  sure that no other applications use them. (PA 6.54 does use
  them).

- The point size sliders now have a little tag that indicates the
  size over the mouse pointer as the slider is moved.

- Added a Registry tool. This allows you to examine, print and save
  the font related entries from your Windows Registry. This new 
  feature is located on the Tools menu.

- Added an "Install..." option to the File|Font Groups sub menu. This 
  installs just the selected fonts in a font group.

- Fixed up an error is the list of OCX/DLL files shipped with the
  software.

- Added a few tweaks that make the initial splash screen pop up
  more quickly.
  


Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA #2- 7/27/98
- File|Exit, Close button - I think I fixed the GPF that happened on
  some systems on shutdown of PA. Some of the software components were
  not loading in the proper sequence, causing meltdown. The GPF's no longer 
  happens on my NT4 system, let me know if it still happens on yours.

- Drag&Drop Fonts To A Font Group - Created a new dialog box that is 
  displayed when completing a drag and drop operation from the 
  Installed Fonts list to a font group. The other dialog was confusing
  and had some options that were not applicable for this function.

  We also updated the What's This? help for this new dialog.

- Uninstall Dialog - Tab ordering has been fixed. "Next" is now 
  the default button so you can press Enter to move from step to
  step.

- Install Font Group - Cleared up some of the message boxes that came up
  if all the font in the group were already installed.

- Options Dialog - Fixed bug where catalog point size option was not
  saved and restored properly.

- Added Select All entry on the Edit menu.

- Two Column Catalog I, II - Fixed a problem where the descriptions for 
  the second column printed over the descriptions for the fonts in
  the first column.

- Two Column Catalog II - Adjusted the vertical spacing between fonts,
  the information line and the next font. The spacing was really whacked.

- Form sizing - The main PA form now has a minimum window size and
  cannot be sized smaller than this.

- Font Reading - Installed fonts with two letter font names were not
  being picked up by PA. This has been fixed.

- Documentation - Various enhancements and corrections to the help file
  and DLL/OCX version section of the readme.txt file.


Printer's Apprentice 7.0 BETA - 7/13/98
- First release of overhauled PA 7.0. Too many
  new things to list. For a general list of new features,
  see the help file.
  
  Areas under contruction include help file and setup kit.
  Any suggestions on the help file are appreciated.

  Known bugs
  ----------
  * GPF On Shutdown - Some NT 4.0 systems GPF when the X close button is
    clicked. Workaround: Use File|Exit to quit.
  * Can't Select By Dragging Mouse - In theory you should be able
    to select multiple fonts in any list by dragging the mouse. 
    However, sometimes the file drag starts suddenly. 
    Workaround: Use the keyboard with the CTRL and SHIFT keys to
    select multiple fonts.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 4/8/98
- Fixed a problem with the Keyboard chart and Catalog #2. With some
  print drivers, some lines where printing very faint.
- Fixed a crooked line problem in Sample Sheet #1.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 3/16/98
- Fixed a problem with the printed ANSI chart that caused a horizontal
  line to extend out from the lower left corner of the bounding box.
  It was quite ugly. Thanks to DP for pointing this out.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 3/12/98
- Updated readme.txt file with list of OCX/DLL system files used by 
  PA. The version numbers on a few files on the list were out of date
  and did not correspond with the files that we actually ship.
- Updated Order Form in Help File with proper telephone number to 
  call if you have a problem with your order.
- Fixed a problem that happened if a printer was not installed. PA
  would crash. Now it displays a message box indicating that PA
  requires a print driver to run.
- Fixed Options dialog box so Printer Reset text box would accept
  double digit numbers.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 2/4/98
- Fixed an "Invalid property value" error message that occured
  when selecting Keyboard from the Characters menu and an Adobe
  font is selected in the main window. Thanks to D. Bannister
  for alerting us to this.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 - 1/21/97
- Fixed a "Can't set printer orientation" bug when printing
  multiple keyboard layouts.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Released - 11/24/97
- Added more Windows 95 like icons to the font lists.
- Added code to check for "File Not Found" error when an ATM font
  is selected.
- This version has also been fully tested with Adobe Type Manager 4.0.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #7 - 11/11/97
- Fixed problem where the "Printer's Apprentice Component
  Checker" would pop up complaining about MHKEYST32.OCX.
- Fixed "Run-time error 91" bug that occured when trying
  to uninstall fonts.
- Significantly reduced EXE file size (we needed to do this
  in order to fit the application on two diskettes).

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #6 - 11/8/97
- Eliminated need for the MHKEYST32.OCX. This file no longer
  ships with Printer's Apprentice.
- Fixed transparancy problem that resulted in a white block
  in the upper left hand corner of the Divided Bar Catalog.
- Added newer style buttons to keyboard window.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #5 - 11/4/97
- Thanks to Steve S. for his help with the beta. Many of 
  the items listed below were picked up by him.

- Our contact email addresses have changed. All references
  in the software and documentation have been updated.
  Our new contact addresses are as follows:

  Sales and Information    salesinfo@loseyourmind.com
  Technical Support        helpdesk@loseyourmind.com

- Somewhere along the way we broke some of the menu
  items under the Characters menu. These have been
  fixed and now work correctly when the Character Set
  tab is selected.
- Many items on the Characters menu do not apply when 
  the Paragraph or Font Information tabs are selected.
  We fixed the code so these menu items are disabled and
  enabled where appropriate.
- Fixed a problem with the up/down arrow keys in the 
  main window. If you scrolled up and down in the 
  font list box, the arrow keys stopped working when
  a non-TrueType font was encountered.
- Fixed many minor display bugs that pop up during
  screen resizing.
- Fixed error "cannot open install.log" that occured
  when running the uninstaller from the Start menu.
- More updates to the help file.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #4 - 11/1/97
- Our homepage URL changed. All references in the software and 
  documentation has been changed to http://www.loseyourmind.com
- Fixed error on start that said the STDOLE2.TLB file was not
  registered.
- Fixed error "Control array element 4 eoes not exist." This
  error ocured on startup after exiting the program with the
  Font Information tab selected.
- Minor fixes to the help file.
- Fixed overflow error that occured if an uninstalled TTF file
  with an invalid header was selected.
- Fixed "cannot open setup.log" error in setup program.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #3 - 10/28/97
- Fixed "35613 Imagelist must be initialized before it can be used" error 
  that some users encountered on startup. It was a programming error on 
  our end and took a while to debug.
- Changed setup program log file name to SETUP.LOG.
- Main window now has 3D "gripper" control on bottom right corner.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #2, - 10/22/97
- Added new font catalog, the "Divided Bar Catalog" (for 
  DB in Victoria, Australia)
- Added multi-column listview controls to the Print Uninstalled
  fonts and Install Fonts dialog boxes.
- Made "Reading Fonts" operation more intelligent so it only
  scans if you have added or removed fonts.
- More bug fixes
- Setup program recompiled with Wise Setup 5.0
- Setup program is more intelligent about version checking
- Added technology from Desaware, Inc. that lets Printer's
  Apprentice check for old versions of needed runtime Active X
  and DLL files. If an old OCX or DLL is found, it displays
  a dialog box prompting the user to reinstall the software.

Printer's Apprentice 6.54 Beta #1, - 10/6/97
- Recompiled with Visual Basic 5.0 for increased performance
  and compatability with Office 97 applications.
- General interface tweaks include use of sliders instead of 
  scroll bars on the main window, multicolumn "listview" controls
  are used on many dialog boxes.
- Toolbar has been improved with the Office 97 style and larger, 
  256 color icons.
- The currently selected tab (on the main window) and font 
  is saved when you exit and restored when you restart the 
  software.
- Uninstall Wizard can uninstall fonts from multiple TrueType
  families at once. This dialog now includes a font preview.
- Print dialog includes a font preview. 
- Fixed "invalid subscript" error in Print Uninstalled Fonts
  Wizard that could occur if you click the print button when
  no fonts are selected.
- Replace TABCLT32.OCX tab control with control found in
  COMCTL32.OCX. This means we don't have to ship TABCTL32.OCX
  any more, a savings of 196k.
- Recoded and eliminated MHCBO32.OCX. A savings of 192k.


PRINTER'S APPRENTICE 6.53 - July 10, 1997
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- Fixed "Overflow" error that could occur during startup,
  after PA had read the font list. 


WHAT'S NEW IN PRINTER'S APPRENTICE 6.52
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Listed below are all fixes and enhancements made to
Printer's Apprentice since version 6.50.

 - Fixed "Divide by Zero" error that occured when trying to install
   just one TrueType font.

 - Placed error checking code in effort to fix "Overflow" errors some
   users encountered at startup.

 - Placed error checking code in effort to fix "Subscript out of bounds" 
   errors some folks have encountered when installing fonts.

 - Added a new specimen sheet. The 72 Point Character Set prints
   a table of alphabet and numeric characters at 72 points.

 - Added a new Select button to the Print/Install/Print from CD
   dialogs. When you click the new Select button, a menu drops
   down offering choices to select All, Regular, Bold, Italic,
   BoldItalic and None. This is response to lots of user feedback.
   Many users wanted a way to select all the Regular fonts at once.

 - Fixed progress bar in the Install Fonts Wizard. As it looped
   through the fonts to install, it would display 5%, 10%, 5%, 2%
   and other erratic patterns.

 - Added links on the menu to the Lose Your Mind Developement
   home page.

 - Fixed a discrepancy between printing installed and uninstalled 
   fonts. On the Installed version of any catalog, the "(TrueType)"
   text next to a TT font was not being printed.

 - Install Fonts and Print Fonts from CD-ROM Dialog Bug Fixes
   - (Install only) - If a selected font file already exists in 
     your windows\fonts folder, you could get a "subscript out
     range" error. 

   - If you selected a directory of TTF files and some
     of those font files were currently installed, upon returning
     to the main PA window, those fonts would not be displayed or
     available in PA or other Windows apps. (In other words,
     installed fonts were being inadvertantly uninstalled by PA)

   - When reading a directory or changing a directory, the full 
     status message above the progress bar was not being displayed.

   - Several users noted that it can take a few moments to 
     close this window and return to the main PA window. We have 
     tried to tweak this routine and added a "Cleaning up..." 
     message to the Install/Print window.

   - Fixed a bug in the Filter drop down listbox. If you had the 
     directory filtered, then printed a catalog or sample sheets,
     then click the << Previous buttons to go back and change
     your filter, the filter would no longer work. Each time the 
     filter is changed, it resulted in a "No font files" list.

04/02/97 - Printer's Apprentice 6.5a
           Final Version, v. 4/2/97 release date


